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! """ " ! " . !"#$!%!$ &45647. ( # $ n an unprecedented order of & % &% Iits type, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre & ( and the Assam Government to $ # immediately transfer the State’s . $ $O ( ( National Register of Citizens $ #. ( ( " (NRC) Coordinator Prateek %$ 8992: $ Hajela to Madhya Pradesh for P ' the maximum period possible. :% utting Pakistan on notice, O) P Hajela has been facing threats ) 4 Pthe international terror ) ( O and criticism from several financing watchdog FATF on * (( L quarters for exclusion of names ) 6 Friday warned it will be black- ( M from the updated NRC list. listed if it does not control ter- ! ( A native of Madhya cise in Assam. ror funding by February next, ! !"# ! $ ( # Pradesh and a 1995 batch IAS Another complaint was voicing serious concern over officer of Assam-Meghalaya lodged against the NRC coor- that country’s failure to deliv- be taken,” said an official privy plete its full action plan by L M " * cadre with BTech in Electronics dinator at Guwahati’s Latasil er on most of its 27 targets. to the development said. February 2020. from Indian Institute of police station by the AAGMY- The Paris-based Financial Since Pakistan continues to “Otherwise, should signif- Technology, Delhi, Hajela was CP, claiming “deliberate” anom- Action Task Force (FATF) gave be in the FATF “Grey List”, it icant and sustainable progress appointed the NRC coordina- alies in the final list. “The the warning to Pakistan at its would be very difficult for the not be made across the full +,-". )( tor by the top court to oversee names of many indigenous five-day plenary which con- country to get financial aid range of its action plan by the # . $ the mammoth and sensitive people were excluded from the cluded here on Friday while from the IMF, the World next plenary, the FATF will take exercise of finalising and pub- list, and it was done deliberately deciding to again put the coun- Bank, ADB and the European action, which could include the &# lication of Assam NRC data. -%## /' by the NRC State Coordinator,” try on the “Grey List”. By mak- Union. There is also the risk of FATF calling on its members . A special Bench compris- the FIR filed by the students ing this decision on Pakistan reduction in rating by Moody’s, and urging all jurisdictions to ( "/ ing Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi ify the cause or the reason for Chandan Mazumdar, organisation said. public, the FATF has given S&P and Fitch, making advise their Financial )0123 and justices SA Bobde and RF passing the order, leading to whose name does not figure in Meanwhile, IG (Special notice to the global financial Pakistan’s financial condition Institutions to give special Nariman ordered the inter- speculation that the officer the final NRC list, filed the Branch) Hiren Nath said no institutions that they need to more precarious. attention to business relations . % " / cadre transfer of Hajela on might be apprehending some complaint against Hajela at report was sought from Assam prepare to red flag the juris- According to a FATF state- and transactions with deputation to his native State kind of threat. Dibrugarh police station. police about threat to Hajela. diction and ready their systems ment, the FATF plenary noted Pakistan,” the global body said ) for maximum possible period. Two FIRs were filed last Mazumdar alleged that he had “Reports about threat per- in February 2020 if the coun- that Pakistan addressed only in the statement. P Attorney General KK month against Hajela for “dis- submitted all documents, but ception to Hajela have not try falters in meeting the tar- five out of the 27 tasks given to Such action could include "%!+$+ / #. Venugopal, appearing for the crepancies” in the final updat- his name was not included in been sought from us. There gets. it in controlling funding to ter- calling upon global financial % Centre, sought to know the ed NRC list. A lawyer and the updated NRC due to “inef- have been, however, criticism “It was again decided by ror groups like the Lashkar-e- institutions to give special ( reason behind the unprece- indigenous Muslim students’ ficiency and criminal conspir- against Hajela in the social consensus that FATF would Taiba, Jaish-e-Mohammad and attention to business relations dented order of the top court, organisation — All Assam acy of employees”. media. Various organisations in retain Pakistan on the Grey List Hizbul Mujahideen, responsi- and transactions with Pakistan. % to which the CJI responded, Goriya-Moriya Yuva Chatra The FIR held Hajela Assam are vocal on the NRC and warn Pakistan that if it did ble for a series of attacks in This language is the same as “can any order be passed with- Parishad (AAGMYCP) — filed responsible for “discrepancies”, with many speaking against the not complete its full Action India. used for Iran, which is already / # out a cause or reason”. The separate FIRs against Hajela in as he was tasked with super- NRC and the State Plan and show significant and The FATF said it strongly in the blacklist category. " Bench, however, did not spec- Dibrugarh and Guwahati. vising the NRC updation exer- Coordinator,” he said. sustainable progress action will urges Pakistan to swiftly com- Continued on Page 4 ! # #*+! ! #& # $% , ( P ! +-. &45647. R &45647. &45647. n a major initiative to &45647. Iempower girls, Defence he CBI on Friday filed a n an embarrassment for the Minister Rajnath Singh has Tchargehseet in the INX ours after the Delhi Zoo ICongress, two days before given the nod for their admis- Media corruption case, naming H(National Zoological Park) the crucial Assembly elections sion into Sainik schools all over 14 individuals and entities, witnessed a high drama when in Haryana, party chief Sonia the country. So far, only boys including former Finance a man jumped inside the enclo- Gandhi cancelled her only poll were allowed to study in these Minister P Chidambaram, his sure of a lion but was saved rally scheduled for Friday in schools. There are 31 such son Karti, and then additional unhurt, the Union Mahendragarth. schools. The project to have secretary in Department of Environment Ministry Partymen had prepared such schools to serve as nurs- Economic Affairs Sindhushree removed zoo’s director Renu round the clock to make the ery for grooming future Service Khullar. Singh, an IFS officer, who was rally a huge success and expect- personnel was started in 1961. Officials also said Singh has They have been charged conspiracy for irregular clear- holding the post since 2017. ed that Sonia will use the occa- Giving details of the new directed authorities to ensure with committing offences ance of FDI to INX to the tune Renu Singh, a UP cadre sion to counter the high- endeavour here on Friday, availability of necessary infra- under various IPC sections of 307 crore. officer, has joined the Ministry pitched campaign by BJP lead- Defence Ministry officials said structure and sufficient female relating to criminal conspiracy Two companies allegedly as Deputy Inspector General of ers, including Prime Minister celling her programme came the Minister approved the staff in Sainik schools for and cheating and also under controlled by Karti — Forest (DIGF), a post held by %! &! ! '( ! Narendra Modi. through a social media message admission of girls from acad- smooth implementation of the the Prevention of Corruption Singapore unit Advantage Suneesh Buxy, who has been ! ) This was scheduled to be from Haryana Congress. emic session 2021-22 in a directive. Moreover, the deci- Act for causing loss to the Strategic Consultancy Private given the additional charge of ! (! Sonia’s first public appearance “@RahulGandhi ji will be phased manner. The decision is sion is in line with the objec- exchequer. Limited and Chess the National Zoological Park after taking as interim presi- addressing a public meeting at in line with strengthening the tive of the Government towards Then Director in the Management Services Private (NZP) till the appointment of (CZA), a statutory body dent from her son Rahul Mahendragarh today, at 2 PM. motto of “Beti Bachao Beti greater inclusiveness, gender Foreign Investment Promotion Limited — have also been the new director. formed under the Wildlife Gandhi post the Lok Sabha @INCIndia president Sonia Padhao” propagated by Prime equality and enabling greater Board Prabodh Saxena, then named in the chargesheet. The NZP has been in the (Protection) Act 1972. Till debacle. In her place, Rahul Gandhi ji will not be able to Minister Narendra Modi. participation of women in Joint Secretary and These companies are alleged news for quite some time for then, the Ministry had been Gandhi addressed the rally. attend the meeting due to “The decision has been armed forces. Undersecretary in the to have laundered the bribe illegal procurement of ani- directly overseeing the zoo’s “She has a viral infection, unavoidable reasons,” the taken following the success of Most of the Sainik schools Department of Economic money. Then INX promoters mals, mismanagement, and administration. so she asked me to meet you Haryana Congress said. the pilot project started by the are residential and run by the Affairs Anup K Pujari and R Peter Mukherjea and his then violation of the rights of the zoo Justifying the move, a and talk to you. I will come Rahul Gandhi has already Ministry of Defence for admis- Defence Ministry except in Prasad respectively have also wife Indrani allegedly trans- inmates. Faced with wide- senior Environment Ministry even at the last second on held rallies for the October 21 sion of girl children in Sainik Lucknow which is adminis- been chargesheeted, CBI offi- ferred money to these compa- spread criticism, the Ministry official said transfer was aimed your call,” Rahul Gandhi said Assembly polls in Maharashtra School Chhingchhip in tered and funded by the UP cials said. All the chargesheet- nies for alleged favours in the on September 16, 2019 hand- at streamlining the functioning at the rally. and Haryana and it was his sec- Mizoram two years ago,” the Government. ed persons have been accused irregular approval of the FDI. ed over the control of the NZP of the Delhi Zoo. The news of Sonia’s can- ond rally in Haryana. Ministry said in a statement. Continued on Page 4 of involvement in the criminal Continued on Page 4 to the Central Zoo Authority Continued on Page 4 # % & $ % P " lar Surya Mandir in Modhera " # "$ an hour from Patan, with its 12 #$ " #$ carved “adityas” or manifesta- &45647. “I left my home around 7 in the morning when two bike- " " tions inside, which is a must- pm to go to GH-13 block mar- borne people, in their 20s, visit. Both the well and the tem- obile snatchers are having ket in Paschim Vihar. I was snatched his pouch containing ple were built during the rule of Ma field day in Delhi. After walking near Kendriya a One Plus 6 phone and 200. $ Bhima I, the founder of the mugging Prime Minister Vidyalaya when the three men “The miscreants then sped great Solanki dynasty, the well Narendra Modi’s niece came on a bike. I was talking to off. The IAF officer was near (ASI) for several things, includ- being built by his consort, Damayanti Ben Modi in North someone on the phone when Baba Kharak Singh Marg at the ing the large-scale “disappear- Queen Udaymati. These sites, Delhi’s Civil Lines area earlier one of the pillion riders time of incident. A case has or those of you who have ance” of historical monuments just a couple of hours from this month, bike-borne snatch- snatched the phone from my been registered and police Fseen the new 100 note, you in a city like New Delhi but it Ahmedabad, are a reminder of ers targeted Delhi Assembly hand and fled on bike," Rawal, teams are analysing CCTV would have noticed that there must be complimented for the not only the great wealth of this Speaker Ram Niwas Goel’s sec- 42, who lives with his family in footage to nab the accused,” is a stepwell featured on it. astounding work it has done in part of the nation, which is as retary Ajay Rawal and a senior Ambika Vihar in Paschim said the senior police official. Stepwells are a common feature restoring the Rani Ki Vav, true now as it was then, but also Indian Air Force official on Vihar, said in his complaint. Earlier this week on across many parts of western which is a major reason that the skill and patience of the Thursday. “A case under section Monday, two bike-borne men India and were commonly used UNESCO made it a world her- rulers and the people. According to police, while 356/379/34 of IPC has been snatched the mobile phone of by Rajput kings and their pre- itage site. However, if there is It is a crying shame that Rawal’s i-Phone 6 was registered at Paschim Vihar a metropolitan magistrate in decessors in the earliest exam- any criticism of the ASI, it is there are fewer and fewer peo- wrenched from his grasp by police station. Police teams are North Delhi’s Kamla Nagar ple of rainwater harvesting. ; <= ; ?. ? that there can be much more ple taking up some of these three bike-borne men when he scanning CCTV footage in the while he was talking on his Many of them have fallen into information on the impor- intricate crafts. The Patola saris was walking to a market near area to identify and nab the phone in front of his house. On disrepair and disuse though at Patan, Gujarat, survived not affected by the large-scale tance of the gods and goddesses of Patan for example, with his home in outer Delhi’s snatchers,” said a police official. September 22, a woman jour- they were all ornate at one time. thanks to it being covered in loot of antiquities by colonial of the Hindu pantheon, who geometrical designs inspired by Paschim Vihar in the evening, In the 51-year-old senior nalist was injured after she Many, because they were often sand and mud. powers thanks to it being lost have been painstakingly carved patterns on the vav, and the the IAF senior official’s mobile IAF official case, police said attempted to resist a snatching associated with religion, were Whether that was a delib- in time and it was not “discov- in three-dimensional ways into “double-ikat” method, requir- was snatched at Connaught they received a complaint from bid in South Delhi’s CR Park destroyed when invading erate act to protect it from ered” until after Independence the stone. This site is a tremen- ing an understanding of com- Place in highly secured New the victim identified as G while she was returning home armies came into the region. armies that raided the pros- and excavated in 1958. dous validation of the skills of plex mathematics, used to be Delhi district in the morning Thomas, who stated that he in an auto-rickshaw. But not the stepwell we see on perous traders of Gujarat is We might criticise the craftsmen from Gujarat. made by 200 families. on the same day. was cycling in Connaught Place Continued on Page 4 the 100 note. The Rani Ki Vav unknown, but it survived. It was Archeological Survey of India There is also the spectacu- Continued on Page 4 ! "#$%&"# &' 0 % ( P &45647.
%1! 2 n order to crack down on the sources of air Ipollution, Delhi Environment Minister Kailash Gehlot on Friday inspected a hotspot !# # ble burning. Whereas, TERI in Delhi's Dwarka area. Gehlot also directed # claims that 64 per cent of pol- State pollution monitoring agency — Delhi lution in Delhi is external," he Pollution Control Committee (DPCC) — to ! added. undertake a special drive to identify the dusty # ( Rai said the job of these road stretches and initiate prosecution against agencies is to find out and solve the agencies responsible. the problem of pollution and Gehlot also directed South Delhi &45647. not to act as machinery to sup- Municipal Corporation (SDMC) to undertake press the failures of the neigh- mechanical sweeping and extensive water am Aadmi Party (AAP) bouring States. "Why the agen- sprinkling in the area. Asenior leader Gopal Rai has cies are interested in protecting Gehlot took stock of sectors 8, 12, 14 and demanded that the Central the neighbouring States and nearby places in Dwarka. Pollution Control Board pollution monitoring agencies blame Delhi? It is very clear The Minister also visited the Continuous (CPCB) should come out with have become hyperactive and that till September the air qual- Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Station comprehensive data, including claiming that the people of ity of Delhi was good due to (CAAQMS) of DPCC installed at the Indian all the factors responsible for Delhi are responsible for it." consistent efforts by Delhi Institute of Malaria Research. polluting Delhi's air. Citing data of the "SAFAR" Government," he added. After going around the monitoring sta- "The CPCB said the con- (System of Air Quality Weather "Last time, when we intro- tion, Gahlot said, "the city truly has a world tribution of stubble burning is Forecasting and Research), he duced odd-even scheme then class air quality monitoring setup. This helps just seven per cent in Delhi's air said the agency said Delhi's pol- all the agencies acted against us in finding out the air quality in realtime and pollution. I want to request the lution spike is due to the stub- and this time I request them to taking corrective steps." CPCB to present an analysis ble burning in the neighbour- stop the blame game and fight The officials informed that monitoring of PM 2.5 and PM report which will include the ing States while CPCB is claim- collectively to reduce pollu- 10 is measured by beta alteration technique at hourly bases, this . ( K81 ( 6 ( ( ( share of pollution from dust, ing that stubble burning caus- tion," he said. includes measurement of other gases such as Sulphur dioxide, 6 6 motor vehicle, industries, burn- es only seven spike in pollution. He also accused the agen- Nitrogen oxide, Carbon dioxide, Ammonia, Benzene and ozone. 4 B1HF (( ing, stubble burning and oth- "Besides, the Supreme cies of blaming people of Delhi It was further informed that CAAQMS is the state of art ers," he said. Court-appointed committee for increasing level of pollution facility aqnd follows the Standard Operating Procedures 6 @%( @ ( K ( Rai said, "In the last few headed by Bhure Lal is claim- and 'saving' Haryana and Uttar approved by Central Pollutional Control Board (CPCB) and the 6$ days, there is spikes in Delhi's ing that 10 per cent spike in Pradesh where many such inci- instruments and analysers are United States Environmental 6 # @ (# # % ( pollution level and some of the pollution happens due to stub- dents have been reported. Protection Agency (US EPA ) approved. ) ,# # P % (
&45647. Centre had agreed to give the * + same piece of land considering he Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) sensitivity and faith of devotees Ton Friday welcomed the for the site. &45647. doctors declared him brought decision of the Center to provide "That same 200 square dead," said the senior police land for construction of Sant metre area of the site can be 42-year-old man was official. Ravidas temple in south Delhi handed over to a committee of Aallegedly shot dead by two "The body has been sent after the authorities demolished devotees for construction of bike-borne criminals in North- for postmortem and a case &45647. an existing structure. temple," Venugopal said, adding East Delhi's Karawal Nagar under section 302 of Indian Reacting on the issue, that five out of seven petition- area on Thursday night. Penal Code (IPC) and Arms 14-year-old boy who was Delhi AAP convener Gopal Rai ers, who approached court The deceased was identi- Act has been registered at Asuffering from mental said, "The people of Delhi and against demolition of temple fied as Kishor (42), a resident Karawal Nagar police station. problem, as his father had died India took to the streets after have agreed to the proposal. of Shiv Vihar area in Karawal A probe has been initiated," and his mother had left him the demolition of the Sant structure will house the idol of should provide bigger plot, the Lilothia said that the Guru Nagar, and used to work as a said a police official. and married someone else, where his father had died when Ravidas temple. The Centre has Guru Ravidasji and the dimen- leader said. Ravidas temple should be financer. "Kishor sustained two bul- allegedly committed suicide he was two years old. After taken the decision of giving the sion of the temporary structure The Centre had on Friday rebuilt at the same holy place According to a senior police let injuries, said police. It is sus- by hanging from a tree in father's death, his mother did- land for the temple under pub- will be 20 feet by 20 feet. This told the Supreme Court that it where Sant Ravidas resided. He official, a police control room pected that the motive behind Wazirabad area of North Delhi n't return and married some- lic pressure and protests. is highly objectionable and was willing to hand over 200 demanded that contempt (PCR) call was received at about the killing is personal enmity on Friday morning. one else," said the senior police Meanwhile, Delhi disturbing. It is going to hurt square metre area to a com- action must be taken against 8:00 pm on Thursday night in and prima facie it appears that According to a senior official. Congress working president the sentiments of millions of mittee of devotees for the con- the guilty officers of the DDA, Karawal Nagar police station the accused is known to the police official, on Friday at "The boy was staying with Rajesh Lilothia on Friday followers and worshippers of struction of a Guru Ravidas who, without any clear order, regarding firing incident. victim and is absconding," said about 7 am, a minor boy who his grandparents in Delhi. His rejected the Centre's offer of Guru Ravidas." temple in south Delhi. demolished the temple and "A police team rushed to the police official. was a resident of Jharonda grandfather is a rickshawpuller. providing 200 square metre The temple, demolished Attorney General KK removed the idol of our Guru. the spot where Kishor was "The alleged accused had Mazara committed suicide by He was studying in a school but land for the temple. by the Delhi Development Venugopal, appearing for the The makeshift temple located found in injured condition. previous criminal records. hanging from a tree. was suffering from mental Lilothia, a petitioner in Authority (DDA) in August, Centre, said he had held con- in a forested area in south He was taken to the local hos- Police teams have been formed "During investigation, it problem following which he the case in the Supreme Court, was on a plot of 12 bighas and sultation with all parties, Delhi's Tughlaqabad was pital by the police team where and he will be arrested soon," was revealed that minor's par- took this extreme step," a police said, "The Government's pro- attracted a large number of including devotees and demolished by DDA on the after examination of the victim, the police official added. ents went to Mumbai for job official said. posal says that a temporary devotees. So, the Government Government officials, and the order of the Supreme Court. !!"#$% ! # ( (
&45647. outermost domain in meteo- er conditions (e.g., low wind rological model has been taken speeds, descending air, and ! (1 ( eteriorating air quality has either from NCEP reanalysis or compressed boundary layer), Dgiven tough time to the from internally generated CFS which favour rapid fine partic- residents of the national Capital (Climate Forecast System) of ulate matter formation and accu- &45647. in the national capital Prashant lution control boards to remain and to Central and NCMRWF (National Centre mulation of pollutants," SAFAR Gargava, Member Secretary, vigilant and closely monitor air Government of National for Medium Range Weather stated in its forecast. he concentration of pollu- Central Pollution Control Board quality. The task force also asked Capital Territory of Delhi Forecasting) in Noida, where- "The crisis deepens if it is Ttants in Delhi's noxious (CPCB) said that the task force agencies to ensure immediate (GNCTD) as well. Keeping its as for the chemical forecast encountered with any addi- atmosphere has breached 'haz- has recommended that corpo- actions for paving of roads and upward trend, the Air quality model, data has been driven tional internal (like firecrack- ardous' level on National rates and Government offices control of road dust. Index has touched 312 (very +(! from MACC (Monitoring ers) or external emissions Ambient Air Quality Index should encourage employees to The power supply compa- poor) on the fifth consecutive Atmospheric Composition and (stubble burning) sources. In a (NAAQI), the Central Pollution use public transport or car- nies have been requested to day with local pollution and Minister Arvind Kejriwal has its source, SAFAR has a model Climate). landlocked city like Delhi, it Control Board (CPCB) has rec- pooling. A meeting of the task provide uninterrupted electric- escalated stubble burning inci- claimed that leading pollution which requires several key Meanwhile, the monitoring may lead to rapid accumulation ommended that corporate force, which was convened on ity to prevent use of DG sets dur- dents. monitoring agencies have mis- inputs accurate forecasting. agency has forecast 'Very Poor' and may trigger high pollution employees should either 'work Friday, also advised schools to ing winter months, he said. Evidently, System of Air led masses about the contri- According to SAFAR, air quality for Monday where- events. The western distur- from home' or use public trans- make arrangements for picking In the last three review Quality and Weather bution of external and internal major among them are - emis- as SAFAR also updated bance can positively influence port. up or dropping children togeth- meetings of the task force, a spe- Forecasting And Research factors of pollution for deteri- sion inventory of pollutants 'Moderate' status for Saturday air quality." "And there is a Issuing an advisory to cor- er by buses to reduce use of pri- cific action plan has been devel- (SAFAR) highlighted that pol- orating the air. from various sources, weather and Sunday. good chance for repeated west- porate sectors, particularly IT vate vehicles, he added further. oped to deal with pollution lution contribution due to Meanwhile, it is interesting parameter, topographical data, "Anticyclone is expected to ern disturbances in the last sector, CPCB secretary said we At the review meeting, caused due to unpaved roads, paddy husk has increased to know how SAFAR calculates land use - land cover data, ini- re-strengthen only by mid- week of October which is the have issued an advisory to cor- Gargava said the 10-member dumping of waste and heavy sharply by 7 per cent which was concentration of harmful pol- tial and lateral boundary con- fourth week and associated clear only positive sign. Additionally, porates, including the IT sector, CPCB task force on the Graded vehicles, another CPCB official 10 per cent in last week and lutants in atmosphere. ditions. skies, and sinking motion will If local emissions are con- to encourage its employees to Response Action Plan (GRAP), said. He said day and night touched 17 per cent by Friday According to SAFAR sci- Notably, according to the make the atmosphere very sta- trolled, it will be a good check work from home for the next few which lists measures to be fol- patrolling and monitoring in evening. entists, to measure and observe scientists, the initial and later- ble with calm surface winds. to observe and avoid air qual- months so as to reduce pollution lowed as per air pollution levels high emission or priority areas It may be noted that Chief the nature of pollutant, size and al boundary condition for the Both will lead to stagnant weath- ity crises," SAFAR added. caused due to traffic congestion in Delhi-NCR, asked state pol- has also been intensified. , - () ( ( )( * + & ' '(!% &45647. .R
he four-days self defence "Again On October 16 at "**'$++ , + Ttraining progarmmes for == % around 12 noon, a white car women teachers in Delhi stopped in front of the shop. -. / ! !+#! Government schools across the Gurugram based busi- Three youths got down from national Capital, organised by Anessman was allegedly the car, came to the shop and Special Police Unit for Women threatened with dire conse- threatened me to handover Rs Management' (SWM) by-laws. and Children (SPUWAC) of quences by a criminal identi- 50,000 as Krishna Rampuria, &45647. Further,120 number of Delhi police, concluded on fied as Krishna Rampuria, who who is in jail, requires this sites have been inspected to Friday. is serving a 'life sentence' for amount for his expenses," the outh and North Delhi check burning of garbage and The programme, under the murder in Bhondsi jail. victim stated in his complaint. SMunicipal Corporation dry leaves, he said, adding "Sashakti" Scheme of Delhi The victim had received an "When the shopkeeper (SDMC) have issued 566 chal- that in Najafgarh zone, 42 Police, witnessed around 700 extortion call from the convict, refused to give the money, the lan and imposed 27,00,400 in challans have been issued dur- women teacher participation. asking him to pay Rs 50,000. culprits made him talk to its jurisdiction for various pol- ing night patrolling. The offi- According to Geeta Rani The police have arrested the Krishna Rampuria on his lution related violations includ- cial said that 27 challan issued Verma, the Deputy accomplice of the jailed crim- phone. Krishna threatened the ing burning of garbage and dry in South Zone and eight in Commissioner of Police (DCP), inal in connection with the victim and said his daughter leaves, dumping construction West zone, SPUWAC, a training session of matter. will be in danger if he refused and demolition waste in open The north Corporation 'Self Defence Techniques' with pants to boost up their morale. pation to the participants. Material relates to women safe- The victim, Manoj Bansal to pay and disconnected the besides others. issued 89 challans for burning the collaboration of During her address she exhort- Romi Johri, Assistant ty and security was also dis- had filed a case of extortion phone," a police official said. The south Corporation garbage in the open, 96 chal- Department of Education of ed all participating teachers to Director of Education further tributed to the participants. against the suspect. The victim The victim also alleged has constituted patrolling lans for emission from con- Delhi Government was held be physically and mentally fit to appreciated the efforts made by Overall, the endeavour of Delhi told the police that he has a that on Wednesday night at teams to inspect sites and take struction activities, 88 challans from 14 to18 October to deal with any crisis. SPUWAC to train the women Police is to ensure that the shop in Heli Mandi market at 10:37 and 10:39he got a action against the violators for road dust, 104 challans for empower 700 women teachers She further said that a total teachers in self defence tech- women of the city are not only Pataudi. WhatsApp call on his mobile around the clock. A senior dumping of construction and in government schools. of 1308938 girls and women niques and to make aware safe and secure but, also to On 15 October, when he which he could not pick up. SDMC official said that in demolition waste in open and In the concluding session, participants have been benefit- regarding the safety and secu- empower in every sense of the was at the shop, two young On Thursday, the busi- Central zone, 112 challans imposed a penalty of chief guest Nuzhat Hassan, ed with 'self defence techniques' rity measures. word and the SPUWAC has men came to him and told him nessman complained to the were issued amounting Rs. 24,48,000 last 24 hrs for vio- Special Commissioner of Police, so far in the city. She also dis- "On this occasion a pam- been working towards this goal to buy a plot on Pataudi Road. police on which a case was reg- 40,000 during night patrolling lations after inspecting at 1279 SPUWAC, motivated partici- tributed certificate of partici- phlet of Himmat plus App and staunchly," said the DCP. But the victim refused. istered. for under 'Solid Waste locations.
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And if by chance any- Sabha seat in Bihar on October and the expenditure observer during the festival season in lifting of restrictions imposed by @<. & @. one says Balakot, then itting out the BJP-led cen- 21, claimed BJP ally and Union of Ambala in Haryana, ahead Delhi-NCR, its CEO Pawan the Reserve Bank of India on Congress starts jumping with Htral government over the Minister Ram Vilas Paswan on of the October 21 Assembly Agarwal said on Friday. cash withdrawals. aking a stinging attack on pain. Pakistan uses them to slowdown, Congress leader Friday. elections. It also appointed a The FSSAI also released a A bench headed by Chief Mthe Congress, Prime strengthen their case globally, Rahul Gandhi on Friday said He said a “divided and dis- former IPS officer as a special guidance note on traditional Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi Minister Narendra Modi on what sort of chemistry is this?" that Prime Minister Narendra credited” Opposition in the observer for the Assembly milk products to help food busi- said, “We are not inclined to Friday said no one — neither he added. Modi ''does not know anything State stands no chance to give an bypolls being held in Sikkim on ness operators to ensure basic entertain this petition under jawans nor farmers or Confident of his about economics''. people from real issues facing the equal fight to the ruling alliance. Monday. hygiene and sanitation in man- article 32 (writ jurisdiction). sportspersons were safe under party BJP's return in the state, Addressing his second rally country. Demonetisation and Polls will be held in five “The Election Commission ufacturing of milk products Petitioner can approach the the Congress misrule, Modi said the Congress at Mahendragarh in the Ahirwal ''Gabbar Singh Tax'' (GST) have Assembly seats and the Lok has replaced police observer of particularly sweets. The manu- high court concerned for appro- terming abrogation of Article indulged in corruption in region of the State, seen as a BJP destroyed small and medium Sabha constituency of Nashik and one returning offi- facturing and trading of tradi- priate relief”. 370 his real tribute to brave sol- agriculture and did scams in citadel, ahead of the October 21 enterprises, he said. Samastipur as incumbent MLAs cer of Nashik district after tional dairy products like The Punjab & Maharashtra diers. sports. Assembly elections, the former "The world is mocking were elected to Parliament dur- reviewing the electoral pre- paneer-based sweets is largely Co-operative Bank has been Lashing out at the party for He was addressing public Congress President warned that India. The country which used ing the recent general election paredness of the state of confined to Halwais in India. put under restrictions by the not supporting it on Balakot or meetings, first in Gohana in the economic situation will to show the way to the world, while MP Ram Chandra Maharashtra,” the EC said in a Such dairy products are Reserve Bank of India (RBI) fol- Article 370 decisions, Modi Sonipat district and later in become worse and ‘'big corpo- used to live with love, used to Paswan, brother of Ramvilas statement. It said the police more susceptible to adulter- lowing the discovery of a Rs asked ‘what sort of chemistry Hisar town, ahead of polling for rates will run away like Mehul progress fast...Today one caste is Paswan, died of a heart attack. observer was removed for “not ation during festival season par- 4,355-crore scam. Deposit with- the Congress has with Pakistan’. the 90-member Haryana Choksi and Nirav Modi’. fighting the other, one religion All three NDA parties — performing the task of obser- ticularly due to mismatch in drawals have been capped at Rs "Pakistan uses the Congress to Assembly on Monday. In a scathing attack on the is fighting the other and the BJP, JD(U) and LJP — are con- vation satisfactorily”. demand and supply, the regula- 40,000 over a six-month period, strengthen its case globally on Modi said the Congress in Prime Minister Narendra Modi country''s pride, its economy, testing elections. While Chief On the basis of input tor said. "We have started a sur- causing panic and distress issues against India," he said as the state has already accepted -led government, he said that Narendra Modi has destroyed Minister Nitish Kumar-led regarding progress of photo veillance exercise on milk prod- among depositors. he slammed the opposition defeat. "It was clear in their the Centre was “clueless” about it," Gandhi said. JD(U) is contesting on four voter slip distribution, which ucts during the festival season During the hearing on party for not supporting its talks in the video that they were the ongoing economic situation He also slammed the media, Assembly seats, the BJP and the was very important to inform in Delhi-NCR. 44 locations have Friday, Solicitor General Tushar decision taken in the national saying that it would be enough in the country and should bor- saying it was scared and not LJP have put up their candidates each and every elector timely, been identified and samples are Mehta said the government is interest. if they win 10-15 seats. row ideas from the Congress showing the truth. "Media per- in an Assembly and the Lok it was found that the perfor- being collected and sent to our aware of the seriousness of the "Whenever we talk of These are their words manifesto to tackle the mess. sons say ''we know the truth but Sabha seat respectively. Ram mance of an assembly con- national lab at Ghaziabad," situation and the Enforcement Swachh Bharat or surgical and made just before the elec- Gandhi said Modi keeps we can''t show it because we will Chandra Paswan’s son Prince stituency in Nashik district Agarwal told reporters while Directorate is taking appropri- strike, the Congress gets stom- tions. diverting the attention of the lose our jobs''," he said. Raj is fighting from Samastipur. was “very poor”, it said. releasing the milk survey. ate action against the culprit. (R # # 5 % """ (6 & 0 From Page 1 &45647. The FATF blacklist is a shorthand descriptor for the &45647. judge Justice FMI Kallifulla Board was willing to withdraw hief Justice of India Ranjan Enhanced Expedited Follow had filed a report in a sealed the claim on site of the New Delhi: The Centre on CGogoi on Friday sent a let- Up (EEFU) list, since it is the uslim parties, sans the cover in the Supreme Court Babri Masjid,” Eijaz Friday told the Supreme Court ter to the Centre recommending last rung of a 4 step rating. From Page 1 MSunni Waqf Board, made indicating a “sort of a settle- Maqbool, counsel for legal that it was willing to hand over Justice SA Bobde, who is next in Similarly, the FATF “Grey List” Today just three Salvi fam- clear on Friday that they do ment” between the Hindu and representatives of key Muslim land measuring 200 sq m to de- seniority, as his successor. refers to gradings of Non- ilies are in the trade. But Patola not accept the Supreme the Muslim parties in which litigants M Siddiq and votees for construction of Guru Official Sources told PTI Cooperative Countries or saris are still in demand while Court-appointed mediation the Wakf Board agreed to give Misbahuddeen, and four other Ravidas temple in South Delhi that Justice Gogoi wrote a letter chief justice has gone by the Territories (NCCT). the kite-makers of Jamalpur in panel’s proposal on purported up its claim over 2.77 acre dis- advocates for Muslim parties but with certain conditions. to the Ministry of Law and convention to recommend the Interestingly, FATF Ahmedabad are not so much, settlement to resolve the puted land at the Ram said in a statement. A bench of justices Arun Justice recommending Justice name of the next senior judge President Xiangmin Liu, who their creations being supplant- Ayodhya land dispute and Janmbhoomi-Babri masjid site The lawyers said Mishra and S Ravindra Bhat Bobde to be the next chief jus- after him as his successor. is from China — Pakistan’s “all ed by cheap Chinese imports. expressed surprise over if certain conditions are ful- the mediation panel’s took on record the offer made by tice. Justice Gogoi as the Chief weather friend”— also referred These are also vital handicraft reports suggesting that the filled. report was leaked to the media Attorney General KK Justice Gogoi, who was Justice has a tenure of 13 to Islamabad’s “deficiencies in skills that we must all do more Board was willing to withdraw “We are taken aback by the and they do not approve the Venugopal, appearing for the sworn in as the 46th Chief months and 15 days while its anti-money laundering and to preserve. the claim on the site of the media reports attributed by procedures adopted in the Centre, and asked parties seek- Justice of India on October 3, Justice Bobde, who will be countering the financing of The Hyundai Venue has mosque. Shahid Rizvi, advocate on process and the suggested ing construction of the temple 2018, will demit office on sworn in as CJI on November terrorism system”. The global been a boon considering the The mediation panel record that Uttar Pradesh compromise formula of with- to submit objections, if any, by November 17. 18, will have a tenure of about watchdog said all deadlines roads around Patan and headed by former apex court Sunni Central Waqf drawal of the lawsuit. October 21. PTI Official sources said the 18 months. for Pakistan in the action plan Modhera are a bit on the poor have now expired. side. There were roadworks “The FATF again express- ongoing but the car negotiated #*+! ! Directorate later registered a es serious concerns with the the tough rides without a prob- money laundering case under overall lack of progress by lem. And even after covering the Prevention of Money Pakistan to address its terror 700 plus kilometres over two #& 222 Laundering Act. financing risks, including days on both highways and One of the then promoters remaining deficiencies in urbanised areas, the Venue From Page 1 of INX Indrani later turned demonstrating a sufficient diesel that is being driven Others named in the approver in the case and is a understanding of Pakistan’s returned an astounding fuel chargesheet, include Section key link in the CBI probe. transnational terror financing economy of over 21 kilometres Officer Ajit Kumar Dungdung “Prabodh Saxena and Rabindra risks, and more broadly, a litre and has proven its and OSD in Finance Ministry Prasad are currently serving as Pakistan’s failure to complete its maneuverability through the Pradeep Bagga, Peter principal secretaries in the action plan in line with the narrow lanes of the old city of Mukherjea and chartered Himachal Pradesh agreed timelines and in light of Ahmedabad. accountant S Bhaskaraman. Government,” an official said. the terror financing risks ema- Initial probe by the CBI The name of Indrani nating from the jurisdiction. To had revealed that FDI worth Rs appears in the list but she is not date, Pakistan has only largely # 307 crore but detailed investi- booked under any charges as addressed five of 27 action gation led to a finding of for- she had turned approver. The items, with varying levels of ( """ eign investment in INX to the remaining accused persons progress made on the rest of the tune of Rs 403 crore. have been booked under IPC action plan,” the FATF state- The chargesheet has also Sections relating to cheating, ment said. From Page 1 mentioned that Peter and criminal conspiracy and Incidentally, this school Indrani allegedly in conspira- forgery besides graft under the was the first one to induct girls cy with Chidambaram and Prevention of Corruption Act, 1 """ in 2016. The girls were given FIPB officials disregarded FIPB the official said. admission in Class IX. Also, rules to settle the issue as INX The CBI has accused Karti this school is the only one was initially granted an FIPB of floating a shell company to $.: !% 4 which admits boys from Class approval of only Rs 4.62 crore receive bribe as consultancy fee )% VII onwards unlike other but actual investment in the and other payments. “Indrani < 8F L schools where the children are company stood at Rs 403.7 had also alleged to have paid (( admitted from Class VI crore. Under Foreign Exchange USD 5 million as bribe to the ( onwards. Management Act (FEMA), Chidambarams in offshore % The decision comes after INX was liable for a payment accounts. We have sent Letters 6"M the Government allowed of penalty to the tune of Rs 300 Rogatory to foreign countries <( 8F % women pilots to fly fighter jets crore but the company was to seek details on the pay- (6I and at least seven pilots are saved due to the alleged favours ments,” said an agency official. undergoing the gruelling train- by the then Finance Ministry Chidambaram, who was L ing. One pilot Bhawna Kanth is and FIPB officials. arrested from his residence in ( already flying MIG-21s along The chargesheet was filed posh Jor Bagh here on August "M with her male colleagues. Prior before a special court. It said an 22, is presently in ED custody ) ( to the induction of women as illegal gratification of Rs 9.96 for custodial interrogation in a fighter pilots, they were flying lakh was received by Advantage related money laundering case. : transport planes and heli- Strategic, controlled by Karti In the chargesheet, the CBI ( ( % copters. Same is the case with ( for alleged illegal facilitation to has mentioned that ( the Navy where women are fly- regularise the excess FDI Chidambaram, during his " ing transport planes and heli- received by INX. tenure as Finance Minister, copters. The CBI had in May 2017 had allegedly facilitated a huge ) While women officers are registered a case for alleged transfusion of foreign funds for I % serving in various branches of irregularities in granting the the TV company and his son the Army, a decision is yet to FIPB clearance to the INX Karti had allegedly received be taken for their induction Media. Based on the CBI’s kickbacks for the deal, officials O " into combat arms like infantry, FIR, the Enforcement added. artillery and armoured corps.
many affected areas to wean the city?," said Tushar Mishra, away youth from the path of a resident of Delhi's Gautam delinquency," said the senior Budh Nagar. police official adding that rob- beries and snatchings together # $ 444 have seen a drop by more than 29 per cent in the last two years. "Every day, we are hearing From Page 1 last two years or so to control cases of snatchings in Delhi. According to Delhi Police street crime. Visibility in vul- Clearly indicating we are not officials, street crime has been nerable areas has been safe even in the city's busy pub- a nagging problem for more improved by launching Raftaar lic places. Delhi police cite than two decades now. "Several and All- Women Patrols, Anti- multiple reasons for the occur- crimogenic factors have sig- snatching Teams are now func- rence of heinous crimes. nificantly contributed to inci- tioning in all police stations, Murders and kidnappings are dence of street crime in Delhi, and a special drive has been often pre-meditated. But how the most important of which launched against illegal fire- does one explain snatchers would be porous borders and arms," said a senior police offi- brazenly grabbing a mobile proximate location of affluent cial. phone, a handbag, a laptop and under-privileged residen- "A major challenge has satchel, a piece of jewellery tial colonies. been the fact that almost 95 per from a person on a bustling "The Delhi Police, of cent of those involved in such street? How is one so easily tar- course, has taken it as a prior- crimes are first-timers. As a geted while travelling in a rick- ity focus-area and several mea- long-term measure, 'Yuva' shaw or an auto-rickshaw on sures have been initiated in the Scheme has been started in some of the busiest stretches of ! "#$%&"# &. $ % 4 ! # &45647. Control Organization was not finding the Government’s ‘pick and choose (CDSCO), the national existing rules suffi- policy.” rom November 1, next year, regulatory body for cient to deter the med- He said that the manufac- 6/78 R9' Fimport, manufacture and Indian pharmaceuticals ical professionals and turers have been confused with sale of the ultrasound machines and medical devices, will the user, to avoid informally and arbitrary choos- will be allowed only under the become the approving ultrasound to deter- ing of products and notifying &45647. legal ambit of the Drugs and authority for import, mine the sex of the them as drugs. “At AiMeD we Cosmetics Act, 1940. manufacture and sale of foetus. Mainly because welcome regulations but not of ith the Government giv- The Union Health ultrasound machines. of its easy availability these kinds . Our members Wing a determined push to Ministry has issued a notifica- The companies will also on online as well. seek a predictable and com- ‘Make in India’ in the defence tion in this regard on Thursday have to apply for per- Under the prehensive regulatory frame- sector to achieve indigenisa- according to which the device mission from the Drug Medical Device Rules work that allows for adequate tion, Army Chief General intended for external or inter- Controller General of (MDR) and the D&C transition and is predictable. Bipin Rawat on Friday said nal use in human beings has India, who is responsible Act the government Only then will investments attempts are on to further been categorised as drug with for approval of licences, will regulate addition- speed up as manufacturers get “lower bureaucratic barriers” effect from November 1, 2020. before the scanners are ally the quality import discouraged to be regulated as and simplify procedures to The step aims to regulate sold in India. and manufacturing of Drugs , item by item and not as promote domestic defence the import, manufacture and The health ministry the equipment, he a category,” said Rajiv Nath. manufacturing. He also said the sale of the devices to stem the feels that the move is said. The move is also not in Government is reducing drastic decline in India’s sex crucial to save the girl While welcoming keeping with the Health processes and focusing res- ratio, as per the Ministry. The child as it will check the move, Rajiv Nath, Ministry- DTAB Roadmap that olutely on the outcome of these move followed recommenda- misuse of such tech- Forum Coordinator aimed to regulate all devices in processes. tion from the Drug Technical niques for sex selection of the AiMeD, an a phased manner and assured Reiterating what Defence Advisory Board (DTAB), the after conception. umbrella association an adequate transition period Minister Rajnath Singh said a Government’s chief advisory Imported machines have of Indian of nearly four years for high few days ago, the Army chief body on drugs. flooded the market, in the Techniques (PC-PNDT) Act, Manufacturers of Medical Risk and near High Risk said exports of Indian weapon According to an official absence of any regulatory 1994 currently regulates the Devices covering all types of Devices. “The one year transi- systems will touch the 35,000- from the Ministry, from check, they cannot be tracked. sale of ultrasound machines medical devices including con- tion period is not as per the crore mark by 2024 from the November next year, the The Pre Conception and only to entities registered under sumables, disposables, how- assurance given of four years,” 11,000 crore annually at pre- Central Drugs Standard Pre Natal Diagnostic the law. However, the Ministry ever was not happy at the he added. sent. . %' ! ! 1#! ! 3 The energy and enterprise * ( % !# P# - ! + of ‘Make in India’ will be spanned further in defence portal Bharat Shakti. The large multilateral exercise &! ,! *! . corridors being set up with a theme of the event was MILAN 2020 at “bouquet of advantages we ‘Enhancing Defence Visakhapatnam and we have offer in the form of land clear- Capabilities through invited 41 countries,” he stated. ances and tax concession. The Cooperation’. All patents developed by ( , 1 initiative will fundamentally Newly-formed IDEEA the Defence Research and transform the defence land- (Indigenous Defence Development Organisation scape in our country,” Rawat Equipment Exporters (DRDO) numbering over 1,700 &45647. presence of high-profile audi- and Samant Chauhan show- 2 # said. He also urged to the Association) was also launched are now available for use by the ence including Her Majesty cased innovative Khadi-based defence industry to provide on the occasion. Indian industry, said Dr. he Narendra Modi the Queen Mother Ashi Sangay garment lines along with works solutions for the armed forces. Talking of Def Expo 2020 Sateesh Reddy, Chairman TGovernment’s vision to pro- Choden Wangchuck as the of Chadrika Tamang, Kencho &45647. grew at five per cent in terms In the last few years, to be held in Lucknow, Rawat DRDO. He added that the mote Khadi as a global fabric Chief Guest, Vinai Saxena, Wangmo, Tshering Choden of value, sharply slower than 20 numerous initiatives have been said several new technologies Defence Ministry has just has received a boost with a pro- KVIC Chairman as the Guest of and Sangay Choden of Bhutan. aintaining that rural per cent reported in the year taken and various schemes will be on display and added, unveiled a policy under which posal to set up Khadi India’s Honour, Prime Minister of In addition,Anjana Bhargav, Mhousehold consumption earlier. Urban India grew at launched to energise the “We will be coming forward to all technologies will be available first international venture in Bhutan Dr. Lotay Tshering, Nitin Bal Chauhan, Paras had slumped to a seven-year eight per cent compared with defence sector in India, so we certify some of the equipment free of cost for use by the Bhutan. Indian Embassy in Cabinet Ministers, Gairoliya, Payal Jain, Rahul low, CPI(M) general secretary 14 per cent in the year-ago remain deeply committed to on display.” Indian industry. Bhutan, Khadi and Village Ambassadors and several other Mishra & Renu Tandon curat- Sitaram Yechury on Friday period, he said. “A callous the ethos of indigenisation, Speaking at the conclave, Rawat also said India is industry Commission (KVIC) distinguished guests, during ed special Khadi ensembles alleged the “callous” Central government shows no Rawat said. Vice Chief of Army Lt General committed to peace and stabil- and Royal Textile Academy the event. which were also displayed in the Government was enthusiastic signs of concern over the slow- “We are manufacturing MM Naravane said Indian offi- ity in the neighbourhood as also (RTA), Thimpu has organised The Indian ambassador event followed by Banarasi about writing off unpaid loans down tumbling into a much weapons and ammunition not cers posted as Defence Attaches in the “wider region” and the an event ‘Khadi-Thago’ , on Ruchika khamboj said that the Satvik Bhojan. Sunil Sethi of of rich borrowers and tax cuts graver problem. There is enthu- just to arm our defence forces abroad “have been tasked to Army will continue to partner October 16 to jointly celebrate objective of this event was to FDCI was also present. for the super-rich but shows no siasm in Modi govt only for tax but now we are gradually interact and advertise with with friends to “confront any the textile heritage fo Khadi and promote environmental friend- Interestingly the four signs of concern over the slow- cuts for the super-rich and becoming an export oriented host countries of the Indian kind of emerging threats.” traditional Bhutanese fabric on ly fabric Khadi of India with Bhutanese textile designers who down. writing off unpaid loans of rich industry. Our defence exports equipment available.” The Navy chief cited mar- the 150th birth anniversary of Bhutanese designers, to showcased their work at the Yechury said the signs of borrowers. currently range just about Addressing the conclave, itime threats such as piracy, Mahatma Gandhi. The Fashion enhance the Khadi foot print in Khadi-Thagzo, had also visited the agrarian distress and near- “The signs of the pro- 11,000 crore annually are set Navy Chief Admiral Karambir which, he said, has “trans- Design Council of India (FDCI) the country. KVIC chairman India on invitation from FDCI . stagnant rural incomes have longed agrarian distress and to grow to 35,000 crore by Singh spoke of the foreign national” ramifications. He curated the fashion show. Vinai Saxena said khadi means A Bhutanese designer, been there for long but the near-stagnant rural incomes 2024,” he said while addressing cooperation initiatives which pitched for having greater mar- Khadi-Thagzo, organised Sincerity, purity, honesty and Dorothy Gurung, would be Modi government is busy with have been there for long. But the 4th Defence Attaches con- include capacity building, itime cooperation and lever- at the RTA, which is also one of swaraj. opening the first Indian Khadi trying to “divide and polarise”. this govt is busy with trying to clave jointly organised by the training, exchanges and joint aging “collective military com- the most prominent tourist Indian designers Anamika outlet in Bhutan towards the A media report said in the divide and polarise,” Yechury Defence Ministry and news exercises. “India is hosting a petency” of the world. spots in Thimphu, witnessed Khanna, Rajesh Pratap Singh end of the year. September quarter, rural India said in a tweet. ! "#$%&"# &/ )%%0Q R ; , . !
/<7/ ) N 0 R & ( he Bengal political parties and ")* Tcivil society have slammed Union /<7/ ) Governor was just a “tourist in the deeply hurt and disturbed. The Minister Piyush Goyal for attacking ( ( State.” insult was not to me but to every Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee for % ven as the distance between Raj He said “some call me a tourist, people of West Bengal. They will his alleged Leftist leanings. & $ EBhavan and Nabanna (State others called the Siliguri visit a gim- never digest such as insult. I am a Faulting Goyal for, “unneces- Secretariat) widened, Bengal mick” and vowed to “continue dis- servant of the people of West sarily bringing politics to malign a * Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar once charging” his constitutional duties, Bengal. Nothing can deter me Nobel Laureate who has made India ( O again lambasted the Trinamool reminding that he was not the one from performing my constitution- proud” Bengal Congress leader and K ( Congress Ministers for repeatedly who crossed his Laxman Rekha al duties,” with his voice literally MP Pradip Bhattacharya on Friday making adverse comments against and adding it was upon Chief trembling. said “it is unfortunate that our feet to take lessons on economic him. Minister Mamata Banerjee to take “Speaking out of my injured Ministers are so uneducated and development,” he maintained. Speaking to an audience action on her Ministers. heart” the Governor said “for four biased that they do not even Bangla poet Subodh Ghosh also Dhankar on Friday said “every time The distance between the hours or more I was there and your think twice to belittle a Nobel attacked Goyal for “failing to under- Governor (Dhankhar) does some- Trinamool Congress and press coverage was totally blacked Laureate who has made India proud stand Banerjee’s achievements as an thing sensible you (Ministers) Dhankhar had been widening ever out...This is unheard of. You will by unnecessarily brining politics to economist.” He said “it is irrelevant come out with a statement defying since he personally went down to never find it anywhere else. malign him.” Goyal said, “I congratulate Abhijit date and another party did not get it whether the Nyay found political decorum. I am not a tourist. I am Jadavpur University to rescue Someone told me it was reminis- Scoffing at Goyal he said, “the lit- Banerjee for winning the Nobel you get the license to negate a Nobel success or not. The question is here to discharge my constitu- Union Minister Babul Supriyo who cent of the Emergency.” eracy level of our Ministers is so high Prize … (but) you all know that his Laureate’s scholarly findings. It is a whether the prescription of Banerjee tional duties which I will continue was trapped amid agitating stu- Meanwhile, Subroto that they do not even think twice to thinking is totally Left-leaning.” He political party that got the people’s which has won him the Nobel Prize doing.” dents. Mukherjee once again attacked invoke Newton’s second law in Albert backed his comments by saying mandate and not the theory of is relevant and affective in conquer- The Governor was particular- Subsequently he told the media the Centre for breaking all consti- Einstein’s name,” and wondered how “Banerjee supported Nyay ‘Nyay’ which was supported by ing poverty.” ly referring to senior State leader about his being “humiliated” by the tutional norms and rules of feder- “why a stalwart will have to be belit- (poverty alleviation scheme of the Abhijit Banerjee,” he said. Economist and State Financial and Minister Subroto Mukherjee’s State Government during the alism by bringing the Governor tled just because he has Left lean- Congress) but people of India reject- “Considering the sliding eco- Advisor Abhiroop Sarkar said, “it is comments questioning his initiative Durga Puja carnival which was under Z category security to be ings.” ed that ideology.” nomic condition of the country unfortunate that someone of Abhijit to hold an administrative meeting hosted by Chief Minister Mamata provided by the central forces. Earlier while congratulating Questioning Goyal’s “political during the BJP’s rule the time is com- Banerjee’s strature will get such in North Bengal town of Siliguri. Banerjee. “This is an utter infringement on Abhijit for his remarkable achieve- wisdom” the Congress MP said “just ing when the people who are attack- reception from the national govern- “It is nothing but a gimmick,” An emotional Governor said State’s federal rights,” Mukherjee ments in the field of economics because a political party got a man- ing day will go to him and sit at his ment.” Mukherjee had said adding the he “felt insulted at the carnival. I am said. )L. # ) # # +1+$+ #! ( 0 !/%% '$!!+#'$ # M # 81 /<7/ ) asked for any financial help from her, Rajesh Ghosh, his .D64 6 employees demanding among est Bengal Chief Minister cousin, told newsmen at the others merger of TSRTC with WMamata Banerjee on secretareiat, . ith no breakthrough the Government, pay revision Friday assured the relatives of We are happy with the Wachieved since its oral and recruitment to various the murdered schoolteacher police investigation into the directive three days ago, the posts continued. of Murshidabad district of pro- murder and appier now after Telangana High Court on The opposition Congress, viding all legal help if needed meeting the chief minister, he Friday virtually set an ultima- BJP and Left activists on Friday in connection with the case. added. tum of October 28 for State took out bike rallies and held Six relatives of the dead Asked they said, “There is transport corporation and other forms of protest and teacher Bondhu Prakash Paul, no political connection with employees' unions to hold talks extended support to the state- whose body was found along the family. and settle all disputes, even as wide bandh given by employ- with that of his wife Beauty and that the man was its support- A mason, from whom Paul the stir entered the 14th day. ees on October 19. six-year-old son lying in polls er. Both RSS and BJP had had taken money promising an In its interim order, the Congress, BJP, TDP, the of blood at their house at claimed that Pal used to par- insurance policy has been court directed the two sides to Left parties, trade and stu- Jiagunj on October 8 during the ticipate in ‘Milan’ the Sangh’s arrested for allegedly killing the settle all disputes before dents unions and other organ- Durga Puja festival, had met weekly programme. family. October 28 and report to it isations have already Mamata at the State Secretariat The man’s mother and his Earlier in the day, the Paul’s about the settlement. announced their support to the on Thursday. relatives have denied any relatives went to the state The order came as the bandh. The State Government The killings took on a involvement by him with RSS. police headquarters at Bhawani indefinite strike by nearly employees unions have also political colour when the BJP The chief minister assured Bhawan in the city and met 48,000 Telangana State Road expressed solidarity with the slammed the state government us of providing legal assis- senior police officers in con- / 5 . !1 ( # P % ! Transport Corporation protesting RTC staff. over the incident and claimed tance if required. We have not nection with the case. 1 6 * P . ! 1 * + & , ! 5 R 3 4 2 !/ (+
7=/&<5 said. !++ ! ! % 7=/&<5 him for little over half an hour. are patrolling the area. In the Lambasting the Congress, Police reached the spot next 48 hours, we will catch the ttar Chief Minister Yogi the chief minsiter said, “It only 7=/&<5 Assembly. he president of a little and gathered the CCTV culprits,” he said. UAdityanath attacked the gave us terrorism, corruption The Congress, in particu- Tknown Hindu Samaj Party footage. When asked whether there opposition in his election ral- and insulted Babasaheb ttar Pradesh will on lar, hopes to show signs of was found murdered at his UP DGP OP Singh told was any possible terror angle in lies in the State on Friday and Bhimro Ambedkar by granti- UMonday see a mini version revival in UP after its batter- home in the congested Naka reporters, “Those who have the incident, Additional said their anti-development ng a special status to Jammu of Assembly elections with ing in the Lok Sabha Hindola area of the city here, murdered Tiwari are said to be Director General of Police face has been exposed. and Kashmir under Article bypolls in 11 constituencies, polls in when it won just one police said on Friday. his acquaintances. They spent (Law and Order) PV Adityanath also accused 370.” coming just months after the seat, party chief Sonia Kamlesh Tiwari (45) was over half an hour with him and Ramasastry told PTI, “All the the Opposition of indulging in He claimed that the BJP BJP swept the State in the Lok Gandhi’s Rae Bareli con- earlier associated with a faction even gave Tiwari a box of angles are being looked into. hooliganism and corruption achieved what the other parties Sabha elections. stituency. of the Hindu Mahasabha, they sweets and after it the murder And, it would be improper to while in power and claimed could not in the past 70 years. The UP bypolls for In contrast, the BJP won 62 said. took place. We have jump to any conclusion.” that the BJP worked for the “The Congress needs the Gangoh, Rampur, Iglas (SC), of the 80 parliamentary seats in The Akhil Bharatiya Hindu got some vital clues and based Senior Superintendent of welfare of people. ment works carried out by his power to loot. The SP and BSP Lucknow Cantonment, the state and an ally bagged Mahasabha in a statement on CCTV footage and other Police Kalanidhi Naithani said The CM was addressing party, the UP Chief Minister continued with their corrupt Govindnagar, Manikpur, two more. condemned the incident. evidences, we are working on prima facie it seemed rallies in Aligarh, Rampur and said during the tenure of Prime practices. The BJP brought an Pratapgarh, Zaidpur (SC), “We have several chal- Police said briefs protests the case.” to be a case of personal enmi- Saharanpur for the bypolls in Minister Narendra Modi, end to all this and paved a way Jalalpur, Balha (SC) and Ghosi lenges before us. But with the were held in the area by local He said teams had been ty. the state. around three crore people got for the prosperity of people,” he seats are being held along with blessings of the seniors and the residents after the murder. formed to crack the case. He added that teams had “Only those people are not houses. said. the Assembly elections in support of the youth, no one “Kamlesh Tiwari was “We have also got some call been formed to crack the case. admiring our work during “The Ayushman Bharat Referring to Aligarh Maharashtra and Haryana. will be able to stop the party found murdered inside his details. The special task force Naka Hindola SHO Sujeet whose tenure the power was Yojana has become a boon for Muslim University, Adityanath It is a four-cornered con- from coming to house. Two persons had come has been engaged in the case,” Kumar Dubey said there were merely a synonym for anarchy, the destitute. Free houses and said Raja Mahendra Pratap test with the BJP, Bahujan power in 2022,” newly appoint- to meet him. Both were speak- he said, adding that it was brief protests by angry local corruption and hooliganism. gas connections were distrib- Singh played a very significant Samaj Party (BSP), Samajwadi ed Congress state president ing to Tiwari when the latter “purely a criminal activity” residents after the incident. The SP, BSP and the Congress uted among the poor. Farmers role in establishing the institu- Party (SP) and Congress field- Ajay Kumar Lallu said recent- sent one of his aides to get done by two people. The situation was normal, were all involved in this,” he of the state were benefited tion. ing candidates on all 11 assem- ly. ‘paan’ for them,” Vikas Tripathi, The UP DGP said there Dubey said. said. under the Pradhan Mantri “He had given land for it bly seats. Lallu said the Congress ASP (Lucknow West), told PTI. were “some minor law and An eyewitness, Saurashtra “They never had develop- Kisan Samman Yojana,” said but his name has not been While the ruling BJP will will become the voice of the “When his aide returned order problem” in the area Singh, told reporters shortly ment on their mind. And now the CM, adding that the gov- mentioned on any plaque,” try to build on its Lok Sabha deprived, farmers, youth and from the market, he found after the murder took place after the incident that the when their anti-development ernment had been working to Adityanath said, adding that success, the opposition parties women in the state. Tiwari in a pool of blood,” with local people saying that police constable deployed at the face has been exposed, people “double” farmers’ income. the UP government was reviv- hope the results will help them He exhorted workers to Tripathi added. such incidents should not take house of Tiwari was sleeping have been rejecting them since “By making them happy, ing the lock industry in galvanise its cadres ahead of the overcome all hurdles through A senior UP Government place. while the gunner attached to 2014,” he claimed. we want to realise dreams of Aligarh through the ‘one dis- 2022 elections for the 403- determination and hard work, official said the visitors shot “But, the situation now is him was not coming for the Mentioning the develop- Chaudhary Charan Singh,” he trict, one product’ programme. member Uttar Pradesh and function unitedly. Tiwari dead after talking to under control. Police officers past a couple of days. 5 . # $!+%/!++!'! !' !+' $ 3 P P( !/ $!, !$ 2$+!# ( $= “We decided to hold indi- nance. rect election for the posts of “The cabinet, all MLAs .=&.=&= (Prime Minister Narendra) ajasthan’s Deputy Chief mayor and chairperson. This and the entire Government is 678 Modi’s name despite the fact RMinister Sachin Pilot on was fine. But suddenly a new engaged in that. Elections for ajasthan Chief Minister that there is no business, econ- Friday questioned his own decision appeared that I came the local bodies and the RAshok Gehlot on Friday omy is falling and there are no Government’s decision on elec- to know from newspapers. Panchayati Raj are coming. 7=/&<5 said the country’s economy jobs. Such is the situation, how tions to the posts of heads of This was not discussed in the We will fight and will win the was weakening and the Centre long will this country tolerate?” urban local bodies. cabinet or the legislative party elections,” the chief he Uttar Pradesh should follow the policies of he asked. Taking a stand that meeting,” he said. minister told reporters in TGovernment on Friday former prime minister P V “We don’t have any enmi- appeared to go against the Pilot, who is the Rajasthan Jhunjhunu. increased the dearness Narasimha Rao and then ty with Modi, (Amit) Shah, the view of Chief Minister Ashok Congress president, claimed Pilot and Gehlot were allowance for state govern- finance minister Manmohan Manmohan Singh, and start BJP or RSS. This is a fight of Gehlot, Pilot made it clear he that the new system, which is together in Jhunjhunu where ment employees to 17 per cent Singh to upend the downward working. Then only the coun- ideology,” he said. was not consulted on the deci- being called a hybrid, will they addressed a rally in sup- from 12 per cent. trend. try will saved,” Gehlot said at “They talk about national- sion that was notified on allow people to become urban port of Rita Chaudhary, who is In a statement, an official He said the World Bank, a public rally here. ism during elections. Are we Wednesday. body heads through the back contesting the assembly said apart from the state gov- International Monetary Fund “Democracy is under not nationalist? Will we have Two other Ministers in the door. issued on Wednesday. bypolls for the Mandawa seat. ernment employees, staff of (IMF), Manmohan Singh and threat... We are becoming to seek certificate from BJP to Congress-run State have sepa- He said democracy is not On Thursday, Food and Later, they talked sepa- aided educational institutions, even the husband of Union weaker economically. The become nationalists? Doing rately opposed the move that strengthened if a candidate Civil Supply Minister Ramesh rately with the media. technical educational institu- Finance Minister Nirmala entire country and the world is politics in the name of religion, allows people who are not who could not win a council- Meena and Transport Minister Rifts in Rajasthan Congress tions and urban local bodies Sitharaman have expressed saying this,” he said, adding, provoking people of one reli- elected councillors to contest lors’ election is allowed to con- Pratap Singh Khachariyawas surfaced after the Assembly would also get the enhanced concern over India’s economy. “You can imagine the state of gion against another, is this for posts like mayors and chair- test for the mayor’s post. separately expressed appre- elections last December that DA. In a newspaper article pub- affairs when the finance min- (the way of doing) the politics persons of corporations and “Our party and the hension, saying it could lead to were followed by intense lob- The state government offi- lished on October 14, ister’s husband is writing an in a democracy?” Gehlot municipalities. Government have always said resentment among party work- bying for the chief minister’s cial said the increased rates Sitharaman’s husband article that the government posed. The non-councillor candi- that democracy should be ers. post. would be applicable from July Prabhakar took a swipe at the has no understanding of the In the rally, he called upon dates still have to be elected by strengthened,” he said. Khachariyawas said the While Gehlot was picked 1. The arrears of dearness BJP-led government over its economic situation.” the people to vote for Congress councillors to the top posts. “I do not think such a sys- system was injustice to those by the central leadership for the allowance from July 1 to economic vision and asked it Because of the non-vision- candidate Rita Chaudhary in “This is not a good deci- tem has been implemented in who worked in the field and top post, Pilot had to settle for September 30 will be deposit- to embrace the economic archi- ary policies of the government Mandawa Assembly bypoll sion and I do not agree with any state of the country,” he won councillors’ elections. the deputy’s spot. Recently, ed in the PF account. The tecture offered by Narasimha the country was heading which will be held on October this. The decision is not prac- said, adding that the decision When asked about the Pilot expressed concern over amount payable from October Rao and Manmohan Singh. towards a wrong direction. 21. State Congress president tical and not politically right needs to be changed. comments by these two min- the law and order situation in 1 will be paid along with this “They (central govern- Growth rate is slowing, the Sachin Pilot and other leaders and there is a need to make A gazette notification to isters, Chief Minister Gehlot the state and his remark were month’s salary, the official ment) should follow the poli- chief minister said. were also present in the changes to the decision,” Pilot amend the rules on election of said everyone is concerned seen as a comment on Gehlot’s added. cies of Narasimha Rao and “People are chanting meeting. told reporters in Jhunjhunu. mayors and chairpersons was about delivering good gover- performance. ! "#$%&"# &0
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They are TParliament on the Narendra Modi indirectly not bothered about the prestige nion Home Minister Amit abrogation of provisions of slammed former Finance of Maharashtra and UShah on Friday dared Article 370 and Prime Minister Minister P Chidamdaram for country,” the Prime Minister Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Narendra Modi was misleading “destroying” the country’s said. and NCP chief Sharad Pawar to the nation on the issue, senior economy and banking system He also went onto slam the bring back Article 370 in Congress leader Anand Sharma and former Civil Aviation Congress and its supporters for Jammu & Kashmir if they ever claimed here on Friday. Minister Praful Patel for his creating an impression thath it return to power. Addressing a Press confer- alleged with late Iqbal Mirchi, was only the one family Addressing a poll rally in ence ahead of the October 21 an erstwhile close aide of (Gandhi Nehru) that brought Rajura seat here, Shah said the Maharashtra Assembly polls, Karachi-based underworld freedom to the country. “These Congress, NCP and other Sharma said the Congress did Dawood Ibrahim. for “destroying” Indian econo- The people in Maharashtra his alleged links with late are the same who had insulted opposition parties did not not need a certificate from the Addressing a large public my and banking system for ten and across the country know Mirch’s family. “Whenever the late B R Ambedkar. These are abrogate provisions of Article coming to power,” he said. BJP on patriotism, as two of its rally at Bandra-Kurla Complex years, Modi said: “Take the case who did all this. Those who issue of doing justice to the vic- the same people who are doing 370 due to vote-bank politics. He said the Congress, Prime Ministers sacrificed their in north—central Mumbai, of those (Congress) who had destroyed the country’s econ- tim families comes up, the the same thing with the memo- Article 370 had become the despite ruling the country for lives in the fight against terror. Modi took on Chidambaram imposed angel tax in the coun- omy and banking system for 10 Congress and its allies try to rial being built in the name of “gateway for terrorists” in the “70 years” had done nothing Modi and the BJP have and Patel without actually try. Compare them with us: we long years are languishing in protect the terrorists. Mumbai, Chhatrati Shivaji. Right from last 70 years, leading to 40,000 for Adivasis and Other been targeting the Congress naming them but making an are making corporate tax in the Delhi’s Tihar Jail or Mumbai Maharashtra and the country day one, they are creating hur- killings in J&K, he claimed. Backward Castes, while the during the campaign for unmistakable reference to the country conducive to the jail. This is just beginning of will never forget the wounds of dles in the way of construction He said the Narendra Modi BJP government at the Centre Assembly polls, claiming that former Finance Minister’s pres- world. They had imposed hefty tyhe cleaning up operation. 1993 blasts. of the Shivaji memorial,” Modi government was elected with a had launched a slew of schemes the grand old party opposed ence in Tihar Jail and the corporate tax in the world. You will get us speed up the The Government of the said. bigger mandate in 2019 for their welfare. the scrapping of Article 370. ongoing investigations by the Here we are who transfer work in the coming day,” the time did not do justice to the The Prime Minister because people had full faith in Vote for the BJP as it stood Article 370 was a tempo- Enforcement Directorate (ED) money directly into the Prime Minister said. victims. Those behind the announced that the work on his leadership and development for development, while parties rary provision which was to go into the an alleged property accounts of common people. Charging that the Congress blasts fled the country. The rea- the mid-sea Shivaji memorial works carried out by the like Congress and NCP were in a span of time. Parliament deal between the former Civil “They (congress) were and allies failed in doing justice son behind the same has now would begin. “The moment we Centre. centred around families, he only needs to be notified about Aviation Minister and Hajra those who had transferred to the victim families of 1993 come into the open. get a green signal from the “I am throwing a direct exhorted the gathering. it. On August 5-6, Iqbal, the wife of late Iqbal lakhs of crores of rupees of Mumbai serial blasts and tried “Instead of catching hold of court, we will start the con- challenge to Rahul Gandhi and The State goes to poll on the Government informed Mirchi. money through `phone bank- to protect those behind the the people (Dawood Ibrahim struction of the memorial,” he Sharad Pawar to restore Article October 21 while results will be Parliament and there was no Castigating Chidambaram ing’. blasts, Modi targeted Patel for and his aides), these people are said. 370 in Jammu & Kashmir after declared on October 24. vote. *51 6 P ! ! 5( ( 3456 ! + P, 6 ! # 7 #.P 59&P ! 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O$ 3 following recent attacks in gap sort of measure we have Internet facility at 20 kiosks set Internet facility has been in central Maharashtra shot NFriday hit back at Chief The NCP chief also hit out " P which two traders were killed, taken to ensure that there are up at the deputy commission- shut down across Kashmir into limelight when Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis at Shah for repeatedly asking officials said on Friday. no continued attacks,” the offi- er’s office here, officials said on since August 5 when the Minister Devendra Fadnavis’s over his jibe that `there is no what did Pawar do for . &6 $= Officials in the district cial said. Friday. Centre announced its decision former PA Abhimanyu Pawar wrestler to fight with’ in the Maharashtra, and listed his administration said eight to Following the attacks, the The officials said the to withdraw Jammu and jumped into the fray as the BJP Maharashtra Assembly polls, decisions such as giving 50 per am Aadmi Party leader nine “safe zones” have been official said, there were appre- students availed the facility to Kashmir’’s special status under candidate and all eyes will be saying one doesn’t fight with cent reservation to women in Aand Delhi Chief Minister earmarked in Shopian along hensions that fruit trade would register for various competitive Article 370 of the Constitution. on how he fares in his maiden “kids”. local governing bodies and Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the main roads in south be severely affected, but “that examinations and access other However, the State adminis- poll foray. The NCP patriarch was renaming Marathwada his state’s development model Kashmir, to facilitate the fruit did not happen” and academic information, besides tration has set up Internet The Ausa Assembly seat in speaking at a campaign rally at University after Dr B R would be implemented in dealers to procure the fruits the loading of fruits was going to know their results or down- kiosks in every district in the Latur district in the arid Ambejogai in Beed district. Ambedkar. Maharashtra if it is elected to from the farmers. on. load admit cards for different valley to facilitate students and Marathwada region will see “The Chief Minister says The only answer the BJP power in the October 21 “Following the recent “After these back-to-back examinations at the local and people. The officials said the Pawar locking horns with two- their wrestler is in the poll bat- has for every issue including Assembly polls. attacks on fruit dealers, the attacks, we expected that peo- national level. Internet facility was also used time Congress MLA Basavraj tle but there is no wrestler unemployment and agrarian Speaking at a rally in Government first identified ple will be discouraged and the “Till date, 90,000 people, by students for filling admis- Patil. from the opposition in sight. crisis is “abrogation of Article Brahmapuri, some 90 kilome- five areas and designated them whole season will get derailed mostly students, availed the sion forms and making appli- Traditionally a Shiv Sena “There is this organisa- 370”, Pawar said. tres away from here, Kejriwal as safe zones to facilitate the severely. That did not happen. services of Internet facilities in cations for scholarships at seat, the BJP convinced its ally tion called Maharashtra State The NCP was not opposed said Delhi was developing on fruit growers and dealers. Now, The loading is still going on. the kiosks free-of-cost, besides national and international insti- to part with the segment and Wrestling Association, and its to the scrapping of the provi- all fronts because AAP had we have eight to nine of them,” The people have brought their contractors also availed the tutions. The State administra- gave nomination to Pawar, president’s name is Sharad sions of the article which gave given “corruption-free admin- an official said. produce in smaller vehicles to services to submit tenders for tion has set up six terminals Fadnavis’s former personal Pawar,” the former Union min- special status to Jammu and istration”. These zones are on the these secure zones various developmental with operators at the tourist assistant (PA). ister said. Kashmir, but people’s “We are providing free main roads of the district and which we have created and activities,” the Srinagar dis- reception centre (TRC) to Overnight, Ausa became “I stand behind all the concerns needed to be electricity upto 200 units per closer to police, Army and they are loading their fruit trict administration said in a provide Internet facility. one of the most talked about wrestlers, and he is telling us addressed, he said. month, and 20,000 litres of paramilitary CRPF establish- over there. There has not statement. The administration has Assembly seats of this election about wrestlers. We don’t fight He also reiterated the water per person annually. We ments, the official said. been a serious exodus of the The prominent exams for also made the Internet facility and Fadnavis’s shadow looms with kids,” Pawar, 78, said. charge that “not even an inch improved the education sys- “The zones are secure, truckers following the attacks,” which students were facilitated available at the National large over the constituency If there was no contest, of work” has been carried out tem and standard of there are RoPs (road opening the official said. in making registration includ- Informatics Centre (NIC) at given that he handpicked his why Prime Minister Narendra for constructing Shivaji Government schools, and they parties of security forces) who There were inputs about ed the GATE, the Joint district headquarters where e- close aide Pawar as the BJP can- Modi, Union Home Minister Maharaj’s memorial off the are now better than the ones accompany them along with possible attacks on fruit deal- Entrance Examination (JEE) tendering facilities are being didate. Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh Mumbai coast. operated by the private sector,” the forces’ deployment. The ers and as a security measure, Mains, the Council of Scientific provided to contractors as well. However, Pawar is unlike- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Similarly, the work on he said. fruit dealers and trucks have the district administration has ly to have a cakewalk as he is are holding rallies in the state, Ambedkar’s memorial in cen- He said such initiatives been pushed into these safer also asked about 600 truckers pitted against a strong candi- he asked. tral Mumbai’s Dadar also has would be replicated in zones as a security measure. to stay put in Poshana area - date, sitting Congress MLA He himself was not con- not made any headway, Pawar Maharashtra to better the for- The Government has been near Pir Ki Gali on the Mughal Patil. testing, but leaders of the rul- said. tunes of its people. working on this idea for the Road, the official said. !+' /!/! #!/ ! $ #'0+ 107 ! !% # ! % & 7== #! 896:2 alling Veer Savarkar a murderer, former CKarnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah slammed the BJP on Friday for its plan to bestow & He said the force has been in the Bharat Ratna to him posthumously. forefront of tackling He said Savarkar was one of the accused in the ighlighting the multifarious duties Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, radi- assassination of Mahatma Gandhi, but the charges Hbeing performed by Jammu & calisation and law and order situations could not be proved due to lack of evidence and Kashmir Police, its chief Dilbagh along with all other security he was freed. Singh on Friday said the force has forces working in Jammu & “The murderer of Mahatma Gandhi is getting been inthe forefront of tackling Kashmir. Bharat Ratna! Those who conspired to eliminate Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, radi- “Police personnel are doing mul- Gandhiji are getting Bharat Ratna! calisation and law and order situation tifarious tasks which include police Should BJP be allowed to gain a foothold in in the State. bandobast (arrangements), investi- Mangaluru, known as a land of intellectuals?” In addition to the fight against gation and providing various ser- Siddaramaiah asked party workers at a meeting terrorism along with other security vices to the general people. here. agencies, the force has been very effec- Besides the police personnel are doing The Maharashtra BJP unit had said in its elec- tive in dealing with unlawful activities, other specialized works to tion manifesto that the party would ask the Centre Singh told a group of about 50 IPS offi- check social crimes and handle social to confer the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civil- cers from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel media, terror funding, OGW (over- ian award, on Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, popu- National Police Academy Hyderabad ground worker) networks larly known as Veer Savarkar. here. of terrorists and separatists,” the DGP Claiming that the accused in 90 out of 100 cases The probationary officers were said. are acquitted, Siddaramaiah alleged that Savarkar given know-how about the function- IGP CRPF (Administration) was part of the conspiracy to assassinate Gandhi. ing of Jammu and Kashmir Kashmir Ravideep Sahi, DIG central “Now they have moved ahead to bestow Police. Kashmir V K Birdhi and other offi- Bharat Ratna to him! What will happen to the “J&K Police is doing multifarious cers of CRPF and police were also pre- nation? That’s why somebody said you give it duties and is countering terrorism at sent in the interactive session, (Bharat Ratna) to(Nathuram) Godse too. Godse different fronts and a large number of a police spokesman said, adding a was the one who assassinated Gandhiji,” he terrorists have been eliminated and couple of days back, Additional said. huge quantity of arms and ammuni- Director General of Police, Alleging that RSS and Hindu Mahasabha never tion has been seized in last three Armed, S J M Gillani also had an took part in the freedom struggle, the former Chief decades,” the Director General of interactive session with the visiting Minister said they all had ganged up with the Police (DGP) said. officers. British. ! 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In this ( year’s general election, the BJP won 303 seats ( and along with its allies, the NDA took its tally ; to 352 seats. The United Progressive Alliance- led Congress was reduced to 91 seats with it barely crossing the half-century mark with 6 52 seats. With the BJP’s winning percentage One and a half years later, the ture in politics as it is in life, it the Global Hunger Index (GHI) reaching 70 per cent (it contested in 437 seats Congress’ state of affairs is even is said. Those who resist such has slipped further — from 95 and won 303 of them), the main Opposition worse than what people had a change will find themselves in 2010 to 117 this year. ) party, the Congress, stared at a major exis- feared. I had earlier explained the pushing against a sea of opin- So, for the Congress, there S ( tential crisis. The BJP’s spectacular win has to-do list for the grand old party, ion and positioned on the are enough political opportuni- ( left the Opposition, the Congress in partic- which remains prerequisite till wrong side of history. ties. It’s just about how to make ( 1 ular, weak, clueless and irrelevant. date. Most relevant for present- an opportunity fit, not the other But why is the Opposition so significant? The stark reality is that the day Congress is an observation way around. It’s about seizing ( Its importance lies not just in providing a Congress has, for far too long, <).4 by Mohammed Ayoob, Professor, opportunities in right earnest " 2 means to express negative reaction to the functioned as an autocrat, deny- Michigan State University, who and at the right time. ( Government’s decisions but to also tireless- ing many deserving party func- <&4 writes that even after two major By giving the reins of the ly hold the ruling party to account, offer con- tionaries their rightful place in the ).44 4 electoral debacles, the dynasty party again to a family member, $ structive criticism and project a progressive organisation. Loyalty towards refuses to give up control and the Congress might have arrest- 1 alternative to the Government. On this front, individuals doesn’t necessarily 4&<=. deliberately fails to realise that it ed disintegration within but it the Congress lacks comprehensive strategy imply loyalty towards the party. is destroying the chances of the will commit a grave mistake if and stamina to take on the might of the BJP’s It should take serious note of it. $<7) 7 Congress bouncing back. 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Leaders from the top-level to the to prevent disintegration of the &<)).4<).4 gearing up for the 2024 gener- the Congress, if it wishes to be low-rung as well as legislators have been quit- party, make politicians account- al election, targetting 333 MPs, an alternative to the BJP, even ( 0 ting the Congress. The prominent among able and encourage meaningful 5 D <=&6" the Congress is seen as a small, disintegration would be a bet- - them are airing their views against the party deliberation. )O <=) snivelling, struggling party. As ter option if a wider acceptabil- line. Indications are also there of deep intra- It should get rid of self- 4I& a matter of fact, the Congress’ ity of the younger generation 6$ 6* 1 party disputes and conflicts. On a close look, seeking and corrupt old guards. decline began years ago but eludes the party rank and file. however, one will find the real reason why the There are capable young leaders, <$$<)=&)4 accelerated in 2014 with the INC, minus Sonia-Rahul- @ leaders took the decision to leave the party/air who can flush out the party’s old, election of Narendra Modi. Priyanka, is thinkable but 6 A ( views. And it wouldn’t be surprising for those withered arteries. &).4.) It’s not that the BJP-led Indian politics minus the who have a grasp of the reality. Short-term political 4 &4) &6 ) NDA Government is running Congress is unthinkable and if ( 0 Last April, I had mentioned in an arti- advantages have always assured flawlessly. Apart from the eco- indeed it happens, it would be cle titled, Congress Needs to Make a long-term political disadvan- ).4.))%4 nomic mess, the political culture sad and may be the most unfor- 2 1@$ ( Comeback for Democracy to Sustain Itself: “In tages. Compromising politics born out of the personality tunate turn, which may forev- the world’s largest democracy, the shrinking had the Congress falling from cult, ultra-nationalism and hate er change who we are. The political space of a 133-year-old national 364 out of 489 Lok Sabha seats politics concerns the common Congress may be critically .B ) # ( party is as disconcerting for the party as it in the first-ever general election man the most. Besides, the weakened but it is not wrecked C is for democracy itself. And, therefore, the in 1952 to 44 out of 545 in Government has failed to as yet. Congress’ revival is crucial for the nation and 2014. While people’s expecta- address other critical issues: (The writer is former Deputy challenging for its party leadership. The task tions from the party are really From agrarian distress to unem- General Manager, India is made tougher as sub-optimal leadership low, the need for it to rise has ployment to dissatisfaction International Centre, New Delhi, 2 faces the task of rebuilding the party and never been greater. among the urban middle class- and General Manager, restructuring its shattered image and appeal.” Change is as constant a fea- es and the poor. India’s rank in International Centre, Goa) 3 $ ,!&,., ( ( ( * 5 ) $ * $% % .04 3 ( % & LL ) ") ) +*), - ( ( ( O % % # L ( ./// ( 0(1 7 # ( L ". # " " " # " ."%$11 !#$ ,2.$ $1#"2 $: ; K6(#$ # K6 ) ( K ( 1 % 1 +1%1, K 1 - 2 +1-2, ) ) ) ( )) * )( 0 1-2 ( under the purview of the Reserve # " Q Bank of India (RBI). The Central ( bank must maintain a strict vigil Sir — This refers to the editor- L M0< and audit all ailing banks so that 3//4 1-2 1 ! +1 !, ial, “Ayodhya closure” (October 8P3" BC89 . scams like PMC never happen 45 ) 18). A five-judge Constitution )0.3=&4O ( N) again and the faith of the depos- ( $ 6 6 bench, headed by Chief Justice 5 L BC89O( itor remains intact. of India Ranjan Gogoi, has ") Harvinder Singh Chugh 1 - 7 reserved its verdict on one of the # & Via email most sensitive case of the Ram & % 0&&%3 " - Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid land L :M BCBB" dispute in Ayodhya. What will ) :( follow next is a race against time : ( ( : # as the verdict will be delivered " 9C ( Sir — This refers to the editori- 0 0 in a month’s time before Gogoi L: al, “Still too hungry” (October - 7 demits office. ( "M=&4 ( 18). It is unfortunate that despite In a democracy, any judicial O : OF"9( " being the second-largest food - ( verdict is premised on facts, ( " # L : producer, India ranks poorly on 0 ) which entail reliable evidence, ( K M " ( the hunger levels. To tackle the 0 0 satisfactory proof and eyewit- 8 CCC ( K ( ( " problem, there is a need for the nesses. If indeed a settlement is O ( ( " ( (: . * Government to increase the bud- 7 reached, it will be a victory for " ") get for children’s health. S ! )8 + !), parties concerned and the medi- Q * * O ( ( The problem is all the more 1 $ P( ators, too. Whatever decision the ( "% O " complex because the food basket court takes must be accepted ( ( ( !# 2." differs from region to region. It is, Q # ; 1 $ +1 $ , ( gracefully. # : therefore, essential that we have 0 P( Q P Q Finally, the country must an efficient integrated system for # move out from its past and food production, processing, focus on more important issues life of the people. While these attractive deposit rates than preservation and distribution ( pertaining to the economy. The banks have been able to fulfill commercial banks and this is which can cater to the changing ( # ( young generation is faced with their role partially, a major why they strive on an ecosystem tastes of the nation. a serious unemployment crisis. Sir — This refers to the editori- impediment has been the elected of small business, traders and Srishti Mathur We need a strong economy and al, “Lessons from PMC” (October members of borrowers, who are petty service providers. In a Ujjain # not court cases. 17). The purpose of setting up more concerned about furthering country like ours, where finan- Azhar A Khan cooperative banks was to further their own interests. cial literacy is not so high, it is 1 7 ( Rampur economic development and social Cooperative banks offer essential that all banks come 22$12.<."$@%:!0,.: ! "#$%&"# &7 ;%+ ! ;'! 8 )(9 !#!#$ #$ 3( )3 # #$ 9A7 ) ) 0 ) 0 ) 0 )) # : L L = ) O
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uum, accessibility and democratic of diseases. Portable/point-of-care normal life with the help of advanced ecosystem is not very conducive for 75 per cent of the deaths in the coun- availability remains a hurdle. India accessories have made it possible to restorative and assistive devices. the sector to drive affordability and try by 2025, with an increasing num- faces a dual challenge as the rising bur- improve diagnostic mechanisms at the Advancements in curative technolo- accessibility. The Goods and Services ber of people suffering from diabetes, den of lifestyle diseases is added to the primary healthcare level, provide care gy have also allowed people with dis- Tax (GST) on devices currently stands heart disease and progressive lung dis- /).444& burden of communicable diseases at home and resulted in improved abilities to lead productive lives. at 12 per cent. On the other hand, cus- eases. The geriatric population is also &4564 7 such as tuberculosis. Non-communi- health outcomes and patient satisfac- Advancements in screening toms duty is low. This tax policy neg- set to increase and would require a cable diseases are currently responsi- tion. It has also improved the access devices have enabled patients to mon- atively impacts indigenous production higher need for quality healthcare and 5 6 ) ; ble for 61 per cent of the deaths in the to quality care in underserved and itor their condition at home, keeping and supports imports, which is medical devices, both at homes and # % country, a number that is only set to remote regions, while also making it a close track on all major health indi- counter-intuitive to the ‘Make in health facilities. uccessful healthcare delivery go up in the coming years. While both possible for patients to avail treatment cators. Furthermore, smart appli- India’ initiative. As the inverted duty Apart from devising a more con- depends both on the availability the Government and private partici- outside traditional healthcare facilities. ances are being increasingly used to structure favors bringing in finished genial tax structure, the country &6") Sof personnel and technologies. pants have undertaken several mea- Technological advancements in remotely monitor patients and diag- goods over raw material, imports needs to strengthen its regulatory #( Medical devices are an important cog sures to address the lack of quality ser- surgical equipment have enabled doc- nose life-threatening conditions early, constitute 75 per cent of the industry’s mechanisms and testing procedures to ( in the delivery system as they equip vices, these efforts have been execut- tors to treat highly complex and crit- reducing the need for hospital visits sales. As a result, local manufacturers ensure highest standards of quality are health service providers with the nec- ed in discrete silos. ical cases and reduce the length of and bringing down the pressure on make products at the lower end of the met. According to news reports, the essary tools to perform their job In this scenario, medical appli- extended hospital stays. It has increas- overburdened healthcare centres. value chain. NITI Aayog has prepared a roadmap effectively. Though the country’s ances play a key role in offering bet- ingly made it possible for elective and However, there is a need for a more The Government must consider to ensure better regulation of medical ") healthcare industry has grown signif- ter screening, diagnosis and treatment complex operations such as knee congenial ecosystem for indigenous revising its tax policy to help local equipment under which all devices — ( ( # icantly over the last decade, our along with restoration and monitor- replacement and bariatric surgery to manufacturers as medical technology manufacturers gain a larger share of imported or locally manufactured — =& & health ecosystem is plagued by the lack ing of health indicators to boost pre- be moved to short stay/outpatient is a significant contributor to the cost the market. This will also help them will have to be certified by the Central 6" of availability and affordability of vention. While equipment manufac- surgery centres. For example, lapro- of healthcare delivery. According to make products at more affordable Drugs Standard Control Organisation quality services. In fact, India lags turers have mostly focussed on scopic surgery procedures remarkably conservative estimates, medical equip- costs. (CDSCO). While improving regula- behind Brazil, Russia, China and improving the quality of care and life improve outcomes; reduce length of ment contributes to at least 30 per cent With a changing regulatory and tion is welcome, the authorities must ( South Africa and a number of other expectancy, they also need to increase hospital stays as well as cost of treat- of the capital of setting up a secondary economic environment, the medical ensure that the process remains : ( ( developing countries in this regard. affordability so that there is a large ment. or tertiary care center. Moreover, device sector is set to grow in the smooth, hassle-free and fast. %5 # While technological advancements scale impact. Rehabilitative centres and hospi- diagnostics and medical devices con- future and there are a range of factors (The writer is director of a medical # " have expanded to encompass almost Technology has improved the tals are making it easier for patients to tribute to at least 20 per cent of the cost fuelling it. According to estimates, device marketing and distribution every stage of the healthcare contin- complexity and accuracy of screening recuperate and return to a relatively of medical services. Unfortunately, the non-communicable diseases will cause company) 0 3 " <& ! "#$%&"#
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However, at close of trade, The oil-to-telecom con- 163,854 crore in Q2. than the previous year, as sub- L # ( the company’s market capital- glomerate, led by richest Indian The company opened 337 scriber base swelled to 355.2 ( ") isation (m-cap) settled at Mukesh Ambani, reported a more retail stores and added 24 million from 331.2 million at ( 8,97,179.47 crore. !$1 .; 2 ,.+"2$P1 (6,72,466.30 crore), HUL net profit of 11,262 crore, or million subscribers to its Jio the end of the June quarter and Shares of the country’s :.12 !+# ,.:? According to a statement A delegation of CAIT met omy is “still growing as the |the fastest growing economy,” O ) ) 4 P the death of a depositor of the @ * issued by the Confederation of with the CCI Chairman and fastest”, she told a group of she said. Punjab & Maharashtra All India Traders (CAIT), CCI apprised him about how e- Indian reporters on Thursday. As against India’s real Cooperative Bank after the "" Chairman Ashok Kumar Gupta commerce companies are trap- The minister is here to growth rate of 6.8 per cent in RBI appointed administrator $ said it is committed to estab- ping the country’s business in attend the annual meeting of 2018, the IMF in its latest on the city-headquartered ? #$ lishing a uniform and compet- vicious cycle of unethical com- the IMF and the World Bank. World Economic Outlook lender. $ itive business environment in petition, CAIT said. Sitharaman said she is “cer- released on Tuesday. Two of the depositors had died of cardiac arrest, while " another, a woman doctor, $ R .( 0 allegedly committed suicide. # 4 ( Murlidhar Dharra (83) died at his home in suburban >8 ?9$ Mulund on Friday, his son moves. The depositors have 4 Prem Dharra told PTI. been protesting over the last Bangkok: Global markets large- The family had a total of three weeks, seeking their 6AA) ly brushed off more disconcert- 80 lakh in deposits with tbe money back. 4& ing economic signals from bank (which was placed under On Tuesday, 51-year-old 1 ! China, which on Friday report- restrictions since September Sanjay Gulati, who had recent- hina’s growth slumped to 6 ed that its economy grew at its 24), he said. ly lost his job with Jet Airways Cper cent in the third quar- 5 .&)<& Donald Trump also comes as slowest pace in 26 years last quar- Doctors had recommend- when the airline was ground- ter of 2019, its lowest level in Washington is mired in a trade ter. The 6% growth pace China ed heart surgery for his father, ed, died of a heart attack hours nearly three decades, as the he United States imposed war with China and could risk reported for July-September was 6 L %M 7O =$ but they could not arrange the after attending a depositors’ world’s second largest economy Ttariffs on a record $7.5-bil- destabilising the global econo- worse than most economists & . O % $ % money as the deposits are stuck protest. struggled to overcome the lion worth of European Union my further. were expecting, highlighting a $ : 7 at the bank, Prem said. It was followed by alleged impact of a bruising trade war goods on Friday, despite threats In the line of fire are civil- global economy that is slowing. 073 L %M = It can be noted that under suicide of Dr Nivedita Bijlani, with the US and sluggish of retaliation, with Airbus, ian aircraft from Britain, Domestically, Beijing is 0=3% &/ & ") ( the RBI directions, exceptions and death of Mulund-resident domestic demand, according to French wine and Scottish France, Germany and Spain -- under significant pressure to = can be made for medical emer- Fatto Punjabi due to cardiac official data released on Friday. whiskies among the high-pro- the countries that formed head off job losses as a trade ( ( ( ( 1 CCC ( gencies. It was not known arrest. The GDP figures emerged file targets. Airbus -- which will now cost war with the US drags on. "4 ( = 1 CCC @ ( immediately whether the PMC The crisis at the bank is just one week after the US and The tariffs, which took 10 percent more when import- Some of the latest data for ( ( ( 2# ( ") Bank refused a request from being attributed to loans given China reached a tentative trade effect just after midnight in ed to the US. September, such as investment the family under this provision. to realty player HDIL, which truce to avoid more damages to Washington (0401 GMT), But the tariffs also target and lending, showed improve- ( ") = &/ 7 After an alleged 4,355 were allegedly hidden from the world’s two largest came after talks between consumer products such as ment, but “pressure on eco- F"2 "% #$ % crore scam came to light at the regulators’ scrutiny, turning economies. China’s gross European officials and US trade French wine, which Trump nomic activity should intensi- $( 7" # # ( bank, the RBI initially capped non-performing assets. domestic product grew at 6 per representatives failed to win a had vowed to attack in recent fy in the coming months,” % " withdrawals at 1,000 in view Five persons including cent in the quarter ended last-minute reprieve. months. Wine from France, Julian Evans-Pritchard of ( ( 8 of liquidity crisis, and later HDIL promoters have been September, the weakest quar- The WTO-endorsed Spain and Germany will now Capital Economics said in a ( ( ( " hiked it to 40,000 in three arrested in the case. terly growth rate since 1992. onslaught from US President face 25 percent tariffs. commentary. AP << ! "#$%&"# <' ! % %1<
Istanbul: Turkish President for Human Rights said Friday Recep Tayyip Erdogan on there were Turkish air strikes ! # Friday warned that Ankara on the village of Bab al-Kheir, would restart its operation east of Ras al-Ain on the bor- against Kurdish forces in der. The war monitor said 14 # ! - Syria on Tuesday evening if civilians were killed. they do not withdraw from a Turkey launched the cross- Washington: President lion trade deal. "safe zone". border incursion on October 9 Donald Trump has said that “Sanctions won't be nec- Tal Tamr: Deadly Turkish air Turkish airstrikes on the village After US Vice-President after repeatedly threatening to America's proposed econom- essary because Turkey is doing strikes Friday shattered an of Bab al-Kheir, east of Ras al- Mike Pence came to Ankara for clear the border area from the ic sanctions on Ankara are no what they're doing,” Trump hours-old US-brokered deal to Ain," Rami Abdel Rahman, talks with Erdogan on Thursday, Kurdish People's Protection longer necessary after the US told reporters on Thursday as stop Ankara's military offen- head of the Syrian Observatory the NATO allies agreed Turkey Units (YPG) militia. and Turkey struck a deal for a he congratulated his Turkish sive against Kurdish forces in for Human Rights, said. AFP would suspend its offensive for The Turkish forces are sup- five-day cease fire in Syria. counterpart President Recep northeastern Syria. five days in northern Syria porting Syrian rebel fighters As per the deal announced Tayyip Erdogan for reaching a The ceasefire announced while Kurdish fighters withdraw under the "Syrian National by Vice-President Mike Pence deal with the United States. late Thursday was meant to from the area. Army" banner but the proxies in Ankara on Thursday, “He's a friend of mine provide a pause for the evac- "If the promises are kept have been accused by Amnesty Turkey will suspend its oper- and I'm glad we didn't have a uation of Kurdish fighters until Tuesday evening, the safe International of committing ations for 120 hours to allow problem because frankly, he's from the battleground border "-!$! D +$-E ) #L zone issue will be resolved. If it "war crimes" including sum- Kurdish fighters to withdraw a hell of a leader and he's a town of Ras al-Ain and other ( / fails, the operation... Will start mary executions. from a designated safe zone tough man. He's a strong man. areas Turkey wants to control the minute 120 hours are over," Erdogan also condemned along the Turkish and Syrian He did the right thing. And I along its border with Syria. ( " Erdogan told reporters during the abuses that some Syrian border. really appreciate it. And I will The five-day suspension ) : a foreign media briefing in proxies are accused of com- Protesting Turkey's mili- appreciate it in the future,” looked designed to help Turkey Istanbul. mitting during the offensive. tary offensive in northeast Trump said, describing the achieve its main territorial ) # = He said Turkish armed "Whoever commits such Syria, US President Donald cease fire as a great news. goals without fighting but its " ()(4 forces would remain in the an act is no different from (the Trump on Tuesday signed an Terming it as an incredi- Syrian proxies continued to ( region "because the security Islamic State group). We can- executive order to slap sanc- ble outcome, Trump said that clash with Kurdish fighters L there requires this", adding that not accept such a thing," he tions against Turkish officials, Turkey had a legitimate prob- Friday and an airstrike killed there had been no issues so far. said, adding that the army was raising of steel tariffs and end- lem on the 22 mile (34 kms) 14 civilians. / But the Syrian Observatory investigating the claims. AFP ing negotiations on a $100 bil- strip for many years. PTI "14 civilians were killed in " " , ' 5 ! 2 >) # ( (( * Kabul: An explosion rocked a both the Taliban and the ISIS Brussels: President Emmanuel mosque in eastern Afghanistan group are active in eastern Macron declared on Friday that as dozens of people gathered to Afghan, especially Nangarhar London: After winning the ahead of what's expected to be told the BBC. Raab said the France does not want to see offer Friday players, causing the province. Zahir Adil, backing of European Union a knife-edge vote. Government has not given up Britain's departure from the roof to collapse and killing 62 spokesman for the public health leaders for his new Brexit deal , Johnson's Conservative hope of winning the support of European Union delayed worshippers, provincial offi- department in Nangarhar Prime Minister Boris Johnson Party holds only 288 seats in the its Northern Ireland ally, the beyond October 31 now that a cials said. Province, said 23 of the wound- was in London on Friday look- 650-seat House of Commons, so Democratic Unionist Party, new divorce agreement has been Attahullah Khogyani, ed were transferred to Jalalabad, ing to secure enough support to he will have to rely on support which has rejected the new reached. "I think the October 31 spokesman for the governor of the provincial capital, and the get the deal through the frac- from other parties and inde- deal. But the chances of that date should be respected. I don't Nangarhar, said the militant rest were being treated in the tious British Parliament. pendent lawmakers to get over appeared slim. think that new deadlines should attack wounded 36 others. Haskamena district clinic. The Johnson returned from an the line. The DUP's Brexit be given. We need to end these He said it was not imme- violence comes a day after a UN EU summit in Brussels Foreign Secretary Dominic spokesman, Sammy Wilson, negotiations and get on negoti- diately clear if the mosque was report said that Afghan civilians overnight for a busy day Raab started drumming up sup- said Johnson's Brexit package ating the future relationship," he attacked by a suicide bomber or are dying in record numbers in attempting to persuade law- port early. "We've got a real — which carves out special sta- said at an EU summit. On some other type of bombing. the country's increasingly bru- makers to ratify the divorce opportunity now to get Brexit tus for Northern Ireland to Thursday, EU leaders approved "Both men and children are tal war, noting that more civil- deal at a rare Saturday sitting of delivered faithful to the refer- keep an open border with EU a Brexit withdrawal agreement among those killed and wound- ians died in July than in any Parliament. endum, move on as a govern- member Ireland — is bad for negotiated between the EU and ed in the attack," he said. No previous one-month period He was due to brief his ment, and I think as a country, his region and its bonds with Johnson's Government to over- one immediately claimed since the UN began keeping Cabinet on Friday afternoon, and lift the clouds of Brexit," he the rest of the U.K. AP see Britain's departure. AFP responsibility for the attack, but statistics. AFP O. ; .%( = ) F . ( ( $ .%
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when I studied the subject.” Naval says that all of these ran par- allel in her life. “There were a lot of times, when someone asked me if I had given up acting, during an exhibition at the Jehangir Art Gallery. But there was no Full concept in my head of having giving up one thing for the other,” says Naval. For her, all of the arts that she prac- tises are deeply connected. “I remember shooting for a film called Main Zinda Hoon with Sudhir Mishra and I was so impacted by it that I was reliving a phase circle of my personal experience on camera. In the film’s climax, I land up in a mental asylum and hallucinate that I am talking to my father. But it was real for the char- # acter. I went back home and painted that B: $$ phase of mine where I am sitting, wrapped up in my own world commu- $ $ nicating with my father who was long dead and gone,” she says and goes on to talk about another work, Black wind, which was a painting first and later became a poem. “It came from a very intense personal experience. I had furi- (CC <+ = D ously scribbled down my thoughts and then made the painting. But I felt that it didn’t convey enough and went back to $ the notes and wrote the poem,” she explains. # ! <0< ! % Similarly, she visited a mental institu- tion to do homework for a script that she he warmth of the laughter when was working on about an actress who has you mention Deepti Naval’s past co- to play a mentally disturbed character. “I Tstars is hard to miss even over the came back and wrote 24 poems on women slightly erratic phone line which connects in mental asylums. If you know my work, the two metros — the capital and the mil- you would connect the loose ends. It might lennial city. But then, Ms Chamko, as she not happen immediately but several years came to be popularly known after down the line,” she says. Chashme Baddoor (1981) was the quin- It as on account of her writing and tessential girl next door with her sunshine interest in arts that Naval shared a deep and smile and cheerful demeanour. However, abiding connect with the firebrand writer the celebrated actor, painter and photog- Amrita Pritam whom she also portrayed rapher, who was last seen in the web on stage in Ek Mulaqat where she was cast series, Made in Heaven, avers, “I was not being with the man she loved, certainly opened another floodgate of memories. that she is looking at helming. “I will float with Shekhar Suman who played the role the girl next door in real life. I was a New fell in the realm of a grey area. For that “There was Sanjeev Kumar in Angoor and around the ideas and see which one we of poet Sahir Ludhianvi. She recalls, “I held Yorker where I had gone to college and matter, the three of us — Shabana Naseeruddin (Shah) in Katha. I love the can raise the money for,” she says. her in high esteem. Amritaji’s work was graduated in Arts as my major subject. I (Azmi), Smita (Patil) and I had no way I am positioned in the film and the As an actor, Naval sprung a surprise always very fascinating as she was ahead was running around theatre at Broadway qualms about playing those roles. It was way I was working with the two best in NH10 (2015) where she played a of her time. She was the sole woman’s voice and Museum of Modern Art and living a really good time and you reminded me actors of the time. It was lovely,” she adds. Sarpanch, who gets her daughter killed for in Punjabi poetry which was dominated by in the neighbourhood of Andy Warhol. of it,” she laughs, her voice taking on a A remake of Chashme Buddoor was marrying outside caste, a strange combi- male Sufi poets. She wrote unabashedly The sweet image was something that cin- tenor which can be described as richer as released in 2013 but she feels that most nation of an empowered woman who is about female experience. It was nothing ema created as this was the kind of girls she looks back nostalgically. “We dis- old films which are recreated are a let intensely regressive. “I didn’t see it com- sensational but the fact that she wrote bla- people wrote about at that time. There cussed each other’s roles. Smita was a dear down. “Though I encouraged it because ing either,” she says and laughs. tantly and boldly at that time made it so. was nothing dynamic where the female friend. And then there were the directors David Dhavan is a dear friend but I did- Even though most people talk about She was a deep thinker. I knew her person- characters were strong, bold, dynamic and like Basuda (Bhattacharya), Hrishda n’t watch the whole film as it couldn’t hold Naval in terms of her association with cin- ally and I was very fond of her. On every confident. I never got to play anything (Hrishishikesh Mukherjee) and so many me. I didn’t want to wash off the impact ema, she is also a celebrated writer, single trip that I made to Delhi I visited her that came close to my own persona.” more,” she says. of our very original, adorable one,” she painter and a photographer. She believes where she would be sitting or reclining on However, Naval who recently got the Talking of the old times with Naval says. that it was ingrained in her from her her bed and chatting while she smoked her Excellence in Cinema Award at the 21st naturally brings up the name of Farooq Since content, which was hitherto childhood as her mother was a painter cigarette and talked about life. In the play, Jio MAMI Mumbai Film Festival, does Shaikh, with whom she was seen fre- considered parallel, has now become and her father, a writer. “In my childhood I tried to remain as close to her as possi- agree that actors who were a part of the quently in the early part of the eighties mainstream, does Naval feel that this is my dad would insist that I read books and ble. When people who saw me said that parallel cinema at that time weren’t vic- in films like Katha (1982), Saath Saath a better time to be a part of cinema? my mother would make me sit down on ‘aapne Amritaji ko zinda kar diya’ , that was timised as much by the division between (1982) besides Chashme Buddoor. Naval “Definitely. Today there is a much wider the dining table and teach me to sketch. the best compliment.” good and bad characters, something that remembers, “He was one of the most audience for these subjects. We wanted to I inherited it and it depends on how you Naval believes that Pritam had a great plagued commercial cinema. “We still got delightful and adorable co-actors to work do so much more but we were always take it forward,” she says. love story between her and Imroz that she to experiment with the characters that with and had a great sense of humour faced with the question whether it will All of them play an important part in hugely admires. Naval says, “For the play came our way. My very first film, Ek Baar even though he always made people laugh work at the box office or not. But having her being. “These are my observations of they chose the relationship with Sahir, Phir was in the grey zone.” She played at my expense. He was a sensitive actor said that, the films and the subjects were life. It can only happen when you have a which was also very intriguing and inter- Kalpana, a girl married to a film star, who and somebody who continued to encour- a record of that time and documented it. feel for these things. It is not something esting between two talented writers. They falls in love with a struggling painter. “The age me and tell me my strong and weak Today when I see these subjects and the work on experimental subjects in a much that you can acquire. It resides within had a shared sentiment in language, so the fact that my character has second points. He often said, ‘Dips, for that is way these films works, we too would have interesting way and for a much larger you. I always felt a creative urge to express mutual fascination was there for a long thoughts about what she was doing and what he called me, you have it in you. loved to be watched by millions rather audience,” she says. Naval, who directed myself in one way or another. Writing and time.” whether it was morally right staying in a Please take your work more seriously.’” than thousands. And I want to be a part Manisha Koirala in Do Paise Ki Dhoop, painting has been with me since my Just the way we share a fascination for marriage of convenience rather than But the mention of Shaikh seemed to have of this scheme of things where you can Chaar Aane Ki Baarish, has three subjects school days. Photography came in college a certain doe-eyed Ms Naval. 4C P ## # How did you manage to fol- low even the smallest details in How difficult was it for you the script, keeping intact its ( ! to prepare for a role like that? authenticity? How did you get Well, I was playing a real per- $ %('$ 'Q into the character? son and when you play a real The desire for authenticity was 46. ( character, there’s so much infor- there right from the beginning. It mation out there — books and iction and reality TV shows, music was there in the script as well as O videos. But my character, the Fvideos, films and web series, actor in the research that Craig (Mazin) Soviets had, quite successfully, Hina Khan has done it all. But show- did. It was also there in the desire ( " )4 % EE cut out of the story. They threat- biz wasn’t a planned move. She says to not to sensationalise the story. ened to erase him from the his- entertainment happened by chance For instance, one of the first You see a real visual flair without tory. And so, in a lot of the books and the journey has been wonderful so interactions I had with the team it being sensationalised. It took that I read, he wasn’t even men- far. She was part of one of the longest was when I went for the costume five months to shoots all the five tioned. This was probably the running TV shows, Yeh Rishta Kya fitting. It was pretty obvious that episodes. first time that I have played a his- Kehlata Hai. She again won the audi- vanity fair was not going to do a torical character where the ence’s hearts when she got in the real- photoshoot on Chernobyl. There In that time, how hard was it research wasn’t really that help- ity shows space with Fear Factor: was no re-tailoring of anything to go home at night? Do you let ful. Craig had a different thing in Khatron Ke Khiladi and Bigg Boss. Her of it. We had the costume assis- it go? Do you kind of wallow in mind because the character I play film Lines took her to the prestigious tant who was a Russian and had that for five months? is in contrast to Stellan’s Cannes Film Festival this year. worked in the industry in the There’s no time for wallowing (Skarsgard) character. I needed to “Entertainment happened by Soviet Union. The material was because you’ve got something occupy a different space. In real chance to me and the journey so far really thick so it sort of hung off enormous the next day. I mean, as life, what I observed about has been wonderful. My dream is to you like a canvas tent. They had soon as something’s finished, there’s Legasov was that he had kind of continue growing as an actor, to tran- someone who made sure that the a sort of relief. You get that off your Slavic Soviet swagger about him. scend boundaries and work on projects glasses were functional. In terms plate. And then you’re looking He was an alpha male and pro- which are across the world,” Hina said. of the details, dressing, produc- ahead. During the days you’re jected confidence and that was Her dreams are clearly coming tion design and everything, in shooting something, if you’ve got exactly what Stallan’s character true as she has taken the next step in the episode five, which is cen- some time off, you’re already try- was. So I had to find something the international market by signing an tered around a trial where they ing to make sure that you’re going different to serve the narrative. Indo-American film, which is based on are trying to blame the whole to be ready for what’s coming down You do all your research but in HG Wells’ novel, The Country of the thing on human error, nothing the line. the end you’re not going to play Blind. wrong with the organisation or your research, you’re going to “I had never thought of becoming the design of the reactors. So There were no light scenes that play what the script demands. an actor and when my first show hap- there’s a big show trial. And the can give you a break. How did And the writer has made deci- pened, it wasn’t a plan. I went with the Kay was loved by many. photographs of that which you that go for you? sions on the story. You play the flow and the rest of course followed,” She also has an interest in doing can see online and there’s even Yes, I asked for some comedy. version of the character that the said Hina, who has bagged a film by something in the fitness space. “Fitness some footage from it — it was I did. I made a pitch to Craig. I said, writer has written for you. And filmmaker Vikram Bhatt. is a part of my life and hence doing eerie. So yes, the feeling of you know, Russians have a very that makes for some tense shoot- Bollywood or not, she says she is anything related to it, comes natural- authenticity was really important good sense of humour. And he said ing days. here to entertain. “Give me a good ly to me. I would love to do something and I am sure that is the reason ‘no, no jokes for you.’ He can even (Chernobyl will premiere on challenge as an actor and I shall lap it in the fitness space soon but as of now, why they went for an European write funny but he didn’t want to. Star World with a special play of up,” said the actor, whose negative nothing is there in the pipeline,” said director. They went for Johan I really wanted some comic ele- back to back episodes on October avatar in the show Kasautii Zindagii she. L+- Renck who has an amazing eye. ment. 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Designers have a constant role of making changes in their designs as trends vary with every season. How do you keep yourself updat- ed with the latest decor trends and handle the pressure? What keeps you going? The execution of good design is an art by itself. So, in that regard, I think learning the art of design and honing your skills consistently in that area is extremely valuable. Also, with experience, you tend to under- ! R # stand people’s minds better. As you travel more, experiences in life equip you to design multiple spaces for Douglas. His affair in the early people from different backgrounds. 1970s with author Joyce I think most women are mas- ( Maynard, a college student when ters at juggling roles, be it at work he befriended her, is not men- or on the personal front. For me O # tioned. But the library does personally, the key is to maintain a offer an eclectic, revelatory and certain degree of discipline and also s he worked on early drafts sometimes quirky range of mate- having a supportive partner like Aof The Catcher in the Rye, a rials, from a Royal manual type- Shah Rukh, who makes it easier to novel which proved both scan- writer to a bowl Salinger made handle the pressure. dalous and life-changing, JD as a boy to videocassettes of design elements and are open to industry of late and it’s a very posi- Salinger considered adding his Marx Brothers comedies and How do Indian aesthetics more experimentation. So, it’s an tive trend. generation’s idea of a trigger other films he liked to watch. A inspire you? exciting time to be in the design alert. bookcase from his bedroom The sheer variety of culture, space as you are constantly learning How do you strike a balance “I think there’s going to be includes The Oxford Book of art and handicraft changes every an evolving with your clients, it’s a between following your aesthetics a lot of swearing and sexy stuff Detective Stories, a collection of few kilometres in a country like dynamic process and we have and factoring in the clients’ brief as in this book,” warns narrator Robert Browning poems and India, so what could be more worked with local and Indian design- well, while transforming spaces? Holden Caulfield, in a paragraph three volumes on Zen and the inspirational! India could eas- ers to cater to our clients tastes. Being a designer is tougher than on page 18 of Salinger’s manu- Zen Classics, reflecting his ily have multiple luxury brands it appears, people entrust you with script, part of an upcoming immersion in Eastern religion coming out of here, especial- How would you define your their properties just on the basis of exhibition at the New York and philosophy. Letters to his lit- ly since we have excellent credo? your vision, without any tangible evi- Public Library. “I can’t help it. erary representatives document craftsmanship. However, I We don’t just focus on interiors dence of what you are going to do. You’ll probably think I’m a very his immersion in the publishing feel the ecosystem around but on design as a broader concept. To be able to deliver something dirty guy and that I come from process. promoting these arts and At the AD Design Show 2019, our excellent, not just satisfactory, to a a terrible family and all.” Declan Kiely, the library’s craftsmen is not adequate aim is to showcase that our design client is my goal and that’s what “The trouble is,” Holden director of special collections enough. philosophy can be applied to all areas keeps me going. adds, “everybody swears all the and exhibitions, said that the In fact we at Gauri of life. This includes extending my Design comes to me naturally time. And everybody’s pretty materials on display demonstrat- Khan Designs did a pro- design philosophy to interiors and and instinctively but I did spend a lot sexy.” Salinger apparently ed Salinger’s “meticulousness, ject with local Indian commercial spaces like retail outlets, of time honing my skills, whether it changed his mind. He drew a possibly bordering on the obses- artisans called Tattvam, restaurants, spas and turnkey pro- was designing our own homes and large X through the passage and sive,” although “obsessive in a which I am very proud jects. Apart from this we also do properties to collaborating with wrote “delete” in the margins. good way.” of. It was our collection product designs, branding, endorse- friends and then venturing out by Starting in 1951, when the book Salinger’s career as an author for Jaipur rugs, ments, working with international myself. Since most of my learning was published, millions of read- is captured through clippings of designed in collabora- designers and collaborations with happened on the job while dealing ers would discover the truth for his early stories, manuscripts, tion with women local craftsmen. We have managed with people from all backgrounds I themselves. copies of his books and letters to weavers of Rajasthan. In to execute multiple projects all over have a certain sense of comfort and The library exhibit, titled JD his publishers. A working draft January 2018, it was dis- the country and I want to continue confidence while designing for my Salinger, opens Friday and runs of Franny and Zooey was titled played at Maison & Objet, to showcase this kind of variety clients which brings in that balance. through January 19 at the his- Ivanoff the Terrible, subtitled, An Paris. The weaving tradi- through our work. This year will be toric Fifth Avenue branch in Ontological Comic Drama With tions have been kept alive by showcasing our premium range of If you want to transform the Manhattan. It continues a sur- a Little Morning Music, and these women. It’s so wonder- furniture which is new line being entire set-up with just one thing, prisingly eventful centennial for included an opening section ful and exciting to be part of launched at the show, different from what would it be? Salinger, who died in 2010 and which apparently refers to his a project that champions both the range we showcase at the store Honestly depends on the set-up, avoided publicity for much of his years as a counter-intelligence women empowerment and and will be available online at gau- as one needs to know what is miss- writing life. His literary estate officer in Europe during World our Indian heritage. rikhan.in. ing. But I think a signature piece of approved new print editions for War II. (Salinger fans had long furniture, the right kind of lighting the first time in decades of the wondered whether Ivanoff was Indians are increasingly Where are the trends heading in or the right pop of wall colour can four books he allowed to come a separate, unreleased book). becoming comfortable with 2020? make all the difference. out in his lifetime — The Catcher The one-room library global trends and styling. Has As we enter a new decade, one in the Rye, Franny and Zooey, exhibit tracks Salinger’s life. it impacted your work ethics? of the biggest trends seen in the What’s the 2019’s trend of the Nine Stories and Raise High the There are childhood photos and India is among the most difficult design industry is the usage of recy- year? Roof Beam, Carpenters and images from his military service, markets for design because there are cled materials and handmade prod- I think practical pieces that Seymour: An Introduction. And many highlighting his dark eyes, vastly different tastes to cater to. ucts to make even the most high-end adorn your space with an element of for the first time ever, the liter- extended jaw and the hint of a However, due to extensive travel and and luxurious designs. Sustainable design is a great trend. Things with ary estate authorised e-book Holden-like smirk. Pictures experiences around the globe, practices and renewable resources utility don’t necessarily have to look editions. from the 1960s and 1970s with Indians are exposed to many more have been the focus of the design boring. In announcing the exhibit, his children, Matt and Margaret, his son, Matt Salinger, cited the capture Salinger in middle age, public’s lasting curiosity. “When in rural Cornish, New OP *7 my father’s long-time publisher, Hampshire. A handful of shots Little, Brown and Company, show him in old age. After first approached me with plans Salinger’s death, an old friend o matter how much one rel- for his centennial year my from the military, John L Nishes world cuisine and its immediate reaction was that he Keenan, wrote to Matt, telling impeccable delicacies, when it would not like the attention,” him about his father’s horrifying comes to the most comforting Matt Salinger wrote. “He was a experiences, which led to his food, it’s always Indian. Model- famously private man who being hospitalised after the war. turned-chef Sarah Todd believes shared his work with millions, “He was among the first so too. She was much loved by but his life and non-published American troops to enter Paris, the Indian audience when she # ! % 3(( # R# < $ thoughts with less than a hand- as well as with the first American cooked the country’s favourite "; & $ ful of people, including me. But to cross the German border at household dish Aloo Gobhi dur- I’ve learned that while he may the Siegfried Line. He endured ing one of her tasks in season 6 4 ",# C 0 =<= have only fathered two children the hardship and perils of the of MasterChef Australia. there are a great, great many battles of the Bulge and the However, she says that the really important to be inspired restaurant owner in India. Her readers out there who have Ardennes forest,” Keenan’s letter cuisine still hasn’t become a by the local influences and your stint as a model too has influ- their own rather profound rela- reads. “Though like the rest of global favourite. “I honestly feel surroundings,” says the chef, enced her cooking in many tionships with him, through his us, not happy to be there, he like the world hasn’t seen who recently embarked on ways. “As a model, people think work, and who have long want- accepted his ‘lot’ and did more enough of Indian food. I think CRED’s four-city tour in the that they don’t eat but it’s ed an opportunity to get to know than what was expected of him. it should take the centrestage. It country in New Delhi, absolutely untrue. I have been a him better.” He was brave under fire and a has such a rich culture and Hyderabad, Pune and model for 10 years and I have Drawing upon archives loyal and dependable partner. diversity that the world needs to Bengaluru. constantly looked for ways to made available by Matt Salinger, On many occasions in the see it. The many healthy and So what are the essential ele- prepare dishes that are healthy, the exhibit is not the tell-all that course of an assignment, nutritious facets in Indian cook- ments that she keeps in mind nutritious and tasty. I used to some fans might have wanted. although pinned down by ing haven’t really been present- while working? For Sarah, it’s experiment a lot. I certainly There are no unreleased novels artillery, machine gun or small ed. Traditional Indian cooking important to always find a “way cooked a lot when I was mod- or stories, and no images of arms fire, he did what had to be is definitely on the rise, global- to connect with the audience” elling. And travelling and living Salinger’s widow, Colleen done. ly. It’s already becoming well- whether it’s through nostalgia, a at so many places, experiencing Salinger, or of the mother of “I admired him then and I known for some of its signature new technique, an ingredient or different cultures also benefit- Salinger’s two children, Claire grieve for him now.” L favourites but the rest of Indian the cooking style. She adds, “I ted,” adds she. palate needs to reach the world.” need to find just a few Indian However, the connection Sarah, who recently elements for the plate and it can with understanding food wasn’t launched three restaurants in come by blending various mod- new for Sarah. It had a link with India — Antares in Goa, The ern techniques as well, for her childhood. She says, “We Wine Company in Gurugram, instance the classic style of didn’t have a lot of money while NCR, and The Wine Rack in French cooking.” we were growing up so with our Mumbai — tells us how she Well, one of her most how to make healthy as well as they always want something multi-cultural aspect. “Australia Christmas presents, we used to curated the menus for all the important influences for her tasty food all in one,” she says. crunchy, which they can bite is a multi-cultural country. make huge cookie jars to give to three restaurants. “Location is cooking has been travelling Some learnings she also into, and yet it should be smooth When it comes to the variety of all our families and friends. We the first aspect I take into con- across the world and trying credits to MasterChef, the so that it melts in your mouth. dishes, they come from all over used to put a lot of time and sideration. In Goa, we are very various cuisines — both known biggest being how to balance a Third, it should visually appeal. the world. This is what appeals effort into it. One year, we focussed on seafood, very trop- and unknown. “I just feel that dish, which is due to the con- Your dish should look beautiful to people. Many different styles decided to buy only presents and ical and fresh. In Mumbai, again experiencing food from all over stant pressure contestants face at because you first eat with your of cooking and various cuisines not add the cookie jars. I got seafood is prevalent to some the world and trying home food the competitive kitchen. She eyes. It’s the first sense that hits has definitely played a huge really upset. It was our favorite extent but since it’s a metro city, is something that I am really pas- explains, “So you have to think the dish.” part in the show’s success,” she gift. It made me realise that food the dishes need to reflect that as sionate about. I feel that has been on your feet. I figured out a way There have been many says. is a strong influence and could well. So we went a little bit more the most major influence on my to balance a dish. There are three countries and cultures around Sarah’s journey has been be a very emotional gift for premium with the fact that it’s cooking and even my son. He main aspects that I think usual- the world which have recreated quite a dynamic one. For someone.” The Wine Rack. Delhi obvious- made me think about food from ly about. First, balancing flavours MasterChef in their own lan- instance, she has transitioned Apart from cooking, mod- ly needs a bit of the typical North a nutritious point of view. It and making sure that all the guages and versions. However, from being a model to a moth- elling and writing, Sarah’s Indian influence. 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Temba Bavuma to bat with respon- some consolation in a wretched tour That India have lost only 16 sibility. when the third and final Test starts wickets while routing South Africa Their batting woes are further # ( here today. in both the Tests sums up their dom- compounded by the absence of There are 40 points on offer and inance. opener Aiden Markram who has 47<& a 3-0 series whitewash, both of Toss has also been kind to been ruled out of the third Test with which India would be targetting India so far and things are likely to an injury. arcelona and Real Madrid appear set to agree against the hapless visitors. get more exciting if the stroke of luck The pace attack comprising BDecember 18 as the date for a rearranged Clasico Skipper Virat Kohli has also favours Faf du Plessis in the final Kagiso Rabada, Vernon Philander after Spain’s biggest football match was postponed on made it clear that there is plenty to Test. and Anrich Nortje has also not been Friday due to protests in Catalonia. play for in the final Test and the The last time South Africa as effective as expected while the The Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) team cannot afford a drop in inten- toured the India, rank-turners had Indian pacers have managed to pro- announced that Barca and Madrid have until sity. Going into the game, India have welcomed the side but this time both vide the breakthroughs. 10:00am (0800 GMT) on Monday to find a new date, very few holes to plug, be it their bat- the pacers and spinners have been With their senior-most spinner which will be decided by the RFEF if they cannot ting or bowling. able to extract something out of the Keshav Maharaj also ruled out, reach an agreement. The home team could not have pitch. South Africa will find it tougher to But according to the RFEF, Real Madrid have asked for more from their top-order Umesh Yadav made a fine stop the Indian juggernaut. already approved December 18, meaning the fixture with Rohit Sharma showing why he comeback in the Pune Test to looks set to move to that date, pending official con- is such an impact player as he feast- return with fine figures of 3/22 with SQUADS firmation. ed on the South African bowlers some brief hostile spells as wicket- India: Virat Kohli (c), Mayank In a statement on Friday, Barcelona proposed the with twin hundreds in the first Test keeper Wriddhiman Saha who took Agarwal, Rohit Sharma, Cheteshwar new date but also stressed their desire for the origi- while opening for the first time. some breathtaking catches to aid to Pujara, Ajinkya Rahane (vc), nal fixture, scheduled for October 26 at Camp Nou, The Mumbaikar’s opening part- the pacer’s tally. Hanuma Vihari, Wriddhiman Saha, to go ahead. ner Maynak Agarwal on the other Kohli played an extra pacer in Ravichandran Ashwin, Ravindra “The club’s desire was to play the Clasico at Camp hand went on to convert his maid- Umesh at Pune by benching Jadeja, Shahbaz Nadeem, Nou on the 26th, the date and time previously agreed en hundred into a double in Hanuma Vihari but only time will Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav, and the Committee was informed of this in writing,” Visakhapatnam and followed it up tell what combination he chooses for Ishant Sharma, Rishabh Pant, read Friday’s statement. with another century in Pune. the final Test. Shubman Gill. “The club has the utmost confidence in the peace- Then it was the turn of ‘King Since Kuldeep Yadav has been South Africa: Faf du Plessis (c), ful behaviour of its members and fans who always Kohli’ who came to the party in the ruled out of the match due to a Temba Bavuma (vc), Theunis de express themselves in exemplary fashion at Camp Pune with a career-best double shoulder injury, left-arm spinner Bruyn, Quinton de Kock, Dean Nou. hundred —a majestic 254 not out — Shahbaz Nadeem has been drafted Elgar, Zubayr Hamza, George Linde, “Nevertheless, having received the decision of the and made it look like a routine job. into the squad and he might sneak Senuran Muthusamy, Lungi Ngidi, RFEF Competition Committee to postpone the game Rohit will be eyeing a big score into the playing XI as well. Anrich Nortje, Vernon Philander, citing ‘exceptional circumstances’ and given that it falls after not firing in the first innings South Africa batsmen showed Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Rudi to the clubs to agree a new date for the game before of the Pune Test while Cheteshwar some fight in Visakhapatnam but Second. + ( B & ! % ! ! !% ! Monday, the club will propose December 18.” Barcelona added the club “regrets the inconve- nience” caused to fans and will refund those that had &. Faf also asked his bowlers to buck up bought tickets for the original fixture. @/ # #!P(#(1Q+0 % as India lost only 16 wickets in two Tests, The Clasico was set to be Barcelona’s first home outh African captain Faf du Plessis has clearly reflecting their dominance. game since nine pro-independence leaders were sen- Surged his embattled batsmen to take plane to South Africa, the Test series we fight in Visakhapatnam but disappoint- “The fact that I have done it twice “From the bowling point of view how tenced to imprisonment on Monday for their role in a leaf out of India’s book and “bat big” like play now is for Test championship, there ed in the second Test. Urging his batsmen already this series, there is no reason for can we get 20 wickets, we haven’t done the illegal referendum over Catalan independence in the hosts in order to salvage pride in the is points still up for grabs every Test to convert their starts, Du Plessis said: me not to go and get a big one. That’s a that this series. If we do those things then 2017. third and final Test. match. So for me the challenge is more “For all of us it is just about converting challenge for myself because I understand we will compete with India. It is tough The ruling has sparked violent demonstrations “For me it’s important that the guys mental,” the South African skipper told and I am not different to any one of those that sixties is not going to win Test match- when we are losing. We are very compet- across the city and there were fears protestors would don’t feel like there is one week left in reporters. players when I get to 50, I want to get a es for us. I need to bat big like the Indian itive people so for us it does take a dent use the match against Madrid to stage further acts India and almost when you get on that The Proteas’ batting showed some hundred. team has done and score big runs.” out of your confidence,” he said. of unrest.