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 the headquarters of the news- said, adding that the Hindi paper, within two weeks, dis- weekly newspaper Sunday  
 missing the petition filed by the Navjivan was also being pub- publisher Associated Journals lished since October this year Limited (AJL). from the same premises.  ,:;#:<6 Finding no irregularity in Later in the evening, wel- the Urban Development coming the judgment, the massive uproar erupted Ministry’s Land and Urban Development Ministry Ainside and outside Development Office (L&DO), said, “It was found by the Parliament over the the judgment said there is total inspecting team of the Ministry Government’s decision to violation of the lease agreement on April 09, 2018 that no empower several investigating           
  by the publisher who is hold- printing press was functioning agencies to intercept and mon-       "    #   ing the building for past 56 at any floor of the premises and itor data on computers. While   $& '  ( years. no paper stock was found any- the Opposition accused the The court also said AJL’s where.” Government of turning India Ministry for the first time ever Anand Sharma is making a takeover by Sonia Gandhi and “In earlier inspection also, into a surveillance State, after the rules were framed mountain where even a mole- Rahul Gandhi’s floated firm the basement where press Finance Minister Arun Jaitley almost a decade ago. hill does not exist. You must Young Indian is “questionable” machine should have been was defended the move saying the While Jaitley hit back say- know this and as a Leader of “modus operandi.” found vacant. Further, it was authorisation was given under ing the Congress is crying foul Opposition your word is sacro- After the HC order, the major portion of the ‘subject erase, efface and defame the General Tushar Mehta. The also found that almost all rules framed during the UPA over powers created by it when sanct, so don’t use it for a pur- focus will now be on several premises’ has been rented out legacy of Pandit Nehru was not court had reserved its decision shares of AJL were transferred regime in 2009. it was in Government, pose where a power which other buildings like Patriot and petitioners’ newspaper, at all acceptable. “One fails to on AJL’s plea on November 22. to ‘Young Indian Ltd’ having The issue rocked the Rajya Congress leader and Deputy you created, which is to be used House (Link House), which which was to be housed origi- understand as to how the rul- The HC said AJL will have same address as that of AJL Sabha as Leader of Opposition Leader of Opposition in the in national security cases, now continues to commercially nally in the basement and ing dispensation has in any way to vacate the premises at ITO without any permission of the Ghulam Nabi Azad alleged Rajya Sabha Anand Sharma you are crying foul about that exploit their premises in viola- ground floor, has now been erased, effaced, or defamed in Delhi within two weeks Ministry. As per a report of “undeclared Emergency has said the issue is serious as it is power,” Jaitley said in the Upper tion of several provisions of shifted on the top floor with Pandit Nehru… the allega- after which proceedings under Income Tax Department, in taken final shape” and “all fed- related to fundamental rights House. lease agreements. To circum- hardly any ‘press activity’.” tions of malafide leveled by the Public Premises (Eviction Young Indian Ltd, majority of eral agencies have been let and “India will become a police Azad retorted that there is vent the provisions of the lease “This court is conscious of petitioners are bald and unspe- of Unauthorized Occupants) shares (76%) are held by the loose”. Congress chief Rahul state” with such “sweeping no mention of national securi- agreement, the Patriot House the fact that Young India cific and so no note of these Act, 1971 would be initiated. Gandhi family and the rest by Gandhi took to social media powers” to agencies to intercept ty in the order and that the rul- (Link House) owners have Company is a charitable com- allegations taken,” said the The L&DO had ended the Shri Motilal Vora and Shri calling Modi an insecure information. ing dispensation seems to think revived The Patriot, a weekly pany, but modus operandi to judgment lease — entered into with AJL Oscar Fernandes. It was also “dictator.” Responding to the charge, it has ownership rights over magazine, but it is hardly visi- acquire 99 per cent of AJL’s AJL approached the Delhi on August 2, 1962 and made observed that instead of using The issue was also raised in Jaitley said it would have been national security and it means ble on stands. share speaks volumes. The High Court after the L&DO perpetual on January 10, 1967 the land given to AJL for press the Lok Sabha during Zero better if the Opposition had nothing to us, to which, Jaitley In its 17-page order on the manner in which it has been slapped an eviction notice on — asking the company to hand purpose, they are earning a Hour with Revolutionary obtained all information before said, “These are elementary eviction of AJL, Justice Sunil done is also questionable,” said it on October 30, based on the over the possession by huge sum of money by renting Socialist Party (RSP) leader N raising this issue. He said the things. It is an authorisation Gaurt said, “The ‘subject the judgment. complaint filed by BJP leader November 15. The L&DO’s out almost entire building K Premachandran alleging that rules under which agencies order. The provisions of nation- premises’ was leased out to leg- Observing that there was Subramanian Swamy. AJL was order had also said that failure except one floor which has the move is a violation of the will be authorised to intercept al security are written in Article endary AJL for its publication, no wrong in eviction notice, the represented by Congress leader to hand over possession would negated the purpose for which fundamental rights. The information were framed in 69... You are playing with the but the dominant purpose is judgment also said that peti- and noted lawyer Abhishek lead to initiation of proceedings the land was originally allotted,” Opposition members ques- 2009 when the Congress-led security of the country. That is now practically lost. This court tioners’ contention that the Singhvi, and the Government under the Public Premises Act. said the Ministry in a tioned the motive of imposing UPA was in power. what you have done just now”. is constrained to observe that Government move was to was represented by Solicitor In its plea, AJL has said the statement. such an order by Home “So what you are doing Continued on Page 4      ' ( ) 
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Ghaziabad district. ened between Modi Nagar and strengthened rural road net- Minister of State Dr Satyapal Patla is considered the Ranjana Sharma, District Murad Nagar for which a grant work under Prime Minister Singh and the local member     ,:;#:<6 stronghold of ‘Jatland’, in Information Officer (DIO), has already been sanctioned,” rural roads scheme on CM’s parliament took initiative and Baghpat Parliamentary con- Ghaziabad said that the CM is said Sharma adding that three visit,” said Kaushik. after taking local leader into he Delhi police on Friday stituency. Yogi’s visit is being also scheduled to launch many cow shelters in village Patla, a strong hold of confidence invited CM Yogi Thas busted a gang of thieves seen as a move by the Bharatiya welfare schemes for Ghaziabad Talheta, Saidpur, Hussainpur Jatland, in Baghpat Aditya Nath to unveil the stat- and has recovered 55 stolen Janata Party (BJP) to woo “jat including a degree college in Dilna and Patti village will be Parliamentary constituency ue which has been delayed over batteries of cars from their votes” ahead of parliamentary Sara village in Modi Nagar inaugurated on this occasion,” where a statue of Chaudhary a decade. possession. The accused have been identified as Sehzad (28), Gul Mohmmad (31), both res- idents of Joshi Colony in IP ?' *   )$*  +  ,- Extension, Delhi, and Zuber (22), resident of Alvi Nagar in B. )**     Ghaziabad (Uttar Pradesh). According to Dr G Ram  #      Gopal Naik, Deputy New Delhi: A 35-year-old busi- and continued driving. As he Commissioner of Police nessman was carjacked and crossed Dhruv Enclave, the   ,:;#:<6 were given an opportunity to (DCP), Crime Branch, in the robbed of his wallet containing motorcycle riders intercepted his “send two representatives or wake of rise in the incidents of cash at gunpoint allegedly by car and started arguing with him he Jawaharlal Nehru office-bearers to discuss the theft of batteries of cars in three bike-borne robbers in over the collision,” said the TUniversity (JNU) adminis- issues with the rectors, registrar South Delhi, the Special Task outer Delhi’s Aman Vihar on Additional DCP. tration has issued show cause and concerned officers of the Force was assigned the task of Tuesday. “One of the three men notices to its 27 teachers for university”. identifying and nabbing the According to Rajendra opened the car’s door, sat on the participating in a hunger strike Through a circular issued culprits involved in such crim- Singh Sagar, Additional Deputy front passenger seat and put a pis- last month against the varsity’s on November 25, request was inal activities. Commissioner of Police (DC), tol on Gupta’s head. While one directives on rescheduling the made not to hold protests or “Based on the informa- Outer district, the incident followed the car on bike, the other academic calendar and com- hunger strike at the JNU’s tion collected from the place of occurred at around 7 pm on two drove Gupta to isolated pliance of faculty attendance, administrative block and atten- occurrence and victims, Tuesday when the businessman place in outer district and robbed sources said Friday. JNUTA tion was also invited towards sources were deployed to trace identified as Raj Kumar Gupta him off with his wallet and car,” president Atul Sood and which it will be presumed that Rule M-7(6) of the Academic the accused and a man hunt was on his way back to home in said the Additional DCP. “A case Secretary Avinash Kumar are they have nothing to say in Rules and Regulations of the was launched to nab the cul- his Maruti Baleno car. has been registered at Aman among those who have their defence and disciplinary university to honour the Delhi prits behind these crimes. “The victim was on his way Vihar police station. The police received the show cause notices action under the admissible High Court’s directions which Specific inputs were received operandi, the DCP said that to home when three unidenti- team is scanning CCTV cameras on December 19, they said. rules will be initiated against prohibit hunger strikes, dhar- regarding the accused coming the trio used to reach at the O '55/)&6+)%7)&)5%)& fied bike borne assailants hit his in the area to identify the bike The teachers have been them”, they added. nas within 100 meters from the to steal battery in a car at New targeted place in Ford Figo 0'0'+5%
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Smain protagonist of the con- pre-mature release. be released after completion of workers at the fake call centre A case has been registered spiracy and the subsequent It also set aside the “non- 20 years of incarceration and     ,56# would call up US citizens and against the arrested persons at brutal murder of his wife Naina speaking affirmation” of SRB’s those who had committed intimidate them saying there the Phase 3 police station under Sahni got the respite of his life recommendations by the heinous crimes are to be grant- n yet another crackdown, the were problems with their social Indian Penal Code sections as he was set free by the Delhi Lieutenant Governor, who is ed the relief after 25 years. INoida Police has arrested security number, a nine-digit 308 (extortion), 420 (cheating) High Court on Friday. Sharma the competent authority. Delhi government standing 125 people from a fake call cen- identification number issued to and under various relevant the former president of Delhi “We accordingly direct that counsel (criminal) Rahul tre allegedly involved in extort- the US citizens, and tell them places in the national Capital sections of the Information Youth Congress was convicted the state shall release Sushil Mehra had said the L-G, who ing money from US citizens to pay penalty to get it fixed or Region for last three years. Technology Act. for the murder of his wife Sharma forthwith,” the bench is the competent authority to after threatening them with face arrest. “The initial investigation Over the past few months, Naina Sahni in 1995. Known as said. The court had earlier decide the pre-mature release arrest for having discrepancies “The caller used to ask vic- has also revealed that the call about a dozen fake call centres ‘Tandoor Murder’, Naina It may be recalled that issued notice to the Delhi of convicts, had accepted SRB in their social security number. tims to pay up to 3,500 and centre owners also had partners have been busted in Noida Sahni’s murder had evoked Sharma had shot dead his wife Government and sought its recommendations not to According to a senior transfer it through target pur- in the US, Dubai and China. and scores of people arrested sharp reactions across the in 1995, objecting to her alleged stand on Sharma’s plea seeking release Sharma and all records police official, the raids were chasing of “playstore cards” in The 125 arrested included three for duping foreigners, includ- country, as Sharma had got the relationship with a male friend. release from custody on the were put before him. conducted on Thursday night the US which the call centre key persons who were running ing Americans and Canadians, body of his wife chopped into He had then chopped her body grounds that he has been jailed In his petition, Sharma at call centre in Noida sector- owners would get en-cashed the centre here but the mas- officials said. pieces and tried to burn in the into pieces and attempted to for over two decades, including had said even though his case 63. “The police arrested oper- with the help of their aides termind is someone else and we This was the biggest raid by Tandoor of Baghia restaurant burn it in a restaurant oven. It the period of remission, and his falls in the first category, he had ators and callers, including abroad,” said the SSP. are probing the case to reach the Noida police so far, in which he owned. is one of the landmark cases in continued incarceration was also undergone 29 years of women, besides seizing sever- “During initial investiga- them,” SSP Sharma said. which they arrested largest A bench of Justices India in which DNA evidence illegal. incarceration, with remission, al computer systems and cash tion it was revealed that the call They also used Truecaller, number of call centre employ- Siddharth Mridul and Sangita and a second autopsy were Sharma, who is in prison and 23 years and six months, from the call centre,” a senior centre used to make 50,000 a global mobile app, to find the ees duping the US nationals, Dhingra Sehgal passed the used to establish the guilt of the since 1995, had contended that without remission. police official said. every night on an average by names of the people they would though the Special Task Force order of Sharma’s ‘forthwith’ accused. he has already undergone the Sharma had also contend- Gautam Buddh Nagar duping gullible Americans,” call up and address them by had earlier arrested over 300 release, serving life sentence The high court set aside maximum prescribed sentence ed that his conduct in prison Superintendent of Police said the SSP adding that the call their full names, saying they are such people involved in run- Sharma now 56, has already and quashed the recommen- as mandated under the SRB and while out on parole has (SSP)Ajay Pal Sharma said a centre owners have been oper- from the Social Security ning the racket to dupe US undergone over two decades of dations of the sentence review guidelines. Advocate Amit Sahni, been “exemplary” and he has total of 126 people were arrest- ating the centre from different Department, leaving little nationals. incarceration in the case. board (SRB) which had reject- appearing for Sharma, had said never misused his liberty.   !! '! $#%%,./%%
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###          !R ;((   5&   From Page 1 (COTMA) substantiated the findings “The units manufacturing pumps 09 2( Traders are closing down due to of the AIMO. Viswanathan Sudarshan, and grinders the mainstay of the   #   stiff competition from e-commerce general secretary COTMA, said the Coimbatore and Tirupur hub are From Page 1 Nahan (HP): Two Nepalese New Delhi: In order to favour a girl WhatsApp, said another officer. sales and this will also result in loss of entire micro, small and cottage indus- closing down because of the issues However with the Friday’s men were found dead on student, an Una-based teacher had Recovered mobile phones, handwrit- revenue in rental income by Middle trial units in the two districts are fac- related to GST. It is no more profitable order the future of the Yatra Friday in a small cabin in a car allegedly leaked CBSE Class 12 eco- ten notes, question paper written by Income families, the survey pointed ing the worst crisis. to run industrial units,” he said. Both once again slipped back to the parking area in Sirmaur district nomics paper in March this year, the girl student and other data out. S Ravikumat, president, COTMA, Sudarshan and Ravikumar said loans realms of uncertainty at least till of Himachal Pradesh, with according to the chargesheet filed by retrieved from cell phones have been According to Raghunathan, the said Goods and Services Tax (GST) under the Mudra scheme eluded the the winter vacations as it could police suspecting asphyxiation the Delhi Police in the case, a senior cited as evidence in the chargesheet. survey showed that most Government remained the villain for small, micro units for reasons known only to the be taken up only after the as the cause of death as they police official said Friday. "The teacher, Rakesh Kumar, schemes such as Make In India, and cottage industries. “The two dis- bankers. New Year when the Court had lit a stove in the room. Deputy Commissioner of Police wanted to favour a girl student and Digital India, Skill India and Start up tricts together employed 3,50,000 Raghunathan said all units with a would reopen. The deceased were identi- (Crime) G Ram Gopal Naik con- with the connivance of bank officials, India have not been of much use to workers in a regular basis. But because turnover of Rs two crore should be The saffron leadership said fied as Manbahadur (48), who firmed the chargesheet has been filed he got the Economics paper and Traders though the Micro and Small of the 18 per cent GST and the rigid exempted from GST and all other kind it was considering to move the worked as a watchman in the pri- against 10 persons on Thursday in a brought it to his residence. He called Industries and medium scale indus- rules, we are facing one of the worst of taxes in order to restore them to Supreme Court. vate parking area, and his close city court. The 482-page chargesheet the girl home and she copied the paper tries were happier with Digital India crisis. More than 50,000 people have their health. He also said though the Friday saw the relative Jarang Bisht, police said. has cited 78 witnesses including the and then he clicked pictures of the Initiatives . lost their jobs as many units downed survey results were released on Government being represent- When Manbahadur did girl student, for whom her teacher paper and circulated it. The girl is one A counter check with Coimbatore the shutters,” said Ravikumar. December 15, till date nobody from ed by senior counsel and not come out of his room, local leaked the paper and some students of the witnesses in the case," said the and Tirupur Districts Micro and Sudarshan had something shock- the Union Government has contact- Congress leader Abhishek residents informed the police. who had received the papers through officer. PTI Cottage Entrepreneurs Association ing to tell. ed the AIMO. Manu Singhvi apart from State The room was closed from Advocate General Kishore inside and they had to break Dutta whereas the BJP was rep- open the door. Manbahadur's IT Act, 2000 and similar pro- then and no new powers have 1  
### objectives of building capacity resented by SK Kapoor. body was found on the floor visions and procedures already been conferred to any of the for implementation of compre- During the argument the while Bisht's was on the bed. 000 exist in the Telegraph Act along security or law enforcement hensive coastal management, Government iterated the facts Deputy Superintendent of with “identical safeguards”. agencies”. The notification, it From Page 1 delineation of erosion line over that it had cited on Thursday Police (DSP) Babita Rana said The new Home Ministry said, has been issued to notify Under the extant regula- the entire coast line covering the saying intelligence reports had the bodies have been sent for From Page 1 India into a police State isn’t order, issued on late Thursday the ISPs (internet service tions, theses CZMAs have been mainland coastal states/UTs as expressed apprehensions of post-mortem and their families Since the Act has been in going to solve your problem, night, “does not confer any new providers), TSPs (telecommu- empowered to enquire into the a part of hazard line mapping breach of communal harmony have been informed. PTI place these orders of authori- Modi. It’s only going to prove powers” to any security or law nications service providers), cases of alleged violation of the exercise carried out by Survey in the State if the Yatras were sation are repeated from time to over one billion Indians enforcement agency, the Union and intermediaries among oth- provisions of the notifications of India among others. allowed to happen. to time, he said, adding that what an insecure dictator you Home Ministry said in a state- ers to codify the existing orders. and take appropriate action India is already in the midst “The party will take a deci- they can be used for intercep- really are,” Rahul tweeted. ment as the Opposition termed The Ministry statement under the law. of preparing the USD 35 million sion after considering the order. tion in cases related to nation- Facing the flak, the Home the move an assault on funda- also said the new notification Quoting the State of Forest (includes USD 9 million from We do not rule out anything,” al security, disruption of pub- Ministry too clarified that it has mental rights and joined hands had three benefits. It is aimed Report 2017, he said there has the Global Environment BJP leader Jayprakash lic order, etc. Law Minister Ravi authorised 10 Central agencies against it. at ensuring that any intercep- been a net increase of 181 sqkm Facility)Third National Majumdar said when asked to Shankar Prasad questioned if to intercept, monitor and The order was brought out tion, monitoring or decryption in the mangrove cover of the Communication (TNC) with comment whether his party the Congress does not want decrypt all the data contained by the ‘cyber and information of any information through any country as compared to 2015 the help of the United Nations would move the Apex Court action against terrorists and in “any” computer system and security’ division of the min- computer resource is done in assessment. The other steps Development Programme against the order. those who play with national asserted that this was being istry under the authority of accordance with due process of taken by the Government tar- (UNDP) that aims to make cli- BJP State president Dilip security. done to prevent “any unautho- Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba. law. The latest order will also get protection of livelihoods of mate change assessments more Ghosh said, “We still rely on Rahul took to the social rised use of these powers”. In Therefore, it said, the latest ensure that provisions of law fisher folk communities, preser- policy-relevant and enhance judicial decision and hope media alleging that the present a clarificatory statement, the order has been issued “in relating to lawful interception vation of coastal ecology, initi- India’s capacity to incorporate finally we will get justice for the regime is converting India into Home Ministry said adequate accordance with rules framed or monitoring of computer ation of an integrated coastal climate change in its develop- sake of democracy to survive in a police State. “Converting safeguards are provided in the in year 2009 and in vogue since resource are followed. zone management project with ment processes. Bengal.”

. * and current Prime Minister Rajasthan and one police func- the said crime could not be sub- During the course of the 2012 at CBI’s request for fair CBI Judge M. B. Gosavi in Narendra Modi. tionary from Andhra Pradesh. stantiated. There is circum- trial, 210 witnesses were exam- trial. In 2013, the Supreme Mumbai discharged Shah and   Initially, there were in all 38 Apart from the botched up stantial evidence but there is no ined, of which 92 turned hos- Court had clubbed Tulsiram other co-accused, citing either accused in the case. Of them, 16 investigations, another key fac- substantial evidence...The nexus tile.When the court recorded Prajapati’s encounter killing lack of sanction for prosecution   were discharged before the trial tor that led to the acquittal of all (of the accused) with the killing their statement under Section case with that of Sohrabuddin. or insufficient evidence against --- 15 by the special CBI court the 22 accused in the case was was not established,” the Judge 313 of the Code of Criminal In December, 2014, Special them. From Page 1 and one by the Bombay High the fact that 92 of the total 210 said. Procedure, all the accused had In his reference to Court. witnesses examined turned hos- The Judge also noted that claimed innocence and said Tulsiram’s 72-year-old mother The accused discharged in tile during the trial. the Prosecution had failed to they were arrested because of Narmadabai who currently lives the case include: BJP’s current The 210 witnesses were establish that Tulsiram had the rivalry among top police in Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, national President and then among the 700-odd witnesses been abducted from Ahmedbad officials and other factors stem- the Judge said: “I feel sorry for Gujarat Minister of State for that the CBI had listed for as had been stated by it. “The ming then prevailing political Narmada Bai”. Home Amit Shah, Rajasthan examination. One of the criti- Police Sub-Inspector (Ashish situation in Gujarat. Sohrabuddin was allegedly Home Minister Gulab Chandra cisms that the CBI and Pandya) sustained bullet During the last phase of the killed in a fake encounter on 26 Kataria and high-profile Deputy Prosecution faced from those wounds...There is a ballistic trial, a prosecution witness November, 2005, while Tulsiram Inspector General DG Vanzara, following the case was that they opinion. There is also evidence Azam Khan, who too is a too was eliminate in similar who headed the Anti-Terrorism did not produce many of the of GRP and train guard. But, the criminal under custody, told fashion on 28 December, 2006. Squad (ATS) and known for important witnesses for exam- theory that he was abducted the court that Sohrabuddin And since Kausar Bi was a wit- several encounters, ination. from Ahmedabad cannot be might have had a role in the ness to the abduction of Superintendent of Police Dinesh On the part, the Judge accepted”. murder of the then Minister of Sohrabuddin and possibly MN and Superintendent of observed that the main foun- According to the Judge, State for Home Haren Pandya, Tulsiram, she was allegedly Police Rajkumar Pandian. dation of the Prosecution was the Prosecution could not estab- who he claimed had been raped and murdered. The 22 accused who were key eyewitnesses, its case weak- lish it was Tulsiram who was the killed on March 26, 2003, at the The Prosecution’s case was acquitted in the case on Friday ened as most of them turned “third person” in the bus used instance of Vanzara. that Sohrabuddin had connec- comprised: 21 serving and hostile. for abduction. “In the abduc- It may be recalled that tions with Lashkar-e-Taiba and retired police personnel from The Judge noted that tion theory, there is a third per- Sohrabuddin, a “dreaded crim- was conspiring to assassinate an Gujarat, Rajasthan and Andhra though the CBI did worked son along with Sohrabuddin inal”, and his wife Kausar Bi “important political leader”, Pradesh, who had been charge- hard to establish its case, it failed Shaikh and Kausar Bi. The were killed in an alleged fake presumably then chief minister sheeted for conspiracy, murder to do so, as three key witnesses agency could not establish that encounter in November 2004 and other charges. in the cases had turned hostile. it was Tulsiram Prajapati,” he by the Gujarat Police near The 22 acquitted accused “The government machinery said. Gandhinagar in Gujarat. The are M L Parmar, Raman Patel, (CBI) and the prosecution put The Judge observed that the case assumed considerable Balkrishna Choubey, in a lot of effort, 210 witnesses evidence that the “third person” public importance owing to the Narayansing Dhabi, Jethusingh were brought but satisfactory was Tulsiram came from alleged involvement of some of Solanki, Naresh Chauhan, evidence didn’t come and wit- “hearsay” - what he told jail the high-profile politicians and Vinod Limbachiya, Ajay Kumar nesses turned hostile. It is no inmates. “This is not sufficient, IPS officers in it. Parmar, Kanjibhai Kutchi, fault of the prosecutor if the wit- not admissible,” the court said. An aide Tulsiram Prajapati, Shantaram Sharma, Ashish nesses don’t speak,” Judge The Judge also noted that who was the prime witness to Pandya, Kiran Singh Chauhan, Sharma noted. the Prosecution also failed to the killings, was arrested by the Karan Singh Sishodia, “Going by the evidence on prove what the then Deputy police but was later killed in an Vijaykumar Rathod (all Gujarat record, the court could not Inspector General DG Vanzara encounter in December 2006 Police), Shyam Singh Charan, conclude that the present who was discharged earlier after the law-enforcers claimed Abdul Rehman, Narayan Singh accused persons could be ques- from the case - had spoken to he tried to escape from custody. Chauhan, Yudhveer Singh tioned, or, held accountable for Pandya. Later, the police had Chauhan, Kartar Singh Jat, those deaths,” the Judge said. 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In its Constitution for which politi- discussed in the next meeting Itowards improving ties, The 10 pillars are Ton Friday claimed that son. report on electoral reforms cal unanimity was required. of the panel which has educa- External Affairs Minister cultural exchange, coop- wheat has been planted in Pulses such as gram and submitted in March, 2015, the The EC is a permanent tion experts, college principals Sushma Swaraj and her eration in films and tele- 253.52 lakh hectare so far in the green gram (moong) was also Law Commission had pro- Constitutional body which was and faculty as members. The Chinese counterpart Wang vision, cooperation in ongoing rabi season, slightly sown in lesser area at 136.25 posed extending constitution- established in accordance with issue was deliberated upon last Yi on Friday held extensive museum administration, lower than the previous year. lakh hectare so far in the rabi al protection to the two ECs. the Constitution on January 25, year as well by the panel but a talks under a newly estab- cooperation sports, Besides wheat, sowing of other season, compared with 143.40 “I endorse it. I fully endorse 1950. Originally, the EC had consensus could not be lished framework and exchanges between rabi crops such as rice, pulses, lakh hectare in the year-ago. it,” Arora told PTI in response only a Chief Election reached. agreed on “ten pillars” of youths, cooperation on coarse cereals and oilseeds also Oilseeds area remained flat to a question. He said it was up Commissioner. It currently “For 2019-20 there will be cooperation to enhance tourism, exchanges lagged. at 72.53 lakh hectare as against to the Government to decide consists of Chief Election no entrance test in DU and cultural and people-to- between states and cities, Rabi crops’ sowing begins 72.94 lakh on the issue. Commissioner and two admissions will be conducted people exchanges. cooperation in tradition- from October and harvesting hectare, while that of coarse The President appoints the Election Commissioners. on basis of class 12 marks,” Wang, who arrived al medicine, cooperation from March. Wheat is the cereals area was down at 40.26 Chief Election Commissioner For the first time, two Javadekar told reporters. here early on Friday morn- * : ##       2   in yoga and cooperation main crop of this season. lakh hectare as compared with and Election Commissioners additional Commissioners DU currently conducts ing, said he had a “very    ?     2  in education. 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Summit, Swaraj said, noting hectare so far in the rabi sea- rabi season, from 14.58 lakh from the office only through Later, on October 1, 1993 ty of undergraduate courses are Exchanges’ that was decided Sushma, in her remarks, that the militaries of two coun- son of 2018-19 crop year (July- hectare in the same period cor- impeachment by Parliament. two additional Election determined through the aspi- upon during the Wuhan sum- said she was satisfied with the tries were also enhancing coop- June), compared with 257.47 responding year. The President can remove the Commissioners were appoint- rant’s scores in class 12 exams. mit between Prime Minister outcome of her two-hour dia- eration. lakh hectare in the same peri- Total area sown under all ECs based on the recommen- ed. The concept of multi-mem- DU’s first attempt at Narendra Modi and President logue with Wang during which Wang described the new od last season. rabi crops remained lower at dation of the CEC. ber Commission has been in switching to an entrance-based Xi Jinping. they discussed ways to expand mechanism for cultural and Wheat was sown in 84.08 512.53 lakh hectare so far as The EC had been pushing operation since then, with deci- admission system in 2017 had “India-China relations cultural and people-to-people people-to-people exchanges as lakh hectare in Uttar Pradesh, against 537.12 lakh hectare in to extend constitutional pro- sion-making power by major- hit a roadblock after objection have reached a new historical ties. She said India and China a “major initiative” in the his- 47.94 lakh hectare in Madhya the year-ago, the ministry data tection to the election com- ity vote. from different student groups. stage,” he said at the inaugural have agreed on ‘10 pillars’ of tory of India-China ties. Pradesh, 34.69 lakh hectare in showed.  3  4  .1  ( &0       /66    +5 .  !  ,:;#:<6 cable TV consumers will have to shell out more from n a move to protect cable TV December 29. According to  ,:;#:<6 Iconsumers’ interest, the cable operators, a consumer Telecom Regulatory Authority will have to pay to choose uch to the delight of of India (TRAI) has capped individual channels, which they Mmusic lovers, over 30 dis- 500 as installation and acti- want to watch. Consumer will ciples of Sarod Maestro Ustad vation charges for cable and need to pay individually for Amjad Ali Khan have come DTH services. each channel. Under the new together to perform at a three- The amount of 350 will be tariff regime, a cable TV con- day musical extravaganza charged as an installation sumer’s monthly bill will go up which kicked off on Friday at charge while 150 as an acti- to 400 or 450 per month. If the Indira Gandhi National vation charge under the new he or she is opting for premi- Centre for Arts (IGNCA) here. tariff regime beginning from um bouquets, the bill will be The musical event is part of December 29. over 600-700 per month. the series of Deeksha: Guru The authority also direct- Presently, there are 30 crore Shishya Parampara, kicked off bringing together the maestro On the last day of the ed local cable operators and households in the country. by the IGNCA in association and their disciples. event, Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Multiple System Operators Nearly 19 crore households with Sarod Ghar, where the dis- On the first day, artists along with his disciples will be (MSOs) not to compel any have TV connections. It is ciple of Padma Vibhushan Gurudev Singh Namdhari playing Sarod. Sachchidanand subscriber to buy or take on estimated that at least 10 crore Amjad Ali Khan are perform- (Sarod), Srinjoy Mukherjee Joshi, Member Secretary, rent the Set Top Box (STB) have connections provided ing to enthral the audience by (Sarod), Sunando Mukherjee IGNCA said, “We will be orga- from him alone. same by the DTH or cable 900 per connection, which is for a high-definition subscriber. through cable TV network. playing their musical compo- and Pratap Kumar (Sarod nizing such theme based pro- “If a consumer manages to operator”, TRAI said in its considered non-refundable. In the case of cable TV STB, the Currently, consumers pay sitions on different musical duet), Sachin Patvardhan gramms at regular intervals find a set-top-box or equip- order. 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 *  ##  612? ),2?,    D              " E"   +/+6 stocks, analysts said. tutional investors (DIIs) were Seng rose 0.51 per cent; while, New Delhi: The new draft e-commerce policy would focus on sever- The biggest losers of the net buyers to the tune of Rs Japan's Nikkei plunged 1.11 per al areas including promotion of transparency in pricing and discounts, and enchmark equity indices session include Reliance, 87.96 crore, provisional data cent and Shanghai Composite   +/+6 protection of interests of both retailers as well as consumers, Commerce and Bwitnessed heavy selloff Infosys, TCS, ICICI Bank, available with BSE showed. Index slipped 0.79 per cent. Industry Minister Suresh Prabhu said on Friday. He said the Department of Friday after investors booked HDFC twins, ITC, Maruti, The rupee, meanwhile, fell In Europe, Frankfurt’s round 3.20 lakh officers from various state- Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP) is working on the new draft poli- profits in realty, banking, IT L&T, HUL, Axis Bank, Wipro 52 paise to 70.22 against the US DAX fell 0.62 per cent and Arun banks have called for a one-day strike on cy and it will be put in public domain in the next 2-3 weeks for stakehold- and auto bluechips amid weak and IndusInd Bank, cracking dollar. Paris’ CAC 40 shed 0.97 per Friday to protest against pending wage revision ers’ views. “The key component of the policy is to increase the ease of doing signals from global markets. up to 4 per cent. The rupee gave up some cent in their early deals. and proposed merger of Bank of Baroda, Vijaya business in e-commerce. It should benefit both retailers and consumers. There The BSE Sensex plunged On the other hand, NTPC, gains due to volatility in bond London’s FTSE too slipped Bank and Dena Bank. should be a complete transparency in the e-commerce businesses in terms 689.60 points, or 1.89 per cent, PowerGrid and Coal India yield. However, fall in oil prices 0.31 per cent. They are demanding that the wage revision, of pricing and discounts,” the minister told PTI. Prabhu said it would also to 35,742.07, while the NSE were the only gainers on is expected to provide strength Market will closely track which is pending since November 1, 2017, include provisions “for all wrongdoers” as there should be some sort of reg- Nifty slipped 197.70 points, or Sensex, rising up to 1 per cent. to rupee in the near term. GST Council meet due should be for employees from scale 1-7. Currently, ulatory framework for consumer protection. “We are not saying whether it 1.81 per cent, to 10,754. BSE Midcap and Smallcap Investors are using this oppor- Saturday, which is expected banks have given mandate to the Indian Bank (discounts by online retailers) should be given or not but there should be The 30-share index ended indices too witnessed heavy tunity to book profit after the announce reduction of tax Association (IBA) to negotiate for bank employ- transparency,” he added. The minister said the new draft would be finalised the week 527.93 points lower, selling, falling 1.79 per cent and recent rally, the market direc- slabs for several items, said ees from scale 1-3. taking into account the suggestions made by the earlier draft prepared by and the broader Nifty lost 134 1 per cent, respectively. tion will turn positive as Hemang Jani, Head - Advisory, “IBA is also not coming forward to structure the Department of Commerce. The exercise started after some concerns were points. Investors also took cues domestic economic indicators Sharekhan by BNP Paribas. the 11th Bipartite Negotiations based on our char- raised on certain proposals of the first draft e-commerce policy, which was The equity market wit- from world markets, which remain healthy, the analysts “Global markets will brace ter of demands by agreeing to discuss the wage prepared by a task force. The first draft suggested several steps to promote nessed selling ahead of the tumbled on fears of a potential said. more volatility from the ongo- revision of officers from scale I to scale VII and the growth of the sector. It also stated that online retail firms may have to weekend, mainly due to fears of US government shutdown and Brent crude, the interna- ing trade tensions and slow- also based on the concept of minimum wages as store user data exclusively in India in view of security and privacy concerns. lower global economic growth rising tension between the US tional benchmark, was trading down in economies. Back envisaged in the seventh Central Pay Commission It further stated that any group company of an online retailer or marketplace in the coming year, said Joseph and China. 0.96 per cent lower at 53.83 per home movement in crude oil (CPC),” All India Bank Officers’ Confederation may not be allowed to directly or indirectly influence the price or sale of prod- Thomas, Head Research- On a net basis, foreign barrel in futures trade. prices, currency, corporate (AIBOC) general secretary Soumya Datta said. ucts and services on its platform, a move that could completely restrict e- Emkay Wealth Management. portfolio investors (FPIs) sold Elsewhere in Asia, Korea's earnings due next month are He said after 13 months of negotiation tailers from giving deep discounts. The earlier draft also suggested to intro- Concerns over the rupee shares worth Rs 386.44 crore Kospi ended 0.06 per cent likely to drive market in near between bank unions and IBA, the latter has duce a pre-set time frame for offering differential pricing or deep discounts also loomed over IT and tech Thursday, and domestic insti- higher, Hong Kong's Hang term,” he added. offered a wage revision of 8 per cent. by e-commerce players to customers. The Confederation of All India Traders In the last wage settlement, which was for the (CAIT) has time and again raised concerns over heavy discounts being pro- period November 1, 2012 to October 31, 2017, vided by certain online retailers. Framing of a new policy also assumes sig- IBA had give a wage hike of 15 per cent. nificance as rich member nations of the World Trade Organisation (WTO)  $)$".*$"%#,%  . * IBA has also offered a variable pay for bank are pushing to frame global norms for e-commerce. employees, which will be based on the operating New Delhi: Public sector approval to the proposed amal- banks with a view to create levels. profit and return of assets (RoA) of a bank.  - -  22D    " lender Bank of Baroda Friday gamation of Bank of Baroda, global size lender, which will be The new entity to be “Most of the banks are in losses due to large New Delhi: Media firm NDTV group’s digital arm NDTV Convergence said the ‘Alternative Vijaya Bank and Dena Bank,” stronger and sustainable. formed with the merger of NPAs for which a bank employee can't be held Friday said it has signed a five-year deal worth over 300 crore with con- Mechanism’ of the finance it said in a regulatory filing. Following which, the board Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank responsible,” he said. tent recommendations engine Taboola. “The five-year deal ties NDTV ministry has accorded in-prin- Bank of Baroda is the of directors of Bank of Baroda and Dena Bank is expected to The union is also opposing the government Convergence exclusively to Taboola and involves a minimum guarantee of ciple approval for its merger transferee bank, while Vijaya had given an in-principle be operational in the beginning proposal to merge Bank of Baroda, Vijaya Bank more than 300 crore for NDTV Convergence, making it one of the largest with Dena and Vijaya Bank. Bank and Dena Bank are the approval for the proposed of the next financial year. and Dena Bank, claiming this step will not help deals, not just for digital content, but for the media space in its entirety,” NDTV “Ministry of Finance, transferor banks in the amal- merger of the three state- The merged entity will the merged entity to tackle any of its problems, said in a BSE filing. In September 2015, NDTV Convergence had first signed Department of Financial gamation process, it added. owned lenders on September have a combined business of Rs including the NPA menace. Meanwhile, the around 100-crore deal with Taboola for three years. NDTV said this is the Services on 20th December The ‘Alternative 29. 14.82 lakh crore, making it the United Forum of Bank Unions (UFBU) have largest deal that Taboola has ever signed in the Asia Pacific (APAC) 2018 has advised that the Mechanism’ (AM) headed by Both the other banks have third largest bank after SBI and called for a one-day strike on December 26 to region.”"Taboola uses its presence on sites like NDTV to recommend con- Alternative Mechanism (AM) Finance Minister Arun Jaitley also approved the merger pro- ICICI Bank. It will have better protest against the proposed merger to BoB, Vijaya tent from across the internet to the audience and to offer highly-personalised has accorded its in-principle had decided to merge three posal at their respective board financial strength. PTI Bank and Dena Bank. native advertising,” the company added.

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202.00 203.25 193.10 198.05 ASIANPAINT 1433.90 1433.90 1382.30 1389.70 -36.10 RELINFRA 304.00 308.75 298.20 306.65 INDIGO 1160.00 1167.35 1140.55 1149.85 BERGEPAINT 342.00 342.00 328.60 330.25 CORPBANK 29.70 30.50 29.10 29.40 PIIND 836.95 841.95 832.60 841.90 EICHERMOT 24146.00 24190.00 23411.10 23479.95 -612.05 RELCAPITAL 220.80 222.25 216.65 219.30 IDFC 44.90 44.90 42.50 42.90 IPCALAB 790.20 809.90 785.10 802.40 GICHSGFIN 261.95 261.95 255.10 260.10 LAURUSLABS 385.00 393.05 382.95 390.00 RELIANCE 1125.00 1131.25 1096.00 1098.00 -30.45 GRAPHITE 828.75 829.70 791.10 795.30 MRPL 77.80 78.15 74.40 74.70 PFS 17.25 17.65 16.70 17.35 LALPATHLAB 945.00 967.00 945.00 959.00 BAJAJ-AUTO 2897.00 2905.00 2801.00 2807.00 -80.20 PEL 2309.00 2366.65 2274.00 2289.90 BLISSGVS 146.85 151.45 142.75 145.55 NHPC 26.00 26.15 25.85 25.95 AKZOINDIA 1614.50 1645.00 1600.00 1635.65 BHARTIARTL 320.00 324.75 305.60 307.50 -9.05 BOMDYEING 113.80 118.85 112.60 114.20 INTELLECT 242.85 242.85 230.00 232.10 SYNGENE 568.05 570.00 554.95 566.00 TTKPRESTIG 7530.00 7530.00 7318.05 7370.05 TITAN 927.85 927.85 897.25 899.75 -27.00 L&TFH 158.45 159.20 150.10 151.25 CARERATING 970.05 983.20 965.00 966.00 INOXLEISUR 237.20 247.35 233.70 238.45 RELAXO 729.00 730.95 717.65 720.00 WIPRO 333.20 334.80 320.75 323.15 -10.10 ASHOKLEY 106.50 107.00 103.55 105.15 TATACHEM 722.00 725.00 700.20 704.60 BOSCHLTD 19600.00 19968.55 19527.45 19741.10 JBCHEPHARM 300.30 303.10 297.10 297.80 INFY 659.50 659.50 643.45 646.55 -20.50 TATAGLOBAL 211.15 221.00 211.10 215.60 NIITTECH 1134.90 1134.90 1105.15 1106.20 PHOENIXLTD 594.70 597.90 576.10 586.00 INOXWIND 77.50 78.30 76.75 77.75 IBULHSGFIN 854.00 864.90 807.60 818.15 -27.90 STRTECH 299.95 299.95 285.10 286.50 PETRONET 222.05 224.50 220.85 221.40 JKIL 137.00 138.50 132.60 136.25 3MINDIA 22491.00 22500.40 22000.00 22075.00 MARUTI 7830.00 7835.00 7515.00 7539.00 -268.05 HDFCBANK 2134.00 2149.00 2108.00 2111.50 SUPREMEIND 1118.65 1133.55 1081.70 1091.50 SYMPHONY 1207.00 1219.30 1143.55 1164.00 SHK 173.90 178.80 171.75 173.15 ZEEL 463.00 465.50 444.30 446.05 -15.90 BANKINDIA 98.90 99.20 95.45 97.85 SHANKARA 565.10 574.60 545.00 548.80 DCMSHRIRAM 353.50 354.00 330.70 338.75 BAYERCROP 4187.90 4288.00 4180.00 4288.00 ADANIPORTS 374.30 379.50 359.15 361.25 -13.90 ADANIPORTS 374.90 379.30 349.50 361.00 BAJAJELEC 523.50 525.40 502.05 505.65 CARBORUNIV 355.80 359.00 350.50 357.75 LAKSHVILAS 87.00 88.60 87.00 88.00 UPL 771.05 773.90 733.05 735.00 -35.00 NCC 89.70 89.70 83.95 85.10 TATACOFFEE 94.95 96.30 93.50 94.45 J&KBANK 37.10 37.90 36.65 36.95 LAXMIMACH* 5765.00 5800.00 5750.05 5764.20 IOC 141.80 142.80 139.10 139.80 -8.05 DMART 1640.00 1653.00 1604.00 1635.90 KANSAINER 486.30 487.60 473.30 482.05 ATUL 3478.85 3500.00 3400.00 3472.00 TIFHL 504.70 504.70 485.95 500.40 SRTRANSFIN 1263.80 1270.00 1194.90 1202.70 OMAXE 215.10 215.50 213.35 213.85 KALPATPOWR 383.25 387.10 370.00 370.00 THYROCARE 553.35 559.90 550.00 550.05   HEG 3960.00 3960.00 3880.00 3889.00 CHOLAFIN 1265.00 1274.70 1219.00 1222.40 THOMASCOOK 240.00 242.25 236.35 241.95 GET&D 259.95 264.50 256.00 260.25 IDFCBANK 44.10 44.55 42.85 43.05 AMBUJACEM 224.40 225.85 219.00 220.75 FINCABLES 456.00 456.00 448.00 452.00 JKCEMENT 750.00 761.70 744.60 748.25 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE ZEEL 459.20 465.30 444.70 447.30 GODREJPROP 693.50 699.50 664.45 675.65 MAHINDCIE 248.30 252.40 245.60 250.00 SOLARINDS 1024.65 1055.00 1018.85 1050.00 NIFTY NEXT 50 28479.15 28559.65 27955.00 28017.35 -388.15 SCI 44.50 48.40 44.50 47.10 AJANTPHARM 1160.00 1162.55 1126.00 1130.00 NATCOPHARM* 690.00 693.60 681.00 683.70 COFFEEDAY 278.00 279.60 271.20 273.10 BOSCHLTD 19690.00 19990.00 19483.20 19799.65 192.60 WIPRO 339.00 339.00 308.90 319.45 NOCIL 169.80 170.50 164.85 165.35 GUJGAS 688.00 692.60 652.50 662.60 GRINDWELL 553.70 557.75 542.55 545.00 ICICIPRULI 324.45 329.40 319.05 325.90 2.65 RAYMOND 860.60 884.85 853.55 859.80 SRF 2249.60 2268.25 2142.00 2147.00 CENTURYPLY 183.00 183.90 177.45 178.75 SCHNEIDER 103.80 103.95 101.20 101.45 LUPIN 855.15 868.70 853.05 859.70 4.65 HCLTECH 960.00 994.90 946.90 957.75 GMRINFRA 16.45 16.60 15.90 15.95 TATAMETALI 656.00 657.75 640.00 643.40 TRITURBINE 122.00 123.45 120.70 122.90 BANKBARODA 115.00 116.40 114.25 115.05 0.15 EQUITAS 124.80 127.20 121.15 121.80 SWANENERGY 103.30 103.70 100.30 101.75 VINATIORGA 1649.95 1666.35 1621.00 1626.00 FORBESCO 2460.00 2498.90 2420.00 2475.00 PETRONET 223.55 224.95 220.70 221.40 0.05 ASIANPAINT 1444.00 1444.00 1382.40 1387.80 IRB 167.00 169.20 162.80 168.05 HCC 11.99 12.16 11.55 11.60 KEI 379.40 379.40 374.45 376.45 HERITGFOOD 525.15 528.10 512.80 516.55 PEL 2288.00 2365.00 2272.10 2289.90 -0.20 COALINDIA 251.50 252.50 247.30 251.70 TEXRAIL 60.00 60.45 58.20 58.55 CASTROLIND 155.35 156.50 152.30 152.90 CHAMBLFERT 147.95 148.40 143.00 144.90 EVEREADY 191.15 192.00 188.85 189.30 INDIGO 1159.80 1168.20 1139.05 1151.25 -0.80 ITC 282.35 284.00 275.60 276.50 JISLJALEQS 69.45 69.60 67.05 68.80 NAVINFLUOR 750.00 754.90 707.40 725.35 COCHINSHIP 390.10 390.10 382.10 383.15 GEPIL 813.15 825.15 802.10 825.00 COLPAL 1320.10 1339.80 1320.10 1327.00 -1.20 PIDILITIND 1185.95 1187.65 1137.35 1140.95 HFCL 21.60 21.65 20.65 20.85 CYIENT 620.30 624.60 612.90 614.40 GLAXO 1460.00 1463.00 1401.00 1449.95 HONAUT 22650.00 22986.00 22050.00 22050.00 IDEA 38.50 38.85 37.50 38.15 -0.05 BANKBARODA 114.50 116.40 114.35 115.00 CUMMINSIND 836.00 836.00 785.10 791.30 IDBI 61.70 62.10 61.15 61.85 BALMLAWRIE 203.05 209.00 199.00 200.05 SANOFI 6150.00 6150.00 6012.90 6100.00 SIEMENS 1000.00 1014.95 982.05 994.00 -2.65 GRUH 319.95 334.65 318.80 329.50 ABCAPITAL 100.90 100.90 98.00 98.10 POWERGRID 198.60 199.00 195.40 196.90 AIAENG 1640.00 1644.50 1608.85 1618.00 NBVENTURES 120.50 120.95 118.15 120.30 OFSS 3700.00 3745.00 3615.00 3666.70 -14.65 TATAPOWER 80.50 80.50 76.10 76.50 HDFCLIFE 389.00 389.00 381.35 384.70 HUDCO 44.55 45.40 43.85 44.10 EIDPARRY 209.00 213.50 206.50 207.00 RATNAMANI 929.85 929.85 912.00 920.00 ICICIGI 872.00 876.80 842.55 862.00 -3.75 BPCL 374.50 376.60 368.20 372.00 ITI 93.95 95.25 92.25 92.55 RNAVAL 14.50 15.19 14.11 14.20 THERMAX 1109.65 1116.55 1099.45 1112.25 GUJFLUORO 906.00 907.55 895.80 896.25 ABB 1315.00 1325.00 1295.00 1308.00 -6.15 BIOCON 639.00 642.40 618.50 621.20 MINDTREE 850.00 866.00 840.55 846.75 MAHABANK 15.10 15.24 14.58 14.65 UNICHEMLAB 190.85 194.90 189.70 192.10 TVSSRICHAK 2609.00 2609.00 2580.00 2593.05 HDFCLIFE 388.00 388.00 381.20 385.20 -2.00 HDFC 1976.25 1978.40 1930.85 1946.00 APOLLOTYRE 240.70 242.80 232.55 233.30 AUBANK 639.00 643.65 610.00 628.20 SUDARSCHEM 355.75 356.90 337.75 339.00 ORIENTCEM 85.60 86.95 82.00 82.95 HINDZINC 280.00 280.50 273.25 275.75 -2.15 TITAN 926.00 926.75 897.00 901.75 CEATLTD 1350.05 1362.50 1309.00 1319.35 MMTC 30.00 30.45 29.25 29.30 SHARDACROP 315.60 329.90 310.55 322.30 ENDURANCE 1166.95 1185.00 1155.75 1178.00 NHPC 26.10 26.15 25.85 25.90 -0.20 MOTHERSUMI 172.00 175.00 168.00 168.75 FRETAIL 550.00 565.50 537.60 559.85 CONCOR 673.70 673.70 652.00 656.10 ADANITRANS 217.00 217.20 207.55 209.90 ITDC 308.90 315.00 300.25 301.05 MARICO 380.00 385.85 374.75 377.45 -3.05 VOLTAS 579.00 579.65 566.90 570.70 CIPLA 521.00 523.95 515.15 516.80 HSIL 234.50 238.85 229.40 232.00 AARTIIND 1453.35 1460.90 1438.45 1443.75 ISGEC 5141.00 5149.80 5060.00 5070.00 CADILAHC 345.15 347.85 340.20 341.40 -2.85 HINDUNILVR 1834.00 1840.05 1796.75 1803.60 GAIL 353.50 354.65 344.30 345.50 SHOPERSTOP 504.15 514.80 497.90 510.00 TATAINVEST 886.00 887.90 876.00 877.30 APLAPOLLO 1171.80 1196.00 1160.80 1171.50 ASHOKLEY 106.45 107.00 103.55 105.25 -0.90 BATAINDIA 1106.00 1135.25 1100.00 1116.15 ALBK 47.60 47.75 46.30 46.65 KWALITY 8.40 8.69 8.36 8.45 GHCL 243.70 249.00 242.70 245.00 SUNCLAYLTD 3679.95 3679.95 3437.00 3550.00 SUNTV 599.00 606.75 585.50 591.70 -5.15 AVANTI 409.40 412.95 389.45 390.90 TORNTPHARM 1812.15 1832.90 1770.45 1779.65 UCOBANK 20.55 22.00 20.15 20.50 FDC 179.10 180.70 176.05 176.50 BIRLACORPN 625.75 625.75 611.80 616.40 AUROPHARMA 726.00 732.50 714.15 719.00 -6.60 ESCORTS 697.45 701.80 677.00 683.00 GLENMARK 690.00 694.50 668.00 668.25 TATACOMM 547.80 554.85 516.00 521.20 MHRIL 201.00 204.75 196.35 198.00 SHILPAMED 400.00 400.00 380.00 380.95 MOTHERSUMI 172.00 175.00 168.10 168.75 -1.75 NILKAMAL 1599.00 1654.80 1515.00 1548.40 UBL 1387.80 1387.80 1341.30 1348.70 GREAVESCOT 121.20 123.80 118.60 120.35 ANDHRABANK 30.35 30.35 29.10 29.15 WABCOINDIA 6867.05 6867.05 6734.35 6841.60 OIL 180.35 180.90 176.55 177.15 -1.90 DLF 190.55 191.90 185.40 186.90 INDHOTEL 147.10 149.50 145.60 146.95 WHIRLPOOL 1370.10 1381.75 1336.90 1342.00 NLCINDIA 68.70 69.00 67.80 68.00 CRISIL 1630.80 1630.80 1595.40 1608.00 ABCAPITAL 99.40 99.65 97.80 98.40 -1.10 PFC 99.45 99.95 97.50 98.20 TORNTPOWER 268.80 268.80 255.20 256.30 IL&FSTRANS 13.30 13.30 12.85 13.30 APLLTD 592.55 595.90 576.50 579.80 FINOLEXIND 540.00 540.00 528.95 537.85 BHEL 71.80 71.90 69.40 69.75 -0.80 UPL 773.70 774.25 734.50 736.70 CENTURYTEX 939.45 951.65 904.85 913.50 MRF 69269.00 69597.20 66750.00 66966.20 GREENPLY 137.95 140.85 134.50 139.00 GULFOILLUB 824.00 824.25 815.00 820.20 DABUR 445.00 448.50 434.20 438.80 -5.25 REPCOHOME 384.00 403.00 380.00 386.65 BRITANNIA 3225.00 3225.00 3115.10 3126.15 JAMNAAUTO 66.90 66.90 64.50 64.80 HEIDELBERG 159.00 159.65 153.80 155.00 ASAHIINDIA 257.20 257.85 251.45 253.70 SAIL 53.25 54.60 52.50 52.75 -0.65 DABUR 444.20 448.40 434.20 438.25 TVSMOTOR 577.10 585.50 570.20 572.65 MOTILALOFS 650.00 650.00 622.25 642.45 WELCORP 152.00 152.90 146.50 147.10 MONSANTO 2643.00 2675.00 2619.90 2670.00 BANDHANBNK 540.00 553.00 521.00 531.00 -6.60 BHARATFORG 522.20 525.80 500.30 502.10 INDIANB 245.85 249.20 238.00 239.55 MFSL 442.75 449.50 435.75 440.00 PRESTIGE 208.75 213.70 205.00 206.70 TVTODAY 372.50 372.50 365.55 367.90 DLF 190.00 191.80 185.15 187.10 -2.75 ONGC 149.65 149.65 147.70 148.55 DIVISLAB 1511.05 1518.00 1468.95 1473.55 MAXINDIA 87.00 87.35 83.50 84.45 DBCORP 178.95 179.95 172.10 173.00 LAOPALA 220.20 223.25 220.10 223.25 PGHH 9962.00 9989.75 9651.10 9800.00 -162.65 EDELWEISS 201.90 201.90 187.85 191.35 JUSTDIAL 493.60 495.70 477.50 482.00 HSCL 133.85 135.50 131.15 131.95 VBL 728.00 740.00 717.35 736.50 NAVNETEDUL 109.40 109.40 107.60 107.90 BRITANNIA 3199.00 3200.00 3107.10 3118.10 -52.75 IDEA 38.05 38.80 37.50 38.20 MANAPPURAM 91.95 92.30 88.10 88.45 ZENSARTECH 236.10 236.10 226.10 229.80 MAGMA 111.05 112.80 109.20 112.70 MAHLIFE 387.10 394.15 385.60 390.45 CONCOR 670.00 670.00 653.35 655.00 -11.50 JSWSTEEL 310.05 312.60 305.15 306.40 VIJAYABANK 48.35 49.50 47.70 49.00 HIMATSEIDE 206.60 223.90 205.50 218.00 TRENT 347.65 356.90 339.00 351.35 FLFL 404.75 406.80 401.15 401.85 NIACL 190.50 192.90 185.00 186.50 -3.45 GRASIM 831.90 834.05 814.20 817.75 BBTC 1341.50 1354.00 1301.30 1307.85 SUVEN 228.05 231.00 223.40 224.85 RAJESHEXPO 570.50 579.40 562.10 571.20 HATSUN 620.00 621.00 614.00 614.05 HAVELLS 704.95 716.50 689.40 690.70 -14.00 CANBK 272.00 272.30 263.00 265.20 HEXAWARE 323.00 324.80 312.25 313.50 WELSPUNIND 60.45 61.30 59.30 59.50 NETWORK18 39.50 39.80 38.35 39.05 CERA 2430.00 2435.00 2400.00 2407.40 SHREECEM 17521.50 17521.50 17074.65 17137.20 -360.60 JUBLFOOD 1348.00 1375.60 1308.00 1314.75 RBLBANK 579.00 582.20 562.75 564.35 OBEROIRLTY 473.70 474.00 453.00 455.25 VTL 1070.35 1075.00 1020.00 1030.00 LUXIND 1454.85 1455.00 1436.00 1446.65 DMART 1645.00 1656.75 1600.00 1612.25 -33.85 RECLTD 110.70 111.00 107.80 109.35 DHANUKA 465.15 486.00 458.00 459.05 WABAG 279.75 279.75 268.45 271.90 PFIZER 2872.55 2885.10 2834.60 2855.60 IFBIND 857.75 858.05 837.15 838.05 AMBUJACEM 225.25 226.20 219.30 220.35 -4.75 JAICORPLTD 113.50 114.45 108.10 108.65 IFCI 14.70 14.72 14.16 14.43 DEEPAKFERT 153.55 156.20 149.55 150.45 GDL 136.00 136.25 133.60 134.00 APARINDS 646.55 646.55 635.10 642.90 BEL 91.15 94.80 88.00 88.10 -2.20 INFRATEL 262.70 263.40 247.95 261.40 MARICO 381.90 385.60 375.20 377.55 JSLHISAR 89.40 89.60 85.90 87.15 EIHOTEL 194.95 195.50 190.20 191.00 STARCEMENT 104.70 104.95 101.05 103.20 SBILIFE 593.15 605.55 577.30 578.00 -14.45 BAJAJ-AUTO 2899.85 2900.00 2804.25 2811.55 LTTS 1642.05 1659.00 1616.80 1645.00 MGL 889.65 898.00 878.00 879.70 SHREECEM 17767.35 17767.35 17000.00 17020.00 SIS 759.35 764.10 758.95 758.95 BIOCON 639.00 643.00 617.70 621.90 -15.70 NTPC 149.10 151.30 148.70 150.70 SYNDIBANK 39.00 39.00 37.00 37.40 IEX 169.05 171.00 165.55 169.50 ASHOKA 131.80 131.80 125.30 126.60 ENIL 615.50 625.00 603.50 625.00 MCDOWELL-N 639.95 642.60 617.80 621.00 -16.55 BAJAJFINSV 6404.65 6540.55 6297.95 6343.35 BAJAJHLDNG 2966.25 2974.95 2925.00 2974.95 GRANULES 91.10 91.45 88.10 89.70 CENTRUM 39.35 39.40 36.50 37.45 BLUEDART 3114.50 3164.00 3105.00 3140.00 GODREJCP 827.70 827.70 798.50 804.00 -22.00 AUROPHARMA 728.50 732.35 715.50 720.50 FCONSUMER 47.60 48.80 45.85 47.85 NESTLEIND 11288.00 11312.30 10956.05 11070.00 SOMANYCERA 326.85 338.20 320.10 322.00 SUPPETRO 212.35 212.40 209.40 209.40 GICRE 275.80 276.60 265.50 268.40 -7.40 INDIACEM 97.05 98.00 94.85 96.15 TATAELXSI 1013.30 1017.20 992.80 999.05 EMAMILTD 430.05 431.00 410.00 411.90 SJVN 25.30 25.60 25.15 25.25 SHRIRAMCIT 1590.40 1649.90 1567.20 1649.90 MRF 69049.70 69561.00 66700.00 67140.00 -1909.70 FEDERALBNK 95.45 96.00 91.80 92.40 SUNTECK 365.00 365.00 355.00 358.60 CROMPTON 223.80 228.30 217.45 225.75 ELGIEQUIP 268.70 272.10 258.20 268.25 TNPL 256.85 259.00 254.70 259.00 ACC 1534.90 1539.00 1481.00 1490.00 -47.25 DELTACORP 256.70 257.75 247.80 249.65 GODREJCP 825.90 828.15 800.65 805.35 JSL 33.00 33.45 32.45 32.55 TEJASNET 216.00 218.05 206.20 208.00 GILLETTE 6474.10 6490.00 6457.45 6475.00 NMDC 97.35 97.75 94.20 94.40 -3.35 ADANIPOWER 52.10 52.45 50.10 50.40 RPOWER 28.40 28.40 27.70 28.05 TV18BRDCST 36.55 37.10 36.25 36.55 BAJAJCORP 379.95 380.05 360.10 360.10 NH 204.25 205.00 199.70 202.80 LICHSGFIN 488.95 496.20 469.00 469.55 -19.50 PTC 90.00 91.40 87.00 87.95 JUBILANT 711.90 715.80 694.50 699.50 OFSS 3700.80 3718.75 3619.85 3663.00 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Pakistan, that state support for “In this reporting period, Afghanistan, a US official told withdrawal when contacted by troops withdrew from down as House Republicans re-election chances, and other Many senators already left terrorist proxies will not be tol- the US continued to call on AFP on Thursday, with the AFP. But a senior Taliban com- Afghanistan at the end of 2014, approved a package with his Republicans’ as well. town for the holidays. The erated, the Pentagon has said, regional partners to Afghan presidency brushing off mander welcomed the deci- handing responsibility for $5.7 billion request that is The House voted largely Senate approved a bipartisan expressing concern over the reinforce our messages that concerns the drawdown would sion. securing the country to local almost certain to be rejected by along party lines, 217-185, bill late Wednesday to keep the free movement of some mili- state support for terrorist prox- affect security. “Frankly speaking we forces. Trump’s decision appar- the Senate. after GOP leaders framed the government temporarily fund- tant groups in Pakistan that are ies will not be tolerated, that Reports suggested as many weren’t expecting that ently came Tuesday as The White House said vote as a slap-back to Nancy ed, with border security money presenting security challenges cross-border cooperation as half of the 14,000 troops in immediate US response,” the Khalilzad met with the Taliban Trump will not travel to Florida Pelosi, who is poised to become at current levels, USD 1.3 bil- for Afghanistan. between Afghanistan and the war-torn country could be official told AFP from an in Abu Dhabi, part of efforts to on Friday for the Christmas House speaker on Jan. 3 and lion, and no money for the wall. The Pentagon, in its Pakistan is essential, and that leaving. unknown location in northwest bring the militants to the nego- holiday if the government is who had warned Trump in a The House had been expected semi-annual Afghan report to the Taliban cannot achieve its The surprise move stunned Pakistan. tiating table with the Afghan shutting down. More than televised Oval Office meeting to vote on it Thursday. the US Congress that covers the objectives through continued and dismayed foreign diplo- “We are more than happy, government. 800,000 federal workers will be last week that he wouldn’t have The most likely possibility period of June to military conflict,” the Pentagon mats and officials in Kabul who they realised the truth. We are They discussed issues facing furloughs or forced to the votes for the wall. Friday is that the Senate strips November 2018, said on said. are involved in an intensifying expecting more good news.” ranging from the group’s work without pay if a resolution “Now we find compro- the border wall out of the bill Thursday that Taliban and “Although Pakistani mili- push to end the 17-year conflict It is not clear if US peace longstanding demand for a is not reached before funding mise,” House Majority Leader but keeps the disaster funds the Haqqani Network retain tary operations have disrupted with the Taliban, which already envoy Zalmay Khalilzad or the pullout of foreign troops, the expires at midnight Friday. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., said. and sends it back to the House. freedom of movement in some militant sanctuaries, cer- controls vast amounts of terri- Afghan government had been release of prisoners including The shutdown crisis could “We have time right now to get House lawmakers said they Pakistan. tain groups — such as the tory and is causing “unsus- warned of Trump’s plans in Anas Haqqani, son of the be one of the final acts of the it done.” The government fund- were being told to stay in town The Pentagon’s Taliban and the Haqqani tainable” Afghan troop casual- advance. Haqqani network’s founder, House GOP majority before ing package, which includes for more possible votes. remarks came amidst Network — retain freedom of ties. But a spokesman for and a ceasefire, Khalilzad told relinquishing control to nearly USD 8 billion in disas- With Pelosi’s backing, the reports that President movement in Pakistan. “If you’re the Taliban, Afghan President Ashraf Ghani Afghan media in Kabul on Democrats in January. ter aid for coastal hurricanes Senate-passed bill likely has Donald Trump is planning to The United States contin- Christmas has come early,” a downplayed the effect of any Thursday. Congress had been on track to and California wildfires, now enough support for House withdraw US troops from ues to convey to all levels of senior foreign official in the pullout. “That decision has been fund the government but goes to the Senate, where its approval with votes mostly Afghanistan. Pakistani leadership the impor- Afghan capital told AFP on the “If they withdraw from made. 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Shaan, who has been singing and His elder son Sohum Mukherjee is composing for a long time, appreciated good with music production and is *8*: the digital platform as one can reach out more into electronic music than to a larger audience. He has his own Bollywood music, Shaan revealed. YouTube channel and Surilee was his first Soaking in the city’s hockey frenzy, hint of traditional Baul soulful music. differences among us. If Jazz is a at individual levels. Now that we is easier for the talented people to single on it. the singer revealed, “I have a hockey con- music, originally per- There is singer Raju Baul who little improvised, Baul is more tra- are more like friends, we laugh at come up but it also enables the less “Yes it has been a very long time and nection too. The school that I had stud- formed by the mystics brings in the nomadic tribal cul- ditional. Then there is Nepali the times when we struggled to talented ones,” Matt points out and change is inevitable. I am happy to be a ied in, St. Stanislaus High School, has from West Bengal and ture of Bauls and is known for his music which is also different from understand each other.” He says adds, “The flowers still bloom but part of all the changes,” the passionate produced many hockey players like Bangladesh is com- mastery of khamak and its Bengali. But its idea is new and rev- that it was really “tricky” as it cre- take a lot of time and now the composer, who may not have many Viren Rasquinha, among others.” binedA with a bit of contemporary rhythms. Darjeeling-born singer of olutionary, but hard. We just need ated confusion because “you think problem is that they can also give Bollywood releases but is quite active During his gig, he also attempted the Australian Jazz, Rock and Western Nepalese origin, Deo Ashish to flow in and strategise. Everyone that he is talking about something people false hopes.” with his singles, said. Jai Hind, Hind India hockey anthem production aesthetics. The resul- Mothey can produce intricate riffs should be open to the process,” he but the other person is thinking He believes that people today He has lent his voice to all the big composed by A.R. Rahman, along with tant fusion sometimes has a whole- in Himalayan style through instru- says. about something else. However, try to imitate established artists but stars of Bollywood like Shahrukh Khan, his other hits like Tanha dil, Mai aisa ness that’s difficult to believe. And ments like the dotora and the esraj. So how has the band evolved differences could be confusing that doesn’t always work. “They Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Abhishek kyun hu and All is well. that is what makes The Three Seas Gaurab Chatterjee, the fourth over the course of 10 years now? but also funny and interesting. It think that maybe ‘I can do it too,’ Bacchan and many more. The audience was stand out. band member is a drummer from Matt believes that it has come gets boring otherwise.” but maybe they cannot because it’s Talking about competition in today, also treated by his hit Often we hear of people com- Kolkata and Matt describes him as a long way after overcoming many He recalls his first album really hard to get noticed for your he jokingly said that the songs are good Odiya song Sei ing together from various parts of the “crazy one” as he creates all challenges. He says, “It has devel- Haveli that was shot in Rajasthan, work when everyone is coming up but it is just that he is not singing those. borosa sei raate mone one country to form a collabora- sorts of “Bengali percussion beats oped in many ways and has India, that marked their first bond- with similar elements. But all you It would have been great had he done pore (Do you tion but this band has stretched and amusement on the stage” matured. When we first met, we ing. need is persistence because the tra- them, he added. remember that rainy further and features people from through dubki (hand drum). The didn’t know how to do it. We tried Matt says that music has ditional pathways have changed.” Shaan’s grandfather Jahar Mukherjee night), that he sang different countries and origins to fifth is Australian double-bassist and even though all the things did- become much more accessible The band has already made was a lyricist and his father Manas around 15 years ago. create one spectacle. The band, Steve Elphick, the master of jazz n’t work out, some of them did. But than it ever was. It is easier to get Kochi, Delhi and Mumbai groove Mukherjee a music director. L($ currently on its six-city India tour, and fusion, who is responsible for not everything can go in place hold of favourite tracks and musi- to its tunes and they tell us that “My father was a composer, my is a book of many stories and “uplifting the musical alchemy” of when you have just begun, right?” cians. And with the growing acces- even though they keep the same set grandfather was a prolific classical singer. formed by numerous cultures. The Three Seas. It was only when they started sibility, there are also many more and sequence of the music to be Hopefully, my children will be singing, It’s artistic director Matt While the saxophonist Matt realising that in order to combine opportunities for musicians. “You presented, they find different con- then it will be this four generation Keegan’s sixth visit to India the first introduces all the four members of such diversities it was essential to can always showcase it on a plat- nections everywhere. The reason of singers,” the soulful singer said. being in 2009 when he found the the band, we wonder, how do such understand that they are diverse, form where people can easily is regional influence. He believes However, he won’t encourage country’s culture to be full of diverse musicians and their instru- that the music fell in place. “This access it. There are more ways to that this always draws one in. It’s his son Shubh Mukherjee to colours and variations. He was par- ments make one music together? band is a result of the spirit of indi- find music and connect with a larg- different at different places because take to singing as a profession at ticularly attracted to the music that He answers that we really have to vidual musicians working as a er audience. This is one way in of their vibe and it’s not as they try the moment. “revives traditions in every man- understand our differences and team and it has taken a long which music industry has really to make it different but it just “When inspiration comes ner.” He narrates, “The mother of combine them into one. “There are time.” evolved. It has made things easier comes naturally. in and I know that my boys one of my friends in school three things. Even if we are differ- He says that one of the major to some extent. It’s still hard “We play the same set, differ- could contribute in the best of belonged to Kolkata, West Bengal. ent, there is something that is challenges was communication though because now there is a lot ent jokes though,” laughs Matt. their capacity to a song, then She invited me to India and I vis- always similar. The first thing that because of language barriers. to explore.” He says that they try to find a I’ll definitely want to work ited the countryside of we need to do is find that one sim- Initially, they usually never under- The world has become flatter, commonality by making the audi- with them. At the moment, Santiniketan where I met the ilar thing and start from there. stood each others’ concepts and thanks to social media. And as ence laugh about cricket matches they are still in school and I musicians that today are a part of Second, lies in the intention of the perspectives. “We are also from more and more people find online between Australia and India want them to focus on learning this team.” When he met them he musician. Each musician has to feel very different parts of the world platforms, we question, was it because “we need to make some music and, at the same time, realised that this could be the it and say that he wants to work and speak different languages. We easier for people earlier to show- connections outside of music too building their personalities and beginning of a band that could and make it happen. Third of all, had to work on what the other per- case their talents when there were right?” balancing that between studies and combine various traditions and to fall in love with the idea. We son is saying. We have to get an no such platforms and a lesser level (They will be performing in sports as well,” said the fitness enthu- arts creating some really good and need to find what works and spot understanding of how we function of competition? “In some ways, it Kolkata, Kalimpong and Siliguri now.) siast.   (2  

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But we've still got a long plexity. antagonist, is there any possible ma and that there is collateral inner thoughts. There’s a juggling I am genuinely affected by some of way to go. I've worked with numer- connection the viewer can have damage. That's what makes him a act with all of those thoughts, some the things we have to do while act- ous female directors and I always seem to be surprised with your character? wonderful human but, he doesn't of those thoughts carry over two or ing, primarily the ceremony scene. writers...not enough...and I've been when I see moments that the It’s much the same in the series too, spend too much time dwelling on three pages, and it’s so deliciously It’s abhorrent and brutal... but it’s the second lead to many female Commander shows affection and like in the book for Fred. that because the bigger picture is the balanced that I thought, “Well, in the book and what’s in the book leads. I feel like I've participated in love for Serena. What are your Connecting to him without gleam- moral decay that needs to be how do you do that in film or tele- are the keys to the Commander’s my short journey, in my career, thoughts on that? ing his back story or inner world addressed. And that's what I love vision, with the editing, and the cut- mindset. I feel he’s genuinely con- with a good balance in that regard. I like that you’re surprised and love is tough, he’s also the face of the about him...that he's dark, creepy ting, how do you succeed?” That’s flicted, but power has a way of cor- But it's a long, long way to go, for the idea that Fred still shows love regime, the face of what there is to and complicated, but in his world the genius of Bruce and his fellow rupting. Its turned the commander sure. and affection for Serena and resist and fight against, so having and in his mind, it's all about the writers and Lizzie Moss. They suc- into a patriarchal predator. although that love has diminished too much connection with him betterment of mankind. Also, he’s ceeded in really connecting the Your character has changed in there is still moments of reflection isn’t going to help the journey of landed in a position and place audience to that first-person voice, The Handmaid’s Tale is a show terms of age from the book and tenderness towards her. It the protagonists. But having said that’s impossible to back of. through voice-over, the cinematog- with a lot of high-powered to the show. Do you think makes for a more complex rela- that my job is to find that connec- raphy and of course from an aston- females involved in the cre- that adds an extra layer to tionship. He invariably shows tion for an audience through mak- Did you know The Handmaid’s ishing performance by Lizzie. ation and production. Also, in the character? affection after being brutal or ing him human. Making him fal- Tale book before and did you general, women are getting a Yes, definitely. Season needing her help. In season two, lible and aware of those fallibilities, think that the show could be a suc- Did you ever think the show lot more roles and positions two is about birth and so their union becomes quite strong making him cognizant to the fall- cess like this? would become something that is in film and television. As a much is about fertility in again. out on people from the decisions I knew that I would be in a very watched as a comment on the real male actor, how do you feel Gilead. The he makes for the good of Gilead. talented company coupled with world? Did you ever feel the show about this? Commander would Do you think Serena’s giving up So that, I hope, makes him human. the brilliant narrative of the book, had that kind of power? Well, I love it. I have two sis- enjoy a job promotion power for affection? Or do you And in that regard, you can feel but I wasn’t prepared for the incred- I think the show always had that ters that are directors, one’s in should they have a think the Commander’s taking there's some connection. ible response. power since it was written over 30 documentary, one’s in film. child, as well as bask- her power because he’s not that I knew of Margaret Atwood's years ago. This extraordinary piece My mother was a writer and ing in the social glory. original or not that visionary, and Is it a fun set to work on? work, and the book, but I had not of feminist literature had its fan base a painter, so I've been sur- Gilead stands and she’s really the one with all the It is very concentrated, but it is fun. read it until after speaking to Bruce then, but TV has given it an enor- rounded by dynamic women survives on collect- visions? We all get along and have fun off Miller. After I read it, I thought it mous reach. We got pretty lucky on since childhood and female ing fertile women. Gilead (and what it stands for) has camera or you'd never make it may be tough to adapt to television converging with the current polit- voices in arts. I have my wife, And so the idea that taken her power and voice, and through a season. as the book is told in the first per- ical climate, which has shown a lot my two children, the three two prime members Fred stood by while it happened. (The Handmaid’s Tale season son, and it would be interesting to of parallels with the show, and it’s most important females and architects of I think it’s right to say that Fred is 2 airs every Monday at 10 pm on see how a show could connect an relevance has been very powerful. (and people) in my life. So I Gilead in their prime somewhat insecure about Serena AXN.)

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          P      ber the days when we came here for the first time in 1970s, they Women's Championship before playing three captaincy in the wake of the ball-tampering had the best spinners in the world. And now they have a great T20 Internationals. scandal, he continues to be a part of the fran- "These ninth months have been a big learn- Smith was also asked about his thoughts on pace attack as well. I think that's the plus point." The New Zealand tour will be the team's first chise. ing curve for me, having a year out of the game the ongoing India-Australia series. The batsman For Richards, Sunil Gavaskar is the 'Godfather' of Indian bat- assignment after the controversial exit from the "I was playing in the Bangladesh League, but has given me a time to mentally refresh and get said it hasn't been easy to watch from the side- ting. The bulk of Gavaskar's 34 Test hundreds have come against World T20 last month when they lost to I don't know what is happening there at the myself in a good headspace to go again," he lines. the fearsome West Indies pace attack of 70's and early 80's. England in the semi-finals. The 15-member moment. After that I have the Pakistan League added. "...Particularly when the boys haven't "I would say this for sure that he's the godfather of Indian squad for ODIs and T20s was announced a day and then the IPL, which I think is adequate On what transpired in the dressing room played their best in a couple of games. It's been batsmanship. He is not playing anymore. He's still in my opin- after WV Raman was appointed as the head preparation for the World Cup, if I'm selected," during the infamous Newlands Test, Smith said hard watching and knowing that I can't go out ion what he would have achieved in the past would have passed coach. Smith said. it was a failure of leadership on his part. and help them. But I was really proud of the way down the mantle to Sachin and now we see Virat. India should Gary Kirsten was ahead of Raman in the Asked about the nine months since the "In the room I walked past something and the boys played last week in Perth," he said refer- be very proud to have so many talented people, who are up there pecking order but the former India men's coach scandal, Smith said it was a difficult period but had the opportunity to stop it and I didn't do ring to the second Test which Australia won by in world cricket." was not ready to give up on his role with Royal he has learnt to deal with it. it. It went out and happened on the field," he 146 runs to draw level in the four-match series. Delving on the plight of West Indies cricket, Richards hoped Challengers Bangalore in the IPL. "I've had my ups and downs. There have recalled. "...I think Tim Paine's leadership has been they were half as good as Indians. "We have gone through a bad The BCCI had invited fresh applications been some dark days where I haven't wanted "I had the opportunity to stop it rather than exceptional since taking over as captain. He has phase, but in sport you should say never say never. So long we after Ramesh Powar's term ended on November to get out of bed and things like that. But I've say I didn't want to know anything about it. That obviously been faced with difficult circum- believe that we are going to turn it around at some phase, it's 30, following the World T20 loss in which he and had a close group of people around me to help was my failure of leadership for that and I have stances to begin with but he has done a terrif- just a matter of time. It may be taking longer than normal. But Harmanpreet had collectively decided to drop me know that it's OK," Smith said. taken responsibility for that," he said. ic job," he added. at some point, we will be back at our best again," he concluded. senior player Mithali for the all-important semi- final, triggering a massive controversy. The women's team stood divided with Harmanpreet and her T20 deputy Smriti Mandhana backing Powar for an extension while 
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