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THE WORLD EXPRESSINVESTIGATION PART ONE RASHTRIYAEKTA DIWAS ADDRESS Direct Benefit Transfer is direct PakadmitstoPulwama… siphoning of school scholarship timeworldunitestostamp SEAN CONNERY, THE In severaldistrictsofJharkhand,minority studentsare being dupedofa FIRSTJAMES BOND, outterror,itsbackers:PM DIES AT 90 Centrallyfundedscholarship by anexus of bank staff, middlemen, school PAGE 12 and govt employees, an investigation by The IndianExpress has found ‘Admission of attacktruth in PakistanHouse exposes real face of Oppositionhere, their distasteful statements’ Yogiwarning: Tribal boy is EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Endlove jihad, shown as VADODARA,OCTOBER31 Parsi, woman PRIME MINISTER Narendra or get ready Modi said SaturdaythatPakistan told money had admitted to the “truth” that for Ram naam it wasbehind the Pulwama ter- rorattackin2019. satya hai from Saudi He said this admissioninthe Pakistanparliament —“wahan ki sansad meisatyasweekaragaya EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ABHISHEKANGAD hai”—also exposed“the real LUCKNOW,OCTOBER31 RANCHI,DHANBAD,LATEHAR, face” of the Opposition parties at RAMGARH,LOHARDAGA, home. He said notonlydid they CITINGArecent ruling of the The LordKrishnaPublicSchool in Ghughri, Ranchi, hasjustfiverooms but records show324 SAHIBGANJ,OCTOBER31 raise questions over the attack, High Courtwhich said students receivedscholarships for2019-20, including 213‘hostel’ students. AbhishekAngad but also made “distasteful” state- religious conversion forthe sake OVER THE lastmonth, The Indian mentsand “looked forpolitical of marriage is unacceptable,UP Express tracked15schools across gains and interests”whenthe Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath have allegedly colludedtodupe six districts in Jharkhandand entirenationwas in griefand Saturdaywarnedthose waging ABHISHEKANGAD THE poorstudentsand their families spoketoover30students, par- mourning. “love jihad”tomend their ways RANCHI,DHANBAD,LATEHAR, SCHOLARSHIP of apre-matric Centrallyfunded entsand school authorities to in- Speaking at the Rashtriya or be prepared RAMGARH,LOHARDAGA, scholarship,aninvestigation by vestigatethe listofbeneficiaries EktaDiwas parade in Kevadia to PM NarendraModi pays tributetoSardar Vallabhbhai Patel fortheir last SAHIBGANJ,OCTOBER31 SCAM TheIndianExpress has revealed. forpre-matric scholarshipsin markthe 145th birth anniversary on his birth anniversary, at the Statue of Unity in Kevadia. PTI journey—“Ram Thisnewspapertrackeddown 2019-20 sanctionedbythe of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, Modi naam satyahai ■ A28-year-old homemaker in tel. But according to the official schools across Ranchi, Dhanbad, Union MinistryofMinority said he would urge “suchpolitical ki yatranikalne Giridih,aRanchi couple in their portal, scholarships have been Latehar,Ramgarh,Lohardagaand Affairs through the National parties” to desistfrom“selfish His remarks came twodays cess of the people under the waalihai”. 30s, the 47-year-old wifeofatai- disbursed to 323hostelstudents Sahibganj; interviewed several Scholarship Portal (NSP). politics” because by “playing into afterPakistanministerFawad leadership of Imran Khan. You Speaking in lor in Lohardagareceive, in their for2019-20. students, their families, school Whatitfoundwere severalin- the hands of anti-nationalforces, Chaudhrytoldhis country’s and Iare all part of thatsuccess.” Malhani bank accounts, funds of aCentral ■ In Lohardaga, RajiyaKhatun, staffandofficialsof theJharkhand stancesof outrightfraudandfudg- knowinglyorunknowingly, and National Assembly: “Humne In his address, the Prime Yogi (Jaunpur) government scholarship meant whose husband is atailor,was StateMinorities Finance and ingof records. Hereisthe firstset: becoming their pawns, theycan- Hindustan ko ghus ke maarahai Ministerdid notname Pakistan Adityanath whereabye- forpre-matric minority stu- asked to give her Aadhaar num- Development Corporation Studentsduped, notprotect theinterestofthe na- (Weentered India andhit them). —hecalledit“neighbouring election will be dents.All of them saytheyare ber, bank details and finger- (JSMFDC),the nodal agencyfor tion or theirown party”. Our success in Pulwama is asuc- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 held foran unaware of this. prints, and told that Rs 10,700 disbursing this scholarship. agentstakecut Assembly seatonNovember 3, ■Severalstudentsacross at least wascoming to her accountfrom The Indian Express also cross- ASSEMBLYOFGOD CHURCH the Chief Ministersaid the six districtsinJharkhand have Saudi Arabia —and she could checkeddataonthe National SCHOOL, HUTUP,RANCHI: Allahabad High Courthad ruled had their Aadhaarcards and fin- keep half. But records showed Scholarship Portal (NSP)with ZikrulAnsari,studying in Class 2nd Cong-ruled state to bring that religious conversion for gerprintstaken, and scholar- this wasayear’s scholarship beneficiarybank accounts 9, says he receivedRs2,700 in marriageisnot necessary. “It ships disbursedintheir names, meant forapoor minority stu- CONTINUEDONPAGE6 May, whichisless than half of own farm Bills to counter Central laws should notbedone, it should not but manyhavereceived onlya dent staying in ahostelinRanchi, the Rs 5,700hewas entitled to be acceptedorrecognised. The fractionofthe amount —ifatall about 100kmaway. per year.“WhenIasked forthe and Facilitation) (Rajasthan government tooisinthe process anything. This goes on and on —across TOMORROW: full amount,the authorities said HAMZAKHAN Amendment) Bill, 2020; The ED More of deciding tough measures to ■ In Dhanbad, the Jharkhand. Anexus of brokers, ONE SCAM, MANY theytoo had worked hardand JAIPUR,OCTOBER31 Farmers (Empowerment and strictthan end love jihad,” he said. Memorial High School has three bankcorrespondents,schoolstaff METHODS neededthe money,”hesaid. Protection) Agreement on Price PLAIN E ● Punjab “Chori chhupe, naam chhupa rooms, 80 studentsand no hos- andstate government employees CONTINUEDONPAGE6 RAJASTHAN BECAME the second Assurance and Farm Services EX kar ke jo log behen-betiyonki Congress-ruledstate afterPunjab (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 to counterthe Centre’s newfarm 2020; and, The Essential THE BILLSare similar to laws when it tabled three Billsin Commodities (Special Provisions the Punjab legislation, the stateAssemblySaturday, say- and Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, but aremorestringent Instagram ing therewas “extraordinaryout- 2020, in the Assembly. when it comestopunish- With ex-BJP, Brahmin faces, RJD tries to rage”amongfarmers. Chief MinisterAshok Gehlot ing traders who harass StateParliamentaryAffairs andformer CM and BJP leader farmers. The jail term can shoots down ministerShanti Kumar Dhariwal VasundharaRajewereamong be 3-7yearsorminimum go beyond M-Y in bid to look ‘like AtoZ’ introducedThe Farmers’ Produce thosepresent in the House. fine of Rs 5lakh, or both. Olympian Trade and Commerce(Promotion CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Heena’s post VANDITAMISHRA THEEXPRESS ,OCTOBER31 INTERVIEW SHAHIDJUDGE AS DISCONTENTS with 15 years MUMBAI,OCTOBER31 of Nitish rajrise to the fore,and a desirefor bringing in the new LAST MONTH, former WorldNo. makes itself heardinBihar, 1pistolshooterand Olympian Tejashwi Yadav’s RJD faces adif- Heena Sidhu uploadeda‘paid ficult predicament in this elec- partnership’ tion: It is new—but it is also old. RJD candidates Amarnath Gami (Darbhanga); RK Choudhary promotional The RJD’s newchiefministe- (Bahadurpur);VinodMishra(Alinagar). VanditaMishra videofor an au- rial candidateishis father’sson. tomobile brand Lalu Prasad gave theRJD itspol- on her itics and itsideological corein and“socialjustice”cameto mean andistakingpainsto projectitself ‘People of Instagram ac- the turbulent 1990s —but he Yadavdomination.Electorallyand as the “A to Z” —not just“M-Y” — count. In the also gave it itsstraitjacket. politically, theRJD became party. nowfinally video, she talks He upendedanen- the “M-Y” (Muslim- The ticketdistribution is the feel heard’ Heena about the trenchedupper-caste Yadav) party. messagewith itsfar greaterem- Sidhu newly dominationbymobilis- In Election 2020, phasis on the numerical pres- Tejashwi Yadav, launchedvari- inganarray of backward Team Tejashwi is at- ence and preponderance of caste RJDleader ant of acom- castesinastateoffierce temptingto rallytheM-Y groups locally, andwinnability. pact SUV,beforedriving the car caste inequalities. Over base while breaking the This has meant that the RJD SUNDAY STORY to ashooting rangeand firing the years, however, DECISION M-Yconstraint.Ithascast has put up candidates from from her pistolatthe target. Lalu’s radical and large- 2020 theRJDnetwideramong upper and non-Yadavbackward PAGE 11 Afew days later,Sidhufound heartedcoalitionshrank, BIHAR castesand communities CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Mob on streetvsCovid deathsinhospital, US divide deepens in final countdown to Nov 3

old entrepreneur,carries more Pennsylvania didn’tsend in a importance than that of most 2016 ballot, and Trumpwon the other American voters. stateby44,292 votes. RACE FOR Boujard, who is black,lives in Afterliving in Northampton NorthamptonCounty, County’sBethlehamcityforseven THE WHITE Pennsylvania —abellwether in years,Boujardisalsoweighingthe HOUSE national politics. Alocal news- dyingeconomies he sees around paper examinedacentury’s him.“IliveinPennsylvania. Iun- worthofelections to find that derstandmanufacturingandcoal EXPRESSIN Northamptonhas backedthe andthosejobs.White peoplehave THEU.S. winning presidential candidate been dying from an opioid drug in allbut three elections. crisis.That’swhat theybring in This is also one of the 206 herewhentheyget ridof thesein- counties in the nation that voted dustries.” KARISHMAMEHROTRA former President BarackObama Acutout of US President Donald Trumpinthe Northampton Bethlehem, known as Steel BETHLEHEM,PENNSYLVANIA, intooffice twicebut flippedto County borough of Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Reuters file City,isemblematic of the OCTOBER31 DonaldTrumpin2016. It took American manufacturing de- Pennsylvania with it, which cline. The Bethlehem Steel DAVID BOUJARD has almosthis hadn’t voted Redsince 1988. polls, by an averageof5.5 per- in that same boataslasttime,” Company, avital military sup- entiremail-in ballotcompleted. Indeed, in this statewith its centagepoints, lowerthan his said Boujard, who didn’t votein plier in WorldWar II, But the bubble under “US 20 electoral collegevotes —ei- 8.8-pointnational lead. 2016.Bothcampaigns areheav- abandonedthe city by the 1980s. President” remains blank.This ther side needs 270towin — ForBoujard, that doesn’t ilycourtingnon-voters. More Smokestillbillows out of the final decision, from the 28-year- Biden is ahead, as of weekend makethings anyclearer. “I’m still than 3.5 million eligible voters in CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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With ex-BJP, It is 10:10under ablazing cuspofatransition. By all ac- in Pennsylvania,65are going to sunasVinod Mishrawalksthe counts, it is opening itselfup— vote forTrump. Nowthe party Brahmin faces, narrowlanes of villageGanoun if only strategically, andifonly is sayingwewill raise this num- with aposse of RJD workers. by preserving, notblurring, the Pakistan admits to Pulwama… time world ber. That’s whyTrumpisgoing RJD tries to go Mishra wasinthe BJP for30 caste lines. to morerural counties,”said beyond M-Y to years, atwo-term district BJP This is itsbid to attract the Christopher Nicholas, aveteran vice president and aspecialin- CorePlus votewhen it has been unitestostamp out terror, its backers: PM Republican strategistinthe vitee of the district working out of powerfor 15 years, its state. Nationally, sevenout of 10 look like AtoZ committee when he joinedthe bastions breachedbyboth whitevoters votedfor Trumpin castesinplacesithadn’t earlier. RJD on the edge of this election JD(U) and BJP and when it is country” —and said India’s “The countrycan neverfor- whichsome people have come abrogation of Article 370and 2016,according to the It has also meant thatithas not on October14. taking on aChiefMinister who perspectiveonthe borders has getthatwhenithad been in- out in supportofterrorism, said that in ayear since, Cooperative Congressional hesitated to give ticketstocan- “Because the BJP didnot has astutelyusedthe instru- nowchanged, andsoldiers are flicted suchagrievous wound, these arematters of gravecon- Kashmir is “on the path of de- Election Study. didateswho have been promi- give me aticket, because it is mentsofstate apartfromadeft empoweredtogiveabefitting selfish andarrogantpolitics cern forhumanity,the world velopment”. “These post-industrial com- nentinother parties but have takingthe supportofthe politics to stamphis imageeven response. wasatits height. Ithought of and advocates of peace every- He said India has touched munities were soldafalse setof nowcrossed over to the RJD — Maithil Brahmins forgranted.It and, especially,inremoteand “While Iwas watchingthe the braves and stayed away, where.” newheightsofself-reliance in goods,” said Executive Director even when that other party is thinks, wherewill theygo”. This ill-lit cornersofthis state. parade by the paramilitary and silentlyenduredthe alle- “Giventhe situation, it is defence. “Indiaisnow moving of PennsylvaniaDemocratic itsmainideologicalopponent, is the firsttime theRJD has The question is: Will this ex- forces, watching their skills, the gations, the distasteful talk.I very important that allcoun- towardsbecoming 'atmanirb- Party, JasonHenry. “Weunder- the BJP. givenaticket from thisassem- periment be able to take on the imageofthe Pulwamaattack had adeep wound in my heart tries, governments, faiths unite har' in the area of defence. We stand thattheyhavebeen left That lastissignificant — blyseat to aBrahmin,says votercynicism and disbelief— came to mind. The braves who because bravesoldiers had laid againstterrorism…India has arekeeping an eagle eyeonour behindinalotofwaysand we apartfrom“socialjustice”, Mishra. in the voter’s imagination, the were martyred in that attack down their lives. But now, been avictim of terrorismfor borders. Our perspective has areheretofight forthem.” Lalu’s RJD made anti-BJP-ism its Alinagarwas thepocket imageofthe “Yadavparty” is were also from paramilitary thereisnews from the neigh- severaldecades now… India also changed.Nolonger can Thesevoters usedtobecore calling card. Lalu’s politics borough of veteranRJD leader etched deep. The question will forces. The countrycan never bouringcountryabout the ad- has lostthousands of bravesol- anyone castanevil eyeon to Pennsylvania’sDemocratic thrivedand traded on thatmo- Abdul Bari Siddiqui, who has alsobe: Will this tentative ex- forget…when the entirecoun- mission of the truth in their diers,innocent citizens, many Indian territory. Our bravesol- base, alignedintheir support of ment in 1990 when he halted been shifted to another,“safer” periment survive another RJD trywas in grief and mourning, parliament. This has exposed mothers have lostsons, sisters diers have been empoweredto trade unions. The bloc has since the Rath YatratoAyodhya by ar- constituency.The move targets defeat? thereweresomewho were not the real face of thesepeople," their brothers. India under- give abefitting reply. Today’s then veered right,partlybe- resting LK Advani in twobirds with one stone, he partofthatgrief. Theywerethe he said. stands the painofterror. It is India is building hundreds of cause of left-leaning trade and Samastipur. says:Ittakes care of anti-in- ones who looked forpolitical He said it is time the world time that the entireworld kilometres of roads, dozens of environmental agendas. Come to Darbhangaand cumbency againstthe MLA, Instagram gainsandinterests.Thecountry unites againstterrorism.“For unites to defeat all forces who bridges, manytunnels.India is Fracking, aprocesstoremove meetthree candidates to geta while also joining Brahmin vote can neverforgetthe kind of talk some time now, theconditions support terror or encourage totally equipped,committed to naturalgas from deep-rock,has glimpse of the newRJD. to theRJD. shoots down thattookplace,thekindof state- that have been created in sev- terrorism,” he said. defend itssovereignty and ho- been aboon to thestate but has ■ Amarnath Gami, RJDcandi- “By givingmethe ticket,the mentsthatwere made,”hesaid. eral countries,the manner in Modi also referred to the nour,”hesaid. fallen under environmental date, Darbhangatown. RJD is honouring Maithil post by criticism. Recently, Trumpac- His “mool rajneeti”has been (Brahmins), Maithili(lan- cused Biden of wanting to ban BJP, says Gami, as he prepares guage), and Mithila (region)”, Olympian foul of the social media giant's farmingagreements, punishing Magistrate, as providedinthe and otherleaders who passed the practice, to whichBiden has to setout forthe day’s cam- says Mishra. Heena Sidhu advertising policies.InJulylast traders if theyharass farmers, central Act. away recently. had to formallydeny. paigning from his home at 7am On the famedanti- year,she put her owntwistto and empowering the stategov- Similarly,the Farmers Article 254(2) of the The narrative nowrevolves Saturday, in acavernous room Brahminism of the Lalu-RJD: that restrictions had been the then viral ‘bottle cap chal- ernment to regulatethe pro- (Empowerment and Constitution allowsastate to around lawenforcement or filledwith mask-less support- “Pehle jo hua alag baat thi(it was placedonher Instagram lenge’. Instead of kicking the duction, supply,distribution Protection) Agreement on Price makechanges to acentral legis- Covid. AbillboardinEaston ers. different earlier). The RJD was account. Shewas notallowed capoff abottle, she decidedto and stocklimits under extraor- Assuranceand Farm Services lation on asubject on the reads: “America doesn’t need: Gami wonthe seat from seen as savarn virodhi (anti-up- to add captions to shootitopen.Sidhutaggedone dinarycircumstances. (Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, Concurrent Listonlyifitgets fewerpolice,amentallydimin- Hayaghat constituency in the per castes)”,says Mishra. “But subsequent posts,personal of her sponsors, an insurance The stategovernment said it 2020, seekstopenalise any Presidential assent. While the ishedpresident,mobs on our same district on aBJP ticket ear- if therecan be sanshodhan or promotional. She took to companyinthe post. felt theneedtobring in alegis- companyorassociation which Congress party does notexpect street.VoteDonaldTrump.” lier,and left theparty when it (amendment) to theIndian Twitter to complain. “Lasttime (duringthe bot- lation following “extraordinary compels or exerts afarmerto the Presidenttoclear anymove Another reads: “250 thousand deniedhim aticket.Before constitution, whynot in the “Hey@instagram Iama tle cap challenge), Icouldn’trun outrage amongstthe farmers, sell his produce belowthe MSP to circumvent the newfarm coronavirus deaths. 315million crossing over to the RJD, he was RJD?” shooter, an athlete of asport apromotion.This time Ican’t farm labourers and all others -- in Punjab,the government laws,its leadership believes unemployed. Vote Him Out.” brieflywiththe JD(U).“My fam- ■ Ramesh KumarChoudhary, playedinhundredsofcountries put up acaption,”she added. “I engaged in incidentaland an- had announcedimprisonment that passageofcounter Billsby ThorLorenz,sitting in front ilyhas been associated with RJD candidatefrom and at the #olympics.Can you had spoken to someone at the cillaryagriculturalactivitiesin- of minimum three years and party-ruled states wouldbe“a of aBethlehamcafe, said: “We RSS-BJP since 40 years… janam Bahadurpur. please stop blocking my ac- time and Iwas told that this is cludingthose engaged in pro- fine forthe same offence. strong political statement”. have afew guys heredriving liyetoh BJPmein (I wasborn Choudharyisalso aBJP im- count everytimeyour bots spot notdone manually.Eachpost duction, handling and sale of This stateBill also inserts a aroundwiththeir Trumpflags intothe BJP)… Istarted as na- portinthe RJD, he camevia the a#Pistolinmyposts.Ithought goes through ascreening with agricultural produce including keyclause in thecentral Act, Congress statepresident in the backoftheir truck. I’ve garadhyaksh, became the BJP’s LJP. “I wasinthe BJP forfive my account got white listedthe bots,and that since there was vegetables, fruitsetc.” follow- statingthat “no Farming Govind Singh Dotasrasaid the read histweets. Iknow8-year- district president”. years, in the LJPfor six.The LJP lasttime... But it has happened some shooting, it raisedflags. I ing the enactment of central Agreement forthe saleorpur- three Bills passedbythe Centre oldswho speakbetterthan In this election, BJP support- did notgivemeaticketbecause again!” had to explain that I'm an ath- laws. chase of acropshall be valid un- areinterlinked “sothat abusi- him.” ers arewith him,claims Gami, theydonot want to putupa Whatthe 31-year-old with lete andthis is what Ido, and It said that“the direct con- less the price paid forsuchagri- nessmancan hoard, rob The 65-year-old Whiteman, notwiththe BJP candidate: “He candidateagainstthe BJP— 171K followers on Instagram that thisisnot in anegative sequence of the Central Act(s) cultural produce is equal to,or farmer’s produce andend MSP who'slived in town for13years, onlyhas the symbol, thecadre even though Ihad worked in had inadvertentlydonewas go connotation, this is to promote would be to nullify the mini- greater than, the prevailing once the mandisare finished. said he thought HillaryClinton is with me”, he says.According theconstituency…” againstFacebook’s -- which the sport--anOlympic sport. mum supportpricemechanism minimum supportprices, an- Hence, our government is wasasbad as Trumpin2016 to Gami, the RJD has takenaleaf LikeGami and Mishra, owns Instagram -- advertise- The thing is, it's averifiedac- thathas stood the test of time nounced by the Central bringing Billstocounter these and chose to vote third-party from the BJP book to take the Chowdharyisveryconscious of ment policy whichprohibits count, so theyknowI'm an ath- and introduceseveral other in- Government forthat crop”. three things and ensurethe instead. Thereare farfewer fight to the BJP. theRJD’sleapofpolitics in giv- "adspromoting the brandish- lete andthis is my sport,” the firmities and distortions oper- With the central Actalso welfareofour farmers”. third-partycandidatesthis “My corevote is from my inghim theticket from ing of firearms". Commonwealth and Asian ating to thegrave detriment statingthat following afarming BJP statepresident Satish time around, seen to be aboost community of Banias, who Bahadurpur —this is the erst- Whichmeant thatifSidhu Games medalwinner said. and prejudice of agriculture agreement, the said agriculture Poonia said: “Rather than dis- to Biden. have traditionallybeenBJP sup- while seat of Bhola Yadav, long- had simplyuploadedaphoto- The postendorsing the au- and the communities associ- produce is exempt from any cussingthe poor lawand order “Biden isn’t exactlythe right porters.Now,theywillvote for time Lalu loyalist, who,like graph of herself at the range, tomobilecompanywasn'tthe ated withit”. stateAct, the Rajasthan govern- situation in the state, whyis guy either,” he says.“But he’s the RJD”. Addthat to the RJD’s Siddiqui, has been shiftedtoan- that wouldhavebeen above firsttime Sidhu haduploadeda The statesaidthe central ment seeks to imposeafee or Gehlotmisleading thefarmers notasbad —atleastIcan sit coreM-Y vote, he says,and it otherseat.“TheRJD has never board, but the reason her post video of her practisingata law“is vulnerable to encroach- cess to the produce under the by trying to please Sonia down withhim andsay ‘Listen, means victory. “And if Gami be- putupaRajput from herebe- fell foul of the socialmedia gi- shooting range–there’s one ment and manipulation by APMC Actand utiliseitfor the Gandhi through the Bills?”. Joe, you’remaking wrong deci- comes RJD MLA, howwillthe fore.This time itsticketdistri- ant's policies wasthat it wasan uploadedonMarch 2, 2019, vested corporateinterests welfareoffarmers. Crucially, Deputy LeaderofOpposition sions.’ Idon’t even want to be in RJD notbeseenasthe A-to-Z bution has gone by the propor- "ad". from aCommonwealth Range, through provisions contained the burden of the feeorcess Rajendra Rathore said the BJP the same room as Trump. It’s party?” tional strength of communities “The content in question as the captionsays. Butsince it therein andleavingthe farmer “shall notbetransferredonthe will oppose the Billswhen the bad enough being in the same Gami dismissesquestions of in the population”. shows firearms, whichispro- wasn'tapromotional post, the opentothe vagariesofmarket farmer,” states the Bill. Assemblyreconvenes on countryasthe guy.” ideological discomfort.“Yes, I “With my coming intothe hibited as per our advertising video did notresult in anyre- forces forgetting remunerative The Essential Commodities Monday. “I would liketobeinthe still believe in rashtriyata (na- RJD, Rhas been joinedtoM-Y”, policies,” aFacebook company strictions on her posts or ac- price foragricultureproduce, (Special Provisions and same room as Trump. Ilikehim tionalism). But hasn’t the BJP al- claims Choudhary—Rstands spokesperson told The Indian count. including fruitsand vegetables. Rajasthan Amendment) Bill, better as aperson but Biden liedwith everyone, including forRajput. “All three arehigh- Express. “Ads mustnot pro- Facebook’sadvertisement No checkhas been provided 2020 empowers the state“to Mob on street vs would represent us better on a the PDP? Yes, Laluji arrested voting communities”. mote thesaleoruse of policy,published on the web- againstexploitation of farmer”. order forregulating or prohibit- worldstage,” Boujardsaid. Advani ji. But RK Singh (district Laluwas “orthodox”, he weapons, ammunition or ex- site, regarding weapons allows The stategovernment, cit- ing the production, supply, dis- Covid deaths in When asked later in the dayif magistrate, Samastipur,who says,but “Tejashwi is different”. plosives.” discussion regarding firearms ing the Agriculture Census tribution, imposing stocklim- he had chosen his candidate, he made the arrest)istoday amin- Choudhary’s main plank Her account, however, was and other equipment related to 2015-16, said that 86.2 per cent itsunder extraordinary hospital, US said: “You knowwhat,neither isterinthe BJPgovernmentat againstNitish —“In my restored without restrictions it, providedthe dialogue does of farmers ownless than five circumstances, whichmay in- divide deepens in has courtedme, so neither gets the Centre. RamKirpal Yadav, speeches, Itell voters that Nitish earlier this week following dis- notinstigate asale. acres of land and amajority of clude famine, pricerise,natural my vote.” In the lastweekend who calledhimself Hanuman is savarn virodhi (anti-upper cussions betweenher manager Advertisement of miscella- them ownless than twoacres calamity or anyother situa- poll countdown before elections, that’snot of Lalu, is aBJP MP.And isn’t castes). He tiltstoo farfor the and representativesofthe so- neous equipment thatcan ac- of land, thus fallinginthe cate- tion”. something either side wantsto Advani ji under house arrest in EBC(extremelybackward cialmedia company. companyafirearm–suchas gory of small and marginal The statemaintainedthat towering steel stacks in hear. the timeofModi?” castes)”. “Because theycan see me holsters, sightsetc –mustbere- farmers “and consequently the Centre’s amendments “give the town, but nowthe ■ Vinod Mishra, RJD candidate The RJD, then, in Darbhanga with apistoland theycan see stricted only to usersabove the have limitedornoaccessto unlimited powerofstocking es- furnace houses acasino from Alinagar. and elsewhere, maybeonthe me shoot, theyhaveblocked ageof18. multiple marketswith an in- sential commodities and trad- instead. Likemuchof Yogi warning: me from puttingacaptionun- herent handicap of bargaining ing in them to theperil of the America, the region End love jihad, der anynew post. So Ican'tdo Rajasthan 2nd powertonegotiatefair price agricultural community and attemptedtodiversifyits anypromotional work again,” contracts”. consumers but does notallow economy, introducing or get ready for Sidhu told thispaperjustafter Cong-ruled The Farmers’ Produce Trade the state governmenttoact warehouse and technology she complainedonTwitter on and Commerce (Promotion and againstand penalize hoarders companies, as well as new Ram naam satya October 18. state to bring Facilitation) (Rajasthan and black-marketers,” while residents. EXPERSSEDUCATION “I think youcan showthe Amendment) Bill, 2020, seeks the “onuslies upon the state “All the Biden signs on my hai pistol, but youcan't showfiring own farmBills to penalise traders, if theyha- government to protect con- blockare people who movedin ashot. 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If TM 18, Second Floor,NearKarol BaghMetro, Pillar No.94, NewDelhi -110005. pictsorincitesviolence, com- againsttraderswho harass whicheverisearlier. tachment or sale. It’s no coincidence that nearly someone does awrong deed, DIAS www.diasindia.com . promises safety, plagiarism and farmers. It also states that adispute The Assemblywas ad- all the states that flippedfrom then Operation Shaktiisready. fraudconstitutes breaking The keyclauses in thethree mayberesolvedthrough the journeduntil Monday after ObamatoTrumpmakeupthe Operation Shakti’s objective is Contact forAdvt. Booking: M/sFriends Publicity Service CommunityStandards. Rajasthan Bills includesetting stateAPMC Actand rules made tabling of twomoreBills and “RustBelt” in theMidWest. to ensure the security and hon- 23276901, 23282028 (M): 9212008155, 9212665841. 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CPCB datashows thehourly EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE averageconcentration of PM 2.5 NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 in Delhi-NCR has been above 200µg/m3 October 29 onwards, THE SHARE of pollutantsfrom againstits 24-hour acceptable farm firesinDelhi’s air increased limit of 60 µg/m3. As of 5pmon to around 32% Saturday, thesec- Saturday,its concentration was ondhighestfigure fortheseason, 235µg/m3. The hourly levelof causing the air quality to remain PM 10 in Delhi-NCRhas been in the very poor categorydespite above 350µg/m3 October 29 on- improved weather conditions. wardsagainstits 24-hour ac- As per the Centre’s System of ceptable limit of 100µg/m3.At5 Air Quality and Weather pm on Saturday, itsconcentra- Forecasting and Research,stub- tion was409 µg/m3. ble burning-relatedfire countsin Theair quality willremainverypoor till Monday. Praveen Khanna The predominantwind di- neighbouring Punjab, Haryana rection until MondayoverDelhi- and UP were around 3,400on NCRisforecasttobefromthe Friday, theseason'shighestsofar. calsurface wind speedwith faster onSaturdaywas367(verypoor), northwest, favourable fortrans- An improvement in Delhi’s air dispersion conditions arecoun- lowerthan 374recordedFriday, porting stubble burning pollu- quality index(AQI) wasexpected teracting with increasedfire-re- as per the Central Pollution tants, as per the MinistryofEarth Saturdaymorning with increase lated emission... But still, AQIis ControlBoard.AsperSAFARdata, Sciences’ Air Quality Early in wind speed, but it could not likelytoimprove forthe next two contribution of stubbleburning WarningSystem(EWS) for happen due to higherintrusionof days asdispersionwill eventually to Delhi’s PM 2.5 levels reached Delhi. EWShas forecastthatAQI stubble burning emissions, the play aleadrole,”the bulletinsaid. 36% on October 29, the highest in Delhi-NCR will remain ‘very SAFARbulletinsaid.“Increasedlo- Delhi’s 24-hour averageAQI sincecountbegan onOctober10. poor’ until Monday. At 17.2 °C, avg min temp lowest in 58 yrs

EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE OCTOBERTHROUGHTHEYEARS NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 Year MMT* (in°Celsius) THE AVERAGE minimumor 1954 16.7 night-time temperatureinthe 1962 16.9 capital this October wasthe low- 1991 17.6 estin58years, as per IMD data. 1993 17.8 Theaverage minimum temper- 1994 17.9 aturerecordedthis pastmonth 2007 17.5 at IMD’s Safdarjungobservatory 2020 17.2 was17.2degrees Celsius, the low- *Mean minimum temperature estsince October 1962, when it NormalMMTforOctober-19.1 was16.9 degrees Celsius. Normal mean minimum temperaturefor October is con- earth’s surface. In their absence, sideredto be19.1 degrees Celsius, temperaturedrops further,he as per IMD.KuldeepSrivastava, said. Early withdrawalofmon- head of IMD’s regional weather soon overDelhi on September 30 forecasting centreinDelhi, said a this year,ascomparedtoOctober reason behind lownight-time 10 lastyear,meant therewas lit- temperatureislackofcloud cover tle or no cloud coverfor most of over the city.Atnight,the earth October,IMD officials said. radiates heat backintothe atmos- At 12.5 degrees Celsius, phere. Cloudsactsasabarrier,in- ThursdaywasthecoldestOctober creasing temperatureonthe night in thecity in 26 years.

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Total32,719*3,47,476 6,511 46,80,695 *T BRIEFLY 5,062 CASES,DAILYPOSITIVITY RATE AT 11% New Chandni Chowk stretch to Faridabad murder:One Weddingscannow be ready by Nov-end, footfall up moreinjudicial at LehengaHouse, attended to custody hostupto200guests ASHNABUTANI newcustomers everyfew min- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 utes.Hesaid, “Ifshoppers pour Faridabad: Four days after in likethis, we will be able to re- a20-year-oldwomanwas WITH THE Chandni Chowk re- coverour losses in six months.” shotdead outside her col- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE development project facing a The shop made asale of Rs legeinFaridabad, thesec- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 slight delaydue to theCovid-in- 80,000till afternoon. Aman said ond accusedinthe case ducedlockdown and labour he hopedsales will increase fur- has been producedin WEDDINGS IN the capital can shortage,officialsstatedthat ther afterthe redevelopment is courtand sent to prison. nowhostupto200persons —up work on revamping the 1.3-km completed. The incident had taken from 50 guests —according to an stretchbetween RedFortand While those selling wedding place Mondayafternoon, order issuedbythe Delhi Fatehpuri Masjid will be com- clothes and jewellerysaid sales whenthe victim,Nikita Disaster Management Authority pletedbyNovember 30. arebacktonormal, otherssaid Tomar,athird-year B.Com on Saturday. “In closedspaces, a In July,the Delhi government thereishardlyany difference. student, emergedfrom maximum of 50% of the hall ca- had said the project would be SanjeevVerma, (42), ashop- Aggarwal Collegeafter pacity will be allowed, witha finishedbythe lastweekof keeper selling garmentsfor giving an exam and was ceiling of 200persons. Wearing October. The 1.3-kmstretch is beingturnedintoacar-freezone, and women and children, said, accostedbyTauseef,afor- of face masks, maintaining social Whilethe 1-km stretchfrom beautifiedkeepingthe Mughal-era architectural styleinmind “Footfall has increasedtremen- merclassmate of hers,and distancing,provision forthermal RedForttoTownHalliscomplete, douslyinthe last fewdaysbut hisfriend Rehaan. The two scanningand use of hand wash the300-metrestretch fromTown people areonlycoming forwed- allegedly triedtodragher or sanitiser will be mandatory,” Covid testing inside aschool in Saket,Saturday. Praveen Khanna Hall to Fatehpuri still requires Redevelopment Corporation and Mandal,said,“Non-motorisedve- ding shopping. Majority of our into theircar,andshot her said the order. work.DelhiJalBoard’slineswould one of them wasselected.” The hicles will notbeallowedduring business comes from tourists.” when she resisted. With the city reporting 5,062 betakenundergroundandtheold lamps will have CCTVcameras the day.”Water tankers areoften Meanwhile, cyclerickshaws cases from 44,330 testsinthe MinisterSatyendarJainattributed theymustrealisetheir act might lines would be destroyed in aday and signages attachedtothem. used to ensure dustsettles, he made rounds on the streetshes- last 24 hours, the dailypositivity therecent spurtincasestolaxity put vulnerable groups suchas or two. Following this, thePublic Therewillbeover200 CCTVs to added. itantly. Since mostofthem are HinduRao rate sawajump from Friday's among people regarding masks, senior citizens at risk,” Jain told WorksDepartment willunder- monitor trafficonthe stretch. The structure of awashroom notlicenced, they were often nursesto 9.88%to11.42%.The death toll which, he said, shouldbetreated reporters. take work on the road,set tiles, The 1.3-kmstretch is being at thebeginning of the stretchis stoppedbypoliceand asked to also increasedto6,511,with 41 as the biggest shieldagainstthe Asked if thegovernment was and place bollards and benches. turnedintoacar-free zone,and ready as well. An officialofthe go elsewhere. Santosh Pal(50),a goonstrike deaths being reported. virusuntiltheintroductionof any mulling enforcing another round The department’shorticulture beautified keeping the Mughal- contract company, MIA construc- cyclerickshawdriver, said this is Starting Sunday, public buses vaccine.Hisappealtowear masks of restrictions, Jain said the wing is expected to complete eraarchitecturalstyleinmind.The tions,said: “Thereare four wash- the onlystretch whereheman- NewDelhi: Thenurses of in the capital have been allowed comesamidthepublicthronging learnings from previous rounds planting treesthismonth. meshof overheadwireshasgone rooms eachfor men and women, ages to makesome money: NorthMCD’s Hindu Rao to run with full seating capacity, marketsahead of Diwali. of lockdown demonstratethat Simultaneously, street lampsand underground, fire hydrantsare and acommon washroomfor “WhenIleave this stretchand go hospital will go on an in- while Metroservices will con- “Thereare afew reasons be- the transmission cannotbe signages arebeing put up on the being setup, redsandstone seats people with disabilities.” to roads surrounding Chandni definitestrike November tinue to operate with seatingre- hindthe spike, including festive curbed through suchmeasures firstpartofthe stretch. being placed, and toilets being Meanwhile, despitethe con- Chowk,Iget stuckintraffic for 2onwards protesting strictions. Transport Minister season, fall in temperature, rising as therehas been acommunity Gautam Sachdeva,who took built. At least175 redsandstone struction work,shoppersout to hours. Ican makeonlyaroundRs non-payment of salaries Kailash Gahlottweeted:“No one pollution levels and ageneral spread of the virus. over theproject from his father planters, along with arow of bol- makewedding purchases 200outside while ImakeRs formorethan three will be allowedtotravelstand- sense of fatigue amongpeople. “Wearing maskscan prevent Pradeep Sachdevaafter he lards, will be placedtomimicthe thronged theareaonSaturday. 300-400inChandni Chowk.” months. ing. Wearing maskswill be People mustconsidermasks as transmission and will also shield passedawaythis year,said, Mughal architectural aesthetic, Forthe firsttime this year, Bhargava said thereare plans mandatoryand Ialso appeal to the onlyvaccine till the actual peoplefrompollution,” he said, “Major decisionsregarding de- and both sidesofthe stretchwill traders –who facedsevereeco- to allowaround 100licenced passengers to maintain social vaccine comes. Manydisregard expressing hope that the vaccine signhavebeentaken. Recently, be linedwith 250 Moulsari trees. nomic losses due to the pan- rickshawpullerstouse rick- Highest1-day distancing.” advicetowear masks,saying will be introducedinanother we presentedlampdesigns to SanjayBhargava, president of demic–wereoptimistic. shaws specificallydesignedfor Covidcases Meanwhile, DelhiHealth theyare immune to the virus. But “two-three months”. the Shahjahanabad theChandni Chowk SarvVyapar Aman Thakur,ashopkeeper the stretch. inGurgaon ‘CAN’TCLAIM ALLEGATIONS FALSE WITHOUT AN INVESTIGATION’ Gurgaon: Afterrecording morethan 300fresh cases of coronavirus Court directs policetofile everydayfor the last10 days,Gurgaon recorded itshighestsingle-day FIRinNEDelhi riots case jumpincases so faron Saturday, with 498more people testing positive. plements. Some managed to es- proper investigation in thealle- ANANDMOHANJ cape death but were brutally gations leveledbythe present NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 beaten up...The women were not complainant”. Fooddelivery spared either.Ofthe very few “The courtfails to appreciate manheldfor ADELHI courthas directed po- women who were outside, any howpolice couldevenclaim the lice to registeranFIR on acom- woman wearing aburqa or who allegation of the applicant… see- stealingbikes plaint by agarmenttrader, who otherwise looked Muslim was ingfromhis house thatsome claimedtohavewitnessed killedwith swords. The bodies of burqa wearing women or (those) : AZomatoagent, burqa-clad women being killed the deceasedwerethrowninto looking likeMuslim women Hitesh (20), has been ar- and theirbodiesthrownintothe the Bhagirathi Vihar nala,” he al- were killedwithswordsand rested in Bhagirathi Vihar naladuringthe leged in the complaint. their dead bodiesthrowninto with his accomplices NortheastDelhi riots.The court Police, however, had regis- Bhagirathi nala...isfalseand Ashwani (21) and also observed howpolice could teredacase of theftonthe com- without anyevidence before Kaushindra(25) forsteal- claim theallegations were false plaint by one AasMohammad, conducting anythorough,proper ing motorcycles. While without an investigation. whichwas unconnected to the investigation... It is also noticeable out on food delivery,the Passing the order on October allegedmurders, andAhmed’s that in case police find the infor- Zomatoagent recceed 26, Metropolitan Magistrate complaint wasclubbed with mation givenbythe complainant high-end bikes to steal, Rakesh Kumar Rampuri told po- this FIR.Ahmed, on the other wasfalseand motivatedagainst police said. The gang al- lice to file aseparateFIR on the ba- hand, named11people, includ- anyinnocent person with legedly operated in sev- sis of the complaint by Nisar ing the councillor, accusing malafide intention afterproper eral partsofthe NCRre- Ahmedwithinfive days of receiv- them of threatening him to investigation, suchcomplainant gion. Police have ing the order. withdraw the complaint. maybetaken to task…for such recoveredthree R15bikes DREAM GLIDE The official deathtollstands Speaking to The Indian unlawful misdeed/commis- costing nearly 1.5lakh at 53, whichincludedone Express,Lal said: “These allega- sion/omission,” it said. eachfromthe possession Askater enjoys acold morning at Akbar Road on Saturday. Praveen Khanna woman,85-year-old Akbari,who tions arefalse. He hasnoproof. Police said theyare yettore- of the accused.Zomatoin wascharredtodeath. If he hasapproachedthe court, ceiveacopyofthe courtorder. astatement said, “We Inhiscomplaintsubmittedto then that’s fine. We will see what Ahmedhad firstapproached strongly condemn this courtthrough his lawyer MR evidence he has.” Gokulpuri police station on act and have suspended RAPEALLEGATIONS Shamshad, Ahmedalleged that Investigating Officer sub-in- March 3, and gave awritten the delivery partner from Construction near on February24, some locals set spectorAshish Garg told thecourt complaint the next day. On our platform. We have up amic and speakers and made the allegations levelledbyAhmed March 18,hesubmitted ade- also offeredour complete Police scan CCTV at calls formurder to acrowd of were false andthat achargesheet tailedcomplaint “afterhaving supporttothe authorities Qutub Minar: HC 500-600people at Bhagirathi wasfiledinthe theftcase, and a recoveredfromthe shockoflos- in the investigation.” Vihar.Healso accused the local supplementarychargesheetwill ing his earthlypossessions and pvt hospital, speak BJP councillor KanhaiyaLal of be filedifany newevidence barelyescaping with his life”. He “giving hatespeeches” during the comes up. approachedthe Delhi High Court ‘Allowphased seeks DCP’s report eventand being the“direct cause The court,however, observed in July, asking about the status of returnof all to womanand staff of this violence”. howpolice canbeexpectedtoin- his complaint and if it wascon- “Random passersby(were) vestigateAhmed’s allegations, verted intoanFIR. Police said his JNUstudents’ EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE stoppedand their religion ascer- whichare different from the case wasclubbed with atheft NEWDELHI,OCTOBER30 pened.Shespokeofcertainwords tained. If it wasfound theindivid- chargesheet.Itnoted that it was FIR. He then approached NewDelhi: The demand SAKSHIDAYAL thatwere usedbytheteamdoing ual wasMuslim... he was... killed clear the FIR registeredbypolice Karkardooma court,prayingthat forthephasedreturnof all THE DELHI High Courthas said GURGAON,OCTOBER31 her X-ray in the initialdaysofher with swords and agricultural im- would “notcover therequired aseparateFIR be registered. studentshas gainedmo- it is “baffling” howthe South admission, whichmay have mentum at Jawaharlal Delhi Municipal Corporation DAYS AFTER awomanadmitted planted the thought in herhead, Nehru University (JNU), (SDMC) has permitted awhole at Fortis Hospital in Gurgaon al- suchastheteammembersasking wherethestudents’union rowofhouses to come up in the leged she wasraped,police have if shewas pregnant.She said one City water supply hit, DJB asks isprotestingagainsttheis- vicinity of Qutub Minar,and has scoured 30 hours of CCTV of thewomenalsomentionedthe sue. Twobatches of stu- askedthe DCP of the area to file footageand questionedpeople name ‘Vikas’, usedwords such as dents from twoCentres astatusreport explaining how employedatthe hospital by the ‘expose’ and ‘intimate’... She said UP to expediteworkoncanal have written to their “large-scale construction” was firstname Vikas —aname the the team also spokeoftaking pic- Chairpersons demanding permitted in the area despitethe The HC has also requestedthe woman had providedtoher fam- tures and putting them on their return, with one strict vigil of police. The HC has Delhigovernment to look ilywhilemaking the allegation. Facebook... It is possible some SHIVAMPATEL batchdeciding to boycott also requestedthe Delhi govern- intothe matter. Amit Mehra “She had been on aventilator wordsweremisunderstood... we NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 all online classes. As of ment to look intothe matter. until Fridayevening... She wasde- aremakingenquiries from the now, JNUhasallowedonly “All these structures arein clared fitfor statement today, team,”she said. THE DELHI Jal Board(DJB) has PhDstudentsfromthesci- the vicinity of the Qutub Minar, wouldhave to bebroughtdown,” whichwas taken. However, based Acting Chairman of the askedauthoritiesin ence schools and special and it is imperative that the am- the courtsaid in the order passed on CCTVfootage, interrogation of Haryana StateCommission for to finish maintenance of the centres to enter campus bience of theareabemaintained, inapetitionseekingactionagainst hospital staff, andthe victim's Women, Preeti Bhardwaj Dalal, Upper GangaCanalassoon as from November 2. especially in viewofthe strict officials forallowing illegal con- statements, allegations of rape also visited thevictim Saturday: possible, as festiveseason in- prohibited and regulated zones structions at Mehrauli. have notbeen confirmed. “Her statement has been taken creases waterdemand in the city. regarding constructionnear pro- RinkuKaushik in apetition Investigation is on,”said Subhash before psychological councillors, Aletterwas sent by DJB Khattarto tected monuments.Has the ASI filedin2018had allegedthata Boken, PRO, Gurgaon Police. legal experts andthe medical su- member (water supply) Shalabh inaugurate been consulted?Interestingly, “vastillegal and unauthorised According to police, the perintendent. The judicial mag- Kumar to the head of UP’s Chadha at the Sonia Vihar WTP, Saturday. GajendraYadav the photographs annexedtothe colony” wasbeing developedon woman wasadmitted to the istrateisalsobeing requestedto Irrigation and WaterResources U-turnflyover ATRshowmulti-storey buildings government land adjoining hospital on October 21 as she cometo thehospital andtake her Department Saturdayonthe being constructed,” Justice Qutub Minar and “six storeyed wassuffering from tuberculosis statement. Safetyofthe woman matter.DJB CEONikhil Kumar Thursdayasammonia levelin full capacity within afew hours.” Gurgaon: On the occasion Najmi Waziri said in an order. and above height buildings are and wasinasemi-conscious and her health areour topmost would alsobewriting aletter rawYamunawater flowing into The Ganga canal is closed of Haryana Dayon The observation wasmadeby being constructed there”. state. On Tuesday, whileher fa- priority; we have givendirections with asimilar requesttothe Delhi from Haryana rose to 3 everyyear from October- Sunday, CM Manohar Lal the courtafter seeinganAction In April 2019,SDMC had in- ther wasvisiting, she alleged to safeguardthe same.” principal secretaryofthe UP de- parts permillion (ppm) against November for15days to amonth Khattar will inaugurate TakenReport submitted by the formedthe courtthatnine prop- through signals and written Fortis Hospital,inastatement partment, DJBofficials said. the acceptable limit of 0.5 ppm, formaintenance work.This year, the 675-metre-long3- SDMC, whichshoweddemolition erties out of the 23 mentionedin wordsthataman named“Vikas” Saturday, said, “... we aregladto Supplyfromthe canal is cru- DJBofficialssaid. Ammonia level it has been shutsince October 15. lane U-turn flyovercon- of some structures in the area. Kaushik’s representations have had rapedher.AnFIR had been inform that with continuous ef- cial fortwo DJBwater treatment wasbrought down to 1.7ppm by “UP authorities providedus structed at Shankar While the SDMC described it as been identified. In September registeredthe same day. fortsofourmedical team,thepa- plantsatSonia Vihar and Friday. Inspecting the Sonia 100-150 MGD of temporarysup- Chowk as partofaplan to “appropriateaction”againstunau- 2019,themunicipalbodysubmit- ACP(Crime) Usha Kundu said tient is stable now... We continue Bhagirathi,having atotal capac- Vihar plant, DJBvice-chairman plyvia the canal Friday, basedon decongestDelhi-Gurgaon thorisedconstruction, the court tedaction has been takengainst thepatientmade“certainclaims” to supportauthorities to conclude ity of 250 million gallons per day RaghavChadhasaid, “I am cer- whichthetwoplantswereableto Expressway. ENS notedthatthe“isolatedpunctures” theproperties identifiedbyit. that arebeing investigated.“She the investigation. With 58% fe- (MGD), officials said. tain that withhelp from Haryana resume 70%operations...,” aDJB in walls or roofsare insufficient. The case has been listedfor stateditispossibleshewasraped, male staff, women'sdignity and These plantshad to be shut and UP,bothwater treatment officialsaid.Theyresumedfullop- “If the structure is illegal, it hearing next on December 15. but is uncertain about what hap- safetyisour utmostpriority...” forseveral hours after11am plantswill resume production at erations Saturdayevening.

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ASSAM MUSEUM ROW RJD, Cong blocked Nathmovestop After polls, will jail Cong MLA for lungi remark: Himanta construction of Ram temple: Nadda ises of the SrimanataSankardeva posedmuseum. Avastmajority “thereisnoseparate identity and Assam’s BengaliHinducommu- ABHISHEKSAHA Kalakshetra, Guwahati”—as rec- of Bengali-speaking Muslim cultureinChar Anchal as mostof nity,and that theKalakshetrais Sonepur (Bihar): BJP president JP courtafterEC GUWAHATI,OCTOBER31 ommendedbyanMLA panel. men residing in rural Assam are the people hadmigrated from aseat forVaishnavite heritage. Nadda Saturdayaccusedthe “Char-Chaporis” refertothe known to wear the lungi,a ”. Grand Alliance partners RJD and ASSAM MINISTER Himanta riverine sand beltsofthe colourful wraparound usedasa Assam Congress chief Ripun ‘Will begin boundary the Congress of creating obsta- BiswaSarma has threatenedto Brahmaputrathat arepopulated lowergarment. Borahas written to Ahmedurg- talksonce we return cles in the construction of the revokes‘star jail CongresslegislatorSherman mostlybyMuslims of Bengali- “He could have said that he ing him to exercise restraint to power’ Ramtemple at . Ali Ahmedfor his purportedre- origin, acommunitywhich is wantstoshowcasefishing while commentingonthe issue. “Everyone in the country marks on aproposedmuseum colloquially—and disparag- equipmentorsome special Meanwhile, on Friday, Guwahati: Solving the inter-state wanted to see agrand Ramtem- afterstate elections next year. ingly—referred to as “miya” in boat… Letour government Congress MLAKamalakhya Dey border issues in the Northeastis ple but the Congress did every- campaigner’tag Sarma had earlier rejected Assam. The Kalakshetraisacul- come again afterelections, Purkayastha wrotealetter to CM the toppriority of the Union thing to protract the case,” he al- Ahmed’s suggestion to the tural institutenamedafter ShermanAli will be put behind Sarbananda Sonowalsaying a Home Ministryand theprocess leged.“Crores of people wanted Director of Museums requesting VaishnavitereformerSankardev. bars, unless he publiclyapolo- ‘Bengali Museum’ should be es- will ensue soon afterthe Assam construction of agrand Ram him to “expedite” the process of At apress conference gise. Iwon’t do that now, as it will tablishedatKalakshetrato elections early next year,Sarma temple, but when (Lal Krishna) establishing “one museum re- Saturday, Sarma accusedAhmed become politicaland he will get showcase exhibitsofthe Bengali said Saturday.“Once we return Advani ji beganhis rath yatrafor EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE flecting the cultureand heritage of commenting in the media morevotes,” Sarma said. community of the state. to power, immediatelynegotia- atempleatAyodhya,itwas Lalu NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 of the people living in Char- that he wanted to exhibit a On October 24,Sarma Sarma on Saturdaysaid tions and discussionswill begin,” Prasadwho stoppeditinBihar,” Chaporis of Assam in the prem- “blue-coloured lungi”inthe pro- tweetedAhmed’s letter,saying Purkayastha does notrepresent he said. Nadda said. PTI FormerMadhyaPradesh Chief Kamal MinisterKamal Nath has moved Nath the Supreme Court againstthe Election Commission's revoca- tion of his “starcampaigner”sta- by acompetent court and tus forthe forthcoming Madhya hence notsubject to litiga- Pradesh bypolls. tion pursuedbysame par- In his plea, the stateCongress ties again)”. chief said the poll body's October The EC order says: 30 order,“basedonacomplaint “...for repeated violation of by BhartiyaJanataParty against Model Code of Conduct aspeechdeliveredonand forcompletely disre- 13.10.2020”, waspassedwithout garding the advisoryis- anynoticeorhearing to him. On suedtohim, the October 13,Nath had termed Commission hereby re- Chief MinisterShivraj Singh vokesthe status of leader Chouhan “mafia” and “milawat of political party (Star khor”. Campaigner) of Kamal In his plea filedthrough Nath...” Advocate Varun KChopra, Nath Nath's plea said that said the EC had issuedanotice to this “order is illegal, arbi- him on October 21,after acom- trary, unreasoned, passed plaint by theBJP,for allegedlyvi- in complete violation of olating the Model Code of basic canonsofnatural jus- Conduct at arally in Dabra, tice and in negation of fair- Gwalior,onOctober 18.Itwas playand therefore, de- this daythat Nath had made the serves to be quashed.” controversial “item” remark He addedthat the EC againstformer Congress MLA “has nottaken equivalent Imarti Devi,who is nowaBJP action againstrepeated vi- minister and the saffron party olation of MCC by leaders candidatefromDabraseat. of BhartiyaJanataParty Nath told the Supreme Court despite various represen- that he repliedtothis EC notice tations by theIndian on October 22. He said the com- National Congress”. mission then accorded him a AdvocateChoprasaid hearing before passing orders on he has sought an urgent October 26,“advising” him not hearing in the matter. to use suchwords during cam- Having the star cam- paigning. paigner tagmeans thatit The senior Congress leader is the political party that contendedthatthe EC: “hadal- footsthe bill forexpendi- ready passedanOrder dated tureincurredduring can- 26.10.2020 quaaninstance vassing, rather than acan- dated 18.10.2020and therefore, didate. punishing” him “for thesamein- Bypollsto28 stanceiscompletely in teethof Assemblyseatsin principlesoffair play andres ju- Madhya Pradeshwillbe dicata (matter already decided held on November 3.

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SITUATION VACANT Public Notice General Public is hereby FROMPAGEONE Classifieds informed that the Original ConveyanceDeedDocument No. 4163, dated 02-01-1974, Allotment &Possession Letter PERSONAL regarding Plot No. 295, Sector- 24, Faridabad of my client M/s I, Rahul Sharma s/olateShri I, Mridul Jain, S/OMr. Moti Jain, Procast India have misplaced. If Direct Benefit Transfer is direct BagishChand Sharma r/oB-30, R/O8,New Model basti, New any person found intimate on ChanakyaPlace Part-I, Uttam Delhi -10005 have changed my M.No. 8588842260, misuger will Nagar, New Delhi-110059 name to BhavyaJain for all be prosecuted. declarethat all the names i.e. futurepurposes. Naresh Kumar Advocate Ch. No. 325 siphoning of school scholarship BagishChand Sharma, Bagesh 0040553275-1 Distt. Court Sec-12, Faridabad Sharma, Bagish Sharma and BagishChandraSharma I, Vineet AhujaSon of Praksh belongtoone and the same ChandraAhuja, aged about 48 recordedinthe Public Finance amount, the racket wasde- their applications through the from some studentsthatthey person who wasmyfather. years residing at D-5/10,2nd Management System (PFMS) to signedtolureasmanystudents school between Augustand were notgetting theirfull schol- Floor,ExclusiveFloors, DLF 0040553273-1 find howadirect benefit trans- as it could. Forexample, The November.The schools appoint arships. Phase 5, Gurgaon, Haryana ferscheme, meant to cut cor- Indian Express found examples nodal officers to registeronthe “Poor people areregularly I, AmitKumar Baranwal, S/oSh. have changed my nameand ruption, wasbeingderailed by wherethe entireschool wasde- scholarshipportalontheir be- robbed of theirwages, pensions Sharwan Kumar Gupta, R/o.E- shall hereafter be known as 507,Fortune Residency, Vineet Kumar. 0040553256-1 it. frauded. half andverifythe applications. and scholarships by corrupt Rajnagar Extn., - Beginning today, aseries of Forinstance, authorities at The applications also needtobe business/banking correspon- I, Surender Kumar,S/ORamesh 201017, U.P.,have declarethat, Chand R/O-A-201,Shalimar reports will highlight glaring Madrasa Alia Arabia in Ranchi verifiedatthe districtand state dentswho take theirfingerprint the both name, Amit Kumar Garden, Sahibabad Ghaziabad cases of fraudand howestab- said allthe 102studentslisted level. Once the applications are on one pretextoranother.We Baranwal,and Amit Baranwal, U.P.-201005,Have Changed my lishedprocesses were sub- as hostelbeneficiaries in the cleared, the scholarship have been trying foryears to is one and, same person. Name to Surender Kumar Infuture, Iwill known,asAmit verted —and by whom. NSP for2019were“fake”. amount is disbursedusuallyin alertthe Reserve , Kashyap. 0040553317-1 Kumar Baranwal,for all, In 2019-20, the Ministryof Mohammad Sahabuddin, the April or May—fresh applica- the National Payments purposes. 0040553303-1 I, Sukanta Choudhury,S/o Minority Affairs disbursedRs61 head teacher,said the listalso tions have to be filedevery year. Corporation of India and others Jayanta Choudhury,R/o Flat I, Aryaman s/ojitender kumar croreunder this scheme, from included girls, although the But clearly in Jharkhand,this to thesevulnerabilitiesbut they No-402, Kurupam Castle, Beach r/o-flat.no-D-7, Surbhi Rs 1,400crore nationally, to madrasa is aresidentialfacility processfailed at many levels. seemtoprefernot to know,” Road, East PointColony, LB apartment, CGHS GH-10, Colony, Visakhapatnam, AP- Jharkhand.Given that thestate forboys.“If youmultiplyRs Ironically, as early as July last Dreze said. sector-43, Gurgaon, have 530017, that nameofmy government is aJMM- 10,700by 102, the amount that year,Secretary,Union Ministry In this case, however, the changed my name to Aryaman daughter has been wrongly Congress-RJD alliance,this has been illegallysiphoned off of Minority Affairs,had written system knew—therewere Sehrawat. 0040553317-6 written as Preeti Choudhury in scholarship is of political signif- without our knowledge is to thethen Jharkhand Chief written warnings from the I, Megha Rani W/o-Ashish Jain my Service Record. The actual icance as well since it was nearly Rs 11 lakh,”hesays. SecretaryDKTiwary, warning Centreand the stateand yetfew R/o- C-36,Second Floor, name of my daughter is Reeti launchedbythe UPA This assumes significance that therewere“repeated at- did anything. Ironically, over the JangpuraExtention, Delhi- Choudhury. 0070719188-1 110014 have changedmyname Government in 2008. giventhat thescholarship,ex- tempts to subvert” the NSP,es- last fewweeks, as TheIndian I, Subhash ChandraS/O Mr JP to Meghajain,for all purposes. ThePre-Matric Scholarship perts said, has helpedinthe peciallyatthe verification stage Express went from school to Dangwal,R/OF-11, Alaknanda 0040553317-4 Apartment,Rampuri Surya Schemeismeant to helpstu- steady increaseinminority en- of the applications. school,checking records and dents of minority communities, rolment in Classes IX and X, "Afterbrainstorming and asking them questions on the I, Nagar Ghaziabad UP-201011 ARSHITAD/O ATENDER Muslims,Christians, Sikhs, from 8.7 per cent in 2014-15to discussions, it has been scholarships disbursedfraudu- PRASAD R/OHNO.1449,L- have changed my name from BLOCK, MANGOLPURI, DELHI- Subhash ChandratoSubhash Parsis, Jains and Buddhists,from 12 per centin2017for which agreed...that the verifying au- lently, mostschool owners or 110083. HAVE CHANGED MY ChanderDangwal for all families with annual income latestnumbers areavailable. In thorities (Schools, colleges, in- principals said theywereun- NAME TO ARSHITAPRASAD. purposes. 0040553279-1 belowRs1lakh. To be eligible, Jharkhand,whereminorities stitutes, district nodalofficer, aware. Days later, at leastthree 0040553317-2 I, Shashi Raj W/oTirth Raj R/o studentsneedtoscore at least form about19per cent of the Statenodal officers) arethe schools sent officialnotesto 09/01, PalmRoad, Shipra 50 per cent in their class exams. population, the amount dis- mostcritical stakeholderswho their respective District I, Neeru W/oKapil Kumar, R/o SunCity,Indirapuram, 77-78/5631, RegharPura, Karol Ghaziabad,Uttar Pradesh StudentsfromClass 1to5re- bursedhas gone up from justRs ensureintegrity of the verifica- Superintendent of Education Bagh,New Delhi-110005, have 201014have changed my ceive Rs 1,000peryear and stu- 9.46crore in 2014-15toRs tion process,” the letter said. asking for“necessary quickac- changed my name to namefrom Shashi to Shashi Raj dents of Class6to 10 receive Rs 34.61 crorein2018-19and to Rs Thiswarning,evidently, tion towardsthe scholarship Neerupma. 0040553317-5 for all futurepurposes. 10,700 ayear if theyare in a 61 crorethis year.Over2lakh went unheeded. scandal”. I, Nitin Goel F/OLawanaya Goel 0040553265-1 PUBLIC NOTICE hostelorRs5,700 ayear if they studentsappliedlastyear and "This scamisyet another il- Jharkhand Chief Secretary R/OJ-44, IInd Floor, Vijay My clients Subhash Singhal I, areday scholars. Mostofthe morethan84,000got the schol- lustration of the vulnerabilities SukhdevSingh told TheIndian Chowk, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi- Saurav ChakravartyS/o S/o Late Sh. Chander Mal R/o H-91/4, Shivaji Park,Punjabi corruption is relatedtothese arship thisyear. of the Aadhaar-enabledpay- Express that the stategovern- 110092 dohereby declarethat I Subhashish Chakravarty R/o 16-A, UjjawalApartments,Plot Bagh(W), NewDehli -110026 have changed my daughter’s have disinherited, disowned lasttwo categories. At theheart of the corrup- ment system,”said economist ment “willlook intothe matter name from Lawanaya Goel to No. H3, Block-18, Bodella, &severed all relations with Giventhat the scholarshipis, tion lies the process of verifica- Jean Dreze, whose food security on the basis of inputsmade my only Son Bahubali Lavinia Goel for allpurposes. Phase-3, Vikas , Tilak in itself, arelatively small tion. Students have to submit team also receivedcomplaints available”. Nagar, West Delhi, Delhi-110018 Singhal. He will have no right 0040553260-1 in moveable&immoveable have changed my nameto propertiesofmyclient. I, Parveen Kumar, S/oParma Saurabh Chakravarty. Whosoeverdeals with him, shall do so at his/her own Nand,R/o House No-509, Nai 0040553278-1 risk. Sd/- Basti, Kishan Ganj,Delhi- Amit Kumar Maihan Tribal student shown as Parsi, 110007, declarethat name of Advocate D-1604/2002 LOST & FOUND P–6,Tis Hazari Court, Delhi –54 mine has been wrongly written 9871897844, 27603116 as Praveen Bhagwat in my minor daughter Gargi Bhagwat I, Zarina Sharma w/oSM PUBLIC NOTICE aged 13 years in her School Sharma 201/28 Noidahave PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT woman told money from Saudi Recordand as Parveen misplacedoriginal allotment MY CLIENTS MRS. KAVITA DEVI W/O RAM BHAWAN AND SURESH KUMAR S/O RAM Bhagwat in my minor son letterofAWHO flat 1339/29 BHAWAN R/O B-1/37, AGAR NAGAR, PREM Kanishk Bhagwat aged 9years NOIDA.Finder call 9811671851 NAGAR-3RD, KIRARI, DELHI-86, That my 47-yr-old wifeof clients have disowned Their son and brother At his home made of unplas- amount of Rs 10,700.Idid not the school’s namecould notbe in hisSchool Record. The 0040553276-1 respectively Mr. SATISH S/O Ram Bhawan. teredwallsand an asbestosroof, tailor knowthatthe moneywas verified. Her name wasnot actual name of mine is Parveen That they have no relation with SATISH and his activities because, he is not at good terms his father Alim Ansari, aliftop- meantfor school children,” said found in the NSP listfor Ranchi Kumar. 0070719184-1 I, SAMEER,S/o Islamu R/oH.No-3 with my clients and has been living separately st.no-4 kamal-vihar,karawal from them for the last three years. erator at aprivate firm, said: “It LORD KRISHNAPUBLIC Rajiya’s husband, Nasim Ansari. district. I, RYTHM D/oRKSingh,R/o- That my clients have disowned SATISH from Nagar,Delhi-94,have lost my their all movable and immovable properties. is tough managing the familyof SCHOOL, GHUGHRI, Mohammad Sahabuddin, DAFFODILSPUBLIC D6,Tower-8, Type-V, East original-certificate class-10th If anyone deals with SATISH, my clients will not Kidwai-Nagar,New Delhi- be liable for any consequences or liabilities. eight with my monthlysalaryof RANCHI: head teacher, said: “Wehave SCHOOL, DUMRA, year-2017 Rollno-8625756 TARUN SHARMA &ASSOSIATES 110023,Have Changed My (Advocates and Legal Consultant) Rs 8,000.Wewerenot aware Records showSadiya come to know that this listin- DHANBAD: CBSE-DELHI. 0040553317-11 OFFICE AT :LAWYERS CHAMBER NO Name, from RYTHM to RHYTHM 1206, ROHINI COURT, DELHI-85 that Zikrul should have got Rs Parween is astudent of Class 7. cludesgirls, although this is a Records showthat224 stu- Singh,vide-Affidavit dated-29- PH. 7210093938/ 9990211197 5,700.” Records show49stu- But producing astate certificate, residentialinstitution forboys.” dentsweresanctionedscholar- 10-2020.at Delhi. MATRIMONIAL dentsreceived scholarships Sadiyasays she neverstudiedin BLUE BELLS SCHOOL, GOLA, ships, including 222 hostellers. 0040553317-9 PUBLIC NOTICE I, Madhu Rawal, W/O Gulshan starting from Rs 1,000 to Rs LordKrishna School and cleared RAMGARH: The two-storey school,with I, Ramalaxmi, W/oGanesan S, Kumar Rawal R/O Flat No. 10,700. Class 10 from DevendraNath Records showscholarships 1,000 studentslistedfromclass R/oSubramaniyasivaStreet, 255-E Pocket-1 Mayur Vihar Pastor Anil Chakor,chair- School (DNS) in Choreyan. “My were givento179 students, in- 1-8, has no hostel. One of the Sivagiri, Tirunelveli, Tamil Phase-1 Delhi- 110091, hereby declare that Ihave lost man, said: “I came to knowre- details were takenlastyear and cluding176 hostellers. But the beneficiaries, Naima Khatoon, Nadu-627757, have changed my my original site possession centlythatour school in-charge, this year we receivedRs10,700 school has no hostel. One bene- wasfound to be staying in name to Ramalakshmi G. letter issued by DDA for the ElisabaGera, and ateacherof in my account. Half the money ficiary, Mahvish Parveen, shown Hazaribagh, about 125kmaway. 0070719183-1 area Mayur Vihar Phase-1 Delhi-110091. Ihave already another school stole the school’s wasshared with an agent, as studying in Class 8, staysin RajendraKumar Napir, I, SUNITAW/O ATENDERPRASAD filed an FIR with application letterhead and stamp, andgot Tauqir,who dealt with the ap- Jhumri TelaiyainKoderma dis- Director: “Thereisnohostelin R/OHNO.1449,L-BLOCK, no. 688815/2020 on dated the user ID and passwordfrom plication,” she said. trict, about 130kmaway. “My my school.The school heads 26.10.2020 at Crime Branch, MANGOLPURI, DELHI- the NSP.Theydistributed Records showFijaPraveen is daughter is aClass 4student in a have to be informedabout the 110083.CHANGED MY NAME TO Delhi. If anybody has found it, please send it to my address. SUNITADEVI. 0040553317-3 moneytostudents at different astudent of Class7,and that she government school in disbursement but Ihaveno locations.” receivedRs5,700in herbankac- Vishrambagh in Jhumri Telaiya. idea.” I, Sam Urma, S/oBBUrma, R/o Madhu Rawal 9999652804 ALI PUBLIC SCHOOL, count. “I study in Class 9inDNS. We filled thescholarship form COLONEL PUBLIC SCHOOL, Qt No-G-192/2, Near Kali Mandir Railway Account TILIATAAND, LATEHAR: Tauqir took us to thebank and I through an agent but have not DHANBAD: Colony, Chakradharpur,West SIKH/PUNJABI AtiyaFirdous wassanc- withdrew the moneyand gave got anymoney,”said Parveen’s Records show205 students Singhbhum, Jharkhand-833102, tionedRs10,700forClass 6. “But him half. Inever studiedinLord father MohammadJaved. receivedscholarships, including Wanted religiousbride from that name of mine, my father respected Jat family in govt. IstudyinClass 3and don’t stay Krishna School,” she said. At MahendraVerma,princi- 198hostellers. One “Class 8” and my mother has been job in Chandigarh preferably in ahostel,” she said. Her family least324 students received pal, said: “I have notverifiedany beneficiary, Muneja Parween, is wrongly written as Shyam teacher for turbaned male Verma,BBVerma and BVerma says she receivedRs5,350 from scholarships, including 213who scholarshipform forthe last a28-year-old housewifeat 30/6’0” workingassenior respectively in my Educational the school, whichhas about 150 got Rs 10,700 each, from the three years. Three years ago, we Bagodar in Giridih district. “An assistant in mini secretariat Documennts. The actual name students,although she is eligi- school whichhas justfiverooms receivedthe scholarship agent had collected ourdetails Patiala. watsapp of mine, my father and my only:6283055097 ble onlyfor Rs 1,000. in the middle of afield. amount through cheque and the and IreceivedRs10,700 in my motherisSam Urma, BBUrma Records showthe full range SanjayGope, the owner, moneywas delivered to benefi- account. The agent gave me only and BUrma respectively. 0050170138-1 of scholarships were sanc- said: “About200 studentshad ciaries. We have around 100stu- Rs 4,000,” she said. 0070719186-1 tionedfor 157students,includ- applied but some mayhave dentsinour school of whom less Mukesh Rai, Director: “This It is for general information that ing 72 girls. The school does not been fake.” Asked aboutthe hos- than 50 arefromminority com- is fraudand the school has noth- I,Manvinder Kaur,W/o have anygirlstudentsstaying tel, he said it wasnearbybut did munities.” ing to do with it.” Raisaid the SarabjeetSinghR/o- in hostels, or afull-fledged hos- notprovidedetails. “Some ille- UNIDENTIFIED, RANCHI: school has been wound up fol- 19,Second-Floor,Gali.No.1,Shiv tel. galworkhas happened,but I Gulshan Ara, 47,ofBehratoli lowing the lockdown. Puri,Krishna Nagar, Delhi- Maulana Rizwaan Danish, don’t knowhow,” he said. in Mandar BlockofRanchi,lost 110051,declarethat name of Tribal becomes Parsi mine has been wrongly written who runs the school, said: MADRASAALIA ARABIA, her husband in February2019. as Sonia in School Recordofmy “Around 400studentsfilled the RANCHI: “Weweregoing throughatough in records minor son Dilbagh Singh Aged forms with the help of some Records list102 studentsas time when an acquaintance ap- ASSEMBLYOFGOD CHURCH 15 Years.The actual-name of agents...My job is to verify beneficiariesofRs10,700 and proachedus, sayingIwould get SCHOOL, HUTUP,RANCHI: mine is Manvinder Kaur which whether theystudiedinmy that one person receivedRs some charity moneyfromSaudi Rahul Oraon, aClass 9stu- maybeamendedaccordingly school or notand Idid notcheck 2,300.One amongthem is 47- Arabia if Igavehim my Aadhaar dent,belongs to atribal commu- 0040553317-7 anything else.”Heshowedafew year-old RajiyaKhatun, thewife details and acopyofthe bank nity but is listedasa“Parsi”. “I I,Susanata Maji S/oAjit Maji GUPTA/AGGARWAL rooms with mattresses, saying of atailor and residentof passbook.InApril, Ireceived Rs got Rs 2,700in cash without any R/o-3079, Third-Floor,Gali- some boys had stayed herebe- Lohardagadistrict, 100km 10,700.The middleman took receipt,” he said. No.5,Ranjit-Nagar,Patel PUBLIC NOTICE Looking fore the lockdown. “Girls don’t away.Records listher as abene- half,” she said. Pastor Anil Chakor,chair- Nagar,Delhi-110008,have for asuitablequalified, It is to inform publicatlarge that high-class business or high my client Smt. Prem Lata W/o stayhere...Thereisalot of fraud ficiarywithaPunjabNational Ara’s account number in the man, said: “There is abig nexus. changed my minor son’s Late Sh.Gopal SinghR/o B- scale job boyfor GARG girl, name,from Surojit Maji to 364/8, A-292,StreetNo-05,North happening,” he said. Bank account.“We filledthe PublicFinance Management The studentswerenot even 5’3”, Oct 93 born. Did her MSc VinodNagar,Patpadganj,East Surajit Maji,for all purposes. form because Iwas told by an System (PFMS) fordirect trans- givenaccess to their bank ac- finance from the University of Delhi, Delhi-110092.has severed- Fake students, one is offall hisrelationswith hisson agent that Iwould gethalf the fers lists herasabeneficiarybut counts.” 0040553317-8 Edinburgh, Scotland and Tarun @GoluS/o Late Sh.Gopal Singhand hiswifeand legalheirs I,Preeti Tank D/O Mahendra M.Com from S.Dcollege Chandigarh and belongs to a R/oH.No.-346,Street No-06, Kumar Tank W/OSurjeet SidharthGali,BudhaMarg, Kumar R/o-38/217,Kiran Path high-class business family. MandawaliFazalpur, Delhi- Horoscope must. Decent 110092.Myclienthas also Mansarovar,Jaipur Rajasthan- debarred himand hisSpouse& 302020 Present at-H.No- Marriage. +919463301713, legalheirs fromall his moveable/ [email protected] immoveable property.Myclient 107,2nd-floor,IndraVihar Near shallnot be responsible forany B.B.M.Depot G.T.B-Nagar,Delhi- 0050170180-1 acts/deeds of hisabove said son 110009,have changed my name Tarun@ Golu .Anybody deals with himshallbeathis ownrisk to Preeti Aheer andresponsibility. 0040553277-1 Manjul Rani Singh(Advocate) ChamberNo. 817-818, I,POOJA SINGH,W/OAJITKUMAR SINGH,R/O-VILLAGE- ''IMPORTANT'' RAMCHANDRAPUR POST- NEKNAMEPUR DIST- Whilst care is takenprior to MUZAFFARPUR.BIHAR-843120, acceptance of advertising DECLARE THATMYDATE-OF- copy, it is not possibletoverify BIRTH.01/09/1988 WRONGLY- its contents.The Indian MENTIONED IN MY HUSBAND Express (P) Limitedcannot be OFFICE-RECORD.BUT MY heldresponsible for such ACTUAL-CORRECT DATE-OF- contents,nor for any loss or BIRTH IS-01/07/1988VIDE- damage incurred as aresult of AFFIDAVIT,DATED- transactions with companies, 31/10/2020,BEFORE NCT-DELHI. associations or individuals advertising in itsnewspapers 0040553317-10 or Publications. We therefore I,Divakar Jha,S/O recommend that readers Suryanand,R/O-Village makenecessaryinquiries Ghelabri Distt.AriyaPategana beforesendingany monies or Bihar-854311,inform that entering intoany agreements Divakar Jha and Sachchinand withadvertisers or otherwise Jha both areone and the same acting on an advertisement in person. 0040553310-5 any mannerwhatsoever.

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ADDRESSESPROBATIONARY CIVIL SERVICE OFFICERS China-India pacts Trytosubstituteforeignbrandswithlocal:PM must be scrupulously respected to restore EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE SpiceJet gets VADODARA,OCTOBER31 normalcy: Jaishankar PRIME MINISTER Narendra 3,000 bookings for Modi on Saturdayasked proba- tionarycivil service officers to checkiftheycould find Made in seaplaneservice EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE India substitutes forforeign NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 brands to push the “vocal forlo- cal” campaign initiated by the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ED Morein AS THE stand-offwithChina government. AHMEDABAD,OCTOBER31 pipeline stretchedtonearly itssixth

The Prime Ministerwas ad- PLAIN month, External Affairs Minister E acrossIndia ● dressing agathering of proba- SPICEJET HAS received3,000 EX SJaishankarSaturdaysaidanyat- tionary civilserviceofficers of bookings forthe seaplane serv- tempttochangethe status quoat the LalBahadur ShastriAcademy ice connecting Sabarmati river- BESIDES BEGINNING the Line of Actual Controlwould of Administration (LBSNAA) in front and Statue of Unity in seaplane services to be unacceptable and thatSino- Musoorie via avideo conference Gujarat, said chairmanand man- Surat, SpiceJetsays it Indiatiescannotbe“immune to from the exhibition hall of the aging director of the airlines, plans to introduce sea- changes in the assumption that SJaishankar at Ministryof Statue of Unity as partofthe sec- AjaySingh on Saturday, when plane services between underpinnedit”. External Affairs on Saturday. ond edition of Aarambh —train- Prime MinisterNarendraModi Port Blair and Havelock Deliveringthe annualSardar Twitter/MEA ing initiatedfor the probation- inaugurated the country’s first in the Andaman and PatelMemorialLectureorganised aryofficers since last year. PM NarendraModi boards aseaplane from the Statue of Unity at Kevadia. Bhupendra Rana seaplane route. Nicobar Islands, by All India Radio, Jaishankar Handingoutanexerciseto the “Prime MinisterNarendra KazirangainAssam, stated that ties with China were rious policy.Onthe contrary, he officers, who could notvisit Modiji encouragedus alot to be- Delhi to Naini lake, stableforthreedecadesasthetwo said, “our experience in the last Kevadia this year due to Covid-19 manyoftheseforeignbrandscan the probationaryofficers that mediaforgoodwork andindoing gin this flight and todayhenot ,Rishikesh and nationsaddressedinheritedchal- fewyearsinexpediting the cre- restrictions,PMModiaskedthem youdowithout foryour personal theirdecisionsfortheirallottedju- work onlytobeinthe media. You onlyinaugurated the flight, but Tehri Dam. Similar oper- lenges and newcircumstances ation of border infrastructurein to prepare alistofitems of their use or if youcan substitute with risdictions should bein the larger mustfollowrole models who he wasalso our firstpassenger,” ations arealso plannedin and the “peace and tranquillityin the north shows howmuchdif- personaluseandcheckforforeign local Indian products... Youmay interestofthe nation and notto worked anonymouslyfor the Singh told media persons after Srinagar,Ladakh, theborderareasprovidedtheba- ference sharper focus and better brands. Urgingthem to take it as a have neverknownabouttheirori- earnpraise.Heinvokedthewords countrywithmuchdiscipline. returning from Kevadia Colony Udaipur,Sunderbansin sis forexpandedcooperation in implementation can make”. “personal challenge”, Modi asked ginorthoughtaboutitbefore you of Sardar Vallabhbhai Pateland Therehavebeen manybureau- on the 18-seater aircraftwhich West Bengaland back- other domains.But as the pan- Onforeignpolicy,theMinister the aspiring officers to see if they purchasedit,” Modi said. saidthatPatel,whoaddressedthe cratsbeforeyouwhohave leftbe- can accommodate15passen- waters of Kerala. demic unfolded, the relationship said India, while “engaging with could substituteforeign brands ThePMfurtherurgedtheoffi- firstbatchofcivil serviceofficers hindalegacyof goodwork butno gers, twopilots and an attendant. has come under severe stress”. thedifferentpoles”,willcontinue with local productstoboostthe cers to lookaround the LBSNAA inindependentIndiainApril1947, one even knowsabout them...” “Wewillbetrying to connect “Torestore normalcy,agree- to give the“utmostattentionto its self-reliant India campaign. campus forproductsthat are hadreferredto thebureaucracyas Modi urgedthe officers to Statue of Unity with other cities. Airline officials said that the mentsbetweenthetwo countries immediateneighbourhood”. “...Ihave anassignmentforyou manufacturedin other countries. a“steel frame”.“Whatever be the promote local arts and cultureof Our firstattempt willbetocon- airline wasstill fine tuning the mustberespectedscrupulously “In apost-Covid 19 world, all. In the next fewdays,makea “Alsocheck yourcampuswhichis frame,itcannotfunctionwithout districtsand areas that will be nect Surat. The existing (one- booking system whichhas al- in their entirety. Wherethe Line Indiawillapproachtheworldina listofthethingsthatyouuseevery namedafterLalBahadurShastri... soundprinciples,” he said. eventuallyallottedtothem. way) fareswill be betweenRs ready received3,000 bookings, of ActualControlisconcerned,any moreproactive wayinthe after- dayand seehow manyitems are and makealistofthings that are Stating that he has directed “When youworkindistrict 1500-5,000... It is notlikeany mostofwhichare from the attempt to unilaterallychangethe math of the pandemic...some of MadeinIndia or locally—from notmadeinIndia. Check if it can electedrepresentativesofthe BJP blocks,you will find global po- other common flight. It is aspe- Gujarat region. statusquoisunacceptable.There- that will be drivenbyaglobal vi- your shoes to your phones and be replacedwithlocal items...” to maintainalow profileinmedia, tentialinlocalartsand products. cial experience as it would flyat According to Singh,30per lationship cannot be immune to sion of itsinterests that it has whatever personal use items you Layingemphasisonthe up- Modi said, “Media and social me- Youhavetosupportthem with lowaltitudes from where the cent of the seatswill be pricedat changes in the assumptions that steadilydeveloped over the own. Makealistofthose which coming quarter of thecenturyof dia will distract and lureyou. But all your strength and vision to surrounding beauty can be seen Rs 1,500underthe UDAN underpinnedit. Largeciviliza- years,” he said. areforeign brands. Check how India's independence, Modi told thereisadifferenceinbeinginthe help them go global.” near Statue of Unity,” he added. scheme. tional states re-emerging in close Speaking on the global econ- proximity will nothavenaturally omy, the Foreign Ministersaidit easy ties,” he said. wasapparentthatthe prevailing FRANCE BEHEADINGS Duringthelecturetitled“India international system wasunder CPM decides its and the post-Covid world” great stress even before the pan- Actors, activists Jaishankar drew parallels be- demic, citing “disenchantment” condemn tween the challenges facing the withaglobalisedsystemthat“cre- Cong line:Friends in countrytoday andthe uncertain- ated unequal gains within soci- ‘outrageous’ ties it facedjustafter eties and amongthem” as oneof Independenceintheaftermathof the major factors. statements by Bengal, foes in Kerala Partition—and howSardar Patel “The economic interests of a had handledthem. fewprevailed at theexpense of Muslim leaders cooperation in Assam comes at a The Ministertouchedupon thelivelihoodof many. Theration- MANOJCG time when both the parties are multipleaspectsofIndia'soutlook ale of collectiveglobal advance- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 engaged in abitter warofwords on national security, foreignpol- mentgraduallylostcredibility,re- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE in Kerala over twohot political is- icy and the global order afterthe sulting in class wars in the MUMBAI,OCTOBER31 PREFERRINGPRAGMATISM over sues—thearrest of CPMstatesec- impact of the pandemic. developedworld whichcon- ideology,the CPMcentral com- retary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan’s On security,Jaishankar said tributedto growingpoliticalinse- FORMER MUMBAI Police mittee Saturday decidedthatthe son, Bineesh,inadrug-related advocating sweeping solutions curity in manycases,” he said. Commissioner Julio Ribeiro, also partyand the Leftfront will have moneylaunderingcase and the withoutlayingafirmgroundwork “The Covid-19pandemic could formerDGPof GujaratandPunjab, an electoralunderstanding with goldsmugglingcaseinwhichCM maymakefor“dramaticpolitics”, well be the laststraw on the back actorsNaseeruddinShah,Shabana theCongresstofight against the PinarayiVijayan’s former princi- but cannotbeasubstitutefor se- of afraying global consensus.” Azmi,Swara Bhasker,activists rulingTrinamoolCongress,asalso pal secretary, MSivasankar,has MedhaPatkar, Teesta Setalvad, anaggressive BJP,intheforthcom- been arrested. JavedAnandandJohnDayal,were ing Assemblyelections in West Yechurysaid,“In 2004,when among 130signatorieswho con- Bengal whereboththe CPM and the CPM had declared that it will demnedthe France beheadings Congress have been facing an ex- supportanalternativegovern- and criticisedthe “outrageous istentialcrisis. ment thatnaturallyamong the statementsbyMuslim religious InAssamtoo,whereAssembly opposition parties will be ledby IN INDIRA’S MEMORY and political leaders”inastate- pollswillbeheldsimultaneously, the Congress....in suchasitua- ment issued on Saturday. the CPM will fightelections in co- tion...the people of Kerala elected Congress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi VadraatIndiraGandhi’s memorial, Shakti Sthal, “We… unequivocallyand un- operationwithsecularopposition LDFMPsoutof the20.Sodon’tun- on Saturday. Gandhi Vadra, along withparty chief and mother Sonia and brother Rahul, paid conditionallycondemntherecent parties,includingtheCongress.In derestimatethe intelligence and tributetothe former Prime Ministeronher 36th death anniversary. Amit Mehra killings in Francebytwo fanatics Tamil Nadu, it will be partofthe maturity of the people of Kerala.” inthenameof faith.We aredeeply DMK-ledalliance of whichthe “What the BJP has been doing disturbed by the convoluted logic Congress willbeaconstituent. in the lastmorethan one year of someself-appointedguardians However, the party is up sinceitsreturn...peoplearewatch- of Indian Muslimsin rationalising againstthe Congress in Kerala, ing...theyknowthatthisdanger Annul actions under Roshni Act, cold-bloodedmurderanddeplore whereAssemblyelectionswillbe has to be defeated.Iamsurethe the outrageousremarksofsome held along with in peopleofKeralawill fullyunder- retrieve land within 6months:J&K headsof state,”thestatementread. Maynextyear. stand,” he said. Thestatementfurtherread:“It CPMgeneralsecretarySitaram But the arrest of PrincipalSecretaryto The Roshni Actisanother has become the order of the day Yechurysaidthe people of Kerala Balakrishnan’s son and the gold EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Government, Revenue namefortheJammuandKashmir forall religious groups to indulge are“intelligentandmature”to un- smuggling case has put the CPM JAMMU,OCTOBER31 Department, shall pass an order StateLand(Vestingof Ownership in whatabouterywheneversuch derstand the situation. The CPM inaspot.Yechurysaidthecontro- declaring all actions takenunder to the Occupants) Act, 2001. heinouscrimesarecommittedby politburohad lastSundaygiven versiesare nota“moralblow”,ar- THREE WEEKSafter aHigh Court the Jammu and Kashmir State The PrincipalSecretary EX-Servicemen Contributory Health those belonging to their flock.” the green signal forthe Bengal guingthat Bineesh is notamem- order declared the Roshni Actas Land(Vestingof Ownershipto the (Revenue)shallensurethatallthe Scheme (ECHS) Employment Notice The signatories also expressed unit’s proposal foratie-up with berofthe CPM and the party has amendedfromtimetotimeasun- Occupants)Act,2001,asamended mutations doneinfurtherance of solidarity with the FrenchCouncil the Congress. The Kerala leader- no responsibility to defendhim. constitutionalandunsustainable, fromtimeto time,andrulesmade theActare annulledandalsowork ECHS invites applicationtoengage following staffoncon- forthe Muslim Faith forissuing an ship, whichwas againstany tie- “AsecretaryoftheChiefMinister the Jammu and Kashmir govern- thereunder as void ab-initio,” out aplan to retrievelarge tracts tractual in ECHS Polyclinic Khanpur,Air Force Station appeal calling on all Muslims in up with the Congress, relented ortheChiefMinister’soffice...theCM ment on Saturdaydecided to an- stated an orderissuedbythe of stateland, according to the or- Tughlakabad New Delhi as per the following details:- Franceto“cancelallcelebrationsof and did notobject to the move. immediatelysuspendedhim from nul all mutations, remove en- JammuandKashmirDepartment der.Theofficershallalsowork out Sl Appointment No. of Fixed Working Remark thebirthdayoftheProphetasasign The CPM central committee’s that position,” he said, adding that croachment and retrieve such of Law, Justice andParliamentary aplan to evict encroachersfrom No Vacancy Remuneration House/ of mourningand solidarity with go-ahead foranelectoral alliance action mustbetaken whenviola- land within six months. Affairs, withthe Lieutenant suchlandand retrieveitwithin a Leave the victims and their lovedones”. with the Congress in Bengal and tion of lawisfound. “It is herebyordered that the Governor’s approval. periodofsix months. 01 Medical 75000/- 0800 hrs Only ESM Officer to 1600 Candidate 02 Nursing Asst 28100/- hrs (2.5 will be 03 IT Tech 28100/- days interviewd Complete shutdown in 04 Clerk 16800/- Earned for the 01 for Leave after post as 05 Safaiwala 16800/- each completing mention in 06 Female 16800/- post of every SI No. 06 Kashmir overnew land laws Attend. month &07 07 Peon 16800/- besides Sunday & BASHAARATMASOOD Gazetted SRINAGAR,OCTOBER31 holidays) Application Form, Terms and Condition and eligibility FOLLOWINGAcallbyseparatist criteria available at:- conglomerateHurriyat ECHSwebsite www.echs.gov.in¦“Downloads’¦ Conference, theKashmir valley on Saturdayobserved acom- “Application Form For Empolyment in ECHS”. For addi- plete shutdown againstthe new tional detail please contact on 011-21820078 or e-mail at land laws allowing anyIndian [email protected] citizen to purchase land in Last Date of Receipt of Application (As per format Jammu and Kashmir. given in out website):- In Srinagar,all business estab- Application as per format along with self attested photo- lishmentsremainedclosed,atten- copiesoftestimonials in favour of Educationalqualification dance in governmentofficeswas thinwith public transportoff the At LalChowk in SrinagaronSaturday. Shuaib Masoodi and work experience is to be addresses to ECHS Cell, Air roads and fewprivate vehicles on Force Station, Tughlakabad,MBRoad, New Delhi-110080 the roads. and can also be dropped by handindropbox placed at Shutdown wasalso observed the towns of South Kashmir,in- furcateitintoUnionterritories. Main Guard Room of this station by 01 Dec 20. in allthe majortowns of North cluding Shopian, Kulgam, The newland laws have trig- Interview Timing and Venue:- The applicantswillreport Kashmir,including Sopore, Anantnag,PulwamaandPampore geredfears that the Centrewants to theplace,date&time for interview at ECHS Polyclinic, Baramulla, Kupwara, Handwara whereshops remainedshut and to changethe demographyofthe Air Force Staion, Tughlakabad, MB Road, New Delhi- and Bandipore. Whilemostofthe publictransportwasofftheroads. erstwhilestate.Theamendments business establishments re- This wasthe firstshutdown have triggered anger in the valley 110080. Interview for Shortlisted/eligible candidates will mainedclosed, fewervehicles call by separatists since August5 with parties across the spectrum, be conducted on 10 Dec 20. TA/DA will not be admissible pliedonthe roads. Acomplete lastyearwhentheCentredecided exceptBJP,vowingtofightagainst for interview. shutdown wasalsoobservedin to scrapJ&K’sspecialstatusandbi- the newlaws.

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BRIEFLY DAYAFTER AMETHIVILLAGE PRADHAN’S HUSBANDDIES OF BURN INJURIES Teen says father burntover village Enoughlawstotackle politics, accusedfamily denies pollution,political

allegedly involved in setting him AVANEESHMISHRA onfire.Anaudioof thisiscirculat- ,OCTOBER31 ing on social media. Asked about willlacking:experts RDoraikkannu the audio clip, ADG (Lucknow ADAY afterthe husband of the zone)SatyaNarain Sabat said the villagepradhan of Bandoiya, in audio will be verified, but at this ESHAROY ED TAMIL NADU Uttar Pradesh's Amethi district, pointitcannotbecalledanofficial NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 Differencein Agriminister diedofsevereburn injuries, and dying declaration. PLAIN E size,power ● the familyalleged that afew vil- The victim's son, Govind IN 1985, social activistand lawyer EX battlingCovidis lagers abductedand sethim on Prasad, 19,said his mother won MCMehtafiledawritpetition in fire late Thursday night, an old the firstelection forvillageprad- the Supreme Courtseeking the AKEY difference between critical:hospital disputeoverpanchayatpolitics, han in 2015,“they(accused, who closureofShriramIndustries, op- the newcommission and Chennai: Tamil Nadu and alleged swindling of govern- the teen said had helpedher win erating in adense area of Delhi. EPCA aretheirsize and AgricultureMinisterR ment funds meant fordevelop- the reservedpost) startedtoforce MC MehtavsUnion of India composition,aswell as Doraikkannu, battling ment, is emerging as apossible her to consult them before taking would go on to become aland- MCMehta powers. The commission, Covid-19pneumonia and trigger forthe incident. Police deployedatAmethi’s Bandoiyavillageafter pradhan anydecision.Theyevenwanted markenvironmental case and, Additional Secretary on lifesupport, is ex- Arjun Prasad Kori, 52, who Chhotka Devi’s husband diedofburn injuries. VishalSrivastav the seal of villagepradhan to be over the coming decades, the ba- (Environment) Ravi tremelycritical,ahospi- came from the Dalit community, handedovertothem.My parents sis foraslewoforders to check effective executive would have Aggarwalsays,will have taltreatinghim said diedonway to hospital in refused, and since then theyhave air and waterpollution –includ- been abletocurb air pollution. 17 members, drawnfrom Saturday. The 72-year- Lucknowinthe early hours of accusedKrishnaKumarTiwari, but it did notgoasper plan.” takenusastheirenemy....” ing the settingupofthe EPCAor “Thereshould beawell-designed across sectors and even old ministerhas “suf- Friday. His wife, Chhotka Devi, denied this and instead alleged An FIR registeredat But Tiwari's fatherRam Murti the Environment Pollution executive body withdefined from NITI Aayog, ISROand feredasignificant deteri- 50, is the villagepradhan. Korisethimself onfire to putpres- Munshiganj police station on the said, “On October 6, we com- (Prevention and Control) public space within it represent- NGOs. The EPCAhad oration in vitalfunctions. On Saturday,the familysaid sure on them by inflicting minor complaint of Chhotka Devi plainedagainstthe pradhanof Authorityfor the National Capital ing allsectors, becausethe prob- sevenmembers,two of He is extremelycritical the accusedpersons had helped injuriesonself,butitwentwrong. names KKTiwari, Rajesh Mishra, corruption. She wassanctioned Region of Delhi. lem of pollution is multi-sectoral. them permanent. While despitebeing on maxi- them win the pradhanelection, He told TheSundayExpress: Ravi Shankar Tiwari, Santosh moneytobuild308toilets,butless With the Centre nowbring- The intent of the Commission is EPCAhad some powers, mal lifesupport,” said and alleged that theysubse- “Around 11 pm on Thursday Tiwari, RamBabu,Ajayand ami- thanahundredwere built.Yet,she ing in anew ordinance forthe off-kilter.Itseems to viewthe the commission has pow- KauveryHospital quentlywanted to hijackall de- neighbours heardnoise and in- norasaccused. Of them, Krishna declared the village open defeca- settingupofaCommissionfor problem of air pollution as oneof ers as well as duties, Executive Director Dr cisions takenbyChhotka Devi as formedus.We foundArjunPrasad Kumar,Rajeshand Santosh have tion-free... Theyreceivedaround Air Quality Management in the enforcement, whereas it is apo- whichmeans thatitis“ac- Aravindan Selvaraj. The pradhan. They alleged that since crying in pain with burn injuries. been arrested.The others are Rs 10 lakh to renovate thevillage National Capital Region and litical problem –one of political countable and has to hospital had said she did notacceptthis, theac- We informedthe police. We be- absconding. primaryschool but did nothing.” Adjoining Areas, abody that will will,’’ says Dubash. showresults”, Aggarwal Mondaythatthe minis- cused, as partofarevenge, kid- lieve he sethimself on fire to In the FIR, the familyhas al- Station Officer of Munshiganj see the EPCAgetting dissolved, Dubash wasappointed to the says.The EPCA's main terwas being treated for napped Kori and sethim on fire. blame us. He musthavethought leged that beforehis death, Kori MithileshSinghsaidthingswould Mehtasays the battle againstair EPCAwhen it wasreconstituted function wastoassistthe severe Covid pneumonia RamMurti, 71,father of main that he will suffer minor injuries, gave names of people who were be clear as the probeproceeds. pollutionlacks notlawsorcom- in 2018.In2019, he resigned"be- Supreme Court. and itscomplications, mittees, but political will. cause Ididn’t feel Iwas being ef- and maintaining func- “The problem is of lobbies fective in EPCA,wherethe mem- tions of his vital organs TN eases curbs: Schools, suchasthe vehicular lobby... If it bers had little input". whichiswhat youneedfor ef- waschallenging. PTI TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE weren’t forthe intervention of He adds thatpersistent prob- fective implementation.’’ the courts, very littlewould have lems will continue despitethe TheCommissioncanalsotake suburban trains, movie CASES: RECOVERED:74,32,829 got done,’’ says Mehta,adding Commission. "Take, forinstance, suomotucognizanceofviolations 243 the Commission’s composition stubbleburning. Farmers have oractoncomplaints."Thesewere DAYSSINCE 81,37,119 DEATHS:1,21,641 of primarilygovernment officials relevant questions of whythey powersthathadbeengiventothe halls to resume operations PANDEMIC 90-year-old BEGAN TESTS: 10,87,96,064 | DOUBLING RATE: 124.29** –fromthe Centreand states –is arebeingtargetedand notthe EPCAaswell. But in twodecades, auditoriums, assemblyhalls, thereforeamatterofconcern. transportsector,’’ he say. the EPCAdid nottakeasinglesuo womanrapedby EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE zoos and museums. Film shoot- “If thegovernment didits job, The Environment Ministry, motu action and did notreceive CHENNAI,OCTOBER31 ing has been allowedwith a therewould be no need to setup however, pointstofundamental anycomplaints....The EPCA has 2atherhome crew strength of 150members. commissions, or forpeopleto differences between the EPCA been afailure notjustofgover- : A90-year-old THE TAMIL Nadu government However, the presence of the approachthe courts. The man- and the newCommission to say nance but also of civil society woman has been al- on Saturdayeasedsome curbs public at shootlocations will not ner in whichthe ordinance was thatthe newbody will be more groups.Theydid notaddressciti- legedly gang-rapedby introduced to combatthe pan- be allowed. brought in, overnight, without a effective.AdditionalSecretary zen grievances at all, whichthey twomen in herhouse in demic and announced that edu- Religious congregations as KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING proper discussion, wasalso in- Ravi Aggarwal says,“The were meant to do,’’ says environ- Tripura, police said on cational institutes, suburban well as other public functions in- TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** appropriate,’’ he says. Commission,unlikethe EPCA, mental lawyer RitwickDutta. Saturday. Themen broke trains and movie halls will re- cluding academic and political Navroz Dubash, professor, has the powertoappointofficers EPCAchairman BhureLal as intothe house of the sume functioningoverthe next events have been allowedfrom ■ 16,72,858 6,190 0.35% 206.25 Centrefor Policy Research,reit- and IGs of different states are well as member Sunita Narain woman, who wasliving fewweeks, keeping standardop- November 16 with amaximum ■ Andhra 8,20,565 2,886 0.35% 205.13 erates Mehta’s stance,sayingan also members of the body – did notcomment on the matter. alone,inNorth Tripura erating procedures in place. of 100people and as per stan- ■ Karnataka 8,20,398 3,589 0.47% 153.19 district on October 24. Astatement issuedbyChief dardprotocols of social distanc- Her relativeslodgedapo- ministerEdappadi K ing.The number of people to at- ■ Tamil Nadu 7,22,011 2,608 0.38% 191.07 Chhattisgarh cop held, Cop arrested, 4 licecomplaintonOctober Palaniswami said that schools tend marriageand ■ Kerala 4,25,122 6,638 1.70% 42.38 29, asenior police officer (Class 9onwards), colleges, re- funeral-related events has been booked as man said. The twomen ac- search institutions and other ed- restricted to 100. *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days**Calculated over7-daygrowth dismissed from service cusedofrapingthe ucational institutions mayre- However, existing restric- CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT found dead after woman areabsconding open from November 16.All tions withregardtoswimming 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY and amanhunt has been hostels, including those in pools, beaches and touristplaces for burning toddler gambling raid in launchedtonab them, SP schoolsand colleges, will also be willcontinue and norms setfor 1.51 7.71 48,268 Bhanupada Chakraborty allowedtoreopen. containment zones also will NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: village said. PTI Suburban train services also continue. 1.59 7.48 59,454 with cigarette butts can be resumed, as per the regu- E-passes remain mandatory Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs MANISHSAHU MAHARASHTRA lations insistedbythe Centre. forpeople travelling from other positivecases (in%); number tested recovering; more LUCKNOW,OCTOBER31 Movie theatres have been al- states to Tamil Nadu as well as indicator of progress (in%); indicator of recoveries for 14 days EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE in avertingdeaths thespreadofdisease may signal the peak Womankilled lowedtooperate at 50 per cent forthosevisiting populartourist RAIPUR,OCTOBER31 APOLICE sub-inspector has been DataasonOctober30,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers aspartofcrane capacity from November 10, destinations suchasOoty, includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive arrested,aconstable transferred along with amusement parks, Kodaikanal and Yercaud. ACHHATTISGARH Police consta- and acase of kidnapping, mur- collapses ble wasarrestedonSaturdayand der and destruction of evidence dismissedfromhis service after filedagainstfour villagers aftera Mumbai: A26-year-old Rajasthantables an FIR wasregisteredagainst man wasfound dead on woman wascrushed to 610Mumbailocals to operatefrom him forallegedly assaulting a Saturday morning in Bhadras vil- death and twootherssuf- Bill to make woman and inflictingburnson lageunder Ghatampurpolice feredinjuries when atrol- her toddler using cigarette butts. Avinash Rai station in Kanpur. leyofaspeeding crane today, daily service now over 2,000 masks in public According to police, the one- The body of Pappu Bajpai separated and collapsed year-old has severalburn marks wasfound in afield with abullet near abus-stop in the day, women commuters. A number of passengers allowed mandatory around her face and torso. time of the incident and was injurytothe chestonSaturday Mumbai’s western sub- NEERAJTIWARI decision about opening the local to boardthe local services.”He Balod police said the incident staying in the house withthe vic- morning. Police areprobing if urb of AndheriSaturday, MUMBAI,OCTOBER31 trainservices--closedto thepub- said that 2,020servicesonWR Jaipur: The Rajasthan govern- involving constable Avinash Rai tim forthe pastfew days,” asen- Bajpai wasshotbysub-inspec- police said. The driverof lic at large -- forall is expectedon and CR can easilyaccommodate ment on Saturdaytabled aBill to occurredonThursday. “Rai lived iorofficersaid. torPremVeer Singh Yadav, who the crane, heading to- STARTINGSUNDAY,the Central Monday, railwayofficials said. over 25 lakh passengers daily. makewearing of masksinpub- on rent at the toddler'shouse Additional SP DRPorte said, conducted araid in the village wardsDadar from Railway andthe Western Railway The move comes as the gov- Since March,local services lic and work places mandatory. while he waspostedinBalod. He “Basedonthe woman's com- lateonFriday night afterreceiv- Jogeshwari, lostcontrol willrun an additional 610local ernment has includedmorecat- were shut forgeneralpublic to The Rajasthan Epidemic had been transferredtoDurg20 plaint, acase wasregisteredun- ing information about agroup of the vehicle at around 6 services in Mumbai, increasing egories of workersinessential control the spread of the coron- Diseases(Amendment)Bill,2020, days agobut had been missing der sections294 (obscene acts), involvedingambling. am near Gundavali bus dailyservices from 1,410to2,020. services, and openedupthe avirus. Since July, aftergetting seeks“to prohibit the movement from duty,” an official said. 323 (voluntarilycausing hurt) “Duringpreliminaryinquiry, stop on Western Express The announcement comes two trains forwomen commuters, permission from the central gov- of anypersoninpublicplace,pub- On Thursday,Rai, who had and 324(voluntarilycausing we were informedthat... Prem Highway,anofficial said. days afterthe Maharashtragov- leading to crowding in the lim- ernment, Indian Railwaysand lictransport...rgatheringwithout cometoBalod to take money he hurtbydangerous weapons or Veer Yadavhad gone to the spot Thetrolley of the crane ernment wrote to the general ited number of local services. Maharashtragovernment, both properly coveringhis mouthand had loanedtothe family, al- means) of the IPC, and sections and had also openedfire. We landedonChandivali res- managers of CR and WR propos- Asenior CR official said, “We CR and WR have been increasing nosewithfacemaskorfacecover.” legedly forced the toddler to call of the JJ Actand theSC/STAct. have arrested Prem Veer.Ade- ident Falguni Pateland ing that the general public be al- areworkingonamodel to make the dailyservices on the subur- In the statement of Object and him “papa”, and when she did We have arrested the accused partmental inquiryhas been or- twoothers. Pateldiedon lowedtotravelbyMumbai local sure that passengers don’t have ban networkmonth by month. Reasons forthe Bill, the stategov- notrespond,heinflicted burns and areinvestigating further.” dered againstpolice constable the spotand the injured trains during non-peak hours. problems while commuting in Railway officials earlier said ernment said health experts are on her face, stomachand hands Afterthe FIR wasregistered, Deepanshu, who had gone to the persons were rushedtoa The additional services that the local trains. To makesureso- theywerereadytoresume local of the opinion that use of masks with cigarette butts, police said. the stateDGP orderedthatRai be spotwith Prem Veer.Wehaveso hospital, he said. PTI will plySundayonwards arestill cial distancing is maintainedin train services foreveryone but can help control the spread of He alsoallegedly thrashedthe dismissedfromservice and farnot foundany role of consta- restrictedonlyforessentialservice local trains, we areincreasing the neededtoget an approval from Covid-19“considerably”andsave toddler's mother before fleeing. formedspecial teams to arrest ble Deepanshu in the crime," said UTTAR PRADESH workers,andatspecifiedhoursof services with respect to the the Railway Ministry. livesofmillions. ENS “Rai had been drunk at the him. Kanpur DIG Preetinder Singh. Gangwarwife, 6offamily,test Necessary to make e-hearing available everywhere: CJI DRUGS CASE positiveforvirus Deepika Padukone’s manager this has also unintentionallycre- cause India’s ZeroMile is located : LabourMinister VIVEKDESHPANDE ated inequality betweenthose here. Thishas to be spread all files for anticipatory bail Santosh Gangwar said NAGPUR,OCTOBER31 who can access justice and those over the countryassoonaspos- Saturdaythathis wifeand who can't.... So, it is necessary sible.” “bustdrug networks around six other familymembers CHIEFJUSTICE of India SABobde that this technology (e-hearing) Alerting the judiciaryto“a EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Bollywood”. Prakash wascalled have tested positive for on Saturdaydescribed thepan- be madeavailable everywhere. post-pandemicflood of litiga- MUMBAI,OCTOBER31 forquestioning by the NCBon the coronavirus. The 71- demic-induceddigitisation of Removing these inequalities tions”, CJI Bobde also emphasised October 28. year-old ministertoo un- justice dispensation as an irre- shouldbeour next emphasis,” on greater stress foranalterna- FOUR DAYS afterthe Narcotics Seeking protectionfromar- derwent atestfor Covid- versible change that needs to be the CJI said. tive dispute redressal Control Bureau(NCB) raidedthe rest,Prakash has contendedthat 19 and his report came further expanded to coverthe “Thee-resource centre is a mechanism. residenceofactor Deepika the possession of suchasmall out negative.Gangwar, entirecountrytoremove thein- step in the directionofmitigat- “Let's makemobile vans with Padukone’s manager Karishma quantityof charascan,atthemost, who is the parliamentar- equalities it has unintentionally ingtheseproblems. NowSCcan Internetconnectionand genera- Prakash and claimedtohave attract one year in prison.Hence, ian from BareillyinUttar thrownupdue to itscurrent lim- be accessedfromany court in tors availablefor mediation, not found1.7 gramsofcharasand citing aSupremeCourtruling ac- Pradesh, told reporters ited coverage of technology. India. But more smallcentres justlitigation,”hesaid. twobottles of CBD (Cannabidiol) cording to whichcustodial inter- herethathis familymem- CJI Bobde wasspeaking after needtobeopenedtoensureac- The CJI also reiterated his oil, Prakash on Saturdayfiledan rogation is notnecessaryinof- bers had recentlygoneto inaugurating NyayKaushal, the The CJI also reiterated his stance on using artificial cess to justice forall. Iwould ap- stance on usingartificial intelli- anticipatorybail application in fences attracting less than seven Delhi wheretheycon- country’s firste-resource centre intelligence (AI) forjustice dispensation. peal to youthatyou should mo- gence(AI)forjusticedispensation. the sessions court, her lawyer yearsimprisonment,Prakashhas tracted theinfection. All at the JudicialOfficers’Training bilise all stategovernmentsto Others who attendedthe Ayaz Khan confirmed.The appli- statedthat her personal liberty of them have been admit- Institute(JOTI) in Nagpur.The e- ensurethat the technology programme included Supreme cation is expected to be heardon should notbetaken away, The tedtothe ESI Hospital in resource centrewill facilitatethe chambers forlawyers at JOTIthat “Afterthe onsetofpandemic, reaches the villages,” he said. Courtjudges Justice BRGavai Tuesday. Indian Express has learnt. Faridabad. The family filing of cases in the Supreme can be usedfor online hearing of hearing cases physicallyhad be- Saying that the creation of and Justice DYChandrachud, NCBofficialssaid Prakash’s About theCBD oilextracted cook has also takenill and Court,HighCourtorDistrict Court casesand inaugurated avirtual come dangerous. So, we got the e-resource centreatNagpur BombayHighCourt Chief Justice name croppedupduring the from cannabisplant, Prakash has has been admitted to a in Nagpur.Itwould also facilitate courtfor the Transport down and chalked out plan for wasastepinthat direction, the Dipankar Dattaand questioning of one of theped- contendedit is notcoveredby the hospital. PTI the hearing of cases online. Department, whichwould deal e-hearing and managed to con- CJI said, “It started herenot be- Administrative JudgeofNagpur dlers arrested by the agency in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic The CJI also inaugurated four with trafficchallans. tinue the functioning of SC.... But cause Iamfromherebut be- benchJusticeRaviDeshpande. the case in whichitislooking to Substances (NDPS) Act.

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UK, is suspected to be the latest istedand that adjinn would ful- ferred to aDelhi Hospital. They EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE in aline of people connedbythe filhis wishes. Theyclaimedthat told me that theyhad cursedmy NOIDA,OCTOBER31 duo, whichhas been pretending the original lampwas worthRs son, and if Ididn’tpay them Rs to practise witchcraftfor years . 2.5 crorebut were willing to of- 50 lakh, theywoulduse black TWOMEN in Uttar Pradesh’s “The accuseddid nothavea feritata“discountedprice” of Rs magic to curse my other family district sold the mythi- specific target.Theyshared visit- 70 lakh. The lampwas madeof members. Theykeptfeeding me cal “Aladdin’s lamp” to an unwit- ing cards with their customers steel and notgold, police said. something, and Iwas completely ting doctor,warned him against saying theywould solve anyis- The conmen also told the under their control,” said Dr using the “magical” object forat sue. Some people were also doctor that he wasnot supposed Khan. leasttwo years, and extracted Rs givensome money back initially to use the lampfor twoyears or Ikramuddin’s relative was 2.5 crorefromhim. to take them intoconfidence," else an untowardincident would being treated by the doctor, Ikramuddin and Aneeswere said Subhash Atri, SHO happeninthe family. Thisin- whichishow theybecame ac- arrested afterDrLaik Khan, find- Bhrampuri Police Station in stilledfear in Khan, the FIR said. quainted. ing no “djinn” coming to his aid, Meerut. “During this time, my son fell The twohavebeen arrested filedacomplaintwiththe police. As per the FIR filedbyKhan, ill and he wasadmitted to a underIPC Sections 386 (extor- The policesaid Dr Khan, who the accusedpersonsconvinced Meerut hospital.His condition tion afterputting aperson under had recentlyreturnedfromthe him that the Aladdin lampex- became serious and he wasre- fear of death) and 420 (cheating).

BENGAL WRITEBACK 12-hour-bandh, RESPONDINGTOtwo reports meetings of June 7, 2019,and aproposedpenaltyof12% of protests by BJP in The Indian Express October 21,2019. the project costoncontractor ‘Overruling owndecisions, RepresentativesofUSOFand M/s Tata projectsLtd. The after teen’s‘death Baghel govtsparesTatas Rs BBNL agreedtothe mode of showcause notice to Tata 200crpenalty’ on October 29 payment. The SLIC agreedto Projectshad already been is- in police station’ and ‘Spared by Govt, Tatasgot the penalty amount, but leftit suedonAugust 29, 2020. vendor word on penalty too’ to CHiPS to take afinal call on Our Correspondent: on October 30, Chhattisgarh the mode of payment. On Three show causenoticeswere EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE InfotechPromotion Society January9,2020, then CEO sentfromCHiPS to Tata KOLKATA,OCTOBER31 (CHiPS), the state’s nodal Devasenapathi confirmedthe Projectswithinthe firstsix agency to monitor IT projects, mode of recovery as deduction months till November 2018,af- A12-HOUR bandh wasobserved wrotebackintwo separatere- of 12 percent from eachofthe terwhichthe firstpenalty was on SaturdayatMallarpur block joindersstating these reports amount duetoTataProjects. levied on November 03, 2018. in West Bengal’s Birbhum dis- were factuallyincorrect, mis- CHiPS: Thereisnoorder The penalty wasincreasedto trict to protest thealleged “cus- leading and erroneous. passedfromcurrent CEO of the maximum 12%ofcapital todial death”ofa15-year-old In both the reports, The CHiPS, Shri Sameer Vishnoi to expenditureonFebruary23, boy, who police claimedhad Indian Express hadsought and setaside thepenalty proposed 2019.Hence, the August29, been detainedfor atheft.Hewas incorporated commentsfrom to be leviedupon the contrac- 2020, letter by current CEO found dead in the toiletofthe the current CHiPS CEO Sameer tor. CHiPS as ashow-cause notice, police station concernedon Vishnoi. In the October 29 re- Our Correspondent: is justrepeating the whole pro- Thursdaywithpolicecalling it port, Vishnoi is quoted as say- According to then CHiPS CEO cedureall over again. death by suicide. The BJP,which ing the moneyshown as KC Devasenapathi’s January9, CHiPS: CHiPS has holdof calledthe bandh, allegedthe boy penalty wasonlybeing 2020, letter to Tata Projects, PerformanceBank Guarantee dieddue to “police brutality.” stoppedand notdeducted.“I “12% deduction on payable (PBG)ofRs167 croreand also On Saturday, BJP youth wing stopped that so thatwecan amount from everyinvoice Additional Bank Guarantee president and MP Soumitra restartthe penaltyprocedure. raisedbyMSI” wasdecidedas (ABG)ofRs165 crore. This to- Khan staged adharna in front of Earlier,procedurewas notfol- the mode of recovery of tals Rs 332crore whichcan be the police station and party lowed,” he had said. penalty.This penalty was revokedatany point of time. workers gheraoedthe station. The keyissues raisedby deemedas“proposedpenalty” This is muchhigher than the Theydemandedaction CHiPS and the response by our by current CEO Sameer proposedpenalty of around Rs againstpolicepersonnel. Khan Correspondent arebelow: Vishnoi in his August 13,2020, 200crore. said: “Howcan the police beat CHiPS: The line “This letter to theThird Party Our Correspondent: It is up aboy so brutally?The boy’s penalty wasasper terms of the Auditor,FeedbackInfraPvt Ltd. standardpractice in everycon- familymembers areBJP sup- agreement between the com- The letter says,“Withregards tract to seek security in terms porters. That is whypolicetor- panyand thestate and itsim- to withholding of 12%penalty of PBG. The amountsheld as tured him.”Headded that the position wasadecisionratified on eachofthe payment… PBG and the Additional Bank BJP would protestacross the by aChief Secretary ledcom- CHiPS wouldliketoinform Guarantee arereturnedtoMSI stateonthe firstweekof mittee”ismisleadingand er- that final decisiononimposi- afterthe project goes live. November. roneous. tion of penalty is pending at Penalty wasleviedfor not The boy’s death had triggered Our Correspondent: The the appropriateauthority, due meeting the milestones as apoliticalclash between the BJP penalty mentionedwas levied to whichall furtherpayment agreedtobyTataProjectsLtd, and the TMC on Friday. TMC's and conveyedinaFebruary23, to MSI maybeproposedwith- and CHiPS, as the nodal Birbhum unitchief Anubrata 2019,letterbythenCHiPSCEO out withholding anyamount agency,had decidedtorealise Mondal stated that the boy’s par- KC Devasenapathi to Tata againstthe proposed penalty.” it by withholding 12%from entswerenot BJP supporters. ProjectsLtd. It wasdiscussed CHiPS: Current CEO amountspayable to Tata The boy’s family, too, had in the StateLevel Sameer Vishnoi has started Projectsbasedonthe invoice claimedhediedbysuicide and Implementation Committee formal procedureofimposing raisedbythe company. that theysupportTMC.

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Across Fifth THEAISLE COLUMN TAVLEENSINGH Slowdeathofliberaldemocracy Twitter@tavleen_singh

THE CONSTITUTION of India has a and the Frenchpeople. Afterateacher, have manyexamples of autocracies and police obey theirpolitical masters and Preamble.Not manypeople read the Samuel Paty,was killedby an Islamistter- electoral democracies but nottrulylib- notthe law, the militaryspeakson polit- Preamble or understand itssignificance. rorist, Mr Macron said “Weaccept all dif- eral democracies. ical issues, taxand lawenforcement Areality Even thosefamiliar with select provi- ferencesinaspirit of peace. We willnever This is what Time had to sayabout agencies become instruments of oppres- sions like‘FundamentalRights’, ‘Article accepthatespeechand we defend rea- Mr Modi:“....the Dalai Lama haslauded sion, courts areweak,institutions are 32’ or ‘Emergency’ maynot be familiar sonable debate. We willcontinue.We (India) asan ‘example of harmonyand sta- captured or debilitated,and the ruleof checkin PCHIDAMBARAM withthe wordsofthe Preamble. hold ourselvesalways on thesideofhu- bility.’ Narendra Modihas brought all that lawbreaksdown. The sad partisfew ‘see’ Website:pchidambaram.in On the dayitwas adopted by the man dignity and universal values.” intodoubt... his Partyrejectednot onlyelit- what is happening. And of the fewwho Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN Constituent Assembly, thePreamble de- Many countries have adoptedthe ismbutalsopluralism...Thecrucibleofthe ‘see’, manyare content to remain silent. Kashmir clared that “We, the People of India, hav- three words, in one form or other,intheir pandemic became apretense forstifling When laws arepassed in Parliament ing solemnlyresolvedtoconstituteIndia Constitutions. Theyclaim to be liberal dissent. And the world’s mostvibrant without avote;whenpolitical leaders intoaSovereignDemocraticRepublic”. democracies, as India does. Increasingly, democracy fell deeper intoshadow.” aredetainedwithout acharge forsev- THERECOULD nothavebeen aworse mo- (The words, ‘Socialist’ and ‘Secular’ were however, such claims sound hollowin Other countries tooare fighting the eral months; when chargesofsedition ment forMehbooba Mufti to insult the addedinJanuary1977tofurther define manycountries, India included. Many slide intoshadow.After the death of areslappedagainstwriters,poets,pro- Indian flag. As aformer chief ministerwho our nation.)The Preamble went further countries fail even the firsttestof JusticeRuth Bader Ginsburg, President fessors, studentsand social activists; sworebythe Indian Constitution, she and declaredthat we resolved to “secure ‘democracy’, nottospeak of thenexttest Trumpwastednotimeinnaming Judge when no one is pronouncedguilty in a should neverhavesaidthat the Indian flag to all itscitizens: of whether that democracy is ‘liberal’. AmyConeyBarrett to the US Supreme case whereacenturies-old mosque is would onlybe‘allowed’ in Kashmir after ■ JUSTICE... Courtand pushedthrough the nomina- demolishedinbroad daylight;when an ‘our flag’ is givenback.But,tosay this in the ■ LIBERTY... tion process in an unprecedented short FIR is notregisteredand no one is ar- week that one of Imran Khan’s ministers ■ EQUALITY... FALLING INTO time of 30 days.Liberal America, espe- rested fordays despitethe dying decla- admitted in Pakistan’s parliamentthatthe and to promoteamong them all SHADOW cially women, apprehend that major lib- ration of agirlwho wasraped and bru- Pulwama massacre counted as one of his ■ FRATERNITY....” eral gains suchasschool integration, tallyassaulted; whenthe word primeminister’s ‘successes’ made it sound It is these wordsthat define who we Arecent issue of Time magazine fea- Right to Abortion, Affordable CareAct ‘encounter’ entersthe police’s vocabu- muchworse.If therehasbeengeneralsup- When laws are passed in areasanation and what will be the tured ‘The 100MostInfluential People’ and non-discriminatoryimmigration lary; when titular governors obstruct portacrossIndiafortheabrogationof Article Parliament without avote; Indian Republic — aliberal democracy. of the world. Icounted 6heads of rules maybereversed. elected governments; and when crucial 370itisbecause in thepastthree decades, when political leadersare state/government:MrNarendraModi, institutions areleftheadless or with we have seen the Kashmir Valley become detained without acharge for Mr Xi Jinping, Ms Angela Merkel, Mr Jair multiplevacancies, the countryfalls one an arena forPakistani terrorism and THESE WORDS Bolsonaro (Brazil), Mr Donald Trumpand WHO ARE WE? step ‘deeper intoshadow’. radical Islam. several months; when ARE FOREVER Ms Tsai Ing-Wen(Taiwan). Of the six, no Democracy is notequal to aliberal In November 2019,agunman killed In these three decadesthe formerstate charges of sedition are one will claim that twoare heading country. Ademocracy can turnilliberal 51 persons and injured dozensattwo of Jammu&Kashmirhasbeengovernedby slapped against writers, These wordsechothe battle cryofthe democracies. Mr Modi and Mr Trumpare in ashort span of time,asitishappening mosques in Christchurch,New Zealand. twofamilies.TheAbdullahsandtheMuftis. poets, professors, students FrenchRevolution(1789): ‘Liberte, egalite, indeedleaders of electoral democracies, in India. Citizenship of millions is thrown Prime MinisterJacinda Ardern said, BeforeMehbooba made her shameful re- fraternite, ou la mort’(Liberty, equality,fra- but even theywillreject the label ‘liberal’. in doubt, free speechiscurtailed, the me- “Theyare us. The person who perpe- mark, Farooq Abdullah said something as and social activists... and ternity, or death’). PresidentEmmanuel OnlyMsMerkeland Ms Tsai areheads of dia is tamed, protests arebanned or se- trated this violence againstusisnot.” offensive.HesaidthatKashmirwasreadyto when crucial institutions are Macron is being pilloriedbysomecoun- trulyliberal democracies.Ifyou add verely restricted,political defections are Mr Macronand Ms Ardern areamong throw itslot in withChinaifthatcountry left headlessorwith multiple tries forreminding the peopleofFrance— some other heads of large andpowerful encouraged,the Statepatronises one re- the fewleaderswho speak in thevoice could guarantee the restoration of Article vacancies, the countryfalls and all those who wish to live within its countries to the list, the picturewill be ligion or one language, majoritarianism that we want to hear.Evenaswewitness 370. Has he heardofthe Uyghur people? borders —that these arethe wordsthat worse. In Central Asia, Africa, Latin is passedoff as culture, minorityand dis- the slowdeathofliberal democracy, we DoesheknowthatIslamisbeingtreatedin one step ‘deeper into shadow’ will define, forever,the FrenchRepublic America and our ownneighborhood, we criminated communities live in fear,the mustask ourselves‘who arewe?’ that countryasanevil ideology? Nothing thathashappenedintheseHindutvatimes compares with what China has done to itsMuslims. Remarksof thiskindby twoformerchief ministersconfirmthatArticle370 hadto go. Ambedkar showedthe On the It served mostly to mislead fartoo many Thefestive season Kashmiristothink of themselvesasnot re- LOOSE ally Indian.WhenIheardMehbooba say way, othersmust follow LEHERKALA what she did it brought backmemoriesof feels different this year long agoholidays in Kashmir whenwe [email protected] would getoffendedbyordinaryKashmiris sedclasses incorporated intoitonterms of asking if we had ‘comefromIndia’. Dalitality equality...Experiencehastaughtmebetter. Politicianswhoportray themselvesas‘pro- Istand todayabsolutelyconvinced that for WHEN IT released, the wistfulfilm Her Indian’ maynot have actively encouraged thedepressedclassestherecanbenoequal- (2014), about adivorcedman who had re- peopleto thinkthiswaybuttheydidtoolit- VINAYARAKKHITA ity amongthe becauseoninequal- treated from peopletobegin aromance tleto stopthem.And,theydidmuchtoolit- MAHATHERA ity rest the foundations of Hinduism.” with ahuskily-voicedmachine felt wildly tleto stopradicalIslamicideasfromspread- [email protected] MostoftheHinduleadersarehypocrites improbable. Setinaglittering city in an ingacross the Valley. whoprofessto fightcasteismwhileinreali- unspecifiedfuture,director SpikeJonze When the ‘azaadi’movement beganat ty arecommitted to itsrules. Brahminical visualisedthe lonelydetachment of citi- theendof theeightiesandyoungKashmiris ONOCTOBER14,1956,alongwithhis5lakh bureaucratswhoclaimto have democratic zensusedtodrifting along alone, oblivi- went across the border to be trainedinter- followers, Dr BRAmbedkar went to the ideaswishto raisethebackwardcastesbut ous of eachother.Little could he have rorism whywas so little done to stop them refugeofThe Buddha, Dhamma and San- cravenothing better thananoligarchyfor imaginedthat six years later people from returning? When violent young men gha.Committedashewastorationalityand themselves. Untouchabilityand inequality would be moving around masked,and wandered about Srinagar forcing the clo- empiricism,hewasattractedto Buddhism’s cannotberemovedifeducation produces that alifedevoidofhuman interaction sureofcinemas,liquorshopsandbarswhy rational outlooktunedwithmorality and onlyslavish and selfish-minded leaders. would become areality formillions. were they notarrested? Twice suchthings further strengthenedbyscientifictemper. Moreover,how can we gain anything by Themachines have risen, notaspre- happenedbeforemyeyes.OncewhenIsaw Itsteachingof equalityandsolidarity,andits stayinginthe caste system? dicted in Terminator as mankind’s wrath- radical Islamist youths march intoaliquor emphasisontransformingboththeself and Buddhismhasbeenintheserviceof the ful enemies; more, that acomputer as a shop and startsmashing bottleswhile the theworldthroughself-effortattractedhim. poorand the oppressed. The Buddha’s viable substitutefor fleshand blood owner of the shop coweredinsilence.The Ambedkar wasthe brightestthunder- teachingsarebasedonthisfactcalledsuffer- friendsand lovers doesn’t sound crazy any second time wasinthe Broadway Hotel bolt of intellect elicited from the darkest ing, the cause forsuffering, the cessation of more. Her is endlesslybeguiling notjust wherewhile lunching in the restaurant I stormof casteism.Therefore,thefollowersof suffering,andthepathleadingtothecessa- forit’s innatecynicism that maintaining sawtwo beardedmenwalkintothebarand Ambedkar,the Ambedkarites, mustemu- tionof suffering.ThisisthereasonwhyAm- human relationships is so exhausting that order it closed. Whywerethese things al- latetheirleaderandshouldgive uptherepe- bedkar chose The Buddha. The Manuvadis we’rebetteroff dating abody-less operat- lowedtohappen?Whydidnobodydoany- ated labelling of themselves as suppressed wantto keepthemassesinthecasteistreli- ing system; but because it raisesthe old- Directed by SpikeJonze, Her releasedin2014. Express thingwhenyounggirls hadacid thrown class. By repeating suchlabels, theyare giv- gionsothattheycango onexploitingthem. estofenquiries, what is love anyway?If at them if theycame out in public without inganauto-suggestionthattheyare suppre- Ambedkar’s call forconversion to Bud- one’s experience is satisfying, the pro- ahijab? ssedandthereforecandonothingexceptto dhism has been ignored and deliberately foundexistentialdifferencesbetween hu- terpreted for2020. Nowmasksare the gainedaheckofalotofperspective this Whydid these leaders who nowtalk so look forhelp from someone up thereinthe marginalisedbyhisowncommunitylead- mans and machines cease onlytruth, signifyingacol- year.Human beings arewired to expect a aggressively againstIndianotshowasmuch skyormaybewaitingforanotherAmbedkar erswithfewexceptions.Itisinterestingthat to matter.These subversive Forageneration lective conscientiousness. It light at the end of the tunnel, hence the aggression in warning ordinaryKashmiris or Buddha to arrive to relieve them. AmbedkarfoughtfortherightsofDalitsand conundrums running is asign of indefatigable hu- metaphor.Wecurateour livesbasedon thattherewas nevergoing to be ‘azaadi’? Todayweshould reflect together on the had abroader vision, whichcouldn’t be in- through Her find resonance used to downloading man optimism that every perceptions of deadlines.But this galling Thetruthisthatthereneverwasany chance predicament in which theAmbedkarites culcatedby post-AmbedkarAmbedkarites. in this year of Covid-19 abook in seconds on dayIreceive images of se- virus has upendedall conceptoftime and of ‘azaadi’andthere ismuchlesschanceto- findthemselves.Ontheonehand,theycon- He wantedto give his people an identity so when isolation has become quinedmasks, forsale. our cultureofinstant gratification. daythaneverbecause of an increasing re- fronttheexploitationtheycontinueto suff- that theyget out of the varna system but adefault state. Everyone is Kindleorasking Clearly,we’realong way Abig problem of gettingwhat we vulsion againstthe kind of Islamthat er in acasteistsociety that refuses to ack- here, what we seeisthe stimulation of the moreplugged intotheir Alexa howWorld from Her territorybut want immediatelyishuman beings no teachesyoungmento beheadpeopleinthe nowledge themasequals;ontheother,they cultureofvarnaandcaste amongtheDalits. machines than people, Wa r1started,the there’s always achance that longer have the patience science requires nameof Allah.So,if therewasoncesympa- canbemanipulatedby anopportunistDalit If onlyconstitutionalguaranteeswould working remotely or learn- if this pandemic goes on in- to come up with solutions forCovid. Fora thyoutside India forKashmir’s movement politicalstylethathasturnedAmbedkarinto have beensufficient,Ambedkarwouldhave ing remotely,turning in- painstaking rigma- definitely, we’llturn intoa generation usedtodownloading abook for‘azaadi’ithas died. an icon but betrays his idealsinpracticeof restedinpeace.Hewouldneverhavespent ward from the worldat role of vaccine trials planet of maladjustedand in seconds on Kindle or asking Alexa how My personalviewisthatthe aftermath Buddhism.One is ready to take the political years of his lifeeveninbad health,digging large. feels even more hermetic misanthropes. WorldWar 1started,the painstaking rig- of the abrogation of Article 370has been reservations earnedbyhim but nothis reli- out Buddhism from oblivion. Perhaps, it is fittingthat Diwali and NewYears’ maroleofvaccine trials feelsevenmore badlyhandled.Insteadof monthsof curfew gion,Buddhism, when he himself has said The segmentedmorality endemic to in this topsy turvy time we outrageously long. arealmost upon us (‘tis the outrageouslylong. This lostart of patience andInternetdenialthereshouldhave been thattoserveBuddhismistoservehumanity. Hinduismis oppressive to thosewhosuffer find prescient connections This lost art of seasontobemerry afterall). is causing moreepidemicfatigue.It’s so aserious effort at the highestlevelsofthe Ambedkaritesshouldhave self-confide- under it. Both uneducated and educated between reality,history and patience is causing Exasperatingly,though tempting to look forwardtothis festive Indian governmenttoreachout to nceandbelieve inself-effortto gainself-res- Dalitsseems to vacillatebetween twodis- science fiction. The ubiqui- we’rebored we’rehun- seasonasamuchearnedrespiteafter the Kashmiris and convince them that they pect.Ambedkarites should trytobelike courses.OnonehandtheypraiseAmbedkar tous mask has transitioned more epidemic kereddown. Festivities, if previous nine months.Unfortunately, the stood to benefitfromwhathas happened. Ambedkar—ofhighmoralcharacter,highly asthesymbolof theDalitmovementforhis from being aglamorous ac- fatigue any, aregoing to be re- entitlementsinour heads don’t makeso- NarendraModi’sKashmir policywill be educated,self-confidentand believingin conversion to Buddhism and on theother, cessoryatmasquerade balls stricted as fear of asecond cialising anysafer.This Diwali is about countedasamiserablefailureifhedoesnot self-effort. theythemselvessticktotheiroldcasteistlife. since Renaissance Italytobecoming an wavelooms.This dismantling of celebra- recognising this painful moment forwhat bringpeaceandnormalcytotheValley soif One mayask whyAmbedkar leftHin- The writer is aBahujan Ambedkarite emblem of solidarity,fourcenturies later. tion makes us nostalgicfor thepast, when it is —and doingour bit forareturn to the demandsofleaders like Farooq and duism. To which Ambedkar himself says: associated withAlok Sangharam Mahavira. Yeats’ famous quote, Give me amask and thankstoacertainnaivete our dailyirri- normalcy as fast as possible. Mehboobaarereasonabletheywillbemet. “I thought forlong that we could rid the Suraj Yengde, author of Caste Matters, I’lltell youthe truth, implying staying hid- tantsweresomuchmilder,liketraffic Insteadof demandingtherestorationof Hindusocietyofitsevilsandget thedepres- curates thefortnightly ‘Dalitality’ column den allows onetobehonestmustberein- jams. At least no one can saytheyhaven’t The writer is director,Hutkay Films Article370theyshoulddemandthatstate- hoodberestoredimmediately.Itwasamis- take to demote theformer stateofJammu My ISOLATION &Kashmir intoaunion territoryinthe first place, becausenow the Home Ministryin AWEEKLY WINDOW INTO LIVES OF INDIA’S NEWSMAKERS AND THE IMPACT OF THE PANDEMIC ON THEM Delhi has to take full responsibility forthe terrorist violencethat seems to getworse by theday.Fromall accountsthe Valleyhas beenturnedintoapolicestatewithsoldiers ‘I have been interacting with familythrough video calls’ andpolicemenateverycornersowhydoes theviolence continue?Lastweekthree young BJP workers were killedbyjihadist What precautions areyou taking now? atab on issuesinMaharashtra. Yes. All safetyprecautions advisedby groups thatcontinuetoremain shadowy Normally, itisdifficultformetotakerest. thestateandUniongovernments,ICMRand and highlydangerous. Whydotheycon- But this pandemic has halted allmytravel What kind of gloves and masksdoyou other guidelinesissuedfromtimetotime. tinue to operate? andforcedmeto stay inoneplace.Iamtak- use? Iusuallysticktohome-cooked food. At apoliticallevel,failuresareasglaring ing all precautions, following astrictdiet, As the BJP’sBihar Iuse an N95 mask and regular hand in Srinagar as theyare in Delhi. Kashmiri maintainingaproperscheduleof meals,fol- gloves. Howmuchtime do youspend in front politicianshave cometogetherinaGupkar lowing doctors’ instructions, and taking election in-charge,former of ascreen? Declaration grouping so theycan demand propermedication.Iamalsoavoidingmeet- Maharashtrachief minister While interacting with people at work, Thereisnolimit in this pandemic situ- the restoration of Kashmir’s special status. ing people to keep them safe. , 50, what precautions do youtake? ation. We needtobeintouchwith people. Can theynot see that this is aroad that will wascampaigning in the state Sincetestingpositive,Ihaveyetnotstarted Thankstovariousappsandplatforms,even leadnowhere?All that will be achievedis Howmanytimes have yougot yourself meeting people. Ialways wearamask,wash biggermeetingsare possible withthe use thatordinaryKashmiriswillbemisledonce tested forCovid? when he tested positive for handsregularlyandadheretosocialdistanc- of technology. moreintobelievinginthat dreamofinde- Ihavetestedmyself at leastfour to five Covid.Asheawaits his discharge ing norms. These aremusttillavaccine is pendencethatwas always justadream. If times. While some testswerein from agovernment-run hospital available.Thesedays,Ihave been interacting Howdoyou keep your mind offthe these politicalleaders careabout Kashmir Maharashtrabecause of the Assemblyses- in Mumbai, Fadnavis says he has with people at work through SMS. pandemic? then theyshould be making more sion,somewere inBiharandDelhibecause Mydailyschedulehelpsmethinkabout realistic demands. of some meetings in these places. been sticking to astrictdiet and Howlonghaveyou gone without other things. Thereare anumberofissues Theyshouldconcentratetheirenergies following all other seeing your family? thatneedtobeaddressed.. ondemandingwhattheycangetinsteadof What is your routine likeinself- Covid protocol Severaldays. Initially, due to my stay in wastingtimeontryingto restoreArticle370. isolation? Biharand nowdue to isolation. But Iinter- What is the firstthing youwant to do IndiacannotaffordtoallowanIslamiststate Idoregular exercise and checkmy actwiththem over videocalls. when the pandemic is past? withinherbordersandthisiswhatKashmir phonefor messages andreplytopeople INTERVIEWBY Iwanttomeetpeoplefreely, visitvarious had become. Wrongly or rightlymost over SMS. Iamintouch with our leaders SHUBHANGI KHAPRE Do youtakeany specific precautions places,interactwithalarge numberof peo- Indians believe this happenedbecause of fromBihar. Ialsoreadnewspapersandkeep Illustration: Suvajit Dey while youtravel? ple and (return to)routine life. the shelterthat Article370 provided.

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,NOVEMBER1,2020 11 SUNDAY STORY People of Bihardid notget to ‘ connect with anyone in along time. ‘ They now finally feel heard

With the battlefor Bihar poisedatakey stage, RJD’s TejashwiYadav, the Mahagathbandhan’s CM nominee,talkstoSANTOSH SINGH &DIPANKAR GHOSE on the Tejashwi, the challenger “overwhelming” crowds at hisrallies,saysheplans to “build on the gains of social justice”, Winorlose,this is an election that will markthe emergenceof and explainswhy his promise of jobs is financiallytenable Tejashwi from the larger-than-life shadowofhis father Lalu Lalu’sfamilysize,saying,“Theyhaveeight-nine SANTOSHSINGH children,”Tejashwi,theeighthof LaluPrasadand Your rallies aredrawing alot of attention. We aretransparent about the internal work- ’s nine children, retorted that the CM What do the crowds mean? ings of our party.Thereisnoattempt whatsoever ll bets areoff in whatisseenas “has insultedevenPMNarendraModiwho has It has been overwhelming. Seems likethe peo- to hide anythingoranyone. adead-heatelection,with many five siblings”. Besides, his “thake gaye Nitish” ple of Bihardid notget to connect with anyone or This is acollective fight and all leaders and still givingCMNitish Kumar a taunt has summarisedthe general sense of fa- speak to anyone in along time. It wasthe Mann Ki workers of the party aresweating out in the field. chancetofightback three terms tigue against theNitish administration. Baat model, the no-press-conference model. But naturally, being the of the ship, A of anti-incumbency.But forTej- He alsolearnt fast that his father’s sloganof Office-bearers and leaders would come and talk Ihavegreater responsibility and needtocover ashwi Prasad Yadavand the RJD,thisisapoll “secularismandsocialjustice”wasn’tenthusing but do notgive(people) anyindication that they eachconstituency. that will markthe emergence of the young the post-Mandal, post-Babri generation, and had been heard. My colleaguesand Ihavehad our man from the larger-than-lifeshadowofhis fa- thatheneededafreshslogan.Hedidn’thaveto ears to theground ever since the ill-plannedlock- In Patna, the posters areeither of youor ther Lalu Prasad. look far—hetookthe “development” theme down triggered all kinds of crises and have been NarendraModi. The BJP is asking forvotes in If crowds at rallies could win elections, outof Nitish’scampandmixeditwiththeright trying to hear what the people of Biharare trying thePM’s name. Tejashwiistheclearwinner.Almost everyrally dose of populism. to say. Ithink theynow feel heard. This contradictstheir claimthat Nitishji is their of his has drawnhugecrowds of youngmen Besidestheofferofgovernmentjobs,hehas CM candidateorIdon’t knowifNarendraModihas whofollowhiminawavetothestageandcheer beenpromisingpayparityto overfive lakhcon- What is your alternativemodel of growth? been made the NDA’s CM candidate now. This wildlyashespeaks. And when he talksofhis tract teachers. Tejashwi has also assured aan- It is very simple. We arenot promising alot of would be best answered by the NDAcamp. oft-repeated promiseof10lakh government ganwadi and ASHA workers of araise in salary. newthings. We arepromising to fixthings that al- jobs,the crowdisalmostdelirious.Under It’s this group that’s cheering him on at his ready existand have provisions under various pro- Is the RJD rethinking itsstand on the EWS Tejashwi, the RJD has clearly travelled farfrom rallies, says KishoreJaiswal, aMunger-based gramme budgets. We areputting peopleand their quota, especially whenyou aretalkingabout itsdaysin2017, whenitreportedly putupapho- waterconservationist.“Besides his Muslim-Ya- needs backatthe centreofthings, instead of facil- taking everyone along? toshoppedphotograph of itsGandhi Maidan davvotebase,the crowdathis rallies include itating some headline-grabbing prestigeorvanity One is nottogrowthe size of thepie and hence, is rallytoexaggerate thenumbers. youth aspiring forjobs and prospective bene- projects. Our belief has been to fixwhat is broken carvingtheexistingoneintosmallerpieces.Also,with While Tejashwi is nowthe Mahagathband- fiaries of his polls promises,” he says. and then build on that. When we were in power, it theneweducationpolicyandthewaythepublicsec- han’sCMnominee,itwasn’talways thisclear. In Fornow,Tejashwi hasalso managed to as- wasabout social justice. Nowitisbuilding on the torisbeinggutted,whereisthequestionof moreseats the alliance’s earlier form, the Congress, RLSP’s serthis position within his ownfamily. With gains of social justice andfocusing on economic or openings?Evenwhat exists is beingtaken apart. UpendraKushwaha and HAM (S)’s eldestsibling Misa Bharati mollified justice forall. Therefore, we believe economicallyweakersections JitanRam Manjhi always spokeof with aRajya Sabha berth, the fam- TejashwiYadavatelection rallies in requireall possible assistancebut through amore “collective leadership”. ilyhas also managed to handle Youhavebasedyour campaign around your Raghopur (top) and Masaurhi in Patna. PTI proactive andtailor-madeapproach. Similarly,we ButonceKushwahaandManjhi elder brother TejPratapYadavmore promise of 10 lakh government jobs. Howdid needtoaddressthebroadergender-basedmarginal- walked out, Tejashwi asserted his diplomaticallythantheydid dur- thisidea come up and howmuchdoesithave isationaswell,inadditionto existingcaste-basedpro- position,leavingtheCongresswith ing the 2019 LokSabha polls, when to do with economic distress? whichare very receptive and responsive.Inclusivity visions. Social and economic justice go hand in hand littlechoicebutto accepthimasthe he had turnedarebel. Over the lastyear or so, out of every10youths is coretoour ideology.Wehavealways takencare and we arecommitted to both. alliance’s leader. While all of this makeTejashwi Imet,nine were jobless. That’s when I of all sections. It’s justthatpeople are The Leftpartiesthat makeup lookliketheindisputablechallenger, made up my mind to find asolution. I seeing our ticket distribution with a This is the firstpollthe RJDisnot attacking the the rest of the Mahagathbandhan hiscriticssayhisriseislessto hiscre- worked closelywithmyadvisor,re- neutral prism this time. PM. Have youmoved pastyour father’s —CPI, CPI(ML)and CPI(M) —are ditandowesmoretothedisarrayin search team, economists andthen read- slogans of social justice and secularism, and onlytoohappytolet Tejashwitake centrestage. the NDA, with the LJP walking out and the BJP iedablueprint forproviding10lakh jobs Howdoyou react to the PM’s playedupdevelopment to take on Nitish? While at one stage, CPI’s KanhaiyaKumar and JD(U) notsharing the best of ties. whichwill be signedoff in my first “jungle ka yuvraaj”remark? The CM We don’tneedtoattackanyone.The failures of wasseenasacontenderfortheyouthvotes,that Nottoolongago, when Patna witnessedits Cabinetmeeting. has alsotargetedyour family. the current regime arevisible, andmoreimpor- toohasbeenlaidto rest withtheformerJNUSU worst-everwaterloggingin2019,Tejashwihad DECISION ThePMcansaywhateverhewants.If tantly, arebeingfelt by everyone. Social justice and presidentconcedingspace to Tejashwi. been criticisedfor being missing in action. Even Butyour criticssay theplan is 2020 he wantstoattackme, he is more than secularism arenot merely Laluji’s slogans. Theyare Yet, his critics have been dismissive of Tej- at the startofthe lockdown,as migrantsbegan financiallyuntenable. TheBJP has BIHAR welcome. But thereare afew things he, enshrinedinthe Constitution of India so thereis ashwi’s popularity,saying crowds at rallies are walking back, Tejashwi put up no opposition. been promising 19 lakh jobs but orhisspeechwriters,mustdecidesothat no question of moving pastthem. nowaytojudge awinner.SeniorBJPleaderand But as the rumblings in the NDAgrew, that’sincluding the private sector. THEEXPRESS thereissomeclarity:hecaneitherlaunch UnionMinisterRaviShankarPrasadhasremin- Tejashwi got afootinthe door. Thefirst instinct of the BJP-JD(U) personal attacks on opponentsorpres- WhenNitish Kumartalks of your dedpeople of the 2010 pollswhenLaludrew The LJP is nowfightingon 143seats, mostof leaders is to always refuteobjective facts INTERVIEW ent himself as the victim. He can either inexperience or alleges corruptionagainst hugecrows buttheRJDwasreducedto23seats. theseagainst theJD(U). If it ends up cuttinginto with obfuscation.If10lakh jobs areun- project astatesman-likeimage, likehe you, yousay he didn’t saythiswhen youwere Yet, what is beyond doubt is thatinastate the JD(U) votes, the RJD could end up with more tenable, howistheir plan of 19 lakhjobs tries to do on international platforms, or Deputy CM. Butthatholdstruefor you, when that’s the firsttogotovoteamidstapandemic than afighting chance in anumber of seats. tenable? My job plan is well researched andwork- consistentlyuse languagethat even his opponents youaccuse him now. that has inflictedloss of livesand livelihood, “Chirag se Lankahinahi jali Ayodhyakobhi able, whichyou will see in our term. would notliketodignify with aresponse. It does not Idon’t do the politics of accusations and allega- Tejashwihashittherightchord by tappinginto jalnekakhatrahai (Chirag Paswan is notonly look good when he does both. tions. If Isay something, Ialways substantiatewith the disappointment with Nitish and the per- hurting JD(U) but also BJP). He willend up help- Bihar politics has oftenbeenabout social These all aremanufactured portrayals with no facts. Despite allmachinationsattheirdisposal, ceptionthattheCMdidlittleasmigrantswalked ing RJD,” says Sasaram voter Alok Kumar. combination.What is RJD bringing to the basis. Nowhereinthe worlddoes aparty whichhas both at the Centreand state, theycouldn’tfind even backhome and later,did little to stop them as Yet, will it be enough forthe RJD to topple table besides itscorevotes? been in powerfor 15 years seek re-election by abus- an iota of evidence againstme. theywentbacktotheir workplaces. Nitish? Forhim to do that, he willhavetobring LikeIsaid earlier,our progressive andpractical ing opposition leaders,holding predecessors re- It’sthispointthatheseekstodrive homeby moretothetablethantheparty’scoreM-Y votes. agenda. It is simple to understand, notverydiffi- sponsible fortheirown failures. The BJP-JD(U) gov- Will the RJD reachout to theJD(U) and LJP in saying thathewill sign on hispromise of jobs SanjayKumar, director of the Centre for cult to execute. What we arebringing to the table ernment is doingexactlythis. Iwanttoask them: case of aHung House? the daybebecomes chiefminister. Studiesof SocialSciences,explains,“Besideshis is abold and confident resolve to fixwhat is bro- howdoesithelp Bihar, whydon’t youseek voteson We already have astrongcoalition in place and It’snot apromisehehaspulledoutfromthin corevotes,hemayget achunkof youthandEBC ken. Besides what one calls our corevotes, we are your report card? Iamstartingafreshwith aclean we aresureofdoing well. air,insistRJD leaders. “When we found there votes and some splinters from the NDA’s core bringingthe supportofour youth. slateand will seek appraisal in the next election ex- were 4.5lakhpendingvacancies in theBihar constituencies. But itsbestperformance was clusively on my performance. Markmywords. What is the advice youare getting from your governmentandneedto createanother5.5lakh whenitgot over 25 per cent votesinthe 2005 Your party has givenmoreticketsacross father who has been watching electionnews vacanciestomatch the nationalaverage,we Assemblypolls.With Congress and Left, that castes. Areyou trying to break outofthe RJD’s Your opponentssay youhavekeptyour very keenly? came up withthe idea of 10 lakh jobs.Now the maytouch34-35 percent. But what if the NDA traditional Muslim-Yadavmould? parentsLaluPrasadand RabriDeviout of your We remaincommittedtohisvisionof justiceand BJP is trying to copy us,” says one of them. still manages37-38 per cent? It is very difficult Iempathise with the aspirations of my young posters because that would have invokedfears equality.Hehas asked us to work hardand make Those watchingTejashwisay he is learning to predict on the basis of social mathsalone. It brothers and sisters. Youcan see this connection of their “misrule”.You’vebeen sort of alone surewequicklyand decisively work forthe better- fast.For instance, when Nitish took potshots at is the mostcomplex election to makeout.” and sense of belongingnesswith them in my rallies ranger,holding 12-13rallies aday. ment of everyone in Bihar without fear or favour.

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TOPOFTHE US sets new record WORLD OnlastweekendbeforeUSelection, of over 100,000 Trump&Bidensprinttodriveturnout Covid cases in aday

LISASHUMAKER Fight forPennsylvania takescentrestage:Trumpplans 4rallies in state, Biden to speak in Philadelphia &DAVIDMORGAN Trumpaccuses OCTOBER31 President Magufuli ARECORD surge of coronavirus wasdeclared the doctors of Covid cases in the United States pushed winneroflastweek’s hospitals closer to the brink of election. Reuters profiteering; capacity and drovethe number of infectionsreportedonFriday they push back to an ominous newdailyworld TANZANIA recordof100,000,four days be- Opprejectspoll fore theUSpresidential election. ANorth Dakotafamilyata JACEYFORTIN The United States also docu- self-administeredCovid results,demands OCTOBER31 mented its9millionth case to testingsite. Reuters dateonFriday, representing newelection AT ArallyinMichigan on Friday, nearly three per cent of the pop- TANZANIA’S TWOleading President DonaldTrumpre- ulation, with almost229,000 mostpatientssuffering from the opposition parties said on peated an extraordinaryand un- dead since the outbreak of the diseasesincethe pandemic Saturdaytheywould not Trumptosses acap during acampaign stop in WaterfordTownship,Michigan on Friday. On the same day, Biden attendeda foundedclaimthat American pandemic early this year,accord- started. The number of hospital- recognise the resultsofa drive-inevent, in St.Paul, Minnesota. Reuters doctors were profiteering from ing to aReuters tallyofpublicly izedCovid-19patientshas risen presidential election that coronavirus deaths. reporteddata. over50%inOctoberto 46,000,the handedincumbent John “You knowour doctors get Withthe countryfacingthe fi- highestsince mid-August. Magufuli another term this appear in Luzerne County in mediamarket overlap and his moremoneyifsomebody dies nal stretchofatumultuous pres- Among the hard-hit states week.“We arecallingonthe NEWYORKTIMES northeastern Pennsylvania, ahis- ownoften-cited rootsin from Covid,” Trumpsaid, adding idential campaign dominatedby arethose mosthotly contested international community OCTOBER31 toricallyDemocratic region that Scranton, wherehewas born. thatinother countries, deathsare the coronavirus pandemic, US in the campaign between and bodies nottorecognise Trumpflippedintothe characteriseddifferentlyifthere health authorities on Fridayalso Republican President Donald what wasreferredtoasa US PRESIDENT Trumpwillhold Republican column in 2016. Obama joins Biden appear to be multiple causes. confirmed that 100,233more Trumpand Democratic chal- general election,”Freeman four rallies across Pennsylvania The Trumps will hardlyhave Beforeheheads to Medical professionals and or- people had tested positive for lenger Joe Biden, suchas Mbowe,chairman of the on Saturdayand his wife, RACE FOR the statetothemselvesinthe last Pennsylvania,Bidenwasjoinedby ganisationsquicklydecriedthose Covid-19overthe past24hours. Michigan, NorthCarolina, Ohio, opposition Chadema party, Melania, willhostafifthevent in days before voting on Tuesday. former US President Barack commentsand laudedthe work Friday’s tallyset anew single- Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. saidincommentspostedon the swing state, as both the THE WHITE On Sunday, Bidenwill deliver Obama forcampaign appear- of nurses, doctors and other dayrecordinUScases forthe fifth Morethan 1,000people died his party’s Twitter account. President andhis Democratic HOUSE one of his final speeches of the ancesonSaturdayinMichigan, a health care workers, manyof timeinthepast10days,surpassing of the virus on Thursday, the “Wedemand that the elec- challenger,Joe Biden,zeroinon campaigninPhiladelphia, the statewhereTrumppulledoff an whom have risked theirlives as the previous peak of 91,248 new thirdtime the dailydeath toll tion be calledafresh right what could be alinchpin in the state’s biggestmedia market. upsetwin in 2016 but nowtrails theycared forpeoplewho were infections postedaday earlier. had exceededthat number this away,” he said. Tanzania’s race forthe WhiteHouse. will holdtwo eventsoutside the And on Monday, Biden and his Biden in recent polls. Biden and infected withthe coronavirus. It also represented the month, and the pace of fatalities National Electoral Trumpprevailed in majormedia markets, in Reading running mate, Senator Kamala his former boss arescheduledto “Thesuggestion thatdoctors world’s highestnationaldaily is expected to continue rising. Commission on Fridayde- Pennsylvania in 2016 by fewer and in tinyMontoursville (pop- Harris of California, will “fan out appear at drive-in rallies on —inthe midstofapublic health toll duringthe pandemic, ex- Covid claimedatleast 926more clared Magufuli the winner than45,000 votes, and his itin- ulation around 4,400), as he across all four corners of the SaturdayinFlint and Detroit, crisis—areovercounting Covid- ceedingIndia’s 24-hour record deaths on Friday. of Wednesday’spoll, secur- eraryonSaturday suggests some seekstodrive up turnout among state” with their spouses on the wheresinger Stevie Wonder is 19 patientsorlyingtoline their of 97,894set in September. The University of ing 84%ofthe vote against of the key demographic and ge- the white, working-class and ru- lastfullday of campaigningbe- scheduledtoperform.Theevents pocketsisamalicious...andcom- Theacceleratingpaceof USin- Washington’s newlyupdated rivalLissu of the Chadema ographic ingredientsthat he ralvoters who overwhelmingly fore voters head to thepolls, ac- arepartofanall-outeffortto max- pletely misguidedcharge,” said fectionscontinuedasdatatrickled model projectsthe death toll, party,with13%. REUTERS hopestocombine to createan- supportedhim four years ago. cording to theBiden campaign. imiseturnout,focusingspecialat- SusanRBailey,the president of in on Friday, withatleast adozen whichhad been holding at a other surprise victory. He will also campaign in Biden, who represented tentiononBlack votersinthestate. the American Medical states individually reporting a monthlypace of justover22,000 His firststopisinsuburban Butler,inwestern Pennsylvania, neighbouring Delaware in the Trumpwillreturn to Association, in astatement on recordnumberof newdailycases. formostofOctober,will start Bucks County,whereHillary wherehehopeshis unabashed Senatefor decades, has long con- Pennsylvania on Monday,with Friday, adding that “leaders Seriouscasesof Covid-19were climbing next month toward a PHILIPPINES Clinton prevailedin2016byless pro-frackingmessageholds sway. sidered Pennsylvania something other stops in NorthCarolina, should be following the science” on the rise as well, as hospitals in newrecordofmorethan 72,000 1millionevacuated than one percentagepoint. He Melania Trump, meanwhile, will of asecond home state, giventhe Wisconsin and Michigan. instead of attacking doctors. NYT six states reportedhaving the in January. REUTERS asstrongest typhoonoftheyear Orthodox priest shot Turkey: Mother, 3kids approaches OFFICIALSHAVEevacuated at in French church rescued after 18 hours almostamillion residents in thesouthern partofthe Philippines’ main island of shown on Frenchtelevision. under quake rubble Luzon as acategory5 ANGELACHARLTON The reason forthe attackwas storm —the world’s LYON,OCTOBER31 unclear.Ithappenedtwo days strongestthis year — afteranIslamic extremistknife makes landfall on Sunday. FRENCH POLICE sayaGreek attack at aCatholic church in the TyphoonGoni,with 215 OrthodoxpriestwasshotSaturday FrenchcityofNice thatkilled kph sustainedwindsand whilehewasclosinghischurch in three people and amid tensions gusts of up to 265kph, will thecityof Lyon,andauthoritiesare over aFrenchnewspaper’s pub- bring violent winds and huntingfor the assailant. lication of caricatures mocking strong rains, stateweather The priest, aGreek citizen, is the ProphetMuhammad. and disasterofficials said. It in alocal hospital with life- Frenchanti-terroristauthor- is among the strongestty- threatening injuries afterbeing ities were notinvestigating phoons to hit the hitinthe abdomen, apoliceof- Saturday’s shooting, although Philippines since Haiyan, ficial told The Associated Press. the interiorministeractivateda whichkilledover6,300 The attacker wasaloneand fired special emergency team to fol- At aprotest in Warsaw, Poland, on Fridaynight. Reuters peoplein2013. REUTERS from ahunting rifle, said the of- lowthe case while the gunman Rescue workers carry asurvivorout of acollapsedbuilding ficial, who wasnot authorisedto wasstillatlarge. in theportcity of Izmir,Turkey, on Saturday. Reuters CAUCASUS be publiclynamed. PMJeanCastexreiteratedgov- Policelockeddownthe area ernment promisestodeploy mil- Poland’s abortion ban triggers the Azerbaijan, around the church and warned itaryforces at religious sites and Death toll from the tremor goes up to 37 Armeniatrade the public on Twitter to stay schools.HesaidFrenchpeoplecan away.Asnight fell on Lyon, po- “count on the nation to allow country’s largest protests in decades freshaccusations lice tape and emergency vehi- them to practice their religionin MURADSEZER Friday’s earthquake cles could be seen on images full safetyand freedom”. AP the rule of the increasingly auto- IZMIR,OCTOBER31

ARMENIA AND Azerbaijan ED flattened at least20 ANATOLMAGDZIARZ cratic Lawand Justice Party. Govtfaces once moreaccusedeach buildings in the Aegean otherof bombingresidential &MARCSANTORA Friday’s protests were the heatover AMOTHER and three of her chil- areasonSaturday, in defi- Saudi man crashes car into the WARSAW,OCTOBER31 culmination of aweek of large- PLAIN E dren were pulledtosafetyon portcity of Izmir ● courtruling anceof apactto avoidthede- scale demonstrations, with the EX Saturdayafter being trappedfor liberatetargetingof civilians gates of Mecca’s Grand Mosque IGNORINGTHEthreatof prosecu- police estimating that 430,000 almost18hours under abuild- inandaroundthemountain tion and the dangers posedbya people attended morethan400 WHILE THE ruling on abor- inginthe westernTurkish city of remainedtrapped. enclave of Nagorno- surge of Covidcases, tens of thou- demonstrations around the tions wasmade by acourt, the Izmir that wasflattenedina “Inthe meantime, we arede- Karabakh. Shelling wasre- Grand Mosque’s southern side, sands of womenoutragedbya countryWednesday. protests arelargely targeting powerful earthquake. lighted to be hearing miracles portedbybothsides within ASSOCIATEDPRESS the Saudi Press Agency said. courtdecision to ban nearly all While the protests have been the government.This is be- One of the children suc- happening as aresult of diligent hours of the latest agree- DUBAI,OCTOBER31 Authorities arrested theman abortions in Poland converged overwhelmingly peaceful, cause, according to protesters, cumbed to his injuries later in work by rescue teams,” Mayor ment to defuse the conflict, inside, who appeared in an “ab- FridayinWarsaw, intensifying Friday’s march brought amajor the ruling is partofashift to hospital, Health Minister Tunc Soyertold television chan- reachedaftertalksinGeneva ASAUDI man in aspeeding car normal” condition, the agency whathavebeen the largest police presencetothe streetsof authoritarianism in Poland. Fahrettin Koca told reporters in nel FoxTV. between the twocountries’ crashedintothe outergates of said, without elaborating. Police protests in the country since the Warsawamidconcerns that vio- This includeserosion of judi- Izmir.The child wasone of 37 The quakedestroyed at least foreignministersandenvoys Mecca’s Grand Mosque late referred them man to prosecu- fall of communism in 1989. lence could break out with right- cial independence. The presi- people killedinFriday’s quake: 20 buildings in Izmir,causing from France, Russia and the Fridaynight, thecountry’sstate- tors forpossible charges, accord- Crowds of women flooded wing activists. dent of the highestcourtis 35 in Turkey and twoonthe panic in the city and setting off US. The death toll in the run news agency reported. ing to thereport. Video on social the streetsofthe capital. They The court’s decisionhalted seen as aruling party loyalist, Greek island of Samos. tidal waves thatslammedinto fighting that beganinSept The crash happenedaround media correspondedtothe news were joinedbythousands of pregnancyterminationsforsevere and Polandhas facedEUcriti- Rescuers were continuing ef- coastalareas and islands. hascrossed1,000.REUTERS 10.30 pm and sawthe man’scar agency’s account, with security men and awide arrayofgroups fetalabnormalities,effectively the cism over “political control” of fortstofreethe woman’s fourth President Recep Tayyip ramthrough abarrier and keep forces later pushing the dam- who believe that hard-won free- onlytype of abortioncurrently judicial decisions. child. The mayorofthe Aegean Erdogan said 885 people were in- driving until it hit the gate on the aged sedan away. doms were slipping away under performedinPoland. NYT portcitysaid around 180people jured,15critically. REUTERS

TO LEGIONS OF FANS,NOOTHER ACTOR UTTERED THE WORDS ‘BOND,JAMES BOND’ASINDELIBLY AS CONNERY Sean Connery, who embodied James Bond andmuch more, diesat90

character’s familiar self-introduc- (1964) and Thunderball (1965). his crib wasthe bottom drawer niturepolishing. Bodybuilding knighted at the Palace of ALJEANHARMETZ tion,and to legionsoffans who Afterhegrew tired of therole, of adresser in acold-water flat ledindirectlytoatouring produc- Holyroodhouse in Edinburgh by OCTOBER31 have watchedaparade of actors Connery would be lured backfor next door to abrewery. tion of the musical South Pacific. Queen ElizabethII. It wasa playAgent 007, none uttered the one moreBond movie, Diamonds At the ageofnine, Thomas He waschosen forthe chorus be- knighthood that had been ve- SEANCONNERY, theirascibleScot wordsorplayedthe partasmag- AreForever(1971),onlybytheoffer foundanearly-morningjobdeliv- causehelookedlikeasailorand toed fortwo years by officials an- fromtheslumsof Edinburghwho neticallyorasindeliblyasConnery. of $1millionasanadvanceagainst ering milk in ahorse cartfor four could do handstands. gryathis outspoken supportfor found international fame as Tall, darkand dashing, he 12%ofthemovie’sgrossrevenues. hoursbefore hewentto school.At “I spent my SouthPacific tour the ScottishNational Party. Hollywood’soriginalJamesBond, embodiedthe novelistIan Connery would revisit the 13,Thomas Connery became a in everylibraryinBritain, Ireland, The palace is less than one dismayedhis fans by walking Fleming’s suave andresourceful character one moretime a full-time milkman. Britain had Scotlandand Wales,” Connery mile from the tenement in away fromtheBondfranchiseand secret agent in the firstfiveBond decade later,inthe elegiac Never beenatwarforfouryears,andany told The HoustonChronicle in Fountainbridge whereConnery wentonto have alongandfruitful films and sevenoverall, van- SayNever Again (1983). But he able-bodiedboy could getajob. 1992. “And on the nightswe grew up.Henever removedthe careerasarespectedactorandan quishing diabolical villains and had made clear long before then Threeyearslater,withthesoldiers were dark, I’d see everyplayI “Scotland Forever” tattoo that alwaysbankable star, diedon voluptuouswomen alikebegin- that he wasnot goingtolet him- coming home and work scarcer, could. But it’s the books, the he placedonhis arm when he SaturdayinNassau,theBahamas. ning with Dr.Noin 1962. self be typecast. he joinedthe RoyalNavy. reading,thatcan change one’s was18. Norwas he ever He was90. As amoreviolent, moodyand Connerywon abest-actor He signedupfor 12 years, but life. I’m the living evidence.” temptedtodenyhis identity or His death wasconfirmedby dangerous man than the James awardfromthe British Academy wasdischargedat19after acquir- In additiontohis wife and his turn himself intoanEnglish Nicola Sturgeon, Scotland’s first BondinFleming’sbooks,Connery of Film andTelevisionArts for The Reuters ing an ulcer. He had also acquired son Jason, his survivors include a gentleman. As he told The minister, on Twitter.“Our nation wasthetopbox-officestarinboth Name of theRose(1986), basedon twotattoos on his right arm — stepson,Stephane,andhisbrother. Times in 1987,“My strength todaymourns one of her best Britainand the United States in the UmbertoEco novel, in which Awardasbestsupporting actor forceinThe Untouchables (1987). “Mumand Dad” and“Scotland On July5,2000,wearing the as an actor,Ithink, is that lovedsons,” she wrote. 1965 afterthe success of From he playedacrime-solving me- forhis performance as an honest He wasborn ThomasSean Forever” —and asmalldisability darkgreen MacLeodtartanof I’vestayedclose to the core “Bond, JamesBond” wasthe RussiaWithLove (1963),Goldfinger dievalmonk,and theAcademy cop on the corruptChicagopolice ConneryonAugust25, 1930,and grant, whichheusedtolearn fur- the Highlands, Connerywas of myself.” NYT

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Q2: ‘COLLECTION AND OVERDUETRENDS CLOSE TO PRE-COVIDLEVELS’ How and whyhavebidding ICICIBanknetsoars549%onlowbase, parametersinAir India’s treasuryincome;assetqualityimproves divestmentprocess changed? In January, the government government, the newinvestor PRANAV MUKUL setMarch 17 as the deadline to will needtoinvestfurther period ayear earlier. cent and 1.12 per cent,respec- pend on the ongoing spread of NEW DELHI,OCTOBER31 sell its100 per cent sharehold- to keep the loss-making ENSECONOMICBUREAU “Collection and overdue CONTINGENCY tively,asonSeptember 30, 2020. Covid-19,the effectivenessofcur- ing in Air India along with Air airline afloat. MUMBAI,OCTOBER31 trends areclose to pre-Covid lev- PROVISION During Q1FY21, the bank rent and futuresteps takenby THE CENTREonThursdayan- India’s 100per cent holding in els andare in line with or better made an additional Covid-19-re- governments andcentralbanks nouncedseveral changes to the Air India Express and 50 per What arethe alternatives OVERCOMINGTHE challenges than our expectations.Weexpect ■ DuringQ2ofFY21, lated provisionamounting to Rs to mitigate the economicimpact, bidding parameters in the Air cent shareinAir India-SATS, a that the government posedbytheCovidpandemic and anormalisation of credit costs in the bank had made 5,550.00crore and held atotal of steps takenbythe bankand the India disinvestment process. joint venturewith Singapore considered? lockdown in the country, ICICI fiscal 2022 basedonour current contingency provision Rs 8,275crore of suchprovisions group and the time it takesfor These includechanging of the AirportTerminal Services. During the meetings of the Bank on Saturdayposteda549 expectations of economic activ- amounting to as of June 2020. During Q2 of economic activities to return to value on the basis of whichthe However, on account of the Air India Special Alternate per cent jumpinits netprofitat ity and portfolio trends,” ICICI Rs 497.30 crorefor FY21, the bankhas made contin- pre-pandemic levels. The bank’s bid is made by apotentialin- Covid outbreak,the deadline Mechanism —agroup of minis- Rs 4,251.33 crorefor thequarter BankMDSandeep Bakhshi said borroweraccounts, gency provision amounting to capital and liquidity position is vestor,upfrontcashdeposit wasextendedmultiple times. ters headedbyHomeMinister endedSeptember 30, 2020, as in an analysts’conference call. whichwerenot Rs 497.30 crorefor borrowerac- strong and would continue to be amount and extension of dead- Following the pandemic and its to decideonthe air- againstanetprofitofRs654.96 The bank’s assetquality also classifiedasnon- counts, whichwerenot classi- the focusarea forthebankduring line forsubmittingexpressions impact on aviation industry,the line’s disinvestment —anum- croreduring the same period of improved duringthe last 12 performing following fied as non-performing follow- this period. of interest. government, in consultation berofoptionswerediscussed the previous financial year. months. Gross non-performing the interim order of ing the interim order of the During theMarch-Augustpe- with various stakeholders con- along with allowing bidders to The rise in netprofitwas aided assets (NPAs) of the bank were the Supreme Court. Supreme Court. riod, the bank extendedmorato- What arethe changes done sidered severaloptions to han- submit aquote without any by the bank’s lowbase as it in- at Rs 38,989 crore(5.17 percent The bank has notutilised rium worthRs14,564.15 croreto to AirIndia’s bidding dle the Air India disinvestment pre-fixed levelofdebt. These curredtaxes of Rs 3,712 crorein of advances) as of September Covid-19-relatedprovision made SMA/overdue categorieswhich parameters? process. According includedthe government con- the September 2019 quarterdue 2020,asagainstRs45,638 crore intheearlierperiods duringH1of were standard as of February29, To begin with, to the government, tinuing to run operations with- to one-time additional charge. (6.37per cent)insame period of andthe dissipationofthemorato- 2021. Accordingly,the bank held 2020 and continuedtobeover- the government has the increased out privatisation fora“few The profit wasalso boostedbythe last year. rium impact,” it said. aggregateCovid-19-related pro- due till March 31,2020. takenacalltoallow amountoflosses for months/years till the situation bank’streasuryincome, which “As expected,inthe second The bank has notclassified vision of Rs 8772.30 croreasof “Loans under moratorium prospective bidders the aviation indus- stabilises” and winding up the jumpedonRs305 croreworth of half of fiscal2021, the banking such borroweraccountsasNPA September 2020. This additional had decreasedsubstantiallyfrom the flexibility to de- trygloballydue to business operations of stakesalebythe bank in ICICI system, including us, would see as of September 2020. If these provision made by the bank is April-end to June-end and de- cide the levelof Covid meant that Air India. Securities during the quarter. higher gross NPAadditions as borroweraccountswereclassi- morethan the requirement as per clinedfurther at August-end. We debt theywishto “fixing the debt at Totalincome (standalone) in well as some resolution of loans fied as NPAbythe bank,the pro- the RBI guideline dated April 17, had articulated that moratorium take on along with anylevel could have WhyisAir India July-September 2020 stoodat aspertheframework announced forma grossNPA ratio and net 2020. The impact of the Covid-19 levels were notconclusiveindi- the loss-laden airline, thus reducedthe universe of bid- disinvestment important Rs 23,650.77crore,upfrom by the RBI giventhedisruption to NPAratio (basedon customeras- pandemiconthe bank andthe cators of eventual outcomes,” marking ashiftfromthe exer- ders”. Further, the15per cent forthe government? Rs 22,759.52 croreinthe same economic activity in the firsthalf sets), would have been 5.36 per groupisuncertain and willde- said the bank. cise of combining afixed level clause has been brought in to In the Union Budget forfi- of debt with the carrier.Earlier, ensurethat asuccessful in- nancial year 2020-21, the gov- the Centrehad frozen the long- vestor has skin in the game. ernment had setitself a BRIEFLY term liabilities to be bundled disinvestment target of Rs 2.1 AMID COVID-19 with the sale at Rs 23,286.50 Will these changes hasten lakh crore. AAIhandsover SITUATIONLASTYEAR: Month *Netinflow/outflow crore. Another changebeing Air India’s disinvestment? The government is expect- InvestorshadinfusedRs172crore Jan202 made to the bid conditions is Whilethe governmentex- ing to raise Rs 90,000 crore Mangaluru ‘Gold ETFs log `2,400-cr inthisassetclassinJuly- Feb 1,483 that the winning bidder will pectsthat the tweakswill pro- through stakesale in Life September2019,accordingtothe Mar -195 have to deposit at least15per vide moreflexibilitythereby Insurance Corporation and IDBI airporttoAdani inflowinSeptquarter’ dataavailablewithAssociationof Apr 731 cent of their bid amountincash bringing in morepotential in- Bank,and another Rs 1.2lakh MutualFundsinIndia May 815 with the government ahead of vestors,executivesincivil avia- crorethrough other disinvest- NewDelhi: The Airports Gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sawstaggering netinflows Jun 494 the sharetransfer. tion still expect the bleak con- mentsincluding BPCL, Authority of IndiaonFriday of overRs2,400crore in thethree months endedSeptember 30, OUTLOOK: Jul 921 ditionofthe industry to hinder Container Corporation of India, midnight handedoverthe Investorsexpectedtoseevolatile Whyhavethese changes the process giventhat after as investors continued to hedgetheirexposuretoriskier assets Aug 908 Shipping Corporation of India Mangaluru airport to the markets,andinsuchtimes, been made? purchasingthe airline from the and Air India. Sept 597 Adani group on lease fora due to higher economic uncertainty resulting from Covid investmentinverysafeassetslike periodof50years,according goldshootsup.Eventhoughnow *(inRscrore) to an official statement. themarketshavemostlyrecovered AT $560.5 BILLION IN WEEK ENDED OCT 23 J&J plans to andreachedpre-pandemiclevels, crore uncertaintyremainshigh `2,426 pumpedinto test its Covid BoBslashes gold-linkedETFsinthreemonths Forex reserves WHATAREGOLDETFs? endedSeptember30,2020 repo-linked Thesearepassiveinvestment vaccine in lendingrate instrumentsthatarebasedon FACTORSDRIVING pricemovementsandinvestments GROWTH: surge $5.4 billion ages 12-18 soon Mumbai: Bank of Baroda inphysicalgold ■ Covidcasesreboundingglobally (BoB)onSaturdayan- ■ Continuedliquidityandlower nounceda15basispointsre- WHYISTHISIMPORTANT? interestratesfromcentral to all-time high REUTERS duction in itsrepo-linked Goldinvestmentpickedupdueto banksglobally NEWYORK,OCTOBER31 lendingrateto6.85per cent highereconomicuncertainty ■ Marketsnearingpre-Covid-19 from7percentearlier,effec- resultingfromCovid-19 levels Source: PTI JOHNSON&Johnsonplansto start tive November 1. ENSECONOMICBUREAU The gold reserves were testing itsexperimental Covid-19 NEW DELHI,OCTOBER31 up by $175 million in vaccine in youths aged 12 to 18 as soon as possible, and the com- IDFCFirst THE COUNTRY’S foreign ex- the reporting week to pany’s previousexperiencewith Bankposts Took VRS as govt’s reform changereserves swelledby $36.860 billion the same technology in avaccine ‘Amazontells Sebi $5.412 billion to touchanall- successfullyusedinchildrencould `101-crprofit time high of $560.532 billion in give it aleg up with regulators. agenda ‘was slipping away the week endedOctober 23, RBI data showed. “Weplantogointochildrenas NewDelhi:IDFCFirstBankon datashowedonFriday. Forexreserves areexternal soon as we possiblycan, but very Saturdayreportedanetprofit after general elections’: Garg Future Retail is In thepreviousweek ended assets in the form of gold, SDRs carefullyinterms of safety,”J&J’s of Rs 101crore forthe July- October 16,the reserves stood (special drawing rightsofthe Dr.JerrySadofftoldavirtualmeet- September quarterofthe Ex-Finance Secysaysrelationship at $555.12billion afterincreas- IMF) and foreign currency as- ing of the US Centers forDisease currentfiscalyearonhealthy misleading public’ ingby$3.615 billion. sets (capital inflows to the cap- Controland Prevention’s (CDC) interestincomeand lower with FM became ‘unproductive’ During the reporting week, ital markets,FDI and external AdvisoryCommittee on provisions. PTI the surge in the forexkitty was commercial borrowings) accu- ImmunizationPracticesonFriday. endowment, skill-setand ap- “Suchadisclosureis mainlyonaccountofanin- mulated by India and controlled USjudge ENSECONOMICBUREAU proachforeconomicpolicyissues REUTERS againstpublicinterest, crease in foreign currency as- by theReserveBankofIndia. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 and also forthe officers working NEWDELHI,OCTOBER31 misleadspublic sets (FCA), amajor component The major reasonfor therise US signs up retail blocksorder with her.Itbecame quiteappar- shareholders...aswellas of the overallreserves. in forexreserves is the rise in in- FORMER FINANCE Secretary entveryearly that working with AMAZON.COM INChas com- FCArose by $5.202billion to vestment in foreign portfolio in- pharmacies as perpetuatesafraudforthe againstTikTok Subhash ChandraGargSaturday her wasgoing to be quitedifficult plainedtothe marketregulator $517.524billion, the RBI’s vestors in Indian stocks andfor- said he decidedtotakevoluntary anditmight notbeconducive to thatits local partner FutureRetail benefitofBiyanisalone” weeklydatashowed. eign direct investments(FDIs). vaccination sites Washington: AUSjudgein retirement from public service as undertaking necessaryreforms Ltd misledshareholdersby incor- Expressed in dollar terms, On the otherhand, the fall in EXCERPTFROMAMAZONLETTER Pennsylvania on Friday the government’s reform agenda fortheattainmentof theobjective rectlysaying it wascomplying the foreign currency assets in- crude oil prices has brought blockedaUSCommerce to deliverhighgrowth“wasslip- of buildinga$10 trillioneconomy with itscontractual obligations to clude theeffect of appreciation down the oil import bill,saving REUTERS Department order setto ping away afterthe general elec- of India,”Gargsaid in his postti- the US e-commerce giant, aletter the matterand notapprovethe or depreciation of non-US units precious foreign exchange. BENGALURU, OCTOBER 31 take effect on November 12 tions”andhedidnotshare“apro- tled:Anew phaseofpublicpolicy seenbyReuters shows. deal.“Such adisclosure is against likethe euro, pound and yen The rising forexreserves that would have effectively ductiverelationship”withFinance service begins today. Amazonislockedinabitterle- public interest, misleads public held in the foreign exchangere- give alot of comforttothe gov- SEVERAL US retail pharmacy barredChinese-owned MinisterNirmala Sitharaman. “Seriousdifferencealsodevel- galdispute with FutureGroup, shareholders ... as well as perpet- serves. ernment and the ReserveBank chains have agreedtoserve as shortvideo-sharingapp InablogpostSaturday, hesaid opedonsomekeyissueslikeeco- whichinAugustsold itsretail as- uates afraud forthe benefit of the The gold reserves were up of IndiainmanagingIndia’s ex- Covid-19vaccination sites un- TikTokfromoperatinginthe hedeveloped“seriousdifferences nomic capital framework of RBI, sets to RelianceIndustries Ltd for Biyanisalone,”Amazonlettersaid, by $175 million in the reporting ternal and internal financial is- der afederal government plan, United States.USDistrict over keypolicymatters” with packagefor dealing with prob- $3.4 billion. Thedeal,Amazon al- referring to Future’s promoter week to $36.860 billion, as per sues at atimewhen the eco- the Wall Street Journal reported. CourtJudgeWendy Sitharaman,whoaskedforandin- lemsofnon-banks, resolution of leges, breaches 2019 agreements familyled by KishoreBiyani. the central bank data. nomic growth is settocontract Aplan by theUSCenters for Beetlestone enjoinedthe sistedonhis transfer from the non-banks, partial credit guaran- by Future. AspokesmanforFutureGroup The special drawing rights in 2020-21. It’s abig cushion in Disease Control and Prevention Commerce Department MinistryofFinance in June 2019, teescheme,capitalisationof non- In the letter to the Securities & and the Biyani familydeclinedto withthe International the event of anycrisisonthe (CDC) showedthat companies from barring datahosting withinamonthof hertakingover bankslikeIIFCL and other finan- ExchangeBoardofIndia (Sebi) comment. AFuturegroup source MonetaryFund(IMF)roseby$8 economic front and enough to who have agreedtoparticipate within the United States for as minister. cialentitiesandthelike.Verysoon, Chairman AjayTyagi on deniedAmazon’sallegations,say- millionto$1.487billion. coverthe importbillofthe include Walgreens Boots TikTok,contentdelivery Unlikeformer Finance notonlyhad our personal rela- Wednesday, AmazonsaidFuture’s ing therewas no question of any The country’s reserveposi- country forayear.The rising re- Alliance Inc, CVSHealth Corp , servicesand other technical MinisterArun Jaitley, “Mrs tionship soured,but the official news release and stockexchange fraudormisleadingthe public or tion with the IMF also climbed serves have also helpedthe ru- WalmartInc, Kroger Co and transactions. REUTERS , has avery workingrelationshipalsobecome disclosures violated regulations, shareholders,withoutelaborating. by $27million to $4.661 billion pee to strengthen againstthe Costco Wholesale Corp, the different personality,knowledge quiteunproductive,” he said. urgingtheregulatorto investigate Amazondeclinedtocomment. duringthe reporting week,the dollar. WITHPTI reportsaid. Dunkin’ set to be sold to Wall Street banks ‘wargame’ electionwith drills, client calls Inspire Brands for $8.76 bn than calling, to avoid inadvertent weeksormonths. REUTERS KEYCONCERNS mistakes, the person said. Since banksbegan preparing ALL-CASHDEAL NEWYORK/HONGKONG,OCT31 Another global lender hired fortheelection,pollsandcircum- REUTERS ■Avoiding liquidity itsown pollingfirmto checkpop- stanceshave shiftedseveraltimes BENGALURU,OCTOBER31 LARGEWALL Street bankshave crunches or technical ular assumptions and preparefor —making lenders morejittery $106.5/share been running “war game” drills errors as marketsreact unforeseenpossibilities, an exec- aboutanyassumptions,evendays INSPIRE BRANDSInc will buy in their trading businesses and to news of whowill be utive theresaid. The polling firm’s before theevent. Volatility has al- Dunkin’BrandsGroupIncfor$8.76 ■Inspire Brands, whichowns preparing clientsfor unexpected running the White work underscored the common ready begun to pickupinequity billion, the twocompanies said Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings scenarios around the US election House and Congress. assumption that Biden is likelyto and currency marketsoverrising lateonFriday, bringing chainslike and Sonic Drive-In, said itsall- next week,hopingto avoid liquid- win, but thebank is preparing for coronavirusstatistics,givingsome Arby’s and Dunkin’ Donutsunder cash deal to take the owner of ity crunchesortechnical errors as ■ One worryisthat even other scenarios anyway,said the tradersandbankersaqueasyfeel- the same umbrella in one of the Dunkin’ Donutsand Baskin- marketsreacttonews of who will those who betcorrectly executive who, likesome others, ing about the days ahead. largest restaurant deals. Robbinschains private would be running the WhiteHouse and risk the chance of a spokeonthe condition of Contingencyplanningaround InspireBrands, whichowns value it at $106.50 ashare. Congress, industrysources said. The NewYorkStock Exchange. One bank’s equities desk has drawn-out election anonymity to discuss non-public major eventsisnot unusualfor Arby’s, Buffalo Wild Wings and Thereismoreconfidencenow been running drills across trading hubs in NewYork, battle wheremarkets internal planning. major global banks, whichface SonicDrive-In,saiditsall-cashdeal Including debt,the dealis than afew weeksago that there London, Paris and Hong Kong forvariousscenariostomake flip backand forthfor Onlythe mostdaring in- regulatorystresstestseachyearto to take the ownerofDunkin’ valuedatabout $11.3billion, the will be aclear presidential win- suresystems can handle enormous volatility. AP file weeksormonths. vestorsaregoingintoNov.3with ensuretheyhaveenoughcapital Donutsand Baskin-Robbins companies said. Sales at Dunkin’ ner,because Democrat Joe Biden large trading positions, several and liquidity to survive extreme chainsprivate would value it at and Baskin-Robbins have im- has movedupinpolls againstin- sources said.Mostdonot want to scenarios. $106.50 ashare. That representsa proved from their lockdown cumbent Republican President One bank’sequities desk has suresystems can handle enor- of howmuchtheyexpectto trade beforcedsellers if theyget things Bigtradingfirmsconductsim- nearly 20 per cent premium over lows in recent weeks, boosted Donald Trump. Traders, bankers been running drills across major mous volatility,anexecutive and ask whether theyneedmar- wrong. Plus, even those who bet ilar trials, as do exchanges that Dunkin’s lastclosing shareprice by strong demand forits curb- and wary fund managers told trading hubs in New York, theretold Reuters. gin limitsincreased, and to sug- correctlyrisk the chance of a have been planning forsoaring on Oct. 23, before the NewYork side pickup, drive-thru and de- Reuters they arepreparing fora London, Paris and Hong Kong for That bank has been reaching gest theysendordersthroughap- drawn-out election battle where volumesandtechnicalglitches,as Times firstreported the deal talks. livery options. wide rangeofoutcomes. avariety of scenarios to make outto topcustomersto getasense proved electronic systems rather marketsflip backand forthfor Reuters recentlyreported.

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POINT OF VIEW ARTS etc Feels likeHome ‘I cannot be muzzled’ Howfirst ladies brought their touchtothe Director Hansal Mehtaonhis new webseries, sandstones of the Rashtrapati Bhavanover speaking up on social media and the stories the years eye that kept him going Serves All, With aSide of Chutney

There’s no doubt that the humble idli is one of India’s most consumed breakfast dish. But what accounts for its popularity?

Pooja Pillai rising demand forlow-costpublic eating spaces. SeveralprominentUdupifood outlets suchasDasaprakashin Mysoreand Udupi Sri Idlis,/ plumpand spongy lenses,/ magnifyour Krishna Bhavanand Mavalli Tiffin Room appetites; /and, throughthe telescope of (MTR) in Bangalorewereset upinthe 1920s to shared hope,/ bring thestars within our reach cater to this demand.” Besides cheap lunches and dinners, these outlets also offeredsouth NTHE long poetic sequence, Indian “tiffin” (breakfastorsnack) specialties ‘BreakfastatKalaGhoda’, which likedosas and idlis. forms the centrepiece of his Kala It wasthese “Udupi hotels” whichpopu- Ghoda Poems (2004), Arun Kolatkar larisedidlis outside the region. Havingfirst made special mention of theordi- sprung up in major cities in the south, theygot I naryidli. In the poet’s imagination, afooting in other parts of thecountry, espe- the idlis collected in the “jumbo aluminium ciallyinMumbai, by the middle of the 20th box” of Our Lady of Idlis aretransformedfrom century. “Therewas an enormous spread of something unremarkable to a“sacrament”, peoplefromsouth India, especiallyinwest- towardswhich the hungryand homelesspeo- ern and northern India, and the Udupi hotels ple withinamileof this spotinsouthMumbai firstcateredto them. Then others also started gravitate. What is it that makes this humble going to eat at theseplaces, and became fa- food, available foraslittle as Rs 1insome miliar with the tasteofordinarysouth Indian places, asource of suchinspiration? food items likeidli,” says Kurush Dalal, The people in the Kolatkar poem might Mumbai-basedarchaeologistand culinaryan- be afigment of the poet’s imagination, but thropologist. thereare enoughreal-life According to Dalal, the examples of people for armedforces alsoplayedan whomthe idli is morethan importantrole in familiaris- justfood. When PC RAMASSERY ing the rest of the country Musthafa, ceo and co- with idlis. “Therewerelots founder of ID Fresh Food, IDLIRECIPE of south Indians in the that sells packaged batter, armedforcesand so the wasgrowing up in Courtesy:Regi Mathew mess also begantoserve Wayanad, Kerala, eating SERVES TWOPEOPLE idlis and dosas forbreakfast. three full meals aday was Youhavetoeat what is a“luxury”. “But whenever COOKINGTIME servedin themess, somany my grandfather or father ■ Batter and who hadn’tgrown up eat- could afford it, they would fermentation: 7hours ingtheseitemsbecameac- buy some idlis. Theywere ■ Cookingtime: 15 customedtothem,” he says. wholesome and filled our minutes Anothersignificantfac- stomachs. Because of INGREDIENTS torinpopularising the idli, those memories, to this says NarenThimmaiah, ex- 4cups eachofraw rice day, idlis aremyfavourite ecutive chef, Vivanta and ponnirice,2cups of food,” he says. Bengaluru, wasits ease of GETTYIMAGES split urad dal, 1tsp Lastmonth, when a replication.“Think about fenugreek, sea salt tweetbyBritishhistorian the recipes that chef to taste EdwardAnderson, calling SanjeevKapoor explainson the idli “boring”, went viral, METHOD his TVshow. He neverpicks idli supporters came for- Soak the urad dal and anythingtoo complicated ward in droves, ledby the fenugreektogether forthe averageviewerto Thiruvananthapuram MP and the rice separately. replicateinher or his Shashi Tharoor.The good- Forafrothybatter,the kitchen, because he knows humoured controversy rice has to be soaked that in order forthe recipe made it clear thatifacom- longerthanthe urad dal. to appeal to someone who prehensive survey wastobe Grind thetwo separately is notfamiliarwith the food, conducted about India’s and then mix. Allowitto he would have to keep it mostpopular breakfast ferment forsix hours. simple,” says Thimmaiah. COMFORTFOOD food, idli, along withdosa, Addthe salt. Place a In the caseofthe idlis, this (Clockwise from top) Idli lends itself to many interpretations; Ramassery idli at KCK;aKarnatakavariation in Vivanta Bengaluru; MTR’s rawa idli would find aplace near the muslin cloth on the wasinitiallyabig hurdle. top.Theidliisavailableinal- mouthofanarrow- “For something to be ‘pop- mosteverypartofthecoun- neckedearthen vessel ular’, it would have to be it’s fullofpreservativesand isn’t healthy,”he travel around southIndia, you’ll find that it in Kolkata, ChandigarhorAhmedabad is most tryand features on menus and secure it tightly with made at home, and many says.Thatproblem,hesays,isnow moreorless changes from one district to the next,” says likelyone of twodistinct types:the Karnataka- in five-starhotels, teastalls, astring.Makesmall people outside south India athing of the past,eventhough he does run chef Regi Mathew, culinarydirector and co- stylegrainyidli, madewith blackgramand canteens and udupi restau- holes in thecloth.Fillthe were unabletoget the bat- intothe occasional customer who askshim owner,Kappa ChakkaKandhari(Chennai & coarsely-groundriceorthesofter Tamil Nadu- rants. No onedisputes its vesselwith waterand terright,” he says.Natural howmuchpreservative is thereinhis com- Bengaluru) and KCKFoodPack. In some styleone,madewithafine batter. south Indian provenance, bringittoaboil. Now, fermentation, essential for pany’s idli batter.“When Iwas in theUSlast Namboodiri households in central Travancore, buteveryoneagreesthatits place awet muslin cloth idli to tasteright,isalways year,IvisitedafewIndian stores. Iwas sur- Kerala, forexample, he found what is called ■ ■ ■ appeal goes beyond geo- over this, and pour the tricky.Mostpeoplewere prisedthat thereare three to four brands of the “poo” (flower) idli —airyand soft,made graphical boundaries. How batter on it. Coverthe also confusedabout the ra- ready-to-use batter available in everyone of only with the lightest, froth-likelayer found Howdoes one eat an idli? Occasionally, it did this happen? batter with another tio of rice to blackgram, them.IntheUAE,whichisoneof ourmostim- at the topoffreshly-fermented batter.Other is served with accompanimentsliketomato earthen vessel. Steam whichwould vary,depend- portant markets, thereare 24 batter brands. traditional variantsinclude the kottekadubu or corianderchutney, molagapodi or justplain ■ ■ ■ forfiveminutes.Gently ing on whichsouth Indian Clearly,people have embracedit,” he says. from Karnataka, whichissteamedinsidecups whitebutter.But, as with the first“pure veg- demould the idliusinga theyconsulted.This made of jackfruit leaves, and the large and flat etarian” Udupi hotels, whichalmostalways The storyofidli’s popu- bananaleaf, and peelthe changed when ready- ■ ■ ■ Ramasseryidli, made in the villageof had separatecaste-baseddining sections, the larity begins in Udupi, a muslin cloth offthe top made batters begantobe Ramassery near Palakkad, which, according most widely-available combination remains temple town in coastal before serving. widelyavailablein themar- Mostofthe modern idli’s key features can Mathew, has to be made with rice sourced idli-sambar-chutney. Karnataka. In the late19th ket.“About 60-70per cent be tracedbacktosoutheast Asia, wrotefood from the region forittotaste right. Considering this the“authentic” combi- century, large-scale migra- of the work wasalready historian KTAchaya in Indian Food: AHistorical Idli’sversatilityalsomeans thatit has been nation,however, betrays averylimitedunder- tions from the region began, with the lower- done. All theyhad to do wassteam the batter. Companion (1994). He suggestedthat what shapedbycontemporaryneeds and tastes. For standing of howtoenjoythe idli. “What is the caste Holeya labourers leaving to work in the Theirconfidenceincreasedand theywereable we nowknowasthe idli wasoriginallyanun- example, the popular rava idli, made of idli by itself?Itonlyhas amild flavour.What coffeeplantations of Kodagu and Malenadu, to consume it regularly at home,” says fermented cakeknown as iddarika, men- semolina, wascreatedin the kitchens of MTR makes it irresistible is howits spongy texture writes economistand professorChinmay Thimmaiah. tionedinthe 12th centurytreatise in Bengaluru during WorldWar II, when rice can soak up the tasteofanythingthatyou TumbeinIndia Moving: AHistory of Migration Musthafaestimatesthat,today, inMumbai Manasollasa,andwasmade onlyofblackgram wasinshortsupply, says Hemamalini Maiya, serveitwith,” Mathewsays.Thereisacorrect (2018,Penguin Random House). By theearly alone, about 70,000 kg of idli-dosa batter is (urad dal). The use of rice, fermentation of the who runs the 96-year-old familybusiness wayofmaking idli, but thereisnocorrect way 20th century, awider rangeofcastes, that in- consumedinaday.“According to an internal batter and cooking by steaming were features with her brothers Arvind and Vikram. In re- of eating it. One could beconfusedabout what cludedBrahmins trainedinthe kitchens of studythatwe didof thebattermarket,Chennai that were importedfromIndonesia. While cent years, idlis made of oats,quinoaand bar- kind of rice to use, whetheror nottoadd fenu- their native town’s famous Sri KrishnaTemple, remains the mecca of idlis, while other cities there’s no wayyet of ascertaining this, what’s ley, made colourful by the addition of vegeta- greek seeds, or even howtosteam idlis long joinedthe exodus, to work as cooksorrun in the south, likeBengaluru and Hyderabad, clearis thatbefore it spreadout intothe rest of bles likecarrots, beetroot and spinach,have enough so that they’resoftbut notsticky.But their owneating establishmentsinBengaluru, aremajor consumers. But outside the region, the country, various iterations of the same been created to cater to thenutritionally- thereshould beabsolutelynoconfusionabout ChennaiandMysuru.Afteragreatflood—the Mumbai is number one,” he says.One of the food —made with abatter of rice and black minded,while thosewithmorewhimsical howtoeat them. “(Eat them with)any kind of “maari bolla”of1923 —devastatedthe problemsthathiscompanyhadinitiallyfaced, gram, fermentedand then steamedintoindi- tastes might prefer something likethe choco- chutneyyou like, or maybewith stew.Many Dakshina Kannadaregion,migration outof whensellingpackagedbatterwaspersuading vidual handy “cakes” —wereanindisputable lateorcoconut wateridli created by M enjoyitwith unusual accompanimentssuch Udupi and the surrounding areas increased. peoplethatitwasperfectlysafetoeat.“Indians partofthe cuisines of south India. Eniyavan, owner of Chennai’s Mallipoo Idli. as chicken, fish or prawncurry,and it’s deli- Tumbewrites, “Mass migrationof malework- believe that dryfood is morehygienic. When “Idli is incrediblyversatile. Thereare so But mostofuseat the rather morestaid cious. Idli is meanttobeastaple, so eat it as ers and professionals to largecities ledtothe youseesomethinginapackage,youthinkthat manydifferent ways of making it, that if you variety.Maiyasays that the typical idli found youplease,” Mathewsays.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2020 POINT OF VIEW 15

Many Miles Ahead How the jeep became India’s favourite all-purpose vehicle

ON ROUGHTERRAIN Indian peacekeeping troops during the Congo Crisis in 1963

Surbhi Gupta

HE GENESIS of Mahindra&Mahindra, aleading Indian vehicle manufacturer,lies in WorldWar II. TTimeless Mahindra,anewbook by veteranjour- nalistAdil JalDarukhanawala whichcelebrates the company’s 75th anniversary, traces itsorigins to 1941. The United States military’s search foralow-volume, low- costscout vehicle forthe frontlines ledtothe develop- ment of the Jeep, designedbyAmerican Bantam and fur- ther developedbyWillys and Ford.Hailedas“one of the three tools that wonthe war”, it wasdistributed in various countries and made itsway to India when the Allied forces were fighting the Japanese on the Burma front. “AfterWorld WarII, the vehicle had to be put to other PHOTOSCOURTESY:RASHTRAPATIBHAVANPHOTOARCHIVE uses. The Mahindras knewthat India wasonthe cusp of independence and the newnation would requiremo- torisedtransportthat waseasy to operate,service and re- pair,” says Darukhanawala. Establishedin1945in Ludhiana, as Muhammad &Mahindra, by brothers FEELS LIKE HOME Kailash Chandraand Jagdish ChandraMahindraalong with Malik Ghulam Muhammad, it wasrenamed Mahindraand Mahindra, afterMuhammad emigrated to How first ladies over the years brought their touch to the sandstones of Rashtrapati Bhavan Pakistantobecome itsfirstfinance minister. Meanwhile, Mahindratiedupwith Willys Overland to manufacturethe iconic CJ-3B in India. “Manufacturing Keerti Tiwari Dorothy Irwin, the firstoccupant of the of independent India were starklydifferent and procuring investment in India wasextremelytime- Viceroy House, paidcloseattention to the from theirpredecessors.Little is known consuming and difficult. So, furnishing and decor. Some of the “strangely about the firstincumbent, Rajvanshi Devi Mahindracreated 30-40 OUIS MOUNTBATTEN’S appoint- English” flowers in the garden were planted Prasad, the wifeofRajendraPrasad. The only variantsofthe vehicle over ment as the Viceroy of India wasa on her directive.Asahousewarming gift photograph of her shows her in all simplicity, the next 25 years,” says “bombshell” forEdwina from Queen Mary, she wasgiven aChinese clad in awhitesari and distributing prizesat Darukhanawala. On India’s Mountbatten. But she adapted goldfish, and, in turn, the queen got updates the Government House Estate School. This tough terrain, the jeep had Lswiftly. Herpresence loomed on the developmentsatthe Viceroy House. simplicity wasthe hallmarkofthe leaders manyfunctions —ferrying large over the Viceroy House and the politi- Lady Marie Willingdon brought the who formedthe newgovernment. It wasthe the public, carting goods and cal activities associated with it. She wasonly winds of changetothe Viceroy House, when time of nation-building and the firstfamily making medical facilities following tradition: The she got thewallsand ceil- clung to these principles. reachremote corners. Viceroy’s House was, after ings of various rooms Unlikebefore, the influence of the first All forwardunitsofthe all, home. painted mauve. Her fond- ladies on the interiors of the Rashtrapati Indian Army, from the Indo-Pakistanwar in 1947,tosub- Likewise EmilyLytton ness forthe colour earned Bhavanwas notaspronouncedafter sequent conflictsin1962, 1965 and 1971 have used Lutyens, wifeofarchitect the pun “mauvey sujet” Independence. The second President, Mahindra’s CJ-3B jeeps. It wasalifeline in rural areas and Edwin Lutyens, had an- (mauvesubject) from SRadhakrishnan, wasawidowerwhen he wasalso usedbyroyalty and lawenforcement officials other connection to the Lutyens. Her obsession assumedoffice.During the presidency of APJ across India. “Till the early ’90s, Mahindrawas considered monument. As the daugh- with changewas notre- AbdulKalam, theRashtrapati Bhavanhad no avehicle usedbythe government, lawenforcement and terofLordLytton, who had stricted to the interiors. It firstlady, and the scientistpreferred to hold those in rural areas. Armada (1993) wasthe company’s been Viceroy during 1876- entered the gardens, too, as discourses with studentswhen notpractis- firstattempt to reachout to urbanbuyers,” he says. 80, she wasnot untouched Living History carved stone elephantsat ing sitar or reading booksinhis free time. Armada did notmakeamark, but Bolero(2000)and by India’s influence. the gatesuprootedmany But therehavebeen instances when inte- Scorpio (2002) helpedthe companytap urban markets. Though it’s difficult to es- An Indian Express traditional plants. Even a riors have been refurbished. Saraswati Bai, In 2010,Mahindralaunchedthe Thar,anoff-road Jeep tablish explicitly, some collaboration with stern letter from thequeen wifeofVVGiri, took keen interestinthe paint- CJ-likeSUV.“Afteranumber of MNCs startedcoming into credit goes to her forthe RashtrapatiBhavan to avoid changes did not ing of frescoes on the ceilings of some state the country, the jeep had startedgetting relegated to the presence of lotus and ele- deterher.Itwas lefttothe rooms, while Begum Abida Ahmed, wifeof fringes of the automotive world. Hence, Mahindrahad to phant motifsinthe sensibilities of the next in- IN HER STYLE tion and ordered improvement. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed, wasaconnoisseur of reinvent, whichtheydid with Scorpio, but theyinfused Rashtrapati Bhavan. cumbent, Doreen Linlithgow,torestore the (Clockwise from top) Mountbatten’s tenurewitnessedthe be- art, and redecoratedrooms and upholstery. the essence of the original CJ-3B intothe Thar,whichhad The construction went on forabout two house to itsformer glory, and she invited ginning of themetamorphosis,when the But the mostsignificantimprint on the asportier bloodline and appeal,” says Darukhanawala. Edwina decades, with four vicereines “helping” Lutyens to refurbish it. guestlists at the formal functions startedto Rashtrapati Bhavanwas when Pratibha When he travelledacross the countryfor this book, Lutyens. Some likeWinifred Hardingewere Of course,therewas moretothe duties Mountbatten; the featurepeople from diverse backgrounds, Devi Singh Patil became president. Heras- Darukhanawala wasstruckbyhow eachMahindrajeep “verycordialand pleasant”,though instances of the vicereines, who also participated in a Long Drawing Room representing different nationalistperspec- censiontothe highest constitutional posi- drew itscharacter from itslocation. “In Punjab, the jeeps of disagreement were notabsent. One of variety of stateevents. At stateballs, recep- transformed by Lady tives. Edwina observed,“Ithink Viceroy’s tion in thecountrywas indeedanimpor- areostentatiously decorated,while in Hyderabad, they them ledtoLutyens’s oft-quotedremarkto tions, dinners, investitures and garden par- Willingdon with House and grounds arenow looked on more tant markerinthe over nine-decade keep the vehicle as close to the original as possible. People Lady Hardinge: “I will wash your feet with ties, the vicereine would playthe perfect ceiling paintings; as apartofIndia than as aBritish stronghold.” journeyofthis magnificentplace. in Goa use it differentlyfrompeople in Kerala. It’s notso my tears and drythem with my hair.True,I hostess. Edwina, forexample,checkedonthe Dorothy Irwin The Viceroy House became the muchabout the vehicle as it is about the people,” he says. have very little hair,but then youhavevery staffquarters within the Viceroy House Rashtrapati Bhavan, the official residence of KeertiTiwariisDeputyPressSecretary, little feet.” premises, found them in deplorable condi- the President of India in 1950. The firstladies President’sSecretariat

sonal work or creativity,but when it comes to professional work,ithas to be within the An Art Lesson boundaries setbythe business. Ican flyas an artistbut have to be groundedasanem- ployee. This is the biggestdifferentiator be- As in life, so in the pandemic, art and creativity are tweenthe artistand the designer in me.” And justlikethat, Satyashares another les- proving to be wellspringsofhope son that is all about being awareofthe dif- ference betweencircumstance and fate,des- legacy and do good by the worldweinhabit. tinyand reality. Some have accusedmeoffashioning When Icouldn’t cook due to my health, SLICEOFLIFE Pollyanna and her irrepressible optimism, when knittingand singing becameachal- hinting that Iamnaïveand simplistic. But fate lenge, IdiscoveredIcould harness my cre- is notdestiny. Reality does notequal fatality. ativity another way. Suddenly, my iPhone Rather,itisamoving pointthatwechart the and the worldaround me became my course of through ouractions.Ofcourse,we kitchen and my ingredients. In my darkpe- must do all we can and as best as we can, but riod, Ifound aray of sunshine that brought then we mustlet go andlet lifehappen.Learn me hope. When asked whatthe pandemic to makepeace with the outcomes. has brought to hisworld, Satyasays,“It's been Iarrived in NYCwhen Iwas 20 and soon introspective and humbling in manyways. made my home there. Ahome that moved Making artisjustameanstoanend. The as Imovedfromstudent lifetoprofessional worldisincrisis, and, so, holdsupbigger les- lifetofarmstead life. Iarrived with ahunger SATYAKAMSAHA sons forhumanity.Ifeel blessedthat maybe to discover. Iwantedtoliveinacosmopoli- HEALING drastically. Agrown man in the careofhis Satyashames me intofeeling likeacopy- being an artisthelps me ride through these tancity,toembrace my ownself and my life, STROKES mother and spouse, sibling and dear friends. cat when he says,“Ithinkthat artcan helpin tough times. That adversity can be chan- and respect others forwho theywereand With eachday that broughtmenew handi- making better versions of ourselves. Foran nelledintosomething creative and fulfilling.” No matter how wheretheywereintheir journeys.Beyond caps, Iwas ready to give up on life. Then my individual, it helps in forging aconnection The imageshared with my column is a that, Ihad no idea of what Iwas destinedfor difficultany given inner Pollyanna managed somehowtodefy between mind and body.All artforms are lockdown creation of Satya’s. As Iwatch him or what Iought to aspiretobecome. It helped moment feels, art what waspredicted and ledmetonew be- consideredtoberepositoriesofsociety’s col- navigatethe pandemic as both artistand co- that Ihad an artist’s mindset,avagabond can help us find hope ginnings, newpassions,new avenues to lectivememory. The best examples of how worker,Iseeglimpses of what I’vealwaysfelt spirit and agypsy’s stamina. channel my creativity. artistransformativeand abletohealthe and forwhichIamoften challenged.Ifind a Singing, cooking, knitting, crocheting, As Iset sail on anew journeyinIndia, my scars of adestructive period arefromtimes worldwhichisalways giving us opportuni- SuvirSaran macrame, needlework,embroidery, paint- motherlandfromwhomIhavebeen re- afterworld wars.” It’s clear that Satyaisaper- ties, sending us newlessons and waiting for ing, sculpting —these connected me to my movedfor over aquartercentury, Isee how son deeplyconnected to his ownhumanity, us to be one with it, and Isee Satya makethe Suvir Saran is achef, author,educator soul’s needs, my heart’s enrichment and my artand creativity aresimilarly helping others, and, so, mostcircumspect about the human- mostofeachmoment, with dignity and and world traveller mind’s grounding.AsImademyname and too. Isee it dailyall around me. Affecting peo- ity thatresidesinall others around him. grace, generosity of spirit and magnanimity livelihood as achef, these passions were ple who arehealedthrough the passions Iasked him howhejuggles working as a of thought, action and deed. Through his art, EVER EVOLVINGishow Ifeel our lifehas been stored in my memory’s depths, whereIcould theyhavediscoveredduringthe vicious grip professional architect and designer with his he shows us that hope can be found no mat- calibrated and designedtobe. If we grow reachevery nowand again and find inspiring of the pandemic, or visualartists like work as acreative artist. His response: “It’s terhow hardany givenmoment might seem. with eachmoment, if we become better ver- hopeand fulfilling hobbies. SatyakamSaha, who has alwaysusedart as tough and oftenchallenging to deal with Nothing is permanent, notevenapandemic. sions of ourselveswith eachchapterofour Asingle breath, amini stroke,one mo- both his driving engine and his escape from suchdisparateworlds. The artistinmeen- It is beautifultosee that truth come alive in life, we stand to be humanswho leave a ment in time is all it took to alter my course the vexing vicissitudes of life. joys thecompletefreedom towardsmyper- Satya’s creativity.

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16 ARTS etc NOVEMBER 1, 2020 DOWN IN ‘I can’t let myself be muzzled’ JUNGLELAND DirectorHansal Mehta, 53,onthe making of his web series, Scam 1992, holding strong in the face of failures and why he speaks up on social media

RanjitLal AlakaSahani Howdoyou stay non-judgemental while telling the storyofthe mastermind of Ranjit Lal is an author, suchahugescam? environmentalistand THE BUZZ around Scam1992: TheHarshad That came naturally. When Istartedmak- birdwatcher MehtaStory,aweb series directed by Hansal ing biographies —from Shahid (2013)to Mehta, that releasedonSonyLivrecently, re- Omerta (2018)toScam 1992 —Itriednot to ro- fuses to die down. The showabout one of manticise but humanise the characters. The India’s biggestfinancialscams put the spot- biggest challengewas to maintain the arcof light on Mehtafor itstautstory,direction and thecharacters andthe tonal consistencyofthis acting. In this interview, the filmmaker speaks voluminous script. Fair Game of anew phasein his career and whyshooting the showwas one of the best experiences of You’vebeen open about the many his life. Excerpts: professionalrejections that youfaced. What kept yougoing? In the wild, the hunt is always on Howdid the idea of Scam 1992: The Iwakeuptoanew startevery day. Ihad Harshad MehtaStory come up? my shareofbitter experiences and failures but OSOME extent, we allhavethe hunting in- Manyyears ago, Ihad read the book The what kept me goingwas the fact that there stinct,orwewouldn’t have survived. The best Scam: Who Won, Who Lost, Who GotAway were stories to tell.Ijoinedthe industrybyac- natural hunters are, of course, the carnivores: (1993) by and Debashis Basu. I cident 27 years agowhen Iwent to ZeeTV T the big catsand canids,and even omnivores, triedtopitch this storyasafilm but no one with theproposalfor Khana Khazanaand they likebears. But size doesn’t matter:haveyou ever wasinterestedinit. When Sameer Nair (pro- okayedit. With that, Ifoundmycalling. watchedapraying mantis lie in ambush on aleaf, then ducer) and Imet three yearsago,hemen- lungeout with itsgin-trap arms and lop offits prey’s tionedthat he wantstomakeaseries on the Did Shahid helpyou find your voice since head and eat it as if it were enjoying abhutta? The ladies book.Icame on board. Thereweretwo rea- youhavechosen to tell acertain kindof do that to their husbands, too. Diabolical wasps seek out sons forthat —tomakeawhite-collar drama storyafter that? spiders or caterpillars, paralysethem and then layan and to relive my growing-up years. We don’t The experience of Shahid made me brave. egg on them so that the babyhas fresh meat on tap tellwhite-collar crimestories.Even whenwe It would have neverbeenmade had Inot when it’s born! do, theyare flaky and dumbed down. agreedtomakeitonanimpossible budget of Some animals, liketigers, hunt alone. Theystalk their around Rs 70 lakh. That wasHansal Mehta2.0. prey,crouchand leap, either biting through the spinal The 10-episode showhas lots of details. Iexperiencedadip with Simran (2017). Now, cordorsuffocating the victim. Others, likelions, wolves What kindofresearchwentintoit? Iamexperiencing Hansal Mehta3.0. Recently, and wild dogs, hunt in packs,whereeachmember has a Sumit Purohit and Saurav Dey(writers of Omerta re-releasedonOTT and receiveda specific role and atrapisset.These guyshaveabetterkill the show)met Sucheta anumberoftimes. good response. My next film Chhalaang is set rate thanthe loners. Actually, most huntsdonot end in Theymet brokers of the ’80s and ’90s. The way to release on November 13.Ihaveevenacted success forthe hunter —there’s always morethan afair trading wasdone then has become akind of in twocommercials.I’vehadabusylockdown. chance forthe prey to escape (and be hunted on another folklore. Twenty-eight years have passedsince day!), either thankstofleetness of foot,orbecause they the scam came to light. India wasatthe cusp What went wrong with Simran? have their owndefensive strategies likesafetyinnum- of changethen. We startedwriting the script Youmustlovethe making of the film. You bers. Mostpredators will avoid tangling with heavy- towardsthe end of 2017 andfinishedour fi- mustenjoythe process of releasing it and the weightsarmedwith massive sweeping horns and very nal draftinAugust2019. Itwas550 pages long. audience’s reaction to it. Right from the mak- shorttempers: theycan’t risk getting injured,because in It wasamammoth task to make it visuallyen- ing of the film, it wasabitter experience, the wild that is, inevitably, adeath sentence. gaging. It wasone of the mostexhaustive and markedwith negativity. Eachcreaturehas itsown technique: raptors suchas satisfying processes of my career. eagles and falcons swoop down likefighter bombers and Youare vocalonsocial media.Why is it makeoff with their prey in their iron talons. Birds on a Howdid yougoabout the casting, which important foryou to speak up? high-protein insect dietwill winkle out grubsfromunder is one Scam 1992’s strengths? Ispeak as acitizen. Iamnot affiliatedwith leavesordig them out from the ground. Gannets and Writingandcastinghappenedsimultane- APERFECTPLOT anypolitical party.Italkaboutissues thatcon- kingfishers spear-dive,heronsspear-fish, and, in the ously. It helps to have aface attachedtoachar- (Top) Hansal Mehta; astill from Scam 1992 cern me. An artistwithoutavoice is likeanan- deep blue, some fish burythemselvesinthe muddy acter.Iinstinctively wantedaGujarati-speak- imal in amuzzle.Ican’tletmyself bemuzzled. depths or conceal themselvesinwaving fronds of kelp, ing actor,someone from theatre, to play the waiting in ambush. Sharks pickupminuteelectrical sig- role of . Pratik (Gandhi) was Howdid youcreateBombay of the time? In one of our conversations, youhad said nals and home in and the gigantic whales —eating, per- my firstand finalchoice.Thecasting of Shreya It is acombination of shooting on loca- howVishal Bhardwajhelpedyou in the haps,the smallest of prey —simplyopen wide andswal- (Dhanwanthary) as Sucheta took some time. tions and visual effects. Isent my son Jai, who early years of your career.How important lowentire colonies in onegulp. is the co-director of the show, on adiscovery is it to have this eco-system? Everytrickinthe bookisused: whether it is lying in Thereare manyother amazing actors, mission. Idon’t always recognise Mumbai Youhavetofind your supportsystem. It wait, camouflaged likeacommando, to ambush, acun- including Satish Kaushik as CobraKiller, but Ibreathe Bombay. This is the world justsohappenedthat Vishal,Anubhav (Sinha), ning trap, astalk-and-leap operation, or justanall-out whoare partofthe ensemble... whereIworkedasacomputer programmer. Anurag (Kashyap) and Ibegan our career high-speedchase. When Satishji came to knowthatIwas From Mahalaxmi to Nariman Point, Iusedto around the same time. All of us came from And, in asense, even the herbivores“hunt”.Theyhave working on Scam 1992,hesaid he wasready visit this belt regularly to meetmyclients.It nowhereand were strugglingto find ourfeet. it relativelyeasy, because, usually, their prey can’trun or to take up anyrole.Now,heisgettingsuch had textile millsand corporateoffices.We We were critical of eachother but we inspired hide. But, yes, elephants willpush over entire trees justto appreciation forhis acting! Severalcasting chose the locations and the production de- eachother,too. Anubhavhas been instrumen- getameasly mouthful of thefresh tenderleavesgrowing decisionswereinspired,including that of signers took over.Ihad severalelements in talinholdingus together.Wehaveevolvedto- Rajat Kapoor,AnantMahadevan, and Nikhil mind butthere wasnopictorial reference. gether.Ihavealready readthedraftofhis next Dwivedi. After Gangs of Wasseypur (2012), a (2020) and Jamtara (2020). Scam Forexample, the challengefor my 26-year- film, he has read mine. We areexploring the certain kind of casting wasbeing done in 1992 is setinMumbai and is dominated by old director of photographywas to shoot ideaof workingtogether—maybean anthol- badlandmoviesand shows suchas Gujaratis and Marwaris.The casting had to with old tubelights. The conceptofpretty ogy.Iamenvious of their work and Iamhappy Mirzapur (2018-2020), Rangbaaz (2018-19), be different. lightsdid notexistthen. admitting that.

that the coreproblem has gone away,whichis the ambivalence of the statetowards the use ‘The invisible shield reporters from of militancy as atool of statecraft. What do youthink makes the deep state RANJITLAL so powerful in Pakistan? PEEK-A-BOO the We st once had is diminishing’ It’s aconfluence of things. In the early Animals only hunt out of necessity years,Pakistan’spoliticswaschaotic, thecoun- trywas fragile, andthe ideaof the countrywas notfully-formed. To pickupthe slack,astrong at thetop, or strip the barkoff atree, causing it to die. Journalist Declan Walsh on the many Pakistans he saw bureaucracy and military, the twoinheri- Herbivorescan mowthroughsavannah landscapesleav- tancesfromBritish colonialism, steppedin. ing baresoilbehind, again looking forthe mosttender during his time as aforeign correspondent in the country With the overthrow of Sikandar Mirza as the young leaves. Vegetarianand omnivorous insects likelo- country’s leader in the 1950s, the militaryes- custs ravage entirelandscapes in minutes. tablishedits dominanceandhasn’treallylet go Mostpredators arewell-equipped forthe job: with Amrita Dutta nottofamily. Icame to the conclusion that in since. But that’s partofit. Thereisalso razor sharp teeth, grappling iron talons,sheer strength Pakistan, the private and public spheres were Pakistan’s geostrategic importance. Yousee and speed, excellent sight, hearingand smell, and even separateand that wasaway of reconciling dif- countries using this to getleveragewith venom. Even so, their prey,equallywell-equippedwith TO MANY Indians,Pakistanisadrearyland, ferences about the place. Western powers. Youcan makewhat looks sight, smelland hearing and asixth sense danger-detec- hijackedbyreligious extremism and the mil- like free moneyfor awhile,butatsomepoint, tion ability (nottomentionalarm system),always have a itary. Declan Walsh’s The NineLives of Pakistan These aresome very dangerous men you it starts to createasmanyproblemsasitsolves. 50-50 chance of gettingaway. Thereisnothing malicious (Bloomsbury) tempts us with the unofficial writeabout, but with humour and an eye Pakistanisaprime example of that. about the hunt, even if it lookshorriblycruel (likewild version —absurdand violent, but neverbor- forthe absurd.Did youfind them funny? dogs disemboweling awildebeestand eating it alive). ing. Through nine portraitsofbattle-hardened Idid —and honestly, that waswhat made ForIndia, Pakistanhas oftenbeen held Everypredator in theanimal kingdom onlyhuntstosur- politicians, activistsand spies, Walsh,who them so appealing. Pashtun leader Anwar out as awarning. Is thereisamore vive:they’renot stupid enough to risktheir livestohunt served as aPakistancorrespondent for The Kamal Khan, forinstance,was incrediblylo- creative wayoflooking at our neighbour? for“pleasure”. Yes, theymight fight eachothertothe NewYorkTimes fornine years till 2013, quacious, likesomeone out of anovel. Icould- Until recently, Indian democracy wasa deathfor territoryormating rights, and willdefend their sketches acountrythatstruggles withcontra- n’thave made himup.The humourwassome- flawedproject but it wasable to hold itself up young ferociously, but theywouldrather avoid trouble dictions and mutinies. In this interview, the thing Iwanted to conveyabout these people to aNehruvian ideal. Over the lastfew years, than seek it out. Irish journalist, who is now NYT bureauchief and about the country. Ihad problems with we have seen the rise of That has been lefttous. Yes, tribal communitiesand in Cairo, speaksabout writing againststereo- howPakistanwas representedin theWestern and itseemsthatIndiais no longer ableto hold indigenous people did hunt to feed themselvesand their types and the increasing difficulty of being a media during this period. In particular,there itself outas theexception to Pakistan. The dif- clans. The rest of us, ledbythe animal-loving whiteman, foreign journalistfromthe West.Excerpts: wasanAmerican newsmagazine coverthat ference between the countries is notthat they felt deprived. And, so, we went out hunting, for“pleas- showedanimageofabunchofbeardedmen have extremistfringes or blocs,itis: what is ure” and “sport”. Thereisathrill in stalking your prey and What did youwant to do in thisbookthat at aprotest —one of them is looking intothe the attitude of the stateinregulating that? scoring ahit, but we have ensuredthat the odds are your reportage could not? cameraand snarling. Of course, these people Pakistan’s problem has always been that the stackednearly 100per cent in our favour.Unlike tribal Mostofthe West thinksofPakistanasal- arereal. But if that’s the only thing that you statehas been abad arbiter and poor at pro- hunters, we don’t getupclose and attackwithspears and ternatelythreatening, mystifying or exotic. I seeaboutacountry, youget askewedversion. tecting the minorities. When Iwas in Pakistan, machetes—or even bows and arrows.That would be so wanted to give readers asense of what my progressive friends, who had averyfond cruel and youcouldsoeasilybedisemboweled. So, we Pakistanislikebeyond the headlines. The nine Howimportant is Islam as aglue that viewofJinnah, were quietlydismissive of the userifles —from, say, akilometreaway. The whiteman, years Iwas therewereanexplosive period, in keeps Pakistantogether? two-nation theory. But now, they look at the and our ownmaharajas sat in the safetyofanelephant’s whichsomanydramas took place —the fall It’s averyimportant part of the identity of COURTESY: BLOOMSBURY wayMuslims arebeing treated in India and howdah,had their victims driventowards them andthen of Pervez Musharraf, the assassinationof mostPakistanis.Butthat’s separate from Islam PEN MAN means to be aPakistani. say, maybehewasn’t so wrong. Maybe, the opened up. Then,ofcourse, the triumphant photo of the Benazir Bhutto, the rise of the Pakistani Taliban having the ability to provide aglue that holds Walsh worked as Muslim League in the 1940s wasright to fear intrepidhunterwithafootonthe victim and asmirkon andtheassassinationof Osamabin Laden.But, thecountrytogether.Whatis it thatPakistanis Howdocivilians think of the Taliban? majoritarian rule in India afterall. aPakistan hisface followed. The animal’s head would be mounted as anyreporter would know, thereissomuch have in common?According to the cliche, it Fordecades,Pakistanis have beentoldthat on the walls, or itswholebody beautifullystuffedinafe- that happens offcamera. Apartofmygoalwas is Islam, the armyand . Of those three, correspondent Islam and the jihad aresupporting ideas and Is it getting harder to be aforeign rocious posture. It couldn’t getworse, you’d think,but it to give the reader asense of itscomplexity. onlycricketisthe uncontentious one. The big between 2004 and theyoverlap with Pakistan’s national interest. journalistfromthe West,with the the rise has. Canned huntingensures youget your “trophy” un- storywhen Iwas therewas about the rise of 2013, when he was Suddenly, to see the jihadis turning againstthe of China and other populistleaders and der controlled conditions. The “prey”islet loose in an en- Didyou find manyversionsofPakistan? thePakistani Taliban.Butcentrifugal forces in summarily booted out state, and the statenot having anyanswers to the waning of theWest’s powers? closure, maybesedated;you sit in your SUV and take it The book partlyuses the experiences of the peripheries have been afeatureofPakistan of the country for that wasverydisorienting.Theywould fall Absolutely. Authoritarianismis ontherise. down withahigh-poweredrifle. Whatamarvelous testi- nine people to draw out the bigger threads of since itsbirth.The Balochinsurgency wasa intoconspiracytheories to explainit.Ordinary Thekindofinvisibleshieldthatreportersfrom ‘undesirable activities’ monytocourage! identityandreligion.Inaway, theninepeople sorepoint forthe militaryand itsperception Pakistanis had averyambivalent viewonthe the West once hadisdiminishing because Manyyears ago, Ishotand injured agarden lizard represent nine Pakistans. Ihad to understand of itself.Now, we have seen the Pashtunmove- Taliban, even when things were getting bad. these countries have other options. Another with an air-gun. When Iwenttodeliverthe coup de grâce, that the apparent contradictions of Pakistan ment that has erupted, that has the same But therewas apoint afterthe 2014 attack factor is theinternet. Governmentsare in- the air-gun jammed, leaving me feeling horrible. Having is the distinction between the public and pri- grievance as the Baloch. Religion does notbind on the armyschool in Peshawarthat the pub- creasingly sensitive to the reporting that we made itspoint,the lizard gracefully died, ensuringI vate spheres. ForWesterners, alifewell-lived over this. ABaloch, aPashtun andaPunjabi lic wassooutraged that the militaryhad no do becausemoreoftheir peoplearereading us would neverpoint agun at anyliving creatureagain. is of maximum transparencytothe outside mightbefollowers of Islam andpray together excuse but to go afterthe Taliban. The Taliban in away theydidn’t before.And so, theyare world. But in the subcontinent, Iwould find, at amosque. But theycan have very different insurgency has been beaten backintoamar- beginning to treat theforeign press likeatrou- say, that my gayfriends were outtofriends, politics and very different ideas of what it ginalisedspace right now. But it doesn't mean blesome wing of the local press.

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BRIEFLY POINTSTABLE Aclass apart Team Matches Won Lost Pts NRR MI 13 9418 1.296 RCB 13 7614 -0.145 DC 13 7614 -0.159 With another dominant win againstDC, Mumbai showwhy theyare the team to beat SRH 13 6712 0.555 KXIP 13 6712 -0.133 RR 13 6712 -0.377 SYNOPSIS Suchhas been the confidence KKR 13 6712 -0.467 CSK 13 5810 -0.532 Kishan comes out swinging forMI reposedinKishanthat the team afterBumrah, Boultbreathe fire management elevatedhim to the HOWITLINES UP topofthe order in the absence of MI: Theyhad already qualifiedfor the WorldCupwinner playoffsbeforeSaturday’s match, and VISHALMENON injured captain . He by thrashing Delhi Capitals, Mumbai Rapinoe,WNBA OCTOBER31 has respondedwith scores of 68 Indians made sureofatop-twospotand twochances of making the IPL final. notout, 37,25and now72not out. RCB&DC: The winners of Monday’s champBirdengaged WITHANOTHERcomprehensivedisplayinall gamebetweenthesetwowillbeguaran- facets of thegame, defending champions teed atop-twospotwhile the losers can TWO-TIMEFOOTBALL WorldCup win- demonstrated whythey’re Bumrah, Boult breathe fire even find themselvesout of the compe- nerMeganRapinoeand11-timeWNBA the mostcompleteteam in this competition. Midway intothis tournament, it waspre- tition, dependingonother results. All-StarSueBirdare gettinghitched.The Ledbytwo world-class pacers in Jasprit dicted that spinnerswouldplayamoredom- SRH: Theyneedtobeat table-toppers sportspower couple announcedtheir Bumrah andTrent Boult, and well comple- inantrole as pitchesinthe UAEweregetting Mumbai to stay in the hunt. Theywould engagement with aphoto postedto mented by energetic fielders, theyrestricted abrasive and worn out. But Mumbai Indians alsohopefor Kings XI Punjab to lose Bird’s Instagram accountonFridayand DelhiCapitals to apaltry110/9. have shownthat,irrespective of thesurfaceon againstChennai on Sunday, and the arepresentativefor Rapinoe confirmed then made short work of thechasewithhis offer, apotent,well-rounded pace attackisal- matchbetween KolkataKnightRiders the news to Reuters,ascongratulations belligerentstroke-play, knockingoffthetarget ways handy.Upagainstthe ragged Delhi and Rajasthan Royals to be aclose one. forthecouplepouredinacrosssocialme- withmorethan five overs to spare. The win Capitals,BoultandBumrah-theirtwo elitefast dia. Four-time Olympic gold medalist putsMIfirmly atthetopwith18points.Onthe bowlers -pickedthree apiece to re- ●LIVE Bird,40,wonherfourthWNBAtitlewith otherhand,Delhistillholdonto thethirdspot, strict Delhi to agrossly inadequate110/9. SUNDAY: CSK vs KXIP 3:30pm the Storm earlier this month, bouncing but have droppedbelowKXIPinterms of the Boult has been quitearevelationfor KKR vs RR 7:30pm backafter missingall of the 2019 season netrun rate.Thislistless performance -a9- Mumbaiinthisedition,prisingout12 of his20 due to aknee injury.”Rapinoe, who drubbing -has nowmadeitfourcon- scalps in the Powerplay. It’s notthathehas got MONDAY: DC vs RCB7:30pm claimedthe Ballon d’Or in 2019 aftera secutive losses forShreyas Iyer’s team. prodigiousmovement withthe newball. But TUESDAY: SRH vs MI 7:30pm career-defining year in whichshe won hehascleverlyusedtheangles,employingfull- Ishan Kishan’s unbeaten 72 includedeight foursand three sixes. BCCI/IPL on Hotstar&Star Sports network her secondWorld Cup title,along with Kishan comes out swinging ishlengthswiththeoccasionalshortball.First- the Golden Bootand Golden Ball,was a It won’t be astretch to statethat Kishan up,heremovedShikharDhawanforaduckby regular fixtureonthe sidelines during has been the sleeper hit of this IPL. In ateam inducingafiercecutshotoff agood-lengthde- the 2020 WNBAseason, whichtook populated withsuperstars, the youngster livery that wasgobbled up at point by SRH beat RCB, ensure race goes down to the wire place entirelyinside aquarantinedset- from Jharkhand has managed to hold his Suryakumar Yadav. Boult, then came up ting in Bradenton, Florida, due to the own. Right from his U-19days,hewas seen trumps in an intriguing duel againstPrithvi hadto curbtheirbig-hittinginstincts.Itwasnot intodeep point’s palms. With him evaporated coronavirus. REUTERS as adazzling stroke-playerwho couldmarry Shaw, conning him with ashortdelivery.The SYNOPSIS asurface wheretheycould swing their arms ’sbesthopesof atotalinexcessof 140 grace withpower. 31-year-oldcamebackinthepenultimateover AfterSRH bowlers kill RCBbatsmen freely-even if the boundaries were on the and theysettledfor 120/8. Afteracoupleoffalsestarts, he is finally of theinningsto remove RavichandranAshwin softly, Holder underlines his value shorterside -but one wheretheyhad to wait It could be argued that the slowsurface Panghal, Sanjeet delivering on the promise by adding consis- and finish with figures of 3/21. forthe perfect ball, the loosestofloose ballsto handedadecisiveadvantagetoSunrisers, but strike gold in France tency to his attributes. Ever since a58-ball With the Kiwi wreaking havocinthe summon the big strokes. Bangalore’s bucca- they utilisedthe conditions, withpre- 99 againstRoyal ChallengersBangalore, Powerplay, Mumbai’s stand-in captain neeringopenerDevduttPadikkalattemptedan cision and cunning. Sharma swung, Jason WORLD SILVER-MEDALLISTAmit Kishan has been avital cog in the Mumbai Kieron Pollardbrought on Bumrah as lateas SANDIPG ambitious loftedstraight-drive offSandeep Holder purchasedextrabounce, TNatarajan Panghal(52kg) and Sanjeet(91kg) order.Suchhas been the confidence in the eighth over.The ploy-to exertthe OCTOBER31 Sharma,whowasnibblingtheballaround.Not skiddedtheball,RashidKhanspuntheballboth struckgold in theirfirstcompetition af- reposedinhim that the team management chokeonDelhiinthe middle overs andatthe at supersonic pace, but with sufficient move- ways,ShahbazNadeem judiciouslymixed his teracoronavirus-forcedbreak,claiming elevatedhim to the topofthe order in the death --- paid off. Bumrah got zip and appre- SURVIVINGAmid-matchstutter—evoking ment and accuracy.This ball bent fractionally armballwithconventional away-spinners. the tophonoursatthe Alexis Vastine absence of injuredcaptain Rohit Sharma.He ciable liftfromthe slow Dubaipitch.Bowling nervousmemoriesof theircapitulationagainst inwardafterpitchingandbeatPadikkal’sswipe. International Boxing Tournament in has respondedwith scores of 68 notout,37, with alovelyseampresentation, the 26-year- KingsXIPunjab—SunrisersHyderabadearned It wasapitchonwhichdrivingonthe rise Holder underlines value Nantes, France.Amit, also an Asian 25 and now72not out. old honedinongood,old-fashionedTest afive-wicket victory over RoyalChallengers wasasfatal as jumping in front of an express Besidesgrabbing twowicketsinthe 19th Gameschampion besides being The target of 111 wasnot going to be matchlengths, whichresulted in thewickets Bangalorewhile chasing alow total to live an- train. Kohli could notresist, scooping the on- over,those of Chris Morris and Isuru Udana, Commonwealth Games silver-medal- muchofachallenge.But the slowpitch was of Marcus Stoinis and Rishabh Pant. other dayinthe league. the-risedrive to aswooping Kane Williamson. JasonHolderrattledaprecious26off10ballsto list, defeated American Rene Abraham posing some questions to Kishan and open- SuchwasBumrah’scontrolthatforthebet- It wasastrip whereABdeVillierscould notbe take Surnisershome. When Kane Williamson 3-0 on Friday. Sanjeet, aformer India ing partner .However, it did- terpartofhisspell,hehardlygavetheimpres- Killing RCBsoftly Mr 360. Maybe, Mr 180. Even this avatar of de departed in the 13th over,animplosion lurked Open gold-medallist, got past n’t take the22-year-old much time to getinto sionthatanIPLmatchwasinprogress.Searing Swing with the newball, spin later on and Villiers would suffice, and he seemedthe only —onlytwo gamesagotheyhadimplodedwhile Frenchman SohebBouafia in his sum- the groove.Amajestic straightdrive,followed pace, testing lengths, slips in place, wickets slowness throughout —itwas an antithesis of batsmanwho seemedtocoax the pitchinto chasingameagre target.ButHolderallayedthe mit clash and secure agold. In the 75kg by twoemphaticpull shots,againstthe pacy falling in aflurry.Bumrah’s 3/17tookhis tour- aT20 wicket.Itmadefor slow-burning but in- submission. He pulledRashid Khan through fearswithabrace of sixes, andwrappedupthe category, Asian silver-winner Ashish AnrichNortje got him going.Therewas no namenttallyto23wickets, at par withKagiso triguing cricket —batsmen trying to figure out deep midwicket, before thumping Shahbaz match with another. Kumar also claimedagoldafter his op- looking backfromthatpoint.Kishan raced Rabada. boundary-scoringoutletsandbowlersstriving Nadeem over long-on,anembodimentofthe BRIEF SCORES: RCB120/7 (Phillipe 32,de ponent,AmericanJosephGeromeHiks, to his fiftyin37deliveries, and launched BRIEF SCORES: DC 110/9 (Iyer 25; Bumrah to find the perfect length and methods. Aday timinghecouldgenerateevenonthissnail-like Villiers24;SandeepSharma2/20,Holder2/27) gave himawalkoverdueto injury. Asian Nortje over the square-legboundaryfor asix 3/17, Boult3/21)losttoMI111/1(Kishan72 not when the usual T20manualhad to be torn surface. Shortlythough,the giftoftiming un- losttoSRH 121/5 (Saha39, Pandey26, Holder silver-medallistKavinderSingh Bisht to sealthe matchfor Mumbai in 14.2 overs. out) by 9wickets. apart.Everyonewasforcedtoadapt—batsmen did him, as he ferriedadelicious slapstraight 26; Chahal 2/9) by 5wickets (57kg) lost his final to local Samuel Kistohurry in asplit 2-1 verdict. PTI Halep tests positive for COVID-19;ThiemtoskipParis Masters Bottas bags Imola Hazardscoresfirstgoal pole, Hamilton 2nd for Realinoverayear out of next week’s Paris Masters afterstrug- sets by Lorenzo Sonegoand AndreyRublev REUTERS gling with blisters in his foot duringthe respectively. EDEN HAZARD scored his firstgoalfor OCTOBER31 Vienna Open. Djokovic,who had a39-2 recordthis year, Imola: VALTTERI BOTTAS took pole position Real Madrid in over ayear and Karim U.S. Open champion Thiem complained failedtoconvert asingle break point in a6-2 forthe Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola Benzemastrucktwice as the Spanish WORLD NUMBER twoSimonaHalep tested of the problem afterhis title defence in 6-1losswhileSonegobroke theSerbfivetimes on SaturdaywithMercedes team mateand championscoastedtoa4-1winathome positive forthe novelcoronavirus and is re- Vienna ended in the quarter-finals on Friday. forthe biggestwin of hiscareer.Sonego’s first Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton lament- to HuescainLaLigaonSaturday. Making covering well from her mild symptoms. Thiem would have had little time to re- top-10victorycappedadream week forthe ing apoor lap and qualifying second. his firststart of the campaignafter per- “Hi everyone, Iwantedtolet youknow coverasthe final ATPMasters 1000event of 25-year-old,wholostthefinalqualifierbuten- RedBull’sMax Verstappen wasthird sistent injuryproblems, Hazardbroke that Itestedpositive forCOVID-19,”the 29- the year starts on Monday. teredthe maindrawasalucky loser. fastest, afterapowerunitscare in the second the deadlockinthe 40th minutewitha year-old Romaniansaid on Twitter on He is expected to use the break to get “For sureit’s the best victoryofmylife,” phasesentmechanicsscramblingto fixhiscar, thunderousstrikefromoutsidethearea, Saturday. “I am self-isolating at home and some rest before travelling to London forthe Sonegosaidinanon-courtinterview.“Iplayed with AlphaTauri’s Pierre Gaslyastand-out scoring onlyhis second goal forMadrid am recovering well from mild symptoms. season-ending ATPFinals,whichtakes place so, so good today. Ilikethis tournament, Ilike fourth on the grid. Mercedes needonlya sincehis 2019 move from Chelsea fora “I feel good ... we willget through this to- WorldNo. 2Halep is in self-isolation. File from Nov. 15-22. the conditions here. It’s unbelievable.” fourth-placefinishinSunday’srace,andmaybe joint-clubrecord feeof100 million eu- gether.” The former worldnumber one did Defending champion Djokovic optedout Djokovic said knowing that he had al- noteventhat, to securearecord seventh suc- ros. Zinedine Zidane’s side soon ex- nottraveltoNew York forthisyear’s U.S. of the Paris tournamentas he willnot lose any ready secured theyear-end number one spot cessive constructors’ worldchampionship. tendedtheir lead in added time of the Open Grand Slamdue to health concerns The Women’s WTATourhas atourna- ranking pointsunder the ATPTour’s revised in the rankings affected his performanceand The pole, with atimeofone minute firsthalf when Karim Benzema chested over the pandemic. ment scheduledinAustria from Nov. 9but system this year due to the COVID-19pan- the 33-year-oldisalready looking forward 13.609 seconds, wasa13thin13races forthe down across from LucasVazquezand Halep, whowon theFrenchOpen in 2018 Halep had said her 2020 season wasoverfol- demic. Rafael Nadal will be thetop seed at the to theseason-endingATP Finals. champions and fourth forBottasin2020. firedinsidethefarpost.FedericoValverde and is the reigning Wimbledon champion, lowing her FrenchOpen defeat. Paris Masters while GreekStefanosTsitsipas “I’vedone what Ineededtodoand whyI Sunday’s race will be thefirstgrand prix furtherstretchedtheirleadinthesecond made the trip to Paris forthe claycourtGrand willbeseededsecondwithsevenof thetop10 came here. Imoveoncompletelyfinewith at Imola since 2006,withthe trackreturn- halfbeforeDavid Ferreiropulledagoal Slam but went down to eventualchampion Thiem to skip Paris Masters men’splayerattendingthe tournament. today’s result and lookingtothe next chap- ing to fleshout acalendar ravagedbythe backfor Huesca. REUTERS IgaSwiatek in the fourth roundatRoland Vienna: Austrian Dominic Thiem has joined Earlier at the Vienna Open, both topseeds ter,”Djokovic said. “I’m healthyand looking COVID-19pandemic, and the thirdinItaly Garrosthis month. worldnumber oneNovak Djokovic in pulling Djokovic and Thiem were beaten in straight forwardtoastrong finish in London.” this season. REUTERS Wolvesbeat Palacetogothird; WhyEPL is besetbyarash of muscleinjuries? City,Chelsea close in with wins Topmanagersare up in arms overbeing denied use of five substitutions instead of three, leading to players’ bodies breaking down

On Friday, Liverpool manager Jurgen attempting to complete theirdisrupted WHAT’S THE ARGUMENT MADE BY REUTERS Therewas another boostfor City Klopp joinedManchesterUnited's Ole season, theyintroduced five substitutions OTHEREPL CLUBS? LONDON,OCTOBER31 afterthe game as PepGuardiola Gunnar Solskjaer and ManchesterCity's instedofthree. In the Premier League's Forthe 11 EPL clubsthat voted against PepGuardiola in bemoaning the EPL’s Annual General Meeting startofnew five subs, the motive is clear. By not RAYANAIT-NOURImarkedhis Wolves de- ruledout areturn to Barcelona substitutions being limited to 3instead of season, the original three-substitution allowing ateam like ManchesterCity but with agoal as the Midlands club beat despiteinterestfrompresidential the Covid-19-enforced5.With onlyone rule wasratified–with the ‘BigSix’ and withalargersquad to adequately CrystalPalace 2-0atMolineux on Fridayto candidates at the Catalan giants senior centre-backinJoe Gomez available LeicesterCity voting in favour of five compete,they’veattemptedtolevelthe move up intothirdplace in the Premier to play, Klopp blamedPremier League substitutions along with twoother clubs, playing field.Itwill forcethe bigclubs to League. Victoryput Wolveslevel on points to bring the club's most chief executive RichardMasters fornot falling shortof2/3rd majority needed. prioritise when and wheretoplaytheir withthe leading Merseyside duo of Everton successful ever coachback. having ‘sold’ the idea of five-substitutions best players. If Liverpool falter at afew of and reigning champions Liverpool ahead of better to other clubs. “None of the top WHY DO THE TOP6CLUBS WANT their early Champions League group the bulk of this weekend's fixtures. sevenclubsasked forany (unfair) THE RULE BACK? games, suddenlytheywillbeforcedto Ait-Nouri, the onychangefromthe PepGuardiola's side at their best,asfor the advantage. We justknewthatitwould be There's a42% increase in muscle injuries playtheirbestteams in the latter group Wolvesside that drew 1-1 with Newcastle thirdconsecutiveleaguegametheywereheld incrediblydifficult because of our across the clubs.According to stagematches, as opposed to giving lasttimeout, neededjust18minutestoput to asolitarygoal.ButKyleWalker'slong-range schedule. To have the best games at the PremierInjuries.com, EPL clubs have lost players abreak.Itforces clubs to take the hosts in front when his first-time shot strikeagainsthisformerclubwasgoodenough weekend in the Premier League, it would out on £23,069,052 justinOctober European competitions seriously and found the bottom corner. to earna1-0 win at goal-shySheffield United. have helpedthat as well. Ithink we should because of injuries. There's 99 injuries in ensurethat qualification to the next His goal came soon afterPalace's Michy Afourth win in five games in all compe- think about it again,” said Klopp. Both October alone. The Big Six risk alot more stageiscompletedasquicklyaspossible. Batshuayi had an effort disallowedfor offside. tition edgesCity up to eighthbut within two ManchesterCity strikers Sergio Aguero than the rest of the clubs simplybecause TheEPL also does nothaveawinter DanielPodencedoubled Wolves' lead in the pointsofjoint-leaders Everton, Liverpool and and Jesus have thigh injuries.Earlier,City’s of their participation in European ManchesterCity’s Kevin De Bruyne was break,likethe Bundesliga. This further 27th minutewhenheturnedinPedro Neto's Wolvesinaconcertinaedtable. playmakerKevin De Bruyne wassidelined competitions. With games bunchedup sidelinedfor twoweeksinOctober. File increases the chancesofclubs being crossfromclose range. Palace's defeat was Andtherewas another boostfor City af- by amuscle injuryfor twoweeks. Arsenal together,these clubs arenow facing the overloadedand their players suffering madeworsewhenwhenLukaMilivojevicwas terthe game as PepGuardiola ruledout are- is hamstrung with RobHolding and David brunt of apackedschedule. To add to from further muscle injuries. sent offlateonfollowing aVAR reviewofhis turn to Barcelona despiteinterestfrompres- Luiz having thigh injuries as well. this, amajor deterrent formuscle season. “Almost50% more muscular challengeonWolvessubstituteJoaoMoutinho. idential candidates at the Catalan giantsto injuries intothe season is astrong pre- injuries than lastseason. Why? Because WHATABOUT OTHER LEAGUES? ManchesterCity and Chelsea movedto- bring the club's mostsuccessful ever coach WHATISTHE NEW SUBSTITUTION season. But Premier League clubs, the players playand looktorecoverfrom In Italy, Germanyand Spainthe five-sub- wardstouching distance of the Premier backtothe CampNou. RULE? especiallythe BigSix, were still the previous game but mostofthemare stitution rule is commonplace nowafter League summit on SaturdayasSheffield RESULTS It isn’t exactlyanew substitution rule, but participating in lastseason’sEuropean still recovering from the previous season FIFA sanctionedassociationstochangethe United and Burnleyremainedwinless at the Wolves 2-0 CrystalPalace reverting to theold one. While the competitions and had onlytwo weeks so whyshould we notdoit? No sense, no three-substitution rule to five substitutes other end of the table. Sheffield Utd 0-1 ManchesterCity pandemic persists still. When the EPL was before theyhad to assemblefor the new sense," Guardiola said. till August2021. SHASHANKNAIR Cityhave yettohitthefree-scoringformof Burnley0-3 Chelsea

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