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HATHRAS DALIT TEEN’S DEATH: HEARING OCTOBER 12 COVID ECONOMIC DISTRESS Dayafterpolicerushedhercremation, From PM economic council to Niti Aayog, growing HCstepsin,asksofficialstoexplain disquiet over Govt tight fist Benchwants Stopped on way, victim’s familyto Rahul, Priyanka Advisors urgedfiscal push in form of GST collections wage subsidy,rural infrastructure appear so it can make apoint — up: Rs 95,480 cr hear their version for September helped by police PVAIDYANATHANIYER Whygovt NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 ishesitant E ENSECONOMICBUREAU ● tospend SOMYALAKHANI, SPEAKINGTOThe Indian Express EXPLAINED NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 JIGNASASINHA on September 26, Union Finance &MANOJCG MinisterNirmalaSitharamansaid THE FINANCE ministryis MARKINGTHE firstinstance of a HATHRAS,GREATERNOIDA, that she is open to “the needfor notconvincedabout the year-on-year increase in the fi- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 further stimulus” and itstiming. needfor alarge fiscal nancial year 2020-21, gross Goods That maynot be muchofan stimulus. Policy advisors, and Services Tax(GST) collections HITTINGTHE streetsfor the first assurance giventhe growing however, areofthe view rose 3.9 per cent to Rs 95,480 time since the Covid-19lock- sense of disquietinexpertbodies that the unprecedented croreinSeptember,for sales in The benchreferredtoThe down wasimposedinMarch, including the Prime Minister’s shockneeds acounter- August, reflecting apick-up in Indian Express reportonOct 1 Congress leader Rahul Gandhi fell down during ascuffle with police when he wasstopped Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi Economic AdvisoryCouncil, the cyclical response, and economic activity with the eas- on the Yamuna Expressway,inGreater Noida on Thursday. PTI and Priyanka Gandhi Vadrawere Niti Aayogand the Chief onlylarge government ing of Covid restrictions, accord- prevented Thursdayfromgoing Economic Advisor’s office. spending will sustain a ing to datareleasedThursdayby ASADREHMAN to the villageofthe Hathras Dalit Severalpolicy-influencers in recovery till private sec- the Finance Ministry. LUCKNOW,OCTOBER1 Forensic report shows teenager,who diedafter she was these bodies arebefuddledatthe tordemand picks up. The rise, however, also partly BUSINESSASUSUAL brutallyassaulted and allegedly Central government’s aversion to reflected the impact of alow base THE ALLAHABAD High Courton gangrapedbyupper caste men. spend morenow despitetheir effectfromSeptember2019,when Thursdaytook suo motu cog- BY UNNY teen was not raped: Police Their cavalcade wasstoppeden unanimousviewthatafiscalstim- Prime MinisterNarendraModi GSTrevenues had contracted 2.7 nizance of the fatalassault and route, afterwhichtheybegan to ulus —sooner than later —will chaired over 10 days between per cent to fall to a19-month low alleged gangrape of aDalit walk,onlytobearrestedbythe place better to take advan- the end of June and early July, The of Rs91,916 crore—thesecondin- woman in Hathras, especiallyher AMILBHATNAGAR THE EDITORIAL PAGE . tage of the major reforms being Indian Express has learnt, mem- stance since the July2017rollout hurriedcremation, and directed HATHRAS,OCTOBER1 Dramatic visuals of Rahul pushedinagricultureand labour. bers of his EAC, Niti Aayogand of the indirect taxregime. senior officials of the stategov- INTHEMIRROR walking with over ahundred In at leastfour meetings that CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ernment and police, including of THE UTTAR Pradesh Police OFHATHRAS party workers, falling during a the district, to be present at the Thursdaysaid that aforensic re- BY NANDITA RAO scuffle with police personnel, next hearing on October 12. porthad shown that the 19-year- &ITI PANDEY PAGE 10 and both him and Priyanka —the Atwo-judgeBenchsaidfamily old Dalit woman killedin Congress general secretaryin 2nd sero survey in Mumbai shows fall in members of the deceasedwould Hathras, allegedly by four upper charge of Uttar Pradesh —being alsobepresentthatdaysothatthe caste men, had notbeen raped. sexuallyassaulted. takenawayinapolice vehicle level of antibodies among slum dwellers courtcould hear their version of On September 22, aweek before Addressing apress confer- were astrong signal, meant for the cremation organisedbythe she died, the woman had given ence, Prashant Kumar,ADG (Law both the ranksofthe grand old the virus. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 astatement saying she had been CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE THE CITY Members of the team that MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 conducted the survey attributed 20FOREIGNERSTO the decline in seroprevalence – THE IDEAS PAGE ASECOND serosurvey con- FACECHARGESFOR number of persons in apopula- In Hyderabad, caste turns love story ducted in Mumbai mid-August STAYINGINMOSQUE tion who test positive foraspe- THEWARWITHIN has found that 45 per cent of the DURINGLOCKDOWN cific disease –inslum areas to into astory of hate and murder people in slums and 18 per cent the fact that an entirelydifferent AMERICA in non-slum pocketswereex- PAGE 3 setofpeople wassurveyed the Parentsoftechie, inlove.Everyevening,we usedto BY BHASKAR CHAKRAVORTI posedtoCovid-19. The latest second time. ` 92 per kilo sittogetherandmakeplansabout PAGE 11 findings aredifferent from the cent of the people in slums were But epidemiologists pointed hired killers thefuture,”says AvantiReddy,23. firstsurvey in July, when 57 per found to have been exposedto CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Until September 24,when this ` 120 per kilo among 14 held taleof twopeoplefromtwocastes in one big city came to an abrupt, so far: police and brutal, end. ` 148 per kilo The Hyderabad home of computer engineer Avanti may ` 72 per Dozen SREENIVASJANYALA The couple metCyberabad be aworld away from Hathras in HYDERABAD,OCTOBER1 Police Commissioner three UP —roiledbyaDalit girl's assault months ago and murder allegedly by upper- TWEETS AGAINST THEIR LOVE bloomedwith every caste men —but that evening, the UDDHAV, AADITYA “Hi” and “Hello” on the quietlane distance seemedtodisappear. outside their homes. Theysoon thephonecalls,withbillsrunning TwoofAvanti's uncles Free speech movedtoFacebook,spending upto Rs1,500amonth.Andfinally, reachedtheir house, calledthe hoursgettingto knoweachother, on June 10,theygot married. couple out and forced them into can’t violate growing closer.Then therewere “HemanthandIweresomuch CONTINUEDONPAGE2 constitutional rights of others, says HC

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Rahul, Priyanka thosewhoaresupposedtouphold reducing,” Kakani said. suresomeoneelse'srightsare not the lawtotrample upon demo- Amember of the research violated because of this abusive party and others, who have been craticvalues,”hesaid.JD(S)leader High Court steps in, asks officials to explain team said in the second serosur- language.” The courtdirected urging the Gandhis to take on a HDDeveGowda, the RJD's vey, fornon-slum areas, the same Thakkar to appear before the in- morehands-on role. Tejashwi Yadavand Kerala Chief policeinthemiddleof thenight, andfundamentalrightsnot only bodyof thedeceasedvictimleft Mahatma Gandhi, saying, “This locality wasselectedas in the first vestigating officer on October 5 The UP Police offeredthem MinisterPinarayiVijayanallcalled andwonderedif theauthorities of the deceasedvictim but also Delhi’s Safdarjung Hospital at is atime to strengthen our re- survey.Forslums,theyoptedfora and asked the police to inform it that opportunity on aplatter on theprotestandRahul'sdemandto actedthus because of their eco- of her familymembers”. 9:30pmonTuesdaytoahurried solve to live up to the ideas differentlocalityinthesameward. on additional chargestobelev- Thursday. Severaloppositionlead- visit the Hathras village"ademo- nomic status. It also said that it The judges said, “As it is, the cremation in aHathras village which'Bapu' stood for, but, un- Aroundoneto twopercentof the elledagainsthim warranting his ersralliedbehindtheGandhis,and cratic right".Congress leader would decide “as to the neces- deceasedvictim wastreated 200kilometersaway at3:30am fortunately, groundrealitiesare samples belonged to people who arrest.Itpostedthematterfornext slammedthe stategovernment, Ramesh Chennithala said never sityof monitoringtheinvestiga- with extreme brutality by the on Wednesday, it wasmarked verydifferentfromthehighval- had participated in both the sur- hearing on October 8. even as the BJP calleditaphoto- before in the countryhad the po- tion or getting it conducted perpetrators of the crime, and by adisregardtoprotocoland uespropagatedandpractisedby veys.Thatcouldalsoexplainvary- op. The Opposition, particularly lice dared to manhandle national throughanindependentagency what is alleged to have hap- high handedness by apolice the Father of our Nation.” The ing resultsinexposurelevels in Hyderabad story theCongress,hasbeenaccusedof leaders. as per law”. penedthereafter, if true, forcethat did notlet her family courtsaid the suo motu PIL slum areas between the twosur- acar before speeding away,ac- notbeing visible on the ground. In astatement, the Gautam The BenchofJustices Rajan amountstoperpetuating the performherlastrites’.”Thecourt wouldbeheardbyanappropri- veyrounds. cording to police. On the way, Manyinthe Congress toohave Buddha NagarPolice said Rahul Royand JaspreetSingh, that miseryofthe familyand rub- mentionedthat the report ateBenchand arecordkeptof Of the728healthcareworkers while theyswitchedcars, Avanti been arguing that it is high time and Priyanka's cavalcade had quotedextensively fromareport bing salt in their wounds." The quoted the father as saying that all news items referred by it. It surveyed in slums in this second managed to escape and alertthe the leadership “came out of the comprised200partyworkersand by The Indian Express that ap- courtsaid that it would liketo thewoman'sbodywasreleased said the media organisations round,27 percenthaddeveloped police, who later found 28-year- Twitterworld”andhitthestreets. 50vehicles.“Congresspartywork- peared on Thursday, said that examine “whether the eco- fromhospitalwithoutthembe- concernedwould be requested antibodiesagainstCovid-19.BMC oldHemanthKumar'sbodyabout During the lockdown, Rahul had ers pushedpolice personnel whilefouraccusedhadbeenar- nomic and social status of the ing informed, and denying the to producetherelevantmaterial officials said the lowerrateofex- 20 km away from the house —he come out onlyonce to meetmi- around. Both Rahul Gandhi and restedandanSITsetuptoprobe deceased's familyhas been police version that the family and content on the basis of posureinhealthcareworkers as had been strangledtodeath. grants. Priyanka Gandhi startedwalking the matter,“However, forthe takenadvantageofbythe state had said that the timing of the whichtheyhad reportedthe comparedto the rest of the slums Police sayit's aclear case of Rahul and Priyanka setoff for with their party workers, which moment, we areconcerned authorities to oppress and de- cremation would notmatter. matter.Theofficialssummoned is due to better prevention meth- caste killing. And theyhavesince Hathras around 12.30 pm, along ledtoamassive trafficjam in withwhathashappenedthere- prive them of their Thecourtalsocitedothermedia by the courtonOctober 12 in- ods adoptedbythem. arrested 14 people, including the with senior Congress leaders whichambulancesalsogot stuck.” after. The incidentswhichtook Constitutional rights”. reports regarding the matter. clude the Additional Chief DrJayanthiShastri,headof mi- twouncles, Avanti's father D Adhir Ranjan Chowdhuryand place afterthe death of the vic- QuotingfromTheExpressre- TheBenchinstructedofficialsto Secretary/Principal Secretary crobiologyatBYL Nair hospital, Laxmi Reddy and mother Ar- Randeep Surjewala and party Govt tight fist timon29.09.2020leadingupto port, the LucknowBenchofthe ensurenopressurewasexerted (Home), the DGP,Additional andapartofthesurvey team,said: chana, and three alleged hired women’s wing chief Sushmita the CEA’s office, made presenta- her cremation, as alleged,have HighCourtthattookupthemat- on the familymembers of the Director General (Lawand “The twoserosurveysshowthat killers. Today, all that Avanti is left Devamong others, afterameet- tionswithparticipationfromsen- shockedour conscience, there- teradded, “In this regard we deceasedvictim. The courtsaid Order), the Hathras District thelevel of seroprevalence is dif- with arethe memories. ingwithSoniaGandhi.“Weknew ior officials in the PM’s office, the fore,weare takingsuomoto cog- have takennoteofanews re- that according to reports,the MagistrateandSuperintendent ferentfromonelocalityto another “Afterwegot married, we did we would notbeallowed. We Finance Ministryand the nizance of the same.” portedinIndian Express, cremationwasdone"around2- of Police.Theofficialshave been even within the city.” notspend even afew minutes were prepared,” atop leader told Commerce Ministry. The courtsaid the matter is Lucknowedition dated 2.30am".Itsaidthefamilyofthe told to present their version of Sheaddedthattheyare study- away from eachother.When he The Indian Express. “Therewas near unanimity of of “immensepublicimportance 01.10.2020, with the headline deceasedfollows Hindu tradi- theeventswithsupportingma- ing antibody levels of people sur- wentto hiswork sites,Iwentalong At 1.30 pm, the cavalcade was views on twoaspects: i) fiscal ex- and public interest” as thereare ‘U.P.Policeoutinfullforcetocre- tions, "according to whichlast terial, and an updateonthe sta- veyedinthe firstround to meas- with him and sat in the car,wait- stoppedonthe Yamuna pansion or increasedspending, allegationsof “high-handedness mateHathras women, away rites arenot performedafter tus of the probe. The Benchalso ureneutralising antibodies. “But ing,’’ says Avanti. Their storygoes Expressway,andtheGandhissaid andii)reformsinthefinancialsec- by thestateauthoritiesresulting fromfamily’...Asperthesaidre- sunsetand before daybreak”. soughtareportfromtheDistrict theprocessisunderwayanditwill backtotheirteenageyears,to that theywould walk to Hathras, over tor, including stakesale in public in violation of the basic human port, ‘Fromthe moment the The judges went on to cite Judge, Hathras. takesometimeforustogetthere- lane behind Madhuri Hospital in 140kmaway. “That messagehad sector banks. KeyCabinet sults,” Shastri said. Chandanagar whereHemanth’s to be given, that we will notback Ministers including Amit Shah, ProfessorUllas Kolthur,assis- father CMurali Krishna movedin out,”aleaderwhowaspartoftheir Nirmala Sitharaman, Piyush Forensic report Virhadsaidtheyhadwaitedfor to the cervical spine (neck) pro- weeksatAligarh's JNM Medical tant professor from Tata Institute with his family12years ago. By teamsaid.TheUPPolicephysically Goyal, Ravi Shankar Prasad and thewomanto regainconscious- ducedbyindirect blunt trauma College, when her condition of Fundament Research,who led then, Avanti’s familywas well es- stoppedthem from moving for- GajendraSingh Shekhawatwere &Order), said, “As per the FSL ness. “During her admission (to and itsresultant sequelae (con- deteriorated.The victim diedat theAugustsurvey,said:“Thefind- tablishedthere. Both the families ward around an hour later,and present.Themessagingwasclear (forensicsciencelaboratory)re- hospital), thereweretimes she dition due to aprevious disease 6.55 am on Tuesday, and was ings areimportant forpublic dis- were well-off, involvedincon- Rahul fell to the ground in the —Modi seemedtobebuilding a port,nosemenorsemenexcre- wasawake but wasnot in afit or injury)”. “The ligaturemark crematedat 3ambythe police, cussion and policy decisions. The structionandrealestate,butthere melee.Hedemandedtoknowun- political consensus within his tion wasfound in the viscera statetogiveaversion. On 22nd, on the neckisconsistent with without the presence of her samplesizeof thesurvey isstatis- wasawall: Avanti's familywere der what rule he wasbeing ar- Cabinetonspending,” said one of sample.Thepostmortemreport she gave astatement alleging strangulationbutitdidnotcon- family, on Wednesday. ticallysound as we triedtoget an Reddysand Hemanth's Vysyas, rested.Whenapoliceofficercited the persons present in the meet- states that the cause of death that she had been gangraped tributetodeath in this case.” As avideo surfacedonso- overall representation." lowerdownthe caste hierarchy. Section 188ofthe IPC (disobedi- ing, who did notwish to be wasdue to trauma causedby and it wasrecordedinfront of a Thepostmortemreportalso cial media of him purportedly Headdedthattheresultsfrom “It startedasafriendship and ence to order promulgated by a named. the assault. Despitethe state- magistrate. We addedthe rele- states that the victim’s “hymen telling the woman's family both rounds of showhow anti- turnedintoloveasIstartedmy in- public servant), Rahul asked him Among the specific ideas pre- mentsbyofficials, some wrong vant actions of gangrape and showedmultiple old healed members in Hindi nottolose bodiespanovertime,andarecon- termediatecourse and Hemanth to explaintheprovision.Whenthe sented to the political leadership information wascirculated in twopersons were arrested.” tears”, and that the “anal orifice their “vishwasniyata (credibil- sistent with emerging evidence waspursuinghisBScinChemistry. policeofficersaidSection144was and aimedatimparting afiscal the media.” The ADG reiterated this at showedold healedtear”. ity)", and that while it wasup from other studies. "Weare con- We didnotmeetoften,onlyocca- inplace,hesaid,“Iamnotgoingto stimulus were:some kind of a The 19-year-old had been ad- thepressconference:“Thefam- The reportalso notesthat a to them changetheir state- ductingmorestatisticalanalysisto sionallynearmy college.We used violate144.Iwantto go alone."He wage subsidy to workers; rural mitted to hospital in an uncon- ily, intheirinitialcomplaint,had medical examination by the ments, “kabhi hum bhi badal understand antibodies and their to exchangea'Hi'ora'Hello'inthe told reporters, “I want to ask,can housing —construction of thou- scious stateonSeptember 14. onlymentioned maar peet,and Aligarhhospital whereshe was jaayen (the administration prevalence using other tests. We street.Then, we discovered onlyModiji walk in this country? sand-plushousesinIndia’s 700- She regainedconsciousness on no rape wasmentioned.” takenfirst,datedSeptember22, could changeaswell)”, District knowthat antibodies aredeclin- Facebook,’’ says Avanti. Can’t anormal person walk?” odd districts, building 100-bed September 22 and recordeda He alleged an attempt “to had notedthe ligaturemarkon MagistratePraveen Kumar ing but at what rate we don’t “It wasthen that some of my Noida ADCP Ranvijay Singh hospitals in district blocks which statement before amagistrate createcaste tensions and cause her neckconsistent with stran- Laxkar told ANI, “I metwith six know,”hesaid. lecturerssawusandinformedmy later said acase under IPC Section don’t have one, and asix-month saying she had been raped. socialdisharmony”.“Thosepeo- gulation, and had found evi- familymembers of the victim father.Wedecidedtobecome 188andtheEpidemicDiseasesAct urban job guarantee scheme. The woman’s postmortem ple were trying to cause caste- dence of rape inconclusive.The yesterdayand we spokefor Free speech moresecretive. Aftertwo years, hadbeenregisteredagainstRahul Thekeyideabehindthesepro- report, by Safdarjung Hospital, basedviolence by putting out Aligarhhospitalhadsentasam- about an hour-and-a-half. Imet Information Technology Act. when Istarted pursuing aB.Tech andPriyanka.Hedeniedtherewas posals,sourcessaid,wastopursue putsthe cause of death as acer- twistedfactsinthe media. The pleforforensictests.Safdarjung with them again todaytosee AdvocateAbhinav in Computer Science, Igot amo- alathicharge,andaddedthatthey acounter-cyclical fiscal policy vicalspine(neck)injury, caused police,sinceday1,hasbeencar- Hospital has also preservedvis- their point of discontent. Ideny Chandrachud, appearing for bile phone and we startedtalking couldn't have letthe Congress whentheeconomyfacesitsworst by indirect blunt trauma. rying out due investigation cerafor forensic analysis. the negative rumours which Thakkar,saidthepersonsholding forhours.Butmy fathergrew sus- leadersproceedtoHathrasdueto recession with millions of job Four men have been ar- whichwill continue to be car- The death summary, by the arerifeabout my interactions public posts can letgoofthese picious when my phone bills Section 144being imposedthere. lossesinthewakeof theCovid-19 rested —Sandeep, 20, his uncle riedout.Thereisalsoanattempt Department of Neurosurgery with them… Their main point commentsattimes. startedreachingRs1,400-Rs1,500. OnRahul'sstatementthathewas pandemic, and the subsequent Ravi,35,andtheirfriendsRamu, to defame the department and at Safdarjung Hospital, says of apprehension is that the con- When he referred to Justice V He warnedmeagain,’’ she says. ready to go alone to Hathras, the national lockdown. 26, and Luv Kush, 23. we will initiateaction against therewas an alleged history of victedbepunishedand hanged RKrishna Iyer,former Supreme According to Avanti, despite ADCP said, "Rahul Gandhi cannot “Infrastructureprojectssuch The police have maintained suchpersonswho do so.” rape and strangulation on to death. Itriedtoallaytheir Court(SC) judge, who had fa- theobstacles,lifebeganto lookup. go anywherewithouthissecurity as housing and healthcarewill that in their initial complaint The postmortemreport, by September 14.The cause of fears and told them that the mouslyobserved that “the dogs Hemanth got ajob in the interior cover, whichmeans therewill be have asignificantmultipliereffect basedonwhichanFIRwasfiled the Department of Forensic death is provisional till the matter would betriedinafast- maybarkbut the caravan will wallsdepartmentof apaintman- morethan five people.” and will help generatedemand,” onSeptember14,thefamilyhad Medicine and Toxicology, chemical analysis of the viscera trackcourt.” pass”, Justice Karnik responded: ufacturer.Two yearslater,shesays, The teenager's villagewas saidanotherparticipant,whoalso onlysaid that the woman had Vardhaman Mahavir College is done, the reportsays.The The DM did notrespond to “But everybody's sensitivity to he signedupwith an online serv- completely barricadedbythe po- did notwish to be named. beenassaultedandnorapewas and Safdarjung Hospital, says woman had been brought to calls and messages sent by The suchabuseisdifferent.Whatyou ice provider.“LastMarch,he lice starting Thursdaymorning, The Indian Express spoketoat mentioned. Hathras SP Vikrant the woman dieddue to “injury Safdarjung Hospital aftertwo Indian Express. aresayingistheidealwayoflook- openedhis ownoffice as an inte- withnooutsiders—includingme- leastadozenparticipants,includ- ing at it. One maybeveryweak- rior designer,” she says. diapersons —allowedtill late ing Cabinetministers, present in heartedand sensitive. Hemanth’s father,Murali night. Onlythe SIT formedtoin- those meetings in June-July. about the stimulus. One official September15,25and29,depend- ingthesamemonthlastyear,”the TheBrihanmumbaiMunicipal Sometimes, we also receive very Krishna,says hereferredhissonto vestigatethe case, the DM and Subsequently, too, the Prime said,“Wewillspend;itmaynot be ingonthecategorisationof states. Finance Ministrysaid in astate- Corporation’s (BMC) second harsh criticism. We knowthat if his friends who were builders. SDM were inside the villagewith Ministerand his office has had abig stimulus, but one whichwill No suchextensionwasgrantedfor ment. Out of Rs 95,480 crorecol- round of survey covered5,384 we ignoreit,everythingwillpass. “Hemanth impressedthem, he the family. separatemeetings with various give usthemaximumbangforthe businesses with turnoveroverRs lected in September,Rs17,741 peoplein threewards–Matunga Butcanwe expecteveryoneto re- wasdoingverywell,’’says Krishna. Around 4pm, Rahul and stakeholders,withtheirinputsbe- buck. The non-salariedmiddle 5crore.Finance SecretaryAjay croreisCentral GST; Rs 23,131 (F North), Dahisar (R North) and act in the same manner? Avanti,meanwhile,completed Priyanka were takentoaguest ing forwardedtothe Finance class and the small businesses Bhushan Pandeysaid that over croreState GST; Rs 47,484 crore Chembur(MWest).Thesearethe Someone holding apublic office her engineering in 2018,and house in Greater Noida, as Ministryfor further action. who have been hit hard, but have 5.74crore e-way billswere gener- Integrated GST, including Rs samewardsinwhichthefirstsur- might be very sensitive.” startedaninternshipwitheduca- Congressworkerssatonadharna. Speakingto TheIndianExpress notgot anysupportsofar,may be ated in September,pointing to a 22,442 crorecollected on import veywasconductedon6,936peo- Chandrachudfurthersaidthatthe tion portalByju's. By then, they About an hour later,releasedon lastSaturday, Finance Minister recipientsofthis.” “veryaffirmative signof economic of goods; and, Rs 7,124crore Cess, ple people in July. SC had once observed that those had begun to dream of marriage. bail, theyweresent backtoDelhi, Nirmala Sitharam said therewas Another official said that the recoverywith increasedbusiness including Rs 788 croreonimport Chembur wasselected for whooccupy(positionsof)power, Buttheyalsosawthestormclouds escortedbypolice. Talking to re- no aversion to spending, and that variousproposalsmadeby theex- activities”. He said that major in- of goods, the statement said. medium growth rate of Covid-19 shouldhave “thickskin”whilere- gathering.“LastNovember,some- porters, Priyanka asked whythe manyofthemeasuresannounced perts were still being discussed. dustrial states have shown apos- cases, Dahisar had the lowest actingto criticismandarguedthat one sent aphoto on WhatsApp to BJPthatclaimsto bethecustodian including those under the “Forinstance,if we considerwage itive growth in GSTcollection, Mumbai growth rate and Matungathe mereabuse wasnot “obscenity” my father of Hemanth and Ito- of Hindu religion did notallowa AtmaNirbhar packagewerestill subsidy,how do we distributeit, whichindicatesthateconomicre- towardsthe possibility of “anti- highestgrowth rate in the city. as chargedagainsthis client. gether.Therewas ashowdown father to light the funeral pyre of rolling. To aspecific question on whom do we distributeitto- covery is on track. “With the fes- body decay” in the slum popula- The firstsurvey had found 57 Justice Shinde said, “It is not and on November 27,myfather his daughter. “I am angry. Iama extraspending,shesaid,“Iamnot workersintheformalsector,orthe tive season coming in the next tion forthe decline in seropreva- per cent of people surveyed in justuptothe individual holding sent aresignation letter to my of- woman, Ihavean18-year-old closed(on) the option… doing all informal sector too… These re- month, we aremuchconfident of lence.Severalslumshadrecorded slumsand16 percentinnon-slum the postofPMorCM, the dignity fice, confinedmeathome, and daughter... Everywoman, every this, we have kept ourselvesopen quirecarefuldeliberation,”theof- betterrecoveryinGSTcollection,” massive numberof Covid-19cases areas having antibodiesagainst of public offices should also be tookaway my phone,’’says Avanti. daughter,everysisterofthecoun- to theideaof…incase,thereisany ficial said. Asection of officials are he said. According to Pandey, the in April. The latestfindings forthe thevirus.Thesecondsurvey found maintainedbycitizens.” To this, It wasonlytheir “love foreach tryshouldbeangry.”“Jungleraj in needfor further stimulus.” alsosanguinethattheproduction generation of e-way bills rose 9.3 cityaresimilarto Delhi’sthirdsero arise in the levelofantibodies in Chandrachud said, “The postwill other” that pulledthem through, UP has come to suchapass that While morethan three and capacity utilisation in the per cent year-on-year in survey,whichhad also shown a non-slums, butafall in slums. notbeaffectedby someoneonthe she says.“Finally, on June 9, we even meeting afamilywhichis months have passed, therehas manufacturingsectorhasmoreor September,witharecordincrease fall in seroprevalence. Aswasthecaseinthefirstsero streetswanting something to say elopedand got marriedthe next immersedingrief scares the gov- beennoaction.“Whatwe didwas less reachedpre-Covid-19levels, of 26.19 lakh on September 30. Dr Lalit Kant, former head of survey,morewomenwere found (criticise).” dayatanAryaSamajtemple.That ernment. Don’t be so afraid, Mr relief, what we needisstimulus,” makingthemponderif abigstim- Sequentially, the GSTrevenue epidemiologyandcommunicable exposedtoand had antibodies When Chandrachud sought waswhen Hemanth's family Chief Minister,”Rahul tweeted. said apolicy expert, who also did ulus wasindeedrequired.“Eco- in September recordeda10.4 per diseases division of the Indian againstCovid-19than men. “Sero relief forhis client, the courtsaid, cameto knowaboutus,”shesays. TheCongress,whichhaslosta notwant to be named. nomyisrecoveringfaster.Why do centincreasefromRs86,449crore Council of Medical Research prevalence in women over 40 “Sometimes, the tweets areabu- Despitethebacklashathome, lotofgroundinUP,seesaspaceva- What is worrying the govern- we needastimulus? Further,fis- collectedinAugust.Cumulatively, (ICMR), said: “Therecould be a years of agewas slightlyhigher,” sive.The rightsofyour client can- Avanti thought theyweresafe cated by parties likethe BSP.The ment’s advisors is that the win- cal space is limited too… Rating theGSTrevenueshave recordeda coupleof explanationsforthisfall. said Suresh Kakani, BMC addi- notviolate someoneelse'sconsti- when theygot the marriagecer- Hathrasincidentalsostrengthens dowtoexecuteacounter-cyclical agenciesarealreadyissuingveiled 25 per cent decline during April- It is possible the second survey tional municipal commissioner. tutional rights. Responsible tificateonJune 10 and met itscriticismof theYogiAdityanath policy in 2020-21isclosing. “The warnings,” said the official. September forsales in March- wasconducted in areas where He addedthat the findings for citizens should knowtheyhave Cyberabad Police Commissioner government over the lawand or- borrowingcalendarforthesecond August. “The revenues forthe therewerefewer Covid-19cases non-slum pockets, wheresero rights, but to what extent?” VCSajjanar twodays later.Says der situation, voicedbyPriyanka half announcedWednesdayhas- GST collections monthare4%higherthantheGST as compared to the locality se- prevalencegrew from16 percent Justice Shinde added, Sajjanar:“Iinstructed the Chan- dailyintweets. Neither the BSP n’t changed;the government Also,GST revenues this revenues in the same month last lectedinthefirstsurvey,hencethe in the Julysurvey to 18 per cent in “Everyoneknows theserightsare danagarpolicestationto summon northeSamajwadiPartyhastaken plans to sticktoits target,” the ex- September includes those from year.During the month, the rev- variedresults. Asecond possibil- the Augustsurvey,is“as per esti- notabsolute. Sometimes, if criti- thewoman'sparentsandcounsel up the Hathras death yet. pertsaid,pointingoutthiswasan smallbusinesseswithturnoverup enues from importofgoods were ity is that the infection came to mation”. The decline in sero cism is fair then the person who them. As per the Inspector's re- Among the Opposition lead- indicator of the Centre’s aversion to Rs 5crore forwhom the filing 102% and the revenues from do- theseslumpocketsinMarch-April prevalence in slums, however, occupiespublicofficeshouldhave port,thewoman'sparentsagreed ers who criticisedthe UP Police's to increase spending. and taxpayment deadlines were mestictransactions(includingim- andfive monthslater,theantibod- “couldbebecauseadifferentpop- thecapacityto bearit.Butcriticism to leave the couple alone.” actions wasNCP chief Sharad Senior finance ministryoffi- extendedforMay, JuneandJulyto portofservices)were 105%ofthe ies have starteddecaying in the ulation wassurveyed”. “This can't be unfair,abusive.Citizens FULLREPORTSON Pawar. “It is reprehensible for cials said discussions were still on September 12,23, 27 and revenuesfromthesesourcesdur- people who were exposed.” shows the infectivity in slums is mustrestrain themselvestoen- www.indianexpress.com WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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TABLIGHI JAMAAT Rs 25 lakh penalty imposed on former customs officer 20foreignnationals for smuggling red sanders worth Rs 1.2 crore in 2013 postedatthe Marine and curbing smuggling activities, we three months. SubsequentlyAltaf, in his KHUSHBOONARAYAN Preventive (M&P) wing of the find that the appellant has not The case, pertaining to Altaf, statementstothe DRI, admitted MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 Customs department in 2013 madeoutanycaseforprovingthe wasprobed by the Directorateof to the alleged smuggling but re- “playedapivotal role” in the allegationsto bewrongandbase- RevenueIntelligence(DRI)in2013 tracted his statementsafter a tofacechargesfor THECUSTOMSExciseandService smuggling of redsanders by ne- less. We find that it is aclear case afteritrecalledamid-seaconsign- month. The CESTATheld the re- TaxAppellateTribunal (CESTAT) gotiating with the “suppliers, the of the fence eating the crop and, ment declared as Indian hand- traction of statementsbyAltaf inMumbaihasimposedapenalty middleman,theexportersandthe therefore,needtobetreatedwith knottedwoollencarpetsexported wasan“afterthought”. of Rs 25 lakh on aformer senior logistics persons in the exportof circumspection,” the tribunal or- through aMirzapur-basedfirm. “Wefindthattheinvestigation customs official forallegedly redsanders” and investing Rs 50 der passedbyCESTATmembers, When the agency examinedthe has to areasonable extent came stayinginmosque smuggling12.25metrictonnesof lakh in the alleged smuggling SK Mohanty and PAnjani Kumar, container,itfound 1.22 metric out with evidence that can be redsanders worthRs1.2 crorein business. stated.InJune2019,Altaf wasdis- tonnes of redsanders. The inves- analysed and acceptedonthe 2013 to the UK from Nhava Sheva “Wefind that the role played missedfromservice by the gov- tigation found that Altaf had met principles of preponderance of portinMumbai through Kelang by MohammadAltaf isevidentin ernment under rule 56(j) of the asupplier of redsanders in probability.Therefore,we uphold Port in Malaysia. the case and looking intothe fact Fundamental Rules that allows AndhraPradesh and “hatcheda the penalty imposedonShri duringlockdown The tribunal, in itsSeptember that he is aresponsible officer of theappropriateauthorityto retire plan” to smuggle it with the help Mohammad Altaf, under Section 25 order,said MohammedAltaf, the Customs department, en- anygovernment servant, in pub- of acustoms clearing agent and a 114(i) of Customs Act, 1962,” the aformer assistant commissioner trustedwith the responsibility of lic interest, by giving notice of fewothers. CESTATorder said. case and hence, they“arenot fac- SADAFMODAK The foreign nationals tuallyand squarelyapplicable to MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 this case to some extent”. 2arrested with 250 ecstasy pills –10eachfrom Solkar submitted to the court THE DISCHARGE applications of Indonesia and that the police chargesheet Mumbai: Twopersons were ar- “Ecstasytablets,alsoknownas 20 foreign nationals, members Kyrgyzstan–were againstthe 20 people did not restedThursdaywith250ecstasy MDMA,are notmanufactured in of the Tablighi Jamaat, were re- have anyevidence to showthat tablets worthRs50lakh in the in- Mumbai. Theyare generally jected by amagistrate's courton booked by DNNagar theyhad attendedthe congrega- ternational market.The property brought in from other states. In Thursdaythat observed that police on chargesof tion at Nizamuddin Markaz in cell of the crime this case, it is suspected to have while therewas no legal evi- Delhi, wheremanyforeigners branch, whichmade the arrests beenprocuredfromUttarPradesh dence againstthem that they violating lockdown and had assembledaspartofthe basedoninformationreceivedby and Delhi. Thereisaninter-state spread Covid-19, theywill con- visa norms as well as Tablighi Jamaat in March.Many unit in-charge Kedari Pawar, said racket involvedandteamswillbe tinue to face chargesfor staying forspreading Covid-19 of the attendees later tested pos- the duo got the narcotic from sent to other states to makemore in amosque during the lock- itive forCovid-19. other states. Thereisaninterna- arrests,”theofficersaid.Headded down in March. He addedthat theyhad also tionallinkto theracket,headded. that thereisaninternational link The foreign nationals –10 Referring to an order of the notviolated visa guidelines and An officer identifiedduo as to the racket,whichwill be ex- eachfromIndonesia and Aurangabad benchofthe therewerenowitnesses to state Aamir Rafai(25) and Inayatali plored. Kyrgyzstan–werebooked by BombayHigh Courtinasimilar that theybroke the rules of the Mohammad (32), both Dongri Thearrestsweremadefollow- the DNNagar police the same case of foreign nationals staying lockdown. residents.Mohammadworkedin ing orders by the Mumbai Police month on chargesofviolating in mosques in Ahmednagar, The police had, lastmonth, acourier companyand it is sus- CommissionerParamBirSinghto lockdown and visa norms as well Solkar said the courthad ob- droppedtwo chargesofattempt pected he usedtotransportnar- crackdownondrugs networks as forspreading Covid-19. served that arrangementsfor to murder and culpable homi- coticsto variousstates,policesaid. operating in the city. ENS “Admittedly,thereisnolegal food and stay were made in cide againstthe 20 foreign na- evidence againstthe present ac- manyreligious places, including tionals. cusedfor spreading the virus. In gurdwaras, afterthe lockdown “As suchthereisnoquanti- suchpanic circumstances, what wasimposed. tative oral evidence, but thereis the entirenation followedwas Solkar submitted that the 20 qualitative documentaryevi- also expected from accusedper- foreign nationals, who had come dence in the form of arrest form, sons whichare missing from to Mumbai in February, had re- police complaint and presence their part. The accusedpersons stricted themselvestothe of accusedpersonsinamosque were found together in a mosques, whereoutsiders were violating the guidelines,” the mosque though it wasordered notallowedand hence, it cannot courtsaid observing that Covid- to be closed,” the judgesaid. be treated as apublic place –an 19 has spread in India through Lawyer Amin Solkar, repre- observation made by the HC Indian and non-Indian interna- senting the 20 foreigners, said while quashing similar charges tional travelers. that theywerenot assembling in againstforeign nationals resid- Afterthe Aurangabad bench the mosque but were residing ing in Ahmednagar. order,discharge applications thereafter the lockdown was The magistrate, however, were allowedinsimilar cases in imposedinMarch,stopping said that therewere“some no- Thane, and them from returning to their ticeable differences” in the cases Bandra. Solkar said he will file an countries. before the HC and the current appeal before the sessions court. 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FILMMAKER ANURAGKashyap wasquestionedfor over eight hours by the Mumbai Police on Thursdayinconnections with al- legations of rape levelledagainst him by an actor. KashyapreachedVersova po- lice station in West shortlyafter 10 am and leftafew minutes past8pm. An official at Versova police station said the filmmaker has deniedthe allegations against Anurag Kashyapreaches him. Versova police station on “Our investigation is still in Thursday. Amit Chakravarty the preliminarystage.Wesum- monedKashyaptoseek answers to the allegations made against and her lawyer had accusedthe him. We arecontinuing to gather police of proceeding slowlyin evidence,” the official said. the case. The police had issuedasum- The actor,who filedacom- mons to KashyaponWednesday. plaint againstKashyaplast Onlydays ago, an actor month, had also threatenedtogo Leptospirosis cases up in September: 1dead, 54 infected on their birth anniversary

respiratorydistress and low EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE plateletlevels, and diedon MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 September 4, officials said. The Brihanmumbai A16-YEAR-OLD boy, who died Municipal Corporation has ad- on September 4, wasthe firstto visedpeople who have waded succumb to leptospirosis this through waterlogged roads to monsoon in Mumbai, the state take prophylactic medicine health department has con- within 72 hours. Private practi- firmedrecently. Therehas been tionershavebeen also asked to aslight rise in the bacterial infec- administerdoxycycline to all tion cases in the city with 54 fever patientsduring monsoon. recordedinSeptember,upfrom Eachpatient with monsoon-re- 45 cases in August. lated ailment also has to be The Matungaboy,health de- tested forCovid-19assymptoms partment officials said, had de- forthese infections aresimilar. velopedchills and fever on Apartfromleptospirosis, the Revered Bapu’s life reminds us to ensure August31and washospitalised civic health department noted that our every action should be such that twodays later.Bythen he devel- 661cases of malaria in it leads to the well-being of the poor and opedbreathlessness, cough, and September as compared to 1,137 deprived. Likewise, Shastri Ji’s life imparts lowurine output. in August. September also saw to us the message of humility and simplicity. As the boyhad waded 14 dengue cases, aslight rise Scan the QR Code to participate in the quiz through waterlogged streets from 10 in August, and 91 gas- -Narendra Modi on Mahatma Gandhi during the rains, as submitted by troenteritis cases, up from 53 and Lal Bahadur Shastri his family, aleptospirosis test suchcases in August. Therewere 22201/13/0021/2021 wasconducted,result forwhich 15 hepatitis cases recordedin came positive. September,again asmall rise DAVP The teenager sufferedacute from 10 in August. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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Multiplex association urges govt to reopen cinema halls, theatres

will continue to remain closed. newreleases flowin. If the state SANJANABHALERAO Reeling under heavy losses as continues with the closurefor MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 multiplexesand cinema halls long period, it will impact the have been shut since March,in- business,” Mohan Umrotkar,for- AFTER THE Centre’s nod to cin- dustryexperts said the closure merCEOof CarnivalCinemassaid. ema halls, multiplexesand the- of cinema halls in Alok Tandon, CEO of INOX atres to open with up to 50 per beyond October 31 could impact LeisureLtd, said the newguide- cent seating capacity in areas newreleases and the business. lineswere “optimistic”.“Thisdeci- outside containment zones “Anurgent permission from sion has ushered in alot of opti- from October 15,the Multiplex the stategovernmentstoreopen mismnotjustforthefilmindustry Association of India (MAI) cinemas in their states would go and itsaudiences but also forthe urgedstate governments, in- asubstantialdistanceinensuring employees of the cinema exhibi- cluding Maharashtra, to restart that the cinema exhibition sector tion sector.Weare hopeful that operations. Currently, Tamil isableto quicklyrecoverfromthe thestategovernmentswillgive us Nadu and Maharashtrahavenot direeconomic and financial im- agreen signal, and allowustore- allowedcinema halls to reopen pact of the epidemic,” an official sumeoperationswithinthespec- untilOctober 31. statementissuedbytheMAIsaid. ifiedguidelines.” On Thursday, stateCultural On an average, Maharashtra’s At ameeting with representa- Affairs MinisterAmit Deshmukh contribution to the boxoffice is tivesofmultiplexand single- tweetedthat the government around 30 per cent, with Nagpur screen owners, theatreowners waspositive about reopening and Mumbai being twobig and film studio owners’ associa- cinema halls and theatres, but its Hindi movie markets. tion,Deshmukhsaidhewoulddis- priority wastoensurethe safety “The Unlock5.0 guidelines cuss the matter with Chief of residentsamid the pandemic. have put rest to uncertainty. MinisterUddhavThackeray, The latestlockdown guidelines Producerscanannounceandplan Deputy CM Ajit Pawarand issuedbythe stateWednesday theatrereleasesnow. Initially, un- Revenue MinisterBalasaheb said cinema halls, swimming der the testing phase, as seen in Thorat.“Inthenextsixmonths,the MISSION FITNESS pools, entertainment parks,the- the international market as well, emphasis will be on solving the atresinmalls and market places, manytheatres and owners will problems of cinema owners who Central ReservePolice Forcepersonnel take partin‘FitIndia Freedom Run’ at Taloja, Navi Mumbai, on Thursday. NarendraVaskar auditoriums, and assemblyhalls startwitholdhitmovies,untilthe have facedhugelosses,” he said. Allowedtoboardtrains,dabbawalasface dwindlingcustomerbase,rustedbicycles

tate the return of dabbawalas to newbicycles. “Our bicycles have mentsoflocal trains. At eachdes- SRINATHRAO public transport. been parkedinthe open, outside tination station on the Western, MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 Talekar said the closureof railway stations, forthe lastsix Centraland Harbour lines, tiffins schoolsand colleges means that months. Theyhaverustedand arepassedontootherdab- MUMBAI’S 5,000-ODD dab- half of the dabbawalas’ dailycus- been damaged beyond repair bawalas who makelunch-time At arestaurant in Andheri on Thursday. Amit Chakravarty bawalas have finallygot what tomerswillcontinueto remainin- during the rains. One will now deliveries on their bicycles. theywerewaiting formonths. accessible. “Beforethe lockdown, have to spend at leastRs6,000to Ever since the government According to the latestun- an averagedabbawala usedto buy anew bicycle,” he added. allowedshops and offices to lockguidelines issuedbythe earn Rs 15,000amonth fordeliv- In relayrace terms, the bicy- open with alimited number of Restaurants, bars get Maharashtragovernment on ering 15 tiffins. Now, it has come cle is both the firstrunner and employees in June, dabbawalas Wednesday, theycan nowtravel down to four tiffins aday.How is the anchor who completesthe have been making asmall num- in local trains. But returning from heexpectedto survive inMumbai sprint and the tiffinthe baton. A berofdeliveries on bicycles, but ready to open but the longestbreak in the city’s on asalaryofRs4,000?” he said. tiffinchanges severalhands and onlyonshortroutes in central 130-year-old history of tiffinde- The stategovernment hasdirected dabbawalas to procure Over the lastfew months, the travels through at leasttwo and . livery services will notbeeasy. QR codes from the Mumbai Police commissioner to get association had pleadedwith the modes of transportinits journey Talekarsaidtheresumptionof face manpower and To begin again, the delivery men access to railway stations and trains. File Railways to allowthem to use lo- from the kitchen of acustomer service would depend on the ac- nowhavetograpple with re- cal trains, appealedtothe state to the destination –either a cesshiscolleaguesreceive to their duceddemand, limited access to government to provide each school,college, office or shop. customers. “Manyhousing soci- space constraints customers and rustedbicycles. other exempted services. “Wehavealready receivedper- member with financial aid of Rs Individual dabbawalas travel eties do notallowoutsiders, in- In itslatest‘Mission Begin Mumbai Dabbawala missionfromthe Railways.Ido 5,000 and also approachedthe to homes of customers every cludingdabbawalas,to enterfear- Again’ notification, the govern- Association President Subhash notevenknowwhat aQRCode is MaharashtraState Human morning on bicycles to pickup ing the spread of Covid-19. Many ment has directed dabbawalas Talekar said he will visit the po- and whether one needs asmart- RightsCommission and MNS packedmeals and cycle to sta- of our customers areafraid of TABASSUM to procureQRcodes from the lice commissioner’s office in phone to receive it,” he added. chief RajThackeray forrelief. tions to drop the tiffins offtocol- sendingmealsto theirlovedones BARNAGARWALA Mumbai Police commissioner to on Fridaytoun- Asenior police officer said Talekar said that the firstthing leagues. The tiffins arethen fearing that we mayinfect them. MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 14 lakh access railway stations and derstand howtogoabout procur- the department has begun for- dabbawalas will have to do after loadedontolong metalracksand We needour customers to have TOTALPOSITIVECASES trains, likepersons engaged in ing QR Codes forhis colleagues. mulating aproceduretofacili- being granted QR codes is to buy stored in the luggagecompart- faith in us at this time,” he added. FROM CALLINGinarchitectsto INMAHARASHTRA createanew layout fortheir Active Cases 2,59,006 premise, trimming menus, to NewCases 16,476 College gets making constant calls to hiring TotalDeaths 37,056 No arrests in first case by NCB against agencies and existing staffers to notice for return from villages, restaurants, NewDeaths 394 cafes and bars aregearing up for Quarantined22.02L overcharging reopening on October 5. Love &Latte, acafewith 13 Tested 68.75 lakh Rhea, to be treated as ‘inquiry FIR’ SC, ST students outlets across Mumbai and Pune, is reopening six of itsunitsfrom 2,07,620 October 5. “Weplan to makecus- ABHAGORADIA TOTALPOSITIVE tomers sit at alternatetables. The MOHAMEDTHAVER MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 CASESINMUMBAI NCBOFFICERSHEADINGPROBE entire staffwill wear face shields, MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 Howthe gloves and masks, and therewill NewCases 2,352 E THE THANE office of assistant beasanitiser bottle at eachtable,” THE NARCOTICS ControlBureau ● lawworks RAKESH ASTHANA: DG, Wankhede put pressureon commissioner of social welfare TotalDeaths 8,972 EXPLAINED said head of operations Shridhar (NCB) investigating acase him to name Dharma has recentlyissuedashowcause NewDeaths 43 Manickan. He addedthat cus- againstRhea Chakraborty and AN FIR is registeredwhen The 1984- ProductionsheadKaranJohar, notice to Vashi-basedMotilal tomers will be expected to wear sixothers basedonpurported acognizable offence is dis- batchGujarat acharge that the officer de- Jhunjhunwala collegefor de- maskswhile placing an order at WhatsApp chatsthat surfaced closedasper law. The ED, cadreIPS offi- nied. In August, he ledthe manding fees meant foropen the counter and once theyhave peratureand registercellphone during an Enforcement whichitself is investigat- cer,theheadof seizureofheroin worthRs categorystudentsfromits finishedeating. numbers of eachcustomer to Directorateinvestigation intothe ing Rhea Chakraborty in a the agency,is 1,000crorefromNhava Sheva. ScheduledCastes(SC) and The standardoperating pro- help in contact tracing if aposi- actor’s bank accounts, will be an moneylaundering case, “guiding the Earlier,hehaddetainedsinger ScheduledTribes (ST) students. cedure(SOP) issuedbythe gov- tive Covid-19case is diagnosed. “inquiryFIR” and no arrestswill found purportedconver- investigation”, Mika Singh at the airportfor Demanding fees meant to be ernment has asked restaurants He is also reducing options in his be made in this case. sations about narcotics and flewdowntoMumbai at notdeclaring currency over paid by open categorystudents to ensurethereisnoovercrowd- menu –hehas done away with The 20 arrestsbythe NCB, in- and passeditontoNCB the beginning of the probe. permissible limitsand fined from SC and ST studentsisanof- ing, customers pre-book their ta- continental dishes and will only cluding that of Rhea and her that registeredanFIR. Sources said it wasunder his actorShahRukhKhanforcar- fence under The Scheduled bles and aseparatewaiting area. serveChinese, Indian and South brother Showik,havebeen made Usually, if thereisevi- supervision that the second rying excess baggage. Castesand Tribes (Prevention of Bar counters and tables have to Indian cuisine to avoid over- in adifferent case lodged after dence of acrime, a FIR wasregisteredto“uproot atrocities) Act, 1989. be disinfected regularly,and raw crowding of staffinthe kitchen. the “inquiryFIR” wasregistered. chargesheetisfiledinthe the citadel of drugs in KPS MALHOTRA: NCB In the notice, sent on food likesalad and cold items Independence Brewing While the “inquiryFIR” is num- Both FIRs were lodged in FIR or else asummaryre- Bollywood”, in which20peo- deputy director and September 28, Assistant have to be avoided. Company, whichspecialises in bered15/20, the second one is connection to actor Sushant portissubmitted to the ple have been arrested so far. spokesperson Commissioner Balbhim Shinde Apartfromdearth of staffers, craftedbeers,hasstartedcallingits 16/20, pertaining to what NCB Singh Rajput’s death probe. courtifnoevidence of an Asthana,whowasformerly in Malhotra, has asked the collegetorespond foraspace-starved city like regular customers to checkifthey has said is itsattempt to “uproot offence is found. theCBI,hasinvestigatedmany partofthe op- whyanoffence under the Act Mumbai, restaurantsface the would be willing to return once the drug citadel in Mumbai, es- importantcases,includingthe erations divi- should notbefiledagainstit. “In difficulty of churning out profit therestobaropens.“Weare notre- peciallyinBollywood”. usedasadditional information for fodder scam case, resulting in sion of NCB, is case no response is received, it while ensuring physical distanc- openingonOctober5,we willwait Both FIRs were lodged in con- the other FIRs registeredonthe Currently, it is awaiting re- theconvictionof RJDchief Lalu a2009-batch will be assumedthat the college ing amid fewertables. forafew days to seetheresponse,” nection to actor Sushant Singh basis of this case,” the officer said. trieveddatafromthe cellphones Prasad. He wasIGVadodara DANIPS officer. accepts itsculpability and the of- UdayShetty,who owns sev- said manager KuvarGujral. Rajput’s death probe. Notably, theonlyotherFIRthat of Padukone as well as actors Rangewhenthe2002Godhra He is the investigating officer fence is true,” the letter added. eral restaurantsinMumbai and With the newSPO forrestau- An NCBofficer said as the first hassofarbeenregisteredis16/20, SaraAli Khan and Shraddha train burning took place. In of the firstFIR and laid the The notice comes afterthe Thane, said, “In smaller spaces rantsand bars mandating ame- FIR has been lodged onlyonthe in whichRhea, Showik and afor- Kapoor among others. 2018,Asthana,thendeputydi- groundworkfor the second Ambedkar StudentsUnion wheretables areactuallycon- tredistance between twotables, basis of purportedchats, it would mer employeeofproducer Karan Officers said Rhea’s arrest be- rector of CBI, wasinvolvedin FIR. It wasMalhotrawho lodged acomplaint with the so- nected to one another,physical Independence Brewing bedifficult to build acase against Johar’sDharmaticEntertainment came possible as theycould find abitter tug-of-war with the questionedactor Deepika cial welfaredepartment regard- distancing becomes difficult. We Companyhas employedarchi- anyone. “Wewill be treating have beenarrested.KshitijPrasad, moneytransfers made purport- agency’sdirectorAlokVerma. Padukone. The NCB ing the matter.Fee receipts of a arenot sureiffamilies will be tectstocome up with anew lay- 15/20 as an inquiryFIR. We will who has alleged that he wasbe- edly from her credit cardtoal- Operations team wasthe fewSCand ST students(accessed willing step out to eat in arestau- out. Their Andheri West joint has use the information that we get ing forced to implicateJohar,isin leged peddlers, who have also SAMEER WANKHEDE: onlyone to arrest adarknet by The Indian Express) shows rant.” His staffof52are yettore- seating arrangement for80, during probeinother cases, like NCBcustody till Saturday. been arrestedin the case. An offi- Director,Mumbai Zonal drugs vendor in India. theyhavepaid the same amount turn from their native villages. whichwill nowbecut down to we did in the case of Rhea, Meanwhile, the NCBwill cer claimedthat call datarecords Unit, NCB as general categorystudents. ShivanandShetty,presidentof 40. “Wealso have to call our wherein we registeredasecond have to limit itsscope of investi- also showedthe presence of IRS officer MUTHA ASHOK JAIN: When contacted,college Indian Hotels and Restaurant kitchen staffbackfromtheir vil- FIR, on the basis of the firstFIR. gation to aperiod from early Showik and Miranda at the same Sameer Deputy DG (South-West Principal Poonam Singh said, Association, said, “For smaller lages,” Gujral said. While the Similarly,ifwefind incriminat- 2019 till nowdue to the absence place around the same time as Wankhede is Region) NCB “The institution has suffereda jointslikeUdipirestaurants,sepa- restobar has starteddelivery of ing evidence againstthe others of availability of call datarecords the arrestedpedlars, circumstan- currentlythein- A1995- loss of Rs 45 lakh, as the students ratingtablesisnotanoption.They craftedbeer,its kitchen remains namedin15/20, we will register (CDR) beyond then. tiallyshowing procurement. vestigating offi- batchIPSofficer who receive this benefit from the mayhavetoput up apartition be- shut since March. another FIR, rather than charging “Wewill getcall datarecords In order to arrest someone cer of FIR 16/20, in whichsev- from UP cadre, government did notfill up their tweentwotablesasasafetymeas- Mumbai has over 15,000 them in 15/20,” the officer added. forasbackas2019fromtelecom even forconsumption, NCBwill eral persons, including actor Jain wasposted forms properly and the college ure.” He addedthat notall restau- restaurants, of which2,500are On the basis of the purported companies. Hence, forinstances needtocomplete the chain of Rhea Chakraborty and her to NCBin endedupnot receiving direct rantsare readyto openby October bars with licences to serveliquor. chats, Rhea, her brother Showik, of narcotics procurement pre- evidence in the form of phone brotherShowik,havebeenar- September2017.Astheofficial funds from the department. The 5anditwilltakeseveralweeksfor Bars with discotheque facilities Sushant’s cook Dipesh Sawant, 2019,itwillbedifficultto substan- communication with apeddler restedandactorsSaraAliKhan briefing the media, he has issue is being wrongly high- alltostart operation. have notbeen allowedtoreopen housekeeper Samuel Miranda, tiatechargesofconsumptioneven and transfer of moneyamong and Shraddha Kapoor called been the public face of this lighted by the students. We are Sukesh Shetty,who owns yetasmaintaining physical dis- talent manager Jaya Saha and if we find chatstothat effect, as it other things, officers said. forquestioning. Wankhede is celebrity-studdedinvestiga- heretohelp them.” Hindmatarestaurant in Mumbai tancingisnotpossible.Barowners former manager Shruti Modi, as will be difficult to complete the Meanwhile, 20 personnel of on “loan” from DRI to NCB. tion. Beforebeing deputed to On September 29, the higher Central, said the challengeisto said theyexpect customers to well as Goa-basedhotelier chainof evidence,”saidanofficer. the NCBteam involvedinthe in- Earlierthisweek,oneof thear- NCB, he served as IG of education department’s Konkan encouragepeople to visit. “It will drink responsiblysothat theydo Gaurav Arya have been booked. So far, NCBhas retrievedchatsof vestigation who had tested posi- rested persons in FIR 16/20, and Allahabad and DIG of divisionhadalsowrittento thecol- take time,” he added. notneedtobephysicallyhandled “Even while filing a actor Deepika Padukone that go tive forCovid-19nearly 10 days ago KshtijPrasad, alleged that KanpurandGorakhpurrange. legeovernot startingonlineclasses Shetty said theywill take tem- in an inebriated condition. chargesheet, FIR 15/20 will be beyond that time period. arelikelytoreturn to work soon. until all studentspaid the fees. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER2,2020 MAHARASHTRA 5

HATHRAS DEATH 18-year-olddiesbysuicideinBeedoverfearof‘losing What happened in UP won’t be tolerated in outonNEETmeritlist’afterSCstayonMarathaquota Maharashtra: CM

centlyappeared forthe NEET have to wake up &fight forthis EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE medical exams. Since thereis cause. Requesting Maha govt to Parth Pawar to file intervention plea in SC MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 no longer reservation for step in to solve the crisis.” Marathas, Idid notscorewell Pawaralso said he had “no ADAY afterthe death of a19- AN 18-YEAR-OLD National in the exams. My parentscan- choice” but to file an intervention demanding vacation of stay on reservation year-old Dalit woman, who was Eligibility cum Entrance Test notaffordtoenroll me in apri- application in the Supreme Court allegedly gangrapedbyfour up- (NEET) aspirant diedbysuicide vate medical college. This is in the Maratha reservation. crisis," Parthtweeted. express his views,especiallyif –should take the initiative and per-caste men in Uttar Pradesh’s in Beeddistrict on Thursday, whyIamending my life. If the In 2018,the Maharashtra EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE He added: “The flame that we look in the contextofayouth put pressureonUnion govern- Hathras district, Chief Minister police said. Anote, purportedly stategovernment andcentral government had enacted the MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 Vivekhasignitedinourmindscan dying by suicide in Beed. But the ment on Maratha reservation. UddhavThackeray on Thursday written by the boyand found government nowfeel sympa- Sociallyand Educationally setthe whole system ablaze. The largeraspect on whether he InAugust,afterParthsoughta said suchincidentswill notbe near his body,said he feared thyfor Maratha studentsthen BackwardClasses (SEBC) legis- NCPLEADER ParthPawar,the futureofour entiregeneration is should lead the agitation will be CBIprobeintoactorSushantSingh tolerated in Maharashtra. losing out on aplace in the Iwill nothavediedinvain,” the lation to grant reservation to grandnephewofparty chief atstake.Ihavenochoicebutto ap- decidedbySharad Pawar.” Rajput’s death, Sharad Pawarhad “What happenedinUttar merit listofthe examination as note purportedlyread. the Maratha community,apo- Sharad Pawar, on Thursdaysaid proachthe Hon'ble Supreme StateBJP president said that he does notgivemuch Pradesh will notbetolerated in the Supreme Courthad stayed BeedSuperintendent of liticallydominant community he will approachthe Supreme Courtand file an intervene appli- Chandrakant Patil said, "Parth importanceto theutteranceof his Maharashtra.Sternactionshould reservation forthe Maratha Police, Raja Ramasamy, said he in the state, in jobs and educa- Courttofile an intervention ap- cationintheMarathareservation Pawarislisteningto hisinnervoice. grandnephew, whom he called be takenagainstthose indulging community in educational in- would notcomment on the tion. Lastyear,the Bombay plication seeking avacation on matter pendingbeforeit.” He is going in the right path up- “immature”. On the dayCBI did in the crimes againstwomen,” stitutions, police added. reason forRahade’s suicide un- High CourtonJuly27reduced the stay on Maratha reservation “I am ready to carry the burn- holdingSatyamevJayate...Thesui- take over the probe, Parthhad Thackeray said,addingthatames- VivekRahade, wasfound til the authenticity of the note the government approved 16 even as he is “ready to carry the ing torchofMaratha agitation in cide by young Vivekfor Maratha tweeted“SatyamevJayate”. sageshouldbesentoutsothatno- dead at his family’s farm in wasverified. He added per cent reservation to 12 per burning torch” of the commu- my heartand knockthe doors of reservation has movedParth and Also in August, he had wel- body could daretocommit such KeturavillageThursdaymorn- Rahade’s body washanded cent in education and 13 per nity's agitation. justice forVivek and millions of he has takenthe decision to fight comedthe commencement of crimeagainstwomeninthestate. ing, following whichacase of over to his familyafter apost- cent in government jobs. “Devastated to hear of the other helpless 'Viveks',” Parth, forthe rightsofMarathas, which the construction of the Ram He wasspeaking at the vir- accidental death wasregistered mortem. Lastmonth, athree-mem- tragic death of Vivekwho com- son of NCPleader and Deputy is highlyappreciable.” temple in Ayodhya,terming it as tual inauguration of the Mira- at BeedRural police station, po- Soon afterthe news of berSCbenchhad stayed the mitted suicide forthe cause of Chief MinisterAjit Pawar, further During his recent tour to the “reinstallation” of the Hindu Bhayandar,Vasai and Virarpo- lice said. Rahade’s death broke, NCP reservation forthe Maratha Maratha reservation. Beforea tweeted. Solapur,Sharad Pawarhad told faith and the end of along bitter lice commissionerateThursday. In the note,police said, leader ParthPawar,the grand- community in educational in- chainreactionof suchunfortunate When contacted,NCP lead- mediapersons that BJP leaders battle. “Finally, Ram, who em- The CM said police should Rahade claimedhis parents nephewofparty chief Sharad stitutes and government jobs. incident starts Maratha leaders ers triedtounderplaythe devel- UdayanrajeBhosale and bodiedthe faith and culture crackdownonhooligans and were poor and hardworking Pawar, tweeted: “Beforeachain The court’s verdict had sparked have to wake up and fight forthis opment. Asenior minister, re- Chhatrapati Sambhajiraje–de- identity of India, will be nowin thereshould be fear about po- farmers and that he had big reaction of suchunfortunatein- protests from Marathas across cause. Requesting Maharashtra questing anonymity,said: "As an scendantsofMaratha warrior peace. The fight wasbitter and lice among those indulging in ambitions in life. “I have re- cident starts,Maratha leaders the state. governmentto stepinto solve the individual, Parthhas the right to king Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj long,” he had tweeted. suchacts.

Noce of Intended Marriage Hospitals overcharging patients Mr.Siddharth Kulkarni, holder of Indian Passport No. K1923769 & Ms. Rucha Rajeev Khadilkar,holder COUNCILOFSCIENTIFIC AND could be told to compensate of Indian Passport No. K6825485, intend geng married at the INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH (CSIR) Consulate General of India, Munich Anusandhan Bhawan, 2, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001 aggrieved parties, HC tells govt Widenmayerstrasse 15, 80538 Munich (Germany) under the Advt. No. 02/2020 Foreign MarriageAct 1969 of India. gested the Maharashtragov- Applications/ Nominations areinvited for the Objecons, if any, maybe positions of DIRECTOR of CSIR- Indian Institute OMKARGOKHALE The courtsuggested ernment should consider a conveyed to the Consulate of Toxicology Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 that Maharashtracould similar remedy in the state. General of India, Munich (Email ID CJ Dattasaidmereentrust- form aredressal or [email protected]) within CSIR invites applications/ nominations for the position of INSTEAD OF being shut down ment of duty to administrative 30 days. DIRECTOR of CSIR-Indian Institute of Toxicology by authorities, private hospitals regulatorymechanism officers maynot have that teeth Research (CSIR-IITR), Lucknow in Level 15 of pay- could be told to compensate and the stategovernment can Public Notice coronavirus patientsifthey through acommission, consider similar solutions. matrix (Rs 1,82,200-2,24,100) plus allowances as Notice is hereby given to all that applicable in CSIR. have chargedthem in excess on the lines of West The benchobserved some MR.VINEET PRITHVIRAJ BHARGAVA during treatment, the Bombay Bengal government, hospitals were flouting notifi- AND MRS AMRITA VINEET BHARGAVA, For eligibility criteria and other conditions, please see the High Courtsuggestedon cations and the stategovern- both adults, Indian Inhabitants of detailed/ complete advertisement No. 02/2020 on CSIR to effectively Thursday. ment had the powertorevoke Mumbai, residing at Flat no 2, ground website www.csir.res.in. Applications/ nominations may The courtalso suggested redress grievances of theirlicences and registration. floor, Avanti Building, GRoad, Marine be sent alongwith complete bio-data and list of that Maharashtracould form a However, in viewofthe pan- Drive, Mumbai 400020, the owners of overcharging Flat bearing No.2202 ,admeasuring publications/ patents etc. through email on email ID redressal or regulatorymecha- demic, the courtsaid, closing [email protected] or by post to Director Recruitment Cell, nism through acommission, on by hospitals them down would notbeavi- 1414 sq. ft. of carpet area equivalent to 131.41 sq. mtrs on the 22nd Floor of the Council of Scientific &Industrial Research (CSIR). the lines of West Bengal gov- able option due to apaucity of building known as “Lodha Belmondo”, ernment, to effectively redress medical facilities. Instead “ask- Anusandhan Bhawan, 2, Rafi Marg, New Delhi-110001 being and lying at Village Gahunje, on or before 23.10.2020 grievances of overcharging by formedthe courtthat though ing hospitals to compensate Taluka and Sub-Registration District hospitals. the stategovernment hadas- patientscould be appropriate”, Maval, District and Registration District davp-36202/11/0011/2021 Adivision benchofChief sured it and issuedanotification the courtsaid. “Necessity is the Pune and within the local limits of Village JusticeDipankar Datta and to prevent hospitals from over- mother of invention, and if hos- Gram Panchayat Gahunje along with the Justice Girish SKulkarni made charging patients, absence of a pitals arenot following notifi- two covered car parking spaces have the observations while hearing redressal mechanism had made cations, theycan be asked to agreed to sell the said Property free from apublic interestlitigation (PIL) suchguarantees insufficient. compensatethe aggrievedpa- all encumbrances to our client and also filedbyadvocateAbhijeet “The state(West Bengal) tient,” Justice Kulkarni said. received the part consideration thereof. Mangade, whichstatedthat whereIcome from had consti- The courtasked Mangade The pubic are hereby informed not to deal with the said Mr. Vineet Prithviraj some private hospitals were tuted acommission headedby to file afresh plea seeking in- Bhargava and Mrs. Amrita Vineet overcharging patients–admit- aretired judgeofthe high court clusion of PPE kitsunder the Bhargava with respect to the said tedfor treatment of both before the pandemic. It had Essential Commodities Actand Property in any manner whatsoever. Covid-19and other ailments– specialistdoctors from various reliefsunder Epidemic Dated this 2nd day of October, 2020 forancillaryitems, including fields and has done agood job Diseases Actand disposedof K. K. RAMANI &Associates PPE kits, gloves and N95 masks. in providing redress to griev- the present plea stating that (Advocates) Mangade sought prices of ances of patients,” Chief Justice the detailedreasons would be 118, Ramani Villa, 1Rst oad, T.P.S. PPE kitsbecappedand in- Dipankar Dattasaid and sug- giveninthe order. IV,Bandra (W),Mumbai –400 050

ChiefEngineer (Development Plan) Department 5th Floor, Annex. Bldg., Municipal Head Office, Mahapalika Marg, Fort, Mumbai 400 001. Public Notice IN accordance with provisions of sub section (1) of section 31 of the Maharashtra Regional and Town Planning Act, 1966, the State Government has accorded sanction to the Draft Development Plan of GreaterMumbai with modificationshown in SCHEDULE-A appended to Notification No. TPB. 4317/629/CR-118/2017/DP/UD-11, Dated 8th May 2018 excluding the substantial Modification shown in SCHEDULE-B. In this respect, a policy note no. (A)27 of Gazette notification dated 08.05.2018 sanctioning Draft DP 2034 is as follows :- Sr.No. A-27 of these Policy Notes states that "wherever the boundaries of Gaothan /Koliwada /Adivasipada are not shown on the Development Plan will be considered as and whenthe same is finalizedbythe Revenue Department". The revenue department, State Govt of Maharashtra throughUDD has forwarded plans showing the boundaries of 13 Koliwadas to MCGM. Now Notice is hereby given that, the part plans showing extracts of respective DP Sheets -2034, depicting the 13 Nos. of Koliwadas viz. (1) Charkop, (2) Chimbai, (3) Gorai, (4) Juhu, (5) Khardanda, (6) Madh (Original + Extended), (7) Mahul, (8) Malvani, (9) Manori, (10) Turbhey, (11) Versova, (12) Borivali &(13) Bhatti as per revenue department recommendation and as per policy note no. (A) 27 are prepared. Accordingly the Speaking Order with part plans of the13Koliwadas are forwarded to Under Secretary,U.D. Department, Govt of Maharashtra and copy thereof has been forwarded to Director,Town Planning, Pune&Dy. Director,Town Planning, Mumbai.The boundaries of the 13 Koliwadas as recommended by Revenue Departmentare depicted on extracts DP 2034 Sheets and same is uploaded on MCGM web site at following location. portal.mcgm.gov.in >Wards & Departments >Chief Engineer (Development Plan) >Docs >13Koliwada Part DP 2034 Plans. All person or persons,general public are hereby requested to give suggestion /objection in writing to the undersigned at the office of Chief Engineer (Development Plan) 5th Floor,Annex. Bldg., Municipal Head Office, Mahapalika Marg, Fort, Mumbai 400 001 within one (1) monthfromthe date of publication hereof. The suggestions /objections received by this office will be forwarded to Revenue department of Govt of Maharashtra for further rectifications clarification. If no suggestion /objection is received in this respect, boundaries of these 13 Koliwadas on DP 2034 will considered final &Development Plan remarks will be issued to general public accordingly. By order of Municipal Commissioner,MCGM. -Sd- (V PCHITHORE) CHIEF ENGINEER (D.P)/ PRO/804/ADV/2020-21 D.M.C.(S.E.)/DIRECTOR (E.S. &P.) Let's together and make Mumbai Malariafree WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 6 MAHARASHTRA THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER2,2020

EMERGENCY PAROLE AMID COVID Non-teachingemployeeswithdraw HC orders inquiry into SALUTE THE SOLDIER CAPT DILIP KUMAR JHA, KC (POSTHUMOUS) strikeafterassurancefromminister corruption charges (20 JAN 1977 -02OCT 2002) Capt Dilip Kumar Jha, Kirti Chakra laid down his life while fighting against an infiltrating terrorist column of Seventh PayCommission rec- Technical Education Minister Vidyapeeth Magaswargiya against jail authorities during "OPERATION RAKSHAK" on the Line of ABHAGORADIA ommendations fornon-teach- UdaySamant."It wasdecided Karmachari Mahasangh. Control in J&K while on attachment with 7JAT.In the truest tradition of the Indian Army,Capt Dilip MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 ing staffofnon-agricultural uni- that the firstfew demands So far, due to protests by Kumar Jha led from the front displaying exemplary versities. Other demands would immediatelybefulfilled. non-teaching officials and em- courage and conspicuous bravery by killing three THE MAHARASHTRA State includedatime-bound promo- In viewofthis, and as per the ployees, five stateuniversities in OMKARGOKHALE The magistrates have terroristsbefore making the supreme sacrifice. He CollegeUniversities Employees tion scheme, five-daywork minister's appeal, the protestis Nagpur,Nanded, Aurangabad, MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 been directed to will always be remembered and missed by all of us in the Army Action Committee, astatewide week,pension forretired em- being withdrawn. However, in Amravati and Jalgaon have an- Ordnance Corpsfor the gallant act beyond his call of duty. ascertain whether jail DG OS &Colonel Commandant and collective of eight non-teaching ployees and changes in the re- case the demands remain unad- nouncedtheir decision to post- OBSERVINGTHATallegations All Ranks of the AOC employees of non-agricultural cruitment system. dressed, the committee will re- pone final-year exams. of briberyagainstjail authori- authorities were universities, on Thursdaycalled Astatement releasedbythe sume itsstrikefromOctober 19," Samant, who has tested posi- ties were “serious”, the offits strikethat had begun from committee on Thursdaysaid the statement added. tive forCovid-19, tweetedon Aurangabad benchofthe strictlycomplying GREATER CHENNAI CORPORATION September 24. that atelephonic conversation As per the discussions, Thursday, "I am thankful to the BombayHigh Courthas di- with high courtorders BUILDINGS DEPARTMENT The employees had been washeld between acommittee Seventh PayCommission rec- non-teaching employees associ- rected the chief judicial magis- granting temporary protesting non-implementation member and stateHigherand ommendations and time- ation and officials association for trates of allthe districtsunder B.D.C.No.B1/203/2020 bound promotion would be im- accepting my appeal and with- itsjurisdiction, in Marathwada release of prisoners e-RE-TENDER NOTICE plemented within 15 days,said drawing the protest. Asolution and northern Maharashtra, to Tendersare invited forthe Superintending Engineer (Buildings) Deepak More, General would soon be found to the de- visit various jails and inquireif directed to ascertain whether forthe following work as per details furnished below SecretaryofMaharashtra mands.Thankstoallassociations." prisoners were made aware jail authorities were strictly Smartvendingcarts 900 Nos. of size2.2 mx0.80 mx2.10 m with stainless steel forthe street vendor in Marina Beach in about their rightsand ascertain complying with these direc- Zone -9inGreaterChennai Corporar�on GREATER CHENNAI CORPORATION if orders of the stategovern- tivesalong with the high court Formoreinforma�on see h�p://tntenders.gov.in & Bus Route Roads Department ment, pertaining to emergency orders granting temporaryre- www.chennaicorpora�on.gov.in BRR.C.No.B3/3142/2020 parole and furlough in viewof lease of prisoners. Theywill WorksValue approx. Short TENDER NOTICE-e-tendersare invited forthe following works Covid-19pandemic,werefol- also have to inquirewith every EMD Amount Rs.16.47 Crores in TwoCover Systemasper details furnished below. lowedwithout seeking any prisoner to see if he or she was Rs.16,47,000/- (including 18% GST) No.of Approx. value of E.M.D. Eligible “gratification” or “imposing un- informedabout the right to Name of the work Tender Date and Time: 09.11.2020 upto 3.00 P.M. Package the work Rs. Rs. Class reasonable conditions”. avail emergency parole, and Lowest work Adivision benchofJustices whether jail authorities had re- Tender open Date and Time: 10.11.2020 at 3.30 P.M. Improvements to 1%of value Rs. 533.00 Tanaji VNalawade and fusedtoacceptapplications. DIPR/3702/Tender/2020 SuperintendingEngineer (Buildings) the Bus RouteRoads BT the Roads in various zones 1&2 Lakhs Highest work Class -1 ODISHA RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT AGENCY work value Mukund GSewlikar passed The HC benchalso asked (Capital Fund) Rs. 544.00 Lakhs value Under the Department of Energy these directions on September magistrates to probeifany Government of Odisha 1) Tender lastdateand time of submission: 20.10.2020 upto 3.00 pm 28 while hearing pleas by two “gratification” wassought 2) Bid documentwill be available in website https://tntenders.gov.in (ISO 9001:2008 /ISO 14001:2004) inmates of Aurangabad Central from prisoners, or anyindirect 3) Tender open date and time: 21.10.2020 upto 3.30 pm. Jail, filedthrough advocate conditions were imposedby S-3/59, MANCHESWAR INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, Superintending Engineer(BRR) BHUBANESWAR-751010, ODISHA DIPR/3706/Tender/2020 Rupesh Jaiswal, seeking direc- authorities, to denythe bene- Website : www.oredaorissa.com,E-mail : [email protected] tions to jail authorities to de- fitofemergency parole. The CORRIGENDUM cide their emergency parole names of prisoners are“re- applications. The petitioners quired to be kept secret”, and L. No.3852 Dated 01.10.2020 also alleged therewas adelay onlyifsome of them arewill- The Department’s name appearing therein as “Department of Sci- by jail authorities in deciding ing to give complaints, their ence and Technology” in the top of the office letter pad may be correct- ed and read as “Department of Energy” vide Advertisement No- 8246 their pleas due to “corruption”. names can be disclosed. Date 21.09.2020. The petitioners sought relief Jail authorities have been Sd/- Additional Secretary to Govt. as per May8notification issued directed to provide informa- by the stateHome department tion to the magistrates about that amendedthe Maharashtra the number of prisoners pres- OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, Prisons (Furlough and Parole) ent in their jail along with the RWS&S DIVISION, BALASORE Rules, 1959, and allowedprison number of prisoners being Tel: 06782-262249, Fax: 262931, O-409 authorities to release inmates granted or refusedbenefit of email: [email protected], [email protected]. exceptthose booked under spe- emergency parole. NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING THROUGH e-Tendering Identification No 12 Dt. 28-09-2020 cial laws on emergency parole, Seeking reports from mag- 1. Nos. of Work : 5Nos RPWS schemes in Balasore district. in viewofthe Supreme Court istrates withinthree weeks, 2. Estimated cost : Rs. 81.96 lakhs to Rs. 244.44 lakhs guidelines to decongestjails. the benchpostedfurther hear- The magistrates have been ing on October 27. 3. Period of completion : 330 days 4. Availability of bid : Dt. 14-10-2020 at 10.00 hours to 22.10.2020 document in Portal up to 17.00 hours through online. Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Ltd. 5. Seeking of Clarification : Dt. 14.10.2020 at 10.00 hours to Dt. 20.10.2020 up to 15.00 hours (CIN: U40108JH2013SGC001704) 6. Date of opening of Bid : Dt. 28.10.2020 at 11.00 hours in the O/O EE, Regd. Office: 2nd Floor,JUSNL (SLDC) Building Kusai Colony,Doranda, RWSS Division, Balasore. Ranchi -834002 Fax No.:0651-2400123 (E-mail:[email protected] 7. Name and address of the : Executive Engineer,RWS&S Division, NOTICE TO VENDORS Officer Inviting Tender Balasore NOTICE No.–93/PR/JUSNL/2020-21 Bid Cost &Bid Security will be receipt through electronic payment by Application forvendor registration is invited from reputed manufacturers to get their firms NEFT/RTGS. registered in the Vendor list of JUSNL to supplymaterials /equipment's to the contractors awarded Further details can be seen from the e-Procurement Portal: with turnkey projects. Interested Manufacturers would be required to applyasper the details http://tendersodisha.gov.in available at JUSNL's official website http://www.jusnl.in / http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in.RFP EXECUTIVE ENGINEER, Document will be available w.e.f. 05.10.2020. The closing dateofreceipt of applications in the RWS&S DIVISION, BALASORE. requisiteformat is 27.10.2020. OIPR/25013/11/0003/2021 N.B:- All subsequent addendums/corrigendum to this notice shall be hosted in the JUSNL's official website http://www.jusnl.in / http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in.only. Note: All applications will be received throughe-tendering portal http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in only(Please select tenders by organization and organization name JSEB to find out relevant noticeinhttp://jharkhandtenders.gov.in)and original application fee is to be submitted to :- General Manager,Contract &Materials (Non W.B. Project), JHARKHAND URJA SANCHARAN NIGAM LIMITED Regd. Office–2nd Floor,JUSNL (SLDC), Building,Kusai Colony, Doranda, Ranchi –834002 (Jharkhand)Phone :9431747672,8340599939,Email : [email protected] WATCO Onlye-application through http://jharkhandtenders.gov.in will be entertained. Last dateofsubmission of registration fee –30.10.2020 upto04:00 PM OFFICE OF THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, WATCO. Sd/- Ground Floor,Unnati Bhawan, Lofgr ,oa jk"Vªfgr esa ÅtkZ cpkosaA —i;k viuh f'kd;rksa dks 18003456570¼dkWy lsUVj½ ij ntZ djk;saA General Manager,C&M (NWBP) H.B. Colony,Satyanagar,Bhubaneswar-751007, Odisha, India PR.NO.233660 Jharkhand Urja Sancharan Nigam Ltd(20-21):D JUSNL,Ranchi Telefax: -+91-674-2391444 E-mail [email protected] [email protected] INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) C-152 Bid Identification No.WATCO (W)-10/2020-21 Dtd.01.10.2020 WATCO No. 3435 Date: 01.10.2020

1 Name of the work :- Extension of Water Supply to Police line at Puri. 2. Estimated cost :- Rs.282.07 Lakh 3. Period of completion :- 6(Six) Months. 4. Date &time of availability of :- From 11.00 AM of Dt.08.10.2020 to 5.00 PM of bid document in the portal 28.10.2020

5. Last date /time of receipt of :- 5.00 PM of 28.10.2020. GovernmentofIndia bids in the portal Ministry of Road Transport&Highways 6. Date &time of opening of :- 12.30 PM of 29.10.2020. technical bids Through 7. Name and address of the : Managing Director,WATCO Telefax:- 0674- GovernmentofKarnataka Officer inviting Bid 2391444. E-Mail: mailwatcoodisha.in Public Works, Ports&Inland water transportDepartment(NATIONAL HIGHWAYS) [email protected] Office of theExecutive Engineer,NationalHighway Division, 8. The bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. Vishweshwarnagar,Hubballi Tele/Fax :0836-2357420 &0836-2357577 Further details can be seen from the web site Email:[email protected] "www.tendersodisha.gov.in." 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Visakhapatnam &East Godavari Districts under Andhra Pradesh Roads at NH-218 (Konnur as per www.bharathkosh.gov.in and Bridges Reconstruction Project(APRBRP) &Andhra Pradesh Mandal village)onEPC mode Appendix- throughonline Further details in this regard can be seen at https://govtprocurement.delhi.gov.in. in theState of Connectivity and Rural Connectivity Improvement Project (APMCRCIP) II of RFP payment mode only. Sd/- schemes with the Loan assistance of New Development Bank (NDB). Karnatka-” (Job ISSUED BY P.R.O. (WATER) (Priti Pant) 2. Bidding will be conducted through the Open Competitive Bidding (OCB) (1)Date&Time of startofsaleofTenderdocuments(throughonline) : 28.09.2020 at 11:30 Advt. No. J.S.V.169(2020-21) EX. ENGINEER (Central)-II procedures agreed with NDB. Hrs(2) Date &Timeofclose of sale of Tenderdocuments(throughonline) : 28.10.2020 upto 3. 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1992-93 TIED UPSIDE DOWN TO TREE MARATHWADA RAINS For victims &activists, Suspectedofbeingathief,man Sena MLAs urge CM to verdict in Babri Masjid give compensation to case ‘not surprising’ beatentodeathinSolapurvillage farmers for crop losses

appeal is pending. pronounceddead. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Mumbai-basedlawyerShakil EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE An offence of murder has been lodged in the Four persons have been ar- MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 Ahmed’spetitionseekingto know PUNE,OCTOBER1 rested in this case under sections the stategovernment’s action on case and four persons have been arrested 302 and 34 of the Indian Penal SHIV SENAlegislators from FORVICTIMS, activists and chron- the 31 officers indicted by the AN UNIDENTIFIED person was Code and attemptsare on to Marathwada region have urged iclers of the 1992-93 Bombayri- commission, too, remains pend- allegedly tiedtoatreeupside identifiedasAnnarao Somling villageand nabbed him, suspect- identify the victim, said Assistant Chief MinisterUddhav ots, the Lucknowcourt’s order ac- ing before the Supreme Court. down and beaten to death, on Patil, Yogesh Bhimsha Pujari and ing that he wasathief. Police Inspector Shirish Mangave Thackeray to give compensation quitting 32 of the surviving “A whole generation has suspicion of being athief, by a Babusha Somling Patil, all resi- Theyallegedly tiedhim to a of Valsang police station. to the farmers who have suffered UddhavThackeray accusedinthe Babri Masjid dem- grownupsince 1992 when the group of men at Kumbhari vil- dentsofKumbhari villagein tree upside down and thrashed “The four accusedwerepro- crop losses due to incessant rains olition case, was“notsurprising”. Babri Masjid wasdemolished, lageinSolapur district in the south Solapur. him with wooden sticks.The ducedbeforeacourton in the lastfew days. At avirtualmeetingorganised and the 1992-93 riots,whichtook early hours of Wednesday. Police said that accused man receivedsevereinjuries and Thursday. The courthas re- Thackeray held ameeting Since lastweek,Thackeray Thursdaybyfour organisations — place in various parts of the coun- An offence of murder has Annarao Patil, members of his lostconsciousness. Meanwhile, mandedthem to police custody with party legislators from has been holding meetings of People Union forCivil Liberties, try, including Bombay, in itsafter- been lodged in this case at the familyand some local residents on receiving information about till Saturday. Initial investiga- Marathwada region on Thursday party legislators at Varsha, his of- Citizens forJustice and Peace, math. But formanylikeus, it was Valsang station of Solapur Rural of Kumbhari villagewerewoken the beating, ateam of Vansang tion has revealedthat they at Varsha residence to discuss ficial residence, from all regions Bebaak Collective and Forum aturning point forthe city and for Police, and four persons have up on Wednesdaynight after police station rushedtothe spot. nabbed and thrashedthe man, the issues of their assemblycon- to discuss issues related to their AgainstOppression of Women — the nation. The fact that the judg- been arrested in connection dogs startedbarking loudly. They Police took the injured man suspecting that he wasathief,” stituencies. Rahul Patil, Sena leg- constituencies. Thackeray’s mostparticipantssaid theyhave ment took 28 years is asignal in with the case. Theyhavebeen sawanunidentifiedman in the to acivic hospital, wherehewas said Mangave. islator from Parbhani, said the meetings with legislators at of- seenthatmostofthosewhowere itself,”said advocateFlavia Agnes, government has issuedanorder ficial residence come in the back- perpetrators of the riots that fol- who foundedMajlis Manch, ale- to inspect the crop losses due to drop of the opposition’s allega- lowedthe demolition had never galcentrefor women’s rights. Satara: Baby abducted from home, body found 2days later the floods and heavy rainfall. tions that he wasconducting been brought to book despite Agnes had come out with afact- “Due to the incessant rainfall, onlyvirtual meetings. scathingindictmentby theJustice finding reportonthe violence evening, when other members of thechildren who were present on work on various aspects. We manyfarmers have sufferedcrop Sources in Sena also said that BNSrikrishna Commission of whichtook place afterthe Babri EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE the familywereout forworkon the premises of the house. They checkedalltheentryorexitpoints losses. So we urgedThackeray to Thackeray had held virtual meet- Inquiry. masjid demolition in PUNE,OCTOBER1 the field and onlythe baby’s sib- have told us that twopersons, a and had also startedlooking instruct the administration to in- ings with the party legislators in Farooq Mapkar,who wasshot Behrampada, Bandra(East), apre- lings were home, said police. The man and awoman, had come on through the security camera spectthecroplossesandgive com- the lastfew months on Covid-19 at inside Mumbai’s Hari Masjid dominantlyMuslim area in city. A10-MONTH-OLD boy, who was baby’s parentsare farmers. The atwo-wheeler and takenthe footageavailable.Afterthediscov- pensation to farmers,” said Patil. situation but other issues were —six people had diedand many Activistand Citizensfor allegedly abducted twodays ago incident took place in Kalajvillage babyaway. On Thursdaymorn- eryofthe body in the well next to He further said that Thackeray nottaken up. “As aparty chief too, others were injuredin afiring in- Justice and Peace (CJP) secretary from his familyhome in avillage inPhaltantaluka of Sataradistrict. ing, the baby’s body wasfound in the house, we have widenedthe has giveninstructions to the ad- he is hearing and addressing the side the mosque in 1993 —said Teesta Setalvad said the Ram in Sataradistrict, wasfound dead SataraSuperintendent of thewell next to the house.” scopeofour probe. We arelook- ministrationonthe same.Other issues of party legislators. similar “injustice” wasmetedout Janmabhoomi movement wasa inside awell on Thursday, ac- Police, Tejaswi Satpute, said, “The She added, “Immediatelyaf- ingatvariousangles,includingthe legislators raisedthe issue of the Thackeray will also meetthe leg- to him when the CBI filedaclo- political one and an effort to cording to the district police. abduction wasreportedtouson terthe abduction wasreported, possibility of personal enmity of delayedirrigation projects, roads, islators from alliance partners surereportbeforethe magis- changethe Indian secular repub- The babywas kidnapped Tuesdayevening. As partofthe we had launchedasearch opera- thefamily. Ourteamsareworking health infrastructureamong suchasCongress and NCPincom- trate’s courtin2016exonerating lic intoamajoritarian state. “In from his home on Tuesday investigation, we have spoken to tionby formingseparateteamsto on some leads.” other issues, said sources. ing days,” said aSena leader. apolice official forthe deaths. Bombay, the police had permit- “As an eyewitness to the in- tedvictoryprocessions celebrat- a{OñQ´rg§. Sr.Eb.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 cident, Ikeptmystruggle on be- ing the demolition in Pydhonie Village: Nhave fore various agencies and courts and . While the accused Dinanath BhaskarKhare, Mohan Bhaskar hoping that eventuallytherewill in the Bombayserial blasts, Khare ,Anil Bhaskar Khare, Sanjay Bhaskar Khare, Shubhangi Surendra Joshi, be justice. Different govern- whichoccurredonMarch 12, 24 212 Private Agriculture 0.0184 Pratibha Mangesh Padhyay ,Avinash Anant mentsand investigating agen- 1993, were triedbeforeaspecial Pandit, Rajan Anant Pandit ,Vinod Anant cies, including the CBI, did not courtset up forafast-tracktrial, Pandit, Charushila Ratish Joshi 212 even attempt to bring those the same urgency wasnot Chandrakant Janardan Suryrao, guilty to book,” Mapkar said. The shown to bring justice to the riot Yamunabai Sadashiv Deshmukh, magistrate’s courthad accepted victims,” she said. gr.Or.-Sr.Eb.-A.-05092020-221577 Kashinath Chiman Yashwantrao, the CBI’s closurereportand the Currently, onlyone trial CG-DL-E-05092020-221577 25 227 Private Agriculture 0.0046 Dwarkanath Chiman Yashwantrao , Dattatray Chiman Yashwantrao, Tarabai sessions courtupheld it after againstnine policemen allegedto AgmYmaU Mohan Mande, Ahilyabai Bharat Kale, whichMapkar approachedthe have firedat11men in Suleman EXTRAORDINARY Pratibha Chiman Yashwantrao 227 BombayHigh Courtwherehis Bakeryin1993 is going on. 26 266 Private Agriculture 0.0173 Mangal Vitthal Gorle 266 ^mJ II-IÊS 3-Cn-IÊS (ii) 27 341 Private Agriculture 0.0021 Narayan Hari Dhamane 341 PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) KrishnaBab Khutare ,Jitu Rama Dhanwani 28 422 Private Agriculture 0.0071 LETTER TO UDDHAV àm{YH ma go àH m{eV 422 Viilage: Pimpalgaon PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY Where are 1.5 lakh Covid 29 163 Private Agriculture 0.1404 a. Ku Pu Dwarkabai Kamalu Mengal163 g§. 2682] ZB© {Xëbr, ewH« dma, {gVå~a 4, 2020/^mÐ 13, 1942 Goma Malu Khodka, Damodar Goma Khodka, Gurunath Goma Khodka, Vimal No. 2682] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2020/BHADRA13, 1942 Aanna Khodka, Chintaman Aanna Khodka, tests promised: Fadnavis 30 183 Private Agriculture 0.1011 MINISTRYOFROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS Vilas Aanna Khodka, TaiBaban Bangara, Manjula Gurunath Thorad, Malati Kasinath 19 testsconductedinApril,thein- NOTIFICATION Vakh 183 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE fection percentagethat month New Delhi, the 4th September,2020 Viilage: Sasane MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 was8.04per cent. It rose to 18.07 Narayan Anant Khare, Subhash Narayan S.O. 3014 (E). - Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road percentinMay, and21.23percent Khare, Jaywant Narayan Khare ,Sudha Transport and Highways, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,Part II, Section 3, Sub- 31 3Private Agricultural 0.0234 LEADER OF Opposition in state in July, but came down to 18.44 Dinanath Lavate ,Sasikala Vinayak section (ii) issued under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) Kulkarni, Usha Sopan Joshi 3 AssemblyDevendraFadnavis on per cent in Augustdue to in- (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government declared its intention to acquire Suman Shivram Bhoir,Nira Bai Bhimaji Thursdayexpressedconcerns creasednumberof tests,Fadnavis the land specified in the Schedule annexed to the said notification for construction of Realignment Dalvi ,Nirmala Bai Shantaram Gorle,Eknath over the stategovernment’s fail- said. 32 4Private Agricultural 0.03 Maintenance, management and operation of NH548A on the stretch of land from Km. 20.13 to Shantaram Gorle, Ramesh Shantaram uretoincrease coronavirus tests “However, the stateagain de- Gorle, Shaila Shantaram Gorle 4 Km. 43.653 (Sub Divisional Officer Kalyan, Khadakpada) in the district of THANE in the State of in Maharashtra, due to which creasedthe number of testsin 33 5Government Barren 0.0217 Gram Panchayat Sasane 5 MAHARASHTRA; therewas arise in Covid-19cases Septemberandtheinfectionper- Ashok Vasant Khare, Pandarinath Vinayak And whereas the substance of the said notification has been published in “Pudhari” dated in September. centagejumpedto22.37percent, Khare, Manisha Pramod Khare, Purva 3rd December,2019 under sub-section (3) of section 3A of the said Act; 34 7p/1 Private Agricultural 0.1368 In aletteraddressedtoChief highestinthelastsixmonths,”the Harish Khare, Smita Dilip Parlikar,Harish And whereas objections have been received and the same have been considered and disallowed by Ashok Khare, Sujata Sachin Joshi 7part 1 MinisterUddhavThackeray,he leader of opposition in the state the Competent Authority; said therewas an urgent needto assemblysaid. TOTAL3.17595 And whereas, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the competent authority focusonincreasingthenumberof Fadnavis pointed out that the [F.No. RW/NH-12014/117/2017/MAH-P6/3A/3D] has submitted its report to the Central Government; testsinthe statetobring the situ- scenario in Mumbai wasnobet- Now,therefore, upon receipt of the said report of the competent authority and in exercise of the RAJESHGUPTA, Dy.Secy. ation under control and getthe ter. “The state’s dailyaverage of powers conferred by the sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government hereby wheels of the economymoving. Covid-19testinMumbaiismerely declares that the land specified in the said Schedule should be acquired for the aforesaid purpose; a{OñQ´rg§. Sr.Eb.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99 In his letter,Fadnavis pointed 11,715.Itresulted in the infection And further,inpursuance of sub-section (2) of section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government out that in Julyadailyaverage of percentagejumping from 13.63 hereby declares that on publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, the land specified in the 37,528 Covid-19tests were con- per cent in Augustto17.50 in said Schedule shall vest absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances. ducted,while 64,801tests were September.Evennational capital doneinAugust–anincreaseof 42 Delhi has increasedits dailytests SCHEDULE per cent. In September,however, to 40,000,” he said. Brief description of the land to be acquired, with or without structure, fallingwithin the thenumberof testswentupby 26 InVidarbha,hesaid,thenum- NH548Ainthe stretchofland from Km. 20.13 to Km. 43.653 (Sub Divisional Officer Kalyan, per cent at 88,209. berofcases increasedexponen- Khadakpada) in the district of THANE in the State of MAHARASHTRA. gr.Or.-Sr.Eb.-A.-05092020-221565 Fadnavis said during an inter- tially. “Butthereisamismatchbe- State: MAHARASHTRA District: THANE action with Prime Minister tween cases and number of tests. CG-DL-E-05092020-221565 Sr. Survey Type of Nature of Area in Name of the Land Owner/Interested NarendraModi,Thackeray hadas- In Bhandara, cases increasedby No. Number Land Land Hectare Person Part Survey No. AgmYmaU suredthathisgovernmentwould 663percentbetweenAugustand 12 3456 EXTRAORDINARY increase the teststo1.5 lakh. “But September.Gondia saw496 per Taluk: Murbad ^mJ II-IÊS 3-Cn-IÊS (ii) thestatisticsshowitisway below centrise,Chandrapur570percent thepromisednumbers,”hewrote. and Gadchiroli 465 per cent rise Village: Kudavali PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii) Of the total number of Covid- in cases,” he said. Dattatreya Ramchandra (Ramu) Saase, Durga Kishor Padwal, Mitabai Tukaram àm{YH ma go àH m{eV Chaudhari,Rajendra Ramchandra (Ramu) PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY 1 128 /1 Private Agricultural 0.01145 Saase,Vijay Ramchandra (Ramu) Saase, MSSC feels pinch of Shantaram Ramchandra (Ramu) Saase, g§. 2681] ZB© {Xëbr, ewH« dma, {gVå~a 4, 2020/^mÐ 13, 1942 Sadashiv Ramchandra (Ramu) Saase, No. 2681] NEW DELHI, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2020/BHADRA13, 1942 Hirabai Madhukar Chaudhary 128/1 Maharashtra State Industrial Development slowdown as WR decides 2 128 /2 Government MIDC 0.0229 MINISTRYOFROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS Board128/2 Fasabai Valaku Saase ,Changunabai Balu NOTIFICATION to discontinue services Saase, Mirabai Dharu Rasal, Govind Balu New Delhi, the 4th September,2020 3 129 /1 Private Agricultural 0.0417 Saase, Sambhaji Balu Saase Latabai BCT division foraone year i.e. Vitthal Thakare, Babibai Kashinath Rasal, S.O. 3013 (E).- Whereas by the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary,Part II, Section 3, Sub- SAGARRAJPUT 08.07.2019 to 07.07.2020 and ex- Santosh Balu Saase 129/1 section (ii) issued under sub-section (1) of section 3A of the National Highway Act, 1956 (48 of 1956) MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 tensiontill30.09.2020.Therefore, Maharashtra State Industrial Development 4 129 /2 Government MIDC 0.0417 (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government declared its intention to acquire the land it is requestedthat the services Board 129/2 5 208 /1 Private Agricultural 0.1664 Sadashiv Ramchandra Saase 208/1 specified in the Schedule annexed to the said notification for construction of Realignment Maintenance, THE MAHARASHTRA State maybediscontinuedfrom Maharashtra State Industrial Development management and operation of NH548A on the stretch of land from Km 18 to Km 20.13 (Sub-Divisional 6 208 /2 Government MIDC 0.1664 Security Corporation (MSSC), 01.10.2020.” Board 208/2 Officer Kalyan, Near Khadakpada) in the district of THANE in the State of MAHARASHTRA; whichwas setupin2010bythe MaharashtraSecurity Force Ganpat Bhau Mengal ,Shankar Bhau And whereas the substance of the said notification has been published in “Pudhari” dated 14 stategovernment as aforce to wascreated under Maharashtra 7 237 /1 Private Agricultural 0.0615 Mengal, Barki Rama Recama, Shalu December 2019 under sub-section (3) of section 3A of the said Act; guardvitalstateandcentralinstal- StateSecurity Corporation on the Mangal Khair 237/1 And whereas objections have been received and the same have been considered and disallowedby lations in the city,isfeeling the recommendation of Ram Maharashtra State Industrial Development 8 237 /2 Government MIDC 0.0828 the Competent Authority; pinchofthe pandemic-induced Pradhan Committee that was Board 237/2 And whereas, in pursuance of sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the competent authority economic slowdown. One of its formedafterthe26/11attack.The 9 239/2 Private Agricultural 0.0489 Balu MahaduSase 239/2 has submittedits report to the CentralGovernment; Maharashtra State Industrial Development major clients,the Western panel had suggestedtoform an 10 239/3 Government MIDC 0.1195 Now,therefore, upon receipt of the said report of the competent authority and in exercise of the Railway,has informedthat it no establishment on the lines of the Board 239/3 powers conferred by the sub-section (1) of section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government hereby Maharashtra State Industrial Development 11 252 /2 Government MIDC 0.071 declares that the land specified in the said Schedule should be acquired for the aforesaid purpose; longerrequirestheservicesof the Central Industrial Security Force. Board 252/2 432 personnel of the MSSC who The MaharashtraSecurity And further,inpursuance of sub-section (2) of section 3D of the said Act, the Central Government 12 252 /1 Private Agricultural 0.071 Atmaram Keshav Sase 252/1 hereby declares that on publication of this notification in the Official Gazette, the land specified in the guardrailway property. Forcecurrentlyhas about 9,000 13 253 /1 Private Agricultural 0.0992 Sambhaji Totaram Patil 253/1 While the services of 226 se- personnel and is responsible for said Schedule shall vest absolutely in the Central Government, free from all encumbrances. Maharashtra State Industrial Development 14 253 /2 Government MIDC 0.0992 curity guards and six security su- providingsecurityat162sensitive Board 253/2 SCHEDULE pervisorswere discontinuedfrom locations, including government 15 46 /1 Private Agricultural 0.175 Bheeva Dagdu Sase 46/1 Brief description of the land to be acquired, with or without structure, fallingwithin the Mondayaftertheirone-yearcon- establishments, railways,metro Maharashtra State Industrial Development NH548Ainthe stretchofland from km. 18 to km. 20.13 (Sub-Divisional Officer Kalyan, Near 16 46 /2 Government MIDC 0.232 tract got over on September 28, stations and severalmunicipal Board 46/2 Khadakpada) in the district of THANE in the State of MAHARASHTRA services of another 200security hospitals whichare treating peo- Mahendra prasad narsingh bahadur singh, State: MAHARASHTRA District: THANE guardsendedThursdayaftertheir ple infected with coronavirus. 17 47 /1 Private Agricultural 0.26 lavkush bachhu yadav,sachin brijraj singh, Sr. Survey Type of Nature of Area in Name of the Land Owner/Interested Person bansraj rang bahadur singh 47/1 contract with the Western Director General of MSSC, D No. Number Land Land Hectare Part Survey No. Railway expired. Kanakratnam, said, “What can I Maharashtra State Industrial Development 18 47 /2 Government MIDC 0.19 12 3456 Aletterfromthe Western do if aclient is terminating the Board 47/2 Taluk: Murbad Railway to the Director General- contract? We have been told by 19 48 /1 Private Agricultural 0.19 Tukaram Janu Saase 48/1 Maharashtra State Industrial Development Village: Pimpalgaon cum-Managing Director of the Railways that it is facing fi- 20 48 /2 Government MIDC 0.1182 MaharashtraState Security nancial crunchowing... But these Board 48/2 Anna BabajiLatte, Govind Babaji 21 541 /1 Private Agricultural 0.11Abdul gafar memon 541/1 1 426 Private Agriculture 0.051 Corporation read, “A proposal for men arenot unemployedbe- Latte 426 Maharashtra State Industrial Development 22 541 /2 Government MIDC 0.1462 TOTAL0.051 outsourcing of 200security cause we will deploythem as Board 541/2 guards from MaharashtraState and when we have space avail- Maharashtra State Industrial Development [F.No. RW/NH-12014/116/2017/MAH-P6/3A/3D] 23 62 /1 Government MIDC 0.148 Security Corporation fordeploy- able in another unit or if we Board 62/1 RAJESHGUPTA, Dy.Secy. ment over suburban section of managetoget anew client.” WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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After loyalty ‘warning’ In Covid time, freeze on new food security beneficiaries in Rajasthan

the NFSAand Pradhan Mantri the pastseveral months. retary (I), Food and Civil Supplies home, but theykeep telling us “People suchaslabourers, those from Lalu, RJD not DEEPMUKHERJEE Garib KalyanAnna Yojana "Online applications forin- Department, said. we arenot entitled... It has be- in the unorganisedsector,orsin- JAIPUR,OCTOBER1 (PMGKAY), but the stategovern- clusion in NFSAare closed. Some 52 lakh people who are come difficult to makeends glewomen from economically ready to give Cong ment has stoppedadding new People keep coming to us, and notcovered under NFSAhave meetduring this pandemic,” weak backgrounds, who aresole FORTHE pastseveral months, beneficiaries. we turn them away," Deepak been givenfreefoodgrains once, Bano's husband Feroze Khan, breadwinners in their families, Durga Ram, alabourer in Jaipur, The government had an- Verma, the owner of an e-mitra and the government plans to re- who worksatanautomobilere- areindireneedofgovernment more than 60 seats has been trying to enroll forfree nounced5kgofwheat per per- kiosk in Hanumangarhdistrict peat the exercise, the officer said. pair shop, said. assistance.” foodgrains under the National son and 1kgofgramper fam- told The Indian Express. Durga Ramhad been abene- The sub-divisional officer's Food and Civil Supplies Food Security Act(NFSA), 2013. ilyunder NFSAaspandemic Asenior Food and Civil ficiaryofthis one-time relief (SDO's) order names Khan and Department officials said an ex- SANTOSHSINGH CHIRAGMEETSSHAH, “Eachtime, people at the e-mi- relief everymonth until Supplies Department official from the government. their twochildren as Bano's fam- ercise to remove duplicateration PATNA,OCTOBER1 trakioskssay newnames arenot November.Since NFSAbenefi- said no names were being added Therehavebeen complaints ily. Theyreceivedthe stategov- cards and non-eligible individu- NDASEATFORMULA being added, and the portalis ciaries areentitledtothe same to the listbecause the number of that even those who made it to ernment's one-time relief for als from the NFSAlistisunder- WHILE THE nomination process ALMOSTFINAL shut,” he said. amount of free grains under beneficiaries had crossedthe the listapproved by their district non-NFSAfamilies. way, and that adecision on re- forthe firstphase of Bihar Ram, who is in his mid-40s PMGKAY, theywould effec- ceiling imposedbythe Centre. administrations before the lock- "Even if we sanction addi- opening enrolmentswould be Assemblyelectionsgot underway and belongs to the nomadic tively get10kgofwheat (or 5 "The addition of newNFSA down in lateMarch arenot re- tions to the NFSAlistatour end, takensubsequently. The Indian on Thursday, the Opposition LIZMATHEW Banjaracommunity,said work kg eachofwheat and rice) per beneficiaries in the stateiscur- ceiving the free rations. it (distribution of free food- Express reportedinAugustthat GrandAllianceappearsto bestuck NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 has been scarce since the lock- person and 2kgofgramper rentlyclosedaswehavealready On March 12 forexample, a grains) can't be startedasthe over 60 lakh newbeneficiaries over seat-sharing, with RJD na- down wasimposed, and he familyevery month. exceededthe limit setbythe courtinKotaordered the inclu- government has closedthe por- had been addedunder NFSA tional presidentLaluPrasadre- AMEETINGbetween topBJP makes onlyRs300-400onthe Officials at the Rajasthan Government of India. The gov- sion of one Yasmin Bano in the talfor now,"KotaSDO Mohanlal since March in Uttar Pradesh, portedlyhavinggivenaclearmes- leaders, including Home days that he gets any. “Getting Food and Civil Supplies ernment's ceiling is 4.46 crore NFSAlistafter an inquirybythe Pratihar said. Bihar,Tripura, Manipur,and J&K. sagetoson and the party's chief MinisterAmit Shah, and LJP some wheat would have helped Department, and e-mitraoper- people forRajasthan, while we municipal corporation found her Chandrakala Sharma, state In Rajasthan however, newad- ministerface Tejashwi Yadavnot president Chirag Paswan on my family,”hesaid. ators who aresupposed to facil- already have around 4.82 crore eligible. The family, however, coordinator,Ekal Nari Shakti ditions have been closedsince to offerthe Congress morethan Thursdayhinted that the The father of twochildren is itateonlineapplications, said the people coveredunder the NFSA,” says theyare yettoreceive any Sangathan, whichworks forun- May, Sankhla said. 60 or 61 seats. NDA’s seat-sharing formula among manypoor people who addition of newnames to the Ashok Kumar Sankhla, deputy grains. “I have made numerous married, widowed, divorced, FULLREPORTON The Congress has sought to forthe upcoming Bihar elec- have been seeking grain under NFSAlisthas been on hold for commissioner and deputy sec- visitstothe ration shop near our and abandonedwomen, said: www.indianexpress.com contestonaround 70 seats. tion is close to being finalised, The CPI(ML), whichhad been BJP sources said. offered15seatsbythe RJD, has Partysources said the said no to the offerand declareda BJP's Central Election listof30candidates. Committee is likelytomeet Congreadiesmodeldraftlawfor CPI(ML)'s Bihar office secre- Sundayand release the first tary Kumar Parvez said: “Weare listofcandidates. Chirag, who notready to acceptthe kind has been under pressure (number) of seatsRJD is offering from his party leaders to go it us.Wehaveput forwardour de- alone in 143constituencies, mand; nowitisuptoRJD to take metBJP PresidentJPNadda Oppnstatestobypassfarmlaws afinal call. Meanwhile, we have forthe second time this releasedour firstlistof30candi- week.“Chirag’s meeting with dates.” Shah indicates that the LJP StateHome MinisterAnil Vij Onseatarrangementwiththe would beapartofthe NDAin MANOJCG Congress, an RJD leader elabo- the October -November elec- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 rated, “As the Congress can easily tion,” aBJP leader said. Will stop shiftits loyalty to the other camp HAVINGASKED states ruledby [Nitish Kumar's JD-U,incase the it to explorethe possibilities of resultsthrow up ahung fer, CPI(ML) wants20seats. Our passing legislation to “bypass” Makingapolitical Rahul’s rally, Assembly] afterthe election re- leadership has decidedagainst and “negate” the provisions of sults, Lalu Prasad wantsRJD to compromisingwithalliesandpo- the farm laws passedbythe cen- statement won’t allow contestonthemaximum tential allies beyond a tral government, the Congress is numberof seats.Besides, point,” the leader said. readying adraft Bill whichitbe- UNDER ARTICLE 254(2), a him to enter it is always easy for TheRJDleaderadded lieveswill serveasamodel for statecan makechanges smaller parties to split that Vikasshil Insaan Congress and other non-BJP- to acentral legislation on when amajority of its Party(VIP) is trying to ruledstatestoenact. asubject in the concur- Haryana: Vij legislators want to shift bargain hardwith the The “core” of the proposed rent listprovidedits law their loyalty.” DECISION mainoppositionpartyin draftlaw is to declarethat any- gets Presidential assent. The RJD said RLSP 2020 the state. thing “inconsistent” in anyofthe The Congress does not EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE leader Upendra BIHAR Former CM Jitan three central laws with the ex- expect President Ram CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER1 Kushwaha waslet go be- RamManjhi's Hindustani isting stateActsshall be “null, Nath Kovind to clear leg- cause his “loyalty to the Grand AwamMorcha(Secular)andRLSP void and inoperative”inthe state islation circumventing WITH CONGRESS Thursdayan- Alliance waswavering". have sofarlefttheGrandAlliance, and that no farmer shall be paid the newfarm laws,but nouncing that Rahul Gandhi will Bihar Congress spokesperson ostensiblydue to the RJD's tough anyprice belowthe Minimum believesthat party-ruled be on athree-dayvisit to Rajesh Rathore, however, stance on the seat-sharing for- SupportPrice. states passingalaw Haryana beginning October 5, soundedconfidentof stitchingup mula. Sources said RajyaSabha MP would be astrong politi- Former Union ministerHarsimrat Kaur Badal wasbrieflydetainedonThursdaywhile stateHome MinisterAnil Vijde- things soon. He told TheIndian Another RJD leader said al- and lawyer Abhishek Singhvi has cal statement, giventhe protesting againstthe newfarm laws at the Zirakpur (Punjab) border. Jaipal Singh clared that the Congress leader Express:“We will shareseatsam- liance partners had notbeen able approvedthedraftoftheproposed controversy over the pas- won't be allowedtoenter state. icably. It might take aday or two.” to transfer their votes to RJD, model law, whichcan be passed sageofthe central laws. “Wehavenothing to do what According to the RJD leader whichfailedtoopen itsaccount by Congress and non-BJP ruled he (Rahul) does in Punjab, but quotedabove,thepartyislooking in lastyear's Lok Sabha polls, states“if theychooseto nullifythe SAD ‘kisan march’ cut short, UT we won't lethim enter Haryana,” to conteston150-plus seats. “We down from four seatswon in threecentral anti-farmer laws”. thefarm laws “would be to nul- said Vijinastatement. had offeredthree Leftparties and 2014.“We will notallowany ex- The Congress is preparing to lify the minimum supportprice He said, “Theywon't be al- JMM [Jharkhand Mukti Morcha] trabaggagethis time. We will step up itsprotestsagainstthe mechanism guaranteedthrough cops detain Sukhbir, Harsimrat lowedtospoil the atmosphereof 25seatsaltogether.WhileCPIand fullytestour strength,” the leader farm laws,with Rahul Gandhi set theexisting structureofAPMCs... Haryana. Earlier,two Congress- CPI(M)lookedkeento take ourof- said. to lead a“kisan yatra” from Badni and introduce severalother in- sponsored rallies were also Kalan in Punjab to Delhi through firmities and distortions operat- NAVJEEVANGOPAL stoppedfromentering the state. Haryana from October 3de- ing to the gravedetriment and CHANDIGARH,OCTOBER1 Likewise, we will stop his manding withdrawal of the laws. prejudice of agricultureand the (Rahul’s) rallyand won't allow Affront to right to The draftofthe “model Bill” communities associated with it”. SHIROMANI AKALI Dal chief him to enter Haryana.” says it is aBill to “restore the agri- Quoting the Agriculture Sukhbir Badal and former Rahul is settoreachHaryana cultural safeguards including Census of 2015-16, the draftsays Union ministerHarsimrat on the lastday of his three-day life: SC junks Gujarat Minimum SupportPrice mecha- 86.2%of farmersownlessthanfive Kaur Badal were detainedby visit to neighbouring Punjab, nism ensured through the regu- acres of land. They“consequently police at separateplaces while scheduledfromOctober 3, latoryframework of the APMC have limitedornoaccessto multi- trying to lead party’s ‘kisan whereheisexpected to hold orders on wages, laws in order to secureand pro- ple marketswith an inherent march’tothe RajBhavanin tractor rallies againstCentre's tect the interests and livelihood handicap of bargaining power... Chandigarhtosubmit amem- newfarm laws. of farmers and farm labourers as hence needing proper protection orandum againstthe Centre’s “He is coming to Haryana to longer hours of work also all others engaged in agri- by theStateGovernmentto ensure newfarm laws to Punjab oppose the three blacklaws. This cultureand related activities”. alevel playing field, prevent ex- Governor VPSingh Badnore. will be aKisan Yatraand Rahul whoprovidesthebackboneof the Congress president Sonia ploitation and an optimum guar- Both leaderswerelater re- Sukhbir Singh Badal, who wasdetainedand subsequently Gandhi will be on atractor,” said EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE economy,”itsaid. Gandhi had lastweek directed antee of fair market price forthe leased, and had to turn back released, at aChandigarhpolice station. Kamleshwar Singh senior party leader Kiran NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 The courtwas hearing apeti- Punjab, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh agricultural produce”. from the Punjab-Chandigarh Choudhry. tionbytwo labourunionsagainst and Puducherry to explorethe “...The Central Acts fail to take border without submitting the Haryana Congress president THESUPREMECourtonThursday the notifications issuedbythe possibilitiesof passinglaws under intoaccount this imperative and memorandum. Sukhbir ledthe march from SADleader Charanjit Singh Selja said, “Wewill fight for quashedthe Gujarat govern- Gujarat Labour and Employment Article 254(2) of the Constitution this object of the Indian Beforethe Badal couple was Akal Takht, Amritsar,while Brar said that UT administration farmers at everylevel.” ment'snotificationsgrantingtem- Department under Section 5of "tonegatethe anti-agriculture Constitution. And whereas agri- detained, ChandigarhPolice also Harsimrat ledone from Takht was“under the control of The earlier rallies that Vijwas porary“relaxations”to employers the ActonApril 17,2020, and ex- centrallaws, encroaching upon culture, agricultural marketsand cane-chargedprotestors ledby Damdama Sahib in Talwandi Centre” and its“high-handed- referring to were takenout on on certain conditions related to tendedonJuly20, 2020. the states’ jurisdiction”. landistheprimarylegislative do- Harsimrat at the Chandigarh- Sabo. Senior Akali leader and for- ness” againstprotesters will different dates by the Punjab working hours and payment of The notifications increased The main clause of the draft main of the Statefalling under Zirakpur border and by Sukhbir mer Lok Sabha MP from “costthe Centregovernment Youth Congress and the Lok wagesunder the Factories Act, dailyworking hours from 9to12 model Bill says “no Farming Entries 14,18and 28 of List-II of at the Mullanpur border latein Anandpur Sahib, Prem Singh dearly”. Insaaf Partytoprotest againstthe 1948. hours,andrequiredemployersto Agreementforthesaleorpurchase Seventh Schedule of the the evening. Watercannons Chandumajra, ledthe march Afterthe march wasstopped farm laws.But The courtcalledthe notifica- payovertime wagesataratepro- of acropshall be valid unless the Constitutionof India;and‘produc- were also unleashedin from Takht KeshgarhSahib. at the border,Harsmirat who led stoppedthem at Ambala, after tions “an affront to the workers’ portionatetothe ordinaryrateof pricepaidforsuchagriculturalpro- tion, supplyand distribution of Mullanpur,beforethe duo were “Weare againstthe govern- the sit-in before police took her whichthe protesters had to re- right to lifeand right against wages, instead of what wasman- duceisequalto,orgreaterthan,the goods’ is also aState Subjectun- detained. ment whichhas passedanti- away said, “Wewill take the ag- treat and terminatethe rallies. forced labour”. dated by Section 59. Minimum SupportPrices an- derEntry 27 of List-II read-with, Calling the three agriculture Punjab legislations,” Harsimrat itation to Delhi.” The Haryana police had also de- “The ‘right to life’ guaranteed The statesoughttojustify the nouncedbythe Central Entry33ofList-III of Seventh Acts as “blacklaws”, SADleader- told supporters at the Zirakpur- Meanwhile, Sukhbir said nied permission to another rally to everyperson under Article 21, changes saying “the Covid-19 Government forthat crop”. Schedule of the Constitutionof ship Thursdaystarted ‘kisan Chandigarhborder,whereshe SADwas aBJP allyfor lastthe "25 organisedbythe Haryana Youth whichincludes aworker, would pandemic is a‘public emergency’ The draftBill makes it clear India,” it says,listing the reasons marches' from three Takhtsof wasstoppedbythe Chandigarh to 30 years" but this was“afight Congress, whichtriedtomove bedevoidof anequalopportunity as definedinSection 5ofthe that the “direct consequence” of forthestatesto bringalegislation. Sikhs in Punjab. Police and . of principles”. from Panipat to Delhi. at social and economic freedom, Factories Act” and said it has dis- intheabsenceof justandhumane turbed the “social order of the conditions of work.Aworker’s country” and caused“extreme fi- NCRB REPORT CONTEMPT CASE right to lifecannotbedeemed nancial exigencies”. contingent on the mercy of their Italsosaidthatthe“lockdown Sedition cases up in 2019 but conviction at all-time low Bhushan moves SC, seeks employerorthe State. The notifi- causedaslowdown in economic cations,indenyinghumanework- activities, leading to an ‘internal The UAPA cases formedthe sec- lastyear (22), followedbyAssam 2017,and 15.4 per cent in 2018. review of its Re 1punishment ing conditions and overtime disturbance’ in the Statewithin DIPANKARGHOSE ond largest chunk under this cat- (17)andJammuandKashmir(11). Theconvictionrate inUAPA cases wagesprovidedbylaw,are an af- themeaningof Section5”,andre- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 egory, afterthe property Act. Under the UAPA,1,226 cases sawarise from 27.2 per cent in him at anypoint during the hear- front to the workers’ right to life quiring urgent measures to pro- The ‘Offences Againstthe were registeredin2019—com- 2018,butremainedalmosthalf of EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ing on sentence. He contended and right againstforcedlabour tect itsfinancial health. CASES OF sedition and under the State’categoryincludescasesfiled pared to 1,182in2018and 901in 2017 (49.3 per cent) and much NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 that the verdict is per incuriam thataresecuredby Articles21 and But the benchdid notagree. stringent UAPA showedarise in under the UAPA,the damageto 2017.The maximum UAPA cases lowerthan 2016 (33.3 per cent). passedwithout due regard to the 23of theConstitution,”aBenchof Itsaid that “evenifwewereto 2019,but only3per cent of the property Act, OSAand under IPC were seen in Manipur (306), fol- The sedition numbers were ADVOCATE PRASHANT Bhushan law],asthecourthadnotfollowed Justices DYChandrachud, Indu acceptthe...argument at itshigh- sedition cases resulted in convic- Sections 124A (sedition), 121 lowedby270 in Tamil Nadu, and alsoupfrom2018 intermsof peo- onThursdaymovedtheSupreme the procedure. Bhushan said he Malhotraand KMJoseph ruled. est, that the pandemichas re- tions. Datafor the year 2019 re- (waging, or attempting to wage 255 in J&K. plearrested—from56heldunder Courtseekingreviewofits August wasnot furnishedwith acopyof The courtalso invokedits sulted in an internal disturbance, leasedbythe National Crime waragainstthe State), 122(col- Fortycases were registered Section 124A that year to 96 in 31 judgment imposing atoken the complaint filedagainsthim, powers under Article 142todo we find that the economic slow- Records Bureaualso showthat lecting arms, etc., with the inten- under the OSAinboth2019and 2019.However, in 2017,asmany fineof onerupeeafterfindinghim andthathewasdeniedtheoppor- complete justiceanddirectedthat down created by the Covid-19 seditioncasesroseevenasthecat- tion of waging waragainstthe 2018 —muchhigher than 18 as 228 people had been held for guilty of criminal contempt of tunity to lead evidence under the all workmen who had worked pandemic does notqualify as an egoryunder whichtheycome — government of India), 123(con- in 2017. sedition,anearly five-time rise court. Contempt of Courts Act, 1971.He overtimebepaidovertimewages internal disturbance threatening ‘OffencesAgainsttheState’,which cealingwithintentto facilitatede- Under the sub-head on court from 48 in 2016. The topcourt, while sentenc- saidwhenheattemptedto putup at double the ordinaryrateof the security of the state...Unless includes chargesunder the UAPA sign to wage war), and 153B (im- disposal of ‘Offences Againstthe UndertheUAPA,1,948people ing him, had ordered that he will adefence,itwasviewedasan"ag- wagesasprovidedunder Section the threshold of an economic and Official SecretsAct (OSA) — putations, assertions prejudicial State’, the NCRB datanotethat were arrested in 2019,upfrom undergo asimple imprisonment gravation" by the court, and that 59 of the Act. The Supreme Court hardshipissoextremethatitleads sawasteep fall of 11.3 per cent to national integration). 35.7percentof thecasesinwhich 1,421in2018, 1,554in2017, and foraperiod of three months and thisisanerrorapparentinthever- saidit“iscognizantthatthe”state to disruption of public order and from the year before. The conviction rate forsedi- trial wasover, sawconvictions. 999 in 2016. furtherbedebarredfrompractis- dict.Bhushanalsosoughtanopen “aimedtoamelioratethefinancial threatens the security of India or As per the Crime In India tion cases sawasharp decline TheUAPA chargeshadamongthe The number of people held ing in the SC foraperiod of three courthearing of his reviewplea. exigencies that were causeddue of apartofits territory, recourse Report,thisdecline,however, was even as the numbers registered highestconviction ratesin2019 under the OSAhas largely been years if he does notpay the fine On August31, the courthad to the pandemic and the subse- cannotbetaken to suchemer- largely explainedbythe drop in underitrose.TheNCRBdatashow (29.2percent),whileseditionthe constant —30in2019, compared within aspecifieddate. held Bhushan guilty of criminal quent lockdown”. gency powers whichare to be cases registeredunder the that 93 sedition cases were filed lowest (3.3 per cent). to 35 in 2018,36in2017and 41 in Bhushan, who said he had contempt of courtfortwotweets, “However, financial losses usedsparingly under the law”. Prevention of DamagetoPublic in2019,upfrom70in2018and51 Thisisabigdropfromthe33.3 2016. paid the fine as directed,statedin whichthe courtsaid wasa“mali- cannotbeoffsetonthe weary FULLREPORTON PropertyAct—from7,127 in2018 in 2017.Karnataka per cent conviction rate forsedi- FULLREPORTON thereviewpleathatthecourthad cious/scurrilous...attack” on the shouldersof thelabouringworker, www.indianexpress.com and7,892in2017 to 6,079in2019. sawthemaximumseditioncases tioncasesin2016,16.7percentin www.indianexpress.com indicatedthepossibilityof barring “entireSupreme Court”. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD EXPLAINED YOUR MONEY In coronavirus spike protein, Should you buy ahouse now? clues to why some patients Falling prices and lowinterestmay be tempting, but thosewhoseincomes have fallen should ideallynot have runaway inflammation rush. Forthosepaying rent, it makes sensetolookatthe property’s rental yield before taking theplunge

WHY DO some people with Covid-19 SUPER develop severe inflammation? Anew ANTIGEN of the homeloan in ayear,those staying on REGION study addresses this question by look- rent will see their HRA component of the ing at the molecular structureand se- salary exempted from tax. quence of the SARS-CoV-2 spikepro- tein, the keypartofthe virus that Should youbuy realty forinvestment? causes Covid-19. The study uses com- Amidthe prospect of declining rental putational modelling to zeroinona yields,lowcapitalappreciationoverthelast10 partofthe SARS-CoV-2 spikeprotein years and real estate being notaliquid invest- that mayact as a“super-antigen”. It Sandeep Singh ment,retailinvestorswouldbewisenottobuy proposes that this partkicks theim- A3Dstructuralmodel of the real estate purely forinvestment purposes. mune system intooverdrive leading spikeprotein. The super- WhileanHNI (high net-worth individual) to inflammatorysyndrome. Thestudy antigenic regioniscircled,with a DECLINE IN property pricesand prevailing investorcango forrealestate investmentinthe is publishedinthe Proceedings of the Tcell receptorbound to the it. lowinterestrates mayentice someone who current times and getaproperty at adiscount National AcademyofSciences. Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has been either looking to buy his/ her first of 20-30%, aretailinvestorwouldbebetteroff Symptoms of anewly identified houseorlookingtoupgrade to abiggerhouse. putting that moneyinamoreliquid asset. conditioninpaediatric Covid-19pa- However, the decisiontobuy ahouse needs One mustremember that in case of eco- tients, known as Multisystem this region to abacterial protein that careful consideration, especiallyatatime nomic stress, real estate is the firsttolose InflammatorySyndromeinChildren causes toxic shock syndrome and when income levels arefalling, property value and turn illiquid.Ifgold preserves its (MIS-C), include persistent fever and found strikingsimilarities in both se- prices areexpected to remainatlowerlevels value and turns moreprecious in times of severe inflammationthat can affect a quenceand structure. Also,the pro- and rental yields areonadecline.Individuals economic crisis, real estate does justthe op- hostofbodilysystems. While rare,the posed SARS-CoV-2super-antigen mustalso understand that in the pandemic- posite. Real estate investmentsare notfor syndrome can be serious or even fatal. showedahigh affinity forbinding inducedslowdown, it is important to hold on bad times —inbad times, youmay end up Researchers MosheArditi (Cedars- with Tcell receptors —the firststep to liquidity and notgofor additional liability. doing adistress sale. Sinai Medical Center) and Ivet Bahar towardsarunawayimmune response. Another important factor is that one (University of Pittsburgh School of The discovery of protein-level Should youbuy or stay on rent? Forthose who have their jobs and salariesintact, this maybethe right timetobuy should nottakealoan to buy real estate for Medicine)searched for similarities between At least forthose who have theirjobsand the house. Those underfinancial stress shouldwait. Express Archive investment, as youmay be paying an inter- features of theSARS- SARS-CoV-2 and the bac- salarylevelsintact,andwhohave beenlooking estofaround 8% on the loan and earning2.5- CoV-2 virus that might terial structurethat to buyahouseof theirownforquitesometime, 4% as rental yield. beresponsible forMIS-C. causes toxic shocksyn- itmaybeoneof thebettertimestobuyahouse. cities, ascenario is developing whereboth nario,yields will decline further on account Theycreatedacomputer drome, the researchers If the price correction over the last4-5 years rental ratesand property prices maycon- of risingjoblessness and outwardmigration Should youkeep the pandemic and model of the interaction said, mayhaveopened andasharpdeclineininterestratesarefactors tinue to remain underpressure, so staying of people from cities,” Kapoor said. slowdown in mind? between the SARS-CoV- up newavenues for that favour suchadecision, the fact thatthere on rent maybeasmartdecision. Consider this: if youare lookingtobuy a At atimewhen the economyisundergo- 2spikeprotein and the treating notonlyMIS-C is an ample ready-to-move inventoryinthe house whichispricedatRs1crore and you ingaslowdown,individualsbothsalariedand receptors on human T PAPER patients, but also adults marketand that buyers hold the negotiating Buy versusrent —what arethe factors to take aloan of 80 lakh. At an interestrateof self-employedare witnessing adip in cash cells. These Tcells are with Covid-19infection powerinthe current marketsituation only consider? 7.5% fora20-year loan,your monthlyEMI flows,and thereisuncertainty about the fu- partofthe immunesys- CLIP experiencingcytokine makes it moretempting to take theplunge. Even forthose who can buy the house, would come to around Rs 65,000,which ture, it mustbeunderstood that an additional temand normallyhelp storm. “It is an opportune time forthose who thereneeds to be acareful consideration be- meansanannual EMI outgoofRs7,80,000. liability will onlyadd to stress levels. With no the body fight offinfec- NEWRESEARCH The researchers also have been waiting to buy foralong time. For fore taking the plunge. Adropinrental yields By comparison,ifyou stayonrentina medical breakthrough yetonCovid-19and tion, but when theyare collaborated with scien- the firsttime in around 15 years, the real es- means that the property maybeovervalued similarproperty and location, a5%rental yield dailycasesrising,individualsmustlookto keep activatedinabnormallylarge quanti- tists studying adult Covid-19patients tate market has turnedabuyer’s marketas and futurecapital appreciation maybelim- would mean an annual rental outgoofRs5 liquidity with them forany contingency. ties, theyproduce massiveamounts in Germanyand found that thosewho over the last10-15yearsbuilders and sup- ited,and so aproperty in the location of your lakh and a2.5% rental yield would mean an The purchase of ahouse in current times of inflammatorycytokines, leadingto experiencedseveresymptoms had a pliers dictated terms. One can bargain hard choice maybeavailableatthe almostthe annualrent of Rs 2.5lakh. What it also means would mean utilising one’s ownliquidity for a“cytokinestorm”. Tcell responsesimilar to what is seen and getthe house at alower-than-quoted same price over the next fewyears at least. is that if therental yield is 5%, the property the down payment besides adding ahugelia- The computer model identifieda in people exposedtosuper-antigens price,” said PankajKapoor,founderand MD, Experts saythat if the rental yield of the would see capital appreciation.Onthe other bility in the form of aloan in an environment specific region on the spikeprotein and very different from the Tcell re- Liases Foras, areal estate research firm. property that someone is looking to buy is hand, if the rental yield is 2.5%, it means that whereincomelevelsarefallingandfuturecash with super-antigenic features —which sponseinpatientswho had onlymild Forthose who areexperiencing some fi- morethan 3.5%, then one shouldbuy the the property is overvaluedand maynot see flows remain uncertain. The big decision of can lead to an abnormal immune re- symptoms. nancial stress, the decision to buy ahome can house as, besides giving asense of security,it muchcapital appreciation going forward. buying ahouse should ideallybemadewhen sponse. The researchers compared Source: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center be deferred until theysee stabilisation in cash will also mean futurecapital appreciation. So, homebuyers would be better offnot thepandemicisbehindusandthereisreason- flows,and theycould be better offstaying on “If the rental yield of the property to be buying ahouse whichhas arentalyield of able certaintyoverrevival of the economy. rent or renegotiatingtheir monthlyrent. bought is less than 2.5%, one should simply 2.5% or less, and should instead stay on rent. So, onlyindividuals who arenot impacted INDIA ACTIVE CASES 940,705 With the economyunder stress on ac- stay on rent because lowerand declining It is important to note that while those muchbythe Covid-inducedslowdown and countofthe pandemic, growingjoblessness rental yields mean lowcapital appreciation paying home loan EMI can claim deduction arecomfortablyplacedshould buy ahouse. in the economyand outwardmigration from going forward. And giventhe current sce- of up to Rs 2lakh on the interestcomponent Others can wait until the situation improves. 1100,000 SNC-Lavalin: the case, Vijayan’s discharge 975,861 1000,000 preliminary probereportwas submitted in thusiasm in the deal. “The final contract with 940,705 SHAJUPHILIP court,arraigningeightpeople as accused — Lavalin wasenteredinto without Cabinetcon- THIRUVANANTHAPURAM,OCTOBER1 all KSEB officials. Amid allegations that the sent;heheld direct discussions with asenior policehad letpoliticians offthe hook,then manager of the SBI to getexemption of bank LAST 10 DAYS ON WEDNESDAY, the SupremeCourt de- Chief MinisterOommen Chandy announced guarantee forthe amount promisedtothe Sept21Sept30 ferred until next week the hearing of aCBI that the case would behandedovertothe CBI, MCC; he finalisedthe contract without the 900,000 appeal challengingaKerala High Courtver- formal approval of the KSEB; and that he had dict upholding the discharge of Chief What did the CBI find? been keen to retain the MalabarCancer Centre Note:The Sept30figureisbased on thegovernment updateonOct 1 MinisterPinarayiVijayan in the decades-old In May2006, the LDF government as- under the KSEB,” the CBI reportsaid. SNC-Lavalin corruption case sumedoffice. Vijayanwas CPM state secre- tary then.When apublic interestlitigation Howdid the case proceed? INDIA TOTAL CASES WORLD TOTAL CASES What is the SNC-Lavalin case? came up in the High Courtdemanding aCBI In 2013,the CBI trial courtin 6,312,584 34,080,123 It dates backto1996-97,whenVijayan Vijayan’s discharge challenged probe, the government objected,but in 2007 Thiruvananthapuram allowedthe discharge wasElectricity Ministerinthe then govern- the courtallowedthe CBI to probethe case. petitions of Vijayanand six others. The CBI Source:MinistryofHealth&Family Source:JohnsHopkinsUniversity, ment. It concerns an agreement between In January2009, the CBI submitted itsfi- challenged the decisioninthe Kerala High Welfare,updatedat11pmonOct1 updatedat11pmonOct1 Kerala StateElectricityBoard(KSEB)and Lavalin had agreedtomobilise Rs 98.30 nal report, arraigning Vijayanasanaccused. Court, whichpartiallygranted therevision Canadianfirm SNC-Lavalin forrenovation of crorefor construction of ahospital, Malabar The CBI soughtthe Kerala Governor’s sanc- petition; Justice Ubaid setaside the discharge three hydel powerprojects. Although the Cancer Centre, in north Kerala. But the actual tion to prosecuteVijayan as he had been a of three accusedincluding Vijayan. MoU foraconsultancy wassignedtowards contributionmade up to February2001was minister. In June 2009, Governor RSGavai Then on August24, 2017,when Vijayan the endofthe Congress regime from 1991- onlyRs8.98crore.The government did not accordedsanction to prosecuteVijayan. It had become CM, the High Courtupheld the 96, it wasduring Vijayan’s tenureasElectricity receive therest; these funds were an integral wasalso the firsttime apolitburomember verdict of the CBI courtthat had allowedhis Ministerin1997that the MoU wasconverted partofthe agreement. wasbeing prosecuted forcorruption. discharge.The courtobserved that the pros- intoafixed-price deal (at Rs 239.81crore)for The CBI final reportnamed11accused. ecution does nothavesufficient and satisfac- supplyofequipment and engineeringserv- Whendid these come to light? ExceptVijayan andasenior executive of SNC- tory material to work out a prima facie case ices forthe renovation of the projects. In 2001,the Assembly SubjectCommittee Lavalin,therest were bureaucratsthenassoci- againstthe accused. JusticeUbaid said, “I find Though renovation wastobecompleted found the deal with Lavalin had ledtohuge atedwithKSEBandthepowerdepartment.All that despitematerialshowing failureand in- by September 2001,itwas done onlyinFeb- losses forthe government. Ayear later,the of themhadretiredby thenandafew haddied. action on partofmanyministers who suc- ruary2003, at acostofRs250.40 crore, apart Congress government ordered aVigilance ceededhim (Vijayan), the CBI wrongly fromafinancingliabilityof Rs69.83 crore.KSEB probe, but it failedtomakeany headway. What arethe chargesagainstVijayan? pickedand chose the seventh accusedfor failedtoget technology transferand training In 2005, the reportofthe Comptroller and Vijayanwas chargedunder sections120B, prosecution on an allegation of conspiracy of personnel as envisaged in the contract.The Auditor General (CAG)said the statehad lost 420 of the IPC along with sections 13(1) and without the supportofany material.’’ equipmentsuppliedbyLavalinwaslaterfound Rs 374.50 croreinthe deal. Subsequently, the 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. The The CBI challengedthis in the Supreme to be defective,and some of it wasunusable. Vigilanceprobe wasrevived and in 2006 a CBI foundthatVijayanhadshown unusualen- Courtin2017itself. ArmeniavsAzerbaijan:oldregionalconflict,interestedneighbours

regional parliament voted forthe region’s France, Russia and the US, has triedtoget backs Azerbaijan, and recentlycondemned limitedtheir participation to appeals for MEHRGILL transfer to Armenia; the Sovietauthorities the twocountries to reachapeace agree- GEORGIA RUSSIA Christian-majority Armenia fornot resolving maintaining peace so far. Forall countries, Sea NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 turneddownthe demand. ment forseveral years. the issuethrough peacefulnegotiations. the region is an important transit routefor pian Years of clashes followedbetween AZERBAIJAN Turkey recentlydeclared unconditional sup- the supplyofoil and natural gastothe OVER THE lastone week,militaryaction in Azerbaijan forces and Armenian separatists. What is the fresh conflict about? Cas port to Muslim-majority Azerbaijan. European Union. Nagorno-Karabakh,aregion disputed be- The violencelastedintothe 1990s,leaving It beganonthe morning of September ARMENIA Nagorno- Russiaand Turkey alsobackopposite tween Armenia and Azerbaijan, has resulted tens and thousands dead and displacing 27,since when eachcountryhas claimedto Karabakh sidesin the civil wars playing out in Syria and What next? KEY in the death of at least100 civiliansand hundredsofthousands.In1994, Russiabro- have inflicted serious loss on itsopponent. Libya andTurkey’ssupport forAzerbaijan As of now, both sides arestandingtheir

Armenian combatants. Whilethe twocoun- keredaceasefire, by which time ethnic What’s different aboutthe current flare-up TUR maybeseen as an attempt to counterRussia’s ground. The Russian statenews agency trieshave foughtovertheregionfordecades, Armenians had takencontrol of the region. is that this is the firsttime that both coun- Nakhchivan influence in the region of South Caucasus. TASS quoted Azerbaijan PresidentIkhlam thecurrentconflictisbeingseenasoneof the WhilethearearemainsinAzerbaijan,itis tries have proclaimed martiallaw. (Azerbaijan) IRAN Russia’s role is somewhat opaque since Aliyev as saying that forthe fighting to stop, mostserious in recent years. Azerbaijan has todaygovernedbyseparatistArmenianswho According to the Warsaw-basedCentre it suppliesarms to both countries and is in Armenia mustunconditionallyleave notreleasedinformation on itscasualties. have declared it arepublic calledthe “Na- forEastern Studies (OSW), the current es- amilitaryalliance with Armenia calledthe Nagorno-Karabakh. gorno-KarabakhAutonomousOblast”.While calation was“mostlikely” initiated by September 27 wasa“dayofexhaustion”and CollectiveSecurity Treaty Organisation. In On Monday,the Armenian government What is Nagorno-Karabakh? the Armenian government does notrecog- Azerbaijan. Media reports have notedthat alleged Armeniahas occupiedregions astatement releasedonMonday,Dmitry lodgedarequest with theEuropean Court Straddling western Asia and Eastern nise Nagorno-Karabakh as independent, it the clashes were possiblyafallout of aroundNagorono-Karabakh withthe “direct Peskov,the Press Secretaryofthe President of HumanRights (ECHR) foraninterim Europe, Nagorno-Karabakhisinternation- supports theregion politicallyand militarily. Azerbaijan’s bid to reclaim some territories support”ofRussiato create a“securityzone”. of the Russian Federation, said Russia “has measure(applicable onlywhen thereisim- allyrecognised as partofAzerbaijan, but Even afterthe 1994 peacedeal, the re- occupiedbyseparatistArmenians. alwaystaken abalancedposition” on the minent risk of irreparable harm) against mostofthe region is controlledby gion has been markedbyregular exchanges The chairman of Azerbaijan’s National What arethe stakes forRussia,and matter and has “traditionallygood rela- Azerbaijan. It requestedthe courttoindicate Armenian separatists.Nagorno-Karabakh of fire.In2016, it sawaFour-DayWar be- Councilhassaidin astatement that the “mil- other countries? tions” with both countries. He addedthat to theAzerbaijani government to “cease the has been partofAzerbaijan territorysince fore Russia mediated peace. The itaryoperation of the Azerbaijani armycon- Theconflictisgettingworldwideattention Russia is in contact with Turkey regarding militaryattacks towardsthe civilian settle- the Sovietera.When the SovietUnion be- Organizationfor Security and Co-operation tinues to clear the territoriesoccupiedbythe because of the involvement of regionalrivals the situation in Nagorno-Karabakh. mentsalong the entire line of contact of the gantocollapse in the late1980s, Armenia’s in Europe (OSCE) MinskGroup, chaired by enemyfor almost30years”. He said Turkey andRussia. Muslim-majority Turkey Other countries, including the US, have armedforces of Armenia and Artsakh”. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER2,2020 WORDLY WISE Thereisnosuch thing as public money— 10 THE EDITORIAL PAGE thereisonlytaxpayers’ money. —MARGARET THATCHER In the mirror of Hathras

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Despitepickupineconomic activity and taxcollections, PEOPLE WHO DIED of the plague or some Collegeand Hospital, Aligarh. Statementsby gation. However, in the present case, the am- Centremay needtoborrowmorethan anticipated other contagious disease were carriedout of Dr Shahid Ali Siddiqui, principal of the JNM biguity as to whether or nottherewas sexual the village and their bodies were burnt with- Collegeand Hospital, in the media,reportedly assault, does notseem to inspireconfidence out the dignity of aproper cremation. This in- stated that “duetospinal corddamage,the in either the investigators or the doctors. NWEDNESDAY, THE Controller General of Accounts(CGA) released data dignity to our lovedones wasacceptedasa victim wassuffering from quadriplegia”, As if it wasn’t bad enough that the entire on central government finances forthe firstfivemonths (April-August) of publichealthnecessity.ButWednesdaynight, meaning complete paralysis in all four limbs. investigation of the dastardly violence against the current financialyear.Fivebroad trends emerge.First,after contract- whenimagesstreamedinonsocialmediaand And the injuries on her neck, he added, were this young Dalit woman had been compro- ingforfourconsecutive months,theCentre’sgrosstaxrevenuesgrew mar- news channels,of asobbingmotherinHathras causingher “breathing problems”.Thirteen mised, and her health and medical condition OginallyinAugust. Second,this uptickintax revenues wasdrivenbyindi- being deniedher young daughter’s body,fol- days afterthe victimhad been admittedto the had been neglected,the actions of the UP po- lowedbythe images of police personnel, de- hospital, the doctor said that theywereyet to lice officials aftershe passedawayseemun- rect taxcollections, as direct taxcollections continue to contract. Third, collections from ployedinfull force, burning this young girl’s confirm if sexualassaulthadtakenplace.“The fathomable. The same police forcewhichhad disinvestmentandnon-taxsourcesremaindepressed.Fourth,despitetheclamourforgreater remains, without anyright in law, in alonely girlisserious but we cannotconfirm sexual till nownot had enough manpowertolodge government support, government spending during this period grew at amuchslowerpace fieldoutsidethevillage,itwasaninjusticethat assault as of yet. Asealedreportfromour end atimelyFIR, or to take thevictimtothe hos- thanwhatwas projected in the budget.And fifth, even though government revenues, both wasmorallyand legallytoo muchtobear.It has been sent to the district administration”. pital,ortoensuretimelycollection of med- taxandnon-tax,arelikelytopickupaseconomicactivitygainstraction,theCentremay need wasareminderof atimewhen,inthiscountry, Accordingto anarticle publishedinThe Indian ical evidence, emergedinfull forcetolockup to borrowmorethanwhatithasanticipatedsofarinorderto meetitsexpenditurepriorities. aperson relegatedbyoppressors throughthe Express,the four upper-caste men,charged her familymembers,denythem the body of At theaggregatelevel,the Centre’s gross taxcollections during this five-month period unscientific and inhuman caste system as an with gang rape and attempt to murder,apart their daughterwithout anylegal righttodo untouchable, couldbetreatedworse thanan- from chargesunder the SC/ST(Prevention of so,and carriedher bodytothe wilderness to contracted by 23.7 per cent over the same period lastyear,reflecting the economic hit from imals are—with social and legal impunity. Atrocities) Act, were arrested on astatement be burnt in themiddleofthe night. Notonly the pandemic. However, the pace of contraction has easedineachsubsequentmonth, and Ayoungwoman, only19yearsold, hail- givenbythevictimonSeptember 23,after she is this action completely without the sanc- taxcollections grew by 2per cent in August. This uptickwas drivenlargely by higher excise ing from the Valmiki community,was de- briefly regainedconsciousness.Thereisnoex- tion of law, but itshaste and timing also cre- collections,andafavourablebaseeffectowingto thesettlementof theintegratedGST(IGST). niedthe promise of the Constitution of India As if it wasn’t badenough planation forthe nine-daydelay. On atefurthersuspicion that it wasdonetosup- On the other hand, non-tax collections and disinvestment proceeds continuetoremain de- of equality before the lawand equal protec- that the entire investigation September 29, the victim succumbed to her pressthe medicalevidence of sexual assault. pressed. The Centre’s non-tax revenues stood at Rs 86,146crore during this period, or 22 per tion of the law, in both lifeand death. of the dastardly violence injuries at Safdarjung Hospital, where, as per Seeing the keepers of the lawconduct them- Ironically, she mayhavehad abetterchance themedia reports,the familystatesshe was selvesinamanner that appearsinhuman and centof thebudgetedtarget,ascomparedto 63percentlastyear.Slippagesonaccountof div- against this young Dalit of justice in British India, because all Indians takenwithout their consent. illegal, withimpunity, has achilling effect on idendsandproceedsfromthetelecomsectorwillhaveabearingonitsabilityto meetthetar- were unequal to the coloniser and yetequal woman had been The question of whether it is obligatoryfor the law-abiding citizens, especiallywomen, getthis year.Similarly,the Centre’s ability to meetthe Rs 2.1lakh croredisinvestment target to eachother as their subjects. Sadly, the compromised,and her the policetoregisteranFIR on information while simultaneouslynodoubtembolden- forthe year is alsoquestionable. Equallyworryingisthe second straightmonth of declinein Constitution whichwethe people of India health and medical condition givenbyaninformant has been answered in ing the “anti-social elements” to view them- central government capital expenditure, and the slowing pace of itsrevenue expenditure. chose to rid ourselvesofcaste and commu- had been neglected,the the affirmative by the five-member benchof selvesasabove the law. Leading indicators suggestacontinuedpickupineconomic activity,despiteCOVID in- nal plague is being flouted brazenly. the Supreme CourtinLalitaKumari v. Govt.of As citizens of India, when we gave our- The sequence of eventsthat sawthe un- actions of the UP police U.P.Ithasbeen categoricallyruledthat thepro- selvesour Constitution, we castupon our ju- fectionsspreading.On theproduction side,the Nikkei’sManufacturingPurchasingManagers’ forgivable forced burning of the body of the officials after she passed visions of Section 154(1) CrPC aremandatory diciarythe duty to protect our fundamental Indexexpandedatthe fastestpace in eight years in September,while on the consumption young woman in Hathras is as horrifying as away seem unfathomable. and the officer concernedisduty-bound to rightsagainstany encroachment from the ex- side, GSTcollections in September stood at Rs 95,480 crore, up 4per cent over lastyear. the endthatshe met. As permedia reports, registerthe case on the basis of information ecutive,irrespectiveofthe religion we es- However, despite this,theshortfallinthe Centre’s overall revenuemeasuredagainstits bud- the mother of the victim described howshe Thesame police force which disclosingcommissionofacognizable offence. pousedorthe caste forced upon us. And to- getedexpectations and itsexpenditurepriorities suggestthat even the additional borrow- had found the body of her daughter on had till nownot had enough The Criminal LawAmendment Act, 2013, day, aswe stand shaken and humiliatedby the ings it has plannedfor —the Centrehad raisedits borrowing from Rs 7.8lakh croretoRs12 September 14:“My daughter waslyingnaked manpowertolodge atimely emphasises examination as well as treat- brazen inhumanity perpetrated on themost lakh crore—may notbeenough. Giventhe continuing uncertainty over the pandemic, con- with her tongue protruding from her mouth. FIR,ortotakethe victim to ment of thevictim, both physical and psy- vulnerableof Indiansin complete violationof Her eyes were bulging out and she wasbleed- chological, in addition to mere evidencecol- theruleoflaw,wehope thatourjudiciarywill tinuing stress on itsrevenues, and demand forgreater supportthan what has been pro- ing from her mouth, her neckand therewas the hospital, or to ensure lection. As per MOHFW guidelines, it is exercise itsimmense constitutional powerto videdsofar,the Centremay well needtoborrowmoreinorder to finance itsspending. blood near her eyes. Ialso noticedbleeding timely collection of medical mandatoryfor adoctor to inform the juris- lead and supervise afree, fair and speedy in- from her vagina. Iquickly coveredher with the evidence,emerged in full dictional police (local police station) regard- vestigationintothe heinous allegation of bru- pallu of my saree,and startedscreaming.” It force to lockupher family ing acase of sexual violence, unless the sur- talrape and the completely illegal forced cre- wasfurther reported thatthe brother and vivordoes notgiveconsent, in whichcase mation and illegal detention by the UP police. BACKTOFOREIGN HAND mother drove the victim to theChandpa po- members, denythem the suchfactiswrittenonthe MLCbythe exam- All Indians todayneedtobereassuredthat our lice station on their motorcycle and the body of their daughter iningdoctor. The victim should have been Constitution, itsspirit, and the idea of India it brother alleged that “the police kept saying, without anylegal right to do takenfor medical examination immediately promisedtousall, is protected by the bravest Government wielding of FCRA as ablunt instrument makes it ‘Justtakeher from here’.” The familytook the so, and carried her body to and an MLCwould have clearly stated all the and the mightiest. look insecure, shrinksvital space forNGOs, civil society victim in an ambulance to alocal hospital injuries on the person of the victim, which whereshe waskeptfor twohours before be- the wildernesstobeburnt in then could have directed the sections to be The writers arelawyers practising at NTHEPAST eightyears,sincethetwilightof theUPAregimeandespecially afterthe ing referred to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical the middle of thenight. addedinthe FIR and guidedfurther investi- theDelhi High Court NDAassumedofficeattheCentrein2014,theenvironmentforcivilsocietyactivism hasseen amarkedconstriction. The government has raisedthe spectreof“western funders’ interests”—likethe “foreign hand” of an earlier era—and wieldedthe IForeign Contribution Regulation Act(FCRA) likeablunt instrument to shrink the space forNGOs that campaignfor environmentprotection, human rightsadvocacy groups, outfitsthatspeak forthe rightsofmarginalisedsectionsortakeupworkers’and farmers’ HIJACKING THE HOUSE causes. On Tuesday, India joinedRussia in an ignoble league —ofnationsfromwhichthe globalhumanrights organisation, Amnesty International, has ceasedoperations. ThatAm- nesty claims it wasforcedtoshut shop because the Enforcement Directoratehas frozen its Rules, precedent were ignoredtopush through anti-farmer Bills in RajyaSabha accountswhile the UnionMinistryofHome Affairs accuses the outfit of financialimpropri- etyonlyspeaksofthe acutetrustdeficit betweencivil societygroups and the government. The FCRA is an Emergency-eralaw —inits 1976 avatar, it wasusedto“regulate” foreign KKRagesh fundingof politicalparties, electoral candidates, judges, newspaper publishers,cartoonists. In 2010,the ambitof the lawwas expandedtoinclude“anyorganisationofpolitical nature”. LAST WEEK,THE NarendraModi govern- mostimportant amongtheseamendments. ademand fordivision,itisequally important ment pushed through three pro-corporate The Chairannouncedavoice vote on the that thereshould be order in the House”is This definition —embracing an array of groups, including trade unions, women’s and civil bills —Farmers’ ProduceTrade and statutoryresolution and declared it is justanexcuse to justify his undemocratic ac- rightsoutfits, farmers’ groups, even youth forums —allowedthe government to scrutinise Commerce (Promotion and Facilitation) Bill, negated.Herefusedtoconsider repeated tions. Even if order in the House is disrupted, anyforeign-fundedorganisation that could be critical of it. In 2012,atleastthree NGOs lost 2020,Farmers (Empowerment & demands by members foradivision voteon it is the duty of the Chair to ensureit(Rule their licence in the wake of theprotest againstthe Kudankulam Nuclear PowerPlant. Then Protection) Agreement of Price Assurance the statutoryresolution. 259). Thereare severalacceptedwaystodo PrimeMinisterManmohanSingh’scriticism thatforeign-fundedNGOs are“notfullyappre- and Farm Services Bill,2020 and the The DeputyChairman of the RajyaSabha it, including adjourning the House and con- ciative of thecountry’s development challenges,” has takenonasharper edge afterthe NDA EssentialCommodities (Amendment)Bill has told the media that “the amendment veningitafter some time. —inParliament. All three Bills were inter- movedbyCPI(M) MP KKRageshwas negated Besides, the Chair’s argument thatthe assumedoffice.Armedwith changes in the FCRA law—an amendment in 2016 made it in- connected.The firsttwo give corporatesop- by voicevote at 1.07 pm on September 20 as members should demand foradivision from cumbent on NGOs to renewFCRA licence everyfiveyears, it waspermanent earlier —and portunity to tradeinagricultural commodi- he wasinthe well of thehouse andnot on his theirseatsmakes no sense considering the by deploying the false binaries of development vs environment, civil rightsvsnational in- ties while entering intoagreementswith seat in the galleryatthatpoint of time”. But I seatingarrangements. Howisitpossiblewhen terest,the Centrehas increasedits stranglehold on civil society activism. At least10,000 farmers without anygovernment interven- wasnowhereinthe well as per RS TVfootage the members have takenpartinthis session NGOs have,reportedly, losttheir licence. Now, changes introducedtothe lawlastweek tion. Thethirdprovides corporatesthe op- In the RS TV footage,my captured at 1.07 pm!The precedentisthat by sitting even in the Lok Sabha chamber,in place further restrictions on the use of foreign funds by non-profits. portunity to stockasmuchastheywish voice canbeheard thrice the division voteisdemandedbythe member accordance with the social distancing norms? agricultural commodities that cometo soon afterthe voicevote.Ataround1.08 pm, Yetagain, the RSTVfootageshows therewere TheirinvolvementingrassrootsactivitiesmeansNGOscanraisetheuncomfortableques- soon after the voice vote, them through procurement and contracts. afterthe chair’s announcement that the statu- manymembers raising demand fordivision tions, holdgovernmenttoaccount, enforce corporateresponsibility.The government needs The government has created opportunities demanding adivision vote tory resolution and motion foramendments votebysitting in their seats. Once amotion is to engagewithcivil societygroups —not label them as opponentsordisruptors. forcorporates to procurecommodities at on the motion to refer the were negatedinthe voice vote, Iraisedmy presented in the House, anymember who is cheap prices, hoardthe stockand createar- Bill to the selectcommittee, demand foradivision vote. Ihad followedthe present could demand adivision vote.Why tificial shortages, and possiblysell them whichwas raised from my rules of the House. did the Chair insistthat divisionvoteisadmis- lateratexorbitant prices. The three laws will Even themotions to referthe Bill to the sible onlywhen the moverofthe motion is in KING AND THEGHOST facilitatelooting of farmers and consumers; seat. What wasthe selectcommittee were rejectedinthe most his seat? According to therules, the vote the Centre has legitimisedhoarding and justification of the chair’s undemocraticmanner.Inthe RS TV footage, should beconductedeven if asinglemember blackmarket with them. refusal to admit my my voicecan be heardthrice soon afterthe of the house demands to do so. The death of Sankar,creator of Vikram-Betaal, marks the This is whythe entireOppositionstood demand? Andwhen my voice vote, demanding adivision vote on the The anti-farmer laws areout thereand the passing of aglorious moment in storytelling forchildren together to supportthe stand takenbythe motiontorefer theBill to the select commit- people arejudging the intent of the governm- Leftand other opposition parties againstthe name is referred to in the tee, whichwas raisedfrommyseat. What was ent thathurriedlyrolledthem out. The Nare- SWASHBUCKLINGKINGdressedinred and gold, swordinhand, corpse Bills in Parliament. The Leftparties also sub- context of an amendment on the justificationofthe chair’s refusal to admit ndraModi government’s anti-farmer and mitted astatutory resolution motion to re- my demand? And when my name is referred pro-corporatestand is clearer nowthan ever. swungoverhis shoulder—beforedigital distractions cut intothe business Clause 2, the video visual ferthe Bills to theselect committee and pro- to in the contextofanamendment on Clause of children’smagazines,severalgenerationsof youngreadersgrew upwith posed12amendmentstothe Bills.The reveals that Idemanded 2, the video visual reveals that Idemanded The writer is aRajyaSabha MP Athis imageofKingVikramadityaand Betaal from the Vikram-Betaal series clause forensuring minimum supportprice division at 1.11 pm, which division at 1.11 pm, whichwas neglected. and aleader of All India KisanSabha, the in the Chandamama comics. The man behind this iconic image, artist (MSP) foragriculture commodities wasthe wasneglected. The deputy chairman’s argument that “for peasant wing of theCPI(M) Karatholuvu Chandrasekaran Sivasankaran, 96, passedawayinChennai this week. The lastofthe original team thathad built up the hugelypopular children’s magazine, the death of Sivasankaran, or Sankar as he waspopularly knownas, marks theend of aglo- rious chapterinchildren’smagazines in India. When it waslaunchedin1947byTelugu film producersBNagiReddyandChakrapani,Chandamamawasaninstantsuccess.Fromfolktales OCTOBER 2, 1980, FORTY YEARS AGO to mythology, epicsto parables,themonthlymagazinewasthefirstofitskindto puttogether aselectionof originalandretoldchildren’sstories,whosepopularityensuredasurge inread- IRAN-IRAQ WAR ZIA ON KASHMIR statetoenable them to decidetheirfuture ershipacrossthenewly-independentcountry. At itspeakandoveritsseven-decadejourney IRAQAND IRAN reported tank battlesraging PAKISTANPRESIDENT GEN Ziaul Haq, in his in accordancewithits relevant resolutions”. thatculminated in 2013, Chandamama waspublishedin13languages,and it wasSankar’s on their warfront as Ayatollah Ruhollah wide-ranging speechtothe UN General Khomeini slammed the door shut to acease- Assemblysaid the process of normalisation INDIA-SOVIET TALKS vivid visuals that ranlikeaunifying thread around itsdiverse readership. Sankar came to fire,vowing to fight to the end. Iran declared of relationsbetween Indiaand Pakistan PRESIDENTS LEONID BREZHNEVand Sanjiva Chandamama afterafive-year stint withanother prominent Tamil magazine, Kalaimagal, it intends to keep the Strait of Hormuz open could be "further accelerated"with apeace- Reddy have expressedhopes that Iraq and Iran but,atthechildren’smagazine,hefinally foundahome.Hisinitiallinedrawingswouldsoon to shipping and claimedits ground forces in fulsettlement of the question of Jammu and will abandon the path of warand strive fora bereplacedbyfull-blown illustrations, the nearmonochromes exchangedforvibrant water street-to-streetfighting had pushedIraqi in- Kashmir.Without naming the countries, he peacefulsettlementoftheirproblems.In their colours. In tone,textureand sensibility, Sankar’sillustrations were deeplyrootedinthe con- vadersout of keycity in oil-richKhuzestan spokeabout discrimination against300 extensive talksinMoscow, theSovietside re- temporaryIndian ethos.Together with Chithra, the chief illustrator of the magazine, Sankar province. The Iraqi news agency said that the million minorities in the world. The princi- iterateditsfear that continuationofthe armed smokestill curling over Baghdad wasfrom pal focusofthe address wasonIslam and conflict in the Gulf would encouragefurther would createatemplatethat wouldsurvivethe vicissitudes of timeand commerce. the DoraHilla naturalgas line juncturethat Islamic virtues, Afghanistanand Palestine. American interference in the area. The Soviet In the twilight of his career,Sankar had movedtoareligious magazine, but his work at fedthe powerplant attackedbyIranian But he also referred to the inability of the side reiterateditsposition on Afghanistanand Chandamama remains his legacy.For fans of Chandamama,and of the Vikram-Betaal se- Phantoms. Iraq claimedits infantryhad cap- UN in dealingwith the “rights” of the expressedappreciation of India's position and ries, theimageofadashingking lookingover his shoulderin aneerie crematoriumwillfor- tured allapproaches to the strategic army Palestinian people or “redeeming itsprom- understanding in relation to developmentsin ever remind them of the man whose artistryheld them in thrall in their wonder years. garrison town of Dezful. ise to thepeople of the Jammu and Kashmir south and southwestAsia. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER2,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY One unmistakable winner emerged from Tuesday’spresidentialdebate: Xi Jinping. Theloser wasthe American public —and anyone else unfortunate 11 enough to have satthrough the grim 90-minute spectacle. THE IDEAS PAGE — THE GUARDIAN The war within America Gandhi’sfreedom He is appropriated by all. But his truelegacy Battle over Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s legacy,her Supreme Courtseat, mayovertakeall other issues — could help address the democracy deficit pandemic,economic collapse, firesand floods —inUSpresidential polls in today’s world

antmediaandincessantpropaganda.Gandhi respectedhiscritics.Butdictatorscan’tstand dissent.Theyliveintheir cocoons, sur- roundedbyhenchmen and yes-men. That hasbeenthestory, fromHitlertoStalin.Once the ThirdReichwas formedin1933, Hitler declared that the party had no morerole in Bhaskar the government. He surroundedhimself with “experts”. Leaders who came before Chakravorti Ram Madhav himwereerasedfromthe historic memory. Stalinundertookthe“GreatPurge”,eliminat- ing his competitors and rivals in the party THE UNITED STATES is at warwith itself. ON JANUARY30, 1948,the flag of the starting with the killing of SergeiKirov in With that start, Icould take thenext United Nations Organisation waslowered 1934 andending with the killing of Leon thousand wordsinmanydirections. Icould to half-mast. Forthe firsttime, the UN had Trotskyin1940.Inallthesecampaigns,both writeofthe unmasked contemptthat in- setaside aday’s session to honour the Hitler and Stalindependedonstate power cumbent DonaldTrumpand challenger Joe man justmurdered in Delhi.“Notthe and asubmissive media. Biden had foreachother through themost head of astate,ageneral or aking, but a Gandhi wasthe antithesis of suchdicta- unpresidential of presidential debates. I lone man who without an army, riches, torial tendencies. Gandhi livedanopen life, could writeabout the marches forracialjus- or political alliances, has been calledthe neversurroundedbyacoterie. He wasfear- tice takingplace formonths acrossthe mostpowerful man of the 20th century. lessintruth. He rushedtoNoakhali when country, aptlydescribed as the largest Who wasthis man that all the world riots brokeout in early 1947 in whicha protest movement in the nation’s history.I should mourn over?” — Encyclopedia largenumber of Hindus were killed.For couldspeak of the unspeakable —America’s Britannica’s documentary on Gandhi be- four months, he went from villagetovil- botchedhandling of everything from coro- gins with this description. Gandhi’sgreat- lagepersuading Muslims to embrace their navirus to climatechange. ness is universal. ForGandhians, he is an Hindu neighbours. He admonished Letmeput those subjectsaside and take eternal inspiration. Gandhinever hated Huseyn Suhrawardy,the Bengal Premier, the space heretofocus on awar about to anybody,but some Gandhians do. forhis inaction. But then,herefusedtoac- eruptinWashington DC over aseat vacated Incidentally, forthose whom Gandhians ceptthe chief minister’s version about the by an 87-year-old woman. At 5feetand an hate, too, Gandhi is iconic. For, Gandhi fits communal situation in Bihar and rushed inch, she wasatowering presence on the na- intoall shapes and sizes. His legacy can to Patna to offersuccour to Muslims who tion’s Supreme Court, champion of gender, be appropriated by anyone. As is fa- were victimised by Hindus. He admon- civil and voting rights—and apop icon mouslysaid of leaders, Gandhi toocan be ishedthe Congress government in equally memorialisedint-shirtsand tattoos. Ispeak, “lovedorhated but notignored”. harsh wordsfor itsfailure. of course, of the Notorious RBG, Justice Ruth Gandhi had optimisticallypredicted That’s what Gandhi calledRam Rajyaor Bader Ginsburg, who finallysuccumbed to that he could be killed but nothis Dharma Rajya—astate of righteous free- cancer.Inthe coming days,the waroverher Gandhism. Seventy-twoyearsafter his dom. Deen DayalUpadhyaylater explained legacy,her Supreme Courtseat, mayover- death, Gandhism remains, but it is largely Dharma Rajyainthe terms of democracy. take allother issues —apandemic stillraging, about externals. Cleanliness, khadi, cow Democracy is understood as thegovern- an economyincollapseand firesand floods protection and swadeshi became chic in ment “bythe people, of the people and for of biblical proportions. Gandhi’s name. Gandhi emergedasa the people”. While “bythe people” and “of The US Senatehas aRepublicanmajor- “trendy fashion icon”. These arenot the people” represented elections and gov- ity and withthe party’s leader, Donald CRSasikumar unimportant. But Gandhism is much ernment, “for the people” meant Dharma Trump, in the WhiteHouse, it can replace of tit-for-tat Supreme Courtexpansions sues: Trump’s disastrous handling of morethan these externals. Rajya, Deen Dayalaverred.Rama Rajya, for the left-leaning liberal, RBG withaconser- when the shoe is on the other foot andthe COVID-19orhis monstrous debateper- Gandhi’s coremessagewas about free- Gandhi, meant people being free from vative judgebeforethe election. The effects other side is in power. However, sucharetal- formance or that he has masterfully dom, whichTagoredescribed in his poem everytype of yoke. would be long-lasting, as this would firmly iation would happen further out intothe fu- avoidedpaying income taxesbyrunning as “wherethe mind is withoutfear”. Gandhi’s sagainspired many. tiltthe highest court in the land to theright tureand endless courtexpansions could be failedbusinesses and taking $70,000 de- Enlightenment thinkers emphasised on Authoritarianregimes fell in manycoun- fordecades to come and overturn funda- unpopular among voters. So it is ariskworth ductions forhair-styling. And then, of human freedom from the material stand- tries afterIndia. The lasttofall in thelast mental laws that could affect awoman’s taking fornow.This nuclear option is begin- course, Trumpwould boastofhaving ap- point. Gandhi gave this aspiritual dimen- centurywas the SovietUnion.The Soviet right to an abortion or the sweeping afford- ning to getsome adherentsalready.Kamala pointedthree conservative Supreme Court sion. From South Africa to India, Gandhire- regime’s anthem usedtodescribethe ablehealthcare act, known as Obamacare, Harris, Joe Biden’s running mate, has hinted judges as his campaign pitch. That said, any lentlessly fought forfreedom and equality. countryasthe “indestructible union of free among others. Trumphas, in fact, selected she is warm to the idea. Biden has in the past benefitswould be neutralisedifthe He alignedfreedom with responsibility and republics”. Those republics were barelyfree an ultra-conservative,JudgeAmy Coney been concernedabout thetit-for-tat prece- Democratsweretosuccessfullyuse voter equality with dignity and love.“Iamnot in- under the Sovietregime. The myth of in- Barrett,ashis nominee and is aiming fora dent this mightset,but is nowkeeping his furyofhaving JudgeBarrett pushed terested in freeing India from merely destructibility remainedonlyuntil Mikhail Senate confirmation before Election Dayon mouthshut on the topic. When asked in the To my mind,the Democrats through in an electionyear —anact that English yoke.Iam bent on freeingIndia Gorbachevbecame the President in 1986. November 3. The Democratshavethe cards debateabout whether he would push to pack and their presidential Republicans themselveshad argued from anyyokewhatsoever”, Gandhi de- All that wasneededfor the indestructibil- stacked against them,sincethe bodies that the courtinthe eventofaDemocraticwin, candidate,Joe Biden, have a againstbackwhen Obama had asimilar clared.Biographer Louis Fischerquipped ity to go washis policy of Glasnost—open- canmakethishappen, the Senateand the he deflected and didn’t answer. chance to fill aSupreme Courtseat in 2016. that the Englishmanwho pushed Gandhi ness. The Kazakhs were the firsttotaketo White House, arecurrentlyinRepublican Ifeel he shouldn’t hold backand come clear option that dominates Alternatively,Trumpcould have cam- outofthe railway carriageinSouth Africa the streetsin1986. Gorbachevusedbrute control. With enoughRepublicansenators out and say, heck yes, thatoption is on the all others: Go nuclear.Bythis paignedonapromise to appoint aconser- didn’t realise that in afew decades, the militarypower, but the movement forfree- lining up to supportramming anew justice table. ForDemocrats, this is ano-lose strat- Imean they must commit to vative judgeafter he gets re-elected.Such same fragile man would push the English dom spread likeawildfire, destroying one in before the elections, the prospectsfor egy,asitwill maximise voter energy around acredible threat,promise amove would have disappointed the“bird Rajout of India. of the lastsurvivingdictatorshipsofthe blocking suchamovelook bleak. agalvanisingcause.The issuewouldbring in thehand” voters eager to confirm aright- NatTurner,the African American 20th century. Horrific details of the acci- Oddly, this mayhelp the Democratson morevoters to thepolls and bring moresup- that if they were to win the leaning judgewhile Trumpisstillinoffice; slave-preacher toowas born on October dent at the Chernobyl nuclear powerplant the Election Day. Sometimes, the mostpow- porttothe party.The signs of suchmomen- White House and Senate, but it could have firedupthe campaign to 2in1800. Turner wasthe firsttorebel were carriedbythe recently“freed” erful strategies emerge when youhaveyour tum arealreadyapparent. In thefirsthour they will abolish the re-elect him and giving it arenewed ration- againstslavery in America. His rebellion Russian media farand wide, further pre- backagainstawall. afterRBG’s passing,akey organisation that ale. By jumping the gun now, Trumpmay, wascrushedand he washanged.Like cipitatingthe downfall. To my mind, the Democratsand their tracks fundraising forthe Democratsraised filibuster —atactic that ironically, pull offaSupremeCourtwin, but Gandhi, Turner tootrodthe spiritual path Thereisagrowing democracy deficit presidential candidate, Joe Biden,havea moremoneyinanhour than in anyother blocks or delaysSenate has addedfuel to theBiden campaign and likeamystic. He toowas austereinhis in the worldtoday. People’s freedoms are clear option that dominatesall others: Go one-hour timeframe since it had launched action on aBill, usually by setapotential retaliatorystrikeinmotion. lifestyle and fasted andprayedregularly. at stake. The Gandhian agenda wasal- nuclear.Bythis Imean theymustcommitto 16 years ago. It brokeits all-time recordin talking endlessly —and Thus my advice to Biden: Go nuclear.You LikeGandhi, he also believedthat his mis- ways about moreopenness, freedom and acredible threat, promise that if theywere moneyraisedinasingle day. have nothing to lose at this point. My advice sionwas divine. alifeofdignity and respect. Abenevolent to win the WhiteHouse and Senate,they Nationwide pollssuggestthat fast-for- expand the size of the to Trump: Accept theelection outcomes if Gandhi carriedforward Turner’s man- state and afreemedia aremandatoryfor will abolish the filibuster—atactic that warding JudgeBarrett’s appointment to the Supreme Court by adding youlose and then quietlydisappear. Unless, tle in South Africa, fighting against people’s freedom. “I will be gone saying blocks or delays Senateaction on aBill, usu- Supreme Courtpickisunpopularwith ama- more seats. Thelawsallow of course, thereisasubpoena that requires apartheid. Later,inIndia, he ledthe strug- whatIam saying, but one-daypeoplewill allybytalking endlessly—and expand the jority of voters; so this should help with the suchapossibility. This way, your appearance in frontofajudge in acourt gleagainst the British ruleonthe one hand remember that what this poor man said, size of the SupremeCourt by adding more momentum favouring Democrats. to answersome questions about yearsoftax andagainstsocial evils on the other.Hede- that alone wastrue”, Gandhipleaded seats. The laws allowsuchapossibility.This Whydid Trumpand the Republicans if Judge Barrettisinstalled, dodging and $70,000 haircuts. Count your- scribed the movement forswarajasone of once. RealisingthatGandhi wasright is way, if JudgeBarrett is installed, theycan re- executeapre-emptivestrike? Theyhad they canre-balance the self lucky,that the judgeisnot RBG. “self-purification”. real Gandhism. balance the political makeup of the Courtby twooptions. One wastoforge ahead and political makeup of the Gandhism lies in the commitmentto adding seatsand “packing” it withtheir install aconservative judge. In the coming Court by adding seats and The writer is Dean of Global Business at The freedom and self-purification. Dictators The writer is Member,BoardofGovernors, hand pickedliberal justices. weeks, the headlines will be dominated by Fletcher School at TuftsUniversity,and thrive on yokeslikebrutestate power, apli- India Foundation The idea comeswithsome retaliatory the bitter confirmation process.This might ‘packing’ it with their founding executivedirector of Fletcher’s risk; it sets aprecedentfor arepeated game take some attention away from other is- handpickedliberal justices. Institute forBusiness in theGlobal Context LETTER TO THE EDITOR

INJUSTICE IN UP Moral is political IDEAS THISREFERSTOthereport‘UPPoliceout in full forcetocremateHathras woman, ONLINE Gandhi’s morality wasnot denial of politics.His idealism wascompletedbyrealism away from family’ and the editorial ‘ImpunityinHathras’(IE,October1).The ONLYINTHE EXPRESS Ramin Jahanbegloo incident is an addition to chronicle fore- told by BRAmbedkar,who while de- ● AMOMENTFOR scribingtheviceandviciousnessof caste REGENERATIONAND FORGANDHI, violencewas asign of the fail- ence of conscience underpinning the har- paramount place to morality in all our affairs, see his ownself as it is;through the other,he hatredinHinduSociety, hassaid:“Tothe INTROSPECTION: ureofalegitimatepolitical power. At the core monybetween ethics and politics. public or private.” cansee what it oughttobe.” Consequently, ‘Untouchables’, Hinduism is averitable of Gandhi’s political theoryisthe viewofpol- An “ethic of responsibility” underlined The Gandhian appealtothe ethicalinpol- Gandhi insistedonthe autonomous nature chamber of horrors”. Recently, the ADVAITAKALA itics as shapedbyinternal moral power, Gandhi’s non-violent politics. He arguedfor a itics wasnot onlyawaytoseek Truth, but of the moralact.His viewofmorality wasnot CalcuttaHigh Court(HC) while dispos- rather than from the standpoint of rational dedicated and committed political ethos, also of coming to knowoneself in ever- adenial of politics. On the contrary, Gandhi’s ingaPILonthedignifieddisposalof dead ● AGANDHIINOURMIDST: violence. Consequently, forGandhi, the mod- whichdid notacceptthe necessity of “dirty greater depth. The Gandhian effort fornon- moral idealism wascompletedbyapolitical bodies of COVID victimsobserved that KELSANGDAUKATSANG ern statecontainedforces thatthreatened, hands” in politics. As he affirmedonJuly3, violent politics wasacultivation of one’s ca- realism, whichsought the constructionofa “the right to dignity and fair treatment rather than enhanced, liberty.Therefore, he 1940, “I have alwaysderivedmypolitics from pacity forethical citizenship. That is to say, democratic society. He wrote: “I feel thatpo- underArticle21of theConstitutionisnot www.indianexpress.com did notconsider democracy as apolitical ethics or religion and my strength is also de- Gandhi considered politicsasawork of the litical work mustbelooked upon in terms of onlyavailable to aliving person but also regime but as avalue, whichneededtobe rivedbymyderiving my politics from ethics. heartand notmerelyofreason. This recalls social and moral progress.” to his mortalremains afterhis demise. created andcherished.His defence of institu- It is alsobecauseIswear by ethics and religion FrenchphilosopherBlaise Pascal, who said: From Gandhi’s perspective,non-violence Disposalofahumanbody,whether or proof.The reaction of Justice Liberhan, tions of the liberal constitutional statedid that Ifind myself in politics. Aperson who is a “The hearthas itsreasons whichreason it- wasanontological truth that followedfrom notthepersondiesof Covid-19,whether carriedbythenewspaper,underlinesthe notmean thathejustifiedthem in terms of loverofhis country is boundtotakealively self does notknow.”Inthe same manner, the unity and interdependence of humanity by cremationorburial, shouldbedone mockery of the judicial process. The his political philosophy. To the contrary, pol- interestinpolitics.” Gandhi believedthat the heart, and notrea- and life. Therefore, he advocated an aware- with due respect and solemnness”. The charge that thejudiciaryisincreasingly itics forGandhi wasanact of consciousness, Gandhi wasthinkinginterms of long-term son, is the seat of morality.Hewrotein ness of the essential unity of humanity.That intriguing police ham-handedness over beholden to the ruling dispensation is notamode of living takenfor granted. social stability among nations. So, he wanted Harijan (June8,1940): “Morality whichde- awareness calledforcriticalself-examination the gang-rape, brutalisation and crema- strengthened further with the verdict. Gandhi did notsee the goal of political ac- to put his hands on the wheel of history pends upon the helplessness of aman or and amovefromegocentricitytowards a tion of the Dalit woman victim, sends a Harish Joshi, Pune tion as the immediatecaptureofoffice. through non-violentpolitics. Ultimately, what woman has notmuchtorecommend it. “shared humanity.”This “shared humanity” chilling message—not onlydoDalits According to him, the basic condition of po- wasimportant forhim wastomove from vi- Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.” cannotexistifitisnot awareofits shortcom- have no control overtheir lives, but not POLITICS NEEDED litical action wasthe elimination of violence. olence to politics. This transition could nottake Gandhi believedthatnexttoconstructive ings.It needs to strive to remove itsethicalim- even afterdeath. His principal aim wastocivilise modern pol- placewithout theinterventionof theethical in work,asociety needs also to be inwardly em- perfections in ordertobeable to live with LRMurmu, Delhi THIS REFERS TO thearticle ‘Good stu- itics from within, by shorting thecircuit of re- the political. In aspeechatAll-India National powered, since human beings arecapable of global challenges. In an ageofincreasing dents, bad students”(IE, September 30). sentment, hatredandcoercion. His politics of Education Conference on January13,1930, he love,friendship, solidarity and empathy. “globalisation of selfishness”, thereisanur- NODUE PROCESS Pupils mustnot bedissuadedfrompar- non-violence wasamethod to mobilise col- observed:“Thereare some who think that On January5,1907, Gandhi wroteinIndian gent needtounderstand and practise the taking in political discourse.The higher lective powerinamanner that attends to its morality has nothing to do withpolitics.We do Opinion:“It is the moral natureofman by moral leadershipofMahatmaGandhiandre- THIS REFERS TO editorial “The educationinstitutions across the nation ownmoral educationinanexemplaryand in- notconcern ourselveswith the character of whichherisestogood andnoble thoughts. evaluatethe conceptofpolitics. Demolition” (IE October 1). It lays bare should seek to mould studentsinto novative way. Excellence is the end that we our leaders… If swaraj wasnot meant to The different sciences showusthe worldasit the starkreality of what the justice sys- proactivecitizens,who arealways will- have to setbeforeourselvesaspolitical beings. civiliseus,andtopurify andstabiliseourcivil- is.Ethics tells us whatitought to be.Itenables The writer is director,Mahatma Gandhi temhas become. The demolition wasa ing to take up the baton. Gandhi showedthat alifeofexcellence is an isation, it would be worthnothing. The very man to knowhow he should act. Man has two Centrefor Nonviolence and Peace Studies, publicspectaclethathardlyrequiredany Varun Das, Zirakpur agency and atransformative force, an experi- essence of our civilisation is that we give a windows to his mind: Through one he can OPJindal Global University WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 12 EXPRESS NETWORK THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER2,2020

TEJPAL CASE TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE Head‘smashed Bailable warrant 213 CASES: RECOVERED:52,73,201 issued against DAYSSINCE 63,12,584 DEATHS:98,678 PANDEMIC BEGAN TESTS: 7,56,19,781| DOUBLING RATE: 51.93** withbrick’,girl 8prosecution founddeadin witnesses EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE PANAJI, OCTOBER 1 KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG DOUBLING Bhadohivillage TOWATCH CASES 24HOURS GROWTH* TIME** THE FAST-TRACK courtat Mapusa in Goa, whichishear- ■ Maharashtra 13,84,446 18,317 1.31% 54.92 2arrested, minor in custody;police ing the rape case againstTarun ■ Andhra 6,93,484 6,133 1.01% 71.53 Tejpal, has nowissuedbailable warrantsagainsteight prose- ■ Tamil Nadu 5,97,602 5,659 0.98% 73.14 sayfamilyenmity murder motive cution witnesses who include ■ Kerala 1,96,106 8,830 4.09% 17.61 recovered, the police said. colleagues and relativesofthe ■ Delhi 2,79,715 3,390 1.23% 58.58 ASADREHMAN LateThursdayevening, victim. LUCKNOW,OCTOBER1 Verma said, “The accusedand The courtisonadeadline *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth the victim belong to the Dalit setbythe Supreme Courttofin- CASEFATALITYRATIO POSITIVITYRATE DAILYIN,DAILYOUT AN 11-YEAR-OLD Dalit girlwas community.Therehas been no ish the trial. murdered,her head “smashed confirmation of rape till now. We With the pandemic affect- 7DAYSEARLIER: 7DAYSEARLIER: DETECTED TODAY with abrick”, at avillageinUttar have lodged acase under IPC ing the functioning of courts, 1.59 8.50 86,821 Pradesh's Bhadohi district on Section 302 (murder). The fam- Police personnel stationedatthe villageofthe gang rape victim in Hathras. GajendraYadav the trial lastheardthe matter NOW: NOW: RECOVERED TODAY: Thursdayafternoon when she ilyhas notalleged rape in their in March 2020 and the wit- 1.56 8.35 85,376 had gone to afield to relieve her- complaint.” nesses were initiallycalledin Deaths as aratio of Positives against Becoming sick vs self, the police said. In astatement, the police said Maya to PM: Replace Yogi Explain hurry to the firstweek of September. positive cases (in %); number tested recovering; more The police ascribed an old twopersons were arrested,and The bailable warrantswere indicator of progress (in %); indicator of recoveries for 14 days enmity between the families of a16-year-old boywas detained cremate body: issuedonseparatedates in averting deaths the spread of disease may signal the peak the victim and the accusedasthe in connection with the murder. or impose President’s rule through this week,with the DataasonSeptember30,releasedbyUnionMinistryofHealth,ICMRandstates.Oftendailynumbers includedatafrompreviousdays.Assuch,trendsbasedondailynumbersareindicative,notdefinitive murder motive. The twoarrestedare the teen's NCW to UP cops witnesses nowexpected to at- According to an officer,the father and arelative (names ing that Adityanath wasmade tend the hearing starting police areawaiting the autopsy withheld to protect boy's iden- MAULSHREESETH the Chief Ministerunder pres- NewDelhi: The National October 6. reporttoascertain whether she tity). “All of them belong to one LUCKNOW,OCTOBER1 surefromthe RSS. Commission forWomen Earlier,the victim ap- wassexuallyassaulted,and that family,”Bhadohi SP RamBadan "I want to saytoYogi Thursdayasked the the Uttar proachedthe High Courtof 70% infected people don’t the victim’s familydid notallege Singh said. CITINGRECENT cases of rape Adityanath that youare born Pradesh Police to explain its“ur- BombayatGoa afterabailable rape in their complaint. The police's statement said: and murder of women in Uttar from the womb of awoman. You gency” in cremating the body of warrant wasissuedagainsther transmit virus, reveal Police officers said twoper- “Therewas old enmity between Pradesh, BSP chief Mayawati should consider sisters and the Hathras gang rape victim. fornot attending the hearing. sons from the same village, also the twofamilies over whichthe Thursdayasked the BJP leader- daughters of others as your own. The police had brought the The victim has cited health belonging to the Dalit commu- accusedhad abusedthe victim's ship to either replace Yogi If youare unable to protect them, body from Safdarjug Hospital concerns and difficulty to travel data from TN, Andhra nity,werearrestedand one mi- familyand threatenedtoruin Adityanath as Chief Minister youshould resign,” she said. in the National Capital to her during the pandemic. nor boywas takenintocustody their lives. This is whythe girl with a“capable person” or im- Asking BJP to “free itself from village200 km away,before The other witnesses have in developedcountries likethe in connection with the murder wasmurdered...the accused pose President’s rule in the state. the clutches of RSS forthe wel- burning it in the dead of the cited reasons ranging from ex- AMITABHSINHA United States. Among the older on Thursdayevening. have confessedtokilling the girl Referring to the deaths of two fare of the state”, the former chief night—keeping the family pensive flight ticketstounsafe PUNE,OCTOBER1 population, females were found Circle Officer (Gyanpur) over old enmity.” women in Hathras and ministerremindedPrime away from the lastrites. travelling options when sum- to have significantlylowermor- Bhushan Verma told The Indian The police said the accused Balrampur,she said the incidents MinisterNarendraModi that he The NCWsaid the incident monedtoappear in person. OVER 70 per cent of individuals tality than males. Express, “The body wasfound in will be presented in court, and arereminiscent of the 2012 is an MP from Varanasi and “underlines the grim stateof infected with Covid-19inIndia “Some of these findings are afield in the village. The girlhad the minor in front of aJuvenile Delhi gangrape and murder. thereforehas to keep in mind the women in the society”. In a maynot betransmittingthevirus notverysurprising. The fact that lefthome around 12.30 pm, and Justice Board, on Friday. “I want to tell the Central gov- welfareofthe people of the state. statement, it termedthe late Change in to others, afirstofits kind study onlyafew people aremainlyre- aftershe failedtoreturn forsome The SP told the media from ernment that Yogi Adityanath is “I want to tell the PM that he night episode that unfoldedin has found. The disease could be sponsible forspreading the dis- time, familymembers started the crime spotthat details of the notcapable enough to control hasbeen elected from Varanasi the victim's villageas composition of spreading in the countryonly ease,forexample.Thisisfairly well looking forher.The familylater murder will emerge afterthe po- the lawand order... It would be andtherefore he should at least “disturbing’’. through asmall setofinfected establishedfor anumber of other found her body and informed lice getthe postmortemreport. better that Adityanath is sent see intoit... When Adityanath is The commission has writ- SC bench hearing people, the study suggests. infectious diseases as well, and is the police...around 3pm.” Asked about allegations of rape, backtohis math in ... unable to handle the state, either tentothe state’s DGP,seeking Astudy has analysed data calledthe80:20rule.About20per He added, “The girl’s head Singh said, “Once investigation If he does notlikeitthere, then someone else should be made an explanation on “the urgency Sudarshan case from over 85,000 confirmedin- cent of infected people arere- wassmashedwith abrick.” and postmortemisdone, it will he can be sent to oversee the CM or it would be better forthe to crematethe body of the vic- fections in AndhraPradesh and sponsible,roughly, for80percent Twoparts of abrick, allegedly become clear if suchanincident construction of RamTemple in people of UP that President's rule tim”. It also sought areplyon Tamil Nadu until August1,and of secondaryinfections.Thestudy usedinthe murder,havebeen happenedwith her...” Ayodhya,” Mayawati said, alleg- is imposed,” she said. the matter at the earliest. ENS EXPRESS NEWS over 5.75 lakh of their contacts suggests this maybetrue forthe SERVICE who were identifiedand traced. present epidemic in the Indian NEW DELHI, OCTOBER 1 Researchers found that no in- setting,” Gautam Menon, profes- fection wasdetected in the con- sor of physics and biology at Balrampur victim had 10 injuries on body: postmortem report THE PETITION pending in tactsofnearly 71 per cent of the Ashoka University,said. Supreme Courtagainst confirmedpositive cases.Inother Amajor reason forthis is that wasmild haemorrhagic clotin doctor refusedand informedthe The victim's father is afarmer. vere stomachacheand asked for Sudarshan TV's show“UPSC words, over 60,000 of these alarge number of confirmedin- AVANEESHMISHRA her private parts.Vaginal swabs residentsofthe area,” the FIR Dr Ziaurrehman Khan, who medicines, Khan said. Jihad” will nowbeheardbya 85,000 infected persons did not fected people, or those showing BALRAMPUR,OCTOBER1 of the woman have been taken quoted the brother as saying. wascalledbythe accusedtotreat Alocal resident, who has a three-judgebenchofJustices D give the virus to anyone. symptoms, areisolated,and do fortests. As per the complaint, Shahid the woman, said, “The youth, jewelleryshop in front of Shahid’s YChandrachud, Indu Malhotra However, asmall setofin- notcome in contact with others. TWODAYSafter the death of a The woman wascrematedon and Sahil abducted her and then identifiedasSahil, came to call me store, said he wasathis shop the and IndiraBanerjee. fected people, less than 10 per But therecould be biological rea- 22-year-old Dalit woman, who Wednesdaynight in the presence rapedher.“When her condition around5.15 pm. Iwent to the gen- whole time, but did notsee any The case status, as displayed cent of the total, accounted for sons as well. wasallegedly rapedbytwo men of her familymembers. Police worsened, theysent her home in eral storerun by Shahid. Shahid woman being brought. However, on the SC website, shows the muchas60percentof secondary “Some individuals tend to in Gaisri area of UP’s Balrampur have arrested the twoaccused– arickshaw. She diedonher way wasthere. He said thereisapa- one Amresh Kumar,who lives case listedbeforethis benchon infection, the study found. These shedgreater viral load, and thus district, the postmortemreport Shahid (26) and his nephew to hospital,” the brother said. The tient in his house. When Isaw next to Shahid’s store, said arela- October 5. The case waslast individuals passedonthe virus to have agreater capacity to infect. said therewereatleastten Sahil. twohavebeen bookedunder IPC none of their familymembers tive of his sawsomeone carrying heardonSeptember 24 by a maybe20, 30, or 40 others. Butyoualsoneedtointeractwith antemorteminjuries on her body According to the FIR filedon sections 366(kidnapping, ab- present, Iinquired.Irefusedto an unconscious girlonhis shoul- benchofJustices Chandrachud, The study,whichhas been people to be able to infect them. —eight contusion wounds on her the basis of acomplaint by the ducting), 376D (gangrape) and treat her in the absence of any der from the backdoor of the Malhotraand KMJoseph. publishedinScience magazine, Isolation reduces that opportu- cheek,chest, elbows,leftthigh woman’s brother,she leftfor 302 (murder) along with sections woman or elderly.Icame out and storewhichhas an attached This week,therehas been a wascarriedout by Ramanan nity.So,itisacombinationof both and twoabrasions on her leftleg work around 10 am on Tuesday. of SC/ST(Prevention of Atrocities) asked residentsiftheyhavethe room. At Shahid's house, about changeincomposition of some Laxminarayanof theDepartment these things,” Menon said. and knee. When she did notreturn by 4pm, Act. phone number of the woman’s 200mfromthe store, his family benches, with Justice Banerjee of InternationalHealthattheJohn Thesmallsetof‘superspread- The cause of death has been he calledher on her cellphone, The victim’s mother said her father.Theydid not. Meanwhile, members refusedtospeak. coming intothe Justice Hopkins BloombergSchool of ers’ areusuallypeople who are mentionedashaemorrhageand but therewas no answer. daughter,who wastoappear for the accusedaskedme to return to Police said asum of Rs Chandrachud-ledbenchand Public Health, and others includ- unaware of theirinfection,andin- shockdue to the antemortemin- “Around 7pm, my sisterre- her BA final exam this year,was my clinic, saying theywill bring 6,18,750 has been giventothe vic- Justice Joseph moving to another ing researchers from Andhra teract with large numbers of oth- juries. The Indian Express has a turnedhome unconscious in a returning from collegeafter sub- the girltherealong with her fa- tim’s familybythe DM and the SP bench. Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, and the ers as theygoabout their lives– copyofthe postmortemreport. rickshaw. The rickshawpuller mittingthe admissionfee when ther.Idon’t knowwhat happened as compensation. Familymem- Calling it a“routine exer- United States. vegetablevendorsorstreet hawk- While the doctor,who con- soon left. When questioned, we she wasallegedly abductedby the afterthat." Asked about the bers said theywould notdemand cise”, officials pointed out that Transmissionwasmosteffec- ers,forexample.TheKoyambedu ducted the postmortem, did not found that the twoaccusedhad accusedand takentoageneral woman’s condition when he saw moremoney, but want the gov- the cause listreflectsthat com- tive within the same agegroup, market clusterinChennaiwasre- give an opinion on sexual assault, calledDrZiaurrehman Khan to storerun by Shahid, around 2km her,Khan said she waslying on a ernment to give ajob to afamily positions of at leasteight theresearchersreported.Thiswas sponsiblefortransmittingthedis- the reportmentionedthat there treat her at their home but the from the victim’shouse. sofa. She said she washaving se- member. benches have changed. especiallytrue among children ease to thousands of people, who andtheelderly,thestudyshowed. then carriedthe virus to faraway Importantly, the fatality rate districtsinTamil Nadu. BABRI VERDICT among older individuals in the FULLREPORTON study wasfound to belowerthan www.indianexpress.com Accusednot namedindepositions,top officials IB reports on demolition Record high of 6crore saycould nothearspeeches, cite noiseand dust plot were placed before households availed of also shows that on December 5, theyput in all effortstobring the SC, says ex-home secy KAUNAINSHERIFFM an intelligencereportwas taken situation under control. NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 up, during the high-levelmeet- ■ PW 185(KewalVas Tiwari): ShankarraoChavantorecom- NREGA since April ing takenupbythe Inspector Testifiedthat kar sevaks were MANOJMORE mendedthe dismissal of Uttar ■ HEARD SLOGANS of “Babri General AKSharan, that those notdeterredbytear gasorbyan PUNE,OCTOBER1 Pradesh government to the is notonlyhigher than lastfiscal’s Masjid toddo”, but cannotprove who associated with the order to open firing by acircle of- Centreasa“conspiracy wasbe- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE figureof5.48crore,but is also the who raisedthe slogans. Pakistani intelligence could also ficer.Said theyhad obstructed FORMER Union Home Secretary ing hatchedtodemolish the NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 highestsince the inception of the ■ Could nothear the speeches attack.” officials from performing their MadhavGodbole and former Babri Masjid”. scheme in 2006. givenbythe political leaders ■ PW-151 (RajendraKumar duties. Supreme CourtJustice PB Godbole said since his rec- SHOWINGAcontinuedriseinde- The previous high was (who sat 800metresaway). Swami), CRPF Deputy Comman- Sawant on Thursdayexpressed ommendations were notac- mand forunskilledworkunder recordedin2010-11, when 5.5 ■ Therewas noise and dust, dant:Said volunteers were pres- Police and Local surprise at the verdict by the spe- ceptedbythe then PV the Mahatma Gandhi National crorehouseholds worked under could nothear anything. ent to complete the task of kar Intelligence cial CBI court, whichacquitted all Narasimha Rao-ledgovernment, Employment Guarantee Act the MGNREGA. These aresome of the depo- seva. 32 surviving accusedinthe Babri he had tendered his resignation (MGNREGA) in the wake of the Out of 6crore households sitions made by police officers, Twoofficials said BJP leaders ■ PW 127(KanwarJorawar ■ PW-176 (NagendraPrasad Masjid demolition case on three months later.“Itook retire- COVID-19outbreak and subse- that availedofMGNREGS this fi- local intelligence officials and the gave provocative speeches Singh), on duty at the sanctum Pandey), on LIU (local intelli- Wednesday ment 18 months before my serv- quent lockdowns, the number of nancial year,Uttar Pradesh ac- CRPF listedaskey witnesses by sanctorum: Testifiedthat he did gence unit) duty:Testifiedthat Describingthe verdict as un- ice wasscheduledtoend. The households that worked under countedfor the maximum (80 the CBI to proveaconspiracy an- nothaveany information about kar sevaks got aggressive,and expected and surprising, reason wasquiteclear,myrec- the scheme crossed6crore be- lakh), followedbyRajasthan gleinthe Babri Masjid demoli- the courtsaid. what happenedoutside. raisedslogans like‘Ek dhakka Godbole told The Indian Express, ommendation to dismiss the tween April and Augustthis year, (65.76lakh), West Bengal (64 tion case. Fewnamedany of the However, the twowereex- ■ PW 121(MohammedLatif), aurdo, Babri masjid todh do’. “When Iheardthat all the 32 ac- then KalyanSingh-ledUPgov- whichisthe highestever, accord- lakh), Tamil Nadu (58 lakh) and high-profile accused, while two ceptions. Topofficials to CPRF officer:Testifiedabout the However, the courtsaid, he could cusedhavebeen acquitted,I ernment wasnot accepted...,” he ing to the official data. AndhraPradesh (49lakh). officials testifiedabout provoca- Provincial ArmedConstabulary kar seva being performed; not notauthenticatewhichspecific could notbelieve it. This is be- said. The number of households — The dataalso showthat the tive speeches givenbyBJP lead- (PAC)personnel, who gave details about anyaccused. slogan wasraisedbywhichac- cause we had placedall factsbe- Demanding that the CBI over 6crore,according to the lat- number of individuals that ers, including UmaBharti. On on kar sevaks getting “aggres- cused. fore the Supreme Court, courtverdict warrantsanappeal estdataavailable on the MGN- availedofMGNREGAcrossed8.6 Wednesday, all 32 were acquit- sive”, didn't identify or name any PAC ■ PW-68(Akhilesh Mehrotra), whichwas hearing the case even in the higher courtaswell as a REGAportal—that availedof croreinjustsix months of FY tedbyaSpecial CBI Court. of the accusedchargedbythe CBI. ■ PW-269 (Jagmohan Yadav), Additional SP: Said that many before the Babri Masjid wasde- probeintothe role of CBI, MGNREGS till end of September 2020-21. The CRPF wasin-charge of former PACcommandant:Said political leaders were partofthe molished. The hearing wasona Godbole said, “I think there security arrangementsatthe CRPF that as the crowdswelledup, it jan sabha being held 800metres day-to-daybasis and we were should be an appeal againstthe mosque. ■PW 62 (JeevanSingh), IG-rank became uncontrollable. The away,but addedthat he could updating the courtregarding verdict in the higher court. At the Umar Khalid held in another riots case CBI special judgeSKYadav officer,onduty at the spot: He courtsaid his testimonycould- nothear what theysaid in their what washappening on the same, the role of the CBI should rejected the testimonyofthe of- did notname anyofthe accused n't proveinvolvement of the ac- speeches as he wasbusy with ground.” be investigated as despitere- Acase of rioting wasregis- ficials naming BJP leaders, say- as being involvedinthe demoli- cused. lawand order duty. Godbole said, “The reports of ports of government agencies, EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE teredatKhajuri Khas police sta- ing therewerecontradictions in tion. ■ PW-234(Veer Singh), PACof- ■ PW-9 (Ram Bahadur) Police: the Intelligence Bureauwere about the conspiracy,being NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 tion in which15people, includ- their statements. “PW (prosecu- ■ PW-259 (Satish Chandra ficer,onduty at the Ram Said that severalofthe accused placedbeforethe Supreme available... If the agency has not ing former AAP councillor Tahir tion witness) 57 (Farooque Chaubey), IG, CRPF: Accepted Chabutra: Said that due to noise gave speeches and gestured to- Court. The reports had said there placedthem before the court, ac- Crime Branchhas Hussain, were arrested fortheir Ahmed, Police officer) also for that it was“anti-social element and dust, he could notsee or wardsthe disputed structure. wasaconspiracy to demolish tion should be takenagainstCBI arrested former JNU student alleged role in the riots that oc- the firstinthe courttestifiedthat and terrorists,who were dis- hear anything. However, during cross-examina- Babri Masjid. Yet, the courtsays officials responsible forthis neg- leader Umar Khalid in another curredat2.15pmonFebruary24 Acharya DharmendraDev, guisedaskar sevaks,because of ■PW-113 (Kumar Rana), PACof- tion, he acceptedthat on Decem- therewas no conspiracy...”. ligent act," he said. case related to the February outside Hussain’s house in Sadhvi Ritambhara, and Uma whom the disputed structure ficer:Inconnection with the kar ber5,1992, at ameeting, the IG He said the Supreme Court Justice Sawant said, “Unless I NortheastDelhi riots.Khalid has Chand Bagh. Bharti gave the provocative wasdemolished”. sevaks,said theywerebehind Zone had informedthat had also appointed an observer. read the judgment, Iwill notbe been booked in connection with Khalid has been in judicial speech. PW 58 (Jagveer Singh, The order went on to say, “... stone-pelting. Didn't name any Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI “The SC had allowed‘kar seva’af- in aposition to comment on it.” the Khajuri Khas violence and custody in Tihar afterhewas ar- CRPF Constable) &PW57have some Muslim youth, indulged in of the accused. could launchanattackdisguised teranundertaking wasgiven He, however, said the judg- takenintothree days police cus- rested on September 13 under notidentifiedthe accusedand vandalism of some graves on ■ PW 162(Devdutt Singh) and as kar sevaks.Healso said that that no damagewill be causedto ment was“shocking” as the tody by the Crime Branch, which UAPA in aseparateriots case. A those who were identified, it is December 1-2, with the inten- PW-167 (RajendraPrasad on March 26, 1993, one of the ac- the Babri Masjid...”. demolition wasa“well-planned has been probing riot-related Delhi courthad sent him to judi- forthe firsttime in the courtthey tion to communallycharge up Shukla: Testifiedthat the crowd cused, LKAdvani, looked Godbole said he had urged conspiracy involving several cases, asenior officer said. cial custody till October 22. made mention of the accused,” the atmosphere... The evidence became uncontrollable, and that very worried. then Union Home Minister people”. WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

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But they per jams occur, while those in waspressing ahead with legal AT THEheartofthe dis- Harry,Meghan were asked to leave the city's Arizona arebeing givenadetailed action againstBritain over Brexit putebetween Brussels startcampaign newlyopenedsatelliteelection breakdown of the state's voter legislation that the government and London over Britain's offices on Tuesdayafter being identification requirements. in London has said would permit Brexit legislation are againstracism told local election laws did not But while the official poll it to breakinternational law. parts of the withdrawal permitthem to monitor voters watchers arebeing schooledin The commission, the agreement designedto London: Prince Harry has coming to requestand complete legal procedures, Mr.Trumpand EuropeanUnion's administra- prevent the creation of a spoken about his "awak- absenteeballots. someofhis closestsurrogates, tive arm, gave Britain an ultima- "hardborder"between ening" to race issues as he On social media and right- including his longtime confidant tum lastmonth, threatening to Northern Ireland, which and his wife, Meghan, wing news sites and in the pres- RogerJ.Stone Jr.and his son take it to court unless it dropped is partofthe United launchedananti-racism identialdebateonTuesdaynight, DonaldTrumpJr.,haverecently plans to override parts of an Kingdom, and Ireland, campaign to markBlack President Trumpand his cam- floated conspiracy theories that agreementonwithdrawal from whichwill remain in the History Month in the UK. paignquicklysuggestednefari- also sound likecalls to arms. the bloc that Prime Minister European Union. There In avideo interviewwith ousintentinthe actionsoflocal Air ForceOne arriveswith Donald TrumpatDuluth International AirportonWednesday, During arecent appearance BorisJohnson strucklastyear. arecurrentlynoborder the Evening Standard election officials, with the pres- with supporters of the US president in attendance. AP on The AlexJones Show,afar-right With the deadline having ex- controls between the newspaperpublished ident claimingduringthe debate radio program that peddles con- pired,the commission said in a two, allowing forthe free Thursday, Harry said that “bad things happen in spiracy theories, Mr.Stone said statement that it had sent the movement of goods and London sometimes Philadelphia” and urging his backand stand by"inhis re- breaking is calledout.” Voting rights groupsfear that that ballots in Nevada should be British government "a letter of people. “doesn't feel as diverse as supporters everywhereto“go marks about the election. In recent weeks, the Trump effort could veer toward voter in- seizedbyfederal marshals, formal notice forbreaching its it actuallyis”. “For as long intothe polls and watchvery Thea McDonald, aspokes- campaign has distributed care- timidation. But the question is claiming that “theyare already obligations under the as structuralracism exists, carefully”. woman forthe Trumpcam- fullylawyeredtraining videos to howfar Mr.Trump's supporters corrupted” and that Mr.Trump Withdrawal Agreement". Commission, warnedthis week therewillbegenerations The baseless descriptions of paign, said the operation was prospective pollwatchers will take the exhortationstopro- should consider nationalizing Britain has 30 days to re- that Brussels would nothesitate of young people of colour the voting process in neededbecause “Democrats around the countrydescribing tect avotethe president has re- the statepolice. Mr.Stone, afelon spond and anylegal action could to uselegal remedies in the who do notstart their Philadelphia were the latest have proven their lackoftrust- what theycan and can't do while lentlessly, and baselessly, de- whose sentencewas commuted take monthstounfold.That gives withdrawal agreement against liveswith the same equal- broad-brush attempt by the worthinesstimeand againthis monitoring thevotingprocess, scribed as being at risk of this year by the president, has the twosides the opportunity to Britainifitrefused to drop the ity of opportunity as their Trumpcampaigntoundermine election cycle”. She added, imploringthem to be courteous widespread fraud. ties to theProud Boys. resolve their standoffiftheycan contentious legislation. whitepeers," wrotethe confidence in this year's election, “President Trump's volunteer to “evenour Democrat friends”. The Republican National In avideoimploring Trump strikeadealinwider Brexit talks On Thursday,the commis- Dukeand Duchessof amessagedeliveredwith an poll watcherswillbetrainedto The poll watchers will challenge Committee has been allowedto supportersto joinapoll-watching on atrade agreement. sion's president,Ursula vonder Sussex, as Harry and ominous edge at the debate ensureall rules areapplied ballots and the eligibility of vot- participateinpoll watchingonly brigadecalled “Armyfor Trump”, DespiteThursday's move, Leyen, said that Britain's legisla- Meghan areformally when he advisedanextremist equally, all valid ballots are ers,but theyare notsupposedto because thecourtsin2018lifted Donald TrumpJr. made similarly talksonatrade agreementbe- tion wasa"full contradiction" of known. AP group, the Proud Boys,to"stand counted, and all Democrat rule- interact with voters themselves. aconsent decree that had barred evidence-free claims of fraud. tween Britain and the European previous commitmentsover Union arestill underway. If those howahardborder in Ireland aresuccessful, theycould resolve should be avoided. manyofthe pointsatthe center The British governmentsaid MALAYSIA US Congressional of the legal action and pave the it would respond later to theEU Courttohear wayfor acompromise. move."We have clearly setout The standoffcomes lessthan ourreasonsfor introducingthe ex-PM’s1MDB report accuses China 100days before Britain is sched- measures," it said in astatement. uledtoleave theEuropean "Weneedtocreatealegal appealinFeb Union's trade zone. Britain for- safetynet to protectthe integrity of violating other mallyquitthe bloc on Jan. 31 but of the U.K.'s internal market, en- Kuala Lumpur: A remains under itseconomic rule sureministers canalwaysdeliver Malaysian courtwill be- book until the end of this year. on their obligations to Northern gin hearing on February nations’ sovereignty Maros Sefcovic, avice presi- Ireland and protect the gains 15 an appeal by former dent of the European from the peaceprocess." prime ministerNajib islands and reefsitcontrols in the Razak againsthis convic- LALITKJHA resource-richregion. tion on graftand money- WASHINGTON,OCTOBER1 Praising the State laundering charges Department's July2020 state- Navalny workswith linked to the statefund AUSCongressional reporthas ment whichsaidthatChina's ter- 1MDB, aprosecutor said sought decisive action against ritorial aggression in the South on Thursday. Najib was China,accusing Beijing of in- China Sea is illegal, the report CIA, claims Kremlin sentencedto12yearsin creasing military buildup, violat- said that the administration jail and fines of nearly $50 ing other nations' sovereignty could take similar action regard- million in Julyonseven and engaging in fatalskirmishes ingthe CCP's illegal conduct in REUTERS chargesoverillegallyre- to conduct aland-grab on the other areas, including around BERLIN,MOSCOW,OCTOBER1 ceiving $10million mis- Indian border. the Senkaku Islands and along appropriated from SRC In itsreportunveiledon India's border. NAGORNO-KARABAKH FIGHTING WORSENS THE KREMLIN accusedopposi- International, aformer Wednesday,the China Task Force The US, it said, should im- tion politician AlexeiNavalnyon unit of 1Malaysia of the House Republicans also provepredictability of arms sales Armeniansvolunteer recruitsgather at acenter wheretheyreceive their uniforms and Thursdayofworking with the Development Berhad supportedthe proposal of British with allies and partners, and ex- weaponsbeforebeing dispatchedtothe frontline amidstheavy fightingbetween Armenian CIA,after Navalnysaid he be- (1MDB). The sentence Prime MinisterBoris Johnson for pand military training withal- and Azerbaijaniforces over the separatistregion of Nagorno-Karabakh. Reuters, quoting an lievedPresident Vladimir Putin wasstayedpendingthe the creation of anew D-10group liedand partner nations. Doing Armenian government source, reportedthat twoFrenchjournalists working fornewspaper wasbehindthe suspected poi- AlexeiNavalnyhas accused appeal. REUTERS of leading democracies, includ- so will improveinteroperability Le Monde areinagravecondition afterbeing shelledbyAzeri forces. AP soning that put him in acoma in Vladmir Putinofbeing ing India, foraddressing both 5G withthe US, support andprotect Germany. behind his poisoning. PAKISTAN mobile communications and American values, advance US na- The accusation from Kremlin vulnerable supply chains. tional security and foreign pol- spokesman DmitryPeskovap- Teenkillsherself In just thepastyear alone, the icy interests,and promote theUS pears to be the firsttime the Peskov said Navalny's allega- afterblackmail China CommunistParty (CCP) as the partnerofchoice, it said. Pakistan court orders seizure of Russian authorities have directly tionsagainstPutin were unac- has violated an international It pushed forcoordinating a accusedPutin's highest-profile ceptable, groundless andinsult- byrapists treaty and dismantledHong whole-of-government offensive critic of working with aforeign ing. “It'snot the patient working Kong's civil liberties; continued informationstatecraftcampaign Sharif’sassets over graft case intelligence agency. with western intelligence, it's Karachi: A17-year-old itsoppressionofethnic minori- to counter the propaganda ma- It raises the stakes should western intelligenceworking Hindugirlcommittedsui- ties, including Uyghurs and chine of Chinese Communist in Lahoreand 12.75 acres in Navalnyreturnto Russia,andmay with him. That would be more cide in Pakistan'sSindh Tibetans;increasedits military PartybyusingtruthandAmerican SAJJADHUSSAIN Sheikhupura, as well as his addpressureonWesternleaders, accurate. Thereissuchinforma- province aftershe wasre- buildup,conducted increasingly values to undermine CCP's "lies ISLAMABAD,OCTOBER1 house in Murree. especiallyGerman Chancellor tion. Ican even saydefinitely- portedlyblackmailedby belligerent provocations, and vi- and malign"ideology. The Toshakhanagraft case is AngelaMerkel,to take actionover specialists of the U.S. Central three menaccused of sex- olated other nations' sovereignty Further,theUSshouldexpand APAKISTANanti-corruption about allegedrelaxation of rules hiscase. Intelligence Agencyare working uallyassaulting her,ame- at sea; engaged in fatalskir- forwardpresenceandimprovein- courtonThursday ordered the by Gilani forthe benefit of Navalnyresponded by saying with him currently,"the Kremlin dia reportsaid on mishes to conduct aland-grab teroperabilitywithalliesandpart- seizureofassets of deposed Zardari and Sharif to buy vehi- he would sue Peskov over the ac- spokesman told reporters on a Thursday. The girl ended on the Indian border;and as- ner nations through the use of prime ministerNawaz Sharif for cles giftedbyforeign countries. cusation, challenging him to conference call. her lifebyjumping intoa sertednew territorial claims joint training and exercises, in- his failuretoappear in the Sharif is accusedofobtaining present evidence to backitup. In response,Navalnywrotein deep well in Tharparkar over Bhutan, the reportsaid. cludingbybringing togetherand Toshakhana graftcase, days af- NawazSharif luxurycars from the treasury Navalny, 44,emergedinrecent apostonhis website: "Firstly, I district on Wednesday, Indiaand China arelockedin regularisingmultilateralexercises terhewas declared an abscon- house by paying just15per cent weeksfromacomaaftersuddenly am suing Peskov... Secondly, Ide- Dawnreported.According anearly five-month-longborder withlike-mindednationssuchas der in the matter that allegedly of the price of these vehicles. fallingill in duringaflightin mand the publication of proof to anFIRregisteredin2019, standoffineastern Ladakh. Australia, Japan, India, and other causedaheavy loss to thena- the case filedbythe National Zardari and Gilani, arealso ac- Siberiaand being flown to Berlin and facts, demonstrating my thethreemenforciblytook China unsuccessfullyattempted interestednations,thereportsaid. tional exchequer. Accountability Bureau(NAB), cused of receiving luxuryvehi- fortreatment.Germandoctorssay 'workwithCIA specialists'. Show the girltoahouse where to occupyIndian territoryinthe The China Task Force, com- An anti-corruption courton whichsubmitted adetailed cles andgifts from the treasure he waspoisonedwith novichok, it on television at prime time. theyraped her and filmed southern bank of Pangong lake prisedof15House Republicans September 9indicted former recordofSharif’smovable and house. arareRussian nerve agent. Youhavemypermission." the ordeal. The trial in the in the lastweek of August. representing11committees,in- president Asif Ali Zardari and ex- immovable properties. Lastmonth, the courtde- "I believe that Putin is behind Navalnyhas tormented the casewas delayeddue to China is also engaged in hotly cluding severalArmed Services prime ministerYusuf Raza The accountability Judgeor- clared him aproclaimedof- the crimeand Idon'thaveany Kremlin foryears with online the pandemic. PTI contestedterritorialdisputes in Members, wasformedinMay to Gillani,while declared Sharif an dered the authoritiestofreeze fender afterhefailedtopresent other versions of what hap- videos in whichhedetailsthe lav- both the South ChinaSea andthe assessthe threat of China and absconder in the case. Sharif's national and interna- himselfbeforethe courtasheis pened," Navalnytold Germany's ish lifestyles and undeclared AFGHANISTAN EastChina Sea. Beijing has built comeupwithlegislative solutions The Islamabad-basedac- tional bank accounts and seize in London fortreatment forsev- Der Spiegel magazine in an in- wealth of senior officials he cas- Suicidebomber up and militarisedmanyofthe on howtocombat therisks. PTI countability courtwas hearing his 206acres of agricultural land eral health complications. PTI terview publishedonThursday. tigatesas “swindlersandthieves”. kills9atmilitary checkpoint ‘THEY SUCCESSFULLY STRENGTHEN HUMAN RIGHTS,EMPOWER CIVIL SOCIETIES’ Kabul: An Afghan official says at leastnine people including four civilians Belarus activist, Iranian rights lawyer among winners of ‘Alternative Nobel’ were killedwhenasui- cide car bomber attacked globally. It is high time that all of Iranian lawyer Nasrin The 57-year-old Sotoudeh advance racial reconciliation in amilitarycheckpointin DAVIDKEYTON us supporting democracy Sotoudeh, who has defendedac- wasarrestedin2018oncharges the face of historic trauma". southern Afghanistan. STOCKHOLM,OCTOBER1 around the worldstand up and tivists,opposition politicians and of collusion and propaganda The fourth winner was61- Omer Zwak,aspokesman supporteachother". women prosecuted forremov- againstIran's rulersand eventu- year-old rightsand environmen- forthe provincial gover- APROMINENTBelarus opposi- The foundation cited 58- ing their headscarves, wasgiven allywas sentencedto38years in talactivistLottie Cunningham nor in Helmand, said tion figureand an imprisoned year-old human rightsactivist the award"forher fearless ac- prison and 148lashes. Wren of Nicaragua "for her Thursdayasmall child Iranian human rightslawyeron Ales Bialiatski and the non-gov- tivism, at great personal risk,to Created in 1980,the annual ceaselessdedication to thepro- and three security per- Thursdaywereawarded the ernmental organization Human promote political freedoms and Right Livelihood Awardhonors tection of indigenous lands and sonnelwerewoundedin Right Livelihood Award, some- RightsCenter Viasna whichhe human rightsinIran." effortsthatthe prize founder, communities from exploitation the lateWednesdaynight times referred to as the heads, "for their resolutestrug- Ales Bialiatski and Nasrin Sotoudeh AP Earlier this month, Sotoudeh Swedish-German philanthropist and plunder". attackinNahri Sarah dis- 'Alternative Nobel', together gle forthe realization of democ- wastransferred from aprison Jakob vonUexkull, felt were be- "Defying unjustlegal systems trict. Zwak said civilians with activists from Nicaragua racy and humanrightsin cell to ahospital north of Tehran ing ignoredbythe Nobelprizes. and dictatorial political regimes, were in avehicle passing and the United States. Belarus". prison in November 2011. tionalawardswhile imprisoned. following ahunger strikefor bet- The foundation also gave its theysuccessfullystrengthen hu- by whenthe attackertar- Ole vonUexkull, the head of In 2014,Bialiatski wasre- Western governmentscriticized His group has providedlegal as- terprison conditionsand the re- 2020 awardtoMilton, Delaware- man rights, empowercivil soci- getedthe checkpoint. the Swedish Right Livelihood leasednearly threeyearsintohis the trial as politicallyvindictive. sistance to thousands of lease of political prisoners amid born U.S. civil rightslawyer eties and denounce institutional Twowomenwereamong Foundation behind the prize, prison sentence, ahead of sched- Bialiatski wasnominated for Belarusians arrested or impris- the pandemic. She has since BryanStevenson, 60, "for his in- abuses," said vonUexkull, the those killed. AP said that it "highlightsthe in- ule. He wasconvicted of taxeva- the NobelPeacePrize in 2012 onedfor challenging President endedher hunger strikethat be- spiring endeavortoreformthe foundation's executive director creasing threatstodemocracy sionand sentencedto4years in and receivedanarray of interna- AlexanderLukashenko's rule. ganinmid-August. U.S. criminal justice system and and nephewofthe founder. AP WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 14 CALENDAR THEINDIANEXPRESS,FRIDAY,OCTOBER2,2020

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Place Scrapping, Cleaning &Painting of POULTRY Coach under Frames of ICF &LHB In exercise of the powers conferred by Section10B of the Mines and Minerals State Board, ICSE, CBSE, order daily.Home / Coaches at Lower Parel Workshop (Development and Regulation) Act. 1957. itssubsequent amendmentsand in XI, XII, Commerce, Office Contact : as per scope of work Qty.1800 no. accordance with the Minerall (Auction) Rules, 2015 as amended from time to time FRESH Chicken Trading Science F.Y. S.Y. 8625949963 / coaches; Approx. Estimated Cost : notified thereunder,the Government of Rajasthan has notified the following mineral Big birds 101/-kg., Small T.Y.B.Com. Sawant Sir- 8626099963. ` 28,57,446/-; EMD : ` 57,200/-; Last blocks for the purpose of grant of Mining Icase for mineral limestone and hereby birds 121/- kg., Turbhe 9820649468/ 9324617991. 0070715541-2 invites bids in digital format only from eligible bidders through electronic auction. 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Internationalmarket data till 1900IST SECTOR WATCH CONSUMERS TRYING TO AVOID PUBLIC TRANSPORTPROPEL SEPT NUMBERS Restrictions on ONLINE MEDIA Autosalesinfastlaneonrising Defence Ministry Google plans to pay publishers $1 bn over ruraldemand,first-timebuyers spending removed month’ssales of MSIL shows the KRISHNKAUSHIK& The curbs were put in 3years for their news ENSECONOMICBUREAU SUNNYVERMA DOMESTICPASSENGERVEHICLESALES mini segment (Alto& S-Presso) place due to Covid-19in NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 and compactsegment (WagonR, NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 150000 the current fiscal GOOGLENEWS ■ MarutiSuzuki 1,47,912 Swift, Celerio, Ignis, Baleno and REUTERS DRIVENBY demandforsmallcars ■ HyundaiMotors Dzire)accountedfor75percentof AS THE Defence Ministryhas for- BRUSSELS,OCTOBER1 SHOWCASESOON from first-time buyers,rural con- 120000 ■ M&M totalunitssold.Bycomparison,the cedtolineupthepurchaseof am- percentbudget estimatesinFY21. sumers and additional purchase ■ ToyotaKirloskar twosegmentsaccounted for 70 munitionandequipmentthrough TheFinanceMinistryalsosaid ALPHABET’SGOOGLEplansto ■ Google News fromfamilieslookingto avoidpub- 90000 per cent of itssales in September theemergencybuyingrouteamid that amounts that remainunsp- pay$1billion to publishers Showcase will lictransportationamidtheCovid- 50,313 2019.Whilesalesof minisegment the five-monthlong military entinamonthoraquarterwillnot globallyfortheirnews overthe launchfirstin 19 pandemic, the Indian automo- 60000 jumped35.7per cent to 27,246 standoffwith China in eastern be available forautomatic carry next three years, itsCEO said Germany. It will bile industrycontinuedtoshow 8,116 units,sales in compact segment Ladakh, the Finance Ministryhas forward.Ministriesanddepartm- on Thursday. also be rolledout in improvement in production and 30000 14,857 rose 47 per cent to 84,213 units. movedtoremove the curbs on entsneedtoseekspecificapproval News publishershavelong Belgium, India, the dispatchnumbers in September. “While thereisdemand from capitaloutlayfordefenceservices of the ExpenditureSecretaryto fought the search engine for Netherlands and Maruti Suzuki India announced a 0 first-time buyers and from rural and revenue fordefence services utilisetheseunspentamounts.“In compensationfor using their other countries. 33.9 per cent jump in itspassen- Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep areas,we have alsoseenthataddi- thatwereput in place due to thistimeof acute cashcrunch,ut- content,withEuropeanmedia gervehicle sales in the domestic Note: Figuresinunits;source: companydata tional car purchase has gone up Covid-19duringthecurrentfiscal. mostcaremay be takentoavoid groupsleadingthecharge.CEO market lastmonth. The company becausepeoplewantto avoidpub- Asenior defence establish- releasesthatcancontributetoidle Sundar Pichai said the new and curatehigh-quality con- sold 1,47,912 units,whichisthe lictransportation.Peopleare mov- ment source saidthat with the parking of funds,” the ministry productcalled Google News tent foradifferent kind of on- highestmonthlysales in 24 per cent decline in sales at 8,116 demand, whichshould pickup ing from conspicuous consump- newdevelopment, thereare “no stated in itsorder. Showcase will launchfirstin line news experience,” Pichai months,i.e.sinceSeptember2018. unitslastmonth,butthecompany about mid-October.The compa- tion to consciousconsumption restrictions on expenditureun- With the Centre’s fiscal posi- Germany, whereithas signed said.GermanpublisherSpiegel With sales of 50,313 unitsin continuedtoshowrise in month- nies also witnessednear normal- and since it is drivenbythe utility like” the firsttwo quarters of this tion deteriorating afterCovid-19 up German newspapers in- Group welcomed the project. the domestic market,Hyundai on-month sales. isation of production, with lock- factor,peopleare goingforsmaller financialyear.Thesourcesaidthat struck, theFinance Ministrypla- cluding Der Spiegel, Stern, Die The European Publishers Motors,too,announceda23.6per Even in the two-wheeler seg- down restrictions being relaxed. cars,”saidShashankSrivastava,ED “notboundby quarterly expendi- cedexpenditurecurbs in the first Zeit,andinBrazilwithFolhade Council (EPC), whose mem- cent jumpinsales over the corre- ment TVSMotor registereda Alook intosales dataoverthe marketing and sales at MSIL. ture plan now”, it “facilitates pro- twoquartersonvariousministries S.Paulo,BandandInfobae.Itwill bers include News UK, The spondingmonth of lastyear. growth of 3.8 per cent with sales lastsix months shows that while While automobile manufac- curement”. In the current sce- anddepartments,whichwillnow berolledoutinBelgium,India, Guardian, Pearson, and The Among other players, while of 327,692 unitsinSeptember. Aprilsaw nil sales by automobile turers have seen fast recovery in nario, it “impactsall, operations, continueinthe thirdquartertoo. the Netherlandsand other NewYorkTimes,however, was Mahindra&Mahindraannounced HeroMotoCorpannouncedsaleof manufacturers on account of a production and sales over the last maintenance and sustenance”. Inthe2020-21budget,anamount countries. About 200publish- critical. “By launching aprod- a3.5 per cent rise in domestic PV 7,15,718 units and registered complete lockdown, slowrevival threemonthsandtheyare hoping Initslatestset of cashmanage- of Rs 1,13,734 crorehas been esti- ers in Argentina, Australia, uct, they(Google) can dictate salesinSeptemberat14,857units, growth of 16.9 per cent over the wasseeninMayandJune,follow- that the demand would be good mentmeasures, the government mated forcapital expenditureon Britain, Brazil, Canadaand terms and conditions, under- Honda Cars India registered same quarteroflastyear. ingsomerelaxationsinlockdown in the festiveseason, industryin- has removedspending curbs on defence services,while defence Germanyhavesignedup. mine legislation designed to monthlydomestic salesof10,199 Industryinsiderssaytherisein curbs. However, the recovery has siders arecautiouswhenitcomes defence services and fertilisers, services revenue expenditureis “This financialcommit- createconditions forafair ne- unitslastmonth, agrowth of 9.7 wholesale numbers forSepte- been strong in July,August, and to futureexpectation as theyfeel whileretainingtherestrictionsfor pegged at Rs 2,09,319 crore. ment —our biggesttodate— gotiation,” said EPC executive percent over salesof9,301 units mber is also on account of the fact September as mostofthe manu- that car sales have astrong corre- mostother categories. According Sources suggestedthat re- will paypublishers to create director Angela Mills Wade. in September 2019.Toyota thatdealers arelooking to stock- facturers witnessedy-o-y growth lationwith economic growth and to alatestFinance Ministryorder, moving these curbswillhelp in Kirloskar Motors witnesseda20 upinanticipationof festiveseason in sales. Acloserlookintothe last rise in per capitaincome. forOctober-December,spending easing thedefence expenditure, forDepartmentof Fertilizers,and astheArmyisnot onlyfast-track- capitaloutlayondefenceservices ingbuyingof certainweaponsand and defence services (revenue) ammunition,itwillalsohelpinac- AMIDCOVID-19 Bio E, ICMR develop antisera have been movedtoCategoryA. quiringtheequipmentneededfor The CategoryAincludes depart- the winter deployment of addi- ‘Exports snap six-month losing streak,rise 5.27% in Sept’ mentsandministrieswithoutany tional troopsineastern Ladakh. for Covid treatment, prevention spending curbs.The ministries of As chances of disengagement Aftercontracting forsix months in arow,the country’s exports grew by 5.27per cent RuralDevelopment, Railways, and eventual de-escalationfade, cific viral toxin or antigen and are similarpurpose, ICMR said the CivilAviation,anddepartmentsof the Armyispreparing to keep ad- to $27.4billion in September,Commerce MinisterPiyush Goyalsaid on Thursday ENSECONOMICBUREAU injected to help in the treatment profileof antibodies,theirefficacy PharmaceuticalsaswellasHealth ditional troops in the brutal win- NEWDELHI,OCTOBER1 orpreventionof thediseasesasso- and concentration keep varying and FamilyWelfareare among ters of Ladakh, forwhichspe- SITUATION IN SEPT 2019: KEYSECTORSsuchaspetro- ciatedwith thatvirus. frompatientto patient.Thesefac- other ministries in CategoryA. cialisedequipment is needed. In Exports at $26.02 billion leum,leather,engineeringgoods HYDERABAD-BASED VACCINE “Suchmeasures have previ- tors, therefore, makeplasma an Departmentof Fertilizers,and some positions, troops aresitu- andgemsandjewellerywere maker Biological E, in collabora- ouslybeenusedinmedicalscience “unreliable”clinicaltoolforpatient capitaloutlayondefenceservices ated over 16,000 feet on certain WHYISITIMPORTANT? registeringnegativegrowth tion with the Indian Council of to controlmanyviral and bacter- management,itadded.“Standard- and defence services (revenue), heights. Unlikethe troops on SinceMarch,thecountry’s $ Medical Research (ICMR), has de- ial infections suchasRabies, isationachievablethroughequine were earlier in CategoryB,where Siachen,whereproperinfrastruc- outboundshipmentswere $ ‘RAPID RECOVERY”: Goyal veloped“highly purifiedantisera” HepatitisB,Vacciniavirus,Tetanus, sera basedtreatment modality spending wasrestrictedto 20 per turehasbeeninplacefordecades, recordingnegativegrowthdueto said this is an indicator of the thatcanbeusedinpreventionand Botulismand Diphtheria,” thus stands out as yetanother re- centof thebudgetedexpenditure these newpositions would re- theCOVID-19pandemicandthe “rapid recovery” of the Indian treatment of Covid-19. tweetedICMR on Thursday. markable publichealth initiative inaquarter. Ministriesanddepart- quireequipmentlikearctic tents, resultantfallinglobaldemand economy Source: PTI Antiseraare blood serathat Whileplasmarecoveredfrom supported by ICMR in the time of mentsinCategoryChavetolimit special clothing, fuel etctohelp contain antibodies againstaspe- Covid-19patientscould serve a Covid,” said ICMR. theoverallexpenditurewithin15 the troops sustain the winters. 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giant leap Death bowling is Kings XI Punjab’s bugbear again as Rohit’s men put on an all-round professional display

SYNOPSIS PrincelyRohit, fieryPollardtame KXIP EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER SHAMIKCHAKRABARTY Hotheads, calm minds and everything in between at the game. OCTOBER1 Rohit, ariotofemotions AFTER THE Super Over heartbreak in their last Rohit Sharma is mostexpressive when he is game, Mumbai Indians bouncedbackwith a in the middle of astruggle, whichhewas in bang. AprincelyRohit Sharma and afiery an over againstRaviBishnoi. It seemedhe Kieron Pollard–honourable mention Hardik wanted to take the 20-year-old leg-spinner Pandya–laid the foundation fortheir 48-run to the cleaners straightaway,but laboured to victoryagainstKings XI Punjab. Their bowlers, read him. Justthe second ball he facedhe then, put in adisciplinedperformance. Kings shapedupfor the lofteddrive over mid-on THE STORYofthe NBAinthe playoffs XI were in the game till 15 overs of the firstin- before he checkedhis stroke at the lostmo- forthe pastdecade can besummedup ningsbutafterthat,asMIraisedtheirgame,KL ment. He grimaced. The next ball, he at- in one line –you have to go through Rahul’s team fizzled. temptedthe big slog-sweep, but onlyman- LeBronJamesto winthechampionship. aged an under-edgethat endedup And if Game 1ofthe 2020 Finals was PrincelyRohit, fieryPollard nutmegging him. He wasfoxed by Bishnoi’s anyindication of what’s to come, the Thegamehadasubplottothemainstory– flipper.Hewas gutted and hurledamouth- MiamiHeatareinforaroughseriesand Rohit versus MohammedShami. Beforethe Mumbai Indians’ Kieron Pollard(47*off 20) and Hardik Pandya(30* off11) hit ful of abuse at himself. His anger only JamesiswinninghisfourthNBAcham- twoleading men from either side entered the acombinedsix sixes and as manyboundaries in their 77-run partnership. BCCI swelledwhen MohammedShami effected pionship. The Lakers, backinthe Finals scene, Sheldon Cottrell had already bowled a the run out of Suryakumar Yadavnextball. twoboundaries—both gorgeouslytimed— forthe firsttime in adecade, won98- beautyto castleQuintondeKock inthefirstover. When the latter waswalking back, he helpedreclaim the focus. Thereafter, he 116onthe backofsome excellent first Shami’sfirstballto Rohitwasaloosener,dis- Neesham’s medium pace followedbyK seemedtogesturewhy he calledfor that run hardlyworeany emotion on his face—he was half shooting,aMiamiteamthatcould- patchedthrough the covers forafour.The Gowtham’soff-spinatthedeathagainstPollard (it wasYadav’s call only). Rohit wasspraying mostlyblank-faced, and did notevensmile n’t catchabreak and the evergreen boundarytookRohitto the5,000-IPLrunclub, (47off 20balls)andPandya(30off11balls)was Chennai bank on emotionsall over.The lapse in focus contin- when he completedhis half-century—until JamesintentonwinninghisfirstGame alongsideRainaandKohli.Rohitthenhitagor- an accident waiting to happen. Pollard, in fact, Rayudu’s return ued, as he missedacut offKrishnappa the ball the got out. He shook his head in dis- 1since 2011. geous backfootdrive pastcover point foran- damaged Shami’s figures also with three con- Gowtham next over.Moreself-reproach. But mayatthe lackoftiminginhis stroke. other four.Shami’s response wasaripper that secutive fours. Gowtham conceded25runs in PREVIEW: CSK VS SRH 17 YEARS OF LEBRON JAMES came backafter pitching. Rohit wasadjudged the final over.MIscored 89 runs in the lastfive Win/Loss (CSK: WLL; SRH: LLW) Howmanyathletescan trulyperform leg-before, adecision that DRS overturned. overs to post191/4. CSK will be backinaction afteraweek, Little joys of Neesham Bumrah, the balm fornerves attheirpeakinthe17thyearof theirpro- Shamireturnedforhissecondspellafterseven during whichtheyslippedtothe bot- fession? Maybe, one. James playedfor overs. In between, Suryakumar Yadavwas run KXIP tamed tomofthe pointstable. The biggest JimmyNeesham did what he always does. JaspritBumrahwasn’t coming offagreat 36minutes,dropped25points,grabbed out by adirect hit from Shami, while Ishan Forthe lasttwo matches, Kings XI batting talking point wasMSDhoni’s batting Bristle in, pound the deckand expend all game againstBangalore. He had gone wick- 13 reboundsandmade9assists,stamp- Kishan, unlikethe lastmatch, got stuck. But had been all about their openers –Rahul and position. The popular opinion was his variations. Yet, he had neither respite etless in regulation time and conceded42 ing his markinaway onlyhecould, in Rohitwasinforthelonghaul.Arunrate below Mayank Agarwal. Chasing 192for victory, the that Dhoni wascoming in toolate. The nor luck. He snared Rohit Sharma’s edge runs. In the Super Over,with justseven to de- his 10th NBAFinals appearance. In the sevenwasn’tbotheringhim.Heplayedoutthe duo startedbriskly. Agarwallooked to be in batsmen around him, with the excep- with alovelyleg-cutter,but forthe nonex- fend, Bumrah attempted twowell-directed 50th Finals game of his career,James over.MI,infact,plannedtheirinningsverywell. fabulous touch, but Jasprit Bumrah breached tion of FafduPlessis, have been un- istent firstslip. He inducedseveral false yorkers and even made AB de Villiers lose madeitto 2ndontheAll-TimeFinals3s KingsXIwere seemingly caughtinadeathovers his defence with the ball of the match. Rahul able to makemuchofanimpact. strokes, but awicket proved elusive. shape with the shortball but had nothing to made.NormallyassociatedwithGame quagmire,understandableaftertheirback-end wasbowledaround his legs by leggie Rahul Without Suresh Raina, the batting Towardsthe end, the always cheery showfor it. Mumbai had enough on the 1woes, James finallygot an easy one – bowling implosion againstRajasthan Royals. Chahar,leavingtheteam’smiddleorderto rise lacks firepower. The expected return Neesham turneddowncast, even petulant board, butthe Punjab openersMayank winning his firstsince 2011. Cottrell bowled three overs upfront and came to the challenge. In Nicholas Pooran and of Ambati Rayudu, who playedakey at times. Then came araremoment to re- Agarwaland KL Rahul had seen offthe first backtobowlhisfourth midway intothe MI in- Maxwell, Kings XI had the firepowertotake role in their opening daywin over joice, when he grabbed asimple catch three overs from Trent Boult and James NO ANSWER FORDAVIS nings.KingsXIonlyhadShami’spaceto fallback the attacktothe opposition. Pooran showed Mumbai, will be arelief. In Rayudu’s parriedbyGlenn Maxwell near the long- Pattinson and made 37 in quicktime. The Heat had no answer forAnthony on in the slog overs. intent,butMaxwellstruggled.Theaskingrate absence from the middle order,the on boundary. Neesham wascockahoop, Mumbai were itching forawicket,Rohit Davis. The former No 1Kentucky draft After15overs, Mumbai were 102/3 –time wassteadilyclimbing and once James batting lackedimpetus. Another but Maxwell seemedbarelyamused. Sharma wasaboundaryawayfromchewing pick, in his firsteverFinals appearance, to pushtheaccelerator.Rohit’sculturedaggres- Pattinson dismissedPooran in the 14th over problem area forCSK is the opening Neesham leaptinjoy and punchedhis his nails. Bumrah, the first-changebowler, dropped34pointsandhadthreeblocks sionaccountedfortwo foursandasmanysixes andChaharputMaxwelloutof hismisery, only slot with Murali Vijaylooking out of fistsinthe air,and finallyittook acalm- bowled shortoflength to Agarwalbefore on the other end of the court. With two offaJimmyNeesham over.Hehad racedto70 the formalities remained. form. Therearen’t anyreadymade re- down gesturefromfielding coachJonty nailing him with afull-length beauty,which players who areconsensus top5inthe off44ballsbefore Shamidismissedhimonthe BRIEF SCORES:MI191/4 in 20 overs (R placementssothe team management Rhodes to stop his celebrations. Then that movedinand went through the batsman’s NBArightnow,the firepowerthat the firstball of his final spell, thankstoalovelyas- Sharma 70 off45, KPollard47not out off20, H can either keep their trustinVijay or asolitaryslice of joyfor Neesham who en- defence. Bumrah letout ascream. India's Lakers have in Davis and James is remi- sistfromMaxwell at the long-offboundary, Pandya30not out off11) bt KXIP 143/8 (N slotRayudu at the top. dured an agonising dayashis match strikebowler had tasted blood and easedthe niscent of the time of Kobe Bryant and with Neesham completing the catch. Pollard Pooran 47 off27, RChahar 2/27, JBumrah 2/18, 7:30 pm, Star Sports network analysis of 4-0-52-0 suggests. collective tension of the fielding side. ENS ShaquilleO’Neal.Infact,bothJamesand andPandyathenlaidintotheKingsXIbowling. JPattinson 2/28) by 48 runs. Davis recorded25pointsapiece, afirst fortheLakerssinceGame2ofthe2004 NBAFinals when Bryant and Shaq did the same. Sammy’s 6sense: How Pollard stays back and smashes LAKERS SHOOT THEIR SHOT The Lakers are21-3 this season when academy, the Australian coaches therewould ball. It doesn’t bounce that muchthereand it would deliberatelykeep my weight on the theymakemorethan 14 three-point- SRIRAMVEERA saytherewas something common in Sir skids. Having spoken to the guyswho have backfoot. Youcan adjustbetter. When they ers. Forateam that relies on their bigs MUMBAI,OCTOBER1 Garry Sobers, Sir Viv(Richards) and Brian playedthereand even with RCBand Sunrisers bowl that slowerball, youare notcommit- and forwards, this wasaclinical job. In Lara. Theyall had the wrist-cockedbeforethe Hyderabad, youalways trytostaylowerso ting early.Ifyou look at Kieron Pollardor the final 16 minutes of the firsthalf, the FORAfew years now, the old visceral thrill of ball wasdelivered, getting ready forthe set- that the invariable bounce doesn’t affect you. AndreRussell, youcan see them take that step Lakerswent9-11from3s.This,afterbe- watchingasixhasbeenreplacedwithaquiet- up. Iamnowhereinthat category–let’s set So if youare already in a(low) position, and if backdeep in the crease and waiting. That’s ing 21st of 22 teams in the NBAbubble admiringnod.Thefirst13gamesof thisIPLhas that recordstraight -but Iknowwheremy theballstays atouchlow youare better posi- something that works. On bouncier trackstoo in Orlando in terms of three-point seen191sixesasthescienceof hittingthemax- bat liftcame from. In childhood backyard tionedtohit. So when Faulkner bowled me this technique can come useful. Youdon’t shooting (33.6% at Disney, according to imumhasbeenunderstoodby mostbatsmen. cricket,itwas asix over the fence. Since it was the firsttwo balls, my stance wasupright and want to commit early on the front foot and an Associated Press report). Youcould see the method in Pollard's four under-arm, therewas no powerormuch Icouldn’t getunder.SoIdecidedtomakemy be caught at gullyorsomething. Youdon’t sixes, ahattrickofthem came in the final over, bounce. stance lowerand Iwas able to getunder the want to come tooearly and gethit on the INJURYWOES againstKings XI Punjab. With his weight on Youhad to getunder the ball and generate ball and hit twosixes. In Australia, youstand splice of the bat or gloves. Thereyou use the TwoofMiamiHeat’sinfluentialplayers thebackfoot,hewaitsfortheballto bereleased powerwith one full swing of the bat. Like moreupright. crease more, go back. inGoranDragicandBamAdebayo could and then drivesthrough the line. The stance, AndreRussell. Iheld the bat high and with onlyplay15and21 minutesrespectively bat-lift, bat-swing, weight shift, knee-bend - that high bat-lift, it wasone full flowtomake Would youtinker the stance according to Do youremember your firstsix of in the firstgame and had to be pulled everylittledetailisnowdeconstructedandre- the ball disappear.The head has to bestill, and the conditions? your life? outbecauseof injuries.Dragicwasaver- assembledinabatsman's technique. Former the base stable. Youcould have the bat-swing Iwould open up the stance, widen to bring Oh yes, Iremember.Itwas probably1997. agingalmost20pointsagamethrough West Indies skipper Daren Sammy, who has and all the rest of it but without that still head IfyoulookatKieronPollardorAndre my centreofgravity closer to the ground if the It wasthe firsttime Iplayedfor my school in the NBAPlayoffs, before afootinjury launched237 sixes in domestic T20s and 149 and solid base, youwould be hitting the ball Russell,youcanseethemtakethat pitchistrue likeinIndia. But in conditions like St.Lucia. Iamplaying forVieux Fort prevented his return to the game. Bam sixes in international games, givesamaster- straight up. Australia, Iwould be alittle bit moreupright. Comprehensive School and Iam13-14years. Adebayo on the other hand suffereda class on the artofclearing the boundary. stepbackdeepinthecreaseand This kid bowled me ashortball, Iplayedthat shoulder injurywhichresulted in In the subcontinent, youstayatouch waiting.That’ssomethingthat Youalso changed your stance with the pull shotand the ball went outside! Miami’sreboundingandscoringsuffer. Your bat wasalmostupvertically- lowerfor hitting sixes. Why? works.Onbounciertrackstoothis slowerones, hanging on that backfoota Everybody waslike‘yeah this kid could hit According to reports,Adebayo plans to straight, the base pointing towardsthe Iremember agame againstAustralia in techniquecancomeuseful.” little longer,almostdelaying your the ball’. Thereisafeeling about playing apull playinGame 2but has also been carry- sky before yougot it down, whyisitsuch Bangladesh. We needed12runs to win in the reaction. Why? shot. Justliketaking acatchatslip. Iremem- ing awristinjury. SHASHANKNAIR an important element of hitting asix? lastoverand James Faulkner bowledme two DARENSAMMY Yes. Againstthe slowbowlers who change berthat feeling. Up to this day, when Isit with Iremember backin2002, when Iwas in yorkers. Irealisedthat Icouldn’t getunder the FORMERWESTINDIESCAPTAIN their pace, youdidn’t want to commit. So I friends, we always talk about that moment. Ron’s Juve gets Messi’s Barca in It’s business as usual for ruthless Djokovic

Champions League group stage with his 10th ace. It wasacarbon copyofthe year-old Ostapenko, ranked43rd, wasaggres- REUTERS pair’s onlyother Grand Slam clash when sive from the startasher strangelysubdued fourth Champions League title in five seasons. PARIS,OCTOBER1 Berankis also managedonlyfivegames, at the opponent struggledtorein in the mistakesun- ASSOCIATEDPRESS Messi scored twice in a3-0 home win over 2013 U.S. Open. der the closedCourtPhilippe Chatrier roof. GENEVA,OCTOBER1 Juventus, before the teams drew 0-0 in Italy. TOPSEED NovakDjokovic barelybroke sweat It wasDjokovic’s 70th victoryatthe Pliskova, known as one of the biggest The stellar clash of superstars still leftspace in reaching the FrenchOpen thirdround with FrenchOpen, moving him intojoint second servers in the women’s game, committed CRISTIANO RONALDO and Lionel Messi will forintriguing drawsinthe other sevengroups. a6-1 6-2 6-2 thrashing of outclassed placeonthe all-time list with RogerFederer. three unforcederrors and adouble fault in face eachother in the Champions League Defending champion Bayern Munichwas Lithuanian Ricardas Berankis on Thursday. the opening game of the matchtobebroken group stagefor the firsttime. groupedwith Atltico Madrid, Salzburgand Some rare sunshine bathedthe CourtPhillipe Ostapenkoousts Pliskova to love.The scriptdid notchangemuchfor Messi's Barcelona wasdrawn from the pot LokomotivMoscow. Chatrier but it wasdull viewing forthe few Former FrenchOpen champion Jelena Pliskovafor the rest of the afternoon. of second-seededteams Thursdayintothe Paris Saint-Germain, the beaten finalist spectators allowedintowatchthe 33-year- Ostapenkooustedsecond seedKarolina Ostapenkowent on to break three times group whereRonaldo's Juventus team wasal- last season, wasreunited with Manchester old glide effortlesslythrough. Pliskova6-4 6-2 in the second round at in the firstset and twice in the second to seal ready placedasatop seed. The group waslater United whichitlosttointhe round of 16 in The opening setwas done and dustedin Roland GarrosonThursdayafter her Czech victoryin69minutes. She convertedher third completedbyDynamo Kyiv and Ferencvros. 2019 and Leipzig, whichitbeat in this year's 22 minutes as Djokovic wonthe last10 opponent producedaperformance riddled matchpoint when Pliskova, who had 25 un- The 35-year-old Ronaldo and the 33-year- semifinals. Newcomer Istanbul Basaksehir pointsand the second setwas onlymargin- with mistakes. forced errors, sent aforehand long. The old Messi had anine-year rivalryinthe is also in that group. allymorecompetitive. The 28-year-old Pliskovahad also strug- Latvian paintedthe redclaywith 27 winners Spanish league when the Portugal star was Liverpool, the 2019 champion, is top- Berankis, ranked 66th, neededcourtside gled with unforcederrors in her opener againsther opponent’s nine while keeping with Real Madrid. However, theycould never seededinagroup of teams with reputations treatment on his backbeforethe startofthe againstEgyptian qualifier MayarSherif but NovakDjokovic beat Lithuanian her unforcederrors to 19. face eachother so early in the Champions forplaying open attacking soccer Ajax, thirdset but got backtohis feet to endure managed to getthrough that matchusing all Ricardas Berankis 6-1 6-2 6-2 to reach PTI ADDS:India's DivijSharan and his League then because clubs from the same Atalantaand Midtjylland of Denmark,another morepunishment from the clinical Serb. her experience. Latvian Ostapenko, who won the thirdround of the FrenchOpen. AP South Korean partner Kwon Soon-woo were countryare separated in the draw. Champions League debutant. Djokovic, bidding forhis second French the 2017 title as an unseededplayer, re- oustedfromthe FrenchOpen following a Theydid meetinthe 2009 final, when Six-time European champion Liverpool Open crownand 18th Grand Slam title, has mainedsolid throughout and did notallowa hard-fought opening-round loss in the men's MessiscoredasBarcelona beat Ronaldo's and four-time winner Ajax have metonlyonce dropped10games in tworounds so farand sluggish-lookingPliskovatoget afoothold in tour,Ostapenkotold reporters. doubles event here. ManchesterUnited 2-0. before in the competition, in 1966.Ajax elim- occasionallylooked bored on Thursday, tak- the match. “I think Iwas returning very well today. The unseededSharan and Kwon Soon- Juventus and Barcelona were pairedin the inated Liverpool from the European Cup sec- ing the opportunity to practise his drop shot “I wasjusttrying to playmygame, but I Also, Ihad to hold my serve, whichIdid pretty woolost2-6 6-4 4-6 to the 16th seeded group stageofthe 2017-18season —Ronaldo's ond round aftera5-1 firstleg win in on numerous occasions. knewIhad to return well todaybecause she good. Also to use some drop shots,because it’s Croatian-American pair of FrankoSkugorand lastinMadrid when he helpedReal win a Amsterdam. He finisheditoff afteronly83minutes obviouslyhas, like, one of the best serves on averygood shotinthese conditions.” The 23- Austin Krajicek on Wednesday.

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