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USUALSUSPECTS SWAPAN DASGUPTA 4-phase J&K civic polls from Oct 8 SEC announces date despite NC, PDP call to stay BJP support base intact, away from elections & terrorists, separatists’ threats 6 terrorists killed in gunfight suggests DUSU verdict KHURSHEED WANI n SRINAGAR KHURSHEED WANI n SRINAGAR espite the decision of the top-ranking commander of olitical parties are quite naturally inclined to talk up their DNational Conference (NC) Abanned Hizbul Mujahideen Psuccesses and underplay the significance of setbacks. and Peoples Democratic Party (HM) and five Lashkar-e- Under the circumstances, the elation in the BJP over the (PDP), two main pro-election Tayyeba (LeT) terrorists were ABVP’s victory in three of the four elected posts for the Delhi political parties in Jammu & killed in assault on a hideout in University Student’s Union is understandable. Likewise, it is Kashmir, to stay away from the Chowgam village of south also entirely predictable that the Congress has blamed faulty poll process, the State Election Kashmir’s Kulgam district on EVMs for its failure to hold on to the body. Blaming defeats on Commission on Saturday Saturday post midnight. electoral irregularities has, it would seem, also become announced a four-phased A civilian protester was routine. schedule for the crucial munic- also shot dead by security Discounting the template responses, is there any ipal elections, starting forces during clashes in the significance to the outcome of the DUSU elections, some October 8. aftermath of fierce gunfight seven months before the general election of 2019? The The announcement for the that lent a serious blow to ter- answers are mixed. conduct of the urban bodies’ Chief Electoral Officer Shaleen Kabra addresses a Press conference as he rorists in south Kashmir To begin with, student elections are only partially polls comes also against the announces the dates for muncipal elections in Srinagar on Saturday PTI region. The authorities sus- indicative of the larger popular mood. Despite the backdrop of separatists’ call for pended train services in the phenomenal expansion of higher education in India, boycott and terrorists’ direct sought postponement of the Former Chief Minister and region and snapped internet Armymen celebrate after the killing of five Hizbul Mujahideen and Lashkar-e- universities — especially those dominated by undergraduate- threat to the prospective can- hearing of the litigations in the PDP president Mehbooba to prevent escalation in the Tayyeba terrorists, including top HM Commander Gulzar Paddar, at Chowgam heavy constituent colleges — tend to be middle class in didates and campaigners. apex court in the wake of pro- Mufti recently said the party situation. area of Qazigund in Kulgam on Saturday PTI character. The middle class in turn embraces a very social The first notification for posed local body and pan- will not participate in the elec- Official sources said Gulzar range in terms of income, social status and aspirations. It the urban local body polls chayat elections. The court tions as the prevailing situation Padder of HM and his four Police said Gulzar — an accom- “During the search opera- includes representatives of the traditional elite and those who would be issued on September later deferred the hearing till in Kashmir was not favourable. accomplices were trapped in a plice of slain terrorist com- tion, terrorists opened fire on are first-generation literates. In addition, apart from students 18 and the voting in the first January next year. She said the party will not con- residential house, which was mander Altaf Kachroo — was the search party. Initially the rooted to the city, Delhi University has a large numbers of phase would be held on The NC was the first test the election till the encircled in the dead of night involved in a series of attacks, civilians were moved away students who come to the Capital city from both October 8 from 7 am to 2 pm. regional party in the State that Government takes positive following specific input. During including killing of five police from the site of encounter to neighbouring and distant States. Although not in the same Addressing a Press confer- announced to stay away from steps to safeguard the special the heavy exchange of fire, two personnel at Pambay village in safer locations. bracket as the IITs or even Jawaharlal Nehru University, DU ence, Chief Electoral Officer the elections though the party status of Jammu & Kashmir. Army personnel were injured. Kulgam, last year. Turn to Page 6 has a relatively more diverse character than, say, State Shaleen Kabra said the polls avoided calling for a boycott or Turn to Page 6 universities. However, in the case of DUSU, some of this would be held in four phases on launching any campaign for it. diversity is discounted by the fact that at least two of the most October 8, 10, 13 and 16 this The PDP followed suit and m The first notification for the urban local body polls elite institutions — St Stephen’s College and Lady Shri Ram year. “The notifications for announced its inability to take would be issued on September 18 and the voting Police waging anti-radical narrative College — are not members of DUSU and, consequently, phase 2, 3 and 4 will be issued part in the elections. in the first phase would be held on October 8 don’t participate in the election. on September 20, 22 and 24 Several other political from 7 am to 2 pm The DUSU election is at best a loose parameter of how respectively,” said Kabra, groups with influence in spe- m war against jehadis on social media Young India thinks. Yet, considering that nearly half the adding that 17 lakh voters cific pockets, including the Polls would be held in four phases on October 8, electorate is made up of under-35s, the age group that were registered for the polls. CPI(M) and the Peoples’ 10, 13 and 16 this year Financial Investigation Unit set up to check terror funding and swung the 2014 election in “The counting of votes Democratic Front, also chose to m The National Conference and PDP have decided track suspected businessmen involved in hawala operations What the DUSU results tell favour of the BJP and would take place on October stay away from the polls. to stay away from the municipal and panchayat us is that conventional Narendra Modi in 2014, its 20,” he said. The Congress remained polls citing the linkage of the electoral exercise RAKESH K SINGH n NEW DELHI terror groups in the Valley. importance should not be The NC and the PDP have indecisive on its stance to con- with a series of litigations in the Supreme Court The Jammu & Kashmir police has politics is alive and kicking. entirely discounted. The decided to stay away from the test the elections while the challenging the special status of J&K under the o check terror funding and track set up 30 media cells for catering to the That the ABVP enjoyed an DUSU election does have municipal and panchayat polls BJP and several Jammu-based provisions of Article 35A Tsuspected businessmen involved in local traditional media like the news- edge also suggests there is a qualified representative citing the linkage of the elec- parties have not resisted the m A prominent terrorist outfit Hizbul hawala operations, the Jammu & papers. no real sense of anger at the character. Consequently, toral exercise with a series of lit- poll schedule. Mujahideen has already Kashmir police has set up a Financial In addition, Facebook pages and the results are nominally igations in the Supreme Court Despite the NC and the issued poll boycott threat Investigation Unit and is also aggres- Twitter accounts have been opera- Modi Government or any indicative of larger trends challenging the special status of PDP’s decision to stay away, the and said it will punish sively using the social media to trans- tionalised by all the 26 districts, five despondency over future in the country. J&K under the provisions of Governor administration firm- contestants and voters by mit counter narratives to the radical ranges and two police zones to reach out prospects. Had that been the If anything, this year’s Article 35A. The Governor ly adhered to its plan to hold sprinkling sulphuric and thoughts being put forth by the sepa- to the public on a real-time basis. outcome demolished an administration on August 31 the elections. hydrochloric acid on them ratist groups and Pakistan-sponsored Turn to Page 6 case, the support for the important but self-serving ABVP would have crumbled. myth that has been doing the rounds for the past two CAPSULE That is not the case and years. This myth is centred would indicate that the on the belief that both 33-HR COUNTDOWN FOR Congress activism over Modi and the BJP have Govt mum over tax cut on fuel PSLV-C42 LAUNCH BEGINS Chennai India’s perceived economic steadily lost ground owing : The 33-hour to the tensions that have To stick to fiscal deficit target on with “phenomenal” increase countdown for the launch of two decline isn’t universally pitted rebellious instincts in tax base. earth observation satellites on- shared. Nor for that matter against the Government. “The CBDT is very clear board PSLV from the space port For example, there is the back of buoyant tax revenues that this year they will be able of Sriharikota, about 110 is there evidence that the widely held view that the to collect in excess of budget- kilometers from here, began at thrust on the Government’s Rohith Vemula suicide in New Delhi: The Government last Budget presented on ed target,” he said. On indirect 1.08 pm on Saturday. alleged corruption finds a Hyderabad some three is determined to keep fiscal February 1, meeting capital tax side, he said the Goods and years ago has alienated deficit at 3.3 per cent of GDP expenditure targets, surpassing Services Tax (GST) is settling ANTONY TO HEAD CONG ready audience. Clearly, the young Dalits from the BJP. on the back of buoyant tax rev- tax collections projections and down and a pick-up in con- CORE COMMITTEE Opposition belief that the There is also a belief, in enues and expectations of sur- exceeding the record `1 lakh sumption will boost collec- New Delhi: Ahead of five BJP will be routed in 2019 media circles at least, that passing the disinvestment tar- crore target of revenue mobil- tions in coming months. Assembly polls and Lok Sabha the tensions over get, Finance Minister Arun isation from Government stake “We are confident that elections next year, Congress poll is an overstated claim ‘seditious’ slogans and the Jaitley said on Saturday but sale in PSUs. between direct and indirect tax president Rahul Gandhi on arrest of the so-called remained non-committal on He, however, did not say if collections, the Government Saturday appointed former ‘urban Maoists’ have made students concerned over the cutting tax on petrol and diesel. the meeting discussed the will comfortably meet the tar- Defence Minister AK Antony to future of democratic freedoms. The Modi Government has A day after steps to contain recent spike in fuel prices that import bill putting pressure on without any cut”, he said, get if not surpass it,” he said, head the core committee and ex- been projected as being vehemently anti-student and even the widening current account has led petrol touching a record the country’s current account adding that it was extremely adding the `1 lakh crore dis- Finance Minister P Chidambaram anti-intellectual. deficit (CAD) and check fall of high of `81.63 per litre and deficit (CAD), and a fiscal necessary to maintain 100 per investment target will be sur- as the chairman of the manifesto To what extent intellectualism is actually celebrated in the rupee were announced, diesel to `73.54 a litre. slippage. cent capital expenditure for passed. committee. P5 Indian universities is a worthy subject of future inquiries. Prime Minister Narendra Modi There were expectations “The Government is con- high growth rate. “And on basis of all these However, the ABVP’s success does suggest that the adverse on Saturday continued his two- that the Government may cut fident and will strictly maintain “The Government is con- analyses, we are optimistic GOA CM PARRIKAR impact of the Modi Government’s stand against those who day review of the economy as excise duty on the two fuels to the 3.3 per cent fiscal deficit fident that we will have a about our growth rate, our tax ADMITTED TO AIIMS have been caricatured as promoting the vivisection of India he took stock of tax collections ease burden on the consumers target,” Jaitley told reporters growth rate higher than what collection and certainly as far New Delhi: Goa Chief Minister has been vastly exaggerated. The relative failure of the far- and macro-economic indica- but it seems it didn’t want to after the over three-hour long we had projected earlier this as fiscal deficit is concerned will Manohar Parrikar was admitted Left in the DUSU polls is significant. It suggests that tors in analysing performance take chance as it stands to lose meeting. year in the Budget. The infla- strictly meet the 3.3 per cent to the All India Institute of conventional middle class opinion on issues that excite the of different wings of the `14,000 crore in revenue from With 44 per cent of the tion is broadly under control,” target,” he said. Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on imagination of intellectuals and the English-language media Finance Ministry. a `1 per litre cut in excise. budgeted capital expenditure he said. Asked if fuel prices and Saturday. Parrikar, who has been does not always resonate in the youth. India’s younger After the meeting, Jaitley It feels that the country estimate for the current fiscal On revenue collections, he duty cuts were discussed, he undergoing treatment for generation may convey an outward image of westernised exuded confidence of surpass- cannot afford to have a twin year ending March 31, 2019 said the impact of anti-black said the meeting on Saturday pancreatic ailment, is being modernity and carefree cosmopolitanism but this is tempered ing the 7-7.5 per cent GDP deficit problem — a depreciat- already spent by August 31, the money measures, demonetisa- was internal review meeting. examined by a team of doctors by a huge overlayer of conservatism. The Modi Government growth target projected in the ing rupee and high crude Government “will end the year tion and GST are now visible Turn to Page 6 at the premier hospital. and the BJP have been able to tap into these impulses. The quest for radical alternatives is still a fringe preoccupation. Secondly, past experience suggests that students are SIT formed, rarely insulated from the larger unpopularity of any CM: UP to be ODF Government. Any feeling of hopelessness and economic Hunt on for Armyman, 2 aides for despondency has an immediate effect. The ABVP, for cops announce example, was strongest in Delhi University in the 1970s when there was a feeling of gloom and doom over individual by Oct 2 next year Haryana CBSE topper’s gangrape `1L reward for prospects. In places such as Kolkata, where economic prospects seemed even more dire, student unrest led to PNS n LUCKNOW 2017, when the BJP govern- PNS n CHANDIGARH experimenting with Maoist politics. ment came to power in Uttar info on accused What the DUSU results tell us is that conventional politics hief Minister Yogi Pradesh, only about 25 lakh toi- n the shocking gangrape of a — as expressed in support for the ABVP and NSUI — is both CAdityanath on Saturday lets were built in the state," Yogi I19-year-old college girl stu- the accused is an Armyman alive and kicking. That the ABVP enjoyed an edge also said that Uttar Pradesh would said while interacting with dent in Haryana’s posted in Rajasthan. suggests that there is no real sense of anger at the Modi become Open Defecation-Free Prime Minister Narendra Modi Mahendragarh district three The hunt for the other two Government or any despondency over future prospects. Had (ODF) by Gandhi Jayanti next during the launch of Swachhata days ago, one of the three accused is also on, he added, that been the case, the support for the ABVP would have year as his government would Hi Seva movement on accused is an Armyman post- expressing confidence that they crumbled. That is not the case and would indicate that the ensure that every house in the Saturday. ed in Rajasthan and a police will land in police net soon. All Congress activism over India’s perceived economic decline state had a toilet by then. Speaking during the video team has been sent to arrest the three accused were known isn’t universally shared. Nor for that matter is there evidence The Chief Minister point- conferencing Modi had with all him, police said on Saturday. to the victim. Sandhu said the that the thrust on the Government’s alleged corruption finds a ed out that his government had the leaders in the country, the The Haryana police set up Armyman — who allegedly ready audience. Clearly, the Opposition belief that the BJP already constructed over 1.36 Chief Minister, who was in a Special Investigation Team raped the woman was identi- will be routed in the general election is an overstated claim. crore toilets in the last 17 Fatehpur district, said that the (SIT) and announced a reward fied as Pankaj, posted in Kota The BJP support base seems relatively intact — as is the months. coverage of the cleanliness in of `1 lakh for information — was on leave and expected Congress’ support — and the real fight will be for the floating “Before the National UP was only 23 per cent. leading to their arrest, said to rejoin later in the day. In voters. Democratic Alliance govern- “We came to power in the Haryana’s Director General of Jaipur, Lt Gen Cherish Finally, it must be noted that a student election isn’t in any ment came to power (at the state in March 2017 and we Police BS Sandhu. who topped the CBSE Board way to a coaching class, police Mathson, who heads the South way a political referendum, although it does indicate the Centre) four years back, clean- took up the cleanliness cam- The victim’s father has said exam and was felicitated by the said. She was then allegedly Western Command, said the overall support for parties. How the injection of the Modi liness was a distant dream for paign as a mission and within 8 or 10 men may have raped Government, was abducted at drugged and gangraped at a Army will help bring the rape factor will change calculations will shift voting patterns is the 99,000 villages of the state. 17 months we have been able her but she could identify only a bus stop in Kanina town on secluded spot. Sandhu con- accused to book. key. That battle has not really begun in earnest. From October 2, 2014 to March Turn to Page 6 three of them. The woman, Wednesday while she was on firmed on Saturday that one of Turn to Page 6 LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 city 02

Yadavs with nationalism and Sharma: UP govt to set up special Three murders developmentalism: Keshav research centres in universities rock Aligarh PNS n LUCKNOW In the Mahayogi Guru acres against the earlier 40 acres. Lucknow (PNS): Aligarh was rocked by the PNS n LUCKNOW Gorakhnath Research Centre, the The Deputy Chief Minister sensational murder of a temple priest, who was bru- ith the aim to maintain qual- stress would be on reshaping theolo- said 736 teachers working in aided tally hacked, and the mysterious killing of a cou- eputy Chief Minister Wity of higher education and gy, teachings and experiments of private degree colleges on fixed ple, whose bodies were also found lying in pools Keshav Prasad Maurya provide a conducive environment for Mahayogi Guru Gorakhnath, he said. remuneration had been absorbed as of blood on Saturday. Dsaid on Saturday that research work in Uttar Pradesh, the Sharma, who holds the regular teachers. According to reports, the body of 45-year-old Samajwadi Party president Yogi Adityanath government has Education portfolio, said the gov- He said the government had Triloki Singh, priest of Durani Mata temple at Akhilesh Yadav, who insulted decided to set up special research ernment had also decided to devel- also decided to open 48 new post- Safedapur hamlet of Harduaganj in Aligarh, was his father Mulayam Singh centres in state universities. op an international Buddhist cen- graduate colleges, provide more found lying in a pool of blood on Saturday morn- Yadav and uncle Shivpal Singh Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh tre and centre for excellence in leave facility to teachers, relax ing. The murder came to light when some local res- Yadav, would do the same with Sharma said on Saturday that Rs 5 Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism experience limit for principals of idents came to the temple in the morning to offer his ‘bua’ and Bahujan Samaj crore had been sanctioned for in Siddharth University Kapilvastu, private degree and post-graduate prayers. They immediately informed the police Party president Mayawati. establishing a centre of excellence in Siddharth Nagar. colleges, and increase by 20 per cent about the killing after which senior officers Addressing the Yadav in DAV College, Kanpur in mem- He said to increase the number the house rent allowance of gov- reached the spot. Samaj here on Saturday under ory of its alumnus and former of higher education centres in the ernment post-graduate college The police registered a case and were making the BJP’s OBC outreach pro- Prime Minister Atal Bihari state, the government would teachers. efforts to get some clue about the killers. gramme, Maurya said that a Vajpayee. encourage the opening of more uni- Sharma said the aim was to pro- Reports further said that when the police offi- leader who could not keep his The Deputy Chief Minister versities in the private sector. vide a conducive environment to cers were busy in the investigation of the priest’s family united and humiliated said that the state government had He pointed out that the gov- teachers so that they could give their murder, they were informed about the brutal killing his father could not be expect- Members of Yadav community presenting a memento to Deputy Chief Minister set up Deen Dayal Upadhyay ernment had relaxed norms for set- best to students. He said the remu- of a couple in the same locality. The victims, iden- ed to honour the political ties Keshav Prasad Maurya at BJP’s OBC meet in Lucknow on Saturday Pioneer Research Centres in 15 universities ting up new universities and under neration of teachers working in pri- tified as Yogendra Kumar Lodh (40) and his wife with BSP chief Mayawati. across the state and a decision had the new norms, the land require- vate aided colleges had been Vimlesh (38), were found murdered in their field The Deputy Chief Minister have to win at least 74 seats in over four years and had failed been taken to establish Mahayogi ment for setting up a university in enhanced and free Wi-Fi facility had in Safedapur hamlet. In this case also, the cops reg- said Yadavs were not with the 2019 Lok Sabha elections,” to deliver, why were all the Guru Gorakhnath Research Centre rural area would be only 50 acres been provided in 138 government istered a case and sent the bodies for post-mortem “opportunists” and were with he added. opposition parties so terrified in Deen Dayal Upadhyay now against 100 acres and in an colleges and 489 aided private but they failed to get any lead about the killing. “nationalism and develop- Expressing pleasure over that they were forging a grand Gorakhpur University. urban area, it would be only 20 colleges. Investigations are on in both the cases. mentalism”. the recognition of the BJP’s nar- alliance with the sole agenda of Meanwhile in Sitapur, an FIR has been lodged “The victory of the rative by the opposition parties, preventing Modi from becom- against an inspector and some policemen posted Bharatiya Janata Party in Yadav- Maurya said, “Akhilesh Yadav ing the Prime Minister in 2019. at Rampur Kalan police station following the alleged dominated polling booths in is talking about constructing a Maurya said whether it custodial death of a farmer. 2014 Lok Sabha elections and Vishnu temple, Congress was Mainpuri, Etawah or According to senior police officer Mahendra the 2017 UP Assembly polls is national president Rahul Azamgarh, the UP govern- Kumbh: UP leather industry to Chouhan, a call was made to Dial 100 (police an indicator that members of Gandhi is undertaking pil- ment headed by Yogi helpline) after a quarrel between Govind and his the community in UP are not grimage of Kailash Mansarovar Adityanath and the Central wife Maya last Wednesday following which the with avsarwaadi (opportunists) while West Bengal Chief government were paying equal police had taken Govind to Rampur Kalan police but are with rashtrawaad Minister Mamata Banerjee is attention for development of all challenge order for closure station while his wife had left for her parents’ home. (nationalism) and vikaswaad giving financial assistance for the districts of the state. Govind’s wife and family have alleged that (developmentalism),” he said Durga Puja pandal.” The leaders of the Yadav PNS n LUCKNOW and the government policies which per day (MLD) of effluents. police thrashed him and later admitted him to a and exuded confidence that Maurya added, “This community, including Harnath were detrimental to the industry. In a detailed report covering hospital in Saraiyyan. They said despite deterio- the Yadavs would continue to shows that the lotus will not Yadav (Rajya Sabha MP), he Uttar Pradesh Leather He said the importers had the various aspects of contamination in ration in the condition of Govind, he was not shift- support the BJP and unitedly only bloom in West Bengal but Minister Girish Yadav and TIndustries Association has decid- option to procure leather goods from the river, the UP Pollution Control ed to the district hospital and he later died.The post- vote for the party in the 2019 also in the entire country in the MLAs Ram Chandra Yadav, ed to challenge the state govern- Pakistan, Bangladesh, Vietnam, China Board had informed the NGT that the mortem report stated that he died of injuries. Lok Sabha elections. 2019 Lok Sabha elections.” Mahendra Yadav, Arun Yadav, ment’s order for closure of tanner- and Brazil, where there were no sup- Ganga, spanning a distance of 543 km Inspector Ranvijay Singh has been taken off duty “Narendra Modi would not Training his guns at the Sangeeta Yadav Sanjay Yadav ies in Kanpur and Unnao for three ply issues regarding cattle hide. He between Haridwar and Kanpur, was and sent to the Police Lines. The FIR has been reg- have become the Prime opposition parties, Maurya and Subhash Yadav, and state months from December to ensure pointed out that once an importer affected by 1,072 seriously polluting istered against the inspector and some cops. Minister without winning 73 said if the Modi government president of BJP OBC Morcha clean water in the river Ganga for the decides to source from elsewhere, the industries which were releasing heavy Lok Sabha seats in UP and we had done nothing in the last also addressed the meet. pilgrims coming to Kumbh Mela at whole import basket suffers and it is metals and pesticides. Allahabad. difficult to win back that customer. It said at present, 823.1 million For keeping the Ganga river free Earlier, a large number of tan- litres per day (MLD) of untreated of pollution ahead of the Kumbh Mela neries had shut down following the sewage and 212.42 MLD of industri- from January-March 2019 at Prayag, National Green Tribunal (NGT) order al effluent flowed into the river while Rains in parts of UP the tanneries have been asked to close for closing the tanneries to curb pol- three of the four monitored sewage operations from December 15 to lution in the Ganga. The remaining treatment plants do not comply with Lucknow (PTI): Light to moderate rain/thundershowers March 15 so that there is no discharge tanneries have been asked to shift to the set standards. occurred at isolated places in eastern Uttar Pradesh, while weath- of effluent in downstream Ganga a new location in Kanpur where a UP has three major leather indus- er was dry in western part of the state, the local MeT office said. meandering towards Allahabad. treatment plant has been proposed at try hubs — Kanpur-Unnao, Agra and Maharajganj recorded 6 cm rainfall while Bansi (3 cm) and UP Leather Industries an investment of `500 crore. Noida. Of the `2,000 crore worth of NOTICE Pharenda (2 cm), it said. Temperatures were above normal dur- Association member Taj Alam said At present, about 250 small and annual UP leather industry, about 50 ing the daytime in Gorakhpur, Varanasi and Allahabad divisions that the Kanpur leather industry was big tanneries are operating at Jajmau per cent is accounted for by the export I JC-541719K Rank Sub while they were normal in the remaining divisions of the state. fast losing its reputation as a reliable in Kanpur after the closure of more market. The state accounts for almost Name Puran Singh S/o Hari With a maximum of 35.3 degrees Celsius, Allahabad was the supplier of finished leather goods than 130 plants. The existing tanner- a third of India’s annual leather trade Singh Unit-15 Kumaon my hottest place in the state, the weather office said. owing to frequent supply crunch ies discharge about 6.7 million litres and exports. service record in wrongly men- tioned as wife name Sumetra Kanyal, DOB 10/3/1980 cor- rected name is Sumitra Kanyal DOB 1/7/1978. Akhilesh not to attend RSS meet 4 children injured in blast NOTICE PNS n LUCKNOW suggest once again that the friendship with Rahul Gandhi would last, by saying that his amajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on Samajwadi Party would try and become part of at firecracker factory I Krishna Kumar Singh S/o SSaturday said that he would not attend the any anti-BJP coalition that forms in Madhya Jhansi (PTI): Four children stringent actions against the Sri Harsh Bahadur Singh R/o Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh meet scheduled Pradesh. sustained burn injuries when an erring factory owner for 538KA/313, Sripuram. Triveni to be held in Delhi from Monday. Madhya Pradesh will go to the polls later explosion took place in a fire- employing minors in the fire- Nagar-III, Lucknow declares “I do not have much knowledge about RSS. this year, and of late, there has been talk about cracker factory where they were crack factory,” the DM said. that my name wrongly men- I have only read what made Sardar Patel ban the the Congress and Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj working here Saturday, officials The district magistrate also tioned Krishna Singh in my son RSS and after reading that paragraph I don’t have Party joining hands to fight that election. said. said that action had been ini- Shiva Singh High school (ICSE) the courage to attend the meet,” the former Chief Akhilesh Yadav, during the large part of the Jhansi District Magistrate tiated to cancel the licence of marksheet, whereas my correct Minister of UP said while attending the Youth question and answer session, targeted the BJP. 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However, when pressed to Apna Dal (Sonelal). galjkt ;kno fuokfluh 6@97 answer, he finally clarified: “I am the kind of guy Akhilesh said the defeat of the BJP in bypolls who once he makes friends does not break that to three Lok Sabha and one assembly seats in lt;xka /kha uxj y[kuÅ e as 92-936 friendship.” UP were enough indication that the party would oxZ eh0 dk Hkw[k.M xzke lsejk The former Chief Minister later went on to find it difficult to win in the state. ftyk y[kuÅ lq'khy dqekj flag S/o ds'ko flag ls Ø; fd;k Fkk ftldh la[;k&47 [kljk la[;k&81@1 l o 82@2 l gS QUICK TAKES tks mifucU/kd f}rh; y[kuÅ esa ogh la0&1 ftYn 1157 i`"B 271 SP LEADER SHOT DEAD BY WIFE’S Chandausi local body election. PARAMOUR ls 300 Øekad&9026 ij fnukad Sambhal: A Samajwadi Party leader has WOMAN RAPED 12-07-2011 dks iathd`r gS dk been shot dead by his wife’s lover here, the police Muzaffarnagar,: A 23-year-old woman was vkf[kjh iUuk dgha [kks x;k gSA said on Saturday. On Friday evening, SP leader allegedly raped by a man when she was alone Jagdish Mali (35) got into a fight with Dilip, with in her house at Khur gan village in Shamli dis- whom his wife was involved, in Nai Basti local- trict, police said. The incident took place on NOTICE ity under the Chandausi police station limits, Friday, Station House Officer Bhagat Singh said. Superintendent of Police Yamuna Prasad said. A case was registered against the accused and I service No. 14660725X During the fight, Dilip opened fire at Mali, who the woman has been sent for medical exami- Rank Nayak Shalaindra Singh died at the spot, he said. An FIR has been filed nation, he said. against Mali’s wife and Dilip on a complaint S/o Sri Vijay Singh R/o 16-YEAR-OLD GIRL STABBED 565/34K Jhodha Khera Singar lodged by the deceased’s brother, Prasad said. Nagar, Alambagh, Lucknow While Mali’s wife has been arrested, efforts are Kaushambi: A 16-year-old girl was stabbed declare that in my service on to nab Dilip, who fled the scene after the inci- multiple times allegedly by a man here, police record my wife Renu Singh dent, he added. SP district unit president Firoz said Saturday. “On Friday evening, Ranju had DOB 11-11-1982 is wrongly Khan, who met the deceased’s family, described gone to a cattle shed. As soon as she came out written. The actual DOB of my Mali as hard-working. He said Mali had sought of the cattle shed, Santosh Kumar stabbed her wife is 11-11-1979 the ticket for the chairman’s position in multiple times,” SP Pradeep Gupta said.

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Phone: 0120-4879800 & 4879900 city 03 LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 Ganesh in meditation pulls crowd Two bank customers duped of Rs 1.5L PNS n LUCKNOW the wad of notes which the lat- to withdraw Rs 1 lakh. “I was ter was carrying and both the carrying a bag on my back and PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n pandal daily. The students also nidentified miscreants tar- miscreants fled the scene. withdrew the cash from the LUCKNOW showcased cultural pro- Ugeted two bank customers Naumi Lal told police that bank around 11.30 am. When grammes at the mahotsav as and made off with Rs 1.5 lakh he checked the cash and found I was at the cash counter inside ord Ganesh at this mahot- part of the celebrations,” he in two different incidents that the upper most currency the bank, I met two persons Lsav pandal is in a pose of said. reported at an interval of about in the wad was a note of Rs 500 who sought my help in getting meditation. Girish Srivastava, Srivastava pointed out that one hour in Gosainganj on denomination while others a pay-in-slip filled which I media spokesperson for the the visarjan of the idol would Saturday. Both the banks are in were a set of plain papers. He did. When I came back out of Ganesh Mahotsav being held take place on Monday. the periphery of one kilometre complained to bank officials the bank and sat on my bike to on the BBD University campus, “The idol is ecofriendly with one of the banks located and later informed the matter leave for my agency, the same said that the mahotsav was and will be immersed at the opposite the police station. to the police. persons reached to me and later being organised by Sri Siddhi Jhulelal Park” he added. The incident exposed the police Police said a case of fraud snatched the bag from me,” Ganesh Mandir Samiti. The evenings at the mahotsav alacrity and their response. was registered against the mis- Pramod said. Srivastava explained witnesses the performance of Around 10.10 am, Naumi creants and they were being He said the miscreants Ganesh was placed in the cultural programmes and bha- Lal of Hasnapur village went to hunted. sped off riding a bike parked mudra of meditation so that jans. Union Bank in Amethi village The police took the inci- outside the bank. students, who came in large Meanwhile, at the ongoing to deposit Rs 50,000 in cash. dent on face value and did not The incident exposed numbers to attend mahotsav, Ganesh Mahotsav celebrations After having filled the pay-in- swing into action even though police alacrity as the cops did could learn to be more focused at the Jhulelal Park being slip, when he was waiting for the dial 100 officials passed on not start any checking outside in their studies. organised by the Ganesh his turn at the counter, two the information to them after banks after the first incident “The other important Prakataya Samiti, Ganesh is men approached him. They conducting a ground work. surfaced. “The second incident aspect of the statue, which has being offered modaks which told him that they were from While Naumi Lal was waiting could have been averted had been made by Kolkata artists, are made of chocolate and sell- Bihar and worked in a factory for the police action, the the police swung into action,” is that it looks the same when ing briskly at the mahotsav. in Kanpur. The miscreants, Gosainganj police received the sources said. viewed from any point in the Bharat Bhushan Gupta from who posed themselves as naïve, another message of loot of Rs The officials of the media pandal,” he said. He added the Samiti said that information told Naumi Lal that they had 1 lakh from an LPG agency cell of Lucknow police said a that the pandal was yellow in commissioner Vijay Shankar some cash which they wanted owner. case of fraud was registered on colour with a red ceiling in Lord Ganesh idol being taken for immersion Pioneer Sharma inaugurated the pro- to get deposited in the bank In this case, Pramod Pramod complaint. “It was not order to highlight traditional gramme by lighting an agarbati and sought his help. Later, tak- Kumar of Sheikhpur reached a case of loot as was being cir- colours that form a part of the He admitted that the cele- from the BBDU campus and well as villages. “Not less than that would spread fragrance for ing advantage of Naumi’s inat- the Bank of India branch situ- culated on the social media,” Ganpati pujan. brations attracted students people from nearby areas as 10,000 people come to the the next 72 hours. tentiveness, they exchanged ated opposite the police station the officials said. Missing cashier’s body recovered PNS n LUCKNOW sudden disappearance made She told police that Gopal tained after the autopsy. The his wife Sheelu anxious and she had left the house around 8 am SHO said the police would also he missing cashier of a contacted the canteen manag- on Friday. She added that probe if Gopal had any verbal Tcanteen of Integral er to inquire about Gopal. She Gopal was an alcoholic and spat with his wife and whom he University was found mur- was shocked when she was told was suffering from a liver dis- met after he left his house on dered in Gudamba on Saturday that Gopal did not reach the ease. Friday morning. morning. His body was recov- canteen on Friday. Sheelu then Gudamba SHO DK Sahi The SHO disclosed that an ered from the forest cover sought police help but in vain said that the body bore no input from Sandeep Singh alongside the Kukrail embank- and so she started search for marks of injuries and so Yadav of Gudamba solved the ment and had injuries on his him with the help of her rela- claims of murder were mystery over Gopal’s disap- body. tives. unfounded. pearance. Police claimed that the While they were yet to “Empty bottles of liquor “Sandeep spotted the body man died of excessive con- trace Gopal, a call from the were recovered from the scene. of a man lying in the forest sumption of liquor as liquor police gave them a clue. Sheelu It seemed that Gopal died of cover when he happened to bottles were recovered from the and her family was asked to excessive consumption of pass there on Saturday morn- scene. reach the forest cover from liquor during a drink session ing and informed the police. As per reports, Gopal where a body of a man had that he had with his friends We reached the scene and later Sharma (35) of Gudamba left been recovered. there. We will probe this angle,” we called Gopal’s family for his house for his work place on On reaching the place, he said. identification. Gopal’s wife and Friday morning but he did Sheelu identified the body and Sahi added that the exact other relatives identified the not return home by night. His began to weep. cause of death would be ascer- body,” he said.

PGI holds camp for cervical cancer risk District Magistrate Kaushal Raj Sharma and SSP Kalanidhi Naithani leading a six-kilometre-long flag march from Roomi Gate on Saturday Pioneer

PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW (Human Papilloma Virus) infection and it “The test is of high sensitivity and high is consider to be the second common cause negative predictive value and has the abil- ver 110 women were screened for cer- of female cancer every year. ity to detect 13 high-risk HPV types. A Call to keep railway stations clean Ovical cancer risk in a half-day camp Early diagnosis, and effective screen- woman with negative HPV test and nor- organised by the department of Molecular ing for HPV infection can prevent cervi- mal PAP test has a very little risk of devel- PNS n LUCKNOW Earlier, the DRM administered oath to and Hindi Saptah celebration by offering Medicine and Biotechnology, SGPGI, in cal cancer. oping cervical cancer over the next several the railway staff to keep the railway stations garland to Goddess Saraswati in RDSO association with the department of Doctors said that routine screening years,” she said. orthern Railway divisional railway clean. He explained in detail about the auditorium on Saturday. Gynaecology General Hospital. was important because cervical cancer was Dr Swasti Tiwari thanked senior Nmanager Satish Kumar inaugurated a importance of cleanliness. In the exhibition, staff of the Personnel The department of Molecular often asymptomatic in early stage while the gynaecologists Dr Deepa Kapoor and Dr campaign under ‘Swachhta Hi Seva A similar programme was organised department, Finance and Accounts, Geo- Medicine and Biotechnology had organ- most severe symptoms such as abnormal Anju Rani, Dr Shalini Agarwal (SGPGI) Pakhwada’ at Charbagh railway station on at RDSO and senior RDSO officials and Engineering and other wings of the RDSO ised a screening and awareness camp for bleeding, discharge or pain may appear and Dr Amrit Gupta (Maternal and Saturday. Under the programme, the staff took part in its. On the occasion, DG, put up their stalls and displayed the offi- cervical cancer risk assessment on when the cancer was already in advanced Reproductive Health, SGPGI) for their Lucknow division of NR will spread RDSO, M Hussain addressed officers, staff cial work done in Hindi by them. Mukhya Saturday. stage. untiring clinical support during the awareness among the railway staff and pas- and children. He said “Cleanliness is next rajbhasha adhikari RK Mishra spoke The camp was organised at the Dr Swasti Tiwari, head of the depart- camp. sengers about cleanliness at railways sta- to godliness” and also added that by adopt- about various innovative steps initiated by General Hospital of SGPGI. Over 110 ment of Molecular Medicine and The voluntary support of Dr Anamika tions/platforms and in trains. The DRM ing planned measures they could improve the department to promote the use of rajb- women aged between 35 and 50 attended Biotechnology, said that the HPV DNA test Misra (founder-member, Society for said that several events would be organ- the environment at workplace, home and hasha in official work of RDSO. the half-day camp. was routinely performed in the department Holistic Life) for handling the planning ised at different railway stations of nearby surroundings. A similar programme was organised In India, an estimated 1,22,844 new at SGPGI for cervical cancer risk assess- and awareness aspect of the camp was also Lucknow Division of NR and the pro- Meanwhile, DG, RDSO inaugurated by Lucknow division of North Eastern cancer cases get reported due to HPV ment. acknowledged. gramme would conclude on October 2. rajbhasha exhibition by lighting the lamp Railway. Lucknow Metro project to be showcased in Berlin Caterer bludgeoned to death in Nigoha Lucknow (PNS): The Lucknow Metro pro- PNS n LUCKNOW murder was executed out of animosity that the FOUND HANGING ject will be showcased in the international trade victim had with some persons. “Police teams had A man was found hanging from a tree in a fair for transport technology innovative com- n a suspected case of mob lynching, a cater- been sent to the place for investigation. Names mango grove in Ashiyana on Saturday morn- ponents, named InnoTrans-2018, which is being Ier was bludgeoned to death when he, along of some of the suspects had surfaced in the case ing. The family suspected a foul play but the held in Berlin from September 18-21. LMRC with his friend, was returning home in Nigoha and the police teams are conducting raids to nab police claimed the victim ended his life due to managing director Kumar Keshav is leaving for on Saturday night. While the victim suc- them,” he added. depression. As per reports, some residents of Berlin on September 16 to participate in the inter- cumbed to injuries before the police reached the Chuharakheda locality of Ashiyana spotted a national trade fair. scene, his friend remained unattended and ARRESTED man hanging from a tree with a rope tied around Senior PRO Amit Srivastava, while giving the bleeding at the crime scene. The Naka police on Saturday nabbed the his neck and informed the police. Later, the man details, said that it was one of the biggest trade As per reports, Ambrish Kumar (25) of fugitive miscreant named in murder of his wife was identified as Ram Kishun of Chuharakheda fairs on technology where people from all Badan Kheda, Nigoha, along with his friend and their six-month-old son. The miscreant, locality. His son Manoj Kumar said that Ram across the globe gathered to share their views. Monu Yadav, also of Nigoha, left for his house identified as Ranjeet Singh Yadav of Allenganj Kishun left the house to attend the nature’s call “The trade fair deals with communication after closing his shop for the day on Saturday in Allahabad, was absconding since he execut- and did not return home. “We were waiting for and information technologies, traffic manage- night. When they reached Badan Kheda village ed the crime on April 29. He was working as him when some residents informed us about the ment and data processing, passenger fare man- in Nigoha, a group of men surrounded them. steno of Additional Commissioner, Allahabad. incident. I do not know the cause due to which agement and information systems, fixed struc- They singled out Ambrish while warning Police recovered a rifle and six live cartridges my father ended his life,” he added. Police said tures and services. There will also be an exchange Monu not to intervene. They then attacked from him. He was arrested near Charbagh rail- Ramkishun was jobless and was under depres- of views on tunnel boring machines, machines Ambrish with sticks injuring him critically. way station. sion following his poor economic condition. The and components, safety features and finishing, Monu tried to save himself but the mob ASP (West) Vikas Chandra Tripathi said body had been sent for autopsy. communication and maintenance, services and thrashed him too. After Ambrish fell uncon- Ranjeet had gone into hiding after killing his consultation. As the world’s leading international scious, the attackers fled the scene. Monu was wife Poonam and their son on the fateful day FIRE trade fair for transport technology, InnoTrans admitted to a hospital. Police suspect old and an alert was sounded by the UP Police. “The A fire broke out at a godown of a private bank covers an impressive area of exhibition space. enmity as the reason behind the attack. Nigoha miscreant was hiding at some place in Naka and gutting furniture and other scrap material in SHO AK Rai said that the police reached the he had got his rifle deposited at Rajdhani Gun Vibhuti Khand police station area on Saturday. place for investigation. “We are yet to sum up House on La Touche Road in Aminabad. An Police said the fire broke out due to short circuit. the reason behind the attack on the victim,” he informer tipped off the police about his pres- A fire tender successfully doused the fire. The said. Sources said some persons wanted to take ence and a team nabbed him later,” he said. officials of media cell of Lucknow police said the revenge from Ambrish. “The modus operandi Naka SHO Parshuram Singh said the inves- police were investigating the case and rubbished suggested that the attackers were waiting for an tigation revealed that Poonam was Ranjeet’s reports that the fire caused a huge loss of prop- opportune time and they had also conducted third wife. “Ranjeet had married two other erty. There were reports that the fire broke out recce of the victim’s movement for a long time,” women and they also had died under mysteri- after someone threw a lighting cigarette at the he said. ASP (Rural) Gaurav Grover said the ous circumstances,” he said. godown. The police discounted the reports. Immolation bid over police apathy foiled PNS n LUCKNOW Shyam Kumar and Shanker Dayal, had Pratapgarh native Arun Kumar Upadhyay raped his wife some time back and he had reached gate number 2 of Vidhan Bhawan xasperated over Gonda police apathy, lodged an FIR. “The police did not arrest around 12 noon and staged a dharna. He Ea man, along with his wife and other the named accused and later recom- took out a bottle from his bag and that kin, attempted self-immolation outside mended expunging the case terming the alerted the cops deployed there. They Vidhan Bhawan creating a sensation and claims of rape as fake,” he said. caught the man and snatched the bottle giving the Hazratganj police a tough task He added he and his family members he was carrying. to handle on Saturday afternoon. were doing rounds of offices of the senior The police spokesman said that the As per reports, the protesters of cops since then but failed to get any help. police did not recover any inflammable Karnailganj of Gonda reached Vidhan “The senior cops snubbed us for pres- substance or bottle filled with kerosene or Bhawan gate number 2 while carrying bot- suring the police to register a case of petrol from the man. He said the man tles filled with kerosene. They took out the rape and said that we were trying to frame had no intention to commit self-immo- bottles hidden under their garments and up above named persons,” the man lation. started crying. alleged. “Upadhyay told policemen, who inter- This drew the attention of cops pre- Hazratganj SHO RR Singh said the rogated him, that some persons had sent there who converged on the scene and matter had been informed to senior grabbed his land in Pratagarh and that he overpowered them. They were later taken police officials in Lucknow and also to did not get any help from the police,” he to Hazratganj Kotwali where their nar- Gonda police. “The persons detained for said. The spokesman added that the rated their ordeal. attempting self-immolation will be sent matter had been referred to Pratapgarh The man leading the group said that back to Gonda in police custody,” he said. police and senior police officials in two persons, whom he identified as In another incident, 55-year-old Lucknow. 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IISR launches Ganesh fest is all about clean-up drive BJP, RSS making women weak: Dev Lucknow (PNS): The meeting friends: Azim ICAR-Indian Institute of Sugarcane Research organized PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Swachh Bharat Mission through launching of a campaign anesh Chaturthi to actor Sehban Azim means all “Swachhta Hi Seva Hai”. The Gabout meeting friends. The actor was in the city programme was launched on the for the promotion of the show “Tujhse Hai Raabta” institute’s campus by head, and in a chat with “The Pioneer” said that at the time Division of Crop Protection, of Ganesh Chaturthi, shooting for most of the shows MR Singh with the Swachhta remained suspended in Mumbai. Shapath taken by all scientists “When I came and settled in Mumbai from Delhi, and staff. The employees took I came to know and understand the festival. I have the oath that they would devote been hopping several pandals in Mumbai before com- 100 hours per year for observ- ing to Lucknow and I enjoy meeting my friends all ing ‘swachhta’ in their homes, the time,” he said. mohallas, villages and working Talking about the show, he said that the show was places. On Saturday, a cleanliness themed on the idea as to whether blood relations con- drive, along with awareness pro- sidered the strongest were actually so. “This is a story gramme, was launched by all which shows that the relations other than blood rela- officers and staff of the institute tions can be strong. in which the surroundings of the “Tujhse Hai Raabta” brings its viewers an institute were cleaned. The cam- endearing story of a unique, bitter sweet mother- paign will culminate on October daughter like relationship that begins to develop 2, 2017. between two women, Anupriya and Kalyani, who are not related by blood, practically strangers to each other, but strung together, nonetheless, by destiny,” he said. He said that the story revolved around Kalyani (played by Reem Sheikh) who was the apple of her parents’ eyes until their picture-perfect family life came tumbling down like a pack of cards. Giving details of the narrative, he said: “With the protago- UP Mahila Congress workers welcoming AIMC president Sushmita Dev on Saturday nist’s mother Madhuri dead in a freak incident and her father Atul arrested for the same, Kalyani is left PNS n LUCKNOW Dev. “It is shameful that from neither the Unnao MLA has at the behest of a strange woman, who is now not only Talking to media persons students of Banaras Hindu been removed from the party so her sole custodian but, in her head, the one person ll-India Mahila Congress on here on Saturday evening, Dev, in University to women on the far nor has disciplinary inquiry solely responsible for her family’s peril. I essay the ASaturday accused Bharatiya the presence of several Mahila streets are becoming victims of been set up against him by the character of a cop who is all about sincerity and Janata Party and Rashtriya Congress leaders and party abuse of power by the authori- BJP,” Dev said. integrity. He also has a very affable and endearing per- Swayamsevak Sangh of trying to MLAs Aradhana Mishra and ties,” she said. “Exploitation of women and sonality. This is the second time that I am essaying make females weak while the Aditi Singh, said that the ‘Beti Dev also made a frontal atrocities against them are on the a cop on screen and I am enjoying every bit of it,” Congress always worked for their Bachao Beti Padhao’ slogan had attack on Chief Minister Yogi rise in UP. To take up their he said. empowerment. become a mockery in Uttar Adityanath and the BJP for try- cause, we have strengthened Talking about his visit to the city, the actor shared: “The BJP, the RSS and all saf- Pradesh. ing to save the Unnao rape and the UP Mahila Congress by “I am excited to be in the city of Nawabs and really fron leaders have always advo- “While the state government murder accused who is an MLA appointing three zonal presi- looking forward to eating some boti kebabs and cated for making females weak. talks about saving the girl child of the ruling party. dents. The chief of the remaining savouring some Mughlai food.” On the contrary, Congress has and educating them, attacks on “Criminal proceeding against zone will be appointed very The show also includes a powerful ensemble of always worked for empower- the modesty of the fairer sex have the Unnao MLA was initiated soon,” Dev said. She stressed on cast including actors like Poorva Gokhale, Reem ment and uplift of this half of the increased in UP and now girls are under media pressure. The rul- strengthening the Mahila Shaikh, Shagun Pandey, Pankaj Vishnu, Savita population of the country,” said even scared of going to schools,” ing party is giving shelter to those Congress at district, block and Prabhune and others in pivotal roles. AIMC president Sushmita Dev alleged. attacking women’s modesty as booth levels. ‘Atal had great love SCHOOLSCAN for Indian culture’ TINY-TOTS DISPLAY TALENTS PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW

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Students from 41 schools showcased their talents. CMS, Gomti Nagar ds fy;s fdjk;s ij j[kus gsrq l{ke vkiwfrZ gsrq vkWuykbu iqu% fufonk “Elaborating on each, one can say that Atal Bihari Campus I team bagged the first prize while GD Goenka Public School and St Teresa College fin- fufonknkrkvksa ls vkWuykbu iuq % nks Hkkxksa esa vkeaf=r dh tkrh gSaA Vajpayee was all in one. He had great love and respect for ished second and third respectively. fufonk nks Hkkxksa esa vkeaf=r dh foLr`r fooj.k 'kklu dh oclkbVs the Indian culture. His hard work made him a role model for the society at large. FRESHER’S NIGHT http:/etender.up.nic.in ij tkrh gSAa foLr`r fooj.k 'kklu dh Dr Siddharth Das spoke about the disease that affect- A fresher’s night was organ- osclkbV http:/etender. miyC/k gSA Ø0l0a 1 fufonk l[a ;k ed Atal Bihari Vajpayee when he was the Prime Minister ised by senior students of up.nic.in ij miyC/k gSA Ø0l0a 42/SE/KMC/2018-19 lkexzh dk and which despite operative treatment virtually crippled SRMGPC Institute at the college 1 fufonk l[a ;k 03/SE/KMC/ fooj.k vfXu'kked ;U= ¼Mh0lh0ih0 him. “The disease Osteoarthritis is one such chronic dis- campus. The theme of the event ease that affects about 9 crore Indians. The disease affects was ‘Bollywood Retro’. The 2018-19 dk;Z dk fooj.k lgk;d Vkbi½ ,o a vfXu'kked ckYVh LVS.M fufonk eYw ; ¼dj lfgr½ the knee joints though many other joints may be affected. enthusiasm of the students was vfHk;Urk&f}rh;] [k.M&izFke] lfgrA Over time, the disease progresses and leads to severe degen- unleashed in plethora of activ- bykgkcknA fufonk eYw ; ¼dj 1180.00 (1000+180) /kjkgs j /kujk- erative joint damage. Though it was previously considered ities that included fashion show, lfgr½ 590.00 (500+90) /kjkgs j f'k ¼:0½ 19]000-00 ocs lkbV ij to be a degenerative disease because of wear and tear, it is skits, role play and musical /kujkf'k ¼:0½ 3]000-00 ocs lkbV ij viykMs dju s dh vfUre frfFk ,oa now realised that it starts with inflammation in the joints evening. Executive director viykMs dju s dh vfUre frfFk ,oa le;& fnukad 27-09-2018 vijkUg and could be amenable to treatment,” said Das. Pankaj Agarwal, dean Pooja Vice-Chancellor SP Singh presented a memento to Dr Agarwal and director general le;& fnukad 27-09-2018 vijkUg 14-00 cts rd fufonk dk izFke Das and Pro V-C UN Dwivedi to Prof Kapoor. Prof PC RK Jaiswal were also present. 14-00 cts rd fufonk dk izFke Hkkx [kkys u s dh frfFk ,o a le;& Mishra, dean, Faculty of Arts, Prof AK Sharma, Prof Omkar, Hkkx [kkys u s dh frfFk ,o a le;& fnukad 28-09-2018 vijkUg 12-00 Prof Padma Kant, Prof R. Bali, Prof Kamal Agarwal, Dr VOLLEYBALL fnukad 27-09-2018 vijkUg 16-00 ctAs fufonk d s izFke Hkkx e as fufonk Neeraj Jain, Dr Anitya Gaurav, Dr Brijendra Pandey, Dr St Xavier’s Convent school organised the CISCE UP and Uttrakhand regional volleyball cham- ctAs fufonk d s izFke Hkkx e as fufonk Punit Mishra, Dr Ajay Arya, Dr Senthil and other faculty pionship. Sports Minister Chetan Chauhan inaugurated the tournament. 23 teams from Kanpur, izi= eY;w ,o a /kjkgjs /kujkf'k members were also present. Varanasi, Allahabad took part in the championship. izi= eY;w ,o a /kjkgjs /kujkf'k ¼vkj0Vh0th0,l0@ . ¼vkj0Vh0th0,l0@,u0bZ0,Q0 ,u0bZ0,Q0Vh0½ }kjk vf/k'kklh INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE Vh0½ }kjk vf/k'kklh vfHk;Urk] vfHk;Urk] vLFkk;h dqEHk esyk Farmers’ problems discussed vLFkk;h dqEHk esyk [k.M&izFke] [k.M&izFke] bykgkckn d s cSda [kkrk bykgkckn ds cSad [kkrk la[;k Lucknow (PNS): CISH (Central Institute of Subtropical la[;k 0012002100508148 Horticulture) participated in the fourth ICAR Regional 0012002100508148 (IFSC (IFSC Code-PUNB0001200, Committee which was held recently. Code-PUNB0001200, Punjab National Bank, Director Shailendra Rajan said that the problems faced by the farmers of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand were Punjab National Bank, Sangam Place, Civil Lines, Sangam Place, Civil Lines, discussed in the meeting at Ranchi. DG, ICAR, and sec- Allahabad) e as tek gkuhs pkfg,A retary, ICAR, deputy director general from different sub- Allahabad) e as tek gkuhs pkfg,A cSda tek dh lk{; ;Fkk;kT;s ject matter divisions, ADGs and directors of ICAR insti- cSda tek dh lk{; ;Fkk;kT;s ;0Vh0vkj0w l[;ka i&bu&fLyis dh tutes and Vice-Chancellors of state agricultural universi- An International Conference ICCCTES-2018 organised by Integral University concluded on ;0Vh0vkj0w l[;ka i&bu&fLyis dh eyizfrw ¼b'; w cSda d s dUQeZ'kus eys ties attended the meeting. “This meeting works as an inter- Saturday. Science researchers from UK, Malaysia, Germany and India attended the conference. eyizfrw ¼b'; w cSda d s dUQeZ'kus eys face between State Agriculture Department, SAUs and ICAR Integral’s Department of Electronics, Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering and dh izfr½ bZ&fufonk izi=k as d s lkFk dh izfr½ bZ&fufonk izi=k as d s lkFk institutes. ICAR institutes conduct research on the prob- Physics jointly organised the conference on computational and characterisation techniques in vkWuykbu viyksM dh tk;sxh] ,oa vkWuykbu viyksM dh tk;sxh] ,oa lems identified by the state institutions. The available tech- engineering and sciences. At the evnt, lead functional architect from United Kingdom Khalid Khan lEcfU/kr cSad ls iqf"V rFkk fufonk nology is shared and if the solution is not available, research interacted with the faculties and students. lEcfU/kr cSad ls iqf"V rFkk fufonk ds izFke Hkkx dh 'krksZa ds iw.kZ gksus is conducted to address the problems” he said. ds izFke Hkkx dh 'krksZa ds iw.kZ gksus He said that the CISH Technologies among which high d s mijkUr gh fufonk dk f}rh; d s mijkUr gh fufonk dk f}rh; density planting for new plantation of guava and mango CITYBRIEFS Hkkx [kkyks tk;xkAs fufonk dk izFke Hkkx [kkyks tk;xkAs fufonk dk izFke and rejuvenation for unproductive orchards were being adopted in all three states for increasing the productivity. Launched Hkkx [kqyus ij QeksZa }kjk lHkh 'krsZa Hkkx [kqyus ij QeksZa }kjk lHkh 'krsZa iwjh djus okys Bsdsnkjksa ds lHkh “Banana cultivation in many parts of Bihar is affected iwjh djus okys Bsdsnkjksa ds lHkh by Fusarium wilt for which CISH and CSSRI Regional vfHkys[kksa dh lR;rk dh tkap bl vfHkys[kksa dh lR;rk dh tkap bl Centre have been entrusted with the responsibility to man- dk;kZy; }kjk djk;h tk;xhAs QthZ dk;kZy; }kjk djk;h tk;xhAs QthZ age the disease using the technology developed through col- vfHkys[k@izi= ik;s tkus ij vfHkys[k@izi= ik;s tkus ij laborative effort. This technology has been successfully val- lEcfU/kr QeZ d s fo:) dkyh lphw idated by farmers in Sohawal area of Uttar Pradesh where lEcfU/kr QeZ d s fo:) dkyh lphw banana cultivation was revived through interventions. The e as Mkyu s dh dk;Zokgh dh tk ldrh e as Mkyu s dh dk;Zokgh dh tk ldrh losses due the disease were so severe that farmers were gSA fufonk [kqyus dh frfFk dks gSA fufonk [kqyus dh frfFk dks searching for alternative crops but due to very high returns vodk'k gksus ij vxys dk;Z fnol vodk'k gksus ij vxys dk;Z fnol in banana they were not able to replace the crop with less ij fufonk [kksyh tk;sxhA v/kh{k.k ij fufonk [kksyh tk;sxhA v/kh{k.k profitable one. The same technology for managing the dis- vfHk;Urk vLFkk;h dqEHk eys k e.My ease will be tested in Bihar particularly in the area nearby vfHk;Urk vLFkk;h dqEHk eys k e.My Katihar where the outbreak of the disease was reported for iow kpZa y fo|qr forj.k fuxe fy0] iow kpZa y fo|qr forj.k fuxe fy0] the first time in India,” he said. He said that hybrid veg- 57] tktZ Vkmu] bykgkckn 57] tktZ Vkmu] bykgkckn etable cultivation was becoming an important source for i=kad&331 fnukad 15-9-2018 i=kad&331 fnukad 15-9-2018 increasing farmers’ income, therefore, many of the state insti- Chairman, Life Insurance Corporation of India, VK Sharma on Saturday launched a new plan ‘Jeevan Shanti’. On the launch jk"Vªfgr eas ÅtkZ cpk,a** tutions had requested ICAR institutions for providing the day itself, more than 10 thousand policies worth premium `355 crore were sold jk"Vªfgr eas ÅtkZ cpk,a** parental lines of hybrid vegetables. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 nation 05

PM leads with Swachchhata Hi Seva drive Modi’s ‘yes-man’ in CBI diluted PNS n NEW DELHI to a drastic fall in vector-borne to support the "Swachh Bharat" diseases, he said. campaign. rime Minister Narendra Modi lauded Adityanath Modi said those working PModi on Saturday led the for his Government's efforts. for the cleanliness campaign case against Mallya, says RaGa nation in launching the Cleanliness is playing an would be remembered like “Swachchhata Hi Seva” cam- important role in improving freedom fighters in the times to PNS n NEW DELHI paign as he took up a broom to people's living standards, he come and would be known as clean a school named after Dalit said, citing a WHO estimate true heirs of Gandhi. ongress president Rahul icon BR Ambedkar here with that over three lakh lives would Building toilets and putting CGandhi continued his Ministers of his Government be saved by it and also a study in place sanitation measures attack on Narendra Modi on and BJP leaders and workers that cases of diarrhoea would alone would not do, he said, Saturday alleging that it was the participating in similar exercise fall by over 30 per cent. asking people to inculcate Prime Minister’s “blue-eyed across the country. Lack of cleanliness play cleaning habits in their lives. boy” in the CBI who had dilut- In a nearly-two-hour video havoc, especially in the lives of Indian culture has traditional- ed the lookout notice against interaction with people from the poor, pushing them into a ly put an emphasis on cleanli- fugitive businessman Vijay across the country, including cesspool of diseases, he said. ness, he said. After his nearly- Mallya, allowing him to flee the faith leaders, Uttar Pradesh The Prime Minister spoke two-hour-long interaction, country. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with a cross-section of people from across to people in states such as Modi took part in a cleanliness Taking to Twitter, Rahul and noted personalities such as the country, via video-conference, on the occasion of the ‘Swachchhata Hi Sewa’ Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, drive on the premises of Baba alleged that it was AK Sharma, Amitabh Bachchan and Ratan abhiyan in New Delhi on Saturday PTI Bihar, Karnataka, Rajasthan Sahib Ambedkar Higher a Gujarat-cadre officer in the Tata, Modi said the sanitation and Haryana. He also inter- Secondary School in Paharganj. Central Bureau of Investigation coverage in India has increased continue till Mahatma in four years," he said, calling acted with Indo-Tibetan Union ministers and BJP (CBI), who played a crucial to over 90 per cent from 40 per Gandhi's birth anniversary next it a historic day. Border Police personnel leaders and workers across the role in weakening the lookout cent in the four years of month. Adityanath said Uttar involved in cleaning Pangong country also participated in the notice against Mallya. He also Swachchh Bharat Mission. All sections of society and Pradesh, the country's most Lake and its surroundings in exercise following the prime alleged that the same officer He said that few would every part of the country have populous and among the most Leh, besides religious and spir- minister's programme. played a key role in the escape There were no sufficient have thought that nine crore joined the cleanliness drive, he poor states, would be OFD by itual figures, including BJP president Amit Shan plans of fugitive diamond toilets would be built and 4.5 said, exhorting people to reded- October 2, 2018 as per a base- Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Sri Sri took part in a cleaning exercise traders Nirav Modi and Mehul grounds to detain Mallya: lakh villages declared open icate themselves to fulfilling the line survey of the clean India Ravi Shankar, and Mata in Telangana, Home Minister Choksi. defecation free in four years. father of the nation's dream of campaign. He said that his Amritanandamayi. Rajnath Singh in Faridabad, "CBI Jt Director, AK The Prime Minister a clean India. government is working to He also interacted with Law minister Ravi Shankar Sharma, weakened Mallya’s CBI on Rahul’s charges launched the "cleanliness is "Had anybody imagined ensure that every family has a Sikh religious figures from Prasad in Patna among others "Look Out" notice, allowing service" exercise to push for that more than 450 districts toilet by October 2019. Patna Sahib gurudwara, while Union Minister for Mallya to escape. Mr Sharma, PNS n NEW DELHI for 'allowing' economic greater public participation in would be open defecation free His government had built Muslim custodians of Ajmer Tourism, KJ Alphons launched a Gujarat cadre officer, is the offenders like Mallya and jew- one of his government's cen- (ODF) in four years or that 20 over 1.36 crore toilets since it Sharif and those from a media the cleaning drive near the Sai PM's blue-eyed-boy in the ountering charges of ellers Nirav Modi and Mehul trepiece programmes launched states and Union Territories came to power last year and its group. He praised efforts of Mandir surroundings on Lodhi CBI. The same officer was in CCongress president Rahul Choksi to flee the country. on October 2, 2015 and it will would be open defecation free emphasis on cleanliness has led newspapers and news channels Road here. charge of Nirav Modi & Mehul Gandhi, the CBI on Saturday Party president Rahul Gandhi Choksi's escape plans. defended itself by saying that even said that a Gujarat-cadre Ooops...Investigation! (sic)," there was no question of foul- officer with CBI had let the he wrote on the microblogging play on its part in enabling three escape. Rahul appoints Chidambaram website. liquor baron Vijay Mallya to Earlier, the CBI had clar- Pradhan inaugurates Global Rahul and his party have flee the country. The CBI also ified that the change in the accused Modi and Finance clarified that at the time when Look Out Notice against Vijay Minister Arun Jaitley of "help- the decision to downgrade Mallya from detain to merely manifesto committee chairman Skills Summit 2018 ing" Mallya to flee the country the lookout circular against inform was an "error" since he PNS n NEW DELHI after defaulting on bank loans. Mallya was taken, there were was cooperating and there PNS n NEW DELHI are part of the committees. ing the formation of these com- The Congress has demanded not sufficient grounds for it to was no warrant against him. The core member com- mittees, AICC General nion Minister of Petroleum Jaitley's resignation over the detain and arrest him. While Mallya is accused of head of five Assembly mittee has the big guns of the Secretary Ashok Gehlot had U& Natural Gas and Skill issue and a probe into how "Decision was taken at owing nearly `9,000 crore to Apolls and Lok Sabha elec- party - AK Antony, Ghulam said with the constitution of Development & Mallya escaped. the appropriate level as a part Indian banks, Nirav and tions next year, Congress pres- Nabi Azad, Ashok Gehlot, these panels, the party is in elec- Entrepreneurship, Dharmendra The 62-year-old tycoon, of process and not individually Choksi too have been charged ident Rahul Gandhi on Mallikarjun Kharge, Ahmed tion mode and will start the Pradhan on Saturday called who is on bail on an extradi- by the officer as alleged," the with defrauding Punjab Saturday appointed former Patel, Jairam Ramesh, P work of putting up a manifesto for a collective introspection on tion warrant since his arrest in CBI said. The agency has National Bank of thousands of Finance Minister P Chidambaram, Randeep and draw strategy for publici- the changing nature of job pro- April last year, is fighting been under scrutiny after crores. Chidambaram as the Surjewala and KC Venugopal. ty and coordination. files and urged those responsi- extradition to India on charges reported emerged that it had "CBI received a complaint Chairman of the Manifesto The 19-member Manifesto The Congress president also ble for fashioning public poli- of fraud and money launder- changed a 2015 Look Out against Nirav Modi and Mehul Committee and Rajeev Gowda committee also includes Jairam appointed office bearers, exec- cy to zero in on the nature and ing amounting to around Circular against liquor baron Choksi from PNB almost a as the convener; former Ramesh, Salman Khurshid, utive committee and five district availability of future jobs. `9,000 crore. Vijay Mallya from 'detain' to month after they had left the Defence Minister AK Antony Manpreet Singh Badal, Shashi congress committee chief of Internet, he said, was Rahul's tweet came days 'inform about movement. country. Therefore the ques- as the Chairman of Tharoor, Sushmita Dev, Rajeev Chhattisgarh. The Congress changing the character of the after Mallya claimed that he The clarifications come tion of any CBI officer having Coordination Committee and Gowda, Bhupinder Singh also appointed state coordina- workplace at a frenetic pace, and the time was ripe to chan- had met Jaitley before leaving at a time when the Congress any hand in their fleeing the Jairam Ramesh as the con- Hooda, Sachin Rao, Lalitesh tors for Odisham West Bengal, and therefore, policy shapers nelize this asset into creation of the country in March, 2016. "I has upped the attack on the country does not arise," the vener and former Commerce Tripathi, Bindu Krishnan, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Goa, need to astutely comprehend gainful employment for the met the finance minister government and on the CBI agency said. Minister Anand Sharma as Raghuveer Meena, Meenakshi Haryana, Kerala, Uttar Pradesh, the jobs scenario. people endowed with the right before I left," the liquor baron the Chairman of the Publicity Natarajan, Balchandra Madhya Pradesh and Odisha. Inaugurating the 11th type of skills. had told reporters Wednesday His party alleged that "23 man". The Congress party said committee and Pawan Khera Mungekar, Rajni Patil, Mukul Earlier, Congress presi- Global Skills Summit, 2018, On the occasion, the outside the Westminster persons" involved in bank "the possibility of central gov- as the convener. Last month, Sangma and Sam Pitroda. The dent had on Friday cleared the orgainsed by FICCI and the Minister released two knowl- Magistrates' Court in London, frauds to the tune of `90,000 ernment's hand in relocation of the Congress had formed three publicity committee has a mix appointment of nine new Ministry of Skill Development & edge reports titled, 'Future of where his extradition case is crore fled the country during 23 fugitives abroad in past committees - a core group of the senior leaders and the AICC secretaries and a Entrepreneurship, Pradhan said Jobs in India-2.0' and being heard.Jaitley has, how- the BJP rule and dubbed it as four years cannot be ruled committee, manifesto and young party leaders - Anand screening committee for poll- the belief that technology and 'Employer-led Models of Job ever, denied the charges party which is "more loyal to a out" and demanded an impar- publicity committee ahead of Sharma, Surjewala, Manish bound Telangana. Senior innovation were squeezing the Creation- Version:2'. The sum- against him. con-man than to a common tial probe into the issue. the upcoming Lok Sabha elec- Tiwari, Pramod Tiwari, Rajeev Congress leader Bhakt Charan job space was a myth. While mit also witnessed the launch of tions in 2019. Shukla, Divya Spandana, Dass is the chairperson of some jobs were being squeezed, initiatives such the future skills The committees will play Milind Deora, Bhakta Charan Telangana Screening com- a multi-fold increase was being courses by NSDC; digital plat- a major role as they will Dass, Jaiveer Shergill, Pawan mittee, while Jothimani witnessed in many other sectors form for blue collar skilling EC plans slew of measures to define major strategies for Khera, Kumar Ketkar, VD Sennimalai and Sharmistha due to technological innovation. ecosystem by Betterplace and the general election. Most of Satheesan and Praveen Mukherjee have been made India, he said, was blessed rural e-commerce distribution the senior Congress leaders Chakravarty. Earlier, announc- members of the panel. with intellectual manpower, system by Connect India. curb fake news, paid news

PNS n NEW DELHI decision, in (choosing) a healthy Sushma, Yogi announce Varanasi as ‘Pravasi Bhartiya Divas’ venue representative Government. he Election Commission That's the potent threat every PNS n NEW DELHI is held every six years and currently the ticipants will be taken to Kumbh Mela Tplans to implement a slew democracy in the world is fac- budget preparation is pegged at and esti- by bus on January 24. Then, partici- of measures to curb the circu- ing," Rawat said at the event xternal Affairs Minister Sushma mated `4200 crore.) pants will travel from Prayagraj lation of fake news on social organised by the Chief Electoral ESwaraj and Uttar Pradesh Chief Those interested in participating (Allahabad) to Delhi by train on the media and paid news in the Officer (CEO) of Delhi. Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday in the PBD can register on the same day. The railways will run special run-up to elections. The CEC said the EC was jointly announced that the 15th ‘Pravasi Pravasi Bhartiya Divas website till Pravasi Bharti train for them," she said. Chief Election Commissioner well aware of these issues Bhartiya Divas’ will be held in Prime November 15. The external affairs minister also said (CEC) O P Rawat on Saturday traits such as courage, character, amongst many others similar to Minister Narendra Modi's constituency On the last day of event on Mauritian Prime Minister Pravind said that effective use of media integrity and knowledge that are them. "Here in our country, the Varanasi from January 21-23 and January 23, President Ram Nath Jugnauth will be chief guest for the and curbing use of fake news and diminishing and are on the Commission is seized of issues launched a dedicated website for the event. Kovind will confer the Pravasi January 22 main event while Norway paid news were important areas "verge of extinction" in the coun- such as cyber security, securing The participants would also get an Bharatiya Samman Awards. leader Himanshu Gulati and New on which the poll body has been try. Rawat underlining a number our data so that Cambridge opportunity for 'Ardh Kumbh Mela Talking to reporters here, Swaraj Zealand MP Charanjit Singh Bakshi working upon. He also advised of issues and challenges that face Analytica kind of things do not Snan' in Allahabad and attend the said Pravasi Bharatiya Divas (PBD) is will be special guests at the PBD event media to look at some best prac- the electoral body, said clean happen over elections, about Republic Day parade in the National held on January 9 every year, but the to be held on January 21. tices in international media that elections are like a "well spring misuse and abuse of social media Capital, almost coinciding with the next edition of the event has been post- The event is jointly being held by have started bringing out a reg- of legitimacy" for the leadership platforms, about fake news, assembly of Non-Resident Indians in poned by a few days after Indian dias- the Uttar Pradesh government and the ular column — what was fake last and the people of the country about all kinds of ills that get into Varanasi. pora expressed interest in attending the Ministry of External Affairs. week — on the internet, in the and if this was contaminated by whether it is management of The ambitious event organized by Kumbh Mela in Allahabad and Republic Adityanath said his government is media and 'fact checker reports'. such issues, the common man electoral rolls, campaign finance, the government for the Indian diaspora Day celebrations in New Delhi. making arrangements to showcase the Rawat, speaking on 'chal- becomes "cynical" about the polling process and technology," is being projected as the first of its kind External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj with Uttar So this event will be held around "Athithi Devo Bhava" culture of the lenges to India electoral entire system, which is an area of he said. He said he was sur- as the invitees will witness the cultur- Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launch the the dates of the Kumb Mela and the holy city of Varanasi. He said it was a democracy' at a symposium, concern. prised to see during Karnataka al heritage of Varanasi and of Allahabad website for 15th Pravasi Bhartiya Divas on Republic Day parade. Swaraj said she good opportunity for the state to said the present set of laws are "With the rise of fake news, with election, in Bengaluru, the during the ‘Ardh Kumbh Mela.’ The Saturday, which will be held in Varanasi from will interact with four Indian missions showcase its culture before the world. "inadequate" to tackle the men- the rise of make believe things, polling percentage was lowest. theme of PBD 2019 is the "Role of Indian January 21 to 23 PTI to mark PBD on January 9. The main "We will also make arrangements for ace of black money in elections, with the rise of all kind of "We investigated and we Diaspora in building a New India". event will be launched by Prime Indian diaspora to witness culture of and noted that Cambridge machinations like data theft, found that because of IT (infor- Arrangements for the ‘Kumbh Snan’ ‘Sangam’ (where three rivers join each Minister Narendra Modi on January 22. various fields of the country at Pravasi Analytica like "machinations" data harvesting, profiling, tar- mation and technology) indus- (holy bath) will be made at the Allahabad other) for the participants. ( 'Ard Kumbh' "After the PBD convention, par- Bharatiya Divas," he said. of data theft, data harvesting geted communication affecting try, job hopping was taking and fake news pose a potent not only communication but ref- place and this (incorrect electoral threat to the electoral process erendum world over and chang- rolls) was happening. Names AFTER NEUROBLASTOMA CANCER TREATMENT in the country. ing the outcome of any process were there but people are not The CEC said democracy does which is meant to translate pop- there, that is why polling was just Side effects may persist for months or yrs: Study not run on whims and it requires ular will in (taking) a healthy 52-54 per cent," the CEC said. Parrikar admitted to AIIMS PNS n NEW DELHI neuroblastoma patients are occur in older children. doing in terms of psychologi- The study included 859 hile advanced treatment cal and educational outcomes. children younger than 18 who PTI n NEW DELHI to the seniormost minister dur- Whas prolonged survival Before recent advances in treat- had been diagnosed with neu- ing his absence in the state. of kids with neuroblastoma, a ment, this survivor population roblastoma at least five years oa Chief Minister Manohar MGP, with its three legisla- paediatric cancer of nerve was much smaller and we were earlier. Their median age at GParrikar was admitted to the tors, has given support to the BJP cells, the bad news is that side not able to analyse these sorts diagnosis was 0.8 years and All India Institute of Medical to form the government in the effects may persist or develop of long-term outcomes," said they were followed for a medi- Sciences (AIIMS) on Saturday. state along with the Goa months or years after cure in study author Dr Nina Kadan- an of 13.3 years. Parrikar, who has been Forward Party (GFP) and other the form of psychological Lottick, from Yale University The researchers also found undergoing treatment for pan- independent legislators. problems, including depres- School of Medicine. that neuroblastoma survivors creatic ailment, is being exam- Talking to reporters sion and attention-deficit dis- While the common treat- who developed mental ined by a team of doctors at the Saturday morning, MGP presi- orders, says a study. ments for neuroblastoma, vin- health/behavioural problems premier hospital, a source at dent Deepak Dhavalikar said, “It The study published online pelvis, but it most often begins more likely than the siblings of cristine, cisplatin and retinoic tended to require special edu- AIIMS said. “He is being exam- is high time Parrikar hands in the journal, Cancer, has in the adrenal glands. childhood cancer survivors to acid, were not associated with cation services and to not go on ined by a team of doctors and over the charge to the senior- called for a close monitoring It is the third most com- have anxiety/depression (19% these problems, but survivors to college. will undergo a few tests,” the Earlier this year, he had most minister for smooth func- and intervention to help such mon tumor in children and the vs. 14%), headstrong behaviour who developed chronic health "Our hope is that these source said. undergone a three-month-long tioning of the government.” survivors. most common cancer in babies (19% vs. 13%), attention conditions as a result of their findings will help inform Parrikar, 62, was flown to treatment in the US. He said in the last eight Neuroblastoma is a solid younger than one. deficits (21% vs. 13%), peer cancer treatment were at strategies for early screening the national capital owing to his Meanwhile, The months, the government has not cancerous tumor that begins in The researchers in the conflict/social withdrawal increased risk for the mental and intervention to identify declining health. Maharashtrawadi Gomantak been able to function smooth- the nerve cells outside the study had compared neurob- (26% vs. 17%), and antisocial health/behavioural issues, the those survivors at highest risk He had returned from the Party (MGP), an alliance part- ly. brain of infants and young chil- lastoma survivors with 872 behaviour (16% vs. 12%). researchers said. for developing psychological US in the first week of ner in the Manohar Parrikar-led Dhavalikar said Parrikar dren. It can start in the nerve siblings of childhood cancer "These findings are novel Neuroblastoma most com- and educational impairment September, days after which he government in Goa, on Saturday can remain the chief minister tissue near the spine in the survivors. They found that the because this is the first large monly affects children age 5 or later on in life," Dr Kadan- was admitted to a hospital at said it was “high time” the chief and hand over the charge to neck, chest, abdomen, or neuroblastoma patients were study that could look at how younger, though it may rarely Lottick said. Candolim in north Goa. minister handed over the charge someone else in his absence. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 nation 06 Shah launches BJP’s T 2014 NDFB killings: Death Rlys likely to campaign, attacks TRS for two, life for two others revise flexi-fare ANUP SHARMA n GUWAHATI alias Sibigiri and Nitul Daimary al attack against the NDFB, OMER FAROOQ n HYDERABAD get some sympathy in the next alias D Naihab. The court has the NIA had taken up inves- elections". He recalled that Special NIA Court today last month convicted the four tigation of four such cases that policy soon JP President Amit Shah Congress was in power both in Aawarded death sentence to but pronounced the quantum of occurred at Hatijuli Shantipur Btoday launched his party's Maharashtra and united Andhra two and life imprisonment to punishments on Saturday. village in Sonitpur district of campaign for Telangana assem- Pradesh when Naidu had protest- two others regarding the infa- The armed cadres of Assam, where six persons PTI n NEW DELHI Sources said this time, many bly elections by lashing out at ed against Babili project in 2010. mous 2014 massacre, where NDFB on th evening of were killed and two others of the provisions made in the the ruling Telangana Rashtra Charging the TRS with pursuing armed terrosists belonging to December 23, 2014 launched a were injured. he railways has finally decid- committee’s report have been Samiti and urged the people to politics of appeasement Amit National Democratic Front of series of attacks targeting most- The NIA registered the Ted to substantially revise its tweaked and approved by the put their trust in the BJP to take Shah said that it was due to the Bodoland (NDFB) killed six ly Adivasi community in four cases on December 30 the same flexi-fare policy after two years of board and have been sent for the the state on the path of faster fear and pressure of Majlis e persons and injured two others. locations in Assam killing over year under section 120B, 121, indecision, with the file now minister’s perusal. development. Ittehadul Muslimeen that the Two of the accused identi- 60 people and injuring many. 147, 148, 302 of IPC, sec. awaiting the approval of Railway Key among them are iden- Addressing a public meeting TRS Government did not cele- fied as Bishnu Narzary alias N The terrosists attacked the adi- 25(1A), 27 of Arms Act and sec. Minister Piyush Goyal, sources tifying and grading prices of train in Mahbubnagar on Saturday why he changed his mind and brate Hyderabad Liberation Day Berema and Ajoy Basumutary vasi community at Chirang, 10, 13, 16, 18, 20 of UA (P) Act. have said. Ahead of the general tickets according to ‘lean’ and Amit Shah said that the TRS had decided to advance the elections on Sept 17. "Do they want to han- alias B Buhumbua were pro- Sonitpur and Kokrajhar dis- Charge sheet regarding the elections, the revision will entail ‘peak’ seasons, according to ‘last completely failed in developing to the State assembly", he ques- dover the State to present day nounced death sentences while tricts th same evening. four cases was filed against a huge relief for passengers who, minute bookings’, rate of occu- the state though the Narendar tioned. "It is part of his vote bank Razakar"? he asked. the court pronounced life While different cases have above-mentioned four accused under the scheme, sometimes pancy, patronisation of trains and Modi government had extend- politics". Referring to the attempts imprisonment to Sanju Bordoloi been registered over the seri- on July 22, 2015. have to pay at par with flight tick- their timings. ed a generous helping hand to He alleged that there was by Chief Minister KCR to ets in some sectors for trains. Competitive pricing will also the newly created Telangana. no development in the State increase the quota for Muslims The relief, however, will be be key to generate revenue for the Amit Shah who was given over the last four years. "4,500 to 12% Amt Shah wondered Gujarat Govt inks in select premium trains which scheme, which had earned the a rousing reception at the farmers have committed sui- whether it was not politics of Dalit youth’s honour killing: have seen a substantial decrease national transporter an addi- Begumpet airport on his arrival cide during last four years", he appeasement and vote bank. "If in passenger bookings, the tional Rs 500 crore in less than a by a special flight this morning alleged. the same Government was to MoU for India's sources said. year. One of the options that is also participated in "Swatchhta "KCR had promised double come back the vote bank pol- Girl’s father, uncle arrested These trains, sources have likely to be adopted is revising the hi Sewa" (Cleanliness is service) bedroom houses to 2.5 lakh itics will continue", he said. biggest aluminium indicated are likely to be from the scheme as per a formula used in campaign in Domalguda area. families. Has he give those hous- Replying to a question he OMER FAROOQ n HYDERABAD keeping an eye on our Bihar, Bengal and Uttar Pradesh the Humsafar trains in which the Later he also addressed media es? Show me one district where said that the BJP always fought recycling plants moments for a long time. My routes, which are the high den- first 50 per cent berths will be at the state BJP office and he kept his promises", he asked. against Asaduddin Owaisi but fter Friday's honour killing mother had warned about his sity network of railways. sold at a 15 per cent higher price offered Pooja at a temple in old Amit Shah said people refused to divulge his strategy PNS n GANDHINAGAR Aof a Dalit youth, who had intentions", Amrutha said. However, officials are not than the base price of A/C-3 tier city of Hyderabad. have not forgotten how in against the MIM. The question married an upper caste girl in "I had informed my moth- keen to share particulars of the mail and express train tickets. Amit Shah claimed that Khammam farmers were hand- was in context of Owaisi's chal- ujarat Government has Miryalaguda town the Nalgonda er that I was pregnant and she revised flexi-fare scheme as The slab will go up with during the four year role of cuffed for demanding mini- lenge to Amit Shah from Gsigned a MoU with district police have arrested the used call me from time to despite the approval of both the every 10 per cent of the berth sold Modi Telangana was given mum support prices and Dalits Hyderabad Lok Sabha con- Aditya Birla Group’s girl's father and uncle on time to enquire about my Railway Board as well as the thereafter. Similarly, the board has more the. `2.3 lakh crore and were attacked in Sricilla. stituency. Hindalco Industries to set up Saturday. Heath. But my father was pres- Finance Commissioner, sections also suggested options to bring in the Centre was committed to In the press conference Amit Shah's attack has India’s biggest aluminium Pranay Kumar was killed in surising me to abort the child", could still be further revised if special discounts under the the development of the state. Amit Shah made it clear that evoked a quick repartee from extrusion and aluminium broad day light in front of the Amrtutha told the media per- they are not approved by Goyal. scheme in less busy routes. The Modi Government also sanc- the BJP will not have alliance the MIM president Asaduddin recycling plants with an esti- eyes of her wife when he had sons. Sources in Goyal’s office scheme was introduced for 44 tioned AIIMS and a new with any party in Telangana Owaisi. mated investment of `3, 500- brought his pregnant wife to a She made it clear that even indicated that the decision will be Rajdhani, 46 Shatabdi and 52 University for the State. and will contest in all the con- "Welcome,people of crore in the State. private hospital for routine after losing her husband she taken soon. Duronto trains — all in premi- He strongly criticised Chief stituencies on its own. "The BJP Hyderabad & Telangana will The aluminium extru- check up. After attacking and had no intention of going back On the direction of Goyal, um super-fast category. Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao will emerge as a decisive force defeat your strategy I request sion plant of 1.50-lakh tonnes killing him with sharp edged to her parents house. the railways had constituted a The scheme which was for imposing an early election on in the State", he added. @AmitShah to contest from annual capacity will entail an weapons the killers had escaped The incident has sparked committee last year to review the launched on September 9, 2016, the state and imposing extra On a question about the Hyderabad and inshallah MIM investment of `2, 000-crore in a car. However Special police an outrage in the town and dynamic pricing scheme, but its had led to up to 50 per cent financial burden. When the arrest warrant issued against will win & BJP will not be able in two tranches, and the alu- team tracked and arrested shops remain closed as a mark report was rejected by him. increase in fares. Prime Minister had called for Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister to retain 5 Assembly seats minium recycling plant of Maruti Rao and his brother of protest on the call of Dalit "one nation one election" and N Chandrababu Naidu Amit inshallah. What is strategy to 3.00-lakh tonnes annual Shravan Kumar. organizations. Protestors took proposed simultaneous polls to Shah it was a false allegation that control Oil prices, Employment capacity `1,500-crore. The Amrutha who was in deep out processions and held Rajiv case convicts’ issue Lok Sabha and State assemblies the BJP was behind it. "He is for Youth, $ & ` BJP has NO projects will provide direct shock over her husband's brutal demonstrations demanding KCR had supported it. "Then indulging in false propaganda to Ans", he tweeted. and indirect employment to murder said that she had no stringent action against the 3,000 people. doubt that her own father was culprits. Family members and not referred to Centre: TN Guv The Chief Minister dis- responsible for the incident. protesters held sit in protest PTI n CHENNAI Minister Rajiv Gandhi, a refer- cussed the possibility of set- "Let him be my father but I want along with the dead boys of ence has been made to the Girl thrashing video case: Call centre ting a desalination plant to him to be hanged for killing my Pranay. As tempers were run- amil Nadu Governor Ministry of Home Affairs, fulfil the water requirements husband. They have done it ning high the police has TBanwarilal Purohit denied Government of India,” a state- of the aluminium plants on because Pranay loved me and strengthened the security in Saturday reports in a section of ment issued by the Raj Bhavan owner, peon arrested PPP model. He also gave an married me", she screamed Miryalaguda. Police officials media that he had forwarded to said. “It is clarified that no refer- idea of the State when local MP G Sukhinder wanted the cremation to be the Centre the state govern- ence has been made to the STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI stated. thrashed by him and alleged Government’s incentive poli- Reddy and a few other leases vis- done at the earliest but it was ment’s recommendation to Ministry of Home Affairs in the The cases against the main that she would face the same cies to make Gujarat a land of ited her at hospital. deployed as victim's brother release all the seven convicts in matter. The case is a complex one he Delhi Police have arrest- accused - one of criminal consequences if she didn't opportunities for investors. Crying inconsolably she was to come from Ukraine. the Rajiv Gandhi assassination and involves the examination of Ted two persons in connec- intimidation and molestation marry him, police said. The MoU was signed insisted on seeing the body her Pranay's father Bala Swamy case. The Governor said a deci- legal, administrative and consti- tion with the viral video where and the other of rape - were The accused was arrested between Principal Secretary husband. "If I had not come to said that the marriage of Pranay sion on the issue would be taken tutional issues,” the statement by the son of an Assistant Sub- registered based on the version on Friday by Tilak Nagar police for Industries and Chief hospital my husband would and Amrutha had taken place in a “just and fair manner” in Joint Director-Public Relations of Inspector was seen thrashing a of two women. staff after Home Minister Minister’s Principal Secretary been alive today", she said. with the blessings of her moth- accordance with the the Raj Bhavan said. Noting that woman. The accused identified On Thursday, the Rajnath Singh took cognisance M. K. Das and Hindalco "When we were going togeth- er. "We were not aware of this Constitution. “A section of media voluminous records on the mat- as Ali Hasan (24), the owner of estranged girlfriend of the of the video which went viral Industries Managing Director er somebody hit him. When he marriage. After wedding then has been reporting that in the ter were being received from the the call center where the video accused filed a complaint at in social media and asked Satish Pai. The company’s fell down they killed him. I threats continued we had asked matter of the release of the con- state government, the Raj Bhavan was shot and Rajesh (30), who Tilak Nagar police station alleg- Delhi Police Commissioner Senior President Arun Kumar could not see who the killer them to take back the girl. But victed prisoners undergoing life said court judgments on con- works as a peon in the call cen- ing that she was showed a Amulya Patnaik to take neces- and Joint President Sandeep was. But my father was plan- now they killed my son", he imprisonment for involvement in nected matters were handed over tre were arrested by Dwarka video of a women being sary actions. Roy were also present. ning to kill him and he was said. the assassination of former Prime to it only on September 14. police. Meanwhile, the main accused Rohit Tomar Rohit Tomar (21) Hunt on for son of ASI Ashok Singh Tomar, is Police waging anti-radical in 1-day police remand and will Armyman, 2 aides 6 terrorists killed in gunfight be arrested on production warrant narrative war From Page 1 alias Abu Darda, and Zahoor pended. was killed. Official sources from court on further investiga- for Haryana CBSE Security forces then Ahmad Lone alias Rehman Meanwhile, clashes erupt- identified the slain civilian as tion, Deputy Commissioner of From Page 1 organised for Naxal-hit States engaged the terrorists in an Bhai — all local residents. ed in several pockets of the sen- Rouf Ahmad Ganie from Police (Dwarka) Anto Alphonse topper’s gangrape Apart from countering the by the IB. The Narcotics encounter,” said a police Sources said the house sitive twin districts of Anantnag Anchidora area of south From Page 1 radical propositions and Control Bureau is organising spokesperson, adding that five where the terrorists were hid- and Kulgam after people began Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “We do not shelter crim- rumours articulated by the N-CORD (Narco Coordination terrorists shot dead in the ing was blown away by the marching towards the They said Rouf was killed dur- inals. We would facilitate in inimical forces, the social Centre) meetings for prevent- encounter belonged to HM security forces causing death of encounter site. ing a law and order situation. searching out the accused, media tools also help in pro- ing movement of narcotics and Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) the trapped terrorists under The authorities deployed He was hit by a bullet in his and will make sure that if any viding assistance to the public substances in the States. outfits. debris. police and para-military forces neck. Two more youngsters Army man is found involved in case of any emergency or The measures undertaken The slain terrorists were The district administra- personnel in strength in all the are reported to have sustained in the rape case, he is brought disasters, sources said. by the Jammu and Kashmir identified as Gulzar alias Saif, tion imposed restrictions under areas to maintain law and order grievous bullet injuries during to the book,” he told reporters Apart from the Jammu police have helped in creating Faisal Ahmad Rather alias section 144 in Kulgam and its to avoid any untoward incident. clashes and have been shifted at an Army event. and Kashmir police, efforts by a counter-narrative due which Dawood, Zahid Ahmad Mir adjacent areas. Train services in However, during clashes with to Srinagar hospital for spe- Sandhu said an FIR was the National Investigation a section of society, especially alias Hashim, Masroor Molvi south Kashmir were also sus- security personnel, one civilian cialised treatment. registered as soon as the vic- Agency (NIA) like registra- the middle class and the edu- tim lodged her complaint, tion of cases have helped in cated youth question the hard- and a medical examination monitoring businessmen line propositions and violent conducted. She was kidnapped involved in financing Kashmiri agenda of the terrorist groups CM: UP to be ODF by Oct 2 next year by three men who arrived in separatists. and the silence of the separatist From Page 1 encephalitis in Gorakhpur), been reported so far from east- respective districts so that the a car and was taken to a Prime Minister Narendra groups on such issues due to to construct 1.36 crore toilets had witnessed a sharp decline. ern UP,” he said to buttress his state could be declared ODF secluded place where she was Modi had in the closed-door their tactical alliances with the in the state,” Yogi said. “The affect of Swachh claims about the affect of clean- by next Gandhi Jayanti. gangraped after being offered DGPs’ conference organised terrorists tanzeems, an The Chief Minister also Bharat Abhiyan is now visible liness. “The government has set a drink laced with sedatives, by the Intelligence Bureau last Intelligence official said. said that after the base line sur- in Uttar Pradesh and people Prime Minister Modi a target to make UP ODF. We the complainant had alleged. year advised the security agen- The security agencies have vey for small families, by have become more healthy. In later hailed the efforts of need to achieve that target The accused later left her near cies to monitor businessmen further advised the State police October 2, 2019, no family eastern UP, vector-borne dis- Yogi Adityanath government and for that the district mag- a bus stop in Kanina the same involved in financing the to scale up social media pres- would be left without toilet in eases like encephalitis and diar- in taking up the cleanliness istrates should work dili- day. Kashmiri separatists. ence to check radicalisation by the state. He said that the UP rhoea were the cause of large- drive as a mission. gently. They should take per- Also on Saturday, the On PM’s directives to put circulating effective counter government had already scale causalities in the last four “Regarding construction of sonal interest in ensuring National Commission for in place a mechanism for inter- narratives on dominant issues engaged 2.20 lakh masons for decades but now, after the toilets, you people have done that every district achieves its Women (NCW) condemned State coordination on security- facing the security situation in the construction of toilets while launch of cleanliness drive, a tremendous work. In last designated target within the the incident and asked the related matters, a number of the Valley. 56,000 volunteers had also this year the figure has shown two years, the construction of stipulated time,” the Chief Haryana police chief to give an such meetings are being held at The security forces have been roped in to meet the tar- a sharp decline,” the Chief new toilets has increased by Minister said while reviewing update on the probe. The SIT the national and regional level. been able to virtually wipe out get. Minister pointed out, and more then double,” Modi rural Swachh Bharat Mission led by Nuh Superintendent of A periodic meeting between the entire leadership of the ter- Further highlighting the exhorted people to keep their said, while congratulating and progress in ODF with Police Naazneen Bhasin, vis- the Anti-Terrorist Squads and rorist groups like the Jaish-e- achievements of his govern- surroundings clean and neat as Yogi Adityanath and his gov- district magistrates about two ited the crime spot. Bhasin the NIA and periodic coordi- Mohammad in the Valley dur- ment, Yogi Adityanath said it would help them in keeping ernment. months back. He also said told reporters in Rewari that nation meetings are being ing the last over one year. that ever since they took up the everyone fit and healthy. Earlier, the Chief that the state and Union gov- the sketches of the accused will cleanliness drive as a mission, “When in the past over 100 Minister had asked all ernments were giving funds soon be released by police. the loss of human lives, par- children died every year due to District Magistrates to ensure for construction of toilets so Their antecedents are also ticularly of children due to vec- the vector-borne diseases, this completion of toilet con- the officials should ensure being checked for any past 4-phase J&K civic polls tor-borne diseases (like year only six causalities have struction targets for their that the fund was utilised. criminal record. She said a medical examination had con- from Oct 8 firmed rape. The victim’s Govt mum over tax cut on fuel mother had accused police of From Page 1 laborators of the Indian Union” delay in acting after a com- Mehbooba had appealed the and urged upon the people to From Page 1 ments of finance,” Jaitley said. regard to the broad parameters collection of Rs 11.5 lakh crore plaint was filed, but Bhasin State Government to defer the boycott the upcoming municipal Almost half of the retail After yesterday’s review in relation to economy and for 2018-19 fiscal. countered the charge. polls till things get clear on elections with the spirit of deny- selling price of petrol and meeting, the Government macroeconomic data which is On GST, he said the new She said police sent out Article 35A. She had appealed the ing recognition to the NC, the diesel is made up of Central announced easing in overseas so far emerging this year. indirect tax regime is settling raiding teams when they were Centre and the State PDP and other mainstream polit- and State taxes. The Centre borrowing norms for manu- “The department of rev- down and “with the kind of told about the crime. “But the Governments to clear doubts of ical parties. A prominent terror- currently levies a total of `19.48 facturing companies; removed enue made a detailed presen- pick-up in consumption which accused had left the place on people related to the apprehen- ist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen has per litre of excise duty on restrictions on foreign portfo- tation where the direct tax has taken place, obviously will the day of incident, according sions in relation to petitions already issued threat to punish by petrol and `15.33 per litre on lio investors (FPI) investment collections we are already have an impact on GST col- to their mobile forensics.” seeking abrogation of Article sprinkling sulphuric and diesel. On top of this, States in corporate bonds and pro- ahead of the schedule...We can lections in the future months”. Multiple teams have been 35A & Article 370. hydrochloric acid on all the con- levy Value Added Tax (VAT). vided tax benefits on Masala now see the impact of all the “As far as non-tax rev- formed to nab them, she said. The Joint Resistance testants and the voters. “The primary focus of bonds. At Saturday’s meeting anti-black money measures enues are concerned the entire The SP said police personnel Leadership (JRL), an amalgam of Earlier, on September 1, the Friday’s discussions was with detailed presentations were which we had taken, the programme of divestment and attended to the victim prop- separatist political parties, com- State Administrative Council regard to current account made by Departments of demonetisation and the GST. strategic sale for this was also erly. “The most important prising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz under chairmanship of Governor deficit and how to narrow it Economic Affairs, Revenue, There is phenomenal increase considered. Just the way we factor was to make the victim Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik Satya Pal Malik set the tentative down and possible steps with Expenditure and in the assessee base...In the exceeded the target last year, we comfortable to take her state- has called for boycott of these schedule for the conduct of these that regard. Today of course Disinvestment. quantum of advance tax which are confident of not only main- ment in a sensitive way,” she elections in the State. The JRL in polls. The panchayat polls are was an internal meeting in “After those detailed pre- has been paid,” he said. taining the disinvestment tar- said, adding there was no a recent statement described the likely to be held in November in which the Prime Minister took sentations, Prime Minister The Government had in get this year but may perhaps delay in this procedure. participants of the polls as “col- 8 phases. the review of various depart- expressed his satisfaction with Budget projected direct tax be in excess,” Jaitley said.PTI LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 world 07

GLOBE Trump claims TROTTING Florence turns deadly, unleashing AF MILITARY HELICOPTER Typhoon unleashes Hurricane Maria CRASH KILLS FOUR Herat: An Afghan military death toll rose helicopter carrying weapons torrential floods on Carolinas and ammunition burst into flames ‘like magic’ during an “emergency landing” in fury on Philippines AFP n WILMINGTON western Afghanistan, killing at AP n WASHINGTON least four people, including the AP n TUGUEGARAO(PHILIPPINES) woman and her baby were pilot, officials said on Saturday. Akilled when a tree fell on s Tropical Storm Florence yphoon Mangkhut lashed their house and several more Ainundated the Carolinas ISIS KILLS 20 US-BACKED Tthe northern Philippines on storm-related deaths were on Friday, President Donald GUNMEN IN EAST SYRIA Saturday, with its powerful reported Friday as Hurricane Trump circled back to his claim Beirut: A Syrian war monitor and winds and rain setting off land- Florence slammed into the that the official death toll from a Kurdish official say members of slides and destroying homes, Carolinas, dousing the eastern a devastating storm a year ear- the Islamic State group have killed leaving at least three people US States with torrential rain lier in Puerto 20 US-backed fighters in the dead and six missing, as the and causing rivers to burst their Rico was inflated and said the country’s east. The attack occurred storm barrelled toward south- banks. number of dead seemed to rise late Friday in Deir el-Zour province ern China. Four deaths were con- from double digits to 3,000 where the US-backed Kurdish-led The most powerful firmed by officials as US media “like magic.” Syrian Democratic Forces typhoon to hit the disaster- reported another. Public health experts have launched a wide offensive this prone Philippines this year Hundreds of people need- estimated that nearly 3,000 week to capture the last pocket slammed ashore before dawn ed to be rescued after becoming perished because of the effects held by IS in Syria. in Cagayan province on the trapped in their homes by a of Hurricane Maria. northeastern tip of Luzon A traffic enforcer gestures at motorists to avoid a flooded street at the onslaught of storm surge of up to 10 feet A rescue team from the North Carolina National Guard 1/120th battalion evacuates But Trump, whose efforts ETHIOPIAN AIRSTRIKE KILLS island, a breadbasket that is also Typhoon Mangkhut which barreled into Philippines before dawn on Saturday AP (three meters) in New Bern, a a family as the rising floodwaters from Hurricane Florence threatens their home in to help the island territory 70 AL-SHABAB IN SOMALIA a region of flood-prone rice town of 30,000 in North New Bern, NC, on Friday AP recover have been persistently Addis Ababa: A new report says plains and mountain provinces surges. Mangkhut’s sustained ping mall, debris was scat- Carolina at the confluence of the criticised, has repeatedly ques- Ethiopia’s air force has killed with a history of deadly land- winds weakened to 170 kilo- tered everywhere and govern- Trent and Neuse rivers. death in Pender County when ing.” “Flash flooding will be tioned that number over the about 70 al-Shabab extremists in slides. metres per hour with gusts of ment workers cleared roads of As of 8:00 pm (0000 GMT), downed trees prevented emer- extreme and flood waters will last couple of days. an airstrike in neighbouring China and the Philippines up to 260 kph after it sliced fallen trees. Florence was downgraded to a gency units from reaching a come up quickly and seeming- “FIFTY TIMES LAST Somalia. The state-affiliated Fana agreed to postpone a visit by northwestward across Luzon Many stores and houses tropical storm by the National woman with a medical condi- ly out of nowhere,” the governor ORIGINAL NUMBER - NO Broadcasting Corporate says the Chinese Foreign Minister then blew out to the South were damaged but most resi- Hurricane Center (NHC) but tion. Local media said she had said. “We’re deeply concerned WAY!” he tweeted late Friday. airstrike was meant to thwart an Wang Yi that was to start China Sea, aiming at southern dents remained indoors as authorities warned the danger suffered a heart attack. for whole communities which Trump falsely accused al-Shabab attack on an Ethiopian Sunday due to the onslaught, China and Hong Kong, where occasional gusts sent small was far from over, predicting US media later said a sec- could be wiped away.” Some of Democrats on Thursday of contingent of the multinational which caused nearly 150 flights, residents braced for the worst. pieces of tin sheets and other “life-threatening storm surges ond man in Lenoir County the worst flooding was in New inflating the Puerto Rican toll African Union force. a third of them international, to With the weather easing, debris flying dangerously. and strong winds” would persist died after heavy winds knocked Bern, where authorities were to make him “look as bad as be canceled and halted sea officials warned there was lin- The Tuguegarao airport through the night. him down as he tried to check enforcing a curfew. possible.” NEPAL’S EX-PM PRACHANDA travel. At least three people gering danger. terminal was badly damaged, “We are expecting several on his dogs. Both the Trent and Neuse He said just six to 18 peo- LEAVES FOR CHINA VISIT died and six others were miss- “It’s still a life and death sit- its roof and glass windows more days of rain,” North “This storm is going to rivers overflowed their banks, ple had been reported dead Kathmandu: Nepal’s former Prime ing in the mountain city of uation,” Defense Secretary shattered by strong winds, Carolina Governor Roy Cooper continue its violent grind across flooding homes, stores and when he visited two weeks Minister Prachanda left for China Baguio after ferocious winds Delfin Lorenzana said by which also sent chairs, tables said, describing the amount of our state for days,” Cooper said. streets and trapping many peo- after the October 2017 storm on Saturday on a four-day visit and rain destroyed several phone, citing past drownings in and papers flipping about rainfall from the hurricane as a “The storm is wreaking havoc ple in their houses. and suggested that many had during which he is expected to houses and set off landslides, swollen rivers in mountain inside, Lorenzana said. “1,000-year event.” “Into next on our state.” More than 760,000 “WE ARE COMING TO been added later “if a person hold meetings with the Chinese which also blocked roads to the provinces after storms have The typhoon struck at the week our rivers are going to customers in North Carolina GET YOU. You may need to died for any reason, like old leaders and discuss issues popular vacation destination, passed. start of the rice and corn har- continue to rise and there will were without power and 21,000 move up to the second story, or age.” of mutual concern. Prachanda, said the city’s mayor, Mauricio Storm warnings remained vesting season in Cagayan, a be more significant flooding,” people were being housed in to your attic, but WE ARE When Trump visited who is the chairman of Nepal Domogan. hoisted in 10 northern major agricultural producer, Cooper said. 157 shelters across the state. COMING TO GET YOU,” the Puerto Rico, the death toll at Communist Party, before Authorities were verifying provinces, including Cagayan, prompting farmers to scramble There had been three con- The White House said authorities in New Bern said on the time was indeed 16 people. his departure said his visit is the drownings of three people, which could still be lashed by to save what they could of their firmed deaths from the storm President Donald Trump was to Twitter. Governor Cooper said The number was later aimed at expanding relations including two children who devastating winds, forecasters crops, Cagayan Gov. Manuel and several others were being visit hurricane-hit areas next there have been “several hun- raised to 64, but the between his party and the reportedly died as the typhoon said. Thousands of people in Mamba said. investigated to determine if week “once it is determined his dred” rescue operations and Government then commis- Communist Party of China. approached. the typhoon’s path had been A government damage they were storm-related, he travel will not disrupt any res- “there are still some people sioned an They were also checking to evacuated. At daybreak in assessment was underway said. cue or recovery efforts.” they need to get to.” Besides fed- independent study to deter- see what happened to about 70 Cagayan’s capital, Tuguegarao, except in areas still being bat- The mother and her baby As of 8:00 pm (local time), eral and state emergency crews, mine how many died because Tunisia ruling men who reportedly returned Associated Press journalists tered by winds and rain. Two were killed in New Hanover maximum sustained winds had rescuers were being helped by of post-storm conditions. to their coastal village in saw a severely damaged public air force C-130 cargo planes County when a tree fell on their weakened to 70 miles per hour volunteers from the “Cajun That study — conducted party suspends Cagayan to check on their market, its roof ripped apart and 10 helicopters were on house, the governor said, while but the NHC warned Carolina Navy” who also turned up in by the Milken Institute School homes as the typhoon drew and wooden stalls and tarpau- standby in Manila to help confirming another death in residents to be alert for life- Houston during Hurricane of Public Health at George closer Friday, sparking con- lin canopies in disarray. transport rescuers and aid sup- Lenoir County. threatening storm surges and Harvey to carry out water res- Washington University — esti- PM as rift cerns over possible storm Outside a popular shop- plies. Local authorities reported a “catastrophic freshwater flood- cues. mated 2,975 deaths. deepens Doval meets Pompeo, AFP n TUNIS America calls UN meeting on Mattis on future of unisia’s ruling party has Tsuspended Prime Minister India-US relations Youssef Chahed in the latest escalation of a row with the undermining N Korea sanctions PTI n WASHINGTON president’s son that has paral- ysed key decisions on the trou- AP n UNITED NATIONS report, which cited “a massive missile program. ational Security Advisor Ajit bled economy. increase in illicit ship-to-ship Haley said earlier this year NDoval on Friday held “broad- The North African country he United States has called transfers of petroleum prod- that successively tough Security based” talks with US Secretary of is often portrayed as the lone Tan urgent meeting of the ucts” for North Korea in vio- Council sanctions resolutions State Mike Pompeo, Defence success story of the Arab Spring UN Security Council for lation of UN sanctions. adopted unanimously had cut Secretary James Mattis and his of 2011 but more than seven Monday in response to what it It said some products off all North Korean exports, 90 American counterpart John years after the ouster of long- says are efforts by some coun- allegedly were off-loaded from percent of its trade, and dis- Bolton during which they dis- time strongman Zine El tries “to undermine and Russian ships, which were banded its pool of workers send cussed the “future direction” of the Abidine Ben Ali it is still bat- obstruct” sanctions against identified in the report. abroad to earn hard currency. strategic Indo-US ties.Doval’s tling high inflation and unem- North Korea. A summary of the experts Many diplomats and ana- meeting with the top three officials of the Trump ployment and sometimes vio- The US Mission report obtained in early August lysts credit the sanctions with administration came a week after the successful lent social unrest. announced Friday evening that by The Associated Press also helping promote the thaw in India-US 2+2 Dialogue between the defence and Nidaa Tounes announced the meeting will “discuss the said North Korea has not relations between North Korea foreign ministers of the two countries.This was Chahed’s referral to its disci- implementation and enforce- stopped its nuclear and missile and South Korea as well as the Doval’s first meeting with Bolton, the new plinary committee late on ment of UN sanctions on programs. And it said North June meeting between National Security Advisor to President Donald Friday after he delivered a North Korea.” Korea is violating sanctions by President Donald Trump and Trump. Doval had met Pompeo and Mattis last stinging attack on infighting The mission didn’t name transferring coal at sea and North Korean leader Kim Jong week in New Delhi too. within the party that he said any countries, but US flouting an arms embargo and Un at which they agreed to the “During the three back-to-back meetings, was restricting his govern- Ambassador Nikki Haley financial sanctions. denuclearization of the Korean Doval had good chance to review the entire bilat- ment’s ability to revive the accused Russia on Thursday of The Security Council ini- Peninsula. But in July, US eral relationship after the 2+2 talks. They build economy. pressuring an independent tially imposed sanctions on Secretary of State Mike upon the discussion in New Delhi last week,” “Secondary political con- panel of UN experts to alter a North Korea after its first Pompeo accused North Korea informed sources told PTI. India’s ambassador flicts.. Have disrupted the work report on North Korea sanc- nuclear test in 2006 and has of “illegally smuggling” in to the US, Navtej Singh Sarna, accompanied of the government, holding it tions that included alleged vio- made them tougher and refined petroleum products Doval in these meetings. back and blocking the reform lations “implicating Russian tougher in response to further beyond the annual quota of Describing it “as a very broad-based discus- process and the decisions nec- actors.” Haley said the panel nuclear tests and an increas- 5,00,000 barrels allowed under sion”, the sources said that Doval and the three essary to achieve economic should release the original ingly sophisticated ballistic U.N. Sanctions. top Trump administration officials talked about growth,” he said in a televised the “future direction” of the strategic relationship address to a policy confer- and identified areas of co-operation.Regional ence. issues and global developments too figured in the The ruling party is led by talks, they said, without going into specifics.The President Beji Caid Essebsi’s Iraq Parliament elects pro-Iran US Ambassador to India, Ken Juster in a tweet son Hafedh, who has been said that the last week’s 2+2 dialogue “set the battling to oust the premier for course for even closer ties” between the two coun- months. list candidate as speaker tries.He said India-US partnership are on an The power struggle previ- upward trajectory. “We’ve seen positive momen- ously came to a head in July, Baghdad: The Iraqi parliament solidify new parliamentary prime minister and presides tum regarding the US-India relationship these when the president himself elected the candidate of a pro- alliances. over the formation of the next past few weeks with 2+2 dialogue and the called on Chahed to resign. Iran list as speaker on Saturday, Iraq has a proportional government. progress continues with Doval’s visit to the US,” The move received the paving the way for the forma- system aimed at preventing a The pro-Iran bloc led by said the US India Strategic and Partnership backing of the powerful UGTT tion of a government more slide back into dictatorship fol- Hadi al-Ameri’s Conquest Forum (USISPF).India and the US signed the trade union confederation, than four months after leg- lowing the 2003 ouster of Alliance -- a coalition of anti- landmark Communications, Compatibility, which opposes the programme islative polls. Saddam Hussein. jihadist veterans close to Security Agreement (COMCASA) after the 2+2 of austerity budgets and pri- The country has been in The lists elected during Tehran -- looked positioned to talks External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and vatisations of state enterprises political paralysis since the legislative polls must first form take the lead Saturday after the Defence Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had with championed by the prime min- May 12 ballot, but the election coalitions. The bloc with the election of its candidate, Pompeo and Defence Secretary Mattis on ister. of a speaker is expected to most members appoints the Mohammed al-Halbusi. AFP September 6. Indian billionaire buys spends millions on mansion for daughter PTI n LONDON potential Scottish home in dents. “Everyone knows hand to help her, along with three 2003, during their final year everyone in St Andrews. footmen, a chauffeur, and a private n unnamed Indian billionaire at the University of St You can’t fly under the chef, who must specialise in “south Ahas acquired a 2-billion pound Andrews. But they chose a radar like you can in a big Indian cuisine like Dosa”, the report mansion in the Scottish countryside cottage on the nearby city university,” said said. Recruitment agency Silver as a home for his daughter who is Strathtyrum Estate in the Sinclair. Swan had described the family as set to begin her course at the end.A sales brochure of the “If you are tucked “ultra-high net worth” and revealed University of St Andrews in Scotland Eden Mansion describes away in a house with 12 that successful applicants would be next week, according to a media the property as a “beauti- staff you won’t have the full expected to hold doors open for report Saturday. The Eden Mansion, fully restored eight-bed- student experience that their young mistress and wake her which was built in 1860 as a peace- room grand period country makes St Andrews so spe- in the morning while displaying a ful retreat for former First World mansion set in mature cial,” he said, in reference “cheerful” disposition. War field marshal Earl Haig and his grounds overlooking the to reports from earlier “The house will be a full-time family – one of Scotland’s oldest Eden estuary towards the this week which revealed residence for the daughter who whisky distillers – is now set to wel- Royal and Ancient Golf that the family had adver- will be attending university there,” come its Indian owners, ‘The Times’ Club of St Andrews”. tised for 12 staff to cater to the online advert noted. “Having ser- reported. A spokesperson for their daughter’s needs dur- vants in the 21st century is so not The eight-bedroom Victorian Savills, the estate agency marketing move in. Andrew Sinclair, editor of ing her university life. cool,” said a fellow student from the country house, which features a pri- the property, told the newspaper that the local ‘The Saint’ student news- The first-year student at the campus, with another adding that it vate cinema, a wine cellar, stables “all I am at liberty to say is that Eden paper, warned that it may prove University of St Andrew, on the east would be “bloody amazing” to get and five acres of land, was also Mansion is not on the market”, indi- impossible for the new “posh” stu- coast of Scotland, will have a house invited to any parties that the new viewed by Prince William and then cating that the deal may have been dent to maintain anonymity in a manager, three housekeepers, a gar- billionaire student plans on throw- girlfriend Kate Middleton as a finalised for the Indian family to town with fewer than 20,000 resi- dener, a lady’s maid and a butler on ing. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 variety 08

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Real time romance Sonia but hate A Musical Night Venue: Insomnia, Vivanta Ambassador, New Delhi Date: September 21, 2018 her plight Time: 8 pm -10 pm Insomnia at the Vivanta Ambassador LOVE SONIA presents to you Folk Rock by The Manta Sidhu *ing: Mrunal Thakur, Freida Pinto, Demi Ensemble — a collaboration of some exquisite Moore, Manoj Bajpai and Rajkummar Rao musicians to create a soothing concoction of Rated: 5/10 delectable melody. The ny movie that is made on human band is known trafficking is bound to bring its share of for its versatile Ahorror by showcasing what the girls are put musical through once they are caught in the trap. And if elements and that film takes on a global perspective, the rawness. The storyline is going to haunt the audience for days, ensemble has if not weeks. Same old played at In that sense, Love Sonia is going to not only multiple venues across Delhi including house give you goosebumps while watching it, it will be concerts and the indie-favourite The Piano Man a topic of conversation at parties for weeks to Jazz Club. follow. That is precisely what Tabrez Noorani and The experience is specially designed to producer David Womark wanted to do. alien killer bring all music lovers together. Hard bound Through the protagonist Mrunal Thakur as memories that often form in the efforts of good Sonia, Noorani takes you on a quest of a sister THE PREDATOR music will weld a crowd that will revel in the searching for her sibling, once she is sold by her vibrant interiors of the Vivanta. The elaborate debt-ridden father (Adil Hussain). As the story *ing: Boyd Holbrook, Trevante Rhodes, Jacob menu of the musical night has geared up to unfolds, one hopes that such an underbelly in the Tremblay, Keegan-Michael Key, Olivia Munn, present some of the most scrumptious society didn’t exist, but it does and with a Thomas Jane, Alfie Allen, Sterling K Brown vegetarian and non-vegetarian delicacies. vengeance where the girls are sold for double the Rated: 5/10 amount just because they are virgins and are re- MANMARZIYAAN misses a beat, for him. with fire in her belly. She too stitched to make more money out of them. he tentacled horror from outer space is back as Balle Balle Broadway Musical *ing: Abhishek Bachchan, Both relationships are at lives the role of a bindaas What makes this film compelling is that it predator in a reboot that’s ugly, off putting and Venue: Kingdom of Dreams, Gurugram Vicky Kaushal, Taapsee play here in all their colour and Punjabi girl who has no brings you true stories of women who are Tall the same in a bad kind of way. When: On-going show which is being screened Pannu, Akshay Arora bloom. While, it is Taapsee qualms of emerging out of beds trafficked. The fact that the director has worked Characters within the movie call is a sports every day of the week Rated: 6/10 Pannu is the central character and romps in spaced out places with an NGO and Thakur herself spent several hunter, thanks to the way he hunts, targets and Ticket: Starting from `1,199 up to `4,199. of this engaging film, it is Vicky like a ganney ka khet, her own days talking to the girls from the Red Light area executes his victims, well with his bare lisping Available at https://insider.in/balle-balle-a- Kaushal who literally owns the barsati hanging over her in Kolkata gives you an authentic account of the tentacles, empowered with some hi-tech killing bollywood-musical-2018/event nurag Basu’s footage whenever he is brought mother’s kitchen or a makeshift lives of these women. gadgets that fox even the most seasoned of US Army The fourth theatrical show by Wizcraft — Manmarziyaan has a onto the screen. Kaushal is bed in Vicky’s music studio If only the makers had not tried to romantise snipers on ground. India’s leading media and Entertainment Apace all its own and in brilliant as the yo-yo-woh-woh- with all his friends in the know. this movie — since for these women, there is little It all starts with the crashing of a space ship in a Company, Balle Balle is a Bollywood Musical its own way it compels you to song lifting wannabe DJ from Abhishek, on the other romance even after being rescued — would have dense jungle where a team of mariners is crouching in Comedy that is a hilarious heartfelt delight sit through it with adequate Amritsar who has no concept hand, is a picture of restraint given been a real cap in the feather. the shrubs to end a hostage crisis. All goes wrong as about the chaos of love, arranged marriages interest in the unfolding for commitment or and seems to be having Over all, a movie for those who are looking the predator, acting as our very own Mr India would and weddings. It’s modern Bollywood’s biggest modern love and relationships responsibility. After the weight difficulty in speaking his for movies that have a real life connect. in a demonic way, kills three of the four on duty as the original blockbuster and a glorious addition to story. he brought to Raazi despite dialogues. Too many hero of the film escapes with some of its gadgets and the world of family-friendly musicals. Balle Balle I say modern but the Alia’s dominating presence in deliberations, too many pauses does his own disappearing act. has been directed by Viraf Sarkari and produced theme is all pretty old. Your that film, he gives Vicky the perhaps makes him Basu’s idea All this mumbo-jumbo of action and a little bit of by Andre Timmins, Sabbas Joseph and Viraf first love is generally not momentum he deserves as a of perfect husband material but forced comedy from the team which has assigned Sarkari. husband material but your good for nothing but aashiqui to the audience he comes itself to kill the Predator, including micro biologist heart never stops beating. The guy with commitment issues. across as a man with some Olivia Munn, and save an under-grown child in the unsuitable boy who is always As Vicky he shows up his kind of behavioural disability. process. The problem arises when you keep recalling there to give you a life lesson in daunting range of histrionics Together, however, the the original Predator and not find much difference what you choose. Then there is which will be shaping his career three make for a good story between the two both in action and appearance. On a husband who is, well, totally in the right direction. told well. It is different, it is the whole, a lightly engaging movie where both action husband material but the thing Then there is Pannu as the blaze and it is not an assault to and comedy are measured, much like your interest is that your heart seldom beats, brash pyar-fyaar dazzled girl the eye. would be. RECIPES PATRANI MACHCHI and grind the coconut, aside for another 10 WHAT YOU NEED coriander minutes. weet n he Leela Ambience 200 gm King fish slice leaves, cumin l Keep the banana SCrusty 1 cup coconut (grated) TConvention Hotel, seed, green leaves over an open brings to 10 ml lemon juice hef Robert Lepcha brings a special brunch celebrates chili and flame for 10 seconds you 4 pcs green chili (chopped) menu offering soup, mocktail, main course garlic and place them on a flat specialities C 1 cup coriander leaves (chopped) and dessert. Venue: M-18, 1st Floor, M Block GK- with 1/4 surface. Add some of the to celebrate 1 tbsp cumin seed this Teej festival with 1 Price: ` 1,199 (+ taxes) for veg, ` 1,349 (+ cup of water to a smooth paste. fish and add chutney on top. 10 no.s garlic Gujiyas, Ghewar, Meethi taxes) for non-veg Time: 12 pm to 3 pm l Add 1tbsp salt and remaining lemon juice. l Fold well to cover the fish and shape in to a 1 banana leaf matthi among other METHOD packet and steam cook the fish parcels for 15- independence month Mix well. traditional sweets to make l Transfer the King fish slice to a bowl and add l Remove the fish from the fridge and keep 20 minutes. Remove and serve hot. at Dilli 32 with flavours this time even more special. of Hindustan food 1tbsp salt and 1 tbsp of lemon juice. l Gently aside for two minutes, add the ground paste to Source: Sukesh Kanchan, Sous Chef, Sana-di-ge Venue: Sweet N Crusty, Eros festival, offering Delhi mix and keep it in the fridge for 30-45 minutes the fish and rub gently all over the fish. 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oday, Hampi lies silent and Tdeserted in the wake of its own departed magnificence. Simultaneously, a new city is Past vs present rising out of the rural soil called New Town in the neighbourhood of Kolkata. Photographer Rajib De future city waking into shape. were in colour and the rest in showcases the stark contrast Photographer RAJIB DE explores the Using the visual effect of panoramic format, viewers between the both in his black and white panoramic might not get the essence of the exhibition, A Tale of two cities: visual narratives presented by the ruined photographs, De’s work work,” said he. “One is about Hampi and New Town. In the narrates the power of time the 12th century and the other first, we see the past perfections city of Hampi and the emerging New and a city’s gradual rise about 21st, still there frozen in stone and in the to its prime, and then its lies a powerful other, we witness the Town. By AYUSHI SHARMA inevitable downhill connection emergence of the forces of journey. between both the change. cities and used to look at them was the capital of the “All of my pictures periods and An architectural ruin in Hampi “I have been taking the daily. Then the idea popped up Vijayanagara empire. At that are in panoramic civilisation,” he pictures of New Town since the in my mind that I can time, it was just like modern format, as I’m said. photographer, who belongs to Singapore year 2010 just for my collection. showcase the stark contrast Delhi. And now, it’s a desert fond of The Kolkata, acknowledges that his earlier. A few years later I saw Hampi. between these two magnificient town with ruins.” black and city is known for its colonial I captured many more cities,” De said. “There is a This exhibition provides a white. If architecture. He’s also pictures of both strong relation between these visual binary of a great Indian some of exhibited his works on thetwo cities. Hampi was an urban city of the sleeping them Kolkata in city in the 12th century. It past and a LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 special 09

STARS BEHIND SUPERSTARS For a student to shine, it is important that his guru gives the right teaching and training. MUSBA HASHMI catches up with sports coaches to tell you how, for a top athlete, the bond shared with the coach has to be strong & based on trust Mantra: Be a good ‘Sport is a tool to learn life skills' Father figure COACH: DEEPALI DESHPANDE human & play well STUDENT: ANJUM MOUDGIL and coach n avid abstract painter who Amade headlines by clinching a Silver medal at the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Positions (3P) event at the ISSF World Cup in Mexico is 24- year-old shooter Anjum Moudgil who has been coached by Deepali Deshpande. Deshpande, a shooter herself is at present, the chief coach of National Junior Rifle team. Her journey as a coach began two years back before she took up her pre- sent place. “I started coaching just two years back with the junior nation- al squad. My shooters and I, both are learning at the same time. It is File photo of Dutee Chand and her coach N Ramesh a two-way process. Junior shoot- ers at that time were struggling Anjum Moudgil with her coach Deepali Deshpande- COACH: N RAMESH that she is always willing to help others. She due to lack of basic technical guid- STUDENT: DUTEE CHAND stands by people she believes in. When it comes ance and support. They were instructions are followed to a T at should keep in mind while prac- to practice, she is hardworking and never gives knowledge hungry and I was all the times whether it is coach- tice sessions. Rifle shooting is a ailing from a below poverty line family in up whether it is about training or competition. more than willing to share what- ing camps and or competitions. technical sport. Everything works HJajpur district of Odisha, a 22-year-old girl, If she has taken up something she will carry it ever I knew about the sport. This Honesty, hard work and to be cor- on logic. We try to inculcate to made India proud when she became the third through. She always performs better at nation- led to an instant connect,” dial with the team members can't think logically instead of motivat- Indian woman ever to qualify for the Women’s al competitions as compared to training shoots Deshpande shares. be compromised,” she says. ing them emotionally. Emotional 100m event at the Summer Olympic Games. and even better at international competitions,” Her relationship with her stu- The challenge that she faces as motivation only makes shooter Meet this guru-shishya jodi which has stuck Ramesh tells you. dents is not just a professional one a coach is the different back- feel good temporarily but doesn't Dipa Karmakar with her coach Bisweshwar Nandi together through thick and thin — sprinter For him, the biggest challenge is to live up but something beyond that. “I ground and different upbringing work in the long run,” she says. Dutee Chand and her coach N Ramesh. to the expectations of people. “There are a lot grew up with them. So our rela- of her shishyas. “In such a scenario, To have a student like Anjum COACH: BISWESHWAR NANDI Ramesh, an athlete himself who participated at of expectations from us, 1.3 billion people’s hap- tionship is far beyond profes- is very challenging to keep them is overwhelming for Deshpande STUDENT: DIPA KARMAKAR the national junior level and started coaching piness depends on us, the country's pride rests sional. If you want people to fol- together and make them follow a because her student is extremely in 1992 after walking away with a diploma in on our shoulders. It is a challenge to keep all low your ways you must win uniform system. Each shooter hardworking. 25-year-old Indian gymnast rose above the set coaching athletics, has been coaching Chand these things in mind and train your students to their trust. My interaction with my comes with an individual person- “Anjum is an intelligent shoot- Asocietal barrier that girls should not take part since 2012, when she was just 17. Both have give their best. shooters was never restricted to ality. To understand them and find er. She is focused and her mind in sports. She became the first Indian gymnast to bag enjoyed the journey much more than the goal. “Training students to be world class athletes the shooting range or camps and individual solutions to their prob- works on a single track. She does- a Bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games Ramesh tells you that guru and shishya have is an everyday challenge. Sport is itself a chal- competition. On the first day, I lems is challenging. But that is n’t get into too much detail and in Moscow. Her feat made people take notice of this different angles to their relationship. lenge and that is why it needs coaching. You can- told myself to keep my ego in what makes this job an interesting analysis. That makes her a perfect guru-shishya jodi — Dipa Karamakar and coach “The guru is a guide, philosopher, friend and not sit on yesteryear laurels. You have to prove check as I was dealing with one,” Deshpande says. performer. She leaves the analysis Bisweshwar Nandi. So much so that in 2016 he was father figure. It all depends on the situation. yourself every day and to train students for the teenagers. I worked on them Interestingly, while to me. Her complete trust in me awarded the Dronacharya Award for his phenome- Sometimes when training is hard, I have to be same is a tough task,” he says. patiently and it paid off,” she says Deshpande may not a strict coach, makes things easier for the both nal training while Karmakar was honoured with the harsh, when training is easy I am a jolly good His training sessions start at 6:30 am. and adds that she is not a very she is a stickler for punctual and of us. Only a very confident per- nation’s highest sporting honour, the Khel Ratna in fellow. I have to play so many roles for her. On Sometimes I take mid sessions also for Chand strict coach. has a fixed timetable. “I make my son can have such kind of faith in the same year. the field, I am very strict but off the field I am from 11 am to 12 noon. At At 4:30 pm, the stu- The reason bring that her students follow a fixed routine. All other individual,” she says. Though, Karmakar was not able to perform to jovial. Maintaining a balance is a must,” he dents are back on the ground for another two students are kids and they must be of them have to be punctual. Our This means that this coach has the best of her abilities at Jakarta due to an injury explains. hours of gruelling training. given some liberties so that they day starts at 5.30 am with yoga and high hopes and expectations from niggle, Nandi believes in her and has high expecta- The fact that Chand is an amazing human His training strategy is simple. don’t miss out on a childhood. ends at 7 pm with physical train- the students. “I expect all my stu- tions from her for upcoming events. being, has an innocence to her, is always help- “All my students have to be a good human This doesn’t mean that Deshpande ing. In between they practice at dents to bring glory to our coun- He started his journey as a gymnast himself. He ing others, takes life in a positive way, is down- beings, the rest will follow. I advice them to fol- lets them run wild. “Basic disci- shooting ranges. The intensity of try through sports. Sport is a tool is a five-time National Champion. However, he tells to-Earth and has a spirit of doing something for low good habits and that will take care of every- pline and training systems are very training depends on the type of to learn lifeskills. I hope that you that as a coach, his journey has not been all that the society and nation is what makes her such thing else. My only expectation from the stu- important for working together,” camp and competition they are whatever they learnt from me easy. Initially, he used to be made fun of for train- a good athlete, he explains. dents is that they all be patient and help others she tells you. preparing for. I also teach my stu- helps them to lead a successful and ing a girl to be a gymnast. “The quality which I like in her the most is in any way that they can,” Ramesh says. “I make sure that all my dents some basic rules that they meaningful life.” “When I started training Dipa, people used to taunt me and insult me. ‘Why are you training a girl in a sport where nothing good is going to happen’? were common remarks that I took in my stride. But I was determined to not give up and now all the hard work has paid off. I saw a potential in Dipa long back ‘Challenge is to motivate students' and she has proved me right. She lives up to my expectations,” Nandi says proudly. COACH: RAJVIR SINGH tial arts and India stands fourth in this depends on the competition but I take Unlike Nandi’s coaches who would resort to cor- STUDENT: SANTOSH game after China, Japan and Indonesia.” two sessions — morning and evening poral punishment if he didn’t do well in the prac- He shares a beautiful relationship on a daily basis. These are the compul- tice sessions, Nandi has never resorted to such severe fter giving the best-ever perfor- with his students. “They are family to sory sessions other than the ones that methods to train his students. mance in the 2018 Asian Games, me. I am friends with all my students I take in the afternoons. “In our time, our coaches use to cane us for not AIndian Wushu players settled and they share all their problems with “Each session is of two-and-a-half doing well at the practice sessions but now things for four Bronze medals. This would me. Santosh came to me for training hours. The afternoon sessions are to tone are not the same anymore. If I will cane my students have not been possible without the guid- when he was just 13 and Narendra when up players’ fitness. It can be then no parent would send his or her child to me ance of their unassuming coach Rajvir he was 17, so the bond is definitely anything from yoga to gym or medita- for training. The secret of my training is that I attack Singh. We have all grown up listening stronger with them. It has been a long tion. Sometimes, I just work on improv- a student’s psychology. This is what I used to train to guru-shishya stories but to find such journey and all these players have ing a player’s weakness. It is more of a Dipa. I would reprimand her in a manner that would inspiring tales in today’s times is rare. improved a lot. I have a soft-corner for correction session for players where they motivate her to push herself even harder and to do Meet coach Rajvir Singh and you them as we spend a lot of time togeth- can work on themselves,” he explains. well. The words that I would use would make her call tell how proud and happy he is after er but when I am on the field I have to That his students have done so well aggressive and bring out the best in her,” he tells you. seeing his player’s performances in be strict because Wushu is all about dis- and want to learn new things and tech- While the guru and the shishya share a close Asian Games. cipline. If I am not disciplined on the niques is what keeps Singh motivated bond, Nandi ensures that his relationship is disci- Talking about his journey, Singh field, I cannot expect the same from my too. “I am blessed to have got such stu- plined. said: “My journey has been wonderful. students,” Singh tells you. dents who want to learn new things and “Dipa came to me when she was just seven years I went to the World Championships as He adds that the biggest challenge have a spark in them. Because of their old. The journey has had its ups and downs. the national champion. I started my for a guru is to keep his students moti- enthusiasm and the high interest they Dipa is ambitious. She is also obedient, disciplined, coaching career in 2004 and it has been vated. “The biggest challenge is to show in training, I also enjoy my listens to my instructions carefully and follows a wonderful experience thus far. I motivate students. Everyone has poten- Rajvir Singh with his Wushu team workouts with them. It can’t be one my advice. I am a father figure to her during the always wanted to take this sport ahead tial but the challenge is to encourage of the sport to students so that they Singh is very particular about train- sided, hard work. Dedication and inter- training sessions and yet I am a very strict coach. and try to give it the exposure it him or her to perform well despite set- make up their minds to take it up as a ing. He believes the harder you train the est have to be a two-way channel to get When it comes to training there is no softness,” he deserves. Wushu is the mother of mar- backs. We have to show the positive side career option,” Singh asserts. better you will perform. “My training the best results,” Singh says. tells you. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 sport 10 Rahim slams ton as B’desh beat SL CA open for extra warm-up game PTI n MELBOURNE

PTI n DUBAI ricket Australia has Cresponded positively to ushfiqur Rahim hit a superb India coach Ravi Shastri's Mhundred under pressure request for more warm-up while bowlers wrecked Sri Lankan matches ahead of their Test batting line-up as Bangladesh series Down Under later crushed the islanders by 137 runs this year. in the opening match of Asia Cup India only had one on Saturday. practice match ahead of Mushfiqur scored a career- their recent Test series best 144 off 150 balls with 11 against England - which boundaries and four sixes, his they lost 1-4 - and Shastri Indian skipper Virat Kohli and coach Ravi Shastri during training AP sixth hundred in ODIs. believes his side would be Save 131-run stand with better prepared to tackle days amid high drama over in the first Test match ?" he Mohammed Mithun (63) for the Australia if more red-ball the condition of the pitch was quoted as saying by third wicket, the former skipper cricket was scheduled prior and the outfield, both of ESPNCricinfo. didn't get any assistance from to the first Test in Adelaide which apparently left the Australia and India are other batsmen as the wily Malinga starting on December 6. visitors unhappy. scheduled to play three T20 showed that he is still a force to "We are happy to dis- On Thursday, Shastri matches prior to the reckon with. cuss options with the BCCI, said he was not averse to the Adelaide Test and Shastri All the Bangladesh bowlers but we have not received idea of playing practice said India had "requested a bowled brilliantly. Mashrafe any formal notification to games. couple of (warm-up) games Mortaza, Mustafizur Rahman increase the number of tour "Absolutely not. Why in Australia before the Test and Mehidy Hasan claimed two matches prior to their series would we be? You can only series commenced". wickets each. Malinga, who last commencing in Australia," see the results (in the India are slated to tour played against India in a home a CA spokesperson said. England Tests). Every time Australia for three T20 series September 2017, took 4/23 In England, even the after the second Test we internationals, four Test on his return. lone four-day practice have improved. You can matches and three ODIs Opener Tamim Iqbal's hero- match against county side still get better. But why from November 21 to ic act will also be remembered by Essex was reduced to three can't we be in that position January 18. one and all as he came out to bat despite having retired hurt with a fractured wrist. Tamim allowed Mushfiqur to have one final blast Gambhir to lead in Vijay Hazare during the slog overs. (Above) Bangladesh's captain Mashrafe Mortaza, third left, celebrates with teammates the Once Malinga and off-spin- dismissal of Sri Lanka's Dhananjaya de Silva (Right) Mushfiqur Rahim reacts after getting PTI n NEW DELHI ner Dhananjaya de Silva (2/38) dismissedduring the one day international cricket match of Asia Cup between Sri Lanka reduced Bangladesh to 203/8, and Bangladesh in Dubai on Saturday ising sensation Rishabh Pant, who Mushfiqur shielded no 11 Rscored his maiden Test hundred in Mustafizur Rahaman (10) during in by a slow bouncer. take any further part in the tour- England, will play the first three matches the 26-run stand. Even Mushfiqur failed to nament as he will be out with a for Delhi in the upcoming Vijay Hazare Once Mustafizur was out, score runs off the slinger who broken wrist. Trophy, starting September 19. Tamim removed his hand-cast bowled as many as 44 dot balls However, veteran Ishant Sharma has and came out in order to allow his and didn't concede a single PAK TO FACE HONG KONG been rested after a gruelling England partner to play the final three boundary in his 10 overs. In the second game of the series where he sustained an ankle injury overs. However the seasoned tournament on Sunday, two times on the fourth day of the fifth Test. The Tamim-Mushfiqur pair Mushfiqur got runs off spinners, champion will face Hong Kong in The 15-member team will be led by added an invaluable 32 runs in 2.4 scoring on both sides of the group A opener. Gautam Gambhir and Dhruv Shorey will Former Delhi Ranji captain Gautam Gambhir DD overs and it could well be crucial wicket. He used his feet well Pakistan is placed in group A be his deputy. Gambhir has been handed in the final context of the match. against left-arm spinner Malmiga along with India and Hong Kong back the captaincy after a gap of one year. All the performers of last year along However Malinga's superb Aponso and off-spinners and before the big clash against Pant, who captained Delhi to Ranji with talented players from U-22 side has effort was story of the initial part Dilruwan Perera and De Silva. India on 19th, Pakistan will like Trophy final last year, didn't take up the been picked for the tournament. of the match. Coming back from However as wickets fell at the to start on a positive note by beat- leadership role as he is a certainty in the Reasonably experienced players like semi-retirement with a slight other end, it became difficult for ing Hong Kong here on Sunday. Indian Test squad for the West Indies series, Unmukt Chand, Manan Sharma, Nitish paunch and a shorter run-up, Mushfiqur, who considerably For Pakistan, their strength starting October 4. Rana and Pawan Negi are all in the squad Malinga showed his mastery as he slowed down in his 90's. His has always been their fierce bowl- With the consistent Shorey also expect- along with youngsters like basmen Lalit bowled four different deliveries to hundred came with a glide off ing which consists of Mohammed ed to travel to New Zealand with the India Yadav and Hiten Dalal. get his scalps. Suranga Lakmal off 123 balls. Amir, Junaid Khan. But this time A team, the selection committee chaired by Squad: Gautam Gambhir (captain), Liton Das (0) nicked an But once Mustafizur was out Pak is laced up with quality bats- Amit Bhandari decided to fall back on the Dhruv Shorey (vc), Rishabh Pant (wk), outswinger in the slip cordon, and injured Tamim came in for men like Fakhar Zaman, who is experience of Gambhir, who is no longer Unmukt Chand, Nitish Rana, Himmat Shakib Al Hasan (0) was castled support, Mushfiqur just cut loose coming into this tournament in national reckoning. Singh, Manan Sharma, Pawan Negi, Hiten by his signature inswinging york- getting 32 runs in 2.4 overs before after smashing double century The only new face in the squad is rook- Dalal, Lalit Yadav, Navdeep Saini, Gaurav er, Mithun skied a slower delivery he was the last batsman to be dis- against Zimbabwe in the last ie all-rounder Pranshu Vajayran, who bats Kumar, Kulwant Khejroliya, Simarjeet while Mosddek Hossain was done missed. Tamim however will not series featuring Pakistan. left handed and bowls medium. Singh, Pranshu Vijayran. SINGLES Sarita ends with PSG MAKE FIVE IN A ROW HAMILTON TAKES paris: bronze Kylian Mbappe and Neymar watched on from the stands as Paris Saint-Germain prepared for their Champions League trip to Liverpool with an emphatic 4-0 Pinki enters final, 5 others in semis win over Saint-Etienne in Ligue 1. Julian Draxler, Edinson POLE IN SINGAPORE Cavani, Angel di Maria and youngster Moussa Diaby all NEW DELHI: Former Commonwealth medallist who lost in the quarterfinals of found the net at the Parc des Princes to allow PSG to make whelmed," said Hamilton. Games Bronze-medallist Pinki Jangra the Asian Games last month, defeated it five wins from five games at the start of their defence of Singapore Grand Prix advanced to the finals, while five other home favourite Binnaz Ozdemir in a Live from 5:40pm IST Valtteri Bottas was the French title. It was a fine win for PSG, who have already STAR SPORTS 2 & 2 HD fourth in the other Indian boxers made the semifinals of dominating performance that forced the scored 17 goals in the league this season, and Thomas Mercedes, followed by the Ahmet Comart Tournament in referee to rule in her favour in the Tuchel is the first coach to win his first five league games Kimi Raikkonen and Daniel Ricciardo. Istanbul, Turkey. second round itself. in charge of the club. However, there is little doubt that Sergio Perez was seventh fastest for Force Jangra (51kg) defeated former world Monika, a national Bronze-medallist, PSG will face a far tougher examination at Anfield in their India while his teammate Esteban Ocon was champion Steluta Duta in the pulled off a 4-1 triumph over Bulgarian opening CL group outing than they did here against Saint- ninth with Romain Grosjean of Haas sand- quarterfinals 5-0 before getting the Emi-Mari Todorova, while Meena out- Etienne. "I'm pleased also that we've played without having wiched between them. Nico Hulkenberg of better of Australian Taylah Robertson in punched another local hope in Tugcenaz BFI our heads turned by the game on Tuesday," added PSG's Renault completed the top-10. Jr Boxers pose with medal won in Poland the semis to make the summit clash on Surmeneli. German coach. Earlier, the drivers who were eliminated Friday night. Simranjit, a former national medallist, PTI n Advancing to the semifinals were world scored an impressive 5-0 win over MOMOTA REACHES JAPAN OPEN FINAL in Q1 were Kevin Magnussen, Brendon NEW DELHI Hartley, Stoffel Vandoorne, Sergey Sirotkin and Silver-medallist Sonia Lather (57kg), Alexandra Ordina. tokyo: Kento Momota defeated first seed Viktor Axelsen (Left to right) Red Bulls driver Max Verstappen, Mercedes Monika (48kg) Meena Kumari (54kg), Bhagyawati had it easy against Tugba Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel AP Lance Stroll. It was the eighth time in the sea- ormer world champion L Sarita to secure a Japan Open final berth on Saturday, with the son that Sirotkin and Stroll of Williams were FDevi (60kg) signed off with a Simranjit Kaur (64kg) and Bhagyawati Oz, who could not take the pounding, reigning world champion dominating an aggressive game PTI n SINGAPORE knocked out in the first session. Bronze medal at the 13th Silesian Kachari (81kg). prompting the referee to award the bout 21-18, 21-11. Momota's victory over the 24-year-old What caught most attention was the slow Open Boxing Tournament for Sonia, also a two-time Asian Silver- to the Indian in the 2ond round. PTI Danish giant will see him square off on Sunday against ewis Hamilton produced a 'magic lap' to pace of the mighty Mercedes as Bottas and women in which India's junior box- Thailand's Khosit Phetpradab, who beat South Korea's Lee Lbeat championship rival Sebastian Vettel Hamilton set the 12th and 14th fastest times ers ruled the ring in Gliwice, Poland. Karina Ibragimova, a decision which no issues with that close call. Dong Keun 21-12, 21-16. "It was really tough to endure a for pole position in the Singapore Grand Prix respectively. Sarita, also a multiple-time the Indian contingent felt did not Earlier, the Indian junior boxers long rally while paying attention to sharp shots from here on Saturday. However, the reigning champion bounced Asian champion a former Asian reflect fairly on the contest. produced a terrific performance to Axelsen," Momota said after the match. "I think I could win because I was able to chase the shuttlecock agressively Ferrari seemed the faster car all weekend back quickly in Q2, becoming the first driver Games Bronze-medallist, was joined "It was a controversial decision. sign off with 13 medals — six Gold, until the last minute," he added. Momota last month until Hamilton came up with a 1:36.105 in his to break into the 1:37s before Ricciardo and by Lovlina Borgohain (69kg) and Sarita was clearly better but judges six Silver and a Bronze. became the first Japanese man to win the badminton first run in Q3. Vettlel was not able to respond Verstappen did the same in the Red Bull, fol- Pooja Rani (81kg) in the list of those did not rule in her favour, even the Bharti (46kg), Tingmila Doungel World Championships, putting behind him a gambling to that and ended third fastest with a 1:36.628. lowed by Bottas and the two Ferraris of whose campaign came to an end in crowd got behind her after the loss (48kg), Sandeep Kaur (52kg), Neha scandal that threatened to ruin his career. In women's Max Verstappen, in the Red Bull, was Raikkonen and Vettel. the semifinals on Friday. because everyone could see," said (54kg), Arshi Khanam (57kg) and singles, Olympic champion Carolina Marin sent China's three-tenths faster than the German and will Charles Leclerc, who will be making his The celebrated M C Mary Kom one of the coaches travelling with the Komal (80kg) claimed top honours Chen Yufei packing after beating the world number five 21- start on the front row with Hamilton. big move from Sauber to Ferrari next year, had (48kg) and Manisha (54kg) are the team. in their respective categories. 12, 21-13. Marin will face on Sunday Japan's 2017 world Hamilton was not able to improve on his a nervy moment when he brushed the wall only ones to have made the finals, Lovlina was beaten by Poland's Amisha Bharti (50kg), Sanya champion Nozomi Okuhara, 23, who beat Aya Ohori also remarkable first run but it was enough to pro- coming out of Turn 21. scheduled late Saturday night, Karolina Koszewska in a split 1-4 Negi (60kg), Dinesh Naik (63kg), from Japan 21-12, 21-12. vide him with the ideal launchpad for the race Vettel was caught in the traffic but man- among the senior Indian boxers, verdict, also called "unfair" by the Sanjay Gunele (66kg), Raj Sahiba on Sunday as he looks to increase the 30-point aged to make the final session rather com- while former youth world champi- Indians. (70kg) and Lipakshi (+80kg) settled SAKSHI IN FINAL, POOJA TO FIGHT FOR BRONZE championship lead over Vettel. fortably. The drivers who missed out after Q2 on Jyoti Gulia (51kg) is in the youth Pooja too was defeated by a local for Silver medals. new delhi: Olympic medallist Sakshi Malik sailed into the "That lap felt like magic. Don't know were Fernando Alonso, Carloz Sainz, Leclerc, finals. favourite in Agata Kaczmarska, the The sole junior Bronze went to final of the 62kg category of the Medved International where it came from. I am super over- Marcus Ericsson and Pierre Gasly. Sarita lost 0-5 to Kazakhstan's decision being 2-3. But the team had Neha (75kg). wrestling tournament in Minsk, Belarus on Saturday. Rio Olympics Bronze medallist Sakshi, who returned empty- handed from the Jakarta Asian Games, defeated Elmira Gambarova of Azerbaijan 6-2 in the semi-final to set up a ‘Sachin inspired me to make comeback after CWG snub’ title clash against Marianna Sastin of Hungary on Sunday. Sakshi had earlier defeated Lais Nunes de Oliveira of Brazil PTI n 7 - 2 in the quarterfinals. The other Indian in fray, Pooja NEW DELHI a lot in the last 3-4 months, which once but it will remain a dream. environment. But every beautiful Dhanda, however was ousted in the quarterfinals after were tough," Sardar told reporters I also wanted to win an Olympic thing has to end somewhere." losing 0-10 against Battsetseg Altantsetseg of Mongolia in e was low on confidence during his first interaction post and World Cup medal. These will Sardar, however, feels that at the 57kg category. She had earlier defeated Giullia Oliveira Hafter the Commonwealth retirement. remain as my biggest regrets," least core players should be given of Brazil 11-4 in the qualification round. Pooja, however, Games snub earlier this year but "There has never been an Sardar said. guarantee of their places without will have a chance to at least claim a Bronze as she takes a telephonic chat with the icon- occasion when he didn't answer Many feel that Sardar was putting pressure after a bad out- on Becka Leathers of USA in the repechage round Sunday. ic Sachin Tendulkar motivated my call. After I was dropped from made a scapegoat for India's dis- ing. Sardar Singh to work hard CWG squad, I was very low and astrous campaign and was forced "Yes, I do feel there is plenty ANAND HOPES TO DO WELL IN CHESS OLYMPIAD towards regaining his place in the called Sachin paaji and asked him to retire but he reiterated that it of pressure on a player. At least kolkata: Geared up for his first Chess Olympiad since national team. what he used to do when he was his personal decision as 10-11 players should be sure of 2006, Indian great Viswanathan Anand on Saturday said Sardar, 32, walked into the scored 0. mentally he was done with the their places in the team because he hopes to uplift the team's show despite his 'wobbling' sunset on Wednesday after a "He counselled me for close game. pressure plays a lot on your form of late. The 48-year-old former world champion had glorious 12-year career following to 20 minutes and advised me to "Initially, I had planned to mind if you are in uncertainty," distanced himself from the sport's biennial event, a disastrous Asian Games cam- forget about criticisms and stay play till 2020 Olympics but after he said. equivalent to the Olympics, owing to several issues, paign, where India failed to motivated and focussed. He told failing to win the Asiad Gold, the The former captain said he including the "zero-tolerance" policy (that forces a player to defend its title and returned me to analyse my old videos, play entire plan changed. I faced a lot has left Indian hockey in good forfeit a game for being late by even a few seconds) and home with a consolation Bronze. my natural hockey and it helped of hardships in life but day-by- shape and the team now needs to the unpredictability of the Swiss format. "Generally these Left out of India's squad for me in bouncing back," he added. day it was becoming difficult for do minor corrections and adjust- days my form wobbles a lot more. I have noticed though this year's Gold Coast Sardar was a livewire in the me to think over my game. Every ments to be medal contenders in that most players suffer from the same phenomenon. No Commonwealth Games, Sardar midfield during his 12-year stel- night thinking about next day's big events. one can go on forever. But I am really not concerned about sought advice from Tendulkar lar career during which he led training, about passes not going "When we started, India was it a lot. You play well when you play well," the world and the legend's tips worked India to Asian Games Gold in well started taking a toll on me around 13 or 14th ranked in the number 10 Anand said. Making a comeback of sorts, the wonders for the former hockey Incheon (2014) besides two mentally," he said. world. We have made giant five-time former world champion will lead the Indian team captain as he made a successful Bronze medals in 2010 and 2018. Former Indian skipper and midfielder Sardar Singh Hockey India "In these last 12 years, I have strides from there in the past 4- comprising P Harikrishna, Vidit Gujrathi, B Adhiban and K comeback into the side for the He won two Commonwealth managed a lot of stress but not 5 years. We have started playing Sasikiran in the men's section in the 43rd Chess Olympiad Champions Trophy, where he Games Silver, a historic Silver in But not having won an Year award still remains regret for anymore. It was a hard and dif- semi-finals. But we need to know beginning in Batumi, Georgia on September 23. helped India win historic Silver. the Champions Trophy (2018 Olympic and a World Cup medal the talismanic midfielder. ficult decision. I will miss hock- how to win big games and kill Agencies "Sachin paaji has been an Breda), two Asia Cup titles and besides International Hockey "I always wanted to win the ey, I will miss those training ses- time in the final stages when we inspiration for me. He helped me numerous other trophies. Federation (FIH) Player of the FIH 'Player of the Year' award sions and the dressing room are leading," Sardar said. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 sport 11 Liverpool march past Spurs Reds beat Tottenham 2-1 at Wembley, Man City, Chelsea and Arsenal secure three points

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iverpool extended their perfect Lstart to the season as goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and Roberto Firmino ensured the Premier League leaders punished woeful Tottenham with a 2-1 win on Saturday. Maldives player celebrates with the silverware after defeating India in SAFF Cup Jurgen Klopp's side avenged last final to win their third championship SAFF season's 4-1 thrashing at Tottenham with a large helping hand from their error-prone hosts. Wijnaldum opened the scoring MALDIVES PIP late in the first half at Wembley after a mistake from Tottenham goal- keeper Michel Vorm. INDIA IN FINAL Firmino wrapped up Liverpool's fifth successive win soon after the interval when the Brazil forward PTI n DHAKA tapped in after more sloppy defend- ing and another Vorm misjudge- He joined an elite club of Carlo kept up its strong start. oor finishing and scrappy defending put paid to India's quest ment. Ancelotti (Chelsea), Pep Guardiola Scotland winger Fraser struck Pfor an eighth South Asian Football Federation Cup title as it Erik Lamela got one back for (Manchester City) and Craig twice before Josh King converted a suffered a 1-2 defeat against Maldives in the summit clash here on Tottenham in stoppage-time, but it Shakespeare (Leicester). penalty to put Bournemouth in Saturday. was too late to rescue an undeserved Chelsea kept pace with complete control by the break. India, the defending champions, largely dominated the match draw. Liverpool at the top of the table. Leicester captain Wes with better ball possession and more shots at the opposition goal This mature display was a real Morgan was sent off midway but the Maldives team scored from the few chances it got to lift statement of intent by Liverpool, who ARSENAL ON ROLL through the second half, leav- the winners' trophy for the second time. Maldives had also won have made their best start since NEWCASTLE: Arsenal defeated ing space for Adam Smith to the title in 2008 edition which it co-hosted. 1990-91 as they chase a first English Newcastle 2-1 to record suc- volley in Bournemouth's Ibrahim Mahudhee Hussain and Ali Fasir scored in the 19th title since 1989-90. cessive away English fourth. and 66th minutes respectively for Maldives against the run of play. Not for the first time this season, Premier League victories for Leicester Sumeet Passi (90+2 minute) pulled one back for India in the sec- the Reds triumphed through hard the first time in more than a struck through ond minute of the injury time at the Bangabandhu Stadium. work, a superbly drilled defence year. James Maddison India, fielding an Under- and opportunistic finishing rather Granit Xhaka scored and Marc 23 side except for one player, than replicating the kind of swag- from a long-range free Albrighton in was chasing its eight triumph gering play that took them to the kick and helped to set up the closing in 12 editions and its third Champions League final last season. Mesut Ozil for Arsenal's stages. back-to-back title. But its for- But Klopp, a winner at Wembley second before a late Elsewhere, wards failed to put the ball on for the first time, won't be com- Ciaran Clark header Wilfried Zaha target on several occasions plaining after securing a rare away ensured a nervous fin- provided another while the defenders lacked victory at one of their top six rivals, ish. reminder of his coordination. India had beat- proving they are likely to be the After losing his importance to en Maldives 2-0 in the group biggest threat to champions first two matches Crystal Palace with stage. Manchester City. in charge of the a stunning solo goal The Stephan Constantine- For Tottenham, this was a dispir- club, Unai Emery in a 1-0 win at strug- coached India probably played iting second successive defeat that has guided gling Huddersfield. the worst match of the tour- served as a major blow to their own Arsenal to three Palace has lost its nament after making emphat- title ambitions. consecutive vic- last 12 league games ic wins in the group stage and Mauricio Pochettino had tories. when Ivory Coast the semifinal. accused Tottenham of treating their Arsenal's winger Zaha has been India were going into the 2-1 loss at Watford like a "testimo- first consecutive absent, the latest of summit clash with a lot of con- nial". Roberto Firmino, right fights for the ball with Mousa Dembélé during Premier League match; (right top) Leroy away league wins which came in the fidence after an all-win record and having conceded just one goal Challenging his players to show Sane scores against Fulham; (right bottom) Eden Hazard celebrates after scoring against Cardiff AP/PL since May 2017 indi- London club's previous in their earlier three matches and was soon dominating the pro- a killer instinct, Pochettino was cate progress is being game, a 2-0 defeat at ceedings. expecting a fired-up response. David Silva scored his 50th EPL HAZARD NETS 3 made under Emery, home to Southampton Maldives who took the lead in the 19th minute with Ibrahim But instead Tottenham almost goal to put City in control at half- LONDON: Eden Hazard's hat trick who replaced Arsene before the international Mahudhee Hussain's right footed shot from the centre of the box fell behind misreably. time, before Raheem Sterling ensured Chelsea kept its perfect Wenger after last sea- break. past Indian goalkeeper Vishal Kaith from an assist by Hassan Naiz. sealed a comfortable victory start with a 4-1 victory over son. Roy Hodgson's side's It was the first time, India was trailing in the tournament. CITY BEAT FULHAM after the break. Cardiff. performance was little On the backfoot despite having most of the possession, India MANCHESTER: Leroy Sane needed The victory keeps Sol Bamba shocked Chelsea OTHER GAMES better at Huddersfield, pressed hard for the equaliser but failed to get one in the first half. only two minutes to score on his first defending champion City with Cardiff's first away goal of BOURNEMOUTH: Ryan but a moment of indi- Constantine made his first change as Germanpreet Singh Premier League start of the season within two points of early lead- the season, but Hazard's treble and Fraser's double inspired vidual brilliance from replaced Davinder Singh at the resumption. and set Manchester City on its way ers Liverpool and Chelsea, which a late goal by Willian saw Maurizio Bournemouth as it Zaha shortly before half- Manvir had a long range try in the 47th minute but it did not to a 3-0 win over Fulham on both maintained perfect starts to the Sarri became the fourth manager to win beat 10-man time earned a scarcely create any danger to the Maldives' goalie. A few minutes later, Saturday. season. his first five Premier League games. Leicester 4-2 and deserved victory. Maldives goalie made two good saves to deny the Indians who increasingly became frustrated with nothing coming out of their efforts. The Indian hopes were virtually blown away when Maldives added another goal in the 66th minute with Ali Fasir doing the dam- Barca survive Sociedad scare age. India brought in Sumeet Passi, the only player above 23 years of age, in place of Farukh Choudhary and Hitesh Sharma for AFP n MADRID Anirudh Thapa in quick succession but a goal still eluded the team. India could reduce the margin in the injury time with Passi arcelona came from behind to beat finding the net in 90+2 minute but it was too late in the day. BReal Sociedad on Saturday as Atletico Madrid lost further ground in the La Liga title race by drawing at home to Eibar. Lynda nets three as India win 6-1 Seven points is now the gap between NEW DELHI: Atleti and Barca, who were in danger of A hat-trick from Head coach Firmin D'Souza Lynda Kom ensured the Indian sounded ecstatic after the win. slipping up themselves when Aritz women's team kicked off its "The girls executed the game Elustondo put Real Sociedad in front at campaign in the AFC U-16 plan perfectly," he said. Anoeta. Bayern Munich players talk to referee Tobias Welz during the Bundesliga match AP Qualifiers in style, breezing past It was in fact, Sunita who opened But the hosts missed a series of excel- Hong Kong 6-1 in its first match the flood gates in the 23rd lent chances and paid the price, as two AP in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. minute. goals in three minutes from Luis Suarez Osumane Demebele celebrates with his Barcelona teammates after scoring; (right) Borja Graces celebrates after goal Apart from Lynda's three goals, In the 35th minute, Shilky Devi Bayern maintain and Ousmane Dembele clinched a hard- captain Shilky Devi netted a India's lead while Lynda made it fought 2-1 win. Mikel Oyarzabal and Theo Hernandez Coutinho had also been introduced at brace while Sunita Munda scored 3-0 as the India went into the "The league is defined by these kind both could have made it 2-0 after half-time half-time. the other. half-time enjoying a comfortable unbeaten run of games," Suarez said afterwards. "Last but the former blazed over and the latter "In the first half they closed us down The Indian girls who won the 3-0 lead. year we also came back from 2-0 after was denied by Barca keeper Marc-Andre well but Philippe coming on in the sec- SAFF U-15 Championship last Changing over, the girls many years without winning here. The ter Stegen. ond half helped changed the dynamics," month in Bhutan are aiming to continued their attacking AP n BERLIN substitute Karim Bellarabi was reaction says a lot about this team." Within minutes, they were behind, as Suarez said. qualify into the final phase of the momentum and were rewarded sent off for a raking challenge Atletico rallied too, Borja Garces two crosses caused havoc in Real Simeone might also have liked to AFC Women's Championship. with a penalty in the 50th minute orentin Tolisso scored with on Rafinha, and James sealed equalising with virtually the last kick of Sociedad's defence, with Suarez and keep one eye on their Champions They next play Pakistan U-16 in which was gleefully converted by Ca snap shot before injuring Bayern's third win from three the game, but there were no celebrations Dembele perfectly placed to pounce. League game against Monaco on their next match on September Shilky. his knee in Bayern Munich's 3- games with a header in the final at the Wanda Metropolitano. Barca coach Ernesto Valverde Tuesday, but a victory was much-need- 19 and will then play hosts In the 73rd minute, Lynda Kom, 1 win over Bayer Leverkusen in minutes. Garces' strike was enough only to res- had made the surprise decision to ed following defeat to Celta Vigo two Mongolia U-16 and Laos U-16 in taking full advantage of Aveka the Bundesliga on Saturday. Leverkusen has now start- cue a 1-1 draw for Diego Simeone's side, omit Sergio Busquets from his starting weeks ago. their last group league match Singh's vicious cross, made it 5- The France midfielder ed with three defeats. who had looked on course for defeat when line-up, presumably with Tuesday's Antoine Griezmann and Diego Costa, respectively. The group toppers 0. Hong Kong reduced the equalized for Bayern after Eibar's Sergi Enrich bundled home in the Champions League opener against PSV however, were both sloppy in the final LATE DRAMA gain an automatic qualification margin in the 86th minute but it Wendell had put the visitors 87th minute. Eindhoven in mind. third and Eibar might even have scored into the final phase of the AFC did not deter Lynda from ahead with a retaken penalty Ondrej Duda thought he'd Barcelona might easily have dropped But it was testament to the hosts' per- earlier, twice denied by the woodwork. It Championship to be held next completing her hat-trick in the but had to go off before the sealed Hertha Berlin's third points too had their opponents been more formance that Busquets was called upon means Atleti have now recorded their year. dying minutes. PTI break after colliding with Kevin win from three games when he clinical. in the second period after Philippe worst league start since 2009. Volland. scored from a free kick in Tolisso immediately injury time to make it 2-1 in clutched his right knee as he fell Wolfsburg, but American down, and needed help leaving defender John Anthony Brooks the field as he made way helped the home side ‘Ronaldo will break the ice against Sassuolo’ for James Rodriguez. claim a share of points by Leverkusen had a setting up Admir great start when Thiago Mehmedi for the equaliz- AFP n TURIN "Paulo has to prove he deserves his Alcantara conceded a er. place in the starting line-up. penalty for handball in Wolfsburg had also ristiano Ronaldo is sure to break his "I'm very happy with the way he the second minute. won its opening two games and Cscoring duck on Sunday against came off the bench in Parma for the last Volland took the spot kick the 2-2 draw means defending Sassuolo, Juventus coach Massimiliano 15 minutes, as he already had a com- but Manuel Neuer saved his champion Bayern remains the Allegri insisted as he backed the pletely different approach." weak effort and denied him only side with a perfect record Portuguese star to win the FIFA world again from the rebound. in the Bundesliga. player of the year award. PARMA BEAT INTER However, referee Tobias Welz Elsewhere, Leipzig defeat- Ronaldo skipped Portugal's Nations MILAN: Just three years after going bank- ordered the penalty to be taken ed Hannover 3-2 for its first League win over Italy to focus on his rupt, Parma returned to winning ways again as too many players had win, Mainz beat Augsburg 2-1 new club after failing to score in their in Serie A with a surprise 1-0 win over encroached into the area. for its second, and Fortuna opening three Serie A games. Inter Milan at San Siro on Saturday. Wendell took responsibili- Duesseldorf claimed its first vic- "Cristiano worked well and I think And it was a player on loan from ty and gave Leverkusen an tory since its return to the on Sunday he will score and break the Inter, Federico Dimarco, who scored a early lead. league with a 2-1 win over ice," Allegri told a press conference spectacular long-range goal to hand Tolisso canceled it five min- Hoffenheim. ahead of Sunday's game against second- Juventus forward Cristiano Ronaldo trains during the practice session ahead of Serie A clash; Ivan Perisic,center, battles for the ball AP Parma its first win in the top flight after utes later, benefiting from a bit Borussia Dortmund's new placed Sassuolo. a fairytale rise through the divisions. of luck to get past Jonathan Tah loan recruit from Barcelona "I don't expect Ronaldo to do world player award for a sixth "With no offence to Luka Modric, was room for Argentine forward Paulo It was also Parma's first win at Inter before he sent the ball inside the Paco Alcacer scored on his more or less than what he did in time after his performance for I'd give the Ballon d'Or to Ronaldo for Dybala, the club's top scorer last sea- since 1999. top corner. debut in Friday's 3-1 defeat over the first three games, everyone Real Madrid last season. what he did last season. I think he son, despite the arrival of Ronaldo. For Inter, it was a disappointing way Arjen Robben followed Eintracht Frankfurt. was waiting for Ronaldo and he Ronaldo has been shortlist- deserves it," said Allegri. "When you have this much talent to warm up for its return to the minutes later with an even bet- The 24-year-old Spain set up (Mario) Mandzukic. ed alongside Croatian World Ronaldo scored 44 goals for Real in the squad, someone has to sit out," Champions League. ter effort inside the far corner striker came on as a second half "I believe Sunday could be his Cup star Luka Modric — who Madrid last season including 15 in the he said. The Nerazzurri host Tottenham on with his left boot. substitute to complete the win day." beat the Portuguese to the UEFA Champions League on the way to a "Paulo's quality is not up for debate, Tuesday in their first match in Europe's Leverkusen's hopes of an after goals from Diallo and And Allegri insisted the five-time player of the year prize — and Egyptian third straight title. but I have to pick 11 players plus anoth- elite club competition since the 2011- equalizer took a blow when Wolf . Ballon d'Or winner should lift the FIFA Mohamed Salah. The Juventus boss insisted there er three to come off the bench. 12 season. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 16, 2018 backpack 12

n Tell us about Love Sonia. It is the story of a village girl Sonia who, in order to find her lost sister Preeti, gets trapped in the pros- titution world. She is trafficked from Mumbai, Hong Kong to Los Angeles. But she never gives up and comes out a winner. Sonia is not just a ficti- ‘The scenes haunt me’ tious character created by director Tabrez Noorani but the story of all the girls out there in the Red given to 30 to 40 clients in a day for just `30 to `40 n Any other moment? Light areas. It will give you goosebumps. My aim per session. They go through so much emotional- There was another scene shot, again in Hong to do this film was that after watching this film, the ly and physically. We went to one of the prostitute’s THEY ARE DRUGGED FOR Kong where it was shown that the girl’s hymen gets victims should not give up and the audience should house and the moment I entered the room, all I DAYS & BECOME ADDICTED stitched so that she shows up as a virgin again. I heard take back something after they could see was a bed, bathroom and kitchen, all in the story from one of the girls at Sonagachi that she leave the theatre. one room. Their bed was placed above the red bricks TO IT. THEN THEY ARE was sold as a virgin and immediately after her first n How did you prepare and elevated. When I asked why they kept their beds WILLING TO DO ANYTHING. night, she was stitched again and the next day she was for the role? like this, the woman said ‘didi, jab clients aate hai sold for the second time as a virgin. All this so that Riya Sisodiya, toh bachcha aur pati kahaan soyega’. The husband SOME COMMIT SUICIDE IN the dealer could make double the amount. That talk who plays my sis- and child sleep under the bed while the woman is SHAME AND SOME DIE came back to me while I was doing a similar scene. ter Preeti, and I with the client on the bed. I was shocked and ques- n Is there a way out for these girls? went to Talktime tioned why a husband would allow his wife to do BECAUSE THEY ARE There are so many girls who get trafficked at Sonagachi in that. OVERDOSED. THESE GIRLS age 12-13. But when they manage to get rescued Kolkata and MRUNAL THAKUR These women are addicted to sedatives and or escape the brothel and go to her family, the fam- stayed for four- After giving a remarkable performance in to get them, they have no other choice but to do HAVE NO CHOICE. THEY ARE ily disowns and abandons them because of shame. five days there Kumkum Bhagya, Thakur makes her film debut this. It is heartbreaking to see an innocent child PUPPETS IN THE HANDS OF Who is going to shelter them or give them a job due to study the with Love Sonia which is based on true sto- exposed to all this. The girls are trafficked in con- to the stigma attached to them? A few don’t even body language ries of human trafficking & prostitution. She tainers with diapers, oxygen cylinders, masks, CRUEL HANDLERS know how to speak Hindi as they are trafficked from of prostitutes and food and water. They have to poop and pee in Bangladesh and Nepal or to foreign countries where know what they talks to Sangeeta Yadav about how the same container for 10-12 days. Out of seven, prostitution is legal. They are drugged for days and go through and doing this film was only two survive at the end. supported me and told me that we are doing this become addicted to it. They are willing to do any- how they live. We got emotionally & physically n Your de-glam look has surprised everyone... film for a cause and we want to save the girls out thing for drugs. Some of them commit suicide in touch with not-for- challenging Make-up artist Virginia Holmes has done fab- there in the real world. Without their support, I because of the shame and some die because they profit organisation Apne ulous work to make me look like a village girl. I did- would not have been able to do it. Even today that are overdosed. These girls have no choice. They are Aap who is doing amazing n’t groom myself for six months and had to wear scene haunts me. As soon as the director would say like puppets in the hands of cruel handlers. work by keeping the prostitute’s chil- three shade darker make-up. When I saw myself for cut, the intense atmosphere would turn into a light n Do you think prostitution should get legalised? dren away from the redlight area and giv- the first time during the look test, I was in shock moment with lots of laughter and talking. The team I hope it gets legalised so that those women who ing them the best education possible. and couldn’t believe that it was me. helped me come out of the situation. The crew do this do it out of choice, have their rights and are n How was your experience inter- n Was there a scene which was difficult to shoot? never allowed me to get into the skin of the char- not exploited. No person should be forced into it even acting with these prostitutes? It was a scene in Hong Kong with a 55-year- acter for that particular shot because they knew that if it gets legalised. Around 270 girls go missing every I was shocked when they old man raping me and it was extremely difficult if I did that, I would not be the same person in real day in India and who knows what happens to them told me that a woman would be to perform. I literally lost it but people from the crew life anymore. in the end. WeeklyNatter WINDOW TO YOUR SOLE HIRANI ON TO FATHER-SON STORIES Delhi’s only foot reader PREETI CHADHA tells SHALINI SAKSENA how pampering your feet can stoke your luck

You need to take care of your health of Ayodhya and that she was no ordinary lady. Years says. or a few years down the line you will face later, when Ravan abducted Sita and told her that But it is not as if anyone can walk into her home ilmmaker Rajkumar Hirani was the master director at major health issues. Ram had been killed in the battle and that it was for a reading. One has to make an appointment, she Fthe masterclass organised by Indian Film and Television You are not very good at relation- time for her to marry him, she refused on the can be contacted via Facebook. She also holds work- Directors’ Association (IFTDA). The session hosted by ships. grounds that this was impossible — the prediction shops where people from all walks of life go for Ashoke Pandit was moderated by writer and director You are a pessimist. was that she would marry Ram, the King of Ayodhya smaller sessions — 20 minutes each. Her rule is that Anjum Rajabali where Hirani spoke about his journey You think too much; this could stem and he was not king yet. the person must wash their feet properly, apply a through all this films. Hirani shared how most of his from the fact that things have never “That is how precise feet reading can be and is,” moisturiser and wear socks so that there is no con- films revolve around father- son relationships. Especially gone the way you have wanted them Chadha says who has been reading people’s feet since tact with leather. blockbuster films like Munna Bhai MBBS and Sanju. to pan out. she was a child. “My ability is also due to Ma Kali, it is God’s gift “I think I have some fascination for father-son You have good communica- She tells you that there is a reason why tradi- to me. With the flow of energy that I feel come the stories. I have a great relationship with my own father. tion skills. tionally people would wash their feet and leave their predictions. This means that when I give people a These on screen father-son relationships are the way You have a bad temper. shoes outside the house. There is a reason why the reading and hold their feet in my hands, the heal- they are because my father has a huge influence on me” bride is asked to step in kumkum water just before ing from my side begins. Maybe I can stop the flow says Hirani. he list of traits and charac- she walks into her new home. This was a way to of this healing but I don’t want to. Like I said, it is With a house full auditorium Rajkumar Hirani ter analysis continues. check whether she would bring in luck. There is a God’s gift. Sometimes I wonder why I was chosen interacted with young aspiring filmmakers and students TNothing new here given that reason why we meet someone we always give a read- — maybe because I am seeking moksha and this the where he threw light on the art of filmmaking and how India is full of people who claim ing from head to foot. There is a reason why one path that God has chosen for me follow to attain he makes films on such relevant and relatable topics. to have the ability to read the must cut toenails and yet keep one’s feet beautiful. it,” Chadha says. palm, face read and give Tarot Unlike other kids who would be excited to look To begin with, it was difficult for her to switch reading to predict the future. But off and there were times when she would not be able ART ATTACK to read your life’s past, present to stop herself from approaching total strangers and and future by just looking at your THE SIZE, SHAPE AND tell them what their feet were saying. It was her hus- rt & Soul Cancer Foundation in collaboration with feet is something that is unheard band who told her that this must stop. “That it was ANGO Passages presents an exclusive exhibition off. Yet, one lady in the Capital PROPORTION OF THE TOES, not in the interest of the other person. This was not curated by Brinda Miller with a limited-edition collection is doing just this. Meet 45-year- so easy to do since there were times when she could- of hand woven and tufted carpets in wool and silk titled old Preeti Chadha. & THEIR TEXTURE, COLOUR, n’t stop herself. But with practice I can now total- cARTpet. Her insights are based on LINES AND WOUNDS REVEAL ly switch off,” Chadha says who adds that there a Reproduced from key artworks of 22 of India’s scanning soles to make science to what she does. leading artists, the exhibition aims to raise breast cancer informed recommendations A LOT ABOUT A PERSON’S Just like palmists look at the lines in a person’s awareness as well as funds to support patients with their on appropriate and necessary CHARACTER & CHOICES hand and astrologers read stars to predict the future, treatment expenses. action. She tells you that the feet too have lines which Chadha can read. There This project is a great opportunity for collectors to enjoy characteristics of our sole are as MADE IN LIFE is a reason why the younger one’s touch the feet of art in an unusual unique as our fingerprints. the leaders or the guru or for that matter God. If form. For the “The size, shape, proportion of feet were not that important why would we touch young aspirational the toes, texture, colour, lines at the world around them, Chadha was more fas- them? “The 10 toes have a different meaning. Earth, collector, it is a Photo: Shalini Saksena and wounds, reveal a lot about cinated with looking at people’s feet. “My father water, fire, air, and space; the thumb represents the rare chance to any person’s character and would reprimand me to look up and walk but I never Sun and then all the navgrahs are on the feet. All collect a unique choices made in life. The feet did listen to him. I would be busy looking at feet the mounds, shapes, fingers, whorls, colours have piece of work and serve as an indicator of our and the more I looked at them and studied them, a meaning,” Chadha says who gives at least four support an health, physical and mental the more knowledge I gained. When I was 21, I reading a day. important cause. well-being,” Chadha says and could make calculated predictions that would She also advises her clients on how to get a pedi- Dr Tarana Khubchandani, founder-director, Passages narrates a story. prove to be correct. Then came a time when I was cure done. “Have you ever paid attention to a said: “As a survivor I’m saddened to see that there still Ancient Egyptians would seriously ill because I failed to protect myself against Goddesses’ feet? There will be aalta, she will be wear- exists an apathy amongst the urban woman regarding go to war only after the Pharaoh’s feet would be read. a powerful negative energy. I never realised that ing anklet and bichheyas. But the nails will always breast self-examination and regular screenings. Without In the Indian context, when Raja Janak was out in when I was giving readings I would be opening be trimmed. A cracked, patchy foot where the nail starting a panic, we have to understand that many the fields and came across Sita with her feet stick- myself to imbibing them. But I did just that. I paid has grown beyond the tendon will never attract luck. lifestyle changes in the last decade has lowered the ing out from the mud, he called his foot reader to a heavy price. I was serious for six-months. That is Pamper your feet and pamper your luck is my average age at which this cancer is being detected. So, predict her future. The reader, by just looking at the when I decided that I had to protect myself. I wear mantra to people who come to for a reading,” the onus of detection really lies with the woman herself. feet, said that she would marry Lord Rama, the King crystals and do a lot of meditation. This helps,” she Chadha says. It’s about time we armed ourselves with the necessary tools for early detection and cure, with each one of us becoming an ambassador for change and education about this illness.” Exhibition: 12 pm on Sunday, October 21, 2018 Venue: Blue Sea, 11 Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan Road, Worli Provecho, Mexican style Sea-face, Mumbai 400030

Delhiites love spicy food. In this sense, ‘RESPECT PEECEE FOR HER GLOBAL FAME’ As Mexico celebrates its Mexican and Indian cuisine is similar — it is spicy. The cheese Molotov’s with yellow adhika Apte, who is going to make her debut in Independence Day today, mole sauce made from plantain and stuffed RHollywood soon, admires Priyanka Chopra and truly Delhiites can get a taste of with cheese served on yellow mole from respects her global fame. Oaxaca region. During India Today Mind authentic cuisine much beyond Chef Rocks Youth Summit 2018 Maldonado on Saturday here, Radhika just enchiladas and fajitas. tells you that there said: “I admire whatever are different types of mole Priyanka is doing. She is SHALINI SAKSENA brings you — made by using cocoa and doing an amazing job. She the Mexican wave chillies. has been in Hollywood for a “The use of different types Porkbelly chef while and has fought so t’s time to go beyond the enchiladas and the faji- Chilli Pascilla of chilies determines the colour tacos tells you many battles there.” tas on your platter. There’s inside Mexico hap- of the mole and the region from that after main- However, she feels there Ipening in town to commemorate Mexico’s where it is. There is red, yellow, taining it is put in the oven to cook for over three is a dearth of south asian independence from Spain in 1810. Walk into Taj and black to name a few moles hours leaving the skin crispy and the meat falling women in the world cinema. Mahal’s iconic Machan restaurant and you could get that one will find in Mexico,” of the bone. “If you go to Canada or Los

the real taste of Mexico till September 22. she tells you. The surprise here is the Pasila stuffed with veg- Angeles, you will get to see Celebrated chefs Alondra Maldonado and t While we may balk at the etables and tomatoes. The spiciness of the chilli many South Asians there but Marco Valdivi bring to the Capital some lesser Lamb in Black mole thought of using chocolate in a which is known to be mild to medium is a burst of on screens they are so less known authentic dishes from Nayarit — a State along t The Capirotada meat dish, the combination is flavours in your mouth. The veggies soothe your in number. It is abnormal not to have much South Asians the coast of Mexico. Most of us are familiar with the interesting. Cocoa and chilli are palate if one is not used to the chilli. But those who on screens. We need more people.” more popular Tex-Mex dishes like enchiladas and used to make this flavourful savoury sauce is bitter love chilli are bound to love this dish. Apte also expressed that people should not only fajitas that are full of beans and cheese. While black to taste at the beginning with the taste of the chilli The best comes at last. The desserts are just as dream for Hollywood but also fight for equal representation beans, corn and meat are the basic food of Mexico, as an after taste. This sauce is served with lamb and good as the main course. The Capirotada is a tra- in the world. “I want our generation to break stereotypes the dishes are more than just large tortillas that we or chicken giving a twist to dish that is brilliant. The ditional dessert made only during the Holy season and I want Indians who are making their foray in Hollywood are familiar with. It all begins with Bean Tarasca soup porkbelly taco is just as fantastic. week — which is somewhere between March and to get all kinds of roles. It does not mean if you are brown made by using chilies, corn and of course beans. The First, is the size itself. It is no larger than a kachori April. The layered bread, almonds, pecans, raisins, in colour, you will only get to play Indian characters in good is that it is thick — Indians like their soup to that we get and is paper thin. Then there is the fill- fried plantains, cheese and topped with syrup is a International films. This cliche thinking should be broken,” have texture. Another plus is that it has a hint of spice, ing itself which is from the Acapanetas town. The perfect way to end a perfect meal. she added. 
      



             
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campaign for the uman civilisation undergoes major the famous debate he had creation of Tamil shifts from time to time. Tamil Nadu with the Buddhist scholar, Mandana Eelam in Sri Lanka is experiencing such a civilisational Misra. Adi Shankara was asked who are the major narra- change, a change in the basic political he was and he said he was Dravida tives in Tamil Nadu’s landscape. Whether the change is shishu or child. Dravida is a com- political discourse. takingH the State to better days or worse is being bination of ‘Thra’ and ‘Vidu’, What did the discussed widely all over the country. We have which means ‘three’ and ‘coast’ respec- DMK do for the seen civilisational changes leading to destruction tively. This means that Dravida is the State when it was as well as reconstruction of societies. Culture, land of three coasts. ‘Aryan’ is not a word wielding power at lifestyle, geography, climate, and ecology all vanish in Sanskrit. Aryaputhra or Aryaputhri the Centre from at one phase only to reappear in another form. were terms used to address men and 2004 to 2013? There were instances of empires and kingdoms women of learning and who possess Karunanidhi’s disappearing without any trace. We have seen the good qualities,” says Dr Swamy. grand nephew, Vedic-era River Saraswati — the banks of which The anti-Hindi agitation in Tamil Dayanidhi Maran, saw a flourishing civilisation and which was said Nadu went out of the Government’s con- was made a to be flowing through North India to discharge trol following the suicide by a person at Cabinet Minister into the Arabian Sea — disappearing from the face Thiruchirappali Railway Station on January with the portfolio of the earth only to be retraced and reinvented 25, 1965, according to N Kalyanasundaram, a of Information Technology and thousands of years later by modern-day scientists. chronicler of Tamil Nadu politics. “This man set Telecommunications, TR Baalu was made The same is the case with River Saradha, the rem- himself ablaze following a quarrel with his wife. Minister for shipping and surface transport, nants of which have been detected in Odisha. Anbil Dharmalingam, the DMK leader, portrayed two of the money-spinning Ministries. In Tamil Nadu, the present-day generation is it as a self-immolation against Hindi and it caught When fight erupted in the family over shar- witnessing the spectacle of a tectonic shift in the up with the people. Dharmalingam was later made ing of the booty, Dayanidhi was removed State’s political skyline. The Dravidian dream a Minister by the DMK leadership for the service and replaced by A Raja, friend of run is coming to an end even as the State is rendered by him,” said Kalyanasundaram, who Kanimozhi, Karunanidhi’s daughter by his under the threat of a rapid regression. The stage was a witness to the suicide. third wife, Rajathi. for the de-Dravidianisation of Tamil Nadu began The word ‘Dravidan’ has an inherent anti-India The family’s fortunes saw a manifold in December 2016 with the demise of feeling in it. The average Tamilian, who grew up in jump during this period. Following the Jayalalithaa, the then Chief Minister and an anti-Hindi and anti-Aryan surrounding, feels disclosures by The Pioneer about the 2G AIADMK chief. Jayalalithaa, a spinster, passed that he/she is not a part of mainland India. The scam, Raja lost his ministership. Both he away without nominating an heir and the result Dravidian regime, which came to power for the and Kanimozhi were arrested and sent to is there for all to see. The AIADMK disinte- first time in 1967 and is since ruling the State Tihar Jail. By that time, Karunanidhi had grated into three to four factions by alternately by way of the two factions, lost much of his bargaining power with 2017, the birth centenary year of has done a lot of damage to the the Congress. The DMK withdrew support MG Ramachandran, the national fabric. CN Annadurai, to the UPA Government in 2013, citing founder of the party. There is during his tenure as a member Dravidian the failure of the Manmohan Singh-led no charismatic leader in the of the Rajya Sabha, is on Government got the Government to save the Sri Lankan Tamils AIADMK and it was record demanding the order stayed by the apex court. from ethnic pogrom by the Army of the known that the party secession of Tamil Nadu “Such schools would lead to the impo- island nation. The Sri Lankan civil war got would soon weaken. from the Union of India sition of Sanskrit and Hindi on Tamil stu- over in 2009 itself, with the Army killing Muthuvel and formation of a sepa- dents,” argued the State in the court. Prabhakaran and his associates. But Karunanidhi, the long- rate country by the name, Sreesailam Unnikrishnan, a Karunanidhi had to give a valid reason to serving chief of the DMK Dravida Nadu. Though Malayalam professor and a revered lin- justify his decision to withdraw support to too left this world early the DMK was forced to guist, says that the Dravidian leaders’ pas- the Congress Government. The real reason August, causing jitters in put the demand on the sion for Tamil has crossed all limits of behind the DMK’s decision to walk out of the party. Karunanidhi, back burner following the sensibility. “They are still led by the argu- the UPA Government was the failure of who was elected president 16th amendment of the ments put forward by Robert Caldwell, an the Congress to save Kanimozhi from the of the party in 1969, had Constitution, the clamour evangelist, who proposed the theory that ignominy of going to jail in the multi- over the past 50 years con- for Dravida Nadu is still Tamil was a unique language and part of crore 2G Spectrum scam, which is out of verted the DMK into a family strong in the DMK and some the Dravidian language. There is no scien- the public mind now. enterprise. Nobody other than outfits with a Dravidian tag. tific proof for this theory. All languages The demise of Jayalalithaa and his close family members could Stalin had suggested on March are equally unique. Nobody questions on Karunanidhi within a span of two years has dream of getting any important position 17 at Erode that the Southern States what authority an evangelist spoke about left a big void in Tamil Nadu politics. The in the party or in the Government (whenever the should come together and demand the forma- Tamil,” said Prof Unnikrishnan. strength of Dravidian parties, too, has erod- DMK was ruling the State). tion of Dravida Land. K Thirunavakkarassu, the Interestingly, the children and grandchil- ed over the past two decades because of With his passing away, the General Council of DMK historian, said it was a possibility. “The dren of all Tamil chauvinistic leaders study many reasons. Scientific breakthroughs in the DMK, which had been jampacked with family DMK Constitution is clear on this. The party in high-end public schools where speaking human genome sequencing and DNA stud- loyalists, elected MK Stalin, his second son by his stands for the formation of Dravida Nadu,” he Tamil is an offence punishable with hefty ies have proved beyond doubt that there second wife, as the party president. MK Alagiri, had said following the demand by Stalin. fines. Stalin’s daughter Chenthamarai owns were no Aryans or Dravidians in the coun- his elder son, had made his displeasure known by Most Indians are not aware of the intensity of Sunshine Public School in Chennai where try. “The concept was brought in by the East openly revolting against Stalin and dragging the the anti-Hindi campaign by the Dravidian parties. speaking Tamil would land the students in India Company and the British rulers as part succession issue to the streets. 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he significance of Guwahati is exceptional gem. Thanks to its geograph- military skill, especially in naval warfare, he started preserving the place, and from 1943, often reduced to its connection ical location, Guwahati was a big wartime had forced the Mughals back to Delhi, leav- a scholar named Tarini Kanta Sarma start- with Kamakhya Temple, which airbase when Allied Forces were planning ing Assam unconquered. The Battle of ed doing serious research on the debris. is one of the Hindu Shakti to cut off Dimapur from the rest of India. Saraighat, which was fought in 1671 on the In Kalika Purana, we get a reference of Peethas, or its proximity to the At that time, several dead soldiers had been banks of the mighty Brahmaputra, saw Madan Kamdev Temple. The legend says TKaziranga National Park, which has been buried in ordinary graves. Later, in order Lachit’s army defeat Aurangzeb’s even it was here that Madana, the God of pas- given the tag of a World Heritage Site by to give them a dignified burial, their graves though the latter was heavily supported by sion, reunited with his wife Rati. Thus, the UNESCO. But there is a lot more to were relocated to Syllet Military Cemetery, Portuguese gunners. An imposing statue temple walls were decorated with figures Guwahati, the largest city of Assam. The Amaribari Military Cemetery, Nowgong of Lachit Borphukan, along with his war- expressing human passion. Several panels rich history of Ahom kingdom and its sub- Civil Cemetery, and Mohachara Military riors, now stands at the river bed of are bold and candid in expressing physical sequent merging with British Assam adds Cemetery. After the end of the war, more Brahmaputra. The place where the battle relations between man and woman. They a colourful layer to the rich legacy of graves were shifted here from Darjeeling, took place has now been decorated with the also depict various Hindu Gods, animal Guwahati. A combination of mythology Dhubri, Dibrugarh, Shillong, Silchar, and Saraighat Rail Road Bridge. motifs, and floral designs. The roofless tem- and textbook history needs to be looked Cooch Behar to make this a more impor- Guwahati is the child of River ple is enshrined with an Uma-Maheshwar into to get a taste of the many stories that tant place. Today, the place has 486 graves Brahmaputra. The 2,900-km-long river statue where we see Shiva and his wife Uma this place has to offer. that belong to soldiers of the British that covers a basin of 6,51,334 sq km in an emotional state. Though no founda- Legend has it that this land was once Commonwealth and 24 graves that belong comes from Tibet and covers about 728 tion plaque or dedicatory tablet was found known as Pragjyotishpura and was ruled to Chinese soldiers of Ching-Kai-Shek’s km in its journey through Assam, break- in the debris, it is assumed that it was estab- by a demon king named Narakasura, who army. It also has 25 unidentified graves. ing into several big and small river lished by Vanamala Varman Deva of was later killed by Hindu God, Krishna. Those who rest here in eternal peace islands. Considered sacred in Hindu Satasthambha dynasty in the 9th century. King Narakasura’s son Bhagadutta is belonged to prestigious regiments like mythology, the river is described as the Later, it was expanded and completed by believed to have sided with the Kauravas Royal Australian Airforce, Essex Regiments, love child of Brahma and Amogha (queen Pala kings of Bengal. However, no solid evi- in the battle of Mahabharata. Another tale Bengal Civil Pioneers, Royal Indian of king Shantanu) in Kalika Purana. dence has been produced so far. Madan connects Guwahati with Hindu God Airforce, Scottish Rifles, Royal Deccan This river is considered to have mas- Kamdev Temple is now considered a tem- Shiva, who is believed to have come here Horses, King’s own Yorkshire Light Infantry culine fury which can often be destructive. Bhashmakut or Bhashmachala, one learns ple of fertility. Young couples pray here to for meditation after the death of his wife, and Royal Artillery. No wonder, then, that it floods its banks, about the Umananda Shiva Temple. It was fulfill their desire of becoming parents. Sati. When Kama, the God of lust and pas- The most unique feature of this war including areas in Guwahati city, every now established in 1694 by Gadhadhar Singha In Guwahati, near Nehru Park, a small sion, had tried to interrupt his penance, an cemetery is that it houses 11 graves of and then. But Brahmaputra is also the rea- of Ahom dynasty. The original temple was wooden church is a reminder of our colo- angry Shiva had reduced Kama to ashes. Japanese soldiers who had died in 1944 son why Assam is fertile and green. It forms destroyed in the 1897 earthquake. Later, nial past. This is the Christ Church of 1844, Kama’s wife Rati pleaded with Shiva and under the leadership of Lance Corporal the base for Assam’s rich biodiversity. Most the present version of the temple was set one of the oldest buildings of the city. This eventually, a new form of Kama emerged. Miyata Kotsuo. Kotsuo died on September of the national parks and wildlife sanctu- up. Umananda Island is also home to gold- is the third reincarnation of its original form The new form of Kama created the word 13, 1944. In 2012, a team of officials from aries in Assam are also dependent on en langur, a rare species that was brought as the first one was destroyed and second ‘Kamrup’, the most common name by Japan had come here to dig up the graves Brahmaputra. To add to that is the here by a king of Nepal for sacrifice. one badly damaged in the 1897 earthquake. which this part of Assam is known. and collect the remains of their soldiers. immense beauty of the river. An evening Fortunately, they were freed instead. The present version was completed in 1903. Inscriptional evidence suggests that in This is perhaps the only World War II cruise here, along with sumptuous snacks, This cruise takes one through many Another treat is a state museum ded- the 4th century, Pushyavarman and his fam- cemetery in India where along with drinks, and music — both English and milestones of history. On the banks of icated to the unexplored heritage trail of ily ruled Pragjyotishpura, which was Commonwealth soldiers, ‘enemy’ sol- Assamese — is an experience beyond Brahmaputra, several old British bungalows, Guwahati. The collection of stone sculp- watered by the river that was then known diers also rest in peace. words. Umananda, also known as Peacock watch towers, and mosques can be seen. It tures and statues is astounding. Several as Lauhitya, and is today known as Another important tale about Guwahati Island and popularly known as the world’s also boasts of a magical sunset over the hori- collections of Mahishashuramardini Brahmaputra. The last king of this dynasty is related to Lachit Borphukan and his role smallest human-habited river island, is zon when the sky looks like a fountain head Durga from the 10th to 13th century are was Bhaskar Varman. Modern history says is the Battle of Saraighat. Lachit Borphukan often the highlight of such journeys. of melted lava of an active volcano. displayed here with monolithic stone that in 1228, invaders from Burma had was the commander-in-chief of Ahom king Going back to the Shiva and Kama leg- One has not seen much of that if one pillars and iron cannon of Ahom dynasty. established Ahom kingdom here. It lasted in the 17th century. With his outstanding end that gives this river the names has not visited the ruins of Madan Kamdev Set up in 1940, this museum houses one till 1826 when Assam came under the East    Temple, the massive arena of debris with of the richest collections of artifacts. India Company. It was at that time that stone sculptures and a broken plinth of sev- Last but not least is the temple of Guwahati as a city bloomed and Assam as eral temples. Often referred as the “hidden Kamakhya, a pilgrimage spot of Hindus. a region turned into a coveted area for grow- Khajuraho of Assam”, the temple dates back This temple, too, has been destroyed and ing commercial crops like tea. Guwahati to the 9th century, though no written his- rebuilt several times and by several peo- became all the more significant when tea tory is available. In 1855, an employee of ple. The present one was built in 1665 by became the cash cow of the East India the East India Company named Captain E the king of Cooch Behar of Bengal named Company. Elements of British legacy and Taite Dalton first recorded it as a cluster of Nabanarayan. After the 1897 earthquake, Hindu mythology became one here and give 15 temples inside a deep jungle near it was repaired to a great extent. Festivals modern Guwahati its unique identity. Guwahati and he contributed an article on like Ambubachi when the Goddess goes Guwahati also houses the this in the Asiatic Society Magazine in through her annual menstruation and Commonwealth War Cemetery, which has Calcutta. It created a sensation among schol- Poush Biya when the Goddess gets mar- relics from World War II. It might not be ars, and soon gathered more attention. ried with Kameshwara are celebrated as popular as the war cemeteries in Imphal However, the devastating earthquake of here and draw huge crowds. or Kohima, but every year, it still manages 1897 reduced all temples to rubble, thus Though Guwahati is famous for the to attract thousands of foreign tourists who making the site an endless kingdom of orna- Kamakhya Temple, the city has much come here to revisit history. This small yet mented stone sculptures. From 1901, a local more to offer. It offers a rare combination beautiful war cemetery in Guwahati is an Muslim land collector named Niyamat Ali of modern life and tales from the past.   

may not be commanding any sub-nationality to the highest More people in Tamil Nadu major base in the State, but pedestal, cultivation of the have started learning Hindi   
  
 the damage they could cause ethnic separatism, and divi- through the Dakshina Bharat is a worrisome factor. sive identity politics, the Hindi Prachar Sabha The agitation against the scorning of Indian national (DBHPS) in spite of State hat has happened said Dr Swamy. The hydrocarbon plants, the pride, all of which eventually Government’s hatred of the with Jayalalithaa Congress, which has been opposition against the led to the decline of patrio- national language. “Despite Wand Karunanidhi riding piggyback on either Chennai-Salem Green tism in Tamil Nadu’s public the fact that Hindi is not leaving the centrestage is the the AIADMK or DMK, is a Corridor, the resentment space. The Dravidian parties taught in Government sudden appearance of many pale shadow of what it was in against the Indian Nutrino are too dangerous for our schools in the State, 2017 saw fringe groups funded and the 1960s. The other day saw Observatory, and the oppo- nationhood, democracy and a 1.28 lakh students appearing sponsored by NGOs, the the TNCC headquarters sition towards NEET and the true federal system, and hence for the basic examination Church, and various Islamist becoming a battleground, as Enayam high end port are unacceptable,” said Menon. held by the Sabha,” said S organistions. “There is a the factions owing allegiance proof that something is He is also of the view that the Jayaraj, secretary, DBHPS. rapid regression in Tamil to various leaders scuffled in brewing in Tamil Nadu. If two superstars of Tamil film- There are nearly 11,000 Nadu. What we saw as the the presence of the media. the national parties play dom, Rajinikanth and Kamal Hindi pracharaks working in farmers’ protest in New Delhi The DMK is in for major their cards well, the State Hassan, who have declared the State, he added. staged by Ayyakannu trouble as Alagiri hinted on may see a tectonic shift from their political ambitions, are Tamil Nadu is waiting for Ponnusamy and his associ- September 5 that he will cre- Dravidian politics that has doomed to fail. “One cannot a leader who can connect ates was the manifestation of ate problems for his younger degenerated Tamil Nadu. understand what Hassan says; with them and convince these fringe elements. They brother Stalin, who has Though there are fringe nothing makes sense. Both them that Tamils are equal to offered the international become the party president. parties like the DMDK (led actors are on the wrong side people in other States of the media an opportunity to por- If Stalin antagonises Alagiri, by film actor Vijayakanth), of 60 and do not have time to country. Air-conditioned car- tray India in a poor light,” a specialist in winning elec- MDMK (led by the volatile reach out to the Tamil peo- avans and chartered aircraft said an author who was tions, his dream of becoming Vaiko), and PMK (led by S ple,” said Menon. would not get you the loyalty forced to leave Chennai the CM of Tamil Nadu would Ramadoss, whose only mis- People in Tamil Nadu are and respect anymore. Take a because of her open criticism remain unfulfilled. The DMK sion seems to be to make slowly understanding the cue from the style of late NT of the Jallikattu agitation at has degenerated into a family Raveenthrhan Thuraiswamy, Elangovan, former Union the Left, and Islamists. his son the CM of Tamil frauds being played on them Rama Rao and late Marina Beach in January enterprise and that is the root a close associate of the family Minister and Congress The splinter political out- Nadu), they are all of nui- by the DMK and AIADMK. Rajasekhara Reddy of the 2017. No human rights cause of its weakening. and a political analyst in leader. “Many fringe groups fits are causing concern to sance value only. They are becoming conscious neighbouring Andhra organisation — of which Stalin is controlled by his Chennai. The DMK is not are showing keen interest in leaders of major political par- Political commentator of the fact that the DMK is a Pradesh. Or observe the likes there is no dearth in Chennai wife Durga, son Dayanidhi, free of caste politics, but it an alliance with the DMK. ties. Udhayakumar, the anti- and thinker TM Menon, long- family-owned enterprise of Capt Amarinder Singh of — came to her rescue when and son-in-law Sabareesan. practices it secretly. It is There are 39 Lok Sabha seats nuclear power plant man; time resident of Tamil Nadu where only members with Punjab or Yogi Adityanath of she was issued death threats Since Alagiri’s wife Kanthi through those who are close in Tamil Nadu and it is going Seeman, who claims to be the who watched the Dravidian the DNA of Karunanidhi can Uttar Pradesh or Sachin Pilot by the fringe elements. belongs to the Scheduled to the K-clan that informa- to be a tough job for Stalin to spokesman of Sri Lankan politics for more than four aspire for important posi- of Rajasthan. Tamil Nadu is “If Tamil Nadu has to be Caste, other members of the tion comes out through the satisfy one and all,” said Tamils and Eelam; decades, says that neither the tions. The rest have to be waiting for a change from the saved from the grip of these Karunanidhi clan are yet to iron curtains of Elangovan, who prefers a Thirumurugan Gandhi, and a DMK nor AIADMK are both- content with the crumbs filmi style family-oriented anti-national elements, it will accept her as a member of Gopalapuram. front lead by the DMK — host of others who entered ered about the welfare of the thrown at them by Stalin and dynasty politics and mafia need a dose of nationalism. the family and that is why Though the AIADMK one that includes the the political landscape after people or the progress of the family members. rule. Tamilians want to get The BJP seems to be the only Alagiri has been kept away has become weak, it has not Congress, the PMK (an outfit the death of Jayalalithaa are State. “Their humongous mis- There is a silver lining out of the Dravida Nadu party capable of doing it,” from the party by Stalin, says enthused leaders like EVKS of the Vanniyar community), to be watched out for. They takes are elevation of Tamil amidst all this chaos, though. phobia; lead them. 
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Indeed, by the US and its allies in the region or to But Washington ignored Moscow Meanwhile, the US started bringing back China’s trade with the US, chances are high Thus in June, Chinese leader Xi Jinping Vostok-2018 will send a strong signal to the counter America’s international influence. once and for all, even while preparing for heavy armoured units to Western Europe. that the Communist country will move called his Russian counterpart his “best, NATO and its allies. When the world is Further, one has to understand the an attack on Iraq. And, a wounded Putin Always suspicious of Moscow’s moves, closer to Russia. And this is visible as most intimate friend”. gradually witnessing an ebbing American post-Soviet Russia carefully. It is the West proclaimed his disdain for the West in the Washington and the rest of the Western Russia recently became the 9th largest On the other hand, combat experience leadership, Putin offers an alternative. and its allies that goaded the megaloma- Munich Conference on Security Policy in capitals, particularly the NATO nations, trade partner of China. and modernisation gleaned from the bat- Beyond his war mongering and muscle niac Putin into mass propaganda and 2007: “Only two decades ago, the world alerted their intelligence and spying net- Meanwhile, Putin is also smartly tlegrounds of Georgia and Ukraine will be flexing, he is capable of bringing massive action. When the Soviet Union collapsed was ideologically and economically split, work around Russia and its peripheries. moving into this opportunity and offering far-reaching. The Russian military is still political reform at his home turf so as to during Perestroika and Glasnost of Mikhail and its security was provided by massive But it seems the sudden rise of Putin has China a comfort zone as bilateral trade and in the process of transition and Putin is give an audience to the voices of dissent. Gorbachev, the obvious consensus sur- strategic potential of two superpowers.” He literally failed the vigilantism of the West close cooperation between the two giants desperate to come out of the old style func- It is a big irony that leaders like him are faced on board was that it was a systemic added, “It is the world of one master, one to a great extent. Russia’s alleged intrusion could be equally beneficial than resurfac- tioning of the armed forces. However, always paranoid about their security, failure and triumph of the liberal demo- sovereign dictated by the US. The current into the last US Presidential election has ing Cold War rhetoric between the two. defence experts have mixed opinions tenure and future role in public life. cratic order. And, when the power passed order is ‘unacceptable’ and the time has proved it very well. Thus, Russia is fast turning into the about Moscow’s modernisation of armed Lord Acton rightly said, “Everybody on to Putin from Boris Yeltsin, he des- come to ‘rethink the entire architecture of Besides, much beyond the tradition- largest oil supplier to China as the latter forces under Putin. Dmitry Gorenburg of likes to get as much power as circum- perately wanted a place for Russia within global security’.” al ties between Russia and China, what has has to make fuel available for its billion- Harvard University said, “The moderni- stances allow, and nobody will vote for self- that Western order. Julia Ioffe, an expert on Russia com- been marked is an emerging closer eco- plus population and make hundreds of sation move started in 2009 after Russian denying ordinance.” The same way, Putin Interestingly, Putin was the first for- mented, “Nonetheless, Putin has spent the nomic bonding between the two, where- manufacturing outsourced plants func- military’s lacklustre performance in the would continue to extend his despotic rule eign leader to call George W Bush after decade since that speech making sure that in not only they are trying to come up with tioning. Georgian warfield in 2008. There is fur- as long as he is alive. The international 9/11 in the US, and offer his help in the US can never again unilaterally a strong coalition of like-minded nations, Around the same time, Gazprom, ther improvement in the speed of decision community may experience many more Afghanistan. The most profound reason manoeuvre without encountering friction; but also developing their bilateral eco- Russia’s largest energy major, is building making and communication of decisions Vostok-2018s on the days to come. for Putin’s offer was that around the same and most importantly, it can never depose nomic might to stand up to any econom- a 3,000 km gas pipeline which will be con- to the troops and interoperability among time, Russia was fighting its own war him.” ic crisis in future. The official Xinhua news necting Eastern Siberia to China’s border military branches, followed by the replace- (The writer is an expert on against the radical Islamic separatists in Last year, the NATO dispatched four agency records that China’s direct invest- areas. Thus, both are truly celebrating their ment of Soviet-era equipment that was international affairs)

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Cardi’s baby news came hot on duction company. the world, marks Boyle’s first return to Snapchat, that you are the heels of a marriage proposal “I can only hope that filmmakers, TV since directing the pilot of the among the uninitiated from her rapper beau, Offset, who is writers, journalists will try to build 2014 police drama Babylon. Trust was whenT it comes to Cardi B. Allow us one third of hip-hop trio, Migos, at around this. Airline companies cer- written by Simon Beaufoy, who to rectify the situation, and fill you the end of last year, which took place tainly will, as will businesses. Right worked with Boyle on Slumdog in on a one-of-a-kind fashion per- during, you guessed it, a live on-stage now it feels as though something has Millionaire and 127 Hours, and stars sonality that, honestly, everyone performance in Philadelphia. been severed and we’re adrift but I Donald Sutherland as John Paul Getty, under the age of 30 is talking about. hope that people will try to compen- Hillary Swank as Gail Getty, the kid- The Bronx-born rapper hit $%+ 42%&)+%24&2 sate for this terrible void that’s been napped teenager’s mother, and the headlines when her debut While few would be able to replicate created for us by politicians.” Brendan Fraser as the fixer called in album, Invasion Of Privacy, her outfits in a ‘get the Cardi look’ Trust, which tells the story of the to sort everything out. broke records after reaching num- feature, her unpredictable fashion ber one across America in just 24 choices do make for entertaining hours following its much-anticipat- viewing and fun talking points. The ed release. Cardi B’s real name is chain-printed mini dress with clash- 4 4: 5 ;.< < 9  Belcalis Almanzar — her stage ing thigh-high boots that she wore name came to be because her sister to her album release party, and the minem has broken the UK chart is named Hennessy. Friends nick- voluminous Cinderella-esque ball- record for consecutive No 1 named Belcalis ‘Bacardi’ and, for gown she wore to Rihanna’s annual Ealbums, beating a record held work purposes, it translated to Diamond Ball (a bespoke number jointly for 36 years by Abba and Led become Cardi B. by fashion pal and American Zeppelin. His album Kamikaze, a sur- Following a stint as a stripper designer, Christian Siriano) were at prise release recently and his second and a career as a social media per- opposite ends of any style spectrum, album in less than a year, is his ninth sonality, Cardi was granted one of and she is known for regularly No 1 in a row — a run stretching back the coveted slots on popular changing her hairstyles, sporting a 18 years to his second collection, The American reality TV show, Love blunt dark bob one day, and tum- Marshall Mathers LP. Eminem put out And Hip Hop. She showcased her bling blonde waves the next. For her a statement alongside the news, say- musical talents during her two sea- 35-minute Coachella set, she kitted ing: “Does this mean I get to call sons on the show and her follower out her growing baby bump in an myself Sir Eminem?” count grew simultaneously — her all-white look complete with pigtails, Kamikaze is also the fourth-fastest Instagram now boasts a staggering paying homage to 90s girlband, TLC. selling album this year in the UK, 22 million fans. She left the show behind Arctic Monkeys, Drake and last year, officially launching her *.$&('-(22.)'%+$%+%2 George Ezra, and outsold the No 2 music career and signing with It was announced a few months ago album, the soundtrack to Mamma stream in 1999 after being mentored Atlantic Records, which also has that the rapper was collaborating Mia! Here We Go Again, by three and signed by Dr Dre, with his debut Ed Sheeran, Rita Ora, and Bruno with Fashionnova, a popular copies to one. The album’s opening album The Slim Shady LP. It remains Mars on its books. American brand famous for its track, The Ringer, also reached No 4 the only one of his albums not to While she’s no doubt been bodycon styles sported by the likes in the singles chart — it features an reach No 1 in the UK, though two of breaking music records, Cardi has of Kylie Jenner and rapper, Blac attack on Donald Trump, describing its singles reached the top five. While simultaneously been breaking down Chyna. While she sings about him as an “evil serpent” — while two that album showcased his cartoonishly fashion barriers — from sitting wearing “bloody shoes” (a refer- other album tracks, Lucky You and violent alter ego Slim Shady, he let his front row at New York Fashion ence to Christian Louboutin’s sig- Fall, also reached the Top 10. own voice come through on the fol- Week with the US Vogue’s Anna nature red soles) and is an avid After garnering a reputation as a low-up, 2000’s The Marshall Mathers Wintour, to launching a fashion wearer of high fashion labels such formidable “battle rapper” in the late LP — regarded by many as one of the collaboration with Instagram as Vetements, Gucci and 1990s, Eminem broke into the main- greatest rap albums of all time. favourite, Fashionnova. 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  easy to fall victim not only up creating more scenarios and situa- vengeance. These feelings cause dam- Years ago, we may not have riculum to precisely achieve such a state. Today,      to others who may hurt or tions in response. The other person age to the physical body. Doctors and known the physical dangers that Management Education is perhaps the most sought      mistreat us, but also to our then may get back at us for retaliat- medical researchers are realising that anger and stress caused our body. after course that claims to make, or rather, manufacture     ownL anger. When we grow angry ing. A cycle of action and reaction anger and hatred have detrimental However, now that we are aware of it, managers. That is, people with that uncanny knack to LM   when someone hurts us, we suffer may go on and on, escalating a small effects on our body. Let us analyse we can consider whether it is worth create surplus and promote prosperity so that the world    twofold. First, we have to bear the situation into a major problem. the reason. First, there are certain getting angry over trivial work situa- becomes a better place to live in. However, the transfor-     pain that others may cause us. What has happened in the responses in the physical body tions if it means we increase our risk mation that Management Education was supposed to      Second, we must bear the pain and process? We have lost our peace of designed to help protect itself in of heart attack, breathing problems, bring in the people attending the courses seems not to       suffering that comes with acting on mind. The initial incident may have order to preserve the species. When a and digestive problems. The relation come, given the fact that the world still appears to be 
 
  our own anger. At work, the anger we lasted a few moments, or a few hours, living creature senses danger, there between anger and our body is struggling with the ills that plagued the past when there feel not only upsets us emotionally or a day, but we have now spent hun- are certain hormonal and chemical becoming clearer day by day. was no Management Education. Not that Management but has a deleterious effect on our dreds of hours and countless days reactions within the body that help it The solution for protecting the Education can be panacea for all ills, but mismanage-    physical body. It causes stress, which replaying what happened and think- respond to danger. These hormones body against the hormones released ment is certainly the reason for most problems. If we    in turn contributes to stress-related ing about how to get even. In the cause one to fight or take flight. They by hatred, anger, and vengeance is compare the violence, the treachery, the deceit, the ailments. This can affect us by process, the precious moments of our are useful for giving the body simple: Forgiveness. It is only poverty, the misery, and the disasters of the past with       increasing our risk for heart disease, life have been wasted. Instead of strength and quick physical respons- through forgiveness that we can calm the present, they seem to be eerily contemporary. We # cancer, stroke, high blood pressure, keeping our attention on what can es, such as running or protecting ourselves down and avoid the reac- are not talking about a subject like Philosophy that is        and other diseases. help us, we have wasted the time in one’s self. But if one interprets it as tions of hatred and violence. A still groping in the dark to find answers to the problem    < It takes a great amount of replaying a bad movie. Thus, we lose life-threatening problems of daily life, majority of the time at our jobs we of evil. Philosophy was just a quest. Management  '.-   <  strength to withstand the temptations more than the person at whom we that is not a threat to survival, then are responding to minor problems Education was supposed to be the discipline to provide      to overcome anger. We may think the are directing our anger. one is responding with the fight or with the same intensity as if our lives answers to all these. Naturally, the validity of the 
   angry person is strong, but actually A life spent in not forgiving is a flight hormones for no reason. were threatened. Think about all the Management Education paradigm needs to be ques- '.-   they are succumbing out of weakness life in which we are like a CD or The result is that we do not see a things that make us angry. How many tioned. Maybe not to reject it but to reinvent it. More K(L
 to their own temper. It takes one who DVD recording that plays the same need to flee or fight but feel threat- of them threaten our lives? How so, because it is being increasingly realised that there is   '.-  is brave of heart to say no to anger. bad scene over and over. How many ened. This converts into anger or many are just minor annoyances? a wide gap between what is taught in those four walls of  O Let’s trace what happens to us when of us want to see a bad movie twice, rage. Thus, we become angry over We can learn how to stay calm at a B-School and what is needed to cope with the chal-    O we don’t forgive our boss, our co- or hear a song we don’t like played situations that don’t threaten our life. work through practising forgiveness lenges of the real world. It was more than three decades    O workers, or our subordinates. Each of again and again? How many of us This causes the body to circulate when someone hurts us. In this way, ago that a popular book, What They Don’t Teach You at 
    our personal stories generally begins want to eat the same food we don’t hormones needed to run or protect we can protect our body from the Harvard Business School, in which author Mark .O    with something that happens to us on like again? We usually say, “This oneself over minor situations that damage of hormones released McCormack lucidly brought out the point: “What they <    our job that we don’t like. Some per- tastes terrible.” That is what happens are part of daily life. Because these because of anger. We will see a reduc- can’t teach you at a business school”. To prove his point, '.-    
 son has wronged us in some way. when we repeat in our minds all the hormones, such as cortisol, are cir- tion in stress-related ailments. the author rather caustically suggests that if Thomas    Maybe someone has said something wrongs done to us. culating through us when we do not What are the keys to staying calm Edison had gone to a business school, we would still be  >   to hurt our feelings or hurt us physi- Many of us do not only replay need them, they end up causing at work through forgiveness? One of using big candles to read books. Corporate behaviour  
 cally. Someone might have taken what has happened, but we also try to damage to the physical body. the keys is to let go. When we forgive we still are not able to define with certitude, but the  / something from us. Maybe someone rewrite a new ending in which we We know, for example, that real and forget, we are letting go of the instances of corporate misbehaviours are legion that    has cheated, deceived, or lied to us. come out redeemed for being cortisone has side effects to the body, past and what has happened. We are make us rethink on what is to be taught in >   Someone we trusted might have bro- wronged and the other person comes so doctors recommend them cau- saying, “I forgive the person for what Management Education. Business frauds, managerial       69 ken that trust. Power, position, or out punished. We cannot undo what tiously. However, the body’s natural has happened. Then I am going to misdemeanors, and corporate felonies are growing in   9EE5 wealth might have been taken from the other person has done. We can cortisol when we are angry or under forget about it.” In this way, we are frequency even as B-schools and management gurus 9E3C 
 us. There is always a root cause of a say, “The suffering has happened and stress ends up circulating through us letting it go. One technique to devel- are rising in number. Over 500 years ago, British    ME  problem between two people. let it end here and call it quits,” or we causing stress-related ailments. If one op forgiveness so we can stay calm at statesman, Sir Thomas More, had raised a basic ques- 5DEE   As the incident escalates at work, can take revenge and say, “I need to is continually in that state of fear, work is meditation. The problems of tion on why enterprises fail and had suggested that it we find our thoughts and words hurt the other person so I am pre- anger, or stress, those hormones life will not end. However, through was due to poor management. Yet, in spite of more occupied with how to rectify the situ- pared to risk the reaction coming cause a breakdown of other body tis- meditation, we can focus our atten- than 11 and a half decades of the start of formal man-   ation. Some people will try to solve back on myself.” Do we wish to add sues. This is what causes stress-relat- tion on the peace within so we can agement education, we still seem to be clueless as to the problem peacefully by talking it to our own pain by retaliating and ed ailments, such as digestive prob- rise above life’s difficulties. what is the antidote to that poor management. Or do     over with the person who they felt refusing to forgive? It is like running lems, headaches, heart problems, skin Through meditation, we are in we need to reframe the question because it is not the had done them wrong. Sometimes we our clothes in the washing machine problems, and breathing problems. touch with a place of calm within us enterprise that fails? It is the human beings that man- try that, but the other person is not to get out the grime, but instead of There are so many challenges of that gives us the strength to forgive age the enterprise that fail. The answer then has to be willing to listen to change. Then, we pouring in soap suds or detergent, we daily life that people are responding others, overcome anger, and stay found in causes of this human failure. It all boils down feel we must do something more are pouring in more dirt. How will to with the same release of fight or calm at work. We cannot control oth- to just one aspect that Management Education imparts drastic. This leads to retaliation or the clothes ever become clean? flight hormones as if threatened by ers at our job, but we can control our- the management wisdom but does precious little for revenge. We begin to think about If someone at work has hurt us, true danger. People may become selves. At work, we can choose peace managerial character. It is not wisdom versus character. ways to get back at the person who we can choose to forgive and forget upset if someone cuts in front of and calm which will help improve But it certainly is wisdom with character. How to do hurt us, or we think about ways to get or we can choose to retaliate. The them on the road while driving to our physical and mental health, and this is what we need to think about. even with them. We want to see jus- choice is ours to make. There is phys- work. They lose their temper if some- make for a happier life. ( !! " ##  tice done. Our mind refuses to forget ical harm we do to ourselves when we one at work makes a small mistake.  ) )+ (%/+ (% 9" % 

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