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Kamal Nath as the cost of implementing prize defi- Minister to allow Madhya Pradesh apprised the Prime Minister of pen- cient payment scheme for the oilseeds. increase the target for Soybean to 40 London/New Delhi: UK ed by Scotland Yard in April dency of 170 such applications eligi- He expressed commitment to imple- per cent ie 26.92 lakh metric tonnes Home Secretary Sajid Javid on 2017 after the Indian authori- ble for mining lease under Sections menting Prime Minister's Annadata in the price deficit payment scheme. Monday ordered the extradi- ties brought fraud and 10-A and 2-B of the Mines and Aay Sanrakshan Abhiyan. Nath said that in the guideline for tion of Vijay Mallya to India, in money laundering charges Minerals (Development and Nath apprised Modi of the pre- PDPS should be at par with that of a major blow to the embattled amounting to 9,000 crore Regulation) Act. Prompt decision on vailing scenario that Madhya Pradesh Price Support Scheme. He urged liquor baron. against the former Kingfisher these proposals will spur the state's paid 1951.80 crore to the farmers as Modi to approve the PDPS target for The 63-year-old business- Airlines boss. economic activities. Government in the Mine and said that states like Madhya Pradesh difference in the minimum support Soybean to 40 per cent of the State's man had lost a legal challenge The UK court had said it The Chief Minister appreciated Minerals (Development and are benefiting from the provisions of price and the model selling price. He production viz- 26.92 lakh metric against his extradition in a was satisfied with the various the amendment made by the Central Regulation) Act in January 2015. He the District Mineral Fund. At the same said that if this crop had been pro- tonne. British court in December. assurances provided by the Under the Extradition Indian Government, including Treaty procedures, the Chief a video of the jail cell, which Magistrate’s verdict was sent to had not only been recently !    ##O    P &  the Home Secretary because redecorated but was also far only he is authorised to order larger than the minimum Mallya’s extradi- requirement threshold. tion. Meanwhile, India wel-  "    # #  ' #( (  Mallya is comed UK Government’s order on bail on an to extradite Mallya and said it extradition awaits “early completion” of the       However, the Tamil Nadu which are in abundance here.  0(178 mail to the Central Jail and tion, Gond was convicted for warrant execut- legal process in the matter. Government told the court All these crops are cultivated in Gond's execution date has raping a four-year-old girl at “We have taken note of n a moving tale of man-ani- that it was not for training the encroached areas of the for- district court in Satna has been fixed for March 2, 2019, Parasmaniya village in Satna the decision of the UK Imal relationship, elephant Chinnan as a Kumki. “Our first est and we cannot blame the Aissued a 'death warrant' he said. The convict has other district of Madhya Pradesh. Home Secretary to sign Chinna Thambi has captured preference is to help him reach elephants for eating them,” against a school teacher was remedies also as he can file a The trial court had sentenced on the order for the heart of Tamil Nadu peo- his original dwelling place and said Ali. found guilty of raping a four- mercy petition before the Gond to death under the Vijay Mallya’s extradi- ple even as politics and other a group of forest officials are Even as the arguments and year-old girl. President of India, a jail offi- recently-introduced Indian tion to India,” a issues take a back seat for the into the job,” the Government counter-arguments were The trial court in Satna cer said. Penal Code (IPC) Section top Government time being. informed the court. exchanged in the court, the ele- district has sentenced capital The death warrant will be 376(a)(b) (raping a minor source said. The Madras High Court N Sadique Ali, a wild life phant and the cavalcade of offi- imprisonment to Mahendra executed only after all the under 12 years of age). “While we wel- on Monday heard a petition by conservationist in Ootty, said cials are on their way to Singh Gond (28) and sent the available legal remedies are Gond was also found come the UK animal lover Arun Prasanna that Chinna Thambi is the lat- Thadagam valley in death warrant to the Central exhausted. The Madhya guilty under IPC Section 363 Government’s deci- challenging the move by the est example of human-animal Coimbatore district, the Jail in Jabalpur. The rape con- Pradesh High Court had on (kidnapping), for which he sion in the matter, AIADMK Government to conflict in the region. “The ele- domain of Chinna Thambi. vict's death warrant has been January 25 confirmed the was awarded seven years' rig- we await the early catch and train the wild tusker phant is a peace loving animal One of the forest officials told received from the trial court death sentence awarded by orous imprisonment, besides completion of as a Kumki saying that the and there are no instances of The Pioneer that a group of TV and he (Gond) is in the process the trial court to Gond. being fined Rs 5,000, the offi- the legal Government’s act violates ani- him attacking anybody in crew with satellite news gath- of challenging his death penal- The trial court had con- cer said. The convict went to process for his mal’s rights. Kumki is a term Thadgam. The truth is that ering vehicles were also keep- ty in the Supreme Court. victed the school teacher on the girl's house on July 1, 2018 extradition,” the used for an elephant specialized Chinna Thambi enjoys eating ing track of the ‘new star’ of The trial court sent the September 19, 2018. in an inebriated condition to source said. PTI in controlling errant elephants. carrot, sugarcane and banana Tamil Nadu. death warrant through an e- According to the prosecu- meet her father.   ()  ) *+ ,-./   Q . 
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In this situation the and three seminal rounds The team of Carmel the silver medal in the 68 kgs The players of both the In a society where parents showcased about the situa- parents think that if the girl were conducted for each cat- Convent School, Ratanpur category. teams made a real fight against take daughter’s wedding as a tions of a middle class family. runs away with someone, then egory during January 21 till cy in India and more were con- emerged as runner-up. Director Sports and Youth this fork while giving a tough status symbol, these parents If a member of a middle class they will be saved from the February 1. ducted. Besides the general Under High School cate- Welfare S.L. Thoussen con- fight to each other. have permitted their daughter family suffers with a disease, marriage expenses. 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Keeping in mind the problems pare the District Collectors for Gwalior DM, Bharat Yadav old miscreant who robbed a January 13; search for the accused has been started rural transport facility will be encour- of common man, necessary amend- the upcoming Lok Sabha elec- told media persons that the test autam Nagar police mobile phone worth 8000 after victim reported the incident. aged in the state. ments will also be made in the trans- tions, the Chief Election was an easy one for him and Gnabbed two vehicle lifters from a 22-year-old girl near Police said that the victim who was on her way Besides, a solution will be drawn port policy. The Minister mentioned Commissioner of India has that he had attempted all ques- and recovered a car worth coaching institute in the month to school was lured by the accused identified as Ravi in the interest of passengers by estab- that steps will be taken soon in the been organising training pro- tions. He added that a lot of 7,00,000 from their posses- of October last year. Thapa and later sexually assaulted her at Swaran lishing coordination between private direction to make necessary public grams for them throughout the experience and knowledge sion on Sunday from JP Nagar The nabbed accused was Jayanti park. bus operators and sootra seva oper- transport management in proportion country. During the training about the electoral process was trisection; car was stolen from identified as Manoj Sharma The victim girl is a resident of Priyanka Nagar ators in the state. Rajput further men- to the population in our large state. the DMs were given guidance attained as Morena Collector Ratlam and accused was who robbed mobile phone and is a student of class 9. tioned that efforts will be made to Deliberations on works of Inter- mainly in handling of polling during the assembly elections. nabbed while they were trying from the victim Chancal Rajput A complaint was lodged when victim’s father integrate Red Bus, Ola and Uber etc City Transport Authority, strength- booths, model code of conduct He further said that all the to sell the stolen car. on October 1, 2018. found her crying after she received call of the accused on one platform by preparing a new ening transport administration, and voters list. instructions of the Election According to the police, Police said that the victim who was forcing her to have physical relationship app and by introducing GPS based improvement in arrangement of fit- After undergoing the train- Commissioner will be strictly acting on a tip off two youths was on her way to home after with him after which a complaint was lodged by the automatic vehicle location system in ness certificate of vehicles, to bring ing all the District Collectors of followed during the coming were nabbed from JP Nagar tri- attending coaching class work victim stating that on January 13, when she was the interest of common people so that down road accidents, establishment Madhya Pradesh underwent a Lok Sabha elections and that section who were with the and when she reached near her boarded a low-floor bus to school the accused lured monitoring of vehicles could be made of centers at all the district head- written test in Bhopal on the election will be conducted stolen car and when they were house a miscreant threw chili her to accompany her and later she alighted off the from the control room. quarters for conducting pollution Saturday. smoothly and impartially. quizzed regarding the car they powder and escaped with the bus at Gehunkheda bus stop and sexually assault- Initiatives to be taken to include test, construction of bus stands in The questions for the thir- It is learnt from sources were not able to provide the mobile phone she was carrying. ed her at Swaran Jayanti park. He threatened her of a chapter on transport safety in cities with more than one lakh pop- ty minute Examination, pre- that the training and the sub- details and document of the car The victim approached life and later used to pressurize her of having phys- school curriculum. ulation, to ply Volvo buses on new pared by the Election sequent written test became and confessed that the car was Nishatpura police and based on ical relationship. This was informed by Rajput at routes, increase in route of non-stop Commissioner of India were necessary as a few complaints a stolen one. the complaint a case under sec- The police have registered a case under sections the joint meeting of the officers of the service, safety of school buses/vehi- based on election process, code regarding mishandling of The nabbed miscreants tion 392 of the IPC was regis- 376, 363 and 506 of the IPC and sections of POCSO Transport Department and Bus cles and their checking took place in of conduct, responsibilities of EVMs and violation of proce- were Prithvi Singh alias tered. Act and started search to nab him. Operators held at the Academy of the meeting. the Returning Officers and the dures with regards to conduct Shammi of Ratlam and Goud Later in the investigation Meanwhile frustrated over prolong illness Administration. Besides, Rajput stat- The Minister Rajput instructed nomination procedures. of polls during the just con- alias Bittu and confessed steal- mobile phone was tracked and 24year-old woman committed suicide by hanging ed that necessary improvement will the officers of the department to be The answer sheets have cluded assembly elections had ing of car from Industrial area it was found that the accused with the ceiling at TT Nagar area on Sunday. be made in the present system to facil- serious in following the manifesto and been sent to the CEC of India, reached the ECI. Ratlam. was using the mobile phone Police said that the deceased Sangeeta Giri was itate citizens with better transport to provide necessary facilities to the New Delhi in a sealed cover. It The Election A case was registered by after the robbery. He was found hanging and declared dead when she was facilities in the state. He informed that citizens. is learnt from sources that the Commissioner hopes that the Industrial Area police Ratlam arrested and mobile phone taken to nearby hospital. The victim was suffering a process to bring reforms has already At the outset, the bus operators question paper carried 100 training of district collectors regarding the theft. was recovered from his pos- from Paralysis. Police have registered a case under been begun. Initiative to hold dis- appreciated the Transport Minister for questions and a total of 100 will pave the way for a smooth Meanwhile, Nishatpura session. section 174 of the CrPC. SR cussions with the private bus opera- holding meeting with them. SR marks. It is also learnt that and hassle free elections. PNS ;<.' #&   ' 5   
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 a car were signaled to stop but suing 2 years PG course and 62 the three escaped and were research course in foreign chased and nabbed by police. countries by selecting 20 mer- .+(7%( Police asked for details regard- itorious students every year.  ing the vehicle but they failed Total 38,000 dollar annually in and confessed that the vehicle the form of scholarship and  was stolen one and confessed 2,000 dollar for books, neces-  8, stealing of vehicles from dif- sary equipments, typing and ferent parts of the state capi- binding of research material  2 tal along with their fourth besides other expenses has 42 accomplice Shivam been included under this.   Kushwaha. A decision has been taken The three accused were to introduce the scheme from %( identified as Ajju alias Ajay the academic session 2019-20.  Vishwakarma(20), Sunil Those meritorious under grad- Namdev(19) of Misrod and uate and post graduate students  Rajendra Shilpi(28) of Raisen. of Madhya Pradesh domicile, 
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 Congress president Rahul "Here is a person who has ensuring a minimum income promise." Gandhi has squandered his been convicted in a corruption for the poor, saying "elections "But this has been a long- goodwill by allying with RJD case by a court of law. And are round the corner, people standing demand. I have been chief Lalu Prasad, going oppo- people have the temerity to say will come out with all types of raising it since the days I was Palanpur: Three married passing by Devpura village Jamana Thakor were married, site to his stand when he tore that he is being framed. Allying promises". an MP. Why did the Congress- women and a teenage girl, all under Vav taluka of said the police, adding all were an ordinance aimed at revers- with such people has only Miffed over Gandhi's alle- led UPA not do the needful very close friends, jumped into Banaskantha district, said the residents of Dethli village, locat- ing a Supreme Court order on the RJD chief. destroyed the goodwill earned gation that Kumar had deliv- when it was in power," Kumar, a canal to commit suicide on police. ed close to Devpura. disqualification of convicted The JD(U) chief, who had through gestures like tearing of ered empty promises to the himself a graduate of the Patna Monday in Gujarat, and while While three bodies were "Rescuers have fetched politicians. forged a short-lived alliance the ordinance," Kumar rued. people of Bihar like Modi did University, asked. three of them died, the fourth recovered late in the evening, three dead bodies till now from Kumar also took potshots with the RJD and the Congress, Berating the show of oppo- at the Centre, the chief minis- On the resolution passed at one is missing, said police. the fourth victim was missing, the canal. The (search) opera- at Gandhi for the promises he which came to be known as the sition unity at the rally which ter said the Congress chief the 'Dharma Sansad' in Kumbh One of the women was bat- said G K Jadeja, police sub- tion is still on," said Jadeja. made at his Patna rally on 'Mahagathbandhan' or grand was attended by Tejashwi and would have done well to take where seers have declared com- tling a heart ailment, while inspector, Vav taluka. A suicide note was recov- Sunday. alliance, for fighting the 2015 his associates-turned-adver- note of the high growth rate of mencement of Ram temple another was unhappy in her The four, all close friends, ered from the spot, he said. "Gandhi had famously torn Bihar assembly poll, has been saries Jitan Ram Manjhi and the state and the massive construction at Ayodhya from marriage, and so they decided were identified by the police as "As per the suicide note, and thrown away a copy of the squarely blaming Gandhi for Sharad Yadav, among others, improvement in agricultural February 21, Kumar said "our to end their lives, they said. Minakshi Thakor (23), Shilpa one of the women was having ordinance that intended to his volte face of 2017 when he Kumar said "it was I who had productivity. party's stand has always been The other two decided to Thakor (18), Jamana Thakor some heart-related ailment, reverse a Supreme Court order returned to the BJP-led NDA. coined the term About Gandhi's promise of clear". commit suicide as they appre- (20) and Haki Thakor (16). while another was unhappy on disqualification of convict- He has been alleging that Mahagathbandhan". granting central status to Patna "The dispute should be hended their lives will be diffi- However, it was not yet with her husband," said Jadeja. ed politicians. But later he Gandhi had failed to take a "Now it is just a gathband- University, Kumar said, "I resolved through a court order cult without their friends, the clear who among them was The other two decided to allied with the same type of stand on the corruption cases han. Mind you even he raised the demand before or through a consensus reached police added. missing. end their lives just out of fear people and yesterday he was against the then Deputy Chief (Gandhi) repeatedly used the Prime Minister Modi and it between the affected commu- All of them together Among these, Minakshi that life will be difficult without singing paeans (to Prasad)," Minister Tejashwi Yadav, which term gathbandhan only," the was not accepted. Somebody nities. There is no change in jumped into the Narmada canal Thakor, Shilpa Thakor and their friends, he added. PTI Kumar said, without naming was bringing a bad name to the JD(U) chief said. must have tipped off about the that," he said. PTI     ' & /Q&  R*    & (#'8<' &   1#  )  2   Kasaragod: The coming Lok will be destroyed by Rahul Modi and said the Congress sabha elections will witness the Gandhi. 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Inaugurating a Congress tions and other threats faced by National Congress doesn't need lock-up in Madhya Pradesh's He said Tomar hanged march ahead of the Lok Sabha the country," Antony said. any lessons on nationalism from Morena district, an official himself with a shawl from a bar polls Sunday, Antony said the Speaking at the 'Janamaha the RSS and BJP," Antony said. said. of the lock-up's window. "Lok Sabha election is a war to Yatra', led by state Congress There was a need to save Raghuraj Tomar (34) was Tomar's kin protested out- save the country." chief Mullappally India from the Modi arrested on Sunday night from side the police station on "The 2019 Lok Sabha elec- Ramachandran from Kasaragod Government as the country Chinte Ke Pura area with Monday demanding that the tion will witness a second to Thiruvananthapuram, was facing the "worst" unem- firearms and was lodged in the personnel responsible be Kurukshetra war in which the Antony lashed out at the RSS ployment scenario in the last 45 =  #'     &
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   SC said during the interregnum evidence in connection with were arrested,” the SG said. Kolkata police commissioner it will be open for the SG or any the probe in the Saradha scam. When the bench said the was sent on October 18, 2017, he Supreme Court on other party to lay before the Mehta said not only were CBI officials are no longer to appear for questioning next TMonday agreed to give an court any material or evidence the sleuths arrested, but the res- under arrest, the SG replied that day but he cited law and urgent hearing to CBI’s plea to show that any West Bengal idence of Joint Director (East) FIRs are being registered by the order duties of the ensuing fes- alleging destruction of elec- authority or police official is Pankaj Shrivastav was sur- state police against the agency’s tive season. tronic evidence related to the planning or trying to destroy rounded by the state police and officials on a daily basis. The next notice was issued Saradha chit fund scam case by evidence related to the case. his family was kept hostage. Mehta told the court that on October 23, 2017, but again the Kolkata Police commis- Taking strong note of Even the CBI office at the the agency had filed two inter- he excused from the question- sioner Rajeev Kumar and said Mehta’s submission, the bench CGO complex in Kolkata was im applications. The first appli- ing. The CBI had sent third it will come down heavily on said “if the police commis- under siege, the law officer said. cation seeks a direction from the notice on December 8, 2018 him if the police office sioner is even remotely trying Following the SG’s sub- apex court that the Kolkata but Kumar responded saying “even remotely” tries to destroy to destroy evidence, we will missions, the bench enquired Police chief should immediate- the queries can be sent to him the evidence. come down so heavily on him from him as to what was the ly surrender and should not and he will reply. The apex court said it will that he will regret”. position on Monday morning tamper or destroy any evidence. hear on Tuesday CBI’s appli- All material or evidence to which he replied that senior The second application is cations which alleged that an and additional documents has CBI officials have been about the contempt of court extraordinary situation has to be placed before it by means released. The joint director committed by the police com- arisen in which the top police of affidavit, the court noted. through teleconference told missioner as there was an apex        & &##  ( officials of the West Bengal During the hearing, the SG media channels about his court order to carry out the        " Police are sitting on a dharna said an “extraordinary situa- house being laid under siege investigation into the case,   along with a political party in tion” which has happened on and the family being virtual Mehta said. norms. Trinamool Congress Khan, who won on a Trinamool Kolkata. Sunday in which CBI officials hostage, the SG said. Meanwhile, sources said est Bengal Chief Minister leader Saugata Roy said there Congress ticket and had recent- Solicitor General (SG) were arrested in Kolkata and The SG said there was a Kolkata police has not submit- WMamata Banerjee’s dhar- is a crisis in West Bengal and ly joined the BJP, also spoke. Tushar Mehta filed applications Joint Director, CBI and his need for immediate order as ted the call detail records of the na on the CBI-Kolkata Police that the Centre was “misusing” The Rajya Sabha witnessed on behalf of CBI before a family were kept hostage. It was the Kolkata Police commis- accused persons in the Saradha issue echoed in Parliament on the CBI to politically capture similar scenes with proceedings Bench comprising Chief Justice under this “extraordinary situ- sioner, who has come under scam case. The Kolkata police Monday leading to disruption the State. adjourned amid din by the Ranjan Gogoi and Justice ation” that the CBI moved the lens of the CBI, is likely to also did not furnish complete and adjournment of proceed- While alleging that the Trinamool Congress. As soon Sanjeev Khanna accusing these applications apprehend- destroy the electronic evidence details of the case that was ini- ings of both the Houses even as Centre was “constantly using as the House assembled for the Kolkata Police chief of destroy- ing destruction of electronic and material related to the tially probed by Rajeev Kumar. Home Minister Rajnath Singh the CBI to throttle the day, slogan shouting by TMC ing evidence related to the evidence, he said. Saradha scam. The CBI had written thrice termed the developments in Opposition,” Roy said the party members on the issue resulted case and indulging in con- Mehta further alleged that The Commissioner of seeking presence of Kumar, West Bengal as “unprecedented” is strongly protesting with all in adjournment of the House tempt of court. on Sunday night CBI officers Police, Kolkata had not who was member of the Special and asserting that the Centre forces at its command. BJD till 2 pm. The same situation The Bench, however, were taken into custody by the responded to the CBI’s repeat- Investigation Team of the has powers to take action. leader B Mahtab said the inci- prevailed when the House declined the SG’s plea to hear West Bengal Police when they ed summons to join the inves- Kolkata Police probing the chit Almost the entire dent smacks of impropriety and resumed in the afternoon. the two applications on Monday had gone to the Kolkata police tigation and “when our team fund scam, sources said.    && 
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Citizenship Act Amendment The third delegation, com- media to attack his remarks on Saturday while A memorandum to the EC  = # ) 4+ 8*  *     8+      The Opposition leaders Bill (FACAA), led by renowned prising 70 organisations of Government. addressing former workers of signed by representatives from )  4 4#) #8   )   " submitted that after counting academician Hiren Gohain, Assam, met Rahul Gandhi and Taking a jibe on social the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi 21 Ppposition parties, cited from EVMs, if it is found that and 70 organisations of Assam, sought his intervention in media, Rahul sought Gadkari Parishad (ABVP), the BJP’s “suspicious activities” con- ject besides the overall admin- NK Premchandran (RSP), the difference of votes cast in including Krishak Mukti “scuttling” the NDA govern- to also comment on the issues student wing, in Nagpur. cerning the EVMs during the istrative and operational feasi- Badruddin Ajmal (AIUDF), favor of the winning candidate Sangram Samiti (KMSS), met ment’s “agenda” to impose the like that of Rafale deal, job cri- Gadkari took to Twitter to November-December bility on the ground, before Ashok Kumar Singh (JVM), and that cast in favour of sec- Gandhi and sought his coop- bill on the people of the sis, “farmers distress and reply to the Congress chief. Assembly polls to five States. firming up any response,” the Khurram Omer (IUML) and ond position securing candidate eration to stall the bill in the Northeast. destruction of institutions”. “Rahul Gandhi ji, I do not The leaders of various EC said in a statement. KG Kenye (NPF). is less than 5 per cent of votes Upper House, where the legis- Rahul Gandhi gave the Rahul Gandhi’s remarks came need a certificate from you on Opposition parties earlier met The delegation included “Instances of EVMs and cast, then in that constituency, lation is pending. assurance that he would do the following Gadkari’s reported my courage, but it is a matter in Parliament and discussed Ghulam Nabi Azad, strong rooms becoming vul- mandatory counting of paper “We have apprised the needful to ensure that the bill comments that “one who can- of surprise that even after their strategy on the issue. Mallikarjun Kharge, Ahmed nerable to attacks and manip- trail from WPAT should be car- Congress president about the does not get the approval of the not take care of home, cannot being the president of a nation- The EC has assured the Patel and Anand Sharma of the ulations were widely recorded ried out in each polling station people’s apprehension about Rajya Sabha, a member of the manage the country”. al party you have to take the political parties that issues Congress, Chandrababu Naidu and reported. Added to this of that constituency. the bill and how it can hurt the delegation said. The Congress president help of news twisted by the raised by them would be delib- (TDP), Sharad Yadav (L JD), were incidents where there “Attempts by the EC to lend indigenous people of the The bill provides for cited a report quoting Gadkari media to attack our govern- erated and examined. “While Majid Menon (NCP), Derek were power outages, failure of reassurance to India have, Northeast, its languages and according Indian citizenship to as saying that party workers ment,” Gadkari tweeted. considering the averments O’Brien (Trinamool Congress), CCTV cameras at the strong unfortunately, failed miserably. culture. He assured us that the Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, should first fulfil their domes- The Congress chief’s com- made by the political parties, Ramgopal Yadav (SP), Satish rooms, detection of signals of The hackathon offered by EC Congress party will oppose Buddhists and Parsis from tic responsibilities as “those ments praising Gadkari came the commission shall also keep Chandra Misra (BSP), Omar wireless/mobile networks of a remained a nonstarter since no the bill in Rajya Sabha,” NESO Bangladesh, Pakistan and who cannot do that cannot in the wake of various other in view the pronouncements Abdullah (NC), Mohd Salim particular telecom operator in one was allowed to even come advisor Samujjal Kumar Afghanistan after seven years of manage the country”. “Gadkari Congress leaders lauding the made by the different Courts as and TK Rangarajan (CPI-M), the vicinity of polling centres near the machine. Admittedly, Bhattacharjya said. residence in India instead of 12 Ji, compliments. You are the Union minister for his recent well as the report expected Kanimozhi (DMK), Manoj Jha and strong rooms and so on even EC does not know what The delegation of FACAA, years, which is the norm cur- only one in the BJP with some statements they view as a swipe shortly from the Indian (RJD), Sanjay Singh (AAP), D and so forth,” they said in the is inside the machine,” the led by Gohain, also met Gandhi rently, even if they do not pos- guts. Please also comment on: at the BJP leadership. Statistical Institute on the sub- Raja (CPI), Danish Ali (JD-S), memorandum. memorandum said. separately where they told him sess any document. =  %  


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This is a clear hint that Modi Sangh (RSS) and Dharam Sansad qualify it as a denominational 25(2)(b) and 26.  0  +(  8       -8.  9>$  intends to pursue this if returned to power of religious leaders have temple under Article 26 of the The trustees of Sri                       # in the coming elections. expressed concerns over sus- Constitution. Ayyappa, son of Venkataramana of Moolky Petta Given the Kashmir-centric bias imposed tained assaults on Hindu tradi- Shiva and Vishnu as Mohini, is temple were managing the tem- 8; S            9 0 $    on the region from 1947, Modi surely under- tions and sensitivities by vested Naishtika Brahmachari (eternal ple on behalf of the Gowda               :    stands that much can be achieved under interests. In Sabarimala, people celibate) and performs eternal Saraswath Brahmins. After the            #          President’s rule. Indeed, it is time to take the with no locus standi persuaded tapas (penance); hence women of Madras Temple Entry bull by the horns and begin by granting the Supreme Court that entry of reproductive age (10 to 50 years) Authorisation Act (Madras V of          , 9    46B4      Indian citizenship to refugees from West women of a prohibited age group do not disturb him. This age 1947) permitted Harijans entry   "    8            Pakistan from 1947 and end the sense of was imperative for gender justice, group spontaneously reacted to into Hindu public temples, the          9            ( betrayal which pervades the Hindu psyche equality or parity. Keen to deliv- the verdict with the trustees claimed the temple was in the region. Scrap the State flag, the issue er a ‘landmark judgement’, the #ReadytoWait movement. private and outside the Act. The                  for which Syama Prasad Mukherjee sacri- court invented Constitutional *(8 #O* This forced the RSS, the Government rejected this claim.                 ( ficed his life, and begin the debate on fill- morality and waded into libera- 7 J7 8 * Prime Minister and the The Bench addressed the ques-                    ( ing the 24 Assembly seats reserved for the tion theology, a concept invoked  7*#*% Dharam Sansad to appreciate tion of whether the right of a  "                  Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir by Christian clergy of Latin that the threat to a unique prac- religious denomination to man- (POJK) regions with nominations from America, who stood with their 7 $ tice in a remote corner of the age its affairs in matters of reli-                       ( among the POJK refugees. Part III of the people against American-backed, country is a threat to Dharma gion guaranteed under Article   +   (   P    Q      Constitution of India, pertaining to Vatican-endorsed dictatorships. 8*8  *  itself because the myriad forms 26(b) is subject to and can be          9>$         Fundamental Rights, should be bestowed Sabarimala has been on the # F  of worship comprise the unity controlled by a law protected by upon citizens of Jammu & Kashmir with- evangelical hit list for decades; the of Sanatana dharma. Claptrap Article 25(2)(b), throwing open          +   #   #    ( out further ado. inquiry into the fire and desecra- 8  $ like unity in diversity is the a Hindu temple to all classes and                     3 Modi is surely aware that Kashmiri is an tion of the shrine in 1950 hint- $871% J7 F: cross of Abrahamic faiths with sections of Hindus. The judges         0    )        ancient classical language that could have been ed at missionary involvement. In their notion of singular divin- held that Article 25(2)(b) pro- the official language of the State but for Aligarh September 2006, a non-Hindu  *  ity. For Hindus, diversity tected the right to enter a tem-     9            )   Muslim University alumnus Sheikh actress, Jaimala, claimed to have #   reflects unity of creation. ple for worship but the right is                 /   8 Mohammad Abdullah imposing Urdu. entered the temple at the age of The Supreme Court’s major- not absolute and unlimited.      ,  9  9>$            Kashmiri in Sharda script should replace Urdu 27, which was revealed in a #1 7 8 ity verdict ignores Article 26 of Applied to Sabarimala, this in educational institutions; Jammu can have devaprasanam conducted by 8  G= the Constitution which bestows means that women of the                C 1    ( Dogri and Ladakh Bhoti. Hindi and English astrologer Unnikrishna Panicker, the fundamental right of freedom restricted age group do not             would continue as link languages with the rest who had old links with her. This F   to manage religious affairs. form a separate class or section of India. Though the subject of Article 370 incident was linked to the incrim- Activist PM Ravindran has noted and, hence, the restriction is not and 35-A is before the Supreme Court, the ination of Chief Thantri Kantaru * 7  that if the court had to apply the violative of the law. As this ver- Prime Minister should promise that these will Mohanaru in a sex scandal fundamental right to equality to dict was questioned in the  
   be scrapped by presidential order and the State involving a Christian woman of the fundamental right of freedom Sabarimala petition, it should fully integrated with India, as desired by allegedly questionable morals. of religion, it should have invoked not have been overturned with- Maharaja Hari Singh, who was repeatedly We must see these incidents as a to Article 25(2)(b) which is spe- out reference to a seven-judge        *   rebuffed and humiliated by Jawaharlal Nehru. calculated assault on Hindu soci- cific to Hindu religious institu- Bench. Perhaps the review will It is for Modi to set the agenda; the BJP does ety, a continuum of the plot tions. In Sri Venkatramana take note of this crucial point.   4#      *    not owe anything to Sajjad Lone; he can take against the Kanchi Acharyas. Devaru and Others Vs State of (The writer is Senior Fellow,           a walk if he cannot accommodate national- Sabarimala’s unique rites and Mysore and Others (1958 SCR Nehru Memorial Museum and ist sentiments. customs, including restrictions 895), a five-judge Bench tackled Library; the views expressed are )  *  +       Meanwhile, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak on women of a certain age group, the conflict between Articles personal) ,  +   S -,+.  (     /   0 1    -/01.   /   & < + ' !  G4

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This is due tion to be unconstitutional.     466H     E sent and contract, the wife gives herself to the FF    tion of rape…” to the grave psychosomatic effect It can also be done away with if P1      7$ +       husband which she cannot withdraw.” While the *  ( The legality of marital rape isn’t that it has on the mind and body of purposive interpretation of the excep-  Q #           United Kingdom (UK) has made progressive   #   just a sanction to a moral crime but the victim. It impedes the cognitive tion of marital rape is adopted. A close     - .       ( changes to its laws to do away with this excep- ( : F   also a fraud on the Constitution ability of a woman and causes a deep reading will make it clear that the              ( tion, India still stands stagnated with the 17th 9  #  because it violates both, the right to emotional stress in her. Thus, the mar- wordings do not include “forceful”             )   Century clause. It has failed to make marital #1 *   equality of women as well as their ital rape exception does not stand the sexual intercourse while explaining /          8  4666 rape a criminal offence. $  9 right to life and personal liberty. mandate of the right to life as guar- the exception. Like any other reading       8  + I   ( The need to criminalise marital rape as Article 14 of the Constitution ensures anteed in the Constitution. of a criminal provision, this exception expeditiously as possible arises from its wide- (  : F  that everybody be treated equally by It is pertinent to note that in for- should also be taken at face value.    + %(  %   /       ( #                   spread practice. The National Family Health the law. Therefore, any classification eign jurisdictions, marital rape has Therefore, if read in this manner, Survey conducted in 2018 reported that more 7**  1 that is made in an arbitrary or unrea- been criminalised with strict penal any forceful act by a man on his wife        than 80 per cent of the married women expe- #  sonable manner, is outside the action. Countries like the UK, Canada, can constitute the offence of rape as ,           1 rienced sexual violence at the hands of their *8**  8 purview of the Constitution. South Africa and Australia have crim- the exception only allows for ‘sexual 0         0    spouses. A 2014 survey of around 10,000 men Further, Section 375 of the inalised marital rape. The European intercourse’ between spouses and not  +           : S ( reported that almost one-third of them had sex- Constitution essentially ensures safe- Commission of Human Rights in the ‘forceful/involuntary sexual inter-  9            #  ( ually assaulted their wives. ty and security of the women against landmark case of CR vs UK had con- course’. Marital rape as a concept  "              What’s more astonishing than these num- immoral sexual assaults and illustrates cluded that a rapist remains a rapist resides in the shelters of patriarchy 9             ( bers is the fact that due to its widespread and the responsibility of the state in guar- regardless of his relationship with the and sexism.     continuous existence, people of this country anteeing the same. However, the victim. In fact, certain jurists are now If society itself normalises the act ,              have normalised their behaviour towards mar- exception of marital rape creates a of the opinion that marital rape of men abusing or raping their wives,              $  ital rape and most women have, unfortunate- class difference between women on should be punished on a different then misogynistic minds are bound to       #        ( ly, accepted their fate. This can be seen in a the basis of their marital status. scale than alien rape. The reason breed, as from a very young age the report by the United Nations, which stated that Marital rape also stands in flagrant behind this is that women who are children will be exposed to such   # (  R0 S       69 per cent of the Indian women agree that violation of Article 21 of the raped by their husbands are less like- adverse realities.                occasional domestic violence is acceptable, Constitution that guarantees the right ly to reach out for aid and, therefore, The need of the hour is to create   :             5 including the times when they refuse to to life and personal liberty to every require as much aid as the law can a social structure wherein the least             > +   ( have sex. person. It is to be noted that the fun- offer them such that they meet the that could be offered to the citizens is           8  9  Despite this, attempts have not been made damental right to live with human dig- ends of justice. a life of respect and dignity. The )             to criminalise this inhumane act. The Justice nity is one of the most vital character- Today, India as a country is fast removal of the exception of marital                 Verma Committee, formed to strengthen anti- istics of the right to life due to its progressing in terms of realising the rape is perhaps the best means of    !7 $            rape laws in India post the Nirbhaya rape inci- acknowledgment of the independence rights of its citizens. This cannot be paving the way forward. ,              ( dent, had suggested deleting the exception of of an individual. The Supreme Court achieved by turning a blind eye to (Raghav Pandey is an Assistant                 marital rape. However, the panel’s suggestion has held this in a number of cases that social evils like marital rape that sur- Professor of Law at Maharashtra could never find its way into the law. The the crime of committing rape prisingly continue to exist in our National Law University, Mumbai and      # " 8    P,   Committee had cited the recommendation infringes the rape victim’s right to live democracy. Therefore, there is an Neelabh Bist is a Fourth Year student         Q made by the UN Committee on the Elimination with human dignity. immediate need to get rid of the of Law at Maharashtra National Law       of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) Therefore, marital rape as such is heinous marital rape exemption. This University, Mumbai)                                          < ( ?                           

an interim Budget? tor has received a fat Budget sector banks in this Budget? Nishant: Quite frankly, I have allocation this time — more than 3 Ankit: I haven’t read it anywhere. never understood the difference lakh crores? Perhaps, some of the populist schemes between an interim and a final Budget. Nishant: The Government had no may have crowded out this important Going by what Prime Minister choice, I guess, given the rate at which agenda. Narendra Modi mentioned, interim our Indian Air Force (IAF) planes are Nishant: Did you say populist    Budget is more like a trailer, which crashing. Coincidently, the day the Budget? Far from it! The Budget is ;! ,0+, means much more is yet to come. Budget was presented, two of our senior hardly populist, if one were to believe   Ankit: Well, after this Budget, I am pilots got killed in an IAF Mirage crash. the Congress. # 
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Mumbai: Dalit scholar and journalists at the Mumbai rights activist Anand Marathi Patrakar Sangh, Teltumbde, who was briefly Teltumbde termed his arrest as arrested by the Pune police last a “wildest post independence week in the Elgaar Parishad plot by the State against it’s own case, on Monday said the citizen”. He said the police had “Urban Maoist” was a bogey framed him in the case. that was being raised to “silence” Responding to a query on those who raise their voice urban Maoism, the Dalit schol- against policies of the ar said, “Maoism originated Government. from villages and there is noth- Teltumbde, who teaches at ing like an urban Maoist. It is the Goa Institute of deceptive nomenclature, which Management, was arrested by is a fabricated and false accusa- Pune police Saturday at the tion”. The word “urban Naxals” Mumbai airport, despite the was used by the Pune police Supreme Court having granted during their probe into the him time till February 11 to seek Elgaar Parishad conclave held anticipatory bail. A Pune ses- on December 31, 2017. sions court, which had on Police claimed that the Friday rejected Teltumbde’s inciting speeches made at that anticipatory bail application, event triggered caste clashes in on Saturday ordered his release, Koregaon-Bhima village in saying his arrest amounted to Pune district on January 1, contempt of the Supreme 2018 during an event to com- Court’s order. memorate the 200th anniver- During his interaction with sary of the battle between the Peshwas and the British forces. Teltumbde said the “urban Maoism” terminology is a “for- mula” to silence voices of those people who show courage to question the Government poli- cies and speak for safeguarding their democratic rights. He parried a question on the people responsible for his “false implication”. “I will not able to tell, but it is like looking at the sky. Whose name should I take, to whom I should blame, who runs the country,” he said. Teltumbde said, “This case was a frame-up by police. This is the wildest post-Independence plot by the state against its own citizen. This action is not against me or anybody else but against all Indian nationals. The action (to book me) was born out of vengeance”. PTI   ()  ) *+ ,-./ 

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The 37-year-old explosive batsman  8 ( F8 widely expected to quickly For Paine, heading to and wicketkeeper, who retired from return to the national set-up. England, and as skipper, is international cricket in 2016, will play his * 98+8 "I think everyone to a tant they are to this team. October in Canberra, with Joe something that has been on his last BBL match for out-of-title contention degree has to earn their stripes. "We know how good they Burns, Travis Head, Kurtis mind for months. Brisbane Heat in their season-ending '  7( I think those two have got are and hopefully once their Patterson and Usman Khawaja "I've been dreaming about game against Melbourne Stars at the plenty of runs in the bank if bans are up they'll be wel- all cashing in. it actually," he said. Gabba. est Indies captain you like," Paine said when comed back and they will win Their knocks put them in "I'm happy now that we've McCullum, who has been with WJason Holder has asked if they could slot straight Test matches like they did prime position for the Ashes got this (Sri Lanka series) out Brisbane Heat since the BBL inaugural been suspended for the back in. before." against an England side reel- of the way and I can put year of 2011, will not take up his contract third and final Test against "Look, I see us going to the Without the experienced ing from an embarrassing everything into it because option to return for next season. England due to his team's Ashes and them having a huge pair, Australia struggled. But at capitulation in the West Indies. every Australian cricketer can't The big-hitting New Zealander, who slow over-rate during their part in us winning the series. least they broke a century With the imminent return wait to go and play an Ashes has belted 920 runs and five 50s in 34 "Being a part of the BBL has been a victory in Antigua last That's how I see how impor- drought stretching back to of Warner and Smith, there are series, particularly in England." matches for Brisbane Heat since making special part of my career. Having been week, the ICC announced his debut, said he will continue to play there at the start, and then seeing it grow on Monday. T20 cricket in other countries this year. and evolve into one of the best T20 com- Cricket's governing body banned Holder, "I will continue to play T20 cricket petitions in the world has been great to despite the hosts playing four seamers and the O   4#&4 & *+P in 2019 in various competitions around be part of," said McCullum. regular fall of wickets as England was bowled the world and will then look to transi- "I think the BBL will get stronger and out for 187 and 132. tion into a coaching career," McCullum better from here too as everyone becomes The ICC said in a statement that the '  (88 said in a statement. more comfortable with the format and Windies were two overs short of their target for "The prospect of being able to trans- the clubs continue to be bold in their the match. ri Lankan skipper Dinesh Chandimal fer the skills, experience and leadership planning and preparations." Holder was previously found guilty of a Son Monday insisted his battered team I have been lucky enough to bank over Brisbane Heat coach and former slow over-rate during his team's third Test defeat can lift their game and be competitive on my long T20 and also international career Black Caps teammate Dan Vettori said, by Sri Lanka last June. the upcoming tour to South Africa despite into coaching is very exciting," said in the "His greatest quality is wanting everyone "(Match referee) Jeff Crowe... Imposed the being outplayed over two Tests by statement quoted by cricket.Com.Au. in the team to do well and this week will suspension on Holder after the Windies were Australia. He said he absolutely loved playing give us all a wonderful opportunity to ruled to be two overs short of their target after The visitors lost the opening day-night for the Heat and it was a privilege to cap- reflect on his values and show how we time allowances were taken into consideration," Test in Brisbane by an innings and 40 runs tain the team. can build on them in the future.'' the ICC said. inside three days and followed it up by a 366-run thrashing on day four in Canberra. It extended a dire run of results for troubled Sri Lanka, who have  (   E C&*8= been hit by injuries and off-field dramas. They have now lost a home series to * * /  England 3-0, then away to New Zealand & &" &&"> " 1-0 to go with their two defeats in Australia.     2Board President XI registered    2 New Zealand's senior pointing not to have come out and The first Test in South Africa looms a 152-run win over England Lions on the second and batswoman Suzie Bates on Monday play well," Bates was quoted as saying on February 13, with the squad flying final day of the warm-up match on Monday, ahead of said figuring out a way to tackle spin by the official twitter handle of 'White straight there from Australia this week to the two-match unofficial Test series. twins Poonam Yadav and Ferns'. continue a gruelling overseas schedule. Set 235 to win, the visiting side finished at 83 for 2 Ekta Bisht was her biggest During the third "We are a young team and always in 30 overs. BP XI made 246 for 6 in 59.3 overs in their takeaway from an otherwise game, Bates was seen learning how to play, especially in these second innings riding on half-centuries by captain Ishan disappointing ODI series time and again lofting tough conditions. We will bounce back in Kishan (55*) and Ricky Bhui (51). Danny Briggs was the defeat to India. leg-spinner Yadav's South Africa," Chandimal said "I mean, most successful bowler for the Lions with 2 for 40. The Indian women won flighted deliveries, they are three tough tours, we have fin- Angelo Mathews, with the added off-field international arena they are really expe- Bhui was involved in a 81-run partnership with their first bilateral away series clearing her front leg. ished two and now South Africa. distraction of an ongoing ICC corruption rienced. Akshat Reddy (49) to steady the BP XI innings after the against the White Ferns by a She hit eight fours and "South Africa is similar to these con- investigation into Sri Lankan cricket. "So now this is the time to play your fall of Dhruv Shorey (16) to Jamie Overton. 2-1 margin. Bates finally had a six in her 57 off 64 ditions and with very good bowlers. We Despite this Chandimal said that game and play for your team." Ishan Kishan followed up his first innings score of some form going her way in balls. "The way we know that as a team we have to play in while the team has been transitioning in Asked to outline the positives Sri 40 not out with an enterprising 55-ball 55 which includ- the final game where she played the spinners tough conditions and we need to adjust recent years, and is still young, it was time Lanka could take from the Australia series, ed 5 fours and 4 sixes. brought up her 25th half cen- (was the biggest posi- to those conditions and step up as a team." for them to start performing. Chandimal admitted there weren't many. In their second innings, the Lions lost Test discard tury in an eight-wicket victory. tive)," Bates said. They came into the Canberra Test "If you get the chance to play for your "The only positive was our slip catch- Ben Duckett for 9, lbw to Aniket Choudhary. "We really wanted to try and back "We have got to be aggressive without injured pace spearheads Lahiru country you have to take it with both ing from our fast bowlers," he said. Steven Mullaney made only 2 runs but skipper Sam our bowlers up with our chase," Bates when they toss the ball up and that has Kumara, Dushmantha Chameera, and hands," he said. "I don't want to talk about the nega- Billings (36 not out) and Will Jacks (21 not out) played said after the match. been my biggest learning. We have to Nuwan Pradeep, who were all badly "Now as a team, we have to step up. tives," he added. "We all know what went out the rest of the overs. England Lions had earlier "The win gives massive confi- attack when we are having a partner- missed with Australia smashing four "In our young group, some of them wrong as a team and I'm sure the boys will declared their first innings at 145 for 6 in 60 overs. In dence to the group. After the first two ship as both batters settled makes scor- centuries. have played more than 30 Tests so that learn from that and they will come good reply, BP XI made 134 for 5 in 30 overs. 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test the idea of an homogeneous nature,” says Agarwal. “In many ways the reductionist binary of man versus nature has taken over other cultural ways in which nature is or can be inhabited, and brings into question the current approach towards sustainabil- ity.” As an environmentalist with a conscience, Agarwal has been troubled by the many observations and cycles that he has studied over the past two decades. He insists that while scien- tists claim that the ecological future of the planet is in the hands of humans,    *  new realisations show that our Cartesian dualism with nature has been silently influencing resource   ! ! O  
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 loss of livelihood, and the slow disap- abandoned ancestral home in a desert thinkers, academics, filmmakers, artists and oth- “Artists, thinkers, academics, designers and Founder of an environmental  pearance of a rich culture is leading homeland, this mixed-media installa- ers from the creative world, will address the per- innovators need to regroup and work as incuba- NGO, Agarwal’s Platform, an installa- )  to another kind of human evacuation. tion urges viewers to reflect on urban tinent subject of creative freedom, especially in tors for fashioning and reimagining a world order tion with photographic works, text, Yet, what is considered bare or barren spaces and ecology. The best part in today’s polarised climate, during the two-day inter- of inclusiveness. It is time again for dialogue and videos and objects, became an ensem-  is in fact deeply inhabited and fertile the installation is that Agarwal veers national symposium. discussions, for debates and discourses to sow ble of deep gravitas and reflection, 
 in multiple ways.” away from propaganda. This is an aca- “Creativity And Freedom” is being present- seeds of a new knowledge for peace, stability and making us think of what man has   The work is a part of an ongoing demic deeply thought-provoking pro- ed by Kolkata based CIMA gallery, Ashoka a new system of sustainability,” said Pande. done to nature and how we don’t seem investigation into the current state of ject that asks questions and probes University and the India International Centre “The two-day symposium is not just limited to stop and think. “The ongoing pro-  the nature, both as a crisis which tra- hidden embers. Ecology and photog- (IIC), with noted art historian Alka Pande as its to Fine Arts but spanning across Visual Arts, ject traverses and contrasts a person-  verses a political realm, but also a cul- raphy are life-long vectors for Agarwal. director. Cinema, Literature, Design and Popular Culture.” al memory of a desert homeland in a OP tural contestation of how ‘nature’ is He balances the power of the aesthet- Some of the prominent speakers include Participating speakers will address concerns now abandoned ancestral home with thought of in the era of Anthropocene. ic and the political, the conceptual and Nicholas Coleridge (Chairman of Conde Nast in art history, fine arts practice, music, theatre, new exploitation of the ‘barren’ land-  “Nature has been impersonalised cultural. In Agarwal’s hands, demate- Britain and Chairman, Victoria And Albert design, literature and cultural studies, including scape,” says Agarwal. “Pointing , into an abstract idea to be exploited, rialisation has an ecological reso- Museum, London), Gopal krishna Gandhi (civil popular culture, architecture, film and the increas- towards the loss of the local leading even as on the ground everyday nance and that is why this project servant and author), Sabyasachi Mukherjee (fash- ing concern with ‘wellness’, both physical and men- to the breakdown of ecological con- inhabitations of lived ecology weave stood head and shoulders above the ion designer), Catherine David (Deputy Director, tal. structs of identity, food systems, in and out of the human life and con- rest. Musee d’Art Moderne at The Centre Pompidou, L"+)*

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"Today ringleader since and his latest deficit to three points at the top but deserved, but after half-time, we still en run in the league themselves, dubbed 'BBV' delivered as Madrid as the sturdiness of Atleti and, par- there was a real hunger to cut the goal was his sixth in four games, Sergio Canales' second-half penal- dominated," said PSG forward Kylian quickly improved and twice wasted capitalised on Barca being held by ticularly, Barca. gap." his best streak since January 2016. ty means that Barcelona finish the Mbappe. clear-cut chances to level, as PSG Valencia and Atletico losing at Real Madrid could now overtake It may have been the 5-1 loss The only La Liga player to have weekend one point further ahead The reigning champions 'keeper Alphonse Areola denied Betis. Atletico if they win the city derby to Barca in October that proved scored more in all competitions than when they started it. remain 10 points clear of second- Bertrand Traore from point- Mariano Diaz, on as a substi- next weekend but the difference the final straw for Julen Lopetegui this season is Lionel Messi. "The match was clear," Atletico placed Lille at the top of the table blank range before Dembele tute, added a third late on. After behind Barcelona, whom they but Alaves' 1-0 victory at He did it starting alongside coach Diego Simeone said. "A despite the defeat, with two games nodded wide. 22 rounds, this is the first in face in the Copa del Rey on Mendizorrotza, their first over both Bale and Vinicius but it was few chances for both teams, they in hand, while Lyon strengthened Areola had to be alert again, which Madrid have been the only Wednesday, is still a considerable Real in 87 years, was perhaps the the latter, not the former, that looks took advantage of the penalty we their grip on third spot, three springing to his right to tip away winners from the established three eight points. team's rock bottom. to be Benzema's most dangerous gave them and that was enough." points further back. a vicious long-range drive from Nabil "We did what we had planned, Fekir, before producing a wonderful namely high pressing, quick transi- double stop from Traore and Memphis tions, and to cause them problems Depay. * P4## & '  every time we had the ball," said Lyon However, just seconds after anoth- coach Bruno Genesio. 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Champions League for PSG, with The 25-year-old misjudged Leo ritish investigators on Monday said that The plane, a Piper PA-46 Malibu, van- only a French Cup tie at third-tier Dubois' cross, allowing Dembele the Bthey had spotted a body in the wreckage ished from radar around 20 kilometres (12 Villefranche and a home game against simplest of tasks to head into the net. of a plane that disappeared in the Channel miles) north of Guernsey, with British pilot Bordeaux to come before the last-16, PSG almost snatched a half-time two weeks ago carrying Argentine footballer David Ibbotson the only other person first-leg clash with Manchester United lead against the run of play, but Lyon Emiliano Sala and his pilot. aboard. at Old Trafford on February 12. centre-back Jason Denayer made an Sala, 28, was flying from France to join Local police called off the search after a Man United boss Ole Gunnar incredible diving header to keep out his new club, Premier League side Cardiff few days, saying it was very unlikely anyone Solskjaer and his assistant Mike Phelan Draxler's close-range shot. City, when the light aircraft disappeared on would still be found alive. But Sala's family were both in attendance at the Lyon, who face Barcelona in the January 21 north of the island of Guernsey. launched a crowd-funding campaign for a Groupama Stadium on Sunday, just Champions League knockout stage, A wreck was found on the seabed on private search, which raised over 300,000 hours after their side's 1-0 Premier continued to dominate after the restart, Sunday and closer inspection by a remote- euros. League win at Leicester. and were awarded a spot-kick when ly operated vehicle (ROV) confirmed both They hired shipwreck hunter David The pair would have learned plen- Dembele was brought down by Thiago that it was the missing plane, and that a body Mearns, whose vessel used sonar equipment ty from watching Lyon regularly slice Silva, with Fekir doing the rest. was inside. "     4 7++&&"
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