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iour” and “misuse” of author- ity. Chairman M  ' Venkaiah Naidu rejected the notice, saying the case against the then CJI was based on “sus-   # "" 012#  picion and conjectures”.     ( Modi said the Congress has    &! no faith in democracy and  #'#' judiciary. “It does not hold dia- +"  $#"  *#  logue and stall proceedings in %   #! Parliament, but the new game   . * '*&# they are playing now is dan- "# # &#%  '#! gerous and this must be debat- t least nine people were  3' ! # ed for a bright future of the Akilled and more than 25  &#0* ' '!# country.” injured when an over speeding  ' #!45! “When their shameless tac- bus they were travelling in fell  .##! " tics fail, they use the threat of from a bridge into a #" ## impeachment to bend the river in Himachal Pradesh's & ! judges to their will. This is a Sirmaur district. dangerous play. The Congress In another accident, 21  + # "" ##%*" is committing a crime by using others were injured   #                     impeachment to stop lawful near Shimla when a bus fell # 6 &#            !" procedures. They are enslaving into a gorge. the country using their power                     $      Police said nine persons    sands of Vishwa Hindu in the Rajya Sabha,” Modi said. were killed in an accident in negligence of the bus driver. Parishad (VHP) workers and He urged intellectuals to Sirmaur district on Sunday According to eyewitnesses, the s the BJP seeks to rekindle supporters trooped into the analyse this “dangerous game” when the driver of a speeding bus was speeding while cross- Athe politically sensitive venue of the “Dharm Sabha” at of the Congress in the interest private bus lost control and ing the bridge. Ayodhya issue, Prime Minister Ayodhya called by the VHP to of the country. $        broke the railing of the Jalal Most of the deceased are Narendra Modi on Monday discuss the way forward for the The 200-member Bridge and fell into the river locals who are yet to accused the Congress of inter- construction of the temple. Rajasthan Assembly is sched- below, plunging from a height be identified. fering in the Supreme Court’s Sibal, a Supreme Court uled to go to polls on of 40 feet. The other accident took proceedings on the Ram lawyer, also said that he had not December 7. The counting of     %  “Four passengers, includ- place at the Kiari Nallah on the Temple-Babri Masjid case, say- appeared in the court since votes will take place on ing three women, died on the Solan-Shimla border. The bus ing that their Rajya Sabha lead- January 2018 and that neither December 11. spot, while five critically- plunged into a gorge, injuring ers intimidate Supreme Court the Congress nor the BJP are        show some patience,” the seer Government regarding this injured persons succumbed to 21 people. judges with the threat of party to the court proceedings. '     remarked. issue on November 23. He their injuries in a hospital. The accident took place in impeachment if they don’t stall “The Congress is not a party in he Vishwa Hindu Parishad The seers at the Dharm assured me that after Twenty-five people are under the Kandaghat police station the case until after the general these proceedings. Nothing T(VHP) sponsored Dharm Sabha administered oath to December 11, we will sit with treatment in the Nahan med- area on the Junga-Sadhupul elections of next year. can prevent the court from ( (   Sabha did not announce any the crowd and asked people to the PM and will take a decision ical college and Dadahu sub- road when the bus was return- “If a Supreme Court judge hearing the matter. The CJI has date for the construction of take back soil of Ayodhya and on this issue. I am hopeful that divisional hospital,” said ing to Delhi from a trip to does not prepare the time table said it is not a priority matter  )$ Ram Temple, but one of its make pledge that they will not a legislation will come for tem- Additional Superintendent of Shimla and nearby tourist (for hearing cases) as per their for the Supreme Court, and the senior seers claimed that the let die down struggle for mak- ple construction.” Police (ASP), Nahan, Virender places, Police said. (Congress’s) political inten- PM has no courage to say any- *     Centre will take some decision ing a grand Ram temple at The Swami further said the Singh Thakur. Of the injured, 15, includ- tions and wants to hear all to thing against the CJI. Blaming on this issue after results of Ayodhya. Minister had asked us to keep "The accident took place ing the driver and the conduc- deliver justice on a serious the Congress for making polit-    Assembly polls were out on The Dharm Sabha under- patience. “The Government near Khadri village on the tor, are being treated at a com- and sensitive issue, such as ical capital won’t help,” Sibal December 11. lined the strong sentiment for will respect our sentiments Renuka-Dadahu-Nahan road, munity health centre in Junga, Ayodhya, then the party’s added. ttacking Prime Minister Amid growing demand for or Ordinance for Ram this is what a senior Minister about 168 km south of Shimla, whereas six people, whose con- lawyers, who are Rajya Sabha Modi alleged the Congress ANarendra Modi, Shiv Sena the construction of the Ram Temple by the Centre. told me. I am a devotee of Lord around 4.30 pm," he said. dition was stated as critical, members, start the game of threatened Supreme Court chief Uddhav Thackeray said if Temple in Ayodhya without Chairman of the Ram Ram and Ram Janmabhoomi is Thakur, who reached the were referred to the Indira scaring the judges in the name judges with impeachment the BJP Government was deter- further delay, Ramji Das of Janmabhoomi Nyas Mahant our right,” he said. spot and supervised the rescue Gandhi Medical College and of impeachment,” Modi said. when they tried hearing the mined to honour court's order Nirmohi Akhara told VHP’s Nritya Gopal Das, who He further said he also operation, said prima facie the Hospital (IGMC) in Shimla, Senior Congress leader and Ayodhya dispute cases earlier why it promised people during Dharm Sabha on Sunday that presided over the Sabha, said spoke to RSS chief Mohan accident happened due to the they added. Rajya Sabha member Kapil this year. The PM claimed that elections that construction of dates for the same will be that people still have faith in the Bhagwat who “assured me that Sibal rubbished Prime Congress party’s Rajya Sabha Ram Temple at Ayodhya will announced early next year dur- BJP Governments at the Centre pressure will be mounted on Minister’s claim saying he members, who are also lawyers, start during their regime. ing Kumbh in Prayagraj. and Uttar Pradesh. the Government for bringing in should start a new programme had tried to scare away the apex “The Ram Temple will be Addressing the sabha after “This congregation proves a legislation” in Parliament for on the lines of “Man ki baat” court judges to ensure the constructed at any cost whether the inauguration marked by the point that people want temple construction. “We want titled “jhooti baat” so that peo- hearing in the cases is delayed the Modi Government returns chanting of mantras at the temple at Ayodhya. Till Modi all MPs to be united and the ple are aware that the state- until after the 2019 to power or not. For some peo- Badey Bhaktmaal ki Bagia, is PM, and Yogi is Chief Bill be passed with 2/3rd ments he makes on a weekly election. ple, Ram Temple may be a Ramji Das said, “The date for Minister of UP, I am sure that majority,” the Swami said. basis are “inconsistent with Seven Opposition parties 'jumla' but for us it is a matter construction of the Ram they will find a way out,” he The congregation was facts”. led by the Congress had moved of national pride,” he said with- Temple will be declared in the said. This sentiment was also amalgamation of sants, RSS, Prime Minister’s comment a notice for the impeachment out taking name of Modi while 2019 Kumbh which will be held echoed by Swami VHP and BJP leaders. The on the Ayodhya issue came at of then Chief Justice of talking to reporters here on in Prayagraj.” Rambhadracharya, who dis- sants took the lead while oth- an election rally at Alwar, Dipak Misra in April this year, Sunday. “It is only a matter of a few closed, “I spoke to a senior ers followed. Rajasthan, on a day when thou- accusing him of “misbehav- Continued on Page 4 days, and I request you all to Minister in the Central Continued on Page 4       R ! !    "    "  ##     $%&       Shopian district of south fire. In the retaliatory firing,     Kashmir during the night two more ultras were shot. even terrorists, an Army hours to launch an attack on a The group belonged to     Sjawan, and a civilian were house where suspected terror- Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) and killed in separate incidents of ists were hiding. The security Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) out-    violence in south Kashmir on forces had specific tip-off on fits and all but one slain ter- Sunday amid a massive their presence. rorists were local residents   counter-insurgency offensive During the initial bout of including Abbas Bhat, who launched by the security forces. firing, a soldier of 162 had recently taken over as the        Separatists have called for a Territorial Army Nazir Ahmad group’s ‘district commander’ to shutdown on Monday against was hit by bullets along with replace Zeenatul Islam, who iting Pakistan-based Inter-           what they called killing of 18 another soldier. They were has joined Al Badr group in the CServices Intelligence (ISI)’s    ! "#  $%    Kashmiris in past three days. shifted to hospital for treatment area. The Sunday gunfight was “nefarious activities” in Punjab & "#'  (& &!#$ Police said that six ultras killed where Ahmad, a resident of the fourth encounter in south and the killings of Indian sol- * ' $ in Shopian village were Ashmuji village in neighbour- Kashmir region in a week’s diers by Pakistan armed forces, involved in several heinous ing Kulgam district, suc- time. During these gunfights, Punjab Chief Minister Capt  +   &$% -#' . .% ##  crimes including killing of cumbed to his injuries. Sources 12 ultras including top com- Amarinder Singh on Sunday . ##/ # & !#! $%  #   three policemen. said four ultras were killed in manders of HM and LeT were courteously declined neigh- Official sources said a joint the first round of firing. There killed, six each in Anantnag bouring country’s invitation Prime Minister Imran Khan his refusal, “Always team of security forces cor- was a lull of more than an hour and Shopian districts.        '  ( )*+  (         & ( to attend ground-breaking cer- will perform the ceremony. cherished dream to visit doned off Batagund village in when terrorists again opened Continued on Page 4   ,       -  (   !" emony for Kartarpur corridor Earlier, Pakistan cricketing Gurdwara Kartarpur on November 28; while his legend Imran Khan had per- Sahib. Regret to decline Cabinet Minister Navjot Singh sonally telephoned his friend invite of @SMQureshiPTI Sidhu accepted the request from the cricket days, Sidhu, to @ForeignOfficePk for %  %    &         with “an unalloyed joy”. attend the function - which he Kartarpur Sahib Corridor cer- At the same time, SAD’s had accepted right away con- emony. Cannot go while MP from Bathinda and Union sidering the permission from killings of Indian soldiers & ter-   Police are taking painstak- island and Pathak said police sible to retrieve the American’s Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal the Indian Government. ror attacks in Punjab continue. ing efforts to avoid any dis- are monitoring to see if there body and that no charges will will also attend the function in Later, formal invites was May Waheguru bless us with olice officials had a nervous ruption to the Sentinelese — a is a repeat of an incident after be made against the protected Pakistan, representing the sent to the Indian dignitaries. peace & amity! (sic)” Plong-distance face-off with pre-neolithic tribe whose island two fishermen who strayed tribe. Seven people, including Indian Government along with Amarinder, in a letter to “Since March 2017, the the tribe who killed an is off-limits to outsiders — as onto the island were killed in six fishermen who were her Cabinet colleague and Pakistan Foreign Minister State has neutralised 19 ISI- American missionary, in their they seek Chau’s body. 2006. involved in ferrying Chau to Rajya Sabha MP from Uttar Qureshi, said it is a historic armed and controlled modules, latest bid to locate his body on The death of the 27-year- One week after their North Sentinel, have been Pradesh Hardeep Singh Puri. occasion, but he regretted his apprehended 81 terrorists and a remote island, police said on old on November 17 has cast a deaths, the bodies of the two arrested. The fishermen have External Affairs Minister inability to be present. seized 79 weapons, numerous Sunday. new spotlight on efforts to Indians were hooked on bam- accompanied the police teams Sushma Swaraj has nominated “My reason for declining grenades of the HG-84 type The police team, who took protect one of the world’s last boo stakes facing out to sea. to the island to help efforts to the two on her behalf after she the invitation was two-fold. made in Pakistan’s Ordnance a boat just off Indian-owned “uncontacted” tribes whose “It was a kind of scarecrow,” pinpoint where Chau was expressed her inability to attend Firstly, not a day passes when factories with Austrian know- North Sentinel island on language and customs remain Pathak said. killed. the same. Indian soldiers are not killed or how, and some IEDs,” the Chief Saturday, spotted men from the a mystery to outsiders. “We are studying the 2006 Anthropologists and trib- The invite was sent by wounded on the Line of Minister claimed in his letter. Sentinelese tribe on the beach Fishermen who took Chau case. We are asking anthropol- al welfare experts who have had Pakistan Foreign Minister Control in Jammu & Kashmir. He pointed that the last where John Allen Chau was last ly used by the isolated tribe to to North Sentinel — which is ogists what they do when they the previous rare contacts with Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Rather than moving towards attack took place in Amritsar seen, the region’s police chief kill Chau as he shouted one of the Andaman and kill an outsider,” the police the Sentinelese have been heav- Qureshi to Sushma, Capt normalcy, these incidents are on last Sunday on a peaceful Dependra Pathak told AFP. Christian phrases at them. Nicobar islands in the Bay of chief added. “We are trying to ily involved with the inquiry. Amarinder and Sidhu, on escalating,” he said. religious congregation in a vil- Using binoculars, officers “They stared at us and we Bengal — said they saw the understand the group psy- “Their advice will be behalf of the Pakistan Secondly, the CM claimed lage wherein three men were — in a police boat about 400 were looking at them,” said tribe burying the body on the chology.” important,” said Pathak. “We Government to attend the cer- that Pakistan’s ISI has started its killed and 19, including women metres from the shore — saw Pathak. The boat withdrew to beach. Though Chau’s death is are taking the advice of the emony at Kartarpur on nefarious activities in Punjab. and children, were wounded. the men armed with bows and avoid any chance of a con- The Sentinelesenormally officially a murder case, anthro- people in the field to advance November 28 where their Amarinder even tweeted Continued on Page 4 arrows, the weapons reported- frontation. attack anyone who goes to the pologists say it may be impos- this case.”    ()  *( +,- +./0 

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"# #  #* said picturesque Chanshal area  *# #! &%0 8 of Rohru Assembly con-    9 .  # '   * stituency would be developed " "#*" 7   )  as international-level tourist emperature across  ##! 18B' 6+ " "&#!* ##3% $# destination by providing best THimachal Pradesh on  $ #!225."*"#   #0* + !E +F infrastructure to attract more Sunday showed a rise due to   "#2182' &#* # #&11  "  !  adventure and snow sports the prevailing dry conditions. 0!'&# *"*8+  & '*#"  #% & lovers to the area. “There are chances of rain # O'0   ## 6&  "##!0 ' The Chief Minister was or snowfall in the high-altitude   . 28;  0 .$$ 8 # " #%#! ## ## addressing a gathering at region on November 28,” a '02:  # B81  620* &"##*#  &#1G#  !# Ramleela ground, Rohru in Meteorological Department     #!'  '  '  " %#%4C !# #!#! E F8 .# "3%  Shimla district. (IMD) official said.  . * $#$ &"##*# 0 ## &#H50555.+* He said although Rohru The western disturbances "#"## #  #!" &"# !#*#" '""0& Assembly remained a focus — storm systems originating *#!$ (&   point in the State politics, still from the Caspian Sea and  # #  !#' '*# " #  most of the interior areas of this people in large number at moving across the *##&  '#!"&!8 constituency are still underde- Rohru. Speaking on the occa- Afghanistan-Pakistan region Punjab and Haryana. veloped. The present sion, Education Minister Suresh — would be active in the Chandigarh, joint capital of  7 )% !#"*$  ( Government has completed Bhardwaj said that last 11 region from November 27. Punjab and Haryana recorded % 1 -. 6 #  ' " * *#" almost eleven months of its months of the State Most of the prominent maximum temperature of 28 2;H814% "# #!* $ (&#&148$ (& tenure and welfare of the com- Government have been remark- tourist towns located in mid- degrees while minimum #  O#!!"*#%*# ##!#*#" !# mon man has remained the able and full of achievements. hills, including Shimla, temperature settled at 9.1 #"   0 '#  ' "*#"2;G825 focal point of policies and pro- He said the very first deci- Narkanda, Kufri, Manali and degree Celsius. .+0 220:1HG.+ & *#"& 80 grammes of the Government. sion of the State Government Dalhousie, have been witness- In Punjab, Amritsar 2;;85;.+* & !8   #  ' "0-## The people of the State are feel- was to lower the age limit for ing long sunny days, the Met recorded a minimum temper- #*## #! E- F0 *#"140;22B.+*8 ing the difference between the senior citizens to get old age official added. ature of 8.4 degrees Celsius  %  &% &&% & working of the present and the pension without and income Keylong in Lahaul and while Ludhiana and Patiala  6$ (&  #'O #"# E$ F#   previous Government, he said. limit from 80 years to 70 years. Spiti district was the coldest recorded minimum of 8.3 '  # . #!  #" #*  The Chief Minister said    #! #  &"#  ""# It was for the first time that the place with a low of minus 2.9 degrees and 9.6 degrees Celsius E. F    # "!#+" ""# E +F0 that the State Government is    #*###  Chief Minister gave the degrees Celsius. respectively.  0 ##  '  '"#'  "#  # 8 not been working with  +  #  !' # " "  '#! State helicopter for facilitating Shimla recorded 12.1 In Haryana’s Ambala, $ "#'0 #   '  '"#'0 vengeance and vendetta as the :5 " !# !#!"# #! #" the tourists visiting the degrees Celsius, five degrees Bhiwani, Hisar, Karnal and  #&## "#   '   government is committed to State, he said. above season’s average, while Narnaul, the minimum tem-  *"8#&0 +  ' #6" ensure all-round and balanced  !. " * 6 ' 6 #  6+%%  The Minister added that the minimum in Manali was perature settled at 10.6, 10.7, 63 '6 ' (#"# #"#"#'  '  :5*" #  ! development of the entire state. Jan Manch is another major 1.6 degrees, 13 in Dalhousie 8.2, 8.6 and 9 degree Celsius.   % #*  #   '  The State Government it its programme launched by the and 9.2 in Dharamsala. The Met Department has  ' ' &"  !  "  &#!# 8 very first Budget announced Shrontha-Tikker and Sari- Rohru would be expedited. State Government to ensure Meanwhile, minimum forecast dry conditions and launching of 30 new schemes Jharag-Sheelghat as major dis- Earlier, the Chief Minister that grievances of the people temperatures were recorded fog during next 48 hours at few  8 (  )& for the welfare of every section trict roads. inaugurated 70 metre long get timely redressed nearer to close to normal level in parts of places of Punjab and Haryana.  6 # E"*FK    *%K of the society, he said. On the occasion, he span box gender bridge at their homes.  '#  &12  ' 0 " '. '# Thakur said the State has announced construction of a Samoli constructed at a cost Rs. -#"$*# E F"#.(#   $ launched Grihini Suvidha multipurpose hall, canteen and 1030 crore and inaugurated Virender Kashyap said the  ' 0.# *" +#  ## * Yojna to provide free of cost gas modern girl’s hostel in Seema administrative block of PG Centre and State Governments 0   #  '       0 connections to the woman college, construction of parking college Seema constructed at a are working with close coordi- !#" # 3' "   '  0# ' beneficiaries of Himachal and complex at Rohru, Rs 20 lakh for cost of Rs 7.24 crore. nation for the welfare of every # 8.#  "O (#'  O  $ till date about 35,000 connec- upgradation of Seema-Ratnadi He also performed Bhoomi section of the society and #*     ""**# (" ' tions have been distributed. road and around Rs 80 lakh for Pujan of Dhamandhar Jawari- development of the State. 8.(#   $ '   **  & The Government has launched various link roads of the area. He Mastot, Bashla-Antapu- He said the State has won #&#' # "*#*" #8 several more schemes to ensure also announced opening of vet- Saridhar, Koftu-Koralla- first prize in the field of educa- that benefits of development go erinary dispensary at Kanda, Rs Pekhadhar-Bajeshal roads. tion which shows  %       down to the people living in the 10 lakh for constructing com- Prior to this, the Chief the commitment of the % 1 -. 6"#* '##'   # " & remotest parts, he added. munity hall at Ratnadi and Minister listened to the “Mann Government for making '  ' # #%  '# #  The CM declared assured the people that on- Ki Baat” programme of Prime Himachal Pradesh “knowledge '# ' 8 *3 0 !  . ' 9"0$ (& Kharapathar-Sheelghat- going work on Sabzi Mandi Minister Narendra Modi with hub” of the country. !!"0J66 #6# #0 E$ (&F0 0L-#!'# '"# #%#0 ' '# '  !#8$.% ' #* E. K$ 0$ J   .  F % ' E$#$*F #%* # Q3      " (R**  R     '#   #!$# 8+  * # #!# #%*"#' *#   /0* 1 #**# #03 8 +  ' 0# # *#*##&&  8   9 form for regulatory services. ver for strengthening the state’s       The Cabinet Minister economy and make it able for & 9 ))& revealed that in order to revive contribution in creating job  16N+  &# O"#*   '&    '  erming the revival of indus- the traditional industries in the opportunities,” he said, adding  ' 0 **! # J! &# KN ' Ttrial sector in near future state, the approval has been that the main aim of the new -O0 "  & "  *"# ' '#  in State as the Punjab given to honey cluster in industrial policy is to strength- !#"8+  &#  " #!! # O ' Government’s top priority, the Bathinda, wooden inlay in en the economy of Punjab and "#"#   ' 0 #. ( State Industries and Commerce Hoshiarpur and to other few the Government is fully com- ' "0-#* #0  8L+  &# &#  Minister Sunder Sham Arora under MSME (Medium and mitted to evolve every step nec- #&1; *  '*!#!###! & has said the State Government Small Scale Enterprise) Scheme essary for ensuring the same. ' !#"# #   ' ! # is fully committed to evolve of the Central Government. Arora said the State "#"#    8L &#  &#'    every step necessary to He also said the State Government is also giving spe- ! # "#"#  &"#0*0""#0 #6 ensure more and more invest- Government is laying special cial emphasis and providing  0("!!#&*"0M$ %(3 0 ments in industrial sector emphasis in development of incentives to the investors for -# 6"#0+  &# 8 and promotion of tourism sec- traditional craft specially the the development and promo- tor in Punjab. handicraft such as phulkari, tion of tourism in the State.   %  &    /124.;3 Arora, after inaugurating would inlay work with the “The State’s tourism tagline —  6-##*0.# #' % # #*##  1) '1'4.= Punjab Day celebrations at involvement of department of India Begins Here — is true in #&"#!#' # #   "8.#  H55*#* Hamsadhwani Theatre organ- tourism department. many ways. The iconic Golden # ' 6% # " !#%#!!(#   .12.>)?2. ised by the Punjab Tourism Arora added the State Temple in Amritsar has been % # #*' **#!#  #&"8+ N.#6#6 4. 2@+. and Cultural Affairs Department     #".    #  Government has also consti- acknowledged as the most vis- O"*'  # #  "& #  during the ongoing India   #  !"###* tuted District Level Micro ited destination in the world as  "% 0#0.&0 '#   8 International Trade Fair-2018, "# # #    "# Small Enterprises Facilitation per London-based Book of # ' % # *#  #  **## "0   . said the Government has noti-  *### #!#"# $ (& Counsels in seven districts — World Records. It is also the (* ' 0#"%*0  ' (8L " fied Business and Industrial    #*##   #0$ (&#! Amritsar, Bathinda, Jalandhar, cleanest religious place in "#  #  # ! &#  '&##'  he Himachal Pradesh Policy-2017 under which 143  $###  & & # 6#* #!# Ludhiana, Patiala, Mohali India,” he said. #   O # # #  " " %##0M TGovernment has allotted MoUs have been signed with **# ' "#"   *#*# and Sangrur — under the He added to promote cul- & ( ' -""#-##*.# 8 780 MW Jangi-Thopan- renowned industrialists of the   "  "  -$#&#*# chairmanship of Deputy tural and natural heritage of the Powari hydro electric project in country focusing on investment *!#!#'#" Commissioners so as to ensure State, the State has notified its )  % %       ( district Kinnaur to Satluj Jal to the tune of Rs 4,335 crore. early disposal of cases first cultural policy and revised 13 :6 "#" ##0"#21 0"& Vidyut Nigam (SJVN) Limited. This step will play a pivotal of delay in payments, disputes the tourism policy.  KN*#152HO8+   * In the letter of allotment role in strengthening the indus- With an aim to provide for approving new commercial of interest and other ones at the “Punjab has taken a big '  '"#   " "  #! " ##0    issued by Directorate of Energy, trial sector in Punjab and ease to the new investors, and investment proposals, district level. leap in foreign tourist visits in "#  *"*8 * N. O0 Himachal Government, the would generate employment Punjab Bureau of Investment Arora said, adding State has “The State Government’s the State, and it is now ranking " ##'* *# ' !! "###!# 8+  allotment of project is on Build, opportunities on large scale as Promotion has been estab- recently launched Business First main focus is to make the in the seventh position in the # " " #! "&# # ' ' & Own, Operate & Transfer well, he said. lished as one-stop authority Portal Website to provide plat- industrial sector as pivotal dri- country,” he said.  ' *N.# OO8 (BOOT) basis for a period of 70 years. Himachal Cabinet had on October 22 decided to allot the         &+      * *   hydropower project to SJVN Limited. Nand Lal Sharma,     provide affordable and quality brother Navneet Joshi and his mography etc were conducted        Chairman & Managing health care facilities to the father Jai Ram Joshi, of involv- free of cost. Director thanked the Chief unjab Governor and every nook and corner of the ing everybody in this mam- The health check Minister Jai Ram Thakur and PChandigarh Administrator country thereby evolving a moth task of providing health up camp witnessed huge par-     ship of the Prime Minister schemes highly successful. He State Government for reposing VP Singh Badnore inaugurat- healthy India. This mega care facilities. ticipation of doctors, para- Narendra Modi for the better also appealed to the people to confidence in SJVN. ed the third mega health check- health check up camp is a step The Governor also took a medics and patients. aryana Governor Satyadeo future of the children and for dedicatedly work by adopting He assured that, SJVN will up camp organised by the Joshi forward in realising his dream round of the camp and visited Renowned Cardiologist Dr HK HNarain Arya on Sunday all round development of their discipline in life. complete this project in time Foundation here on Sunday. of a healthy nation, he said. different stalls represented by Bali, Dr Atul Joshi, General and exhorted the parents to take personality. On the occasion, the bound manner and will con- More than 10,000 patients Referring to the Ayushman Allopath doctors, practitioners Laparoscopic Surgeon Surgical proper care of their children These included Mission Governor awarded and hon- tribute significantly in were examined free of cost and Bharat, National Health of Ayurveda, Yoga & Oncology of Fortis Health especially their health as kids Indradhanush, National health oured the District Welfare overall development of project given treatment at the mega Protection Mission launched by Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Care, Doctors from PGIMER are future of the nation. programme, Swachchh Bharat Council for Children, Jhajjar affected area. health check up camp held at the Prime Minister, the Homeopathy, specialists in and other health institutions of The Governor was Swasth Bharat, Pandit Deen for outstanding performance in The current installed gen- Sector 15 Patel Market in asso- Governor said that this scheme neurology, ophthalmology, both Government and addressing the State level Bal Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen activities related to welfare of eration capacity of SJVN is ciation with the Heart is not only providing health orthopaedics, ENT, cardiology, private sectors were present at Mahotsav and prize distribu- Kaushal Yojana, Beti Bachao - Children. 2,003.2 MW (comprising of Foundation, supported by care facilities to approximate- urology, chest, gastroenterolo- the camp. tion function organised by Beti Padhao and Sabka Saath He also honoured chair- 1,912 MW Hydro + 85.6 PGIMER, Homeopathic ly 50 crore beneficiaries but gy, hip and joint replacement, Haryana State Council for Sabka Vikas, he said. person of the Council and MW Wind Power + 5.6 MW College and Hospital, Bharat also extending an insurance gynaecology and obstetrics, Child Welfare at Rohtak. The Governor added Deputy Commissioner, Jhajjar, Solar Power). Vikas Parishad and Indian Red cover to the family per year for dermatology, endocrinology, Arya said the person Haryana under the leadership Sonal Goel and Additional Projects with a potential of Cross Society turning the secondary and tertiary care child specialist, cancer, with a good health of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Deputy Commissioner, Sushil 1,572 MW generation capacity venue into a mini hospital. hospitalisation. dental care, general medicine, has more capability is effectively implementing Sarwan. are under construction, 1,848 The Governor while The Governor appreciated general surgery and kidney to perform better. these schemes so that the ben- Lauding the efforts of the MW under pre-construction & addressing the gathering after the efforts of Vineet Joshi, transplant. He said sever- efits percolate down to the Deputy Commissioner in this investment approval and 598 inaugurating the camp said chairman of Joshi Foundation, Various diagnostic tests al schemes have grassroot level. direction, he said that her work MW capacity is in investigation that it is the dream of the Prime for putting up an enormous including blood, urine tests, been launched He urged the people to for the welfare of children is stage, he added. Minister Narendera Modi to camp in the memory of his late ECG, spirometry tests, mam- under the leader- contribute in making these exemplary.

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As per the information, November 2019. Government in Punjab is pat- Minister and SAD MP from the event will now be held at a Amarinder in a letter to ting its back for development Bathinda Harsimrat Kaur venue where Punjab Cabinet Gadkari said he was grateful to claiming that it was the Chief Badal, who would propose Minister and Dera Baba Nanak the Central Government for Minister Capt Amarinder vote of thanks. “This duty MLA Sukhjinder Singh acceding to the Punjab Singh’s repeated meetings and should be assigned to Punjab Randhawa was to hold a Government’s request related to the Cabinet Minister Navjot singing hymns of gurbani on core committee members, dis- Congress president Sunil thanksgiving function. the projects and announce- Singh Sidhu’s initiative that November 26. This is an aus- trict presidents, MPs, legisla- Jakhar who is also the local MP. Meanwhile, Gurdaspur ments in this regard, especial- led to the corridor, the SAD- picious occasion for every- tors, former legislators, former The Sant Samaj has threatened Deputy Commissioner and the ly the opening of Kartarpur BJP combine is giving all the body who believes in the way ministers, all SGPC members to walk out in case she is given National Highway Authority of Corridor to facilitate smooth credit to BJP-led NDA to God shown by our great and entire party leadership such role,” he said. India (NHAI) officials are also and easy access to devotees to Government at the Centre for Guru Nanak Dev, as a long will grace the occasion,” he said Bajwa added not only local engaging in a blame game over Kartarpur Sahib. taking the “historic” decision. standing demand of the Sikh while appealing to the Sikh san- leadership but even the preparations. In view of the historic He added certain stretches declaration of aforesaid road as For Monday’s function to community has been fulfilled gat to reach at Durbar Sahib, Ministers from this district While the Deputy importance of these religious of this highway (0.0 to 16.800) National Highway. lay the foundation stone of pro- due to a bold initiative taken by Dera Baba Nanak at 8 am. had been ignored. Commissioner Vipul Ujwal towns, Amarinder sought addi- are already four-laned and The Chief Minister further posed corridor, both the parties the NDA Government at the Irked over the arrangements “SGPC chief Gobind Singh argued that the Centre has tional allocation of Rs 150 byepass Kapurthala town apprised Gadkari that in view are ensuring the maximum Centre,” said SAD senior vice- by the Central Government for Longowal too would be there given the responsibility to crore under the Central Road through a circular road, “but due of the announcement to open presence of their leaders. president and spokesperson the event, Punjab Cabinet along with SGPC members NHAI for making arrange- Fund (CRF) for the upgrada- to the expected increase in pil- the Kartarpur Corridor, Dera Vice-President M Daljit Singh Cheema. Minister Tript Rajinder Singh that might create security prob- ments, NHAI on the other tion of the road network in grim traffic during the upcom- Baba Nanak should be con- Venkaiah Naidu and Capt Cheema informed that the Bajwa demanded the Punjab lems keeping in view of the hand, maintained that it was Sultanpur Lodhi, Batala, Dera ing celebrations, it is imperative nected with Batala by a four- Amarinder are scheduled to lay entire SAD leadership, under Congress leadership and the resentment among people DC’s duty as they knew noth- Baba Nanak and Gurdaspur. to four-lane the stretch of 21.300 laned Highway to enable the the foundation stone on the leadership of party presi- area Ministers should be accord- against these leaders on the ing about the area. He also sought from the kms,” he added. devotees to visit Kartarpur Monday in the presence of dent Sukhbir Badal, would ed due space in the function. issue of sacrilege of Guru “In such a short span of Union Minister four-laning of The Chief Minister also Sahib by a short route. State Cabinet Ministers, reach at Durbar Sahib, Dera Bajwa, the State Rural and Granth Sahib,” he warned. time, things are really difficult 21.300 km stretch (from RD impressed upon Gadkari to Notably, Sultanpur Lodhi is Congress leaders, among oth- Baba Nanak, in the morning, Urban Development Minister, Lashing out at the Central for both the district adminis- 16.800 to 38.100, which is cur- immediately declare Tarn of great religious significance as ers. At the same time, SAD and after listening to shabads strongly reacted to the proto- Government for going in for tration and the NHAI. The rently two-laned with 10-meter Taran-Goindwal Sahib- Guru Nanak Dev spent 14 declared that the party’s lead- from the holy gurbani, a prayer col for the Monday’s function laying the foundation stone function is to be presided over carriageway), at an estimated Kapurthala road as National years here and attained enlight- ership and workers will also of gratitude will be made to the to lay the foundation stone for two days before Pakistan with- by the country’s second-most cost of Rs 260 crore. “This Highway, as it is related to Guru enment, before embarking on participate in the ground- akal purkh (God). Kartarpur Sahib corridor while out preparing the layout, Bajwa important constitutional head. stretch is part of the Jalandhar- Nanak Dev’s lige and connects his missionary travels. In addi- breaking ceremony. “After the prayer, the san- ignoring Punjab Congress lead- said that the hurry was only to Everything has to be in order Kapurthala-Sultanpur Lodhi Sultanpur Lodhi with Amritsar. tion, other important places “SAD leadership and work- gat will march on foot to the ership and the area ministers. pre-empt the ground-breaking which is not the case right now. NH-703-A, an important He apprised the Union linked to Guru Nanak Dev are ers will take part in the ground- ceremony site while singing “The list of speakers and ceremony by Pakistan Prime The authorities should take highway which connects the Minister that the Central Batala, where his marriage was breaking ceremony of the pro- auspicious shabads from the those who would share the stage Minister Imran Khan on the help of the army or other- holy town of Sultanpur Lodhi Government, vide letter dated solemnised, and Dera Baba posed corridor to Kartarpur gurbani. SGPC president had been prepared at the Centre November 28. wise things may turn bad,” with the rest of Punjab and November 6, 2017, has already Nanak, where he spent the Sahib on the Indian soil while Gobind Singh Longowal, SAD in which the Punjab leaders and What supports Bajwa’s said a local Congress leader. beyond,” he said. given in-principle approval for last days of his temporal life.

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The State Government. which the current State “The false promises made )  &  Food and Drug Administration samples, which have been “Chief Minister Manohar ❝ !. . #  Government has failed to pro- by the BJP have been exposed Commissioner and Tandrust declared substandard by the Lal Khattar and his Cabinet     &  vide. On the contrary, BJP has before the people. Also, all sec- Punjab Mission Director Lab, are referred to Additional colleagues had wasted crores of "#' "##! let the riots and unrest every tions of the society including Kahan Singh Pannu said, Deputy Commissioners hard earned money of the peo-  # #!  year due as it follows Gujarat farmers, workers, traders and “Continuing with the resolve (ADCs) for imposing appro- ple on a number of foreign *#*#  &#!!#' model wherein the people are Government employees, have against food adulteration in priate financial penalty to the tours one after another. At the ## ! # 8   divided on the basis of caste, been hit by the anti-people ❝ + *"#!*#  Punjab, we have not lowered food operator. The penalty same time, no single FDI has 0 # '-   creed and religion. Such riots policies of the BJP led State &   '  the guard post festive season, imposed could be up to Rs 10 been invested in the State dur- &     ' have brought bad name to Government,” Hooda said while G5D+ *"#! and the Department has con- lakh,” said Pannu. ing last two years,” he said. # Haryana’s name at the national addressing a rally in Barwala $  # & ducted incessant raids even He also informed that the Referring to the informa- and international level and town to start the seventh phase   '  G58 after Diwali.” samples found unsafe are tion provided by Haryana State tioning of the current BJP which resulted in stalling of FDI of his ‘Jan Kranti Yatra’.     “Inspection data reveals referred to judicial magistrate Industrial and Infrastructure Government, the Congress & other investments, he added. He also called on the # &  *# that as many as 347 food safe- who can impose penalty of Development Corporation leader said. While questioning the Congress workers to start   # #    ty inspections have been con- imprisonment up to six years to (HSIIDC) in response to a RTI, Surjewala, who is an MLA Chief Minister, the Congress preparing for 2019 Haryana *  ducted in the last 12 days the food operator. Haryana’s former Industries from Haryana’s Kaithal also leader said that apart from Assembly elections.   * sending a clear message to Pannu reiterated that Minister Surjewala said that said that the Manohar Lal touring the US, Canada, Israel, The senior Congress leader food business operators that the Punjab Government is com- during the first two years of the Khattar government had UK, Japan, China, said that no person in Haryana   Government will not tolerate mitted to provide safe food, second term of the Congress claimed to implement several Singapore, Hong Kong, Israel, is happy or safe as the State has adulteration of food items,” clean air and water to the peo- government from 2009 to 2011, schemes to promote foreign UK and Dubai, CM Manohar become a hideout of criminals. said Pannu. ple of Punjab under Mission the state received Rs 1,086 capital investment in the state Lal should apprise the “The Congress had made The Congress Government due share of water. He informed that in all, 35 Tandrust Punjab. crores as FDI, which more than through Happening Haryana people how much investment Haryana number one in the added four new thermal power Speaking on the occasion, doubled to Rs 2,495 crore in and spending hard earned came from foreign visits, country in development, but plants to speed up the pace of his son and Congress MP from next two years i.e. 2012 to 2014. money of people on dozens of Happening Haryana, Overseas the BJP Government has made growth in the state and four Rohtak, Deepender Singh After the formation of BJP foreign jaunts. Conferences and roadshows. us number one in crime against cities were connected through Hooda also targeted the BJP led Haryana Government, But now the reply of RTI New investment claims worth women,” Hooda said the Delhi Metro, he added. over high fuel prices. investment to the tune of mere- has clearly revealed that how Rs 6 lakh crore have proved to Listing the work done in The two-time former Chief “The prices of petrol have ly Rs 92 crore came in the state Chief Minister, his ministers, be completely hollow and base- the state during his tenure, he Minister alleged that the never been this high in 70 between 2015 and 2016, and other representatives and less, he added. said the Congress Government Haryana Government is not years…The price of LPG has this figure dropped to Rs 41 senior officials had wasted Surjewala said the foreign had started the largest schol- serious about building the also never been this high in 70 crore between 2016 and 2017. crores of rupees in the name of visits and conferences of the arship scheme in the country Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal, years. Never have these many Between 2017 and 2018, FDI of Happening Haryana. The Chief Minister and other min- which benefitted more than 20 which is critical to quench the youth been unemployed and not even one rupee was Congress government had isters need public scrutiny, so lakh students from the thirst of Haryana’s dry lands. no Government has ever received, which clearly shows made the state number one in that frauds of crores of rupees Scheduled Castes and He added the Congress spread as many lies in the the inexperience and ill func- terms of all round develop- could be exposed. Backward castes. will not rest until we get our past,” Deepender Hooda said.    ()  *( +,- +./0 

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He acknowledged the from December in Ayodhya by     $             ,            . . /1  constantly work for the uplift- role of private sector educa- ‘mutual consensus’ and not by     ment of society by inculcating tional institutions in promoting any ordinance or legislation. to facilitate construction of the help of Rath Yatra and the before an appropriate bench, moral values in the future gen- education. He said that the Hindus Ram Temple in Ayodhya. party should ensure construc- which would decide the sched- he Jat community on on December 21 at Jantar eration. Educational institu- The Minister said that State would start construction of “We have been waiting for tion of the temple.” ule of hearing. TSunday gave an ultimatum Mantar in the national Capital tions being run with the coop- Government is constantly temple in December. the temple from past several He also appreciated the role As many as 14 appeals have to the BJP-led Haryana over their demands and next eration of society always pro- working to promote educa- Vedanti claimed that even decades. of BJP president Amit Shah in been filed against the high Government to accept their course of action will be decid- vide quality education,” Capt tion. While appreciating the Shia Sunni Board has given their Our wait is now over. We making the saffron party one of court judgment, delivered in demands by December 20. ed there, Malik said. Abhimanyu said while speaking role of private and aided consent through signature cam- need to unite to ensure the con- the biggest parties in the world. four civil suits, that the 2.77 Akhil Bhartiya Jat The key demands of Jats as a chief guest on the closing schools and colleges, he said paign. struction of the temple. We are Vedanti added that no one acres of land be trifurcated Aarakshan Sangharsh Samiti, include the release of those ceremony of one day seminar that such institutions are also He was addressing Dharma also getting support from all sec- could stop the government from equally among the Sunni Waqf chief Yashpal Malik, while jailed during 2016 agitation, organised by college teacher providing qualitative educa- Sabha for the construction of tion of the society so immedi- making the temple. Board, the Nirmohi Akhara speaking at the Jat mahasam- withdrawal of cases slapped association in Chhotu Ram tion to the students. Ram temple in Ayodhya held at ate action should be taken in Various social organisa- and Ram Lalla. melan in Rohtak’s Jassia village during the agitation and reser- Kisan College, in district Jind. He added in order to pro- Kadma. About 5000 members this regard,” said the senior tions also felicitated Ram Vilas The Babri Masjid, built by said the State Government vation to Jat community. He said organising such mote quality education in the and volunteers of Vishwa Hindu VHP leader. Vedanti during the programme. Mughal emperor Babur in should complete formalities to The violent Jat quota stir in seminars in such fast moving interest of the society, sugges- Parishad, Rashtriya He said that only PM He arrived in the city from Ayodhya in 1528, was, on provide reservation to the com- February 2016 in the state had life of nowadays would defi- tions of common people are Swayamsevak Sangh and Hindu Narendra Modi can ensure con- Ranchi by road. On his way, he December 6, 1992, razed munity and withdraw cases killed 31 people, left more nitely promote quality in edu- being considered while for- Jagran Manch participated in struction of the temple. The was felicitated at various places. to the ground allegedly by related to Jat agitation 2016 by than 300 injured and destroyed cation. The people associated mulating policies. the event. leader said adding, “Hindu Notably, earlier this week, Hindu activists, claiming that December 20. property worth hundreds of with education and education- The Finance Minister The objective behind the sandhus played key role in the Supreme Court had fixed the mosque was constructed The Jats will hold dharna crores of rupees. al institutions should focus on added that discussions during programme was to create pres- making Narendra Modi the the Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri after demolishing a Ram providing quality education such state level seminars pro- sure on the Centre to bring an Prime Minister. Masjid land dispute case for the temple that originally stood for ensuring overall develop- vide important information. ordinance or an executive order BJP came into power with first week of January 2019 there.

! "# $ % % # !& &%!$'   "'(     *** cating a corridor connecting Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in From Page 1 Pakistan’s Kartarpur with Dera “Both terrorists have since Baba Nanak Sahib in Punjab’s been caught,” he added. Gurdaspur, wrote that his appli- 3     8* "  Thanking Qureshi for the cation “for permission to attend invitation, the Chief Minister (the ceremony) is now lodged recalled his visit to Pakistan with the Ministry of External New Delhi: India has decided prepare a feasibility report of when he had paid his respects Affairs”. to fast-track three projects, the second Ravi-Beas link at Gurdwara Sri Nankana Sahib “This day will indeed break including construction of two that is expected to further help and Gurdwara Sri Panja Sahib ground. As our nations take dams, to arrest the unutilised in increasing utilisation of where his father Maharaja this first step, the Kartarpur water of its share under the India’s share of water under Yadvindra Singh had recon- Spirit can make pilgrims of us bilateral Indus Waters Treaty the treaty. structed Gurdwara Sri Panja all, venturing out on a journey with Pakistan, Government In September, the Punjab Sahib in 1932. that breaks the barriers of his- officials said. and the Jammu & Kashmir “A s y o u w i l l s e e f r o m t h e tory and opens the borders of The three projects include Governments signed an agree- stone laid at Gurdwara Sri hearts and the mind,” he said in the Shahpur Kandi dam pro- ment to resume works on the Kartarpur Sahib, it was my his one-page letter. ject, Sutlej-Beas link in Punjab 2,793-crore Shahpur Kandi grandfather Maharaja Sidhu said a “journey that and the Ujh Dam project in project. Bhupindra Singh who carried our people can walk together Jammu & Kashmir, they said. Though the work on the out flood protection measures towards a future of shared “These (three) projects project began in 2013, it was from 1920 to 1929 to protect peace and prosperity for India were stuck in red tape and halted due to certain issues our Gurdwara which was being and Pakistan”. inter-state disputes. But it has the water remains unutilised to the Centre for its appraisal, raised by the J&K. ravaged by floods in the river Notably, Qureshi, in his let- been decided to expedite the and goes to Pakistan,” an offi- which is expected to be okayed The Punjab Government Ravi each year,” he said. ter to Sidhu, had accredited execution of these projects,” cial added. by the Advisory Committee of also submitted a revised cost Amarinder, in his two- him for the development. “You one of them added. The Ujh dam is a proposed the Ministry of Water estimate of 2,793.54 crore page letter, expressed hope that remained a steadfast partner in Under the Indus Waters hydroelectricity and irrigation Resources for clearance, they and requested the Centre to the Pakistani Prime Minister this endeavour,” he stated in Treaty, waters flowing in three multipurpose project in the said. include the project in the pri- “will do all he can to bring our November 24 letter. of Indus tributaries — the Kathua district of Jammu over After the Uri attack in oritised list of the Pradhan two countries together on the Responding, Sidhu said, Sutlej, Beas and Ravi — have the Ravi river with a capacity Kashmir in September 2016, Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana road to peace and friendship”. “Good deeds speak for them- been allotted to India; while the to generate 196 MW of elec- the Government had sought to (PMKSY)/Accelerated On the other hand, Sidhu, selves, the hand only interprets Chenab, Jhelum and Indus tricity. use the Indus Waters Treaty to Irrigation Benefit Programme in his reply to Qureshi, stated, their eloquence. Every noble waters have been allotted to The total water utilisation put pressure on Pakistan. The (AIBP) projects. “It is with great honour and act makes way for itself.” Pakistan. from this project is 172.8 mil- measures included effectively The project, when imple- unalloyed joy that I accept Sidhu added, “It’s a com- Of the total 168 million lion cusec metre (mc), but it using India’s share of waters mented, will enable the up- your invitation to attend the mendable step by both the acre-feet, India’s share of water has the capacity to store 925 that flow into Pakistan. This stream Ranjit Sagar Dam pro- ground-breaking ceremony at Governments (India and from the three allotted rivers is mcm of water, the officials also included fast-tracking irri- ject power station to act as a Kartarpur Sahib on November Pakistan). I used to say that you 33 million acre-feet, which said. The estimated cost of the gation and hydropower pro- peaking station, besides having 28. I look forward to meeting (India) take a step, and they constitutes nearly 20 per cent. project is 5,950 crore. jects by resolving the inter-state its own generation capacity of you on this historic occasion.” (Pakistan) are ready to take “India uses nearly 93-94 The Jammu and Kashmir disputes. 206 MW and irrigation bene- Punjab’s local Government, two...Now you took a step and per cent of its share under the government has forwarded the The Centre has also asked fit of 37,173-hectare to Punjab Tourism and Cultural Affairs they announced the next day Indus Waters Treaty. The rest of Detailed Project Report (DPR) the Punjab government to and J&K. PTI Minister, who had been advo- that we will inaugurate it.” '     ( (  $           )$999     % 

From Page 1 dict in case of Ram Temple. Did prayed at the makeshift Ram From Page 1 case. He announced that next Kumar told reporters in “Agar mamla adalat ke paas it go to court for demonetisa- Lalla temple at the Ram “We will abide by the deci- most important Dharm Sabha Lucknow the Dharm Sabha hi jana hai to chunav ke prachar tion? But now they are waiting Janmabhoomi on Sunday sion of this Dharm Sabha. We will be in Delhi on December concluded in a peaceful man- ke darmyan usey istemaal na for court verdict on Ram morning. “When I saw Ram will not keep quiet till Mandir 9. Several sants and seers of ner. “We were taking the help karein aur bata do ki bhaiyo aur Temple. This Government is Lalla today it seemed that the construction is achieved,” RSS Ayodhya participated in the of drone cameras to monitor behenon hamein maaf karo ye very powerful but it failed to God was staying in jail. It is Sah Karyawah Krishna Gopal Dharm Sabha but several the crowd,” he said. bhi hamara ek chunaavi jumla fulfil the aspiration of the very unfortunate that God is said. seniors also gave it a miss. The official claimed that tha. (If you want the court to majority community.” staying in jail and we are enjoy- Earlier, welcoming the The city is drenched in saf- around 75,000 people are decide the matter why you He said that if this ing life outside,” he said. sants VHP’s national vice pres- fron - the colour of Hindu par- attending the Dharm Sabha made it an issue during elec- Government does not build The Shiv Sena chief hand- ident Champat Rai said the ties - with group of supporters while 25,000 people are at dif- tions. Now you should say to temple, this Government will ed over to the priest at the Ram fight for Ram Janambhoomi is chanting Jai Sri Ram on the ferent temples. the people to forgive you and not stay. “I assure the people of janmabhoomi a pot full of soil on for past 500 years. “This streets. They danced to the However, in the first half admit that it was your election Ayodhya that Mandir will be from the Shivneri fort in Pune. issue is dominating the energy beats of drums and made a vow around 27,000 pilgrims had jumla,” Thackeray said adding: built without help of BJP,” he “My mission of coming to of this country. Hindu Samaj to sacrifice their lives for Ram darshan of Ram Lalla at the “ I have come here to remind said, adding, “The Government Ayodhya is successful. It is wants the Janmabhoomi back. Temple. makeshift temple at Ram the people that no one can play should bring an Ordinance possible due to the cooperation We don’t want division of the Elaborate security has been Janmabhoomi, Kumar said. with the sentiments of the and we will support you but of the sants and the people of land and want entire land,” he made for the meeting with The ADG also denied Hindus.” build Ram temple. Do not play temple city,” he said. Later, the said. He also demanded that over 60 companies of para-mil- about threat by terrorist on Questioning the BJP he with the feelings of Hindus”. Shiv Sena chief and his family Muslim side should take back itary forces have been rushed to Ayodhya. He said it said, “Why BJP is saying now Uddhav, along with his members left for Mumbai by a its case from the Supreme maintain law and order. ADG was just a rumour after the that it will honour court’s ver- wife Rashmi and son Aditya, special aircraft. Court for early solution of the (Law and Order) Anand Punjab incident. !    "    $%& 

From Page 1 pital with a bullet injury. der of HM for Kulgam,” said that on credible input about the Yasin Malik -- called for a com- Army’s Srinagar-based A health official in Kulgam the police spokesman. presence of ultras, a swift plete shutdown against the spokesman Colonel Rajesh said they received a 25-year-old “All the six killed terrorists search operation was launched killing of “about 18 Kashmiris Kalia confirmed the casualties youth with firearm injury and were wanted for their complici- jointly by police and security in last 3 days and injuring hun- in Shopian encounter. a five girl with pellet injury. ty in a series of terror crimes forces at Bathien area of Khrew dreds by the indiscriminate “OpHipuraBatagund A police spokesman iden- including the attack on security in Awantipora. “As the search- use of bullets, pellets and other (#Shopian). Two more #ter- tified the slain ultras as establishments and civilian es were going on, the search oppressive measures by Indian rorists killed. Total Six terror- Mushtaq Ahmad Mir, killings in the area. With their party was fired upon by the occupational forces”. ists killed. Weapons and war- Mohammad Abass Bhatt, Umar elimination, all notorious ultras ultra. The fire was retaliated Police said that a module like stores recovered. One sol- Majeed Ganaie, Mohammad of the belt have been successful- leading to a brief exchange of inspired by Islamic State was dier also martyred. Operation Waseem Wagay and Khalid ly eliminated,” said the police gunfire,” he said. arrested from Kothibagh area over,” Kalia tweeted. Farooq Malik. Intelligence spokesman. He said Umar “Consequently one terror- of Srinagar with the assistance Locals said after the day- reports said that one terrorist Majeed had escaped from an ist was killed in the exchange of of Delhi police.” At a naka break when the news about the was a suspected foreigner. encounter in Batamaloo area of fire,” he added. “Incriminating checkpoint, a party of Srinagar encounter spread in the area, “It was a combined group Srinagar a few months ago. His materials including arms and Police intercepted a motorcy- hundreds of villagers marched of HM and LeT, as per police picture clicked in front of famous ammunition and an AK-47 cle borne terrorists who were towards the encounter site. records, Mushtaq Ahmad Mir Clock Tower in Srinagar had Rifle with magazines were moving through the Kothi The security forces fired tear- was affiliated with LeT and was gone viral a few days ago. recovered from the killed ultra. Bagh area. Police acting swift- gas shells and automatic operating as district comman- In another incident, a Sources said thousands of peo- ly apprehended the motorcy- weapons to stop protesters. der for Shopian, while Mohd Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorist ple took part in the funeral of clist and the other two associ- During the security forces’ Abaas, Waseem Wagay, Umar was killed in a brief shootout in slain Class X student Nouman ates. Arms and ammunition action, several protesters were Majeed Ganai and Khalid were Khrew area of Pampore in Ashraf Bhat at his native village were recovered from the pos- injured. Among the injured, with HM. Mohammad Abass south Kashmir’s Pulwama dis- of Bolsoo of Kulgam district. session of the trio. They have one civilian Noman Ashraf was known as District trict on Sunday afternoon. He Meanwhile, separatist Joint been identified as Tahir Ahmad Bhat succumbed to his injuries. Commander of HM for was identified as Waseem, a Resistance Leaders (JRL) -- Khan, Haris Mushtaq Khan Another youngster Faizan Shopian and Umar Majed was resident of Pakistan. Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz and Asif Suhail Nadaf resident Ahmad was admitted to hos- operating as district comman- A police spokesman said Umar Farooq and Mohammad of Rainawari Srinagar.    ()  *( +,- +./0 )

*% +*!! ,*'!# $  )  *    8%        expressed concern over a He said he tries to learn "decline" in open communica- from whatever youth are doing rime Minister Narendra tion between elders and youths or whatever they are thinking.       PModi said on Sunday he in families, saying the discus- "Some people say that the deliberately kept "politics" out sions generally revolve around youth do not have patience but   of his monthly radio address dos and dont's and studies. He my belief is that the youth do 'Mann ki Baat' as the pro- said communication would be not have any time to waste. he Election Commission gramme was about the aspira- more effective if people "accept" This is the point which helps Thas brought down the tions of the people and not his instead of "expect" and "dis- the present day youth become limit of cash transactions by or the Government's achieve- cuss" instead of "dismiss". Modi more innovative because they candidates for campaigning ments. Addressing the 50th urged people to maintain a bal- want to accomplish things purposes from 20,000 to episode of the monthly radio ance between rights and duties quickly," PM said. 10,000 per day. This is aimed programme, he said the "appre- as enshrined in the Referring to the at checking the flow of excess hensions" of the people are not Constitution. Constitution Day being money in electioneering. amendments in section 40A(3) parties and candidates. "misplaced" that the pro- "If we respect the rights of observed Monday to mark its In a directive, sent to all of the Income Tax Act in 2017. Like individuals, there gramme could have been used episode, the expectations and nuclear test. others, our rights will automat- adoption in 1949, he said the chief electoral officers, the EC The new changes came should be a ceiling on expen- as a political tool and to dis- aspirations of listeners through "It was matter of great ically get protected and similarly extraordinary pace at which the said that for transactions into being from November 12 diture made by political parties seminate his and his their letters, online comments intrigue to me to see a lone tea if we fulfil our duties, then also document was drafted was an beyond 10,000, the candi- and would have a bearing on during polls, according to a Government's achievements. and phone calls are crystal seller in a remote, snow-clad our rights will get automatical- example of time management dates and parties will have to Assembly polls in Chhattisgarh, 2015 Election Commission "The fact is, if a leader gets clear, he said. "Modi may come hilly place, who possibly kept ly protected," he said. and productivity to emulate make payment using cross Mizoram, Telangana, Madhya draft document based on the hold of a microphone with and go, but this country will listening to the radio the entire "Today's youth will not do even today. He said the unique cheques, drafts or electronic Pradesh and Rajasthan. 'general agreement' among par- assured listeners to the tune of never let go of its unity and per- day… watching that particular anything which they do not point in the Constitution was means, including NEFT/RTGS, Now, a candidate cannot ticipants. millions, what else does he manence, our culture will effect of the news on radio led believe themselves. And when- that the rights and duties were through the account of the receive a donation or loan in At present, while there is a need? ... When 'Mann Ki Baat' always be immortal," the Prime me to realise and internalise ever they believe in some- very comprehensively detailed. candidate opened for election- cash, in excess of 10,000 from ceiling on campaigning fund commenced, I had firmly Minister said. that this was a medium that thing, they follow that, leaving "A balance between these eering. a single person or entity dur- for individual candidates in decided that it would carry He said in an era of social was truly connected with the everything else," he said. two in the lives of our citizens In April, 2011, the EC had ing campaigning. The election electoral fray, there is no such nothing political, or any praise media, he preferred radio as he masses… and that it was a Referring to a "communication will take our nation forward. If set the daily cash limit to watchdog has been pushing for cap on the money which polit- for the Government, nor Modi realised its potential in 1998 as mighty means of getting gap" between the elders and we respect the rights of others, 20,000. But now it has been greater transparency in elec- ical parties can spend for elec- for that matter anywhere. The a worker of the Bharatiya Janata across," Modi said. The first teenagers in families, he said our rights will automatically get revised keeping in mind the tion-related expenditure by tioneering. greatest bulwark in ensuring Party (BJP). In a remote episode of Mann Ki Baat start- the scope of discussion with protected and similarly if we adherence to my resolve have Himachal Pradesh area, it was ed on the last Sunday of teenagers was limited to stud- fulfill our duties, then also our been you," he said. a tea stall owner who told him October 2014. ies, habits or lifestyle and the rights will get automatically +  !          (  As a run up to each the news of India carrying out Prime Minister also 'dos and don'ts'. protected," Modi said.   !      $3; 6          &:3*      & ;*  (    clarification on the compensa- happen," Sharma added. likely to pay between 33 lakh New Delhi: The Supreme ed by the Courts on the ground New Delhi: The Centre has tion process. Last month, the victims in to 1.2 crore to each victim as Court has come to the rescue of cruelty is sustained, all other increased by a hundred per here seems to be no respite "The Government is ought a statement had complained of compensation. (  of a divorcee woman by imputations on the character of cent the funds provided for fur- Tfor the victims of Johnson to give its response. Even if the a lack of transparency and In 2010, Johnson and expunging the imputations the petitioner are expunged nishing the official bungalows of & Johnson faulty hip implant. Government is yet working patient consultation in the Johnson globally recalled hip made on her character by her except the cruelty," the bench the Chief Justice of India, other Despite having written three out any solution, they should compensation process, includ- implants because more patients late estranged husband to said. judges of the Supreme Court, the letters to the Union Health inform the victims. This will at ing lack of information being were found to require revision ensure that she leads her "rest The woman's husband has Chief Election Commissioner Ministry seeking clarity from least satisfy us that the made available regarding the surgeries than normally report- of her life with a sense of dig- expired during the pendency of and other Election the Government on its com- Government is empathetic with process of compensation, delib- ed for such devices. nity and pride". appeal before the high court Commissioners, an official said. pensation decision, so far there our condition," Vojhala shared erations of the Arya Committee Last year in February, the The top court, however, against the trial court order. As per the existing norms, is no response. his plight. and the formulation of com- Health Ministry had set up a refused to interfere with the Advocate Dushyant the Chief Justice of India gets 5 "We are yet to get response Jyoti Sharma, another vic- pensation norms. committee under former dean   findings of the Delhi High Parashar, appearing for the lakh for furnishing works at his in the matter. We have sent tim who lives in Haryana's A four-member panel is of Maulana Azad Medical Court and trial court which woman, said that the apex official residence, but the fund three letters over a month to Gurugram has already lost currently headed by Dr RK College Dr Arun K Agarwal to o popularise khadi in a big had dissolved her marriage court should expunge the find- has now been doubled to 10 the Health Ministry. We can hopes from the Government. Arya, Director, Sports Injury look into complaints about hip Tway, the State-run Khadi with her estranged husband on ing qua the character of the lakh, the official said. decide about our next step She said she doesn't have Centre, Safdarjung Hospital, implant devices. The commit- and Village Industries the ground of cruelty. women as her estranged hus- Furnishing works include after the Ministry comes up much expectation from the which also includes Health tee suggested that Johnson & Commission (KVIC) has pro- A bench of Justices Kurian band is no more. furniture and electrical appli- with its response," Vijay Government. "I am already Secretary Preeti Sudan, Johnson be made liable to pay posed to run a five-coach spe- Joseph and Hemant Gupta "The petitioner being ances provided free of rent at Vojhala, a victim said. into a legal battle with Johnson Additional Secretary RK Vats, at least 20 lakh to each affect- cial train-Khadi Express. KVIC noted that her estranged hus- women against whom the the official residences of the On October 20, Vojhala and Johnson for the past three Drug Controller General of ed patient, and the reimburse- chairman VK Saxena told The band is no more and she can- estranged husband had alleged CJI, the apex court judges, the along with 35 other faulty hip years. I will be happy if the gov- India (DCGI) Eswara Reddy. ment for revision surgeries Pioneer that the Commission not contest the matter on her being unchaste...The Chief Election Commissioner transplant victims had written ernment offers a solution, but In October, there were should continue until August has sent a proposal to the merit. alleged allegation by him qua (CEC) and the ECs, added the to the Health Ministry seeking there is no certainty that it will reports that the ministry was 2025. Railway Ministry and he "It is also submitted that the her character and finding to official. He said that a com- hopped of positive response. petitioner is not concerned that effect may be expunged munication has recently been Saxena said the train is about the marital status but is from the judgment of the sent by the Directorate of 2 * 3  proposed to touch 11 railway seriously disturbed about the courts below, so that she can Estates to the Central Public ;  7    station including Porbandar, findings rendered by the lead her rest of her life with a Works Department (CPWD) Ahmedabad, Delhi, Mumbai, Courts. Since the petitioner has sense of dignity and pride," Director General Prabhakar -   Patna and Kolkatta. no objection if the order grant- Parashar said. Singh in this regard. PTI The sale of Khadi products & ,.%     rose over three-fold in the last (   three fiscals and 'Khadi Express' train will be run to create awareness about the segment, (   (      Saxena said, adding, “the Khadi turnover was 811 crore in New Delhi: The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) 2014-15 and it increased to has refused to share details on the quantum of %  7(  In India, organ donation has always 2,509 crore in 2017-18”. black money brought back from abroad, citing been on a lower side and around 5 lakh "We have written a letter to a provision of the RTI Act that bars disclosure n a move aimed at saving donated people die every year waiting for Indian Railways for running a of information that may impede investigation and Iorgans from being wasted due to organs. Lack of knowledge, awareness, Khadi Express train which prosecution of offenders. delay in the transportation process, the infrastructure are some of the reasons would exhibit Khadi products Its response came on an October 16 order Union Health Ministry is in talks with behind shortage of organ donation here, linked with Mahatama Gandhi passed by the Central Information Commission, the Director General of Civil Aviation said the official. in view of his 150th birth asking the PMO to provide details of black (DGCA) for roping in airlines for Nearly 2.2 lakh people await kidney anniversary," the KVIC money within 15 days. speedy transportation.. transplant, of which around 15,000 end Chairman said. Replying to an RTI query, the PMO said a A senior official from the Union up receiving a kidney. At a given point The five-bogie Khadi Special Investigation Team (SIT) has already been Health Ministry said that the talks are of time, about 1 lakh people die of liver Express train would also have formed and its investigation is underway. still in the nascent stage as huge cost diseases in India and only 1,000 get liver the facility to sell the Khadi "As such, disclosure of all the action/efforts during transportation is involved in the transplant. A cadaver or deceased donor products to people and will run undertaken by the Government at this juncture process. "In light of the time sensitivi- can save up to 9 lives, but despite this through all those places in the may impede the whole process of investigation ty of organ transplantation, every sec- organ donation is a neglected issue. The country where Mahatama or apprehension or prosecution of offenders and ond counts. To cut down wastage of official said that at times due to delay in Gandhi had stayed. The train hence would attract the provision of exemption organs and save precious lives, we have transport, organs also get wasted. will be stationed at those sta- under Sectioan 8 (1) (h) of the RTI Act," it said approached the DGCA. We are not sure For instance, a kidney can be kept tions for one day. in response to the RTI application filed by about the private airlines but hope that up to 24 hours; for livers up to 10 to 15 The demand of Khadi whistleblower bureaucrat Sanjiv Chaturvedi. our own Air India might come forward hours; lungs can be preserved for only products has increased as Prime Such investigations come under the purview to do the noble job," he said. six hours once they are harvested and Minister Narendra Modi him-    $  (   6 2  (                 of different Government intelligence and secu- When asked who will foot the bill for the heart the maximum time is four self appealed to the people of ,     !" rity organisations which have been excluded from for transportation, the official refused to six hours, with most hearts being the country to buy these the ambit of the RTI Act, the PMO said. to give the details saying that the mat- transplanted within four hours. In the clothes, he said. Saxena said the Chaturvedi, an Indian Forest Service (IFoS) ter is still being discussed with con- example of the heart, clearly the donor sale of Khadi products grew at  ")$= officer, had sought information on the quantum cerned authorities. of the organ when harvested must be an average rate of 6.68 per cent "      (  of black money brought from abroad since June In developed countries, flight trans- physically nearer the organ recipient per annum during 2004 to 1, 2014. portation is very common. As, mostly than for other organs. 2014, but it grew at the rate of > In its initial reply to the RTI application, the organ availability and requirement is far "Transporting organs within time is 37 per cent in the last four years.    <*     Prime Minister's Office had in October last year away, air transportation is the most reli- most challenging. If the transportation The number of sales outlets for  said the query was not covered under Section 2(f) able way to ensure the organ and is through roads, a 'green corridor' is Khadi products has been of the transparency law that defines information. patient make it to where they need to created with the help of the police. increased to 1,060 in the last Chaturvedi thereafter moved the Central be when time is critical. Presently, in However, wherever vehicle route is not four years, he said adding exhi- > )  =>?<< &7  %   Information Commission which had last month India, aerial transport is available in the possible, aerial corridor is best to reach bitions were organised in 50 ordered the PMO to provide information with- private sector which comes with a huge out the patient in need of the organ," countries on October 2 to cre- New Delhi: Rallying behind New Delhi: India is better pre- that it is fully prepared to deal in 15 days. PTI cost. the official added. ate demand for such product. Chief Minister pared and better organised with any security challenge Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union since a group of sea-borne ter- facing the country in the mar- Minister Uma Bharti said he is rorists struck at the heart of itime domain. BJP'S “USP” in the State Mumbai 10 years back, thanks On November 26, 2008, 10 Assembly elections to be held on to a string of security measures Pakistani terrorists sneaked   +             Wednesday. including a layered maritime into Mumbai through the sea, Bharti, the former Chief surveillance, Navy Chief arriving by boat from Karachi, Minister of Madhya Pradesh was Admiral Sunil Lanba has said. and went on the rampage, car- !##"&'# &!# --. Centre (WCMC), 1,604,000 replaced by Chouhan in 2004, “We have come a long rying out coordinated attacks 01 species have been described at just an year after she was elect- way since then,” he told PTI in on the main Chattrapati Shivaji " ' #"#   '"! 002 the global level.. According to ed to the top post. an interview in his office in railway terminus, the iconic Taj 23 reports, the number of flower- “As far as Shivraj Singh South Block on the 10th Mahal hotel, the Trident hotel, .-422 ing plant species endemic to the Chouhan is concerned, he is anniversary of the 26/11. and a Jewish centre — all in the %  7(  and human health as well. growth before it start creating 15021. present political boundaries of BJP's USP (unique selling point) The Navy Chief said there heart of the financial capital's The weed was originally havoc on Indian agricultural .- India is 4,900 out of a total of in Madhya Pradesh,” she told has been a paradigm shift in downtown area. hen researchers from known to be distributed in fields.  702- 15,000, i.e. 33 per cent. India is PTI. Confident of party's victo- coastal security as vulnerabil- Over 166 people including Shivaji University in North Cameroon, Central The second largest an important center of agri-bio- ry in the upcoming assembly ities and risks were fixed and 28 foreigners from 10 nations W 1- Kolhapur, Maharashtra, dur- African Republic, Chad, Sudan, angiosperm family after diversity having contributed elections, Bharti said there is a layered maritime surveil- were killed in the nearly 60- ing a survey of plants variety at Ethiopia, Uganda and China. Orchidaceae, many species of 167 species to the world agri- pro-cumbency also for the party lance and security architecture hour assault that sent shock- the agricultural fields in drier However, it has now spread its Asteraceae are weeds in culti- Kolhapur. culture and homeland for 320 in the State Assembly elections. was put in place, making the waves across the country and parts of Karnataka's Belgavi tentacles in India too, noted the vated fields as well as forest Hence, this weed should be species of wild relatives of crops. She further said the party coastline almost impregnable. even brought India and district stumbled upon an exot- researchers in their study pub- areas. Some of them are aggres- eliminated at the earliest, they A latest Government report will continue with its winning "The country is now bet- Pakistan to the brink of war. ic weed 'Ethulia gracilis Delile', lished in the latest issue of the sive invasive weeds and can seri- maintained. has focused on 173 species of run in the State Assembly elec- ter prepared and better organ- The terrorist strike, the they panicked. Current Science. ously affect the native or local India is already battling invasive alien plants in India. tions as well under the leadership ised,” Adm. Lanba said when worst in India's history, was They had reasons. This was However, what is a matter plant biodiversity, human health with plethora of alien plant These include the most serious of Prime Minister Narendra asked about possibility of ter- seen as an attack on the coun- for the first time that a new of serious concern is that the and crop productivity, said the species that is threatening coun- invasives, such as Alternanthera Modi. Responding to question rorists taking the sea route try's sovereignty, and it weed 'Ethulia gracilis Delile' of species has been recorded for team of researchers comprising try's biodiversity, accounting for philoxeroides, Cassia uniflora, on the BJP facing a resurgent again to mount a similar attack exposed fault-lines in the the Asteraceae family was the first time from India and it Jagdish Dalavi, Sneha 8 per cent of the global biodi- Chromolaena odorata, Congress in Madhya Pradesh she on India. coastal security network, recorded which has a history of is unknown how it got intro- Bramhadande, Chirag versity existing in only 2.4 per Eichhornia crassipes, Lantana said:”The Congress is a divided He said the India Navy is intelligence gathering while propagating easily and fastly in duced here, said the researchers Narayankar, Suraj Patil, Shrirang cent land area of the world. camara, Parthenium hys- house. It has no vision for the now a potent multi-dimen- also uncovering the lack all habitats negatively affecting even as they called for imme- Yadav from Department of According to World terophorus, Prosopis juliflora state. People of the state are with sional force, safeguarding of coordination among vari- native flora, crop production diate measures to curb its Botany, Shivaji University in Conservation Monitoring and others. us, we will win the election.” PTI India's interests in the seas and ous agencies. PTI    ()  *( +,- +./0 8    R*    >*         )  ,23                 Jaipur: Western Rajasthan's cows has always been an "People here face difficul-  & &    + for Bengal would jump further Pokhran Assembly constituen- important issue, he said. ties in getting drinking water up to about $ 7,000 million. cy is set for a close fight on "Hindutva is in my veins and fodder for cattle. The con- engal Chief Minister Mamata Hailing the “right policy” December 7 between a Hindu and the party is going to win stituency lacks healthcare facil- BBanerjee has yet another and steady inflow of foreign religious leader fielded by the the election which has been ities and I am focusing on that," feather in her cap. In what could investment senior functionary BJP and son of Muslim ‘peer’ pit- made communal by the he said. be used as a unique selling point of Kolkata Merchant Chamber ted against him by the Congress. Congress by fielding a Muslim Mohammad (41) had lost by the ruling Trinamool of Commerce S Roy said that The BJP candidate, Pratap candidate against me," the BJP the 2013 assembly elections Congress in the coming gener- the “steady inflow” of foreign Puri, is the head of the Taratara candidate said. from the same seat to BJP's al elections, Mamata’s State has investment only buttressed the 'math'. The Congress' Shale Religious leaders should Shaitan Singh with a margin of recorded a 175 per cent jump in fact that the “State is moving in Mohammad is the son of be in politics for its purifica- 34,444 votes. foreign direct investment in the the right direction” insofar as its Muslim religious leader Gazi tion, Puri (51), who hails from Mohammad's father, an first quarter of 2018. the Bengal has lesser investment industrial policy was concerned. Fakir, who has a large number of the influential Rajput commu- octogenarian, boasts of a strong As per latest reports in terms of million dollars the “It is a proof of changing followers both within India and nity, said. following in the Sindhi Muslim released by the Department of upswing in terms of percentage attitude of multinationals vis a across the border in Pakistan. "The people are with the community and has several Industrial Policy and is remarkable. It is the highest vis the industrial climate in Both Puri and Fakir hold BJP because they have faith in criminal cases against him. Promotion (DIPP) Bengal has at about 175 per cent whereas Bengal,” said another MCC considerable sway among their the party's policies and in There are an estimated recorded an investment of $ Karnataka, Maharashtra and official hoping, “Bengal will communities, making the leaders like Narendra Modi," 55,000 Muslim voters and 3,912 million between April Gujarat have received a negative soon enter the list of elite Sabarimala: Around 60 pil- police station, which is around Pokhran constituency in he said. 45,000-48,000 Rajput voters in and July 2018 as against a total growth. Only AP has recorded group of states in terms of grims, who breached the secu- 3.5-km downhill. Hundreds of Jaisalmer district one of the His Barmer-based 'math', Pokhran. It also has around FDI of $ 1,410 million in 2017- positive growth at 21 per cent bringing foreign investment.” rity zone near Sabarimala's protesters have been arrested in State's most hotly contested seats. which holds considerable influ- 35,000 Dalit voters, according 2018. This is about 175 per cent which is far behind Bengal,” said Incidentally the Chief 'vavarunada' area and started this first week of the annual Uttar Pradesh Chief ence in the entire Jodhpur to the candidates. jump in terms of foreign invest- an official adding the jump in Minister has for the past sev- chanting prayers despite pro- two-month-long 'Mandala- Minister and senior BJP division, is pulling out all stops Pokhran is one of the two ment proposals which have foreign investment was a direct eral years been travelling to hibitory orders, have been Makaravilakku' season of leader Yogi Adityanath and to win over the electorate, con- assembly constituencies of the been converted into reality, fallout of the Chief Minister’s countries like the UK, detained by the police. Sabarimala, which commenced Congress President Rahul ducting social and religious desert district of Jaisalmer. State Finance Ministry sources dogged effort towards bringing Germany, Italy, Singapore etc to Due to previous incidents on November 17. Gandhi will address rallies in activities. The second constituency, say quoting the DIPP which foreign capital. bring foreign investment. “The of violence at the hill-top Earlier, the protesters support of Puri and "We hold drug de-addic- Jaisalmer, will also see a direct functions under Union In 2016-17 Bengal had improving investment records shrine, the police had imposed detained in similar circum- Mohammad, respectively, on tion camps, provide education contest between BJP candi- Ministry of Commerce. received a foreign investment of only show that Mamata strict restrictions on the devo- stances were arrested, taken to Monday, setting the tone for to poor children and work for date Sang Singh Bhati and For the relevant period only $ 320 million which went Banerjee has been able to tees at Sannidhanam. The pro- the Maniyar police camp and the rest of the campaign in the cow conservation, besides con- Congress' Roopa Ram. Andhra Pradesh has received up to $ 1,410 million in 2017-18. change the negative image of testers were staying back near were sent to judicial custody by region better known for the ducting several other social The BJP chose Sang Singh an investment of $ 9,770 mil- Incidentally Mumbai has Bengal at world level,” said State 'vavarunada' and chanting the court subsequently. nuclear tests in 1998. activities," Puri said. Bhati over its sitting MLA lion, Maharashtra has received recorded about $ 86,000 million Minister Subroto Mukherjee. prayers, even as there was an The shrine has been wit- Puri expressed confidence The Congress candidate, Chotu Singh Bhati, while the an investment of $ 16,152 mil- last fiscal that has come down to On whether the achieve- imposition of Section 144 that nessing frenzied protest over the that the BJP will win the Mohammad, said his focus Congress has fielded Ram for lion while for Karnataka the about mere $ 16,000 this year. “If ment could work as a USP for prohibits assembly of more decision of the state government Pokhran seat and blamed the was core issues like drinking the second time after 2013. figure is $ 11,802 million. you add the investment propos- the TMC in the coming elections than four people at a spot, to implement the September 28 Congress for making the con- water and other basic ameni- A total of 11 and 18 can- Gujarat has seen an investment als that are likely to be imple- the TMC leaders said the party police said. verdict of the Supreme Court test "communal" by fielding a ties for people in Pokhran, didates are in the fray in of $ 2,786 million. mented in the coming months would try to showcase all the The detained protesters allowing women of all ages to Muslim candidate against him. which has a total electorate of Pokhran and Jaisalmer “This means that though then the net foreign investment achievements before the voters. are being taken to the Pamba enter Sabarimala. PTI Protection of Hindus and 1.94 lakh. respectively. PTI     2  ( &  +  "   (     &         // 6"      E F 0 The protesters sought the -2-3 district administration's inter- Ahmedabad: A 2007 Ajmer and 17 others injured in the blast ngry locals blocked the  vention into the matter and dargah bomb blast accused, who that occurred on October 11, ABatote-Kishtwar National -2 assurance from the Doda was on run since the last 11 years, 2007. After he was apprehend- Highway at Thathri area 1&--0 deputy commissioner to imme- was arrested on Sunday by the ed from Bharuch, Nair was Sunday over the death of a diately set up a Special 2 ATS from Bharuch in Gujarat. shifted to Ahmedabad for fur- retired Army officer, demand- Investigation Team (SIT) to nail The National Investigation ther investigation, the ATS said. ing arrest of the accused, offi- -0 down the culprits. They also Agency (NIA), which is prob- He is a resident of Thasara in cials said. !02  demanded a government job ing the case, had announced a Kheda district of Gujarat. Retired Army officer  for the kin of the deceased. reward of Rs 2 lakh on head of "Officials of Gujarat ATS Mohd Hafiz (60) was killed -20 The SDM said he tried to the accused, identified as had received a credible infor- and several others were pacify the protesters and Suresh Nair. As per the NIA, mation that Suresh Nair will visit injured in a clash between two by locals at Thathri refused to assured them of arresting the Nair had allegedly supplied a Shukaltirth in Bharuch in near groups at a polling booth in take the body to his native vil- culprits at the earliest but bomb to the planters at the future, following which a close Doda district during the third lage Joura for last rites. They they are insisting on assurance famous sufi shrine in Rajasthan watch was kept at the place," the phase of the Jammu & kept the body on the highway from the DM itself. and was also present at the spot, agency said, adding that Nair was Kashmir panchayat elections demanding assurance from Meanwhile, hundreds of vehi- the Gujarat Anti-Terrorism apprehended from the spot. He on Saturday, police said. the district magistrate," cles remained stranded on Squad (ATS) said in a statement. will be handed over to the NIA, "After post-mortem of the Thathri SDM Mohd Anwar either side of the highway at   %        ,  %               .    Three persons were killed it said. PTI deceased, the villagers joined Banday said. Thathri town since 9 am. .   2& (  $    !"  ,! +     ?    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The DMK and the than 300 others injured having  3 1G0155:P >$# 0#:5 ( Nadu last Thursday while AIADMK blame each other more or less faded, they have  ." 2:0155:P   . 02:%0#H5 ( hearing a habeas corpus peti- for offering voters freebies at one relief that unlike in the pre-  31B0155:P &  %#*0 %0:56# ( tion has evoked widespread the time of general election. vious two decades since 1993 support from the common During the 2006 assembly Mumbai serial blasts, terror has %    ,  $ "  &      &  '1C0155:P0 #! 0CC%0#2C5 ( man. A division bench of election, the DMK literally not revisited them during the  =>?<<      <*      (     .:0155;P "  %#*0# % Justices N Kirubakaran and shocked the electorate with past seven years.  !"  3220155;P  #" 02HG%0H14 ( Abdul Quddhose, while hear- free colour television sets and Justice may have unfortu-  #&1;61B0155HP ! "%9&02;;% #:55 ( ing the petition filed against the mixies along with eice at the nately not been done to the fam- Security Guard (NSG) has been these nine years. Fortunately preventive detention of a black rate of 1/- per kg. ilies of those killed and injured set up. Similarly, Force One, a for Mumbaikars, there have not  32:01522P1;%0255* ( *& O0 *# marketeer last month wanted It paid rich electoral div- in the form of prosecution of the commando force, was raised, been any terror attacks in the Government to furnish all idends to the DMK which Pakistan-based conspirators while the Mumbai since July 14, 2011. towards Chowpatty. Ajmal Kasab may have been in south Mumbai. details like the steps it has taken romped home, though with behind the mayhem, but they Maharashtra Intelligence Though the events that hap- All the targets were within hanged, but the Pakistani- Omble was instrumental in to eradicate smuggling of rice reduced majority. have reconciled with the past Academy (MIA) has come in pened on the night of November a radius of around 4-5 km area based conspirators like Hafeez catching Kasab alive at meant for distribution through But AIADMK leader J and are leading a normal life. being. All police stations across 26, 2008 may have been forgot- in south Mumbai, where the Saeed, the founder of Jamaat- Gairgaum-Chowpatty on the fair price shops (under Public Jayalalithaa paid it back in the “I can never forget as to Mumbai and elsewhere in ten, the tenth anniversary of the state secretariat, business and ud-Dawa and Lashkar-e-Taiba night of November 26,2008. Distribution System). 2011 assembly election by what happened on that night of Maharashtra now have dedi- 26/11 attacks deserves a recall. commercial hubs, deluxe hotels, and his close aide Zaki-ur- Omble, it may be recalled, had The person detained has offering voters mixies, November 26, 2008 when I was cated Anti-Terror Cells (ATCs). Having sailed from Karachi residences of ministers, bureau- Rehman Lahhvi, the chief oper- held onto Kasab even after he been held for facilitating smug- grinders, table fans, lap tops celebrating my birthday with Quick Reaction Teams (QRTs) shores a few days earlier after crats, diplomats, scientists and ations commander of Lashkar- had been grievously injured by gling of rice meant for distrib- for all high school students my husband, in-laws and a are also in place. The coastal hijacking an Indian fishing ves- businesss big wigs are located. e-Taiba are roaming free. bullets pumped into him by the ution among the Below Poverty and bicycles for girl students. friend at Hotel Taj, but I have security too has been beefed up sel, killing its crew, ten Pakistani Assistant sub-Inspect So are a team of sharp- latter. Omble died he could be Line (BPL) section of the soci- While promising the vot- moved on in life since then. significantly. terrorists at a small fishing bay Tukaram Omble was instru- shooters, map readers, com- rushed to the hospital. ety. Justice Kirubakaran ques- ers that she would continue Now I am preparing to cele- However, former intelli- near Colaba in south Mumbai mental in catching Kasab alive munication experts and physi- Mumbai’s Jewish outreach tioned the propriety of dis- the free distribution of the brate tomorrow,” says Amrita gence official and security ana- on the late evening of November at Gairgaum-Chowpatty on cal trainers including Zarar centre and one of 26/11 targets tributing free rice among all above mentioned goods , Raichand, model-actress and lyst Shirish Inamdar calls for 26, 2008. They divided them- the night of November 26,2008. Shah, Abu al Qama Abu Qahafa, Chabad House --better known in sections of the society through Jayalalithaa offered subsidised chief who hosts TV show continuous vigilance. “The cit- selves into groups of 2 to 3 and Omble, it may be recalled, had Abu Hamza, Muzammil alias the past as Nariman House – will the PDS and said such rice scooties to all working Mummy ka Magic. She is izens need to vigilant about headed to their meticulously held onto Kasab even after he Yousuf and Ibrahim alias Ali, be renamed as Nariman Light should be made available only women in the State during the among hundreds of those who things happenings around planned terror sites. had been grievously injured by who were involved in training House’ on the occasion of the to poor people (holders of BPL 2016 assembly elections and were struck at the 26/11 terror them. They need to follow The sites that they target- bullets pumped into him by the the 10 fidayeens who carried out 10th anniversary of the mayhem. ration cards). walked her way back to Fort sites but survived the attacks. basic security drills and assist ed were They targeted the latter. Omble died he could be terror attack on Mumbai from The event, which comes 10 “Providing freebies to all Saint George. Vaishali Ombale, daughter the police during security world heritage building rushed to the hospital. November 26-29, 2008. months after Israeli Prime people irrespective of their Taking a cue from Tamil of assisant sub-inspector check-ups. They need to check Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj While nine of the ten ter- Meanwhile, on the occa- Minister Benjamin Netanyahu economic status is counter- Nadu, other States too began Tukaram Omble, who was killed below the seats while they go in Terminus (CSMT), Hotel Taj rorists were killed by the secu- sion of the tenth anniversary visited the place, will also mark productive. Such culture has freebie culture upsetting the after capturing the Pakistani ter- buses and trains and report Mahal Palace & Tower, Hotel rity forces during the attack, the 26/11 attacks, several functions the unveiling of a memorial on made people lazy and led to a economies of the exchequer. rorist Mohammed Ajmal Kasab unidentified objects or any Trident, Nariman House, remaining one- --Mohammed have been planned on Monday the Nariman House terrace to situation where migrant work- Though there is general feel- on the night of November 26, suspicious activity to the police. Leopold Café and Cama Ajmal Kasab – was caught in memory of those killed at honour all the victims of the ers from northern States were ing among the people that the 2008, has also come to terms In essence, all of us follow four Hospital, Wadi Bunder. alive by the police at Girgaum various terror targets including terror strikes. expected to perform menial freebie culture has corrupted with life without her martyred Ps -- prepare, protect, prevent While Abdul Rehman, Abu Chowpatty on the intervening Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, The Chabad House was one jobs,” said Justice the minds of the people, no father. “Life would have been and pursue,” Inamdar avers. Ali and Abu Soheb marched to night of November 26-27, 2008. Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Oberoi of the main chosen targets of 10 Kirubakaran who is known one was willing to bell the cat. much better if my father were to While the nineties when the Leopold Café in Colaba and After 11-month long trial Trident, Jewish Chabad house Pakistani terrorists who sneaked for speaking his mind out The observations made by be alive. But, you cannot change the metropolis witnessed seri- then laid siege at Taj Mahal that saw a trial court sentence and Leopold cafe. into south Mumbai, through whenever he comes across the judges has set the ball certain things in life. We have al blasts that claimed 257 lives Palace Hotel, Abdul Rehman him to death on five counts – As a mark of respect and the Arabian Sea route and dis- injustice and apathy on the rolling again. moved on since the 26/11 and left 713 others injured Chota and Fahad Ullah head- including mass murder, crimi- gratitude to the police and embarked at a Colaba fishing part of powers that be. “The BJP is completely attacks. My sister is now a and two terror acts, the period ed to the Trident-Oberoi Hotel. nal conspiracy and waging war security officers martyred in jetty, barely a stone’s throw away. “It is obligatory in the part against this freebie culture class-I officer and I am doing between 2002 and 2011 proved Nasir Abu Umar and Babar against the nation and two half the 26/11 attack, Mumbai The Chabad House is a par- of the Government to provide and we have been campaign- M.Ed. And things are normal at to be worse for Mumbai – for Imran alias Abu Aakasha tar- years of subsequent incarcera- Police have organised at tially re-built five-storey struc- bare necessities like rice and ing against it,” said Thirupati home,” says Vaishali. there were as many as many as geted Nariman House housing tion, Kasab was hanged to Martyrs' Memorial, Police ture, a grey coloured building at groceries only to the needy Narayanan, party spokesman There have been some pos- nine blasts – including the the Jewish Chabad House, and death in Pune’s Yerawada central Gymkhana, Marine Drive, Colaba in South Mumbai – poor people. But successive . But N Gopalaswamy, former itives in terms of enhanced 26/11 attacks in which 166 peo- trio - Isamal Khan, Abu Ismail prison on November 21, 2012. Mumbai on Monday morning. which had suffered heavy dam- Governments have extended chief election commissioner security mechanism, since the ple were killed and the July 11, and Ajmal Amir Kasab Nine Pakistani terrorists Flower tributes will be paid age owing to an intense firing the benefits to all for political of India said the commission 26/11 attacks. While the Anti- 2006 serial blasts in seven local unleashed terror at CSMT, may have been killed during at the memorial of 26/11 indulged in by the two Pakistani benefits. The peoples’ mind would not be able to do any- Terrorism Squad (ATS) was trains, in which 187 killed and Cama Hospital and its the 26/11 attacks and the lone attacks’ martyr Tukaram terrorists holed up on its premis- itself got changed to expect thing to check this strengthened, a hub of National 824 others injured – during precincts, before proceeding captured gunman Mohammed Omble at Girgaum Chowpatty es during the 26/11 attacks. everything free from the phenomenon. D  &P    )$ !   )    $P     7  ,! !  .'R     &    2 /@ day before VHP’s Dharam    as per our assessment the Pradesh but we wish to keep ASabha at Ayodhya, Chief   Congress will do reasonably the channels of communication Minister Yogi Adityanath nding over eight months of well in all the three States,” said open with the grand old party”. offered olive branch to sadhus Esuspense, the Samajwadi a senior SP leader adding “we Congress sources said the offer and approved construction of    Party and the Bahujan Samaj apprehend that the Congress of two seats is ‘ridiculous and a 221 metre high Lord Ram Party are likely to announce will outrightly reject the offer the party rejects it with the con- statue near the banks of Saryu resident of the Pragatisheel their political alliance for the of two Lok Sabha seats in Uttar tempt it deserves’. river in the temple city. PSamajwadi Party (Lohia) 2019 Lok Sabha elections on The announcement was Shivpal Yadav met Governor December 14. The announce- made by the CM on late Ram Naik on Sunday and ment of the formal alliance Saturday night in the State expressed his concern over the may be made either in capital after finalising the “large and unlawful” gathering Lucknow or Delhi and may be details of the construction fol-     of people in Ayodhya. He ques- made jointly by BSP chief lowing presentation by five tioned the wisdom of the UP Mayawati and SP president companies. ith thousands of Hindu government in allowing the Akhilesh Yadav. Additional chief secretary Wactivists and Ram Lalla Dharma Sabha in Ayodhya by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad The date has been chosen (Information) Avnish Awasthi followers congregating to despite the prohibitory orders (VHP) on Sunday. as Kharmas is commencing said here on Sunday that while Ayodhya for the mega 'Dharm in force in the temple town. “A similar situation had from December 15 and will the height of the Ram statue Sabha' calling for immediate Coming out of the meeting, arisen in 1992 and it is for last till January 15 on Makar would be 151 metres, its over- nod to construct a grand Ram the former Minister said it was everyone to see what hap- Sankranti. In north India as head umbrella would be 20 temple, senior Samajwadi a matter of grave concern that pened...the matter is before per the Indian calendar during metres while the pedestal  & &       ==< party (SP) leader Azam Khan despite prohibitory orders, lakhs the Supreme Court and every- the duration of Kharmas, no would be 50 metres. He said the     2 $   on Sunday lashed out at the of people were allowed and one should show patience,” he auspicious tasks are under- statue will be made of bronze.     (       BJP and Prime Minister even facilitated by the State said while pointing out that taken during this period. Some Awasthi said there will be   C .     Narendra Modi calling them Government to gather in the there was a large stretch of land specific activities are strictly a provision for a “modern     "anti-Muslim". temple town. He added that it on the banks of the Saryu river prohibited and people do not museum” inside the base that !" Speaking in Bulandshahr was an attempt by some forces which was under government initiate any new tasks and will showcase the history of district, the former state min- to stoke communal passions control and that a Ram temple making any new beginning is Ayodhya and the entire shared with the media. ister said that if Modi wanted that posed a danger to the har- can be constructed there. “Why not considered favourable. “Ikshvaku Vansh” right from The artisans , who had Muslims to migrate out of mony in Uttar Pradesh as well this obstinacy to build a Ram The BSP had extended its King Manu to the present sta- built the Sardar Patel statue in India, he should also let them as the nation. Shivpal Yadav, temple at the spot where Babri support to SP candidates for tus of “Ram Janmabhoomi”. Gujarat , were expected to know the way to do it, and along with the party leaders, led mosque was razed,” the PSP(L) byelections to the Gorakhpur The proposed museum will build this Lord Ram statue. they would go. a march from the party office on leader said. He also warned that and Phulpur Lok Sabha seats also house detailed description “For the selection of appropri- By stoking communal Lal Bahadur Shastri Marg to the the BJP and its affiliates should held in March this year and SP of all the “Avatars” of Lord ate land for this statue, soil test- passions the ruling party was Raj Bhawan. not do anything that threatened had wrested both the seats Vishnu and will also have ing, as well as wind tunnel test- creating an atmosphere of Shivpal Yadav, who is the the communal fabric and lead from the BJP. Later, in May, SP- arrangements for depiction on ing, is going on at present,” said fear in the State and the coun- younger brother of Samajwadi to riots and violence. “There supported Rashtriya Lok Dal the topic “Bharat ke samasta the official. try, he said reminding them of Party patron Mulayam Singh are better things for the state candidate had wrested the Sanatan Dharma” using State of The Government did not similar situations created Yadav, also questioned the and the central governments to Kairana Lok Sabha seats from art techniques. divulge other important aspects ahead of the razing of the 16th silence of the Yogi Adityanath do rather than going on name- the BJP and also the SP had A representational photo- of the statue, such as its possi- century Babri mosque in government on the Dharma changing spree of districts and wrested the Nurpur Assembly graph of the statue was also ble cost. December 1992. Sabha being held in Ayodhya installing statues,” he added. seat in Bijnor district in the byelection. The Samajwadi Party sources said the alliance would also include the Rashtriya Lok   * *     Dal and Apna Dal (Krishna Patel faction) and two Lok Sabha seats are proposed to be Lucknow: With Ram Temple “This is a huge number a good footfall of pilgrims. The 50,000 of them in Ayodhya students, hundreds of coaching offered to the Congress. Both issue gaining momentum, peo- and can help in reviving the dharamshalas are of poor qual- according to the 2011 Census. institutions have mushroomed in SP and BSP have fielded their ple in Ayodhya believe that reli- economy of the region,” Dr ity. Only good hotels are found The literacy rate of the region the twin cities of Ayodhya- candidates in all 230 Assembly gion can help in reviving the Paresh Pandey of Saket Degree in Faizabad and they are both is around 86.52 per cent which Faizabad. The flourishing coach- seats in Madhya Pradesh – economy of this ancient city as College says. “Why not develop few and expensive,” Dr Pandey is higher than the national lit- ing institutions have proved to be thus damaging the electoral local say Hindu devouts visit this Ayodhya on the lines of says. “Imagine having hotels eracy average of 74.04 per cent. ‘good business’ for those who run prospects of the Congress place from far off places across and Allahabad? Ayodhya is as with river facing rooms or rooms “This is basically an agri- them or those who teach in locked in a direct fight with the country but lack of infrastruc- important for Hindus as facing the Ram temple. This will cultural belt, but agricultural them. But they are largely ‘out- incumbent BJP. The BSP fur- ture prevents them to stay back. Varanasi is. The difference is add to religious tourism and peo- productivity has been steadily siders’, lament local residents. ther damaging the Congress Official records suggest Kashi symbolises ‘moksha’ (sal- ple will start flocking to coming down because of “The economy is actually and benefiting the BJP has that over 30 lakh pilgrims visit vation) while Ayodhya sym- Ayodhya,” he says. repeated fragmentation of driven by religion,” says Pradeep entered into alliance with for- Ayodhya annually – this figure bolises ‘karma’- which asks peo- Local residents claim that farmland. Smaller the farm, Pathak. “Every second month mer Chhattisgarh chief min- excludes people who gather at ple to fulfil their ‘putra dharma’ the link between Ram and lesser the yield and this has you have a religious festival in the ister Ajit Jogi-led Janata melas from surrounding areas. and ‘karma dharma’. Ayodhya is so strong that of the adversely affected the economy form of melas stretching from Congress and contesting all the People from across the country But Ayodhya lacks the infra- 6,000 Hindu shrines and tem- of the region,” says Dr Pandey. Magh to Kartik Purnima. These seats in Naxal-infested State. – particularly from Gujarat, structure required for promoting ples said to be in Ayodhya, With reasonably good edu- melas are organised on the banks “We are waiting for the Maharashtra, Bengal and South religious tourism. “The fact is we more than 4,000 are connect- cational institutions in the region, of Saryu river and provide poll results of Assembly elec- India — visit Ayodhya for pay- do not even have proper hotels ed with Ram. Faizabad had a the literacy rate is good. Thriving sources of income for people and tions in Rajasthan, Madhya ing obeisance at local temples. in Ayodhya despite having such population of 167, 544 with on the academic excellence of small traders,” he said. PNS Pradesh and Chhattisgarh and    () *( +,- +./0 0 5  " #$%%&'#( !"&##%8"#9*#  7+ $#   '8"#9*# 9 ;'03.3- 1 * "  3!    /      0                  #6"# #!"%  "# & #" #   #!         #  S 6  ?      # '68+*&   '!# "                                 "          @                               #  (             ( A                  !  #                       6                  apoleon Bonaparte is sup-                     posed to have taken a leaf out          <:(  (       of Adam Smith’s The Wealth of Nations and given his own           ,          sarcastic spin and context by                    statingN that England was, “une nation de                    boutiquiers” (a nation of shopkeepers). 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Even the land- overruling his own intelli- troversial interferences, misadventures done with due concern and $   mark ‘anonymous’ op-ed in the gence agency — instead,                     and immoral conduct in other countries deliberation, so as to ensure a  -  Washington Post alluded to this Trump has alluded to $110 bil-            + 8 moored to any discernible sophical profundities by mus-        #        ( Government to ‘wrong’, as easily as it was US from the Iraqi WMDs).  + + O first principles that guide his ing ‘the world is a very danger- done before — the ultimate disbelief in the Today no such predication decision making. …” ous place’.                    existence of weapons of mass destructions of US policies to any moral  . Trump’s amorality of He shifted from suggesting                 *S  (WMDs) in Iraq, supporting allies like concerns (or even ‘packag- N++  . O0 name-calling even extends to initially that this case was the                     Pakistan or questioning the US-support to ing’) is displayed by the flip- diminishing institutional inde- ‘worst cover-up ever’ to send- dictators were changing the public conver- pant Trump, as he remains . ++ .  pendence, and recently the ing a ‘thank you’ note to Saudis                 - sations and governmental actions, till the indifferent to the notions of N +  Chief Justice John Roberts for lowering the oil prices. The S                 sudden advent of Donald Trump in 2016. propriety, with utter disbelief (incidentally a Republican public intellectual, scholar and The businessman-turned-President, that others could be motivat- + .$Q nominee and a so-called ‘con- dissenter, Noam Chomsky, Donald Trump, has since demolished all ed by any moral considera- servative’ judge within the four laments about the times, pretences of decency, decorum and sobri- tions. Even his own fellow-  . O  to five ‘conservative’ tilt) was “moral depravity defines US ety by brazenly equating his Presidential Republicans are horrified by  + .  forced to state, “We do not have politics.” The short-term     tasks to his supposed business acumen, his disdain for moral conven- Obama judges or Trump attraction of reckless, inelegant thereby, knowingly sacrificing the ‘high- tions as Senator Ted Cruz    . judges, Bush judges or Clinton and transactional behaviour          ground’ of sovereign morality for transac- called him “utterly amoral”, N  . O judges. What we have is an that cannot sustain the long- tional benefits. Even though the actual play Mitt Romney qualified “dis- extraordinary group of dedicat- term interests of the US is 1    +2+ of ‘American morality’ in the internation- honesty is Trump’s hallmark” ed judges doing their level best completely lost on Donald al affairs was always a stretch, it remained and Senator Marco Rubio to do equal right to those Trump, as morality becomes     )    a standard feature in the aspirations of the called him “a con man.” appearing before them. That irrelevant for him in an   *    +  American polity. Meanwhile, Trump independent judiciary is some- increasingly judgmental and # The reality of American actions remains contemptuous of all thing we should all be thank- aware world.       )  notwithstanding, a very large majority of people who invoke ‘morality’ ful for.” Expectedly within three (The writer, a military vet-              ( American people truly believe that the US to differ with him, by calling hours, an inelegant tweet from eran, is a former Lt Governor       (      ( consistently acted in consonance with its them ‘grandstanders’. In his Trump that insisted on ‘Obama of Andaman & Nicobar Islands       )   ! moral principles. So while the rest of the own book, The Art of the judges’ was retorted. No one is and Puducherry) ,  -        *          (            ( ! % &           * ' #'     &#' '255 6             $        ( * #! ' #6  ' # # *" #  '0 #% '         P     Q     $   (  "0 !# #!     6 & &"%*0#   &&*# "8+        )          *($ '  ! 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is that we are getting there. Policies and non-communicable diseases ie dia- eight lakh high-risk pregnancies have adolescents and children receive essen- healthy communities and a healthy programmes of the Government are betes, hypertension and three common been identified from more than 1.6 tial health information and basic ser- nation. The multiple policy decisions designed to propel us towards the goal. cancers (oral, cervical and breast). This crore antenatal check-ups conducted at vices at home. in maternal health and nutrition with The life cycle approach employed by the will not only save lives but also result 13,100 centres across the country. To address issues, like early mar- a focussed approach have got us this far National Health Mission ensures the in productive lives of women, and These pregnancies were periodically riages, poor nutrition and gender and we are hopeful that these will take best possible health outcome for healthy families and communities. monitored to ensure safe birth. inequality, the Government in 2016 had us closer to achieving our targets. The women through their reproductive life- Last year, the Ministry of Health The Pradhan Mantri Matru launched the Mission Parivar Vikas in steady decline in maternal deaths  !%&' cycle. In April 2015, India was validat- launched ‘LaQshya’, a quality improve- Vandana Yojana provides a cash incen- 146 high fertility districts across seven needs to be sustained and accelerated ed for Maternal Neonatal Tetanus ment initiative for labour rooms, and tive of 5,000 to encourage antenatal States — Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, to achieve the national target of reduc- ndia has registered a 77 per cent Elimination (MNTE) ahead of the maternity operation theatres and a safe check-ups, institutional delivery and Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, ing MMR to less than 100 by 2020.     decline in Maternal Mortality Ratio global target of December 2015. The delivery application, mHealth tool, to postnatal care among the marginalised Assam and Jharkhand. This has helped The Government with the  G I(MMR) in the last three decades. elimination of tetanus as a public enable health workers better manage pregnant women and lactating moth- improve access to contraceptive services Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & The Sample Registration System (SRS), health problem means that in India, the the quality of care in labour rooms and ers. This has significantly contributed by introducing new concepts like nayi Child Health is co-hosting the 4th . 'Q"&' released in July this year, showed a sig- annual rate of maternal and neonatal deliveries in peripheral areas. Similarly, to rein in maternal and neonatal mor- pahal kits which made family planning Partners’ Forum in New Delhi on  D# #! #"# nificant decline in MMR from 556 per tetanus is now less than one per 1,000 a 24-hour call centre was set up in tality. This shall be scaled up to cover information and commodities easily December 12-13 to provide a platform   #&#  100,000 live births in 1990 to 130 per live births. Telangana to track pregnant women in all districts of the country. Free mater- available for newlyweds. for national and global health leaders, 100,000 live births in 2015. India has The holistic ‘continuum of care’ the tribal pockets so as to ensure that nal, newborn and infant care with pro- Besides, the Centre is putting in healthcare providers, academics, civil     committed itself to the attainment of approach has been also adopted in the they get antenatal checkups on time. tection from out-of-pocket expenditure place a system to study and find ways society, women, and more than 1,000  &8+ #! Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) newly launched Ayushman Bharat Innovation, training and better out- is being assured through the Janani to eliminate disparities in maternal partners from over 52 countries. It will "##   '  targets by 2030 by ensuring health of scheme to provide universal health cov- reach are helping the Government in Shishu Suraksha Karyakram initiative, health outcomes across India. States are discuss common ideas and strategies 6% #  # ' its most vulnerable populations. erage through two key components — bringing down maternal deaths. which ensures free transport, blood, being encouraged to focus on monitor- so that every woman, child and ado- ' ' & *' #! Increasing institutional deliveries and preventive, promotion and comprehen- Similarly, the Pradhan Mantri diet, service fee and laboratory services ing safe (child) birthing guidelines. lescent is protected from premature reduction in maternal deaths indicate sive primary healthcare through the 1.5 Surakshit Matritva Abhiyan, launched for all mothers and infants. The dedi- Also, the Government has espoused its mortality and can achieve the best pos- '8+    that we are steadily marching towards lakh health and wellness centres in 2016 for providing free and compre- cated army of community health work- commitment towards building a sible state of health. With collective *#" *# achieving the goals of reducing MMR (HWCs), and secondary and tertiary hensive antenatal care services on the ers — over 10 lakh Accredited Social healthy nation by boosting the health energy, we shall be able to ensure that        to less than 70 per 100,000 live births in-patient healthcare through the ninth day of every month to women in Health Activists and Auxiliary Nurse budget by 11.5 per cent (52, 800 crore) women of our country are healthy, thus &   by 2030 or earlier. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana. their second and third trimesters of Midwives serving at sub-centers with- in 2018-19 over the previous year’s 47, making for a healthy nation. While there is a lot to cheer, there The HWCs inter alia provide ser- pregnancy at designated Government in villages — ensure a strong primary 352.51 crore. Healthy women are (The writer is Secretary, Ministry of "#  8 is also a lot to achieve. The good news vices for screening and management of centres, has had a huge impact. Over healthcare platform in which women, imperative to building healthy families, Health & Family Welfare)      ()  *( +,- +./0 : /B' * "  *  . #  .O ;  C    )()E* '#"      .7 ;  9@B17   "# 

!2 Pathak further said the -2- privatisation of Bhiwandi is successful and hence we have 02 decided to go in for privatisa- !-- tion of power supply in the two '-- areas, where the bill collection (.@ is very low. “Already a number of com- panies have participated in the tendering process, including  .. Torrent Power, which manages the powerloom town of fter the success of a pilot Bhiwandi and the best suited Aproject, the Maharashtra one would be picked up,” he Government plans to extend added. the Chief Minister’s agricultural Pathak also said there has solar feeder scheme in the rest been a growth of power con- of the state. sumers from 2.15 crore to 2.45 The pilot project of the crore and to meet this growth, the scheme was introduced last company is taking every effort. year in two places in Ralegan “There was an acute short- online platform, nearly four areas,” Lamba added. Siddhi in Ahmednagar and age of meters recently due to '2-- years after a similar exercise Many norms have been Kolambi in Yawatmal. the fact that 16 lakh meters 2 was taken in 2014, the official eased to allow more people to “The scheme is a total suc- supplied by two companies, said. participate in the process, cess and will be extended to the one from Hyderabad and the 700 “Three PSU oil companies Lamba said, adding that entire state. This is a game other from UP, were found to have together issued a joint unlike last time, when the changer and solar units will be be faulty and had to be replaced 0-2 advertisement for dealership minimum qualification set up in the Government land on priority. These two compa- after a gap of around four required was having passed where there is evacuation facil- nies have been blacklisted, he 700 years. Expansion of the petrol Class XII, this time those   regular basis. After railways, power sec- ity,” Maharashtra State said and added that the legal 1 pump network is required to having cleared Class X could According to the report, tor reported the second high- Electricity Transmission process was underway for meet growing fuel needs and also apply. ailway projects account for the total original cost of est incidence of overall cost Company (Mahatransco) “recovery of losses,” he said. for the convenience of cus- Only those selected on the Rover 60 per cent of the 358 these 216 projects was overrun. Out of the 110 pro- director Vishwas Pathak said. When asked about the trans- tomers,” Indian Oil Executive basis of online forms will have central sector projects that are 1,65,343.22 crore. The total jects monitored by the ministry Under this programme, mission and distribution losses  .   Director (Gujarat), SS Lamba to submit documents for fur- facing cost overrun for various anticipated cost of these pro- in the power sector, 45 report- the farmers are supplied power incurred by state discom said Sunday. ther consideration, which saves reasons, with their cost esca- jects is estimated at ed cost overrun of 63,973.82 during the day with the help of Mahavitaran, he said the com- ublic sector firms Indian The three companies seek on unnecessary paperwork, lating by 2.46 lakh crore. 4,12,160.04 crore, which crore. solar generation. pany could reduce it from the past POil, Bharat Petroleum and to add 4,450 retail outlets in Lamba added. A total 216 projects of rail- indicates overall cost escala- The total original cost of When asked about the pri- 17.50 per cent to 14.50 per cent. Hindustan Petroleum plan to Gujarat, comprising 2,350 of Also, for the first time, a ways are facing total cost over- tion by 149.28 per cent. these 45 projects was vatisation process of power “We do not claim that we add 4,450 retail outlets across IOC, 998 of BPCL and 1,102 of computerised “draw of lots” run of 2.46 lakh crore, as per The ministry monitored 1,78,005.08 crore which esca- distribution for Malegaon and have achieved and met every Gujarat in a bid to expand its HP, he informed. They already and “bid opening” will be held the flash report of the Ministry 350 projects of Indian Railways lated to total anticipated cost of Kalwa-Mumbra sections, he target but to a large extent we network and meet growing operate around 4,000 petrol under an independent agency of Statistics and Programme in July this year. The study stat- 2,41,978.90 crore. said the project is on fast track have performed and brought fuel needs, an official said here pumps in Gujarat. to bring in more transparency, Implementation for July 2018. ed that as many as 65 projects The report stated that out and the tendering process is the power scene to a good posi- Sunday. “With new highways get- he said. The statistics ministry of railways out of the moni- of the 110 power sector pro- underway now. tion as regards supply, distrib- The three oil companies ting added and distance from A candidate can go to monitors central sector projects tored 350 projects reported jects, 36 reported time overrun “The entire process is like- ution and reducing the prob- Sunday launched the process of urban centres growing, we are www.Petrolpumpdealerchayan. envisaging an expenditure of time overrun or delay of 3 (delay) of 1 month to 135 ly to be completed soon,” he lems which were faced earlier,” selecting eligible dealers for also looking to expand our net- In to apply for the outlets, the 150 crore and above each on months to 374 months. months. added. he said. these outlets from a single work in rural and far-flung IO ED informed. . #,#"/')&, $ 6      .2%%/ #2- 34456444'&#&% ,%&(/#0  $ 0- !- 0&#( $', #$ %",1,&& , - 1-   + share of licence and other fees O2P awaharlal Nehru -' is determined on the basis of  JPort Trust’s Special = the AGR from access services. Economic Zone (SEZ) BSNL revenue market 0. is expecting to rake in ::1 share stood at 1,284.12 crore - 900-1,000 crore from 2224 in July-September. auction of a 300-acre In the previous April-June 12 land parcel meant for - 2018 quarter, Jio led the chart 2-2 industrial area, a top - on standalone basis with official has said. 7,125.7 crore AGR. However, The land, which the combined AGR of will be auctioned by   Vodafone and Idea, which were  + December-end, falls under the around 3 crore an acre as the in the process of merger, was 670-acre SEZ developed near land use may not be that attrac- eliance Jio has emerged as more than that of Reliance Jio issan’s former chairman the port. tive to buyers and can only be Rthe top telecom service at 8,226.79 crore. NCarlos Ghosn has denied To make the auction used for industrial and manu- provider in terms of adjusted Separately, Vodafone’s allegations of financial mis- process attractive, the JNPT has facturing activities. gross revenue (AGR) at 8,271 AGR was 4,483.69 crore conduct, claiming he had no relaxed certain norms in the A pre-bid meeting has crore for the July-September and that of Idea was 3,743.1 intention of making false SEZ which includes easy exit by been proposed in December. quarter, according to Trai crore. Bharti Airtel’s adjust- reports, Japanese media said transferring assets to another Sources said Taiwanese IT data. ed gross revenue was Sunday. entity. major Foxconn and Dubai- The Telecom Regulatory 6,723.5 crore. The Brazil-born tycoon, Ghosn was sacked as gations, saying Ghosn’s about possible destruction of “We expect not less than based DP World have evinced Authority of India’s (Trai) lat- However, in terms of gross who has not spoken publicly Nissan chairman Thursday, a salaries were paid appropri- evidence by Ghosn, Japan’s 900-1,000 crore from the interest to participate in the est data showed that newly revenue, Vodafone Idea led since he was arrested last spectacular fall from grace for ately, news reports said. Kyodo News reported, quot- largest land pacel in the SEZ auction. merged Vodafone Idea record- the chart with 13,542 crore. Monday, told prosecutors he the once-revered boss whose Local media reported ing unnamed sources. meant for industrial and man- Foxconn emerged as the ed an adjusted gross revenue Airtel followed with 11,596 did not intend to understate arrest and ouster have Sunday that Nissan had Ghosn is being held cus- ufacturing activity,” a top JNPT second highest bidder in the (AGR) — earnings from crore GR and Jio was at third his income on financial stunned the business world. formed a “secret” team ear- tody in a Tokyo detention official told. 44-acre plot for warehousing mobile phone services — of position with GR of 10,738 reports, public broadcaster Prosecutors accuse Ghosn lier this year to probe the centre. JNPT SEZ had received a but lost to DP World. 7,528 crore, followed by Bharti crore. NHK said. and fellow executive Greg alleged financial miscon- On Wednesday, prose- valuation of 13 crore an acre Foxconn, the largest con- Airtel at the third position According to Trai, Jio led Without exercising his Kelly of under-reporting the duct. cutors successfully applied in the auction for a 44-acre plot tract manufacturer of mobile with an AGR market share of AGR market share in 11 out of right to remain silent, Ghosn former chairman’s income by A small team involving to extend his custody for an for warehousing, against a phones and TV panels in the 6,720 crore for the said quar- 22 telecom circles, Airtel in 6 advocated his view to prose- around five billion yen ($44 Nissan’s board members car- additional 10 days as they reserve price of 2 crore. country, had earlier announced ter. and Vodafone Idea in 5 telecom cutors, NHK said, quoting million). ried out its internal probe stepped up their question- However, JNPT is expect- investing $5 billion in The Government’s revenue circles. unnamed sources. Kelly also denied the alle- confidentially on concerns ing. ing the land parcel to fetch Maharashtra. 6 0 (  1 & 6    #%  "   1#             *  #  

    he Garhi Winter Show constantly devising strategies 6  = T2018 was inaugurated on for this market and building in- Sunday at the Lalit Kala shok Leyland, flagship of roads to be closer to our cus-    Akademi Art Galleries of Athe Hinduja Group, inau- tomers. We already have a very A   Rabindra Bhawan, Mandi gurated a new dealership, good equity in the market as House, New Delhi by Adesh Himgiri Automobiles Pvt. Ltd., customers here are already  ..   Kumar Gupta, Mayor, North in Greater Noida. The dealer- aware of the robustness and MCD and Uttam Pacharne, ship is located near NTPC reliability of our products he Reserve Bank will hold ix firms, including Ernst & Chairman LKA. The inaugur- Netra, Ecotech II, Malakpur which leads to better margins, Tthe rates for the remainder SYoung LLP and Deloitte al ceremony took place in the which is one of the busiest better profitability and hassle- of the fiscal year ending March Touche Tohmatsu, are in the gracious presence of JS Culture route in the area. It connects free operations. These attrib- 2019 and is likely to go for race for advising the Finance Ministry, Nirupama Kotru, feeder roads with Noida- utes and following the philos- “measured hikes” in FY20 as Ministry on two merger and Rajan Shripad Fulari, Secretary Greater Noida Expressway, GT ophy of ‘Aapki Jeet, Hamari inflation inches up, acquisition (M&A) deals. LKA, and other practicing Road and further connects the Jeet, we have witnessed an Singaporean lender DBS has The four other entities artists, art critics and art lovers busy Delhi-Agra-Aligarh- increase in demand from the said. which have bid for advising on in a great number. Mathura routes. region, achieving a command- Decision on rates will be the deals are ICICI Securities, Around 250 artworks Himgiri Automobiles has ing market share of 30% in the majorly influenced by the IDBI Capital Market and comprising of paintings, sculp- been partners with Ashok M&HCV and ICV segments. movement in oil prices and also Securities, SBI Capital Markets tures, graphics, ceramics etc. by Leyland since 2010. This is With our trusted partners, the currency, which were and RBSA Capital Advisor over 130 artists have been put their 7th touch-point of Ashok Himgiri Automobiles, we are termed as “wildcards” by its LLP. on display. show. All the work here are Prof. Sankho Chaudhuri that Congratulating the partici- Leyland. This modern, 3S deal- certain we will further expand house economists. These firms would be Inaugurating the Winter really beautiful and unique in took shape into what we know pant artists, JS, Culture Ministry, ership (sales, service and our family of customers.” In a report that comes making their presentation Show 2018, the Chief Guest themselves.” today as the LKA RC Garhi. , Nirupama spares) is spread over 32,000 sq. Present at the inaugura- days after the headline inflation before the Department of Adesh Kumar Gupta congrat- Uttam Pacharne, Garhi studios have given the art Kotru appreciated the efforts of ft. and will cater to the entire tion, Anil Goel, MD, Himgiri print eased to a surprising 3.31 Investment and Public Asset ulated the participating artists Chairman, Lalit Kala Akademi, world artists such as Gogi Saroj the Akademi in the promotion range of Ashok Leyland vehi- Automobiles Pvt. Ltd., said, per cent for October, the lender Management on November and said, “This is my second in his inaugural address, reit- Pal, Arpana Caur, Subodh of arts. She also promised every cles with 14 (9 Mechanical , 3 “We have seen this brand lowered its consumer price 26, as per a notice on the visit to the Lalit Kala Akademi erated the glorious history of Gupta, Bharti Kher, Dattatraya possible aid from the Culture Accidental, 1 Washing, 1 Wheel grow from strength to inflation (CPI) expectations DIPAM website. and I feel honoured to be here. Garhi Regional Centre of LKA, Apte, Jayant Gajera etc. to Ministry for the same. Alignment) fully-equipped strength, whether it is their for FY19 to 4 per cent from 4.4 DIPAM had last month I congratulate Pacharne for “The Garhi artists’ studio was name a few. At present, over The show will be on for bays. innovative products or their per cent earlier. floated a Request for Proposal his innovative ventures in the established in 1976 when the 350 senior as well as young public viewing till 3rd Inaugurating the dealer- constantly evolving technolo- It can be noted that under (RFP) to engage one advisor field of art since his joining the DDA had allotted a four-acre artists are practicing at the RC December, 2018 from 12 noon ship, Anuj Kathuria, President gies. We are equally thrilled to its medium term inflation tar- from consulting firms/ invest- LKA as its Chairman. Artists land area with an aim to pro- Garhi. I congratulate all the to 8 pm everyday at the Lalit — Global Trucks, Ashok begin our relationship with geting framework, the RBI is ment bankers/ merchant always connect with the nature mote art. It was the profound participating artists in the show Kala Akademi Art Galleries Leyland, said, “North India them and together we will committed to anchor the price bankers for assisting it in the and the same can be witnessed and determined conceptual- and express my hearty greet- (nos.), Rabindra Bhawan, and NCR region is one of our build an even stronger brand rise at 4 per cent with a leeway process of two M&As in the in the artworks exhibited in this ization of well-known artist ings to them.” Mandi House, New Delhi. fastest growing markets. We are in this region.” on either side. energy sector.    ()  *( +,- +./0 1-:: #'' &!

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   withdrawal agreement covers financial matters, citizens’ .  *  uropean Union leaders on rights, Northern Ireland and ' #    ESunday approved a historic arrangements for a 21-month *    Brexit deal, holding out hopes post-Brexit transition phase. of close future ties even as one A short political declara- declared Britain’s withdrawal tion that accompanies the text 1  1 0 )    after four decades a “tragedy”. sets out hopes for future secu- The 27 leaders of the bloc rity and trade ties. )  met without Prime Minister But it is not the final stage, !  Theresa May to endorse the as the House of Commons in   agreement, which sets the stage London must still approve the for Britain exit from the bloc on deal — and many MPs have    the 1998 Good Friday ritish Prime Minister March 29. warned they will not back it. Agreement, which ended three BTheresa May has written a “EU27 has endorsed the Until the agreement is he Brexit deal marks a clear decades of sectarian conflict. “letter to the nation” vowing to Withdrawal Agreement and approved, all sides are still Tvictory for Ireland — one When the draft accord was campaign with “heart and Political Declaration on the planning for the potentially dis- no-one in Britain saw coming published earlier this month, soul” for her Brexit deal once future EU-UK relations,” astrous possibility that Britain and one which has raised the Irish politicians across the EU leaders sign off on it this European Council President leaves the EU with no new Irish government’s standing at spectrum lauded it as the best weekend. May, who hopes to Donald Tusk tweeted, as the arrangements in place. home and abroad. possible outcome for the seal the divorce agreement and leaders waited for May to join Media reports in London Ireland is tethered to Republic in contrast to the outline of future ties with them. Arriving for a special on Sunday suggested some of Britain through a common deep divisions in the British Europe at a Brussels summit summit in Brussels, European May’s own ministers were history, enmeshed economies parliament over its merits. Sunday, faces a daunting chal- Commission President Jean- secretly working with EU and a border with the British “The Irish government’s lenge winning the support of Claude Juncker, head of the diplomats on a “Plan B” in case     !     8  %    , !&          8C province of Northern Ireland key preferences were all reflect- Britain’s Parliament. bloc’s executive arm, said it was parliament rejected the agree-        that held up negotiations for ed in the divorce settlement,” The Sunday Telegraph a “sad day”. ment next month. months. said Etain Tannam, a senior lec- reported that members of her “To see a country like Great But Austrian Chancellor this (agreement) is acceptable.” divided over the decision, but Some British hardliners turer at Trinity College Dublin. own cabinet and EU diplo- Britain...Leave the EU is not a Sebastian Kurz, whose country Tusk said on the eve of the the prime minister said that '    had argued that Ireland would “Bi-partisan party support mats are secretly working on moment of joy nor of celebra- holds the rotating EU presi- summit that “no-one will have finally leaving could be “a simply follow along in any exit in the Irish parliament for the “plan B” proposals, fearing tion, it’s a sad moment and it’s dency, said: “It is important that reasons to be happy” when moment of renewal and rec-   )  deal — a sentiment that caused government’s Brexit policy has lawmakers will reject the cur- a tragedy,” he said. everyone in the UK is aware Brexit happens, but he said the onciliation”. outrage among many Irish and been noteworthy since the rent deal. But in the letter pub- Michel Barnier, the former that the result that is now terms agreed would “reduce the “To do that we need to get    helped harden resolve. withdrawal process began,” she lished in several newspapers, French foreign minister who available is the result. risks and losses”. on with Brexit now by getting At the centre of the dispute said. In the tug of war of inter- May insisted her agreement negotiated the deal on behalf of “It will certainly not be In London, eurosceptics behind this deal,” she said. omania’s President has wel- was a legal guarantee to keep national interests, Ireland’s gov- would “honour the result” of the bloc, added: “We will renegotiated and there will be in May’s Conservative party The summit risked being Rcomed the Brexit agree- the Irish border open, known ernment now has greater trac- the 2016 referendum — when remain allies, partners and no further room for manoeu- and their Northern Irish allies derailed by a late objection to ment saying it will protect the as the “backstop”, which Irish tion and is earning a reputation 52 per cent backed Leave — friends.” vre.” Dutch Prime Minister warn they will not support the the deal by Spain over the rights of hundreds of thousands Prime Minister Leo Varadkar as a shrewd bargainer -- at the and be “a moment of renew- May, who arrived in Mark Rutte added: “Overall, I agreement, which they argue British territory of Gibraltar. of Romanians in Britain. and his EU allies insisted on same time as Britain’s prestige al and reconciliation”. Brussels on Saturday evening think this is the max that we keeps Britain too close to the Prime Minister Pedro President Klaus Iohannis and Britain eventually and very is on the wane. “It will be a deal that is in for final talks with Tusk and can all do, both Theresa May EU. But in an open “letter to the Sanchez threatened to reject it said Sunday that while most reluctantly agreed to. “The places have changed. our national interest — one Juncker, was due to join the and her government as well as nation” on Sunday, May said it unless his country kept a veto EU members were sad that Ireland was opposed to Britain, not Ireland, is the rel- that works for our whole other leaders later in a highly the European Union. delivered on the 2016 referen- over future changes to EU ties Britain was leaving the bloc, if Brexit and is fearful both of the atively small and isolated coun- country and all of our people, symbolic moment. “No victors here today, dum vote to leave, and was a with “The Rock”, which borders the agreement passes it “will impact on trade with biggest try,” Irish columnist Fintan whether you voted ‘Leave’ or Forged during 17 months nobody winning, we’re all los- “deal for a brighter future”. Spain and which it has long protect Romanians and other economic partner Britain and O’Toole wrote in a column for ‘Remain’,” May wrote on of tough negotiations, the ing — but given that context, Britain remains deeply claimed. Europeans who are in Britain.” any destabilising influence on the Guardian newspaper. Saturday. #   1P     C   &#$44& $/  8C  %     "@    7 ! /,&88 %,#+&%,)%  1-6 +  # >  *  #   !# O#6" L *-M##HG0#!!"     + inside the country and asked to 0,%&P,# 'Q,,'< # 0 ' come back to report to a court (      &#! 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 . appointing him tions,” he said. Mahendran was responsible ,,'<#$) $%/%'#$/ ,% (Wickeremesinghe). Sirisena said that for the biggest financial scam ri Lankan President “There is some form of Wickremesinghe appointed in the country over the Central    found that one of the slain mil- he said. The Minister claimed SMaithripala Sirisena on political unrest in the country one ministry to handle both the Bank’s issuance of bonds. itants, Razzaq Baloch, belonged that BLA commander Aslam Sunday made it clear that he due to my decision, but I do not higher education and the high- A probe had found wo persons have been to Kharan district of the restive alias Acho had been injured in would never reappoint ousted consider it as a serious politi- ways. Mahendran guilty of providing Tarrested in Pakistan in con- Balochistan province, it said. a gun battle with security forces Prime Minister Ranil cal crisis”. One of the major issues of insider information to a deal- nection with the recent terror Raids were carried out in last year, but he managed to Wickremesinghe even as he The President said that he conflict was Sirisena’s opposi- er linked to his son-in-law. attack on the Chinese consulate different areas of Kharan on escape. On Friday, three heav- accepted that the action of and Wickremesinghe had tion to Wickremesinghe’s nom- “He (Mahendran) is here in which seven people, Saturday and Mohammad ily-armed suicide bombers removing his arch-rival has developed serious policy dif- inee to the post of Central Bank absconding and Ranil including three terrorists, were Aslam and Khosti were taken stormed the Chinese consulate, created “some form of political ferences on their approach to governor Arjuna Mahendran, Wickremesinghe knows his killed, media reports said on into custory, the report said. killing four people unrest” in the country. governance. a Singaporean national. whereabouts,” Sirisena said, Sunday. Balochistan Home including two policemen before Sirisena last month abrupt- sis in the country with both “The first one was on the “I told him adding that he would appoint Those arrested are the Minister Mir Saleem Ahmad being shot dead by security ly sacked Wickeremesinghe Wickremesinghe and appointment of the Cabinet. I (Wickremesinghe) that he a special probe on brothers of Abdul Razzaq Khosa said that Razzaq Baloch’s forces which foiled the daring and replaced him with former Rajapaksa claiming to be the had entrusted a committee of should not be appointed Wickremesinghe’s three years Baloch, who was one of the name was on the missing per- attack in the high-security zone. strongman Mahinda Rajapksa legitimate prime minister. academics to recommend ways because he is a non Sri Lankan. as prime minister, accusing three militants of the outlawed sons’ list over the past two Nine hand grenades, in a controversial move termed Sirisena, addressing the to appoint a cabinet based on He insisted that he his government of being cor- Balochistan Liberation Army years. Kalashnikov assault rifles, mag- by many as unconstitutional. Colombo-based foreign corre- a scientific division of subjects. (Mahendran) be appointed,” rupt. (BLA) which claimed the attack A large number of people azines and explosives were The controversial action on spondents, said: “There is no But Mr Wickremesinghe Sirisena said. The President described on Friday, Dawn news report- mentioned in the list had gone recovered from the possession October 26 led to a political cri- possibility that I will be re- ignored those recommenda- The President said that Wickremesinghe as a propo- ed. The investigation agencies aboard for terrorism training, of the terrorists. 3 D    8              (    /      Northern Mars also dis- dry, arid world today, water is rain appears to consist mostly the mesas and landforms seen    plays large areas of smooth believed to have played a key of rocky plateaus, while lower today. uropean Space Agency’s land, whereas the planet’s role in sculpting Nili Fossae via terrain comprises smaller The shapes and structures     Espace probe Mars Express southern regions are heavily ongoing erosion. rocks, mesas, hills, and more, scattered throughout this image has beamed back an image of pockmarked and scattered with In addition to visual cues, with the two sections roughly are thought to have been t least 21 people have died an intriguing part of the Red craters. signs of past interaction with separated by erosion channels shaped over time by flows of Aand tens of thousands dis- Planet’s surface — a rocky, This is thought to be the water have been spotted in the and valleys. not only water and ice, but also placed by heavy rains that have fragmented, furrowed stretch result of past volcanic activity, western (upper) part of this This split is thought to be wind. battered Iraq over two days, the that was shaped by flowing which has resurfaced parts of image — instruments such as the result of material moving Examples can be seen in Health Ministry and United wind, water and ice. Mars to create smooth plains in Mars Express’ OMEGA spec- around on Mars hundreds of this image in patches of the sur- Nations said on Sunday. Lying at the boundary of the north — and left other trometer have spotted clay millions of years ago. face that appear to be notably Women and children were the northern and southern regions ancient and untouched. minerals here, which are key Similar to glaciers on dark against the ochre back- among the dead, health min- hemisphere, the region is an The furrowed, rock-filled indicators that water was once Earth, flows of water and ice ground, as if smudged with istry spokesman Seif al-Badr example of past activity on the escarpment known as Nili present. cut through the martian terrain charcoal or ink. told AFP. Some had drowned, planet. Fossae, sits at the boundary of The elevation of Nili Fossae and slowly sculpted and erod- These are areas of darker but others had died in car Mars is a planet of two this north-south divide, and surroundings, shown in ed it over time, also carrying volcanic sand, which have been accidents, were electrocuted, or halves. In places, the northern researchers said. the topographic view above, is material along with them. transported and deposited by were trapped when their hous- hemisphere of the planet sits a This region is filled with somewhat varied; regions to the In the case of Nili Fossae, present-day martian winds. es collapsed. At least 180 more full few kilometres lower than rocky valleys, small hills, and left and lower left (south) sit this was carried from higher Wind moves sand and dust were injured, he added. the southern; this clear topo- clusters of flat-topped land- higher than those to the other areas to lower ones, with around often on Mars’ surface, Iraq and neighbouring graphic split is known as the forms (known as mesas in side of the frame (north), illus- chunks of resistant rock and creating rippling dune fields countries have been hit by martian dichotomy, and is an geological terms), with some the surface creating a number As with much of the sur- trating the aforementioned hardy material across the planet and forming heavier-than-average rainfall especially distinctive feature chunks of crustal rock appear- of ditch-like features known as rounding environment, and dichotomy. remaining largely intact but multi-coloured, patchy terrain in recent weeks, resulting in on the Red Planet’s surface. ing to be depressed down into graben. despite Mars’ reputation as a This higher-altitude ter- shifting downslope to form like Nili Fossae. deaths and widespread damage. 2:    ()  *( +,- +./0  Q > 

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He said, “People do cut "&G8 Cleartrip, said that the continuing short their durations of the trip or depreciation of the rupee against choose a less-costly hotel/resort to the dollar has made short haul des- He has observed that around Karan Anand, head relation- beneficiaries” of the depreciation stay in, but do not cut off vacations tinations hotspots for leisure trav- 40 per cent of these bookings are 45$  + ships, Cox and Kings, adds anoth- of the rupee. “Both these locations even outside Asia. We have also O 4 ellers. “We have seen 35 to 40 per made less than 15 days before the    ++  er place to the list — Turkey. He offer a luxury experience at an observed a high trend in booking - cent growth in bookings for short- trip date, which indicates that a lot said, “This is due to the devalua- excellent price and so have become hotels that are off the city centre, 7  haul destinations like Bangkok, of people plan such trips at the last   - tion of their currency by 30 per very popular with the well-heeled which are usually much cheaper Singapore, Colombo, Denpasar minute. Around 25 per cent of +  +   cent vis-a-vis the dollar.” He point- Indian traveller.” and more affordable. The nearer -12 and Sharjah (in 2018 as compared these trips are one to seven days ed out that such places add great By visiting these places, they you are to the center of the city, the .72 to 2017’s graph), which is higher of duration. He names Nepal, $ 0 .0 value in the low-cost luxury seg- are actually pleasantly surprised by higher is the cost of your accom- 1 compared to the national average Colombo, Bangkok and Phuket in +    ment as they offer cheap deals. all costs — including eating out, modation. So, the location is also 207 of 21 per cent. Travellers are not Thailand, Maldives and Indonesia “There has been a 15 per cent staying in five-star resorts and kept in mind.”  strict about aligning their travel as the most visited destinations    increase in the number of people hotels, enjoying a spa and visiting Adding to this, he gave his own plans with how the value of rupee among Mumbaikars. The thing to opting for this type of travel. various tourist attractions. “These example saying that if he plans a 4 has changed with regard to the be noted here is that a 40 per cent +  -+ Within India, some properties in are turning out to be much cheap- visit to France, he will also try to 2 currency of the destination coun- increase in total bookings of these $+ + Goa also fit the bill,” he added. er than any other value vacations accommodate another places that  try but overall are looking at destinations has been noticed Roshan Dsilva, CEO of in India itself.” is near by. It’s not just about the 1 short-haul destinations which are since the rupee value started $  +  TripVillas.com, called Sri Lanka Well, what are the alternatives currency depreciation but also .2 more economical,” he said. depreciating. and Cambodia some of the “major if the travellers wish to cut stay about a combination tour. 1=0 -0 -.7 $ & 4 .   ;. here’s more to relationships than just a physical and emotional connect,  '#4  "4 /#R      Tbelieves actor Vikrant Massey, who 27P is all set to deliver yet another power-          L,2=( packed performance after Mirzapur in his forthcoming web series Broken But     * 1 56'# '  Beautiful. He feels that relationships are an inte- hough our contemporary leaders are more of keyboard warriors, there gral part of any person’s life. There is a was a time when rulers used much more subtle and deadly tactics “growing-up phase” in everyone’s life Tto defeat their enemies. Ancient Indian kings employed an army of where he understands love and other feel- visha kanyas (poison maidens), who, according to legends, could take down ings as he grows. But these emotions are any adversary with a single kiss. However, no one can be sure where truth “universal, irrespective of language barri- ends and myth begins about the historicity of these venomous assassins er or any other thing.” and the superhuman-like aura surrounding them. Talking about his character of Veer in Historically speaking, the cloak of mystery concealed the identity of the Alt Balaji show, he says that preparing visha kanyas for too long. But folklore surrounding their existence have for it turned out to be very “intense.” The always fascinated viewers across age groups. Colors’ newest offering, Vish story revolves around a guy and a girl Ya Amrit: Sitaara will be centered around this concept that was once con- -%&  & I  (played by Harleen Sethi) in the city who sidered an extremely powerful way to take revenge. "  )   have been hit by their fates so badly that The show is set in Vikralgadh village in Rajasthan and traces the jour-  &!# ! " 6 ney of a girl Sitaara, who is oblivious of her own identity. Abandoned in   ##!  infancy by her mother played by Shilpa Saklani, she is brought up by her K   *K  # father who is a loyal courtier in the palace. Shilpa explains that the story takes a sharp turn when Sitaara embarks  ,    on a journey that forces her to choose between good and evil. She’s a girl L *!#D"  ' ' of high integrity and is willing to stand by her convictions at all times, and "   #8 # against all people, even when it means standing up against people who && '&!## >  +.  ' ###0 # '   might have cared for her. “The show has been conceived keeping in mind the new wave of con- "# & #  "6 #&("!"# #!# 8    . ++  cepts that comes with a little element of thrill and keeps viewers on the #0# *!# edge of the seats. My (onscreen) daughter Sitaara is torn between the   % '#  '8  they are now too shattered to move ahead. He feels that the one “advantage or a love for her mother who is evil personified and her own value system  & " '!# Veer is an ambitious person, who loves plus point” in the digital space is that it let’s which prevents her from doing anything but good. The viewers will love !0M.' 8 his wife madly. But one fateful night, he you explore the wide array of options and to see this tussle between sin and virtue and see her loses all that he had including the love of have experiences, and that “it connects you choose the path of righteousness going against the his life. This, to Vikrant, is something that to a larger arena around the world” as it wishes of her mother,” says Shilpa who’s famous is true of real life. “It’s indicative of is immediately accessible to everyone. for her role as Ganga in Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi O . uncertainty, that no matter how much you Giving the example of Mirzapur, he Bahu Thi and has also been a part of shows like plan and step out, there are things which says that the show was available to almost Lavanya, Kkusum, Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin, and =P you can’t predict. It’s life that takes you for- 202 countries within one night. So “isn’t Kya Hadsaa Kya Haqeeqat.  '7 ))' #'# ward, you don’t take life ahead,” he says. that kind of an exposure humongous?” Visha kanyas were well-known for their The actor was so “overwhelmed” by A recent PIL alleged that some of the beauty and used seduction as their tool to escape " !#  '## the role that he accepted it instantly. It content on the online portals like Amazon a dangerous situation. They could easily bring #  () ' taught him that life and relationships are Prime Video, Netflix, and Hotstar is empires to their knees. Shilpa says, “When I # #&  '# not just about physicality and sentimen- obscene and needs to be regulated under met the team and they narrated the story, &"##%3 tality, rather a connect that is beyond the Cinematograph Act of the Indian Penal they actually took me through the K* 0%  debate and even verbal understanding. Code. Vikrant strongly opposes censoring entire journey of how visha kanyas “There are no words to explain a relation- online content as it is a “platform of oppor- came by. I was very thrilled and  !8 ship that is deep in its own existence. And tunities to showcase talent” to the world, wanted to be involved in the +  '*# that’s how the show portrays the relation which films cannot show, because they are series because it’s a hardcore ! between Sameera (Harleen) and Veer,” limited. “We censor the theatre content as well negative role and for 14 +  %' ' # adds he. even though this shouldn’t be done. There years of my life I was play- # #" The actor who shot to fame with the should be proper certification. Even TV has ing positive characters in show, Balika Vadhu, says that the transi- censorship, which is the biggest among all. So every serial so I decid-  "  % tion from that 16-year-old Vikrant to the where do we showcase the hunar?” ed that if I wanted to &# 6 current has been a “seamless” one, but he More than censorship of content, the come back after my sab- #  *8 has “evolved” a lot over the time. actor says, it is the kind of content that is batical, it had to be some- L #  * From the show Dharam-Veer, to Motwane. I have never paid attention to going which should be the focus. He rais- thing darker. Also, all other   # films like Lootera, Dil Dhadakne Do, the platform I was working for. But when es some questions, “Is it really nudity or genres are tried and tested but Death in the Gunj, Lipstick Under My I actually started working in films, it did abusive language, vulgarity or sexually- this one is not. So I wanted to  Q Burkha, web series Mirzapur, the actor has bring a sense of satisfaction because it took indecent stories, that should be banned? tell everyone out there ‘Visha &  %# played numerous critically-acclaimed and a lot of time to understand the way the Shouldn’t the content that promotes kanya hoti hai panga mat lena’.” 3!# #6 widely-accepted versatile roles. medium worked. But now that I have misogyny and sexual harassment She adds, “The sabbatical was just  ' #8 So how does he choose his roles? Says explored different platforms, I feel that against women be scrutinised more to enjoy and chill. I did Kyunki Saas Bhi  he, “Just one thing, the content and the everything is the same as well as different closely? It is also one of the platforms Kabhi Bahu Thi for eight years and I was story are a priority. And the question that in their own way. There are pros and cons from where reality takes a shape.” really tired of acting. I was destiny’s child   '*#"0 who is saying this story? Me. It doesn’t of every media. But yes, I am still explor- He adds, “Even today, there are and had everything that one could  '#&# matter how it gets delivered to the soci- ing films.” shows on TV that show women as dream of. Honestly, that’s why I decid- % 0* 0 ety, I just want to be a part of good sto- However, what is the most challeng- working in kitchens and getting ed to turn into a house wife and I was % 0!0&# ries.” ing one among all the three platforms? “It’s tormented every now and then by so happy doing all the household chores One, who has worked for the televi- TV, for sure,” he answers. “Working and their ‘cruel’ mothers-in-law. and turning into someone who would '## '8 sion, big screen, and now for the digital shooting for it is like a nine to five job, Shouldn’t this come in the spec- make a new kind of a paneer every single '#'"!!6 platform, can be called a master of exper- every day, every month. You need to be on trum? Rather the regressive day. I did that for four years and I really " 0M& iments and exploration. But for Vikrant, your toes to meet serious deadlines. There content that objectifies enjoyed it. I am coming back with this show #8 it has all been the “same.” He says, “I had are days when you are on the sets for women, I feel, should be cen- now only to make my husband happy.” never thought that I would get a chance almost 24 hours, which is physically and sored.” (The show (The show airs from December 3 to work with Zoya Akhtar or Vikramaditya emotionally tiring,” he adds. begins from November 27.) at 10:30 pm.) 2% $"&  :    ()  *( +,- +./0

       -   $8(% # %/,#8%,)%&'$+%/%/,)%&"0#&') &%$,#8 %,)%(  --  $ $/ 8), $,#%')#,)%&     ' 6  " # tiatives include enhancement of peer    "# #!  learning skills and confidence among children, creation of community # O!##  "#!* change agents and engagement with communities to build long-term #0 3 empathy and wider participation. One such project is the Amani  . .  3 3 India project which focusses on underprivileged children and com- bines learning theory from the Yale Centre for Emotional Intelligence with music therapy and music- making. Through the reverberating medium of music, children are able to collectively engage with each other on an abstract level and con- nect on a different plane of con- sciousness with the objective of gaining insight and perspective into each other’s life. The fluidity of music allows children to immerse themselves in the beat, rhythm, tonality and tempo. It enables them to play and compose music. The expected outcome include enhancement of peer learning skills and confidence among children, cre- ave you ever wondered what angst and negativity in a construc- who are performing with them. ation of community change agents it means to be empathetic? To tive manner providing them with an and engagement with communities Hput yourself in another’s shoes outlet through which they can pre- Inculcates leadership skills to build long-term empathy and and actually feel what they are they sent their real-self. Music creates a Music therapy and composition wider participation. are going through? Empathising space for them where they feel safe .    allows children to learn, play and with people allows us to build rela- and are able to actually comprehend compose basic musical concepts. Breaks through socio-cultural tionships which are based on under- their feelings, able to make sense of + . The idea is designed to create a broad boundaries standing and acceptance. Loneliness their emotions and gauge their + +  $ + ambit of empathy builders in the It also gives their thoughts a struc- is the biggest vice in today’s society responses to different situations. community, enable children to make ture and improves their articulation. thics has always been an important priority for peo- and it can be managed with empa- -.+  + + and co-create music collectively, They are able give their thoughts a Eple across the globe. It consists of a number of good thy. We need to invest in people Maintains peace and harmony   + +.8 engage the community in activities structure, which permits them to attributes such as honesty, forbearance, commitment, around us, link ourselves with oth- The reverberation of notes allows related to empathy and inculcate communicate with the world in a bet- redemption, reliance, charity, patience, intelligence, ers and develop an interface with children to connect on a plane of +$+.+ skills of leadership in children. It ter manner. It allows for the develop- serenity, altruism, generosity and so on. However, them. consciousness that is far removed  + + allows for the creation of peer edu- ment of their social, cognitive and today, it is widely believed and said that business and Most importantly, we need to from the reality they are facing. The cators who can further the concept behavioural skills. The ultimate ethics do not go together and hence it is not possible for inculcate the concept of empathy in fluidity of music allows them to +   of music therapy, harmony and objective of combining learning with everyone to follow an ethical path to earn money. children. To enable the develop- immerse themselves in the beat, the + +>  learning. musical therapy is to help children It was quite astonishing when one of the world’s most ment of a child’s emotional quotient rhythm, the tonality and the tempo. connect with one and other, break prestigious business schools released an official statement and help them grow into dignified It allows them to work in harmony   + + Enhances confidence through socio-cultural and econom- saying that they won’t start a business ethics course even and civil adults, empathy needs to be with each other while playing and  >-$$ Through musical therapy various ic boundaries, and encourage chil- though they have been given a handsome grant by the introduced to them when they are performing. This enables them to activities are designed and pursued, dren to immerse themselves in a government for the said purpose. The faculties explained impressionable and open to learning. become one identity and a part of $ - .   focussed on learning and creating craft, creating a space for them that the business school, which had three expert profes- One of the mediums to facilitate something that is bigger than them. music in a collective manner. These where they learn how to become sors in its staff for the subject, tried their level best for this could be music. It encourages children to connect  ++. include writing empathy songs with compassionate, happy and joyful a year to teach it as a part of its regular curriculum but with one another on an abstract a friend, making musical instruments people. they failed to evoke an interest in the students. The Helps express themselves level, allows them to gain insight and performing for the community. (The author is associated with authorities therefore decided not to keep any staff for It allows children to express their and perspective into lives of people The expected outcomes of such ini- an NGO that works for children.) teaching ethics to business management students which clearly shows that most businessmen wish to earn money without being guided or controlled by any principles. There is evidence in society that sooner or later, the money earned without any ethical principles plays havoc in one’s personal, familial and public life. Not only       does it create a parallel economy but it generates an atmosphere of corruption, leading to a moral break-down of the society. This is true not just for businesses abroad but also ?%( %,)%# #8 $/ (,&%  $8/ (,& , #$/ $(#/1%/ $#/##6&#"%Q/$%%/, nearer home as we are familiar with this wide-spread evil. The recent IT raids on some top business houses and '#$,&6,#)% "#(%$ %&$$ $,)% && 8),/ the press criticism of certain government deals presents a gloomy picture before us. Even if we give scope for many here’s a widespread tradition among and Iraq, and the women are held in camps. of the scandals being untrue and much of the criticism many Muslims that it’s better for women But Kosovo authorities claim no citizen has being biased, it can be said that all is not well with busi- Tto pray at home than in the mosque. But joined a fundamentalist group over the past two ness and state deals as far as ethics is concerned. Add to in Kosovo, an old Ottoman-era tradition is years, a development partly attributed to the this, deficit financing, that has become a widely preva- bucking that trend, with religious authorities empowering of women through the creation lent practice. It has had a bad effect on the moral stan- seeking to establish the training of women as of female Islamic teachers. dards of the people, on the currency value as well as the spiritual teachers in mosques. “Extreme nationalism becomes less present economy. The result is that almost all nations to-day are Each day, scores of women gather around when Islam is explained to women,” Ismaili in debt with weak economies and almost all industrial- Agime Sogojeva, a spiritual teacher known as says. ists and rich men are directly or indirectly, dependent a mualime, in the Haxhi Veseli mosque in Funding for about a dozen of the female on the borrowings from banks which makes use of bonds Kosovo’s northern town of Mitrovica. They dis- theologians comes from Turkey’s Directorate or fixed deposits, the savings of the middle class and the cuss the Quran, their rights as women and daily of Religious Affairs, or Diyanet, which assists poor people. Also the planned economy almost every- practices, in a scene unthinkable as little as a the Islamic Community of Kosovo, or BIK, the where is near its exhaustion point and is seeing a severe decade ago. country’s executive for Muslims. resource crunch. Sogojeva is one of some 100 female theolo- These female preachers are active members This shows that even the highly-trained minds can- gians aiming to revive Muslim traditions in in about 800 mosques countrywide, said Resul not sustain an economy in a healthy state if it is divorced Europe’s newest country. They teach at three Rexhepi, BIK secretary general, modernising from the ordinary rules of ethics or principles of spiri- Muslim high schools, at Muslim centres, or they women’s life and increasing their role in soci- tual wisdom. The best thing, therefore, is to observe moral work voluntarily. ety. norms and to base our economy on ethics, for without The move to establish the religious train- “Mualime are good for the whole society,” that there cannot be peace and happiness in the world. ing of women in mosques — where women are he said. allocated places in a separate room from the BIK officials claim that the introduction of men — is seen by some as a way to make the female Muslim preachers in the mosques Kosovo’s approach to Islam more gender-bal- has reduced sexual violence at home, assisted anced at a time when many in the West view women who were raped during the war, Islam as oppressive toward women. helped mothers with their children’s education Although in much of the Muslim world and increased the participation of women in women teach other women, it is more common “The women were not only denied access, declared independence from Serbia in 2008, voting in elections. There are no official figures for that to occur at home or in event halls rather but their contribution was not recognised suf- nearly a decade after a 1998-1999 war against to support such claims. than in the mosques themselves. In some very ficiently,” she said. “We try to break up those Yugoslav forces by ethnic Albanian fighters. During the past decade or so some 1,100 conservative Islamic societies, women are stereotypes, those misconceptions.” Recently, however, it has seen a rise of reli- girls have graduated from three Muslim high generally distanced from mosques for social Kosovo has a strongly patriarchal society giously-inspired violent extremism, with more schools and 300 women from the Faculty of rather than religious reasons. but also a long secular tradition, with religious than 300 Kosovo citizens joining the Islamic Islamic Studies. In Kosovo, there has been a significant identity significantly weakened during decades State group as foreign fighters in Iraq and Syria Enisa Bekteshi, a 21-year old student, says increase in the number of women attending of communist rule. Most of its ethnic Albanian since 2012. A quarter of those were women and it is easier for a female teacher to explain “some mosques in the past 20 years, said Besa majority population is Muslim, but religious children, often forced to follow their husbands delicate issues a woman is reluctant to ask an Ismaili, a 43-year-old professor of English at the expression was generally lax even after the fall into the war zone. About 180 Kosovo citizens imam, a man.” Faculty of Islamic Studies in Pristina. of communism in the late 1980s. The country are still active with extremist groups in Syria L

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■   attitude to claim his third title of the lies. The Indian grabbed an 11-8 lead season, following victories at Swiss at the breather after Lu hit long. gritty Sameer Verma produced Open and Hyderabad Open. After the break, Lu kept finding a sensational performance to Sameer squandered an 8-4 lead to gaps in his rival's defence to narrow the Adefend his men's singles title, lose the opening game. In the second, lead to 13-14 and then turned the making up for the failure of his com- he looked in better control, leading 13- tables when Sameer hit the net. patriots in the other finals at the $ 8 and 18-16 before taking the match A wide smash from Lu again gave 150,000 Syed Modi International here to the decider. In the third, he erased the lead to Sameer at 17-16. But two on Sunday. 7-10 deficit to eventually seal the con- precise returns helped Lu to draw par- World No 16 Sameer defeated test. ity at 18-18. China's Lu Guangzu 16-21, 21-19, 21- "I was under pressure in the first Another fast-paced rally ended 14 in a pulsating summit clash to lift game. I was not able to control the with Lu hitting wide and he found the the trophy for the second successive shuttle. He had a good attacking game net next to hand two game points to time even as Saina Nehwal, men's dou- and the shuttle was fast but I made a Sameer, who hit an accurate return at bles pair of Satwiksairaj Rankireddy good comeback in the sec- the backline to bounce back and Chirag Shetty and women's dou- ond, I controlled it better. I in the contest. bles combination of Ashwini Ponnappa knew I had to win this match. Sameer used the and N Sikki Reddy bite the dust. So I was just playing for momentum of the second Sameer's performance helped him each point," he said. game to dominate early in the gather enough ranking points to sur- The Indian constructed decider, leading 7-3 but Lu pass Japan's Kenta Nishimoto at No 8 the rallies well with his reper- reeled off seven straight in the Race to Guangzhou Rankings toire of strokes to dominate points to led 10-7. and qualify for the year-ending BWF early in the opening game. He The Indian then World Tour Finals to be held in Sameer. the runners-up prize in the men's dou- led 6-2 initially, before extending it to unleashed three smashes, including a December. Earlier, former champion Saina bles competition. 8-4. However, Lu rode on his three body smash, to make it 10-10. Lu went Olympic Silver medallist P V failed to produce her best, losing 18- Commonwealth Games Bronze smashes to claw back at 8-8. to the net next as Sameer managed a Sindhu is the only other Indian to have 21, 8-21 to young Chinese Han Yue - medallist Ashwini and Sikki also After the interval, Sameer levelled slender 11-10 advantage at the break. qualified for the prestigious tourna- - a 2017 world Junior championship couldn't live up to the expectations, los- the scores with three straight points. The Indian then pounced on the ment in China. Silver medallist — in a lop-sided ing 15-21, 13-21 to third seeded But Lu again turned the tide, smash- chances to eke out a 16-12 lead with "I am really happy that my efforts women's singles summit clash. Malaysian pair of Chow Mei Kuan and ing his way to a comfortable 20-14 lead. the help of better net game and a cou- paid off and I could qualify for the Commonwealth Games Silver Lee Meng Yean in women's doubles Sameer saved two points before anoth- ple of rasping shots. World Tour Finals. Even before the medallists Satwiksairaj and Chirag final. The Indian pair had lost in the er smash earned Lu the bragging Lu then hit long and wide to hand tournament I knew that I had a also went down 11-21, 20-22 to second finals in the last edition as well. rights. over six match points to Sameer, who chance of qualifying if I win the tour- seeds Fajar Alfian and Muhammad Sameer then brightened up the In the second game, Sameer eked converted them as the Chinese hit the nament, so that was the target," said Rian Ardianto of Indonesia to settle for dismal day with his never-say-die out a 10-7 lead after some exciting ral- net.                         0   7  +8

■   "At that time, boxers from "But this one was very special. the Indian boxers the confidence fewer countries had participated. It I was under pressure and had to they needed. ndia's M C Mary Kom, who won was not even included in Olympics. change my weight category also. I "This Championship gave us Ia historic sixth world title, was Though we won eight medals, won my last Worlds Gold in 2010 the confidence that we too can beat adjudged the best pugilist of the four Gold included but com- and then the change of weight for the best and we should fear none. 10th World Women's Boxing petition is much tough nowa- Olympics happened. Pressure was We have beaten many top and Championships here. days and considering the fact, something I always felt but don't world champion boxers in the last The AIBA panel which chose our results here (one Gold, know how to put this Gold along- few days. But we need to work even the Indian as the best among the one Silver and two Bronze side the earlier five," she reasoned. hard from here on," said the young competitors was a richly deserved medals) were great," said However, Mary distinctly Assamese pugilist. honour to the 35-year-old Mary. remembered that she had won five Simranjit Kaur, who was Manipuri, whose endurance, per- "As far as organization, this one on the trot. "Even Katie Taylor had unlucky to lose in the semifinals, severance and the never-say-die was better than what it was in not done that," she said. agreed with her teammates. attitude is unparallel in history. 2006." Sonia Chahal claimed the "We need to work on strength- Speaking at the official press Asked to compare the win here Silver medal in 57kg, while Lovlina ening ourselves more and the way conference, Mary Kom recalled her with earlier Gold medals, the Borgohain won a Bronze in 69kg. we have competed in the Worlds is participation in the New Delhi Manipuri said it was difficult to Lovlina pointed out how the a good sign for the future of event held in 2006. remember.          .     )0&    New Delhi championship has given Indian boxing," said the Punjab girl. O& "' %(+% %%&$/"# $, $ !-   !Q ;;26-12 ,#"5#05,)%5,+ %' /)       ■ .   ■  30.-E>13,? tletico Madrid came within a whisker Aof their first league win over auricio Pochettino believes ,-'-1?3= Barcelona in eight years on Saturday only MTottenham are capable of "big things" for Ousmane Dembele to dash their this season if they consistently reach the ■   hopes with a dramatic equaliser in heights of a 3-1 win over Chelsea at injury-time. Wembley that barely reflected Spurs' ipa Karmakar needs to win nothing less Diego Costa looked to dominance. Dthan a Gold in the upcoming World Cups have won a dreary contest By inflicting Maurizio Sarri's first to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, says at the Wanda competitive defeat as Chelsea boss to move coach Bisweswar Nandi, who is targeting a podi- Metropolitano when he above their London rivals into third in the um finish for the ace gymnast at the 2019 World headed in his first La Liga Premier League, Tottenham couldn't have Championships in Stuttgart. goal since February with 12 started a big week in better fashion with Dipa made a strong start to her qualifying minutes left, as Atletico a do-or-die Champions League clash bid for the Tokyo Olympics by winning a Bronze prepared to go top of the with Inter Milan and the North London at the Artistic Gymnastics World Cup in table with a long-awaited victory. But Dembele, dropped by coach The frustration spurred Atleti on and derby against Arsenal to come. Cottbus, Germany on Saturday. Instead, Barca produced another Ernesto Valverde for the defeat to Real in the 77th minute they scored, "We need to be humble and recognize "I didn't hope that she would do so well fightback as Dembele, on as a substitute, Betis before the international break, Griezmann's corner drifting its way to the playing like this we can do big things," said given the strong field, which had lot of medal- slid home a cool finish in the 90th minute proved his worth by applying a clinical back post where Costa headed in. Pochettino. lists. But I'm satisfied with the way she per- to earn the visitors a 1-1 draw. finish when it mattered most. But Dembele instigated the come- "Our challenge is to keep going and formed. She had very less time to prepare for Costa almost had it, scoring his first The opening 45 minutes were almost back against Rayo Vallecano last month be consistent. That's our challenge for the   (  (   8     the event and she did very well. I made her cry goal in 18 league games to surely end entirely forgettable, distinguished solely and did the same again here as the ball rest of the season."    2        1    a lot during the last few months. So very satis- Atletico's winless run against Barca in the by the fact it was the only time this sea- spilled out to the 21-year-old at the back Victory saw Spurs close back to with- fied," Nandi said from Cottbus. league, which stretches back to February son that a first half had failed to witness post. He took one touch inside, before fir- in five points of leaders Manchester City could have had a penalty seconds before "It is a good start but to qualify for the 2010. a single shot on target. ing it into the net. and three points of second-placed Kane's goal when Juan Foyth appeared to Olympics, she will have to win Gold in the next Liverpool. trip Eden Hazard inside the area. 3-4 events of the world cup she participates in. A title challenge is likely to be beyond However, they could have no com- Second or third position won't matter," he Pochettino's men given the relentless plaints as an 18-game unbeaten run in all added. $( &      2 pace being set by City, but just qualifying competitions since the Community Shield The Cottbus meet is part of an eight-event for the Champions League for a in August was comprehensively ended. qualifying system for the 2020 Games, under fourth straight season would be seen "I think we played very badly in which a gymnast will make the cut based on ■ . as success given the upheaval as the all directions - physically, mentally, their best three scores. club wait to move into their stadi- technically and tactically," said Sarri. The three events where Dipa might partic- ristiano Ronaldo continued his hot form for Juventus on um and a host of injuries to play- "I knew we had some problems ipate next are World Cups in Baku, Melbourne CSaturday as he and Mario Mandzukic scored both goals ers involved at the World Cup. and with this performance today it and Doha. in the second consecutive game to help the Serie A leaders open Dele Alli is one of nine play- was clear to everybody we have Nandi said: "We haven't decided yet which up a nine-point lead at the top of the table with a 2-0 win over ers in Pochettino's squad to have problems to solve. would be those events. I alone can't take that struggling SPAL. suffered a muscle injury after his "I think in the last three or four decision. We will discuss with SAI, Sports Ronaldo slotted home Miralem Pjanic's free-kick after 29 exertions in Russia, but back fit matches we have started not really Ministry and Gymnastic Federation of India minutes in Turin to join Genoa's Krzysztof Piatek at the top and close to his best, the England inter- very well." (GFI) to take a call about the future events. of the Serie A scoring charts with nine goals, before national headed Spurs in front from Spurs' solitary second-half goal was "But the main target for us is to do well at Mandzukic sealed the three points on the hour mark in a sim- '     &      2 =+*       Christian Eriksen's free-kick. delivered in style by Son as he accelerat- the World Championship in Germany next year. ple warm up for Tuesday's crucial Champions League visit of "Chelsea are a top side and they have ed past Jorginho and David Luiz before That is an event where even a 3rd or 4th place Valencia. Bustling Ronaldo, 33, also played a role in Juve's second made some great signings but we are a top slotting his 50th goal for the club into the finish can earn you a berth at the Olympics. So The pair also scored both in Juventus' 2-0 win over AC scored by Mandzukic, who was wearing the captain's armband side ourselves," said Alli. far corner. that would be the main target for her," Nandi Milan before the international break, and Ronaldo's strike was for the first time. "At 2-0 we could have sat back but we Kane then somehow fired over with said. his seventh in eight games in all competitions for his new club, Ronaldo latched onto a long ball and pulled it back for didn't. We created a lot of chances - maybe the goal at his mercy and Alli also skewed On Saturday, Dipa scored an average of for a total of 10 goals this season. Douglas Costa, whose shot was cleared into the path of the on another day if we had been more clin- a great chance off target as Sarri bellowed 14.316 on her two vaults. She was 0.412 adrift "Cristiano does things that catch opponents off guard and Croatian, who gobbled up he opportunity to win the match. ical we could have scored more." at his side to regain some composure. off the Gold-medallist Rebecca Andrade, who that's exactly what we need," said coach Massimiliano Allegri. "The opening goal changed the game and I was very angry Chelsea 'keeper Kepa Arrizabalaga The Italian managed to make a differ- finished with 14.728. "Cristiano moves and thinks so quickly, he saw that we were slow to react and allowed Ronaldo to could have done better as he got a hand ence with the introduction of Ross Barkley, "Bronze medal in vault event to finish my Douglas Costa coming out the corner of his eye and go clear," said SPAL coach Leonardo Semplici. to Alli's header and the world's most Pedro Rodriguez and Giroud from the campaign at 2018 Cottibus World Cup. It was pulled the pass back. We need to all improve in that "It's the first time I've seen Ronaldo up close and expensive goalkeeper was questioned bench. overwhelming to compete against some of the sense, being able to think ahead to the next move." my forwards should learn from the attitude that a again as he stood motionless and Harry And it was Giroud who grabbed best athletes in the world!! Aaj ye Bronze bhi SPAL, fighting relegation, were no match for champion like this puts into every game. Kane drilled home from long range to give Chelsea's consolation five minutes from Gold lag raha hai! (Today even the Bronze feels Allegri's reigning champions who are eight points "We need to improve on the details if we want to Spurs a 2-0 lead inside 16 minutes. time when he powered home Cesar like Gold)," Dipa tweeted after her win. ahead of Napoli. avoid being put under pressure." The visitors felt aggrieved as they Azpilicueta's cross at the back post.    ()  *( +,- +./0 0:8 &-13&'>1'3.323R03 .  +15262!& '* &;"%  ! '

Rishabh Pant was out for a Kohli meanwhile reached vided a cautious start to the ing at short fine leg. tum and they never really Carey (27) who held the first-ball duck, gloving behind his 19th T20I half-century innings. Their partnership It opened the doors to the recovered, losing wickets at Australian middle order off a slower short ball from off 34 balls and took India put pressure on the Indian Australian middle order. regular intervals in the second together after the initial set- Andrew Tye (1-32). home with two balls to spare. fielding, shoddy again, and Glenn Maxwell (13) survived half of their innings. They had backs. India were in bit of a This was after Pandya's Rohit Sharma put down a sit- an lbw shout via DRS off held back Chris Lynn (13) but Marcus Stoinis (25 not bother at that stage, but Kohli orthodox left-arm spin came ter off Finch (on 22) at the Yadav, but Short and Ben he couldn't provide the req- out off 15 balls) played an and Dinesh Karthik (22 not in handy during the middle start of the eight over off McDermott (0) were dis- uisite impetus, run-out in the attacking cameo at the end, out off 18 balls) brought out overs after the hosts had sped Pandya. missed lbw off successive balls 18th over. and put on 33 runs with their shots. The latter played to 68-0 after winning the toss Kuldeep Yadav (1-19) in the tenth over as Pandya In between Pandya also Nathan Coulter-Nile (13 not a perfect foil to Kohli as he and opting to bat. then provided the much- pegged Australia back. accounted for Maxwell, out) as Australia finished struck a four and a six to bring Aaron Finch (28) and awaited breakthrough as The quick wickets dis- caught by Sharma in the end, with a score just above aver- down the asking rate. D'Arcy Short (33) then pro- Finch was out caught sweep- turbed Australia's momen- as also the vital wicket of Alex age (151) at this ground.

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irat Kohli fired the opening salvo on the Australia tour Vwith a match-winning 61, helping India win the third T20 International by six wickets and draw the three-match series 1-1 here on Sunday. Kohli's sublime 41-ball knock and his 60-run unbeaten stand with Dinesh Karthik (22 not out off 18) gave India the much need- ed series levelling win ahead of the all important Test series beginning December 6 at Adelaide. The captain's perfectly exe- cuted chase in 19.4 overs came after Shikhar Dhawan (41 off 22 balls) and Rohit Sharma (23 off 16 balls) provided a flying start to the innings. Earlier, Krunal Pandya took career-best figures of 4-36 as Australia were restricted to 164- 6 in 20 overs. Australia won the opening T20 by four runs while the second game was a washout, putting additional pressure on India who came here at the back of winning six T20 series in a row. Chasing 165, Dhawan and Sharma put on 50 runs off just 28 balls. Both batsmen took the aerial route with aplomb and hit seven fours and four sixes between them to leave the Australian bowlers clueless. Mitchell Starc (1-26) had got the breakthrough in the sixth over, trapping Dhawan lbw via DRS referral. It put a momentary break on scoring as no runs were scored off the next eight balls, resulting in Sharma's dismissal, who played on off Adam Zampa (1-22). KL Rahul (14) started off by scoring a monster six, and added 41 runs for the third wicket with Kohli. India crossed 100 in the 12th over, but the former started struggling for timing and holed out shortly afterwards. It became a double blow as 4    9(: 

% )6In a day of sublime and ridiculous cricket, Jos Buttler halted a batting collapse while Moeen Ali claimed key wickets Sunday to keep England on track for victory in the third and final Test against Sri Lanka. The home side were reeling at 53-4 at the close of the third day as they chased an unlikely 327 to avoid suffering only their third whitewash series defeat on home territory. Dilruwan Perera took Keaton Jennings lbw with the first ball of the third day to shake England who at one stage looked in trou- ble on 39-4 after more failures by their top-order batsmen. But after the scare, spinner Lakshan Sandakan made basic blunders that set the tone for England to score 230 and set their sights on a third straight win. The pair of Jos Buttler and Ben Stokes then came back to complete an 89-run fifth wicket stand that rescued England and became the centrepiece of the sec- ond innings total. Jos Buttler made 64, Stokes 42 and Ben Foakes an unbeaten 36. England scored just 11 bound- aries, with the lower order bats- men sweeping singles and doubles to build the score. Spinner Perera took a cred- itable 5-88 to pass 100 wickets in home Tests but Sri Lanka's batting crumbled in the hour they faced, and an England victory inside four days looks near certain. Moeen Ali opened the bowl- ing for England and took open- ers Danushka Gunathilaka for six and Dimuth Karunaratne for 23 on the spin paradise pitch. Jack Leach claimed Dhananjaya de Silva, who failed to score, while Stuart Broad took a brilliant catch off Stokes to end Angelo Mathews' innings after nine balls which produced five runs.