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overnment to even g arket their products. m teacher in North A he advertisement. They t bserving that “we are more o hat the child should be shift t or the children and especial f o the earlier judgment. t

nacceptable for the u uild one before they can b romote and the content of p . eachers, too, are unhappy t he Centre to be represented, t ruary 1). In case they decide b akers to cultivate respect m buse…” the Bench referred a

rgued that it was a dvertisers will have to a overnment school G companies] wish to [ oon. The Bench also asked n his court by tomorrow (Fe t bligation of the law and law o teps for stopping this kind of s

ndia University, Bengaluru, I ompound walls, the c istory of a region,” he said. h o see the product they t he advocate in the after t hall submit a report before s mable reasons and it is the o orever. There is need to take f

ational Law School of N chools where there are no s hey can paint things on the t creened rst. “We will have s he court agreed to hear T ompany the doctors. They c ere “rampant for unfath w ong. Sorrow and fear haunt l

entre for Child and Law, C ccording to Mr. Sait, in A hat all proposals will be t alls to be colourful, then w he morning. t ervices Authority shall ac S rimes against girl children c ind. The mental agony lasts m

radhya, fellow at the A acked compound walls. l If the department wants “ inister Tanveer Sait said M ate Alakh Alok Srivastava in c on incharge of Delhi Legal s f India and Another that o isastrous eect on her d

ecision. V.P. Niranjan d ,075 of 4,676 high schools 1 onsider such a proposal. c econdary Education S entioning made by advo m ecretary or any other per S yers Association vs. Union w im of such a crime, there is t

inister to reconsider the M lementary schools, and e arnataka’s Primary and K n the child in an urgent o xpressed by this court. The e Once she becomes a vic “ reme Court Women La p

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017, as many as 9,297 of 2 arious stakeholders, V eachers and educationists. t rescribing a “higher p he court referred to its T The concerned doctors “ JI Dipak Misra was apprised C

re featured, he said. a ducation says in 2016 E rawn the ire of parents, d eport today eport R threejudge Bench led by A rant of compensation”. g f society and work towards o

n “good taste for children” i nformation System for I easure to raise funds, has m he premier institute. t ould respond to the agony w en to the child apart from v

hat only products that are t he District T escribe as a desperate d ossibility of shifting her to p dmitted. a ts hope that Parliament i riate treatment has to be gi p

,” she said. alls w epartment will ensure d ove, which critics m how concern and appro s where the baby was ital p hild’s side to consider the c esire in man” and reiterated d

chool walls. The s uild compound b dvertise products. The a en place, the State has to k awati Saran Children’s Hos l edical Sciences to the M onceive of any kind of carnal c

ts responsibility to i heir products on t overnment school walls to g n a special ambulance to Ka i rom the All India Institute of f ious gift to mankind, cannot r brutal sexual oence has ta a

dvertisers to paint a overnment is evading g et private companies use l t said a child was a “glo I he court saying “when such t n order to send two doctors a hile rushing two specialists w

acred space? It shows s lready allowing a overnment has decided to g reatment and special care, t ous and repulsive”. d r. Srivastava had moved M oice. The court then passed v

arnataka, were K ommercialising this c ement, as the State c et the necessary medical g ere nothing but “horren w ourt recorded in the order. C ern for the child in one c

hink of t specially in rural e nything from cars to a ourtroom, expressing con c ed to a Delhi hospital should t uish at such crimes which g ooperate,” the Supreme c

hat some schools, t an the government c nto billboards hawking i onthold rape victim admit m he court expressed its an T arents of the child shall fully p ade their presence in the m

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and provide the essential in slowed down; on the other, cluding weather aberrations the ‘Save Cow, Save Nation’ rally in Bikaner on Wednesday. * PTI said. stitutional support,” he the very sustainability of the and fall in commodity prices wrote, stressing the need to ricewheat cropping system internationally. Punjab had revert to the earlier sharing is under threat due to over been requesting that the pattern to improve farm in exploitation of natural re sharing pattern be reverted Power reforms to be completed by March come, make agriculture sources,” he wrote. to 90:10, as that would facili IN BRIEF more sustainable and pro tate the ecient implemen Rajasthan govt. initiative emphasises use of information technology by discoms mote crop diversication. No resources tation of schemes and en “On the one hand, growth Pointing out that the sharing courage investments in Special Correspondent and execution of the loss re hyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana for proved the services of in productivity and real farm pattern of programmes such agriculture,” he added. JAIPUR duction mechanism. rural areas was being imple discoms. The faulty meters The Chief Minister’s power At a meeting of the discom mented eectively, he said. would be replaced on priori sector reforms programme ocials here on Wednesday, ty, he added. will be completed in Rajas the three discoms’ chairper ‘Improved services’ Mr. Gupta said the trans than by March this year with son Shreemat Pandey said Jaipur Discom’s managing di mission and distribution Bihar IAS ocer suspended the emphasis on the use of the metering and billing rector R.G. Gupta said the IT losses in the lowtension information technology by were the areas that required initiatives in the domains of power lines would be re Sidhu hands over cheque Was booked in disproportionate assets case along with wife the public sector power dis greater eciency in order to revenue management sys duced by about 8% through to award recipient tribution companies in a big ensure the success of re tem, Web portal for consum 33 KV and 11 KV system im MAHAWA (PUNJAB) Special Correspondent batch IAS ocer, and his Anand was issued on way for revenue generation forms. The Deendayal Upad ers and video wall had im provement plans. Punjab Minister Navjot Singh Patna wife were booked under the Tuesday. Sidhu on Wednesday handed An IAS ocer facing a dis case on January 2 following over a 1 lakh cheque to National Bravery Awards proportionate assets case which a raid was also con ‘Links with sand maa’ recipient Karanbir Singh, who was suspended by Bihar go ducted on their premises in Mr. Anand was District Ma rescued 15 children after a vernment with immediate Bihar and Jharkhand. gistrate of Chhapra when bus fell from a bridge here in eect and attached to the of Earlier, the State Vigilance charges were levelled 2016. ce of Divisional Commis Unit was probing the charg against him for conniving The State Local Government sioner of Patna for the pe es against them for amassing with sand maa. He was re and Tourism Minister gave riod of suspension. The IAS 2.6 crore, disproportionate moved from his post follow the cheque to Karanbir, who ocer’s wife too was named to the known sources of ing alleged dereliction of du was 17 years old then, at his in the case. their income. A notication ty that led to a boat mishap residence in Mahawa. PTI Deepak Anand, a 2007 for the suspension of Mr. which killed 24 people. Singrauli pollution: plea in NGT against inaction ‘Green panel order not being followed’

PRESS TRUST OF INDIA air quality monitoring sys New Delhi tems in Singrauli and Soneb A plea alleging inaction by hadra districts and ordered the authorities to curb pol installation of reverse osmo lution in Singrauli and So sis water plants for provid nebhadra districts of Mad ing safe drinking water. hya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh respectively due to Supervisory panels industrial and mining activi It had last year formed two ties has been led in the Na supervisory committees in tional Green Tribunal. Uttar Pradesh and Madhya The petition led by an Pradesh comprising secre advocate has claimed that tary of the Environment de despite December 6, 2017, partment of the respective order of the NGT, neither States, Member Secretaries the industries, nor the con of State Pollution Control cerned authorities have ta Boards, District Magistrates ken any step to improve the and others, who were asked environment in the area and to submit a monthly report people were made to suer on the pollution in the area. due to pollution. Petitioner Ashwani Du The tribunal had earlier bey said although the com directed the Uttar Pradesh mittee has been formed but and Madhya Pradesh go it has not taken any step to vernments to install online restore the environment. U.P. to give jobs to kin of martyrs

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eld discussions on Wednes h hana Yatra’, a Statewide t ny announcement prior to a anduri Nala project. B ied with each other to make v he rst day of the threeday t hursday. T o the deities. t

r. Nagaraj said the outt M f Karnataka BJP’s ‘Parivar o ive us any relief. If he makes g mcft water for the Kalasa t eople in large numbers p ammakkaSarakka altar on S akka will arrive on m he jatara and oer prayers t

he issue on January 25. t n the concluding ceremony i he Prime Minister fails to t er, is seeking release of 7.56 t ould heal all diseases, and c u before proceeding to the g f the jatara, and deity Sam o ingh is scheduled to visit S

bserved by the outts on o n February 4 to participate o uru bandh on February 4 if l haring Mahadayi river wa s ip in the Jampanna vagu d oly dip at the Jampanna va h arks the ocial beginning m arh Chief Minister Raman g

Statewide bandh was A r. Modi will be in the city M We will observe a Benga “ ocked horns with Goa on l atara. It is believed that a j ens of thousands took a T he arrival of Sarakka T n Thursday, Chhattis O

ress government. g e told PTI. h annada bodies, said. K arnataka, which has K .m. p wo deities adorn the altar. t

rogramme against the Con p hat, then we will call it o,” t n umbrella organisation of a n the issue.” o ome to the altar before 8 c ered auspicious when the d

at Medaram village on Wednesday.

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ng “he has no idea about the i ion, Vatal Nagaraj,who t

rrival was delayed as tribal a ush of pilgrims is expected r taking out a protest rally.

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ot intervene to nd a solu n emarks of Mr. Nagaraj,say r A le photo of proKannada activists led by Vatal Nagaraj age located 4 km away. The l ide over the jatara. A huge s

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ad Joshi, addressing a public l owever, they would go H re considered ‘sacred’ a istrict ocials from the d

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BJP national president Amit “ rime Minister Narendra P a from Kannepally village k ue were jampacked and de n

mit Shah criticised A u bandh’ on February 4, if r ay with the arrival of Sarak w ll roads leading to the ve A

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ellow in the United F ork being on selfreliant w ectares last year when they h ho has grown chilli in 20 w

nd 2000, he was a ROPA a he central target of his t ropping extent of 57,000 c farmer, R. Gopoalakrishna, a

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ours and several presti n reme strategic value for nu t rop only on 21,000 hectares c cre this year going by the a

he recipient of many ho t tructural materials of ex s ave grown the commercial h et about 40 quintals per g

r. Srivastava has been M elopment of advanced v armers in the district F akh per acre and expect to l

engaluru. B uted exclusively in the de b . I have spent about 1.50 “ he Hindu he T

titute of Science, s r. Srivastava has contri M 3,500 per quintal. ays in a conversation with s

ate degree from Indian In r umbai. M rice nosediving to as low as p ant Director M. Hariprasad t

e has obtained docto H habha National Institute, B rn parts, Horticulture Assis e erience last year with the p

umbai, till March 2017. M ior Professor in Homi n ounting the nightmarish ex c er acre in the rainfed west p

as working with BARC, w arch 2017). He is also a se M er facility and 20 quintals t ith a sense of relief after re w

chool, Mumbai in 1984 and S BARC), Mumbai (until ( astern parts with better wa e adu village near Korispadu p

atch of BARC Training b tomic Research Centre A roup of farmers in Pamidi g 5 quintals per acre in the 2

ee, he joined the 28th k or three decades in Bhabha f o the previous year,” says a t ime with an average yield of t

rom the University of Roor f ive, NFC, and had worked t uctivity will be high this d o be less this year compared t

metallurgical engineer A as the Deputy Chief Execu w ivals at the market are likely r ompared to last year, pro c

y (DAE). g rior to this assignment, he P uintal as in 2016 as the ar q rastically come down when d

ich experience R epartment of Atomic Ener D hough the acreage has T o up further to 13,000 per g

lear components for the c ark. We expect the price to m ng the freshly plucked chilli. i

an of the NFC Board. m ng the 11,000 per quintal i dds even as he is busy dry a

astava will also be Chair v ant farmer Ramakrishna l ybrid ‘Teja’ variety touch h Dinesh Srivastava

old storage,” another jubi c overed with the price of the c n this capacity, Mr. Sri I

The market has fully re “ ednesday. W rouble of keeping it in the t

n the rise. o an on superannuation on n tself. We need not take the i

he droughtprone district is t irement of G. Kalyanakrish t uce directly from our farms d

rincipal commercial crop in p NFC) consequent on the re ( he traders to lift the pro t

re upbeat as the price of the a This time, we can expect “ he Nuclear Fuel Complex t

roductivity increases P istrict of Andhra Pradesh d ver as Chief Executive of o

hilli growers in Prakasam C esh Srivastava has taken n

he wake of a market glut. t istinguished scientist Di D

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osses” incurred last year in l

pecial Correspondent pecial S YDERABAD YDERABAD H

pecial Correspondent Correspondent pecial S

ith market recovering, the per quintal price of the commercial crop is on the rise in Prakasam district W new NFC chief NFC new

Chilli farmers in Andhra Pradesh enjoy sweet success sweet enjoy Pradesh Andhra in farmers Chilli

Dinesh Srivastava is Srivastava Dinesh

ihad”. j

hem. t uthorities decided to close a

act. t rst attempt a month ago. It ntil the beast was killed. u ained if the male bit into his t etter of attacking them and b

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gainst serving beef to a owever, the varsity H racking the trails during my t used to remove the body f kin of the tiger were in s eal. It is yet to be ascer m onfused feline thought the c

uraya, alias Madhavikutty, S

xercise necessary caution e gainst the Principal. a

ith the male tiger when w ury of the villagers who re f ut as the claws and the o ale who had partaken the m fter a few seconds, the A

eallife incidents of Kamala r

. Sunilkumar had failed to N ere demanding action h

I had a close encounter “ he attack unleashed the T rmed the existence of a han narrated. K aten. Poaching was ruled e ilm was made omitting the f

eged that college principal l he main campus of Cusat t

ams. d ears — a 60yearold man. y were found to be ortions p ress, while the fourth con g ie from his hands,” Mr. r awyer. He alleged that the l

he agitating students al T rotest on Wednesday on p

ined as the hind m ry river bed between two d im was claimed in two t ealed the identity of the ti v un to my son, and take the g amachandran, a Kochibased R

ies said. t he students staged a T rowl in the vicinity of the p ays ago, after the 11th vic d uspicion. Three swabs re s eft to give the tranquilliser l al could not be deter m etition was filed by K.P. p

ction sought A ittee,” the varsity authori m ials said the sex of the ani c emale — have been on the f life) A.K. Mishra only two d ad, have conrmed the b ortunately, I had the wits F irected by Kamal. The d

y a varsityappointed com b alayalam film, M ld male and fouryearold o ued by the then PCCF (Wil s ent to the CCMB, Hydera s ur temerity in not eeing. o ange of the reserve. O r Aami,

asis of a report prepared b uary 25. n ssuing certificate for i atte in the Nagarahole k es, two tigers — veyear Y hooting orders were is S ious four human kills, and v etres away, perplexed at m

ould be taken only on the c eld on the campus on Ja h eeking to restrain it from s n the road to Sunkada o arget of the wily cat couple. t rey scarcity, Mr. Khan says. p wabs collected from pre S ourse, and stopped 12 c

ertification on a writ petition C ents. Moreover, any action d eef cutlets at a seminar b imself should become the h ildlife Sanctuary, owing to W teep curve of the river s ged around 6, was found a ays. s

he Central Board of Film t f only a section of the stu o tates that they were served S he carcass of the tiger, T arget very carefully, lest he t he adjoining Tipeshwar t here were two tigers,” he t uddenly charged from the s

ednesday issued notice to W

ible by collecting the views s rom the north Indian f awab will have to track his N ad probably come out of h artment came to know that p nghting. i

he Kerala High Court on T

fair probe was not pos A ions by a group of students t

his time, the erstwhile T tayed on for a month. They s ould be owing to c yes. After my alert, the de e Shafat Ali Khan

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ained suspended. m n the campus over allega o

r arduous task. e ouple in question had c e noticed only by trained b he authorities suspect it t

etition against against etition p

Aami one while the classes re d he move follows tension T

han could be up to anoth K uring mating season. The d erve on Wednesday, and s iger pug marks which can t

erala HC notice on notice HC erala K

damant that it should be a anad in Alappuzha district. t yderabad hunter Shafat Ali H ore than three days even m he Nagarahole tiger re t etween male and female b

ut the students remained b ollege of Engineering Kut C

er” tigress of Yavatmal, t igers to stay together for t Minute dierences exist “ tiger was found dead in A

hiruvananthapuram. T

probe into the allegations, a own its Cochin University d

o eliminate the “manea t lexed, as it is unusual for p ug marks along the river. p

ahalakshmi of M

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We were ready to carry out “ ided to indenitely shut c

orest Department’s orders F artment ocials were per p als till he examined the m

etition was filed by p pecial Correspondent Correspondent pecial S

Ready for probe’ ‘ Cusat) on Wednesday de (

tay on the Maharashtra s r. Khan as well as the de M dea that there were two ani i ewd conversations. The l

cience and Technology S

cials perplexed O ombay High Court B lifts the or the tigress alone, had no f ournalist and engaging her in j Nagarahole Nagarahole

tudents failed. s he Cochin University of T

f the Nagpur Bench of the I eived tranquillising orders c odesty of a woman m

y after the talks with the l

wn prey. o r. Khan, who had re M

elating to outraging the r

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own the college indenite d

artner’s kill, or killed his p anished into the shrubs. v

aseendran from the case S pecial Correspondent pecial S wathi Vadlamudi wathi S

inister and NCP MLA A.K. M

Tiger found Tiger

ow over nonvegetarian dishes R

erdict discharging former v

1 people have fallen victim to attacks by the maneaters in the past two years 1

udicial Magistrate Court’s J

after student unrest student after hiruvananthapuaram Chief T

ednesday, challenging the W Hyderabad hunter to tackle Tipeshwar tigers

erala High Court on K

College shut down shut College

petition was filed in the A

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hallenged in Kerala HC Kerala in hallenged c

ischarge of Saseendran of ischarge D

reejeev’s death. S ay 19, 2014 for allegedly M e would not end the protest h owing persistent demands l arnataka. K nga Reddy to release docu i ndia (PFI) and its political I

remises. p

ustodial torture leading to c y the Parassala police on b reejith had maintained that S ion to take up the case fol s alk about development in t nd Home Minister Ramal a aging the Popular Front of r

tands on the Secretariat s

ated Sreejith’s version of r t did not have anything to i hief Minister Siddaramaiah C ng the Congress of encou i an. Sreejeev was arrested g nd Opposition leaders. But a onth announced its deci m

een made available at three b

orting to divisive politics as s r. Eshwarappa asked M he BJP has been accus T rity’s ndings also corrobo o ntil the inquiry process be u rom the State government f he agency had earlier this T

mported from Germany have i

he Police Complaints Auth T to give his statement. ce o hat the Congress was re t ar in Karnataka. v uesday. T

hese stylish bicycles t

as related to a policeman. w amani, arrived at the CBI R he BJP leader alleged T ctivists of the Sangh Pari a eporters at Tumkuru on r Thiruvananthapuram on Wednesday.

S. MAHINSHA S.

nitiative. A total of 24 of i

Sreejith ended his protest in Long struggle: struggle: Long ionship with a woman who t ccompanied by his mother a roof. p arty of India, of targeting P ith the Congress,” he told w

nvironmentfriendly e

ign if they failed to furnish s rm, the Social Democratic a uslims who are killers are M rother as he was in a rela b n the morning, Sreejith, I

or expansion of the f

ome Minister should re H harges and arrested his c eath. d uslims are with the BJP. M he 1st block setting the tone t

he police had foisted false t eev’s alleged custodial j hief Minister and the C nd those who are good a K.S. Eshwarappa he 2nd block to his office in t

r’s death. According to him, e egarding his brother Sree r he BJP leader said the T ists, are with the Congress v ecretariat. He rode one from S

olice’s version of his broth p CBI) recorded his statement ( r. Owaisi. M illed 22 RSS and BJP acti k mart cards, at the s

secret understanding with a Muslims, who have “ reejith had refuted the S ral Bureau of Investigation t e unlocked digitally using b

ay 21, 2014. M ion. This was after the Cen t he BJP may indirectly enter t good Muslims”. “ aunched bicycles, which can l

aidu on Wednesday N e died in the hospital on H alled o his 782day agita c laimed that if not directly, c inked with his party are l

inister N. Chandrababu M onsumed poison in the cell. c n Wednesday when Sreejith o r. Reddy had on Monday M are killers”, while those “

ndhra Pradesh Chief A Secret understanding’ ‘ ho are with the Congress w olice claiming that he had p ariat here came to an end t

mart mobility in Amaravati, s al here the next day with the t rotests in front of the Secre p appa alleged that Muslims r

n a significant step towards I

ent Medical College Hospi m ne of the longest solitary O saduddin Owaisi. A ior BJP leader K.S. Eshwa n

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as admitted to the Govern w tanding with AIMIM chief s toking a controversy, se S

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t A.P. Secretariat Secretariat A.P. t a

tealing a mobile phone. He s hat the BJP had an under t

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ents to prove their charges m ress Trust of India of Trust ress P

gency records his statement on brother Sreejeev’s alleged custodial death A

shwarappa’s remarks on Cong. workers draw ak E

ends 782-day-old agitation 782-day-old ends

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ribal Welfare Department, T ival of RJD leaders Shiva r ot given to any NDA consti n ove on. Our detractors m rs had drawn ak from the e premature death in people with heart or lung disease lung or heart with people in death premature

ubey, an official of the M.P. D lung function, irregular heartbeat, asthma attacks, heart attacks and attacks heart attacks, asthma heartbeat, irregular function, lung

bout the human chain was a he presence of RJD lead T orse by the unexpected ar w o absorb such shocks and t

ecurity forces. s

nose and throat, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath, reduced breath, of shortness and tightness chest coughing, throat, and nose

ednesday caught K.K. W

as said. r The matters were made “ edge, a proper intimation l ig as ours has the strength b

ncounter with the e

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he Lokayukta police on T

voided by the RLSP,” Mr. Pa a ere. h To the best of my know “ onfusions but a coalition as c dizziness, confusion, unconsciousness and even death. even and unconsciousness confusion, dizziness, f the Maoists after an o

NDORE I critical organs like the heart and brain. At very high levels, it can cause can it levels, high very At brain. and heart the like organs critical

ashupati Kumar Paras said P ngagements. e hese do lead to temporary t ion. This could have been t

scape from the clutches e

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hile taking bribe w

ecause of other b act in Bihar. Incidents like t id leave scope for specula d aha,” state LJP president w

olice that she managed to p

reacting with other air particles, causes acid rain, pollutes coastal waters. coastal pollutes rain, acid causes particles, air other with reacting

overnment official held G

hain on Tuesday, possibly c orms, their very presence f as present beside Mr. Kush w ain asserted, “the NDA is in s : NO Nitrogen Dioxide. Aggravates respiratory illness, causes haze to form by form to haze causes illness, respiratory Aggravates Dioxide. Nitrogen 2 he minor girl told the T

and monuments. and

he JD(U), the BJP or the LJP t articipate in the human p JP leader Shahnawaz Hus B he cause of education re t

ommander’ Kandulana. c

particles to form haze and stain culturally important objects such as statues as such objects important culturally stain and haze form to particles

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ho grabbed his land, police w

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iahpta 8.4.2.20.6 .... .163 ..200 18..84..52 Visakhapatnam orkers of all parties, includ w ethink on his continuance in r

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old the police that she t

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alveer Kaur (43), they said. B

ushwaha for his “failure” to K ot take part in an event that n

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he Lok Janshakti Party on T he JD(U) had said the T

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subhimalayan West Bengal.

our women were feared F

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omment on anything other c hat the nal report submit t he SFSL, a section of the t

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ssued against him in Febru i onstable Tej Bahadur on c ermediate report. “I cannot t FSL in a clarication stated S ion of a report prepared by s

our drowned as boat F

Temperature Data: IMD, Pollution Data: CPCB, Map: Skymet (Taken at 17.00 Hrs) 17.00 at (Taken Skymet Map: CPCB, Data: Pollution IMD, Data: Temperature hat two chargesheets were t he petition led by exBSF t he existence of any such in t im to commit suicide, the t laiming to be in posses C

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ena said neither he nor the J anner and tampered with m al report of the State Foren n f rural road projects,” said o

ount of the petitioner,” he c otice to the Centre, Direc n ranch SP Prashant Kumar B igated the case in a biased t ion draft report and the s he construction of 8,700 km t

eo on the Facebook ac d ice P.B. Bajanthri issued a t hen contacted, Crime W lleging that the police inves a n the intermediate interdivi i ebruary 12 at Nadia flag off F

eagues uploaded such vi l he Single Bench of Jus T eexamination. r as raised across the State w ng reported inconsistencies i Ms. Banerjee will on “

ot know when his col n ismissal from the service. d ent to Kolkata for s hen a huge hue and cry W or a second opinion follow f oubling of existing ones. d

But, the petitioner does “ uashing of an order of his q rojects for new roads and p he exhibits have now been t aped. r cience Laboratory, Kolkata, S

tart major Statewide s r. Yadav said. M yana High Court, seeking r rom the court concerned, f ence of the minor girl being d ent to the Central Forensic s

amata Banerjee will kick M t to their senior ocers,” i oved the Punjab and Ha m eports. Taking permission r ng that there was no evi i i gangrape case have been l

engal Chief Minister B uantity of food for showing q eing served to troops, has b iscrepancies in the forensic d an Rights Commission stat m xhibits seized in the Kundu e

lections in the State, West e f such poor quality and o lleged poor quality food a estigate the alleged v report to the National Hu a aid on Wednesday that the s

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ided to make a video proof c ine complaining about the l ng the Crime Branch to in i rime Branch had submitted C he Odisha Crime Branch T

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t as an unfair impediment i ressed Karti’s counsel, se d ould remember the w go. “[It was the] second of a he award, another man t panning over ve decades s

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s the Kashmir Valley. In Valley. Kashmir the s a

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arts of north India on India north of arts p he contractors to engage t hat no violation of the la t tatutory provisions… keep s oaching depots, locomo c xposed a scam where la e

remors were felt in several in felt were remors T

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nd China were rivals that challenged U.S. economic in a

measures fter three years. These a rudent nancial planning re P estments. For instance, tax laws v rs, if they gure in the Budget. e roducts for 80C tax breaks, when p

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ance Ministers. Fully aware of n idual risktaking ability, and try v ual funds get full exemption after t he present section 80C, bread t estments. That would allow sav v he American President has confused T

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ions. t mptions than nancial products. e nvestments. Ideally, Section 80C i n nds is reduced. The removal of a serving judge is u e

avings, with other minor alloca s oy more generous capital gains ex j axable income each year towards t

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t. The process of removing a judge is too elaborate and i

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hose who desire that the institution be cleansed as well t

on roperly investigated. It may have a sobering eect p

e nstitution that the charges against Justice Shukla ar i

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uch more internally unied than m ost poorer Indians is the benevo m ackbone of citizen interactions b ris scans. So, the argument that i erkeley, U.S. erkeley, B

had departed from convention while using eged the CJI l chemes; and which has been s he bogey of Big Brother, who to t onetheless it continues to be the n bout — involves ngerprints or a ociety Outreach for UIDAI, is based in based is UIDAI, for Outreach ociety S

ress conference at which four seniormost judges al p ively administering welfare t ound credible when they invoke s ge of information linked to it, a hould all be rightly concerned s aju Rajagopal, former head of Civil of head former Rajagopal, aju R

r of a single national ID in eec e nderstandably, they do not U ave been many instances of leak h ave been reported — which we h imself. The climactic event was the unprecedented h

he reins quickly realised the pow t . lone a as not intended for, and there w f Aadhaar data breaches that o reme Court Benches headed by Chief Justice Misra p

he SSN. t lections, but upon taking over e or the citizens’ right to be left f een overused for purposes that it b esides, none of the examples B

al colleges in Uttar Pradesh were also passed by Su c

se of Aadhaar, like in the case of u y opposed Aadhaar prior to the t ow arguing in the same breath n erly. While the SSN has arguably d oogle your own name?) G

torm in the judiciary, as some orders related to medi s

urveillance and other excessive s ernment at the Centre whose par v ecurity, and so on), but who are s ets for a majority of America’s el n ormation that show up when you f

o obtain favourable orders. The allegation had set o a t

nsurance policy to prevent mass i n the other side, we have a go O ural employment guarantee, food r are, have become the only safety c onal and sometimes libellous in s

ourt, that there was a plot to inuence public servants C acy, must be the citizens’ v the public distribution system, ( urity and its counterpart, Medi c ou ever tried to delete highly per y est use of a scheme B

iddlemen, including a retired judge of the Orissa High m ionally accepted principles of pri t ore government in people’s lives m lic, and over the years Social Se b ne has no real control over. (Have o

nown for advocating more and k ailed to impress the American pu f acy law, which enshrines interna v d misuse of data. e aging personal information that m d BI against another medical college trust and allege C

eaning activists, who are well l he fearmongering ultimately T omprehensive national data pri c al obligation to act on any report g ave a lot more immediately da h he claims in a rst information report registered by the t

he government to quickly enact a t hen it was merely fullling its le w rators, and our own voter lists e aar is led by a small group of Left h afety nets S

he allegations against him appear to correspond to T

ine. And, lighting the re under l rast, the movement against Aad t used of muzzling the free press, c nd other social media, mobile op a

. the CJI to recommend his removal aved the way for p

ost logical places to draw that m ographic data, it was quickly ac m ustices observed recently, Google j apitalist enterprise. In stark con c he number of his name.” t

in Parliament. His position has iny of impeachment m

aundering and terrorism are the l btain some people’s Aadhaar de o ne of the learned Supreme Court o n existential threat to America’s a ark, or the name of the beast, or m

irement, the options available to him to avoid the igno t ng it as a tool to prevent money i system to illegally ance redress v ne’s ngerprints. Granted, but as o s the harbinger of socialism and a uy or sell, save he that had the b

hukla has not tendered his resignation or sought re S chemes and subsidies, and allow s ightwing ideology, which saw it r evelation 13:17: “…no man might R ase of alleged misuse of its grie c acy, they say, one can’t change v

ating Aadhaar for all government d hen the UIDAI led a FIR in a w hange at will to protect one’s pri c ocial Security was informed by S ark of the Beast prophesied in M he “values of judicial life”. It is unfortunate that Justice t

ational interest. In my view, man n ourt hearings. For example, C onal information that one can s ant dierence: The opposition to t laiming that SSN was the very c n the allegations and that the judge had deviated from i

etween personal privacy and the b ndia (UIDAI) prior to the Supreme I aar: biometrics. Unlike other per h owever, there is one impor H sts joined the crusade by pro i

is conduct. The committee has now found substance h

he nation should draw the line t ance state.’” l utions....” Christian fundamental t que Identication Authority of i ence between the SSN and Aad r

aiswal of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, to examine J

ocus their deliberations on where f igned to bait and malign the Un s hat there is another crucial die t urn the country ‘into a surveil t hreaten the integrity of our insti t

.K. Agnihotri of the Sikkim High Court and Justice P.K. S

nstead, the Justices will hopefully I ble storylines deliberately de a etitioners will, of course, argue P giant electronic mesh’ and will ‘ ower so vast, so powerful, as to p

and ustices Indira Banerjee of the Madras High Court J etback for administrative reform. s ven willing to embrace question e otalitarian regime; ” and “it is a t rance into a political eld of a t he biometric dierence T

ormed a threemember committee, comprising Chief f ioners which would pose a huge t ess to quash Aadhaar, they seem n ens with the country becoming a z pens the door and invites the en o

acy) posited by some of the peti v ame on the scene. c [Aadhaar] tends to terrorise citi “ … overy, to enslave workers, and c nfortunately, in their eager U ustice Shukla had violated judicial propriety. The CJI J

ero sum choice (Aadhaar or pri z ime. g orking just ne until Aadhaar w rguments made against the SSN: a business re igned as to prevent s he Supreme Court observed that the Bench headed by T

he court will roundly reject the t he nation’s massive subsidy re t ow suggest that everything was n reme Court harkens back to the p rought in here so insidiously de b

. he GCRG Memorial Trust, Lucknow, to admit students t

re through, one would hope that a ernative tool to better administer t ear a bit hypocritical when they p osing Aadhaar in India’s Su p orld has any measure been w

d a restraining order from the apex court by allowing e

ents from both sides. When they m are schemes in the past, they ap f pocalyptic rhetoric of those op a lared, “Never in the history of the c

ave not oered a single viable al h

last year. The Bench had found he had violat ak Misra p

ourt, now hearing detailed argu C n to the national stage, but who o s against mismanagement of wel e ightythree years later, the E ive Republicans/Congressmen de t

Di Chief Justice of India reme Court Bench headed by p

n the middle is the Supreme I privacy debate or catapulting the f lso, having been the loudest voic A better alternative. a ighly contentious, as conserva h

hukla had come under adverse notice before a Su S essaging. m ctivists who can take full credit a therwise precarious existence. o on that no one has come up with s ebate leading up to the Act was d

igher judiciary is in the news. Justice Shri Narayan h he opposition in its public t ent state that brings succour in an l ith the state — for the simple rea w ocial Security Number (SSN). The S rganised group of antiAadhaar o

nable to match the u nimbleness of n the one side, we have a well O n 1935, giving birth to the i

, the subject of corruption in the o warrant his removal

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ational data privacy law; but n y to Aadhaar as a national ID. t he United States enacted the

udge of the Allahabad High Court had com j

aking an active part in crafting a t he biometrics that bring credibili t

ith an inhouse committee concluding that a

ty, such as virtual Aadhaar ids; is i ast ID programme, it is indeed p

aju rajagopal aju r he importance of inhouse mechanisms t oised to add more layers of secur p s, and systemic fraud in every e

ecurity and privacy issues; is s istorically largest levels of leakag h

he process to remove Justice Shukla shows T

ts seriousness in addressing data i argest safety net programmes, l

For a clean judiciary clean a For AI, which has consistently shown D act, in a nation with the world’s f

f Aadhaar. And we have the UI o imply does not hold water. In s

ermination to make the best use t ompelling case against Aadhaar c

he previous government in its de t iometrics somehow make a more b

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hat satisfy their dietary t

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large eople “outside the district”. They further state: “The p

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evere agricultural distress caused by the failure of crops and s

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are due to revailing among the inhabitants of Kaira district, p

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hreecornered ght T ul. Despite the initial promise and f ouncil, provided by the Constitution for the C ural poor. r ena has pegged his campaign to an s he second is the political subjectivity of T

t ee reasons to remain hope ith fewer w osts of living gripping the urban and c ay be structured under the InterState m ahinda Rajapaksa’s term, Mr. Siri M he States’ interests. t

Tamils, ple of Sri Lanka, including o mployed youth and the spiralling e ealm. For example, the mediation practices r bout the executive presidency. a orruption during his predecessor, c o accuse the governments of compromising t

nghe administration has left the pe i artime accountability, jobs to un w o be structured within the constitutional t and his ambivalence is term limit h ent for taking little action against m and, parties in opposition nd it rewarding h

hree years, the SirisenaWickremes t eyond legal routes. But the practices need b o the Tamil question, assurances on t ation from the Supreme Court on c his govern mid severe criticism of A espective States’ interests. On the other r

ocus on corruption F In the last ernment’s own making. v titution aimed at a political solution s welcome realisation to push the envelope a ent is his recent move to seek clari d ot aord to be seen as compromising their n

tages a comeback, would be the go s n ons be it on the new Con any counts, m he drive for political resolution suggests T he UNP camp critical of the Presi t nticing opportunity. The governments can e

ly weaker. b scenario where Mr. Rajapaksa A overnment’s failure to deliver on g mended even once since then. a hat has also given more fodder to W obilisation, and the Mahanadi dispute is an m

raditionally rival parties, considera t he previous regime. t ion, what will certainly matter is the t rime Minister has shown restraint. P nterState collaboration, has not been i ency. Both need fresh grounds for political b

nity government, formed by two u oters of the “era of darkness” under v ilwae his posi will weaken ithin his party w pportunity to retaliate, though the o oards Act, 1956, drafted simultaneously for B or long, they will have to survive antiincum f

y leave the country’s rst national l hey are dire,” he warned, reminding t ent inability to garner more support r imes since its inception. But the River t an enchers who have not missed b 018 and 2019. As both have been in power 2

elections will most like lear that the c ave consequences — and sometimes h Mr. Sirisena’s appa if lectorally, or e isputes has been amended at least a dozen d any UNPers, especially the back m n Odisha — will be ghting tough elections in i

, it is on the campaign trail linging s “Elections inister, noted recently. M the bond scam will cost the UNP r e attacks have irked is campaign. His h ng contrast. The Act of 1956 for resolving i n Chhattisgarh and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) i

ng only on paper. Going by the mud i abir Hashim, who is also a cabinet K hile it remains to be seen wheth W ection — by resolving disputes. Here is a tell r ompulsion to sound statesmanly in c oth States — the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) b

nd postwar reconciliation remain a lection as UNP General Secretary e o the SLFP’s vote share. t lways been approached from the other di a ngaged in mass politics, with no e ederal democracies. The parties in power in f

he promised constitutional reform t ll the same, it is a high stakes A ing to eat in abacked SLPP threaten s and he hat of the head of the SLFP t aking. Instead, interState cooperation has m he rst is the political opportunism in T

ts term, with much of the work on i epresentation. r Rajapak ional government, and the t ose of this election, he has donned p ot been an explicit strategy in our policy n uce the stalemate. This is for two reasons. d

ent in the remaining two years of m eing coalition partners in the b ompeting with the UNP. For the pur c losed list proportional c na nterState engagement. This, however, has i ultiparty federal democracies that pro m

through ystem and the remainder s inister ghting each other, despite M hat it is no surprise, given that he is t govern act the future course of the p ive that we look for more credible forms of t ies of actors present a typical paradox of t

rstpastthepost e elected by the b the President and Prime est, with t hetoric, his supporters maintain r nevitably, the outcome will im I ribunals. For better outcomes, it is impera t owever, the underlying political rationali H

odel whereby 60% of members will m olls present a threecornered con p ustifying Mr. Sirisena’s prepoll J ies within the coalition government. t ingent. They may, more likely, lead to more t uing their respective interests is legitimate. s

are the deep ssures and insecuri b anka will follow a mixed electoral L n eect, the local government I our days before the election. f ari, would be politically subjective and con k he States’ escalation of the dispute for pur T

est. This is also the rst time that Sri t eads. l on February 6, raud and corruption f , with their campaigns laying ately r lexanders’ eorts, as attempted by Mr. Gad A anadi between Odisha and Chhattisgarh. h

omen community leaders to con w abinet colleague and now arch rival, c ond scam and other serious acts of b ng the islandwide local polls sepa i he success or failure of the ‘political T tantive reasons for contention over the Ma s

ernment bodies, prompting many v he SLFP that Mr. Sirisena, his former t ebate two dierent reports on the d ational Party (UNP) — are contest N nder’s sword, as the legend goes. a o be clear, there is little doubt about sub T

epresentation of women in local go r nd Mr. Wickremesinghe’s United a olitical rationalities P remains a member of ent in 2017, m would Parliament as decided that w ntie the knot, and cannot resort to the Alex u

ed Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP) l 25% ent enacted a law mandating m the govern arlier resolved to topple e ister, of corruption. On Tuesday, it n er.” We have to rely on the Constitution to d

romise, especially after the govern p who had hough Mahinda Rajapaksa, t ayake, a close aide of the Prime Mi n rs in government — Mr. Sirisena’s e ertainly, to be cut by any political Alexan c ion, coordination and cooperation. t

olitical crisis. It does oer some p urther, the two coalition partn F y the text of the Constitution it ought not, b sed practices for enabling interState media i

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coalition has had little time for the good governance it promised.” Sri Lankan

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ng signed when they formed the i ill go to the polls in about three w tate powers. This conundrum of federal go S ution through talks. During the recent win l

heir memorandum of understand t his is the rst time the country T lassic case of collision between Central and c ribunal, instead advocating a political reso t

. on s ocal polls, on the likely renewal of l his. InterState river waters governance is a t arh. The Centre had resisted constituting a g

good rea ational election, and with n ave to take a decision, following the h r. Gadkari’s eorts may be attributed to M er dispute between Odisha and Chhattis t

ontext that the UNP and the SLFP c ry 10, have elicited the interest of a a iation by the Centre. Much of the failure of d onth to adjudicate the Mahanadi river wa m

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Abhijeet F1 abolishes A ground-breaking initiative Satish tames Evans stuns ‘grid girls’ La Liga Genuine based on sportsmanship, camaraderie Jaiswal downs Negamatullaev; Mary Kom, Sarita make nal Ivanchuk Agence France-Presse Amitabha Das Sharma Kamesh Srinivasan Paris Sports Bureau Tarragona (Spain) NEW DELHI Formula One has ended Gibraltar Big attendances in La Liga the practice of using Satish Kumar warmed the Abhijeet Gupta stunned matches are a natural thing scantily clad “grid girls” hearts of Indian fans as he Vassily Ivanchuk in 34 in Spain, which is hooked to before races, the sport’s tamed Agnes Keddy Evans of moves and S.P. Sethura topclass football. But what organisers Liberty Seychelles in the super hea man delivered a serious struck the chairman of Club Media said on vyweight seminals of the blow to the GMnorm Gimnastic de Tarragona, Jo Wednesday. Spicejet India Open interna chances of R. Praggna sep Maria Andreu, was a They said the tional boxing championship nandha on way to the joint group of boys with intellec practice of having the here on Wednesday. fth spot after the eighth tual disabilities coming regu women milling about in Satish was one of the round of Tradewise Gibra larly to support his team in the grid area before three Indian men to book a latar Masters chess tourna the Segunda (second) divi races was “clearly at berth in the nal. ment on Tuesday. sion of La Liga. Moved by Novel concept: Action from the La Liga Genuine, a odds with modern day The referee had to rescue Important eighthround re their love for the sport, An tournament for people with intellectual disabilities. societal norms.” Evans from further punish sults (involving Indians): dreu drew support from oth Darts took a similar ment in the second round as Abhijeet Gupta (6) bt Vas er clubs to start a tourna “This is not a oneo tour clubs in April 2017. La Liga decision this month, Satish overcame a tough ear sily Ivanchuk (Ukr, 5); S. L. ment for people with nament. It is a part of the La Genuine proved a hugely banning the women ly phase to dominate. Narayanan (5.5) drew with intellectual disabilities. Liga and will be played every popular idea and the num who walk on with the Devanshu Jaiswal beat JanKrzysztof (Pol, 5.5); Mi This little inspiration season,” Tebas stresses on ber of participating teams chal Adams (Eng, 5.5) drew players before the start Shabbos Negamatullaev of turned into a movement that the seriousness about La Li grew to 18 very quickly. At with Sandipan Chanda (5.5); of matches. Tajikistan to make the light reached the headquarters of ga’s groundbreaking social letico Madrid is the most Throwing punches: Satish Kumar, left, sailed into S. P. Sethuraman (6) bt R. “Over the last year heavyweight nal. Praggnanandha (5); Victor La Liga . A little convincing responsibility and integra prominent of the partici the super heavyweight nal. * SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR. we have looked at a Manish Kaushik extended Michaelevski (Isr, 5.5) bt P. from these eager administra tion initiative. pants while the organisers number of areas which his domination over Olym Abdulkhay Sharakhmatov Women: 48 kg: Mary Kom bt Hari Krishna (4.5); Ivan Che tors from dierent clubs, led “We wanted to come out are expecting names like FC we felt needed updating pian Shiva Thapa with a 50 (Uzb) bt Etash Khan 50. Altansetseg Lutsaikhan (Mgl) parinov (Bul, 5.5) bt M. R. La by Andreu, gave birth to the with some formula by which Barcelona and Atletico to so as to be more in tune win and will meet Battumur 60kg: Manish Kaushik bt Shiva 41; Josie Gabuco (Phi) bt Mo lit Babu (4.5); Nigel Short rst football league in the we could give these ‘die join the movement soon. with our vision for this Misheelt of Mongolia, who Thapa 50; Battumur Misheelt nika 32; 51kg: Sarjubala Devi (Eng, 5) drew with Swapnil world for the Intellectually rentlyabled’ people the op great sport,” said Sean clawed his way past Ankush (Mgl) bt Ankush Dahiya 32; bt Ochirbat Jargalan (Mgl) 32; Dhopade (5); Nihal Sarin (5.5) Disabled (ID). portunity to wear the shirt Rules Bratches, MD, Dahiya with a 32 victory. 64kg: Ikboljon Kholdarov (Uzb) Pinki Rani bt Chuthamat Raksat bt Kiril Georgiev (Bul, 4.5); “This is very important of their favourite team. The Interestingly, the ‘Genuine’ Commercial Operations In the women’s section, bt Dheeraj 41; Jorge Moiran (Tha) 50; 54kg: M. Meena Ku Debashis Das (5) drew with for us because we feel the La Liga’s decision to intro rules allow teams to be sin Rainer Buhmann (Ger, 5); An at F1.” Mary Kom and Sarita Devi Vinent (Cub) bt Rohit Tokas 41; mari bt Jamuna Boro 50; Man idea of La Liga Genuine is a duce a professional league gle sex or mixed (malefe 69kg: Dinesh bt Manoj Kumar isha bt Bimala Shrestha (Nep) na Muzychuk (Ukr, 5) drew “While the practice made the nal. Mary Kom like a social capital for our for them is like a dream com male). Players born before 1 41; BoboUsmon Baturov 50; 57kg: Nesthy Petecio (Phl) with M. R. Venkatesh (5); was happy she tackled the of employing grid girls (Uzb) bt Duryodhan Singh Negi bt Christian Marwam Jembay Prithu Gupta (4.5) lost to Pe company (La Liga is a profes ing true,” says Andreu, the October 2001 (over 16 years has been a staple of F1 tall Mongolian Altansetseg 50. 75kg; Israil Madrimov (Ina) 50; Sonia bt Shashi Cho ter Michalik (Cze, 5.5). sional entity). A part of what man behind the movement. of age) with a certied intel GPs for decades, we feel Lutsaikhan with conviction (Uzb) bt Mandeep Jangra 41; pra 50; 60kg: Sarita Devi bt G. N. Gopal (5) bt Pinto we earn, we try to give back The La Liga Genuine com lectual disability of at least this custom does not after a bit of confusion in the Osiey Iglesias Estrada (Cub) bt Priyanka Choudhary 41; Mira Paolo Ladron de Guevara to society. The birth of this petition is based on values 33% can take part. resonate with our brand rst round. The judges ruled Tursynbay Kulakhmet (Kaz) Marjut Potkonan (Fin) bt Pavi (Esp, 4); ; Lilit Mkrtchian project is happening be such as integration, team “I am enjoying it. I play in values and clearly is at 41 in her favour. 50; 81kg: Osvary David Gutie tra 50. (Arm, 4) lost to Shardul Ga cause of that commitment,” work, camaraderie and my style and would like to odds with modern day The results (seminals): rez (Cub) bt Kuandyk Zhussip 64kg: Piwalo Basumatary bt gare (5); Bela Khotenashvili Javier Tebas, president, La sportsmanship ahead of say that the few women who societal norms.” Men: 49 kg: Amit bt Lalbiakki (Kaz) 50; Devanshu Jaiswal bt Punam Rawal 50; Sudaporn (4.5) drew with Hemant Shar Liga, said about the new competitiveness. The value are playing are as good as Women’s groups ma Nutlai 41; Shyam Kumar Shabbos Negmatullaev (Tjk) Seesondee (Tha) bt Simranjit ma (4.5); Xu Yi (Chn, 5) bt initiative. of fairplay takes centrestage men. But what I like most is Kakara w.o. Narinram Thani 41; 91kg: Sanjeet bt Naman Kaur 50. 69kg: Pooja bt Heena Raunak Sadhwani (4); Nieto backed the F1 decision. Tebas makes it a point to in a competition of this na the team work,” Alba Blasco (Tha); 52kg: Anwar Shaik Sal Tanwar 41; Sanjar Tursunov Tokas 50; Lovlina Borgohain David Larino (Esp, 5) bt Nisha “Thank you @F1 for man bt Gaurav Solanki 32; (Uzb) w.o. Sumit Sangwan; bt Erdenetuya Enkhbaatar Mohota (4); Lopez Juan Ma appear personally at the ture. Which is why sport of the Levante Union Depor deciding to stop using Khudoynazar Fayzov (Uzb) bt +91kg: Satish Kumar bt Agnes (Mgl) 41; 75kg: Essiane Clo nual Bellon (Swe, 4) lost to launch of each of the four smanship will be rewarded tiva says. grid girls” tweeted Marvin Tabamo (Phi) 41; 56kg: Keddy Evans (Sey) RSC 2nd tilde (Cmr) bt Panich Suchada Prasanna Rao (5); Padmini stages of the league that will in the nal tallying of the (The writer was in Tarra- @WomenSportTrust. Enkh Amar Kharkuu (Mgl) bt round; Bakhodir Jalolov (Uzb) (Tha) RSC 2nd round; Saweety Rout (4.5) bt David Gavrilescu eventually decide the cham points. The project was in gona, Barcelona at the invi- Mohammad Hussamuddin 50; bt Ortega Toirac (Cub) 50. Boora bt Alari Boro 50. (Rou, 3.5). pion in June. troduced to the member tation of La Liga)

SHOOTING Selection criteria split Jitu and Heena

Kamesh Srinivasan been bestowed on Ompra New Delhi kash Mitharwal and Shazar The stringent selection cri Rizvi in air pistol. teria of the National Rie As In the rst World Cup in sociation of India (NRAI) has Guadalajara in March, Om resulted in the golden goose prakash will pair with Manu being split, at least for this Bhaker and Shazar will season. Jitu Rai and Heena partner Mahima Turhi Sidhu, who had won three Agarwal. golds in the World Cups and When Heena competes in World Cup Final last season, the second World Cup in will not be competing as a Changwon in April, she will pair in the mixed events of pair with Omprakash while the World Cups this year. Manu Bhaker will partner With Jitu being pushed to Shazar. It will be the same third in the selection merit partnership for the World list, the honour of compet Cups in Fort Benning in May ing in the mixed events has and Munichin June.

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tourage to the chants of 1,72,000 years ago. 60 km from Chennai. * SHARMA CENTRE FOR HERITAGE EDUCATION Middle Palaeolithic, there is art historian Neil MacGre Vastu Sangrahalaya (CSMVS) bit is that of a woodcut of a “Viva Carnival”. According to earlier evi a distinct shift away from gor, a former Director of the for an exhibition titled ‘India rhino. One might think that Float parades will be dence, the Middle Palaeo thals in Israel. But in Europe, away from Africa, we see a si large ake technologies such British Museum. and the World — a History in medieval German painter held in Panaji on February lithic culture in India was the Middle Palaeolithic cul milar cultural change occur as handaxes and cleavers “These stories belong to Nine Stories’. Albrecht Durer, ensconced 10, Margao on February 11, dated to around 1,25,000 ture is associated only with ring. The number and na that were predominant dur all of us. We decode our past in 16 th century Nuremberg, Vasco on February 12 and years ago. Neanderthals. ture of dispersals of ing the Acheulian. There is a through objects as much as The ethics of power could not possibly have Mapusa on February 13. The Middle Palaeolithic is “In case of India, we can populations bearing a Mid proliferation of tools made texts and it is these objects “The comparative inscrip anything to do with India. The parade in Ponda will an important cultural phase, not say who made the tools dle Palaeolithic culture from from small akes during the which prise open our world tions tell us about the exer Yet, Durer’s woodcut of take place on February 11, associated as it is globally as no hominin fossil remains Africa is not a simple, linear Middle Palaeolithic. and our history,” said Mr. cise of power and how you the Indian rhinoceros — sent Curchorem on February 12 with both modern humans have been found till now. So model but is far more com “This research presents a MacGregor, emphasising run the Empire after by Sultan Muzaar II of Guja and Morjim on February and Neanderthals or other we must be more cautious in plex,” Prof. Pappu says. paradigm shift in thinking that it was “vital today for bloodshed and the con rat to King Manuel I of Portu 13. Total prize money for archaic hominins, with com correlating species with cul about the origin and spread museums to share their col quest,” he said. For the gal, reaching Lisbon in 1515 the carnival this year has plex histories of interaction, ture in the case of India,” Going deep of Middle Palaeolithic cul lections to allow people to Greeks, it is the head of Alex — remained a xture in Ger been increased to 7.35 cultural transitions and says Shanti Pappu from the In 2011, Prof. Pappu and her tures in South Asia, suggest experience dierent stories ander representing the great man textbooks well up to the lakh per centre. change and dispersals. Sharma Centre for Heritage team reported the discovery ing a far greater antiquity about one world”. Conqueror’s “will”. 1920s. “No such animal had Carnival committees Based on stone tool and Education in Chennai and of 1.5millionyearold stone and more complex story Mr. MacGregor, author of In the case of Ashoka, it is been seen in Europe since have been asked to encour fossil studies, the Middle Pa corresponding author of a artefacts belonging to the than we thought. At Attiram Germany: Memories of a Na- radically dierent. the fall of the Roman em age participants to include laeolithic culture (called the new paper published in Na- Lower Palaeolithic (Acheu pakkam, we have a wonder tion and A History of the “The Ashoka inscription pire. Durer’s drawing of the more cultural aspects and Middle Stone Age in Africa) ture. “The Middle Palaeolith lian) culture from Attiram ful sequence contained in a World in 100 Objects, was is about how the citizen rhinoceros was brilliantly ex minimise commercialisa is associated with modern ic culture is thought to have pakkam. The objects were single stratigraphic continu speaking at the Symbiosis must ideally behave and is otic and erce, and he, who tion of oats, Goa Minister humans in Africa, while it is originated in Africa. When buried in sediments at the um and showing a long pro School of Liberal Arts on written in dierent languag had never seen it, imagined for Tourism Manohar Aj associated with both mod we look at the Indian site at lowest levels in the excava cess of evolution,” Prof. Pap Wednesday. He is collaborat es indicating the Emperor’s it from a description,” Mr. gaonkar said. ern humans and Neander Attirampakkam, which is far tion. In the top three metres pu says. ing with the Mumbaibased eorts to reach out to die MacGregor said.

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he New Year greetings. t ointment so he could give p y “denying access to over b ent assignment”. m ources said that in July S he order stated that the T ith the ocers but the deal w een along with two of his k

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n January 10, to which he o n the letter, Mr. Goel said I rote Mr. Goel, referring to w rise above the thought of “ ioner of Police (NorthWest) s uspended as per an order s y not taken by the ocers. l gainst him. a

phold the Constitution and u ccess to the Raj Niwas,” a nother letter to Mr. Baijal a meeting with him. a upta and Deputy Commis G ion against him was alleged t hat a false case is being built t ar police station, have been h

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ssues of public interest i ble exception of four legis a ritten to the LG on Wed w ources said that the role S he July incident, had sub t ith “ulterior motives”. w nd SubInspector Anuj, a media on Wednesday.

ence, Mr. Goel said he had r et with the MLAs, several m ce, with the very honour o unprofessional’. ‘ essional in their approach f nspector Dinesh Kumar I aid that Mr. Shokeen, after s Niwas Goel addresses the

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own Hall in Old Delhi. On T ealing is causing an at s

rotesters will gather at the p esday announced that the n ur favour,” Mr. Goel said. o

andh. On February 2, the b ome action to be initiated in s nd Industry (CTI) on Wed a

rotest marches during the p he Chamber of Trade T t has to be long enough for i

he BJPled civic bodies. t day or two of closure, and a he traders will also hold T

ected by the bandh. f rities will not be aected by o onitoring committee and m

reme Court appointed p ajpat Rai market will be af L ave decided that the auth h

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ion,” the ocial said. t lan, we found that other P hops on these roads had s cials of the government’s o art of these deliberations. p ince the proposal was S ents. m et to submit authenticated y

till waiting for a notica s mendments to the Master a elhi government was not D ixed land use. m ever, told the panel that no w ions, panel members grilled t aid the municipalities were s ittee, to submit the docu m

rders from the DDA. We are o In absence of these “ haired by the Minister. The c esidential to commercial or r cipal commissioners, ho i ee on Municipal Corpora t ecretary, UD Department, S he next meeting of the com t

ng agency and will follow i laming any one agency. b en following two meetings k ssembly’s House Commit A onversion of the roads from c oads may be next. The mun r issioners till February 5, m enu Sharma, Principal R

We are the implement “ ad “scrupulously” avoided h hese decisions were ta T ake a strong case for the m aid they feared these 351 s t a meeting of the Delhi A itted the proposal in 2007. m havna Gaur gave the com B

s per orders. a he BJP, the Minister said he t r. Puri added. M ourt, it was important to C asements, the members b ime to nd the records. t odies claimed they had sub b ommittee chairperson C

topped within 24 hours, or s ejriwal’s allegations against K ithout any discrimination,” w ivic bodies asking for more c roved by the Supreme p harges and illegal use of c ithin three days. w otication, while the civic n

eived the sealing will be c elhi Chief Minister Arvind D ent of requisite charges m ver pending conversion o ertain documents and the c ation would have to be ap c d for it to go ahead with the e hould have the records s

#4 1 3 9 7 5 5 7 9 3 1 #4 DDA). Once the order is re ( n an indirect reference to I treet areas subject to pay s entres facing a sealing drive c eiterating its demand for r dding that since the noti a ided the information need v lete records. They said they p

evelopment Authority D uri said. P asements in all commercial b ith the Delhi government w hip of the survey,” she said, s treets and local shopping s he civic bodies had not pro t ad not obtained the com h

otication from the Delhi n hopcumresidence,” Mr. s ow commercial activities in l ith Delhi’s commercial W eing done on Wednesday b They have to take owner “ ent had maintained that m vening, the commissioners e

gencies will wait for the a egistration of owners of r We have also decided to al “ ercial or mixed land use. m se wasn’t any closer to be u he Delhi Master Plan 2021. t aid that the Delhi govern s ertifying. As of Wednesday c

oration said that the civic p alty charges in case of non n urvey was conducted as per s dentied in 2007, as com i s commercial or mixed land a LA Saurabh Bharadwaj M o check the records before t asement utilisation B

outh Delhi Municipal Cor S We will also reduce pe “ laring the 351 streets, c cation to declare 351 roads i ions had to certify that the t ioners said they would have s s a oneo, panel member a

ays to just three days. d senior ocial from the A ue of conversion charges. s alities over the delay in de p ending for 11 years, the not P 007. She said the corpora 2 f Delhi in 2007, the commis o hich was open to the media w

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ial areas, commercial t of full support (sic).” u o which the CM replied: T er to announce that “all t mend the Master Plan to a over the latter cracking down

Superintendent of Police ommercial streets, residen c elopment of Delhi. I assure v volved soon (sic).” e ater, Mr. Baijal took to Twit L ither bring an ordinance or e

Wednesday in a bid to kill the omplexes, operating and c o work together for the de t ome solution would be S emanded that the Centre d ll possibilities on table A

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ot of problems due to seal l ay over the ongoing sealing d ivities, Union Urban Aairs t knifepoint in Okhla on

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7 lives. 1 hat Tipu Sultan was a “ty t LAs] are wrong,” said Mr. M urity, said Mr. Goel. c

n January 20 that claimed o lanned step to improve se p ected to the portrait, saying j ere wrong, or they [BJP w

recracker storage unit a embly as a part of a s ast week, Mr. Sirsa had ob L uthors of the Constitution a

Ruler was tyrant’ was Ruler ‘ re had broken out in A talled throughout the As s he Constitution. Either, the t

anded to police custody. m ameras were being in c f Tipu Sultan in partXIV of o

uary 27, and both were re n oval. In addition, CCTV m ortraits. p omplain. There is a portrait c

ry 21 and Mr. Goyal on Ja a here was any damage or re t anent exhibition of their m as any MLA come to me to h

ain was arrested on Janu J ould take legal action if w ent leaders through a per n ot received any letter nor n

ry 13,” the CMM said. Mr. a he decision to honour emi t n display, Mr. Goel said he o ormal inauguration. I have f

udicial custody till Febru j llow the portrait to remain a he chairperson, had taken t isplay for weeks before the d

ccused be remanded to a tatement that he would not s ommittee, of which he is C The portraits were on “

eard. File perused. Both H eferring to Mr. Sirsa’s R ember General Purpose m om ghters. d

long with their counsel. a ither. He said the nine e ected. l minent leaders and free e

ad not been approached by h uced from police remand d hen the portraits were se w allery has portraits of 70 g

he media, Mr. Goel said he t Both accused pro “ ion had not been consulted t er M Arvind Kejriwal, the t

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o prevent them from tam t o convert to Islam. Mr. Gup t nd BJP MLA Manjinder a ial gallery in the Assembly. r

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have not received not have embly as demanded by BJP s he Bawana re tragedy t

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f the DUSU. o ents cannot be the repre d rotesting students. p ot allowed to sit for her n

ontinues to be the secretary c elieve that these non stu b he students of DU,” said the t rom the rst year who were f

o be a student but Ms. Nagar t heir role as a student. We t ot be a representative of n ured on a list of 150 students t

f the union when he ceases o er the elections forget about t ious that a nonstudent can v ttendance, her name fea a

ent ceases to be a member d ontest DUSU polls, who af c he situation, it becomes ob t ave the required minimum h

o the DU constitution, a stu t ents take admission only to d issing from the list. Given m ince Ms. Nagar did not S

he added that according S f DUSU politics where stu o s its student as her name is a tands cancelled. s

o be a student.” t ractice has become a norm p ognise Mahamedha Nagar c hich his/her admission w

ery well that she has ceased v AISA believes that such a “ ond semester does not re c o sit for the exams, failing t

on representative knowing i DU Law Faculty list for se “ ance in order to be eligible d

till presenting herself as un s Not in the list’ the in Not ‘ uires to have 75% atten q resident of AISA, Delhi University Delhi AISA, of resident P

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that she has ceased has she that ity students are represented s rance exams as his/her stu t hich runs on the guidelines w

knowing very well very knowing f disgrace that Delhi Univer o ill again have to sit for en w aid that the Law Faculty s

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ent of AISA in Delhi Univer d CI guidelines CI B ance criteria and fails to d herself as union as herself

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cer (SHO), Dadri, Ram ause of his excessive drink c ack to personal eects. l he victim’s right temple. t

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hrough triple talaq t ion after quarrelling with t A police team reached the “ olice said, adding that no p

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old the police that he had t river claimed the “two pas d nd buses late in the evening a divorce divorce

ab owner Naveen Jha C as headed to Badarpur, the w aiting for autorickshaws w

aid the police. s hen Mr. Sharma said he W atched a plan to rob people h alleges

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rs were questioned before e assengers” stopped next to p river. The trio live in a same d

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its of the registration num g t a bus stop there around 8 a ake ends meet. He quit m

ast year. l TAFF REPORTER TAFF S he car model and a few di t utorickshaw to Badarpur a ever, Rehan was unable to w

shok Nagar in November A ioning of his three facto t he teams were deployed T emanding a ransom of 1 d tation to maintain secrecy. s e told the police about H ay and was waiting for an d y as unskilled labour. Ho n

he 39 lakh robbery in New t ather and handled the func f alls were made from a PCO. c idnappers had called twice k ce instead of the police o aid the complainant. s or ocial work the previous f oidabased export compa N

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ohsen is close to the boy’s M ions revealed that all the t he next day stating that the t urveillance was setup in his s y dumped me near Saket,” l ad gone to Okhla Phase1 h hree accused worked for a t

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anish had been arrested. D .m. from Delhi. Investiga p eturned around 5.30 p.m. r hat the control room for t ithdraw money. They nal w e told the police that he H he company’s name. All t

anuary 25, the police said. J

e learnt that Tareeq and h nother call around 6.30 a he police said the father T r. Singla even claimed M t did not have a sticker with i hrashed me as I could not t ce station on January 20. i

ear Dharamshila Hospital on n

Mohsen ed as soon as “ The father received “ ributed in the area. t hat,” the ocer said. t ttached to a cab aggregator, a rong PIN code. They w nown persons at Okhla pol k

abbed after a shootout n

all or the investigation after c urned to Delhi the next day. t ere deployed in Shahdara. w hild’s photograph was dis c hings. Though the car was t eliberately entered the d ered an FIR against un t

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he police said on Tuesday. t

ot to tell anyone, including n ealed that they took the boy v hereabouts, one team was w ioner of Police (NorthEast) s nife used by the accused k ithdraw cash from an ATM w south Delhibased event a

akh in east Delhi last year, l

We instructed the father “ uick buck. The duo re q ncertain about the child’s U im,” said Deputy Commis h We have recovered the “ nd cash. They forced me to a harma, an accountant with S

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he plan he T ng a close eye on him”. i en, who wanted to make a s ame in from Shahdara here. c olice started looking for p obile phone, ATM card m omplainant Kaushal Kumar C

man wanted in connection a

IR registered registered IR F ather that “they were keep f atched by his cousin Moh h anipat, while the second P ase was registered and the c ay, they took my laptop, w he Special Cell has arrested T

ers kept telling the boy’s p lot to kidnap the boy was p he rst call was made from t as missing. A kidnapping w he city. t ards Malviya Nagar. On the w

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ng unit. i f a relative as the kidnap o nd Danish revealed that the a he police discovered that T onday stating that the boy M rom dierent locations in f oint. The accused drive to p agar robbery nabbed robbery agar N

ased garments manufactur b uspected the involvement s nterrogation of Tareeq I urveillance immediately. s olice around 8 p.m. on p iates were also arrested c owered by the trio at knife p an wanted for Ashok for wanted an M

mployed with a Noida e ently. The police said they c ng checking. i umbers were put under n His father approached the “ ednesday. His two asso W ew metres when I was over f

ansom call ansom R here, Danish had quit re t avir Park in Shahdara dur h la said, adding that the g ained from Okhla Mandi on t The cab had moved a “ hankar Sharma, who are S

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nformation he had sought i

o robbing multiple passen t hat Mohsen met the duo in t he police said the teams T round 12.30 p.m. on Tues a unteered to show them the l Ravi Shankar Sharma were arrested on Wednesday.

he CBI as it denied him t

ies,” said Mr. Singla, adding r ear the PCO,” he said. n rore. “The rst call came in c ith strangers, the boy vo w iswal said Rehan confessed B Cab driver Rehan Khan and his associates Ranjan Singh and

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or directions to the resi f river Rehan Khan hired on d (Left) Tareeq and Danish were arrested near Mahavir Park in Shahdara on Tuesday. The boy’s nder the transparency law. u

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ached recently with the cab t ere going for tuition classes w as no absolute exemption h

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igh Court against the CBI H y his cousin and his b esday, the police said. n

ontempt plea in the Delhi c e was allegedly kidnapped h ry 19 were arrested on Wed a

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etence, the government p gement for providing qual a uering from cancer, liver s rease in menstrual disor c een taken to provide aor b xed the case for further er to procure lowoor bus d hould at least meet us”. s

r having managerial com e perations of hospital man o he Malwa region were still t ance in ovulation and in b f pesticides and action had o els in the city. The court v on for not oating any ten s ive, but the government t

loy professional manpow p ivery as well as ancillary l any years and people in m perm count in men, distur s eing trained about the use b onment and pollution le r elhi government the rea D ot opposed to any initia n

f hospital managers to em o ater to clinical service de c ad not improved after so h esponsible for decline in r ernment said farmers were v ublic transport on the envi p ought to know from the s he counsel added, “We are T

ission also created posts M eed to be run eciently to n t seemed that the situation i hat heavy metals could be t ase le after the state go c n view the impact of lack of i uses in the past. It also b ot opposed to initiative N

nder the National Health u These health facilities “ he NHRC observed that T 8, a study by an NGO found 2 he NHRC had closed the T assengers but also keeping p ion with regard to supply of t

ya Pradesh and Bihar have h ncillary operations A ission of taking action. m eport published on January r un hospital there. r or ensuring facilities for f xplaining the factual posi e nreasonable”. u

tates such as Punjab, Mad S heap treatment at a trust c ccording to the media A ernment assured the com v ng lowoor buses, not only i ompanies to le an adavit c antly high and t

are to people. c reation of posts C osed of after the state go p r in Rajasthan for free or e n NHRC statement said. a o be undertaken for procur t he Bench asked the two T ere “unrealistic, exorbi w

ry and specialised health a ients had to travel to Bikan t dministration is apparent,” a similar matter was dis a mergency measures need e or the city”. f ad quoted prices which h

hem,” it said. t roviding secondary, terti p t had taken after 2012, when i ealthcare, many cancer pa h nsensitive approach of the i ra urged the court that t ot acquire low oor buses n ould have alleged that it c

f hospital management on o omous institutions) are n ormal life with dignity. The n o give details of what steps t nd lack of aordable a etitioner Nipun Malho P he Delhi government can t ow the Delhi government h

lso puts an additional load a ospitals (excluding auto h ims are not able to lead a t he NHRC asked the ocials T o excessive pesticide use t t a cost of 300 crore. a and, we see no reason why l he counsel questioned T

linical (service) output, but c ently, 24 Delhi government r he report had said that due T o these diseases, poor vic t ,000 standard oor buses 2 a Motors and Ashok Ley t s”. e ubmit details S

y leads to reduction in their l ear, on contract basis. Cur y ights of these people. Due r ernment’s move to procure v iew of the willingness of Ta v ny tender to procure bus a ack of facilities L

uneration initially for a m dministrative work not on a rave violation of human g or reports within six weeks. f y challenging the Delhi go t . Hari Shankar said, “in C ears they have not oated y

Involvement of doctors in “ d on xed consolidated re e ilar issues at the time. m tate authorities has caused s unjab government asking P ng from locomotor disabili i ustice Gita Mittal and Justice J s, but for the past four e

endents) would be appoint t ork load W The negligence by the “ he Chief Secretary of the t media report that raised si a nterest by a person suer i ion, a Bench of Acting Chief s ulty in manufacturing bus c

ospital managers (superin h en suo motu cognisance of k upply. s ecretary of the Ministry and s n a petition led in public i fter hearing the submis A ors said, “There is no di t

ospitals. h ernment statement, the v he chemicals in the water t HRC issued notices to the N n 2011, the NHRC had ta I he counsel for Tata Mo T eyland were made a party L ere unreasonable. w

iently managed in c ccording to a Delhi go A iseases. d irth defects as a result of b ance of a media report, the s ata Motors and Ashok T elhi government’s terms D owoor buses since 2014. l

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explaining the factual position with regard to supply of buses

equirements and equip r eeting of the Delhi Cabi m xcessive use of pesticides e igh Court that the govern H The NHRC took suo motu cognisance of a Health hazard: Health

The Bench asked the two manufacturers to le an adavit

ices to specialised medical v gers was approved in the a edical issues arising due to m ufacturers told the Delhi n

ng, sanitation, kitchen ser i f the post of hospital man o he Malwa region facing t he two domestic bus ma T

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ent as well. m ive works so that they can t ued notices to the Union s onable” rates for lowoor s

ions of hospital manage t ng doctors of administra i ednesday said it had is W ting “unrealistic and unrea o

ngaged in ancillary opera e ove that is aimed at reliev m ommission (NHRC) on C llegation that they were qu a

cs and pharmacists were i gers at its hospitals in a a he National Human Rights T uted the city government’s f

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almiki Marg will cause “in B The unauthorised con “ eployment of trac police. d

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ourt that the present situa c r. Chugh said the illegal M truction of the metro sta s

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ize will lead to trac chaos. s oing from INA to South Ex g hugh, a resident of South C

lea led by Manjeet Singh p arge” as the reduced road l er free movement of trac p

ent to the general public at m ith removed as it will ham w he court was hearing a T

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tribunal tribunal he court asked the T r. Rohatgi said there were M oins of 10, 5, 2 and 1 c hich stated that unclean w eople about the water be p enches due to nonappoint B tate unit. The police had s

embership from the party’s m courts. Scrap this Scrap courts. very aspect. e ought replacement of s ognisance of media reports c pread awareness among s ered at its head and zonal p umber of members N

rom the primary f urrency after considering c ere dierent, the plea also w he NGT had taken suo motu t aminated water, in red, to t 9 last year, has been ham 1 send it back to high to back it send

mu on Wednesday resigned A

his tribunal,” he said. t hat they had designed the t ize of old and new notes s he directions came after T hich are discharging con w itted oce on December m not functional, not

aryana BJP leader Surajpal H

ack to High Courts. Scrap b he ASG told the court T otes. Maintaining that the n ort. p o mark the borewells, t ustice Swatanter Kumar de J

illegality? If NGT is NGT If illegality?

rom the Bhondsi Jail on bail, f

GT is not functional, send it N ency the same as before. r ion of the new currency t ubmit a comprehensive re s on Justice U.D. Salvi after s as directed the authorities h

they resort to resort they

day after he was released A

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reen panel, which is being g GT to hear cases, then can N oard, DPCC and the civic B he authorities. t acing hardship in identi f he Centre, why they can t

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aw were deciding cases. l ne of the petitions said O or General (ASG) Sanjay t ial function. c resentatives from the Cen p hich were running with w

f the NGT to discharge judi o ers with no knowledge of b ommittee comprising re c iple borewells in the Capital t y impaired. l t asked Additional Solici I

isk to society. r ither at the head branch or e ven a singlemember Bench e ar body, said expert mem B t had also constituted a I ected that there were mul ierentiable for the visual d eld. TI P

heir release would pose a t hange in rules enabling c ohatgi, appearing for the R p of a singlejudge Bench, u nd other authorities. a round Water Authority re G hem easily identiable and t ho have worked in this w

ssessment as to whether a enior advocate Mukul S hairperson against setting C urrency notes to make c aired experts and others p esday the plea challenging n er with the Delhi Jal Board t itted by the Central m

ail and carry out an j unction. f dvise the NGT’s Acting a ier agreed to hear on Wed l DPCC) to take up the mat ( ections after a report sub r ought change in the new s onsulted some visually im c

ntitled to be released from e eneral K.K. Venugopal to G he Supreme Court had ear T llowed to discharge judicial a ion Control Committee t he tribunal passed the di T ration of Blind, who had e he authorities should have t

ollect the data of those c

ember Benches cannot be m he Bench asked Attorney T retary of the Delhi Pollu c anisation All India Confed g he Bench observed that T acant posts V nt for consumption U

udges were directed to j

n that condition single i handrachud said. C ier directed the member se l nd nongovernment or a ize of note S

rant of bail. The district g

GT, the top court said even N .M. Khanwilkar and D.Y. A ne judicial member each. o uired assistance. q ates, a company secretary c

elease from jail despite r

lso comprising Justices a ne technical member and o umber of vacancies in the n he police to provide the re t ion led by three advo t nd the RBI. a

reports.

ave been unable to secure h

he Supreme Court Bench, t enches should consist of B itted that there were large m lied with and also asked p he court was hearing peti T hankar told the Centre S motu cognisance of media

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the NGT arch 12, said M hen Mr. Venugopal sub W lejudge Benches [at NGT],” g hat the directions are com t ittal and Justice C. Hari M asily identiable E The NGT had taken suo

nformation to it by district i

he matter for hearing on t idly. We cannot allow sin d cting Chief Justice Gita A ent of Revenue to ensure m udicial function J

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he Delhi HC on Wednesday T

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ows even a singlemember l mong yourselves. You [the a Bench headed by NGT A ith district judges judges district ith w others who have worked in

ent Rules, 2017, which al m hich needs to be resolved w tal within three months. i ndertrials: HC unhappy HC ndertrials: U steps to ll up vacancies. impaired experts and

nd Procedures) Amend a rised borewells in the Cap o This issue is something “ members at the NGT and the government should have taken have consulted visually

idity of the NGT (Practices l ernment to seal all unauth v sing them. u Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi said there were only six of 40

the authorities should

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and Toorji ka Jhalra before and after oncentrated ef c av (now a UNESCO World Heritage V arvesting. h

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ient water c ears ago that she began a y o the sprawling and ornate Rani ki t

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odels of e m ago. But it was not until four c of Champaner ameless helical n vav

hese ancient t ournalist says over a call from Chi j re literally walking over. From the a

rgent to revisit u merican writer and broadcast A onder at the buried past that we w

he notes it is all the more s he one most people visit rst,” the t ften nine storeys deep, making me o

ndia’s increasing water crisis, I dalaj, outside Ahmedabad. “It’s A inuous gorges force my eyes down, s

istorically,” says Lautman. With h ia, when she had visited the one at d atial subterranean corridors and l

tand why they were signicant s 0 years ago, on her rst trip to In 3 p, the underground ziggurats, pa u

espect for stepwells, to under r ure somersaults. Instead of looking t ells grabbed Lautman’s attention w

available soon. It is important to bring back “ nique to the subcontinent, step U ional understanding of architec t

between 5 and 15, they will be forgotten past forgotten A ates for each. n (Merrell, London) my tradi ndia ndia I

commemorating stepwells. Priced le, she has listed GPS coordi b an’s m The Vanishing Stepwells of Stepwells Vanishing The

brought out a series of 16 stamps ook, to make stepwells accessi b uch as the beauty. m s I turn the pages of Victoria Laut A

4. This month, the Indian Post Oce

½ ho showed her two more. In the w hat often highlight the disrepair as t

f ound a Rabari goatherd nearby icked stepwells, with photographs p ujatha Shankar Kumar Shankar ujatha S and shops.

ound a narrow shaft, she also f , restaurants lined by renovated

havelis

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hy we need to revisit them w

recently restored, as part of the Jodhpur lose to a stepwell and not known!” c in alled C baoli

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3. The 18th century Toorji ka Jhalra was n the hunt the n O les for days. I could have been c ½

We were driving around in cir “ riter Victoria Lautman on tracking down W Islamic designs.

t o 600 CE. av,” she observes. V storeys deep and meld Indian and

hree of the oldest stepwells, dating t e nd in Rani ki Vav and Rudabai w scholar Morna Livingston, these are ve

nto the I

hank in Gujarat, where she found D omen came down in history, as w popular. Dubbed ‘fusion wells’ by

baolis

Ambapur Vav in Ambapur — are very alls one such trip to c he ways the names of t

Adalaj, Dada Harir Vav in Aswara and or company. She re f ands. “This was one of b

near Ahmedabad — Rudabai Vav in lone, with a driver a onour their late hus h

the border, in Gujarat, three stepwells n adventures o igh ranks, as a way to h

of Baolis, has over 50 stepwells. Across autman embarked L omen of royalty or w

2. Bundi in Rajasthan, called The City

½ lso helped. But mostly a ere commissioned by w

al activist, Rajesh Joshi, t a. About a quarter n built in the early 20th century

hose and environmen G esh, Delhi and Harya d recent is Badshahpur Baoli, in Haryana,

dates to the 4th century, while the most luding Madhuvanti c radesh, Madhya Pra P

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ial were invaluable, as r ng, washing, and irriga i

hose published mate w rovide water for drink p

egewald and Morna Livingston, H onfesses. The majority — built to c

cholars, Jutta JainNeubauer, Julia s r expected to write a book,” she e

an is indebted to three western m ntended to bring out articles; I nev i

ritten records are scarce, Laut w ral, western and northern India. “I t

eptionally dicult to locate. As c iscovering over 200 across cen d

in Gujarat, stepwells are ex nd a ent and photograph stepwells, m vav

o a dog because like a dog it was a t isit to London, I felt the stairs v ide like insects outside a termite s ions: “London was a dream se t huckles Bhajju. c alasubramaniam. B

started creating

#4 1 3 9 7 5 5 7 9 3 1 #4 lso turned the Number 30 bus in a hajju reminisces, “On my rst B umans who line up to be let in h nravels like a stream of observa u e live in houses with toilets, ” w rs,” said e

alive and that is how I

urned my world upsidedown; I t f prey. “An eagle that swallows o , hat is how I started creating.” t eller s ives have changed because now l igher spending travell h The London Jungle Book Jungle London The

the trees and tales come

louds below, because ying c he trees and tales come alive and t ot stuck in his mind as a huge bird g ng alive to the world in his best i ies and communication . Our n racting longer stay and t

stories within me. Then

ide down in the sky, and the s ying my stories within me. Then r hajju recalls how the airport B he sensibility or fullness of be T ious to us, like bonding, ceremo c e realised in terms of at b

places and carrying my

he urban jungle jungle urban he T So in my story I put the trees up “ nglish.” E ies and roads and places and car t ory alive — of things that are pre m ian travel market is yet to d

cities and roads and

elt everything was upside down. f ravel I feel I’m ying through ci t estivals, like pubs do for the f rtist in Madhya Pradesh. A reachers: “We are keeping a me p hat the potential of the In t

feel I’m ying through hen he was in the aircraft he W s free during celebrations and u tate award for Best Indigenous S ey,” maintains Bhajju. “When I n f vigour are like penetrating o ource market. We believe s

journey. When I travel I

ay. ” s Everything for me is a jour “ hat loosens our tongue and sets t on several awards including the w reates. His translucent trees full c ontinues to be our top c

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Everything for me is a lying through cities through lying F toryteller, I had so many things to s ays be there. And it is the tree w ight books. Furthermore, he has e ngs give life to the story he i Ramayana Trail). India (

o Hong Kong. t on and suddenly I became the d hen the word began, so it will al w d, coedited and contributed to e nd lithe lines in the tribal paint a nd pilgrimage tourism a

hows and is now taking his works s he earth. I came back from Lon t as the rst tree to be created w ince 2004, Bhajju has illustrat S hajju’s hand is neat— the dots B ism, destination wedding r

ath has been mounting his solo N rontrunner for Bhajju’s books. In f ike snuggling your way through l n Gond myths, the Mahua tree I o represent the London Tube.” t ond imagery and metaphors. ” G e on promoting lm tou b

ector and gallery person Anubhav l ara Publishing has been the T ere even more wonderful. It was w ants and pubs for English people. r n Gond painting so I used snakes i ays I’m telling stories through w umbers. “The focus will n

allery Ojas Art in Delhi with col g ecalls. r n the streets. The subway trains o provider for us, like the restau a arthworm. Snakes signify earth e istinctive of the work. So in many d o woo tourists in larger t

hajju. But that’s not all – Bhajju’s B ike a story in my head, ” he l ore people underground than m ake alcohol from its owers. It is m he world below is ruled by the t dges and going in to the centre is e ATTE2018, is determined S

ree with exotic birds done by t on. “And the experiences swam d ound it strange that there were f acred Mahua tree. We Gonds s world in London as well. We say a n of the picture, starting from the i he ongoing travel expo t

here is a ne mural of a tamarind t he walls of a restaurant in Lon t eeper into the underground. I d n English pub in the form of a a er this one and I discovered such d ends of my tribes. And the lling g uring its participation in d

hennai called Book Building, C ethi sent him to paint a mural on S ecting people and taking them l hen they enter a pub… I painted w ond belief, there is a world un G rations I do are inspired by the le t ng, the Sri Lanka Tourism, i

act, at their cultural space in f ifs, and in 2001 curator Rajeev t ere moving on their own, col w uence for me… People change q aithful and loyal friend to me. In f ond tribal art. “Most of the illus G 0% describing it satisfy 3

ion at the Musee des Arts Decora t f the story with the tradition of o anka visit delightful and L

is in 1998 for a tribal art exhibi r e tried to capture the essence H ravellers nding their Sri t

Bhajju Shyam with his work at Tara Book Stores in Chennai Multifaceted artist: artist: Multifaceted

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fter that he was invited to Pa A ants.” w hat 69% per cent of Indian t

y paintings for 1,200.” m he only way to achieve what she t ith a survey pointing W

xhibition in Delhi, he sold ve of e ream and takes risks, for that is d ith Indian tourists. w

ged me to do works. During an a ut here is a girl, who, dares to B uisite island a favourite q

ove for doing the work he encour l ens in the case of the mermaid. p ll these have made this ex A

rawings. Then when he saw my d ven choosing can hurt, as it hap e he list of avid travellers. t

hoice,” says Bhajju. “Sometimes c nd patterns after he did the main a ea, all make it a must on t

hajju. “I would ll in the colours B The theme is of love and “ ourse its world famous c

I used to help my uncle,” says “ harm. c n array of wildlife and of a

ate Jangarh Singh Shyam. l arrative retains an old world n ious and ethnic groups, g

ion of story and tribal art. The t foreigners’. This uncle was the ‘ al beaches, diverse reli c

y an uncle who sold paintings to b rated by Bhajju. It is a combina t ge sites. Its pristine tropi a

ng asleep on duty, he was called i irish Rao and Gita Wolf and illus S ight UNESCO World Herit e

ty guard and getting red for fall i retold by y, Sri Lanka is home to l light of the Mermaid Mermaid the of light F

is third famous book is H fter taking up odd jobs as a secur A ge, still preserved skilful a The

ove and choice choice and ove L reathe tales of vitality and vigour. b nd rich culture and herit a

over spans surreal splendour. c onscious compositions that c sia because of its ancient A

pirituality of the forest and the s nown for quirky, upbeat, eco k nown as the Wonder of K

de to the legends, folklore and o ard working humble artist is h

andbound and screenprinted h ve languages for children. The

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(Tara Books) published in is a striking he Nightlife of Trees Trees of Nightlife he T ook ook B

t the ongoing a r of the famous o ook would take three months. b London Jungle London

ive, making 5000 copies of the t e is also the illustrator and auth H

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ng process — to put it in perspec i ld is more than just a Gond artist. o

howcases its s idely travelled, the 42year W riginal print made by a painstak o

mageries. i 0 paintings in the book were an 2

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ents and juxtaposing multiple m , each of the he Night Life of Trees of Life Night he T

ri Lanka S rafted and surreal. In his book, c einventing his arsenal of ele r

f art in their own right, hand o live by retelling his stories and a

e has kept indigenous Gond art H is books are indigenous works H

island

e in all sorts of new directions. ” m nd the synergy of coexistence. a

arrying me higher and tugging c as celebrate the ora and fauna v

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houghts (are) like birds that are t mperial size sheets of paper/can i

ay. Bhajju’s paintings on large D le gives you permission; my g

ort. I mean – you can y if the ea p ees announced on the Republic d

tamp, like the ones on my pass s mong the list of Padma Shri awar a

ave put my bird of prey inside a h rtist Bhajju Shyam is happy to be A

ocuments, stamps and seals. So I d

ill. The airport is also a place of h ma Nair Nair ma U

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The curious world of Bhajju Shyam Shyam Bhajju of world curious The

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ruit market, besides fresh pro f ingapore, leaves a lasting impression. S pulled’ tea made with condensed or ‘ n the Wok ‘n’ Stroll Hawker Discov I he market has a host of hawker T

f the durian are on sale at the o nlikely ingredients that, quite like u he ginger in the Teh Tarik (a frothy T treet food shops. s ess establishments, says Rahim. n

ome of the less odorous cousins S nd red beans. It’s a combination of a rade. t ption to alfresco dining and mobile o his little enclave of Indianorigin busi t

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rom the pulp as required by f m ade with coconut milk, rice our ets of food history, stopping only to g ong. These openair food halls with K ultures and cuisines — Chinese shop c

rinding and even extracting milk g nd for dessert, order a chendol a ittle India, peppering his talk with nug L ut in Malaysia, Singapore and Hong o ut it still remains a melting pot of B

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ad cuisine. Sambal terung (eggplant n orner announces the presence of c uced to familiar friends — d he nation hosts restaurants from all t y samples we are served. m masala do- masala

ind, traditional preparations of Chetti m or the day, while a distinctly pungent f ng out a part of the tourism industry, as i

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ents to go hungry here for long. d arkets inside Tekka, one can see sh m yam (chicken) curry and stirfried A

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ices industry in the island nation. It’s v nd coconut milkinfused meat falling a ast in Glasgow, Scotland, and shipped c f peanut butter, Nutella and jam. o urries and kway c

ike wheat our crepe rolls with llings l hat make up the food and beverage ser t ooked to perfection, the spice paste c ron frames of the arched building were i

endang for lunch. The dry curry is r eums. The intricatelyligreed wrought s — and also snacks utlets, 450 caterers and 4041 ‘others’ — o ur o maida parotta maida

ents — 2712 restaurants, 477 fast food m uch place in Singapore. We order beef s hard day of trekking through mu a

ent of Statistics lists 7,679 establish m 953, and is considered to be the oldest 1 idnight, looking for nourishment after m ating her E

2016 survey by Singapore’s Depart A een serving Peranakan dishes since b s buzzing when we drop in close to i

he Guan Hoe Soon restaurant has T uay. The 24hour hawker food centre Q

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ream of, as you climb the last d ears. On busy routes, tea houses y now line, the chickens have s n route, with more or less the e ore for the weary traveller — m ountains. m

ugs; it’s the constant you can m rifts around for the next 100 d st. All of them have tea houses e ilar, but these places oer much m adly, once you approach the S omes after a long walk in the c

and son to do so. do to son and

ea served in goodsized steel t rom under which it ies out and f nown are Annapurna and Ever k ential character of the place is si s ccompaniment. a eace and contentment that p

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nchanged — dierent kinds of u referring to hide it under a rock, p any trekking routes. The best m n the Nepal Himalayas. The es i otatoes is the typical p d back home, lled with the e

1990, making the making 1990,

c. One thing, however, remains i ng their waste along with them, i air share of the Himalayas and f ouses you nd on trekking trails h ble dish of sautéed cabbage and a al monastery and we were head c

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he amenities become more bas t p. Indians rarely consider carry u rail, and of course, rice. A veget t re attracted to Nepal, as it has a a aps, is the genesis of the tea h ight; bells were ringing in the lo l Hillary's son, climbed son, Hillary's

he tea houses become fewer, and t ill come along one day to clean w any trekkers and climbers M ng light refreshments. This, per i ulses — easily available on the p littered in the fading evening g Peter Hillary, Sir Edmund Sir Hillary, Peter

I n Nepal, as one goes higher, ark, believing the municipality p tronger beverages here! s round the globe, is a place serv a ade from black beans and other m o provide. Mount Annapurna t

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#4 1 3 9 7 5 5 7 9 3 1 #4 f o uch to be desired. m utdoors as our neighbourhood o a; the ‘tea house’, as understood n — a thick lentil soup an expect to nd all manner of c oee shop was more than happy c daal bhaat daal

c with thin gravies. There is a lot i erience with tea houses leaves p ublic spaces, we treat the wild p he Temperance movement, you t lose proximity to tea major Chi c ouses lacked, this Himalayan h

astes. It can be light and aromat p uce to say that the Indian ex S ation unused to the concept of n n alternative to the pub during a ontinent’s colonial past or the c on lled the air. What the tea m

f heavy onion, tomato, cashew o onga, could do with a makeover. z am and jetsam of camping. As a s ouses of Britain, which arose as h itle may have come from the sub t t Deorali, en route to Anna A he aroma of coee and cinna t

ut without the restaurant staple b acular view of Mount Kanchend t imes look ravaged with the ot t ay need for a night’s halt. The m inutes to two hours! m ll kinds of tea. Unlike the tea a round, people were dancing and g

epali food is similar to Indian, N andakphu, with the most spec S harm, but our campsites some c ravellers with everything you t or a total of anything between 30 f ssentials, WiFi, and of course, e usic was playing in the back m

s abound and chickens run free. e ettermaintained tea house at b ia’s. No doubt, camping has its d eady basic accommodation for r ept that the WiFi actually works c ining area, a small store selling d ot cinnamon rolls too. Trendy h

etter the fare — vegetable patch b he outdoors! Even the slightly t re cleaner and less noisy than In a ater, hot showers, an enclosed w ed with ‘tea houses’ — rough and d our deal. Sounds generous, ex h han just a coee; they oered us t

ake you long for the comfort of m ibility. The lower you are, the s ea house trails, although busy, t ets, a common toilet, running k rekking trails in Nepal are stud T hen you pay for WiFi, it’s a 24 w nna Aroma could do better A

aries with the altitude and acces v hole atmosphere is designed to w omparing like to like, Nepal’s C ed with clean sheets and blan b etails of the deal. For example, d as never been found. h

he quality of food, however, T itchen is just a room, and the k akes up. m ng or WiFi, it’s best to check the i ooms or dormitories, a proper r urna in October 1992. His body p

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oilets are smelly and stained, the t he warm kitchen more than t armth into your tea. w hether it’s hot water for bath W trek to the south face of Anna a

ncient beds and blankets. The a ot a bad idea, as its proximity to n inger, its strong scent oozing g tations. s is wife. Beghin ‘disappeared’ on h

any are decrepit buildings with M e a generous inch of smashed b f you’ve reached late. Frankly, i own, goes up to ₹750 at higher d ountaineer, Pierre Beghin, by m

u, but you can be sure there will n ouses’ scattered along the trail. h ou may just get the dining room y which costs ₹250 lower ory of French scientist and m haat b

nd tomatoes may be o the me a idge for example, there are ‘tea R ured a place for the night, and s rices also go up; the staple P he German bakery started in me t daal

n the bananas in your porridge o n some trails in Sikkim, Singalila O omes down to is that you are as c ling the real thing only in shape. b up of real coee at Anna Aroma, c

he Indian story Indian he T urns away a guest. What that t ies. The tea houses may be stingy t todgy and smelly, and resem s e were going to celebrate with a w

head! And no tea house ever a plash of brandy are all possibili s ersion of pizza is also available; v cially, our trek was over, and O

t. i le infusions of spices and a p ot book more than 24 hours n nd eggs. For those not so fussy, a a ained by the Nepal government. t

or their waste and must contain f ime and plain, masala chai, sim l ant or powerful you are, you can t etween instant noodles or bread b ut of the trekkers register main o

ions with ginger, cardamom, t ea house owners are responsible t he usual hotel — however impor t piced water and the choice is s e were in the village and signing w

re less damaging to the trail, as a own, the eary mile. Black tea in varia w ame amenities. They dier from s has turned to ,000 of them! A few hours later, 5 daal

igh. My friend counted almost h

and stone steps, each one a foot s

ay to nd romance, adventure and solace w

limbing again — about a thou c

rekking through the cold mountainous trails of Nepal, spurred by cups of hot chai, is a T topped descending and started s

efore Chomrong village, we b

n our way up. A couple of hours o

hop in Chomrong that we passed s

ea tales from the hills the from tales ea T

ard to — Anna Aroma — a coee w

ad one more thing to look for h

en harder than going up, but we t

oming down the mountain is of C

n tribute n I

our equipment for night halts. y

n your own and must cart all o

oing higher. After that, you are g

amp, also the holding place for c

n the trail are at Annapurna base o

cenery! The last set of tea houses s

eers, drinking in the fabulous b

aze around with a couple of l

re the ones who are inclined to a

hose coming down — the latter t

ake out those going up from m

nd diculty levels. You can a

re, swapping notes on timings e

rekkers are sprawled everywh T

unch is a happy experience. l

rriving at a tea house for A

as the UN trail of the Himalayas! w

rail, and someone joked that it t

r the world try the Annapurna e

ar 80s music. People from all ov l

ongs that night, along with popu s

oom and we heard many Nepali r

uitar emerged from the owner’s g

le at ground. After dinner, a b

ling together on the only availa c

urna base camp, the tea houses p

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break break

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Assam tea and trekkers taking a taking trekkers and tea Assam

A glass of glass A A place in the sun: the in place A

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