Hyderabad tuesday, january 3, 2017

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BRIEFLY Seeking votes on India successfully SC bowls out top BCCI bosses test-fires Agni-IV religious basis a BALASORE (ODISHA): India on Thakur, Shirke I wish them the Monday successfully test-fired declared ‘unfit’ its nuclear-capable strategic best: Thakur ballistic missile Agni-IV from a to continue corrupt act: SC test range off the Odisha coast. at the helm VIJAY LOKAPALLY The surface-to-surface ‘Relationship between missile can carry a nuclear KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL NEW DELHI: Sacked BCCI man and God is an warhead of one tonne over president Anurag Thakur individual choice’ 4,000 km. NEW DELHI: Noting that its on Monday said: “Supreme ½ NATION | PAGE 7 diktats are not “written in Court judges feel the BCCI KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL sand” and are meant to be could do better under complied with, the Supreme retired judges. I wish them NEW DELHI: Terming religion a Court on Monday stripped all the best.” very private relationship BCCI president Anurag Reacting to the SC between man and his God, a Thakur and secretary Ajay verdict, Mr. Thakur seven-judge Bench of the Su- The Supreme Court said Shirke of their posts and tweeted:“India has the best preme Court on Monday, in a that election is a secular ordered them to “forthwith cricket infrastructure, majority judgment, held that exercise.— FILE PHOTO: V. SUDERSHAN cease and desist” from asso- built and maintained by an appeal for votes during ciating themselves with In- cuse that he had been president. The court held “fabricated” minutes of a the State associations with elections on the basis of reli- ‘corrupt practice’ if a candid- dian cricket’s most powerful “rendered totally incapable that Mr. Thakur’s attempts to BCCI Working Committee the help of BCCI. India has gion, caste, race, community ate or his agent or any other body. and without any authority” “solicit” ICC Chairman meeting held on August 22, more quality players than or language, even that of the person, with his consent, ap- Jewish group sees shift A three-judge Bench of to compel the members to Shashank Manohar in Dubai 2016 in order to lend support anywhere in the world. electorate, will amount to a peals for votes on religious in India-Israel ties Chief Justice T.S. Thakur and comply with the orders of for a letter to undermine the to his version that he had “I respect the Supreme ‘corrupt practice’ and call for or such grounds. Justices A.M. Khanwilkar the court. The BCCI bosses judgment of July 18, 2016 only sought a clarification Court like any citizen disqualification of the The question referred to WASHINGTON: The optics of the and D.Y. Chandrachud de- not only made “unfortunate which upheld the Lodha from Mr. Manohar and not a should. Supreme Court candidate. the Constitution Bench led U.S.-Israel relations will change clared Mr. Thakur and Mr. comments” about the Lodha panel recommendation to in- letter. This claim of Mr. judges feel the BCCI could “Election is a secular exer- by CJI T.S. Thakur on a batch for the better under the Trump Shirke “unfit” to continue at panel in public but also clude a CAG nominee on the Thakur was later found un- do better under retired cise and therefore a process of poll petitions was whether administration that will take the helm of the BCCI for ended up hurting the dignity Board’s apex council prima true when Mr. Manohar, in a judges. I wish them all the should be followed… The re- the word ‘his’ only meant a over later this month. their “obstructionist” atti- of the Supreme Court with facie amounted to sheer con- communication to the Su- best. I am sure Indian lationship between man and bar on appeals made in the This will have a positive tude and specious pleas in their attitude, it noted. tempt. The court concluded preme Court on November cricket will be best under God is an individual choice name of the candidate or his impact on India’s relations with court about their incapacity that Mr. Thakur apparently 2, clarified that the BCCI their guidance. and state should keep this in rival or his agent or others in both, said Jason Isaacson, a to make ailiated State asso- Guilty of contempt acted to garner evidence that president did ask him for the “My commitment [is] to mind,” the Supreme Court his immediate camp. Or, functionary of the American ciations fall in line with the Besides, the court found the Supreme Court-appoin- letter. The court found that the best of Indian cricket held in a majority judgment does the word also extend to Jewish Committee, an advocacy Justice Lodha reforms. Mr. Thakur prima facie ted Lodha Committee’s in- Mr. Thakur had also filed af- and autonomy of sports of 4:3. The court was inter- soliciting votes on the basis group. The court primarily re- guilty of both contempt of terventions in the working of fidavits making false will always remain.” preting the pronoun ‘his’ of the religion, caste, com- ferred to how Mr. Thakur Supreme Court proceedings the BCCI amounted to “gov- statements. used in Section 123 (3) of the munity, race, language of the ½ PAGE 12 ½ WORLD | PAGE 14 had “washed his hands of a and perjury (fabrication of ernmental interference.” CONTINUED ON Representation of the People electorate as a whole. ½ PAGE 12 duty and obligation to ensure false evidence), adding that The court further said Mr. CONTINUED ON ½ LODHA: NONE CAN ESCAPE Act. METROPLUS compliance” with the Lodha such a person does not de- Thakur was prima facie ½ THE PRICE OF DEFIANCE VERDICT OF SC; AJAY SHIRKE The provision mandates ½ A DISSERVICE TO THE 4 Pages panel reforms, citing the ex- serve to continue as BCCI guilty of placing on record | EDITORIAL STICKS TO STAND | PAGE 17 that it would amount to a ‘LITTLE MAN’ | PAGE 12

Hotel service charge A head above the rest Mulayam stakes claim ICICI Bank, four others cut optional, says govt. to SP’s ‘bicycle’ symbol lending rates SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT A customer not DEVESH K. PANDEY SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT NEW DELHI: You — as a con- happy with the NEW DELHI: Samajwadi Party sumer — have the discretion dining experience patriarch Mulayam Singh MUMBAI: ICICI Bank, the to not pay ‘service charge’ can have it waived, met the full Bench of the country’s largest private sec- added to your bill by any Election Commission on tor lender, has reduced its hotel/restaurant. says Hotel Assn. Monday to stake claim to the marginal cost of funds– In a statement on Monday, party symbol ‘bicycle,’ stat- based lending rate (MCLR) the Consumer Afairs De- the sale, use or supply of any ing he had the first right to it by 70 basis points (bps) partment asked the State to goods or for the provision of as the national president. across all loan tenures. advise hotels/restaurants to any service, adopts any de- The meeting lasted about 40 The bank had fixed its one- prominently display that ceptive method is to be minutes. Mulayam Singh year MCLR at 8.20 per cent. “the service charges are dis- treated as unfair. A day after the party’s na- It will add a spread of 50 bps cretionary/voluntary and a The department said a tional council declared Uttar the EC, and is expected to to the home loan rates, taking consumer dissatisfied with consumer can make a com- Pradesh Chief Minister present his faction’s case be- the efective rate to 8.70 per the services can have it plaint to the appropriate Akhilesh Yadav the party fore it on Tuesday morning. cent for loans up to ₨75 lakh. waived.” forum established under the chief, his father reached the If both factions stake claim Earlier, the bank was char- Act against such unfair trade national capital with his to the symbol, the EC will ging 9.15 per cent. On Sunday, Several complaints practices. It had called for a younger brother Shivpal Ya- first ask them to produce SBI, PNB and Union Bank This follows several com- clarification from the Hotel dav to meet top EC oicials. documentary evidence to had cut their benchmark plaints that hotels and res- Association of India, which His close friend Amar Singh prove their stands. It will lending rates. Kotak Mahin taurants are charging service said the service charge is dis- also came from London to also examine the party’s con- dra Bank cut its MCLR in the charge in the range of 5-20 cretionary and should a cus- lend support to him. stitution to determine range of 20 bps to 45 bps. per cent, in lieu of tips, which tomer be dissatisfied with In a series of tweets, Mr. whether procedures were Likewise, Oriental Bank of a consumer is forced to pay the dining experience, he/ Shivpal earlier asserted that followed. However, the ulti- Commerce cut its rate by 80 irrespective of the kind of she can have it waived. Mr. Mulayam was the party mate test will be the num- bps to 8.6 per cent, Andhra service provided, the depart- It has asked the States to chief. bers in the organisational Bank by 80 bps to 8.45 per ment said. sensitise the companies, ho- and legislative structures. cent and Dena Bank by 75 bps It said the Consumer Pro- tels and restaurants to the Ramgopal seeks time to 8.55 per cent. tection Act, 1986, provides provisions (on unfair trade A Sikh boy marches in a religious procession in Jammu on Monday, ahead of the birth SP leader and Mr. ½ EC MAY FREEZE SYMBOL; that a trade practice which, practices) of the Consumer anniversary of Guru Gobind Singh. The birth anniversary of the 10th Sikh guru will be Akhilesh’s uncle Ramgopal SHIVPAL, AMAR SINGH BLAMED ½ SBI RAISES SPREAD ON for the purpose of promoting Protection Act, 1986. celebrated on January 5. — PHOTO: AP Yadav also sought time from FOR THE FEUD | PAGE 12 HOME LOANS | PAGE 15

Collectors to use FB, Twitter PET bottles to protect vehicles from stone-throwers in Kashmir to reach out to people This will add catapult effect to windows and doors of the well-netted Rakshak Gypsy PEERZADA ASHIQ crackdowns.” R. RAVIKANTH REDDY training to the Public Rela- social media. Hundreds of buses and tions Oicers of all the de- “This works two ways - SRINAGAR: Security forces in large vehicles, meant for HYDERABAD: Collectors and Su- partments on efective usage getting the feedback directly Kashmir are resorting to ferrying jawans to volatile perintendents of all the dis- of social media and to the from people and also to jugaad (situational districts, have been fixed tricts will now have to be Heads of various depart- reach out to them directly.” improvisation) to protect with tin sheets or bamboo available on Facebook page ments. Chief Minister K. their vehicles from stone- shields on the side and Twitter handles to “Facebook page and Twit- Chandrasekhar Rao too has throwers. windows to avoid promptly react to people’s is- ter handles will be the plat- realised social media’s In a bid to add catapult casualties due to stone- sues and also promote the forms that the Telangana power in engaging people efect to windows and throwing. policies of the Telangana Government wants to run its during the agitation period, doors, the well-netted For efective policing, Government. developmental campaign and now follows FB quietly Rakshak Gypsy, an many vehicles have This is the oicial policy of through as this is a direct keenly. armoured patrol car cameras mounted on top to the government and very channel to connect with In fact, replying to the dis- developed by the Defence locate position of soon the district administra- people,” says Dileep cussion on Harita Haram in Research and Development protesters in advance while tion from Collector to the Konatham, Director, Digital the Assembly last week, the Organisation (DRDO) moving in a volatile area. heads of all wings will have Media, Telangana. CM surprised everyone re- mainly for internal security, “The doors of many FB pages and Twitter Within a week, FB pages ferring to a viral post of a has been cushioned with Bodies of many vehicles have been padded using bamboo-cane shields in Srinagar. vehicles are locked with handles active and within a and Twitter handles of each monkey requesting the hu- PET bottles beneath the long iron-bars inside than week. Collector and every district man beings with folded net. vehicle. The cushioning The bodies of many which confuses drivers,” bolts, which would unlock With the new districts administration will be activ- hands to increase green “The iron-mesh mounted also repulses the stones,” vehicles have been padded said the oicer. due to protesters banging,” formed, the government ated. Mr. Konatham said IT cover so that the primates on the doors and windows said a senior police oicer up with the traditional Even head and back said the police oicer. feels it is all the more import- Minister K.T. Rama Rao, who can go back home. has been cushioned with posted in south Kashmir. bamboo-cane shields. lights have been padded up, According to police data, ant to tap the social media himself is aggressively active Oicials also recall the ex- empty PET bottles to avoid His car was recently “Sometimes it rains stones. the oicer said, as stone 403 vehicles were damaged platforms. on social media, wants all the ercise done by the CM on damage to the window cornered by stone- Bamboo shields reduce the throwers would “aim at in the five-month-long The IT Department has municipalities and other powerpoint presentation on glasses when stone throwing protesters and noise emanating from the these lights during the street protests since July 8 already taken the first step in utility departments at the irrigation projects in the As- throwers come close to a had its glasses damaged. stones hitting the vehicle, evening and late-night last year. this direction imparting district level to be active on sembly using Google Earth.

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Mani Palvesan takes over charge at SBH Have a positive attitude, MP tells officials Calling all readers to connect with us for all things Hyderabad at Mani Palvesan assumed charge as Chief General Manager (Officer on Expressing displeasure over the lethargy on the part of the official machinery HYDERABAD twitter - @HydConnect Special Duty) of State Bank of Hyderabad. He took over charge from in discharge of duties, Karimnagar MP B. Vinod Kumar has urged Chief www.facebook.com/HydConnect Managing Director Santanu Mukherjee who retired on December 31. Secretary S.P. Singh to take measures to bring an attitudinal change. — Page 4 CONNECT Equestrian meet named after Striking cabbies have their way Over a lakh call taxies have disappeared from the city for three continuous days

SWATHI VADLAMUDI horse Shaktiman, thrills audience HYDERABAD: Three days ago, when they announced strike, nobody 460 riders and 290 horses to take part in the 35th All-India Police Equestrian meet would have thought that a sundry group of 7,000 drivers would be able SPECIAL to make over a lakh cabs disappear CORRESPONDENT from the cityscape, that too for three continuous days. HYDERABAD: It was not just The Telangana Cab Drivers and beauty but skill and Owners Association, with support strength, of both the from other associations, has suc- horses and the men cessfully pulled of what the manoeuvring the an- seasoned unions have failed to do. imal, that thrilled scores On Monday, the third day of the of audiences at the 35th strike, not a cab of either Ola or All-India Police Eques- Uber was visible on the apps for trian meet that began on many. Commuters had to instead re- Monday. sort to auto-rickshaws, buses and The nine-day meet, other modes of transport. “After re- which would see the peated attempts on Monday, I found and switched it of myself. Since Two hundred drivers have been sportsmanship of 460 just one cab, but that did not get then, I have not taken the cab out,” arrested and let of by the police riders and the strength booked for unknown reasons. I had said K. Narsimhulu, a driver from from various locations, and 10 are of 290 horses, kicked of opted for a package of 20 rides un- Gachibowli. still in the police custody, he said. with a stunning march der Ola share and I have already The Association had announced past of horse mounted foregone three days,” said M. Using technology the strike since December 30 mid- oicers of diferent State Srinivas, from Chikkadpally. Interestingly, the striking drivers night with various demands, major police departments and Even when cabs were available, are taking leverage of the cab ag- among them, a halt on fresh recruit- paramilitary outfits of the fares were exorbitant. “We tried gregating technology itself to make ment of cabs, and business guaran- the country. for a whole hour to book a cab from the strike efective. The members tee for existing driver-partners. The The event’s most Secunderabad station to Ameerpet. have divided themselves into 1,500 strike was the immediate response thrilling experience was, We found one with the fare at Rs. teams and each team would try to to the alleged manhandling of a however, the risky yet 492, but it disappeared before we spot cabs in their areas using Ola driver at Ola Cabs oice. nail biting event called could confirm. The next one and Uber apps. Once they found The Telangana State Cabs Associ- the six-bar jump, during showed Rs. 520. We decided to book them, they would swoop in and ation, a partner in the strike, has an- which riders manoeuvre three autos instead,” said Ruma force the driver to switch of the nounced a rally and demonstration horses to jump over six Chakraborty, visitor to the city. device. at Indira Park on Tuesday. hurdles, each placed 11 Non-compliant drivers were be- President of the Association Meanwhile, a press statement meters apart. While the considered to be a para- ing stopped mid-way, and made to Shiva Vulkundakar said the Associ- from Uber condemned the “forceful performance of the mount of vitrue and love cancel the existing trips, due to ation has not received any response disruption” of its services by a small horse-rider teams from for its master. He con- which few ventured out. “On the from the managements of either Ola group of people who “have Bihar, Rajasthan, Border gratulated the Sardar first day, I was stopped by other or Uber cabs, and the next course of threatened drivers and damaged Security Force, and Vallabhbhai Patel Na- drivers. They tried to snatch my action will be decided after a meet- vehicles”. It called upon the author- Delhi performed went tional Police Academy device, but I begged them not to, ing on Monday evening. ities to ensure safety. well, it was the horse, here for maintaining Akash, and its rider high standards, and Radhe Shyam from the urged the trainees to Delhi Mounter Police work towards making who rose to fame by win- India a better place like TS allots 1,000 sq.yard house site to P.V. Sindhu ning the match in exactly the NPA. 45 minutes. The performance of SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The shuttler was Interestingly, the meet each rider was met with rewarded for her silver was named after Shakti- much excitement by the HYDERABAD: Ace shuttler P.V. Sindhu man, the horse that suc- crowd, which included has been allotted a house site of medal-winning cumbed to injuries 69 probationers of the 1,000 square yards area in Bharani performance at Rio caused during a Bhar- National Police Layout at Shaikpet in the city by Olympics last year atiya Janata Party rally in Academy. While each the Government of Telangana as Dehradun last year. successful jump was met part of its reward to her silver Speaking at the event with cheer, each fault SHOW OF STRENGTH AND AGILITY: (top) Gajender Singh and his horse, Akash, taking a medal-winning performance at derabad, the 1,000 square yard after inaugurating it, faced sighs too. fall after attempting to jump over the second bar in the six-bar jump event, at the Rio Olympics last year. house site would be carved out of Union Minister of State 35th All-India Police Equestrian meet in the city on Monday; Union Minister Vijay Chief Minister K. two adjacent plots, No. 7 and 8 for Youth Afairs and Applauses and cheers Goel meeting the winners of the event.— PHOTOS: K.V.S. GIRI Chandrasekhar Rao had an- measuring 753 SY and 645 SY, re- Sports Vijay Goel said, The participants of nounced a reward of Rs. 5 crore spectively, in TS No.1, Block-F, “Shaktiman was the best home terrain, the Na- event, apart from the ing hands of the moun- rode Sonali the horse to and 1,000 square yards plot in Hy- Ward 9, correlated to Survey horse and this national tional Police Academy, Telangana police team. ted oicers. win the second place, derabad to Ms. Sindhu in recogni- No.403 in Shaikpet. meet is named after him. were welcomed with ap- The meet ended with The winners were and the third prize win- tion of her sterling performance. P V Sindhu It was also stated in the orders We are honouring his plauses and cheers. the four champions of Radhe Shyam from the ners (shared) Sumesh Pullela Gopichand, coach of Ms. that the District Collector of Hy- memory.” Teams of Assam police, the six bar jump team Delhi Mounter Police Singh of the BSF on Sindhu was also announced a re- retary (Revenue) to Government derabad and Chief Commissioner The Minister also al- Assam Rifles, Gujarat and the horses they rode who bagged the first Saloni the horse and Md. ward of Rs. 1 crore in August last M.G. Gopal issued the orders on of Land Administration shall take luded Shakiman to epic police, Madhya Pradesh having a formal meeting prize, Jitender Kumar Gul Hassan of Bihar po- year. Monday. Following the proposal necessary further action in the character Rana Pratap’s police, and West Bengal with the Minister, who from the Rajasthan lice who rode Komal the Accordingly, Special Chief Sec- from the District Collector of Hy- matter. horse Chetak, which was police had attended the seemed amused at shak- Mounted Police who horse. Illegal flexi posters pulled down Change in timings of MMTS trains STAFF REPORTER SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD: Old habits die hard. This saying is apt for all those HYDERABAD: The South Central who believe in conveying the Railway has announced the fol- seasons greetings through il- lowing change in timings of legal publicity material. MMTS trains — Train No. 47142 Despite the best eforts of Lingampalli-Hyderabad MMTS the Greater Hyderabad Muni- Service will depart Lingampally cipal Corporation (GHMC) to at 18:00 hrs instead of 18:09 hrs, discourage the practise, Chandanagar at 18:04 hrs, Hafeez- posters and other materials pet at 18:07, Hitech City at 18:13 have sprung up across the city hrs, Borabanda at 18:15 hrs, Bhar- since the last two days wishing atnagar at 18:18 hrs, Fatehnagar at the citizens Christmas, New 18:19 hrs, N.C.Hospital at 18:21 hrs, Year, and Sankranti greetings. EYESORE: Cut-outs and flexi posters have sprung up even inside the Begumpet at 18:23 hrs, Necklace Implementing the Defacement Telangana Secretariat despite a High Court order against them. Road at 18:27 hrs, Khairatabad at of Public and Private Proper- — PHOTO: NAGARA GOPAL 18:29 hrs, Lakdi Ka pul at 18:33 hrs ties Act, the oicials pulled and arrive Hyderabad at 18:50 hrs down around 2,500 unauthor- Not just the oicials, but these banners and posters not instead of 18:55 hrs. ised cut-outs, flexi posters, public representatives also only make the streets look ugly Train No. 47217 Lingampalli- banners, hoardings, and took part in the exercise. Sama but are also dangerous since it Falaknuma MMTS Service will photographs. Tirumal Reddy, Corporator of they can block the view of com- depart Lingampally at 16:00 hrs A total fine of Rs. 18,300 was Hayatnagar ward, personally muters,” he said. instead of 16:08 hrs, Chandanagar collected from those indulging took down 40 banners in his In the recent past, higher of- at 16:04 hrs, Hafeezpet at 16:08 in the practise. While the num- area. ficials of the GHMC quoted hrs, Hitech City at 16:12 hrs, Bora- ber of cut-outs removed were “We should all strive to make High Court orders and Acts to banda at 16:14 hrs, Bharatnagar at 214, the count of illegal flexi the city look beautiful. I re- discourage people from resort- 16:16 hrs, Fatehnagar at 16:19 hrs, posters was as high as 482. The moved posters which were put ing to such practises. However, N.C.Hospital at 16:21 hrs, Begum- number of banners and posters up by local members of my on Monday, the State Secret- pet at 16:23 hrs, Sanjeevaiah Park pulled down was 790 and 866, party for me. There are many ariat, which is the seat of at 16:27 hrs, James Street at 16:30 respectively. More than 200 eateries who erected such ma- power, also became the venue hrs and arrive Secunderabad at photographs and 16 hoardings terial for marketing their ven- for such banners, and the au- 16:45 hrs. There will no change in were also removed as part of ture. But I have been going thorities failed to act immedi- timings from Secunderabad to the drive. around telling people that ately. Falaknuma stations. Water pipeline damaged due to road work oads were dug up READERS’ MAIL Gurudwara. Rthree weeks ago in Pedestrians are Readers are welcome Mayurinagar, when one to look into the issue compelled to walk on to write to us about of the water pipelines and also speed up cash- the congested narrow civic issues in their leading to my locality less payment facility for road in the midst of respective areas to be got damaged. My hiring tankers. heavy vehicular highlighted in these monthly water supply M. Anjanie Prasad movement. Police columns. Photos too got reduced drastically Miyapur patrol vehicles can be sent to due to the damage done Clear frequently passing hyderabaddesk by the engineering sub- encroachments through do not @thehindu.co.in. contractor. But, instead intervene though the You can also post of rectifying the same Most shop-keepers and problem is glaring. An them on our social by taking up the issue road-side vendors have earnest appeal to the media handles — with the contractor, the occupied a part of the higher authorities is to tweet to lineman concerned is footpath, displaying intervene immediately @HydConnect or advising us to take up their wares, from and clear footpaths for Facebook at digging and says he Regimental Bazaar the safety of www.facebook.com/ would arrange for a traic signal to pedestrians. HydConnect plumber. I request the Secunderabad station K.R. Srinivasan authorities concerned and up to the New Bhoiguda

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Fake documents used Water Board to tie up with National Geophysical Research Institute to detect pipeline leaks HYDERABAD: The Hyderabad National Geophysical Re- Penetrating Radar Techno- due to collapse of sewerage ists of NGRI M.J.Nandan ity of identifying the leaks. Metro Water Supply and search Institute(NGRI) to logy. In view of the three in- and water supply lines, MD and Anand Kumar Pandey A technical team will for Ayyub’s passport Sewerage Board (HM- identify sewer leakages un- stances in recent times in of HMWSSB M. Dana Kis- in his chambers on Monday, commence studies in vul- WSSB) is tying up with the derground by using Ground the city, when roads caved in hore met the senior scient- and discussed the possibil- nerable pipelines. Gangster was in prison when the passport was made

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HYDERABAD: A fake voter ID, fake ration card and a forged driv- ing license (DL) were used to make a passport for gangster Ayyub Khan while he was lodged in jail in 2010. These de- tails were found by a special team comprising 15 policemen to look into how the criminal’s antecedents, including how the fake passport was made while he was imprisoned. From Tuesday, Ayyub Khan will be in police custody for nine days with regard to the two cases registered against him with the Kamatipura (fake passport) and Chandrayan- gutta (threatening) police sta- (RTA), as it was forged. tions, said south zone Deputy Agents who helped Ayyub Commissioner of Police make the other two documents (DCP), V. Satyanarayana. He with fake addresses and names added that the special team is are likely to be arrested, he ad- being headed by Charminar ded. When asked if any oicials Assistant Commissioner of Po- from the Regional Passport Of- lice Ashok Chakravarty. fice were involved, Mr. “The main purpose of the Satyanarayana said that only the special team is to expedite investigation will reveal that. investigation into the cases The gangster was serving booked against Ayyub and to prison time between 2008 and ensure commencement of the 2014, when the passport was trial,” said the DCP. Mr. made. Satyanarayana said that of the Using the same, Ayyub left three documents used to make the country after his release in the gangster’s fake passport, 2014. He was arrested by the the DL was not issued by the police about a week ago after Road Transport Authority being arrested in Mumbai. Man held for cultivating ganja and selling it

STAFF REPORTER ing grown on a trial basis in his house. HYDERABAD: A 33-year-old resid- According to the police, ent of Manikonda was found Hussain was arrested near the cultivating cannabis (ganja) in Banjari Darwaza at Golconda. his house by the South Zone He used to procure ganja from Task Force police at Tandur at Rs. 3,500 per kg and Manikonda. Syed Shahad Hus- sell the same at higher prices. sain, the accused, was caught Three months ago, he sought trying to sell 8.6 kg of ganja, the help of his American friend after which the police seized named Garith Christopher to 40 pots of cannabis plants be- cultivate the same at home. AROUND THE CITY HYDERABAD TODAY

GST facilitation RELIGION centre opened Manav Ekta Mission: Talk on ‘The Spiritual Journey’, Shoba Gardens, Mini A Goods and Services Tax Hall, second floor, H.No. 1-31-70/27, plot Dealer Facilitation Centre was no. 27 and 28, Sathya Sai Enclave, Military Dairy Farm road, Bowenpally, 5.30 p.m. inaugurated on Monday by GENERAL Commissioner for Commercial Jatiya MBC Samkshema Sangam: Taxes for Telangana, V. Anil Savitri Bhai Pule 186th birthday celebra- Kumar at their office in Abids. tion, Somajiguda Press Club, 11 a.m. The centre has been launched to Telangana Parents Association: Feli- help the dealers seeking citation to best teachers on the occasion of Savitri Bhai Pule 186th birthday celeb- information on GST or those ration, MLA R. Krishnaiah and IPS oicer facing technical issues. The R.S. Praveen Kumar to attend, Babu Commissioner, Mr. Kumar said Jagjeevan Ram Bhavan, L.B. Nagar, that every VAT dealer has got Kothapet, 11 a.m. Telangana Women Teachers Feder- user names and passwords to ation: 186th birthday celebrations of login to GST portal and they Savitri Bhai Pule and release of Women have to upload their details to Teachers Association calender, migrate. The process has to be Sundaraiah Vignana Kendra, Bagh- lingampally, 10.30 a.m. completed by Jan. 15, he said. Telangana State Private Educa- tional Institutions Federation: Dis- cussion on ‘Fee Reimbursement Problem’, Somajiguda Press Club, 2.15 p.m. Disclaimer: Readers are requested to verify & make appropriate enquiries to satisfy Telangana Praja Vedika: Meeting to themselves about the veracity of an adver- celebrate 186th Savitri Bhai Pule birthday tisement before responding to any published in and discuss importance of women educa- this newspaper. Kasturi & Sons Limited, the tion, Doddi Komaraiah Hall, Sundaraiah Publisher & Owner of this newspaper, does not vouch for the authenticity of any advertisement Vignana Kendra, Baghlingampally, 2 p.m. or advertiser or for any of the advertiser’s pro- CULTURE ducts and/or services. In no event can the Owner, Publisher, Printer, Editor, Director/s, Department of Language and Cul- Employees of this newspaper/company be held ture, Telangana: ‘Goda Kalyanam’ responsible/liable in any manner whatsoever for marking Gowthami’s Nrityalaya, any claims and/or damages for advertisements Ravindra Bharati, 6 p.m. in this newspaper. HYDERABAD 4 | STATE THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 BRIEFLY Now district dashboard to S.P. Singh meets Discoms seek more time his AP counterpart monitor departments HYDERABAD: Chief Secretary S.P. Singh called on his Andhra SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT CGG developing data plain the benefits of dash- Pradesh counterpart S.P. Tucker to file tarif proposals board application. It would at his chambers here on HYDERABAD: After preparing visualisation tool to be the responsibility of Monday. Sources described it as the booklets and CDs giving get status of welfare CPOs to ensure timely up- a courtesy call by Mr. Singh but Power utilities seek extension of time from TSERC pending finalisation of figures exhaustive information and development dating of the data of every their meeting at a time when about each of the 31 districts department periodically. both the State governments M. RAJEEV meeting between the heads for efective utilisation of re- programmes The CGG and the Unicef have unresolved issues related of power utilities and the sources and draw up an ap- consultants together evolved to division of Schedule IX and X HYDERABAD: The Telangana Government had not been propriate development plan screen for easy monitoring at the template, they added. institutions gave scope to power utilities are likely to held so far as the utilities had for each district, the Plan- a glance in the district. The collectors would also speculation on the purpose of take more time for finalising not arrived at a final picture ning department will now The dashboard being de- get access to ‘Samagra Ku- the meeting. the tarif proposals for the of likely revenue deficit for encourage the District Col- veloped by the Centre for tumba Survey’ (Compre- next financial year. the next year. lectors to use Dashboard ap- Good Governance could be hensive Household Survey) NABARD watershed The two distribution com- “A formal meeting with plication. accessed online by the col- conducted across the State in works launched panies — Northern Power Chief Minister K. Dashboard is a data visual- lectors, ministers and the 2014. Distribution Company Lim- Chandrasekhar Rao and isation tool that displays the Chief Minister to know the The SMS and dashboard RAJANNA-SIRCILLA: Karimnagar ited and the Southern Power senior oicials concerned MP B. Vinod Kumar formally current status of welfare and performance of each district. data once operational would Distribution Company Lim- could not take place in view development programmes The trial format was recently become handy for mandal- launched the works on ited — sought extension of of the ongoing winter ses- participatory watershed of important departments sent to collectors, according level planning and statistical time till January 18 to finalise sion of the legislature. The and their key performance to the Planning department oicers too for micro level development projects in the the tarif proposals. Government is expected to upper reaches of Manair river indicators. sources. monitoring of programmes. The utilities, while sub- weigh the requirements put It displays relevant in- A meeting of the chief The access to data will be basin falling in 11 villages of mitting their aggregate rev- forth by the utilities before Utilities told to gear up Gambhiraopet mandal by taking formation and data consolid- planning oicers was con- confined for oicial pur- enue requirement to the reg- taking a final call on the ated and arranged on a single vened on December 31 to ex- poses only, they said. up ground breaking works in a ulator TS Electricity amount of subsidy that will for rabi demand farm. The project is being taken Regulatory Commission last be extended for the year,” a up by Karimnagar DCCB and the The month sought a month’s time senior oicial told SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT plained him about the steps Gambhiraopeta PACS with the to arrive at the actual gap in Hindu. The Government, ac- Minister hints at assistance of NABARD. being taken by them to meet the revenue requirement and cording to senior oicials, is HYDERABAD: Minister for En- the demand for energy dur- Have a positive attitude, power purchase costs to likely to review the situation overhaul in Call to complete power ergy G. Jagadish Reddy has ing the Rabi season. factor in various aspects in- after the conclusion of the asked the power utilities in Mr. Jagadish Reddy direc- MP tells oicials project on time cluding quantum of trans- Assembly session in second the State to be prepared to ted the top executives of the sports code mission and distribution week of this month before resentatives are running PEDDAPALLI: NTPC Ramagundam meet the peak demand from two utilities to maintain at Karimnagar Dairy told costs as well as employee announcing its decision. from pillar to post to get pro- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Executive Director D.K. Dubey the agriculture sector ex- least four per cent rolling to provide dairy units costs. With the one-month The utilities are also wait- pected to arise in February stock of distribution trans- jects sanctioned and funding called upon the officials to deadline expiring by Decem- ing for the submission of re- to the land oustees of for various developmental HYDERABAD: Union Minister of complete the Telangana State as the State Government is formers (DTRs) at the Spe- ber 31, they sought more time port by the committee con- committed to provide nine- cial Maintenance Centres irrigation projects works. But, the oicial ma- Youth Afairs and Sports Vi- Thermal Project (2x800 MW) as to finalise their reports and stituted by the Central chinery is very adamant and jay Goel hinted at an overhaul per schedule with strict hour supply to farmers. (SPMs) so that the burnt- the TSERC was said to have Government to study ration- Chairman and Managing out transformers in the field SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT causing hardships to the be- of National Sports Develop- adherence to safety. The ED positively reacted to the re- alisation of tarif and ensure neficiaries,” he complained. ment Code even as he refused participated in the New Year Director of TS-Genco and could be replaced without quest. uniformity across the sec- KARIMNAGAR: Expressing dis- He said that the oicial to comment on the Apex celebrations at the TSTP project TS-Transco D. Prabhakar any loss of time to prevent Senior oicials pointed tors, the oicial said. “This Rao, Chairman and Man- any adverse impact on the pleasure over the lethargy on machinery should also work court’s directive to BCCI to site by cutting the cake in out that the tarif proposals apart, there are some devel- the part of oicial machinery hard on par with the elected remove Anurag Thakur and Ramagundam on Monday. aging Director of Southern standing crops. including hikes for some sec- opments anticipated under Power Distribution Com- Further, he told them to in the discharge of their du- representatives to transform Ajay Shirke from their posts General Manager (O&M) U. K. tions if any could be arrived the Centre’s UDAY scheme ties in the State, Karimnagar the Telangana state on all as president and secretary of Dasgupta underlined the pany of Telangana Ltd maintain suicient stock of at only after the Government wherein the Government (TSSPDCL) G. Raghuma spares and keep the opera- MP B. Vinod Kumar has fronts. The employees, who the Board of Control for importance of planning to get announces its quantum of as- would take over the loans of urged Chief Secretary S.P. had launched the movement Cricket in India (BCCI). things done on or before the Reddy called on the Minis- tions and maintenance staf sistance in the form of sub- the power utilities,” the oi- ter here on Monday and ex- available all the time. Singh to take measures to for the formation of State, When asked about SC’s scheduled time. sidy for the year. A formal cial said. bring an attitudinal change should also crusade for its judgement on strict imple- among the employees for development, he main- mentation of Lodha better administration. tained. tthe MP suggested Commmittee recommenda- No more deluxe buses “Right from Chief Minis- dairy units be given as al- tions in constitution and con- ‘Cash crisis only temporary’ ter K. Chandrashekhar Rao, ternate source of employ- duct of BCCI, Mr. Goel said: SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT buses which are currently in ministers, MPs, MLAs, ment to the land oustees of “Sports Ministry is not an in- operation, said T. Surya SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT huge quantity of money and MLCs and other elected rep- various irrigation projects. termediary between Su- WARANGAL URBAN: The Telan- Kiran, regional manager, they were now able to extend preme Court, BCCI and gana State Road Transport RTC Warangal region. He NIZAMABAD: In the long run de- loans to the needy at lower Anurag Thakur. We have little Corporation (TSRTC) said replacement of buses, monetisation will give interest rates. to do with the judgement but would be phasing out the de- which have completed their enormous impetus to the Transparency in transac- the Government’s interests luxe category buses from its service life, was a continuous economy, the problems being tions will improve and lie in improvement of sports fleet and replace them with process. Currently, there was faced due to the decision money laundering and tax in India.” mini air-conditioned buses. scope of replacing the deluxe were only temporary, presid- evasion will eventually dis- The Ministry has been As part of the plan, a total category buses. However, ent of the Institute of appear, he said. holding talks with several of 30 mini-AC buses would buses falling under the Ex- Chartered Accountants of In- President of the ICAI M. He advised the young tax stakeholders to maintain be introduced on Warangal- press, Super Luxury AC, dia M. Devaraja Reddy said. Devaraja Reddyin Nizamabad practitioners, auditors and transparency and cleanliness Hyderabad route by Garuda, and Palle Velugu Delivering a keynote ad- on Monday. students follow the auditing in sports. “We have held de- Sankranti, replacing deluxe category would be replaced. dress at the seminar titled — PHOTO BY K.V. RAMANA. and accounting standards. liberations with sports feder- ‘Gnanodaya-2017’ organised into efect coupled with the Mutual trust and confidence ations, sport ministry, by the Nizamabad CPE impact of invalidation of between the auditors, banks Olympians, Arjuna Award Chapter of ICAI, here on higher denomination notes and business people was the winners and Dronacharya Monday, he said he was sure the systemic correction will sine-qua non, he said. CALENDAR EVENT: Karimnagar MP Vinod Kumar, MLA Gangula award winners regarding the that by end of March things show positive results, the Earlier senior CA Sreepada Kamalkar, ZP Chairperson Tula Uma, Karimnagar Dairy changes that Sports Code for would be encouraging for all president of ICAI added. Kumara Sarma welcomed Chairman Rajesh Rao releasing the New Year Diary and better performance of bodies people. After GST comes Banks were parked with the guests. Calendar in Karimnagar on Monday. — PHOTO: THAKUR AJAY PAL SINGH and players,” he said. HYDERABAD | THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 TELANGANA/ANDHRA 5

WEATHER WATCH Naidu declares (Maximum temperature in six metros yesterday) PCB cracks the whip on Al-Kabeer Amaravati a free zone for Mechanised slaughterhouse at Rudraram in Sangareddy dist. charged with polluting environment recruitment R. AVADHANI SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SANGAREDDY: In a move that is sure to send shivers down MUCHUMARRI (KURNOOL DT.): In a Delhi | 24.3°C the spine of industries pol- significant move aimed at luting the environment, the benefiting unemployed per- Pollution Control Board sons, AP Chief Minister N. (PCB) has issued directions Chandrababu Naidu on Kolkata | 26.5°C to Al-Kabeer, a mechanised Monday declared Amaravati, slaughterhouse located at the State capital, a free zone Rudraram in Sangareddy for recruitment. Mumbai | 33.1°C district. Mr. Naidu made the an- Hyderabad | 31.3°C The Hindu has recently nouncement at a public reported about the pollution meeting after dedicating the taking place at Erdanur Muchumarri lift irrigation Bengaluru | 28.3°C Chennai | 30.4°C Tanda and the residents scheme to the nation at lodging a complaint with Muchumarri in Pagidyala Justice M. Kanaka Durga, mandal and switching on Secretary, District Legal Ser- two pumps to release 474 vices Authority (DLSA). cusecs from the Handri The oicial visited the Neeva project to KC Canal. Image & Data: India Meteorological Department tanda and took stock of the Senior Civil Judge and District Legal Services Authority Secretary M. Kanaka Durga interacting with residents of Erdanur Tanda Responding to a request Forecast for Tuesday: Heavy rain very likely at isolated places over situation and issued orders in Sangareddy district. (Right) Animal waste lying on the outskirts of the tanda. — FILE PHOTOS by TDP in charge of Andaman & Nicobar Islands. Dense fog likely at a few places with very to the oicials of the PCB Nandikotkur constituency dense fog at isolated places over east Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and west and other departments con- of the bank guarantee sub- dering plant and its air pollu- bury/store/dump the ter tank located backside of Mandra Sivananda Reddy to Uttar Pradesh cerned. mitted by the industry -- Rs. 5 tion control equipment im- slaughtered animal waste/ the industry and treat it provide permanent govern- Max Min Max Min Max Min It was reported that Al-Ka- lakh out of the Rs. 10 lakh -- mediately, remove the dead animal within or out- along with eluent gener- ment jobs for kin of 300 fam- Agartala 29.4 13.7 Hubballi 30.0 16.0 New Delhi 24.3 9.3 beer has been dumping the and directed it to submit ad- animal waste buried/ side the premises under any ated from the process activ- ilies displaced by Srisailam Ahmedabad 29.1 14.5 Hyderabad 31.3 14.9 Patna 19.5 12.7 waste of slaughtered animals ditional bank guarantee of dumped within and outside circumstances and it has to ities,” said the notice issued project, as done by Telan- Allahabad 18.8 11.5 Imphal 25.7 8.1 Port Blair 29.3 24.8 in open place creating health Rs. 5 lakh, recouping the the premises immediately collect it separately and by the PCB. gana government, Mr. Naidu Aizawl 25.4 6.5 Jaipur 23.6 9.8 Pune 30.9 11.1 and other problems for the amount equal to forfeited and re-process the same in store it in concealed room to The industry was also dir- promised to do justice. Stat- Bengaluru 28.3 17.0 Kohima 19.8 8.0 Puducherry 32.2 20.0 residents of Erdanur tanda. bank guarantee. the rendering plant, duly re- avoid odour nuisance and ected to submit action taken ing that 1.87 lakh persons Bhopal 26.0 9.9 Kolkata 26.5 16.7 Raipur 29.1 16.3 Based on the report of the cording the quantities, and leachate/run of generation. report by January 10, and the were displaced by the Polav- Bhubaneswar 28.6 17.2 Kochi 32.6 22.2 Ranchi 24.2 11.6 Secretary, DLSA, the PCB is- Directions submit the data to the con- The industry shall take back regional oicer was directed aram project, Mr. Naidu said Chandigarh 24.4 9.8 Kozhikode 35.2 22.4 Shillong 18.5 7.3 sued directions to comply The directions include cerned regional oicer. the contaminated water to visit and submit a report no government can provide Chennai 30.4 22.5 Kurnool 32.8 17.3 Shimla 14.1 2.0 within 15 days. taking all required measures “The industry shall not from the Erdanoor tanda wa- on January 12. jobs to all of them. Coimbatore 32.3 21.0 Lucknow 18.4 9.4 Srinagar 9.9 -4.0 A committee constituted to address the issue such as Dehradun 23.2 8.6 Madurai 32.6 22.0 Vijayawada 30.1 19.0 by the PCB discussed the re- odour nuisance, dog men- Gangtok 13.5 7.3 Mangaluru 32.7 21.0 Visakhapatnam 29.9 19.8 port of DLSA Secretary and ace, health issues, rectify the Goa 32.3 20.0 Mumbai 33.1 16.2 Thiruvananthapuram 33.6 23.7 recommended to forfeit half operational issues of the ren- Guwahati 27.3 11.2 Mysuru 29.7 11.5 Tiruchi 33.2 21.8

Bhargava blasts Science Congress for equating science with spirituality

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT now degenerated to this level of treating science HYDERABAD: Noted scientist with superstition or and former Director of absurdities which do not Centre for Cellular and stand logic or reasoning. Molecular Biology It should be wound up,” (CCMB) P.M. Bhargava he said. lambasted the organisers The government of the forthcoming Indian betrayed a total lack of Science Congress at understanding of what Tirupati and the Central science is as a human Government for taking up P.M. Bhargava endeavour based on sessions of Science and reason, logic, proof and Spirituality and the likes. recommendations was evidence. “I must have attended also prepared to be “This kind of 40 Indian Science submitted to the Ministry imposition on scientific Congress meetings since of Science and organisations and that the 1948 but treating science Technology. scientists have as synonymous with The JVV’s contention is succumbed is a bad superstition shows total that instead of reflection of our bankruptcy of Indian deliberating on the government and the science. It is not the serious problems the scientific community,” he government’s fault alone, country is facing with and added. but that of scientific working for a scientific The JVV in its community too. They solution, the ISC is bent declaration has accused should have refused to on deliberating “non- the ISC of not addressing participate in the meeting issues” like “pseudo- the problems of Indian for mixing up superstition science” and “Vedic masses efectively. with valid proof,” he said science”, according to M. Proceedings of such here on Monday. Adinarayana, T. Ramesh meets have been He was addressing a and B.N. Bapu Reddy of “directionless” seldom press meet organised by the organisation. addressing the deepening the Jana Vignana Vedika - Dr. Bhargava accused social and economic Telangana for releasing a the scientific community inequalities in the declaration based on a of having buckled under country, agrarian day-long seminar the government’s economy, rural health, conducted on what ails “dictatorial attitude” and promotion of scientific the Indian Science he was sure it has the temper, etc. Congress attended by support of Prime Minister The Tirupati meeting scientists, activists and Narendra Modi. should be focussing on rationalists. “The ISC has become these issues and more, it A set of progressively bad and has said.

Inspector, SI suspended Telangana Exp. to depart at 1.25 p.m. for not registering case SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT STAFF REPORTER the inspector told him not to HYDERABAD: The South Central HYDERABAD: Ramesh Kotwal, register a case. “This is the Railway had rescheduled inspector of the Miyapur po- third such case (against the two trains of Tuesday. Train lice station and sub-in- inspector) that has come to No.12723 Hyderabad-New spector N. Ramulu were sus- my notice. I had warned him Delhi Telangana Express, pended on Monday by before this and he was also supposed to depart Hydera- Cyberabad Police Commis- issued Punishment Rules bad at 6.25 a.m. on Tuesday, sioner Sandeep Shandilya. (PR) about prior incidents,” will start at 1.25 p.m. the same The policemen did not re- said Mr. Shandilya. day. gister a case though the com- Mr. Shandilya stated that a plainant made umpteen vis- case will be registered soon. its to the police station for “At present, Venkat- about a week stating that his ramana has gone back to his house was forcibly taken house, but his items are yet over by a man named Raju, to be traced. We will find when he had taken his wife them once investigation is to a hospital. on after a case is registered, ” The complainant, U. Ven- he added. katramana, a retired em- The incident came to the ployee, had first approached Commissioner’s notice after the Miyapur PS on Decem- the complainant approached ber 24 after Raju reportedly Mr. Shandilya on Tuesday. took over the house at MA Nagar under the Miyapur PS Keesara SI suspended limits. In a separate incident, the “Venkataramana took his sub-inspector of Keesara po- wife to hospital as she was lice station was also suspen- sufering from cancer and ded by the Rachakonda Po- meanwhile Raju broke open lice Commissioner Mahesh the lock, put all of Venkat- Bhagwat on December 31 for ramana’s belongings in a undervaluing the amount of truck and began staying in cash stolen from a house. his house,” said Mr. Shand- Vishnuwardhan Reddy, the ilya. SI, had mentioned that the The house in question is amount lost was about Venkatramana’s ancestral Rs.40,000 odd, when it was property, said the Commis- more than Rs.1 lakh, said a sioner. police oicial. He added that Ramulu had The complainant ap- informed the inspector proached the PS on Decem- about the complainant, but ber 28. CM YK HYDERABAD 6 | SOUTH THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 ‘Western wear’ to blame Stalemate in Kerala Techie from Bengaluru among tinsel town to continue 11 arrested for hunting deer P.K. AJITH KUMAR Malayalam cinema, for molestation: Minister STAFF REPORTER Tomichan Mulakupadam, KOZHIKODE: The climax to the said he was willing to bear Mobs attack women during New Year celebrations in Bengaluru crisis in Malayalam cinema the potential cut in the box CHIKKAMAGALURU: Eleven per- seems quite some distance oice collection. sons, including a software SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT away. With neither the pro- “Pulimurugan was also engineer working for a re- ducers nor the exhibitors going to complete 100 days in puted IT company in BENGALURU: Karnataka Home willing to concede an inch, 80 cinemas, which would Bengaluru, have been arres- Minister G. Parameshwara and the government’s at- have been another record in ted by the Forest Depart- on Monday blamed a series tempts to find a solution not Malayalam cinema, but the ment on the charge of hunt- of alleged attacks on women yielding fruit, it could be a issue is more important than ing two sambar (deer) in by unruly mobs during New while before new Malayalam my film,” Mr. Tomichan said. Kemmannugundi forest area Year celebrations on M.G. films are released. “It is the producer who is tak- in Chikkamagaluru district, Road and Brigade Road on The dispute is about rev- ing the biggest risk in the for their new year party. ‘the Western wear of youth’. enue-sharing, with the making of a film, so it is un- Of the 11 arrested, four are This drew angry reactions cinema hall owners demand- fair to ask us to settle for from Bengaluru. from women who termed the ing it should be 50 per cent, lesser revenue,” he said. Forest Department oi- statement ‘insensitive’. 10 more than what they get cials recovered two vehicles, CAUGHT IN THE ACT: The two vehicles in which the group was In an interview to a private now. Christmas releases hit a carcass of one sambar, and transporting the carcasses.— PHOTO: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT news channel, Mr. Para- G. Parameshwara says: ‘When there is such a big crowd, it is “Running a theatre is The stalemate has also 70 kg meat of another. meshwara said, “Youngsters not possible for the police to keep vigil’. — PHOTO: P.K. BADIGER tough and we feel it is only badly afected a few films Although 12 persons were Prasanna (18), Chethan (26) concerns about the threat are almost like Westerners. fair that we get a larger share, that were planned as Christ- allegedly involved in the and Harish (25), from a vil- posed to wildlife by the They try to copy not only the went to M.G. Road around 1 filed so far. “If we get a com- at least on a par with the mul- mas releases. Mohanlal-star- crime, only 11 were arrested. lage near Kemmannugundi. urban populace visiting Western mindset, but also a.m after a party with five plaint, we will take immedi- tiplexes,” Kerala Film Exhib- rer Munthirivallikal Rafeek, a resident of Rich- forest areas. the dressing. So there was friends. We were trying to ate action. We are checking itors Federation president Thalirkkumbol is one of mond Town in Bengaluru, is One animal slaughtered Activists working for wild- some disturbance, some girls book a cab to get back home. CCTV footage from over 15 P.V. Ahmed Basheer told The them. absconding. The group is said to have life protection who were also were harassed. You know Drunk men tried to fall on us, cameras on the two roads,” Hindu on Monday. “If the Its director, Jibu Jacob, Those arrested are Akh- gone hunting near Net- involved in the operation to these kinds of things do hap- some passed lewd remarks said Praveen Sood, Police producers do not give us said: “It is a big setback for thar Ahmed (67), Mo- tichowka village and gunned nab the alleged hunters, have pen.” and a few tried to get phys- Commissioner. Malayalam films to screen, me and everyone associated hammed Sameer Ahmed down the two animals. They appealed to the Forest De- During the celebrations ical with my friends,” she al- Later in the day, the Home we would rather shut down with the film. Everything (29), both planters from slaughtered one and decided partment to take stern action over the weekend, women leged. Minister clarified that the our cinemas.” was ready and we were hop- Sakleshpur; Mohammed to leave the place as it was to prevent hunting in the were allegedly molested, police will take up suo motu Some cinemas have ing that the issue would be Rizwan (36) of Somwarpet in already dawn. district. pawed at and verbally ab- Report sought action and investigate the already closed, following the resolved before Christmas.” Kodagu; M. Ali (22); Meer They were caught while In March 2014, the Forest used despite heavy police The Karnataka State Com- allegations. withdrawal of films such as But that, of course, was not Nair Ali (23); Meer Nazeer transporting the carcasses in Department had arrested presence. mission for Women has “When there is such a big Pulimurugan and Kattap- to be; it was a rare occasion Ali (18), a student; Syed two vehicles, said a press re- seven poachers near Bab- Ruchita (name changed), a sought a report on the action crowd, it is not possible for panayile Hrithik Roshan. when there were no major Aman (30), a software engin- lease issued by the Forest abudangiri Hills in 23-year-old, said that the ex- taken by the police. the police to keep vigil,” he The producer of Pulimur- films for a festival season in eer; all residents of Department. Chikkamagaluru taluk. The perience was horrifying. “I No complaint has been said. ugan, the biggest hit ever in Kerala. Bengaluru, and Arun (23), The incident has raised accused had shot at a deer. Striped hyenas bred at Visakhapatnam zoo Kerala listed a ‘Destination to Watch’ NIVEDITA GANGULY gical Park is the third zoo in the country, after Patna and SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT The State is in the in particular its serene Commenting on the VISAKHAPATNAM: The New Year Mysuru, to have success- eighth spot — beaches, enchanting State making it to the list, has brought in some good fully recorded captive THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala backwaters, misty hill Minister for Tourism news for the Indira Gandhi breeding of hyenas. The be- has been pegged as a above the U.S., stations, lush forests and Kadakampally Surendran Zoological Park (IGZP) haviour of hyenas is very ‘Destination to Watch’ in Sardinia, South exotic wildlife — and its said: “This latest here which announced the unpredictable. Very often, it 2017 by the Association of Africa and Vietnam cultural and culinary recognition of Kerala’s successful captive breeding has been seen that the British Travel Agents oferings. There is also a stature as a must-visit of striped hyenas — a first in mother or the father of the (ABTA), the U.K.’s largest special mention of the destination is a matter of its history. This comes after litter killed the cubs due to and most influential body than premier destinations rejuvenating touch of pride for us and bodes well two consecutive failures, stress or some unexplained of travel agents and tour such as the U.S., Sardinia, traditional Ayurveda for the year ahead.” when the two previous lit- behaviour pattern. So far, operators. South Africa and Vietnam. therapies. Kerala received 1,66,792 ters did not survive. not much research has been Described as a ‘true The rankings consist of Among the not-to-miss tourists from the U.K. in Of the three cubs in the done on breeding of hyenas haven for travellers’, locations that are expected experiences mentioned is 2015, which is 17.06 per new litter, the zoo authorit- in captivity, which makes it ‘God’s Own Country’ is the to capture travellers’ a journey through the cent share of the total ies could save one male, A FIRST: The hyena cub, which was rescued from its hostile more diicult for zoo au- only Indian entry in the imagination. backwaters in the foreign arrivals to the which is currently being mother, at the Visakhapatnam zoo on Monday. — PHOTO: K.R. DEEPAK thorities to save a new lit- list of 12 tourist hotspots. Lauding the State’s traditional houseboat, “as State. The predictive looked after at the zoo hos- ter,” zoo curator B. Vijaya The list, featured in ‘multitude of experiences the life of the local people, ranking by the ABTA, pital after its mother turned The birth of the cub holds cies by the International Kumar told The Hindu. ABTA’s Travel Trends for holidaymakers’, the spice plantations and suggests the outlook for hostile. particular significance, be- Union for Conservation of The zoo now has two Report 2017, has Kerala in report marks for emphasis forests slowly unfold the State will remain The two-month-old cub cause striped hyena is listed Nature. male and one female striped the eighth spot — higher Kerala’s natural riches — before you”. bright. has been named Ayush. as a ‘Near Threatened’ spe- “Indira Gandhi Zoolo- hyenas. HYDERABAD | THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 NATION 7 Sharmila to Agni-IV test a contest against Centre stalling judicial transfers: SC Manipur CM Recommendations of the Collegium cannot be allowed to languish on somebody’s desk, says CJI ‘grand success’ T.S. SUBRAMANIAN KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL been kept pending since Feb- You cannot allow this desk. If you do not agree with misgivings” within the legal ruary 2016. a name, send the file back to community. CHENNAI: New Year 2017 began NEW DELHI: The Supreme “Why has the government kind of an attitude; us.” Mr. Rohatgi said there on a happy note for the Stra- Court on Monday accused not cleared this one file the government were no files pending with tegic Forces Command the Centre of allowing trans- when other files dated prior, needs to be taught a Status report sought the government. The judi- (SFC) and the Defence Re- fers of Chief Justices and post and simultaneous to Chief Justice Thakur ciary of the State High search and Development Or- judges of various High this file have already been lesson: Jethmalani wanted to know why the gov- Courts was largely to blame ganisation (DRDO) with the Courts to “languish on some- processed,” asked Mr. Oza, ernment had stalled the for the delay in filling up the flight-testing of India’s long- body’s desk” for months to- interrupting Attorney-Gen- Jethmalani asked. “You can- transfers of High Court Chief vacancies. The High Courts range, strategic ballistic mis- gether, even as senior advoc- eral Mukul Rohatgi who said not allow this kind of an atti- Justices and judges. “How tended to start the process of sile, Agni-IV, turning out to ates, including Ram Justice Shah’s transfer was tude from the government. will a litigant view a judge judicial appointments late, be a “grand success” on Jethmalani, told the apex under process. The government needs to be who is continuing his judi- sometimes sitting on vacan- Monday. Irom Sharmila court that it is “time the judi- Mr. Oza called the phrase taught a lesson.” cial work when he is already cies for years, he said. The SFC, which is entrus- ciary taught the government “under process” an “orna- In an intervention, coun- under transfer to another Mr. Rohatgi said 43 of a ted with the launching of IBOYAIMA LAITHANGBAM a lesson.” mental reply.” “I do not want sel from Karnataka stood up High Court? The litigant will total of 77 names were re- nuclear weapon delivery Appearing before a Bench to say anything more in the to say that the State High think somebody wants him turned to the Collegium by systems, fired the missile IMPHAL: Rights activist- of Chief Justice of India T.S. presence of journalists in Court was functioning with to do so.” the government for recon- around 12 noon from a road- turned-politician Irom Thakur and Justice D.Y. this courtroom, but I am only about a half of its sanc- Seeking a status report sideration. The Collegium mobile launcher positioned Sharmila announced on Chandrachud, Mr. Jeth- compelled to inform Your tioned strength of 62 judges. from the Centre on the had reiterated its recom- on the Abdul Kalam Island, Monday that she would con- malani and senior advocate Lordships that the Gujarat Chief Justice Thakur then pending transfers of HC mendation for 37 in Novem- of Damra village on the test the coming Assembly Yatin Oza referred to the judiciary has gone to the addressed Mr. Rohatgi. judges in the next three ber last year. Of the remain- Odisha coast. The two-stage, elections against Manipur case of Justice M.R. Shah of dogs because of all this.” “What is happening? The re- weeks, the court noted that ing six names, decision had surface-to-surface Agni-IV Chief Minister Okram Ibobi the Gujarat High Court, “Why is the government commendations of the Col- the delay on the part of the been deferred on three and a can carry a nuclear warhead Singh from the Thoubal whose transfer to the Mad- so anxious to keep that man legium cannot be allowed to government had given rise to decision on three others was weighing one tonne over a constituency. hya Pradesh High Court had [Justice Shah] there?” Mr. languish on somebody’s “grave apprehensions and pending with the Collegium. distance of more than 4,000 She accused Mr. Singh of km. But on Monday, the SFC turning a blind eye to her 16- fired it for a range of about year fast for lifting the 3,100 km only, informed Armed Forces Special SC orders welfare sources said. The missile im- Powers Act (AFSPA). “In his Nitish poorer than son, colleagues pacted in the Indian Ocean. Agni-IV has a strike range 15 years of chief ministership, scheme for Agni-IV had been tested of 4,000 km.— FILE PHOTO: PTI precious little was done in AMARNATH TEWARY cluded land plots in twice earlier for ranges this direction.” Ms. Sharmila Danapur, Phulwarisharief Army porters between 3,000 and 3,500 km Radars and range systems ended her fast unto death on PATNA: Bihar Chief Minister and Gardanibagh areas of instead of its full range of tracked it. August 9 last year, disap- Nitish Kumar and his Cab- Patna, while elder brother LEGAL CORRESPONDENT more than 4,000 km. The The latest victory, coming pointing many of her sup- inet colleagues on Sunday Tej Pratap, who on the New DRDO conceived, designed in the wake of the spectacu- porters who expected her to declared their assets, which Year day played flute at his NEW DELHI: The Supreme and developed the Agni-IV. lar success of the Agni-V continue until the objective showed Mr. Kumar poorer residence, has assets of over Court on Monday came to mission on December 26, was achieved. than the previous year while ₨3 crore which included a the aid of 12,000 civilian Lower range 2016, confirmed India’s nuc- “My objective to campaign his son continued to be BMW car and a motorbike porters working for the Asked why the missile is lear deterrence capability against the AFSPA remains richer than him. worth ₨15 lakh. Agricultural Army in high risk and active repeatedly tested for a range for, both the missiles can unchanged. I have decided to Most of his Cabinet Minis- Minister Ram Vichar Rai too field areas such as Rajouri, that is much lesser than it is cover the entire area on the fight it from a political plat- ters, the declaration showed, owns a pistol and rifle, even Jammu and Poonch by dir- capable of travelling, sources other side of the border. form since the authorities were still fond of land and though he has bank deposits ecting the Centre to finalise a said the SFC had its “own re- Agni-V can carry a nuclear were lukewarm to my fast,” weapons. worth only ₨ 26 lakh. Fin- scheme providing them bet- quirements and they will fire warhead weighing 1.5 tonnes she said. Mr. Kumar’s movable asset anceMminister Abdul Bari ter pay, medical facilities, en- the missile according to the over a distance of 5,000 km Reacting to Ms. Sharmila’s was shown down by ₨2.48 CONNECTING WITH THE MASSES: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar interacts Siddiqui too owns a revolver hanced compensation and a requirements.” and plus. announcement, Mr. Singh lakh than previous year with people at the Secretariat in Patna on Monday. — PHOTO: PTI and a rifle and has bank de- severance grant higher than Besides, the SFC would told The Hindu that it was whereas the cost of his im- posits worth ₨26. 22 lakh. the Rs. 50,000 proposed by like to test Agni-IV for its Sixth success her democratic right to con- movable assets remained at Delhi. In 2016, he had ₨42,566 late mother’s properties. In the government. capability. “The SFC has its Agni-IV has already been test elections from any- ₨40 lakh. His movable assets in cash while in 2015 he had 2016, he got richer by ₨ 21.69 Richest of the lot A Bench of Chief Justice programme in testing the deployed by the Army. It is 20 where. “I have no comment in 2016 were valued at ₨ 16.49 ₨40, 566. He still owes ₨ 3.79 lakh in both movable and im- The richest among the Bi- T.S. Thakur and Justice A.M. missile for a lesser range. metres long and weighs 17 to make, except wish her the lakh as against ₨18.97 lakh in lakh to the bank for the loan mobile assets. har Ministers are Cooperat- Khanwilkar issued the direc- They are sticking to it,” the tonnes. Solid propellants best of luck,” said Mr. Singh. 2015. The total assets of the of ₨ 6.44 lakh he had taken to Deputy Chief Minister Te- ive Minister Alok Mehta tions, while noting that sources said. power its two stages. It had Membership for Ms. chief minister in 2016 was es- purchase the car. jaswi Yadav, however, turned with total assets of ₨6.36 though the porters belong to been flight-tested five times Sharmila’s political party, the timated at ₨56.49 lakh, which Mr. Kumar’s son Nishant out to be poorer than his crore, Transport Minister the poorest strata of society Normal explosives earlier — in 2011, 2012, twice People’s Resurgence and included cash, bank depos- continued to be richer than elder brother and Health Chandrika Rai with ₨6.20 and may not even possess On Monday, the missile in 2014 and in 2015. All the Justice Alliance (PRAJA), its, a Ford Eco sports car, him with total assets of ₨ 2.36 Minister Tej Pratap Yadav. crore and Water Resources educational qualifications, carried “normal explosives five missions were success- formed in October, has so far cows and calves, an exercise crore. Nishant’s assets in- Tejaswi Yadav has total as- Minister Rajeev Ranjan they provide valuable sup- to test the sequence of the ful. This is the sixth success not been very significant. cycle and a 1,000 sq. ft. flat in cluded his paternal and his sets of ₨1.5 crore which in- Singh with ₨ 3.50 crore. port to the Army. flight,” the sources added. in a row. When policemen came with a cake Mine tragedy was waiting to happen SHIV SAHAY SINGH MUMBAI: Octogenarian Lalita Subramanyam, a KOLKATA: The disaster at Ra- resident of Wadala in jmahal open cast mine in central Mumbai, was in for Jharkhand, which has a pleasant surprise on claimed 18 mines so far, was Monday morning when waiting to happen as safety the police landed at her concerns raised by activists doorstep. and locals were rubbished by Ms. Subramanyam has authorities. Documents ac- been living alone in her cessed by The Hindu reveal flat for the last 25 years that a complaint by a local and is on the local police’s activist, pointing to violation list of ‘senior citizens of safety norms and forwar- requiring care and ded to the Director General protection’. of Mines Safety (DGMS) by Two of her children live the Prime Minister’s Oice, in the United States, while was termed “incorrect/false” another son lives in in December 2015. Bengaluru. “After detailed inquiry on As her children could your complaint, the allega- not visit her on Monday on tions made by you against Search for bodies continues at the coal mine in Godda, Jharkhand, on Monday. — PHOTO: PTI her 83rd birthday, the NEW FACE: Police personnel celebrate with Lalita Subramanyam on her 83rd birthday the management of Rajma- Matunga police, which at her house at Wadala in Mumbai. — PHOTO: DEEPAK SALVI hal OCP (open cast mine) thousands of tonnes of over- overlooked by not maintain- operation, but also extend to help her with chores such were found incorrect/false, burden dump came crashing, ing a proper bench while dig- the ECL and even the Dir- as purchase of medicines was the Zonal DCP of this celebration,” said Mr. citizens. Senior citizens which comes under the pur- burying men and machinery. ging deep into the open cast ector General of Mines and bank transactions, area last year, and senior Kakad. “She said her living alone call the view of Mines Act, 1952,” a mine. The overburden was Safety. decided to give her a police inspector B. M. children visited her a few helpline if they need any letter written by the Director ‘No probe was done’ dumped in a de-coaled area “I am aware of the com- surprise. Oicials from the Kakad, along with a police times every year and were help, or, sometimes, just of Mines Safety (SD), “Had they conducted in huge quantities which led plaint but it was not spe- police station reached her constable who regularly unable to come because they feel lonely. Jharkhand had told Ashutosh proper investigation into the to the collapse, he said. cific,” Rahul Guha, Director house with a cake and calls on her. frequently,” he said. Late R.R. Patil, when he Chakraborty, the activist complaint, such a huge The activist said the re- General of Mines, Safety, told bouquet of flowers. An overwhelmed was the Home Minister, who had filed the complaint tragedy could have been sponsibility of the mine col- The Hindu. He said there Ms. Subramanyam cut Subramanyam blessed the Exclusive helpline started the initiative under with the PMO. avoided,” Mr. Chakraborty lapse should not be limited were clear guidelines and a the cake in the presence of oicers. “She is like my The Mumbai police which police oicials Interestingly, the response said. to Mahalakshi Infracontract proper safety management Deputy Commissioner of mother...she was very have a dedicated helpline regularly meet the elderly was sent on December 1, He said he had even Pvt Ltd, whom the Eastern system where assessment of Police Ashok Dudhe, who happy with the birthday — 1090 — for senior living alone. — PTI 2015. A year later, on Decem- provided photographs on Coalfields Limited (ECL) risk is done before every ber 29, 2016, hundreds of how safety concerns were had leased out the mining mining operation. 26-year-old NGT stays metro rail work on riverbed in Pune held for hacking SHOUMOJIT BANERJEE directive acting on an Envir- The petitioners in the EIL ject. This line, totalling which the judges agreed. In actor’s I-T details onmental Interest Litigation included Member of Parlia- around 15 km in length and the EIL, the petitioners had PUNE: The western zone (EIL) filed in the NGT on ment Anu Aga, senior journ- linking Vanaz with Ram- named the PMC, the Maha- SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT bench of the National Green May 26 last year by a group of alist late Dileep Padgaonkar, wadi, is expected to be the rashtra Government, the Tribunal (NGT) issued an in- prominent Pune citizens, architect Sarang Yadwadkar first to be built in the project. Central government, the MUMBAI: The Cyber Police in terim stay on a proposed which contended that in the and environmentalist Aarti The lawyer representing Delhi Metro Rail Corpora- Mumbai on Monday arrested portion of the metro rail proposed metro rail align- Kirloskar. the Pune Municipal Corpor- tion and the Maharashtra a 26-year-old man for al- route passing through the ment, a 1.7 km stretch ation (PMC) proposed that Pollution Control Board as legedly hacking the Income- Mula-Mutha riverbed in the passing through the left bank Phase I will be hit the Maharashtra Metro Rail respondents. Tax details of actor Kareena city on Monday. of the Mula-Mutha river A stay on work on this Corporation (MMRC), “This is nothing but delay- Kapoor Khan earlier this A two-judge bench of could spell the death knell stretch, which falls on Line 2, which will implement the ing tactics on the PMC’s part year. The accused, a member Justices U.D. Salvi and Dr. for the riverbank ecosystem will naturally afect work on Pune Metro project, be made to buy time,” Mr. Yadwadkar of the Central paramilitary Ajay Deshpande passed the along that route. the entire Phase I of the pro- a respondent as well, to told The Hindu. services, allegedly confessed to have hacked Ms. Khan’s details to get her cellphone number, as he was her fan, the police said. ‘Nothing new in PM’s scheme for women’ On October 1 this year, Ms. Khan’s chartered accountant MOHAMMED IQBAL Maternity entitlement has criteria determining Prime Min- pite repeated demands by wo- filed a complaint after the ac- ister Narendra Modi’s New men across the country, civil so- cused tried to file fraudulent JAIPUR: In a statement issued here, become a right since Year’s eve announcement of a ciety groups as well as the IT returns in her name. . the Rajasthan Rozi Roti Adhikar 2013 with the passing of cash entitlement of Rs. 6,000 for Supreme Court asking for an ex- “The accused was brought Abhiyan and the People’s Union pregnant women, saying its re- planation for the delay in its im- to Mumbai on Monday and for Civil Liberties (PUCL) said a National Food Security striction to only the first two plementation, said the statement. charged with impersonation universal maternity entitlement Act, say activists births would defeat its purpose. under the Indian Penal Code of at least Rs. 6,000 has been The National Democratic Alli- Budget allocation as well as under relevant sec- available as a right to all pregnant would somehow mitigate the ance (NDA) government at the “The real test of what Mr. tions of the Information and lactating women in the coun- hardships caused by demonet- Centre, in “complete violation” Modi’s announcement means Technology Act. He was late try since 2013 with the passing of isation, pointed out the two of the Act, had continued with will be to see how much budget released on bail,” said the National Food Security Act. organisations. the pilot Indira Gandhi Matritva will be allocated [to the scheme] Deputy Commissioner of Po- Mr. Modi had presented it as an The civil rights groups have Sahyog Yojana (IGMSY) in just next month,” said PUCL general lice (Cyber) Sachin Patil. ‘original idea’, and also as if it also questioned the eligibility 53 districts of the country, des- secretary Kavita Srivastava. CM YK HYDERABAD 10 | EDITORIAL THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 All’s not well in the Army A military force with sharp internal divisions and discontent in the ranks has far-reaching national security implications. It’s time the defence establishment got its act together

not much discussion about the issue of pro- quicker promotions for oicers from the In- TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 motion-related discrimination within the fantry but they have also successively man- HAPPYMON JACOB Army. Not only have infantry oicers been aged to corner the Army chief’s post as well, getting appointed to the coveted positions in including the last four times. The last four the top rungs of the Army, the chiefs often Army Chiefs, including the current one, have promote oicers from their own regiments in been infantry oicers. The price The ‘controversial’ appointment of the new a regrettable display of parochial loyalties. This ill-designed policy was challenged by Indian Army chief who assumed oice on The outgoing chief Gen. D.S. Suhag, for in- serving oicers in the Armed Forces of defiance January 1, 2017 is perhaps the appropriate oc- stance, is reported to have promoted oicers Tribunal, which squashed the new promo- casion to discuss the rising uneasiness within from the Gorkha regiment (including the in- tion policy, holding that it violated Article 14 he Board of Control for Cricket in India the Indian Army on a number of significant cumbent chief Gen. Rawat), his own regi- of the Constitution. However, the Supreme has only itself to blame for its present issues. While the unconvincing rationale ment. Former Army Chief Gen. V.K. Singh, Court in February 2016 upheld the policy, at predicament. Its president and secretary given for the appointment of Lt. Gen. Bipin now Minister of State in the government, was the same time asking the government to cre- have been removed for defying the Su- Rawat as the new Army chief speaks volumes also accused of promoting oicers from his ate 141 additional posts at the rank of colonel T of the deep-rooted tactical thinking within own Rajput regiment. There is a growing to be granted to oicers from Engineers, Sig- preme Court’s order to accept reforms suggested the government, there remains an urgent sense of resentment elsewhere in the Army nals and Air Defence. Late last year around by a court-appointed committee. And its president, need to address the lopsided promotion about the disproportionate opportunities for 350 senior Army oicers have again ap- Anurag Thakur, now faces legal action for con- trends in the Army, rising infighting within oicers from the infantry and artillery wings. proached the Supreme Court seeking a re- tempt of court as well as prosecution for perjury. the force, and their implications for India’s Oicers from other wings, especially the view of its February judgment. None of this would have happened had the BCCI national security. Armoured Corps and Mechanised Infantry, Then there are ugly public spats between shown some sense of responsibility and a vision for have been publicly voicing their concerns. senior Army oicers. Gen. V.K Singh, Army the future, and recognised the fact that the highest The supersession and the issue of merit Note that this is over and above the fact that chief from March 2010 to May 2012, was not court was only seeking to reform the manner in Those who support Gen. Rawat’s appoint- The Army leadership must rise only oicers from the fighting arms of the only the first serving Army chief to take the which cricket is administered in the country. In the ment arguing that merit was, and should be, above parochial regimental factors Army make it to the top, meaning that those government to court (on the issue of his date court’s view, the appointment of the Justice R.M. the sole criterion for the supersession of two from Engineers and Signals don’t even stand of birth) but has made uncharitable public al- of his seniors fall short on a number of and look after the interests of the a chance of doing so. This already existing legations against Gen. Suhag. Gen. Singh, Lodha Committee and adoption of its recommend- counts. First, to breach a well-established tra- force as a whole rather than discrimination is getting even more glaring during his tenure, had also placed Gen. Suhag ations were part of a project to bring transparency dition in a conservative and hierarchical in- thanks to the new promotion policy adopted on a “discipline and vigilance ban” which and accountability to the BCCI. While the court ex- stitution like the Army, the government those of their regiments by the Army. The victims of the new policy could have stopped the latter from becoming pected cooperation and compliance, the BCCI re- should have a convincing and compelling have been fighting it out in the Supreme the chief. Before his retirement, Gen. Suhag sponded with obstructionist tactics and defiance. It reason which it doesn’t seem to have. Second, it may well be even more worrying. The first Court. filed an aidavit in the Supreme Court in was therefore inevitable that the court would seek the argument of merit is largely redundant at in line becomes CDS, third in line gets the which he accused Gen. Singh of trying to to send out a message that it will not brook any wil- the topmost levels of an organisation where Army chief’s job. What about the second in The ongoing court cases scuttle his promotion. Gen. Singh’s words ful defiance. Despite the court making the Lodha all oicers are equally competent, failing line, Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ali Hariz, one of the The current debate about the Army’s pro- and deeds during his tenure as Army chief panel reforms binding on the BCCI through its July which they wouldn’t have made it to the Lt. very few Muslim oicers to have become an motion policy has its genesis in the Kargil Re- and after becoming a minister have not only Gen. rank in the first place. Third, there is no Army commander? If the report turns out to view Committee report which recommen- been careless and ‘un-oicer-like’ but also 18 verdict, the BCCI appeared to defy it. It cited as objective criteria for deciding merit at the be correct, wouldn’t the Bharatiya Janata ded that promotion to the Colonel and continue to create dissension in the Army top one reason diiculties in getting its ailiated State senior levels of the Army brass besides previ- Party (BJP) government, by ignoring Gen. Brigadier levels should be made quicker so brass. units to accept the reforms, but at the same time ous annual confidential reports and civilian Hariz, be sending out a politically incorrect that younger oicers can command bat- made at its Annual General Meeting in September considerations, both of which are subjective. signal? This question, uncomfortable as it talions and brigades. Thereafter the Ajai Need for political oversight some decisions that were not in tune with the pan- Fourth, the argument that Gen. Rawat has the may sound, can’t be allowed to be swept un- Vikram Singh Committee (AVSC) made While politicisation of the afairs of the el’s recommendations. The price of such defiance required experience in certain theatres is der the carpet. some important recommendations in 2001 to armed forces is indeed harmful, it may also is clear: the Supreme Court is now going to appoint again beside the point because the “Chief of The justification of Gen. Rawat’s appoint- restructure the oicer cadre in the Army. not be a good idea to let the Army handle its a committee of administrators to supervise the the Army Staf” is not an operational com- ment as stemming from his experience in Among other things, it recommended the im- own business as it deems fit. At present, board’s afairs. mander but a coordinator and chief dealing with insurgency is also indicative of plementation of the Command Exit model politicians hardly focus on serious defence Mr. Thakur’s position is especially unfortunate. strategist. Finally, and most fundamentally, the deeply entrenched tactical thinking (as opposed to the pro rata basis) for promo- matters or inter-service/intra-service ten- non-traditional appointments without a within the government at the Centre. This tion to the colonel level. While the pro rata sions. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) bur- As a young sports administrator, he was presented compelling rationale set a bad precedent and then means that the BJP-led government basis gave advantage to the infantry and artil- eaucrats, with limited expertise in these mat- with a great opportunity to lead cricket administra- could potentially lead to the politicisation of considers anti-militancy and counter-insur- lery (given their numerical superiority in the ters, mostly function as gatekeepers keeping tion into a new era in which Indian cricket’s on- the armed forces. Imagine senior Generals of gency operations to be the fundamental job Army), the Command Exit model, which pre- the forces away from the civilian seats of field achievements would be matched by the the Army running around Lutyens’ Delhi cur- description of the Indian Army. This is not scribed diferentiated command tenures power. Board’s transparent and accountable functioning. If rying favour with ruling party politicians to just a tactical view of the country’s threat en- (that is, the length of the tenures of com- And yet, in keeping with the commendable only he and other ailiated units had accepted the make it to the top! vironment but worryingly also ignores stra- manding oicers i.e., colonels before promo- tradition of civilian supremacy in the coun- reforms, influential individuals who had held sway There have been reports, citing unnamed tegic planning and an appreciation of the tion to the next level) for various arms, gives try, it is time to consider civilian oversight of for decades would have been replaced by fresh tal- sources within the government, about the long-term strategic environment. Would the even more advantage to the Infantry. Con- the promotion process at the highest levels of ent, and the seemingly unending tenure of some possibility of the most senior General of the BJP-led government like to reduce the Indian sider the following: the AVSC fixed the com- the armed forces. However, civil servants in Army, Lt. Gen. Praveen Bakshi — now super- Army to a counter-insurgency force? mand tenure of Infantry oicers at 2.5 years, the MoD or the Appointments Committee of would have been cut short. However, by defying the seded by Gen. Rawat — being appointed as While the Army leadership is exception- that of Armoured/Mechanised Infantry and the Cabinet can’t alone be entrusted with court in the name of protecting the sport’s the first Chief of Defence Staf (CDS). While ally vocal on the ‘One Rank, One Pay’ ques- Artillery at three years, and Engineers and that job. Ideally, such high-level appoint- autonomy, Mr. Thakur has courted a double blow: it may turn out to be mere speculation, if true, tion and parity with civil servants, there is Signals at four years. This has not only led to ments should either be vetted by an em- the loss of power and authority as well as imminent powered Parliamentary Standing committee punishment. His equivocation on whether he in- CARTOONSCAPE on Defence or be decided by a ‘bipartisan’ Se- vited the International Cricket Council to say there lection Committee composed along the lines is governmental interference in the BCCI’s afairs of the one that selects the Central Bureau of has led to the court hardening its stance against Investigation chief and the Chief Vigilance him. It is not clear what course of action, if any, Commissioner. would now mollify the Supreme Court and help The multiple crises alicting the Indian Army have far-reaching national security im- them escape its wrath. A bitter lesson has indeed plications. Clearly, a military force with been taught, but it is uncertain if it has been learnt. sharp internal divisions and discontent in the ranks can pose challenges for the country’s national security and the morale and cohe- sion of the fighting forces. Such a pervasive sense of intra-service victimhood and dis- New Year’s-eve crimination can further deteriorate the strength of a force which currently has a shortage of over 9,000 oicers. tragedy in Turkey If the Modi government wishes to seri- ously address and tackle some of these troub- he New Year’s-eve attack on an Istanbul ling issues, and thereby strengthen the coun- nightclub that killed at least 39 people, try’s national security, the Defence Minister mostly foreigners including two Indians, and the new Army chief should take urgent Tis yet another reminder of the rapidly de- measures to address the sources of this grow- teriorating security situation in Turkey. It comes ing discontent within the country’s ace force. days after the Russian ambassador to Turkey, An- Moreover, it is important that the senior drey Karlov, was shot dead in Ankara by a lone gun- Army leadership rise above parochial regi- man. In 2016, there were dozens of violent incid- mental considerations and look after the in- ents, both by the Islamic State and Kurdish rebels, terests of the force as a whole rather than which have raised questions about the govern- those of their own regiments.

ment’s ability to provide even basic public security. Happymon Jacob teaches Disarmament and National The attacks have also badly hit the tourism eco- Security at the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal nomy, which makes a sizeable contribution to Tur- Nehru University, New Delhi. key’s GDP. The Istanbul attacker, who the IS has called “a heroic soldier of the Caliphate”, has fol- LETTERS TO THE EDITOR lowed a similar pattern. He chose an upmarket Letters emailed to [email protected] must carry the full postal address and the full name or the name with initials. nightclub in the western part of Istanbul where for- eign tourists had gathered to welcome the New Year. But why is Turkey being repeatedly targeted? Wrestling for power generation of techno-savvy youth clearer picture will emerge when the be applied in the case of the SC and But when it comes to competing in Or, how has the country, till a few years ago politic- who speak the language of progress real suferers, irrespective of their ST categories so that the benefits an examination, he must be subject Samajwadi Party supremo Mulayam and development”. However, he caste, tell their true stories. accrue to the more needy. Besides to only one cut-of level. By diluting ally stable with a booming economy, descended Singh has grossly underestimated should not forget that in the R. Javed, these, an analysis of the causes cut-of marks, we are not only into instability and chaos? In part, it is a blowback the potential of his son and Uttar elections, it will be the BJP and the Hazratganj, Lucknow which have made the quota system inducing complacency but also for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Syria policy, Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh BSP that matter. continue, as it were, needs to be indirectly making India weak. which turned out to be a monumental failure. Like Yadav who has bounced back C.V. Venugopalan, The fight against inequality requires studied. The fact that quota has been Arvind Kumar Choudhary, many of his Western allies, Mr. Erdogan also ini- despite the hurdles placed before Palakkad a holistic approach of which the extended further to OBCs makes it New Delhi tially thought that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad him. Mr. Akhilesh seems to have quota system is only a small part. appear as if the system will run was about to fall, and ofered help to the anti-re- pre-empted all these moves and has On reservation The condition of poor Dalits, perpetually. This was not the I hail from a backward class. Even gime rebels. Ankara also inadvertently helped the now left his father high and dry. minorities, transgenders and other intention of our Constitution. decades after the adoption of the rise of the IS by allowing jihadists to cross into Syria Dynasty politics has its While reservation is an efective tool marginalised sections is far from Y.G. Chouksey, world’s most comprehensive via the Turkish border. By the time the government disadvantages. Seniors in the party for social mobility, we cannot satisfactory. Their uplift requires Pune Constitution, we have achieved very must have some inkling of the remain oblivious to the fact that it ethical governance and sound little success in ensuring the uplift of realised its folly and started attacking the IS, the working style, skills and has strengthened and policies that are monitored The term “backward section” has the marginalised. The younger group had grown into a real terror machine. expectations of younger leaders who institutionalised a caste-based periodically followed by adequate also undergone change. Every generation has hardly any idea about Mr. Erdogan’s decision to relaunch the war with are in power. There could be identity (“Not just about a quota”, implementation. How every citizen section which is poor and unable to the intention of reservations and is Kurdish rebels was also linked to his policy debacle meaningful course correction on Jan.2). Dr. Ambedkar had himself is made aware of the complexities of support itself is backward. In today’s misinterpreting it. We can ensure in Syria. When the rebels started building an some vital issues without significant said that reservation cannot be for discrimination is complex. Perhaps world it is not only an SC person equal and fair justice for all only autonomous Kurdistan in Syria in the wake of the interference from them, but for them an unlimited time, but due to vested there can be consistent campaigning who faces discrimination but also a when there is adequate government’s withdrawal from the border region to expect to ‘remote control’ the interests, no authority or by NGOs, civil society, the media, poor general person. Are there any representation for all communities. and emerged as battlefield allies of the U.S. against administration altogether can prove organisation has been willing to and educational institutions to policies to end the discrimination he Bontalakoti Sankaranarayana, the IS, Mr. Erdogan saw it as a long-term challenge dangerous. Politics is a diferent judge the eicacy of reservation in create awareness about the need for faces? Granting reservation merely Mangaluru animal. terms of enabling its intended sensitivity and responsibility. on the basis of a person’s caste is not to Turkey, given the long history of fighting K.V. Raghuram, benefits and examining its Arpit Jain, a correct method to increase Fuelling more misery between the Turkish state and the Kurdish milit- Wayanad, Kerala percolation to the marginalised New Delhi inclusion of these backward ants. He abandoned a ceasefire with the Kurdistan sections. The “monopolisation” of sections. There should be some The new year is beginning on a Workers Party, kicking of a new phase of the civil The Samajwadi Party appears to be reservation has to be looked into. To One way of breaking the resistance provision for a creamy layer in the dismal note for millions in the form war. Mr. Erdogan is now in a tight spot. The country nearing implosion before the crucial imply that people from the reserved of the general category to the case of SCs and STs. of a fuel price hike (“Petrol, diesel faces constant threats from the IS, a group that it U.P. elections with daggers drawn category face discrimination is a bit continuance of the quota system for Vedant Mishra, and LPG to cost more”, Jan.2). They once ignored. The civil war with Kurdish rebels, before the final countdown. With far-fetched. There are many in the the downtrodden in (government) Unnao, Uttar Pradesh are already experiencing pain as a which Mr. Erdogan might have hoped would curtail neither Mulayam Singh Yadav nor unreserved category who continue jobs and educational institutions result of quixotic demonetisation. the nationalist ambitions of the Kurdish minority, is Akhilesh Yadav willing to blink, to face exploitation. could be to intensify the I am a ‘general candidate’. To put it The price increase is steep and after growing out of control. Besides, Mr. Erdogan’s au- there could be trouble ahead. A Nimbulal Manjhi, socialisation process in afected plainly, I am not against reservation considering VAT would be even break-up could completely rejig Darbhanga, Bihar institutions. An induction but resent some of its provisions that higher. All this will have a cascading thoritarian tendencies and the crackdown on dis- what was till now a three-way programme for new recruits which are applied in the field of education: efect on people’s livelihoods. sent and opposition parties are deeply polarising contest — between the SP, the BSP The “seeds of discrimination” were highlights the synergetic efects of the diference in cut-of marks for Despite the downward spiral of the country. It is this fragility of the security archi- and the BJP. The Congress’s chances sown a long time ago. The issue that diversity and the need to reduce the selection. A reserved candidate can crude prices, the government has tecture in Turkey that is frequently being exposed can be ruled out. Akhilesh Yadav has should have been highlighted is that baggage of social discrimination avail of concessions such as age not passed on the benefits. by the attackers. become “the new, urbane face of the the realities at the village level are should be an integral part of relaxation, an increased number of S.K. Khosla, party, and is at the head of a far diferent from those in a metro. A learning. The income criteria should attempts and even financial rebates. Chandigarh

CM HY-HY YK HYDERABAD | THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 PERSPECTIVE 11

LEGAL EYE What is special about The rediscovery of urban India After long years of neglect and alienation, cities are feeling empowered under the rewritten rules special courts? of urban planning. The early results are already visible The legislature has introduced special courts on many occa- sions through various laws, usually with the intention to en- Ahmedabad are set to issue municipal able quick and eicient disposal of cases. But an examination bonds very soon. Release of funds is of the laws that require setting up of special courts compared M. VENKAIAH NAIDU now linked to progress of mandated to the actual numbers that have been set up reveals the extent governance reforms under all new SAKSHI to which reality and intent are mismatched. urban missions including the housing In a short study by Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, 764 Cent- mission. Online integrated single-win- ral laws enacted and amended between 1950 and 2015, excluding laws that India is moving away from villages and dow clearance for construction permits were repealed in this period or that may have been amended after 2015, is set to soon become more urban. To is being put in place to improve ease of were examined to determine the frequency of their occurrence. We looked meet this demographic transition, ex- doing business. Cities are now looking in these statutes for only mentions of ‘special’ or ‘designated’ courts or perts say that we need to build 22 new at public-private partnership and value judges, that is, courts or judges established to ensure efective trial and that Bengalurus besides recasting the land- capture financing with a changed have powers of district or sessions courts. Forums like quasi-judicial bod- scape of the present 4,041 cities for a bet- mindset. ies, tribunals, and commissions were excluded. It was found that only three ter living. The past is not encouraging. statutes provided for special courts between 1950 and 1981, whereas But can we make the future perfect? Results on the ground between 1982 and 2015, 25 statutes mandated the establishment of such Long years of vacillation since Inde- Involvement of citizens, increased courts. pendence about our approaches to sense of ownership of new urban mis- What are the reasons for this drastic change in legislative policy? The urban management and dilemma over sions by city and State governments five-year period from 1982 to 1987 witnessed an unexplained spurt in the the relevance of urbanisation to our so- coupled with delegation of powers are number of laws creating special courts. A similar increase was seen cio-economic context with the adjunct yielding results. Under the Pradhan between 2012 and 2015. Several such courts were created in response to spe- weak policy approach have taken a very Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban), construc- cific incidents. For instance, the 1992 securities scam led to the Special heavy toll of life in urban areas as one tion of about 15 lakh afordable houses is Court (Trial of Ofences Relating to Transactions in Securities) Act, 1992. sees now. This, despite the universal ac- being financed as against only about The largest number of special/designated courts were created between knowledgement that urbanisation 12.50 lakh during 10 years of UPA rule. 1982 and 1992. However, there is no categorical rationale for these drives economic growth due to the at- Under AMRUT, 86 per cent of mission developments. tendant advantages of urban investments stand approved and a large agglomerations. number of projects are of the ground. Setting up and designating special courts The Jawaharlal Nehru Urban Renewal Since the announcement of the first Laws interchangeably use the terms ‘set up’ or ‘designate’ with respect to Mission (JNNURM) launched in 2005 batch of smart cities in January this year, special courts. Setting up a special court may require new infrastructure was no doubt the first concerted efort a large number of projects have already and facilities, whereas a designated court merely adds additional respons- to make a diference to the urban chaos. come to be implemented. Over 500 cit- ibilities to an existing court. In our study, of the 28 statutes enacted between However, by the time it was wound up ies and towns have already become 1950 and 2015, three provided for both, 15 ‘set up’ special courts, and 10 em- by the United Progressive Alliance open defecation-free. Andhra Pradesh, powered the competent author- (UPA) government in March 2014, the MASS PARTICIPATION: “The Swachh Bharat Mission is gaining momentum as a people’s Gujarat and Sikkim have already de- ity to designate a court. However, Special courts are seen as a JNNURM fell much short of intentions. movement.” BHEL volunteers and City Corporation workers clean the Sri clared all cities and towns as open de- implementation of the law does quick remedy to delays in Out of the total of 1,631 projects sanc- Erumbeeswarar Temple premises at Thiruverambur near Tiruchi. PHOTO: B. VELANKANNI RAJ fecation-free as the Swachh Bharat Mis- not necessarily follow this dis- tioned under this for improving urban sion gains momentum as a people’s tinction between setting up and trials. But an absence in the infrastructure with central aid of about of new schemes by city and State gov- The PM’s home State or the movement. designation. Despite providing number set up shows a Rs.39,000 crore, only 710 projects, i.e. 43 ernments. Consequently, project and in- For the resource-starved cities, in- for ‘setting up’ special courts, per cent, were completed during the 10 vestment approvals were being accor- two States where my mother vestment of over Rs.2.75 lakh crore has State governments have desig- contrast to such an objective years. Why was it so? ded in the last two quarters of a financial tongue Telugu is spoken can’t been approved in just a year. As against nated courts under most of the legislations. Out of the 15 statutes which spe- Of the 275 JNNURM projects sanc- year causing implementation delays. get even a rupee over and the UPA government’s Rs.39,000 crore cifically provided for ‘setting up’ of special courts, only one has been en- tioned during 2012-14, a huge chunk of 43 Citizen participation in urban planning of central assistance for basic urban in- abled with them by few States. per cent went to just one State from and project prioritisation are now made above their entitlement frastructure, this government has com- Based on the nature of legislation and primary subject matter dealt with, where the then Urban Development mandatory. About one crore citizens mitted Rs.50,000 crore under AMRUT, we divided the statutes into five clusters of economic ofences, regulatory Minister hailed. It was clearly with an contributed to the making of ‘smart city’ fied area besides improving service de- Rs.48,000 crore for smart cities and ofences, law and order, social justice, and national security. The objective eye on the 2014 general election. Such an plans. Urban planning is now made ‘bot- livery across the city through informa- Rs.14,643 crore for making cities clean. of special courts has been unclear. It is not very revealing whether specific approach did not get the votes expected tom up’ and the results are showing. tion and communications Besides, Central assistance of Rs.1.50- legislations which provide for special courts necessarily intend quick dis- but only wrecked the mission. A clear Rules of urban planning have now technology-based solutions. The focus Rs.2.30 lakh is being given for each posal of cases. The statutes which have been recently enacted, mostly those case of political expediency with dis- been rewritten. States just can’t send has shifted from a project-based ap- house for urban poor under the Pradhan falling under the cluster of economic ofences, have provisions for special astrous long-term consequences. half-baked and shoddy projects to Delhi proach to area-based outcomes. Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban). The re- courts although older legislation, like the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled as the financial year draws to a close. Since the fund entitlements of each source kitty of cities has been given a Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, or the Narcotic Drugs and Psy- Participatory urban planning Under the Atal Mission for Rejuvena- State and city-wise infrastructure defi- further boost by earmarking Rs.83,000 chotropic Substances Act, 1985, have a huge backlog of cases waiting to be Prime Minister Narendra Modi said tion and Urban Transformation (AM- cits are known in advance, why should crore for urban local bodies under the cleared. in 2014 that there would be no more RUT) and Smart Cities Mission meant we wait to approve projects till the last 14th Finance Commission recommend- We studied three statutes from three clusters, based on the availability of playing of politics with development. for improving urban infrastructure, quarter of the fiscal? With city govern- ations as against only Rs.27,000 crore data, to observe the nature and frequency of institution of ‘special courts’: Under the new paradigm shift set in mo- there shall be a comprehensive assess- ments rising to the occasion over the earlier. States have also been em- The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act tion, clear and objective ground rules ment of infrastructure deficit before last and this fiscal, the Ministry of Urban powered to spend more on cities further (POA), 1989; National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (NIA Act); Preven- have been laid down. Objectivity and drawing up city-level action plans. Cit- Development has started approving in- to devolution of 42 per cent of divisible tion of Corruption Act, 1988 (POCA). transparency in selection of cities and ies have been empowered to add to their vestments for the next three financial resources, a hike of 10 per cent over The pendency rates in courts for cases filed under POA are huge. While allocation of central resources under technical capabilities. And now there is years under AMRUT during this year. earlier sharing. the national average is 84.1 per cent, States like Maharashtra and West new urban missions are now the rule of clear evidence that cities are rising to With this, projects for five years of 14 The early shoots of urban renaissance Bengal have pegged their respective pendency rates well above the average. law. This is based on urban population the occasion by rediscovering States stand approved and this would be are quite visible with a new churning The number of cases being registered from these States has also been signi- and the number of statutory urban local themselves. done for the remaining in a month or so. among cities that are thinking and act- ficant. However, the absence of exclusive courts in these States has been bodies in each State. The Prime Minis- The first priority under AMRUT is to This enables city and State governments ing diferently. Making a perfect urban stark. On the contrary, there have been several special courts and fast track ter’s home State of Gujarat or the two ensure water supply connections to the to realise mission targets by the stipu- future is a daunting task but a definite courts being set up under POCA although the total number of cases re- States where my mother tongue Telugu 2.25 crore urban households that are de- lated time through advance planning. beginning has been made over the last gistered is nearly 1/10th of cases under POA. Under the NIA Act, in spite of is spoken can’t get even a rupee over and prived of them, followed by improving After long years of neglect and aliena- two and a half years. The new year shall mandating special courts, all the courts set up have been designated courts. above their entitlement. sewerage networks, drainage and non- tion, cities are now vying for credit rat- see much more happening on the Till 2014, every project needed for a motorised urban transport. Developing ing, which encompasses the entire ground. No exclusivity city was being appraised and approved one park in each city every year is man- gamut of urban governance, including From the available data, it is fairly conclusive that there is no exclusivity in Nirman Bhawan in New Delhi. With datory. The Smart Cities Mission seeks the mindset of politicians and the city M. Venkaiah Naidu is Minister of Urban in ‘special courts’. Laws enacted in the last three decades have considered this ‘top-down’ planning, there was no to ensure core infrastructure, including oicials. Over 80 big cities have almost Development, Housing & Urban Poverty special courts as quick remedy for questions of delays in trial. However, a sense of involvement in and ownership health care and education, in an identi- completed this exercise. Pune and Alleviation, and Information & Broadcasting. striking absence of number of ‘special courts’ set up provides a glaring con- trast to such an objective. Notably, in most instances where existing courts are designated as special courts, the original intent of speedy disposal of cases seems to have been defeated. Questions of pendency have often sur- faced, thereby rendering the point of eiciency of the institution moot. Ab- When women eat last sence of rationale in both selective insertion of provision for special courts and actual setting up of courts appears to have rendered the notion of spe- cial court superfluous. In households with a limited food budget, or where there is no refrigerator to store leftover food, Poor quality or complete absence of data remains a major concern for this study. Oicial websites (for instance, nodal ministries) did not always the person who eats last very often gets less or lower quality food have the latest updated versions of statutes. The status of these laws is dii- cult to assess as information about the number of courts set up or desig- Part of the reason is that SARI and the nated under various laws is not always available. IHDS asked diferent people. The IHDS However, this study does reveal much scope to expand the areas of en- DIANE COFFEY asked only women, while SARI asked quiry for research. For instance, what is so special about special courts if both women and men. The graph shows they only provide an additional forum to dispose cases? Is this purpose still the SARI results for this question served if existing courts are merely designated as special courts without broken up by sex. In U.P. (but not in any new infrastructure being created? Can inferences be drawn about the India has a major child malnutrition Delhi) men were significantly more state of the judicial system where special courts have been introduced by problem. The Rapid Survey on Chil- likely to say that they eat first. We do not way of amendments to parent laws? Is the legislature monitoring the health dren (2012-13) found that about 4 in 10 know why men in U.P. reported more of special courts and examining whether their original stated purpose con- children are stunted. On average, chil- often than women that women eat last. tinues to be served? These are questions which future studies could dren who are stunted do less well in Studies of discrimination in other con- explore. school, earn less, and die sooner than texts suggest that where discrimination children who are not. is severe, it is often easier to get people Sakshi is a Research Fellow at the Vidhi Centre for Legal Policy, New Delhi. Views are personal. There are many causes of child stunt- to admit to engaging in acts of discrim- ing. Addressing poverty and improving ination than to experiencing it. education would help, but development Nor do we know for sure why even is not the only factor. Research shows among women, the SARI figures are that poor sanitation spreads diseases higher than the IHDS figures. It may FROM THE ARCHIVES that sap children’s energy and stunts have to do with how respondents react their growth. Also, the health of a child’s STUNTED GROWTH: “Making a woman eat last has great implications for her child’s to a phone survey versus a face-to-face mother matters critically for whether or health.” A woman and her daughter eating in Pipari village in Uttar Pradesh. PHOTO: AP survey. The women surveyors who con- not the child is stunted. ducted IHDS interviews may have been The first two years of life are the most lives. seen by respondents as progressive wo- (dated January 3, 1967) important time for a child’s physical and One aspect of discrimination against men having jobs and moving around cognitive growth. During this time, she women that matters for health is without their family members. For a re- Dictionary of Pressmen here [Mysore] on depends heavily on her mother for nu- whether women eat less or worse qual- spondent in a conservative household, biographies December 31 that the five-year trition. As a growing foetus, she gets all ity food than men. In order to measure it may be easier to admit discrimination project was taken up for execution her food from her mother’s blood- discrimination in women’s food intake, to a stranger on the phone than to a pro- A ‘dictionary of biographies of in 1963 and explained that the stream, and after birth, is ideally breast- SARI used a question that was previ- gressive woman sitting in front of her. Indian nationalist leaders,’ the dictionary would contain fed for at least six months. ously tested and used by the India Hu- first of its kind in the country, will biographies of about 1,200 leaders Unfortunately, research shows that man Development Survey (2011): What can be done about it be published by the Institute of ‘who led or influenced or inspired many Indian women start pregnancy “When your family eats lunch or dinner, No matter what the exact figures, it is Historical Studies, Calcutta, at the others’ during the period between underweight and gain little weight dur- do the women usually eat with the men? clear that the practice of making wo- end of next year. Dr. S.P. Sen, the beginning of the 19th century ing pregnancy. This leads to low birth Or do the women usually eat first? Or men eat last is widespread in Delhi and Director of the Institute, told and 1947. weight babies, high rates of neonatal do the men usually eat first?” Answers U.P., and that it has important implica- mortality, and less successful breast- to these questions have implications for tions for a child’s health. What is un- feeding. Women’s undernourishment nutrition because in households with a clear is how to address the problem. contributes substantially to India’s un- limited food budget, or where there is While the government cannot force acceptably high rates of child stunting. no refrigerator to store leftover food, people to give women an equal share of CORRECTIONS AND CLARIFICATIONS Why are Indian women so malnour- the person who eats last very often gets food, it could do a lot more to promote ished? Here, too, poverty and sanitation less or lower quality food than people gender equality. It could publicise and >>The headlines for the three components of S. Muthiah’s “Madras Miscel- play a role. But a recent survey that I who eat before her. condemn this practice. It could also lany” column (MetroPlus supplement, Chennai, Jan. 2, 2017) were: “Leith conducted with a team of economics The IHDS 2011 survey interviewed more aggressively pursue policies to Castle under threat?” ; “A one-day, not a two-day, win”; and “When the post- and sociology researchers suggests that married women aged 15-49 and found address discrimination against women man knocked”. These were the headlines given by the Desk. In The Hindu, a widespread discrimination against wo- that one in five women in Delhi and half in other domains. Encouraging girls’ story is processed for both print and online platforms using diferent technical men in their own homes likely plays an of the women in Uttar Pradesh said they education, discouraging dowry, sup- parameters. The version meant for the online platform was erroneously pack- important role too. things SARI measures is discrimination ate after men did. When we decided to porting marriage choice, and encour- aged as the print version leading to the error. As a result, the headline — “Leith against women. include the same question in the SARI aging female labour force participation Castle under threat?” — embarrassingly appeared thrice. Measuring discrimination In India, girls are less likely to survive survey five years later, we found even would all give women more power to Social Attitudes Research for India infancy than boys, and if they do, par- higher numbers. One in three adults in challenge this damaging practice. The Readers’ Editor’s oice can be contacted by (SARI) is a new phone survey that seeks ents invest less in their education. Wo- Delhi, and six in ten adults in U.P. said Telephone: +91-44-28418297/28576300 (11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday to Fri- to interview representative samples of men are far less likely to work outside they lived in households where men eat Diane Coffey is a visiting researcher at the Indian Statistical Institute, Delhi. This is the last of a four- day); 18-65-year-olds. Recently, we inter- the home and have their own bank ac- first. Why are these numbers even part series on prejudice. The first, second and third E-mail:[email protected] viewed 1,270 adults in Delhi and 1,470 counts than men. Many report little de- higher than what the IHDS found in parts, with Amit Thorat, appeared on December 29 The Terms of Reference for the Readers’ Editor are on www.thehindu.com adults in Uttar Pradesh. One of the cision-making power over their own 2011? and December 30, 2016, and January 2, 2017. 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KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL “mixing religion with State Canvassing on the and language. Justice power.” Chandrachud wrote that NEW DELHI: The Constitution “Elections to the State le- basis of religion these were social realities in Parties welcome verdict Bench led by Chief Justice of gislature or to the Parlia- will amount to our country that the Indian India T.S. Thakur had to de- ment or for that matter any ‘mixing religion addresses. SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT cide on whether the pro- body in the State is a secular noun ‘his’ in Section 123(3) exercise just as the functions with State power’ ‘Cannot be barred’ NEW DELHI: Political parties of the Representation of the of the elected representat- “How can this be barred by and large welcomed People Act implied a blanket ives must be secular in both the little booth, with a little from being discussed in an the Supreme Court ruling ban on any appeal, refer- outlook and practice,” Chief pencil, making a little cross election? Religion, caste and against the use of Administrators apart from Anurag Thakur (right) and Ajay ence, campaign, discussion, Justice Thakur observed in on a little piece of paper...” language are as much a sym- religion, caste, Shirke will continue, provided they do not fall under Lodha dialogue or debate on the his separate judgment, Justice Bobde summar- bol of social discrimination community and language panel’s categories that propose immediate ouster. — FILE PHOTO basis of religion, race, caste, throwing his lot with ised that Section 123 pro- imposed on large segments to seek votes. community or language, Justices Lokur, Rao and scribed all appeals based on of our society. They are part “The BJP welcomes the even if such a debate was on Bobde. sectarian, linguistic or caste of the central theme of the ruling. We have always Sitaram Yechury the deprivations sufered by considerations during elec- Constitution to produce a believed in rashtrawadi SC bowls out top the voters due to these con- Legislative aim tion campaigns in order to just social order. Electoral politics [politics of said. siderations. Justice Lokur said the “infuse a modicum of one- politics in a democratic nationalism] and this is a The Rashtriya Janata The majority on the primary legislative aim of ness, transcending such bar- polity is about social mobil- welcome ruling,” said Dal said there was a need BCCI bosses Bench — the Chief Justice Section 123(3) of the Repres- riers.” isation,” Justice BJP general secretary to address certain “grey and Justices Madan B. Lokur, entation of People Act is to He borrowed, in this con- Chandrachud wrote in his Kailash Vijaywargiya. areas” in the judgment. The court has issued notice persons of experience and S.A. Bobde and L. Nagesh- “curb communal and separ- text, Rabindranath Tagore’s separate judgment suppor- Congress “The ruling is welcome, to Mr. Thakur for his re- integrity for the committee. wara Rao — interpreted that atist tendencies in the coun- phrase that election cam- ted by Justices A.K.Goel and spokesperson Manish but certain identities, sponse on why he should The court asked the senior Parliament meant by ‘his’ a try.” Justice Lokur said that paigns should transcend the U.U. Lalit. Tewari said if the especially certain caste not face both contempt advocates to submit their complete ban on any refer- by allowing a candidate to fragmented “narrow do- “Hence, it would be far- Supreme Court had identities, are linked to proceedings and criminal report in two weeks. ence or appeal to religion, take advantage of the voters’ mestic walls.” fetched to assume that in le- drawn the line, everyone inequality and need to be prosecution for perjury. Meanwhile, till the com- race, community, caste and religious identity merely to Dissenting with the ma- gislating to adopt Section 123 must welcome it. articulated in that The order, authored by mittee was formed, the language during elections. gain votes would be a disser- jority and delivering a scath- (3), Parliament had intended “Using caste, religion context.,” said the party’s Justice Chandrachud, fully court ordered the senior- This meant the pronoun ex- vice to the “little man” and ing retort, the minority judg- to obliterate or outlaw refer- and region is the spokesperson Manoj Jha. supported the Justice most vice-president of the tended to the social, lin- against public interest. ment authored by Justice ences to religion, caste, race, antithesis of the values CPI(M) general Lodha panel recommenda- BCCI to take over as BCCI guistic and religious identity Quoting Winston D.Y. Chandrachud pointed community or language in on which our nation was secretary Sitaram tion to oust BCCI oice- president and the joint sec- of the voter also. Churchill, Justice Lokur to the historic discrimina- the hurly-burly of the great founded, and the Yechury called the bearers and administrators retary to replace him. Chief Justice Thakur said said: “At the bottom of all tions and deprivations festival of democracy,” Supreme Court has re- verdict a victory for of ailiated State associ- The Supreme Court, appealing on the basis of re- tributes paid to democracy sufered by the masses on Justice Chandrachud ob- airmed those values,” he secularism. ations who are above 70 here, referred to how it had ligion would amount to is the little man, walking into the ground of religion, caste served. years old, who are insolv- in 2014 appointed retired ent, government ministers cricketer Sunil Gavaskar as and servants, oice-bearers interim BCCI president in of other sports and athletic relation to IPL 2014 when it associations, those who had found the then BCCI Party belongs to me, says Mulayam Shivpal, Amar Singh have already enjoyed a cu- president, N. Srinivasan, in- mulative period of nine capable of performing his LUCKNOW: Samajwadi Party su- years at the BCCI helm and duties. The court said other premo Mulayam Singh on blamed for SP feud those charged with crim- BCCI administrators, ex- Monday said the ruling party LUCKNOW: Expelled Samajwadi inal ofences. “Several of- cluding Mr. Thakur and Mr. of Uttar Pradesh belonged to Party leader Naresh Agarwal fice-bearers both of BCCI Shirke, shall continue, him and that he enjoyed the on Monday alleged that and the State Associations provided they do not fall support of the people. party leaders Amar Singh continue to hold posts al- under the categories the The SP leader told the me- and Shivpal Singh Yadav though they stand disquali- Lodha panel recommended dia that he led a spot-free life were brainwashing party fied in terms of the above for immediate ouster. Such so far, and the Supreme patron Mulayam Singh. norms ... the turf of the administrators who remain Court gave him a clean chit “The two responsible for cricket field is not a per- after the filtering should when corruption charges the feud within the party sonal turf or fiefdom,” the provide an unconditional were levelled against him have also accompanied Net- Supreme Court observed. undertaking in four weeks once. He headed to New aji to Delhi. I just want to The court said a commit- that they will comply with Delhi on Monday and is set urge him to maintain a dis- tee of administrators would the Lodha panel reforms. to take the battle of ‘cycle’ to tance from the duo. They be appointed to run the Once the committee of the Election Commission. want to destroy him and Shivpal Singh Yadav BCCI. The Bench sought administrators is formed, bring bad name to him. They “objective assistance” from the Lodha panel’s job will United they stand want to defame you among the role of an actor [hero],” senior advocate Fali Nar- be confined to overall His younger brother and people. I only want to see the Mr. Agarwal added. iman and amicus curiae policy-making. The next State unit party president son and father reunite,” Mr. Putting an end to specula- and senior advocate Gopal hearing is scheduled for Shivpal Singh Yadav told the Agarwal said. tion going on about the feud Subramanium to choose January 19. media that he was with his Taking a jibe at Amar within the party, Mr. Agarwal elder brother now and al- Singh, Mr. Agarwal said the said it was sorted now and ways. “I have always been former had always abused Mr. Mulayam Singh must ex- with Netaji, will always be BATTLE READY: Samajwadi Party president Mulayam Singh Yadav, the party’s U.P. president Mr. Mulayam Singh. press happiness over his till my last breath,” Mr. Shivpal Yadav, and senior leaders Amar Singh and Jayapradaon their way to meet the Chief “Nobody must have ab- son’s growth. ‘I wish them the best’ Shivpal Yadav said. Election Commissioner in New Delhi on Monday. — PHOTO: SHIV KUMAR PUSHPAKAR used Netaji as much as Amar “There’s no conflict going He said Mr. Mulayam Singh has. Amar Singh fits on now. Ninety percent of The sacked BCCI secretary period, so be it. Indian Singh was still the national ever, refused to divulge at Mr. Shivpal Yadav on that summed up his mood into the role of a villain per- the party members are with Ajay Shirke said: “At the cricket should move president of the party and what time they would go to Sunday got emotional at a and also that of the first fam- fectly. the Chief Minister,” he ad- end of the day, the BCCI forward.” would remain so. He, how- the poll panel. dinner event and sang a song ily of Uttar Pradesh. — IANS He will be a flop if he plays ded. — ANI comprises members. It is Former India captain not about me or the presid- Bishan Singh Bedi wel- ent. It is about the mem- comed the decision. “The bers. I have no reason to go nation should be grateful to Centre submits report to into history. Justice Lodha and the Su- EC may freeze Samajwadi Party symbol “History can be judged preme Court for setting the by people diferently. I have course for clean adminis- poll panel on Manipur DEVESH K. PANDEY 2004 — about three months splinter groups in the organ- no personal attachment to tration. Hopefully, we can ahead of the general elec- isational and legislature the post. In the past also I have accountability and SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT State. The oicial said the EC NEW DELHI: With the Election tions — when a faction led by wings of the party. have resigned and I have transparency in the Board had asked the Home Min- Commission expected to an- P.A. Sangma, the then gen- “The Supreme Court held lots of other things to do. now. I am looking forward NEW DELHI: The Home Min- istry for Central forces and nounce the poll schedules eral secretary of the Nation- in that matter in 1971 that the “I came back to the Board to some clean administra- istry has submitted a report had asked for an assessment for Uttar Pradesh and four alist Congress Party, and the test of majority applied by as there was a vacancy and I tion which can take Indian to the Election Commission in the wake of the prevailing other States later this week, other headed by party pres- the Commission in the case was elected unopposed. cricket forward.” regarding the “ongoing ten- situation. “The report is in some experts are of the view ident Sharad Pawar staked of split in the Indian National Now it has come to this [the Member of Parliament sion and grave law and order response to the EC’s demand that the Samajwadi Party’s claim to the party symbol Congress was a valid and rel- Supreme Court verdict]. I and former India all- situation” prevailing in Ma- for Central forces,” said the ‘cycle’ symbol might be “clock.” evant test. am completely fine with it rounder Kirti Azad called it nipur, which is sufering oicial. frozen till the issue of which The Commission has and I have no regrets.” a victory for cricket. from an economic blockade faction has the right to it is The Samajwadi Party’s Relative strength since then been following Andhra Cricket Associ- “It is a landmark judg- for more than 60 days. State pulled up decided. ‘cycle’ symbol. — FILE PHOTO In its March 2004 order, and applying this test of nu- ation president G. Ganga ment by the Hon. Supreme A senior oicial said they The Centre had earlier This measure would put the Commission observed merical majority in the legis- Raju said: “We will imple- Court. The BCCI shouldn’t had given a status report to pulled up the Congress-led the Mulayam and Akhilesh Commission instead ap- that in the Sadiq Ali case, the lature wings and in the or- ment the Lodha panel re- have crossed its limits. I the EC so that the latter Manipur government for its factions on an equal footing. proved two new symbols and Supreme Court had upheld ganisational wings of the forms with immediate ef- feel Anurag Thakur was ill- could “independently make failure to resolve the con- In 2011, two factions of the party names for the rival the principle of deciding dis- party in all cases of splits,” fect. advised. It is a good begin- an assessment of the situ- tinuous blockade of the na- Uttarakhand Kranti Dal had groups. putes relating to splits in said the order, which de- “If it means that we have ning for Indian sports.” Mr. ation” in connection with the tional highway by Naga staked claim to the party The EC was faced with a political parties on the basis cided the issue in favour of to go into a cooling of Azad said. coming elections in the groups. symbol “chair.” However, the similar situation in February of relative strength of the Mr. Pawar. BJP’s 14-year exile in U.P. coming to an end, says Modi India to hold talks on OMAR RASHID Congress tears into PM Masood resolution LUCKNOW: “They say remove SUHASINI HAIDAR them.” a senior government Modi, I say remove black SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT how much counterfeit money has KALLOL BHATTACHERJEE oicial told The Hindu. money,” Prime Minister Nar- come in.” Mr. Modi, he added, The Union Home Ministry endra Modi said here on NEW DELHI: Ramping up its attack should tell the people how much NEW DELHI: Pakistan’s state- and the Ministry of External Monday in a statement re- on demonetisation, the Congress reduction there had been in ments on the failure of the Afairs are understood to miniscent of Indira Gandhi’s on Monday asked Prime Minister financing of terror. U.N. Security Council com- have been working on the famous ‘garibi hatao’ clarion, Narendra Modi to tell the nation The Congress also wanted to mittee to ban Jaish-e-Mo- next proposal to the UN Se- as he continued to attack his how much black money, know, Mr. Tewari said, in whose hammad chief Masood curity Council committee to political opponents for op- counterfeit currency and terror- custody the ₨14.86 lakh crore Azhar are “misleading”, gov- designate Masood Azhar’s posing demonetisation. financing have been unearthed deposited in bank accounts ernment sources said here brother Abdul Rauf Azhar as Addressing a political rally since November 8. following demonetisation has on Monday. well. here, Mr. Modi said the issue “Since the surgical strike on been kept, and whether the Oicials also indicated had united even the 1.2 billion people on November government will destroy the that India would now con- Pakistan’s statement staunchest of political foes. 8,” party spokesperson Manish notes under the supervision of sult the U.S., the U.K. and On Sunday, Pakistan’s For- Referring to the Samajwadi Tewari said, “the Prime Minister the Supreme Court or under a France, which had co- eign Ministry had issued a Party (SP) and the Bahujan has not been answering crucial Joint Parliamentary Committee. sponsored the resolution, as strong statement, calling In- Samaj Party (BSP), Mr. Modi questions raised by the Criticising the way Mr. Modi well as Bolivia, Ethiopia, dia’s proposal at the UNSC said both parties were rais- Opposition. Over the last three addressed the nation on New Kazakhstan, and Sweden, committee “politically mo- ing the slogan, “Modi ko days, he has made two speeches, Year's Eve, he said no elected which joined the UNSC on tivated.” badlo, Modi ko hatao” but there are no answers. Neither leader has ever spoken in such a January 1, on the next steps to “The dismissal of this pro- (‘change Modi, remove the RBI nor the government have “threatening manner, like an be taken. posal is also a rejection of the Modi’). said anything on how much black invader.” It was “a Budget speech Indian attempts to politicise SOUNDING THE BUGLE: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, flanked by Home Minister Rajnath Singh money has been returned and outside Parliament,” he added. China’s block and undermine the work of Fight against black money and BJP president Amit Shah (right), at a rally in Lucknow on Monday. — PHOTO: RAJEEV BHATT India’s submission against this important Committee of Addressing a well-atten- Azhar was dropped by the the Security Council,” ded and much-anticipated demonetisation were fo- PM targeted the SP, the BSP Referring to the period of needs to be total, like the speech was repetitive and 1267 ISIS/Al Qaeda Sanc- spokesperson Nafeez Za- rally at the Ramabai grounds, cused on targeting his polit- and the Congress with sev- 14 years the BJP was out of mandate he had secured at lacklustre, and as “disap- tions committee on Friday, karia said, accusing India of Mr. Modi asserted that his ical opponents. eral sharp one-liners. power in U.P., Mr. Modi the Centre in 2014, he pointing” as his address to after China converted its working to a “narrow na- “fight against black money The PM also commented In his address minutes be- stressed it was not a vanvaas stressed. Mr. Modi urged the the nation on December 31 as “technical hold” into a block tional agenda.” and corruption would go on” on the fresh bouts of infight- fore Mr. Modi spoke, Home (exile) for his party but that people of U.P. to rise above it lacked any word of relief or veto of the proposal. The MEA did not respond though he did not make any ing within the ruling SP and Minister Rajnath Singh also for development in the State. caste and identity and vote in for people living in distress “We will need to consult to the statement publicly, but major announcements, ofer wondered how a party em- took a dig at the infighting “That 14-year exile will the name of development. for 50 days since demonet- other co-sponsors on how to oicials said Pakistan’s in- any relief to people, nor as- broiled in “saving [a] family” within the SP, saying the end,” Mr. Modi promised, as isation. She asked why Mr. proceed [on the move to ban sinuation that banning sess the gains of demonetisa- could salvage the fate of the people of U.P. did not want a he sought a full majority gov- Mayawati responds Modi was quiet on the Azhar]. Also, new members Masood Azhar was not re- tion so far. State. dangal [bout] but mangal ernment for his party in 2017. BSP chief Mayawati shot achievements of demonet- have joined the Security lated to the committee’s Most of his references on Without taking names, the [well-being]. The parivartan [change] back at Mr. Modi saying his isation. Council so we will consult work was “misleading.”

CM HY-HY YK HYDERABAD | THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 NEWS 13 Railways see SC widens boundaries of spike in cashless RSS, BJP leaders to go into a transactions judicial review of ordinance SOMESH JHA huddle over demonetisation KRISHNADAS RAJAGOPAL Ordinance of 1989. The State It can now examine NEW DELHI: In a first, the Indian government had approached Railways earned more than NEW DELHI: In a blow to Ordin- whether President the Supreme Court after the half its reserved ticket reven- Its after-effects to dominate the talks in Ahmedabad on January 4 and 5 ance Raj, a Constitution was spurred by an High Court of Patna declared ues on January 1 through Bench of the Supreme Court “oblique motive” to that repeated re-promulga- cashless means, a Railway NISTULA HEBBAR Strategy and here, too, with a separate res- widened the boundaries of tion of the ordinances was Board member has said. olution on the issue, thank- judicial review to the extent promulgate ordinance unconstitutional after rely- “Around 51 per cent of our NEW DELHI: The first week of preparations for U.P. ing the government and that it can now examine ing on the D.C. Wadhwa earnings from railway tickets the New Year appears to be and four other States Prime Minister Narendra whether the President or the Goel, U.U. Lalit and L. judgment on the dos and came through the cashless one of introspection — espe- Modi for its tough stance on Governor was spurred by an Nageshwara Rao. don’ts of promulgation of or- route on January 1, which is a cially on the significant de- going to the polls will corruption,” said a source in “oblique motive” to bypass Justice Chandrachud ob- dinances by another Consti- record for the Indian Rail- cision of demonetisation also be charted out the party. “A second, omni- the Legislature and promul- served that the apex court tution Bench of the Supreme ways,” Railway Member, taken by the Narendra Modi bus political resolution will gate an ordinance. would scrutinise whether Court in 1986. Traic, Mohd. Jamshed told government — for both the the impact of demonetisa- also be moved, and it will In case the apex court con- the satisfaction of the Presid- Confirming the High The Hindu. BJP and its ideological tion on various sectors. The specifically mention the ob- cludes that the President or ent or the Governor to pro- Court’s view, Justice Before the demonetisation mentor, Rashtriya Swayam- issues thrown up by demon- structive behaviour of the the Governor was influenced mulgate an ordinance was Chandrachud, supported by on November 8, the Railways sevak Sangh (RSS). etisation will also be dis- Opposition during the just- by ulterior motives to pro- based on relevant material or Chief Justice Thakur in a earned only around 38 per The RSS brass, including cussed,” a source said. concluded winter session of mulgate the ordinance, such whether it amounted to a separate judgment, held that cent of all ticket revenues its Sarsanghachalak (chief) Parliament,” the source said. an act by the two constitu- “fraud on power or was actu- “re-promulgation of ordin- through the Indian Rail Ca- Mohan Bhagwat and Mohan Bhagwat Structured meeting “Obviously, the prepara- tional authorities would ated by an oblique motive.” ances is a fraud on the Con- tering and Tourism Corpora- Sarkaryavah Suresh “While the RSS has had tions for the elections in Ut- amount to a fraud on their stitution and a subversion of tion’s website or plastic ‘Bhaiyaji’ Joshi, will sit down the meeting will review the many discussions unoi- tar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, powers, the apex court held The seminal question democratic legislative cards, he said. On November with the BJP’s senior general events of the year gone by, cially, this will be the first Punjab, Goa and Manipur on Monday. The seminal question that processes.” 8, it earned ₨49 crore through secretaries Ram Lal and Ram especially demonetisation structured meeting,” he said. will also be discussed,” said a came up in reference before cashless means. On January Madhav for the first of the and its likely impact on the Mr. Mohan Bhagwat is, in party oice-bearer. The satisfaction the seven-judge Constitu- Mandatory obligation 1, ₨69 crore out of a total tick- three review meetings a year situation on the ground this fact, touring Gujarat now. BJP president Amit Shah “The satisfaction of the tion Bench led by Chief “The requirement of lay- eting revenue of ₨133 crore to be held in Ahmedabad on year. The BJP national execut- and Mr. Modi will address President under Article 123 Justice of India T.S. Thakur ing an ordinance before Par- came through cashless trans- January 4 and 5, a day before “Several ailiates of the ive will meet on January 6 the meeting at the opening and of the Governor under dealt with the constitutional- liament or the State Legis- actions, Mr. Jamshed said. “A the BJP kicks of its national RSS — such as the Bharatiya and 7, the first time since the and concluding sessions of Article 213 is not immune ity of seven successive re- lature is a mandatory large number of passengers executive meeting in New Kisan Sangh, the Bharatiya government announced de- the meeting respectively. from judicial review,” Justice promulgations of The Bihar constitutional obligation have migrated to the e-tick- Delhi. Mazdoor Sangh and the monetisation. “Who will propose these res- D.Y. Chandrachud wrote in a Non-Government Sanskrit cast upon the government,” eting system after demonet- Top sources in the Sangh Swadeshi Jagaran Manch — “Demonetisation will olutions is still to be de- common judgment with Schools (Taking Over of Justice Chandrachud held in isation. On December 29, the Parivar have confirmed that expressed reservation about dominate the proceedings cided,” said the source. Justices S.A. Bobde, A.K. Management and Control) the common judgment. earnings from e-ticket book- ing stood at ₨73 crore and from cash transactions at ticketing counters at ₨34 crore. Around 67 per cent of Demonetisation is yielding Alienation growing in J&K: Vohra our reserved passengers are now booking tickets online PEERZADA ASHIQ olence may become a way of compared to 58 per cent life and ruin our future,” the earlier.” results, says Venkaiah SRINAGAR: As Opposition Governor said. parties staged protests Integrated mobile app SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT the pain. Their confidence in against the People’s Demo- Cong. denies charge He said cashless transac- Mr. Modi had increased. cratic Party-Bharatiya Janata Meanwhile, Congress Le- tions at counters for unre- CHENNAI: While acknow- Mr. Naidu also dismissed Party government on the gislative Party (leader Rigzin served ticket also rose to 7.9 ledging that Prime Minister speculations that the govern- first day of the Assembly ses- Jora said the ruling parties per cent at the end of Decem- Narendra Modi’s demonet- ment intended to put money sion this year on Monday, were “misinforming” the ber from one per cent before isation exercise has been into people’s accounts as an Governor N.N. Vohra people of the State that the the demonetisation. painful in the short-term, incentive after the demonet- warned against “increasing Opposition had “disrespec- The government had in- Union Minister for Urban isation exercise. alienation of youth” and ted” the national anthem in stalled 2,000 card swiping Development and Informa- “Though, I am not the final called for an “early India- the Assembly. machines at 13,000 railway tion & Broadcasting M. Ven- word, knowing the Prime Pakistan dialogue”. “There is no question of counters across the country kaiah Naidu said on Monday Minister’s mind, he is not for “No responsible society disrespecting the national till January 1. It would soon that the move has started to giving anything free. He is can aford to stand by and see anthem,” he said. launch an integrated mobile yield results like reduction in M. Venkaiah Naidu for incentivising schemes for the alienation of its youth. A “There was din and confu- application giving passen- interest rates by banks. development. Already, he worrying concern is that the sion in the House that the na- gers three dozen payment “Money is coming into the down.” The government was has announced interest sub- younger generation, espe- tional anthem was almost in- options. system. Whether the old determined to go after errant vention for housing”. cially in the Valley, is less en- audible and the Governor Mr. Jamshed said the Rail- notes are deposited into the people, scrutinise unusual Mr. Modi, he said, believed gaged civically, exhibits less Jammu and Kashmir Governor N.N. Vohra addressing the joint also walked out from the hall ways had extended the ser- bank or not, notes are now deposits and plug leakages. in giving more power to the social trust and confidence session of the Legislature in Jammu on Monday. — PHOTO: PTI amid confusion and chaos”. vice charge waiver on e- coming into the open,” he But Mr. Modi did not have a States as part of “cooperative and, consequently, has a “We as representatives of ticket booking till March 31. said at an interaction with magic wand to eradicate federalism.” “The system has weaker commitment to the the National Conference and Kashmir is a manifestation of the Congress will continue The Centre had earlier an- journalists at The Hindu of- leakages, he said. changed now. States come inherited value systems. We Congress. our political problems. New to play our role and make the nounced waiver of the ser- fice here. “More money is Though he admitted that it forward with their develop- need to engage them,” said He said it was important political discourse has to voice of the common man of vice charge of ₨20 on sleeper coming into the system and was painful to see people ment plans and the Centre Mr. Vohra in his speech, that the “Indo-Pak dialogue move away from being ex- the State resonate in both class and ₨40 on AC class e- into the tax net. More people waiting in queues to get their sanctions the plan if it is in which was disrupted by re- gets resumed early”. “What clusivist to be efectively in- houses of Legislature", he tickets booked from Novem- coming into the tax net own money, he believed that accordance with the peated protests by the Op- has been happening on the clusive. Unless we act with said. ber 23 to December 31. means tax rates will come people had now forgotten guidelines,” he explained. position parties, including streets in the past months in determination, senseless vi- (With PTI inputs)

CBI raids For men in uniform, panoply of duplicates cooperative DINAKAR PERI 14.5 lakh medals of various ‘Not one original “When there is a full- banks in Surat types,” defence sources fledged department to NEW DELHI: For men and told The Hindu. medal’ has been issue them, why should a SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT women in the military, each In the absence of this, issued since 2008, soldier go to Gopinath medal on their uniform personnel have been Bazaar [in Delhi AHMEDABAD: The CBI on tells stories of their valour buying duplicate medals in with the backlog Cantonment] and buy a Monday searched several and sacrifice, and for a the local market. running to 14.5 lakh duplicate medal,” a senior locations in Surat, including discerning observer, each The original medal oicer asked. local cooperative banks, in medal tells a unique story. contains the names and the Supreme Commander Another source said the connection with the large- For the past nine years, all service numbers of the of the armed forces, the delay was because of the scale seizure of money and the medals that Indian personnel. President of India. defence finance wing’s assets from Kishore Bhaji- soldiers added to their “Several letters have objections to tendering for awala, a tea vendor-turned- uniform were duplicates been written to the Not aware of it the medals. moneylender, by the Income- from local markets. department but there has While several Army “In the next financial Tax Department. The Department of been no movement,” the oicers said they had year, they are hopeful that The CBI raided the Medals under the Defence oicial added on the eforts bought duplicate medals, they will be able to get the premises of Surat People’s Ministry, which is to address the issue. some younger oicers are go-ahead for tendering and Cooperative Bank, allegedly responsible for issuing There are several kinds not even aware that medals they can then clear the used by Bhajiawala and one original medals, has failed of awards and medals are issued by the Ministry. backlog,” a senior oicial jeweller who had sold Rs. 60 to do so since 2008. conferred on personnel for “We are not even aware told The Hindu. crore worth of gold post-de- gallantry, distinguished An insignia of valour for that there is a separate However, many seemed monetisation and channell- Huge backlog service awards, men in uniform. department and these unconvinced by the reason sed the cash through RTGS “Not a single medal has commendation, various medals are issued. We have and questioned how such using the cooperative bank. been issued by the decorations and long awards are directly always purchased them in objections could have held Thirteen premises of banks department since 2008. service medals. presented during the the market,” one young up the issue for eight years and others were raided in There is a backlog of about Of these, gallantry investiture ceremony by oicer said. since 2008. connection with the case, a CBI oicial said. Pravasi Divas this year to highlight social innovations

SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT Under the new PBD NEW DELHI: Pravasi Bharatiya format of the govt., Divas 2017, annual global issues faced by convention for the Indian di- overseas Indians to aspora, will focus on social innovators, the Ministry of be addressed External Afairs said on Monday. abroad. The highpoint of the The January 7 to 9 con- event would be the award for clave to be held in Bangalore the pravasi achievers will be the first full-fledged Dhyaneshwar M. Mulay (Pravasi Bharatiya Samman festival of diaspora Indians Awards) that will be con- under a new format adopted dian Afairs, Dhyaneshwar ferred by President Pranab by the government of Prime Mulay. Mukherjee on January 9. Minister Narendra Modi in All sessions of the mega The current format of the 2016. event will be in plenary PBD 2017, which was first an- The event will be attended format and will be interact- nounced by External Afairs by more than 4,000 delegates ive, which will allow deleg- Minister Sushma Swaraj dur- and high-power delegations ates from overseas to convey ing the annual conference of from Mauritius, Malaysia their suggestions to the gov- 2016, generated interest as and Qatar. ernment directly. reports had indicated parti- “Highlight of the PBD 2017 “The sessions will focus cipation by delegates who is social innovations by Indi- on immigration and the role trace their origin to Pak-oc- ans. Twenty social innova- of diaspora organisations,” cupied Kashmir. tions will be highlighted. said Mr. Mulay. The idea be- Mr. Mulay on Monday, There will also be a contest hind the new format was to however, declined to con- of innovators and the winner make the celebration more firm participation from the will get an award of ₨1 lakh,” responsive to the problems Gilgit-Baltistan region of said Secretary, Overseas In- faced by the Indian diaspora Pakistan. CM YK HYDERABAD 14 | WORLD THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 IS says it’s behind Istanbul attack ‘It is a trilateral partnership Terror group says the assault is in retaliation for Ankara’s incursion into Syria; gunman still at large of India, U.S. and Israel’

ISTANBUL: The Islamic State VARGHESE K. GEORGE agenda, raise funds, hire group on Monday claimed staf. If you are going to have the shooting rampage inside a WASHINGTON: The optics of the a community that has a polit- glamorous Istanbul nightclub U.S.-Israel relations will ical voice, it has to be treated on New Year's night that change for the better under as a business. America is killed 39 people, as police the incoming Donald Trump welcoming to that kind of hunted the attacker who re- administration and this will political activity. But you will mains on the run. have a positive impact on In- have to take that job Anti-terror police made dia’s relations with both, said seriously.” their first arrests over the at- a senior functionary of the Asked about India’s rela- tack, which unleashed scenes American Jewish Committee tions with Iran and how this of panic among partygoers at (AJC), an influential ad- may impact its ties with Is- one of Istanbul’s swankiest vocacy group. rael and the U.S., Mr. Isaac- venues and killed mostly for- Jason Isaacson, AJC’s Dir- son said the AJC “would like eign tourists. ector of International Af- to see the energy partnership The shooting took place fairs, who recently returned [between India and Iran] di- just 75 minutes into 2017 after from Israel, said he expected Jason Isaacson, Director of minished over time.” a bloody year in Turkey in Indian and Israeli Prime International Affairs at the “In meetings that I have which hundreds of people Ministers to exchange visits American Jewish Committee had with Indian oicials in were killed in violence in 2017. Describing President Delhi, in New York and in blamed on both the IS and Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to of what is really a trilateral Washington, Iran has come Kurdish militants. The mother of one of the Israel last year as India’s relationship, between India, up, and I will not hide from In a statement circulated victims of the attack at Reina “coming out of the closet” on Israel, and the U.S.,” he said, you the concerns that AJC on social media, the group nightclub breaks down during ties with Israel, Mr. Isaacson about AJC’s attempts to co- and our community have re- said one of the “soldiers of the his funeral in Istanbul on said: “There is less hesitation ordinate with the Indian garding Iran and its ambi- caliphate” had carried out the Monday; (above) video grab in India on embracing Israel. Americans. The AJC had tions. We also recognise that attack. It accused Turkey, a taken from CCTV shows the It started before Mr. (Naren- pulled its weight in support Iran is India’s neighbour and majority-Muslim country, of gunman. — PHOTOS: REUTERS, AFP dra) Modi, and it is a bipar- of the India-U.S. civil nuclear an important trading partner being a servant of Christians, tisan position in India, but it deal. and energy supplier... We in a possible reference to daily, the gunman then fired Syrian refugee is more public under Mr. also hope that India can use Ankara’s alliance with the in- of four magazines containing 24 killed in Baghdad as Modi that Israel is a natural Political voice its relationship with Iran to ternational coalition fighting a total of 120 bullets around ally of India and there are A regular visitor to India, influence its behaviour — re- IS in neighbouring Syria and the club, as terrified guests held over alleged mutual benefits.” Mr. Isaacson said Indian garding Israel, their Gulf Iraq. flung themselves into the IS targets Shia gathering Talking to The Hindu at Americans and Jewish neighbours and their sup- freezing waters of the Bos- bomb plot the 110-year old organisa- Americans “could do a lot port for terrorism. Iranians First clear claim in Turkey phorus in panic. BAGHDAD/TIKRIT: An Islamic State a square where day labourers tion’s headquarters in Wash- more together”. Asked about should feel some heat from This is the first time the IS But after changing clothes, (IS) car bomb killed 24 people in typically gather. BERLIN: A Syrian man has been ington, Mr. Isaacson, who is the ambition of several In- their trading partner, India.” has issued a clear and undis- the gunman left the nightclub a busy square in Baghdad’s Nine of the victims were arrested in Germany on suspicion an advocate of increasing co- dian-American initiatives Mr. Isaacson said while the puted claim for an attack in- in the ensuing chaos and has sprawling Sadr City district on women in a passing minibus. A of seeking €180,000 ($190,000) operation between Indian that try with limited success incoming Trump adminis- side Turkey, despite being managed to evade security Monday, and the militants cut a separate blast near a hospital in from the Islamic State (IS) group and Jewish diasporas across to emulate the Jewish model tration has given clear sig- blamed for several major forces. Interior Minister Su- key road north from the capital to central Baghdad killed one to buy vehicles that he intended the world, described the ties of intervention in American nals regarding its Israel strikes in Istanbul and other leyman Soylu said on Sunday Mosul, their last major civilian and wounded nine, police to use for one or several bomb among India, Israel and the politics, Mr. Isaacson said: policy, several other ques- cities over the last year. that intense eforts were un- stronghold in the country. and medical sources said. attacks, authorities said on U.S. as a trilateral relation- “The way you can be efect- tions remain open, particu- It has in the past, however, der way to find the gunman, An online statement Monday. The 38-year-old, who ship. “We will work together, ive in this society is — gather larly the way forward on the claimed individual assassina- and expressed hope that he distributed by Amaq news Hollande in Iraq came to Germany in late 2014 as to demonstrate the benefits people together, make an Syrian civil war. tions of Syrian anti-jihadist would be captured soon. agency, which supports the IS, “The terrorists will attempt to an asylum-seeker, was arrested activists in the south of Tur- Late on Sunday, police said it had targeted a gathering attack civilians in order to make on Saturday in Saarbruecken, key. rushed to Istanbul’s Kur- of Shia Muslims. Sixty-seven up for their losses, but we assure close to the French border. He is The IS statement said the ucesme district after a tip-of people were wounded in the the Iraqi people and the world accused of collecting money to No conclusive evidence of Russian attack was in response to Tur- but the operation did not pro- blast. U.S.-backed Iraqi forces are that we are able to end terrorism be used by him or someone else key’s military intervention duce any arrest. “The danger currently fighting to push the IS and shorten its life,” Prime to carry out murder. against the jihadists in Syria. continues,” wrote columnist from the northern city of Mosul, Minister Haider Al-Abadi told Prosecutors accuse him of role in hacking: Trump’s spokesman The army said Turkish war Abdulkadir Selvi in Hurriyet. but are facing fierce resistance. reporters after meeting with contacting someone in Syria planes launched new air Meanwhile, External Af- The group has lost most of the visiting French President Francois “who he knew was in a position WASHINGTON: Incoming White getting national security briefings against Russia, calling it a “how- strikes around the Al Bab fairs Minister Sushma Swaraj territory it seized in a blitz across Hollande. to obtain IS money for terror House press secretary Sean “on a daily basis” and “there to” manual on basic cybersecurity town. Arriving by taxi at the said the mortal remains of the northern and western Iraq in Mr. Hollande, whose country financing” last month via Spicer defended cryptic doesn’t seem to be conclusive for Democrats. plush Reina nightclub on the two Indian victims — Abis 2014. has faced a series of militant Telegram. comments by President-elect evidence” that Russians were In an interview on NBC’s shores of the Bosphorus, the Hasan Rizvi and Khushi Shah Three bombs killed 29 people attacks in the past two years, Also, German police said that Donald Trump that he knows behind the hacking of Democratic “Today Show”, he said President gunman produced a weapon, — will be brought back on across the capital on Saturday, said French soldiers serving in a a 19-year-old Afghan asylum- “things that other people don’t e-mails during the election. Barack Obama only punished reportedly a Kalashnikov, and Wednesday. — AFP, PTI and an attack near the southern U.S.-led coalition against the IS seeker suffered serious burns know” when it comes to He also dismissed on Monday a Russia after Hillary Clinton lost shot dead a policeman and ci- city of Najaf on Sunday left seven jihadists in Iraq were preventing after setting himself on fire on allegations of Russian hacking. Mr. report released by the FBI and the election and that the recent vilian at the entrance. ½ NEW YEAR’S-EVE TRAGEDY policemen dead. more mass killings at home in Monday at a supermarket Spicer told Fox News Channel’s Homeland Security Department sanctions were politically According to the Hurriyet IN TURKEY | EDITORIAL Monday’s blast in Sadr City hit France. — Reuters warehouse in Bavaria. — AP “Fox & Friends” that Mr. Trump is supporting the accusations motivated. — AP Obama to deliver 60 killed in Brazil Cops suspected of beating A hazy beginning Rohingyas detained farewell speech prison riot sparked on Jan.10 by drug war YANGON: Myanmar said on Monday it has detained sev- WASHINGTON: U.S. President BRASILIA: Around 60 people eral police oicers over a Barack Obama will deliver a have been killed in a bloody video shot by a fellow police- farewell speech next week prison riot sparked by a war man that shows them beating from his political stronghold between rival drug gangs in Rohingya civilians, a rare ad- of Chicago, one of the last the Amazon jungle city of mission of abuse against the times he will be able to ad- Manaus, oicials said on Muslim minority. vocate for his policies before Monday, in some of the worst Tens of thousands of the inauguration of Donald violence in years in Brazil’s people from the persecuted Trump on January 20. overcrowded penitentiary ethnic group — loathed by “On Tuesday, January 10, system. many of Myanmar’s I’ll go home to Chicago to say The head of security for Buddhist majority — have my grateful farewell to you, Amazonas state, Sergio fled a military operation in even if you can’t be there in Fontes, told a news confer- Rakhine State, launched person,” Mr. Obama said in a ence that the death toll could after attacks on police posts short statement released on rise as authorities get a in October. Monday, noting that the tra- clearer idea of the scale of The refugees’ stories have dition of a farewell speech the rebellion sparked by a raised global alarm and gal- A protest in Dhaka in dates back to George Wash- fight between rival drug vanised protests against My- December against the ington. Mr. Obama, who was gangs. anmar’s de facto leader, persecution of Rohingyas in returning to Washington on The riot began late Sunday Aung San Suu Kyi, who has Myanmar. — PHOTO: AFP Monday after a two-week and was brought under con- been accused of not doing family vacation in Hawaii, trol by around 7 a.m. on enough to help the Rohingya. stable Zaw Myo Htike, who said he was just beginning to Monday, Mr. Fontes said. On Monday authorities looks nonchalantly into the write his remarks. The massacre was the pledged to take action camera smoking as he re- Mr. Obama celebrated his latest clash between inmates “against police who allegedly cords the video. election eight years ago in aligned with the Sao Paulo- beat villagers during area The footage shows police front of a huge crowd in based First Capital Com- clearance operations on 5 hitting a young boy around Chicago. He will deliver his mand (PCC) drug gang, November in Kotankauk vil- the head as he walks to where speech next week from the LOW VISIBILITY: Chinese cities woke on the first morning of the New Year covered in thick toxic fog, with the Brazil's most powerful, and a lage”. dozens of villagers are lined McCormick Place conven- concentration of harmful particles 20 times higher than international standards. Picture shows a building in Yangzhou, local Manaus criminal group Ms. Suu Kyi’s oice named up in rows seated on the tion centre, the site of his vic- Jiangsu Province, where fog reduced visibility to 50 metres. — PHOTO: AFP known as the North Family. four oicers involved in the ground, hands behind their tory speech after winning re- — Reuters operation including con- heads. — AFP election in 2012. — AFP

Indian-origin shopkeeper fights off thief Scored in U.S., ‘Dixie mission’ Americans are hailed in China injured in the second recent JANE PERLEZ in a museum and compound After meeting Mao in had with the Chinese Com- attack on his shop in here that eulogises the Com- munists command before or Timperley, Greater YAN’AN (CHINA): In 1944, a group munist Party’s embattled ori- 1944, they had called since,” Richard Bernstein Manchester. of U.S. diplomats in a C-47 gins and endurance. for greater U.S. wrote in China 1945, his book During the latest incident propeller plane swooped about the period. State Department experts support to the last week, he suffered slash down onto a rocky runway in Chinese Communists Things fell apart when LONDON: An Indian-origin wounds to his side and right Yan’an. Their mission was to One of the Americans, Mao, who had never been out shopkeeper is being hailed as hand as he grabbed the assess Mao Zedong, who had John Paton Davies Jr., jotted of China, asked for a meeting “brave” after he wrestled a intruder, disarmed him and made the city in northern down his impressions of the aries, he is dressed in work with President Franklin D. pinned him to the ground China his guerilla redoubt, city: “Yenan — which we clothes, bending over to help Roosevelt at the White knife-wielding thief to the The Sun ground in northern England. until police arrived, and judge whether he de- called Dixie since it was a Chinese worker level rocks House. Sandeep Yadala (30) was reported. — PTI served U.S. backing. rebel territory — was from on the airport runway. The museum ignores the Some of them concluded the air a thoroughly insigni- Another shows Davies, ruined careers of the Amer- that because Mao had the ficant Northwest China dressed in a dark shirt and icans who portrayed Mao in support of the people, he town set in a treeless valley. pants, standing in an oicial a positive light. Davies was would have the upper hand The eroded, lumpish plateau tableau with Mao and Zhou fired in 1954 during a brief U.K. to demonetise the £1 coin in the inevitable civil war that rose from the valley FRIENDS OF CHINA: Colonel David D. Barrett, leader of the ‘Dixie Enlai. personal audience with the with Chiang Kai-shek. They floor on either side was, in secretary of state, John LONDON: British people are by the new 12-sided one- mission’ with Mao Zedong. — PHOTO: WIKIMEDIA COMMONS were in favour of the U.S. late October, parched bare Regular meetings Foster Dulles. Service was hoarding around £433 million pound coin in March and the throwing its weight behind and tan.” and patriotic tourism de- a hulking edifice built 10 The Americans had regu- dismissed in 1952, though a in the old-style coins in piggy round pound will cease to be Mao. For that judgment, they Some of the others in the signed to attract Chinese cit- years ago that commemor- lar meetings, talking tactics Supreme Court decision re- banks, car ashtrays and legal tender by October 15. saw their careers destroyed Dixie mission were also State izens curious about the ates the Party’s perseverance and post-World War II pro- instated him in 1957. Vincent down the back of sofas and On Sunday, the final during the McCarthy era. Department China experts, Communist Party’s history. in the face of scarce food and spects, with Zhu De, the was forced to leave the State armchairs, experts say as the design for the 12-sided coin They became victims of the like John Stewart Service and Senior cadres, dressed in diseases. The displays say Communist commander in Department in 1952. Treasury prepares to phase was unveiled and ministers witch hunt for so-called John Carter Vincent. Some black suits and chaufeured nothing about the brutal chief, who would later lead Bernstein, in his book, them out this year. The old warned the old one would Communist sympathisers were Army oicers, like the around in small vans, come ideological purges conduc- the forces to victory over called Davies and Service coin has been a favourite of become worthless, The Sun and those who “lost” China. mission’s leader, Col. David to refresh their knowledge of ted by Mao and his secret po- Chiang’s Nationalists. “smart and dedicated public savers since it was said. The currency change But to this day in Yan’an, D. Barrett. Yan’an is now a the party’s early years under lice chief, Kang Sheng. “The Dixie Mission had servants” who were “naively introduced in 1983. was announced in the 2014 they are heralded as the good city of two million people, Mao. In one startling image of closer relations with senior dazzled” by the Commun- But it is set to be replaced Budget. — PTI Americans who understood much of the progress coming The museum, the Yan’an Service, who was born in Chinese military oicers ists. — New York Times China, and are even featured on the back of oil and gas, Revolution Memorial Hall, is China to American mission- than any Americans have News Service

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BRIEFLY Mine mishap may SBI raises spread on home Demonetisation hits further dent Coal Natco Pharma unveils Hepatitis C drug in Nepal India production loans, cuts loan growth target

HYDERABAD: Natco Pharma has SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT accretion had received a unveiled a generic version of manufacturing sector boost. SBI has seen an in- Sofosbuvir 400mg/Velpatasvir KOLKATA: Coal India Ltd.’s MUMBAI: State Bank of India crease of ₨1.65 lakh crore in 100mg fixed dose combination lacklustre production per- (SBI) has raised the spread net deposits in November in Nepal. It will market the Firms saw new work, output dip for the first time in 2016 formance in the first three on its home loans to 50 basis and December which resul- product under the VELPANAT quarters of the current fiscal points (bps) and above. This ted in deposit growth of 21.24 brand name and priced at SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT may be further impacted by means the the lowest home per cent year-on-year till the Rs.25,000 equivalent for a bottle the accident at the Rajmahal loan rate for a new borrower end of December. Its share of of 28 tablets in Nepal. The NEW DELHI: Demonetisation of opencast mine, one of the will be 8.5 per cent. low-cost deposits, compris- exercise is under a non- high-value currency notes in largest operated by Eastern “Spread is decided by ing current and savings ac- exclusive licensing agreement November has begun to hit Coalfields Ltd. (ECL), a sub- many factors. At this point of count deposits, rose by a that Natco has with Gilead the manufacturing sector, ac- sidiary of Coal India Ltd. time, we felt this is what we whopping 483 bps in the Sciences Inc. to make and sell cording to a private sector Chasing a target of 598 mil- can aford. Our rates are far quarter to 47.55 per cent. generic versions of the latter’s survey. lion tonnes this fiscal, the below the market (competit- Arundhati Bhattacharya Rajnish Kumar, one of the chronic hepatitis C medicines in The Nikkei India Manu- seven coal-producing subsi- ors),” Arundhati Bhat- managing directors of SBI, 101 developing countries. The facturing Purchasing Man- diaries and a unit of CIL, to- tacharya, Chairman, SBI told loan switches to floating rate, said the number of active fixed dose combination is sold agers’ Index fell to 49.6 in gether produced 377.7 mil- the media on Monday. SBI declined to term it as a automated teller machines by Gilead Sciences Inc. under December, the first time it lion tonnes between April SBI had already reduced teaser loan and said it would (ATM) had improved signi- the Epclusa brand name. hit below the 50-mark in and December 2016, reach- its benchmark lending rate not attract higher standard ficantly in December with — Special Correspondent 2016, from 52.3 in November. ing 90 per cent of the target by 90 bps from January 1. provisioning. about 41,000 of the 49,000 A reading below 50 implies for the 9-month period. The bank will ofer float- The bank has also cut ATMs of the SBI Group dis- contraction while one above Against a growth rate of ing rate of 8.65 per cent for down its loan growth target pensing cash ‘at any point’ in Bandhan Bank’s micro 50 indicates expansion. “PMI HARD HIT: Companies also faced tough conditions in external nine per cent required to ful- home loans up to ₨75 lakh. for the current financial year time. loan rates cut to 18.5% data for December indicated markets, with new business from abroad falling. — FILE PHOTO fil the 598 million tonnes tar- That is, it would add a spread to 8–9 per cent from 11–12 per that the rupee demonetisa- get set for 2016-17, CIL has so of 65 basis points to the one- cent envisaged at the begin- Merger delayed KOLKATA: Bandhan Bank Ltd. on tion took a toll on manufac- economy steered output and with a fall in new business far marked a 1.1 per cent year marginal cost of fund ning of the year. Ms. Bhattacharya also said Monday announced a cut in its turing performance,” the re- new orders in the wrong dir- from abroad ending a six- growth rate. The monsoons based lending rate (MCLR). “We expect loan growth to that merger of SBI with its micro loan rates to 18.52 per port by Nikkei said. ection, thereby interrupting month sequence of growth.” and lack of new projects had Earlier, the spread applicable improve from the current associate banks, which was cent ( for loans up to ₨1 lakh) a continuous sequence of Order backlogs rose for led to 11.7 per cent contrac- to the MCLR was 25 bps for rate of 6.7–6.8 per cent to 8–9 expected to be completed by against 19.9 per cent after a cut Higher input costs growth that had been seen the seventh consecutive tion in companies like Nag- such loans. per cent. the end of the financial year, in its marginal cost of funds- “Companies saw new throughout 2016.” month but at the slowest rate pur-based Western For borrowings above ₨75 is now likely to happen in the based lending rate by 148 basis work and output dip for the “Cash flow issues among in this sequence, according Coalfields Ltd., while evacu- lakh, the efective interest Nearing deadline first quarter of the next fin- points to 10.52 per cent first time in 2016. In turn, firms also led to reduction in to the report. ation problems led to some rate will now be 8.7 per cent. “However, we have just ancial year. annually. One basis point is one quantities of purchases were purchasing activity and em- “As the survey showed companies cutting back on Women borrowers will get a three months to go (for the “We still have to get the hundredth of a percentage point. scaled back and employment ployment,” Ms.De Lima ad- only a mild decline in manu- production, sources said. discount of 5 bps. A percent- financial year to close). In a government approval (oi- The decision was taken at the lowered. Meanwhile, input ded. The respondents said facturing production in the Referring to the accident age point equals 100 basis month’s time, when we an- cial notification of the meeting of the bank's Asset costs increased at a quicker that the withdrawal of high- last month of the year, the av- at ECL’s Rajmahal opencast points. nounce our earnings, we will scheme of merger). Even if I Liability Committee. Small rate, whereas output charge value rupee notes caused the erage reading for the Octo- mine in Jharkhand, where so The bank also ofered a be in a better position (to get it now, doing things in the borrowers account for 95 per inflation eased.” downturn in December ber-December quarter re- far 18 people have reportedly fixed-cum-floating rate comment on) the loan last quarter is not a wise cent of Bandhan’s credit “Having held its ground in since shortage of cash had mained in growth terrain, been killed, sources pointed home loan scheme. growth for the financial thing. Because, there will be portfolio. With this, Bandhan has November following the un- resulted in a lower number thereby suggesting a positive out that with an annual out- Borrowers will be charged year,” Ms. Bhattacharya said. IT system changes and by cut its loan rate for small expected withdrawal of ₨500 of new orders. contribution from the sector put of 17.4 million tonnes, this 8.55 per cent for the first two “Interest rate is only one mid-February, we (tradition- borrowers by 4 percentage and ₨1,000 notes from circu- “Rates of contraction in to overall GDP in Q3 FY17,” was ECL’s largest mine. years for loans up to ₨30 lakh, component to boost eco- ally) close down all IT points since starting operations. lation, India’s manufacturing new work and production Ms. De Lima said. “With the Its daily output, which has and thereafter the loans nomic growth. We need to systems. — Special Correspondent industry slid into contrac- were marginal overall, but in window for exchanging typically been about 57,500 would attract floating rate of bring back confidence in the “As you know, sometimes tion at the end of 2016,” said both cases the reductions notes having closed at the tonnes, has been nil since the interest. Women borrowers economy in very many IT systems can impact some- Pollyanna De Lima, Econom- were the first in 2016,” the re- end of December, January accident on December 29, can avail the scheme at 8.5 ways,” she said. thing quite unintentionally. Infosys CEO urges staff ist, HIS Markit and author of port added. “Businesses also data will be key in showing 2016. A loss of about 2 million per cent. While credit growth was We may just do the annual to embrace automation the report. highlighted challenging con- whether the sector will see a tonnes of coal is expected Since the spread will re- impacted due to the demon- closing and then look at it “Shortages of money in the ditions in external markets, quick rebound.” due to the halt in work. main unchanged when the etisation exercise, deposit (the merger),” she said. BENGALURU: Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka has asked employees to embrace automation to become more productive. In an e-mail to more than 1.9 lakh employees, Core industries’ output growth slows to 4.9 per cent in November Mr. Sikka said the IT industry was going through changes and SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT according to government “The impact of the cash 2016, down from about 17 per month. Natural gas produc- it would be difficult to survive if data released on Monday. In crunch, triggered by the de- cent growth during the Au- tion shrank 1.7 per cent in the company worked solely on NEW DELHI: The eight core in- November 2015, electricity monetisation exercise, on gust-October 2016 period. November 2016, falling for cost arbitrage and remained a dustries recorded a year-on- and coal production posted a the core sector data will be The 5.6 per cent growth was the fourth straight month. “reactive problem solver.” year growth in output of 4.9 growth of 5.6 per cent and 3.8 seen only from December.” also the lowest since 6.15 per Fertiliser production rose Cautioning the employees on per cent in November 2016, per cent respectively. He said it was becoming dif- cent in April 2016. In Novem- 2.4 per cent in November the need for change, Mr. Sikka slower than the previous two The 10.2 per cent growth ficult to expect a one-to-one ber 2015, steel output had 2016, up from the 0.8 per cent said: “By all indications, the months — that is, a 6.6 per in output of electricity in correspondence between contracted by 6.8 per cent. increase in October, but future promises to be even more cent increase in October and November is the highest core sector growth and over- Crude oil and natural gas slower than the 13.9 per cent disruptive for our own business 5.01 per cent in September. since 14.68 per cent in April all IIP growth, adding that output have been shrinking in November 2015. Refinery which is impacted by multiple 2016. The eight core indus- even if the core sector posted for several months now, and output rose only by two per factors of technological and Electricity, coal grow tries comprise close to 37.9 CHARGED UP: The 10.2% growth in electricity output in a healthy growth, there was the trend continued in cent – slower than 15.1 per geo-political disruption.” Output in electricity and per cent of the weight of November is the highest since 14.68% in April 2016. — FILE PHOTO no guarantee that the IIP November 2016 as well. cent in October 2016. Ce- — Staff Reporter coal posted healthy growth items included in the Index would also register a similar ment production also went rates of 10.2 per cent and 6.4 of Industrial Production ted a positive growth after since 12.05 per cent in June robust growth as the credit Crude output shrinks up by only 0.5 per cent in per cent respectively in (IIP) and electricity has the three consecutive months of 2016. growth has not been very Crude oil production con- November, against a contrac- ‘Domestic demand to November as against 2.85 per maximum weight (of 10.32 contraction in output, and Soumya Kanti Ghosh, significant. tracted 5.4 per cent in tion of 1.7 per cent in Novem- keep sugar prices high’ cent and (-) 1.5 per cent re- per cent) among the eight the 6.4 per cent growth in Chief Economic Advisor, Steel production slowed to November 2016 – shrinking ber 2015 but slower than 6.2 spectively in October 2016, sectors. The coal sector pos- November was the highest State Bank of India, said: 5.6 per cent in November for the ninth consecutive per cent in October 2016. MUMBAI: Sugar prices are expected to remain firm in the near term due to tight stock position following 9 per cent decline in production and steady Centre to meet fiscal deficit target despite growth in consumption, rating agency ICRA said.“Consumption is likely to outpace domestic PM’s New Year-eve sops: Suresh Prabhu production due to lower sugar production in Maharashtra and SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT trepreneurs, women and the deficit target. The Union Karnataka. While this decline rural poor along with a hous- Budget had estimated fiscal will be offset to some extent by NEW DELHI: The Centre will ing scheme for the poor and deficit at ₨5.33 lakh crore for increased sugar output from meet its fiscal deficit target the middle-class in a bid to 2016-17 which works out to Uttar Pradesh, the overall of 3.5 per cent of the gross provide relief from the im- 3.5 per cent of the GDP. The production may decline by 9 per domestic product (GDP) for pact of demonetisation of fiscal deficit widened in cent and fall short by 2.5–2.8 2016-17 despite a slew of sops high-value currency notes November mainly due to million tonne from domestic announced by Prime Minis- which he had announced on muted gross tax revenues. consumption which continues to ter Narendra Modi last week, November 8. “The govern- The Minister also said that grow at a steady pace of 2–3 per Railway Minister Suresh ment has exercised the high bank deposits due to de- cent annually,” ICRA said.— PTI Prabhu said on Monday. highest form of fiscal monetisation would lead to “The voluntary income prudence. We have met each more savings that would in disclosure scheme has Suresh Prabhu one of our fiscal deficit tar- turn lead to higher invest- already given us some rev- gets so far,” the Minister said. ments. “Much of the money Exchange Rates enue and this (demonetisa- while elaborating on the gov- coming in(to) the banking Indicative direct rates in rupees a unit tion) scheme will also bring ernment’s anti-corruption Widening deficit system will enable banks to except yen at 4 p.m on January 02 in some revenue so we will measures days after the The Centre’s fiscal deficit lend more. When money TT TT be able to meet the (fiscal de- deadline to deposit old ₨500 remained high at ₨4.6 lakh comes into the banking sys- Currencies Buying Selling ficit) target. The Prime Min- and ₨1,000 currency notes in crore, which was 85.8 per tem, the savings rate of the U.S. Dollar 68.03 68.35 ister’s announcement will be banks ended. cent of the budget estimates economy will increase and Euro 71.29 71.63 definitely honoured in terms for the entire financial year, more money will be spent on Pound Sterling 83.68 84.09 of ensuring fiscal adherence Relief package till the end of November this infrastructure. China has Jap Yen (100 Units) 57.94 58.22 to all our commitments as Mr. Modi on Saturday an- fiscal year. Till October, the seen high economic growth Chinese Yuan 9.80 9.84 well as fiscal prudence,” Mr. nounced a package for farm- deficit was slightly lower at because of good savings Swiss Franc 66.52 66.85 Prabhu informed the media ers, senior citizens, small en- 79.3 per cent of the full fiscal rate,” he said. Singapore Dollar 46.90 47.16 Australian Dollar 48.80 49.05 Canadian Dollar 50.63 50.89 Swedish Kroner 7.47 7.51 Danish Kroner 9.59 9.63 Auto majors see slowdown in December sales New Zealand Dollar 47.09 47.35 Hongkong Dollar 8.77 8.81 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT December are as per plans Hyundai Motor India Renault India sold 11,244 Malaysian Ringgit 15.16 15.25 made at the start of the year,” units in December 2016, a Kuwaiti Dinar 221.08 223.57 NEW DELHI: Amid “short-term the company’s Executive said its domestic growth of 9.2 per cent against UAE Dirham 18.52 18.61 headwinds” in the auto in- Director (Marketing & sales fell 4.3 per cent 10,292 units in the same Bahraini Dinar 180.53 181.48 dustry post-demonetisation, Sales) R.S. Kalsi said. in December 2016 month last year, while Volk- Qatari Riyal 18.73 18.74 majors such as Hyundai Mo- Hyundai Motor India said swagen sold 4,348 cars in In- Saudi Riyal 18.19 18.19 tor India and Mahindra & its domestic sales fell 4.3 per to 40,057 units dia against 2,577 units. Omani Riyal 176.83 177.75 Mahindra posted a decline in cent in December to 40,057 Nissan India sold 3,711 Source:Indian Bank their domestic sales in units from 41,861 units in the ector, Marketing, Sales & units, a 21 per cent increase December 2016. On the other same month previous year. Service at Ford India said. year-on-year. “The invent- hand, Tata Motors, Volkswa- For Ford India, domestic Mahindra & Mahindra’s ory planning is done much in gen and Renault had re- sales declined by 6.04 per sales were down 1.5 per cent advance by the car manufac- Bullion Rates gistered a growth in sales cent to 5,566 units. to 34,310 units. turers. A company cannot January 02 rates in rupees with during the last month. Tata Motors said domestic deviate from the inventory previous rates in brackets Market leader Maruti Su- ‘Uncertainty abounds’ sales of its commercial and flow suddenly. Chennai zuki had said on Saturday “As we move in 2017, the in- passenger vehicles grew by “The sales reflect existing Bar Silver (1 kg) 39,110 (39,035) that domestic sales had dustry does face some short- one per cent to 35,825 units in supply chain in the works. Retail (1 g) 41.80 (41.80) fallen 4.4 per cent to 1,06,414 term headwinds, given the December 2016. It added that Retail impact, which will be 24 ct gold (10 g) 28,280 (28,210) units in last month from uncertainty regarding the passenger vehicle sales grew short-term, may be seen in 22 ct gold (1 g) 2,704 (2,698) 1,11,333 units in December impact of demonetisation 35 per cent to 10,827 units last January-March quarter,” ac- Delhi 2015, the company said. and GST, while the medium month year-on-year, while cording to Amit Kaushik, Silver 39,300 (39,400) Standard Gold 28,300 (28,300) “While retail demand for our to long-term outlook contin- car sales grew by 40 per cent Managing Director (India) at Sovereign 24,000 (24,000) products was strong, our ues to be positive,” Anurag “due to strong demand for auto consultancy firm Urban wholesale (numbers) in Mehrotra, Executive Dir- the Tata Tiago.” Science. CM YK HYDERABAD 16 | OPEN PAGE THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 People and patience, post-demonetisation

that there is hardly any wind however temporarily, by the Fortitude and composure in the face in the Opposition’s sails. The bank teller. The automatic of trials have marked the general moot question is, why. tellers have been rendered Some have argued that the substantially inefective, and popular mood over the past weeks idea of sacrifice is seen as the hard-working, resilient the hallmark of Indian and ever-alert human tellers RITWIK BANERJEE the long run. Estimates civilisation and the cur- have been accorded the from academics and fin- rent dispensation has status of the jawan. An unfor- atience is hardly an ancial analysts suggest efectively appealed to tunate death in the ranks of attribute that is asso- that demonetisation may it. It has given an im- bank personnel has been ciated with the In- lead to a decrease in an- pression that any act conveniently co-opted into Pdian psyche, particu- nual real GDP growth of that is critical of de- the narrative of martyrdom. larly of the male variety. anything between 1 and 2 monetisation is in ef- Instances of road rage at the percentage points than had fect a violation of the This is impressive slightest pretext, leading been expected. spirit of sacrifice, which It is true that the cashless, even to death, are far too One of the many crucial is an elemental part of opinion-making, upper- common. A flock is way assumptions of course is that our history and culture. middle India has not faced more common a formation the national accounting But this is only partly the brunt of demonetisation. than a queue. Even if a queue norm remains the same. Ir- true. While sacrifice in it- But even the section of the is to be formed, violators run respective of what the exact self provides a moral tone, people that has been directly amok in total disregard of number is, evidence sug- sacrifice for a greater com- hit as a result of the policy, the conscientious and often gests that demonetisation mon good ofers the tem- has displayed an impressive the geriatric in the waiting. has left behind a trail of eco- poral foundation. composure, often found The urban phenomenon of nomic consequences in ILLUSTRATION: SREEJITH KUMAR And that temporal found- wanting on other occasions. delirious honking is another terms of job loss and dimin- ation was initially to elimin- Understanding how hu- manifestation of patience ished economic activity, par- ate black money and it is now man behaviour can be running thin. ticularly in the informal sec- ally costly. For the pain that to sustained hyperinflation. to engender a cashless soci- changed is a fascinating aca- The recent past, however, tor, and will continue to do has thus been inflicted, the The 1991 structural adjust- ety. But that is not all. The demic discipline. A lot of ad- has thrown up a remarkable so in the near future. have been significantly aam aadmi has shown ex- ments-driven economic re- across the world leads to government and its social vances have been made here exception: the general atti- Besides the pure eco- shorter than those in the first. traordinary restraint and pa- forms in India led to consid- greater conflict — in fact media allies have gone a step in the recent past, but none tude in demonetised India. nomic cost, the psycholo- Now it seems the shorter tience. There has been no erable labour unrest in the even scarcity of rainfall, further to situate demonet- as spectacular as the efect of As we near the two-month gical cost of having to wait in queues have a diferent ex- major threat to public order mid-1990s. The Arab Spring, which is entirely natural and isation on the tried and a generous dose of national- mark, a consensus seems to serpentine queues for a planation — people have a despite considerable hard- which promised to change thus exogenous, has been tested plank of nationalism. ism, however devoid that be emerging among eco- couple of thousand rupees is fair sense of how long cash ship, there has been no major the political landscape in found to have a strong efect So a dissent to demonetisa- idea may be of the very nomists, from both sides of enormous. And queueing up will last, if at all, and rational protests, let alone violent West Asia earlier in the dec- on violence and conflict in tion is being treated as a dis- people who constitute the the ideological spectrum, may not yield rewards any- as they are, do not wait if they ones. This is quite unlike ade, was partly attributed to India. It is remarkable that sent to the idea of Indian na- nation. that demonetisation will way as ATMs continue to run think their turn will not other instances of sudden the widespread unemploy- the overall sentiment post- tion state. In fact, the Indian (The author is an lead to significantly lower dry, especially in the semi- come. All this for their own and unexpected economic ment and economic hard- demonetisation continues to military, which till now had Assistant Professor at the real GDP growth in the urban and rural areas. Initial money, and this makes de- downturn across the world ship of the Arab youth. be largely positive, despite been the most luminous em- Indian Institute of transition phase than expec- reports suggested that the monetisation even more ex- — the Argentinian riots in Further, research suggests its obvious immediate eco- blem in the pantheon of na- Management Bangalore) ted but will have no efect in queues in the second month asperating and psychologic- 1989 were largely attributed that negative income shock nomic impact. So much so tionalism, has been replaced, [email protected]

A bird-hunter turns around Steam engines, dream machines M.R. ANAND furnace. Each time the lid J. EDEN ALEXANDER pair) was appalling and was opened to feed the ra- heartbreaking. It came hose born after the ging fire with coal, it felt like he “Seven Sisters”, quickly from somewhere 1970s have not had looking into a volcano. a group of small and settled on its dead part- the chance to ex- The driver and his fire- and credulously ner, making a mysterious perience the man just perch on the side innocuous birds, melancholic noises, seem- T ledge pulling the overhead T thrills of travelling in trains give me my wake-up call at 6 ingly trying to speak and re- pulled by steam engines. Be- string now and then for in the morning every day. vive it back to life. fore the arrival of the diesel whistling to scare tres- They get this name as they engine, James Watt’s coal- passing animals and men. are seen mostly in groups of Tragedy in the family fired steam locomotives They never complained. seven to nine. Their con- I stood silently watching ruled the roost and routes. They liked their job even tinuous squeaking and the tragedy that I had They looked masculine; the though it was hard. They chirping noise can be heard caused in their family. Soon, electric locomotives today were an asset to the Rail- the whole day in our garden. I left the dead bird and its are sophisticated, relatively ways but now they are side- I did not attempt to find agonising partner with a delicate and definitely fem- lined and are almost extinct. out their nest hidden some- heart full of guilt, despond- inine. I made friends with one where in our solitary mango ency and uneasiness. That I remember as a boy of John Joseph who drove the tree as even a small disturb- sad and wretched scene got seven I used to stand beside Ooty-Mettupalayam train in ance can lead to their per- embossed on my mind and I steam engines with all those Those were the days. ing steam engine thus: “If the 1980s. He took a fancy for manent flight without no- stopped my bird-hunting fascinating wheels of vari- she can do it I can do it, if she my little niece Radha at the tice. They roam about freely trips from that day. The romance of the ous diameters, beginning can do it I can do it.” Mettupalayam station as we in our garden picking up Today, after 60 years, from small ones in the front coal-fired steam There was the Senkottah stood watching the gypsy- worms from the ground, oc- when I hear people talk of and ending with big ones at Passenger. It was the last like engine as it braced for casionally eating happily the slow disappearance of engine and the men the back under the coal tank. train to leave Madras the uphill hauling and in- the grains my wife spreads birds like sparrows that who drove them I watched with wonder and Egmore at 11.55 p.m. At vited me to visit his small on the open terrace to dry. for many school-going boys lived around us once, I feel Wisdom dawned on awe as they had their which station you think it cottage built on a ledge at The bird feeder that we like me those days. I used to sad and sick about my of- “smoke break” quietly be- which made them feel like used to find itself next Coonoor overlooking the specially brought for them me one day at the feel happy whenever my fensive equation with and fore and after journeys. being on a conveyor belt. morning at daybreak? It was serpentine railway line and kept hanging, filled age of 15 and I friends admired my talents coarse treatment of the Years ago there existed a Chengelput, about 60 km which he used to ride along with grains, in our front ver- in this horrible exercise. I birds as a boy. gave up hunting of huge manually operated Water issues away. This train used to in his beloved engine. andah is left untouched. enjoyed the merciless pas- turntable at Tambaram near Those days there was no carry cattle too. He loved steam engines so The reason for their inten- birds forever time, never realising that it No more cruel hobbies Chennai on which steam en- packaged water. One had to much though driving them tional indiference here is was inhuman and unkind. It is a blessing that today’s gines took U-turns. I used to carry water bottles, which Not for everyone for three decades took a toll unknown. these birds have found our The greatest misfortune children, though they are of- go there often and watch the were filled from taps at sta- Not every Tom Dick and on his health. He was incon- Their regular visits help house comfortable for their of it all was having to leave ten blamed for sitting in- show from close quarters. tions within the short time Harry could drive steam en- solably sorry about their exit us feel refreshed whenever continued stay. They live the dead birds in the bush it- doors and spending the Thanks to uncle Ramanu- of a train’s halt. People gines. Modern electric en- though he agreed it was in- we see the uninvited guests with us peacefully and help self without the least sense whole time with their com- jam who was a ticket vend- would jump out before it gines are nowadays driven evitable. His eyes widened cheerfully roaming about us too to live happily. of guilt and go away. We puters and pads playing ing clerk at Tambaram. came to a halt and run to- by even delicate ladies. when he described his early here and there freely with used to disregard advice video games, have not Railway stations looked wards drinking water taps. Steam engines of yesteryear days as a driver on the fores- no latent worries or stress Another phase from elders to give up such picked up such cruel hob- diferent in the steam en- Incidents of passengers required tougher guys and ted Nandyal-Guntur section. like the rest of us. But many decades ago, as butchering. bies as bird-hunting. These gine era. Their roofs were missing trains while filling these tougher guys were Apart from pulling goods a schoolboy I was not days I am yet to come across covered with a thick coat of their bottles were many. Anglo-Indians, die-hard and passenger trains, steam New nest friendly with the avian com- The change a single boy roaming about soot. Steam engines left Trains nowadays are men. Ninety-nine per cent of engines did social service. Again, when we came munity. Hunting birds was At the age of 15, wisdom in our street with a catapult their puf-prints wherever pulled by twin 6,000 HP steam engine drivers were They readily gave away the back home after few months my hobby those days. My dawned on me one day and I shooting birds. they went. The tunnels were electric engines and they from the community. On water they carried to people abroad, we found to our as- friends and I used to hunt gave up hunting of birds ab- We always tend to blame the worst-hit. One had to reach their distant destina- duty they would never even in the villages during sum- tonishment a pair of honey birds with a catapult just for ruptly and forever after- new technology but seldom close the windows when the tions in less time than wink but would drink a bit to mers. Mothers with babies suckers living around the fun and pleasure. We used wards. realise how it has also train-snake crawled through earlier. The poor steam en- “face the heat”. The hardest got hot water from consider- staircase in their newly built to go to the bushy forest It happened after I shot at helped eliminate callous them. Passengers alighting gines had less power. Their aspect of their job was that ate steam engine crew. A nest on the telephone cable areas outside the city limits a bulbul, which fell dead and bloody hobbies such as from long-distance trains job was tough and they had they had to remain standing relic of a steam engine with their young ones. We to hunt birds of all kinds – from a tree and lay motion- bird-hunting that were be- looked like sorcerers, their to huf and puf all the time. throughout the journey; the stands at the Southern Rail- welcomed our new tenants big and small. less. The immediate reac- ing practised by the earlier eyes red and their clothes In his Man-eating Panther of engines had no chairs to sit. way headquarters in Chen- with pleasure and let them Bird-hunting with a cata- tion from another bulbul generations. covered with ash and coal Yelagiri, the shikari author The cabin was littered with nai. When I pass that spot I live undisturbed. In short, pult was a common hobby (which I presume was its [email protected] dust. It took them days to Kenneth Anderson aptly de- coal. God knows how they feel like saluting it. shed the mobility fever scribed the noise of a mov- withstood the heat of the [email protected] How we miss the sweetness of those ‘gur’ old days

GOWRI MOHANAKRISHNAN syrup) in large quantities. tional Indian eats and the Once I tasted the I remember the days of Bengal in those days. Once I I remember vellam was al- brown ones are all made with sugar shortage and rationing. tasted them I was hooked for arthigai has always ways sold in rounds about 10 vellam. There’s white pongal, Bengali sweet made That was also the age when life. Bengali khejur gur sweets been one of my favour- inches in diameter with which is a savoury, and from date palm sap, I readymade garments were are golden and boozy in fla- Kite festival days. It is slightly raised centres. It has a sakkara pongal, its sweetened was hooked. But soon costly and you got your vour, with a mellow richness celebrated on a full moon grainy texture, and is firm but brown version. Vellam has clothes made by the tailor, that can’t be matched. night, and this year it was on soft enough to be broken up health benefits in the hot sea- it was replaced when all our vegetables and We used to travel the length December 13. Sisters light into chunks. We ate small son. I remember my mother fruits were not evenly sized of Dooars at least once a week, lamps and candles and pray chunks with dosai and adai at preparing glasses of icy paa- Delhi on my visit there last and brightly coloured hybrids, and my husband managed to for their brothers, who ex- home, at ‘tiin’ time, that tra- naham, gur sharbat flavoured month. Both were excellent. but actually tasted of the earth hunt out the best eateries and press their love and thanks ditional South Indian meal with dried ginger and car- Only small quantities of gur from which they came. sweetshops in all the little with gifts. When my daugh- eaten between three and five damom, which kept us cool and shakkar make their way to towns. Pretty soon we zeroed ters were little, they too lit in the evening. when Delhi’s ‘loo’ wind blew. rural areas of eastern India. Open season in on Nagrakata, Mal Bazar lamps and candles with me in The taste beat nimbu pani, or A couple of months back, I The Bengali month of and Bagdogra (in that order) our tea garden home in North Best meal of the day any pani for that matter. bought some gur in Assam, Poush began in late-Decem- as the places that stocked the Bengal just as I’d done with Most children who grew up Vellam is probably the which was awful: It was adul- ber, and with it the open sea- best khejur gur er mishti. my mother and sisters when I at the same time as I did purest form of cane sugar. It is terated with caramelised son for bingeing on sweets, Around five years ago, there was growing up in Delhi. thought tiin was the best unrefined and rich in mois- white sugar. Incredibly, the particularly those made with was a sudden drop in the qual- Most of the goodies ofered meal of the day. You got tradi- ture, iron, minerals and ‘heat’. cost of gur has been higher khejur gur, which is gur made ity of these sweets. The sweet- up with prayers on Karthigai tional fast food (though we It is high in calories, but these than that of white sugar for from date palm sap. The sap is shops stocked them in quant- are made with jaggery, which didn’t have that term those are ‘good calories’, unlike the some years. It used to be sweet and ready for collection ities, but alas, they no longer is vellam in Tamil and gur days) like dosai and adai, up- ones in refined white sugar. cheap, the poor person’s at the beginning of the cold tasted the same. It didn’t take (rhyming with ‘good’) in a puma, pakoras (called bajji) Shakkar is another form of sweetener and a traditional weather, and it gets sweeter as long to discover that with no number of Indian languages. poori-masala, and idli (not a golden unrefined sugar, a little rustic dessert. In the 1990s my the weather gets colder. khejur gur to be had anywhere, On Karthigai my mother favourite with most children). lighter in colour and powdery husband and I would take the I saw and tasted my first the sweetshops had switched would make vella dosai, ap- These were actually good for in texture. Fresh stocks of gur train to Madras, and when we khejur gur sweets when I got to caramel. This happened be- pam (little deep-fried dump- you, in addition to being deli- and shakkar arrive at grocery passed through parts of rural married and moved to the cause there were no date palm lings) and pori undai (pufed cious. There are brown and shops at the beginning of the Orissa vendors would serve Dooars, North Bengal. They trees anymore. So there we go. rice laddoos in golden vellam white versions of many tradi- cold weather. I found both in tea sweetened with gur. weren’t all that known outside [email protected]

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BETWEEN WICKETS Nobody can escape the verdict from the Supreme Court brings Indian cricket into highest court of the land: Lodha the 21st century G. VISWANATH mandated by the Supreme recommendations were ac- SURESH MENON Court. cepted by the court, it had be ot much has changed Twice, the Committee pro- implemented. There were ob- The world’s most successful secret society has Nsince the Supreme posed to the apex court that structions, there were impedi- been given a lesson in transparency and that is Court’s decision to validate the principal oice-bearers of ments. Obviously, this had to cause for celebration. the Justice Lodha committee’s the BCCI be replaced by a happen, and it has happened. No tears need be wasted on the panjandrums report on reforms in cricket panel of administrators from The Supreme Court itself has who have been running the Board of Control for which proposed a complete within the Board. In its last ensured that its order of July 18 Cricket in India and its State associations like makeover of the Board of Con- Status report, the Committee is now enforced. It’s a victory personal fiefdoms. trol for Cricket in India stated that since the Supreme for the game of cricket and it The Supreme Court finally reeled in the long rope it had given (BCCI) in order to rid the sys- Court had accepted its recom- will flourish; administrators the BCCI, and so tripped up its senior oicials. If there was tem of a group of individuals mendations almost in toto, come and go, ultimately it is contrition among the oicials, these remained unexpressed. who had held on to power for a those who came under the for the game,” he said after Yesterday’s powerhouses will be tomorrow’s forgotten men, long time. purview of its recommenda- Monday’s verdict. their frown and wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command erased In the last five and a half tions stand disqualified or It’s expected that, most forever. months, the Supreme Court cease to exist. probably on January 19, the Inevitably, some good men will be thrown out with the bad, and the member committee of On Monday, the Supreme Committee of Administrators and there will be much churning as the old order makes way for Justice R.M. Lodha, Ashok Court, acting on the third will come into existence. They the new. The saner elements of the board will wonder if it had to Bhan and R.M. Raveendran Status report and also on the will ensure that the BCCI’s come to this, when, with greater maturity and common sense, found that the majority of the previous ones, removed pres- Memorandum of Association, the BCCI might have emerged with some dignity. BCCI members did not show ident Anurag Thakur and sec- Rules and Regulations is re- For the BCCI brought about its own downfall, aided by noth- any inclination in complying retary Ajay Shirke from their placed by the one authored by ing more than its hubris and with the recommendations be- posts. the Justice Lodha Committee. cavalier disregard for the The BCCI brought fore the deadline of December Justice Lodha’s statement Clearly, the Supreme Court laws of the land. You can- 15, 2016. The Lodha Commit- sums up the whole episode in wants the BCCI itself to be not ignore a Supreme Court about its own tee filed three Status reports totality. “Nobody can escape part and parcel of the imple- judgement, as the BCCI did, explaining the impediments the verdict from the highest mentation process with the and hope that nothing will downfall, aided by faced by it in implementing its court of the land, this is the lo- Committee of Administrators change. It wasn’t just arrog- nothing more than own recommendations as gical consequence. Once the playing the facilitator role. ance, it was foolishness of the highest order. its hubris and Would past presidents like Chinnaswamy and Sri- cavalier disregard Senior vice- raman, Gaekwad and for the laws of the What else could we A door appears to open for Mathew Bindra, Dungarpur and president STAN RAYAN pleted nine years in the BCCI, Dalmiya have allowed land that’s what the verdict says. things to come to this pass? have done: Shirke who? KOCHI: Even as one door closed So, based on that, I could have It is convenient to believe they wouldn’t. But there is false on him, another appeared to continued in the KCA.” memory at play here, a harking back to a golden era that never hile the Supreme Court AMOL KARHADKAR ting and match-fixing scandal. open for T.C. Mathew. Things will be clearer on existed. Ghulam Ahmed, former of spinner and board vice- has said that a senior We didn’t handle it properly W Mathew, the Kerala Cricket this issue in a day or two. president, put it succinctly, “There are no values in the board.” vice-president would discharge ours after he was eventu- because Mr. N. Srinivasan kept Association president, Mathew, who had been in The Anurag Thakurs and Ajay Shirkes are paying the price the duties of the BCCI president, ally axed as the BCCI sec- on giving Mr. Gurunath resigned from the post along his 20th year as a KCA oice- for the culture that men like those mentioned had brought into H there is no such position in the retary along with president Meiyappan a clean chit and with association secretary bearer, first as a treasurer and the BCCI. These men ran the best sports body in the country, Board. Anurag Thakur, Ajay Shirke that is why I resigned. T.N. Ananthanarayanan here later as secretary before being and somehow believed that they had a divine right to do so. The five vice-presidents are stuck to his stand and said the As for this, what could I have on Monday following the Su- elected the president, said that Players kowtowed to them, politicians and businessmen chased Gautam Roy (East Zone), T.C. duo couldn’t have handled done diferently. We have preme Court’s order based on he needed a break. them, and they clung on to power with a touching desperation. Mathew (West), M.L. Nehru matters any other way. called the members, not once the Justice Lodha Committee’s “I had decided to express The current dispensation extended that culture and refined (North), C.K. Khanna (Central) Could the BCCI have done but three times. When we were recommendations. my desire to resign to my it. They, like their predecessors, failed to understand the con- and Dr. G. Gangaraju (South). anything differently during the told that the payments of the Now, Mathew appears to be friends yesterday. For the last nection between actions and consequences. Sources said Khanna had also T.C. Mathew. — FILE PHOTO legal tussle? members could be stopped, we the frontrunner for the na- one week, I was discussing At any time in the BCCI’s eight-decade history, the Supreme served as vice-president many What diferent? Let me reit- called them again and told tional body BCCI’s interim the BCCI’s interim president. whether I should resign but Court could have stepped in and ruled as it did now. Accountab- years ago and could be regarded erate that the directive of the them if you don’t implement president’s post till the Su- “I don’t know what they are they all said ‘no’. ility and transparency were never in the BCCI’s handbook for as the senior-most vice- Lodha Committee to us was to this, your payments will be preme Court appoints its com- going to decide, nobody has “It has been so hectic, I oicials, but public scrutiny was not as intense as it is now, and president. call the members and get the stopped. They still said we mittee to run the day-to-day contacted me. Age-wise, I’m thought I needed a break.” in some cases the good that an oicial did outweighed the bad, There is no issue, though, with new constitution adopted. But don’t want to go ahead with the afairs of the board. the youngest,” said Mathew and all was forgiven. Amitabh Choudhary discharging our members refused to adopt new rules, so what else could While passing its order, who was elected the BCCI the duties of secretary Ajay the constitution in its entirety. we have done? which fully supported the vice-president for the first The ICC angle Benevolence betrayed Shirke, who, too, has been asked Please understand, who are Would you say that the BCCI Lodha Committee’s recom- time early last year and who Brinkmanship — a tactic much favoured by the BCCI to bring to demit office. ț The International Cricket you calling the members? The office-bearers missed an mendations to reform the will continue to hold that post other cricket boards and indeed the International Cricket The most important question Council (ICC) is likely to see likes of Railways, Services, opportunity to sit across the BCCI, the Supreme Court had despite his exit from the KCA. Council to its knees — is not a strategy guaranteed to impress is whether there can be a the developments in India as CCI, NCC and Universities, table with the Lodha said that the senior-most vice- The 52-year-old Mathew the Supreme Court. That the highest court gave the BCCI more meeting of the BCCI now as a “judicial intervention” and they are sitting in the meeting Committee? president of the board should made it clear that he need not than six months to comply with its order when it could have majority of the State not “government and they were supposed to say I have sat across the table take over as its president. have resigned as the KCA acted even as deadlines were ignored is a testimony to its administrators have been wiped intervention.” in the meeting “how the hell with the Lodha Committee. “Three of the (five) BCCI president. benevolence. out because of the tenure and can I be a part of the BCCI. I When they had called us, I had vice-presidents are above 70 “Its implementation is at the ț What would happen But how did a three-time Member of Parliament, which is age rule. should keep myself out. Please gone and they told us this has (which means that they are in- BCCI-level, not at the State- immediately, though, is what Anurag Thakur is, and sundry other luminaries, misjudge Meanwhile, the National kick me out of this organisa- to be implemented and there eligible as per the Lodha Com- level. And at the State-level, I Anurag Thakur ceasing to be the seriousness of the situation? Was this a proxy war fought on selection committee is scheduled tion”. Is it possible? cannot be any discussion on mittee’s recommendations), need not resign but I thought it the BCCI nominee at the ICC behalf of his political masters by Thakur, or was the Board, to meet on January 5 to pick two Three-fourth members had this. When Anurag Thakurji one is 69 so…,” Mathew left the is proper for me to take a board and the other posts he recognising the inevitable, preparing for a scorched earth re- sides for the warm-up matches to say something like this if you couldn’t come when the Parlia- sentence floating, while break. And that’s why I held, one of which was the sponse? The first will have to remain in the realm of speculation against England, and also the have to go as per the law of the ment was on, I had gone and speaking to The Hindu on resigned. chairman of the ICC till a lead actor in the drama spills the beans. We shall soon Indian squad for the ODI series. land. If you don’t have to go as met with them. And later on, Monday evening, when asked “It is applicable for those Development Board. know about the second. — G. Viswanath per the law of the land, the Su- when the Supreme Court had about his prospects of being who have cumulatively com- The BCCI’s death wish has been one of the features of the preme Court or Lodha Com- given directions to them, we whole saga. Thakur came in as the bright, young face of the mittee should have em- sought an appointment with board. There was an energy about him which makes his fall a powered us or told us even if the Lodha Committee but we disappointment. At 42 he was the man who replaced the old the members are not agreeing, did not get one. What else guard. Yet, within weeks, the cozy club he had tried to break up we are giving you directions could we have done? Srinivasan to read SC order before when N. Sinivasan was in charge, quickly reshaped itself into a that tomorrow onwards, this Has Monday’s sackings further new cozy club. will be your new constitution. damaged the BCCI’s image or They neither did that or this. has it ushered the beginning of deciding on next course of action Good out of the bad Now I am glad in a way that the a new era? His fall is a cautionary tale for those who set out to change the Court has taken it upon itself to Look, the proof of the pud- S. DINAKAR The TNCA will soon call for day when some oice-bearers the verdict, there was an ac- system but is absorbed by it. The Supreme Court’s ruling will get this implemented, so it’s ding is in the eating. What we an executive committee meet- were unsure about still being ceptance that there were few also impact other sports which have been resisting change like good that it will be implemen- are trying to end is a proven 87- CHENNAI: N. Srinivasan wants to ing on the issue of giving an un- in the job given the apex options left considering it was the BCCI. And that is good news for Indian sport. ted now. year-old track record. Let us first read the Supreme Court dertaking on the acceptance of court’s ruling that a cumulat- the Supreme Court that had The domestic season has been unafected by the BCCI’s How would you differentiate see what happens in the next order before deciding on his the Lodha reforms. Then a spe- ive tenure, either in the BCCI passed an order. problems. This has been the case traditionally, and is one of the your own position between eight and a half months and next course of action. cial general meeting (SGM) or the State association, true blessings of Indian cricket. There are enough dedicated your resignation as BCCI then see if it changes for the The Tamil Nadu Cricket As- will be called. should not exceed nine years. oicials to ensure that the show goes on. treasurer in 2013 and since better. Let the reforms come sociation (TNCA) president “We will abide by the de- There were some who felt ACA to toe A generational change has been forced upon the BCCI, which you returned as secretary in in, let them be implemented told The Hindu here on cision of the Supreme Court. whoever filled the role of the is otherwise happy to continue with sons and nephews (never 2016? and ultimately the deliverables Monday, “I have not got the or- The Supreme Court is su- president or the secretary Lodha line daughters and nieces) and other relatives keeping everything in I resigned in 2013 because of will decide whether it has der yet. I need to look into all preme, ” said TNCA secretary now, would face the same dii- the family. the bad handling of the IPL bet- worked or not. the details of the order with the K.S. Viswanathan culties as Anurag Thakur and VIJAYAWADA: Andhra Cricket Associ- Now State associations will have to change their registrations help of my lawyer. I cannot Yet, it was a day of mixed Ajay Shirke. ation (ACA) secretary Gokaraju Ganga- where necessary, holding general body meetings in order to comment anything today.” emotions. A senior oicial It would still be extremely raju on Monday said the association will advance this. Legal procedures need to be followed. There is a No comments Srinivasan, who said he was said, “This is a sad day for In- diicult, they felt, to convince follow the Lodha recommendations in temptation to believe that cricketers make the best administrat- Sports Ministry is not between Supreme Court, happy running his cement dian cricket.” State association members to letter and spirit. ors. This is a common fallacy. There are cricketers who have BCCI and Anurag Thakur. Directly Sports Ministry business, is two years more The TNCA comprises 150 give an undertaking about ac- Gangaraju said the association by- made excellent administrators, but being able to play the square than 70, the prescribed age- clubs and 31 districts. What the cepting the recommendations. laws will be changed as per the direc- cut is no guarantee of managerial skills. The names of corrupt has nothing to do either with Lodha Committee limit for BCCI oice-bearers TNCA decides will depend on Beneath the words, there tions of Supreme Court and a new body cricketer-oicials are well known. or BCCI and with their decisions. by the apex court. how the club representatives was also a sense of resignation will be elected in due course to take the There is a long road ahead, mostly uncharted. But a start has — Vijay Goel, Sports Minister, refuses to Meanwhile, the mood in the vote at the SGM. But does the at the TNCA. Despite talks of a game forward in Andhra Pradesh. — been made. The new system may not be perfect, but it is better comment on the SC’s verdict TNCA oice was sombre. TNCA have a choice? It was a curative petition challenging Special Correspondent than the old one. Accountability ensures that. Elgar, de Kock bail out Warriors blank Hunters despite Marin besting Saina South Africa V.V. S UBRAHMANYAM smashes and net-dribbles hit a big forehand into the net cent Wong bt B. Sai Praneeth 11-13, seemed to be working for to let Wong come back into the 11-6, 13-11; Saina Nehwal lost to Car- CAPE TOWN: Dean Elgar’s cen- ing two in the same over. HYDERABAD: It was another ter- Saina, but Marin raised the bar game at 10-all. olina Marin 14-15, 5-11; Savitree tury and a quickfire unbeaten But the touring side will feel rific performance by Olympic every time she was under It was anybody’s game and a Amitrapai & Bodin Issara (T) bt Hoi 68 from Quinton de Kock lif- it did not take full advantage of champion Carolina Marin for pressure. lucky net point saw Praneeth Wan Chau & Satwiksairaj Rankireddy ted South Africa to 297 for six the seamer-friendly track as it Hyderabad Hunters. The Once again, it was Marin’s take a 11-10 lead. Wong was not 11-9, 12-10; K. Srikanth bt Rajiv on the opening day of the took as many wickets in the Spaniard vanquished Saina brilliance at the net and big giving up as a big smash saw Ouseph 11-13, 11-7, 13-11; V Shem Goh second Test against Sri Lanka second two sessions as it had Nehwal of Awadhe Warriors smashes which proved to be the scores level again at 11-all. & Markis Kido bt Boon Heong Tan & at Newlands on Monday. before lunch. — Reuters on Monday to notch up her decisive. She was too good in Praneeth hit an ambitious Wee Kiong Tan (T)7-11, 11-8, 13-11]. Elgar scored a career-high second big win in the Hydera- the second game when Saina smash into the net to trail 11-12 Sunday’s match: Bengaluru 129 and shared a 103-run part- SCOREBOARD bad-leg of apparently had problems with and then Wong won a wonder- Blasters bt Delhi Acers 4-3 [Viktor nership with de Kock to lift the the Premier the drift. ful rally point as the opponent Axelsen lost to Jan O Jorgensen 9-11, home side into a handy posi- South Africa — 1st innings: S. Badminton Earlier, Warriors were of to again hit one into the net to 8-11; Sung Hyun Ko & N. Sikki Reddy tion after it had struggled early Cook c Mendis b Lakmal 0, D. Elgar c League, a winning start when World lose the game and match. bt G. Jwala & Vladimir Ivanov 11-6, on. Mendis b Lakmal 129, H. Amla b Ku- after best- No. 17 Wing Ki Vincent Wong The mixed doubles pair of 11-6; Sourabh Verma lost to San Wan The opener went past his mara 29, J-P. Duminy c Mendis b Ku- ing P.V. downed a spirited World No. Savitree Amitrapai and Issara Ho (T) 15-13, 9-11, 6-11; Sung Hyun previous top Test score and mara 0, F. du Plessis c Mathews b Sindhu of 36 B. Sai Praneeth of Hunters. GOOD SHOW: Awadhe Warriors’s K. Srikanth prevailed over Bodin won the trump match Ho & Yeon Seong Yoo bt Vladimir his ton came up of 186 balls Chennai In the first game, Praneeth Ivanov & Ivan Sozonov 10-12, 11-3, Herath 38, T. Bavuma c Tharanga b Rajiv Ouseph of Hyderabad Hunters on Monday. — PHOTO: K.V.S. GIRI for the Warriors. before he was caught by wick- Kumara 10, Q. de Kock (batting) 68, Smashers on Sunday. But it was of to a 4-0 lead before In the crucial men’s singles 11-6; Cheung Ngan Yi (T) bt Tanvi Lad etkeeper Kusal Mendis of K. Abbott (batting) 16; Extras (lb-2, was not good enough for some erratic returns by him handers to clinch the game. with better net play and two match, World No. 15 K. Srik- 11-9, 6-11, 11-2]. Suranga Lakmal half an hour nb-1, w-4): 7; Total (for six wickets, in Hunters as they sufered a 0-5 saw the opponent level the In the second game, Wong big smashes to take an 8-5 lead. anth had to put his best foot Note: In a trump match, the team before the close. 90 overs): 297. defeat. scores five times. Wong man- was the more dominant, set- However, Praneeth fought forward against a spirited that has set the trump gets +2 points de Kock, whose runs came Fall of wickets: 1-0, 2-66, 3-66, Saina, playing in front of a aged to snatch a 10-8 lead and ting up beautifully for the big back well to level the scores at Rajiv Ouseph to clinch the for a win, but -1 in case of a loss. The of 90 balls, will resume with 4-142, 5-169, 6-272. home crowd after a long gap, even saw his challenge being smashes and the cross-court 8 and with Wong’s deep return match and the issue for his opposing team will either get +1 or 0 nightwatchman Kyle Abbott Sri Lanka bowling: Lakmal 21-3- showed glimpses of her vin- unsuccessful at that stage. drops, as Praneeth struggled out, Praneeth led 9-8 and fol- team. for a win or loss respectively. If both unbeaten on 16. 69-2, Pradeep 15.4-3-46-0, Mathews tage class as the scores were That vital point proved to be with his returns. Though lowed it up with a big smash to The results (T denotes trump the teams play the trump on the Teenager Lahiru Kumara 14-3-30-0, Kumara 17-1-86-3, Herath levelled seven times in all in an impetus to Praneeth as he scores were level twice in the take a 10-8 lead. But the Indian match): Awadhe Warriors bt Hy- same match, then the scoring of +2 claimed three wickets, includ- 14.2-3-34-1, de Silva 8-0-30-0. the first game. The half- came up with stunning back- decider, Wong surged ahead faltered with a net dribble and derabad Hunters 5-0 [Wing Ki Vin- or -1 will apply to both.

CM HY-HY YK HYDERABAD 18 | SPORT THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 Jharkhand fights back PWL G. VISWANATH Ajay Yadav and Shukla had Mumbai stumbles bowled a lot straighter and Haryana bests Mumbai NAGPUR: Jharkhand manipu- used the seam to good efect. UTHRA GANESAN overwhelmed Lalita Sehrawat Tamil Nadu earns three quick wickets late in the day lated the second new ball with Gujarat’s innings declined 6-2 by fall to wrap up the 53kg a great deal of discipline to reap from a formidable-looking 293 NEW DELHI: It was expected to be bout in just two and a half AMOL KARHADKAR rewards in the first session on for three to 324 for seven be- a grudge bout, and it lived up to minutes in the first round. Monday, and thereafter its fore R.P. Singh struck some big the billing with Sandeep To- Abdusalam Gadisov (Rus- RAJKOT: A three-over passage batsmen went in hot pursuit of blows to make an attractive 40. mar and Rahul Aware going all sia) managed to down Pavlo midway through the last ses- Gujarat’s first innings score of Yadav and Shukla ended up out to prove their supremacy Oliynyk (Ukraine) 6-0 in the sion, which fetched Tamil 390 scoring at a little over four with three wickets apiece as in the 57kg category. It was the 97kg. Nadu three wickets for just runs an over. But just when it Gujarat folded up nine minutes Mumbai wrestler who came Tunisia’s Mawra Amri lost three runs, brought it back in seemed to have taken control after lunch, adding a mere 107 out trumps even as Haryana her contact lenses midway the Ranji Trophy semifinal of the proceedings, a reckless to its overnight score. won the war, beginning its through her bout against Sarita against defending champion shot by Ishan Kishan gave Gu- Clearly M.S. Dhoni’s words campaign in the second season in the 58kg but still managed to Mumbai. jarat a slight advantage in their of advice appears to have of the Pro Wrestling League overpower her opponent 5-0 to Due to the mini-collapse, Ranji Trophy semifinal at the worked wonders. Dhoni with a 4-3 win here on Monday. extend Haryana’s lead. Mumbai’s march was restric- VCA stadium here. trained with the team before Tomar went 3-0 ahead at the Erica Wiebe was expected to ted to 171 for four at the end of The 18-year-old Kishan first the start of play, had a net ses- end of the first round even as have it easy against Kiran in the second day’s proceedings took apart the spinners, Rujul sion during lunch time and Aware kept his defences up. the 75kg and though the Cana- at the Saurashtra Cricket As- Bhatt and Hardik Patel, before used the VCA academy’s gym He came back to turn the dian took a minute to size up sociation stadium, after wind- latching on to fast bowler Jas- in the post tea session. tables after the break, using his her opponent, thereafter it was ing up Tamil Nadu’s first in- prit Bumrah; the quick dis- The scores: Gujarat — 1st in- own version of the fitle to a one-way street. nings for 305. missals of left-handers Virat nings: Samit Gohil c Virat b Vikash twist, turn and roll Tomar over In the 74kg, Mumbai’s When Mumbai went to Tea Singh and Saurabh Tiwary not 18, Priyank Panchal c Kaushal b Ya- repeatedly to race to a 9-3 lead. Azerbaijanian wrestler Jab- at 111 for one, it was in the deterring him from playing his dav 149, Bhargav Merai c Kishan b The bout was sealed. rayil Hasanov led Sumit driver’s seat. Shardul Thakur AGGRESSIVE KNOCK: Suryakumar Yadav, who came in with Mumbai at four for one, scored a half- natural game. Vikash 39, Parthiv Patel lbw b The victory would have Sehrawat 3-0 at the end of and Abhishek Nayar had century before throwing away his wicket. — PHOTO: R.V. MOORTHY His 58-ball 61 with nine 4s Kaushal 62, Manpreet Juneja c Virat given Aware satisfaction, after Round One but then perhaps shared the last four Tamil and three 6s, was a counter-at- b Yadav 22, Rujul Bhatt lbw b having repeatedly claimed bias decided to end the bout early, Nadu wickets without giving lunging at the last moment at played a compelling knock. b Gohil 9, Aswin Crist c & b Abhishek tack that unnerved the Gujarat Nadeem 23, Chirag Gandhi c Party- by the Wrestling Federation of racing to 9-0 20 seconds after away too much in the morning. the striker’s end. He lofted Crist over mid-of, 31, R. Aushik Srinivas c Tare b Ab- bowling, but skipper Parthiv ush b Yadav 20, Rush Kalaria b India for national representa- resumption and finally knock- If the two established bats- then drove him straight in the hishek 4, K. Vignesh lbw b Shardul 5, Patel and his teammates even- Shukla 1, R.P. Singh b Shukla 40, tion, but it did not help Mum- ing out Sehrawat by technical Prithvi Shaw fails men’s dismissals in successive same over. Left-arm medium- T. Natarajan (not out) 0; Extras (b-4, tually had the last laugh when a Hardik Patel (not out) 4, Jasprit Bum- bai much, having already lost superiority 15-0 in three Opener Praful Waghela and overs wasn’t enough of a jolt pacer T. Natarajan then faced lb-7, nb-8): 19; Total (in 115.2 overs): leading edge of left-arm rah c Kishan b Shukla 0; Extras (lb-10, four of the seven bouts to minutes 46 seconds. Suryakumar Yadav, promoted for Mumbai, Siddhesh Lad the brunt as Suryakumar ex- 305. seamer R.P. Singh landed in w-2): 12; Total (in 126.2 overs): 390. Haryana by then. Haryana’s Rajneesh beat Vi- to No. 3 in place of an ailing lobbed one from left-arm ecuted a cut and a straight Fall of wickets: 1-45, 2-68, 3-178, Bumrah’s hands at wide Fall of wickets: 1-62, 2-127, 3- Sofia Mattsson (Sweden) kas 7-2 in the 65kg. Shreyas Iyer after Prithvi spinner Aushik straight to drive. 4-188, 5-202, 6-231, 7-280, 8-298, mid-of. 266, 4-294, 5-299, 6-323, 7-324, 8- Shaw’s First Class debut lasted short mid-of even before He even backed himself 9-305. 386, 9-386. just five balls, had looked solid opening his account. to clear the boundary at Mumbai bowling: Shardul The Jaggi factor Jharkhand bowling: Ajay Yadav TENNIS for most of the 33 overs Mum- Shreyas, who had to be long-leg when Crist Thakur 28.2-6-75-4, Balwinder Singh Kishan’s partner Ishank 22-6-67-3, Vikash Singh 19-6-59-2, bai had batted till then. taken to hospital before pitched it short. Sandhu Jr. 22-6-56-1, Abhishek Nayar Jaggi, who blocked for much of Rahul Shukla 26.2-7-71-3, Shahbhaz Tamil Nadu surely had its start of play due to food Suryakumar also had 29-7-66-4, Akshay Girap 13-3-35-0, his 101-minute occupation of Nadeem 35-3-106-1, Kaushal Singh backs to the wall. Vijay poisoning, then avoided his share of luck as he was Vijay Gohil 23-5-62-1. the crease, lifted left-arm spin- 20-5-61-1, Saurabh Tiwary 3-0-13-0, Good start for Dhruv Shankar, introduced into the further damage in the dropped at first slip on 17 Mumbai — 1st innings: Prithvi ner Hardik in a rare show of ag- Pratyush Singh 1-0-3-0. CHANDIGARH: Wild card Dhruv lanki bt Megh Bhargav Patel 6-7(2), attack, and R. Aushik Srinivas company of his captain to of Crist and then sur- Shaw c Karthik b Crist 4, Praful Wa- gression, but Kishan’s dis- Jharkhand — 1st innings: Praty- Sunish knocked out second 6-3, 7-6(2); Freddie Grant (GBr) bt then put the brakes on the help Mumbai end the day vived a confident shout ghela run out 48, Suryakumar Yadav c missal some 10 minutes before ush Singh c Bhatt b R.P. Singh 27, seed Hua-Chen Yu of Chinese Tarush Bagai 6-1, 6-2; Dhruv Sunish scoring rate, conceding just 14 135 runs adrift of the primary for leg-before of the next ball. Karthik b Vijay Shankar 73, Aditya stumps would have hurt Sumit Kumar c Hardik b R.P. Singh 2, Taipei 6-3, 6-3 in the boys’ first bt Hua-Chen Yu (Tpe) 6-3, 6-3. runs in the next eight overs. objective of achieving first in- He did capitalise on it for the Tare (batting) 19, Siddhesh Lad c Jharkhand. Virat Singh b Bhatt 34, Saurabh round of the ITF grade-3 ju- Girls: Sabhyata Nihalani bt Priska Suryakumar, who was at his nings lead. next two hours before throw- Mukund b Aushik 0, Shreyas Iyer (bat- The team needs another 177 Tiwary lbw b Hardik 39, Ishank Jaggi nior tennis tournament here Madelyn Nugroho (Ina) 6-4, 7-6(5); aggressive best, got desperate Shreyas even played a de- ing it away. ting) 24; Extras (lb-2, nb-1): 3; Total to take the lead, but it getting (batting) 40, Ishan Kishan c Bumrah on Monday. Vaidehi Chaudhari bt Yasmina Karim- and played a loose shot of Vi- lightful straight drive in the The scores: (for four wkts. in 60 overs): 171. closer to Gujarat’s first innings b R.P. Singh 61, Rahul Shukla (bat- The results: First round: Boys: janova (Uzb) 6-1, 7-6(3); Tanisha jay Shankar and edged to closing minutes which re- Tamil Nadu — 1st innings: Fall of wickets: 1-4, 2-125, 3-128, total will largely hinge on Jag- ting) 0; Extras (lb-5, nb-6): 11; Total Abhimanyu Vannem Reddy bt Sumit- Kashyap bt Aaliya Ebrahim 6-2, 6-1; Dinesh Karthik behind the minded of Suryakumar’s on- Ganga Sridhar Raju c Tare b Abhishek 4-128. gi’s ability to farm the strike (for five wkts in 51 overs): 214. pal Singh 6-4, 4-6, 7-6(5); Tonkla Mu- Akanksha Bhan bt Eunji Oh (Kor) 6-1, stumps. slaught earlier in the day. 19, Abhinav Mukund c Tare b Sandhu Tamil Nadu bowling: A. Aswin with the lower middle-order Fall of wickets: 1-8, 2-57, 3-90, lada (Tha) bt Mritunjay Badola 6-2, 6-3; Gemma Heath (GBr) bt Srishti In the next over, Waghela, Suryakumar, coming in at Jr. 38, Kaushik Gandhi c Waghela b Crist 10-0-48-1, T. Natarajan 12-3- and tail. 4-121, 5-213. 3-6, 6-3; Arthur Craig Pantino (Phi) bt Dhir 6-0, 6-0; Kuan Yi Lee (Tpe) bt two short of a deserving fifty, four for one after Shaw chased Abhishek 50, B. Indrajith c Tare b 41-0, K. Vignesh 10-1-37-0, R. Aushik The post tea session saw the Gujarat bowling: R.P. Singh 9-2- Calvin Golmei 6-3, 6-3; Parikshit Muskan Gupta 6-3, 3-6, 6-4; Shivani stuttered before responding to a wide one of Crist in the Shardul 64, Dinesh Karthik lbw b Srinivas 18-8-22-1, B. Aparajith 2-0- pitch become almost a feather- 48-3, Rush Kalaria 11-3-41-0, Jasprit Somani bt Srivatsa Ratakonda 6-3, Amineni bt Princy Panchal 6-1, 6-4; Tare’s call for a quick single opening over of the innings, Shardul 16, Vijay Shankar c Tare b 6-0, Vijay Shankar 7-2-14-1, V. Ganga bed, but fortunately for Bumrah 12-4-38-0, Rujul Bhatt 6-1- 6-3; Dostanbek Tashbulatov (Kaz) bt Rhea Verma bt Mihika Yadav 2-6, and was run out despite backed his instincts and Shardul 50, B. Aparajith c Suryakumar Sridhar Raju 1-0-1-0. Jharkhand after its seamers 37-1, Hardik Patel 13-1-45-1. Shashank Theertha 6-2, 6-2; Alex So- 6-2, 6-2. — Sports Bureau RACING Veronese wins Himanshu advances Indian women HYDERABAD: M/s Five Stars Shipping light. 2-1/4, 1/2, 3/4. 1m 14.07s. Rs. 127 KAVALI: Haryana’s Himanshu Arjun Rathnam bt Hari Bokka 6-1, in final Adam runs with a good chance Co. Pvt. Ltd rep by Mr & Mrs (w), 22, 9, 28 (p), SHP: Rs. 34, FP: Rs. defeated Tamil Nadu’s 6-0; N. Shashank bt Sajaad 1-6, 7-5, K.N.Dhunujibhoy and Mr Z.K- 900, Q: Rs. 310, Tanala: Rs. 4248. Fa- Shivshankar 6-1, 6-2 to enter 6-2; Anirudh Kumar bt Hithesh 6-4, SILIGURI: India produced a clin- .Dhunjibhoy’s Veronese (Neeraj vourite: Garib Parwar. Owner: Mr. Rawal up) won the Golconda Oaks, Mohamed Abdul Azeem. Trainer: the boys’ singles second round 6-4; Aron Paul bt Rohan Daniel 7-5, ical display to defeat Nepal 3-1 in the Golconda Million the star event of the races held here on Sk.Waseem Ahmed. of the all India National series 6-2; Kushan Shah bt K. Adhitya 6-0, and enter the final of the SAFF Monday. The winner is trained by 6. DR. M.A.M. under-16 tennis tournament at 6-1; Iqbal Khan bt C.M. Chowdary women’s football champion- HYDERABAD: Adam, who is in fine 56, 6. Proud Image (6) G. Naresh Blue Eyed Babe (6) Ajit Kumar 56, Laxman Singh. RAMASWAMY MEMORIAL 6-0, 6-1; J. Nithinadhith bt P. Amar 1. SALARJUNG CUP (D. III), CUP (1,400m), Cat. I, 4-y-o & over, Kavali in Nellore district on ship at the Kanchenjunga sta- nick, may score in the Golconda Mil- 55.5, 7. Ryuzaki (10) A. A. Vikrant 6. Crown Royal (7) Deep Shanker 6-2, 6-4. lion (1,200m), the main event of the 52.5, 8. Field Commander (5) 56, 7. Mangalyaan (1) Ajeeth Ku- (1,200m), Cat. III, 5-y-o & over, rated rated 86 & above: Parushram Monday. dium here on Monday. races to be held here on Tuesday Kuldeep Singh 52, 9. Sea Change mar 55, 8. Sensei (9) N.S. Rathore 26 to 50: Blaze Of Glory (P. Ajeeth (Beuzelin Louis) 1, Machiavellianism The results (first round): Boys: Girls: Adithi Are bt G. Lakshmi 6-1, India, which led 1-0 at the in- (Jan. 3). (2) Deepak Singh 52 and 10. Star 53.5. 9. Kohinoor Thunder (8) Kumar) 1, Dear Friend (Kunal Bunde) (Akshay Kumar) 2, Happy Guy (N S Himanshu bt Shivashankar 6-1, 6-0; 6-2; Sai Diya Balaji bt Vidisha Reddy terval, scored through Kamala Rathore) 3, Vijay Viraaj (Y.S. Srinath) There will be no false rails. Player (9) N. Rawal 52. Kunal Bunde 52.5, 10. Princess 2, Exclusive Monarchy (K Sai Kiran) Rajesh Kannan bt Raj Jitendra 6-0, 6-3, 4-6, 6-4; S. Sanjana bt Ivy Clem- Devi (45th minute), Indumathi 1. Sea Change, Hina (3) B.R. Kumar 52.5 and 11. 3, Proud Image (G Naresh) 4. 1-1/4, 1, 1. 4. 1/2, hd, 1/4. 1m 24.61s. Rs. 28 (w), 11, 1 FALUKNUMA CUP 2. Bharat King, Red Express (11) Khurshad Alam 1m 14.03s. Rs. 12 (w), 7, 60, 13 (p), SHP: 18, 36 (p), SHP: Rs. 55, FP: Rs. 301, Q: Rs. 6-0; Kavan Somu Kumar bt S.L. Vard- ent 6-1, 6-1; Yashaswini Narala bt N. (58th) and Sasmita Malik (2,400m), 4-y-o & over, rated 26 to 3. Back To Business 52.5. Rs. 301, FP: Rs. 843, Q: Rs. 665, Tanala: 179, Tanala: Rs. 7791. Favourite: Vijay han 6-1, 6-1; Aman Patel bt P. Rishi Sai Loukya 7-5, 6-3; Tentu (83rd). Sabitra Bhandari re- 50 (Cat. III), 12.40 p.m.: 1. Upon A 1. Mr. Baahubali, Rs. 23664. Favourite: Manogamini. Viraaj. Owners: M/s. P. Prabhakar 6-3, 6-3; P. Rohan bt S. Linga 6-1, 6-1; Srichandrakala bt Srestha 7-5, 6-2; 5 Owner: Mr. Tekula Chandra Reddy. Reddy, Rama Seshu Eyunni & Donald duced the margin in the 75th Star (6) Akshay Kumar 60, 2. Sher SPEAKERS CUP (Div. II), 2. Altruist, S. Sharinyan bt Hasith Arjun 6-3, 6-4; Jahnavi Matam bt Abhinaya 6-1, 6-1 Afgan (4) B. R. Kumar 55.5, 3. Vi- (1,200m), 4-y-o & over, rated 66 to 3. Numinous Trainer: Anupam Sharma. Anthony Netto. Trainer: D.Netto . minute through a penalty. jay’s Harmony (1) S. S. Tanwar 55.5, 90 (out station horses eligible), 2. SALARJUNG CUP (D. II), 7. BYERLY TURK MILLION V. Preetam bt Pratinav 6-8, 7-5, 7-5; — Special Correspondent The results (semifinal): 4. Sir Walter Raleigh (3) Deep 2.45: 1. Sir Majestic (4) Suraj 8 G.V. RAO MEMORIAL CUP (1,200m), Cat. III, 5-y-o & over, rated (1,200 m), 3-y-o fillies only (Terms): India 3 (Kamala Devi 45, Indu- Shanker 53, 5. Hal Chal (5) G. Narredu 60, 2. O Ms Akilah (8) A. (Div. II), (1,100m), 5-y-o & over, 26 to 50: Dublin (Suraj Narredu) 1, Meritocracy (P.S. Chouhan) 1, mathi 58, Sasmita Malik 83) bt Nepal Naresh 52.5 and 6. Bullish Ap- A. Vikrant 57.5, 3. Italian Cypress rated 46 to 70 (Cat. II), 4.25: 1. Green Striker (P. Ajeeth Kumar) 2, Southern Promise (Y. S. Srinath) 2, proach (2) Sai Kumar 51. (9) Akshay Kumar 56.5, 4. Blossom Exclusive Beauty (8) Srinath 60, 2. Roma Rouge (B.R. Kumar) 3, Golden Fashion High (Beuzelin Louis) 3, 1 (Sabitra Bhandari 75-pen). — PTI 1. Sir Walter Raleigh, (6) Sai Kumar 56, 5. Military Belle Columbus (4) Aneel 59, 3. Cam- Phoenix (Kuldeep Singh) 4. Shd, 1-1/2, Eternal Angel (Akshay Kumar) 4. 1/4, Top cueists for Kolkata Open 2. Bullish Approach (5) B. R. Kumar 56, 6. City Of Won- borne (7) A.A. Vikrant 58, 4. Astra 1-1/2. 1m 13.56s. Rs. 8 (w), 6, 14, 11 (p), 1/2, 1-1/4. 1m 12.46s. Rs. 44 (w), 11, 7, 9 ders (2) Srinath 55, 7. Rahuls Pet (9) Suraj Narredu 57, 5. Byron Bay SHP: Rs. 63, FP: Rs. 84, Q: Rs. 85, (p), SHP: Rs. 20, FP: Rs. 145, Q: Rs. 62, 2 GOLCONDA MILLION (7) Beuzelin 55, 8. Exclusive Wind (6) Deepak Singh 55.5, 6. Dandy Tanala: Rs. 407. Favourite: Dublin. Tanala: Rs. 560. Favourite: Southern KOLKATA: Pankaj Advani will be from Tuesday. Aditya Mehta, (1,200m), 4-y-o & over (Terms), (3) P. Trevor 53, 9. Advocate Gen- Girl (1) K. Mukesh Kumar 54, 7. Owners: M/s. P.S. Reddy & Krish- Promise. Owner: M.A.M. the biggest attraction in a field Manan Chandra, Alok Kumar, Railways wins 1.10: 1. Galiat (3) Beuzelin 56, 2. eral (10) P. Gaddam 52.5 and 10. Catherine (2) B.R. Kumar 52, 8. naiah Bollineni. Trainer: K.S.V. Ramaswamy Chettiar Of Chettinad of top players in the Kolkata Kamal Chawla and Dhar- Adam (2) N. S. Parmar 54, 3. Mas- Super Falcon (1) Kunal Bunde 52.5. Sacrifice (5) S.S. Tanwar 51.5 and Prasad Raju. Charitable Trust rep by Dr. A.C. Open invitation snooker minder Lilly are among the big a thriller teroftherolls (-) (-) 54, 4. Vijays Joy 1. Sir Majestic, 9. Sonic (3) Sai Kumar 51. 3. MUSICAL MORN PLATE Muthiah. Trainer: K.Satheesh. (1) P.S. Chouhan 54 and 5. Satellite 2. Rahuls Pet, 1. Camborne, (1,200m), Cat. II, 4-y-o & over, rated 8. GOLCONDA OAKS (2400 championship, starting at the names who will be seen in ac- (4) P. Trevor 53.5. 3. City Of Wonder 2. Exclusive Beauty, 46 to 70: Aragonda (Suraj Narredu) m), 4-y-o fillies only (Terms): Ver- Bengal Rowing Club here tion. BENGALURU: Railways pulled of 1. Adam, 2. Satellite 3. Sacrifice 1, Bharat Queen (B.R. Kumar) 2, Dan- onese (Neeraj Rawal) 1, Frosty a one-run victory over Maha- 6 G.V. RAO MEMORIAL CUP cing Leaf (Y.S. Srinath) 3, Without (P.Trevor) 2, Aster Rose (Y.S. 3 AGOSTINI PLATE (1,400m), (Div. I), (1,100m), 5-yo & over, 9 COMMON LAND PLATE Makeup (Kiran Naidu) 4. 1-1/4, 1/4, Srinath) 3, Like Wise (P.S. Chouhan) rashtra in the senior women’s (Cat. II), maiden 3-y-o only rated 46 to 70 (Cat. II), 3.15: 1. (1,200m), maiden 4-y-o & over, 3/4. 1m 11.72s. Rs. 17 (w), 7, 20, 5 (p), 4. Not run: Anantara. 1-1/4, 1-1/4, 1-1/4. Twenty20 cricket league at the (Terms), 1.40: 1. All The Best (7) Rubyonrails (10) Koushik 60, 2. rated 26 to 50 (Cat. III), 5.00: 1. Poll SHP: Rs. 71, FP: Rs. 205, Q: Rs. 162, 2m 36.43s. Rs. 77 (w), 24 and 8 (p), Alur grounds here on Monday. Ajeeth Kumar 55, 2. Big Heart (6) Masti (8) Akshay Kumar 59, 3. Promise (11) P.S. Chouhan 61, 2. In Tanala: Rs. 385. Favourite: Dancing SHP: Rs. 14, FP: Rs. 378, Q: Rs. 113, Railways pulls out of Chasing a modest 87, Maha- Beuzelin 55, 3. Creator (9) Suraj Symbol Of Pride (7) Ajeeth Ku- Command (7) P. Gaddam 57, 3. Iki- Leaf. Owners: Dr. Pratap C Reddy, Tanala: Rs. 603. Favourite: Aster Narredu 55, 4. Kohinoor Legend mar 58, 4. Par Excellence (5) Md. gai (6) G. Naresh 56, 4. Al Sadr (12) Mr. K. Ramcharan Tej & Mrs. Upas- Rose. Owner: M/s. Five Stars Ship- rashtra finished on 85 for seven (10) S. Sreekant 55, 5. Lost And Ismail 57.5, 5. Fair And Squre (2) B.R. Kumar 54, 5. Mountain Of ana Kamineni. Trainer: Laxman ping Co Pvt Ltd. rep by Mr. & Mrs. National basketball in its 20 overs. Found (4) P. Trevor 55, 6. Rutilant C.P. Bopanna 55, 6. Sprint Legend Light (9) Akshay Kumar 54, 6. Se- Singh. K.N. Dhunujibhoy and Mr. Z.K. The scores: At Bengaluru: Rail- (3) Akshay Kumar 55, 7. Somerset (6) N. Rawal 55, 7. Rock Heights farina (4) Deepak Singh 53, 7. 4. FIRE HAVEN CUP(2,000m), Dhunjibhoy. Trainer: Laxman Singh. ways 86 in 20 overs (Anuja Patil (2) Srinath 55, 8. Supremo (5) (4) K. Mukesh Kumar 52.5, 8. True Shandaar (10) Ajit Singh 53, 8. Cat. II, 4-y-o & over, rated 46 to 70: 9. NEXT MOVE PLATE SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT selection of players who had been Kuldeep Singh 55, 9. Apowerx (11) Pearl (3) Kurshad Alam 51.5, 9. Symbol Of Gold (8) Ajeeth Kumar Naazaan (Y.S. Srinath) 1, Handy (1,600m), Cat. III, 4-y-o & over, rated three for 14) bt Maharashtra 85 for Kiran Naidu 53.5, 10. Moghalra- Midnight In Paris (9) Md. 52.5, 9. Yes Baby (3) K. Mukesh Man (P.S. Chouhan) 2, Leading Le- upto 30: Cirillo (Akshay Kumar) 1, suspended by the BFI for defying the seven in 20 overs (Devika Vaidya 30, jpuram (8) G. Naresh 53.5 and 11. Sameeruddin 50.5 and 10. Military Kumar 52, 10. Mastaani (5) Md. gend (Beuzelin Louis) 3, Doroteo (P. Angels Bay(N S Rathore) 2, Cannon NEW DELHI: Railways has pulled out orders and participating in the UBA Anuja Patil 25, Rajeshwari three for Roma Rio (1) Kunal Bunde 53.5. Cross (1) B.R. Kumar 50.5. Sameeruddin 51, 10. Divine Trevor) 4. Nose, 1-3/4, 1-1/4. 2m Hope (S. Sreekant) 3, Amazing Power of the National basketball Championship earlier in the season. 1. Lost And Found, 1. Rubyonrails, Heights (1) N. Rawal 50 and 12. Raj 06.51s. Rs. 27 (w), 8, 7, 6 (p), SHP: Rs. (G Naresh) 4. 3/4, shd, nk. 1m 42.62s. 23); Bengal 118 for seven in 20 overs 2. Apowerx, 2. Masti, Hindustani (2) Sai Kumar 50. 23, FP: Rs. 141, Q: Rs. 57, Tanala: Rs. Rs. 53 (w), 16, 8, 11 (p), SHP: Rs. 53, FP: championship to be staged at As expected, the Railways Sports (S. Asha three for 18) bt Kerala 88 for 3. Creator 3. Rock Heights 1. Al Sadr, 258. Favourite: Leading Legend. Rs. 235, Q: Rs. 96, Tanala: Rs. 1116. Fa- Puducherry from January 7 to 14 as it Promotion Board has written to all its six in 20 overs (Jincy George 33 n.o., 2. Shandaar, Owner: Mr. N. Adil Mirza. Trainer: vourite: Angels Bay. Owner: Mr. has not been able to meet the basic 31 units across the country, 4 MOUNTAIN LILLY PLATE 7 SPEAKERS CUP (Div. I), 3. Poll Promise Laxman Singh. Kishan Raj Sri Raj Vellore. Trainer: Priyanka Roy three for 19). (1,400m), 5-y-o & over, rated 26 to (1,200m), 4-y-o & over, rated 66 to Day’s best: Adam. 5. SALARJUNG CUP (D. I), Faiyaz Shaikh. requirements of membership of the categorically specifying that it had At Agartala: Tripura 138 for 50 (Cat. III), 2.10: 1. Bharat King (1) 90 (Cat. II), 3.50: 1. Numinous (4) Double: Sir Majestic-Mr. (1,200m), Cat. III, 5-y-o & over, rated Treble (i): Rs. 76 (444 tkts.), (ii): Rs. Basketball Federation of India (BFI). been decided not to release any seven in 20 overs (Indra Rani Jamatia B.R. Kumar 60, 2. Lavender (7) An- K. Mukesh Kumar 60, 2. Mr. Baahubali. 26 to 50: Yet Another (K Sai Kiran) 6884 (nine tkts.), (iii): Rs. 5194 (36 Apart from the membership fee, player or official to represent the 43) lost to Tamil Nadu 141 for one in eel 60, 3. Back To Business (4) P. Baahubali (5) Srinath 57.5, 3. Jkt: 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9; Tr (i): 1, 2 & 3; (ii): 1, Ice Cave (N S Rathore) 2, Globetrot- tkts.); Consolation: Rs. 40056 (six Gaddam 58.5, 4. Island Bird (8) K. Vallee Secrete (2) Akshay Kumar 4, 5 & 6; (iii): 7, 8 & 9; Tla: 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, ter (Md. Ismail) 3, Bouncer (Md tkts.); Jackpot: Rs. 5,60,784 (carried there was also a hitch regarding the States. 19.4 overs (D. Hemalatha 79 n.o., L. Sai Kiran 58.5, 5. Azazil (3) Srinath 57.5, 4. Altruist (10) P. 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CM HY-HY YK HYDERABAD | THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 SPORT 19 Chung dismantles Coric in straight sets ‘I was losing passion for the game’ S. DIPAK RAGAV Not really. I did not expect Then I came back here and N. SUDARSHAN to close out the match. anything from them! I always was in the top-100 for a few The match more than made CHENNAI: A day after he an- thought they were not really years, and (India’s) top Davis CHENNAI: After having attained a up for the first fixture of the nounced his retirement, Som- interested in helping or creat- Cup player. career-high ranking of 51 late day, a drab afair between dev Devvarman severely cri- ing a system or to understand last year, Hyeon Chung com- So, career-wise, no regrets. Daniil Medvedev and Thiago ticised the All India Tennis what it takes to make a pro- I gave my best. pleted four weeks of military Monteiro, which the former Association for its lack of vis- fessional tennis player. training. won 6-3, 6-3. ion and its reluctance to do I was once called for a I was often criticised for On the opening day of the my game. But nobody could Monteiro had the better legs, anything to help develop Davis Cup tie in 2007 and was Aircel Chennai Open, the competitive players. stranded at the airport! These criticise the way I fought and Korean picked apart sixth seed chasing down balls with verve. competed, both on and of the On most occasions he even po- Excerpts from his media guys are a bunch of… you and 2016 finalist Borna Coric’s interaction. know... court. game with the sort of precision sitioned himself to execute sure-shot winners. Reasons for quitting At that point I didn’t want Do you think you could have which would have made any Certain things you can’t to rely on unreliable people. I been in the top-50? army proud. But the lack of penetrative power did him in. fake, and in tennis you can’t kept them on the side. I think so. If I had done The South Korean won the fake passion. That was one of Happy with your career? Under a steady breeze, both things a little diferent early battle of 20- my biggest strengths; one of I am pretty happy, consid- struggled to control their shots. in my career, I could have. year-olds the things that kept me going ering where I started. I was But the Russian, who at times 6-3, 7-5 to was my passion, and it kept promising, but not that prom- But it’s easy in hindsight. looked rather bored to be on advance to diminishing every year. ising. Everyone is going to make court, managed to pull through. the second Once I knew it was going to If you look at a 18- or 19- mistakes. It is a question of round be diicult to stay in the year-old who has had a sim- learning from it, and I think I where he THE RESULTS top-100, then it became an ilar career path as mine, you did pretty well. will meet easy decision. are pretty quick to write him 2011 would have been cru- Dudi Sela, QUICK WORK: Hyeon Chung played with precision to stop last year’s finalist Borna Coric in the First round: Daniil Medvedev Next step in tennis of. cial if I had not been hurt. But who earlier beat Damir Dzum- (Rus) bt Thiago Monteiro (Bra) 6-3, first round. — PHOTO: R. RAGU I am not too sure, not sure Once I went to the US, I I haven’t lost sleep thinking hur 6-2, 6-2. 6-3; Hyeon Chung (Kor) bt Borna whether I will be here or in was out of everybody’s radar. about what could have been. Last year, after Coric Players at the start of the sea- shape throughout. splendid forehand winner. Coric (Cro) 6-3, 7-5; Dudi Sela (ISR) the States, or be involved in reached the final here, he went son are often rusty too. But a bit He broke Coric in the very The second set was a slug- bt Damir Dzumhur (Bih) 6-2, 6-2; player development. I have on to lose in the first round of of soul-searching is surely in first game. He did let the Croat fest but a much more even Jozef Kovalik (Svk) bt Gastao Elias done a lot of good things, and Bopanna endorses each of his next three tourna- place for this was a crushing break him back, but made battle. Coric dug himself out of (Por) 6-7(5), 6-4, 6-2; Steve Darcis have a few ideas. I have a ments, including the Aus- loss. amends immediately, surging a hole twice, saving three break (Bel) bt Nikola Mektic (Cro) 6-2, 6-3. good work ethic and a lot of tralian Open. The forehand, Coric’s bread- to a 4-2 lead. The way he con- points to hold to 1-1 and four Doubles: Jurgen Melzer (Aut) & things to ofer. Bhupathi’s selection Better things were expected winner, was almost always of. solidated his second break was more to hold to 2-2. Renzo Olivo (Arg) bt Andre Bege- Let’s see if it is actually val- of him in 2017, as he stepped out He routinely hit beyond the impressive. Then, after all the hard work, mann (Ger) & Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe) 4-6, ued at this place and if people CHENNAI: Rohan Bopanna, who is no experience will help. The players are of his teens. tramlines. Two of his best shots of the he seemed to have finally taken 7-6(3), [11-9]; Guillermo Duran & An- value an honest opinion. longer part of the Davis Cup team, said comfortable with him and he is It might be fallacy to read too Chung, on the other hand, night came while serving at 3-2 control of the set when he dres Molteni (Arg) bt Wesley Koolhof If I keep criticising the having Mahesh Bhupathi in the comfortable with the players. much into his false start here, after having come through the through delightful drops at 15- served for it at 5-4. & Matwe Middelkoop (Ned) 7-6 (4), AITA, I won’t get a call from captain’s chair will be an advantage for “It’s going to be a huge bonus to coming back as he was from a qualifying rounds where he 15 and 30-30. But Chung reeled of three 6-4; Johan Brunstrom & Andreas them! the players. play under him. He knows what their knee injury towards the end of beat a former top-10 player in He would break Coric again games in a row, including the Siljestrom (Swe) bt Sriram Balaji & Did you feel let-down by the “It’s fantastic that a player like strengths and weaknesses are,” said the last season. Jurgen Melzer, was in fine at 3-5, finishing of the set with a last which was a break to love, Vishnu Vardhan 6-2, 6-4. AITA? Mahesh has got the opportunity. His Bopanna. — PTI

Tuesday’s Federer back with a bang City scores a schedule A torch-bearer for Bosnian tennis PERTH: Roger Federer returned nervy win ț Centre Court S. DIPAK RAGAV 2014. He is now World No. 77. It was one country before and people from six months on the side- (5 p.m. start): Dzumhur says his generation has are always close,” he says. lines with a knee injury to beat over Burnley Aljaz Bedene (GBr) vs CHENNAI: Tennis has been a soothing outgrown the grim times. Elaborating on his decision to move Dan Evans 6-3, 6-4 and spear- Guillermo Garcia Lopez balm for quite a few of the Balkan “It is 20 years since the war fin- to the Serbian capital, Dzumhur says: head Switzerland to a 3-0 win LONDON: Manchester City over- (Esp). States following the disorder and ished. I was really young so don’t re- “Tennis is getting bigger in Bosnia be- over Great Britain at the Hop- came the first-half dismissal of Ramkumar Ramanathan chaos of Yugoslavia’s break-up. One of member a lot. I think we have to look cause we now have two players (the man Cup on Monday. Fernandinho and another vs Yuki Bhambri. the most traumatic events was the forward and not think about it,” he other is Mirza Basic) in top-150. It is The 17-time major winner Claudio Bravo error to secure Mikhail Youzhny (Rus) vs Bosnian War that erupted in early says. popular, but not many kids want to be a nervy 2-1 Premier League Saketh Myneni. showed no signs of rust in his 1992. Dzumhur has even moved to Bel- a pro, and there are not too many good 61-minute win over Evans. “I’d victory over Burnley on Even as the other Balkan countries grade for the training facilities despite coaches or facilities. Without that it is Monday. ț Court 1 (5 p.m. start): like to live it again. I’m a little Renzo Olivo (Arg) vs slowly started producing competitive the fact that Serbia and Bosnia were tough to make good players.” bit sad it’s over because it was Leicester’s underwhelming Casper Ruud (Nor). tennis players, Bosnia and Herzegov- bitter adversaries during the war. Dzumhur did have career options. so nice out there,” Federer said Roger Federer. season continued as it was Benoit Paire (Fra) vs ina had to wait a while to find its own “I now live in Belgrade; I don't see “Well, we had some audition in of his return. — PHOTO: PAUL KANE/GETTY IMAGES held to a 0-0 draw at Konstantin Kravchuk (Rus). star. people in any other way. I just see how school since I did not have many tour- The results: Hopman Cup: Middlesbrough. Jonathan Elrich (Isr) & Then, Damir Dzumhur came along. people are now,” he says. “What naments. I got selected for one Switzerland bt Great Britain 3-0 International: Men: Nicolas Mahut The results: Monday: Middles- Scott Lipsky (USA) vs The 24-year-old was born one happened was bad, but it is in the movie!” he says. “It was real fun, but [Roger Federer bt Dan Evans 6-3, 6-4; bt Stephane Robert 4-6, 6-3, 6-4; brough 0 drew with Leicester 0; James Cerrentani (USA) month into the Bosnian War, in a hos- past.” not a big deal for me. I had two more Belinda Bencic bt Heather Watson 7-5, David Ferrer bt Bernard Tomic 6-3, 7-5; Everton 3 (Valencia 73, Baines 81- & Philipp Oswald (Aut). pital near the Zetra Olympic Hall that Dzumhur says Novak Djokovic has offers, but by then I’d started with Fu- 3-6, 6-2; Bencic & Federer bt Watson & Grigor Dimitrov bt Steve Johnson 6-2, pen, Lukaku 89) bt Southampton 0; was destroyed in the course of the had a huge influence on the players in tures tournaments and couldn’t do Evans 4-0, 4-1 (fast four)]. 6-3. Manchester City 2 (Clichy 58, ț Court 2 (6 p.m. start): hostilities and had to be rebuilt. the region, and he has personally be- both at the same time.” France bt Germany 2-1 [Kristina Women: Elina Svitolina bt Monica Aguero 62) bt Burnley 1 (Mee 70); Radu Albot (Mda) vs And it was at this venue that Dzum- nefited from his interactions with the Though the support from the sys- Mladenovic lost to Andrea Petkovic Puig 6-3, 6-3; Svetlana Kuznetsova bt Sunderland 2 (Defoe 25-pen, 84-pen) Yen-Hsun Lu (Tpe). hur took to tennis, going on to become Serb. tem in his own case has been negli- 6-2, 6-1; Richard Gasquet bt Alexander Louisa Chirico 6-2, 6-4; Asia drew with Liverpool 2 (Sturridge 19, Rogerio Dutra Silva (Bra) the first player from his young country “Djokovic has so many things to say gible, Dzumhur says he has hope that Zverev 7-5, 6-3; Mladenovic & Gas- Muhammad bt Donna Vekic 7-6(5), Mane 72); West Brom 3 (Brunt 49, vs Dusan Lajovic (Srb). to be a part of the main draw at a about tennis; and he’s the one who is things will change and the next gener- Damir Dzumhur... blazing a quet bt Petkovic & Zverev 4-2, 4-1]. 6-1; Garbine Muguruza bt Samantha McAuley 62, Morrison 73) bt Hull 1 Grand Slam, at the Australian Open in pushing the players from the Balkans. ation will benefit from his success. trail. — PHOTO: S.R. RAGHUNATHAN At Brisbane: ATP/WTA Brisbane Stosur 7-5, 6-7(2), 7-5. — AFP (Snodgrass 21). —AFP HYDERABAD 20 | LIFE THE HINDU TUESDAY, JANUARY 3, 2017 Father’s obesity may affect kid’s social skills Dog attacks family trying to dress it British woman live-streams labour on FB Children of obese fathers are more likely to have Police in Florida said an angry pit bull mix named A 35-year-old woman in the U.K. has live-streamed difficulty interacting with others and show poorer Scarface sent three people of a family to the her labour on Facebook to show pregnant women social competence, according to a new study. hospital after one tried to put a sweater on it. that giving birth is not like how it is shown in films.

Here’s how STAR TREK Going full monty to Shakespeare’s Hamlet memories ‘I’m proud to represent India in Hollywood’ save the pythons turn permanent ith her maiden Hollywood film xXx: The Return of Xander LONDON: Scientists have for Cage up for release, Deepika Padukone feels both excited SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT was dated wrongly? the first time identified the Wand nervous, while being proud to represent the country mechanism that regulates abroad. The actor will be seen in the third instalment of the xXx PANAJI: Goa-based herpeto- Study says final version came 2 years later than believed rhythmic brain waves im- franchise, scheduled to release on January 14. Asked about her logist and wildlife photo- portant for making memory feelings before she left Mumbai on Sunday night, grapher, Nirmal Kulkarni, WASHINGTON: William power in England after Eliza- permanent. Deepika said, “I am very excited. This is my has launched ‘Living with Shakespeare’s popular play beth’s death, Gary Taylor, a Every time we learn some- Hollywood debut. I am very, very nervous, but Pythons’, a nationwide ini- Hamlet was dated wrongly, research professor at Florida thing new, the memory does also excited. Today is the beginning of that tiative beginning this year causing scholars to overlook State University in the U.S. not only need to be acquired, journey. Hopefully we will be coming to India to create awareness and in- a message that has hidden in told The Times. it also needs to be stabilised soon.” She added: “I feel very proud that I get to stil appreciation about the plain sight for centuries, new in a process called memory represent my country, especially in this kind of country’s three Python research has claimed. Direct parallel consolidation. an action franchise film. I am sure this film will species. Until recently, academics Fortinbras, the Norwegian Brain waves are con- be enjoyed a lot. There is lot of action, These include the Indian Nirmal Kulkarni believed that Shakespeare king who takes power in sidered to play an important adventure, which we have not seen in Rock Python (Python wrote Hamlet in early 1601, Denmark after the death of role in this process, but the Indian films before.” The movie will see molurus), Burmese Python The Indian Rock python, when Elizabeth I was still on Claudius and Hamlet at the underlying mechanism that Vin Diesel return as Xander Cage while (Python bivittatus) and Re- the species found in Goa the throne after more than 42 end of the play, was intended dictates their shape and Deepika will play the role of a huntress, ticulated python (Malay- and across the Indian main- years. Researchers have as a direct parallel to James I, rhythm was still unknown. Serena Unger. — PTI opython reticulatus). land commonly, is a highly found that this is the wrong William Shakespeare Taylor said. The new study shows that threatened one. date and that the Bard did not The need to flatter the one of the brain waves im- Ben Affleck protects children from public eye ‘The largest species’ “The initiative aims to produce the finished version the coronation of James I and king would have been espe- portant for consolidating scar-winning actor Ben Affleck says he is absolutely fine with “Together, these snakes promote acceptance, for another two years. after the death of his own cially important because one memory is dominated by the constant spotlight on his life, but gets bothered when his represent some of the awareness and understand- According to them, father, John, in late 1601. of James’s first acts was to synaptic inhibition. Ochildren’s personal space is invaded. The 44-year-old star largest snake species of the ing about the python spe- Shakespeare may have used The story of an old regime appoint Shakespeare’s acting Sharp wave ripples shares a cordial bond with his estranged wife Jennifer Garner, with world,” says Mr. Kulkarni, cies through conservation the play to win the favour of giving way to a fresh new company, the Lord Chamber- (SWRs) are one of three ma- whom he has two daughters Violet who is also a Member of the outreach and field based the newly-crowned James I ruler from a neighbouring lain’s Men, as his own oicial jor brain waves coming from (10), Seraphina (7), and four-year- Goa State Biodiversity herpetology techniques,” in 1603. In 1603, Shakespeare country seems to be an in- players, allowing them to re- the hippocampus. The study old son Samuel. Affleck, who Board and of Goa State Mr. Kulkarni said on would have been working on tentional reference to James name themselves the King’s by researchers at the Insti- recently made headlines for his Wildlife Advisory Board. Monday. his play immediately after VI of Scotland assuming Men. — PTI tute of Science and Techno- highly-publicised split from Garner, logy Austria, found the said he always tried to protect his mechanism that generates kids from the public eye, reported this oscillation of neuronal Guardian. “You become a public Harmful 9/11 dust activity in mice. figure and it changes all the rules. Postcard from Kerala “Our results shed light on The press can become invasive and had an impact the mechanisms underlying dishonest, and you have to put up this high-frequency network with inconvenient stuff like that. I’m at peace with paying my own on newborns oscillation,” said Peter Jonas, price, what I’m not at peace with is when it invades on my kids’ space professor at IST Austria. and time. They didn’t make any bargains. I try to shelter them as best I NEW YORK: Dust pollution pro- can. That’s my only real gripe,” the actor said. — PTI duced during the 9/11 terror- Synchronous oscillations ist attack on the World Trade “As our experiments Centre caused babies in the provide information both I am an old-school romantic: Shruti Haasan area to be born prematurely about the phase and the loca- ctor Shruti Haasan says she strongly believes in the charm of and with low birth weight, a tion of the underlying con- the old-world romance, something which today’s Internet- study has found. Experts say ductance, we were able to savvy generation is missing. The actor recalls a that this may have implica- show that precisely timed A conversation she had with her father, Kamal tions for cities such as New synaptic inhibition is the Haasan, who pointed out that in his days, love Delhi that grapple with pol- current generator for sharp blossomed outside cell phone screens. luted air. wave ripples,” said Mr. Jonas. “I was talking to my dad and he said half of the When the towers of WTC When neurons oscillate in love stories happened because we didn’t have in New York City fell on synchrony, their electrical WhatsApp and we had to actually meet and September 11 in 2001, a cloud activity adds together so that talk. I remember the Nokia phones, the of hazardous materials en- measurements of field po- SMSes. There was the landline and the veloped the surrounding tential can pick them up. romance was that the guy calls you and neighbourhood and coated SWRs are one of the most you’re hoping your mom shouldn’t answer. I everything and everyone ex- synchronous oscillations in don’t think this generation has that and it is posed to it for several days. the brain and have been sug- sad,” Shruti said. It was the simplicity of The research was conduc- gested to play a key role in romance that instantly attracted her to be a ted by teams from University TRANQUIL HAUNT: People take a stroll along the Kole wetland bund at Thrissur in Kerala early on Monday. The wetlands, making memories perman- part of the forthcoming film Behen Hogi Teri, of Zurich in Switzerland and located in Thrissur and Malappuram districts of the State, span about 13,500 hectares. They nurture one of the most ent. The study was published the 28-year-old actor said. — PTI Princeton University. — PTI biologically diverse ecosystems in South Asia. — PHOTO: K. K. MUSTAFAH in the journal Neuron. — PTI