./% *012*3&( #=2*3&(3           !"!"#   $% &      67  /  4 565  766 7/  4     ! " # ""# $!#% %# %#% 465 59 N96: /O // 5<66 5 7 7 5 65  # &#%%# 5   + -+> ?  '*%= ((*0   !"#"$ % %&'() 

                                              

  Addressing a joint Press Taking a dig at the BJP, conference with Paswan and Tejashwi tweeted that despite '()*#% +",-* ays after the Lok Janshakti Bihar Chief Minister Nitish having achieved power through DParty served an ultimatum Kumar, BJP president Amit the back door in Bihar and hav- jects, together on the BJP to end the logjam Shah asserted that the NDA ing 22 sitting MPs, the party worth Rs 14,532 over seat-sharing in Bihar, the will win more than 31 seats it agreed to give an equal num- crore, between NDA big brother made a major had in 2014 and expressed ber of seats to Nitish, who had 1.40 pm and compromise by agreeing to confidence that it will come returned with a tally of only 2.20pm. contest five seats less than they back to power in 2019. two seats. “Now you can under- From there, won in the 2014 Lok Sabha The deal suggests a victo- stand the dire straits the NDA he would depart polls in Bihar, allotting 17 seats ry of sorts for the LJP, which is in,” the RJD leader said. for NISER to the Janata Dal(U) and six to had adopted an aggressive Ending its 17-year-old (National the LJP. The BJP will contest 17 stand seeking a better bargain alliance with the NDA, the Institute of of the 40 seats in the State. from the BJP after the exit of JD(U) had contested 2014 Lok Science While the BJP and the Upendra Kushwaha-led RLSP Sabha polls alone. Following its Education and JD(U) had already agreed to from the ruling alliance. poor performance, it forged the Research) stadi- contest equal number of seats, Shah said all allies will “mahagathbandhan” with the um, Khurda by but till the LJP mounted pres- soon decide on distribution of RJD and the Congress and the road and reach sure, there were indication that Lok Sabha constituencies alliance achieved a handsome  the venue at 2.30 pm. He will the BJP wanted the junior part- among them for fielding their victory in 2015 Bihar Assembly address a public meeting ner to agree to contest 4-5 seats candidates in 2019. polls. Nitish, who had in the   !" between 2.30pm and 3.15pm. only. However, the LJP clinched Paswan, whose son Chirag meanwhile taken over as the ##%& He will leave the stadium at a good bargain as besides the had created a flutter with his JD(U) president, walked out of 3.20 pm and arrive at the Biju six seats it will get to contest, comments seen as critical of the the alliance last year following       Patnaik International Airport party chief Ram Vilas Paswan BJP and the Central corruption allegations against to leave for New Delhi. will also be sent to the Rajya Government, on Sunday Tejashvi, his then deputy. rime Minister Narendra Speaking about the PM’s Sabah as a NDA nominee. claimed there was never a The JD(U) chief stitched a PModi will pay a visit to visit, Union Minister The present strength of problem in the alliance as he               !  "# $ new alliance with the BJP, on Monday to unveil a said, the BJP in Bihar is 22, while the has nurtured the “NDA tree”       %  &  % P    $      which had been smarting slew of projects and lay foun- “People of Odisha have already JD(U) has only two member in for five years under Modi’s under its humiliating defeat in dation stones of proposed pro- made up their mind for a the Lok Sabha. The LJP had leadership. A Government 32 of the 40 seats in Bihar in Sabha, Nitish Kumar said it is Mahagathbandhan, Tejashwi the Assembly polls. The grand jects at the IIT campus on the change as the BJD Government contested seven seats in the under Modi will be formed 2009 even though results across a recognition to his long service claimed that the BJP gave in to alliance, of which the RJD is the outskirts here. has failed to provide employ- 2014 polls and barring one, all again, he said. the country had gone against it. to the country and also thanked arm-twisting by Nitish and largest constituent, was left According to the schedule, ment to youths, security to its candidates had won. The Dalit leader also “This time we will do better the BJP for the decision. Paswan. His remark was a ref- truncated and it suffered set- the PM would depart from women and irrigation to farm- BJP’s decimation in seat thanked Finance Minister than that,” he said. He was a Paswan is a nine-term member erence to Paswan’s son and LJP backs like former State Delhi at 11.05 am and arrive at ers. The BJP will certainly arrangements prompted the Arun Jaitley, who played a role BJP ally in 2009 before parting of the Lok Sabha and the deci- Parliamentary Board chief Congress president Ashok the International form a Government in 2019. RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav to in brokering peace between his ways with it in 2013. He joined sion means that the 72-year-old Chirag Paswan recently writing Choudhary joining the JD(U) Airport here at 1.05 pm. The Prime Minister is coming take a jibe at the BJP for agree- party and the BJP. the NDA again in 2017. leader is unlikely to contest any to Jaitley and requesting him to along with his supporters. It He would then go by road to seek blessings of Odisha peo- ing to contest only 17 seats in In his comments, the Bihar Commenting on the deci- more popular election and will elucidate the benefits of received a shot in the arm and reach IIT campus at Aragul ple from the foothill of historic Bihar in the Lok Sabha polls Chief Minister, who enjoys sion to send Paswan, present- be handing over the reins of the demonetisation so that his recently with the RLSP, a at 1.40 pm. The Prime Minister Barunei where Paikas had first next year despite having won good equations with Paswan, ly a Lok Sabha member from party to his son. party could explain the same to former NDA ally, joining the will lay the foundation stone fought for Odia people’s rights 22 in the last general elections. noted that the NDA had won Hajipur in Bihar, to the Rajya On his part as leader of the its voters. alliance. and inaugurate variouspro- 200 years back.”  ""# $!#%( #) ("%*+,*-./

))44 9)) '#*#    ! 4#B '( ()(*(  ((&# & 65 "#$%!&!' % 1= #& 40 + ,$-$ completed by September 2020. ) '(  ( +  "   /' A  <6 "*.* $/-0$+ There is proposal for con- 0&'(=&& "*/$"". struction of thre major bridges, & 0"/20$)0/ 2 23 minor bridges, five flyovers, aika organisations are #( seven vehicular underpass, two Pnow upping the ante over $"  )'3 bypass and one ROB in the their demands for a Paika  $ " )'3 project. . Regiment in the Indian 40"/. " Besides the Tangi - Army, a Paika war museum 5=" "##  '"54" 0*-"$  * ) Puintola Section of the NH-16 at the foothills of Barunei, a "".  *2)".* for a length of 75 km will be big statue on Barunei hill like /=54 4# made four laning with project Statue of Liberty, a ropeway $"  )5 "/365 cost of  761.79 crore. The pro- from Gada Khurda to &= "". ".)+*" ject has been awarded to the Barunei, Martial Arts           $"  )'3 Punj Lloyd on EPC mode Academy at Gurujanga, /*('# which is targeted to be com- financial assistance to all elangana Chief Minister K overnor Ganeshi Lal has ed to the DBL Chandikhole- pleted by June 2021. There is Paika Akhadas and pension TChandrashekar Rao met Gappointed Justice Raghubir Highways Pvt Ltd. proposal for construction of 13 to Paika Gurus. Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Das, a retired judge of the      The project is scheduled to be vehicular underpass, 49 km Historian and advisor of Patnaik at the latter’s resi- , as a completed by June 2021. There service road in the project. Paika Sangathana dence Naveen Niwas here on Member of the Odisha Human part from dedicating the is proposal for construction of Besides, the Prime Minister and Utkal Vikash Parisad Sunday. Rights Commission. AIIT BBS Campus and a 14 major bridges, 15 minor would dedicate a 100-bed Satyabadi Baliarsingh by Speaking to mediapersons, Justice Das will act as a 100-bed ESI Hospital to the bridges, 13 Vehicular upgraded ESI Hospital here to email to Prime Minister Patnaik said, “We discussed member of the commission nation here, Prime Minister Underpass and 90 km service the nation during his visit. A Modi has raised the matters of national interest. We with effect from the date he Narendra Modi, during his road in this project. On com- tota of  73.51 crore has been demands. will take the talks forward. We conspired to form the B-team assumes charge of the office. visit to Odisha on Monday, pletion, there will be better spent for the project. The demands are pitched also discussed the Polavaram *" "$$/0".$ in the name of Regional “In exercise of the powers would lay foundation-stone for connectivity to mining and Governor Prof Ganeshi when on Monday Prime issue and women’s reservation  00/.*$0 Federation and is meant to conferred by Sub-Section (1) of 263-km long National Highway industrial belts to the nearest Lal, CM , Minister Narendra Modi issue in Parliament.” -$.*"$P $/".* weaken the national-level the Section 22 of the Protection projects to streamline traffic ports at eastern part of the Union Transport and National during his visit to the State “We discussed several  -*"0". grand alliance or the of Human Rights Act, 1993 and check mishaps in the State. State. Highway, Shipping and Water will issue a Paika Revolution things including friendship of " $$0$8$ .$/: Mahagathbandhan which is (Act 10 of 1994), the Governor The NH projects would have a As Khandagiri junction on Resources, River Renovation commemorative coin and a like-minded parties. We’ve not ;$P$,*-$.*"0$ taking shape at the Centre,” of Odisha is pleased to appoint total cost of  4,361 crore. NH-16 has been identified as and Ganga Rejuvenation stamp and announce estab- thought about Parliament elec- /.*$<$*/ Khuntia alleged. Sri Justice Raghubir Das, for- The projects to be inaugu- a black spot, flyover will be Minister Nitin Jayaram lishment of Paika Revolution tions so far. He (KCR) came to 8$$."/* Reacting to Khuntia’s alle- mer judge of Orissa High rated by the PM include six lan- constructed to check the acci- Gadkari, Union Human Research Chair at the Utkal Odisha to offer thanks to Lord gation Rao said, “We are Court (Retired) to be the ing of Chandikhole-Bhadrk dent. The cost of the flyover is Resources Development University. Odias as whole 02$0". for his tremendous nobody’s B-team. We are our Member of Odisha Human section of NH-16, flyover on Rs 115.63 crore and the work Minister Prakash Javadekar, and Paikas in particular are victory,” Patnaik added.   /N0$$"." own team.” Rights Commission with effect NH-!6 at Khandagiri in has been awarded to the RKD Union Tribal Affairs Minister very much impressed on the Rao said: “We need to talk //$/ Union Minister from the date he assumes , four-laning of Constructions Pvt Ltd on EPC Jual Oram, Union Petroleum development. to more people across the Dharmendra Pradhan in charge of this office,” an official - secion of NH- mode. The project is targeted and Skill Development Meanwhile, while the nation. There’s a dire need for we would meet again to discuss reaction to the proposed notification of the Odisha Law 42 and 6/4 laning of Tangi- to be completed by November Minister Dharmendra demand of postage stamp the unification of regional par- how to take things forward,” Third Front said, “If zero is Department said. Puintola section of NH-16, 2019. Pradhan, Union Labour and on Buxi Jagabandhu by Chief ties as there’s a strong need for the Telangana CM added. added to a zero, the result is Notably, Justice Das was informed NH Odisha region Similarly, the Cuttack - Employment Minister Santosh Minister Naveen Patnaik was an alternative to Congress and However, All the same zero. People will earlier this year appointed by officers at a Press meet here. Angul section of the NH-42 for Kumar Gangwar, Union fulfilled by the Union BJP.” Congress Committee in-charge give a befitting reply to these the State Government as the The existing four laned a length of 112 km will be made Culture and Environment, Government but another The country needs a of Telangana Rama Chandra people. Every party has got a chairman of the commission of Chandikhole-Bhadrak Section four-laning and the work has Forest and Climate Change demand for a train from change for which dialogue has Khuntia said, “KCR is acting chance to rule Odisha. This inquiry for probing into the of NH- 16 of length of 74.5 km been awarded in two packages Minister Dr Mahesh Sharma Bhubaneswar or Khurda begun, we’re doing our part but like a ‘B team’ of the BJP-led time, there will be a change missing of Ratna Bhandar keys to be upgraded to six lane stan- to the Gayatri Projects Limited and Union Communication Road to be named after Buxi nothing concrete has emerged. NDA in the country.” and the BJP will form of the Jagannath Temple in dard with cost of  1491.80 with a cost of  1,990.73 crore. Minister Manoj Sinha will Jagabandhu is yet to be ful- We’ve just begun the dialogue; “PM Narendra Modi has Government. . crores, which has been award- The project is targeted to be attend the meeting. filled. (!)(!* "$$*,"&+ P ) * P  +,        tus and extension of the working age till 65 years. The other demands include implementation + +( ! 0$/ + raving intense cold in the city, Anganwadi of 45th and 46th recommendations of Indian BWorkers continued their stir which entered Labour Conference, Rs 2 lakh as gratuity during  7 0/$$/ day the 28th day on Sunday alleging dillydally- the time of retirement, a sum of Rs 5 lakh as ex- 0*0 ing tactics by the State Government in fulfilling gratia if the workers die in a mishap are enlist- #'#(*&0%& their demands. ed by the association, said AOALWA general sec- /$" $/ On the day thousands of workers from retary Sumita Mohapatra. * 00-/8$ joined the protest. While women and children healthcare ser- The Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh-affiliated All vices are being affected because of the agitation, $.0/. Odisha Anganwadi Ladies Workers’ Association the Anganwadi Workers have stated that the stir     (AOALWA) has been demanding that the would intensify if the demands remain unfulfilled. body for postmortem. Angwanwadi Workers be declared as Among others, AOALWA Cuttack president 14-year girl, who had “She had eloped with the Government employees and a minimum wage of Gitarani Mohanty, secretary Jyoutsnarani Singh, Areportedly gone missing youth last week; and since Rs 18,000 per month and a minimum pension Pramila Das, Pravati Parida and sec- eight days ago, was shot dead then I was not in touch with of Rs 3,000 per month for them. retary Kamal Naryan Rath and many other func- at Arada Bazaar under the her. He (Shahbad) yesterday The workers also demand permanent job sta- tionaries were present. Sahadevkhunta police station called up to inform about my in the district on Saturday. daughter’s death,” said the It was suspected that the father of the girl. minor girl, a student of Class- As the girl also had injury IX, was killed over a love affair. marks on her head, hand and      Brahmapur University’s constituency’s youth tribal Sources said the girl had neck, a forensic team has start- Journalism and Mass leader Rabi Gamang, BSP MLA eloped a relationship with a ed an investigation into the nspired by ideologies of Communication Head Dr candidate Bhagaban Gamang youth, identified as Shahbad, incident. IPrime Minister Narendra Jamula Sheshagiri Rao, noted and many former block some eight days ago. However, Based on the complaint Modi and BJP national presi- social activist Punyasloka Chairman, Sarpanches and the youth on Saturday from the minor girl’s father, dent Amit Shah, many intel- Mohanty and Subhakant Samiti Members of the BJD, informed the family members police have detained Shahbad lectuals and leaders joined the Nanda and Prof Sanamaya Congress and the BSP jointed of the girl that she was shot and his father. saffron party in the presence of Rath, retired CBI Special Judge the party. dead by some unidentified “The girl’s father has Union Minister Dharmendra Hrudaya Ballabh Das and his Among others, party gen- miscreants. accused Shahbad and his father Pradhan, party State president wife Prabhat Nalini Mohanty eral secretary Bhrugu Later, the family members of being involved in the mur- Basant Panda and Legislature and former NIC, Odisah East Baxipatra, vice-president of the girl rushed to the spot der. A case has been registered Party Leader KV Singh Deo Deputy Director General Sameer Mohanty forme MLA and informed the police. The and further investigation is here on Sunday. Sushant Kumar Panda joined Bishnu Sethi and BJYM presi- Sahadevkhunta police rushed underway,” said Baleswar SP Eminent physician Dr the BJP. dent Tankadhar Tripathy and to the spot and sent the girl’s Jugal Kishore Banoth. Subash Chandra Sahu, former Besides, Gunpur Assembly Anu Choudhury were present.  P    "$ $$" $ &P'()$  *$

States and working hard there sidered invaluable assets of the Government is lackadaisical develop infrastructure vitally rate misery of the poor farm- of the shelter house that they Assam are increasing in the as bonded labourers for liveli- State but the Government takes in spite of the fact that bond- necessary for higher growth of ers in Odisha. Were not the were sexually harassed , Kendrapada and Jagatsinghpur hood and repayment of loans no steps to utilise these god - ed labourers and child labour- the agricultural produce. demands of farmers of Odisha molested and even raped. The districts. As of now, more than incurred from the money gifted resources creating dif- ers are a contemptuous dis- The State Government is with regard to increasing of owner and caretaker have been one lakh illegal immigrants lenders and other sources . ferent projects and small indus- grace for the society. aware of the abject misery and price of their produce and apprehended. It is reported have infiltrated into Odisha. Even children below 12 years tries to employ the poor and The nation is under grave abysmal condition of the farm- granting of pensions to that the aforesaid shelter home Even in Bhubaneswar, thou- of ages are accompanying destitute and prevent them agrarian crisis. It is obviously ers. But is misdirecting funds them when they become is illegal and was operating in sands of foreign citizens are their parents to work in the from going to other States as manifested that both farm and otherwise which is unproduc- infirm and disable, justifiable a secluded place without reg- residing in different areas hazardous condition and situ- bonded labourers. It is an farmers are blatantly neglected tive, being oblivious to farmer’s ? Is the CM sympathetic or istration. undetected. The Chief Minister ation. While the poor people of avowed fact that the progress, and ignored. Now it is well tragedy. Like the farmers of apathetic to the tragedy of sui- The incidents of sexual who is also holding Home the concerned States are avoid- prosperity and development indicated that the farmers of other States, the farmers under cide of farmers for loss of assault upon girl inmates at the portfolio has no abiding inter- ing and averting these hard of the State depend on the max- the country are united and the Naba Nirman Krishak crops and non-payment of different shelter houses in est to detect and deport these works in the hazardous condi- imum employment of popula- fighting for fulfilling their long Sangathan (NNKS) in our State loans? It is reported from Bihar and UP had not influ- illegal immigrants to their own tions, the poor and migrating tion including the poor and the due demands. The nationwide are lodging protest and demon- appropriate source that enced the State administration country. Their growing and people of Odisha perform the downtrodden. The palliative agitation and peaceful protest stration to fulfil their minimum 300000 farmers of our coun- to conduct a detailed inquiry increasing numbers have   $  works assigned by contractors and populist policy formulat- of farmers has effectively influ- demands which include price, try have so far committed sui- about the function and activ- posed intractable problem for and owners. ed by the Chief Minister to enced the Government and prestige and pension. The cide from 1990 to 2018. It is ities of shelter houses. The the State. They are mostly n a democratic setup, good In event of slightest lapse appease the mass is diametri- the opposition that has given downfall and defeat of BJP in really terrible shock and woe- State police did not even con- Muslims residing illegally in Igovernance is of paramount and negligence during work cally opposed to the very prin- unstinted support for the rea- Rajasthan, and ful agony. duct an inquiry and search on different parts of the State and importance hours, the workers are tortured ciple of economic growth and sonable demands of the farm- MP are due to indifferent atti- Law and order situation in the different shelter houses in increasing their population. which depends on the and punished by the employ- GDP of the State. The intelli- ers of the country. The MS tude of the ruling party towards the State is markedly the State. It is further report- They are unbearable burden adroit leadership and extraor- ers. The State Government is gentsia is really disheartened Sawaminathan Commission the farmers’ just and genuine deplorable and deteriorating. ed that 22 branches of the for the State and people. dinary ability in administration well aware of the truth. The and bitterly disappointed on had recommended that the demands. Even the protest and Sexual assault upon women Dream Shelter Houses are Dogged determination and and incisive foresightedness. incidents of their pathetic, the selling of our vital miner- MSP set 1.5 times the cost demonstration held by the including rape, molestation operating in the different dis- political will of the State No doubt, Naveenbabu appears shocking and heart rending als to the rich industrialists for invested in the farms. The rec- farmers of MP and and murder is in monolithic tricts of the State. Are not the Government may detect and to be honest and transparent. tortures are frequently high- setting up projects and indus- ommendation submitted bym Chhattisgarh went unheeded. vigour. The increasing crimes district administrations of dif- deport them to their own However, he is carrying the lighted in media. It is bound- tries in other States without Swaminathan is applicable for Naveenbabu in a Press have indicated clear break- ferent districts callous and country. The State administration on the advice of en duty and responsibility of thinking our future prospects all the farmers of the country. meet declared that the BJP down of law and order and careless about the activities of Government must seriously selected bureaucrats. the State Government to and plans. The Odisha Government dur- was defeated and dislodged pervert administration. the Dream Shelter Houses? think of the problem and Frankly speaking, the State employ these destitute and dis- It is also pathetic that the ing its long rule has not taken from power owing to lack- Recently the girl inmates of There appears no height- instant steps in this regard are Government has no core con- tressed people for livelihood incomes derived from mines any plausible steps for welfare adaisical attitude towards the Dream Centre Shelter Home at ened awareness on the part of of paramount importance. cern for the child labour and for the permanent solution of and minerals are not being and development of the farm poor farmers. But he should Beltikiri in the district of the State about infiltration ille- the poor who are due to lack their problems. utilised in the States where community. It is indubitable think of intensely what tan- have brought an gal immigrants, especially from (The writer lives at NK of employment opportunity Odisha has lots of mines mines and minerals are abun- truth the long rule of BJD has gible and plausible contribu- allegation against the owner . Exodus of immi- Marg, Baramunda, are migrating to different and minerals which are con- dantly found. Really the State not taken effective initiation to tion has he made to amelio- Fayaz Rehman and caretakers grants from Bangladesh and Bhubaneswar)                                                                                                                                                !        "                                            #            $ % S                      '                "       (          

                      !    " # $!% & '( !)$&% &!& * +( !)$&% ,%% $- (  ./- -      0/    1    )) 2 %) $0 3$4  #  5   6  " # $ !%   6(      7 6(     75 7/  87569:& !:&&)!% 057 ;7<0796  7  6 (     7  (  =(  -  2 0-   ( " /  2     (  >   4 8(   " 9  " #  "      3    / # 4$ & ( $)  )%% --   8( *$,   8540 9  - "   / $& ,  ; ( & $)?!@? 2 )?!@@   A# 8( ) *     /  * B  7   A# &&   ' ( %&&$&,) )), &,) ))) &,) ))% ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./ "0 >

));9 7  )) % !.%&/ -/P %  ! R *0(Q(%!( ! && #   (!((% !( )(.  . (! +  +011$*      $   %  / #1 ;/$"/ for a physical verification of the %%   08 present idol. The committee n a daring daylight robbery, has already furnished a report. Ia former MLA was report- 1*%H#  $$" “A committee has submit- edly robbed of Rs 2.55 lakh in $"0 "$/" ted a report after a physical ver- on &* "".0" ification. The idol was found to Sunday afternoon. be eroded even when we had According to reports, two !5+     $ $/0./ checked months before the bike-borne miscreants fled $"/2"" last Nabakalebar Yatra,” said away with the cash when for- hen will the idol of -$$"* $/: Shreemandir servitor Pandit mer Nabarangpur MLA Sadan WGoddess Mahalaxmi Padmanav Mahapatra. Naik was parking his car near from Ratnasinghasan of the $ * $ Mahapatra added that the issue his petrol pump here. Shreemandir, presently at a /* ".0$ 0 is a difference of opinions ruined stage, be replaced? It is *$0$/ within servitors over the mak- "/$"0$  a big question for now. $-0$/"0$ ing of the idol. Besides, rights 0$ *8". The supreme deity seating to rituals have made a problem, close to the lotus feet of Lord $8$: "* $ said Mahapatra. $ M N Jagannath is at her receiving  8$0$/ Due to an all corner dis- "."0$ $ end of erosion for last half a 0*"/$ ."$ putes, the SJTA now is mulling Rajendra Prasad Singh, MLAs century. The Shree Jagannath to seek opinions of Jagadguru AA4#"4 # Atanu Sabyasachi Nayak, Temple Administration $ "/$ Sankarcharya. His verdict Naik was going to return Debasish Samantaray and (SJTA) has failed to resolve would be ultimate, sources     stage Intermediate Range with the cash from his petrol # 65 Prasanta Muduli, Jugal Kishor the disputes between various enthronement. said. Ballistic Missile (IRBM) can pump at Hirli located on the Nayak and Golakh Chandra sects of servitors on various When the matter again Notably, the wooden idol uclear-capable ballistic take a nuclear warhead of one outskirts of the district head- =*=*# Nayak slammed the IOCL points since 2015 rose up during 1992-93, the of Mahalaxmi, presently Nmissile Agni-IV was suc- tonne. quarters while the looters inter- authorities for their step-moth- Nabakalebar Yatra. As per SJTA lastly failed to establish enthroned on Ratnasinghasan cessfully test-fired from the The most accurate Ring cepted him. When he stopped      er attitude towards the land traditions, the the deity for a difference of is covered with gold plate and Integrated Test Range No. 4 at Laser Gyro-based Inertial his car, the men snatched away losers, displaced families and defective idols are banned opinions among servitors. Even known to be centuries old. As the Dr off Navigation System (RINS) sup- the bag and fled the spot before mega labourers’ meeting local unemployed youths. from worship in the temple. during 2015 Nabakalebar Yatra, per sources, during the the sea coast around 8.30 am ported by a highly reliable anyone could react. Awas held before the IOCL Trade union leader Santosh Way back in 1972, it had the SJTA had moved ahead to Maratha rule, the idol was on Sunday. redundant Micro Navigation Following this, Naik lodged Paradip Refinery Project Pattnaik expressed his gratitude come to notice that the accomplish amid the incarna- established in the temple. In The 4,000-km-range missile System (MINGS) ensures the a complaint at the Nabarangpur administrative building here on to the Ministers, MLAs and Mahalaxmi idol already had tions of trinity. Necessary steps course of times the idol has is equipped with state-of-the-art weapon to reach the target police station. The police reg- Sunday with Biju Sramik Biju Sramik Sammukhya lead- eroded when Biharilal Patnaik inside the Koili Baikuntha were undergone wear and tear. avionics, 5th-generation on within two-digit accuracy. istered a case and launched a Welfare Board Chairman ers for their kind cooperation was the administrator of the also taken, but due to disputes Close to the lotus feet of board computer and distributed Agni 1, 2, 3 and Prithvi are manhunt to nab the culprits. Subash Singh presiding over it. with his local union. Earlier, Shreemandir. A new idol was within servitors on their rights, Lord Jagannath are also wor- architecture. It has the latest fea- already in the arsenal of armed No one was arrested till the Ministers Pratap Jena, Usha Pattnaik had welcomed the constructed then. But a dispute the idol couldn’t be enthroned. shipped Bhu-Devi and Sri- tures to correct and guide itself forces, giving them a reach of time of filing this report. Devi and Prafulla Samal, emi- guests from Zero Point to the on weight and measures of the Hardly two months ago, Devi made of wood logs with for in-flight disturbances. over 3,000 km, equipping India The incident has left the nent trade union leader meeting place with a mega rally idol, besides wood used, stood did the SJTA form a commit- silver and gold coatings, respec- It is 20 meter-long and with an effective deterrence locals fuming over “poor” Santosh Kumar Pattnaik, Buju of about 5,000 men and women as a roadblock against her tee taking five sects of servitors tively. weighs 17 tonnes. The two- capability. policing in the area. Sramik Sammukhya president labourers. /## P!0 !# %* ! !! )!(( 4 ))&-$  $0 $"+* ))   &#  ! &  " *!*$+$!,, " "+ +(( ( +(* -.B (##1&#'*1 )'0*1 ( !% &/ *&&%%0%& A C 5%%1'&% BRAHMAPUR : A farmer         %&1/(*# died after allegedly being tram- 78 !0 Q '&=%2/%&*#&' pled by a wild elephant at istrict Collector Ramesh 4'& %&1%=% Chintakhali village under      structure of the Government DChandra Rout on Sunday, &#*#%%(% Sanakhemundi block inGanjam needs to be revisited as it does- after intercepting a private bus, '*1#2 '*1&&%&##== %&1 district on Sunday. n anti- incumbency wave n’t allow our employment to handed over its conductor to '1%%*%(#A&'*1%##&& The deceased, identified as R Ain Odisha is gathering grow. Despite availability of the traffic police for action. 0&=2**%&%#(&#%0&% %&1 Jhuria Patra, had gone to his momentum and the coming huge quantity of minerals like According to sources, the %#((#2 farmland in the morning when elections will witness a change coal, iron and bauxite, the bus from Baleswar which was the elephant attacked him. of the BJD Government, said State has failed to develop heading towards Oupada was *+*/ , "0!** * P Tension prevailed in the area as KJD president Baidyanath manufacturing hubs to make in the line when a level-cross- 23 -B '#1#D'#& locals blocked the - at a Press conference value added products for sus- ing gate was closed due to #)'#%&0% Aska main road after Forest held here recently. tainable development of the movement of a train. At that 7#= 0('&#* Department officials claimed that Mishra who arrived here economy. The MSME sector is time, the Collector was going '&2 %D'#"&# Patra did not die due to elephant with the Kosal Mukti Rath limping and the tourism sector to attend a programme. &(% attack. The locals were demand- kept his entourage busy dis- lacks a pan Odisha approach,” The driver of the bus was    crops have been completely *&'0&0 ing adequate compensation for tributing leaflets of his party to said Mishra. creating a mess as soon as the gutted in the fire leaving the &%"##" '="6 /2/%'#1%&#'#& the family of the deceased. sensitise people on the Kosal The KJD as a regional out- gate opened. Collector Rout nidentified miscreants farmers hopeless. )'#&'==%=(%#%&2 =% “There were elephant foot- State movement. Before leaving fit has been registered with the found that the driver didn’t Uallegedly set on fire acres Being informed about the %##&'&#*0#"7#*#&2 prints at the spot. We want com- for Puri for Jagannath darshan, Election Commission of India have a driving licence and the of paddy crops at farmlands paddy fields being torched, /%##=0')'"%*&&&2 pensation,” demanded the he told that teachers and farm- last year. The party will make bus was not having all requisite of three farmers at Nahiti Fire Services personnel reached deceased farmer’s relatives. The ers are determined to change its debut in the next elections. documents and the conductor village under Gop block of the spot and doused the flames. !4"*#! (" 5" **$+ road blockade was cleared after the BJD Government this time Though the party has a region- was in an inebriated state. Rout Puri district on Saturday The three farmers Pabitra  -B '&#'&==%= '0A the intervention of the Patpur as the education and the agrar- al bias for a new Statehood informed police about it. A night. Pradhan, Dhruba Charan #%#(#'=)'#0*120& police station IIC and senior ian sector have suffered the demand because of the acute penalty of Rs 13,500 was A pall of gloom descended Pradhan and Bidya Bhusan 4)%"#&<&'="#&' /4% officials of the Forest Department, most. The health sector per- regional imbalance in the State, slapped on the bus. The driver on the families of the three per- Pradhan have lodged a com- %('1%%#*1&0%02#'#& who assured adequate compen- formance is no better, he added. it advocates for an inclusive fled from the scene abandon- sons as the crops were planned plaint with the Gop police )'#%#*1&%&2 sation to the next of kin. “The present revenue growth, he told. ing the vehicle. to be harvested on Sunday. The about the incident. (5,*!*)$"*!#"  7B )&*&'*&0(*&*#(# 2   5%=&1% %'=)&'&%%=(*#  *#&O( '    !  <&%&#*" 2,1%%((#%# -* &#& '&2 %&%*%#& "0'!, $ *#==&2 #*:'7*E:7F(&& 1*%(#%( (*&'=%&2 %#**"*#%#0  !()R Q+ R =#&%%= '& *# EFEF%     $ *2      has also !***89 * $*$0 " * worked    -3B/%/'#=% *%O# budding star from Odisha in a few !G,*0*%&#O>%' Ahas made her debut in TV com-    /   #% H#5'0 Bollywood and, that too, in a mercials, (##% '&2/%='( Shah Rukh Khan film. including wo candidates, including a (#& ')1 eree and judge, Karate Model Sushrii Shreya a beauty Twoman, from Kujanga area (#&&%'*2 ')  96 Association of India (KAI). Mishra, who has represented product in have 1' %" #%1<' #" Local MLA Tara Prasad India at several beauty ad featur- cleared the Odisha Civil =& %"#%5%& %"") he Utkal Karate School Bahinipati graced as chief guest pageants, made her entry into ing Alia Services Examination, as the '&&4*1=#&%'*"%*%# Torganised a State-level and said it is a proud moment Bollywood in Shah Rukh Bhatt. An results were declared on &&0&#'&#2 karate championship here in for the town to host such Khan-starrer ‘Zero’ that was alumnus Wednesday. which a total of 200 partici- championship. released on Friday. of the St Reports said that Nilayam (!, $" 0  $," (%! ," pants and nearly 50 judges Dr Pattanayak said Karate Sushrii, who was the 3rd Joseph’s Sarangi from Pankapala village -23 -B '#=& and referees participated. is nowadays very important runner-up at Miss United Convent under Kujang block secured the *1=*1"(*#*'& The inauguration was by medium of self defence and Continents 2015, is seen in the Higher 18th rank. Sarangi is present- (=%0'#A#& marked by a torch rally from also an emerging sports. movie for a few minutes oppo- Secondary School, , Odisha with a short scene fea- ly working in Horticulture ''(')&#*& Bhagwati Mandir mto the venue. Among others Bunu Dash, site Abhay Deol. The movie Sushrii, who found a place in turing Lord Jagannath, Lord #&(##%# The championship was Rabi Nayak, Sanjay Jain, also features Anushka Sharma, Kingfisher Calendar-2016 and Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra. $ /0 ** '&2 ) organised under the guidance Niranjan Panigrahi, Shankar Katrina Kaif in lead roles. again in the company’s calen- Last year, Odia lad Jineeth 8 ". 8 (*&#*#%*='(=00&% of Shihan Dr Hari Prasad Praharaj, Ramachandra Born to Col Kishor Kumar dar for 2019. Rath was seen sharing screen +"2.$ **'#&"*'&="%=# &% &#%2/%*(###&*%(####2 Pattanayak, secreatary OSKA Samantray and Ajit Sadangi Mishra and senior police offi- Besides, the movie has also space with Salman Khan in *"/$ 4*,".-2 and Sensei Muna Singh Lal, ref- were present. cial Sabita Rani Panda, Sushrii one more connection with ‘Tiger Zinda Hai’. *0G"%5 *%%&#&'(##&#*'& $* $/0$'?0 "2: (=#%(#### 0&%='&  ". $$" % &(*#4'0%)&#*2 ))44  444 +))  2"."  ** $ &P*.*/9$/" $ 8$""  ,!,",!!"$  +!5 $ B 0&&*(#=#&0%##4= *! %% + 0 8./: & &'##&E4 F '&#=#* .$ "*/". *0%% &&5## *"<)%&% 0/  $ $/ $  ".P2"$ $ <)% & 12/%*(#'='&04 # 000$*$ (#&&'%&#<'&2/%(#& ) (  !01   ". *(((*(&='0#2 1#%<' %'" " #'&#"#*% =&%"%0 %" 0'#"'#%141 <)% & 1*&'*&%(=2)1" #& Department in Dharmagada. #%0%'#(=%4 &*(&&#'((2 (%3( + Local villagers, including 4 5 %& #) %'&=5 = '1% Sarangi’s kin, were happy with <*&&%2      the success of Sarangi.   4   court acquitted six other Similarly, Puja Lenka   "#!,"!* * accused, who were earlier he Vedanta Ltd., ’s CSR team and from Bhutamundei village 23-B/%'#(# he Chhatrapur Additional arrested by the State Crime Tfire safety team collaborated to conduct a near Paradip cleared the % *%1 &#% #' TDistrict Judge (ADJ) has Branch’s Special Task Force fire safety awareness for students in peripher- Odisha Civil Services :&0%"=% awarded life imprisonment to (STF) in the connection, due to al schools from December 7 to 20. Panchayat High School Badmal were involved. Examination and obtained &*%%('=(*%" three persons in connection lack of evidence. The objective was to impart and equip stu- Led by Kulamani Mishra of Vedanta’s Fire 58th rank. (0*1#%&*2 with the kidnapping and mur- In August 2012, the body dents and staff in schools with technical knowl- Safety Department, the CSR team conducted ses- Presently Puja has been #'&#(*(&% der of one Yudhistir Nahak at of Nahak, who was the father edge on preventing and combating fire. sions through interactive teaching methods, pursuing her doctorate in % (##(# Khallikote in district in of the then Khalikote NAC More than 1,200 students and school staff quizzes and practical demonstrations, including JNU in Delhi. Puja gave cred- =#&2 *100'%&&'*# 2012. Councillor Shankar Nahak, from eight schools namely Buromal School, usage of fire extinguishers. it to her husband Ashutosh 1#%#%='##24)&%"#(#*% The three accused con- was found floating in Samala Debadihi High School, KGP High School Abhijit Pati, CEO, Vedanta Ltd., Mohapatra, father in law '1 %*&&%2 45#*4401  victed are Dillip Acharya, barrage near . He was Gudigaon, UGHS Siriapali, Chakradhar Birtia Jharsuguda Cho Yiu Chan, HSE Head (Health, Prasant Kumar Mohapatra %*%&##(#2 Pramod Behera and Krushna kidnapped from his home by High School, Parmanpur, Banjari Project UP Safety and Environment), besides locals, and mother in law Debabala Chandra Das. However, the the miscreants on July 18. School, Bapuji Nodal High School Sripura and hailed the efforts. Mohapatra for her success ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./ "" 5

* (   )+( -')  ./ ( '  / +(  (  )   .$  %00(%( 

!  0 % * +  0& (  -2!%* al disasters in Odisha, after break the farmers’ spine to + ,- R#     6  2013-14 (Phailin year). repay its debt,” rued farmer *(&=# The estimated crop loss in leader and NNKS convenor ewly-formed Anta Rastriya 2018-19 till mid-December Akshaya Kumar. NHindu Parishad president &A* stood at over Rs 1,800 crore How the farmers in Odisha Pravin Bhai Togadia criticised vis-a-vis of Rs 3,850 crore in are in economic crisis here is the Union Government led by  5(&= full financial year of 2013-14. evident from the data available PM Narendra Modi for forget- Significantly, when total with the State Government’s ting their commitments given at #&%=%# pegged value loss was con- Department of Economic and the time of last election, includ- verted to the unit cost of cul- Statistics (DES). The DES data ing construction Ram temple at ,# tivation per hectare, the cost of shows farmers’ real income has Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh. cultivation per hectare for dwindled over years in Odisha He criticised Modi for not   GA !*( farmers in Odisha boils down as the total value of their crop going to Ayodhya even once as to around Rs 44, 000 in 2018- products has dipped by around '## 19. This fact reveals farmers in 5 per cent to around Rs 26,849 Odisha accrued a loss of crore in 2016-17 from over Rs  <6  / +  $ 0"  "G * around Rs 44, 000 per hectare 28,440 crore in 2012-13 at  $$/"0$ owing to natural disaster like 2011-12 prices. entral University of "$$/  -$   5# Titli. The inference then is real COrissa (CUO) Koraput The distress at hand then income of crop-farmers in the VC Prof Sachidananda $/*"$A* *'# could well be imagined when State has eroded during last Mohanty addressed the vale- *"-"/      Odisha has around 32lakh half-decade. Another impor- +  /M;$ dictory session of a two-day $$/8: $8/$ ++" 3% households with farming as tant fact to take note of is the 0$-$$8$ $/ South Zone Vice-Chancellors’ principal income source, and contribution of net value South Asia meet on Thursday as the chief  " he visited to many places of UP a whopping 72 per cent of added by crops to total Net Communication -88*"" guest, held at the Pondicherry 9$) 0"$  for 19 times during last four and 5+ *! A them has farm land of around State Domestic Product Conference on Media and the .$""$$/00$ University. 0$A* $$ a half years as Prime Minister. He     1 hectare only. (NSDP) of Odisha during last Marginalised Communities ""N The meet was organised condemned the PM for not giv- Data with State-Level half decade has dipped to 10.6 organised by the KIIT School of jointly by the Pondicherry  /"$ ing justice and safety to 3.5 lakh hen farm distress and Bankers Committee (SLBC) per cent in 2016-17 from near- Mass Communication was of technology, it is helping peo- University and the Association "/* *$ Hindus in J and K and failing to Wloan waiver has been the further reveals that when aver- ly 12 per cent in 2011-12. inaugurated by All India ple communicate through the of Indian Universities (AIU) M$"$0 remove the Bangladeshis from burning topic across the age amount of crop loans bor- This significant pointer brings Communion and Media pangs of nostalgia of yesteryears. attended by about 70 Vice- the country. nation, the shocker is that rowed in 2018-19 were esti- to fore that per capita income Association president Prof KIIT Registrar Prof Sasmita Chancellors from the south- 0*8" $N He informed that 12,000 Odisha farmers seem to be the mated at around Rs 50,000 per of crop-farmers in Odisha has Biswajit Das on Friday. Samanta, emphasising on ern region. farmer suicides have taken place worst-hit in country as the farmer household; fact to note actually declined, despite near- Prof Das said, “We have to indigenous communication, During the event, three during the Modi Government. State in 2018-19 (till the mid- in the given context how an ly 29 per cent rise in per capi- be empowered by communica- said that for communication, technical sessions were organ- the need for liberal education, He targeted Modi for failure in dle of December) has seen assistance of Rs 5,000 each ta income of the State during tion to get connected with the often words are not required. ised on themes such as equity, accountability and many fields. highest crop damages in the under the scheme ‘Kalia’ per the period 2012-17. nation.” Prof Vibodh Moreover, communication “Transformation in Higher freedom. He made a clarion In an executive committee country owing to natural dis- farmer households in Kharif In the given context, where Parthasarathi, in-charge of is being transferred from gen- Education through techno- call to all Vice-Chancellors to meeting of the organisation asters. and Rabi looks a pittance, farmers in State have faced Centre for Culture, Media & eration to generation and the logical innovations: Recent show equal respect for all here on Sunday, Togadia As per data available with when the cost of cultivation double whammy of natural Governance, Jamia Millia basic core of the society is the trends and future scope for a disciplines and to pursue requested the people to give the Union Government, with per hectare has been pegged at disaster and declining net Islamia, said, “Mass base of communication. knowledge society”, “Science with a human face”. mandate to a pro-Hindu party crop damages in an area cov- around Rs 44, 000. income that together having Communication is a developing Dr Bidu Bhusan Dash, “Creating workforce for Among those present in the coming elections. ering a whopping 3.9lakh “The latest scheme curtailed farmers’ repaying field across existing institutions.” Course Coordinator, KIIT tomorrow: Need to exploit were the VC of Pondicherry Local organisers like hectare till mid December, announced by CM Naveen ability on debt owned; demand In his presidential address School of Mass industry-community collab- University Prof Gurmeet Dharyadhar Das, Manas Barik, Odisha virtually tops country Patnaik shows that farmers in of loan waiver, at least in KIIT University VC Prof Communication, said the focus orations” and “Technology, Singh and senior official of Basant Patra, Santosh Muduli in 2018-19. In last half-decade, State have been under ‘Kalia’ affected districts, has then Hrushikesha Mohanty said of the conference is confined to law and excellence for sus- the AIU and the invited gath- and several other party this was the second highest (Lord Jagannath) mercy. After gained momentum on the communication could be a way communication studies and tainable development”. ering of academics and schol- activists and office bearers crop damage owing to natur- all, it’s the natural disasters that ground. of trust building. In the context journalism. Prof Mohanty stressed on ars. were present. "&+ ". *   "%$    (/+*!  * $ ,"& 45  % & $$ *       0$ "$ 0      0 &* $8 *  4 3<6  eposing faith in the trans- $8$/0$$/$  E < F      Rparent leadership and pro- ".0$ ,"". Prasad Naik said, “This project people programmes of Chief he ruling BJP comfortably is our humble endeavour Minister Naveen Patnaik, hun- */ * 0$ Twon the bypoll from N Regalia, a maiden com- towards the growth of smart dreds of BJP and Congress sup-  $".0$"0 " Jasdan Assembly seat in Dmercial venture of DN city Bhubaneswar as envisaged porters of the Dhamnagar 08". -2"/ Gujarat on Sunday, taking its Homes, was inaugurated by by our CM. Assembly constituency, includ- 0/ 2/ :+  tally in the House to 100, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Moreover, this project will ing elected representatives, $$ $ ,2 while the Congress won the at Patrapada here on Friday. generate employment for over joined the BJD in Patnaik’s Kolebira(ST) Assembly bypoll It is a sprawling 6,00,000- 2,000 people.” The Beyond presence here on Sunday.  /"$/0$,"". in . sqft-mixed use development Squarefeet Mall Management Those who joined the rul-  . 88$ With this victory, the consisting of a shopping mall, Private Limited, a specialist ing party after coming from Congress increases its tally to a multiplex, a hotel and a food company in mall management their area under the leadership would further strengthen his 8 in the 82-member Jharkhand hub. The DN Regalia has part- with presence across India of Dhamnagar MLA party in Dhamnagar block and Assembly. The bypoll was nered with INOX for the mul- and abroad, has taken the Muktikanta Mandal included . Party State necessitated after Enos Ekka of tiplex. onus to manage and operate Baleswar College of secretary Bijayak coordinated Jharkhand Party, who repre- DN Homes MD Jagadish the mall. Engineering and Technology the joining programme. sented the constituency in the Principal Manmath Kumar “I joined the BJD as I have Assembly, lost his membership Biswal, Jayant Biswal, Prashant been inspired by the trans- following his conviction in a Biswal, Ramchandra Jena, parency of the BJD murder case. Babulal Marandi’s Swapnarani Panda, Ramakant Government and clean image Jharkhand Vikas Morcha had Sahoo, Rabi Panigrahi and of Chief Minister Naveen supported the Congress. Natabar Mallick. Patnaik,” said Manmath Biswal. In Gujarat BJP candidate  /   come online. It has listed the product Besides, elected people’s Amongh others, BJD Kunvarji Bavaliya defeated After a preliminary dis- description, barcode and prod- representatives of Dhamnagar Bhadrak district president and Congress nominee Avsar team of business experts of cussion with the weavers, they uct identity. 132 photographs of block and NAC and Tihidi MP Arjun Charan Sethy, dis- Nakiya by a margin of 19,979 AAmazon Internationals went for a photo shoot. Now sarees and stoles have been list- block along with over a thou- trict observer Ranendra Pratap votes, officials said. The by- Online Shopper in association for marketing Maniabandha ed. sand supporters belonging to Swain, district working presi- election was necessitated after with the ORMAS Cuttack unit silk sarees, stoles and The weavers’ community the BJP and the Congress dent Jagannath Swain, Bavaliya, an influential Koli officials visited the houses of patta, Amazon has advertised of Maniabandha and Nuapatna joined the BJD. Dhamnagar block presient community leader who had weavers to study the product the same through social media’s has expressed pleasure over the The Chief Minister, who is Raghunath Lenka and former won the seat on a Congress mechanism of Maniabandha facebook and Instagram at step taken by Amazon to inter- also BJD supremo, welcomed block chairman Binod Nayak ticket in 2017, resigned from saree looming, its tie and dye rural step site by photos and nationalise Maniabandha the leaders saying their joining were present. the party process, besides its flexibility to videos. sarees.   #  - .! ! (    .)( 0/  #   /0) ' . .  * ' 5+   the 1962 war and therefore we implementation of projects and told reporters here that the #!  !  ought to draw lessons from the thereby unused funds. The other police had forced them to aban- espite India’s advantageous past on this matter, it added. issue is the bureaucratic clear- don their plan to visit the hill Dgeographical position in During their visit, the panel ances that are required for infra- shrine and return. ,"**: ! *+"  which the top leadership of all Doklam and its infrastructure members realised only some of structure development in the However, rejecting the  3 44 the terrorist organisations push post its standoff with the border posts are connected border areas including inter- charge, the police said that the active in the Kashmir Valley China, Beijing still holds an by all weather roads. “The panel ministerial clearances. There is activists had came back on their ith the recent successes were killed. Giving an example, edge in terms of connectivity. members were shown pictures of also the problem of lack of mon- own due to security issues, Wachieved in the fight they said almost every two While many Indian roads infrastructure developed on both itoring of the implementation of adding that two cases were reg- against terrorism in Jammu & days, the security forces have cannot withstand the pressure of the sides of the border and projects. istered against the protesters Kashmir including the killing managed to achieve success in military traffic even 46 years after major discrepancies were clear- “The main reasons attrib- based on the complaint lodged of six terrorists of Zakir Musa’s the fight against terrorism since China took advantage of it in the ly visible. The sorry situation has uted to the delay as stated by the by Manithi members. outfit on Saturday, the securi- October. 1962 war, a number of important accumulated over the year. Some Ministry of Defence is difficult Earlier, braving several ty establishment is confident of Given this factor, the sectors continue to be dependent roads in Guwahati, Tawang and terrain, delay in getting envi- protests on their way, the 11- stabilising the situation for the momentum will continue dur- on “single access routes” that Gangtok were constructed under ronment clearances, inadequate member team, all belonging to first time in five years. ing the ongoing winter months could be “risky in times of con- the Prime Minister Gram Sadak infrastructure with Border Road the traditionally-barred age Having accounted for near- and, if the trend of drop in lev- flict”. Yojna (PMGSY). Organisation (BRO),” the panel group, reached here by 3.30 am ly 250 terrorists this year, the els of violence continues, offi- A parliamentary panel that These roads are being used added. through the Idukki- highest in the last 10 years, the cials are hopeful of stabilising took a first-hand stock of the for military purposes. These The BRO, which draws its *   4 to the valley to chase them Kambamedu route on the tempo of operations against the situation in the strife-torn ground situation in Doklam has roads are inadequate for military officers and personnel from the away. Kerala-Tamil Nadu border. terrorism will continue even State by March for the first time strongly pitched for “enhancing purposes but they can definite- Army, is responsible for building ith just four days left for The women and the police Of the 11, six carried the tra- during the harsh winter in five years. However, they the level of priority to border ly be envisaged as a back up and maintaining roads in border Wthe culmination of the had to virtually run from the ditional irumudikettu which is months with the hope that it admitted that there are still 250 roads”. access route in times of exigen- regions. The committee recom- first phase of the annual scene to the safety of a nearby mandatory to climb the may create possibility of hold- terrorists active in the Valley The panel, chaired by cies it is imperative for national mended the BRO should work Sabarimala pilgrimage, a group guardroom, abandoning the “pathinettam padi” (holy steps ing Assembly elections along besides 190 new recruits who Congress leader Shashi Tharoor, security that we should not be to “achieve full connectivity” of 11 women of menstruating trekking plan. leading to sanctum sanctorum). with Lok Sabha polls. As of have joined the terrorist ranks said it was “perturbed…that dependent on single point and Government should “sig- age on Sunday made an unsuc- Defying prohibitory orders, But, the women could not move now, apprehensions are there this year as compared to 128 for despite a marked progress in access,” it said. nificantly enhance the level of cessful bid to offer prayers at the hundreds of devotees thronged forward and had to wait at the about a spike in terrorism the entire last year. This spike recent years, the border road In its report on India-China priority it gives to border roads” Lord Ayyappa shrine as they the forest path here blocking the entry of the forest path for over related violence in the run up in recruitment is despite the infrastructure on the India- ties, Parliament’s standing com- in view of last year’s standoff with were forced to return by protest- way of the women, who reached six hours following “namajapa” to the announcement of poll fact that new untrained fight- China border is grossly inade- mittee on external affairs referred Chinese troops at Doklam. ing devotees. in the early hours from . (chanting sacred hymns) schedule. The security estab- ers are being eliminated rou- quate, as confirmed by its own to inadequate infrastructure A decision to improve Accompanied by police per- Police tried to remove the pro- protests staged by hundreds of lishment wants to have a firm tinely 15-20 days after jumping observations from its visits”. including roads along the border infrastructure along the China sonnel, the members of testers by force as they were not devotees.The BJP and other grip on the situation before giv- the fence. Stressing the point In several important sectors, and said there is a “distinct feel- border was made in 2005-06 Chennai-based women empow- ready to budge despite their right-wing activists too staged ing the nod for holding elec- that the security forces have the India is “dependent on single ing that BRO as an organisation but progress had been “very erment outfit “Manithi” could repeated announcements to dis- namajapa protests across the tions. limited task of fighting terror- access routes, a risky proposition with antiquated rules of delega- slow”. Minister of State for barely move 100 metres through perse leading to the arrest of State including before the Cliff Sharing this assessment, ism, sources said once situation in times of conflict. Worse, many tion needs a thorough overhaul”. Home Kiran Rijiju had recent- the traditional forest path some of the protesting devotees. House, the official residence of sources said the recent months stabilises, the political out- roads are not built to withstand It was pointed out that one ly told Parliament that the towards the temple when hun- Before returning, Selvi, the Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan have seen a spate of successful reach should begin immedi- military traffic. China had specif- of the main reasons for weak Government has undertaken dreds of devotees rushed down co-coordinator of the outfit, in Thiruvananrhapuram. operations against terrorists in ately. ically taken advantage of this in border infrastructure is lack of construction of 73 roads. ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./ "" B 1  + -/' 4     +  #    " $    %  -' ( ( - ' !  5&1 3/  $   %6    new awards came at the con- conference, Modi lauded the *   2-  7 clusion of the annual confer- contribution of the police * - 3  (    rime Minister Narendra ence of Director Generals of forces in maintaining internal he BJP on Sunday claimed 77 -=  = 7< PModi on Sunday launched Police and Inspector Generals security and directed the heads Tthat interception of calls 7 -< 3 8 &&&  37 < istancing himself from the the website of the Cyber of Police held at Kevadiya in of police forces to take steps and emails were done illegally 79&& 2 27 DSangh Parivar’s demand Coordination Centre as a one Narmada district of Gujarat, towards creating a more during the Congress-led UPA for a law to build the Ram tem- stop shop on all cyber related near the statue of Sardar responsive and sensitive police government while Modi dis- of concerned state and ple in Ayodhya. BJP ally and issues, whether it is cyber Vallabh Bhai Patel, country's force, the statement said. pensation has adopted legal Commissioner of Delhi. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish crime or cyber security. The first Union Home Minister The PM further stressed on means with its order designat- “Tell me how is this differ- Kumar on Sunday said the portal launched at the conclu- who is dubbed to have unified the need for coordination of ing 10 agencies to do so. ent from the December 20 temple issue should be resolved sion of the DGPs conference close to 600 princely States into Central Armed Police Forces In an order on Thursday, order? The only difference is either through a court judge- would also act as a bridge the Indian Union. (CAPF) and Central agencies the Union Home Ministry that the December 20 (order) ment or mutual understanding. between law enforcement agen- Modi also released a com- with the state police forces authorised 10 central agencies was legally notified by the cen- “We have maintained for a cies on the one hand, and memorative postal stamp on and amongst neighbouring to intercept, monitor, and tral Government while the long time that this issue should academia and private cyber the National Police Memorial states was absolutely essential decrypt “any information gen- UPA had not notified it and be resolved either through a security professionals on the and a special issue of Indian for successfully dealing with erated, transmitted, received or upon an RTI they had released court judgement or mutual other. Police Journal on police mar- complex issues of crime pre- stored in any computer”. The the list. These 10 agencies were understanding,” he told The PM also announced tyrdom, published by the vention and management of centre's order had come under working even at that time. reporters. Kumar said every the institution of a new nation- Bureau of Police Research and law and order in the country, attack from the opposition They were snooping on 9000 party has its own views but his al honour for National Unity Development (BPR&D). it said. who said that the move was telephone calls and 500 emails party’s stand has been the same on the pattern of Padma The PM also advised the Modi advised the DGPs to “unconstitutional and an every month and Congress is over the matter for long. Awards, the Government said top police brass that a nation- make imaginative use of infor- assault on fundamental rights” accusing others of snooping? BJP’s another ally from in a statement. al level parade may be organ- mation technology to reach out and demanded its immediate “The political party which Bihar, the Lok Janshakti Party, The annual award would ised by police forces of about to all sections of society withdrawal. enforced emergency, the party has also opposed the demand be given to any Indian who has three to four states near Patel's through websites and apps to BJP spokesperson Sambit which brought the post office for brining a legislation to contributed to national unity in statue at Kevadiya every year provide various police related Patra showed that in two RTI amendment bill how can that build the Ram temple at       &  % 7 any manner, it said, adding that on Patel's birthday on October services and safety advisories. replies the UPA Government in political party level such Ayodhya. LJP chief and Union    $    28 the PM drew inspiration from 31, observed as National Unity He highlighted the misuse August 2013 had said that on charges against another party? Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has iconic Congress leader Sardar Day. of social media by anti-nation- an average its agencies inter- The Congress party for its repeatedly said that everyone over alleged deterioration of Hindutva groups, includ- Patel's contribution towards It was Patel, who, as the al forces for creating mass cepted 9000 telephone calls opportunism has gone to the must await the Supreme Court law and order, among other ing BJP’s ideological parent unification of the country. home minister of the country, unrest and for radicalising vul- and 500 emails a month. extent of playing with nation- judgement on this issue. matters, saying their propa- RSS, have been pressing the The three-day Conference had inaugurated the first con- nerable youth in this context. It had also listed 10 agen- al security” he alleged. Among the NDA allies, ganda will have no impact in Central Government to bring also focused on improving ference of Inspector Generals of A large number of issues cies which did the monitoring The decision to intercept only Shiv Sena has backed the Bihar. a legislation to pave the way for cyber security in the country Police in Delhi in 1948. For concerning internal security, - Intelligence Bureau, Narcotics anybody's computer can be demand for brining an ordi- “We are committed to construction of the temple at and on preparing the Police this reason, Patel's message of criminal justice system, ter- Bureau, Enforcement invoked only in matters of nance to construct the pro- development with justice... I the site where Lord Ram is forces to prevent and investi- national unity was the under- rorism, left wing extremism Directorate, CBDT Directorate national integrity and security, posed Ram temple. don’t have the habit of speak- believed to have been born. gate cyber crimes and financial lying theme of this year's con- and bridging the gap between of Revenue Intelligence, CBI, public order and friendly rela- Nitish also took a dig at ing unnecessarily. Some people The case of the Ram temple frauds. ference, it said. police and public were dis- NIA, RA&W, Directorate of tions with other countries, the opposition parties, who have have the habit of only talking land dispute is presently in the The announcement of the At the conclusion of the cussed at the conference. Signal Intelligence, DG Police government has said. been targeting his government while I do my work,” he said. Supreme Court.  ;7 <7 1  !       R#!  *$  $ %    <7 7=, =  $ 7<3 7P   #  -7<23=77= 9$   6-  $$! 3 7 <  $  #  67'  !  ! 7 3 <37   Kingdom, the official added.     8. While the Law Ministry is ECs based on the recommen- ing the provision gender neu- There was consensus in the the administrative Ministry dation of the CEC. tral. Members of the armed n a move that would help meeting that all stake holding he Khadi and Village he Election Commission for the EC, the Legislative In its report on electoral forces, central armed police Ipropel Indian traditional countries should come togeth- TIndustries Twill make a fresh push for Department is the nodal unit reforms submitted in March, forces, personnel of State police medicinal system on the glob- er to work for the globalization Commission (KVIC) has electoral reforms with the for issues related to the poll 2015, the Law Commission forces posted outside their al stage, the Government is in of traditional medicine systems decided to pay a unique Government, including making panel. had proposed extending con- State and employees of the talks with the World Health which are already finding wide tribute to Mahatma filing of false declaration a The sources said, the stitutional protection to the two Centre posted outside India are Organisation (WHO) to acceptance. Gandhi’s as part of the ground for disqualification and Commission would also ask the ECs. The EC had been pushing eligible to be enrolled as service include AYUSH terminology Over the past few years, year-long 150th birthday putting a cap on expenditure by Ministry to take a call on its to extend constitutional pro- voters. like ayurveda and Unani in its India has been aggressively anniversary celebration. candidates in Legislative demand to extend constitu- tection to the election com- “Much depends on International Classification of promoting AYUSH on the Befitting Bapu’s vision of Council polls, in the coming tional protection to the two missioners. Parliament. The Bill has been Diseases (ICD)-11, a system domestic as well as interna- empowering villagers. days. election commissioners on the Another proposal that the passed by the Lok Sabha... It is that allows health profession- tional stage both for expanding Towards this, the KVIC According to highly-placed lines of the Chief Election EC would press for is making a major electoral reform for als to share health information its global influence and for a will install in New Delhi a sources in the poll panel, the Commissioner. electoral law gender neutral for service voters ahead of the across the globe. share of the estimated US$50- large wall mural of Bapu EC top brass, at the planned The President appoints the armed forces personnel. Lok Sabha polls... We want ICD-11 is the new classifi- billion global market. symbolising the cultural meeting with Legislative Chief Election Commissioner As of now, an Armyman’s Government to get it passed at cation of diseases released in Efforts are also on to integrity and unity of the Secretary G Narayana Raju and Election Commissioners wife is entitled to be enrolled as the earliest,” an EC official June 2018 by the global health ensure better manufacturing nation. after the end of the Winter after the Law Ministry initiates a service voter, but a woman said. Referring to the issue of agency. practices and scientifically val- Inaugurating a two- Session of Parliament, will also the file for their appointment. Army officer’s husband is not, filing false declaration, the “In a recent meeting which idated herbal drugs are made day workshop-cum-train- ask the Government to make A Chief Election according to the provisions in sources said, as of now, it was attended by ambassadors/ available. For instance, CSIR's ing programme bribery during poll period a Commissioner can be removed the electoral law. But a Bill attracts a six months' jail term. high commissioners of 15 two labs-the Central Institute of ‘Technology for Modern cognisable offence. from the office only through pending before the Rajya Sabha But the EC wants to make it nations, it was acknowledged Medicinal & Aromatic Plants Pottery’ at Bishampur vil- The Winter Session of impeachment by Parliament. proposes to replace the term into an “electoral offence”, they that there was a need for dili- (CIMAP) and the National lage of Sewapuri in Varanasi * + $7 7 Parliament will end on January The President can remove the ‘wife’ with ‘spouse’, thus mak- said. gent integration of traditional Botanical Research Institute district, KVIC Chairman Vinai  " -=  and complementary systems of (NBRI) have jointly developed Kumar Saxena said that in a 2 -;3  2 7= medicines in the healthcare of anti-diabetes herbal drug BGR- joint effort of highly skilled 150 people with respect to com- 34 which is being sold by the potters from all over the coun-  <  -7 =-7 bating non-communicable dis- AIMIL Pharma across the try, the KVIC will install 150 7; 77 eases and promotion of health country. square meters (15 meters long alongside the modern medicine Similarly, research to devel- by 10 meters wide) wall mural, parts of the country has diver- across the world with very low op cost-effective cannabis using ‘chai kulhads’. sified techniques of production cost. based drugs for treatment of “While Each chai kulhad of clay articles. An “In this regard it was also pain in cancer, epilepsy and will be one pixel of the entire Ahmedabad-based firm the felt that, induction of Indian sickle cell anaemia is being con- image, small terracotta parts Clay Club that specialises in Medical systems like Ayurveda, ducted by Council of Scientific will come together to form the terracotta and ceramic prod- Unani and Siddha in the and Industrial Research - entire image. This mural will ucts, will design the artwork International Classification of Indian Institute of Integrative become a finite entity formed and will manage the produc- Diseases (ICD) of the WHO Medicine (CSIR—IIIM) in col- by a simple unit of larger gen- tion by engaging with the iden- would be desirable,” said an laboration with Bombay Hemp erality. The e KVIC will show- tified potters,” he said. official from the Union Ayush Company (BOHECO). case it in some prominent To make the life of mural Ministry. Medical-tourism hotspots place in New Delhi,” he said. weather proof, these kullads Chaired by Union Minister in India too are drawing for- Saxena further said the will be glazed and baked in of AYUSH, Shripad Naik, the eigners in good number. India KVIC has already started iden- high temperature at Gujarat’s meeting on globalisation of has established AYUSH chairs tifying 150 potters from dif- Morbi, which is world famous traditional and alternative sys- in more than two dozen cities ferent parts of the country to for terracotta and glazed clay tems of medicine was attend- to raise awareness about the produce the chai kulhads for articles. The KVIC has so far in ed by Ambassadors/High AYUSH systems of medicine this very purpose. this financial year distributed commissioners of Bhutan, abroad. These countries “The selected potters will 4,700 electric potter wheels in UAE, Cuba, Iran, Ghana, include , Trinidad & produce the chai kulhads in different parts of the country Hungary, Trinidad, , Tobago, Mexico, Cuba, stipulated size, shape and fin- and plans to distribute addi- Equatorial Guinea, Sri Lanka, Hungary, Russia (two cells), ish them as India has a great tional 7,000 electric potter  $ !    # 54 $  $   "   ! *$"!  5  %     $&  Nepal, Switzerland, , Indonesia (two cells), Mauritius pottery tradition and different wheels by March 31 next year.  %       %  &       $$$ $   $    28 Bangladesh and The United among others. 12 /0) !  # 3   ! ( (( ' . (

$5#!*   intermediary websites as there iment in attracting foreign is a levy of an 18 per cent of tourists. The print and elec- ( 1  '/ '  ourism in Jammu & GST, which cuts across the lit- tronic media, both domestic TKashmir is facing the brunt tle profit that they might make, and international, have an of double whammy of ‘negative making their venture unsus- important role in projecting the     / The move comes at a time publicity’ and GST on tourism- tainable,” said the report. favourable situations existing in when China has been trying to related activities in the region, In this regard, the com- J&K. tri-services delegation of    expand its influence over Nay a Parliamentary panel has mittee recommended that the “The Ministry should also Asenior Indian military offi- Pyi Taw even as both Beijing noted. implementation of GST on involve its counterparts in cials on Sunday left for 76 and New Delhi are the only Concerned at the declining tourism related activities in Information and Broadcasting Myanmar as part of a first ever powers who have backed tourism in the picturesque the State must be reconsidered. and External Affairs for the exchange programme, aimed at 566  / 6 Myanmar amid international State, the committee headed by It also took serious note of removal of advisories imposed enhancing mutual trust // pressure for the so called atroc- Rajya Sabha member Kanwar the negative publicity of the by various countries against between the forces of the two ities against the Rohingyas. Deep Singh has asked the State, which it said were based travel to the hill State.” countries guarding a frontier of 4  67/ India has been raising with Government to hold talks with on incorrect facts, was result- To counter the negative 1,640 km. Myanmar its concerns over the countries which have issued ing in lesser tourist arrivals, publicity, the committee, rec- A group of 120 defence /656 /  certain insurgent outfits of advisories against travel to J&K cern that the implementation of “Most wholesale traders causing financial losses to hote- ommended that the Ministry of personnel from Myanmar are North Eastern region having and also reconsider imple- the GST on tourism has a insist on payment in cash liers as well as travel agents, Tourism should organize their also visiting India as part of the strategic neighbours and shares bases inside its territory and mentation of the GST on manifold effects, mostly nega- which is a major issue, as the who have to pay idle wages and own publicity campaign and exchange programme, a brain- the 1,640-km border with a asked that country to take tourism sector in the State. tive on the economy of the support from the Government fixed bills, causing huge finan- also engage Youtube and social child of Army Chief Gen. Bipin number of Northeastern states action against them. Myanmar, “It (GST) must be done in region. The committee was must be processed via the cial burden on them. platforms like Instagram and Rawat. The 78-member Indian including militancy-hit on its part, has been assuring a cautious and phased manner informed by the stakeholders Public Financial Management The panel urged the Snapchat and social media delegation will interact with Nagaland and Manipur. India that it would not allow in order to ensure that the del- that sourcing of products and System (PFMS) payment sys- Ministry to initiate dialogue influencers to promote a more senior officials of Myanmar Gen. Rawat has been push- any insurgent group to use its icate State of tourism in the materials is an issue. Unlike tem which insists on digital with the countries which had positive image of the State. military, officials said. ing for deeper coordination territory against India. region is not adversely affect- other States, the residents of transactions. issued travel advisories against Furthermore, the State The Indian Air Force will between the armies of the two In June, 2015, the Indian ed,” said the report on J&K and its business owners “Furthermore, the com- the State for their withdrawal. Government must engage with be facilitating the travel of the countries. Army had carried out an oper- ‘Development of Tourism in spend huge amounts of money mittee was informed that small “The advisories issued by var- business chambers such as Myanmarese military officials, The simultaneous visits by ation in areas near the Indo- Jammu & Kashmir’ which was on procuring essentials, most of business owners for small scale ious countries were based on ASSOCHAM, CII and FICCI some of whom are accompa- the personnel of the armed Myanmar border against the submitted in Parliament which have to be flown in, hotels, bed and breakfasts and ill-informed facts and unnec- to invite and encourage com- nied by their spouses, they forces of the two countries are NSCN (K) terrorists, days after recently. which increases their capital home stays cannot list their essary assessment of local con- panies to host meetings and said. aimed at ensuring ground- terrorists had killed 18 Army The panel noted with con- expenditure. properties on various travel ditions and acted as an imped- visits in the region, it said. Myanmar is one of India's level military cooperation. personnel in Manipur. ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./ "" 3

4  '(+ 2*(  /   -      3$! ( .'.( 34 '  8  #    workers are fighting the PCC leader OP Mishra said a Trinamool’s misrule and falling decision had not been taken Ahmedabad: Eight children 9:       victims to their attacks every but added “we have been were among the 10 people day. So they will be hurt and the opposing both the Trinamool killed when a bus in which they party will suffer immensely if and BJP in Assembly jointly were returning, after enjoying ((* <6< / augment the Congress’ brand they see our leaders with those and also we have been facing a picnic, fell into a 200-feet value ahead of any alliance talks who are responsible for destroy- them together out on the field.” gorge in Gujarat's Dang district, ith its chances of a deal with the Left Front should it ing the Congress in . Meanwhile in a meaning- police said on Sunday. Wwith the Trinamool crop up. Now it is their decision and we ful development CPI(M) State Around 80 people, mostly Congress coming to a nil after Gandhi told Mitra and cannot interfere with that.” secretary Suryakanto Mishra students of a coaching class in Mamata Banerjee’s public pro- Gaurav Gogoi the AICC leader The PCC president said he on Sunday said that it would be , were travelling in the nouncement of solo fight in all observer for Bengal to “prepare Trinamool Congress-spon- had briefed Gandhi about the an act of folly if the people bus, which was on its way to the 42 Lok Sabha seats in the to fight on our own,” sources sored grand Opposition rally at Trinamool misrule and the thought that the TMC would Surat when the incident next year’s general elections, the said. Mitra who held a 15- the historic Brigade Parade threat of a rising BJP. “We have fight the BJP and vice versa. occurred on the Mahal- Congress national leadership minute parley with the Ground in , Mitra said also told him how the “These two parties are in Bardipada road near Ahwa has asked its Bengal unit to Congress president briefing “we have only reported the Trinamool is trying to ignore fact complementary to each town, 380 km from here, on strengthen its organisation and him about the ground realities ground realty to the leadership. the Congress’ achievements in other because they survive on Saturday evening, the police  6 8 prepare for a go-alone contest in the State said “we have been As a regional leader I could not the belt where we recent- different kind of communalism said. in the State. asked to strengthen our party have given any advice to the ly won the elections. He gave us and suppression of the Over 24 people were Seventeen students with in the age group of 10-16 years, Party national president organisation in the State and national leadership on this a patient hearing and asked us Opposition: Tripura and injured when the driver appar- serious injuries were shifted to are residents of Amroli area in Rahul Gandhi has asked Bengal prepare the party to fight on count. I only told him (Gandhi) to strengthen the organisation Bengal are two glaring exam- ently lost control of the bus. hospitals in Surat. The rescue Surat. The students were Pradesh Congress president our own in the upcoming Lok that the ground situation in with a view to fight the elec- ples,” he said adding the other The deceased included eight operation continued till late returning after visiting the Somen Mitra to oil the party’s Sabha elections.” Bengal is such that the grass- tions alone.” secular minded parties should children and two adults, said on Saturday night, the SP Sabri dam in Dang. The picnic organisational machinery When asked as to whether roots workers do not want the On whether there was any come together “to fight out Superintendent of Police (SP) said. was sponsored by their tuition insiders said interpreting the the national Congress leader- Congress to join the rally. chance of the Congress’ hold- these fascist forces as a prime Shweta Shrimali. All the students, who were class. PTI instruction as a measure to ship would attend the “At the ground level the ing the Marxist hand another national duty.” +(0 !%!(!+4'*

Lucknow: Rebuffing allega- Asked about the cyber sur- were framed in 2009 when the tions that intolerance was ris- veillance order, the home min- Congress-led UPA was in ing in the country, Union ister, who is also the Member power and its new order only Home Minister Rajnath Singh of Parliament from Lucknow notified the designated author- said on Sunday no nation in the said, "The Ministry has already ity which can carry out such world was as tolerant as India. given its clarification in this action. Singh made the remarks regard. Since, Parliament is in While addressing the foun- two days after actor session, I cannot speak any- dation day programme at the Naseeruddin Shah had thing outside... Whatever I university, Rajnath Singh said, expressed concern over "intol- have to say, I will say in as far as public health spend- erance" in the country while Parliament." ing is concerned, the govern- referring to the killing of a Ten central agencies were ment has not been able to policeman in a mob violence, on December 20 authorised by spend enough on the sector. triggered by alleged cow the Centre to intercept, moni- He said, "The spending of slaughter, in Bulandshahr ear- tor and decrypt all the data the Government on the health lier this month. contained in any computer sector is 1.16 per cent of the Singh, who was here to  :  "5   %   %     %& *$  system. GDP, and it is our effort to take attend the 114th foundation ;;< =    4 !*    28 The move set off a politi- it to 2.5 per cent". day of King George's Medical cal storm with the Opposition On the demand for University (KGMU), told in the world where people tinue to do so," he added. accusing the Government of AIIMS-like status for KGMU, reporters, "The tolerance that from various prominent reli- The veteran actor had trying to create a "surveillance Singh said, he held discussion exists in India, I don't think can gions co-exist peacefully... They Friday said that the death of a state". in this regard with the Health be found in any corner of the have contributed in making cow was being given impor- The Centre, however, said Minister, but some policy world." India empowered, self-reliant tance over killing of a police- the rules for intercepting and changes have to be brought in "India is the only country and prosperous and will con- man in the violence. monitoring computer data first. PTI    &#$$   $$ $%   %           28 "5  6+>  #!        34<  11 ( $ *$  *     ! 1  #  3; !  .      Q 60  !:=  (  ( .' Jaipur/New Delhi: As many as opportunity to those who have Kolkata: CPI(M) general sec- Dushashan, just as in the BJP, ( 7-1 23 newly elected legislators — 22 not held ministerial portfolios in retary Sitaram Yechuri on we know of Modi and Shah." Dibrugarh (Assam): Bogibeel, Congress and one RLD — are the past. Sunday alleged that Prime "The Kauravas said how Asia's second longest rail-cum- Amaravati (AP): Andhra expected to take oath as They said over a dozen of Minister Narendra Modi was can five Pandavas defeat 100 of road bridge that will be opened Pradesh Chief Minister N Ministers in the first Rajasthan them will be seen in tomorrow's resorting to manipulation of them, but eventually that hap- to traffic by Prime Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Cabinet formation on Monday. cabinet expansion. statistics to paint a rosy picture pened; likewise the BJP claims Narendra Modi on Tuesday, Sunday dubbed Prime Minister Chief Minister Ashok Meanwhile, Gehlot has so of his Government's achieve- to be invincible, but the state has a serviceable period of Narendra Modi as a “hollow” Gehlot and Deputy Chief far initiated a few transfers of ments. polls have shown they can be around 120 years, senior officials man who has “done nothing” Minister Sachin Pilot, who took officials with the likelihood of a Yechuri claimed Modi's defeated," Yechury said. said here. for the country. oath on December 17, returned thorough reshuffle of bureau- announcement that 99 per cent system has been established to He said the Government's The 4.9 km-long Bogibeel He also accused the Modi to the State Capital on Sunday crats after the cabinet formation. goods will now attract 18 per a large extent and we are work- move to authorise 10 Central Bridge on the Bramhaputra Government of “denying” spe- noon after spending three days "As many as 22 Congress cent or lower GST as a "post ing towards a position where 99 agencies to intercept any infor- river is India's only fully weld- cial category status to Andhra in New Delhi for a meeting with and one alliance partner RLD's truth", since 97 per cent of mer- per cent items will attract the mation on computers was an ed bridge for which european Railways, the girder has steel Pradesh, despite promising it in president Rahul Gandhi and MLA are likely to take oath at chandise or services already sub-18 per cent GST slab." indication that the country codes and welding standards floor system for railway tracks Parliament. senior party functionaries. Raj Bhawan on Monday," a attract 18 per cent or less GST. The GST Council on was moving "towards a police were adhered to for the first time and concrete for road. Naidu said Modi did noth- The names of council of party leader informed. "The method adopted by Saturday reduced tax rates on state." in the country, said Chief "Early flood in the river ing even for his home state ministers have been finalised by Those who are likely to Modi surpasses Goebells," he 23 goods and services, includ- Alleging that the Centre Engineer Mohinder Singh. Brahmaputra restricted the Gujarat as its Chief Minister for the State Congress leaders take oath are BD Kalla, Raghu said, drawing a parallel with ing movie tickets, TV and wants to gag dissenting voice, Singh said a fully welded working season to a very short 12 years, but made everyone including Gehlot and Pilot after Sharma, Shanti Dhariwal, Lal Hitler's Propaganda Minister monitor screens and power he said people talking against bridge has a low maintenance period of approximately five believe he did "great things". rounds of discussion with Rahul Chand Kataria, Pramod Jain during the Nazi rule in banks, and exempted frozen the Government are termed cost. The bridge, constructed at months (from November to "We all believed this. The Gandhi and other senior lead- Bhaya, Parsadi Lal Meena, Germany. and preserved vegetables from 'urban Naxalites'. an estimated cost of Rs 5,900 March) and demanded huge whole country believed this but ers, sources said. Vishvendra Singh, Harish "Statistics are manipulated the levy. Yechury also criticised the crore, has a "serviceable period mobilisation of construction were left cheated", the chief The swearing in ceremony choudhary, Ramesh Chand to distort facts," Yechuri said, With this cut, only 28 Trinamool Congress (TMC) of around 120 years", he said. equipment," said Singh. minister said in a continued is expected to be held in Jaipur Meena, Bhanwar Lal Meghwal, speaking at a seminar on Karl goods are now left in the high- for taking different stands in The bridge reduces travel Transportation of concrete diatribe against Modi. at 11.30 AM on Monday, they Pratap Singh Khachariyawas, Marx's 200th birth anniversary est 28-per cent tax bracket. and at the nation- time from Assam to Arunachal across river channels of 600 He also released a 'white said. AICC general secretary in Udai Lal Anjana, Saleh celebrations, organised by the Yechury said in order to al level on upholding democ- Pradesh to four hours and will metre to 900 metre width from paper' on "implementation" of charge of Rajasthan, Avinash Mohammad and Govind Singh Communist Party of divert and dilute protests grow- ratic rights. cut out the detour of over 170 both the north and south banks Reorganisation Pandey and Congress observer Dotasara. Mamta Bhupesh, India(Marxist) here. ing against the Government He said that West Bengal km via Tinsukia. was the biggest challenge, he Act, 2014 and the "connected for the State on Government for- Arjun Singh Bamaniya, He also claimed that the over "miseries of people, the Chief Minister and TMC It will also reduce Delhi to said. To overcome this, concrete assurances", here, targeting pri- mation, K C Venugopal, besides Bhanwar Singh Bhati, Sukhram Prime Minister and the ruling BJP and similar other supremo Mamata Banerjee was Dibrugarh train-travel time by was pumped through pipeline marily the PM. AICC secretaries for the state Vishnoi, Ashok Chandna, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) organisations are resorting to "murdering democracy in about three hours to 34 hours as laid over buoys. "A leader makes all the dif- were also involved in the delib- Tikaram Jully, Bhajanlal Jatav, were resorting to such manip- sharpening of communal Bengal and speaking of against 37 hours presently. "Eighty-thousand tonnes of ference. We believed what all erations for deciding on the Rajendra Singh Yadav and ulation to suit their interest and polarisation." upholding it in the rest of the Modi will open the bridge to steel plates was delivered for the Narendra Modi said. What is Ministers, the sources said. RLD's Subhash Garg are also paint a rosy picture of the Likening PM Modi and country." traffic, 16 years after it was project via a combination of rail Narendra Modi today... Rahul Gandhi intends to likely to take oath, he said. National Democratic Alliance BJP national president Amit The CPI(M) politburo announced by then prime min- and road transport, while a Hollow," Naidu remarked. focus on having a Cabinet with Rajasthan can have a total of (NDA) Government's achieve- Shah with characters from the member said in the run up to ister Atal Bihari Vjpayee. 1,000 tonne hydraulic jack and The Prime Minister had a majority being fresh faces, 30 Ministers including the Chief ments, when the ground real- , the former Rajya the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, The bridge has a two-line strand jacks linked with the sub- been campaigning that there sources said, adding the Cabinet Minister and the Gehlot cabinet ity was otherwise. Sabha member said, "Of the one has to be clear who are the railway track on the lower deck structures were used for moving was no great leader than him, will be a blend of the old and will have some vacancies left Modi had on Tuesday said 100 Kauravas, we know the real allies in the fight against and a three-lane road on the top steel truss over the pillars," he he alleged, adding "but he is no new guard and will give an which will be filled later. PTI in Mumbai, "Today, the GST names of Duryodhan and the saffron party. PTI deck. For the first time in Indian said. PTI good". PTI =   ! :$ &    R Q$1 R     ! '

 % $ & $ %    $ $ $$% + $,, “If he had planned to play a Minister. “This leader feels 5 Karunanidhi, it has ended as a that the National Herald case Patna: The Bihar young provincial capital of "All historic institutions mishap. Stalin is no match for and the Augusta Westland Government's decision to rede- Bihar. endeavour to preserve their MK chief M K Stalin’s last Karunanidhi who was cun- helicopter case would put velop Patna's prestigious The college, renamed a few heritage for the next generation. Dweek ‘Chennai Declaration’ ning and intelligent,” added spokes in the way of the moth- PMCH by demolishing its his- decades after Independence, And, the coming generation that Rahul Gandhi would be the Satyamurthy. er-son duo becoming the toric buildings has upset the as the Patna Medical College will be robbed off seeing the Prime Ministerial candidate of Both Satyamurthy and Sam Prime Minister and he being alumni of the State's first med- and Hospital, popularly known heritage of Bihar's first medical the united Opposition has failed Rajappa, veteran journalist, are the senior most leader of the ical college, who have appealed as PMCH, is dotted with his- college. The Government to enthuse the main Opposition of the view that Tamil Nadu party stands a chance to to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar torical buildings, including the should preserve it," PMCH parties not only in other States was still in a state of fluid fol- emerge as a person acceptable to save the heritage of the 93- Bankipore General Hospital Alumni Association president but also the outfits in Tamil lowing the death of Jayalalithaa to all,” said another senior year-old institution for the and Women Hospital, which Dr Satyajeet Kumar Singh said. Nadu. Sources close to the and Karunanidhi, the bosses of Congress leader. posterity. were equipped with special lifts Patna-based Singh, who DMK’s top leadership told The the AIADMK and the DMK. His statement might have Born in 1925 as the Prince in that era, the main adminis- had worked for several years in Pioneer that Stalin’s surprise “They were a class apart and made him a favourite with the of Wales Medical College, set trative building, and physiolo- the UK after completing his declaration did not have the there are no leaders in both the Nehru-Gandhi family but what up to commemorate the visit of gy and anatomy departments, graduation, rued that the cam- endorsement of even his own parties to take their positions Stalin lost in the process is the the then Prince of Wales, among other structures. pus buildings had some neglect party colleagues. It may be ,” said Sam Rajappa. respect he enjoyed among Edward VIII, its iconic, old her- The new project of the over the last few decades, but noted that Durai Murugan, the Even TTV Dhinakaran, other Opposition leaders like itage building are now pro- Bihar Government has not it would be "grossly unwise" to party treasurer who is the de the State said that he was Kerala, the Communists (both founder of the AMMK , the Mamta Banerjee, chief minis- posed to be dismantled in gone down well with the demolish them and such a facto number two in party happy with the name of any the CPI-M and the CPI) are breakaway faction of the ter of Bengal, Chandra Babu multiple phases as part of a PMCH alumni, living in Bihar massive hospital in a congest- hierarchy has not responded to Congressman proposed by the engaged in a direct battle with AIADMK, ruled out projecting Naidu, Chief Minister of redevlopment plan. or abroad, who have suggested ed area meant it would lead to the announcement made by his DMK chief. the Congress and do not like to Rahul Gandhi as Prime Andhra Pradesh, said Rajappa. The Prince of Wales had restoring and preserving the "traffic nightmares" in streets. party boss. Though Stalin endeared be seen n public as allies of the Minister. There are some on “Many senior leaders of the visited Patna on December 22- historic institution in its orig- The State Cabinet had in Except the leaders of fringe himself to Sonia Gandhi and Congress,” said G Satyamurthy, Tamil Nadu who views Stalin’s Opposition parties stayed away 23 in 1921 as part of his royal inal form and developing November given its nod for the outfits like VCK and Muslim Rahul Gandhi by the declara- columnist and commentator. move as a pre-emptive strike from the swearing in of the tour of India and the college "extension centres" in periph- redevelopment of the PMCH League, no major allies of the tion, it has failed to enthuse the He further stated that against a senior Congress three Congress chief ministers,” was established four years later eral areas of Patna, like Bihta or into the world's-largest 5462- DMK has come out in support spirit of the Communist par- Stalin’s out-of-turn statement leader from Tamil Nadu who he pointed out. The ‘Chennai to perpetuate the memory of Fatuha, on the lines of AIIMS bed hospital at an estimated of the “Rahul for PM” slogan. ties. “They are in a dilemma was proof of the political has been secretly pushing him- Declaration’ has remained a his visit to what was then a extension centres. cost of 5540 crore. PTI A veteran Congress leader in because in neighbouring immaturity of the DMK chief. self for the post of Prime non-starter. ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./ "" C Q1  . /  ( +'  ( +'(+  ( R

Chennai: Prime Minister said without referring to any- between Congress and its parties, he said while they were worker, Modi charged that the Modicare healthcare, the fast Narendra Modi on Sunday one. southern ally DMK, Modi said passing resolutions against Congress tried to spread lies pace of construction of public lashed out at the proposed DMK President MK Stalin, none had forgotten where the Congress "not long ago," call- among people about BJP. and individual toilets and gov- mega party coalition or a who had recently proposed two parties stood on the Jain ing it "pro-imperialist", respon- "They spare no effort to ernment spending on sustain- mahagathbandhan to take on Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Commission. sible for price rise, agriculture mislead people about the able transportation such as the the ruling BJP at the Centre, as Opposition's Prime "That time Congress said crisis and much more, now progress our party is making. chennai metro rail, among oth- terming it an "unholy alliance" Ministerial candidate for the either it is DMK or it is us. But they were praising each other. Almost every poor household ers. of various political parties for 2019 Lok Sabha polls, was one today they are together. If not In an apparent dig at in the country has a Jandhan Year 2018 was a "great 'personal survival.' of the leaders incarcerated dur- opportunism, what explains Sharad Pawar's NCP, Modi bank account but the Congress year" for the country and was People will see through ing the Emergency. their alliance," he asked. said "another party based in will mislead people saying that a "watershed" one, he added. the 'incoherent alliance' of 'rich "Corrupt and criminal ele- Taking on BJP's former Maharashtra was formed in their money is not safe in The government has also dynasties,' Modi said during his ments are supreme when these ally Telugu Desam Party, severe opposition to the banks. been working for the senior cit- interaction with booth workers parties govern. It is common helmed by Andhra Pradesh Congress leadership." "About six crore people izens' welfare and among other from Chennai Central, knowledge how the Congress Chief Minister N Chandrababu "The truth is that this so- have got gas connection. But things, slashed their Income Chennai North, Madurai, harassed Mulayamji (SP leader Naidu, he said it was floated by called grand alliance is a club those who have been rejected Tax slabs, reduced prices of Tiruchirappally and Tiruvallur Mulayam Singh Yadav) with the veteran N T Rama Rao of rich dynasties. They are by people spread all types of lies stents and knee implants and constituencies in Tamil Nadu. be inspired by the socialist for personal ambitions, not cases. Have these parties done "who faced the anger and high- only to promise family rule. on it. They will mislead the provided subsidised medicines The Prime Minister said leader Ram Manohar Lohia, people's aspirations," he justice to the ideals of Dr handedness of the Congress." People can see through their people on the Awas yojana through Jan Aushadi centres. the key constituent of the mega but the veteran himself charged. Lohia," he said, adding the "He formed a party for the opportunism and will never (Housing scheme)...", he said. The process for providing alliance — Telugu Desam Party opposed Congress and its He recalled Lohia as saying answer was a 'resounding' no. pride and respect of the Telugus accept such an incoherent During his interaction, the life certificate for pensioners — was formed against the very ideaologies, Modi said. that Congress is a 'compromise Further, the Congress and at a time when the Congress coalition. India wants democ- Prime Minister highlighted has also been simplified with 'high- handedness' of the "Today several leaders are party' which has made com- its 'ecosytem' spared none, humiliated a chief minister of racy, the alliance wants dynasty. India's recent achievements, the launch of an Aadhaar- Congress by the veteran, late talking about a grand alliance promises on many ideological Modi said and pointed out at Andhra Pradesh. Yet today the India wants growth for all, the especially in 2018, such as the based online facility, he said, Chief Minister N T Ramarao, or a mahagathbandhan. This issues, national interest issues". the dismissal of the AIADMK party of NTR wants to ally with alliance wants growth only for country gaining rankings in and urged the party workers but that the party was now keen alliance is for personal survival, Further, many leaders in government of the late chief the Congress. How can people their families." he said lam- the ease of doing business to highlights these to the to join hands with Congress. not idealogy based support. the coalition were "arrested minister M G Ramachandran of Andhra Pradesh accept this," basting the opposition group- index. elders at various locations Further, some parties in the This alliance is for power, not and tortured" during the in 1980. he said. ing. He also referrred to the including their morning walks mahagathbandhan claimed to for the people. This alliance is Emergency, the Prime Minister Recalling the past rivalry Taking a swipe at the Left To a question from a party launch of the comprehensive and temples.  $  %$ > # !#        -! #

7    6 $  *(* 4 4 Marathi Welcomed, Diktat Not Welcomed” , “We Prayed for Shillong: The man, who was km from Shillong — belonged umbai’s former Sheriff Rains, Rains Gave us Potholes. arrested in connection with the to him, Superintendent of Police Mand founder of Giants God now save us from mine mishap in Meghalaya's Sylvester Nongtynger told PTI. International Nana Mansinh Potholes”, “PM in Japan, Soon East Jaintia Hills district a fort- Two mine managers, Chudasama, known for his we shall have pure Gangajal”, night ago, has admitted that he Mohesh and James Sukhlain, are witty “Talk of the Town” ban- “Our Cricket Team Tests was the owner of the 370-foot- still on the run, he said. ners along Marine Drive in Nation’s Patience”. “Tsunami of deep illegal quarry, police said Sukhlain facilitates mine south Mumbai, died here on catching banners like “Idiot: Corruption: Only God Can on Sunday. operations, while Mohesh is the Sunday, following brief illness. Man who did not vote”, “Let Save Us”, “Jai Hind, Jai Modi”, Fifteen miners were trapped person responsible for bringing Chudasama, better known Your never die, Donate Eyes” , “Small Cabinet, let’s hope for in the "rat-hole" mine on labourers from West Garo Hills in the recent years as the father “Indrani Saga: Reality Makes big impact” and “Football made December 13 after water from district and Assam, the SP said. of fashion designer-turned- Fiction Fake”, “Promoting Brazil, Zinta made cricket”. nearby Lytein river gushed into Earlier, the police had said BJP spokesperson Shaina NC, it. All efforts to trace the labour- Chullet was involved in hiring was 86. ers have turned futile as the labourers and sending them Chudasama, who through water level in the mine showed down the shaft. Around 20 his thought-provoking banners no signs of receding in the past miners had entered the 370-foot had earned sobriquets of being 11 days. Krip Chullet, who was mine on Dec 13. After reaching the "conscience keeper of arrested on December 14, the bottom of the pit, they Mumbai" and "voice of the      =  $ * & 2     4 *    "  admitted during interrogation entered the horizontal tunnels, common man", had over the   *  $  %    /$ %     ?$   $ & * 4  that the mine in Lumthari village often termed "rat-holes", as each years penned hundreds of     28 of Khliehriat area — around 80 just about fits one person. PTI banners on topical issues of public importance. Put up at a vantage “Talk of the Town” point along the    / 4 *  &* % Marine Drive, his banners would draw the attention of the office goers in the late sev- enties eighties, nineties and )# R  / $   5 even 2000s. A compilation of 500 such witty banners was brought out in the form of a *(* 4 4 ject was stuck for some many power. So some leaders sug- book in 2010. Q%  R # ( years. Even we had thought it gested, just make tall promises. Chudasama, whom many nown for his candidness, would never be completed. If we do not come to power, we Mumbaikars would call as *(* 4 4 made an issue of Kamal Nath’s KUnion Minister and senior But, this project has been com- won't be responsible anyway." Mumbai’s original “tweeter”, decision to accord priority in BJP leader Nitin Gadkari puts pleted during the tenure of Rahul Gandhi shared the pur- had come up several eye- ebunking the ruling BJP jobs to local people and make his foot in mouth once again by our Government in the State,” ported video on his twitter Ddemand for an apology it mandatory on new industries saying that the BJP-led Gadkari said. handle and commented: "You from Congress president Rahul to reserve jobs for local people. Maharashtra Government had Gadkari said that the Maha are right. The public also Gandhi for Madhya Pradesh Raut wondered as to what disproved the apprehension Government had completed believes that the Govt exploit- Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s wrong Kamal Nath had done in that, even a eunuch, if is mar- many pending irrigation pro- ed their dreams and their trust." comment that MP's "youth" stating MP's "youth" were los- ried, could beget a child, but a jects during the last four years. On his part, Gadkari clar- were losing jobs to migrants ing jobs to migrants from Uttar local irrigation project would Gadkari’s reference to ified latter that he did not from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Pradesh and Bihar. “A contro- never be completed. eunuchs is bound to spark a name PM Modi, the BJP nor Shiv Sena on Sunday demand- versy broke out after the new Speaking at a farmers’ rally controversy in the State. The did he speak of giving 15 lakh ed to know from its senior CM of MP made a statement to at Sangli in western “eunuch begetting a child” con- to people. Alluding to the video, alliance partner as to why it did this effect. The BJP made an Maharashtra, Gadkari said “We troversy comes on the heels of Gadkari said: “During the not apologise for the manner in issue of it even in Parliament. had an apprehension that even another controversy over a Maharashtra State Assembly which north-Indians were beat- The BJP men demanded an a eunuch, if is married, can comment reportedly made dur- polls (late BJP leader) Gopinath en up and driven out of Gujarat apology from Rahul Gandhi. A beget a child, but irrigation pro- ing a conversation with a media Munde ji and (Chief Minister) a few months ago. few months ago, hundreds of jects in Maharashtra would channel. Devendra ji (Fadnavis) had In a signed article written youths from were never be completed. But, our It may be recalled that told him to announce that toll in Shiv Sena’s mouth-piece beaten up and driven out of the Government has disproved our sometime in October this year, would be abolished the BJP “Saamana”, the Sena spokesper- BJP-ruled Gujarat on the issue apprehension and completed a video surfaced in which comes to power. I said let's not son and newspaper’s Executive of north-Indians cornering the long-pending Tembu irri- Gadkari is quoted as saying in do it because this action will Editor Sanjay Raut ridiculed jobs there. At that time, the BJP gation project in Sangli district”. Marathi that the BJP "was con- lead to problem as it will be dif- the manner in which the BJP did not tender any apology”. “The Tembu irrigation pro- fident it could never come to ficult to implement it. 8       #  

+ $,, 2  #        !  relation with or Hindi BCE and 100 CE while M. 5 spoken in North India. Srinivasa Aiyangar places it     1# The notes chronicled by between 5th Century BCE and he theory of a separate Swamy, which were examined 6th Century CE. Still others date TDravidian ideology as demolished again, this time by Swamy who was a former and translated into English by it variously from the 2nd claimed by the Dravidian par- the findings of late BGL Swamy, professor and principal of author Sandeep Balakrishna Century BCE and the 1st ties in Tamil Nadu has been a scholar from Karnataka. Presidency College in Chennai based in Karanataka proves Century CE’, says Swamy’s notes. (1953- 1978) has found that that the original work of The deleted pages from Robert Caldwell, founder of Caldwell has been tampered by the preface of the book Dravidian ideology, had said Madras University. authored by Caldwell holds that Tamil literature originat- “Caldwell’s book was first the key to the whole Dravidian ed only in the 10CE while the published in 1856. Its second theory, according to Swamy. He Dravidians claim that it dated edition saw light in 1857. It con- wrote to British Museum back to 1800 BCE. tained an elaborate preface Library where the original edi- The edifice of Dravidian (154 pages) in a book totalling tions of Caldwell’s books are identity and related politics has 608 pages. In 1936, the Madras kept, photocopied the original been built on an ideology University published an pages and distributed the same introduced by Caldwell, an abridged version of this book in among hardcore Dravidians of Irish evangelist who came to which the preface was chopped Presidency College and Madras India in 1838 to spread the off in several places. The University. Word of Gospel and made Dravidianists are smart. If ‘Their response: “You’re Tamil Nadu his home till he someone shows them evidence very tough! You have managed died in 1891. Caldwell has that goes against their current to fool even the officials of the been accorded the status of the train of opinion, they ensure Museum!” ,’Swamy wrote in his Father of Dravidian ideology that such evidence vanishes memoirs. Swamy had authored by diehard Dravidians. completely. They have ensured an academic paper “The Art of "A Comparative Grammar that the first and second edi- Making Things Disappear” of Dravidian or South Indian tions of Caldwell’s book have based on his studies. Family of Languages" authored similarly vanished in order to This is not the first time by Caldwell is considered as a protect the current and future Caldwell’s efforts to divide India seminal volume on the identi- generations of innocent Tamils on the Aryan and Dravidian ty of the South Indian lan- from being corrupted,” reads lines are being exposed. Rajiv guages. He claimed in his work the noting made by Swamy. Malhotra and Aravindan that the South Indian lan- Caldwell says in his book Neelakandan, in their work guages of Tamil, Malayalam, that ‘beginning of Tamil litera- “Breaking India” has quoted Telugu, Kannada, Tulu and ture is not earlier than 10CE . M what Timothy Brook and the Brahui language spoken in S Purnalingam Pillai, a Andre Schmid mentioned Pakistan and Afghanistan Dravidian ideological scholar, about Caldwell in their work belonged to the distinct dates the Third Sangam litera- “Asian Elites and National Dravidian family and had no ture to a period between 1750 Identities”. ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./ "" ? ;+(&( !;%0 *012*3&( ./% #=2*3&(3 7:!%;7$$!" $ )( . (       #  &        ##!     ! ?!       !  @ # &%&#*"#%'&0%&=#(#&0%  1 / 6 S ( #   ;:     #(&1&*'#%*'(&%&**(*##  0 %   O                   O      S    (          #        %          (               <       -  0      0          irst things first, I would like to wish                  ( all the readers of The Pioneer a  =                 5   merry Christmas and a Happy       6        ( . We all know that 2019 will be a very dramatic year for   0            0     FIndia because in less than 10 weeks, the      0        (  Election Commission will announce the              >    schedule for the next general election. And we will, hopefully, by the end of May, have                   the next Government in power. I do not 6  ? 6      0          have a crystal ball and I cannot gaze into         %        the future and tell you who will be sworn into the office by President Ram Nath    Kovind. But I can predict that the upcom- @                0   ing elections will be a dirty battle, full of           0      1  2 innuendoes, unsubstantiated rumours and allegations of wrongdoings — whether true   1  +     -        or false. "        A       < ;;  It is not as if these shenanigans have      (            ( not taken place in elections before. Indeed ever since the Athenians invented the con-            *   ( cept of democracy, elections have been                        dirty. But 2019 in India will be different       0 0          because it will be the first truly digital elec- tion process. Yes, the Bharatiya Janata Party                #   and Prime Minister Narendra Modi pio-                 ( neered the usage of social media and online ed brand, one might believe the likelihood of such a video be taken against smartphone    A               messaging applications in 2014. But in the what he/she will read on such becoming viral, that is spread- news applications that are clear- past five years, as dramatically lower data a fake website. ing rapidly, is extremely high. ly being run out of China. One              #       ( prices and access to cheap Chinese-made There is also a problem And what is known as ‘deep cannot check the veracity of   O  0                ( mobile devices have enabled more than with ‘news apps,’ often embed- fake’ video technology exists every single news item and    , B           ( 300-350 million Indians access to a smart- ded on a smartphone when one today. You genuinely cannot every single website. But there                    phone — a three-fold increase since the last acquires it. These applications, / /6 make out if video or speech has to be some way of checking elections — things will be very different. which may or may not have patterns have been faked. And the ownership and editorial   0S 3  4    , 5    ( First and foremost, levels of digital lit- been certified by a third party  64 967 when you add a fake logo of a leadership of websites, just like                   eracy in India are very poor. Keep in mind, such as Google, can easily 55< / respectable news organisation, print publications fall under the                ( this does not equate with literacy. A lack spread fake information in the the trust value goes up. Press Council of India and are of digital literacy affects the highly educat- guise of news to derive politi- 6    Even if such a video is dis- subject to defamation laws.                  ( ed people as well who tend to believe what- cal benefit. credited in two-three hours, a Even television channels need            0     ever they read on the internet. While there Now we know which coun-  /6  third of the polling day is over, clearance from the Home    ?  $     3?$ 4    (  9CD  is some evidence to prove that people are try manufacturers all these    67 and retractions take a lot longer Ministry. There has to be some less likely to believe images on the inter- devices. So, the pertinent ques- to spread in the news cycle. The way of verifying information C;9     "        +   net — as they now know images can be tion is: Can China manipulate  / " / damage is done. You might from websites.                 ( manipulated — there are studies that the Indian electorate by spread-  < / have been disgusted with the The problem here, of   =          $    show that people tend to believe informa- ing fake news? Short answer said politician for being moral- course, is that some websites tion they read on the internet, especially yes. Of course, the current   5 / 6 ly corrupt and might even are clearly run by surrogates   ( -           one from a formal sounding uniform problem with many of these 7  / have changed your vote. One based abroad, and free speech       (             resource locator (URL) or web address. applications, which unlike ser- does not need to look at just absolutists would rather slit      The cynical among you and digital vices of WhatsApp, Facebook  56 5  foreign powers for this. The their wrists than allow moder- natives would always take a close look at or Twitter, where there are 67    propensity of political party’s ated content in India. And this the URL and see if it is real or fake, espe- redressal systems no matter information technology cell, to also leads to the question: Who cially when it comes to financial transac- how slow, is that they have no  5//6 spread such information direct- moderates the websites? Can a " '9 tions. But the rampant cases of phishing, control. Some of them are also 7 4 / 6 ly or through surrogates such Government stop access to where personal and financial information hiring hundreds of content as news websites in their con- websites and information it is stolen using fake websites that look creators to curate information   2: trol, is happening right now. feels distinctly uncomfortable 2  (       #4 ? deceptively like that of a real bank, are com- that can move markets, such as Given that many seats are with even if the news items are mon. There are job hoaxes that are distress- spreading fake news on food /: 6 close, even if a few thousand true? Or do we take the nuclear 2 R     !  #  !  ingly common online, especially in India. items, cures for diseases and 5   voters change their mind, vote option and restrict internet         And the problem is worst when it Indian politics. or do not vote or even press the access 48 hours before comes to news — it does not take much And even if there is a 5  5 ‘None Of The Above’ (NOTA) polling?          to create a fake or even malicious news site redressal system, the timeline 764/64 button, it can swing a seat. And There are no easy answers )       or video. With some snazzy editing and for an election, the actual phys- 4  /9 since most predictions have and frankly, it might be too late           headline writing, along with stolen content, ical voting day, is quite short. 2019 as a frightfully close elec- to do much ahead of the 2019 one can create a fake website for even a What if a fake video about a sex tion in the present scenario, elections. But this is a problem.          ( well-known media brand. For example, scandal of a popular politician this could dramatically alter the A problem that we must all             someone can create a dailypioneerr.com got into your device at 8 am on result of who comes to power. accept and so should the          website and one’s brain might not even the polling day, the exact time So we know the problem, Election Commission of India. process the second ‘r’ in the domain when the booths open? what can be done about it? First (The writer is Managing $ *      name. And being a fake of an old and trust- Being a secondary scandal, things first, some action has to Editor, The Pioneer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ihar and Uttar Pradesh is real-            ly an unfortunate one. It may be            2  + ! 2 3  the case that Nath’s viewpoint        0       4   Sir — This refers to the editorial, may find favour with the youth                       “A demon called waiver” %##%&"L &*&A of his State, but it does not real- (December 21). It is an irony that ME*0 F2 '&0%*%# ly bode well for the country.          /             political parties promise loan /(  )#%" 4&% &#% & Selection of jobs must be made on            5       waivers to strengthen their hold on 5%%#=%"5=##(#&%'&%%# the basis of one’s qualities and tal-                (  0  power and to please the farming &4#&4&#( ent and not on one’s identity. If community. One doubts whether    #  % *'  &2 /% every State Government makes        +              they are genuinely concerned 5=##"#(#%% #" efforts to improve employment                 about the farmers’ interests. The %&(#&#2/%5=##*% opportunities in its own State, 0                 ( Congress promised loan waivers 0#%#%(#%A why would the youth need to seek in their election manifesto to &%#*#'%#(2"%'&% jobs elsewhere?      (             ( come back to power. And even- %#(#&A&# &%(#%(=###*%#2= Mohd Umar   S             #    tually, they did come to power. %#&(% !=*#2 #%'=%'%*'D'1%# Madhya Pradesh   *)$         +         But the drain on the exche- &#0#'"&#A *#'(#2/%(##(# quer as a result of loan waivers is ##'&%0###*% %##(*#&=%#*%%%#           0 +S           ( large. This can affect the econo-  #&%#(*##0*1 G2 #'*%%'=0'&2/%#)'#*#                     my. This because the money, #*"=##)'#(*A %=#%4#O#)02      +         2  + S ( which should actually be used for '&#0&%**%% $5  Sir — The Indian Space Research developmental purpose, is divert- %*'2 1#%&(   Organisation made the country              ! "  ! ed towards fulfilling waiver proud with the launch of GSAT- $        /    *     promises. How then will the 7A, a geostationary communica-        1 $   *)$   6    $ State Governments manage funds loan waivers as pursued by the may face a lot of problems.        tion satellite, from the Satish that are essential for infrastruc- Congress will not benefit either Thus, it is for the Dhawan Space Centre in  +  P  Q              5   ture and development projects? the farming community or the Government to chalk out a Sriharikota. This new satellite,        *)$              Devendra Khurana economy as a whole. Congress process that can make the eco- Sir — This refers to the editori- along with GSAT-7 and GSAT-6,       (           #   ( Bhopal chief Rahul Gandhi said, “We will nomic system strong. Otherwise, al, “Kamal Nath’s faux pas” dubbed the ‘Indian Angry Bird’, will                      not let Modi sleep till he waives GDP growth will be stable or (December 20). Every citizen of form the band of communications     off all farm loans”. Increasing loan might even take long time. In the India has the right to live an work satellite for use by the military.              +     ( waivers will mean a greater fiscal pursuit of power, the country’s anywhere in the country. Madhya Mohd Faheem  *     (            # *)$  burden on the economy as well as economic development should Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Mumbai                    Sir — This refers to the editori- the Government. This may in not be sacrificed. Nath’s argument that the youth of    &* 6 al, “A demon called waiver” return slow down overall growth. Najmul Halimee his State have been deprived of   - 37 -A=2 <2 (         9:;<  (December 21). The agenda of Besides, the Government, too Mumbai jobs because of migrants from ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./ " ( ;+(&( !;%0     %( #) !      00!*0*#!0 #$ ,"  "  *  *$!"$*!! "!0* *, 0!0$!  ! ( 0 $* 5!# (,,*0 **** $!*# +%* **, 0!0* "  "*!!00 !,"(!*!+ * 6'##(####&%1(& L$*! L ," =#%%##01# ""   +#" #A(%*%1= >    R   $   2  R    !      !     ?4 <      7

              # 4          !   # ! !

           > 6#                           (      +            S              #               (      #                     (  5          E:                      *  E:                      #             7 &+         >           (                n December 22, 1901, history was cre-                      ated in Indian education when     Rabindranath Tagore inaugurated his =             school in Shantiniketan. Various     , !     O       aspects of education and learning                 ( wereO churning his mind all along ever since he, as            #     a child, experienced what went on in the schools.     S        (  Gradually, he evolved his own perception of the                  ( process of acquisition of knowledge and started         5         planning to give it a practical shape. He started by teaching his own children but realised that sporadic               initiatives would not work. As Tagore’s biograph-             +     ( er, Krishna Kripalani, put it: “Having suffered from    F           bad teaching in his childhood, Tagore had thought / 6        B    much, and written, too, on the fundamentals of 56: 5/ /   O           >    teaching, and now, he gained a new insight by /  // 5 +                  putting his principles into practice. But teaching   / 2              one’s children haphazardly is not enough. He need-  //6              0     ed a wider field for systematic experimentation. He thought, why not shift to Shantiniketan and start 5 /  — they felt fettered and imprisoned. and invested a substantial portion in a teristics. The need for this is in some way     , @                              ( a small experimental school there?” His thought Tagore could never reconcile to the idea cooperative bank that was created by him being acknowledged and accepted in process was already influenced by the ancient : 64/67 of children being made to sit like “speci- to help needy peasants on his family terms of ‘spiritual quotient.’ It requires          #      ( gurukula system and the way knowledge was dis-  / / men of some museum in classrooms, estate. He realised that people needed to serious consideration by policy-makers                pensed and acquired there, naturally. 56   5 while lessons are being pelted at them be inspired about their inner potential of current times: “The young mind                  ( Sages and saints lived with their pupils, present- /6//  from high-like hailstorm on flowers.” and ways to manifest it, moving out of should be saturated with the idea that it      ed the ideals of simple living and universal think- 65 67 All that he experienced and disliked, the shackles of despondency and rejuve- has been born in the human world which #              ( ing. Tagore was convinced that the best teacher was   2: :  fired the imagination of young Tagore nate their lives through regeneration of is in harmony with the world around it.     ;C  9:           nature. He wanted to recreate the joyful, soulful and  5 667 to visualise better ways to educate. And self-assurance and acquisition of requi- And this is what your regular type of               ( inspiring environment of Tapovan that could add / 5 67 this thought process that began rather site levels of knowledge and skills. school ignores with an air of superior wis-        0          ( grace and beauty to the entire process of learning, 5 /   early and resulted in the creation of the It was the sensitivity to the lives of the dom, severe and disdainful. It forcibly                 ( internalising knowledge and acquiring skills to utilise persona of the gurudev. His search for common man around which a consider- snatches children away from a world full it for the welfare of the people. Revival and inclu- 9 /4/ a universal humane approach to the able number of his stories were woven; of mystery of God’s own handiwork full        S      ( 69 96 /67    0           ( sion of the basics of ancient Indian system were the existing system of imparting and receiv- mostly his narratives revolved around of the suggestiveness of personality.” only way out of the soulless and mechanical system / 6    ing education, knowledge and wisdom their lives, times and travails. Tagore was It is evident that Tagore liked every         $      that had replaced it. 45  5  was a lifelong process. convinced that the objective of education learner to be well aware of his/her      (         Tagore summarised the essence of his education- 9 /4/ /  As the scion of a zamindar family, must be constructed around bringing responsibility to strengthen the sensi-              ( al ideas when he declared that the great use of edu-  5 / with a very sensitive and compassion- about excellence in human lives by edu- tive bond between man and nature.               0  cation was “to know man and to make oneself known ate mind, his life-long passion was not cation that would dispel the darkness of And that would be possible and prac-               to man.” And towards this, everyone must get a only education, culture and art, but also ignorance. His idea of education did not tical only when human beings learn to               chance to learn the language of intellect and also the the economic rehabilitation of the mean a pedantic acquisition of knowledge respect each other, realise the unity in         /     ‘language of art’ that is essential for overall person- Indian village. His consistent and life- but true wisdom: “We have to keep in diversity, appreciate the beauty of mul-                  ality development. His own experiences of school- long interest was the welfare of Indian mind the fact that love and action are the tiplicity of every conceivable variety,              0     ing were indeed highly uninspiring. Hard benches, peasants. Simultaneously, the sensitive only media through which perfect knowl- including the religious plurarism.              dull prison-like walls and the ‘master’ who ‘looked poet was keenly observing the people edge can be obtained, for the object of Familiarity with the basics of like a cane incarnate.’ of India, their miseries, strengths, self- knowledge is not pedantry but wisdom.” Tagore’s philosophy of education can go        0        Tagore once said, “As soon as I entered the class- ishness, readiness to sacrifice, patience, Once an individual expands his /her can- a long way in re-orienting the present        S        ( room, the benches and tables forced themselves rude- heroism and sense of resignation to fate vas of outlook and awareness through system that is causing much concern to   #            ( ly on my attention, elbowing and jostling their way and in the process accepting injustice education, s/he can express himself/her- every thinking mind. Inadequacies in             into my mind. They were always the same — stiff, without manly retaliation. self with self-assurance, and that would personality development, internalisation        cramping and dead.” Things, it is officially claimed Tagore understood India — its peo- give him/her the sense of complete free- of values of social cohesion and religious #        #      at this juncture, have changed — at least in princi- ple and its tradition of knowledge quest dom that everyone wishes to achieve. amity, human responsibility in maintain-             (   ple — but the overall environment in most of the — its contemporary relevance and defi- “Apathy and ignorance are the worst forms ing sensitive human-nature relationship ((              schools remains more or less unattractive and uninvit- ciencies that grew due to the lack of of bondage for man; they are the invisi- are now appearing before us in fright-            #     ing as in the times of Tagore’s childhood. It is still dynamisms and reluctance to move with ble walls of confinement that we carry ening proportions. The system Tagore         (       ( the same painful, overstressing and creativity- current times. While his outstanding con- around us when we are in their grip.” envisioned is universally applicable. It killing environment that maintains the regime of tributions in the intellectual arena are Once the cloud of darkness is dis- could also be interpreted as a total accep-            #      “cram and exam.” recognised and revered throughout India persed through the light of the right kind tance of Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam in                     Even at home, learning has become a ‘task’ that and abroad, his singular and sensitivity- of education, given and received in a con- pragmatic terms. It’s time India recon-                (  ( must be performed mechanically. “As I read, I nod, filled initiatives for the masses are often genial and sensitive environment, it siders the basics of its education policy       $          then jerk myself again with a start but miss far more overshadowed. Not many know that he would be easy to comprehend the ‘unity and systemic structures on this count:         !        than I read. When finally I tumble into the bed, I had, along with Shantiniketan, also of truth.’ This is one aspect that has been Is it nurturing the power of ideas and        #      have at least a little time to call my own.”His unpleas- founded a parallel institution — Sriniketan creating so much turmoil in human exis- imagination among the learners, or                  ant experiences, both in school and during private — for the welfare of the peasants. tence at this stage. It manifests in the shape stunting them? It’s time to consider how                tuition at home, convinced him that it was not the These farm labourers needed sup- of war, violence, distrust, fundamentalism, curiosity and creativity is encouraged O        =     S system that encouraged flowering of human talent port, including inputs of new ideas, skills insecurity, misery, hunger and poverty. and inspired to flourish without any              S   and personality. Whatever time he spent in school- and outputs of new experiments and To move ahead to ameliorate inhu- shackles. It has an organic link to the ing and his initial earning gave him the knowledge innovations that were feasible because of man trends and tendencies, education process of growth and development of     #             ( of the wrongs suffered by children. The so-called dis- developments in science and technolo- systems should focus not only on the the country and its people.           @      cipline in schools practically debarred students from gy. He donated a part of the Nobel Prize intellectual aspect, but equally on phys- (The writer is the Indian Representative  participating in activities that naturally attracted them amount to his school in Shantiniketan ical, intellectual and emotional charac- on the Executive Board of UNESCO)  (  #    7D                                   

judges of the Supreme Court say that making him a favourite with the cial residence. Rajapaksa couldn’t get the President has acted illegally and the Sinhalese masses, he seemed set for a enough members of Parliament to ex-despot can’t claim that he is the very long run in power. His switch sides. They voted twice to Prime Minister. At this point, the Government continued to torture and remove Rajapaksa, so Sirisena dis- despot resigns and the President grudg- make opponents ‘disappear’ and his missed Parliament and called for new ingly ‘re-appoints’ the legitimate Prime family grew rich from corrupt deals. elections. ** P (* ! 8=>D Minister. Virtue triumphs, and joy is But in 2015, one of his Cabinet min- That was illegal, too, and the " $*(  ( unconfined. Maybe they even live isters, Maithripila Sirisena, defected struggle continued until December 13, ou could write a heart-warming happily ever after. It’s an engaging tale, from the Government, ran against him 2018, when the Supreme Court ruled !0*" fairy tale about the turbulent and the basic outlines are true, but in for the presidency — and won. To his that Sirisena could not dissolve Yevents in the island nation of Sri the real world, the historical and social credit, Rajapaksa accepted his defeat. Parliament. At that point Rajapaksa *%#=4##%# Lanka in the past two months. It would context that surrounds the events Sirisena found a new ally in Ranil resigned, and later, an angry Sirisena * *"/'( involve a conniving President, who changes the tone of everything. Wickremesinghe, whose business- grudgingly swore Wickremesinghe ###'=#=% abruptly and illegally dismisses the Sri Lanka is only 10 years away friendly United National Party had won back in as the Prime Minister. An %'&0= elected Prime Minister, and replaces from the end of a brutal civil war that as alien and even as newcomers. but in Sri Lanka, the Tamil minority a majority in Parliament, and appoint- encouraging outcome, in which him with a corrupt and blood-soaked lasted for a quarter-century, and the The Tamils did well under British was big enough to fight back. It did so, ed him as the Prime Minister. However, Parliament, the courts and the gener- (*&&24#O former despot who was the President’s ‘despot’ is the man who won it by being colonial rule, when most Buddhist starting in 1987, in a guerrilla and ter- the new allies had little in common and al public behaved better than anybody #=#'==##% old boss. The despot, now claiming to more brutal than anybody else. His Sinhalese refused to collaborate with rorist war that sought an independent estrangement between them grew. expected, but of course the story is %%1#/'(# be the real Prime Minister, tries to name is Mahinda Rajapaksa. The war their new political masters. There was Tamil state in the north and east of the The key issue that broke the never really over. Sirisena can 0&(#'#"%*% strengthen his position by offering was about race and religion. Most of Sri revenge-taking after independence, island. alliance was trade: Sirisena preferred to Constitutionally dismiss Parliament 15 #=%=2 ### Members of Parliament jobs as Lanka’s people speak the Sinhalese lan- when Buddhist-dominated Up to 100,000 people died in the make deals with China, months from now, and Rajapaksa Ministers in his new Government. If guage and identify with the Buddhist Governments removed the official war, which ended with an orgy of Wickremesinghe with nearby India. On may well win the next election. %D'#%/'( enough accept, he would have a major- religion. A minority several million status of the Tamil language and killing (40,000) in the final five months October 25, 2018, Sirisena sacked Meanwhile, Wickremesinghe’s *0'*&(* ity in the Parliament and could claim strong, concentrated in the north and imposed restrictions on higher educa- of battles in 2009. Mahinda Rajapaksa Wickremesinghe (illegally) and Government may be almost paralysed 4#%#= to be sort of legitimate. But most of the east, speak Tamil and are mostly tion for Tamils. There were even anti- was the President who directed those appointed Rajapaksa as Prime Minister because relations between Sirisena ='%#& MPs turn down the political bribes on Hindu in religion (with a significant Tamil pogroms. Buddhist intolerance battles, in which Tamils trying to sur- instead. Wickremesinghe pointed out and him are poisonous. The fairy-tale offer, and Parliament twice votes to Christian minority). Tamils have been towards non-Buddhist minorities is not render were often killed, and he that Sirisena didn’t have the power to is to be preferred whenever possible. '('#&*##2 reject his claims. in Sri Lanka for at least 2,000 years, but unique to Sri Lanka, as the Rohingya emerged from the war as a national do that and barricaded himself into (The writer is an independent       Finally, after 50 days of chaos, the the Buddhist majority tends to see them minority in Burma can readily attest, hero. With his populist, nationalist style Temple Trees, the Prime Minister’s offi- journalist)   ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./ 8"$'

% +! ( ! + ( 3$%/  4       7 #'# +<*- *     @ ndia Inc on Sunday cheered  /5'**#&,O / 1# Ithe GST Council’s decision to slash tax rates on 23 goods and 0 /6<96 the financial crisis worth more accused was responsible for services and said the move will '&A*#'*%# than $16 million to the managing Nissan’s overall oper- 0#= push demand and boost the ormer Nissan boss Carlos Japanese automaker with help ations and for dutifully fulfill- economy. *   formal chan- FGhosn will be spending from a Saudi acquaintance. ing his role as CEO not to cause *   The council reduced tax nel. Christmas and the beginning of Prosecutors have pressed damage to Nissan and its sub- rates on goods and services he GST Council is likely to Major 2019 behind bars after a Tokyo formal charges over the first sidiaries... But he took action oreign investors have including movie tickets, TV Tconsider lowering GST on construction court on Sunday extended his allegation but not yet over the that betrayed his role and Fpumped in close to 4,000 and monitor screens and power under-construction flats and material, cap- detention through to January 1. other accusations. caused financial damage to crore in the Indian capital banks, and exempted frozen houses to 5 per cent in its meet- ital goods and The court’s decision is the Ghosn reportedly denies all Nissan,” prosecutors alleged in markets this month so far on and preserved vegetables from ing next month, an official input services latest twist in a rollercoaster the allegations, saying the a statement on Friday. strengthening rupee and eas- the levy. said. used for con- saga that has gripped Japan and transactions were done legally. Since his arrest, the once ing global crude oil prices. The reduced rates are like- Currently, the Goods and struction of the business world since the In connection with the jet-setting executive has lan- This comes following a ly to come into effect from Services Tax (GST) is levied at flats and hous- auto sector titan was arrested third suspicion, local media say guished in a tiny cell in a 10-month high net inflow of January 1, 2019, Finance 12 per cent on payments made es attract 18 out of the blue in Tokyo on Ghosn is not contesting that detention centre in northern over 12,266 crore in the Minister Arun Jaitley told for under-construction prop- per cent GST, November 19. payments from Nissan totalling Tokyo, where he has com- capital markets (equity and reporters after the 31st meeting erty or ready-to-move-in flats while cement “Today, a decision was $14.7 million went to the Saudi plained about the cold and the debt) by Foreign Portfolio of the Goods and Services Tax where completion certificate attracts 28 per made to detain (Ghosn). The person, whom he has known rice-based menu. Investors (FPIs) in November. (GST) Council here Saturday. has not been issued at the cent tax. Prior to GST rollout, fited under GST. Certain pro- full term of the detention will for some three decades. Ghosn has told embassy According to data avail- “At a time when stronger time of sale. under-construction housing posals have come before the expire on January 1,” the Tokyo But Ghosn has maintained visitors he is being well treat- able with the depositories, demand can speed up growth, However, GST is not projects attracted 4.5 per cent Council and the law and fit- District Court said in a state- that the money was for the per- ed and sources at French car FPIs infused a net amount of the reduction in tax rates for levied on buyers of real estate service tax and a value added ment committee will look into ment to media. son’s work to help Nissan in the giant Renault have described 1,332 crore in equities and items used by different sections properties for which comple- tax (VAT) of 1-5 per cent the matter and the matter will This does not however region. his frame of mind as “combat- 2,552 crore in the debt mar- of society can be expected to tion certificate has been issued depending on the state. Also come up in the next council mean that Ghosn can expect to Ghosn’s case has seen sev- ive” as he fights the charges kets, taking the total to impart a necessary boost to the at the time of sale. inputs used in construction meeting. There was a total taste freedom on New Year’s eral twists and turns since his against him. 3,884 crore during economy,” CII Director General An official said that this 12 attracted 12.5 per cent excise consensus that something Day, as prosecutors can apply stunning arrest on the night of His lengthy detention — in December 3-21. Chandrajit Banerjee said. per cent GST rate ideally would duty in addition to 12.5-14.5 needs to be done,” Jaitley had for a further 10-day extension November 19 as his private jet Japan, suspects can be “re- Marketmen attributed the Rajeev Talwar, president, have been partially offset by per cent VAT. Besides, entry said. as they quiz him on allegations touched down at Tokyo’s arrested” several times over dif- inflow to persistent fall in PHD Chamber of Commerce way of taxes paid on inputs by tax was also levied on the Currently, in case of afford- of financial misconduct. Haneda Airport. ferent allegations — has crude oil prices, which and Industry said consistent builders and hence the actual inputs. able housing projects like Authorities are pursuing On Thursday, observers sparked criticism, especially dropped to over 15-month indirect tax revenue growth incidence of GST on under- After adjusting for credits Jawaharlal Nehru National three separate lines of enquiry were caught wrong-footed as from abroad. lows, and strengthening along with reduction in high construction home buyers on inputs used, the effective Urban Renewal Mission, Rajiv against the 64-year-old Franco- the court threw out a request After his arrest last month, rupee against the dollar. GST rates indicate that tax would have been around 5-6 per-GST tax incidence on such Awas Yojana, Pradhan Mantri Lebanese-Brazilian executive. from prosecutors to extend Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors However, till December 7, base is widening and econom- per cent. However, builders housing property was 15-18 per Awas Yojana or any other hous- They suspect he conspired his detention over the second promptly sacked Ghosn as FPIs were net sellers in the ic activity is expanding. are not passing on the input tax cent. The Finance Ministry ing schemes of state govern- with his right-hand man, US set of allegations (under- chairman but Renault kept equity market, pulling out Ficci President Sandeep credit (ITC) benefit to con- has time and again asked real ments, GST is levied at 8 per executive Greg Kelly, to hide reporting his salary between him on and appointed an inter- funds to the tune of 383 Somany said the GST Council sumers. estate dealers to pass on GST cent, which can be adjusted by away around half of his income 2015 and 2018) in an almost im boss as it waited to assess crore. However, they had put has followed a pragmatic policy “One of the proposals rate cut benefits to buyers, but builders against its accumulat- (some five billion yen or $44 unheard-of move. the legal procedures against in 2,744 crore in the debt by bringing down rates gradually, before the Council is to lower to no avail. Briefing reporters ed ITC. million) over five fiscal years This raised his hopes of a him. markets during the period taking into consideration the rev- the GST rate to 5 per cent for after the GST Council meeting The Finance Ministry had from 2010. release in time for Christmas In addition to charges under review. enue realisation and affordabil- builders who purchase 80 per on Saturday, Finance Minister earlier this month said that for They also allege he under- and he was reportedly gearing against Ghosn and Kelly, pros- The sell-off by FPIs was ity, and this will stabilise and cent of inputs from registered Arun Jaitley had said that such affordable housing pro- reported his salary to the tune up to hold a news conference ecutors had also indicted triggered after Chinese tele- strengthen GST further. dealers,” an official said. The builders can adjust some por- jects, after offsetting ITC, the of four billion yen over the next to put his side of the story for Nissan itself, as the company com giant Huawei’s CFO The 28 per cent slab is now official said that currently tion of the 12 per cent GST builder or developer in most three fiscal years — apparent- the first time. submitted the official docu- Meng Wanzhou, who is also restricted to only luxury and builders are paying for the against the taxes paid on inputs cases will not be required to pay ly to avoid criticism that his pay But those hopes were then ments that allegedly under- the company founder’s sin goods apart from auto-parts inputs for construction in cash like cement which attract 28 GST in cash as the builder was too high. dashed on Friday when prose- reported the income. daughter, was arrested in and cement — the tax rate on and are not passing on benefits per cent levy. would have enough ITC in his The third allegation is that cutors sought and obtained Kelly, who was also arrest- for extradition to the which could not be cut due to to consumers and hence, there “The potential homebuyers books of account to pay the he shifted a personal invest- his re-arrest over the new accu- ed last month, could be US for suspected Iran sanc- high revenue implication. is a need to bring them to the feel they are not getting bene- output GST. ment loss made at the height of sations of breach of trust. “The released as early as next week. tions violations.  $ $  5   ( /?(% ! (%!  (==&/6P ;AA8  $       .+!(?  %@$ ! % 8 10&#*'##& )-= $ (/ #B0%' *   The theme of the event *  4 4 among oth- ( +( would be ‘Globalization 4.0: ers. *   duties to protect their indus- inance Minister Arun Jaitley Shaping a Global Architecture lose to 1 million employees The   try. Fand two of his Union in the Age of the Fourth Cof various banks, including unions claim ndia is preparing an agen- Duty hike by the US on Cabinet colleagues are likely to Industrial Revolution’, while private lenders, have called for that govern- urface Go, Microsoft’s Ida for the World Trade certain steel and aluminium travel to Switzerland’s snow- there would be several India- a one-day strike on December ment wants SSurface device is now avail- Organization (WTO) by products has triggered a laden resort town of Davos focussed sessions. Besides, the 26 to protest against the pro- banks to able in India on Flipkart at a taking on board the views of trade war kind of situation. next month for the World country’s political scenario may posed amalgamation of Vijaya grow in size starting price of 38,599. developed as well as devel- The rich nations are Economic Forum (WEF) hog the limelight, with the Bank and Dena Bank with by this amal- Weighing at just 522g, the 10- oping countries, which is forming groupings to prepare Annual Meeting, which would event taking place after five Bank of Baroda. gamation inch device offers laptop per- expected to be discussed in ground for pushing new also be attended by three Chief state polls and ahead of the The strike call comes on but even if formance and tablet portabili- Davos, Commerce and issues such as investment Ministers, including Madhya national election. the heels of an officers union of all public ty for individuals seeking a ver- Industry Minister Suresh facilitation, preparing rules Pradesh’s Kamal Nath and over “Globalisation as we know state-run banks observing a sector banks satile form factor. Fitting snug- Prabhu said. for e-commerce, promoting 100 Indian CEOs. it may have peaked, but glob- day-long strike last Friday on are bundled ly in most bags, the Surface Go Key trade ministers from gender equality and reducing Microsoft’s Indian-origin al integration will continue. It similar grounds along with into one, the is ideal for everyday tasks. countries including from subsidy on fisheries. CEO Satya Nadella and World is fueled by the technologies of demand for immediate settle- merged enti- Powered by an Intel India would meet next India has been keenly Bank President Jim Yong Kim the Fourth Industrial ment of their wage negotia- ty cannot find a place among The nation-wide strike had Pentium Gold Processor 4415Y, month on the sidelines of the pushing agricultural issues will be among the co-chairs of Revolution and the urgent need tions. the top 10 globally. partially impacted banking users can expect to seamlessly World Economic Forum at the WTO. It has also been the 2019 edition of this annu- to address challenges such as In September, Government The unions say post-merg- operations affecting services launch an application like Summit at Davos to discuss raising its voice against al congregation of world lead- climate change and biodiversi- had announced merger of state er, a large number of branches like deposits and withdrawal at OneNote, or stream videos from the road ahead for the WTO. bringing new issues, espe- ers from January 21-25. ty, job loss through automation -owned Vijaya Bank and Dena will be closed and customers branches, cheque clearances Netflix. The processor, which “We are in the process of cially those which are not Nadella and Kim would be and a threatening breakdown Bank, both under the prompt will be have to face hardships and issuance of demand drafts, has been chosen to manage preparing an agenda for directly linked to trade, to joined by six young leaders in global collaboration,” WEF corrective action (PCA) frame- as already banks are burdened among others. performance, battery life and WTO, which will be accept- the negotiating table. under the age of 30 as co-chairs Founder and Executive work of the RBI, with larger with various government Bank managements have thinness, provides the portable able to most of the countries, The talks at the WTO’s — Basima Abdulrahman from Chairman Klaus Schwab said peer Bank of Baroda, creating schemes such as Jan Dhan mandated the industry lobby power to get stuff done. and which will take on board 11th ministerial conference Iraq, Juan David Aristizabal in a statement. the third largest lender. Yojana, Mudra, social security Indian Bank Association (IBA) Surface Go offers full ver- the views of developing and collapsed after the US went from Colombia, Sweden’s Noura “All those changes will par- “This amalgamation is not insurance, and PM’s housing to negotiate for scale 1-3 but satility that fulfils users’ developed countries,” Prabhu back on its commitment to Berrouba, Julia Luscombe from ticularly affect the next gener- in the interest of banks or scheme, among others. unions want this to be raised up requirements, regardless of told. find a permanent solution to the US, Mohammed Hassan ation. For this reason, it is bank customers. It is rather On December 26, the to scale 7. mode. The built-in kickstand, “We (key trade ministers) the public food stockholding Mohamud from Kenya and essential to integrate their voice detrimental to both,” the unions will take out a rally and The wage talks are on for a signature of Surface devices, are meeting on the sidelines issue, a key matter for India. Japan’s Akira Sakano. prominently in building a new United Forum of Bank Unions hold a demonstration at the the past 13 months between the has a full friction hinge which of Davos for mini-minister- The four-day conference US President Donald sustainable and inclusive glob- (UFBU) said. Azad Maidan in South unions and IBA, the latter has extends to 165 degrees. The ial on WTO, where we would in Argentina, which ended Trump is expected to join this al architecture,” he added. The UFBU is an umbrella Mumbai. offered a wage revision of 8 just hinge design helps users find like to present this proposal,” without a ministerial decla- elite jamboree, to be attended Besides Jaitley, the regis- organisation of nine unions, Around 3.20 lakh officers per cent. the perfect angle for any task: he added. ration or any substantive by over 3,000 global leaders tered participants from India including the All-India Bank from various state-run banks In the past wage settle- from adjusting the device angle The move assumes sig- outcome, did manage to from business, politics, gov- include Commerce Minister Officers Confederation, the were on a one-day strike on ment, which was for the peri- on the plane to pushing the nificance in the backdrop of make feeble progress on fish- ernment, civil society, arts and Suresh Prabhu and Petroleum All- India Bank Employees December 21, seeking imme- od November 1, 2012 to kickstand down to ink on a growing protectionism in the eries and e-commerce by media, for the second consec- and Natural Gas Minister Association and the National diate wage revision and oppos- October 31, 2017, the employ- photo to share with your global trade. Several coun- agreeing to work pro- utive year Dharmendra Pradhan. Organisation of Bank Workers, ing the proposed merger. ees got a 15 per cent hike. friends. tries are raising customs grammes.    !4R 650&%1#%=%#6: '# ( (      # (    *   thereon, they said. Iran is on hold in view of US pany.    :=A3 Also, OVL is heavily under sanctions on the Persian Gulf Sources said proceeds of a    3424 he ONGC board has debt and such a move would nation. Also, its Venezuelan oil- potential listing of OVL would Topined that it is not the require taking approval of all fields are producing much less accrue to its parent ONGC but 'B- right time to list the firm’s over- the lenders — yet another than their potential. the Government would seek a *   attracted to the market if the seas investment arm ONGC tedious job. According to a letter special dividend to reap that. 0 <  /5 /9 months... In the first quarter of Government takes measures Videsh on the bourses, sources A third of its $28.45 billion DIPAM wrote to ONGC man- The Government owns next year,” he said. ndia needs to open up its such as consolidating dredging said. (1.51 lakh crore) investment agement in August, the listing 67.45 per cent in ONGC. If il ministers from leading OPEC — a cartel of pro- Idredging market to boost contracts across cohorts of ports The board of Oil and in 41 projects in 20 countries of OVL would help unlock ONGC were to declare entire OOPEC nations said Sunday ducer countries that has long trade by its major ports which and withdrawing, at least tem- Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) on has been financed by loans. value by improving its corpo- proceeds of OVL listing as a they expect prices will arrest manipulated output of the at present cannot handle very porarily, the right to first refusal December 21 considered the More importantly, OVL rate governance and efficiency. special dividend, the govern- their recent slide and rebalance commodity, to influence glob- large vessels in absence of given to Indian vendors, it said. Government demand for list- has been only in acquisition ONGC had helped the ment would get 67.45 per cent early next year, when a deal on al prices in members’ favour — proper draft depth, To enable major ports to ing its profitable overseas mode till now and has not yet Government meet its disin- of the amount. new production cuts takes and non-OPEC members Government think tank Niti handle large vessels, the investment arm ONGC Videsh reached an economic model vestment target last fiscal when The Government had in effect. agreed in early December to Aayog has said. Government has already made Ltd (OVL). where it can stand on its own it bought a 51.11 per cent 2015 as well asked ONGC to Oil prices have shed more trim production by 1.2 million More competition mainly an action plan to increase the The board deliberated on feet. The company is depen- stake in state-owned Hindustan list OVL. But the State-owned than 36 per cent since early barrels a day from January 1, in from global players in dredging draft depth of ports. the demand from the dent on its parent for even Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) firm had at that time told the October to trade at $54 (47 a bid to shore up sagging activities would help increase Most major ports have Department of Investment and guarantees for taking loans. for 36,915 crore. Government that it was not the euros) per barrel, due to fears prices. and maintain draft depth at already achieved a draft depth Public Asset Management OVL has great assets and it After failing to find a buyer right time to list as oil prices of oversupply and weak glob- Mazrouei said that there ports and attract large vessels, of 14 metres or more except (DIPAM) for the listing of would reach that economic for Air India, DIPAM is again were subdued and the compa- al demand. has been higher than antici- enabling them to become hub Kolkata Port, where deeper OVL but felt that the market model once couple of its assets looking at ONGC to meet the ny would not get the right But president of OPEC pated supply on the market in ports, the Aayog mentioned. draft has not been feasible conditions are not right for an like the giant gas field in 80,000 crore revenue mobili- value. and UAE Energy Minister recent months, as US sanctions At present, the Dredging because of the riverine nature oil and gas exploration and pro- Mozambique starts produc- sation target set out for it in the Oil prices have since Suhail al-Mazrouei said that the on Iran have had a less pro- Corporation of India (DCI) of the port. duction company to list, they tion, they said. Budget for 2018-19 from the rebounded and the surplus in the oil market was nounced effect on the country’s and a limited set of private ven- Some major ports are striv- said, adding that there were sev- OVL projects are in the sale of Government stake in Government is looking to cash small compared to 2017 and oil exports than had been dors serve the Indian dredging ing to achieve deeper drafts up eral complexities involved in development stage and an IPO PSUs. in on that. Under its portfolio, expected it to vanish in one or expected. market, limiting competition. to 18 metres. The outer har- getting the firm listed. will get the best value when In the letter, DIPAM said OVL has reserves of 711 mil- two months. Iraq’s Oil Minister Thamer “The Government needs to bour in has OVL, sources said, has these projects are monetised, PSUs with a positive net worth lion tonnes of oil and oil equiv- “Based on available fig- al-Ghadhban said that there is open up the dredging market very deep draft of more than 18 assets in countries like they said. and no accumulated losses alent natural gas. ures, we have around 26 mil- a consensus among OPEC and to attract more players, partic- metres. Work is in progress to Venezuela, Iran, and Sudan, OVL’s giant gas field in should be listed to unlock In 2017-18, it produced lion barrels of surplus ... non-OPEC producers to com- ularly international players, in create a draft of more than 18 which are exposed to some or Mozambique will start pro- value. 9.35 million tonnes of crude oil, Compared to 340 million bar- ply with the new agreement to dredging activities to increase metres in Mormugao and other Western sanctions. duction sometime in 2022 It, however, did not state up from 8.43 million tonnes in rels in early 2017,” Mazrouei trim output in a bid to stabilise and maintain draft depth at Kamarajar Port. These assets will have to be when two LNG trains of 12 how much stake in OVL the previous year. Together told a press conference in the market. ports to attract large vessels and The Government current- first separated from the com- million tonnes per annum should be sold for its listing. with natural gas, the output was City. He said the new agreement enable them to become hub ly holds 73.44 per cent in pany. While this may not be a capacity are set up and gas Market regulator Sebi calls 14.16 million tonnes of oil “I think that we can easily is valid for six months and the ports,” Niti Aayog has said. Dredging Corporation of India difficult task, it would involve exported in cryogenic ships. for a minimum 25 per cent equivalent, up from 12.80 mil- do with this surplus and reach ministers will meet in April to Foreign players will be Ltd (DCIL). issues of capital gains and tax Its Farzad-B gas field in public float for a listed com- lion tonnes in the previous year. market rebalance in one or two assess the impact of the cuts. ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./ *"/''

        67"         +)'$  & & 3'67"  , &&, ,& () $ 2 '$)!4   &    '! 0<)    )<+ 1* / ,      ! !"#$$ %& & &    )   1* /      ' ' ()  $  , & '+)'$       ' ' () ! !"  %%%% & /0 ! +) $ ,,   * ") + ! 0  %%,  ' ' ()@   && , * ") +    & ,    67"   89"? !) 1    &   (  !: * ! !    , 3')!4 #$$     ) -    ! !" %, &     ) -   #$$!) 0 ,& &   ' ' ()@  % %   =!-567"    %     - .    ,%,    - .    ,&   ) -   67" , , ' ' ())!4  ( && & )/ 0  )/ 0  * /   '1* /6+ %,& &  *102  $   , () $ ! 0 2  $ ,  %   2!  #04 ! 0 % %     1  01  ,,     6  400+! )<67"  &  (   =!- ) 2  $   , * ") + 1 %   1/ 0 3' 1  01  %,% ,,    9B&, ' ' ()@     & & *10  $  , ,% /0 ! 1(     %  )<@  % & () $ 1/ 0   & ' ' ()2'   , &    -   , ,  ,      '! 0<$!  , &    1  %& ,   67"* /  ,%   2)*006<)  && ,    01(       $ ' )!:6<)670  , & ' ' ())!4  (  & 5  +9"  %,   ' ' ()@   %  ,    < '$  &  %, 5 67"  %%    ?21   %& & ( A!) !   , &% /0 !  9)0) ) ,  %  '89"     * ") +  81 &   6  4002 '$ , %  8( ():0+! )<67"%, &,   * ") +  !:     %       6  4002 '$ %&  %  60  2)*001/) ,%&   ?2'!)    % ( 67"#$$!) 0 % &   3' 1 8 ; &&     +).2 '$ & %%   ( 8) 0.84     % %(   /0 !     % &%  %    3  )#$$ & & 6 )"    ( )<  &% & )/ 0  =!-67"#$$  % %%   * ") + 2 $    %%& 5 89" 1  ,&   ( )<.3  ) ,  , ''!)67"  % =!-A!) !   ,     * ") +  67" & ,      2 < !:  ,,     )<2 '$  %%,  %&  * ( 5 1: 67"  %  &, ?22  $  &, %     < '$  &  % ' ' ()5  $67"  &   3''$  )@   % ) -      &   5  9)0) ) &&  ,   ' ' ())!4   ( ,    ( 2 $  % &%       1 89"(   , & ' ' () - . )/ %&&  ( ! 0    %   )!4   ,     9)0) )  %   , % ' ' ()@    %&   ' !06   ,  %  )<  2 )! &  ,   ' !06  67"  %%, 67"  '$)0 @   * () $ 6<)   $ ,  %  + * /  ,  ,%  )< !: * / %% %,       2 <2  $ % %, ( A!) 6 )"     )<  2 )! %  ,,     '$)0  ' ' ()@    & % =!-6<) 67" ,&%  %  9)0) )1/    ,  +).2 $    %  <     ' ' ()2 $  & ,  , +. 9)0) ) %,  , 6  4006<) 2)-0  %% +. +) 2 $ %     #$$67#990 !)   ) -   < )'!0 %   ,   +. @     &   6     %, %& ?2@   &   =!-< '$  ,  ,&% * ") +  67" % ,   )</)09  &%   % 6  400)'  67"   ,&   67" #99 !)  * ") + '6 !:   % ,  3'2 '$#$$!) 0 %%   , 5 + * /  @      *)   +. 0 00'"  ,    89" 1  && ,   5 3  )  % , 3'1/) &&     *102 $  % % 5 @ #$$  %& & /0 ! 2 $  , , /0 !  ) &,    2 <2 '$       1 89" &,  +. +)'$ %%  3+ ()<) + 67"  , /0 !( 6)!$ 67"   (           @0!   %&  % *10+! )<67"    '! 0<$! #$$ %&  ' ' ()+).2   ,, , ' ' ()@      ,  + * /    ,     '$  8( ():02 '$  &      ' ' ()89" 1  %    2 '$  & %, 3'< '$   ,   (  6 %   , ) -    1 %,  =!-  $   ,    !$ 67" ,& , * ") + 2967"       8689" /0 ! '! )  % %      )<  2 )!    * ") + 1  % & ) -   10   % & 3+ ()<) 1(   &  ,% +. 2 $      '$)0    567"#$$   ' ' ()! 0 67" , &% +. 1* /  % ,&  1 /    ,  % 8( ():02 '$  %  &     67"(C6  &&,    ! 0 67" %   /0 ! (567" ,%  &, ' )!:  $67"   ( !$ 67" &%%,  5 + 67"  &           1/  ' ' ()/  ;  ,  ,  2 <'!<< %  %  89" 1  & ,, * ") + )!      % ( A!) 2      % 67"     2 <67"6 & , 67"  /0 !  ) /0 !   6  4006)" <  &,    )<  2 )!   &    )<A!) )  %% ,  !: 67" !<  67"#990 )  '$)0  ' )!:67"1/) , %  &  )  ( 67"  ,  2 '$)!4     &   9)0) )       )<A!) )    +. +! )<* /  &%      *10! 0 %  ,   )     =!- !: 6<) 2-   & 5 ) 0$!)! . %  % ' ' ()0 00'"  , , () $ 89" 67  ,& % 5 '!)67"  ,    +!0 0    A   '2 '$  & ,  )<  < '$     + * /    % 2)*00)'! 0<)  ,   '$  ) % , 5  -      & %&  )0 @         )/ 0  +. 6<) 0 000    =!- 9).6 !9!)< ,  & ' )!:'! 0<)) 0 %  ' ' () 3    &  3+ ()<) /)09  &        ) -     $ &%  67"  ) -  *0 67"  &  & ' )!: 9)0) )   =!- 6>'! ) &%    * ") +  !:  %  ')  @  %%,       6  400+).2 '$ &% , '!<  ) -   ()<  &   ' ' () 9)0) ) %%     ' ' () !: : 67" &,    ) -   ! 0 67"     ' ' ()< $  %     ' ' ()@    &&   * ") + 67" %,    * ") + 6<)  ,%  ' )!:67"/) ,  & ' ' ()@ 0 !/)" &,  2!  #04 2  $% &%  * /   + )0        )! 6+&,     * ") + 6<)   , )!  - . )/ &% % 3+ ()<) +)'$ %,  ' ' ()61$!)0.)/ 0 % % * ") + /   %,   + )0        ;    )<  2 )!    ' ' ()  !/)"  ,  )<+ 1* / ,   ' ' ()89"81% 1 & & () $  !: #$$!) 0 ,  , '$)0D    )      ( < '$  %   3+ ()<)  !: 67" %,   ) -   67"  %,%&   <$ !  67" , , 5 + * / @ &  %  (5  & %, #$$  =!-1/) <   ,  !<  3'! 0     % * ") + 6<)  ,&  5 20)0 ) % % * ") + 67" ,&, &  2 < ,  5 ! 00 67" %  , + )0  2)*00 67"     1 B&     )<+ 2 )!'$1       ' $  ,&,  3+ ()<) 6)!67" & ,  2 $  %   * / )@ 5 28'  &&   )< )/#$$ &,     '! )  &   ' 9)0) ) % %, 5 /  ;  ,, %   ' ' ()@  & ,% , 5 2 '$  &%  &  )<+ 2 )!'$1     +. 67"  &  % () $ ()0!  10/) , , 0!) 0.6 )" %  && * / )  ()()- +! )<  %, () $ /  ;  % , %     )<< '$    67"     + * /    3+ ()<) 2 $#$$ %  %  )<+ 2 )!'$1 & & 3'!$   % ,& )! +)'$   %   @   * / ) @ /0 ! )!4 #$$   8( ():0+)'$  , 2!  #04 +! )< ,  )! 2  $    % 3' 9)0) )  % & ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./  /'

7      (( !   (  $$    7 (#*$ *#0!$ 0 5  / for his life. “I could not start my + ,,,*   motorbike so I left it and I ran...   O$$  $-C=(#*'*# volcano-triggered tsuna- I just prayed and ran as far as %1& + ### Ami has left at least 222 I could,” the 23-year-old told *%=% people dead and hundreds AFP. *'O#'0'% more injured after slamming Kathy Mueller from the  P *  $  ="% without warning into beaches International Federation of ##& '&2/% around Indonesia’s Sunda Red Cross and Red Crescent #'& Strait, officials said on Sunday, Societies said the toll was like- 0   In Paris, the scene of fierce #'*%&#*' voicing fears that the toll would ly to rise as the conditions on clashes and widespread *#&=%%&' rise further. the ground became clearer. rench President Emmanuel destruction in previous %A #%"% Hundreds of buildings “The situation, and the FMacron called for “order” weeks, the protests were main- ##&#2 were destroyed by the wave, death toll, will remain fluid on Sunday after a sixth week- ly peaceful. which hit the coast of southern over the next days and even end of “yellow vest” anti- But as evening fell, "  $!$,," Sumatra and the western tip of weeks,” she told AFP. Government protests marked violence broke out again on 0!0! " *D Java about 9:30 pm (1430 Teams of aid workers were by dwindling participation and the iconic Champs-Elysees C*/0 GMT) on Saturday after a vol- helping to evacuate the injured a violent attack on police in avenue. 0&'"#0 cano known as the “child” of and bring in clean water, tar- Paris. In one incident that %%#'((& Krakatoa erupted, national dis- paulins and provide shelter, she Speaking during a visit to caused widespread outrage, a O#=%#&*& aster agency spokesman Sutopo added, saying the group was the central African state of group of three police officers ='(&##&(*#"%# Purwo Nugroho said. preparing for the possibility of Chad where he was visiting on motorbike were forced to &&%=G>2 Dramatic video posted on diseases breaking out in the French troops serving in a make a hasty escape after */# social media showed a wall of tsunami zone. counter-terrorism force coming under attack near &0%<=  water suddenly crashing into a Anak Krakatoa, which Macron said: “There must be the Champs-Elysees from a &%%0'### concert by pop group forms a small island in the order now, calm and harmony. group of demonstrators, who * &0/2/% “Seventeen” -- hurling band Sunda Strait between Java and Our country needs it.” threw electric scooters, paving *'#&(# members off the stage and "   $ &%  % &         &*  *   8    Sumatra, emerged around 1928 “It needs harmony, unity, stones and other objects at */"%&& then flooding into the audi-    in the crater left by Krakatoa, sincere commitment to strong them. '&"0%&&% ence. which erupted in 1883 killing collective causes and we must A video of the incident,  '&2 In a tearful Instagram post, the International Tsunami Photographer Oystein he was with his family when at least 36,000 people. heal the divisions,” said the 41- which was widely shared frontman Riefian Fajarsyah Information Centre. Andersen described how he the wave surged through “The cause of the undersea year-old centrist, who has on social media, showed one , #$ 0*! said the band’s bassist and Unlike those triggered by was caught up in the disaster Carita, carving a swathe of landslide was due to volcanic struggled to tamp down the officer pulling his gun and   * "  5# road manager had been killed earthquakes, they give author- while on the beach taking pho- destruction. activity of Anak Krakatoa, anger of the working poor in pointing it at the advancing +27 C ( *% and his wife was missing. ities no time to warn residents tos of Anak Krakatoa. “Cars were dragged about which coincided with a high smalltown and rural France protesters. '5%&/%( Search and rescue teams of the impending threat. “I suddenly saw a big 10 metres and so were con- tide due to the full moon,” over falling spending power He and his two colleagues # &%% were scouring rubble for sur- The destructive wave left a wave,” he wrote on his tainers,” Perangkat told AFP. Nugroho told reporters in and policies seen as tilted — one of whom had his motor- %0*&% vivors, with 222 people con- trail of uprooted trees and Facebook page. “Buildings on the edge of Yog yakar ta. towards the rich. bike knocked to the ground — %=% & firmed dead, 843 people debris strewn across beaches. A “I had to run, as the wave the beach were destroyed, trees He also said the death toll A total of 38,600 people then made their getaway. "#(  injured and 28 missing, tangled mess of corrugated passed the beach and landed and electric poles fell to the would likely increase. took part in a sixth round of The video showed that, *#& '&2 # Nugroho said. Tsunamis trig- steel roofing, timber and rub- 15-20m inland. (The) next ground. Indonesian authorities ini- nationwide protests on seconds before the attack, *'#(**0% gered by volcanic eruptions are ble was dragged inland at wave entered the hotel area In Lampung province, on tially claimed the wave was not Saturday, according to the inte- the police had lobbed =%0'=# relatively rare, caused by the Carita beach, a popular spot for where I was staying and the other side of the strait, Lutfi a tsunami, but instead a tidal rior ministry — around half the stun grenades at a group of &%% sudden displacement of water day-trippers on the west coast downed cars on the road Al Rasyid said he fled the surge and urged the public not number that demonstrated a protesters, who were some dis- *%%O#*%2 or “slope failure”, according to of Java. behind it.” Asep Perangkat said beach in Kalianda city, fearing to panic. week earlier. tance away. 6+,"    !   4 &* ((%0      4       +  #%&#       $        $   %  %1 0 66 O! -7F -<77  mation leading to the arrest 0   and conviction of those respon- 0   /6 and part of his effort to reduce from South Virginia, said of the man and a woman arrest- 3< <  sible for the disruption. ermany expressed serious illegal immigration. Democrats shutdown. *  5664 6 Aed over the drone disrup- - 37  ;- -7 Under recently-introduced Gconcern Sunday about the partial US Government are staunchly opposed, and the Jeffrey Grignon, a tion that brought Christmas 7< - 7 7 laws in Britain, drones cannot detention of Canadian nation- Ashutdown that entered its absence of a deal meant feder- Wisconsin healthcare worker, ver 45,000 people from getaway flights to a standstill at <77 < ; be flown near aircraft or with- als in China, a day after Ottawa second day on Sunday was set al funds for dozens of agencies said the politicians “need to stop Onearly 14,000 families have London’s Gatwick Airport were 7 ;7 =7P in a kilometre of an airport, or called on allies for support in to stretch through Christmas, lapsed at midnight Friday. acting like children” and do the been hit by flash floods trig- released without charge on at an altitude of over 400 feet. securing their release. after Congress adjourned for the The House of work they were elected to do. gered by heavy rains in Sri Sunday, police said. help counter the threat. Violators face up to five The German foreign min- weekend with no deal in sight Representatives and the Senate “It isn’t just one or two peo- Lanka’s northern province. A 47-year-old man and a The dangers posed by years in prison for endangering istry said it was closely follow- to end an impasse over funding held sessions on Saturday, but ple. It’s all them,” he said. No deaths or disappear- 54-year-old woman from the drones include the possibility of an aircraft. ing the cases of former diplo- for President Donald Trump’s both chambers adjourned with- Another visitor, Howard ances have been reported so far, town of Crawley, near Britain’s a device smashing into a pas- Gatwick, around 50 kilo- mat Michael Kovrig and con- wall on the US-Mexico border. out agreement, and no votes Vander Griend, 57, predicted disaster management officials second-busiest airport, were senger plane or being sucked metres south of the British sultant Michael Spavor. Due to the shutdown -- in were expected until Thursday. Trump will come out a winner said on Sunday. The five affect- arrested on Saturday. up into an engine where its capital, is the eighth-busiest air- "We are deeply concerned which several key US agencies Visitors to the capital’s park- from the budget impasse. ed districts are Mullaithivu, The police swooped after highly flammable lithium bat- port in Europe and sits behind that political motives could ceased operations at 12:01 am like National Mall, home to “I don’t think the shut- Kilinochchi, Mannar, Vavuniya three days of disruption from tery could cause a catastrophe. Mumbai as the world’s busiest have played a role in the deten- (0501 GMT) Saturday -- Trump attractions including war down will pressure president and Jaffna. Wednesday to Friday, affecting “Our inquiry continues at single-runway air hub. On its tions of the two Canadian cit- said he would remain in memorials and the towering Trump at all,” said Vander Some areas in the affected 140,000 passengers. a pace to locate those respon- website, Gatwick said its run- izens in China," a ministry Washington over Christmas Washington Monument, criti- Griend, of Tennessee. “So I districts received more than “Both people have fully sible for the drone incursions, way was open and it aimed to spokesman said in a state- instead of going to Florida. cized the shutdown which think he will get what he wants 350 mm of rainfall last night, co-operated with our enquiries and we continue to actively fol- run a full schedule over the ment. “I am in the White House, added to an air of chaos in a and I think that’s a good thing.” causing flash floods. and I am satisfied that they are low lines of investigation,” said weekend. "We call for the cases to be working hard,” the Republican capital still reeling from Defense Although tourists could still The officials said that over no longer suspects in the drone Tingley. Passengers were warned handled based on fair standards president tweeted. “We are Secretary Jim Mattis’s resigna- stroll along the Mall and visit its 8,500 people have been shel- incidents at Gatwick,” Sussex “We ask for the public’s to expect some delays and can- and the rule of law." Canadian negotiating with the Democrats tion last week over Trump poli- open-air sites, they found pub- tered in 52 welfare camps. Police detective chief superin- continued support by reporting cellations as their airport tried Foreign Affairs Minister on desperately needed Border cies. lic restrooms closed. Some other The search and rescue tendent Jason Tingley said in a anything suspicious, contacting to recover its operations. Chrystia Freeland had Security (Gangs, Drugs, Human The uncertainty also helped Washington tourist sites includ- teams have been mobilised statement. us with any information in rela- “Safety is Gatwick’s top said Saturday that detentions Trafficking & more) but it could pushed Wall Street into anoth- ing the White House Visitor together with boats. Drones were sighted tion to the drone incidents at priority and we are grateful for were "not only a Canadian be a long stay.” er rout on Friday, ending its Center, National Christmas The Navy and the Army buzzing around the airfield Gatwick.” passengers’ continued patience issue" and repeated a call for the Trump has dug in on his worst week in a decade. Tree, and National Archives — personnel have also been more than 50 times, forcing the The airport has offered a as we work to get them to their "immediate" release of the two demand for USD5 billion for “Oh I think it’s ridiculous. home to the US Constitution engaged in the relief and rescue government to bring in spe- 50,000 (USD 63,000, 56,000 final destination in time for men who had been "detained construction of the border wall, It’s unnecessary,” Philip Gibbs, and other historic documents — missions. cialist military resources to euro) pound reward for infor- Christmas,” the airport said. arbitrarily". a signature campaign promise a retired business professor were closed. 7 5#     *  $8 $    2P  $$    ; # R 0  4 The prime minister’s office “The decision to remove the intelligence field, and many the coalition fighting the and advanced weapons deliv- has not confirmed the meeting the 2,000 US soldiers from other security fields.” Islamic State group, Brett eries to Hezbollah. sraeli Prime Minister reported by Israeli media. Syria won’t change our consis- Separately, Israel’s military McGurk, has also resigned. A friendly fire incident in IBenjamin Netanyahu sought Trump last week said the tent policy,” Netanyahu said at chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot told The withdrawal abruptly September that led to a Russian .  on Sunday to calm domestic Islamic State group had been the start of a cabinet meeting. a conference on Sunday that ends American influence in the plane being downed by Syrian concerns over US President defeated and he was with- “We will continue to act the US decision was “a signif- war-ravaged country and gives air defences during an Israeli 0  in Sanaa. Donald Trump’s decision to drawing the United States’ against Iran’s attempt to estab- icant event but it should not be an opening to attack strike has however complicat- On Friday, the UN Security withdraw from Syria, saying his 2,000 troops from Syria. lish a military presence in overstated”. “For decades we’ve US-backed Kurds in Syria. ed Israeli operations there. he head of the UN team Council unanimously approved country will still act against Israel has seen the US pres- Syria, and if the need arises, we been handling this front alone,” But Israel is particularly Russia subsequently Ttasked with monitoring a a resolution authorising the Iran there. ence in neighbouring Syria as a will even expand our activities Eisenkot said. concerned about the presence upgraded Syrian air defences fragile ceasefire in Yemen’s deployment of observers to Netanyahu will also report- bulwark against its main enemy there.” He added that he want- Trump’s decision to with- of Iran there as well as with the delivery of the port city of Hodeida arrived in Hodeida, which is held by the edly meet US Secretary of State Iran and a counterweight to ed to “calm those concerned”. draw from Syria -- as well as Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shiite advanced S-300 system, which the rebel-held capital of Sanaa rebels and has been subjected Mike Pompeo when he travels Russia. Both Russia and Iran “Our cooperation with the reduce forces in Afghanistan - group backed by Tehran. Israel Damascus had said would on Sunday, an AFP photogra- to an offensive by pro-govern- to Brazil for the January 1 inau- support Syrian President Bashar United States continues full- - led US Defence Secretary Jim has carried out hundreds of air make Israel “think carefully” pher said. ment forces. guration of new president Jair al-Assad’s regime in the coun- force, and takes place in many Mattis to quit in disagreement. strikes in Syria against what it before carrying out further air Retired Dutch general A halt to fighting in the Bolsonaro. try’s civil war. fields -- the operational field, The US special envoy to says are Iranian military targets raids. Patrick Cammaert is heading a strategic port city follows joint committee including intense diplomatic efforts members of the government which culminated in peace and the Huthi rebels, in charge talks earlier this month in 4#  5) " % $/D $ % of monitoring a truce in the Sweden, where the warring Red Sea city and its surround- parties agreed to the truce ings. which came into force on  C        Cammaert was greeted by Tuesday. &$     $  6 head of the Huthi delegation, The ceasefire remained *  66 Ali al-Mushki, and a number of shaky, however, with both sides O" 3-77<7 < deported to India. other members of the UN accusing each other of viola- An Upper Tribunal of the *  66 become familiar with new seeing al-Qaeda appear in areas team at Sanaa international tions in Hodeida province. n Indian man who was =- 7 <7   Immigration and Asylum methods and still aspire to we thought were dormant,” airport. He did not comment The UN monitoring team Aconvicted of 23 counts of  - 7  3  Chamber judge said in a error group al-Qaeda is on aviation attacks,” he said. Wallace told the newspaper. upon arrival. aims to secure the functioning sexual abuse of a male child - 77 < - judgement published recently: Ta resurgent mode and may The minister said the gov- Al-Qaeda and its affiliates He is making a stop in of Hodeida port and supervise within his family has been -  77 7 “It is my conclusion that the be plotting major terrorist ernment had pumped in 25 are now believed to be active in Sanaa before heading to the withdrawal of fighters from stripped of his British citizen- appellant obtained naturalisa- attacks on airports and airlin- million pounds into a joint UK Syria, Afghanistan, Yemen, Hodeida, a lifeline port city that the city. ship and faces deportation to -<-2  - 7 tion in 2004 by deliberately ers, Britain’s security Minister Home Office and Department Libya and other countries in serves as the entry point for the The text approved by India. -=7 <-2 7 concealing material facts.” warned on Sunday. for Transport research pro- the Middle East. majority of imports to war-torn the Security Council “insists on The man, who can only be 7<< 3   - A Home Office The terrorist group behind gramme on how to protect The UK minister said Yemen, a UN official said, the full respect by all parties of identified as RSD for legal rea- <  - 2 2- spokesperson said: “Any British the 9/11 attacks on the World planes even more from improvements in airport secu- after holding talks Saturday the ceasefire agreed” for sons, came to the UK from =-;<7; --- 2 Citizen may be deprived of his Trade Center in New York in new chemicals, different meth- rity meant terrorists were less with Yemen government offi- Hodeida. India in 1997 and was granted or her citizenship if the 2001 poses a growing threat ods of explosion and insider likely to smuggle explosives cials in Aden. It authorises the United British citizenship in 2004. In 7  3-   Secretary of State is satisfied that is keeping ministers threats. through terminal security sys- On Saturday, Cammaert Nations to “establish and 2011, he was found guilty of - 7 - 2   P that it would be conducive to “awake at night”, Ben Wallace He noted that the decline tems. urged the government and the deploy, for an initial period of grooming and raping a 7-year- the public good. It is a power told The Sunday Times. of the Islamic State (ISIS) ter- “They have explored other Saudi-led coalition backing the 30 days from the adoption of old child. citizenship on the grounds that used for extreme and excep- “The aviation threat is rorist group meant al-Qaeda ways of getting bombs on loyalists to uphold the ceasefire this resolution, an advance According to a ‘Sunday when he applied to be a UK cit- tional cases. real,” he warned, adding that would seek to reassert itself as planes. We’ve talked publicly that came into effect last week, team to begin monitoring” the Telegraph’ report, a UK court izen he lied about the fact he “Deprivation on conducive British intelligence had the world’s leading terror group about an insider threat issue. If said UN spokesman Stephane ceasefire, under Cammaert’s sentenced him to 14 years was sexually abusing a child. grounds can be used where revealed that al-Qaeda was and an aviation attack could be you can’t get in the front door, Dujarric. leadership. imprisonment and placed him The man won an appeal individuals pose a threat to developing technology to bring its calling card. you’re going to try to get in the He also “sought their com- Around 10,000 people have on the sexual offenders’ regis- against that decision but a national security, or have been down passenger jets. “al-Qaeda sat quietly in back door,” he said. mitment and cooperation to been killed since the Saudi-led ter for life after finding him to senior judge has ruled in involved in war crimes, serious “Aviation is still a blue the corner and tried to work “In 2019 we should be secure the unhindered flow of intervention, according to the have groomed and raped the favour of the Home and organised crime, and unac- riband event for these terror- out what the 21st century alert to al-Qaeda. They are re- humanitarian aid”, said World Health Organisation, boy between 2003 and 2010. Secretary, Sajid Javid, uphold- ceptable behaviours such as ists. Al-Qaeda are resurgent. looked like, while ISIS became energising some previous links Dujarric, adding that although rights groups say the In what is believed to be ing the decision to strip RSD of extremism or glorification of They have reorganised. They the latest terrorist boy band, but and support and their ambition Cammaert will “convey death toll could be five times the first case of its kind, the UK his passport this month, which terrorism, unless to deprive are pushing more and more they have not gone away — towards aviation is real,” he similar messages” to the Huthis higher. Home Secretary removed his means he now faces being would render them stateless.” plots towards Europe and have they have reorganised. You’re added. '> ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./

@      G%#0%# &# #((='%*#(  0 8 *#&&##%&% 0/  "- 0&0"## <  / * +!!% ith the current year wrap- only included growing work stress 1=5%##%##%# ping up, 2019 is all set to amongst employees or maintaining 0'#%%##%=#*%&' Wmark new travel habits a work-life balance, but also a cer-  %%#&*< and trends that will blend the desire tain technological advance enabling to head to unexplored and off-beat “work from anywhere”, which cre- 4%2=%*( destinations in the coming year. ated a win-win situation for both 0%#&=&%" Indians are travelling like never employers and employees. *##7+3-"%# before. And these travellers have Destinations like the New York, &#O%01%&2 varied aspirations to explore newer London, , Malaysia and L5%##%&0 destinations across the world, both Tokyo were top of their Bleisure on shoe-string and lavish budgets. appeal in 2018. &%*#&* One of the hottest trends in Sports Tourism gained popular-  2< 2018 was Cross Generational Travel. ity too in the year 2018, owing to the E4%F&% As travelling with an extended 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia, *%#'&= family, in-laws or grandparents and will surely continue to grow in became ‘cooler’, this led to a new 2019 with the ICC World Cup in #%=%%& trend of cross-generational trips, England and Wales. Sports enthu- %1= that takes everyone in a family to a siasts plan months in advance to =(*#% new aspect of a destination. And visit host countries to not just %#*%&'# this has rewards in the form of enjoy the game live, but also travel (&2/%==A strengthened bonds and memories. and explore a new country. Another hot trend was Multi- A powerhouse of Long- *#%%#0 Destination Travel. Many travellers Weekends, 2018 witnessed a never- *&0 prefer clubbing destinations to their seen-before boost to weekend get- #&0 existing itinerary as it helps them to aways and staycations. Destinations &%#*& strike off several places at one go that are a mere short-drive or a #*%&'#% which proves to be cost effective. flight away make for a perfect $"7::-% For example, experiencing The Weekend Getaway. Goa, Alibaug *#1= Great Barrier Reef in Queensland and Lonavala were extremely pop- =%&&(% and performances at the Opera ular amongst Mumbaikars. For #%&%#*A **## 59 #5  < 4 //  %4%#&0 House in Sydney, clubbed with Delhiites, Agra, Jaipur, Shimla, #'*%#*& %#&&*&'#*=#&*''# &*'0# Bungee Jumping at the Kawarau Mussoorie and Dehradun were 2M Bridge in Queenstown or experienc- favored destinations for short stays. ing the night safari in Kenya Staycations were extremely popular /%##& ost people might music thus making a mix that a Mumbai, Chennai, Bengaluru, clubbed with the pristine beaches at amongst Indians who wanted to #'- "  2 believe that very few artistes have done in Guwahati, Jaipur, before culmi- would be cheaper than avoid travel but at the same time Nucleya has been the country. He says, “EDM nating in Kochi. doing each separately. wanted to enjoy the luxuries of a star around only for music is very repetitive and He tells us that the album is Since the release of Dil hotel, primarily giving them the feel O F80 $/-$  the past few hence, it is challenging to give it the result of his long pending Dhadakne Do, a full-length Hindi of a holiday without getting out of Myears. But the phenomenon that a new-looking sound every- ideas of bringing Indian bass, film shot on a cruise, experiencing the city.  0$ ,$G is Udyan Sagar, who is better time. The trick is to find what reggae and dance music togeth- the sea aboard a luxury liner became Sleepcations turned out to be a H: F8A*$$$/ known by his stage name, came space can be filled within the er along his profound love for extremely popular with Indian trav- growing trend amongst Indians -*8 $"/ about bit by bit since the 1990s. palate of the Indian taste of experimental sounds of pop. ellers. Once considered to be too travellers. Exclusively designed for 0$2 .$ Today, he is the face of the music.” The album has many collabora- expensive, cruise holidays are no sleep deprived travellers with high $ ""0$ beginning of electronic dance Only a few of his fans know tions including ones with actress longer the reserve of the rich and pressure jobs, ‘sleepcators’ often ,-:."". music (EDM) in India. And as about Udyan’s projects during and singer Shruti Hassan and wealthy only. This trend has gained end up in mountains or at beaches if to acknowledge that he has his teenage years in Ahmedabad. singer and rapper Raftaar, along momentum among all age groups in for a relaxed time and, of course, to 0$ 8 finally arrived, a luxury and There was one known as the with indie artists, Rashmeet 2018 as the experience to board a catch up on their sleep. Kerala, Goa $*" lifestyle magazine recently called Local Ahmedabad Dance Music Kaur, Avneet Kurmi and Vibha cruise has great aspirational value and Gokarna were the most pre- 8 $$ : Nucleya a force to be reckoned that he had launched as a genre Saraf. among Indian travellers. Also keep- ferred locales for a sleepcation. ./$" with. more than 20 years ago. He rem- 6O/  Udyan reveals the signifi- ing the Indian value-seekers in While travelling in large groups 8$ So how did he first decide to inisces about the past when cance of the title of the album, mind, a cruise holiday is a great continues to remain a prominent make music through mixing asked about how he and his / /4 Tota Myna, “My mother called value for money — owing to all- trend amongst Indian travellers,  $/ some Indian Desi and interna- music evolved over time. He says Smriti (wife) and me Tota Myna inclusive packages. Asian waters 2018 also dedicated a fraction of 0$" ."$/ tional Rock beats? He laughs and that not just him but the over-  </6 when we were younger. We continue to remain as cruise itself to the young Solo Travellers.     P$ answer that he always had the all music industry has evolved  6 were inseparable, like the love hotspots due to air connectivity and Solo Tours are the best outlet for $$"8"*"/ urge to find his own tunes. So he manifolds, including the audi- birds.” pricing. However, Alaska Cruises, travellers who desire privacy and started using Indian, Western, ence. “There’s a much larger / 5 He says about the album, “It Bahamas and Florida Cruises, South freedom to explore locales at their /"-* $ 0 Classical, Jazz, Electronic, Rock, audience to reach out to today. represents the special place that American and Transatlantic cruis- own pace. Cities that are rich in his- 8 $$ // together. He says, “The idea was The industry is massive now and 2 /6 love songs and pop music has in es along with River cruises in tory and culture such as Berlin, *0$"$ just to make a new sound. It was is also full of opportunities. I 646" our lives. It is nostalgic as it Europe continue to garner increas- Rome, Florence, Krakow are the $.*$:P very unintentional. I made personally feel that I have 5 reminds me of the time when ing interest. best spots for some soul-searching. L4,..  music for myself. Like-minded become more of a musician we were not married.” An unusual trend that got With the growing demand of people started getting attracted now as I have gained more 5/ : /   The album art is inspired by noticed in 2018 was Glamping — unconventional accommodation to it and that’s how it perhaps awareness about diverse things the love birds seen on the trucks luxurious camping. These trav- options such as Airbnb and hostels, * $+#+, =# gained momentum.” and music.” 5 /  in India. ellers love to combine adventurous solo Travel will continue to soar in &%  &% What really worked for He feels that even though  47  There are always some destinations with luxurious accom- 2019 too. '&*#(##&0#'*% Udyan was becoming a part of there is still a long way to go, he stereotypes and stigmas associ- modations in camps with high-end All in all, 2018 has been a year %" #1:*1 the musical group, The Bandish has found multiple means to 4 67 ated with different music gen- services and amenities. For exam- that saw Indian travellers stepping 0(=%(A Projekt which “completely trans- always keep enhancing his music /6 6 res. There are some related to ple — Luxury Safari Tent stays in out of their comfort zone to explore formed” his understanding of and be much more experimen- EDM music as well. Many stud- Masai Mara, Kenya saw an enthu- activities and destinations that tra- *#&%0*#% music. However, he parted ways tative.  ies have discussed the drug siastic response from Indian trav- ditionally have not been done (%#'=A as he wasn’t expecting anything He highlights that when he  6 / used at rave parties, which has ellers. before. As 2018 comes to an end, *#12 big but wanted to go in a con- first started, “there were lesser led to the inevitable assumption Business mixed with leisure, many of these trends will continue /1=0' trastingly different direction number of night clubs or party 6 // that it is ‘drug music.’ It is Bleisure, continued to change the to grow in the coming year as trav- %%& and hence, started experiment- houses. People partied less. 4 5   known to be linked to substance Indian workplace culture in 2018, el enthusiasts will always be on a ing. It was at this time that There was no concept of a ‘night abuse and escapism. However, where travel for work was perceived lookout to explore new opportuni- %:*1 “street music caught my inter- life’ or ‘night culture.’ We only /764 Udyan would like to strongly more as an experience rather than ties and destinations. #&"L/( est.” had some farm house parties to disagree and insists that it is a routine. The key elements con- (The author is the Managing ( 7*A It was only after his album, perform at. But today, it has “myth.” tributing to the rise of Bleisure not Director of a travel company.) &" && Koocha Monster, released in evolved to become an industry. He says, “I don’t agree that *'#&(##*2 2013, attracted masses that It’s grown huge. And it is not just EDM is linked to drug or sub- Nucleya became a favourite limited to India or its music, but stance abuse. Due to some peo- &" %& among electronica fans in India. is also actively gathering inputs ple, such activities are creating #2 %&= ,1# Koocha means ‘street’ in Urdu. from international music as a harmful image of those who %&#* &O(' Success came through a cir- well. Clubs have today dedicat- are passionate about the music =%#" #( cuitous path, he acknowledges, ed their regular music to this as an art form. Associating the #&2M “I am not a trained musician. My genre. Many of them have spe- two things negate the artistic creative process has been an cial ‘EDM nights.’” value and the creativity of /%#&*&0 & open-ended one but at the same The musician is now all music. It not only trivialises the %&##&# time exciting too.” geared up for his Sunburn Arena culture around it but also spoils '  !2 The Laung Gawacha com- tour in six cities of India, which the fun for those who actually poser talks about how he man- would also mark the launching only came for amusement.” aged to bring the style of inter- of his new album, Tota Myna. (The musician also per- &2$"/&$""$ national EDM artists to Indian The tour will be travelling to formed in the city yesterday.) 0$".$.  4 *5+(#,,, -G"# (&&=AA& &5 77 $ very relationship has a all these things, and your friends #(%= CA=&A breaking point. Even yours might not be there. with Facebook. There’s a If you find your mind wan- *0% E way out, though the social net-  ( !   dering back to Facebook as you *&%&"%A work will try to win you back go through your day, thinking #%(#(=##= with promises to do better. how you might craft a post D'*12 Maybe even flowers. !* *(?() /(++()* %(0 +(&&#% /?# about a thought you’ve just had L# For some users, though, the or an article you came across, it’s past two years of privacy scan- )+/ #* ! ! (&* &0? (& !0  (! OK. Let it go. It’s all part of the '%=2 dals, election manipulation by breakup process. %H#D'1" Russian trolls, executive apolo- And while you may not see #&# gies and even the political dis- Facebook since you joined. This accessible through your profile sites, you’ll need new usernames or an occasional lurker, the psy- updates about near-forgotten %#"&=P agreements with friends and rel- includes your posts and photos, page, and delete each item indi- and passwords for each. chological separation could schoolmates or that random atives have become too much. as well as the “activity log” — the vidually. prove harder or easier than the person you met six years ago, the #%H#= The latest, an alarming New history of everything you’ve Once you’ve saved every- " #$ %$ $"#& physical one. Facebook has people who matter most will &A York Times report detailing the done on Facebook, such as likes thing and gone through your If you’re not quite ready for become a one-stop shop for so stick around. For them, there’s '&&(A massive trove of user data that and comments on posts, use of activity log, sign in one last a divorce, deactivating your many things. You can keep up email, the phone, and meeting in #2M the company has shared with apps and searches. The down- time. Go to account is an option. To with friends and family, find out person for coffee. /%&'# such companies as Apple, Netflix load also includes your profile, http://bit.ly/198wIoI do this, go to your about or create local events, buy and Amazon. messages, list of friends and ads and click on the account settings. and sell stuff, keep up with the $)" "+ "+ $%% #(&=% A growing number of people you’ve clicked on. blue button. Deactivating news, raise money for a cause or If your boycott of Facebook &' say they are deleting Facebook, This process should give you Facebook says the means other peo- join groups of like-minded peo- has more to do with your view &%* or at least considering it. a good — perhaps scary idea of process could ple won’t be able ple such as parents, porch gar- of the company than with tiring %2 While Facebook has tried to what Facebook has on you. take a few days. to see your pro- deners and people with a rare of the Facebook service, you %%#(A address some of these prob- What you won’t get are pho- Your delete file, but if you log disease. might consider deleting lems, it’s not enough for some tos other people shared with you, request will be back in, the whole There are other places to do Instagram, WhatsApp and '#0A users. Hard as it might seem to even if you’ve been tagged. You cancelled if you log thing is canceled many of these things. There’s Messenger as well — they are all *1&## quit, especially for those need to save those individually. back in during this and you are “active” Eventbrite for events, Letgo for owned by Facebook. Deleting #'*%#/ entwined with it for years, it can And some stuff will remain, time. Facebook says it again. Ditto if you log buying and selling stuff, Peanut your Facebook account won’t "# be done. including what others have post- may take up to 90 days for into an outside app or site for moms to connect, Meetup to affect your Instagram or %#(" ed about you, your chats with all the data associated with your using your Facebook account. find and meet like-minded peo- WhatsApp account. If you want   ! others and your posts in account to be wiped, but you ple, GoFundMe for raising to keep using Messenger, you can & Before deleting your Facebook groups (though your can’t change your mind after the ' ( $  '##& money and Twitter, or, gasp, create an account using your <#'#2 account, rescue your posts and name will be grayed out). To first few days are up. )"* your local newspaper’s website phone number instead of your photos. Facebook lets you down- delete all this, you’ll need to sift If you used your Facebook Depending on whether you for the news. The difference is Facebook profile. load the data you’ve shared with through your “activity log,” account for third-party apps and were a full-time Facebook addict there’s no single other place to do L    '5 ""# $!#%( #) ("%*0,*-./

increase their presence in the market and provide the best experience to the end con- sumer. The new age trend of . online shopping has been able to break the psychological barrier of experiencing a product via touch and feel.    Therefore, the luxury pay- masters who are looking for discounts are now comfort- /*"(*"#&### able in splurging online. Even people who are not looking &A*(D'## for discounts on luxury brands prefer shopping online %#0#%#&&# because of the wider selection of products available. #*2  96 The ease of shopping lux- ury brands in the comfort of  4 < 4  <  their home gives the shoppers a better way to explore an e all remember how extensive variety at better 2018 started with prices, as compared to the Wviolent clashes offline stores. The customers between people from various can easily access multiple castes in western region of brands all at one place with India, which incidentally is just a few clicks. People no known for its rich cultural longer have to travel abroad in heritage. The question that order to get steal deals because continues to baffle people is the domestic portals give what was the need to clash them the convenience to shop over an event that took place international luxury brands more than hundreds of years anywhere, anytime without ago? More importantly, does any hassle. As we have seen in it makes any sense? the past, the majority of lux- But it was not as if India was ury online shoppers in our the only place which was country consisted of millenni- plagued by senseless violence. als in the age group of 21-30, It also occurred across the who wanted luxury items on world and points to the need discounts. But the year 2018 of paying due attention to the  & (0&  values which have eroded saw the non online shoppers in the the age group of 30-50 over a period of time. It is also hard-working and sincere coming on board and making essential that we understand worker but one does not get /%''1%##**#%&"## <    a shift. These were the ones the nature, the scope and the economic justice at the hands who earlier didn’t prefer to functional aspects of these of the employer, one’s mind make big purchases online. values. Take for example, the ceases to have love and regard he recent years have years, we have witnessed a pushed the customers to try consumers, which could never There has been a great world-wide protests against a for his employer whom he witnessed the evo- major shift in the shopping the online payment method be available offline as the realisation of the benefits of book written by an author now considers as selfish and lution of the Digital segment — from offline to and trust it like never before. physical stores face the issue online shopping in this partic- who has won a Booker prize, exploitative. Thus, love and Era in our country. online in tier two and three According to of extremely high rentals and ular segment, which previous- or against a dictator’s call to regard, as values, lose their Slowly and steadily, cities as well. Darveys.com’s annual report space constraints in our coun- ly never came online to pur- kill that writer. It is being said, strength and are unable to sus- theT market culture is shifting The demonetisation drive 2017-18, 28 per cent of regu- try which leads to smaller chase anything. The hectic in this context, that one has, tain themselves, if they are not from offline to online in our in November 2016 changed lar COD customers made a stores. This is turn means lifestyle, ever-growing depen- no doubt, the right to freedom responded or reciprocated country, which is quite evident the dynamics of the luxury repeat purchase via online that there are only limited col- dence on smartphones, the of expression but one has also with economic or social jus- from the fact that online shop- space in two major ways. mode after demonitisation, lections at their stores. impact of western culture and the duty to respect the feelings tice. pers have quadrupled in When 86 per cent of the cash and 67 per cent of new online The online shopping cul- increased brand awareness of others. In other words, one A similar explanation can be recent years. From everyday was removed from circulation, transactors, who earlier pre- ture and in turn sector has through various mediums are has the right to enjoy one’s given for the tangled problem essentials to your favourite customers became more cau- ///  ferred COD (cash on delivery) been booming at an exponen- few of the reasons why the freedom of expression in a of a southern state whose luxury brands, everything is tious about what they are  /9:"  mode have continued to use tial rate in our country and is older generation also caught way that it does not infringe head became estranged from on the freedom of faith of oth- the central government available online these days. paying for the items. Earlier /4 67 R 9" the online mode after their directly affecting the offline onto the trend. This new age trend in the the customers who were hap- shift to the online payment for sector. Online portals have Looking forward to the ers. This, therefore, means because he felt that the latter market is the result of various pily shopping luxury brands /   the first time. At the entire been studying this behaviour- year 2019, the online luxury seg- that freedom of expression did not meet their justified factors, the biggest one of offline and paying full price  467 industry level, in terms of lux- al change of the Indian con- ment is expected to provide and, for that matter, every demands to act with a spirit of other value is not absolute. fairplay, justice and good-will them being the high penetra- for them made a considerable 5/764 ury, there has been a jump of sumers. In order to be on the greater accessibility to brands tion of smartphones, which shift to try online players 22 per cent from cash on top of their game, they have and collections in tier two and On the other hand, just as towards him and his state. All these examples and expla- has led to increased accessibil- ranging from international 5 6 :9 delivery to online transac- been offering amazing ser- tier three markets of the coun- rights and duties put limits on each other, values also delim- nations show that not only are ity to the internet across the websites like Net-a-porter, /6  /  tions in the last two years vices, simplified try. Luxury fashion sector shall there certain values, such as tol- country. Around five years Neiman Marcus to domestic across the industry. return/exchange policies and be one of the first sectors where- it each other’s functional area /  5/ 6  and scope. If we neglect this erance, patience, steadfastness, ago, the trend of online shop- websites like Darveys.com, Online websites have faster delivery timelines. They in online sales shall surpass non-violence and more which ping was majorly popular and which offer more brands, 6:/ / given an increased access to a are constantly improving offline sales in our country. aspect of values in the present- day world, then also we find are prerequisite to the firm available in the metropolitan newer styles and better prices, /69  wider variety of luxury brands themselves to compete with (The author is the Director establishment of values in a cities only, but in the last two all on one platform. It also and collections to the Indian the physical stores in order to of a luxury brand.) many kinds of dissonance and dissensions in our society. society, but also that in order to Further, we may find dis- build a society based on values, a sizeable group of people who If men cannot control their urges agreement among individuals or among communities in are steadfast in their commit- 4%*## upon seeing a beautiful girl, let them ment to values and who wear blindfolds. Why should women their value-judgements. In the above case, for example, some observe tolerance, patience and D'##& hide themselves behind ghungats and non-violence are needed even burkhas? If men get so excited seeing consider ‘freedom of expres- sion’ while others are con- when they find that there is no a woman alone at night, let them be cerned about the respect for reciprocity to their observance indoors before sunset — why do the others’ religious feelings, as a of the values of love, respect women have to do so? I cannot help higher value. In such cases, it and so on. And, such a sizeable ;? !  but think that our morality is upside is tolerance and non-violence group, which observes moral down and inside out. that can maintain peace, pre- and human values in the face Some time ago, I had written an vent further erosion of values of provocations and tempta- article on the need for stories about or restore stability to the soci- tions, can come into existence sexual assault and rape for young ety. only when spiritual values and $77$7%! readers, for that is the group of peo- goals, which have their origin We must bear in mind that ple who I work with and for. I had an erosion in values takes place in and direct support and sus- overwhelming response from total if there is no reciprocity. For tenance from God inspire strangers and dear friends urging me example, if one is an honest, them. to write it and wishing they had such !$7:79 a story when they were being sexual- ly victimised. Many confessed for the very first don’t often write about mytholo- time that this had happened to them gy. It’s today’s stories that engage — they had no platform to talk. Ime. Yet I found myself suddenly Others had actually told an adult, drawn to an ancient story. What sometimes a mother, about the assault drew me in was how relevant the and they had been told to be quiet questions it raises are today. Especially about it and make sure that they were today. never alone with the man again. One of the stories around why the Again, the burden of protection River Saraswati is subterranean goes and shame became the victim’s to like this, Brahma gave birth to carry. The criminal, because surely Saraswati from his forehead. As she that is what he is, went scot free much leapt out, he was so taken up by her of the time. beauty that he “fell in love” and start- today? For me, it is the fact that  08.$- 0 The question that is so relevant is And yes, I don’t believe in trial by ed to pursue her. Horrified at the Brahma continues to be worshipped 0$7//$0$ why does the burden of “shame” rest social media either. The converse sit- advances of her father, Saraswati fled as a god (yes, let’s put that in a small $*0$ upon the victim, especially one who has uation is also true. Men who are being and disappeared underground. She ‘g’ and not dignify it with a reverent suffered sexual advances? Why does the named in the #MeToo storm should may or may not have made a brief capital letter). And she, poor thing, 2$"*-0$ -$* perpetrator of sexual excesses contin- also get equal recourse to tell their sto- appearance, there are different ver- spent her life fleeing the lustful gaze 00$ $"$: ue to be whatever he was ordained to ries. I don’t agree with giving one half sions of that story. But all versions or worse of her own father. And, grad-   $/0$ be, attain whatever his life’s goals were voice by taking away the others’ voice. agree she had to disappear once ually, had to hide herself away alto- and the victim becomes defined by the But let’s take away the burden of shame again. Never to surface again. gether and almost cease to exist. So /"$ 0$  0$  crime she suffered till she is forced to and silence from victims and help So, what’s the connection of a much so, that people began to won- 0$"0$/: protect herself by negating whatever she Saraswati flow free and wild again. mythical river with what’s happening der if she ever was. was or wanted to be? L8

$" $".08*-/88$8$: L2 /"

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

#%=(#(    % $  +A;, % * $   $ P      #%#(" * #'*1'*= 00=5:=

0 56

arcelona held off Atletico Madrid to ensure they will be three points clear at the Btop of La liga going into the winter break $P$   after beating a spirited Espanyol 2-0 at the Camp Nou on Saturday. First-half goals from Ousmane Dembele and    0-". Lionel Messi were enough to move Ernesto Valverde's side up to 37 points and keep them one step ahead of Atletico, who earlier drew level uka Modric scored one goal and set up 0 5  77 with Barca with a 1-0 win over Espanyol Lanother in leading Real Madrid to the Club thanks to an Antoine Griezmann penalty. World Cup title by easing past host side Al le Gunnar Solskjaer "In the first half we got behind their Ain 4-1 on Saturday. Oinsisted having "good defence well, we saw that with any play, play- Ballon d'Or winner Modric struck from players" was the key to his ing with the space (left behind) we could score," long range in the 14th minute after a promis- instant impact as Manchester said Valverde. ing start by the underdog Al Ain. He then United caretaker manager in Dembele put the hosts into the lead after just placed a corner kick for Sergio Ramos to put a 5-1 thumping of Cardiff on nine minutes when he lashed home on the the result beyond doubt at 3-0 in the 79th. Saturday. rebound after Messi's first-time shot was pushed Midfielder Marcos Llorente also scored Not since Alex Ferguson's into his path by Celta keeper Ruben Blanco. from outside the area for Madrid's second goal final game in charge in 2013 Messi doubled his side's advantage just to help the European champions claim a had United scored five goals before half-time, bursting through competely record-extending seventh world in a single Premier League unmarked to meet the excellent Jordi Alba's title. Losing 3-0, Al Ain defender game and the Red Devils through ball and wrong-foot Tsukasa Shiotani headed in a con- looked a side transformed Blanco as he slotted in his 15th solation goal, then teammate Yahia from the turgid football of league goal of the season. Nader scored an own goal in stop- Jose Mourinho's final days in then the next game lose." The Argentine and Alba page time. charge. The visiting fans enthusi- linked up nicely throughout, Madrid, which has won the last "They are very good play- astically chanted Solskjaer's with the left-back providing the three Champions Leagues, has also ers, talented players, they've name throughout and were pass for the Messi shot that led won the last three Club World approached the game proper- enjoying their side moving the to Dembele's opener. Cups. They now have three more world titles ly and worked hard. A Man ball around with a speed and "They (Messi and Alba) are a duo that have than the next best, AC Milan. Utd team should never be out- accuracy more reminiscent been working together for some time, they "It's been an unforgettable year for me," worked," said Solskjaer. of his days as a player at Old understand each other perfectly," added said Modric, who led Croatia to the World The Norwegian has been Trafford when United domi- Valverde. Cup final in July. put in charge until the end of nated English football. "Let's hope they carry on working well." "It's been perfect. We won the the season after Mourinho "It's nothing like they have Luis Suarez missed a great opportunity to out on a Ballon d'Or despite winning the Champions League, I had a spectacular was sacked on Tuesday and been playing," said Cardiff put the result beyond any doubt on the hour Europa League with Atletico last season and World Cup with Croatia, and now I have won could not have asked for a bet- boss Neil Warnock. "We mark when he flashed wide after being found the World Cup with France in the summer, is another title with Madrid. It's been a dream ter start in the Welsh capital. expected that from the by Alba with another fine pass, but despite fre- on a fine run of form after having saved his year." As well as getting teamsheet." quently testing Barca keeper Marc-Andre ter side with a late winner at Real Valladolid last Al Ain reached the final after proving to Solskjaer off to a flying start, Pogba was at the heart of Stegen, Celta could not find the goal that would week. be the surprise of the short tournament. The victory also sees United cru- United's best work and having have put the Catalans under real pressure. His winner on Saturday was his fourth in local club from the cially close the gap on the been fouled for the free-kick three games after bagging a brace last week and upset South American champion River Plate Premier League top four to leading to Marcus Rashford's ( G !*(* scoring in Atletico's 3-0 hammering of Alaves in the semifinals on penalties. eight points thanks to opener, his intelligent Earlier, Griezmann smashed home from a fortnight ago. "This title is merited by my players," Chelsea's 1-0 home pass picked out Ander the spot 10 minutes after the break to give "It was important to win regardless of how "Antoine is an excellent goalscorer," added Madrid coach Santiago Solari said. defeat by Leicester earli- Herrera, whose shot Diego Simeone's side three points from a hard- we did it," said Atletico captain Diego Godin. Godin. "He works for the team brilliantly and Of Llorente, he added: "He has been er in the day. flicked off Greg fought match with mid-table Espanyol that "We go into the (two-week) winter break helps with his his goals." working hard, even when no one was watch- "We're eight points Cunningham to loop extended Atletico's unbeaten league run to 14 happy with the three points." Sevilla can join Atletico on 34 points with ing." Earlier, River beat Kashima Antlers 4- behind, so our job is to over the helpless Neil matches. The 27-year-old Griezmann, who missed a win at Leganes on Sunday late night clash. 0 for third place. take one game at a time," Etheridge to make it 2- added Solskjaer. 0 inside half an hour. "We always play well If Solskjaer's side 8> in the second half of the sea- were fortunate then, it was (,+ ,,!(,5!( son." Cardiff who got a break nine +?(%++0Q!/ Paul Pogba was forced to minutes later when the assis- Kolkata: 4%' = #'*1 *  % #*& %  0 0A(*& %= watch the full 90 minutes tant referee adjudged from the bench last weekend Rashford to have handled )= 75 A   % A=' '  % 0 /   1 &' %  '&2 9' third last season, are now 25 as Liverpool inflicted the final rather than control the ball <1 E+>%F #*&  #*   points behind Juventus and blow to Mourinho's time in with his shoulder inside the )= &# (#  01 % &&*1 ario Mandzukic scored drop to 10th after their eighth charge with a 3-1 win that left area. %*%=2<#11#&% Mthe only goal for defeat in as many trips to the United 19 points off the top Victor Camarasa's per- ##'  % %' 1 # 4%' = Juventus to dump further Allianz Stadium. They have after just 17 games. fectly-taken penalty could #*'&%#%%## hurt on crisis club Roma and won just twice in The French World Cup- have sparked a collapse for a )'((%0% ,(# keep the champions unbeat- the league since winner was restored from the team short on confidence in *%#2/%4#%0*1AA en and on track for an eighth the end of start for the first time in four recent times. 0*1#==&*%## straight Italian league title. September. league games and looked far Instead, United respond- The Croatian World Cup more like the player United ed resoundingly with a fan- =A-24%' =&&&&= *" *%(# 4 ')0 75 0  # runner-up headed in the splashed a then world-record tastic team goal as a quick =%('#'2 winner 34 minutes into the Inter Milan £89 million ($113 million) interchange of passes between match in Turin to put were held 1-1 at on in 2016 than the one that Pogba and Jesse Lingard freed  0"*$, $* *, Juventus back eight points bottom club Chievo to fall clashed with his former boss Anthony Martial to score his Mumbai:  *%( 4%#% clear of Napoli. eight points behind Napoli, off the field and disappointed ninth goal of the season. 4=14%#%&9#%7& The defeat could have with the two clubs going on it for much of the past two Lingard took responsibil-  **%& % H# & '& ! 0# been harsher but for Roma head-to-head in the San Siro seasons. ity from the spot just before goalkeeper Robin Olsen on December 26. the hour mark after another # #(*  % 55  # & O!* (, +H D'#% 5%(#%(  '&2 /( #& denying Cristiano Ronaldo,   * $&      %%  "  8 $   $  2      Inter looked set for vic- soft penalty was awarded for 4=1=1*%A& with Douglas Costa having a tory when Ivan Perisic scored "The performance of the a foul by Sol Bamba on the #*& #& :1 4%" #  late goal ruled out following teen and we're winter cham- December 26 and 29, before Juve — who have only the opener six minutes before team was great and we are England international. 4%#%" % &&  (  %  a video assistant referee check pions," said coach pausing for three weeks. dropped points against Genoa the break, but the evergreen happy that the first game of And Lingard was the ben- #%&#&'=%%#=)'2 because of a foul in the build- Massimiliano Allegri, refer- "We haven't won any- — travel to Atalanta and host Sergio Pellissier, 39, gave his the manager starts like this," eficiary of another defence- 7&" % %& 1*1& ' ) -A+% #& up. ring to the name given to thing yet," added Allegri. Sampdoria in their final two side an early Christmas pre- said Pogba. "It's important splitting pass from Pogba a '1'&(#&/'#% %%% "We are doing good teams top before Christmas. "The important thing is to be matches before the end of the sent when he lobbed Inter now to carry on like that. minute from time as he ('#'&#"((&#*&#&: things, we have reached the Serie A is however hold- a few points ahead of Napoli year. goalkeeper Samir Handanovic "We cannot play like this rounded Etheridge and slotted 5%  4%#%   =#  % Champions League last six- ing a round of fixtures on on the 29th of December." Roma, after finishing a minute into injury time. and win with five goals and into an empty net. '& !0#2 !$4 5,#" Imphal: &=*%(#4')0 1/ ))(' $3) "   " &P  &$    % 75 & 4('H# * 75 (& '  *==##& A='*% %<%'(1#&'% '&2 0   0 7 <7 / /% & && 0% % #  *%*  ( % =' #&=# *#&02 ylian Mbappe grabbed the winner as Paris Saint- he evergreen Franck Ribery /% %A#& && (#### & KGermain beat Nantes 1-0 to go into the winter Tscored for the third time in four *& *%*#"  ##&  (" 0' break unbeaten in Ligue 1, as Thierry Henry's days as reigning champions Bayern *'&=(##&4&*2/% Monaco suffered defeat by rock-bottom Guingamp Munich moved up to second in the #'%*#&'%(* on Saturday. Bundesliga table on Saturday with  % %  A=' #&=# % , World Cup star Mbappe stole in at the far post a 3-0 win at Eintracht Frankfurt, (#=#%4& in the 67th minute for his 13th league goal of the sea- leaving them six points behind '(0#(0#% =#% son, making him France's top scorer with Neymar leaders Borussia Dortmund. -(#2 away on holidays in Brazil. After more than a decade at PSG coach Thomas Tuchel can also go on hol- Bayern, Ribery, 35, made another * ," ((!, iday relaxed with his club on 47 points, as second- strong argument for an extension Milan: = && &) == placed Lille, 13 points adrift, lost 2-1 at home to to his contract, which expires in %# 0 #'#(&& 0  4  Toulouse. June, with a double in Frankfurt S&#*( ##S" % *'0 '*&  "I'm very happy because we can see the progress having also scored in Wednesday's # 0#  '&2 S75  of the team," said Tuchel. "You can feel the energy; 1-0 victory over RB Leipzig in 4**%&)==%# it's a good thing to build on next year." Munich. 0 ( #'#(&&  0 = *" &   $&      %   %% $  % 4   $ % With Neymar away, Angel Di Maria was in the "The last few games have  &  -  = *  =   = *  *  &#*( ##"S #& % line-up and came closest to making it 2-0, forcing a shown what Bayern can do — I #2 /% *'0 % =  '% fine save from Nantes goalkeeper Ciprian Tatarusanu, want to praise Franck, he did hour when both sides had clear utes. &#  % ## 0%& % #'#(# who then watched the Argentine hit the crossbar from exceptionally well," said coach chances, Bayern broke Rafinha scored a 0' **&=  %  (##" % * the rebound. Niko Kovac with Bayern having through when Thomas minute from time when his %#0#(1&0%- AA&H#%0 Meanwhile, third-placed Lyon drew 1-1 at won their last five league games, Mueller found Robert cross-shot flew over Trapp's '='(=2# fourth-placed Montpellier after opening the scoring scoring 13 goals. Lewandowski in the box and reach and into the Frankfurt '& = # % # #" ## 5& (2 thanks to their captain Nabil Fekir before a great head- Ahead of the four-week winter the Poland striker flicked the net. er from Ruben Aguilar gave the surprise-package break, Rafinha scored a late third ball onto Ribery to tap home , G (, *,* ", ,* !* southerners a share of the spoils. as Bayern trimmed the gap to on 35 minutes. Kolkata: = #H '0 '  Henry's Monaco were dreadful and the former Monaco were champions in 2017 but now have Dortmund, who beat Borussia Mueller hit the crossbar just Earlier, RB Leipzig substitute %%=*&#%#->A Arsenal striker spat on the ground after Nolan Roux 13 points from 18 matches, just two more than Moenchengladbach 2-1 on Friday. before the break while Thiago Bruma helped fire his team back - 0=%24) %1%E -(#F of Guingamp made fools of the Monaco defence to Guingamp, and vice-president Vadim Vasilyev said It was also a winning return to Alcantara had a penalty appeal for into the Bundesliga title race with #%#%#%(&'*&#'( make it 2-0. the club needs to dip into the January transfer mar- Frankfurt for Kovac, who master- handball turned down with 20 a dramatic late winner in a 3-2 &%#'&%2 "I'm not going to have a good holiday," bemoaned ket. minded Eintracht's shock 3-1 defeat minutes left as Bayern maintained home victory over Werder Bremen. 4& =%(#*& =# Henry. "Now you have to work and make do with "Until tonight, I thought we didn't need new play- of Munich in the German Cup final the pressure. Fourth-placed Leipzig are now %!(#2 %#%&#& what you have. ers, but we do," Vasilyev told Canal+. last May in his last match before Ribery netted for the second just two points behind third-placed #(%(#20=%#%&% "It's necessary to work and work. There are still "It's difficult to analyse right now as I'm upset like taking charge of the Bavarian time when he casually fired in off Moenchengladbach, after Bruma =' *(= % CG (#  % a lot of points to play for and that's the only positive the supporters. I understand the disappointment, it's giants. the post after exchanging passes struck three minutes from time at #('&*%#2 = 7< thing about this evening." up to us to act and draw the right conclusions." After an intense opening half- with Joshua Kimmich on 79 min- Leipzig's Red Bull Arena.              '3