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The other step ith agrarian crisis grip- " 8 # , being considered is doubling .$"12 2 P Wping India, the Narendra , # , 9''' # , collateral-free loans under Modi Government is consid- # # Kisan Credit Cards (KCCs) to he Congress on Monday into the incident a special ering direct benefit transfer 0 # # - 3- 7 2 lakh and changes in the PM Tsuspended its Karnataka enquiry committee had been (DBT) or transfer cash to farm- , , : ) crop insurance scheme to MLA JN Ganesh, who hit his constituted under the leader- ers and other low income rural ('''' * enhance coverage and ensure colleague Anand Singh during ship of Deputy Chief Minister families to ease their financial 345 6, 7 # # , faster settlement of claims and an alleged brawl at a private G Parameshwara. burden, instead of offering # # # # schemes. resort here on Saturday night. The panel also includes subsidies. As per the plan, the Besides, the Centre pays 2 In further trouble for Ganesh, Ministers KJ George and Government may combine all per cent interest subvention Anand — who suffered injuries Krishna Byre Gowda, the farm subsidies, including fer- against the base rate (9 per cent in the scuffle and is admitted release said, adding that the tiliser costs, in the DBT. The in case of PSBs) on all farm to a private hospital — has filed committee had been asked Government is also planning to credit. An additional 3 per an FIR against Ganesh. to submit the report at the tweak the guidelines of Prime cent interest subsidy on crop According to the FIR, earliest. Minister Fasal Bima Yojna to loans of up to 3 lakh is paid besides attempt to murder, A statement issued by the ensure minimum premium to farmers who repay loans in Ganesh, who was one of the KPCC said party leaders have and maximum benefit to one year, reducing effective MLAs reportedly under the conducted a preliminary farmers. rate of interest in such cases to BJP lens for desertion, has enquiry about the “unpleasant” The additional cost will be 4 per cent. been charged with causing incident and have also collect- limited to 70,000 crore ($9.8 After electoral debacle in grievous injuries and giving ed information from Anand. billion) annually after a full three major States — threats. “Whatever the media has rollout of the programme. Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh Ganesh claimed he too created about (me) hitting Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Rajasthan — in the last was injured in the scuffle but (Anand) with bottle ... and he had budgeted 70,100 crore for year Assembly polls, the insisted that no “bottle attack” getting14 to 20 stitches ... are all farm subsidies in the year end- Narendra Modi Government had taken place as projected in completely false. There were ing March 31, 2019. has realised that its existing the media. However, he admit- also reports about (me) having Coming ahead of general policies have failed to reach the ted a scuffle had taken place bitten our gun man. He is elections next year, the pro- farmers. The Modi between him and Anand at physically present here. This is posal is expected to put more Government, which is seeking Eagleton Resorts on the city a lie,” Ganesh said. Stating that money into the hands of farm- a second term, has to win over outskirts late on Saturday. Anand is like an elder brother ers, enabling more investments discontented farmers before The Congress had shifted to him, Ganesh said he and his in the industry, and raising to them to carry out farming officials of Agriculture simultaneously rework some 90,000 crore followed by fer- the election. They have been hit its legislators to the resort on family have respected Anand, consumption to boost the over- activities. An interest-free crop Ministry, Finance Ministry and subsidies being given to farm- tiliser subsidy at 75,000 crore. by falling crop prices and ris- Friday last fearing “poaching” whom they knew for the last all economy, said officials privy loan, from 50,000 to 1 lakh NITI Aayog to decide package ers such as that on fertilisers The Government has already ing input costs, prompting by the BJP as bid to destabilise 15-20 years. to the plan. for every farmer, is also on the for farmers. “The cash transfer and crop loans,” sources added. rolled out fertiliser subsidy to thousands of them to protest in the Congress-JDS coalition He added, “I have not done One proposal is to transfer Government’s relief package to farmers in a year by the Subsidies to the agriculture companies under DBT. the street to seek debt waivers. Government in the State. this to him purposefully. On 4,000 per acre to farmers, menu. The cash transfer for Centre for land-owning farm- sector include power subsidy, In order to keep the cred- At the same time, the With the Congress is facing some issue Bhima Naik (anoth- including small or marginal irrigation and power cost for ers appears to be favourable. fertiliser subsidy, agriculture it flow to the farm sector Opposition Congress has much embarrassment over the er Congress MLA) and Anand farmers who are farm labour- running tube can also be The scheme is expected to cost loan at lower rate of interest, robust, the Centre is also plan- mounted pressure on the episode, KPCC president (had differences), I tried to ers. Under the direct income worked out. 1.2- 1.3 lakh crore,” sources irrigation subsidy, and insur- ning to raise the Budget outlay Government to act after it Dinesh Gundu Rao said bring them together (compro- support scheme, farmers would Sources said that the said. “The fiscal burden will ance cover for farmers at lower for interest subvention for agri- waived farm loans following Ganesh has been suspended mise) ... but some wrong events be entitled to a periodic pay- Cabinet Secretary had held a shift to the next fiscal year, giv- premium rates. The power culture loans to 23,000 crore victories against the BJP in with immediate effect. In order happened.” ment. The amount will be paid several rounds of meeting with ing room for the Centre to subsidy alone stands at over in 2019-20, a huge jump from three States last month. to conduct detailed enquiry Continued on Page 4 !"#$ ' (')* O P % " + ' "! $ %"&
$./0.1 mitment of sharing of 50 per Bengaluru: The “Walking cent subordinate debt towards God” as he is reverentially he controversy surrounding central taxes by the Delhi called, the 111-year old Sree TDelhi Metro’s phase-IV Government as it did not Shivakumara Swami of !"# $ refuses to die down. A fresh approve of it. Siddaganga mutt has left an tussle is brewing between the This was “contrary to the indelible imprint with his stel- % $ " Ministry of Housing and Urban existing practice being fol- lar contributions to education &'($"&')'' Affairs (HUA) and the Delhi lowed for all 50:50 joint venture sector and philanthropy tar- *+% #, Government over it. metro rail projects”, including geted at children in whom he -" . The HUA Ministry said earlier phases of the Delhi saw the Almighty. " certain financial conditions Metro, the official claimed. Known as “trivida dasohi” &'* "*/ imposed by the Delhi The HUA officials recent- for his triple sacraments — Government have jeopardised losses will be equally shared by “conveyed financial commit- ly had said it is examining the food, shelter and education — the Metro phase IV projects, the Centre and the State, and ments in their in-principle condition that the Centre among his followers, the leading to substantial delay that the Delhi Government approval of the Phase-IV”. The equally share any operational swamiji, who died on Monday, and inconvenience to people as will not bear any liability for DMRC on January 10 this year loss with the AAP is considered as the incarnation conditions are contravention to external loan if the Delhi Metro had submitted the Phase-IV Government, while asserting of Basavanna, the 12th centu- the Metro phase III and Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) fails detailed project report com- that it was a State subject and ry social reformer, as he accept- Rail Policy 2017 passed by to pay back. prising six corridors with that other States might raise ed all irrespective of their reli- Parliament. An official said the Delhi revised costs, sources said. similar demands. gion or caste. The project is under Government had also put a Meanwhile, the Delhi Sources said demonetisa- Born on April 1, 1907 at appraisal of independent condition in its approval that it Government spokesperson tion and implementation of Veerapura in Magadi Taluk agency as certain changes have will not have any liability for countered the allegation, say- Goods and Service Tax (GST) near here to Honnappa and ! " been made by the State loan provided by the Japan ing, the city Government has has helped the Delhi Gangamma as Shivanna, he ## Government in the revised International Cooperation already cleared the project Government to reduce the cost was among the 12 siblings. detailed project reports of six Agency to fund the project that from its side and any delay that of the Metro phase IV six cor- Losing his mother at the #$ corridors. is in violation of the Metro Rail is now happening is from the ridors from 55,000 crore to age of 8 is said to be one of the Sources said the proposal Policy 2017 wherein opera- Centre’s side. 46,845 crore. Among the pro- reasons for transformation in '%0 cannot be passed with the tional losses are to be borne by “The Phase-IV project was jects chosen under the Phase- Shivanna’s behaviour that 0 %0 %* 1& 1 "*/ financial conditions imposed the Delhi Government. cleared in December and we IV are Rithala-Narela (21.73 turned spiritual. After com- ! by the Delhi Government. Officials said the Metro had made conditions quite km), Janakpuri West-R K pleting primary education at Siddaganga took over as he founded Sri Siddaganga ""#"$ Phase-IV was approved by Rail Policy 2017 is applicable to clear. We will respond further Ashram (28.92 km), his native village and Nagavalli, the “peethadipati” (pontiff) of Education Society under which & '( ) the Delhi Government on all States and Union Territories as and when we receive any Mukundpur-Maujpur (12.54 the Swamiji completed his Siddaganga mutt succeeding thousands of students, mostly " December 21 after hanging and it cannot be changed for communication from the km), Inderlok-Indraprastha matriculation in Tumkuru, his Guru Sree Sree Uddana from villages and under privi- # fire for almost two years. the sake of the Delhi Centre,” the spokesperson said. (12.58 km), Tughlakabad- before coming here for Shivayogigalu Shivakumara leged sections, are being edu- * * K The two conditions Government. The Delhi Metro on Aerocity (20.20 km), and Lajpat Bachelor degree with Physics Swami and reigned over the catedin both traditional and , # imposed by the Delhi Sources said the Delhi January 24, 2017 had submit- Nagar-Saket G-Block and Mathematics as optional seminary for about 76 years. modern learning. -, Government are: Operational Government in 2016 had not ted the proposal without com- (7.96 km). Subjects. During the seven decades, Continued on Page 4
! $./0.1 of Andaman and Nicobar participation in WWI. This ings, sketches, illustrations, archipelago as a tribute to the interactive museum aims to contemporary newspapers head of the January 26 L< M freedom fighter. The Ross enlighten visitors particularly reports, journals and periodi- ARepublic Day celebrations, ) Island was renamed as Netaji youth about the occurrences in cals, proscribed literature, Prime Minister Narendra Modi Subhas Chandra Bose Dweep, Punjab and the rest of India audio archives, films clippings, $./0.1 will on Wednesday inaugurate the Neil Island as Shaheed leading up to the Jallianwala videotapes, animation and three museums in Red Fort as &'' Dweep and the Havelock Island Bagh massacre on April 13, multimedia. ugitive diamond trader a tribute to martyrs of as Swaraj Dweep as was sug- 1919. Disclaimers have been put FMehul Choksi, a prime Independence era. gested by Bose in 1943. Jallianwala Bagh houses a at various places as we are not accused in 13,000 PNB cred- These include a museum od that the Archeological Azadi-ke-Diwane muse- memorial of national impor- sure of some names which it fraud case, has surrendered his showcasing role of Netaji Survey of India (ASI) could um houses original archival tance, established in 1951, to have been collected from var- Indian passport at the Indian Subash Chandra Bose’s INA; gather from various sources. material and replicas related to commemorate the massacre ious sources, said the official, High Commission in Guyana, “Azadi-Ke-Diwane” in remem- Bose’s army INA trials were 1857 with 70 original paintings of peaceful celebrators, includ- adding spaces have been left to official sources said on Monday. brance of martyrs of India; and held inside the precincts of the on the uprising, said an official, ing unarmed women and chil- add left out names also in case Choksi had earlier acquired “Yaad-e-Jallian” museum to historic monument. Several adding that names of the mar- dren by British occupying someone comes with a proof. Antiguan passport in 2018 and honour those killed in the officers of the INA were court tyrs available from the ICHR forces, on the occasion of the “These have been procured the latest move is being seen here Jallianwala Bagh massacre 100 martialled here in November has been put on display as a Punjabi New Year (Baisakhi). from various sources. Some are as a ploy to frustrate extradition years ago. and December 1945, said an mark of tribute to known and The exact number of fatalities original while a few are repli- efforts against him. Choksi is The museums showcase ASI official. unknown freedom fighters. is unknown with various news- cas. At some places, we have uncle of fugitive diamantaire an interesting mix of archival The inauguration of muse- The third museum show- papers giving different data. tried to use audios or visuals of Nirav Modi, also an alleged material and state-of-the-art visitors as well as students of tried to create scenes based on um on Bose comes a less than cases incident on massacre of On the display will be the period which have been architect of the PNB scam who technology which would create history. the letters exchanged and a month after the Prime Jallianwala Bagh, alongside ancient public records, private made available from various is said to be hiding in the UK. an immersive experience for For instance, it has been archival materials of the peri- Minister renamed three islands archival material on India’s papers, photographs, paint- sources,” the official added. Detailed report on P5 !( $#) *# #%) ++,+-./ '+ ,* - ' They were sup- of heroin, as per the directions posed to deliver the of Jalil and Mustaqim, to various ! ! huge consignment persons in UP, Punjab and $./0.1 gested that there were some to drug peddlers in Delhi-NCR areas. To avoid tiles kept next to the wall of the $./0.1 Delhi. Sleuths of the being detected by law enforce- wo workers died while one godown that was full of scrap. Special Cell ment agencies they made incon- Tsustained injuries after a Due to the gusty winds and he Special Cell, the anti-ter- (Northern Range) spicuous cavity inside their SUV,’ wall dividing two godowns heavy rain that lashed the Trorist cell of the Delhi Police, developed specific 2 3 said the DCP. housing tiles and the other full national capital in the after- has busted two international information about “One of the accused, Jalil of electric transformers scrap, noon, the wall gave way and drug cartels and have arrested two different inter- disclosed that he used to receive collapsed apparently due to came crashing down on the six drug peddlers with 20 kilo- state narcotic cartels crude heroin from suppliers of rain in outer Delhi’s Najafgarh three workers working in the gram (kg) of fine quality hero- who are active in Bareilly and thereafter he used on Monday evening. scrap godown,” said the DCP. in estimated to be worth 80 the states of West- to prepare pure heroin at his The deceased have been “The fallen wall was con- crore in the international mar- Bengal, UP, Punjab, secret hideouts. While Sajid Ali identified as Jasvir (20) and the incident at around 3:58 pm structed three years ago by ket. The gang members were Delhi and Madhya and Shakir revealed that they Karim (25) both residents of at Najafgarh police station fol- Surender Jain who is also involved in the trafficking of Pradesh, members have been indulge in trafficking Bulandshahr, Uttar Pradesh lowing which a team rushed to owner of the godown. He first drugs from Manipur and neigh- would come to of narcotic drugs for last about (UP) and were working near the spot. elevated the base to about 5 feet bouring country Myanmar. Delhi to deliver #3 4-5 years at the behest of Rashid the wall of scarp godown at the “ Jasvir, Karim and Sonu by retaining wall and further They have been supplying drugs consignment of who is also a resident of Bareilly. time of incident. While injured were found in unconscious elevated the wall to eight feet, to buyers in Delhi and its heroin to one of their Delhi of Police (DCP), Special Cell. the DCP said. To avoid detection by law is identified as Sonu (21) a res- condition and they were rushed hence the wall was about 12 adjoining areas. based contact. “Incidentally Sajid Khan “During interrogation enforcement agencies he used ident of Bulandhshahr, UP. to Rao Tula Ram Memorial feet from the side of scrap The accused have been “Following the tip off, was arrested by Delhi Police Mausam Ali, Chhote Lal and to hide heroin packets between According to Anto hospital where Jasvir and godown,” said the DCP. identified as Mausam Ali (30), police teams were stationed to Crime Branch last year in a case Sanjay disclosed that they have clothes,” said the DCP. Alphonse, Deputy Karim succumbed to their “A case has been regis- Chhote Khan (55), Sanjay (36), identify and nab the members of drug peddling and was been indulged in trafficking of “A case under section 21/29 Commissioner of Police injuries during treatment while tered under appropriate sec- Jalil Khan (50), Sajid Ali (32) of the both cartels. They were released a week before. Sajid narcotic drugs for last about 3- of Narcotic Drugs Psychotropic (DCP), Dwarka district, they Sonu is still undergoing treat- tions at Najafgarh police sta- and Shakir (27) all residents of apprehended with a total of 20 bought a new truck and drove 4 years. They used to receive Substances (NDPS) Act has had received a Police Control ment,” said the DCP. tion. Further investigation is district Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh kg heroin in their possession to Manipur to take the con- supply of heroin from Jalil and been registered at special cell Room (PCR) call regarding “Initial investigation sug- going on,” the DCP added. (UP). Police have also seized an which they had hidden in car signment. He had hidden the Mustaqim, both residents of police station. Further investi- SUV car and a truck used in and truck,” said Sanjeev Kumar drugs in a especially created Bareilly in UP. They used to fur- gation is going on,” the DCP transporting the contrabands. Yadav, Deputy Commissioner cavity in the belly of the truck”, ther supply these consignments added. !'."$!/ 4455 & 6 $./0.1 M 3"'(4$55"4) Police said they are ques- '3)%4'%7)4$"44" tioning the family and rela- $./0.1 "# its to various shelter homes, n an incident reported from %$89"'#4 tives of Mohit and are prob- $./0.1 Harish, police said. communities, rape survivors INorthwest district’s Shalimar 5:')5$")";"5": ing all angles including that of According to police, elhi Chief Secretary Vijay schedule. He is the first Chief and over 175 policy recom- Bagh area, a 22-year-old youth personal enmity, however, no 25-year-old man was Sharad and Harish reportedly Kumar Dev visited the Secretary in the history of Delhi mendations were submitted to %3)")%4N D was allegedly shot dead by CCTV cameras were installed Aallegedly stabbed to death started abusing each other and office of the Delhi Commission to visit the Commission. I look the Government. three unidentified assailants police official. in the area to figure out the by his friend at North Delhi’s the argument escalated when for Women (DCW) on Monday forward to his constant support Through its Rape Crisis on Sunday evening. Mohit was immediately sequence of events or identi- Kashmere Gate after a drunk- they stopped to fill petrol near and assured his support for the and guidance,” Maliwal said. Cell, the Commission disclosed According to police, the rushed to a nearby hospital fy the accused persons, police en argument on Sunday night a park behind old Hindu Commission. He stated that During the visit, DCW that they have assisted sur- victim was identified as Mohit, where doctors declared him said. at 11.20 pm. Police said the College. additional space shall be pro- Chairperson Swati Maliwal vivors of sexual assault in 35,606 a resident of a jhuggi cluster in brought dead. The body was “A case under relevant sec- accused has been arrested. In a rage, Harish allegedly vided to the Commission on said the Commission has dealt hearings in the court in the past Haiderpur area of Shalimar sent for postmortem following tions of the Indian Penal Code The victim was identified went to an eatery and picked up priority basis, as DCW chief with 52,473 complaints in three 3 years and 11,670 sexual assault Bagh, where he lived with his which the body will be hand- (IPC) has been registered at as Sharad, a nephew of Delhi a knife, after stabbing Sharad he Swati Maliwal informed him of years which is an annual survivors were counseled by the family. ed to the family of the deceased. Shalimar Bagh Police Station,” Police’s Multi-Tasking person- fled the scene. the severe space crunch and increase of over 700 per cent Crisis Intervention Centre “A police control room During investigations, a senior police official said, nel. Sharad and his four friends Police said Sharad was shortage of staff. compared with the work done counselors and 6,952 FIRs of (PCR) call was received at 6.45 police found that the victim adding that they are further were reportedly returning after immediately rushed to Bara “I am very thankful to by the previous Commission in sexual assault and sexual harass- pm on Sunday regarding a sustained multiple bullet investigating the matter to having dinner and drinks at Hindu Rao Hospital where he Chief Secretary that he took out 8 years. ment registered after interven- man with bullet injuries lying injuries, after which, the determine the motive behind Ashok Vihar, when he got into was declared brought dead. some time to visit the She said that the tion of the Commission in the on the road,” said a senior accused persons fled the scene. the murder. a spat with one of his friends The family is in shock. Commission from his busy Commission made over 800 vis- past 3 years.
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6 3 0 1 R ;1# temple and uniform civil code. fold strategy of the Opposition % & " ' The Kolkata rally could not parties for the general elections 352 have digested Shiv Sena’s stand,” is to pursue anti-Modi agenda "4 it added. and take advantage of the elec- &72 (+R " Modi on Sunday dismissed toral arithmetic, he said in a . "R 3 the “mahagathbandhan” (grand Facebook post titled ‘Agenda alliance) of Opposition parties, for 2019 — Modi Vs Chaos’. $./0.1 alleging it was an alliance of Recalling the 1971 General $./0.1 We are working closely togeth- Two wo dakiya bheja gaya hai,” “corruption, negativity and Elections, Jaitley said the er and decided on Jan 19 itself he asserted. he Opposition’s show of instability” and one created by Opposition had formed a s the Opposition on to consistently take up the For its part, the Election Tunity led by West Bengal those affected by his fight ‘Grand Alliance’ or the AMonday got fresh ammu- matter with EC. Yes, every Commission issued a state- Chief Minister Mamta Banerjee against graft. ‘Mahagathbandhan’ teaming nition to further its contention vote counts,” she tweeted. ment saying, “It has come to last week has sparked a fresh Finance Minister Arun up against the then prime min- that the EVMs can be tampered The cyber expert has our notice that an event claim- war of words with the BJP’s Jaitley who is abroad for a treat- ister Indira Gandhi but after a cyber expert said so, the demonstrated how EVMs can ing to demonstrate EVMs used estranged ally Shiv Sena and ment as per media reports, said remained unsuccessful. His BJP as well as the Election allegedly be hacked at an event by ECI can be tampered with, Opposition Congress claim- taking the Narendra Modi- its going to be advantage BJP in cabinet colleague Home New Delhi: The CBI has sought Commission (EC) came out in London organised by the has been organised in London. ing it has given Prime Minister Amit Shah combine head-on. the general elections as an Minister Rajnath Singh said it the sanction of the Central with a strong counter. The BJP Indian Journalists’ Association ECI has been wary of becom- Narendra Modi the “Most of the leaders who aspirational society will not was the fear of BJP’s successes Government to prosecute former accused the Congress of being (Europe). ing a party to this motivated “shivers” ahead of the 2019 Lok attended the rally, including commit a “collective suicide” by that made the Opposition par- Finance Minister P behind the move while the EC Coming out hard, Union slugfest and stands by empiri- Sabha polls. Banerjee, were once allies of the voting for a short-lived politi- ties come together. “They Chidambaram in the INX Media reiterated the EVM is secure Minister MA Naqvi said the cal facts about foolproof nature Hitting back, Union BJP under Atal Bihari cal alliance. Jaitley said the (mahagathbandhan parties) are case, officials said on Monday. and said it will even explore Congress has a lot of free- of ECI EVMs.” Ministers Arun Jaitley and Vajpayee’s leadership and there Opposition rally in Kolkata afraid that BJP will form gov- The CBI had registered an legal action against the expert. lancers, who sometimes reach “It is being separately Rajnath Singh said it is only the is no need to ridicule them. became significantly “a non- ernment again..,” Singh told FIR on May 15, 2017 against Leading “EVM can be even Pakistan to take help for examined as to what legal “fear” of Modi’s popularity and Modi’s Government is not an Rahul Gandhi rally” by his con- reporters in Greater Noida. alleged irregularities in the hacked charge”, West Bengal removing Modi. “They are action can and should be taken a “certain comeback” and BJP’s enemy of the country but he spicuous absence. Senior Congress leader Foreign Investment Promotion Chief Minister Mamata making a hacking horror show in the matter,” it said even as it successes that is bringing mul- should not live in an illusion Dismissing the Opposition Ahmed Patel said Modi’s recent Board (FIPB) clearance to INX Banerjee said the Opposition of their possible defeat in the went to point out that the tiple disparate forces to come that his Government is ‘amar’ ‘Mahagathbandhan’ as unviable remarks about the Opposition’s Media for receiving overseas will take up with Election upcoming elections,” he said. EVMs are manufactured in together against the Prime (immortal). Why did Modi and unworkable, Jaitley said ‘mahagathbandhan’ and his funds to the tune of 305 crore Commission the claims made Congress leader Kapil Sibal Bharat Electronics Ltd. & Minister. get shivers from the coming India has moved ahead of 1971 body language “proved” he in 2007 when Chidambaram by expert Syed Suja. didn’t go by accident, Naqvi Electronics Corporation of Referring to the together of 22 Opposition par- and the aspirational society was “afraid” of its unity. Patel was finance minister. She said every vote was maintained adding he was sent India Ltd. under very strict Opposition’s show of unity at a ties,” it wondered,” it added. will not commit a “collective said the coming together of Chidambaram’s son Karti valuable and the issue should by the Congress, its president supervisory and security rally organised by Banerjee in Banerjee had invited Sena suicide” in the upcoming gen- Opposition parties is guided by Chidambaram was arrested in be taken up. Rahul Gandhi and Sonia conditions. Kolkata on Saturday, the Sena, chief Uddhav Thackeray to the eral elections. a “common objective” to the matter for allegedly receiv- “Our great democracy Gandhi. “There are rigorous in an editorial in party mouth- rally. “All those present on BJP had described the defend and protect the ing funds to the tune of Rs 10 must be protected. Every vote “Jin logon ko bhi desh aur Standard Operating Procedures piece ‘Saamna’, asked Modi not Banerjee’s platform were secu- Kolkata rally as a gathering of Constitution. “Only those who lakh. The other accused in the of yours is precious. All desh ki loktantrik vyavastha ko observed under supervision of to live in an illusion that his larists. The Sena is not pseudo- “opportunist elements” with have undermined and tried to case include then directors of Oppn parties discussed the badnaam karne ki supari di gayi a Committee of technical Government is “immortal”. secularist. Our ideology is ‘hin- the sole agenda of removing sabotage the Constitution seem the INX Media company, #EVM issue after the hai, us supari ko lekar yaha se experts constituted in 2010,” it The Sena said the Trinamool dutva’ and we are firm on our Modi without any roadmap for to be extremely perturbed by Indrani Mukerjea and Peter #UnitedIndiaAtBrigade rally. koi dakiya to jaana chahiye na. pointed out. Congress(TMC) supremo was stand on the issues of Ram the country’s future. The two- Opposition unity,” said Patel. Mukerjea. PTI .' ' ' P%% **)(' 0 6<3%5".&5% %% #12 ! ' R ' 9 1 % +' # 0/%0 New Delhi: Vivek Doval, son $./0.1 Officials said he has also of National Security Advisor New Delhi: A Delhi court on deposited the mandatory $177 (NSA) Ajit Doval, filed a crim- Monday dismissed Tihar ugitive diamond trader for relinquishing Indian citi- $./0.1 ers in the last `Panchayat` polls, inal defamation complaint on Central Jail’s plea seeking to FMehul Choksi, a prime zenship to become a citizen of he alleged and claimed that the Monday against a news maga- reduce the time limit given to accused in 13,000 PNB cred- Antigua and has given his new he BJP on Monday claimed law and order in the state has zine for allegedly publishing a alleged middleman Christian it fraud case, has surrendered address as Jolly Harbour, Tthat in a way similar to gone out of control of the TMC defamatory article. Michel, arrested in the his Indian passport at the Antigua. Tripura, which voted for the Government. “The Opposition Besides the magazine and AgustaWestland VVIP chop- Indian High commission in The Ministry of External party , people of West Bengal alliance partners are not saying the author of the article, per case, to make phone calls Guyana, official sources said Affairs had earlier said that would also back it and bring a word about the deteriorating Kaushal Shroff, Vivek has also to his family members and here on Monday. channels in order to make him Choksi, who had been granted about a political change even as law & Order in the state as BJP’s filed the complaint against lawyers abroad. Choksi had earlier face the law, sources said. citizenship by Antigua it alleged that the TMC-led State democratic rights are being Congress leader Jairam Special Judge Arvind acquired Antiguan passport in In August 2018, India gave Government, could not have Government was “crushing crushed”, he alleged. Stating Ramesh for holding a Press Kumar, who had granted 15 2018 and the latest move is Antigua a request for Choksi’s dual citizenship. He was grant- democratic rights” of the party that government was not allow- conference on January 17 reit- minutes a week to Michel to imposed restrictions on being seen here as a ploy to extradition. A team from India ed citizenship there under an and not allowing its public meet- ing `Durga puja` or `Saraswati erating the “baseless and make international calls, Michel meeting his lawyers frustrate extradition efforts was also sent to Antigua to pur- “investment criterion” that ings and rallies in the State. puja` , he said “this is height of unfounded facts” as narrated in junked the plea filed by the jail while he was in the ED’s cus- against him. Choksi is uncle of sue the request where the fugi- allows businessmen to avail cit- Addressing a Press confer- intolerance which is not being the article. authorities, saying there was tody, after the agency had said fugitive diamantaire Nirav tive has been taking refuge for izenship of the Carribean island ence here, senior BJP leader questioned by Congress and The article claimed that no ground to curtail the relief he was misusing the legal Modi, also an alleged architect over a year. in exchange for investments. and Union Minister Piyush others parties.” Vivek was running a hedge granted to the accused. access by passing chits to his of the PNB scam is said to be Choksi is wanted in India Citizenship is up for sale in Goyal said party president “Even Prime Minister’s fund whose promoters are of The jail superintendent lawyers, asking them how to hiding in the UK. by the CBI and the some of these countries and the Amit Shah who is to address a rally is not being allowed and dubious antecedents. had approached the court, tackle questions on “Mrs Since dual citizenship is not Enforcement Directorate in authorities offer citizenship for public rally at Malda on it is a reflection of anarchy and He has claimed that the saying the time limit was not Gandhi”. allowed as per Indian law, separate cases of fraud and nearly 1.75 crore. Tuesday is not being allowed to collapse of law and order magazine was “deliberately as per the jail-manual and the ED counsels, D P Singh Choksi surrendered his pass- money laundering in connec- Choksi had fled India in land in a given helipad. Shah machinery. People of west maligning and defaming” time duration should be and N K Matta, had also ports after acquiring foreign tion with the PNB scam, which January last year along with will be in the West Bengal for Bengal looking for a change”, him to “settle scores with his decreased. claimed that during the ques- nationality. The Government has been the biggest in the Nirav, his wife Ami Modi and two days and address public the BJP leader claimed. father”. Michel, extradited from tioning, Michel had spoken has also revoked his passport banking sector. brother Nishal Modi, and was rallies in Malda and Jhargram. Goyal said TMC will meet The Caravan, had in its Dubai, was arrested by the about the “son of an Italian last year. India will continue to Choksi, 59, has deposited granted Antiguan citizenship in He claimed that the BJP was the fate of the CPM in Tripura January 16 online journal titled, Enforcement Directorate (ED) lady” and how he was going to pursue Choksi’s return with the his Indian passport number Z- November 2017 after extensive growing “rapidly” in west as people were drawing close “The D Companies” had said on December 22 last year. become the next Prime government of Antigua 3396732 to the Indian High vetting and he took the oath of Bengal which is indicated by to the BJP. He claimed that a that Vivek, “runs a hedge fund The court had earlier Minister of the country. PTI through diplomatic and legal Commission in Antigua. citizenship on January 15, 2018. Trinamool Congress’s attempts huge turn out is expected at in the Cayman Islands” which to put road blocks in BJP’s Malda rally of Shah on Tuesday. is “an established tax haven” move in not allowing it exer- Asked whether BJP would and was “registered merely 13 cise its democratic rights. demand President’s rule in the days after Prime Minister R He said the bike rally of state, he said it would depend Narendra Modi’s government `Yuva BJP` was denied for no on the evolving situation in the demonetised all existing Rs ,. 0+ visible reasons as the state wit- state and the state unit would 500 and Rs 1,000 currency nessed killing of 36 BJP work- take a view on it. notes, in 2016”. PTI New Delhi: Ahead of the 2019 “You are aware about parliamentary elections, the India’s commitment to phase Ministry of Environment, out single-use plastic by 2020. #2/% 0 Forests and Climate Change The ill-impacts of plastic waste, 6R -# (MoEFCC) has asked all States which are not recyclable or bio- and Union Territories degradable, are well known. I % 00 (UTs) not to use single-use had earlier written to you with plastic for poll preparations a request to phase out single- ) and to encourage use of alter- use plastic in offices. I am again .9 #&/% native materials for election reiterating the request, partic- New Delhi: India is likely to campaign. ularly with reference to the hold talks with Bangladesh to The ministry also laid upcoming general elections,” send back 31 Rohingya New Delhi: Chief Justice of process of appointment of CBI down standard guidelines to be Mishra said in his letter. Muslims, who were detained by India Ranjan Gogoi on director. It has alleged that adopted for minimising The secretary, in his letter the Border Security Force Monday recused himself from Rao’s appointment was not production and use of single- to the chief secretaries and (BSF) while attempting to cross hearing a plea challenging the made on the basis of recom- use plastic. chief electoral officers of all the over into Tripura, officials said. Government’s January 10 order mendations of the committee. CK Mishra, Secretary, states and UTs on Monday, said The Rohingya Muslims are appointing M Nageswara Rao The plea stated that the MoEFCC, has written to all the all government offices must stuck in no-man’s land, beyond as interim CBI director, saying October 23, 2018 order states and UTs reiterating that completely ban all types of the barbed wire fence along the he would be taking part in the appointing Rao as the interim single-use plastics need to be plastic carry bags, thermocol Indo-Bangladesh border in meeting to select the CBI direc- CBI director was quashed by completely phased out from the disposable cutlery and dis- Tripura since Friday. tor on January 24. the top court on January 8, but country by 2020 so they should courage the use of artificial ban- The local commandant of The high-powered the Government has “acted in switch to alternate options for ners, flags, flowers, water bot- the BSF is in touch with his Selection Committee, com- a completely mala fide, arbi- % , "*/ election campaign. tles, plastic folders, etc. PTI Border Guards Bangladesh prising Prime Minister trary and illegal manner” to (BGB) counterpart, and the Narendra Modi, the CJI and appoint him again in “complete Ministry of External Affairs is the Leader of Congress in Lok contravention” of the Delhi expected to hold talks with the Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge, is Special Police Establishment ! Bangladesh government for likely to meet on January 24 to (DSPE) Act. The plea has also O P --- their safe return, a home min- appoint new CBI Director. sought a direction to the Centre +,% istry official said. The post of CBI Director is to appoint a regular CBI direc- The top brass of the BSF lying vacant ever since the tor forthwith by following the From Page 1 Shivanna had gone to Siddaganga liver bypass last month, which is said has briefed senior officials of Government removed Alok procedure laid down in accor- Proficient in Kannada, English mutt to perform the last rites of to be very rare at this old age. the Home Ministry, which in Verma and appointed dance with the provisions and Sanskrit, he was known for strict Marularadhya, who would have been Also,he had undergone certain turn is in regular touch with the Additional Director Rao as of the DSPE Act, as amended by discipline. the next head of the mutt, when the procedures, including implant of stents Ministry of External Affairs. interim chief till the appoint- the Lokpal and Lokayuktas From Page 1 A noted religious figure and then senior pontiff Uddana in the common bile duct at the ripe age. All the Myanmar-origin ment of a new director. Act, 2013. “If the events that happened there humanitarian, Shivakumara swami Shivayogigalu announced him as his The highly revered swamiji of Rohingya Muslims were given “I am participating in the Besides, it has sought a have pained him (Anand), I would apol- performed “trikala Linga pooja” successor. Lingayats, the majority community, had “comfortable” temporary selection committee meeting direction to the Government to ogise to his family. This did not happen according to Virakta tradition of He was formally initiated into the remained politically neutral. accommodation at Rayermura, and so I will not be hearing ensure that “all records of intentionally. He was unwell and was hos- Veerasaivism until recently, even dur- holy order as a successor in March At the height of controversy over where they were detained, this,” said the CJI. The Bench, deliberations and rational cri- pitalised. Things have been created by the ing his hospitalisation. 1930, thus joining the lineage of sages granting religious minority status to about 15 km from Agartala, in also comprising Justice Sanjiv teria related to short-listing media,” he added. He even taught English and that is said to have its traditions dat- Lingayats, which had become a polit- West Tripura district, the offi- Khanna, then said that the and selection of the director, Asked about Anand being injured, Sanskrit atthe Mutt’s institutions and ing back to1300 A.D. ically sensitive issue during the May cial said. The 31 detained PIL filed by NGO ‘Common CBI, be properly recorded and Ganesh said “nothing as you think ... I also his students are scattered across the The Swamiji who has several lau- assembly polls last year, the senior pon- Rohingyas include six men, Cause’ would be heard by some made available to citizens in have injuries I cannot say ... leave it, noth- world in high positions. rels and awards to his namewas tiff had remained non-committal. nine women and 16 children. other appropriate Bench. consonance with the provi- ing as you are thinking.” TheSwamji’s staff have often cited bestowed with the prestigious The swamiji had the magnetic pull They are currently at ‘Zero Rao was made the interim sions of the RTI Act”. The plea On why he was blaming the media, his organised life style, scientific diet “Karnataka Ratna”, the state’s highest to attract politicians of all hues, includ- Line’, beyond the border fence. CBI director after the Selection said the government should Ganesh said, “Who told you that I have plan, graceful humility and blissful sim- civilian award, and “Padma Bhushan”. ing chief ministers of the state and else- The barbed wire fence along Committee removed Verma as ensure transparency in short- hit Anand with a bottle? plicity in life, along with hard work as There is now a clamour from peo- where. His 100th birthday celebrations the Indo-Bangladesh border is chief of the probe agency on listing, election and appoint- The Media is showing that way, which is the secret of his long life. ple of different walks of life, including were attended by the then President A 300 feet inside the Indian terri- charges of corruption and dere- ment process of CBI director by false. Our gunman is here; ask him, He was also strongly devoted to the politicians, for conferring “Bharat P J Abdul Kalam in April, 2007. tory. The BGB has been stress- liction of duty. publicly disclosing, including reports claimed I have bit him too,” he cause of farmers and agriculture by Ratna” on him. Mutt officials and his Sree Siddaganga Education Society ing that the detained Rohingyas The NGO, in its petition through the web-site, the pro- said. organising cattle and agri fairs. disciples believe Swamiji had “icha (R), founded by the seer, runs more were from India, while the BSF filed through lawyer Prashant cedure and rational criteria Asked whether reports about him hit- He has been conferred the hon- mrutyu” (ability to decide on his than 125 educational institutions, most has been claiming that they Bhushan, has sought laying for short-listing candidates, if ting Anand were false, Ganesh said orary “Doctor of Letters” Degree by the death), as he miraculously recovered of them imparting primary and sec- were from Bangladesh, another down of specific mechanisms it is done. “some incident” had taken place and he Karnatak University, Dharwad. from critical health conditions. ondary education mostly located in official said. PTI to ensure transparency in the PTI was not denying it.” It is said that during his graduation, He had even undergone critical rural areas. PTI 8 !( $#) *# #%) ++,+-./ ** 9 # % (+ 67'( $ ' " $ A $@ 24 where also a tent city has B#"5%4#%%B)0 '"'4%)4:)%$%)5""'"' been set up. rime Minister Narendra A cultural village has been Varanasi: A booklet featuring gering a controversy with the as Minister. The booklet high- % % 0 PModi will inaugurate the developed in Prayagraj, show- MJ Akbar, who resigned as Congress attacking the lighted achievements of the 15th Pravasi Bharatiya Divas on ing the history from the Indus Minister of State for External Government over it. MEA in the last four years and Tuesday in this temple town Valley Civilisation. The ‘prava- Affairs following allegations of Sources in the Ministry all the ministers in the MEA and hold talks with his sis’ will be taken to New Delhi sexual misconduct by several said Akbar is not at all associ- featured in it. “The booklet was Mauritian counterpart Pravind on the night of January 24 and women, was distributed to ated with the event and that the published months before Jugnauth after the inaugural will have a “Delhi darshan” the delegates at the Pravasi booklet was published in May Akbar quit as a Minister,” said session. External Affairs next day. Bharatiya Diwas here, trig- last year, months before he quit a Government official. PTI Minister Sushma Swaraj inau- They will also witness the gurated the Youth Pravasi Republic Day Parade on abroad at their homes as “fam- Rajyavardhan Rathore and ( Bharatiya Divas on Monday, January 26. Uttar Pradesh is the ily guests”. Singh, was held on Monday. along with Uttar Pradesh Chief partner state for the event and The First Plenary Session Uttar Pradesh Pravasi 9(,: , Minister Yogi Adityanath, and a novel feature this year is the on ‘Engagement with younger Bharatiya Diwas was also held said the Indian diaspora has concept of ‘Varanasi hospital- members of Indian Diaspora’, on Monday where renowned , dramatically changed the ity’ under which local people co-chaired by Minister of State NRIs with family roots in the world’s perception of Indians are hosting the Indians living for Youth Affairs and Sports State took part. and India. Mauritian Premier A $@ Jugnauth arrived here in the afternoon and was received by nderlining that coun- Minister of State for External Utries such as the US, Affairs VK Singh. Later, Swaraj Japan and China are ageing called on the Mauritian PM and rapidly, External Affairs exchanged views on a range of Minister Sushma Swaraj on issues, including strengthening Monday said India is getting bilateral cooperation. younger and this demo- For the first time, the three- graphic perspective offers it 0%%" " day-long convention is being an “unprecedented edge” 11 0 "*/ organised from January 21 to 23 that will help in building a instead of January 9 to allow “New Young India” by 2022. raving intense chill, over participants visit the Kumbh Sushma, in her inaugur- B1.07 crore devotees took a mela in Allahabad and attend al address at the Youth dip in the Ganga river here on the Republic Day parade here. Pravasi Bharatiya Divas, said Monday on the occasion of The theme of this year’s the Indian diaspora has dra- Paush Purnima — the second convention is ‘role of Indian matically changed the world’s auspicious bathing day of the diaspora in building new India’, perception of Indians and Kumbh Mela. a statement from the Prime our country. From Sunday night itself, Minister’s Office said. “India has the largest the Sangam area was buzzing Varanasi is Modi’s parlia- diaspora in the world, at with activity as devotees start- mentary constituency. almost 31 million, which is ed arriving even as security Jugnauth will be the chief guest spread throughout the globe. forces maintained a close watch of the convention, while However, what marks all of on the movement of pilgrims + 0 Himanshu Gulati, member of you is the shared and visitors at the mela venue. he said. Satish Shukla, who "*/ Parliament of Norway, will be common identity — of Even before the sunrise, came from Kanpur for the holy the special guest. Indianness — and a shared devotees were seen coming dip, said, “Various facilities at bolised by ‘Jap’, ‘Tap’ and ‘Daan’, Kanwaljit Singh Bakshi, common origin — India, out from the ghats after taking the mela venue have improved is one of the most ancient member of Parliament of New land of your forefathers,” the dip. “Over 1.07 crore devo- significantly. The Ganga river parv (festivals) of India.” Zealand, will be the guest of Sushma added. tees have taken a dip so far on looks a lot cleaner now as com- “Unlike the Shahi Snaans honour. President Ram Nath The Youth PBD marked the occasion of Paush Purnima. pared to earlier times.” — Makar Sankranti, Mauni Kovind will address the con- the start of the 15th Pravasi Drone cameras are being used On Sunday, UP Chief Amawasya and Basant cluding function on January 23. Bhartiya Diwas and was to keep a watch and maintain Minister Yogi Adityanath had Panchami — Paush Purnima is Over 4,000 NRI delegates attended by Swaraj, Minister vigil over the mela area,” Mela greeted people on the eve of a ‘Parv Snaan’ (a bathing ritu- from about 85 countries are of State for Sports and Youth adhikaari Vijay Anand told Paush Purnima. al), and hence the pomp of attending the event and many Affairs Rajyavardhan Singh reporters here. In a statement issued in Akharas leading the bathing of them will be staying in the Rathore, Uttar Pradesh Chief Officials repeatedly made Lucknow, Adityanath said, procession in the morning was tent city, built specially for Minister Yogi Adityanath announcements requesting “Paush Purnima, which is sym- missing,” the chairman of Akhil them. After Pravasi Divas, the and Minister of State for devotees not to venture into Bharatiya Akhara Parishad guests will be taken for a visit External Affairs VK Singh, deep waters and also keep an Mahant Narendra Giri said. to the Kumbh Mela on January among others. eye over suspicious elements in . 8 their vicinity and report it to the police. 1 The full moon was at its Q R %' ! ' splendid best over Sangam before the break of dawn and 8 1 devotional songs greeted visi- tors in the area. Fog too was New Delhi: Kinnar Akhara, a $ !*! * 5:: seen before the sunrise at var- group of transgender saints in ious places in the Sangam area. Prayagraj Kumbh, announced Allahabad: For almost a cen- Mela. “It runs under a social books like any other bank, and a ban on Jallikkattu, which is However, it failed to dampen on Monday it will set up an tury, people from different organisation, Ram Naam Sewa maintains the records of its .$$ described as sport of death. the mood of devotees, who ashram in the city, according to religions have been writing the Sansthan, and has witnessed at ‘depositors’. The only curren- Though a division bench of the turned up in large numbers for a statement issued here by the name of Lord Ram in a book- least nine Kumbhs,” he said. cy that works in this bank is the n attempt by a Minister in apex court had banned the the Paush Purnima bath. Ministry of Culture. let and depositing it in the The bank has no mone- name of Lord Ram,” she said. Athe Edappadi Palaniswami event, the Tamil Nadu As the day progressed, the The group, which had ‘Ram Naam Bank’ in search of tary transactions. Its members Gunjan Varshney said the Government to create a world Government got the court order number of devotees coming to attended the Ujjain Kumbh in solace and peace. It is a unique have a booklet of 30 pages, size of one’s account was deter- record in Jallikkattu in his nullified by enacting a law in the take the holy dip increased. 2016, have been taking part in bank with neither ATMs, nor containing 108 columns in mined by the number of times home district ended up in a Legislative Assembly in January The Purnima or full moon the holy baths at the Kumbh cheque books and its only only which they write ‘Ram Naam’ one was able to write the name tragedy on Sunday as two spec- 2017 and making the Centre day will also mark the begin- Mela this year along with the ‘currency’ is Lord Ram. 108 times everyday. This of the Lord and deposit it in the tators were gored to death by promulgate an ordinance. ning of Kalpwas (the period of other akharas. “Transgenders Ashutosh Varshney, who booklet is deposited in the bank. She said writing Ram bulls while 40 people were austerity) at Kumbh Mela. were badly exploited in the soci- manages the bank’s affairs, is individual’s account. Naam is called ‘Likhita Jaap’, and injured in the melee. Elaborating on the significance ety and even their parents were carrying on the legacy of his He said the name of the it comes in the category of writ- The incident happened “Jallikkattu stands out as a of Paush Purnima, Swami forced to live a disgraceful life. grandfather who had set up Lord should be written in red ing meditation. “This gives one within minutes of Chief Minister symbol of Tamil’s valour. By Adhokshanand said, “Paush Transgenders have been part of the organisation in early part ink as it is the colour of love. a complete sense of surrender to Palaniswami who inaugurated conducting such a grand event Purnima is a significant day for Sanatan Dharm and they have of the 20th century. “The divine name of Lord an inner conscience and peace the event at Viralimalai in Viralimalai has grabbed a place Hindus which falls on the full been given respectful status in “This bank was started by Ram is credited in the account while writing the golden words. Puthukotta district declaring in the list of Jallikkattu famed moon day of Paush in the religious epics and books of my grandfather, Ishwar of account holder. A passbook All the senses are engaged in the that Jallikkattu was Tamil Nadu’s places like Alanganallur, Hindu calendar. On this day, Hindu mythology. Akhara has Chandra, who was a busi- is issued like other banks,” said service of Lord,” she said. sport of valour. Palamedu and Avaniyapuram,” devotees from different parts of provided forum to transgen- nessman. Now, there are over Gunjan Varshney, the presi- Ashutosh Varshney said A Ramu, a 32-year-old said the Chief Minister while the country assemble at ders to pursue dignified life one lakh account holders from dent of the bank which is sit- people are not bound to wor- spectator and G Satish (35), a inaugurating the event. Sangam to take a holy dip.” with religious rituals,” Acharya different age groups and reli- uated at Civil Lines here. ship Lord Ram to be members bull owner were gored to death. Antony Rubin, an animal “Even Lord Krishna had Mahamandaleshwar Lakshmi gions,” said Ashutosh “All these services are pro- of the bank. They are free to The event was organised by the rights activist who has been said in the Hindu calendar, he Narayanan Tripathi, chief of Varshney, who has set up its vided free of cost. Ram Naam worship Gods of their reli- controversial Health Minister C waging a legal battle against the represents the month of Paush,” Kinnar Akahara said. PTI camp at Sector 6 of the Kumbh Bank has ledgers and pass- gions, he added. PTI Vijaya Baskar , who hails from Jallikkattu pointed out that the the district and who also owns exact number of persons killed costly bulls. It may be remem- in bull taming event would bered that the home and offices never be known. “We saw two of Vijaya Baskar were raided persons getting killed at twice by the Income Tax Viralimalai. The fate of those department in the run up to the persons who have been admit- April 2017 RK Nagar by-poll ted to hospitals would never be and had seized unaccounted known as these events take cash worth crores of rupees and place in remote villages. The incriminating documents. attenction of the media as well “The Income Tax authori- as the officials shift to the next ties have informed that sever- location and Viralimalai id al complaints were received forgotten,” said Rubin. recently indicating that Dr C Supreme Court is hearing a Vijaya Baskar is the main per- batch of petitions filed by ani- son involved in bribing the vot- mal rights activist pleading for ers in RK Nagar Assembly constituency which is going to bypolls on April 12, 2017. Some loose sheets were found with his accountant Mr Srinivasan indicating distribu- tion of Rs 89 crore to a num- ber of politicians for further distribution among the voters,” said the Election Commission of India order issued to announce the rescinding the bypoll in April 2017. Vijaya Baskar announced on Sunday that the Viralimalai Jallikkattu would be a regular feature in Tamil Nadu’s sporting calendar. A record number of 1,353 bulls and 700 tamers took part in the event. More than 300 persons had been injured in var- ious jallikkattu events which commenced after the Pongal festivities of this year. These are the first fatalities of the 2019 Jallikkattu season which is expected to last up to September. The year 2018 saw 32 persons getting gorrrd to death by bulls (unofficial fig- ures put that fatalities as 68 dead). More than 20 bulls got killed in last year’s event. !( $#) *# #%) ++,+-./ ** ;
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-81- * @ # # O , ,* objecting to it,” she said adding G, 6 * " , the “police had only said that ours after Karnataka Chief the chopper should land at HMinister HD some other location because of Kumarswamy backed Mamata * # " some security reasons. But Banerjee for the Prime # / they are unnecessarily creating Ministerial chair a visibly # ! a hullabaloo over it.” thrilled Trinamool Congress The issue was however leadership said the JD(S) Central Government now Mr the Trinamool Congress’ spon- solved following reports that leader’s statements testified Kumarswamy’s statements sored United India rally at the Shah’s chopper would land at Bengal Chief Minister’s accep- prove that she is anyway in the Brigade Parade Ground on the BSF helipad. tance throughout the country. centre of everything.” Saturday. The BJP president was to Senior State Minister and Kumarswamy had earlier Meanwhile, in a parallel hold a series of rallies in Bengal TMC general secretary Partho told agencies that the Bengal development Banerjee on apart from the one’s to be Chatterjee on Monday said Chief Minister by dint Monday attacked the BJP for addressed by Prime Minister though Banerjee currently was of her long stint as a good carrying out disinformation whose reported February 8 for postponing all other con- administrator had developed campaign against her rally at Brigade Parade Ground siderations so that all parties all the capabilities to lead the Government over the change in stood to be cancelled. could concentrate only on dis- country. landing location of BJP “The Central leadership lodging the Narendra Modi He said, “She is simplest of president Amit Shah’s chopper has said that it will not be easy Government, Kumarswamy’s the simple and a very good at Malda in North Bengal to hold the Prime Minister’s statement only underscored administrator. I believe that where he will hold a rally later rally at Brigade at such a short her abilities and acceptance. Mamata ji has all the capabili- this week. notice and so it will be deferred His comments “only ties of leading the country and The BJP was distorting to March after the Class-X underscore the ability and she has already proved herself facts she said adding her and plus-two exams,” State BJP acceptance of Mamata Banerjee by leading West Bengal for so Government had already sources said, adding “Modi ji throughout the country,” many years.” granted her permission for the however would hold four ral- "0 5% % 1 1 -9 0 Chatterjee said adding “though Kumarswamy was one of Malda rally. “We gave permis- lies in between at various loca- % , -* *%%0 0 % * "*/ Mamata Banerjee is not in the the 23 national leaders to join sion for the meeting without tions in the State.” R < R ' %% 1 " * & < != :' !' , !" Lucknow: The country is looking for ing ‘pariwarwad’, she will not.” On the !( 1 a new Prime Minister and the BJP controversy over BJP MLA Sadhana needs to come out with a new face, Singh’s remarks against BSP president Mumbai: India’s first-ever all-women polit- @ $*2 if it has one, Samajwadi Party pres- Mayawati, he said the language being ical party — the National Women’s Party ident Akhilesh Yadav said Monday used by ruling party leaders is the (NWP) — was launched on Monday in newborn was buried alive dur- while making it clear that he is not result of their frustration. Mumbai and it will contest half — 283 — Aing occult rituals in Uttar in the race for the top post. “Since the BJP did nothing dur- of the 545 Lok Sabha seats in the 2019 elec- Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur district, “As far as leadership issue is con- ing its tenure, how will its leaders talk tions. The NWP, described as “a party of officials said on Monday. cerned, it is actually the people who about work...Now that the elections mothers”, has been founded by a medico After hearing cries from under decide it...You will see, in time to are nearing, there will be a lot of and social activist, (Dr) Shwetha Shetty, and a pit, locals informed police and res- come, how many choices we have,” more things as well,” he said. will strive for 50 per cent reservation for cued the one-month-old girl. She he told reporters here when asked as On reports that the Yogi women in the lower House. has been admitted to a nearby hos- to who would be the leader of oppo- Adityanath Government was prepar- “This party is a historic step in our mis- pital, the officials said. sition parties against Prime Minister ing to give pension to seers, Yadav sion to ensure equal representation for The incident happened on Narendra Modi. said they should get at least Rs 20,000 women in Parliament. Our ideology is to Friday near Puraina village under He, however, made it clear that per month as pension. remove gender disparity in politics and thus Jalalabad police station area he was “not in the prime ministeri- “Those reciting Ramayana and create equal importance for females in the of the district. al race”. “But, one thing is totally clear other such persons should be given patriarchal Indian society,” Shetty told the The father of the girl, during that the country is waiting for a new will be made soon. at least Rs 20,000 monthly pension. media persons at the formal kick-start here. probe, said as she was not keeping Prime Minister...If the BJP, which is “As far as SP patron Mulayam Those playing roles of Ram, She pointed out that the battle to get well a relative took him to an so concerned about us, has a new Singh Yadav is concerned, the party Lakshman and Sita should also be reservations in Parliament is now over two occultist who advised him to bury PM, they should tell the people,” will field him from the seat of his given pension. Yash Bharti awards decades old, but the fact is that we continue her in order to save other family Yadav, who recently shared platform choice,” he said. should also be re-started,” he said. in a society where most political decisions members, ASP (rural) Sudhakar with opposition leaders in Kolkata, Asked whether his wife and He also called for restarting the are taken by males, with females not hav- Chandra Shakya said. said. To a question, the SP president Kannauj MP Dimple Yadav will con- Samajwadi Pension scheme and the ing an equal say in Parliament, thus dimin- The father, the occultist said the SP and the BSP have taken test polls again, Akhilesh said, “We one for Yash Bharti awardees which ishing the possibility of “women empow- and the girl’s aunt have been arrest- a decision on most of the seats and are liberal people...If you say she will was given by the previous erment”. IANS ed, he said. an announcement in this regard contest. If you say we are practicis- Government. PTI 21 2 ! $ , N 21 > % 12& %!% Mumbai: Mumbai’s first citizen, Mayor Vishwanath Mahadeshwar, on Monday shifted to an unusual neigh- Srinagar: Three unidentified terrorists were killed in an bourhood — the Veermata Jijabai Bhosle Udyan and Zoo encounter with the security forces in Jammu & complex, paving the way for the long-planned memorial Kashmir’s Budgam district on Monday, the Army said. to Shiv Sena’s founder-patriarch Bal Thackeray at the offi- A cordon-and-search operation was launched in cial Arabian Sea-facing Mayor’s Bungalow at Shivaji Park. Hapatnaar area following information about the pres- A spokesperson for BrihanMumbai Municipal ence of terrorists in the area, an official said. Corporation (BMC), Vijay Khabale, said that the tradi- The search operation turned into a gun battle after tional puja ceremonies were performed by the Mayor and the terrorists opened fire on the security forces. Three his family members before formally shifting into the new militants were killed in the operation, the official said, premises this afternoon. adding that the identity and affiliation of them were being “This will be a temporary official accommodation ascertained. for the Mayor. The BMC is already constructing anoth- Reports of stone-pelting were received from some er official bungalow at Shivaji Park, close to the exist- parts of Budgam and Pulwama districts, while author- ing bungalow. It is expected to be ready within three ities suspended Internet connection in some areas as a years,” Khabale said. IANS precautionary measure. PTI % 0 9 5 %?
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I noticed a unique feature of al points under the heading “Some In a letter sent to the Surat-based the marriage invitation card sent to facts about Rafale deal”. couple — Yuvraj Pokharna and the guests,” read the letter signed and “Even a fool will not compare bride-to-be Sakshi Agrawal — Modi sent by Modi. prices of a simple fly-away aircraft described the content of the card as “The ingenuity of its content with a weaponised jet,” reads the very “ingenious” and asserted that it had reflects your abiding concern and first line, followed by some figures, inspired him to work even harder for love for the nation. This also inspires comparisons and information. the country. me to keep working harder for our PTI !( $#) *# #%) ++,+-./ ** > 3, "!% 3!4 # , ) ? >0 * ? ? %8%3 )?%8(( & . !$ ' '% $+,' ' ! % "' ' ; 6 1 , 2 P Q ) )# 8> " ? @)A 6 " - 5 " P Q ( he anger in Assam and North- eastern States over the 8 $ 6 ! # ( Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2016 is understandable but not justified. 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P Q ( Hindus turn for refuge if not India?” In the prospect and the magnitude was especially grim in West Before shutting their doors response to a grim humanitarian crisis, the of the human misery that will Bengal, Assam and Tripura. on their Hindu brethren, the 6 Centre is proposing that members of come in its train. To the last I Dr Triguna Sen, former people of Assam must own ( minority groups from the neighbourhood shall try to check migration Union Minister for Education responsibility for the illegal # 6 become eligible for Indian citizenship after even if there is war”. and former vice-chancellor of migrations that almost over- six years of residency instead of 11 years at In other words, the leader, the Jadavpur University and whelmed their State. Much has present. This applies to persons who who abandoned the fight to .G8 . Banaras Hindu University, been written about the role of # 6 entered India before December 31, 2018. regain territory grabbed by @2 $". observed in his book, The certain politicians in facilitating ? @)A The tragedy of Bengali Hindus is a lega- Pakistan in 1947-48, was will- 088 @8$. Marginal Men, “It is extraordi- the influx (even before 1947), ) S cy of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal ing to fight to keep unarmed, nary how passively West insinuating illegals into the Nehru’s supreme indifference to the plight desperate and indigent Hindus $02 Bengal accepted after Partition voters’ list and helping them % ( of refugees on both frontiers. His attempt away from Hindustan. the uprooting and the near with ration cards et al. 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At a Cabinet entirely driven out by “riots fabric (as vote banks) before organisation which could manage relief in meeting the same day, .@*8$@ 1 < sponsored by an Islamic State they finally protested in the late ; # the manner that the Hindu Mahasabha and Mukherjee said, “What do you and social, economic and reli- 1970s. Other States, unhappy - 6 the Gurdwaras did in Punjab. care for us Bengali Hindus? G8 . 11."1 gious persecution of the with Bangladeshi immigrants, 8> Nehru’s attitude is best discerned in his What do you care for the crim- " 8$@ Hindus by Muslims in collusive have only spoken now when letter to the then West Bengal Chief Minister inal assaults on our women?” partnership with the bureau- humanitarian gestures are being C Dr BC Roy (August 16, 1948): “I have your (Soundings in Modern South 18@ cracy…” The brutal massacres mooted for Bengali Hindus. # 6 letter of August 4, about the influx from east Asian History, ed. DA Low) 8A. /.1.0 in various districts of east What has the political and Bengal…. But as I told you long ago, there Enraged at the renewed exodus Bengal in 1950, however, pro- civil leadership of each State is no reasonable solution to the problem if of Hindus, which he viewed as . @. voked Hindus to retaliate and done to preserve their respec- > ) - there is a large influx from east Bengal. That deliberate, he suggested an triggered a two-way exodus tive ethnic, social, cultural and is why I have been terribly anxious through- exchange of populations, which that “might have brought about linguistic identities? No women out to prevent this, whatever might happen. Nehru rejected vehemently. an unofficial transfer of popu- in modern Indian history have I still think that every effort should be made The need to stem the flow lation and the natural solution been so brutalised as the Hindu ; to prevent it. I think that it was a very wrong of refugees on both sides of the of the communal problem in women of Bengal. Syama thing for some of the Hindu leaders of east borders and avert internation- West Bengal”. Prasad Mukherjee fought for Bengal to come to west Bengal.” al opprobrium led to the Nehru, for his own rea- and died in Kashmir. His 43 R ' ) Subsequently (August 22, 1948), Nehru Nehru-Liaquat Pact (April 8, sons, scuttled the de facto pop- daughters have a right to solace added, “I have been quite certain right from 1950), wherein each side ulation exchange with the 1950 in their original motherland. $"% ' ' '' 8 ) the beginning that everything should be pledged to secure its minorities Accord. Thereafter, Muslims, (The writer is Senior Fellow, done to prevent Hindus in east Bengal from and give equality of citizenship who had left West Bengal, Nehru Memorial Museum and migrating to west Bengal…I think the regardless of religion. 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The rapid growth of $ Flipkart created a trend for small O, , Sir — This refers to the editor- 5 ( entrepreneurs and product man- # ) ial, “Didi’s headline act” (January agers to come on board the # # 0# L # ) 21). There can be no second ( ‘marketplace’ and thrive in a " # , ) # , # opinion that by getting most of seamless manner. The trend wit- 8 , G the leaders in the Opposition to # 6 nessed robust growth of products , # / # N converge in Kolkata and active- and Artificial Intelligence and ! O , ly participate in her rally, West innovation-based ventures, aided " Bengal Chief Minister Mamata - O # by ‘angel investors’ and Silicon # :'&51 )@ , Banerjee has proved that she can " ( - ( Valley tech-entrepreneurs, who , K E.#8 "4$"4"4 be a great organiser. , , * " were hired to oversee the ‘oper- Now that the ball to remove ations’ in India. With rapid the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) % progress in providing product- has started rolling, it is para- # based solutions, leaders were ecosystem is now witnessing shambles for quite some time mount that the Opposition then looked upon as the emerg- poster boys and Silicon Valley now. remains united and chalks out ing ‘Jack Mas’ of India. leaders are leaving the board- The use of plastic cups to ways and means to achieve this 6 + - But now, the focus has shift- rooms with a huge kitty. The vac- Sir — This refers to the report, serve tea and coffee not just goal without leaving any room ed to markets and survival uum created has, thus, resulted “Kulhads to make comeback at poses serious health threats but for complacency, egos or ( instead of improving product in no significant trail of either a rly stations after 15 yrs” (January puts enormous burden on our animosity till the target has strategy. The sudden urge to sur- commendable leadership to 21). Besides being eco-friendly, environment since proper dis- been achieved. 5 vive and make a dash in the mar- carry on the start-up story or no the Indian Railways’ initiative to posal of plastic is another grave Anna Mary Yvonne ket has lead to a series of rapid major achievement related to re-introduce the use of kulhads problem that countries, includ- Chennai # mergers and acquisitions. The innovation or a product legacy. to serve hot beverages at the rail- ing India, are grappling with. much-needed thrust on innova- Varun SD way stations bodes well for the The initiative, currently % ; 8 .19: tion, too, is weakening. The Bengaluru pottery industry that has been in introduced at Varanasi and Rae ))5')%?%45C:;"&3%; !( $#) *# #%) ++,+-./ *!! ? 3, "!% 3!4 6 2<" %%! !% %! 5 2" 5 P P " ! !% & ! & & " , L L ) 8 ! # ,, 9 ) 6 ( % 8 @%8A ' ' "% $% - + - % " ' %' + 8 ) ( + - ( 01111 9. ) % $ 8 :D + E + (8 @ " 8 + A ( , 8 .D .19F + 5 7 # 6 8S " ( + S ( %8 * ) s the Lok Sabha election gets tantalis- @ A - ingly close, the season of mahagath- % bandhan or a grand alliance has start- 2 8 ( ed in right earnest. So has flexing of ( * ( political muscles by what can loosely + 5 6 Abe called as the anti-Bharatiya Janata Party (anti- 8 . .19D BJP) — a conglomeration of diverse regional par- " + ties, united by a single agenda of removing the ) G@ A $ Modi-Shah duo from national politics in the Lok Sabha election. Of course, BJP rebel and now archi- @ A .110 tect of the “Save Democracy” movement Yashwant Sinha adroitly reminded everybody that the + 8 Modi versus Rest narrative would only strength- *8@A. 0 ) 6 - ? D en the former’s image and the Opposition need- .1. 8 1 8S + - ( ed to counter the BJP on ideological counts. @2**8 $0 5 6 + Raised hands and clenched fists of all leaders 11 $ .@ 8210 - .190 B 8 present in the Kolkata rally, organised by the .N2 .0 GG. .$ 6 ) $ 6 , Trinamool Congress (TMC), not only gave a per- G 8.8$.@ fect photo opportunity to Opposition leaders but ..$.0 @ A 8 B 8!$ somewhere down the line increased the frown lines * .*811 $ of the defender — the BJP-led National *8@@ 1.@ .$ 8 + -- @H01 A :G1 @( Democratic Alliance (NDA). Many considered the 9/G A D11 @H. A # rally largely as an exercise to project TMC chief /. ..$0 @ 9.9 - 8 .19D and West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee 1 1.@8 8G FH1 G: as a possible prime ministerial candidate of the 8 <. @* # grand Opposition alliance for the Lok Sabha poll 82101/<@ 8 even though the stated objective was to bring all @* $" for themselves, this anti-BJP Opposition ly. It’s rare to see bonhomie between the permutations and combinations ahead. 8!$ ( anti-BJP parties on the same platform. But that’s @2 * @. @ front also has Dalit leader and Bahujan parties representing the Dalits (BSP) and Optimists in the party believe that at the ( just one aspect of the burgeoning index of @8 <8G Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati as the OBCs led by the Yadav community (SP end of the day, the SP-BSP alliance could Opposition unity. 1 "$ $"/ prime ministerial candidate. She has and RJD), as they have not only been at be a part of the UPA if the numbers so I 8 9D .19/ Of course, all the 20-plus parties that partic- 8@*$0 * been endorsed strongly not only by her political but also social loggerheads for demand and they are at a striking dis- ipated in the Kolkata rally on January 19 had dif- . .@ ..$$8 own party but also by her newly-found decades. tance of forming the next government. 8 ferent agenda on their minds. Most of them were political partner and nephew Akhilesh Tejaswi knows for sure that keeping Of course, Mayawati would throw her I looking for a better outing in the Assembly polls @ G $ @*O@ Yadav of the Samajwadi Party (SP). The the BSP in good humour would only hat in the ring for a possible go at the with their respective alliances, where the BJP has 0.818"<.A.$@ Bua-Bhatija alliance is the one which has help consolidate and expand the vote chair of Prime Minister if the situation become a force to reckon with since 2014. But "8.@8*811@ set the tone and template for the gen- base of the grand alliance in Bihar. Dalit so warrants and the mahagathbandhan given that the TMC hosted the first successful @ . 82$0 eral election and almost every political leader and Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) gets a respectable number of seats. This - Opposition rally and managed to get on board @G8 0 1. pundit now says that the road to New chief Ram Vilas Paswan is firmly in the situation would be conditional on the @ J almost all leaders and parties opposed to the BJP, G8 . $11 $ . Delhi this time would go through the NDA fold, at least for the Lok Sabha Congress not doing well and remaining 8A it can now safely claim to be the leader of this Third / .@* $ lanes and bylanes of Lucknow and Uttar election, and the RJD would be more well below 100 seats, regional parties % # Front. Banerjee also pitched herself as a sort of an 2 * 0.@ Pradesh. than happy to get any incremental dominating the results and the BSP itself S arbitrator for possible disputes, whenever and Days before the Kolkata rally of the votes of Dalits in the State if Mayawati performing well and getting a reason- wherever they arise, among this Front. Her Opposition, the SP-BSP alliance in is on board even if the BSP does not con- able number of the 38 seats it would be # diplomatic handling of the stage and giving impor- Uttar Pradesh triggered a wave of antic- test a single seat as part of the grand contesting out of the 80 in Uttar + ( tance to all the leaders present amply suggested ipation among the anti-BJP front and alliance in Bihar. In fact, the RJD could Pradesh. ( ( %8 her ease of managing diverse interests, her threw open a wide range of political pos- go to the extent of offering a seat or two But there is many a slip between the # acceptability and showed her national ambitions. sibilities at the cost of the saffron party to the BSP even though the Mayawati- cup and the lip. Post-verdict electoral ( 8 But the fissures in such a loose formation are in the largest State of the country. The led party does not have any foothold in understandings, support and alliances still too wide and its ability to pose as a united front TMC rally simply took the idea of unity the neighbouring state. could be quite different from the ones .19/ ! before the election is still a matter of speculation. ahead and sort of announced to the In this season of anti-BJP posturing, cemented pre-poll. In a possible scenario - ( Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief Chandrababu world that the neutral Third Front was photo ops and alliances ahead of the Lok where the NDA is a little short of major- Naidu, who was present in the Kolkata rally, has alive and kicking and both the BJP and Sabha poll, the only motive seems to be ity, the BSP could always spring a sur- I - ) K 6 practically abandoned the Congress with which the Congress should consider it as a pos- removal of Narendra Modi as the Prime prise. It has a history of aligning with he had sewed an alliance for the Assembly polls sible contender for the throne in Delhi Minister by working out sound electoral both SP and BJP, and there has been no ( ( % K of Telangana. Congress president Rahul Gandhi provided it gets the numbers leaders are mathematics and ensuring a higher seat shift in BSP’s ideology even as it goes to 6 90 and Naidu had become the poster boys of this hoping for. And if all parties do well turnout than the BJP did in the 2014 polls this time around as a formidable ( ) ( mahagathbandhan then, beaming as they were individually, then the Congress can pro- polls. The SP-BSP alliance is simply force in alliance with the SP in Uttar K 9.11(9011 with hands raised in solidarity. vide outside support if the situation so banking on the fact that if it gets a com- Pradesh. O 8!$ + -- @ A As an afterthought, the TDP supremo perhaps warrants. bined vote share, which is higher than Similarly, the TDP, too, could go B % # realised that he cannot give much space to the Coming back to the SP-BSP alliance, the NDA’s in the state, it would be in the anywhere — from the NDA to the UPA, Congress to grow in his home state of Andhra even the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) in driver’s seat. Of course, chemistry and or to Third Front — in the post-poll O # ( Pradesh. An alliance with the Congress in the State Bihar, which has a vote base similar to adjustment are equally important in political calculations. In the last six % - ( would limit his chances to have a go at the chair the SP’s in Uttar Pradesh, is excited about alliances and it remains to be seen how months, we have seen the party travel- ( of Prime Minister. He might have perhaps looked its prospects. This perhaps explains why firmly it is cemented at the grassroots ling all platforms. So there we are. It all at the prospects of him somehow becoming a pos- Tejaswi Yadav, the de facto supremo of and booth levels. depends on numbers after the polling # ( sible compromise candidate in the event of this the party in the absence of the incarcer- Left out of the alliance in Uttar and till then, all political parties would # Opposition grand alliance getting close to govern- ated Lalu Prasad Yadav, dashed to Pradesh — a move on expected lines — be posturing and keeping their options ment formation. Lucknow to congratulate Mayawati on the Congress is neither happy nor open. Much water will flow till then. Besides, Mamata Banerjee and Chandrababu her birthday and tweeted pictures in unhappy at this moment, contemplat- (The writer is Senior Editor, The Naidu, who are possibly looking at a national role which he touched her feet reverential- ing the different possibilities along with Pioneer, Chandigarh) ( "% $ Vuyqywxuvtquqywx uy uquqxqxuE uu uuyrq wuxuytu axqyuututy us qyrquvquqqs uqu vv uqqwuu
are partially dependent on the adjoining for- came into effect? Why it is taking so long for is a sine qua non. The project should also have est lands for daily needs. As per the 2011 officials to ascertain tribal occupation? Land a second component, based on a cluster Census, the tribal population in India stood is a precious resource. A lackadaisical attitude approach to be implemented by the Ministry at 10.4 crore and constituted around 8.6 per in implementation will yield to increasing of Human Resource Development, Ministry cent of the total population. In 2004, the then encroachments of our forest lands. Political of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of NDA Government had brought to fore the parties as well as the Government must act Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Power issue of historical injustice regarding settle- timely, pull up their socks to fix this mala- to create necessary infrastructure. & #(" ment of disputed claims of tribals over forest- dy. After this, focus must be shifted to devel- Questions now arise about its implemen- ribal development (especially adiwasis) lands, which were pending since decades, par- oping these lands for better returns to the ben- tation. Considering the interface between has been a hot topic of discussion for ticularly after the enactment of the Forest eficiaries. Land rights, however, are not the forests and tribes, the National Commission Truling Governments as well as politi- Conservation Act, 1980. A notification was only reason for tribal alienation. The lack of for Scheduled Tribes requested the cal parties. Ever since independence, sever- issued on February 4, 2004, recognising the infrastructure, deteriorating health condi- Government to rename Indian Forest Service al Governments have launched numerous rights of occupation of forest lands by trib- tions, struggle for livelihood and education- (IFS) as the Indian Forest and Tribal Service. programmes, which have seen minimal al people and a procedure was communicat- al deprivation, too, are some of the reasons This is an excellent proposal but renaming success in terms of enhancing the socio-eco- ed to the States to vest the occupied land. This mineral-bearing areas overlap each other. Due of the FRA. Though the basic surmise of the why they feel disenchanted. Unless the land IFS is not essential. What is needed is to nomic condition of the tribal population. Of recognition was welcomed but could not be to this, inherent conflicts occur. For long-term Act, before its enactment, was on commu- vested is demarcated, digitised on priority and encompass tribal welfare as a core value of course, a miniscule group of educated peo- implemented because the NDA could not sustainability of forest management and to nity rights, it is now focussed on settling indi- becomes productive, the real purpose of trib- forest management. For this, IFS training will ple have benefitted from the policy of job come back to power. Taking cue from this meet the climate change targets, it is essen- vidual rights. It will be interesting to note that al empowerment will not be achieved. require changes and the Indian Institute of reservation. But it is the land tenure reforms notification, the then UPA Government re- tial that not only does our forest land during the last 10 years, till May 2018, 58.5 The implementation of FRA should, Forest Management and Indira Gandhi that have been at the forefront of tribal strug- initiated the process and enacted the become productive enough but also that the lakh hectares of land were vested but more therefore, be linked with the creation of liveli- National Forest Academy should be assigned gles. Many NGOs as well as social workers Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional land vested under the Act can offer a decent than half of this figure was distributed in the hood. A nationally coordinated project, in col- this task. The IFS cadre will require revamp- have been raising the issue of tribal land with Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest livelihood to tribals, in a manner that their next five months, by the end of October 2018. laboration with the Ministry of Environment, ing to create a capable force. To begin with, the forest department. Tribal livelihood Rights) Act, (FRA) 2006. Ever since, it dependency on forests is gradually reduced. The Act is open-ended and for the past 10 Forest and Climate Change, Ministry of one Additional Director-General’s post rights, after all, are intricately linked with the remains one of the biggest reforms to correct The ultimate goal should be that our forests years, the process is still on. Agriculture & Farmers’ Welfare, Ministry of should be created in the Ministry of management of forest ecosystems. For, it is the historic injustice done to tribals. It will are manned for ecological sustainability of all This reflects that either the system is Tribal Affairs, Ministry of Water Resources, Environment to deal with tribal affairs, ensure equally important that forest bio-diversity be appropriate to examine the impact of this kinds of landscapes. For this to happen, it is incompetent or the Act is being used as a tool River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation, convergence and plan future set-ups. In the remains in good shape to meet tribal needs. Act on the political economy of the tribals. essential that political parties assess the eco- to barter away forest land. The moot point Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium long-run, a tribal child should grow up imbib- Not only the tribal people but villagers One of the biggest constraints for forest nomic polity of the tribal-forests interface and is: Was it an easy task for the tribal, revenue Enterprises, Ministry of New and Renewable ing his culture while encompassing the fruits living in about 170,000 villages, situated in management and tribal development is that chalk out an integrated strategy. and forests departments to ascertain the land Energy, Ministry of AYUSH and Ministry of of modern development. and around 32 million hectare of forest lands, our forests, regions of tribal habitation and Let us first examine the implementation under occupation, as on 2006 when this Act Rural Development for livelihood generation (The writer is a retired civil servant) ! ( $#) *# #%) ++,+-./ +* @
.3 6:- 8$" !* !! * ;< = ,, ) ),' >? :5 G,&& 2 Among Sensex compo- nents, the oil-to-telecom con- $./0.1 he BSE benchmark Sensex glomerate Reliance Industries Tcontinued its winning run zoomed 4.36 percent to its tate-owned Oil and Natural for the fifth straight session on highest in two months in its sec- SGas Corp’s (ONGC) 4,022 Monday, rallying 192 points, ond session of gains after report- crore share buyback pro- and the NSE Nifty inched ing record quarterly earnings. gramme will open on January toward the 11,000 mark, riding Shares of HDFC Bank 29 and close on February 11, on strong Q3 earnings by some jumped 0.72 per cent after the the company said in its offer bluechip companies, coupled private sector lender reported letter to shareholders. # " %%01&@7 with positive global cues. 20 per cent rise in net profit in ONGC’s board had on &"%" %0 Sensex went past the December 2018 quarter. December 20 approved buy- %."!4A6B-*% 1# '1 36,700-mark to scale a high of Sunil Sharma, Chief back of 25.29 crore shares for &@71 *1 " 1 %.' - 36,701.03 (intra-day) on the Investment Officer, Sanctum 159 apiece as part of the back of widespread gains. Wealth Management said, “It is Government plan to get cash- Finally, the 30-share index clearly morphing into a market rich PSUs to part with their settled at 36,578.96, up 192.35 where strong earnings are surplus. points, or 0.53 per cent. It being rewarded. Capital con- The Government, which touched a low of 36,351.77. The tinues to seek growth at rea- holds 65.64 per cent stake in gauge had risen 533.05 points sonable prices.” the company, stands to gain in the previous four sessions. As we move forward this about Rs 2,640 crore from ten- The Nifty touched the ses- year, the macro factors remain dering some of its shares in the sion high (intra-day) of favourable, but stock perfor- buyback programme. 10,987.45; and finally closed the mance is increasingly likely to “The funds for the buyback session with a rise of 54.90 be driven by earnings and fun- will be met out of internally points, or 0.50 per cent, at damentals at the security level, generated cash resources of 10,961.85. he added. the company,” it said. $./0.1 It has also asked to exempt alone or in combination, “After opening in the green, Shares of Sun ONGC said buyback is the the duty on instruments for including the software intend- market remained in the posi- Pharmaceutical Industries rose acquisition by a company of its he Government may con- joint replacement and spinal ed by its manufacturer to be tive territory buoyed by posi- 1.94 per cent in opening trade own shares. A buyback is an #. % .##90 %'"# 0 Tsider reducing customs equipment. used specially for human tive global sentiments amid after it sought intervention efficient form of returning sur- 4A6B1' # duty on certain medical devices “Reduction of basic cus- beings or animals for one or signs that the US and China from market regulator Sebi, plus cash to the members hold- in the forthcoming budget with toms duty on PDS Plates to 2.5 more of the specific purposes. were closing in on a trade alleging unfair business prac- ing equity shares of the com- an aim to boosting domestic per cent would reduce the cost India has achieved a major truce,” said Paras Bothra, tices against the company. pany. manufacturing of such goods, and benefit the patients,” CII global position in the phar- President, Equity Research, This is the first uptick in After considering the sources said. has said. maceutical sector. However, Ashika Group. the counter after two successive mutual benefits to the compa- The move would also help The Government has the same has not been repli- Both benchmark indices sessions of beating, wherein the ny and the equity shareholders, promote the Government’s recently set up National cated in the medical devices were driven by strong gains in stock lost as much as 13.80 per “the board decided to recom- ambitious Make in India ini- Medical Devices Promotion industry. IT, teck, oil and gas, pharma cent. Others which supported mend buyback of not exceed- tiative, said the source. Council (NMDPC) to boost Currently, 100 per cent and banking shares amid earn- the key indices were Kotak ing 25.29 crore equity shares Industry chamber CII in its manufacturing, attract invest- FDI is allowed under the auto- ings optimism. Bank (2.42 per cent), Bajaj representing 1.97 per cent of has pre-budget memorandum ments and promote exports of matic route in the medical Sentiment remained Finance (1.89 per cent), Infosys the total number of equity has asked the Government to the fast-growing sector. devices sector to encourage upbeat after Reliance (1.61 per cent), Asian Paint shares in the paid-up share cap- reduce customs duty from 10 Medical devices include manufacturing of equipment. Industries, HDFC Bank and (1.33 per cent), TCS (0.28 per ital of the company at a price 9 1' 1&/ 0 per cent to 2.5 per cent on PDS any instrument, apparatus, The Government would few others posted better-than- cent), HUL (0.26 per cent), Tata of 159 per share for an aggre- 0 #%1&/ Plates used for nasal recon- appliance, implant, material or present the Budget on expected Q3 numbers last Steel (0.22 per cent) and gate consideration of not C &/ 0 &/ - structive surgery. other article, whether used February 1. week, traders said. Vedanta (0.13 per cent). exceeding 4,022 crore,” it said. & 1%%%% 0% 1 0%%&/ #%1' 1&/ O&O ) ! % 0 00 % / !% ! - # ,P5:'&6E8# % 1 " % # , G,:' :: 5 ! $A the country, continued to “India’s top 10 per cent of remain in debt since 2004. the population holds 77.4 per $./0.1 ! & Asking the political and cent of the total national 8-<8 his family had already rented business leaders who have wealth. The contrast is even an apartment in Tokyo where he International +3'& gathered in Davos for the sharper for the top 1 per cent arlos Ghosn will learn his he promised to reside while TAdvertising Association annual jamboree of the rich that holds 51.53 per cent of the Cfate on Monday as a Tokyo awaiting trial. (IAA) will be hosting the and powerful of the world to national wealth. court rules on his bail request He has also promised to IAA World Congress at the 0A8@ take urgent steps to tackle the “The bottom 60 per cent, after he vowed to remain in hand over his passports, refrain Grand Hyatt Lulu growing rich-poor divide, the majority of the population, Japan if released and offered to from contacting people con- International Convention ndian billionaires saw their Oxfam said this increasing own merely 4.8 per cent of the provide more collateral. nected with the case and pay for ".1 # '1.7#/7# /719 3 # ' Centrein between 20th and Ifortunes swell by 2,200 inequality is undermining the national wealth. Wealth of top The ousted Nissan boss has security guards approved by + % '%.7#/7 5 22nd February 2019. crore a day last year, with the fight against poverty, damaging 9 billionaires is equivalent to pleaded for bail after languishing prosecutors to monitor his move- %.7#/7 M # E7 Pradeep Guha Chairman top 1 per cent of the country’s economies and fuelling public the wealth of the bottom 50 per in custody for 64 days as he fights ments, according to Spurgeon. %1*% 1/ 00%N78'#1. - Steering Committee IAA richest getting richer by 39 per anger across the globe. cent of the population,” Oxfam charges of financial misconduct She added that Ghosn has World Congress, said, “This is cent as against just 3 per cent Oxfam International said while noting that high level that he strenuously denies. also offered a higher bail fee by being planned as the most sig- increase in wealth for the Executive Director Winnie of wealth disparity subverts In a statement released stumping up Nissan stock as nificant event covering mar- bottom-half of the population, Byanyima, one of the key par- democracy. earlier on Monday, he sought collateral and promised to wear & % keting, communications and an Oxfam study said on ticipants at the WEF summit, Between 2018 and 2022, to change the court’s previous an electronic tracking bracelet related technology areas in the Monday. said it is “morally outrageous” India is estimated to produce judgement that he represents a paid for by himself. O* P+ /P world. We have assembled a Globally, billionaires’ for- that a few wealthy individuals 70 new dollar millionaires flight risk and might attempt to However, an official at the stellar array of 35 speakers, tunes rose by 12 per cent or are amassing a growing share every day, Oxfam said. tamper with evidence. Japanese justice ministry told $./0.1 focus and differentiation. Our each one a global leader in their $2.5 billion a day in 2018, of India’s wealth, while the “It (the survey) reveals how “As the court considers my AFP: “There is no system in unwavering commitment own rights. The topics would whereas the poorest half of the poor are struggling to eat their Governments are exacerbating bail application, I want to Japan in which a person accused ajaj Auto Ltd released its towards building the best appeal to professionals in the world’s population saw their next meal or pay for their inequality by underfunding emphasise that I will reside in in a criminal case can be released Bnew brand identity on motorcycles in the world areas of marketing, advertising, wealth decline by 11 per cent, child’s medicines. public services, such as health- Japan and respect any and all with such a tracking bracelet.” Monday — “The World’s through design, technology, media and technology, as well the international rights group “If this obscene inequality care and education, on the one bail conditions the Court con- “The court sets the bail sum and Favourite Indian” to announce quality and customer satis- as academics and students. We said in its annual study released between the top 1 percent and hand, while under taxing cor- cludes are warranted,” Ghosn can also add appropriate con- its dramatic transition from a faction have made us a truly even have a great line-up of before the start of the five-day the rest of India continues porations and the wealthy, and said in a statement released by ditions such as limitations on domestic scooter maker to a global brand. Bajaj brand is inspirational speakers to make World Economic Forum then it will lead to a complete failing to clamp down on tax his US-based representatives. where the accused should stay,” global motorcycle maker. not only The World’s this convention really com- (WEF) Annual Meeting in this collapse of the social and dodging on the other,” Oxfam He vowed to attend any added the official. Commenting on compa- Favourite Indian, but also plete. Our unique theme Brand Swiss ski resort town. democratic structure of this India CEO Amitabh Behar said. subsequent trial “not only The case of Ghosn, a once- ny’s journey, Rajiv Bajaj, perhaps the most illustrious Dharma addresses the growing Oxfam further said that country,” she added. The survey also shows that because I am legally obligated revered auto kingpin credited Managing Director, said, “Our ambassador for Make in India need for Brands to have a 13.6 crore Indians, who make Noting that wealth is women and girls are hardest hit to do so, but because I am eager with turning around strug- international performance is initiative of the Indian higher purpose.” up the poorest 10 per cent of becoming even more concen- by rising economic inequality, to finally have the opportuni- gling Nissan, has gripped Japan validation of our strategy of Government.” trated, Oxfam said 26 people he added. ty to defend myself”. and the business world since now own the same as the 3.8 “The size of one’s bank “I am not guilty of the his arrest out of the blue on billion people who make up account should not dictate charges against me and I look November 19 as his private jet the poorest half of humanity, how many years your children forward to defending my rep- at a Tokyo airport. down from 44 people last spend in school, or how long utation in the courtroom,” con- Since then, he has been year. you live — yet this is the real- cluded the statement. seen in public only once, in a The world’s richest man ity in too many countries The court has already reject- dramatic court appearance Jeff Bezos, founder of across the globe. While cor- ed previous attempts at securing where the much thinner exec- Amazon, saw his fortune porations and the super-rich his freedom on bail and even his utive pleaded his innocence in increase to $112 billion and enjoy low tax bills, millions of own lead lawyer has indicated it a packed courtroom. His wife just 1 per cent of his fortune girls are denied a decent edu- could be six months before he Carole has appealed to Human is equivalent to the whole cation and women are dying is released for a trial. Rights Watch, claiming he is health budget for Ethiopia, a for lack of maternity care,” A spokeswoman for being held in “harsh” condi- country of 115 million people. Byanyima said. Ghosn, Devon Spurgeon, said tions and subjected to round- the-clock interrogations intended to extract a confes- sion. ( %@@ !( $#) *# #%) ++,+-./ ( % 12 3 1 , %+, 2 1 1 4 1 11 1 2 4 1 1 54 3 1 ( %+ 1 4 1 1 241
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(wheat, oats, and barley), bananas, Keep hydrated Despite following an adequate diet, There are no leafy vegetables (kale, spinach, Dehydration is a common illness with a large number of people across the evident symptoms broccoli and mustard greens), fatty tourists, caused by not drinking enough fluid, Laser resurfacing uses a specially crafted beam of thermal ener- globe tend to be magnesium defi- of magnesium fish (salmon and mackerel), tofu to replace the fluid that the body loses due to gy like carbon dioxide laser that gets to work deep into the layers cient. While not many short-term deficiency that and skim milk. heat. Several factors can help our body to become of your skin. Unlike peels or abrasive skin exfoliation, these laser ill effects have been discovered, this show up in any *% dehydrated such as the climate, physical exer- beams of heat precisely target and vaporize damaged skin. By cre- could cause abundant damage to specific part of 001@0 cise, and diets. 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The abnormal blood vessels that cause these marks are carry around and will resist the urge to binge reduced in size by the laser. This results in a lightening of the treat- when hungry. ed area. Skin growths, facial “spider veins,” warts, and some tat- *%%%01 toos respond to laser surgery. Most situations take more than one P +/ laser treatment, but some respond to a single treatment. The tat- toos can also be removed by a special laser. With new technology lasers have become safe to use. But it is (% important to go to a trained cosmetic surgeon who has the knowl- edge of lasers for these procedures. Lasers can be harmful if not ccording to a applied properly. The plastic surgeon often uses the minimum laser Besides wearing layers of tatistics indicate that there has been ture. recent report, intensity possible. The low intensity requires many treatments. clothing, there are several ways an increase of about 300% in the inci- Speaking about this, Dr Manoj Kumar, Aabout 44 people However, the low intensity also preserves as much of the healthy to keep the body warm during Sdence of coronary artery disease Director & Head, Cardiac Cath Lab, Max died in Delhi between 1 tissue as possible. This produces an aesthetically pleasing result. (CAD) in Indians, especially in the last Super Specialty Hospital, Patparganj, New January and 6 January, After your surgeon has indicated that a laser can be helpful in cold winter months. three decades. Approximately 12% of Delhi, said: “Sudden change in temper- including a two-year-old child the surgery, your surgeon will explain the laser of choice and what ROSHANI DEVI tells you those affected are in urban India. ature causes thermal stress for the due to the cold weather conditions. can be accomplished. As with all surgery, the laser has its limita- what one can do to keep the Apart from the common risk body and the latter must work Several of these deaths may probably be tions. Often the results are very good. Your surgeon will give you factors including regular con- more to maintain a constant due to a condition called hypothermia. the best judgment for the particular procedure. chill away sumption of processed food temperature. This type of stress Hypothermia is generally defined as Some surgeons may use local anesthetics to numb the treat- and a sedentary lifestyle, the has direct effect on blood vis- having a core body temperature of 95 ed area before the surgery. Because safety is a major component iven that winter has into your bath and have a nice condition can exacerbate in cosity, making it thicker, stick- degrees Fahrenheit or lower and can occur of laser use, your surgeon will describe safety precautions before started to play hide and soak. winter. 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Is this what office has called them the capital of Wardak province against the Western-backed stopped them from entering Chinese law by supporting # , years working on the divorce you really want? “This is a fair “extremely concerning”. that lies about 50 kilometers Afghan Government — later their territory. “They are now independence for Taiwan, deal but MPs in parliament’s deal that 27 members strong- “You’ve got a Leave popu- south of the capital Kabul. claimed responsibility for the living in two tents provided by which Beijing claims as part of @ @ lower House of Commons ly support so I would really not lation and a Remain parlia- However other sources assault. Indian border forces on the its territory. *1-K comprehensively rejected it on touch,” he said. ment,” International Trade claimed 100 people died in the The attack comes a day border’s zero line,” Mannan Some called for a boycott. Tuesday. After surviving a Secretary Liam Fox, one of the attack. At least three gunmen after a Taliban suicide bomber Jahangir, a local government Others said McDonald’s, whose EU leaders have signalled Commons confidence vote on senior Brexiteers in May’s cab- stormed the base following the targeted the convoy of Logar official at the Bangladeshi bor- mainland franchises are owned they could alter the agreement Wednesday, May last week inet, said on Sunday. explosion, igniting a firefight province’s governor, killing at der town of Kasba, told AFP. by a group that includes the if May dropped some of her reached out to opposition par- “Parliament has not got the with Afghan security forces. All least seven security guards. Lieutenant Colonel Golam Chinese Cabinet’s investment ! negotiating “red lines” but ties to seek a compromise solu- right to hijack the Brexit three gunmen were later killed Fights between security Kabir, a Bangladesh border arm, should be expelled from %4$%40, ,# British media on Monday tion but the talks appear to process... And in fact steal the in the exchange, according to forces and Taliban fighters guard commander, said the China. reported that she would instead have fallen through. result from the people,” he a provincial official. have continued to intensify group first arrived at the bor- “McDonald’s this is 5( ** attempt to negotiate some Jeremy Corbyn, leader of told BBC television. “So far our reports show 12 across the country during the der from the Indian State of what you want to do? ,# changes to the existing agree- the main opposition Labour Britain voted by a 52-48 have been killed and 20 frigid Afghan winter, which Jammu and Kashmir Help Taiwan independence?” # ment. Party stayed away, saying that margin in favour of leaving the wounded, most of whom were traditionally experiences a lull on January 18. Senior said a posting on the Sina.Com The reports were met with a “no-deal” departure must be EU in a referendum in 2016 Afghan security forces,” Akhtar in fighting. officials from both sides held a portal signed “Good Knife scepticism in Europe. ruled out first — something that exposed deep divisions in Mohammad Taheri — the head The recent Taliban attacks meeting on Sunday, with Dh- Still.” “I don’t think it can be May says is impossible. British society. of Wardak provincial council - come as Washington is step- aka insist- saved by marginal adjustments After May sets out her One of the most problem- - told AFP. ping up efforts for a peace deal ing that in the current plan. I don’t plans for the way ahead, law- atic areas of the divorce deal is “The Taliban used a that could pave the way for the New Delhi think she can convince MPs by makers are set to table a series the so-called backstop on the Humvee vehicle to hit the com- Taliban’s participation in the take the presenting the same thing to of amendments, to be voted Irish border -- a legal guaran- pound,” Taheri added. next government, with the US refugees as them with slight tweaks,” upon on January 29. tee that the frontier would Provincial health director peace envoy Zalmay Khalilzad they had Spanish Foreign Minister Josep At least two groups of MPs remain free-flowing if Britain Mohammad Salim Asgharkhail visiting regional powers this Indian Borrell said in Brussels. are planning to table amend- and the EU cannot agree a confirmed the toll. month after meeting health ca- “It therefore has to present ments to enable backbenchers long-term free trade pact. “Some wounded people Taliban representatives in rds and something substantially dif- to delay Brexit and prevent Changes in the backstop were taken to hospitals in December. docu- ferent.” Britain leaving the EU with no could help win over Kabul for further treatment as Khalilzad ended his visit to ments Asked if he would change agreement. Conservative eurosceptics, they were in critical condition,” neighbouring Pakistan Sunday issued by the Brexit deal, Slovakia’s One of the proposals and the party’s Democratic said Asgharkhail. after meeting with Pakistani the UN would enable MPs to debate Unionist allies that May Provincial governor Prime Minister Imran Khan refugee and vote on Brexit issues, giv- counts upon for a majority in spokesman Abdul Rahman last week to discuss ongoing agency. ing them far greater influence parliament. Mangal said the huge blast peace efforts. AFP A ) ## , ,%, '-B-B9. % 4%
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Nikhil said, “It has happened to us 0 after 18 years and there isn’t anything more exciting than this. The first "2 A"2* Shantanu and Nikhil finale on a plat- form like Lakme Fashion Week which @$$2$ - 1 has continuously given fashion and makeup a new dimension.” # # Added Shantanu, “It is almost like being reborn in the world of fashion. < '* ! , We still feel like ‘Is this really happen- ! ing to us?’ It is like the ultimate fash- , ion show for us....as if it is our first & , ) and last fashion show. This is the ulti- mate exam in the fashion world.” Talking about how much this col- L laboration is going to add responsi- # bility to them as designers, Shantanu ! said: “First, we are always question- L , ing ourselves at work and always ) M looking to reinvent our styles and designs. We are looking for a distur- . 6 . bance in our equilibrium at work, so Q < R it is not unusual for us to be putting # , ourselves into this position.” or people who find it difficult to take # # Added Nikhil, “As far as the out extra time for physical activity after responsibility is concerned, if you Fa hectic schedule, exercise just got sim- 6 have a story to tell and you stick to pler and harder to avoid. Researchers have @ $ , it, just go full-throttle and that’s shown that a few minutes of stair climbing $ what we are doing. How do we make called the “stair-snacking” approach, at L ringing together the delica- red, black and gold integrate seam- short intervals between work, can improve cy of hand-woven fabrics lessly. Then sort of weave it in with cardiovascular health. with the sharpness of his sig- a story that has a strong emotional The study showed that virtually anyone # ) nature gravity-defying, pat- connect of valour, pride and integri- can improve their fitness, anywhere and any , terned designs, designer ty that pretty much sets the tone for time throughout the day. “The findings make BGaurav Gupta is set to showcase his this collection.” it even easier for people to incorporate ‘exer- summer/resort collection — The The designers have been cise snacks’ into their day,” says Martin (Un)folding — at the opening of the focussing on gender-neutral clothing Gibala, professor at McMaster University in Lakmé Fashion Week 2019. for the last few years as they intro- Canada. “Those who work in office towers # M Gaurav said his collection will duced men to draped kurtas which is or live in apartment buildings can vigorous- bring together elements that are considered to be extremely feminine. ly climb a few flights of stairs in the morn- L “unique” to Indian design, highlight- “We have taken cue from that and ing, at lunch, and in the evening and know # ing his love for origami-folding and moved to a line for a woman who is they are getting an effective workout.” J fluid-structural construction through more empowered. The silhouettes are The latest study has challenged previous embellishments and textiles. He has more structured which give her that studies which had shown that brief bouts of , included many first-time elements opportunity to lead the path. It vigorous exercise or sprint interval training M such as Lucknawi chikankari draped speaks of women’s abilities through (SIT) are effective when performed as a sin- into demi-couture dresses, a particu- silhouettes,” said Shantanu. gle session, requiring a total time commit- lar tone of yellow that is traditionally Talking about being a trend-set- ment of 10 minutes or so. O & called ‘basanti’, which means the ter, Nikhil said, “We’re always consid- For this study, researchers set out to ! ! essence of sun-lit spring and Banarasi ered to be an anti-trend brand of determine if SIT exercise snacks, or vigor- !' * brocades, which are turned into design. Even the gender equality ous bouts of stair-climbing performed as sin- deconstructed lehengas, perfect for a that we try to show is through the gle sprints spread throughout the day, && modern bride on a destination wed- medium of couture, is more subdued would be sufficient enough to improve car- +*E! ding. Even the menswear features and brings in a little more sanity but dio-respiratory fitness (CRF). For the study, B E! chikankari and brocades in unexpect- keeps it more occasion-driven. The one group of sedentary young adults vigor- + * ed ways. focus is not only on the garment but ously climbed a three-flight stairwell, three * + The colour palette features most- on the wearer, there is a story to every times per day. They repeated the protocol ly pastel shades like powder blue, yel- garment.” three times each week over the course of six ! &B low, ivory and rose. Along with his A brand that started in 2007, weeks. The researchers compared the change 1+ * * B scaffold-like pattern, these tones are building it up was the toughest and in their fitness to a control group which did ' ! Gaurav’s vision of a glamorous and most challenging task “but at the not exercise. *C * powerful spring of 2019. same time is the most fulfilling and The findings, published in the journal Fashion designers, it has taken us 14 years to understand Applied Physiology, Nutrition and ! ! * Shantanu and Nikhil Mehra what Shantanu & Nikhil as a brand Metabolism, showed that although sprint L * !!- are also going to present mean to the world. This rude awak- interval training works but the stair snack- + B & '! '! their first-ever grand finale ening has happened recently where ing approach was also effective. “Vigorously * !! for the LFW. Inspired by the we have fallen in love with the coun- climbing a few flights of stairs on your cof- ! & ! * beauty theme for the season, try we live in and feel the need to fee or bathroom break during the day Recruit SS’19 promises to bring back some of those glorious seems to be enough to boost fitness in peo- * ' ' *! take the audience on an moments of India and modernising ple who are otherwise sedentary,” said ! & empowering journey of This time they are giving red a it to cater to this new wave of the Jonathan Little, assistant professor at ! BP the culmination of mod- @$$2$ - 1 new dimension in matte flavour. emerging market called the millen- University of British Columbia in Canada. L * ern authority in the G..11 -. . $" Now this is a colour that they have nials,” said Shantanu. In addition to being more fit, the stair '* contemporary Indian never dabbled with. 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(Lakmé Fashion Week is slated to varying recovery times and the effect on of the millen- The designers feel like being kickstart from January 30 to February other health-related indicators such as nial Indian N21 ..BO “reborn in the world of fashion” as 3.) blood pressure and glycemic control, the @ L /.0 , woman. they call it their “ultimate exam.” As team noted. &56( L@ # , %, % " $ . ## $. ..0 A- 2$ O, ) , !4 $ ) , #M # # O L # ' ' " $ , , 1* , / .1 '' , #" J # # M %' " ' : '! & * ! ! doption is when a child grows t every stage of an # from her mommy’s heart Indian woman’s life, her # Ainstead of her tummy, believes Aname is invoked. She is Nandana Dev Sen, an award-win- portrayed as a quintessential ## ning actor, writer and child rights daughter, an ideal wife and a !"#! activist who released her first book, perfect mother in various ) In My Heart. illustrations, texts, stories, and 8 Accompanied with many illus- modern media. In Ramayana, trations, the book is well-imagined there are disparate perspec- , and sensitively told, encouraging O * ! tives and different brushes , all children to celebrate the * * - ' with which people have paint- # unique ways in which different ' * !! ed the character of Sita over families are born. the years. ! *& *'! L Nandana said, “As a child, Author Chitra Banerjee reader and an author, I’ve ' * '! ! Divakaruni has launched her , always adored books that were *!& + novel, The Forest of imaginative. Books that pro- Enchantments, which delves in !# < mote a kind, brave, inclusive C ! some rare archives from the # and sensitive view of the world, + * ' +P Indian epic with a new per- ) M without being preachy.” spective. She further said that adop- During the launch, com- L ! tion is a critical topic in India, Her books focusses on a larger bining her immense knowl- Mandodari. A powerful com- she wanted to show Sita’s desire where we have countless disenfran- understanding of belonging based on absolute respect and ease without edge of Indian mythology and ment on duty, betrayal, infi- to experience the world outside ) chised children whose lives could be love rather than biological relation. bullying or persecution. I’ve always the fascinating stories and delity and honour, it is also her confinement in a space ## transformed just by embracing them. It would speak equally to all non-tra- believed that children’s books can go events in Ramayana, the about women’s struggle to where she only took care of her Yet the topic is rarely discussed in ditional families, for instance chil- a long way in fostering a lifetime of author took the audience on a retain autonomy in a world in-laws. ) , mainstream media or in Indian pop- dren with homosexual parents, step empathy in impressionable minds — voyage of retrospection from that privileges men, as While the Ramayana res- J) < ular culture. siblings or a surrogate mother. She that’s one reason why I love them so the perspective of Sita. Divakaruni transforms an onates even today, the author ##, )# “There is still a fear of bullying wrote this one for all kids, with the much.’’ In this retelling, ancient tale into a gripping, in her book makes it more rel- # attached to adoption. We don’t have objective of widening their under- She believes that children’s books Divakaruni places Sita at the contemporary battle of wills. evant than ever through the # enough books yet that foster fami- standing of and regard for how dif- are the most influential and deli- centre of the novel calling it Divakaruni said, “I contin- underlying questions in the lies can directly relate to. They ferent kinds of families grow togeth- ciously infectious literature in the the “Sita’s version.” ued to discover myself novel — How should women , could use books as a tool to discuss er through love. world. They encourage them to The novel is also a human through Sita, who for me has be treated by their loved ones? their precious family identities. But Nandana said, “The dynamics of soar with their imagination, think story of a few other women in always been at the height of What are their rights in a rela- M yes we can see a wave of change flow- a non-traditional family has a great critically, ask questions and commu- the epic, often misunderstood the Ramayana.” tionship? When does a woman ing, the interest is quite rapidly deal to do with the world accepting nicate their thoughts and and relegated to the margins She talked about the con- need to stand up and say, ‘it’s increasing,” added the writer. its ‘normality’ and bond with feelings. — Kaikeyi, Surpanakha and dition of women. She told how enough.’ 1@7 !( $#) *# #%) ++,+-./ 7)
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he India Art Fair 2019 will see bring to mind the predicament of Neeraj Bakshy who excel in the strata a brilliant curation by young ‘being.’ What Camus submits to us in of the signature of Being. Daman aptly designer and thinker Ripu The Outsider, perhaps one of the most quotes Jean Paul Sartre’s “Being and Daman at the Art Indus cogent introspections into the heart of Nothingness” to echo the ideation. booth. Daman extols the ver- the human-condition, exposing our “Being-in-itself” is never either possi- balT philosophy and intentions of the existence ‘cut off from a sense of God, ble or impossible. This is what con- ageless Albert Camus in a curation that in benign indifference of the Universe’ sciousness expresses in anthropomor- includes stellar artists like Himmat — a stark realisation of the absurdity phic terms by saying that being is Shah, Rameshwar Broota, Rajendra that is life. Sartre and Heidegger have superfluous, that consciousness Tiku, Norio Takaoka, Amitava Das, examined this predicament as a absolutely cannot derive being from Vasundhara Tewari Broota, Neeraj “transphenomenality of being” — a anything, either from another being, or Bakshy, Nidhi Khurana, Anish Tiku and nothingness “where things overflow all from a possibility, or from a necessary R Erdjnz. the relationships and designations law. Un-created, without reason for Says Daman, “The exhibition which we attach to them and ‘being’ in being, without any connection with engages in pristine visual dialogue general and existence in partic- another being, being-in-itself is de trop with the visionary literature of ular is de trop (superfluous)”; for eternity.” Albert Camus as it brings to view “being existent one cannot Of course, when you look at Tiku’s works that instinctively depict escape this original contin- work, you think of the associations and the human condition. The exhi- gency, this obscene super- aspirations that add meaning and bition draws great relevance fluity” — a “Being for-itself,” momentousness to the sensibility of cre- from Camus’s humanitarian with no outside purpose to ating. Dummy and the Paper Bird 1980, quest as he looked for genuine give it meaning or direction”; created out of ink and vegetable stain on realities behind the order of a thrown projection of paper, has about it an ecological conno- things, positing a world inte- “Being.” This is akin to tation as well as a traversing of the past grated with nature, seeking what Heidegger refers to as when you look at the year it was creat- balance within the web of Dasein (as in Being-there- ed in. Tiku, the sterling sculptor who has complicities extant to a in-the-world). Rameshwar created silent soliloquies in sculpture, civilised world. The exhibi- Broota and Rajendra is a refreshing read in terms of what he tion endeavors to cross- Tiku’s works have always can offer the viewer on a winter’s day. examine our contempo- contemplated the “Being” Study for the Grey Areas of a Public raneity in light of the in a sense of the contra- Hydrant is another work that catches viewpoints that Camus positive, as a sublime your gaze for its subtle signature of nar- left us within a lifetime weakening from uni- rative and soothing tranquility even as of beauty and servi- versal to particular, a the image brings across a corollary of tude.” perspective of the conversations that flash through the He goes further omniscient narrator: tides of time. into the work and of light or time, like Then there is Himmat Shah’s thoughts of Camus God-searching Untitled (Kali 2006) and Neeraj Bakshy’s and adds that it is humans. Smelling the Roses, two works that the writer-philoso- However it is make us stop and think of all things pher’s first images Himmat Shah, amorphous and articulate in art’s many that definitively Rajendra Tiku and realms. 9 * @
eaving in elements of flora and of the human race were originally fauna is not a first for artist deer. Deer are sacred animals to many WShampa Sircar Das as she has tribes of the southwestern United States )?3 !"R( 8()83 had a felicity with these for many years. too; they are believed to have sacrificed But what still enchants is the manner themselves to feed the people, or are in which she brings in miniature tradi- considered caretakers of the earth. ')' ) ( $ tions to embellish her forests with ani- Deer songs and dances are common % "" $ '67B mal/bird and man/woman combina- throughout this region, with the deer tions beside flowers and trees. frequently serving as a symbol of the ' Centering around Indian mythol- people. In the Huichol tribe of central ogy, folklore and an intrinsic love for the Mexico, deer are especially sacred and beauty of nature, her Antardhwani at are associated with traditional spiritu- Chawla Art Gallery brings three art- ality. works into fore — Mayura, Mriga and Indian poets of antiquity used the Vriksha. They stand apart in their deer to embody our desires, and the depiction of the beauty of mother hunting of the deer as a metaphor for Earth and the songs and narratives that yoga, with the bow and arrow represent- can unravel and keep it blooming. ing simultaneous balance and focus. This work recalls all these epithets and !" is quite an epiphany. It is believed that Mayura or the peacock was created from one of the %"#&' feathers of Garuda (a bird in the Resplendent in red Sircar’s Vriksha is both a woman and a tree. If Hermann / !3 Hesse said trees are sanctuaries, we also know that trees are sacred in India and t would have been one of the most often associated with a god or a goddess. intriguing parts of somebody’s child- Some scholars believe that it is the tree Ihood — puppet shows. There was a time ( that was worshipped first, maybe for its when puppets told stories, jokes, interact- medicinal or symbolic purpose. Trees ed with humans, made the kids laugh and are an integral part of a deity’s symbol- most importantly, seemed to be like a real @*@ 0@ ism. The mango tree, for example, is character. associated with the love-god Kama, the To bring back the experience, from # ) 0 tulsi plant is dear to Vishnu, bilva is Brazil to Italy, Iceland to Tunisia — the associated with Shiva worship, blades of Ishara International Puppet Theatre Festival ## dhurva grass are offered to Ganesha, once again travels the world to curate its neem or margosa is sacred to the moth- line-up for this year’s edition. The festival # 2$ er goddess, coconut and banana are celebrates its 17th anniversary with a / associated with Lakshmi. The banyan diverse range of performances, communi- tree is associated with Yama, the god of cating across language barriers and defin- Hindu mythology and a carri- "#$ death and the tree is often planted out- ing the social, cultural and emotional er of Lord Vishnu). It is Sircar’s Mriga with fer- side the village near crematoria. It is bonds that humanity shares. depicted as a mythical tile antlers from which a believed to be the abode of spirits. Besides many Indian puppet artists, bird which had killed veritable forest grows is Indians knew the banyan tree as the there will be performers from across four a snake. According another masterpiece. Vata-vriksha. When the British came to continents showcasing an array of talent to many Hindu The deer stands tall, India, they noticed that members of the from over 150 international puppet com- scriptures, it sym- strong and majestic trading community would sit under it panies. bolises the cycle as it looks at the and named it banyan, a derivative of From the traditional to modern forms of time. Sircar many predica- bania. Technically, ficus benghalensis, of puppetry, ranging from rod to string pup- creates Mayura as ments that whirl the banyan belongs to the fig family. pets, there will be a range of performances a beauteous crea- around it. Sircar Pipal is also a variant of fig, which with dance, theatre and music. The festival, ture, full of grace unconsciously her- became especially popular in Buddhist that has been curating puppet shows for and contoured alds man’s selfish- times because it was under this tree that over thirty years, aims to educate, enrich classicism, replete ness and the power Lord Buddha attained enlightenment. and transform communities through pup- with a deep adoration and uncanny grace of The tree also represents time as well petry. formances of new groups from Brazil to of the forest and its the animal in her paint- as space. The world is, according to Some participating countries are UK, Iceland along with various unconvention- habitat. Mythology says ing. In the Vedic texts, the Saraswati takes the form of a red deer Hindu, Buddhist and Jain mythologies, Spain, Turkey, Brazil, Sweden, Norway, al acts. For instance, the one by Italy uses that peacocks once had dull deer becomes a metaphor of the called Rohit. Saraswati is the goddess of shaped like a disc that rests on the back Israel, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Taiwan, Japan, soap bubbles as a medium for puppetry. tail feathers. In a battle between restless mind that is pinned to the sky learning, so learned men use deer skin of a turtle and is surrounded by oceans Iran, Afghanistan, Ireland, Belgium, Italy, There’s a lot in store and we are delighted Ravana and Lord Indra, the bird had by Rudra, the Vedic form of Shiva. as clothing and mats to sit upon. A gold- of milk and treacle.Vriksha then is about Germany, Switzerland, Australia and the to have the audience experience it,” says spread its feathers wide open to allow Tamil story images of Shiva often show en deer plays an important role in the the beginning and the end, indicating USA. Dadi D Pudumjee, founder, the Ishara Indra to hide behind them and thus him holding a deer in his hand, thus epic Ramayana. the radial nature of Indian thought. The “It’s been over thirty years of Ishara pup- Puppet Theatre Trust. wage a war. Indeed, it was able to save relieving the ‘mind-deer’ of anxiety. Deer are associated with fertility in seed that springs from the tree repre- pet theatre and the love for puppetry has (The festival begins from February 1 and Indra, in return for which the lord In Hindu mythology, the Aitareya many Native American cultures. In sents stillness and the elemental bindu grown in people. For us, 2019 is the year of will go on till February 9 at the Indian made the peacock’s feathers iridescent. Upanishad tells us that the goddess some Mexican tribes, the first parents from which all things emerge. celebration. One will witness that in the per- Habitat Centre.) 1# 2 , G # / %& , ,- G :'&5 , 0) ! # # , / +( % ( ,-. 1 * # 37 /) $ @ , , @ - # * # &'' )# O * A, - ), "! G % 0 , (+ , @ )! , , 1 ( , , ) " # &P &' &Q # # # # O ! , &:Q ) # # ,! # # ) ! 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According to Gopichand, the @ @ :' "In 2008 (Beijing Olympics) — the change in Indian badminton over # , quarterfinal results was the biggest result, the last 10 years has been "fantas- / J , , , in 2012 (London Olympics) we had the tic". ,# first-ever Bronze (Saina Nehwal), in 2016 remembered for men's singles Championship medal, Olympic "Fantastic, I would say. The 0) ) (Rio Olympics) we had the first-ever players, whether it is Nandu medal and all other medals — and sport has jumped in all parameters. J , / J Silver (P V Sindhu) and, hopefully, 2020 Natekar, Suresh Goel, Prakash you can still look at her and say 'she Prakash (Padukone) Sir played , , , ! (Tokyo Olympics) we will have the first- (Padukone) Sir or Syed Modi. has two Olympics to go at least', and leagues in Denmark, Vimal , @ @ ever Gold," Gopichand said on Monday. "It is how that whole thing was. that is something fantastic," he (Kumar) played in UK, I have :5 ) The former All England champion was The change to that (perception) noted. played in Germany and today we ) , ,# speaking after felicitating the seven win- happened (and for that) Saina Gopichand said he was able to host the biggest league in the world , @J! ## # ners of the IDBI Federal Quest for Excellence (Nehwal) was important. pass on the formula for winning to (Premier Badminton League). , ) # / #Young Champ programme, who will "We needed somebody with his students at an early age. "Things have changed. We K undergo training at his academy in that kind of push, hunger, will to "I won the All England have (Carolina) Marin coming . K Hyderabad. win, because (being) the first per- (Championship) at 27 and all my here to play, Viktor (Axelson) com- Gopichand said earlier badminton son to come out and win is very dif- life I wish I had won All England ing here to play. was remembered for men's singles players ficult," the veteran shuttler said. at 20, then I would have had so "Tournaments in those coun- Al-Ain: @ - J ## like Nandu Natekar, Suresh Goel and He heaped praise on Sindhu, many more years of experience. tries are stopped because we have , # * 1 # - @ Prakash Padukone, among others, but saying the 2016 Rio Olympics "When we were starting off leagues more popular than theirs. # Nehwal changed the perception. Silver medallist has at least two (with coaching), it was my mom's The earnings of top players have ! :5 $ 2 "Well, yes. For a long time before these . 04A647I 0%& J() ", more Olympics left. statement — `if you had won gone up. They are encouraging a ,# , ) girls (referring to Nehwal, P V Sindhu) 4A6>9I 0% J()" 0%0 "It is great to see what Sindhu early, or if your kids (students) will whole set of people to take the sport came out, badminton was primarily 00 % ! " # has achieved — World win early, they will have enough forward," he signed off. ## @ - J * 0, -J @ - # :'&Q ) # &T 11 % 0/ - # ) &'' ) ,:''6 - champion Carolina Marin at the quarterfinals. With the 2020 Olympic qualification period Saina, on the other hand, had an impressive starting from April, the Indian trio of Sameer, ! lympic Silver medallist P V Sindhu will start to the season, losing semifinal spot at Praneeth and Prannoy will look to put the best Wijk Aan Zee: G A Oresume her quest for glory in the new Malaysia Masters, which was the first World Tour foot forward. @ ) season, while Saina Nehwal and Kidambi Super 500 tournament of the season. Sameer will begin the season with a clash #, ! Srikanth aim to continue their impressive The London Olympic Bronze medallist will with the legendary Lin Dan, Praneeth faces $ J @ run when they start their campaign at the take on a qualifier in the opening round and faces Olympic champion Chen Long, while Prannoy A - ) Indonesia Masters, starting with qualifiers the prospect of meeting Japan's Akane Yamaguchi, meets Chinese Taipei's Chou Tien Chen in the # , ) # on Tuesday. seeded fourth, at the quarters. first round. Seeded second Sindhu has been a cut Srikanth, who also entered the quarterfinals In men's doubles, it will be a clash between above other Indians as she claimed Silver at Kuala Lumpur last week, plays his first match two Indian combination with Satwiksairaj ) ) medals at all the major events — against Malaysia's Liew Daren. Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty taking on Manu Q Q # , Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and The eighth seeded Indian will be joined by oth- Attri and B Sumeeth Reddy. , # World Championship, before ending the ers such as Sameer Verma, B Sai Praneeth and HS Women's doubles pair of Ashwini Ponnappa # , # year with the prestigious World Tour Final Prannoy. and N Sikki Reddy will square off against title, the first Indian to achieve the feat. Sameer had enjoyed a good run last season, Thailand's eighth seed Jongkolphan Kititharakul / # $ # After the engagements of Premier winning titles at Swiss Open, Hyderabad Open and Rawinda Prajongjai, while mixed doubles 0 1 # " Badminton League (PBL), Sindhu decided and Syed Modi International. He also qualified pair of Satwiksairaj and Ashwini will pair up to , # to skip last week's Malaysia Masters and she for the World Tour Finals at the last moment and clash with seventh seeded English husband-wife ! , # , ! 9 Q will begin her campaign against former secured at a creditable semifinal finish. combination of Chris Adcock and Gabriella A "! Olympic Gold medallist China's Li Xuerui Praneeth also had a forgottable 2018 but Adcock. # G on Wednesday. dished out some good performances at the PBL Another mixed doubles pair of Pranaav Jerry # # The 23-year-old from Hyderabad is and would look to translate the confidence in the Chopra and Sikki will face fourth seed Indonesian expected to clash with reigning Olympic international circuit. combo of Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir. Sydney: # - * J K # / 11 .G @1 ) # , P ! ,%< !! + # # :Q $ @ / , .G8 . *1E@/ , ) , ) # ) B , , ) $ " &! Q Recovering from an ankle injury * ,U # # that forced him out of the Australia tour, the U U/ , ) , .18$ young Prithvi Shaw on Monday said he will be # , $* . two pretty good openers at fit in time for the 12th season of Indian Premier # U U" the top, Sharma and Dhawan, League. usmane Dembele gave -J # # $@/ ew Zealand's senior-most before he gets in," Taylor was The 19-year-old Shaw suffered the injury OBarcelona a glimpse into , )J batsman Ross Taylor on quoted as saying by in Australia before the the future but Barcelona still N @ 1 ) , Monday urged his team to stuff.Co.Nz. start of the four-match needed Lionel Messi to beat focus on the Indian top-order Taylor had his first net Test series. Leganes 3-1 and restore their , K U# rather than "get caught up" session at the McLean Park "I will be fit before five-point lead at the top of K K , with run-machine Virat Kohli after his finger injury during the Indian Premier La Liga. , , during the upcoming limited the home series against Sri League and I am trying Messi had started on the overs series. Lanka. hard to reach full fitness. bench, rested by coach The tour starts on While Kohli averages a I am working on my Ernesto Valverde, and for just Wednesday with the first ODI staggering 113 in ODIs in ankle as well as on my over an hour at the Camp in Napier. India will be play- 2018, Taylor's average is 92 in upper body," Shaw told Nou, Dembele filled the void ing five One-dayers and three the same period across 13 'India TV'. by scoring the opening goal T20 against the 'Black Caps'. ODIs. The Mumbai open- in a sparkling individual dis- Entering the Test series "I've played a few inter- er has been retained by Delhi Capitals for what play. fouled by a high foot. worried about how to decode nationals now and under- will be his second season. The 21-year-old, howev- "It was a clear foul," Kohli, the Australians recently learnt it the stand my role in the team. I've worked on The batsman twisted his ankle while er, limped off with a sprained coach Mauricio Pellegrino hard way as Cheteshwar Pujara stole the my game and try and rotate the strike early fielding in the deep during practice match ankle in the 69th minute, said. thunder Down Under, helping his team to and be as busy as I can. Different shots ahead of the first Test in Adelaide. shortly after Leganes had "Barca don't need these an epic triumph. Taylor doesn't want his against spinners at different stages have Having stayed on with the team hoping to equalised through Martin kind of decisions to help team to follow a similar approach. maybe evolved my game in a positive way," be fit for the second Test in Perth, Shaw was Braithwaite and Valverde them." "He's (Kohli) a sensational player, the Taylor said. "But you're still human and you eventually ruled out of the remainder of the responded by intro- But VAR disagreed best one-day player going around, easily. still have to start again, and it's exciting series and sent back home for an extensive reha- ducing Messi. and Barca advanced to It's easy to get caught up in him. You've got against India." bilitation programme. PTI He needed only what was, in truth, a seven minutes to make fully deserved victory. an impact as his bend- It means they regain ing shot was followed their hefty advantage up by Luis Suarez, who over Atletico Madrid at the poked the ball in ahead of top of the table, with the dif- Leganes goalkeeper Pichu ference ahead of Real Madrid Cuellar. Messi then rounded also back to 10 points. off the win by scoring him- Leganes had beaten self in injury-time. Barcelona at home in Leganes had protested September but that remains against Suarez's finish, con- the high point of their sea- vinced that Pichu had been son. They stay 14th. !( $#) *# #%) ++,+-./ ! @9 . . ! 1 P1 4 4 1 9 1
.1 82 $. three against the world's top-ranked player. Halep did better early in the second set, erena Williams subdued a stubborn and when the American did break her in the fightback from world number one third game she immediately broke back. SSimona Halep to take her quest for a Standing well behind the baseline, she record-equalling 24th major into the sea- drew Williams into more rallies and began son's first Grand Slam quarter-finals on to find her range, hitting the corners to move Monday. the American around. The 37-year-old American beat the Halep broke again to take a set off Romanian top seed 6-1, 4-6, 6-4 in an epic Williams, celebrating with a fired-up dou- three-setter to line up a last eight clash with ble fist pump. Czech eighth seed Karolina Pliskova. The turning point came in the sixth It was Williams' first match against a game of the third set when Halep clawed world number one since returning after three break points but Williams held and having a baby in September 2017 and the took a decisive break in the fifth. American showed why many already regard her as the greatest of all time. She unleashed an early onslaught and World number one Simona Halep Halep was in danger crumbling before the remained upbeat after a gutsy display French Open champion regrouped for a against 23-time Grand Slam champion stirring comeback. Williams, who is on a mission this year for "It was an intense match and there were a record equalling 24th title. some incredible points," Williams said. When asked to rate her campaign she '2I3I,/#/.#@ "She's the number one player in the replied: "Close to 10." "I have the courage to world and there's a reason why... (but) I'm say that, because I took the risk to stay home such a fighter, I just never give up." so much (for off-season rest). Williams won her 23rd Grand Slam "I haven't prepared for the highest level #7I9*I@/*I9$ Down Under two years ago while two in tennis, but I didn't play bad, so I'm happy months pregnant and is about the way that it's been going this tour- the bookies' favourite to nament. I take only the positives. I had great .1 82 $. lot, because, you know, you just claim an eighth Australian matches." Halep was not concerned her could not rely on the one-two title, despite being seeded fourth-round exit could cost her the num- rained Novak Djokovic punch tactics." Djokovic reached 16th. ber one ranking, saying she preferred to con- admitted he "didn't feel his 43rd Grand Slam quarter- Another major would centrate on tournament results. Dso great" after surviving final to stay on course for a match Margaret Court's tally and an "The main goal is just to play as good a physical fourth-round exam- record seventh Australian Open intensely-focused Williams had not as I can every match, to win every match I ination against 15th seed Daniil title, but will next have to con- dropped a set in three matches before meet- play, so the ranking doesn't really matter," Medvedev at the Australian quer marathon man Nishikori. ing Halep. she said. Open. The Japanese number one Williams' started slowly when she "At this stage I have to work hard to get The world number one was in trouble at two sets down allowed Halep to bring up three break the level back, to feel 100 percent every came through an almost three- before winning a third five-set- points in the opening game, conceding with match. So I'll work for that." and-a-half hour, four-set grind ter in four matches to get past a double fault. As for her immediate plans, Halep said that extended into the early Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta. But the American broke back in the she would be resting up and closely watch- hours of Tuesday morning. "Congratulations to him for next, racing to the net for an overhead ing the rest of the season-opening Grand Djokovic dropped a set for fighting back from two sets to smash when one of her powerfully hit Slam. the second match running but love down and break down. He's returns flew high off Halep's racquet. "I'll just go home, I will rest and I will won 6-4, 6-7 (5/7), 6-2, 6-3 at a fighter," said Djokovic. She then ran away with the first set 6- watch tennis," she said. "I'm also curious 12:43 am to set up a quarter-final "He's a very talented player. 1 in 20 minutes, blasting 10 winners to 11% @ 0 % I0% 00$ about who is going to win." against Japan's eighth seeded Kei One of the quickest players on Nishikori on Wednesday. the tour. You know, hard work- Serb Djokovic and Russian er. I have lots of respect for him." Medvedev both needed atten- The Australian Open is & 65 Q) %C " tion from the trainer during an Djokovic's most successful exhausting encounter liberally major and a seventh crown sprinkled with punishing rallies would put him clear of six- of 30 shots or more. times champion Roger Federer, 8 'D$$ "I didn't feel so great, you who was eliminated on Sunday, know, in the last 20 minutes of and Australian great Roy the match," Djokovic told Emerson, whose six wins all .1 82 $. reporters. came before the Open era. .1 82 $. 63-minute duration of the first two "So we'll see tomorrow how Victory at this year's apanese US Open champion Naomi sets. the body reacts, but I'm confi- Australian Open would be the JOsaka ground her way into quarter-final urious fourth seed Alexander "Yeah, I mean, it's just tough to dent I can recover and I can be Serb's 15th in Grand Slams, with sixth seed Elina Svitolina on Monday. FZverev crashed out of the name one thing (I did well). I did- ready for next one," he said. putting him third on the all- As the second week of the opening Australian Open on Monday but n't serve well, didn't play well from "It was just, you know, a lit- time winner list — one ahead Grand Slam of the year got underway, said he "felt better" after smashing the baseline. Against a quality play- tle bit of fatigue, a little bit of of American great Pete fourth seed Osaka was still standing after his racquet to pieces in frustration. er like him, it's tough to come back back. Nothing major. But there Sampras, but behind Rafael emerging from an error-strewn first set Zverev erupted in the second set from that." are a couple of things that have Nadal's 17 titles and Federer's against crafty Latvian Anastasija Sevastova of a 6-1, 6-1, 7-6 (7/5) fourth-round Zverev left the court to cool off surfaced," said the 14-time 20. to win 4-6, 6-3, 6-4. humiliation by Canadian 16th seed and at least was competitive when Grand Slam champion. It would be his third major The victory left the bubbly 21-year-old Milos Raonic, hammering his rac- he returned for the third set which "It was kind of a cat-and-a- in a row after winning with a last-eight clash against ambitious quet into the ground eight times to he took to a tiebreak. mouse game for most of the Wimbledon and the US Open Ukrainian Svitolina, who battled past leave it a mangled mess. "I obviously tried to come back match. and set him up for a crack at the American Madison Keys 6-2, 1-6, 6-1. "Yeah, it made me feel better. I and obviously in the third set I start- "We had rallies of 40, 45 "Novak Slam". It will be a new experience for whoever was very angry, so I let my anger ed to play a little bit better, but, you exchanges. That's why I think it The French Open comes wins that showdown, with neither of them out," he told reporters. know, it was a little bit too late was physically exhausting. next and victory at Roland going beyond the quarter-finals at . I % K $ And the volatile German was already." But the 21-year-old, Garros would mean he holds all Melbourne Park before. surprised when asked if he had done widely regarded as the flag- O H four majors. Osaka beat Williams to clinch the title deciding set that went to deuce 11 times as it before. "You never watched my bearer for the next gener- "His backhand is very, very Earlier, Japanese fighter Kei at Flushing Meadows in 2018. It propelled Keys chased a decisive break. matches? You should watch my ation, said he would solid. He didn't give me much Nishikori recovered from two her to stardom, but she has been far from But the American's resolve crumbled matches," he smiled. not let another early from that side, but, you know, sets down to reach the convincing at her first major since. when Svitolina held off five break points Zverev was tipped as a future Slam exit get him you can't always play on the fore- Australian Open quarter-finals "I didn't give up, she was playing real- then gained an advantage in the next game. Grand Slam champion after a break- down. hand. with an epic win over Pablo ly well and I wasn't really sure what to do "I had to put my level up, I'm glad I through 2018 that saw him win the L % "Now I'm not happy, but I'm not "You have to open up the Carreno Busta 6-7 (8/10), 4-6, at a certain point, but I just tried to stick handled the pressure," said Svitolina, who ATP Tour Finals, beating Novak % $ depressed, either. It's fine. It's a ten- court and try to be patient and 7-6 (7/4), 6-4, 7-6 (10/8). in there," she said. scored her biggest career win at the WTA Djokovic and Roger Federer in the nis match. I have learned to take construct the point." The 31- It was Nishikori's third "I was watching all these kids winning. Finals in Singapore last October. process. start of the match but then implod- tennis matches as tennis matches year-old Serb crucially saved five-setter of the tournament Last night (Stefanos) Tsitsipas beat (Roger) "It was very hard because the sun was Instead it was a familiar tale of ed to lose nine straight games in an and not the end of the world," he three break points at 1-2, 0-40 in and the second time the never- Federer and I was like whoa, and I decid- burning my eyes when I was tossing the woe as he failed to make the last- error-strewn disaster. said. the pivotal third set to break the say-die eighth seed had recov- ed I wanted to do well too." ball, so I was very happy to win." eight of a major for the 14th time "I mean, I played bad. The first "If I would think it's the end of tenacious 22-year-old's resolve. ered from two sets behind. Svitolina needed to dig deep to over- Svitolina was a quarter-finalist last year in 15 majors. two sets especially I played horrible," the world every time I lose a tennis "Even though it was three His win over the 23rd seed- come 17th seeded Keys, a US Open final- and has set her sights high after her break- The world number four broke admitted Zverev, who committed match, I would be very depressed sets to one, it seems like a five- ed Spaniard took a marathon ist in 2017. The turning point was a through in Singapore, targeting a Grand former world number three eight double faults and 16 unforced about 15 to 20 times a year. So I'm set match, really," said Djokovic. 5hr 5min after an opening set marathon 16-minute game early in the Slam win and world number one. Raonic's formidable serve at the errors against eight winners in the not going to do that." "It was draining physically a that alone lasted 76 minutes. " $$ ' . %*J*0E
.1 82 $. Australian looks imposing. But Barty, whose best show- .1 82 $. ometown hope Ashleigh ing at a major is the US Open HBarty faces a tough battle fourth round last year, has wel- elentless Rafael Nadal will aim to snuff against Czech veteran Petra comed the pressure, saying this Rout the challenge of young giant- Kvitova for a spot in the semi- year's career plan was always to killer Frances Tiafoe on Tuesday, while finals on Tuesday but will have "go deep into Slams". young Greek Stefanos Tsitsipas has eyes on the entire host nation cheering "I feel like that was the next a maiden semi-final after knocking out her on. step for me," she said. Roger Federer. The other contest for a final Russia's Pavlyuchenkova, The tournament hits the quarter- four berth pits the unseeded the world number 44, is a play- final stage in Melbourne with 17-time pairing of Anastasia er who has been threatening to Grand Slam winner Nadal emerging as a Pavlyuchenkova and Danielle reach the next level for several strong title favourite. Collins against one another, years but still remains on the The Spaniard has not dropped a set with both players seeking Grand fringes of success at the majors. and demolished former world number four Slam breakthroughs. The 27-year-old's match Tomas Berdych 6-0, 6-1, 7-6 (7/4) in the Barty, 22, entered this year's against Collins is her second fourth round in an awesome display. tournament as 15th seed but car- appearance in the quarter-finals Lying in his path is American Tiafoe ries massive pressure from at Melbourne Park and her who has already an Australian public des- 5 &! 7 fourth overall at Grand Slams. accounted for the !4 >?"4 9 ! , perate for Grand Slam suc- She is yet to progress further fifth seed Kevin !4 >??"4 cess after becoming the first ( &A)3&$&3) . but showed admirable resilience Anderson and ( &A)3&$&3) . local to make the last eight to fight back after dropping a set become a fans' in a decade. to US fifth seed Sloane Stephens favourite with his exuberant LeBron James She has already downed in a third-round match. style celebrations and inspiring life story. five-time Grand Slam champi- Her opponent was a large- The son of immigrants from Sierra 9 . % % $ on Maria Sharapova and is on a ly unknown quality after play- Leone, Tiafoe turned 21 on Sunday and red-hot run of form, winning ing much of her tennis on the celebrated his birthday by beating 20th four Grand Slams at least twice. He held off 12 break points before seven of her eight matches this US college circuit, but grabbed seed Grigor Dimitrov to reach a Slam quar- flummoxing the Swiss master in four sets. year. the tennis world's attention with ter-final for the first time. OH H He faces another Spaniard, the in- But against the eighth-seed- a 6-0, 6-2 drubbing of second "I'm so excited to play Rafa. We're "He's a very dynamic player, aggressive form Roberto Bautista Agut. ed Kvitova, Barty is up against seed Angelique Kerber in the going to have some fun, going to have one. Of course, he's dangerous. He's in The 22nd seed beat Novak Djokovic one of the few players on tour fourth round. some long rallies." quarter-finals." on his way to the title in Doha earlier this who can boast a richer vein of "3% % $ World number 35 Collins Nadal said he was aware of the young Tsitsipas was thrust into the global month before ending Andy Murray's 2019 form. had never won a match at a world number 39, and would be on his spotlight after ending double defending hopes, and possibly his career, in the first Kvitova has won all nine of With two Wimbledon titles Melbourne quarters is the fur- Grand Slam in five previous guard against a man he had never played. champion Federer's quest for a record sev- round in Melbourne. her matches this year, including in her trophy cabinet, the 28- thest she has gone at a major. attempts before arriving in "He has everything. He's quick. He enth title. Bautista Agut is looking to extend his a three-set win over Barty in the year-old Kvitova has experience Throw in the fact that Melbourne and putting three serves well. Very quick forehand," said the The gifted 20-year-old has already 2019 win streak to 10 matches and a final of the Sydney International going deep into Grand Slams, Kvitova has a 3-0 record against seeds to the sword on the way to 2009 champion who is aiming to become secured his place in history as the first potential all-Spanish semi-final against warm-up tournament. while Barty's run to the Barty and the task facing the the fourth round. the only man in the Open era to win all Greek to reach a Grand Slam quarter-final. Nadal.