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   Lucknow on Sunday. Yadav said. who took charge as Mining “The Samajwadi Party is The SP and the BSP have Minister in 2013 and was    day after the CBI raided his making efforts to win maxi- decided to fight the upcoming arrested in 2017 following a Aparty leaders and an IAS mum Lok Sabha seats. Those national elections together and complaint of rape by a woman officer, former Uttar Pradesh who want to stop us have the have already worked out a residing in Chitrakoot. Chief Minister and Samajwadi CBI with them. Once the seat-sharing arrangement to This is the third FIR per- Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Congress did CBI probe, and I take on the BJP, which along taining to illegal mining cases Sunday hit out at the Bharatiya was questioned. If the BJP is with its allies won 73 seats from which were registered on (BJP) for “showing doing all this, the CBI will the State in 2014. On possibil- January 2, 2019, nearly two- its true colours”. Claiming that question me, I will answer ity of the Congress joining the and-a-half year after it was the CBI raids were politically (them). But, the people are alliance, Akhilesh said a deci- directed by the Allahabad High motivated, he warned the BJP ready to give an answer to the sion will be taken by him and Court to probe the issue. of tit-for-tat, saying the party is BJP,” he added. Mayawati. The CBI was directed by leaving a “culture”, which may “Now we have to tell the The CBI carried out the High Court on July 28, be used against it in the future. CBI as to how many seats we searches at 14 locations on 2016 to probe illegal mining in “We have the formidable have distributed in the gath- Saturday in connection with its the State following which it had alliance while the BJP has the bandhan (alliance),” he said, FIR against 11 persons, includ- registered seven preliminary CBI and other agencies to adding, “I am happy that the ing IAS officer B Chandrakala, enquiries out of which two per- hound its political rivals. I BJP has shown its true colours.” Samajwadi Party MLC Ramesh taining to Shamli and want to warn the BJP that in Rejecting Akhilesh’s accu- Kumar Mishra, to probe illegal Kaushambi districts were con- future they could be the victim sation, the BJP demanded that  !"#  mining of minor minerals in verted into FIRs in 2017. of the legacy of vendetta they the CBI investigate Akhilesh for $#%#&#'  !" 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Chief Minister of the State comes the CBI action but the Tmotion its preparation for retaries and and they are waiting for the and the BSP, UP Government “langde-lulhe” (physically However, he maintained sus- between 2012 and 2017, held timings do raise questions. the forthcoming Lok Sabha Ram Madhav, former polling day to teach the BJP a Minister Sidharth Nath Singh handicapped) need “baisakhi” pense on accommodating the the mining portfolio during Especially since this is coming polls by appointing Home Maharashtra Chief Minister lesson for betraying on poll told reporters the BJP has no (crutches). Congress in the alliance, which 2012-13 apparently bringing right after the news of SP-BSP Minister as the Narayan Rane, former promises,” Yadav said while threat from them. On formal announcement also includes Ajit Singh’s RLD. his role under scanner, accord- alliance appeared in the media,” head of the all-important man- Jharkhand Chief Minister addressing the party cadre in The two Opposition par- of seat-sharing with Mayawati’s “You will come to know about ing to the FIR. He was suc- he said. ifesto committee. Finance are among the the State office of the party ties are fighting for survival, he BSP, Akhilesh said it is likely to it (alliance) in a week or so,” ceeded by Gayatri Prajapati, Continued on Page 4 Minister will head other members of the mani- the publicity department and festo committee. Yadav will be will be assisted by Rajyavarthan a key member of the commit- Rathore, , Anil tee which will deal with matters         $% & '!! Jain, and Mahesh Sharma. related to the Election BJP president Commission. announced the formation of 17 Union Minister Nitin committees and their members Gadkari will head a panel !" # $  %   to prepare the party for the which will reach out to social    !  electoral challenge. organisations while his Cabinet The choice of Rajnath to colleague will !)       said that they had objection to head the manifesto committee head a group that will produce    the Bill which they alleged has obviously been taken with literature for the polls. Sushma * links religion to citizenship. a view to sending “right” mes- will be assisted by Parbhat Jha, fter backing the Congress’ “This is the basic objection. So, sage to the Uttar Pradesh elec- Mahesh Sharma, Anurag Ademand for a JPC probe delink religion from citizenship torate and underlines the key Thakur, Amit Malviya, and  )% into the Rafale fighter jet deal, issue. This is against the spirit role the former UP Chief Sudhandshu Trivedi. the NDA Government major of our civilisation, culture and Minister could play in the Law Minister Ravi Shankar +,  ally Shiv Sena has again joined of our Constitution. party affairs in the coming Prasad will look after the media the Opposition ranks in oppos- Citizenship can’t be linked with days. Over the years, Rajnath while Shyam Jaju will be ing the Citizenship State, religion, caste, creed and has cultivated a pro-farmer incharge of social media. Union      (Amendment) Bill 2016. be country specific. It should be image and the BJP would hope Minister Prakash Javadekar will Sena’s decision to oppose universal,” said a dissenting to encash it at a time when lead the wing which will organ- ongress president Rahul the Bill comes amid reports member note. there is a great deal of unrest in ise meetings of intellectuals. CGandhi and Defence that the members of Congress, Continued on Page 4 the agriculture sector. Continued on Page 4 Minister Nirmala Sitharaman TMC, SP, and Left parties have on Sunday engaged in a bitter given note of dissent to the final and creed oppose the pro- war of words on the contro- report of the JPC on the posed legislation, Raut said. versial Rafale deal with both a single rupee of the said 1 “When you tell one lie, you Citizenship Amendment Bill, The Bill seeks to amend the accusing each other of lying lakh crore has come to HAL, need to keep spinning out which will be submitted in the Citizenship Act 1955 to provide over the claims on award of since not a single order, as more lies to cover up the first Lok Sabha on Monday. The citizenship to illegal migrants work orders to state-owned claimed, has been signed till one. In her eagerness to defend Sena has taken the decision from Afghanistan, Bangladesh Hindustan Aeronautic Limited now”. The media report cited the PM’s Rafale lie, the RM after the Asom Gana Parishad and Pakistan, who are of (HAL). Citing a media report, senior HAL management offi- (Raksha Mantri) lied to (AGP) appealed to it to oppose Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Rahul alleged the Defence cials in order to back its claim. Parliament. Tomorrow the legislation, party leader Parsi or Christian origin. Minister “lied” in Parliament The Defence Minister hit (Monday), RM must place Sanjay Raut said in a statement. The Assamese and other that the Government orders back at Rahul for his remarks, before Parliament documents “We are determined to indigenous groups in Assam worth 1 lakh crore were pro- asking him to read “the com- showing 1 lakh crore of oppose the Citizenship fear that the passage of the Bill vided to HAL, prompting plete report” to “which you are Government orders to HAL. Amendment Bill in would make the State a dump- Sitharaman to shoot back that referring”. “The LS record Or resign,” Rahul tweeted. Parliament,” Raut said. ing ground for fresh waves of it was a matter of “shame” that shows,” Sitharaman did not Sitharaman’s office later With the Lok Sabha polls migrants, specifically “Hindu the Congress president was claim the orders were signed, tweeted, “Dear Shri around the corner, the Shiv Bangladeshis”. misleading the country on the saying. “they were in the @RahulGandhi, looks like you Sena has adopted a more They also feel that the Bill issue. She also tweeted details works.” really need to start from ABC. aggressive posture against the would make redundant the of contract awarded to HAL Sitharaman tweeted, quot- Someone like you who is hell BJP, with whom it has shared exercise of NRC, which lists since 2014 when the BJP came ing from the media report, to bent on misleading the public an uneasy relationship over those who have come to Assam to power. assert that she had not stated in will quote an article even before the past four years. before March 24, 1971, as man- Rahul’s attack came after a Parliament that the orders to reading it.” The people of Assam, irre- dated by the Assam Accord. media report claimed that “not HAL had been signed. Continued on Page 4 spective of their caste, religion The Opposition parties              4&5# -%6# %#  !"  75# - #-$-   -#011811 0111$&'      

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cruel or harming others. Children are born to have a thought of kindness for others choose.” Praise when deserved, but focus with a huge reservoir of happiness and in- even if it is inconvenient for them. If they on your child’s “inside-out” qualities: built capacity for empathy, but it has to be are unkind—point it out to them and tell their kindness, respect, courage so that nurtured and cared for continuously and them that it will not be accepted in the they see themselves as a caring person. relentlessly otherwise it fades away. family. Have family movie nights. Films are Unfortunately this is exactly what is hap- Use “earshot praise”. Let your kids important means to help our children pening. Many children just do not know overhear (without them thinking they’re understand other worlds and other views, the meaning or the art of practicing empa- supposed to) you describing those qual- to be more open to differences and cul- thy, because no one has ever explained it ities to others. “I’m so proud of how kind tivate new perspectives. Let children read or discussed it with them. It is a critical my child is because…”. Use the kindness books of worth and value. Insist that kids life skill and should be taught to children habit. Get kids in the habit of being kind. read! Not only does reading literary fic- right from an early age. To be able to “Everyday you leave this house I expect tion boost a kids academic performance, understand what your friend is feeling you to say or do at least two kind things but it also boosts their empathy. Let the after a fight or to feel the hurt your par- to someone else.” Develop a caring mind- kids see different shades of life. Depending ents are going through after you have set -- help your child see himself as kind- on your child’s age you might visit a nurs- behaved rudely with them, or to feel the hearted by praising the times he is kind. ing home, homeless shelter, animal shel- emotions of a sick relative, are emotion- Model kindness – if you want a caring ter, or orphanages. al skills which children are grossly lack- child, model the behaviours you want your The more kids experience different     ing these days. In today’s world of tech- child to adopt. Do five kind acts a day. One perspectives, the more likely they can nology, children are so much engrossed study found that kids who did five kind empathize with others who have different mpathy is the ability to read another in the ‘I, Me or Mine’ phenomenon, that acts in one day (like writing a thank-you means and living styles. You should ask Eperson’s emotions. It is the ability to they tend show traits of narcissism in their to a teacher, doing someone’s chores, them “How would you feel?” if some identify with and feel for the other per- behaviour. working at a shelter) - instead of spread- other kid had behaved the same way with son by trying to put yourself in his or her Technology gadgets have taken up ing their acts over a week – gained the them—as they had behaved with the other shoes so as to be able to understand what most of their time and they have become biggest happiness boost at the end of a six- kids and which you had disapproved. How he is feeling or going through recluses and loners lost in the world of week study period. So encourage kids to would you feel if someone said that to you emotionally. visual fantasy of social media and their get on to a kindness mode. or hit you?” Discuss real events with your Ravi had failed his XII Board exams. gadgets. They hardly find time or want to more caring, compassionate and empa- should learn how to be de-stressed and Make kindness a regular happening. children. You can discuss the TV or news He was feeling very anxious that his par- play or share their game or feelings with thetic. should adopt ‘good, happy parenting Set an empty box by your door for kids paper news with them eg “The fire or the ents would be very upset and vent out their friends. Outdoor games are gradu- Parenting is the most challenging task skills’ which include empathy and com- to put gently used toys, books, and games. storm destroyed their homes. What do you their anger on him. He was scared of fac- ally becoming extinct for the children to master these days. It was a duty so easy passion. The children are fast learners and When filled, deliver it together to a shel- think those kids are thinking? What can ing them but his parents were intelligent today, as children have no time or inter- and natural for parents, some time back, will immediately copy or model their par- ter or less-fortunate family. Get kids to we do to let them know we care?” Take enough to empathise with him. est or energy left for them. but today it has become the most formi- ents behaviour. They will immediately reflect on kindness. Instead of always ask- and keep pictures of caring moments in They understood how unhappy he A University of Michigan study of dable task for them. Parents are a confused pick up such skills from their parents and ing, “What did you learn today?” Try: their daily activity. Display and show them was feeling. They were kind and supported nearly 14,000 college students found that lot these days. involve empathy and compassion in their “What’s something kind you did? Or to the children every now and then. Make him emotionally in this hour of his students today have about 40 per cent less They complain that they are not able day to day behaviour, once they see their “What’s something nice that someone did an empathy jar -- each time a parent or anguish and told him not to worry but empathy than college kids had in the 1980s to understand their children and vice elders do it. for you?” Imagine how the person feels. child sees another family member act study hard for the supplementary exam and 1990s. Children today have no idea versa. ‘Empathy’ is an alien word for most The simple ways to raise an empa- To help your child identify with the feel- kindly, they can add a coin, small stone ahead. This empowered Ravi who stud- of how to practice empathy and will sure- of them too. Both parents are working par- thetic kid involve talking and discusing ings of others, have him imagine how the or plastic bead to this jar. Review the kind- ied with renewed vigour. Not only did he ly be less happy as adults as a result. ents these days trying to do their best to different feelings we have. Be a coach who other person feels about a specific cir- acts daily, and if we use money—we can pass his next exam with flying colours but Parents need to understand this and rear up their children with all materialis- discusses and practices empathy and cumstance. Share good news -- cut out donate the money to charity. Children he felt more confident with support from need to practice and teach empathy to tic comforts. As a result parents too are kindness, try to bring out the best in your news stories about kids who are doing car- learn from these acts of kindness. his parents. their children. Schools should also take under a lot of stress. They have no time child emotionally by modelling that ing deeds and share them with your child Kindness, empathy and compassion Empathy is a very powerful tool for initiatives to include empathy training for empathy or compassion in their hec- behaviour yourself. Do, share and instill and friends to inspire their hearts to do matter the most to people and we all love children to learn. It empowers them and workshops in their curriculum where chil- tic schedule themselves. Then how do we kind deeds, by making ‘teamwork and car- the same. Reduce your MEs and increase to get them. Lets teach our children to be makes them stronger emotionally. It has dren can freely discuss the importance of expect such parents to teach such impor- ing’ a priority. Make them understand that your WEs. For instance: What should we givers of these skills and they will grow to a magical quality which can make people understanding others emotions. Only tant skills to their kids? kindness matters the most. Children will do?” “Which would be better for us?” be very happy adults.Our world will thus show kindness and stop people from being then will we be able to make our children It is a wake-up call for all of us. Parents follow what you do instantly. Teach them “Let’s take a ‘We’ vote, to do what we be a happier place to live in. :%%% 2#/&#'!-5!&!!-&#( !$!&(' #  ,5 ,5 versy. We watch such animated dis- cussion on the television. We read # tudents from Haridwar were about it in the newspapers too. But Sthrilled when they watched the to watch them from inside the proceedings of the Parliament for Parliament is something akin to ## the first time. One of them Geeta dream coming true for us,” shared Bhatnagar, an arts graduate, said one student. ## she had been overwhelmed while Another seemingly over- visiting the Parliament along with whelmed student said that while  5,  her batch mates. she was in the Parliament the first “This is not just my first visit recorded speech of Pandit ne of the good things to the Parliament but it is also my Jawaharlal Nehru in the Parliament Oabout investing in stock maiden visit to Delhi. The gaudy museum after independence had markets through mutual funds edifice where the destiny of India come flooding her mind. “The is that investors can get a vari- is being made has left a spell on my first draft of the Constitution which ety of flavours to make their mind. Watching the proceedings I read a few days ago also came to investments and plan their has deepened the spell,” she said. my mind. The place is a reposito- financial goals, said Shashank When 35 students of Chamanlal ry of India’s post-independence Jain, director, Balaji Mahavidyalaya Landhaura along history. Its walls still reverberate Investments. with five staff members of the col- with the clash of the of the He further said that mutu- lege reached the Parliament premis- glorious yesteryears,” the student al fund allows an investor a es the MP from Haridwar Ramesh exclaimed. variety of investment styles Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ was present The students participated in the and strategies for investors to there to welcome them. debate competition organised by profitably use. When the delegation reached Lok Sabha TV channel and later the Within the many investing the Parliament discussion on Rafale MP from Haridwar Ramesh models such as growth, value, deal was going on. “I saw the Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ invited them to contra, GARP prevailing in Union minister Arun Jaitley his residence. After enjoying his India, special situations answering questions posed by the hospitality, the students returned to remains the least explored Congress president Rahul Gandhi. Haridwar with minds filled with among the Indian investors. It is thrilling to watch the opposi- the experiences of the glory of the Globally, this is a sizable cate- tion members tearing into the gov- participatory democracy India is gory while in India it remains ernment on the festering contro- proud of. the road less travelled,

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nder the banner of Master UGames Association Uttarakhand, the second sports meet is going to be organised in Dehradun. Players from 28 states are going to take part in 13 games to be conducted under various categories. The sports meet focuses to engage the players of the age 30 and above to be back in the field, the organisers of the event said. The game is slated from make this a successful event.” hockey, table tennis and swim- sportsperson should be asso- February 24 to 27 at Maharana The participants can regis- ming would be organised for ciated with sports till the end Pratap Sports College and then ter online while the last of reg- which participants can apply, comes. Even our motto says from February 28 to March 2 istration is January 30 and he further said. that the elderly people should at Pavilion Ground, Dehradun. with late fees, it is till February Dwelling on the idea be in the field rather than in the Giving more details of the 15. The cost of registration is Rs behind the sports meet, senior hospital. Our initiative has not upcoming event, the general sec- 700 for the participants of the sports journalist and editor as only pushed the men but the retary of master games associa- age of 30 and above while the well as a member of master women are also coming up tion Uttarakhand Vinod Kumar participants aged 65 and above games association Manmohan enthusiastically. This time we said, “We are expecting that would pay half of the fees, Singh said, “The idea behind are organising it in Dehradun. around five thousand players Kumar said. The participants organising these games is to The Uttarakhand government from across the country would aged 80 and the people living make a sportspersons never is very supportive. The gov- come and participate in master under the below poverty line retire. When a sportsperson ernment here going out of its games this year. We have already would be charged with no reg- reaches 30 the people are way to support us by every received more than a thousand istration fee. Around 13 events inclined to think that he/she means, we are sure that the entries. All the big names in like archery, athletics, bad- should retire. I asked myself event would prove to be an #'$$&5-'''!-!/( ##!+'&'#!# !$# sports are taking initiatives to minton, basketball, football, why things should be so. A extremely successful one.” :!'#''/&!'!7!((7/#(;         5,  &   & ll the 31 universities in the Astate should undertake research work to bring about social and economic change in  5,  "  +)      their surrounding areas. The chief minister Trivendra Singh In view of the cold wave fol- -  $ +    Rawat said this during a felic- lowing rains and snowfall in itation programme on Sunday. the state, chief minister      +  Rawat said that the State has       Government is working con- asked all the District sistently to improve the quali- Magistrates to ensure all nec-        ty of higher education. He essary arrangements to provide   ) .     opined that the state will have relief to the public. Rawat has to wait patiently for the results also asked the DMs to be alert    /   of the historic Investors Summit in view of the weather forecast held some months ago. He said made by the meteorological that the state government had department. help in this matter from the poor people as per their made many policy decisions to Rawat has asked the Mayors and chairpersons of requirements. He also strictly ensure the development of the District Magistrates to pro- municipalities and other civic directed officials to ensure that remote areas of the state. vide bonfires at road crossings, bodies. He also asked the offi- nobody is put to trouble due to Among the decisions taken by public places, railway stations, cials of the local civic bodies to cold wave conditions and rains the state government, permis- the home stay scheme, the state their village and will be effec- that so far, more than 79000 state will be covered under the bus stands and also to ensure make arrangements for the in the state. The Chief Minister sion was also granted for setting government would provide tive in preventing migration. He cards have been made for ben- scheme. The minister of State that places like Rain Baserasfor poor for them to face the cold also instructed both the up university on 2.5 acres land electricity to home stay at spoke about the recently eficiaries under the scheme. It for Higher Education, Dhan the homeless are adequately wave. Rawat also instructed Garhwal and Kumaon com- in mountainous regions. domestic rate. This will provide launched Atal Ayushman is expected that in the next six Singh Rawat also expressed his warmed. that warm clothes, quilts and missioners to ensure adequate Further, in order to encourage employment to the people in Uttarakhand Yojana, he said months, all the families of the views on the occasion. The CM has also expected blankets be distributed to the arrangements in this regard. 56 )*6! 6 "'+##/#!/'$' % ,*! 5,  B" 5  )  5,  weeks of February. This season, some areas 5 CC / -- like Mussoorie and Chopta have received ttarakhand used to be a state receiv- snowfall in the month of December. So the > 5,)4)< Uing considerable snowfall in the win- ## activity is less but even then some areas still ter season, but for some years now there receive good snowfall.” has been a decrease in both rainfall and &&: Adding more information to this he  5,  snowfall during the winters. As per the said, “As per our prediction snowfall or State Meteorological centre, the reason DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand is most like- rainfall will likely strike the state in the he rainy and snow spell behind the decline of snowfall is most like- ly to get its first Doppler radar in the month middle of the current month.” Twhich has taken ly the effect of global warming. of May. The radar is very helpful in giv- So far, the State Meteorological centre Uttarakhand in its grip is like- Talking to The Pioneer, the director of ing accurate data about clouds and their was able to record the snowfall only in one ly to continue for some more State Meteorological Centre, Bikram Singh capacity which is very effective in pre- area of the state- Mukteshwar. The lack days, says the regional said, “It is true that the snowfall has dicting the conditions of cloud burst. of automatic snow gauge became a barri- Metrological centre. As per decreased in recent years. There were times Adding information to this, director of er in recording snowfall in many major the forecast, very light to light in the past when even Rajpur near Dehradun State Metrological Centre, Bikram Singh areas of the state. “The reason behind the rain and snowfall would occur used to get a decent snowfall. But we can- said, “As it is already known, Uttarakhand lack of data in other regions is that we had at various places across not say that the snowfall has totally stopped is going to have its own Doppler radar. We a limited number of automatic snow Uttarakhand on Monday. Some as some areas in the range of 2000 metres have finalised the place for its installation gauges. The one working from many isolated places, especially in altitude like Nanital, Pauri, Mukteshwar and which is near Surkunda Devi. The pur- years is in Mukteshwar. The good news is Kumaon region like Almora, others do receive good snowfall. The activ- chase process is almost complete, so we can after the state government passed the pro- Bageshwar, Champawat, ity is less now but still some places in the state say that the first radar in the state will be posal of setting automatic snow gauges Nanital, Pithoragarh, and receive good snowfall.” installed in the month of May or June.” (ASG) in different regions of the state; we Udham Singh Nagar districts, Singh further gave examples of have 15 ASG installed which are all set to are likely to experience snow Mukteshwar for less snowfall during win- was nil snowfall. In 2018, Mukteshwar record snowfall in various areas in the and rainfall on Monday. Mist peratures are likely to settle at other places in Uttarakhand Celsius and 8.8 degree Celsius ters. He said that in the year 2014 the place received snowfall on only one day which future. These ASG’s will help to give accu- and shallow fog are likely to around 20 degree Celsius and received rainfall. Dehradun in Dehradun, 22 degree Celsius received good snowfall for 12 days main- was in the month of December.” rate data of the snowfall,” Singh added occur in some parts of the 5 degree Celsius respectively on too recorded drizzling and and 5 degree Celsius in ly in the months of December, January, When asked about the reason behind The 15 places having ASG’s are Bharsar, plains, especially in Haridwar, the day. overcast sky on the day. Pantnagar, 6.8 degree Celsius February and March. Then in 2015 the the less snow he said, “The major cause of Dhanaulti, Kausani, Chakrata, Harshil, Auli, and Udham Singh Nagar dis- On Sunday, various places The maximum and mini- and 1 degree Celsius in place received snowfall only on two days reduction of snowfall activity can be glob- Rudraprayag, Chopta, Ghagariya (Chamoli), tricts. For Dehradun, the sky like Kedarnath, Badrinath, mum temperature recorded at Mukteshwar and 9 degree which was in the month of January. Then al warming. Also, the best time for snow- Munsiyari, Badrinath, Kedarnath, Gangotri, is going to be clear while the Gangotri and Yamnotri various parts of Uttarakhand Celsius and 3 degree Celsius in for the next two years 2016 and 2017 there fall is in the mid-January or in the initial Yamunotri and Mussoorie. maximum and minimum tem- received snowfall while some on Sunday was 16.9 degree New Tehri respectively. %# ( #) *# #%) +,-./0  6

6 ) $! + *! 7  Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh )* capital witnessed snowfall on Sunday, the second time this season, while the state’s higher   ,4 :,  reaches received snow overnight intensifying cold wave condi- epal has asked the RBI to tions in the region, the meteo- Ndeclare newly circulated rological department said. Indian currency notes of Manali in Kullu district denominations higher than received 9 cm snow from 5.30 100 legal tender in the pm on Saturday to 8.30 am on country, according to media Sunday, whereas tribal dis- report on Sunday. tricts Lahaul-Spiti’s adminis- The Nepal Rastra Bank trative centre Keylong and (NRB), the country’s central Kinnaur’s Kalpa received 13 cm monetary authority, has written snowfall each during the peri- a letter on Friday to the Reserve od, MeT Centre Director Bank of India (RBI), asking it Manmohan Singh said. to make Indian bank bills 200, Narkanda, Kufri and 500 and 2,000 legal Shimla also received light snow. tender in Nepal, The The State capital witnessed Himalayan Times reported. cy notes, circulation of new ernment’s will. snowfall for the first time this The NRB has asked the bank notes of denominations Also the NRB, in the same year, from 10.45 am till 3 pm, India’s central bank to issue a 200, 500 and 2,000 was start- letter, has asked the Indian cen- bringing cheers to tourists, notification under the Foreign ed by the Indian Government. tral bank to provide exchange hoteliers and horticulturists. Exchange Management Act The RBI did not issue the facility to Nepalis holding the The sky is still overcast indi- (FEMA), which will make notification for the newly cir- banned Indian currency in the cating that it may snow again. Indian bank notes of denomi- culated bank notes, making country. The central bank has :!&#'&/!('2-2/&  PTI nation more than 100 legal their use illegal in Nepal. said the country’s banking sys- tender in Nepal and to provide “As the RBI was not allow- tem, including banks, financial the exchange facilities to get bills ing the circulation of the high- institutions and NRB, hold # $   +     of such denominations, it said. er denomination Indian notes, Indian currency denomina- )    *  The RBI has only allowed we had to ban their use in tions of 500 and 1,000 worth  /     the circulation of Indian cur- Nepal to protect our citizens,” 48 million. rency notes of 100 and less in Chief of Foreign Exchange But the actual stock of Bhubaneswar: Odisha resignation on his own and being serious about the welfare !     Nepal and provides exchange Management Department at banned Indian bank notes is Agriculture Minister Pradeep there was no pressure on him of women and girls and urged facilities for bills of these the NRB. “However, after we expected to be much more Maharathy resigned after spark- to step down. “I have high it to re-investigate the Pipili Patna: The Opposition Grand Moreover, leaders of the denomination. received complaints from peo- because Nepalis were previ- ing a controversy for his remarks respect for the CM and the gangrape-and-murder case. Alliance in Bihar is likely to Grand Alliance have also been Before the demonetisation ple in various sectors, especial- ously allowed to carry 500 and on the acquittal of the accused BJD. I resigned voluntarily to “This (State) Government hold its first formal deliberation stating that a public announce- of 500 and 1,000 bank notes ly those who have to visit India 1,000 Indian bank notes in a gangrape-and-murder case ensure there is no pressure on failed to give justice to a girl in on the upcoming Lok Sabha ment about the seat-sharing in November 2016, the RBI had frequently, we asked the Indian worth up to 25,000. of 2011-2012, sources said. the party,” he told reporters. an incident that took place 7 to polls during a meeting on arrangements will be made issued a FEMA notification central bank to make such bank Also, those residing in “Maharathy has sent his The development came a 8 years ago in Puri. It is natur- Monday at the residence of RJD only after January 14, when the allowing Nepali citizens to notes legal tender in Nepal.” areas bordering India usually resignation letter to the Chief day after Prime Minister al that women and girls are leader Tejashwi Yadav here. inauspicious month of carry 25,000 worth of such The circulation of such stash Indian notes of larger Minister’s Office. He has , while address- angry over laxity in investiga- The meeting is likely to be ‘Kharmaas’ comes to an end. bank notes. notes in Nepal, according to denominations as they have to resigned on moral grounds,” a ing a public meeting at tion into the case for which the attended by all constituents of Jitan Ram Manjhi rub- After the demonetisation of Dhungana, will solely depend go to Indian markets frequently source in the CMO said. Baripada on Saturday, accused victim has been denied justice,” the ‘Mahagathbandhan’ that bished reports that have 500 and 1,000 Indian curren- upon the RBI and Indian gov- to buy goods. Maharathy said he tendered the Odisha Government of not Modi said at the BJP rally.PTI comprises the RJD, the appeared in a section of the Congress, former Union media, claiming he was toying Minister Upendra Kushwaha’s with idea of possible return to RLSP, former Chief Minister the NDA, as he was not getting 4 8 ) ) *) ' R   Jitan Ram Manjhi’s HAM and his due in the Grand Alliance. veteran socialist leader Sharad “This is nonsense. Only on Chandigarh: AAP’s rebel MLA as the party has totally deviat- since he was removed as leader either quit the party or you Yadav’s LJD. Saturday I was in Ranchi to from Punjab Sukhpal Singh ed from the ideology and prin- of opposition (LoP) in Punjab have thrown them out.”        Tejashwi Yadav is the leader meet Lalu Prasad. It is anoth- Khaira on Sunday resigned ciples on which it was formed Assembly in July last year. The “current political cul- of the Opposition in the State er thing that because of his from primary membership of post the Anna Hazare Khaira, along with Sandhu, ture of traditional parties of the Assembly. According to sources poor health, I avoided getting the party, alleging that the movement,” the Bolath MLA was also suspended from AAP country stands badly decayed,      in the Grand Alliance, the into any detailed discussions on party had “totally deviated” said in his resignation letter, for indulging in “anti-party” due to which immense hope meeting will be marked by political matters,” he said. In an from the ideology and princi- copies of which have been activities in November last was generated by the Shimla: The Bhoothnath closed till February 5 for its repair “broad discussions on the alliance, all constituents have to ples on which it was formed. released to the media. year. Launching a no-holds- formation of AAP,” Khaira said bridge in Himachal Pradesh’s on the recommendation of the respective number of seats to be be ready to make some sacri- The 53-year-old Khaira, a “Although you have already barred attack on Kejriwal, in his letter. Kullu district has been closed Public Works Department. fought by each constituent, and fices, the former CM said. former Congressman who had rewarded our good work by Khaira said, “I am saddened to “..Unfortunately after join- for vehicular traffic for a month Special arrangements are being identifying constituencies best “We are not at all insistent joined the Aam Aadmi Party in humiliatingly suspending me state that your dictatorial atti- ing the party I realised that the after it developed cracks, an made for smooth and uninter- suited for each alliance partner”. on a particular number of seats December 2015 — nearly a and Kanwar Sandhu from the tude has shattered the dreams hierarchy of AAP was no dif- official said on Sunday. Opened rupted flow of traffic in Kullu city They, however, added that in Lok Sabha polls, and though year before the last Punjab party but still I want to for- of Indians and Punjabis for a ferent from the traditional cen- about five years ago, the bridge till then, he added. a final agreement may be we maintain that we are in a Assembly polls, sent his resig- malise the disconnection with clean alternative to the decayed tralised political parties. The near Kullu city bus stand and The 96-metre-long double- deferred till the release of RJD good position in at least 20 out nation to AAP national con- you and AAP, by quitting its and rotten system.” turn of events into the run up Bhootnath temple has devel- lane bridge over the Beas river supremo Lalu Prasad serving of 40 in the State, we will work vener Arvind Kejriwal. primary membership,” Khaira He said, “As a result, almost of 2017 Punjab elections fur- oped cracks and is not safe for at Bhoothnath was constructed sentences in fodder scam cases for the ‘Mahagathbandhan’s’ “I am constrained to for- said. all prominent leaders of the ther confirmed my belief, that vehicular traffic, Kullu Deputy at a cost of Rs 10 crore and was judgement on whose bail appli- victory even if we end up ward my resignation from the The rebel leader has been party, beginning from Prashant there was no inner party Commissioner Yunus said. inaugurated by then CM cation has been reserved by the fighting not a single seat,” primary membership of AAP a vocal critic of AAP leadership Bhushan to H S Phoolka, have democracy,” he said. PTI He said the bridge has been Virbhadra Singh. PTI Jharkhand High Court. Manjhi asserted. PTI     O#%!8"  ))$9!       P      !   5,  in a bad shape. Unemployment + Q R The Bill was introduced in friendly with the BJP. was high and there was not the Lok Sabha to amend the Sangma said it is time for he eagerly awaited book much development either.    # Citizenship Act, 1955. It seeks the regional parties to scruti-    --- T‘ONGC – The Untold Story’ After 1956 when ONGC was to grant citizenship to people nise the agenda of the BJP and written by the senior journalist established Dehradun's econo- Shillong: Former Meghalaya from minority communities their comrades if they all stand Raj Kanwar was launched on my changed overnight,” he Chief Minister Mukul Sangma — Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, to protect the interest of the Sunday in Dehradun. The book said. Next question which came of the Congress on Sunday Jains, Parsis and Christians indigenous people. From Page 1 the Finance Minister is one the talks about the stepping stones the book had come about. He up was why Dehradun, in par- urged political parties of the from Afghanistan, Pakistan Training his guns at He will be aided by most media friendly leader in of ONGC, the difficulties faced mentioned that he has been ticular, was chosen to be Northeastern region to snap and Bangladesh after six years Sonowal, the leader of the Meenakshi Lekhi, , the BJP. by the company and the valu- reading and writing for years ONGC’s headquarters. He their partnership with the BJP of residence in India instead of opposition in Meghalaya and Murlidhar Rao. Party’s all national able efforts put in by the founder and this book essentially is an informed that there were var- following Prime Minister 12 even if they do not possess Assemmbly said he was Interestingly, Shah has also spokespersons, which include K D Malaviya. The book is filled amalgamation of the many ious reasons for it apart from Narendra Modi’s announce- any proper document. amused by the statement of formed a three-member “Bike its media head and with intriguing anecdotes and articles authored by him, espe- its being Jawaharlal Nehru and ment that the Citizenship Bill The Citizenship bill has . After the Rally Committee” featuring his deputy Sanjay Mayukh, unknown facts about the cially on the history of ONGC. Malviya’s favorite destination. would be passed in been opposed by a large section Prime Minister’s announce- Sanjiv Chaurasia, Pradeep will be part of its media com- ONGC and how it affected the He also said that articles do not “Delhi was overcrowded. The Parliament soon. of people and organisations in ment about going ahead with Singh Baghela and Saurabh mittee. city’s economy, said the organ- have a lasting effect unless book contains a whole chap- Sangma also likened the Northeast. the Bill raised a hue and cry, Chaudhary. A committee for In the run up to the elec- isers of the launching event. they are reproduced in the ter dedicated to this particular Assam Chief Minister Urging leaders of parties in Sonowal said his Government “Mann ki baat” will be headed tions, Shah has made a host of Rohan Raj and Neha Raj, form of a book. He was then question. He also dwelt on the Sarbananda Sonowal to Judas, Manipur, Nagaland, Mizoram would never do anything to by Arun Singh. appointments, including of the co-founders of the asked to comment how the city influx of the Bengalis with the a close disciple of Jesus Christ and other States across the harm the interests of the peo- Jaitley’s choice as head of incharges and their associates Booknerds, introduced the changed. He said that changes setting up of ONGC and the widely believed to have region where the BJP is part of ple of Assam. PTI the publicity department is for different States, to spear- writer to the audience. Later, were for the good of the peo- associated development of betrayed the Lord, after he the the Government to end their reaffirmation of the fact that head the party’s campaign. Raj Kanwar talked about how ple. “Dehradun at that time was Bengali culture in the region. BJP led Assam government partnership with the saffron would not harm the people’s party, Sangma said, “We should interests. send a strong signal if we love show of hands. The ruling party He also dared Sonowal to our people and if we care for % &--- mobilised all their members to    ./R quit the BJP and his post to the interest of the indigenous defeat the amendments. “We are not safeguard the interests of the people.” From Page 1 happy about functioning of the indigenous people of Assam as All the Northeastern States Members of the committee from commission. Since three years of its &  the BJP-led NDA government are now ruled either by the saf- the Left and the TMC said that the formation, the sitting was occasion.    at the Centre is moving ahead fron party or others supported committee had visited Gujarat, During the session, the committee with The Citizenship Bill. by it. Sikkim’s ruling SDF is also Rajasthan and Assam where they sits for three times in a week.  $ faced major opposition to the Bill. “As Sometimes no meeting for six members of the joint committee on months. So the chairman used to put     !  Citizenship Amendment Bill 2016, we the committee either in top gear or  ::: can state that there was no consen- in neutral gear. It was not normal,” sus in the committee on the final a Left leader said. report. We had been opposed to the The Opposition leaders have !" --- From Page 1 From Page 1 personal and baggage screen- Bill as it brings out the ethnic divi- also alleged the Bill which seeks to Addressing a Press conference, “At each entry point, there ing system and bomb detection sions in the State of Assam,” anoth- amend the Citizenship Act of 1955 Siddharth Nath Singh said instead of will be random security checks. and disposal system which er dissent note said. with the aim of granting citizenship From Page 1 questioning the time of the raids, However, unlike at airports, together provide multiple The members have also raised to minority communities from Her office also accused Rahul of “lying” Akhilesh should answer why so passengers need not come checking of passengers and objections over the way the commit- Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and and said HAL has signed contracts worth much “loot” had happened under his hours in advance, but just 15- baggage from the point of tee has functioned. They said that Pakistan - Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, 26,570.8 crore between 2014 and 2018 and Government. “If you loot public 20 minutes ahead of their entry in the station premises till they had given amendments to Jains, Parsis, and Christians - after six contracts worth 73,000 crore are in the money, then law will take its own departure times to ensure that boarding of train. The antici- Clause 2 of the Bill seeking to elim- years of residence in India, instead of pipeline. “Will @RahulGandhi apologise to the course,” he said, adding that the CBI they are not delayed because of pated cost of the ISS project inate the specific mention of six 11, could end up exposing the ethnic country from the floor of the House and is reporting to the Allahabad High the security process,” he said. stands at 385.06 crore. minority communities and also the divisions in the State of Assam. resign?” her office tweeted. Court, which had ordered a probe in Kumar said that while “The security plan envis- names of neighbouring countries. “The Opposition is united in The Congress has been targeting the 2016. security will increase, pres- ages a layered security check This was to secularise the Bill, the dis- opposing the Bill. The report will be Government alleging that it denied HAL an Singh alleged that Akhilesh’s ence of security personnel will where passengers will be scru- sent note from the TMC said. submitted tomorrow and then every- offset contract under the Rafale fighter jets tenure as Chief Minister between not. “If we are inventing in tinised even before they enter “In Assam it is more critical issue. one will come to know,” said a source deal with France, a charge the Government has 2012 and 17 was a story of loot of technology, then manpower the station premises to ease the During the Assam visit, the com- in Congress. While speaking in denied. The BJP has accused the Congress of minerals and that he presided over a requirement will reduce,” he pressure at stations during mittee even faced demonstration. On Silchar, Assam on Friday, Prime not supporting HAL during its rule and assert- Government hand in glove with the said. peak hours,” Kumar said. behalf of the committee, we promised Minister Narendra Modi reiterated ed that the Government is now strengthen- mining syndicate. He also fired off These steps are a part of a It will also include real- to visit the State again, to talk to more the Centre’s commitment to pass the ing the defence public sector undertaking. many questions to Akhilesh, asking security plan under the time face recognition software stakeholders about the issue and Citizenship Amendment Bill. Rahul had on Saturday accused Prime him why Chandrakala “violated” e- Integrated Security System which will alert the RPF com- also assured them that unless we meet “The Citizenship Bill is an atone- Minister Narendra Modi of “weakening” tender norms and why she was made (ISS) which was approved in mand centre of any known again we won’t submit the report. ment of the wrong that was done dur- HAL to help his “suit-boot” friend. Congress’ the District Magistrate of Hamirpur. 2016 to strengthen surveil- offenders. Passengers will be Now, it’s embarrassing,” said a mem- ing India’s Partition. I hope this Bill chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said “The BJP demand that the CBI lance mechanism at 202 railway checked randomly — every ber from the Left. is passed soon in Parliament. India the Defence Minister’s lies have been exposed. should investigate Akhilesh Yadav,” stations. eighth or ninth passenger will The amendments were defeated will safeguard all who had been vic- “For the first time, HAL forced to take a loan Singh said, adding that he should be The ISS will comprise undergo the process on his in the committee in a vote by the tims of the Partition,” he said. of 1,000 crore to pay salaries!,” he added. called by the agency for probe. CCTV cameras, access control, arrival at the station,” he said. %# ( #) *# #%) +,-./0  9

$$#-0 "#:00" 1$$#% 1%;9 *&     %"0#%()-  )      0 & %*# ++ *' , !!  -*'#! #*'- ./- "$/$ ,          he Centre has set up a ssociated Journals Ltd   =   Thigh-level committee to A(AJL), the publisher of    !,:: assess the implementation of National Herald newspaper, Clause 6 of the Assam Accord, has approached the Division ntelligence agencies have warned which mainly insists for the Bench of Delhi High Court Iabout a possible terror strike by reservation and safe guarding challenging a single judge order “fidayeen” (suicide) squads of of ethnic Assam population. asking it to vacate its head Pakistan based Jaish-e- The major agenda of this move quarters Herald House. On Mohammad (JeM) ahead of the is to assess the quantum of seats December 21, Justice Sunil day long visit of Prime Minister to be reserved in the Assam Gaur’s judgment directed the Narendra Modi to Jammu on Assembly and local bodies for publisher to vacate the office January 15. He is scheduled to visit the Assamese people, besides within two weeks, ratifying border district of Samba to lay the providing other safeguards. the Urban Development foundation stone of AIIMS. At The high-level committee, Ministry’s eviction notice citing least two groups of JeM may try to to be headed by former Union series of violations in the land sneak in through the International tourism secretary MP allotment agreement. Border from Pakistan and the Despite these factors, the in the area. Senior State Bezbaruah, was set up as per )!>?&))& AJL is headed by Congress counter-infiltration grid has been number of active terrorists rang- Government and police officers are the Clause 6 of the 1985 Assam leader Motilal Vora and the further strengthened to thwart ing, 290-300, have not come down stationed in the area to supervise Accord, the Home Ministry 8%!)).%*) company was taken over by a any attempt. and it is a “definite cause of con- the ongoing arrangements. said. “The committee will ))*7%#)# !% new firm called Young Indian, The “input” has rung alarm cern,” officials admitted. Though Meanwhile, Border Security assess the appropriate level of controlled by Sonia Gandhi ranted haste, uncalled for in the bells in the security establishment suffering high attrition rate, the Force (BSF) is maintaining a tight reservation of seats in Assam %#!(()8#)# and Rahul Gandhi with 76 per 0!())* facts and circumstances of the as the terrorists are now trying to terrorist “tanzeems” (organisa- vigil along the International bor- Legislative Assembly and local )*#.(()" cent shares. %>#)((&))# present case,” it added. In its come in through “non-tradition- tions) have managed to shore up der after noticing suspected move- bodies for the Assamese peo- Advocate Sunil Fernandes, order, the single judge had al” routes like the International its fighter strength through infil- ment of heavily armed terrorists ple. (")#) &()$%7 representing the AJL, said the %!&& %#) said that AJL has been Border of Jammu and Punjab. tration through non-traditional near launching pads on the other “The committee will rec- )+4,A((88%#. appeal was filed on Saturday 8%"( ) “hijacked” by Young Indian The “traditional” routes including routes, foremost being interna- side of the border. ommend the appropriate level )%)!!(#(! evening and it is likely to come %)#*)7!# (YI), in which Congress chief those in south and north of Pir tional border in Jammu and The International Border has of reservations in employment up for hearing on January 9. Rahul Gandhi and his mother Panjal ranges have reported almost Punjab, they said. come into focus in terms of infil- under the government of The high court had dismissed 8&&)/%>!. Sonia Gandhi are shareholders. nil infiltration due to snow and the As regards the latest threat of tration after National Investigation Assam for the Assamese peo- of art, culture and literature, the AJL’s plea challenging the 8%#%&&)*%! The Centre and Land and Army not reducing its troop a strike by JeM cadres in Jammu Agency (NIA) in December last ple,” the Home Ministry noti- conservationists, economists, Centre’s order to vacate its Development Office (L&DO) strength on the Line of Control region ahead of the Prime year is learnt to have submitted a fication said. linguists and sociologists. It will premises by holding that the ! & had said in their order that no (LoC). The troop strength is gen- Minister’s visit, they said one comprehensive report to the Union This was an election submit its report within six publisher of the National !!1$B press has been functioning in erally thinned out during winter group of three to four JeM terror- Home Ministry, highlighting the promise of the BJP in 2014. months from the date of noti- Herald has not provided any the premises for at least the past months but this time around the ists may try to infiltrate through fact that terrorist outfits, based in Assam Chief Minister fication (January 5). instances to support the serious (#)( 10 years and it was being used Army wants to maintain its tempo the International Border in RS Pakistan, are relying more on Sarbananda Sonowal wel- Besides, Bezbarauah, a allegations of malafide leveled out series of violations. only for commercial purposes of operations by following a twin- Pura sector while the other team International Border. comed the constitution of the retired IAS officer, the mem- against the ruling dispensation. “Considering the factual in violation of the lease deed. pronged strategy. of seven to eight may come in The NIA report was based on committee, saying the panel bers of the panel are: former It had said AJL will have to nature, legal complexities and In its plea, AJL has also said Giving reasons for the alarm through Ramgarh sector in Samba. interrogation of over ground work- will work to fulfil a long stand- IAS officer Subhash Das, Nagen vacate the ITO premises with- voluminous issues raised in the the digital versions of English about the new trend of militants Different intelligence agencies ers engaged in the task of ferrying ing demand of the people of Saikia, former President, in two weeks after which evic- writ petition, it was indeed newspaper National Herald, using “non-traditional” routes, have already alerted the multi these infiltrators via Jammu Assam to reserve seats in the Assam Sahitya Sabha, Dhiren tion proceedings under the appropriate that the single Hindi’s Navjivan and Urdu’s officials said all the parameters of agency command centre in the Srinagar National Highway in assembly and local bodies for Bezbaruah, former editor of Public Premises (Eviction of judge ought to have issued Qaumi Awaz have commenced terrorism in Kashmir are showing state about the possibility of a trucks headed towards Kashmir the indigenous people. “It is a The Sentinel, Mukunda Unauthorized Occupants) Act, formal notice and asked the from 2016-17. The weekly a downward trend. These include major terror strike on a vital valley. More than three dozen ter- very significant decision which Rajbangshi, educationalist, 1971, would be initiated. The respondent to place their say newspaper ‘National Herald more than 270 terrorists neu- installation in the region. rorists were transported by Over came 35 years after the Assam Ramesh Borpatragohain, advo- Centre had ended its 56-year- formally by way of an on Sunday’ resumed on tralised last year, the highest ever, Since the venue of the main Ground Workers (OGWs) or sym- Accord was signed,” Sonowal cate general of Assam, old lease and asked the AJL to counter/reply affidavit rather September 24 last year and the in the last ten years and reduced function to be attended by the pathisers through the same route said. Rongbong Terang, former pres- vacate the premises, saying taking documents across the place of publication was the number of infiltration bids. It Prime Minister is located close to before they came on the radar of The notification said the ident of the Assam Sahitya that no printing or publishing bar and then proceedings to in ITO premises, AJL had said, came about through the twin-strat- the International Border the secu- the security forces during gun fight panel will also hold discussions Sabha, and one representative activity was going on. limine dismiss the writ peti- adding that the Hindi weekly egy of thwarting infiltration bids rity forces are not leaving any between hiding terrorists and the with various stakeholders, of the All Assam Students’ Government’s action came after tion,” the appeal, filed through newspaper Sunday Navjivan on the LoC and relentless opera- chance and have drafted a fool security forces near Jhajjar Kotli on including social organisations, Union. The joint secretary in the complaint filed by main Priyansha Indra Sharma, said. was also being published since tions against militants in the hin- proof security plan to ensure Jammu-Srinagar National legal and constitutional experts, the Home Ministry will be petitioner and BJP leader “In doing so, the single October this year from the terland. smooth conduct of the VVIP visit Highway last year. eminent persons from the field member secretary. Subramanian Swamy pointing judge has displayed an unwar- same premises. '&6 / ' *    1"!  * Q0% )  )*      Intelligence sources said the ple of the land.   ISIS intends to target the seces- “The right of ruling, com- n what is an ominous indi- sionists and terrorist groups to manding and prohibiting is       )! Ication for the already fragile consolidate its base in the State for none but Allah…and he security situation in the Valley, and would subsequently target makes none to share in his itting back at Rahul     !( )#!&(% the Islamic State Jammu & Government infrastructure. Judgment and Rule. Whoever HGandhi for his “incompe- &&)>))%! Kashmir (ISJK) has given a call Counter terrorism expert makes himself part of this leg- tent” barb at Prime Minister ongress on Sunday target- %)#)(7!&) to the people of the State to dis- Dr Rituraj Mate told The islative body (Assembly, Narendra Modi, the BJP said Ced the BJP Government at sociate from the separatist Pioneer, “There has been a Parliament etc) then he Sunday it was ridiculous for an the Centre over “growing %)#( Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah regime change in Pakistan and becomes a “kafir”. This is same “incompetent” person like him employment” in India and !(#)((!(%8!) Geelani by branding him as a the newer terror players in the as making god besides Allah,” to give a certificate of compe- cited a think-tank report to “kafir” (infidel) for being MLA region are seeking support of claims the terror outfit. tence to others. claim that over one crore jobs 40.79 crore people were of the State Assembly and con- Pakistan Government which According to the outfit, The party claimed that the were lost last year. Referring to employed. In 2018, it was tinuing to draw pension from has put in place a condition to Geelani must admit that he Congress president had a report by the think-tank, the reduced to 39.07 crore. “Which the Government. replace the Hurriyat leadership committed “kufr” (disbelief in achieved everything in life due Centre for Monitoring Indian means more than one crore The outfit has also dubbed %)#)##%#!()")## and other tribal areas of for getting its support. The ISIS Islam) amd must repent pub- to his family and not because Economy (CMIE), Congress people lost their jobs. It is the chief of Hizbul Mujahideen Pakistan by the apostate is seeking to grab the frustrat- licly because act of “kufr” was of competence. spokesperson Manish Tewari astonishing that more than 80 Syed Salahuddin as a “kafir” !#D)%&  . Pakistani regime in order to ed terror cadres in J&K as the committed publicly. This is In a scathing attack at alleged that the BJP-led NDA per cent of those unemployed and warned that what is to M )#)(*))#)>!) please their masters in terrorists are demoralised due true for Hizbul Mujahideen Gandhi, BJP leader and Union Government failed to fulfil its were women and more than 90 come in Kashmir will be more 8>)! !() America,” exhorts the outfit. to the highest levels of profes- chief Syed Salahuddin. Another minister also promise of providing two crore per cent belonged to rural devastating and bitter than ))#)##%#"&)#(!) The outfit claims that sional results by the security act of Kufr by Geelani is seek- accused him of “hurting” jobs every year and the coun- India,” Tewari said citing the what is happening now. #)>!%#)()) !>(""%#%7 Muslims of Kashmir have been forces.” ing judgment from United Parliament’s and a woman min- try lost one crore jobs instead. report. The outfit’s in an open  !(%)#)!8 “relentlessly killed” by the cow- “It is obligatory upon all Nations. It is well known that ister’s (Nirmala Sitharaman) “During the 2014 elec- He also claimed that India’s communication says, “The ("!"&8)8%!!% worshipping Hindus and the Muslims in Kashmir that we UN is a “taghut” (false God dignity by “winking” in the Lok tions, Modi had promised unemployment rate has flames ignited years ago in %#)"&8))##! Murtadeen (apostasy) who ally make disassociation from these because it rules by man-made Sabha as the defence minister ‘Acche Din’ (good days), which increased to 7.4 per cent in Iraq have now scorched the &))#(!"7%# with the “kuffar” (non believ- leaders and neither support laws that are against Shariah replied to the Rafale debate on included (providing) two crore December, 2018. “This is the battleground in Kashmir, so to >)!>!((""%# ers of Islam). them nor have any love sym- thus making itlsef partner with Friday. jobs every year. In five years, highest in a decade. Daily wage spread in the rest of Hind The ISIS has also argued pathy for them unless they Allah’s right to legislate. “Rahul Gandhi neither this sums up to 10 crore (jobs). labourers and small business- (India). What is happening in a single Muslim, no matter his Geelani’s bid to seek resolution respect and return back to “Geelani has been heard cares for women’s nor But recently, a reputed think- es suffered the most. These are Kashmir is just a glimpse. role in the society, is more grave of the Kashmir issue through Islam, “ the magazine exhorts saying in Media that Shiaism is Parliament’s dignity. We do tank, the Centre for Monitoring the same who were affected by What is yet to come will be to the believer than the mas- UN as an un-Islamic act as it to the people of Jammu & another Madhab of Islam. not expect values from him but Indian Economy (CMIE), demonetisation,” the Congress more devastating and more sacre of every Kafir on earth. terms the international body as Kashmir through an article. Recently, he said this when he we do hope that he maintains released a report on employ- leader said. bitter.” Keeping this mind, how can a “taghut” (false God). The Syed Ali Shah Shah condemned some brothers the dignity of Parliament,” Irani ment. It states that more than Tewari also alleged that It further said, “Any disbe- Ummah (Muslim community) international terror group has Geelani was an MLA (Jammu who protested against Assad for told a press conference. one crore people lost their jobs the Modi Government has liever who wages war against forget the backstabbing of also cited Geelani’s support to & Kashmir Assembly) in the killing Muslims in Syria. It She was responding to in just one year (2018),” he said. failed to understand that dis- Islam and Muslims is to be Pakistan when they attacked Shias as un-Islamic. The ISIS past…The important function was around mid-2017. There questions about Gandhi’s claim The former Union tress in society and smooth killed without any pity or the Laal Masjid and when has also termed Syed of this Assembly is law making. are also incidents when he in a tweet Sunday that Minister said according to the functioning of economy do remorse.” thousands of brothers and sis- Salahuddin of the Hizbul So MLAs help in making laws praised Ayatollah Khomeini Sitharaman had “lied” in her report, in December 2017, not go hand in hand. “Undoubtedly, the death of ters were killed in Waziristan Mujahieen as a Kafir. that are implemented on peo- and Iran,” it added. reply and also about his anoth- er tweet, alleging that Modi is an “incompetent man”. $0-)-"#.-<"() %#&&!7)(*)) Taking a dig at the #%%%7>)#8#%((  2 Congress president over his )(!# &&))% attack on Sitharaman, Irani    %22)* 3 )(%7&&!8*)> said he “slept” through her 9  reply in the Lok Sabha and %#7)#%% woke up after 48 hours. He has 8%!)!&& been so much hurt by the  '     %#!>      )?%)#8))#!8)(!)")8( “truth” that he came up again %8%"&))#!!>%7))#%#(* with a “pack of lies”, she added.     give an opportunity to such he Common Service “I believe that while the affected candidates to appear in TCentres (CSCs), under the !?#8(#)(#)7#%"#!& defence minister presented all eaching out to the NEET- NEET-PG 2019,” it said. Ministry of Electronics and +' )()%#>!(!%)#&!)# facts before Parliament, the RPG aspirants facing diffi- The NBE had taken up this IT, are readying 15 lakh enu- Congress president hurt culty in accessing examination matter with health ministry, merators for the 7th Economic %)"#%D)8(&! )#. Parliament’s dignity and a centres at Jammu & Kashmir Medical Council of India and Census to be conducted this woman minister’s dignity with and Srinagar on Sunday due to government of Jammu and year. The same workforce can (#. DD& his wink,” she said. inclement weather conditions, Kashmir. After discussions “it also be used for the population From court to Parliament, the National Board of has been decided, being a force census, which can be held to the entire population of the CSC. This will create a force of Gandhi’s every “lie” has been Examination (NBE) has decid- majeure situation, to hold a every two years instead of 10 country, also faces these chal- 15 lakh enumerators. They exposed and his lies will con- ed to hold a separate examina- separate examination for these years currently, said a senior lenges of extensive survey and will conduct household level tinue to unravel, sha claimed. tion for the affected candidates. affected candidates. The date, official government official. vast amounts of data. survey using a mobile applica- Responding to Gandhi’s The date, time and venue time and venue shall be A Memorandum of The Ministry of Statistics tion which we have devel- incompetent barb at Modi, Irani shall be informed in due informed in due course”, the Understanding (MoU) between and Programme oped,” said CSC e-Governance said wryly, “The country has not course, said a statement from held for over 1,48,000 candi- “Due to inclement weath- statement added. the Ministry of Statistics & Implementation (MoSPI) has Services India CEO Dinesh fallen upon such bad days that the Union Health Ministry. dates in 165 cities, the state- er conditions in Jammu & Normal life has been Programme Implementation roped in CSC e-Governance Tyagi. CSCs are involved in a person who has achieved The NEET-PG was held on ment said. Kashmir, some candidates from thrown out of gear across the (MoSPI) and CSC e- Services India Limited for con- delivering government services everything in his life not due to Sunday for admissions to post- The examination is being Srinagar valley who had opted Kashmir Valley due to the Governance Services India was ducting the economic census, to people in rural areas. his competence but family, give graduate medical courses in conducted on computer based for testing centre in Jammu or snowfall which began on signed on Thursday. which is conducted across CSC e-Governance certificates of competence... colleges across the country. platform in one single session. other cities were facing extreme Saturday afternoon continued Started in 1977, till date households to match the pop- Services India expects to com- This is itself ridiculous that an The test this year was con- “The NBE had also difficulty in moving from till Sunday morning. The only six economic censuses ulations census. plete training of enumerators incompetent person like Rahul ducted by National Board of arranged several centres in Srinagar to their designated test snowfall blocked the roads and have been done due to massive “We manage three lakh by mid-March and start the Gandhi give a certificate of Examinations (NBE), an Jammu & Kashmir, but some centre due to complete block- disrupted the power supply. work involving in-depth survey common service centres across survey from April 1. The same competence to anybody.” autonomous organisation of students could not make it for age of air and road transport,” The snow bound roads dis- and data compilation. The the country. Under the agree- organisation had earlier done No opposition party the Health Ministry. the test due inclement weath- the statement said. rupted the movement of peo- Census of India, which gives ment with MoSPI, we will train projects like Aadhaar, accepts Gandhi’s leadership, The NEET-PG 2019 was er. “The NBE is committed to ple and transport. statistical information related five enumerators through each Ayushman Bharat, and Ujjwala. she said. %# ( #) *# #%) +,-./0  =

-0-0P$)#"   +  /''&/7#!(      &1 1  P'/'"$!-#('      ,4,    Amaravati: Prime Minister ours after Bengal BJP pres- Narendra Modi on Sunday Hident Dilip Ghosh saw in accused Andhra Pradesh Chief Chief Minister Mamata Srinagar: In another jolt for the Minister N Chandrababu Banerjee a deserving Prime Peoples Democratic Party Naidu of pushing the State Ministerial candidate, (PDP), senior leader and former into “sunset” to see his “son the senior saffron leader Minister Javaid Mustafa Mir has rise”, a mock reference to the retracted saying he had only resigned from the party. State’s tagline “Sunrise AP”. expressed his good wishes for Mir, who represented the Addressing BJP workers her Prime Ministerial ambi- Chadoora Assembly con- in Andhra Pradesh through tions though in “she stituency in central Kashmir’s video-conference, Modi also has no possibility of being a Budgam district for three suc- invoked “Telugu pride”, alleg- Prime Minister.” cessive terms from 2002, said ing that Naidu betrayed Telugu On Saturday Ghosh while the resignation was his in June last year. Desam Party (TDP) founder N wishing Mamata on her birth- “personal decision”. A section of PDP leaders T Rama Rao by joining hands day said she needed to remain Banerjee publicly welcomed ment senior Trinamool MP “I have resigned from the have revolted against Mehbooba with the Congress. fit as “Bengal’s fate depends Ghosh’s “capitulation” and said Kalyan Banerjee said “why PDP. It is my personal decision Mufti’s leadership, accusing her “Telugu pride can only upon her success.” Deliberating “the statement only projected only Dilip Ghosh every one and I will not speak anything of nepotism and favouritism. be restored when you (Naidu) (Chandrababu Naidu) has bent you will lose power? How is further on whether he saw in Ghosh’s “healthy political believes that Mamata Banerjee more on this at this moment,” he Prominent among those put the interests of AP above his head before the Congress to Telugu pride served by day- her a person fit to become the mindset by dint of which he by dint of her sheer hard work said on Saturday. who openly rebelled against the your political interests and save his power. NTR was true dreaming about becoming country’s Prime Minister, acknowledged the truth” of has become the most able can- He did not divulge his future PDP chief were influential Shia lust for power,” the Prime icon of Telugu pride. NTR prime minister when you have Ghosh said everyone wanted Trinamool’s prowess, the BJP didate to become the Prime plans. Mir was inducted as leader Imran Ansari, his uncle Minister said. never forgave Congress for failed as CM?” Modi said, hit- her to stay fit and work well as leader said he was only answer- Minister. Not only as a Bengali Revenue Minister in the Mufti Abid Ansari, former MLAs “A true tribute to NTR hurting Telugu pride and its ting out at Naidu. “if there is any Bengali who can ing to some specific questions but also as among t he entire Mohammad Sayeed-led PDP- Tangmarg Mohammad Abbas (the late NT Rama Rao) and betrayal of Telugu interests,” the Accusing Naidu of being be a PM it is she.” by the media. Indian leadership she is the BJP Government in 2015. Wani and Baramulla Javaid what he stood for would be vot- prime minister said. “fixated” with the rise of his Earlier on a similar cir- “I was asked to comment most deserving candidate.” However, he was dropped Beigh and MLCs Yasir Reshi and ing out those who betrayed “Today, those in power in own son, Modi said the chief cumstance “Jyoti Basu was on Banerjee’s chances of being Meanwhile the State BJP from the Cabinet when Saifuddin Bhat. NTR’s values and sullied his AP are so desperate to save minister did not realise how his deprived the opportunity to the first Bengali PM and I leadership said Prime Minister Mehbooba Mufti assumed office Several leaders have since memory. NTR’s dream of a their power that they betrayed policies and alleged corruption become the country’s first replied that if any Bengali had Narendra Modi was likely to in April 2016 after her father’s left the party with former Swarna Andhra Pradesh will Telugu interests and stabbed could lead to “sunset” for Bengali PM though finally chances to be a Prime Minister address the grand rally at death. This led to the growing dif- Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu, only be realised when every cit- NTR in the back for the second the State. Pranab Mukherjee was made then she is the one. This should Brigade Parade Ground in ferences between Mir and the former Law Minister Basharat izen of AP enjoys the fruits of time,” he said. “To set the ‘son’, he is cre- the first Bengali President. Jyoti be taken in a good humor Kolkata on January 29. Before party leadership. He has been Bukhari and Peer Mohammad development and not just one He also wondered how ating an atmosphere for sunset Babu was failed by his own instead of reaping political him party president Amit Shah critical of the PDP’s role in the Hussain being the notable ones. family,” Modi said. Telugu pride would be served of the state. In only promoting party. But as a Bengali I have no harvest out of it,” the State BJP was likely to address two rallies: coalition Government ever since. Bukhari and Hussain joined Calling NTR a “true icon of by neglecting people and his son, he has forgotten about problem in her (Banerjee) being president said adding “I said one on January 16 at Siliguri Mir was inducted into the PDP’s arch rival National Telugu pride”, Modi recalled sacrificing their interests other sons and daughters of a Prime Minister.” she is the fittest Bengali candi- and the other in Kolkata. Cabinet again in December Conference. Other middle and that it was NTR who led a for power. AP,” the PM said. Even as the Trinamool date as of now. But in reality “We have got January 29 as 2017. The Mehbooba Mufti-led lower rung leaders have also “Congress-mukt Bharat” move- “How is Telugu pride The TDP walked out of the Congress leadership, including there is no remote chance of a tentative date from the Prime PDP has been facing a rebellion deserted the party, months ment by forming an anti- served by lying and abusing BJP-led NDA last year over the his strongest critics, like her being the PM.” Minister’s office,” a senior BJP since BJP withdrew support to before the Assembly polls are due Congress National Front. Modi day in and day out, just issue of financial assistance Anubrata Mandal and Kalyan Reacting to Ghosh’s state- leader said in Kolkata. the party in Jammu & Kashmir in Jammu & Kashmir. PTI “Today, his own son-in-law because you are worried that for Andhra Pradesh. PTI     %   4  R              2.  R 

Lakhimpur Khiri: Three   poachers were caught red- &    handed laying traps for her- Jammu: The cave shrine of bivorous animals in forests of Motihari: A flying nut from a macabre sight. Vaishno Devi located in the Mailani range in the buffer water pump on Sunday pierced “A group of children were Trikuta hills of Jammu & zone of Dudhwa Tiger Reserve, the skull of a five-year-old boy playing close to the water pump Kashmir’s Reasi district received officials said on Sunday. and reached close to his brain, which was under repair. the season’s first snowfall on “The poachers were caught but the doctors managed to During trial of the machine, the Sunday even as pilgrims con- red-handed late on Saturday remove it through a prompt fan belt snapped and its nuts tinued their journey to pay night when they were laying surgery at a hospital in Bihar’s and bolts flew into the air and obeisance. half a dozen ‘khabars’ (nets East Champaran district. one of these hit the boy,” Bhawan, Bhairon Ghati, used to trap spotted deer, wild The accident took place the boy’s uncle Shravan Rai, Sanjichhat and Himkoti in boars, etc). Three poachers when the fan belt of the water who brought him to the hos- Trikuta hills and the serpentine were caught on the spot. Some pump snapped, sending its pital, said. route received a few inches of of their accomplices managed nuts and bolts flying and a nut Chandra Suvash, an snow, shrine board officials said. to escape, “ Field Director piercing the boy’s skull. orthopaedic surgeon, who runs Despite the snowfall, over Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) Chhabila Kumar, a resident the private hospital, said, “Tests 15,000 pilgrims are on their way Ramesh Kumar Pandey of Kathriya village under the conducted on the boy revealed to the cave shrine, they said. told PTI. Chouradano police station area that the nut was barely scrap- The helicopter and the pas- Pandey lauded the forest of the district, was brought to ing his brain. He was fortunate senger cable car service have patrolling team and said forest the Chandra Hospital situated that a 20 mm washer attached resumed after a brief halt, they guard Mohd Umar and his here, with blood smeared over to the nut prevented it from added. Punjab Tourism team would be felicitated for his face and a two-inch-long going deeper, which could Minister Navjot Singh Sidhu their commendable job. piece of iron sticking out have damaged his cerebral also paid obeisance at the cave PTI of his forehead presenting a structure.” PTI (!-''<$$&-/#'''!-#! -$##!:'--/2/&  shrine. PTI

->9#*$!(>$0%$0( -7# 0()"1(%%#%")        #&# ./$ %    '/'$ Shillong: Rescue operations Rescue work is suspended for 15 miners trapped in a daily at around 5 pm as night #!#        flooded illegal coal mine in falls. The Kirloskar Brothers Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hills pumps could be used for just district for past 24 days hit a one hour on Saturday, he said. Muzaffarpur: A 60-year-old Ahmedabad: The Central The matter will be next that the encounter was roadblock on Sunday as the At least 15 miners are woman was beaten to death on Bureau of Investigation (CBI) heard on January 28. genuine and testimonies of two high-powered pumps trapped in the illegal coal mine, the suspicion of practising has no say in grant of sanction While rejecting discharge witnesses produced by the CBI engaged in dewatering whose owner has been arrest- witchcraft at a village in Bihar’s to prosecute retired police offi- applications of Vanzara and were not reliable. encountered technical glitches, ed, since December 13. Muzaffarpur district on cials who are accused in the Amin in August 2018, the Jahan, a 19-year-old officials said. Meanwhile, the Opposition Sunday, police said. Ishrat Jahan alleged fake court had asked the CBI to woman from Mumbra near The high-powered pumps Congress Sunday alleged The deceased has been encounter case, the agency inform if the State Mumbai, Javed Shaikh alias of Kirloskar Brothers Ltd were that the BJP-backed Meghalaya identified as Kusum Devi, told a court here. Government had given sanc- Pranesh Pillai, Amjadali recently pressed into action to Susngi, spokesperson of the tioning of the pumps and fresh Democratic Alliance wife of one Ram Vilas Thakur The agency told special tion to prosecute them. Akbarali Rana, and Zeeshan dewater the main shaft, where operation said. seepage, the official said. Government allowed illegal of Dargah village, Deputy judge for CBI cases JK Vanzara, a former Deputy Johar were killed by the police the miners are trapped. The two high-powered Rescue divers from the Indian coal mining within six months Superintendent of Police Pandya that it had not yet Inspector General of Police, in an alleged fake encounter on Another submersible pumps are undergoing repair Navy and the National Disaster of coming to power. (DySP) (East) Gaurav received sanction from had sought discharge saying the outskirts of Ahmedabad on pump from Coal India Ltd work, he said, adding the CIL Response Force (NDRF) too “The BJP and the National Pandey said. the Gujarat Government his case was similar to that of June 15, 2004. (CIL) also faced a snag, affect- pump was replaced with a new could not venture down to People’s Party (NPP) had both Around half-a-dozen to prosecute retired police former Gujarat in-charge The Gujarat Police had ing dewatering operations in one. The CIL is expected to put gauge the water level inside the promised the people of the strongmen of a particular fam- officials DG Vanzara and director general of police then claimed that the four had the nearby abandoned mines. into operation at least three main shaft as it was beyond the state to open up coal mining, ily of the village caned the old NK Amin. PP Pandey. links terrorists and had plotted “Two pumps from more pumps on Monday, safe diving limit of 100 feet, the if they were elected to power. woman to death after branding When the court asked for Pandey was discharged in to kill then Gujarat chief min- Kirloskar Brothers and the Susngi added. However, little spokesperson said. Actually, what they did was her as a “witch”, he said. the reason for the delay, CBI the case in February last year ister Narendra Modi. submersible pump from Coal headway could be made in The current water level in open up illegal coal mining The body has been sent to lawyer RC Kodekar said it had for want of evidence. The CBI, which probed the India encountered glitches and reducing the water levels in the the main shaft is about 160 feet, within six months,” Leader of Sri Krishna Medical College no say in the matter of grant of Amin, who retired as killing on the high court’s the dewatering process in the main shaft and the nearby while its total depth is around Opposition Mukul Sangma and Hospital here for post- sanction by the State superintendent of police, had order, claimed that it was a main shaft was affected,” R mines due to the malfunc- 370 feet. told reporters here. PTI mortem. PTI Government. sought discharge on the ground staged encounter. PTI (2!/(27!- %   54 ##-$#; #--##      Guwahati: The Sabarimala conference. the Maoist ideology. Action Committee, a group of Mohan is in Assam to “People who have no faith *   & various outfits, on gather information about diver- in religion or in Lord Ayyappa Sunday said defying the sified characteristics of places of were brought in to the temple Supreme Court ruling on the worships in the State to with active support of the Ahmedabad: Nationals of 45 making these kites. Lord Ayyappa temple does not present them before the administration and the police. countries and people from 13 Governor Kohli said the fes- amount to its contempt Supreme Court during hearing The devotees who opposed states within the country on tival inspires healthy competi- as the order was against tradi- of the review petitions for the them were lathicharged and Sunday participated in a kite fes- tion and a spirit of brotherhood tion and faith. Sabarimala case. over 5,000 FIRs were lodged tival in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad. among different communities. Constitutional and reli- The Supreme Court on against them,” Mohan said. Gujarat Governor OP Kohli In Gujarat, kites are flown gious moralities are different September 29 lifted the ban on Kerala has been on boil and state Chief Minister Vijay during the Hindu festival of and these should not entry of girls and women since January 2 following the Rupani inaugurated the event Makar Sankranti which falls on be mixed and confused at all, between 10 and 50 years of age visit of two women of on the Sabarmati Riverfront. January 14. SAC General Secretary AR into Sabarimala temple, the menstruating age into the Organisers said 151 partic- Incidentally, most of the Mohan said. shrine of Lord Ayyappa, the Sabarimala under police ipants included nationals of the kites are made by Muslims. “The Supreme Court ruling “eternally celibate” deity. protection. United States, United Kingdom, This year, the Gujarat gov- is against the tradition and Mohan alleged that the He claimed the State Cambodia and Nepal. ernment has also decided to religious faith. Defying it can- CPI(M)-led Kerala Government has unleashed an Rupani, speaking at the organise a kite festival at not be termed as contempt of Government have been pushing “administrative terror” on inno- event, said the festival had Kevadia, the site of the Statue of the court as 49 review petitions women allied with various cent devotees, who are agitating become an integral brand of Unity, a memorial to Sardar have been filed and hearing will “ultra organisations”, especial- to protect their right to worship Gujarat, adding that it was Patel and the also the world’s start soon,” he said at a Press ly those having close links with in the traditional way. PTI $#'/!/+#'!'(#'+&/!(##!##6'# -&7&2/&  helping the poor who were tallest statue. PTI %# ( #) *# #%) +,-./0  ?

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While Pawar was Income-Tax sleuths on security agencies in militancy- MSena (MNS) chief Raj during the meeting. in Aurangabad to attend a Karnataka's 4 superstars and 3 hit Jammu & Kashmir, officials Thackeray is making the most Raj, who was fly to New felicitation ceremony of a for- ace producers across the city said on Sunday. of his son Amit’s impending Delhi later on Sunday after- mer legislator, Raj was return- from January 3-5 resulted in Analysing the trends of wedding to reach out to polit- noon to meet Congress pres- ing from his week-long seizure of undisclosed assets 2018, it has been seen that infil- ical leaders of different hues in ident Rahul Gandhi to extend Vidarbha tour. valued at 11 crore, including tration figures continue to the run-up to the Lok Sabha invitation, cancelled his visit to The photograph of Pawar 2.85 crore in cash and 25.3 kg remain unchanged as around exploited by the terror groups," to worry security agencies. polls. the national capital at the last and Raj, sitting next to each gold jewellery, said the depart- 140 terrorists successfully said a senior security official on While local recruitment A day after visiting minute, owing to some other in a Mumbai-bound ment on Sunday. sneaked into the Kashmir condition of anonymity. crossed the 100 mark from four Thackerays’ residence engagements. Informed party flight having hearty conversa- Incriminating evidence Puneeth are the sons of Valley, majority of whom are The Army and the BSF districts of South Kashmir. “Matoshri” and handing over sources said that he would tion, had sparked speculation found during the searches Kannada matinee idol and believed to be of Jaish-e- have been maintaining that A careful analysis of South his son’s wedding invitation to soon visit New Delhi to meet in the media circles about the resulted in the defaulters thespian Rajkumar. Mohammed terror group, they they have been able to sub- Kashmir shows that 104 local his elder cousin and Shiv Sena Rahul. possibility of an electoral tie- admitting to 109 crore unac- The searches were con- said. stantially curb infiltration, but militants from this area have president Uddhav Thackeray, Raj, who has been a vocif- up between the NCP and counted income. ducted under Section 132 of Although around 110 ter- their assertions were negated by been killed during the last Raj called on NCP chief erous critic of Prime Minister MNS. "As there are many issues the Income-Tax Act, 1961, rorists were killed during infil- the arrest of some of the ter- year, showing that the area is Sharad Pawar ostensibly to Narendra Modi, has indirect- Informed sources in both on which evidence has been after warrants were issued to tration, the successful number rorists during 2018 who spoke dominated with more numbers invite the former for Amit’s ly been disposed favourably NCP and MNS said that Raj is found but no admission made, the actors and producers in of cross overs continue to about bringing in militant of local militants. marriage with fashioner towards to Rahul. He has lobbying for his party being the detection of concealed advance. worry the security agencies. groups successfully, the official The year gone by saw the designer Mitali Borude sched- reportedly been cosying up to given north-east Mumbai seat income will be a much higher The three-day search oper- During recent meetings of said. maximum number of local ter- uled for January 27. Pawar to be a part of and he wants this seat from the figure," said the I-T depart- ation was carried out at 21 Army and BSF officials, it has According to the officials rorists killed in the region The meeting between Raj “Mahaghatbhandan” in NCP quota. He has also report- ment's investigation wing in a premises and surveys were been brought to the notice in the know of the security sit- which has accounted for over and Pawar lasted for two Maharashtra. edly shown keenness in join- statement here. conducted at 5 places by 180 that the counter infiltration uation in the state, around 130 250 militant killings in last five hours, sparking speculation in Sunday’s was third second ing the “Mahaghatbandhan” in The four sandalwood super officials from the department grid needs to be further foreign terrorists were still years. the media as to what might meeting that Raj had Pawar in Maharashtra. stars are Shivaraj Kumar, his in the southern State and adja- strengthened as militants may active in the Kashmir Valley Considered a highly polit- have transpired between them recent months. On February On its part, the NCP has younger brother Punneth cent Goa. try and sneak in during the who were mainly tasked to ically sensitive area of the at the long meeting. 21 last year, Raj had inter- already gone record saying Kumar, Sudeep and Yash. The In addition to the actors peak winters as well. impart training to local youths, Valley, South Kashmir has vir- On his part, NCP viewed Pawar at a public func- that the Congress and NCP three film producers are and producers, official and "It is not only the Line of who were lured into the mili- tually turned into a virtual spokesperson Nawab Malik tion organised in Pune by have already reached a seat Rockline Venkatesh, C.R. residential premises of film Control, which stretches from tant ranks and files. breeding ground for militants played down the import of Jagtik Marathi Academy. sharing arrangement for 40 Manohar and B. Vijay production companies and film Poonch in Jammu to Kupwara Besides infiltration, inabil- with many youths joining their meeting between Raj and Subsequently in the last out of 48 Lok Sabha seats in Kiragandhur. financiers were also searched in Kashmir, but also interna- ity to check flow of local youths rank and file or becoming Pawar, saying that it was “pure- week of October last year, Raj the State. Super stars Shivaraj and during the last three days. PTI tional border, which has been to the militancy fold continues their sympathisers. PTI       &$!''&'#! /       P  Q (!-7/&(/-7     3  $1

        :: , Mumbai: In a veiled warning to hitting out at the BJP despite the Shiv Sena, BJP president Amit being part of the Government in n a tragic incident, a 49-year-old media Shah said on Sunday that if an the state and the Centre. Its lead- Thiruvananthapuram: Travel which regularly updates its Iprofessional died on Sunday morning alliance happened, the party will ers have often said they would advisories issued by the US and advice for travel to different after falling from the terrace of a seven- ensure victory for its allies, but if contest the next polls on their own. the UK asking their citizens parts of the world, had on storey building where he lived at Goregaon it did not, the party will thrash its Speaking before Shah, travelling Kerala to be vigilant Friday said that any British cit- in north Mumbai. former allies in the coming Lok Fadnavis said, "The party president in the backdrop of the violent izen planning to travel to Kerala Adarsh Mishra, who resided in a sev- Sabha polls. will decide what to do with the protests against women's entry should monitor media reports. enth floor flat at Trimurti co-operative Shah's statement came imme- Shiv Sena and the proposed to Sabarimala temple, was an According to media housing Society at Siddharth Nagar local- diately after Maharashtra Chief alliance. But the BJP should aim "insult" to the southern State, reports, the United States has ity, had gone for a morning walk, when the Minister set to win 40 out of 48 Lok Sabha seats Tourism Minister also issued a similar advisory. incident took place. the BJP workers a target of win- in the state." Kadakampally Surendran said Kerala has been rocked by The footage of the CCTV footage put ning 40 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats "The victory of 2019 will be on Sunday. violent protests by right wing up at the society lobby showed that he fell in the State. bigger than 2014. Last time we "They have not said don't groups after two women of down from the terrace of the building at Shah and Fadnavis addressed won 122 seats in (State) Assembly go. But said remain vigilant. child bearing age trekked the around 10.30 am. BJP workers from Latur, and received 1.50 crore votes. We That itself is insulting," holy hills and offered prayers at Mishra was rushed to the nearby exact cause of death. Osmanabad, Hingoli and Nanded need two crore votes to attain Surendran told reporters here. the shrine on January 2. Siddharth Hospital where he was declared Mishra, who was till recently the vice districts in Latur city on Sunday. for 200 years. "If we win this elec- power on our own. The number It would impact the tourist Over 3,000 persons have dead upon arrival. president of DNA newspaper, lived with his "Party workers should get rid tion, our ideology will continue to of people who have benefited arrivals to the state, he added. been arrested till Friday night Though the police are not suspecting wife and son in the seventh floor flat of the of confusion about (prospects of) rule for next 50 years. We should from the State Government's poli- The protests, being spear- in connection with the violence. any foul play, they have not ascertained as Trimurti building. alliance (with the Shiv Sena). If the put in extra efforts to win this elec- cies is more than that." headed by the BJP and the RSS, Kerala's 10 per cent of the yet whether it was an accidental death or Mishra’s body was handed over to his allies join us, we will ensure their tion," Shah said. Shah had reportedly told party along with right wing outfits, GDP comes from the tourism a suicide. The police have registered a case family after a port-mortem. Meanwhile, the win, or else will defeat them too "In 2014, the BJP won 73 seats MPs from Maharashtra at a meet- has hit the tourism sector, the sector and the industry is wor- of accidental death and are investigating the investigations into the cause of his death are ("patak denge"). Party workers (in Uttar Pradesh). This time ing in Delhi last Thursday that minister said. ried that the frequent hartals matter. continuing. should start preparations at every even if SP and BSP join hands, we they should be ready to contest the The advisory issued by the and protests would severely Sanjay Bhole, senior inspector attached Prior to joining DNA, Mishra had booth," Shah said. will win 74 seats," he said. coming elections without an UK has warned its citizens to impact the state which is slow- to the Goregaon police station, said that the worked with “The Indian Express”, “Anand He compared the coming elec- Echoing Fadnavis, Shah said, alliance, though efforts to forge a remain vigilant and avoid large ly recovering from the massive footage from the CCTV camera installed Bazar Patrika” and the Lokmat Group. tions to the third battle of Panipat, "We should aim to win at least 40 pre-poll tie-up with the Sena were public gathering in the wake of devastation caused by the at the seventh floor of the building showed Mishra, who used to head the crucial in which Maratha forces were out of 48 seats (in Maharashtra)." on. the violent protests in Kerala August floods. that he was climbing up to the terrace with network development and Distribution defeated by the army of Afghan This is for the first time the The Sena and BJP had con- over the issue of women enter- The tourism sector has a handkerchief in his hand. functions at DNA, had recently become the ruler Ahmed Shah Durrani BJP has taken an assertive stand in tested the 2014 Lok Sabha polls in ing the Ayyappa temple in been exempted from January 8- The police are also examining the director of the VIVA Institute of (Abdali). the matter of alliance with the Shiv alliance but split up at the time of Sabarimala. The Foreign and 9 all India strike called by the footage of the CCTV cameras installed in Management and Research, a private edu- The BJP chief said after this Sena. Assembly elections. The Sena joined Commonwealth office (FCO), central trade unions. PTI the neighbouring buildings to ascertain the cational institution. battle, the country was "enslaved" The Sena has been regularly the State Government later. PTI +' 65.1"!              !

Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief the Chief Minister on Sunday Development Corporation), Minister H D Kumaraswamy issued orders of appointment Shivaram Hebbar (North West "    on Sunday appointed 14 for 14 of them. Karnataka State Road Congress MLAs as heads to According to coalition Transport Corporation), Jammu: Under fire for boy- The NC had boycotted the boards and corporations after arrangement, both parties had Lakshmi Hebbalkar (Mysore cotting the recently concluded recently concluded panchayat much delay. decided to fill up posts of Minerals Ltd). civic polls in Jammu & Kashmir and municipal polls in the State. He has also issued orders chairpersons to 30 boards and However, head posts for on the issue of article 35A, The party had announced appointing eight Congress leg- corporations of which 20 will few boards and corporations National Conference chief in September last that it would islators as parliamentary sec- be for the Congress and 10 for have not been filled as recom- Farooq Abdullah on Sunday not contest the municipal and retaries. the ruling JD(S). mended by the Congress, said his party will contest the panchayat polls and even the However, Kumaraswamy The JD(S) is yet to appoint including Dr K Sudhakar for upcoming Lok Sabha and the 2019 elections "until and unless has not made any appoint- its legislators as heads to boards the State Pollution Control Assembly elections in the State the Government of India and ments to the posts of deputy and corporations and remain- Board and Venkataramanaiah and win them. the State Government made chairman of the planning com- ing one post of parliamentary for the Karnataka Road Abdullah appealed to clear their position on Article mission, special representative secretary. Development Corporation Ltd Pakistan to stop aiding and 35A and took effective steps to in Delhi and political secretary The MLAs appointed as (KRDCL). abetting terrorism and hold protect Article 35A in and out- to the Chief Minister, to which head of boards and corpora- JD(S) supremo H D Deve talks with India to resolve the side the court". Article 35A, the Congress had suggested tions include, B K Gowda and Kumaraswamy had bilateral issues. which gives special rights to names of its legislators. Sangameshwar (Karnataka clarified that Sudhakar's "It (Article 35A) is sub- people in Jammu & Kashmir Out of the 19 boards and Land Army Corporation), B A appointment was opposed as judice. In Parliament and and bars outsiders from owning corporations for which the Basavaraj (Karnataka Soaps the Supreme Court guidelines Assembly elections, we will immovable property, has been Congress had recommended its and Detergents Limited), had specified a certain qualifi- (take part) and will win also," challenged in the Supreme $!#$#(#''$#&&/!(#/!#!O#!2#0#!+ !'&(/!/2/&  MLAs for posts of chairman, Munirathna (Karnataka Skill cation for the post. PTI Abdullah told reporters here. Court. PTI     2   9?  

Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala sequences" for Sabarimala vio- raising their voice against the with iron hands," Vijayan said. located, 267 cases have been was mostly peaceful on Sunday lence. State. So far, 1,869 cases have registered and 677 people after four days of widespread Vijayan asked the BJP BJP national spokersper- been registered and 5,769 per- arrested so far. violence involving BJP-RSS national leadership to instruct son Narasimha Rao had sons arrested in connection Meanwhile, the Nair and ruling CPI(M) workers its cadre in Kerala to stop cre- warned the State Government with the violence. At least Service Society (NSS), an following the entry of two ating violence in the State. on Saturday, saying it would 4,980 persons have been grant- organisation of the forward women of child-bearing age "The State has a constitu- have to face constitutional ed bail, a statement from the Nair community, attacked the into the Sabarimala temple, tional duty to implement the consequences. State Police chief Loknath State Government over the with 1,869 cases being regis- Supreme Court order. There is Vijayan also alleged that Behara said. entry of young women into tered so far and 5,769 people no violence other than the the was trying to While in Palakkad, 283 the Sabarimala temple, saying arrested. ones created by the RSS, BJP implement the same methods cases have been registered so it was making planned move Asserting that the State and the Sangh Parivar. And that they tried in northern far and 764 persons arrested, in to impose atheism on the Government had a constitu- now they are threatening the India. Kannur district, where crude people. tional duty to implement the state with constitutional con- "Sangh Parivar was trying bombs were hurled at the house However, some State September 28 Supreme Court sequences," Vijayan said in a to implement the same meth- of Thalassery MLA A M Ministers came down heavily order allowing women of all Facebook post. ods which they have tried on Shamseer and BJP leader and on the NSS saying it was voic- ages into the shrine to offer The Chief Minister's post northern India. It's not going to MP V Muraleedharan, 225 ing the RSS agenda. prayers, Chief Minister came on a day Union Minister succeed in Kerala. cases have been booked and UDF convenor Benny Pinarayi Vijayan said they Smriti Irani alleged that the The State will deal with all 394 arrested so far. Behanan, however, protested would not be cowed down by CPI(M)-led LDF Government kinds of attempts to create In Pathnamthitta district, the attack against the NSS by threats of "constitutional con- was arresting BJP workers for #'!!#!$!!'##!& $$#-$27!-2/&  violence and communal riots where the Sabarimala temple is the Ministers. PTI %# ( #) *# #%) +,-./0  @ 1/*+*"'$12" -' & ;4 " #$' & 9 .17'$  !*  )  &   ) 60 "    &   - /                56 * -  4&##012E$#$$ )        %#%$#%###$$$%&##%   +              7   4 $  874$9 :              +  ;      <<   =          >  $  >  +                    3, $0")           7        n the face of it, the new year, according to the Western         Gregorian calendar, is a very $           arbitrary date. It really has no       +              ( significance, historically, in Oany culture in the world. One could say,  %   +           once upon a time before the imperfections $                $  > ( of the calendar that humanity imposed on        =  earth, the new year was the day after the :         O     !  winter solstice, once the days finally started to get longer again. But vagaries -    %  S         ( of the earth’s rotation and our inability to    :   ? =      ( fix the calendar for centuries, quite unlike      +          ( older calendars based on lunar cycles that have been cleaned up more frequently,        >    >S ;     have meant there cannot be a fixed date.                  ( But the arbitrariness of the date aside, we                 ( have entered a new year and it’s extreme- ly significant year for India because the   +  >   ; S      $    ( general election of the 17th Lok Sabha will       * -           + be held this year.                   Watching the Indian democracy in action is a remarkable thing; it is an  :     7        ( extremely well-tuned logistical exercise           > @      ( with officials, paramilitary forces, politi-        #       -    = cians and journalists criss-crossing the length and breadth of the country. It is a            7     5A truly remarkable thing indeed to see * -      +            close over half a billion humans cast their       +S   %         franchise. It is not perfect — not every vote is equal with urban voters in cities ed the chaos of what it affords, has given rise to a spread of hate speech, but the        ;       like Delhi and Mumbai underrepresent- endured in the late-80s and level of hate speech that drying up of the centrist posi-        (       ed as well as the fact that minorities and early-90s. should be, in the opinion of tion in politics has had one   7              women are still poorly represented, both But what is most worry- any rational person, unac- unfortunate impact that peo- as candidates and elected representa- ing about the upcoming elec- ceptable. Speech, that involves ple themselves have become    )          * -     tives. And, of course, there is persistent tions will be the loss of any  7  ) 4 sexual threats against women, extremely rude and uncivil to   "     +        ( political corruption, with the electorate sense of proportion on social 77 44 one’s advocating hate and each other.          +        seduced with outright bribes from cash to media. The media in general, violence against a person or The fact is that algo-                 liquor. That said, for the large part, the where individuals and those :,/  5 / 4 communities, has gotten out rithms by social media sites Indian election process is relatively claiming to be journalists, of hand online. keep feeding them a stream of           +         untainted and stands up to global stan- will pretty much act as surro-  4 5 The conflation of the views that buttress their own. +              ?  dards. Indeed, compared to the chaotic gates for one side or the 4 5   term ‘freedom of speech’ with This has made people surpris- 3  ?  -              ( electoral system in the United States, the other. the right to make threats has ingly inflexible. So, instead of Indian system is arguably far fairer. Sure, many of us hold a : " 4 , led to this confusion along heated political debate, we get               That said, one thing that has already political view for one side or )4,  4< 4 with the fact that internet shouting matches. It has                  become very clear and will become the other and wish a partic- ,74 5:,4 7 intermediaries indulged in become a case of ‘my way or                   increasingly apparent to all and sundry ular direction for our country, such hate and violence-filled the highway’. People have sooner rather than later is that the 2019 but we have reached a point 4 ) speech in the name of spread- become plain rude when  +   + )           Lok Sabha election is going be to a where a centrist and rational ing their reach, despite laws sometimes listening to anoth- # 5A * -           vicious one with half-baked rumours approach to politics in our  4 ) across the world that express- er voice or another opinion and spurious allegations flying all over the country, or for that matter in ,4 /   , ly ban such speech. might do them some good. place. One reason is that there is no ‘wave’ most democracies, has gone In India, when a journal- Of course, this is not a for or against any one politician in this for a toss, replaced by parties ,)754 ist indulges in satire online, problem unique to India, this   election. moving closer to the fringe. ,5/ ",54 and makes a video, as journal- is a problem that is taking It will, however, be an election that pits And much of that has ist Abhijit Iyer-Mitra did, or place across the world. Many Narendra Modi and the Bharatiya Janata been due to the rise of uncon- ,> 4 criticises a politician, as people worry about the rise of )            Party (BJP) against an united Opposition, trolled social media, and as Manipuri journalist machines when robots con- solely because they are inimical to him. the story goes, once the  ,)7 ,4 Kishorechandra Wangkhem trol manufacturing and trans-             It will not be an election fought over cohe- Pandora’s Box has been 4  5   did, the state can act very portation, but machines are sive economic and defence policies pre- opened, you cannot close it. quickly. But it has tread on already pretty much deter-  (      sented by one side or the other, and that And while this writer appre- 4 ,4 9Q1) hot coals when it comes to mining what information we       ( is India’s tragedy. It will be an election ciates the reasoning that there ,  ,5<9E1) arresting those who openly are getting and how we are  where the narrative will either be one of needs to be an element of advocate violence or even processing it. We have a prob- (       success or the ineptitude of one man, so control, that argument cannot spread pedophilia online. lem and if we do not do            fractured has our polity become. be made unless there is a This makes one wonder if something to redress it soon,    (   %    One finds it difficult to imagine right restriction on the freedom of such elements have protection things are only going to go     ( now whether there will be much political expression. from the top. from bad to worse. stability in the aftermath of these elections, That said, the internet There are enough laws (The writer is Managing          although India has for the large part avoid- and the relative anonymity it and safeguards to stop the Editor, The Pioneer)                           #  % - .0" #          &&&&# 4":## 6-  ":#$9             $&&9 #- #%21 #$ #%' #'4% #&&           &' -$ $ ###& #& 6#      (( &% ##% #$% # )                 #'  %#' %$' ":#' "                 !%!!()# 0FG8!)7 8%# !)&))#                  *  K/- K  / K), K)G5%                  +                     O         O      (   " "  )  " # "" (   -0"#)                   -                     The Kerala Government has             demonstrated that it is insensi-          ./          tive to the possible repercussions              #     Sir — This refers to the editorial, of Government-sponsored entry               -   “Have a little faith” (January 3). ##L4:MJ!% of restricted women. 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Sir — This refers to the editori-         -           KR Srinivasan Kanakadurga, must be feeling Court order in allowing the respect the sentiments of the al, “Have a little faith” (January Secunderabad that they have conquered the women with police escort. devotees. The entry of these two 3). What was the need for the    "                 protesters, against the entry of If at all the Chief Minister women has triggered wide- Government to implement the     # (          (     women of menstrual age. These would have made up his mind, spread protest, resulting in van- court order in such an emotion-                ( women are not repentant for it would not have been difficult dalisation of public properties, ally charged atmosphere? It Sir — This refers to the editori- being responsible for creating to take legislative action to con- blocking of traffic, destruction could have asked for time.                  )  al, “Have a little faith” (January lawlessness in the State. tinue to bar the women of men- of flex boards, stoppage of bus Shubham                ( 3). Kerala is on the boil after two Meanwhile Kerala Chief strual age from entering the services, closure of shops, attack Via email   #                ( women gained entry into the Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has shrine. Neither the Congress on KSRTC buses, burning of Sabarimala temple last week. been feeling a sense of satisfac- nor the BJP would have opposed tyres and stone-pelting among 2&/!&7+##;            The two women, Bindu and tion for obeying the Supreme if Vijayan had really wanted to others. &))#(%"!%))#H>!&'8% %# ( #) *# #%) +,-./0   A 1/*+*"'$12" *0)"#$% 4 #%")4 

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Agents conduct cash-in and It is now becoming clear that busi- and workflow-based solutions.              correspondent model — an equivalent spend money to travel to a bank or cash-out (CICO) functions, enabling ness correspondents may not be able Enable agents to source cred-      S    9       #   to the agent network in Kenya. The take time away from work, which customers to convert cash into elec- to handle the entire range of banking it with innovative risk-sharing mech- business correspondent model is typ- would mean loss of a day’s wage. tronic money and back again in con- services, particularly credit functions. anisms and facilitate data analytics     3         >      ( ically an agent or an extended arm of A study by Anjini Kochar, a venient locations. In the eyes of the It is only larger entities, with compe- based digital credit models. This can          #        the bank — an important piece in the Stanford University scholar, pub- customer, the agent is the face of the tent manpower and proper logistical boost revenue, make available invest-            >       financial inclusion circle and a key lished in the Journal of Development company. This means that the agent support, that can handle the credit ments for upgrading technology and  S       #       ( touchpoint. The model was intro- Economics, highlighted the role of can either build or destroy trust and functions required for modern banks. make credit more inclusive.      S          ( duced in 2006 by the Reserve Bank of business correspondents as key drivers credibility. Many providers focus on Efforts must be made to train business Improve compensation struc-         India (RBI) to allow banks to have of financial inclusion. Kochar showed building agent networks as fast as pos- correspondents and enlarge their tures to enhance agent viability. It #               ( third-party, non-bank agents to extend how business correspondents have sible, without paying careful attention responsibilities in a graduated manner. could be a combination of time, fixed   :  1 +      C +    their services right at the people’s helped increase savings and other to the agents’ business case and prof- When the business correspondents and variable compensation. The com-          C +    S   doorstep. Agents are a very important financial outcomes of rural house- itability. Experts suggest three key reach a higher level of turnover, they pensation can be linked with various  C #     "      resource for India’s transition to digi- holds. Using data of approximately tenets in managing an agent network: can be endowed with commensurate performance benchmarks, including tal-based financial inclusion. They act 7,000 households in the south west- (1) grow customer base and the net- financial responsibilities. We also customer ratings. The agents should            :    as a bridge between financial service ern State of Karnataka, the writer work in tandem; (2) understand agent need a graded system of certification also be supported to build adjacent  1 +                providers and last mile customers, not compared savings data before and economics and risk — the business of business correspondents, from basic revenue streams.               only in a practical sense as transaction after the launch of the business cor- case for agents is not that simple and to advance training, so as to arm them Business correspondents need to be     )           facilitators, but through their human respondent policy. She found that (3) enroll agents who have the right with equivalent financial tasks. adequately incentivised. They require                 touch and personal interface. business correspondent coverage, skills and dedication, and prepare to Some of the urgent reforms that fixed investment and substantial upfront               Being technology driven, the busi- increased annual household savings by train and retrain. can improve the efficacy of the busi- costs, scale is necessary to recoup the     # 2           ness correspondent model has played roughly 15,500 on an average. For the financial inclusion indus- ness correspondent model are: investment. Unit costs decrease as more  R  S :        ( a critical role in opening large num- Business correspondents, Kochar try to be able to capitalise fully on the  Establish a Self-Regulatory value flows through the system\fixed          ber of Jan Dhan accounts. Business cor- explained, improve total household benefits of digital financial services, it Organisation (SRO) for business cor- costs are hard for small providers to #             +  respondents are typically grassroot savings largely because their use of is important that the accompanying respondents. The SRO would help shoulder. We will need a larger force of entrepreneurs who serve the cus- mobile technology, through point of risks are understood and adequately establish standard rules and formulate agents, educated, motivated and savvy                ( tomers on behalf of the bank. Since service devices, significantly reduced addressed. New technology is not only a code of conduct to establish effec- enough to carry out businesses on      #          they belong to the same community, costs incurred by rural households in delivering considerable benefits to the tive monitoring and supervision. It behalf of banks in the heartland of India.                   they have local knowledge, greater accessing financial services. financial inclusion market, but also would also act as the legitimately It is, therefore, imperative that we            ; understanding of the issues specific to However, in India, the business creating new risks. Though these recognised interface between BCNs, design a comprehensive policy that      $         the rural poor and enjoy greater correspondent model remains rela- risks cannot be eliminated, they can banks, the RBI and the Government. covers various aspects of their services.                 ( acceptability amongst them. They tively underdeveloped. The key point be mitigated. We need to keep in mind An independent agency should Considering the work required for on-                have flexibility in operations, which is that the commissions of banking concerns of security, affordability be given the task of undertaking geo boarding customers and orienting them                  provide a level of comfort to their correspondents are low and the and safety of these new financial chan- tagging and GPS mapping of agent to actively use digital services, their com-     !   S           ( clientele and are, therefore, better able Government is not willing to consid- nels. With many opportunities provid- locations to enable better monitoring pensation appears to be hardly worth the   S "              to serve the population .They take er this issue. Recent research by the ed by ground-breaking technology and supervision of agent points. effort. On account of this, business cor- banking to the people rather than Helix Institute of Digital Finance and innovative business operations,  Reduce time required for respondents tend to favour large and   S        S       making them visit the banks. revealed that in the business corre- also comes new risks which relates to transactions to bring down incremen- densely populated villages.   #               Historically, the biggest problem for spondent model, Indian agents earn implementing digital financial services tal costs for agents, thereby enhanc- (The writer is Member, NITI   :             # banks has been the high costs associ- a median income of $52 per month, that extend far beyond operational ing viability of their operations. This Aayog’s National Committee on               ated with serving low-income people. compared to agents in Kenya who and technical risks. 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does have them, but the first major sea about how Taiwan could enjoy a spe- Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen takes battle since the Second World War, fol- cial status if it reunited with the moth- positions that appeal to the local lowed by a Chinese assault landing on erland: Democracy, a free Press, the rule nationalist/separatists, but she’s never Taiwan involving several hundred of law — the same promises made to going to declare independence. Xi  KP thousand troops. Quite a lot of death Hong Kong when Britain returned it Jinping threatens bloody murder if she and destruction, in fact. to China in 1997. Then everybody set- declares independence, but he knows   No? That’s not what he meant? tled down to wait for time to pass and that she will never actually do that. ##%$ 6 ->) Okay, then, what did Xi mean by “all the generations to roll over. Beijing What Xi is really trying to do &# ! necessary means”? Harsh words and assumed that the Taiwanese would with his fierce talk is to reinforce the #% ndependence for Taiwan would a trade embargo? Then why not say eventually see the light and rejoin the anxiety many Taiwan voters feel only bring profound disaster to so? Is the Trump thing catching? There mainland. The Taiwanese assumed that about defying China too openly. $%#&## ITaiwan,” said China’s President Xi is a peculiar ambiguity to Beijing’s offi- communist rule on the mainland They don’t want reunification but ,$%%:# Jinping in Beijing on January 2, and cial statements on Taiwan. On the one would eventually either mellow or just they do want a quiet life. And his  he ought to know. He is the one who hand, nobody in the communist collapse. Either way, we’ll all just get on strategy is working: Tsai’s party lost $ would make sure the disaster hap- regime is in a great rush to gather with our lives in the meantime. It was badly in the recent local elections, pened. Speaking on the 40th anniver- Taiwan back into the fold. It will hap- obliged to use on a significant anniver- Both of these Governments agree a very sensible, moderate deal — but and may be voted out of power in the 9$ sary of US diplomatic recognition of pen eventually, they believe, and they sary, but not a real threat to invade. that there is only one China. In prac- those assumptions proved to be wrong. national elections next year. It’s just $##'7 the Chinese People’s Republic, Xi can wait. On the other, the regime’s After all, the deal made 40 years ago tice, the one in Taipei can never regain Communist rule in China has not a game, most of the time, and each $# said that Taiwan was “sacred territo- credibility (such as it is) comes from pretty much ruled out the use of force. control of the mainland, but it claims collapsed, and Xi is the most power- player plays his or her allotted role %##%# ry” for Beijing. 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There just happened to be two body else, including the United States, reunion with the ‘motherland’; on the tus quo is more secure than it looks. # of force and reserve the option of tak- rapidly depreciating — the Chinese rival Chinese Governments at the agrees that there is only ‘one China’ contrary, a separatist Taiwanese But let just one player deviate from $%# ing all necessary means.” economy is heading south — nation- time: The communist one in Beijing and recognises the communist regime nationalism has grown stronger with the script, and everybody would sud- &#&%% Well now, that would be exciting, alism becomes more important, so a that won the civil war in 1949 and has in Beijing as legitimate. the years. At the moment, in fact, the denly be in a new and very frighten- "#$ wouldn’t it? Start with Chinese air and bit of chest-beating is inevitable. controlled mainland China ever since, The 1979 deal assumed that this party in power in Taipei is separatist, ing world. 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     10.74 crore poor families for Aadhaar-linked bank accounts.      valuations in other markets at the secondary and tertiary care Jaitley said 58.24 crore beginning of 2018. Added to this, erming Aadhaar as a “game hospitalisation through a net- ration card holders stand linked verseas investors pulled the uncertainty on the domestic Tchanger”, Finance Minister work of empanelled healthcare and 10.33 crore MGNREGA Oout over 83,000 crore political front, ahead of an elec- Arun Jaitley on Sunday said providers. card holders get wage payment from the capital markets in tion year, may also have con- savings made through its Since its launch in through DBT in their bank 2018, after pouring in a record tributed to FPIs staying on the implementation can fund three September, nearly 7 lakh poor accounts. So do the 1.93 crore 2 lakh crore in the preceding sidelines,” she added. public welfare schemes of the patients have been provided beneficiaries of the national year, on the back of rate hikes Before 2018, FPIs were net magnitude of Ayushman free hospital treatment. social assistance programme. in the US, rise in global crude buyers of Indian equities for six Bharat — the ambitious health- Jaitley said the UPA, The Income Tax prices and rupee depreciation. consecutive years. They had care programme to provide because of its contradictions Department has already linked Moreover, the flows are made net inflows of over free hospitalisation to millions and indecision, remained half- 21 crore PAN card holders expected to be range-bound in 51,000 crore in 2017, 20,500 of poor people. hearted about Aadhaar. with their Aadhaar numbers. 2019 as FPIs may continue with crore in 2016, 17,800 crore in He also attributed the suc- “Instead of taking credit for A total of 2,579 crore a cautious stance until there are 2015, 97,000 crore in 2014, cessful implementation of it, Congress lawyers challenged authentications have been concrete signs of economic 1.13 lakh crore in 2013 and Aadhaar to the decisive lead- it in Court and appeared as the undertaken till date. Everyday, recovery and certainty over the 1.28 lakh crore in 2012. ership of Prime Minister anti-technology, anti-Aadhaar 2.7 crore authentications are formation of a stable Prior to that, FPIs had pulled Narendra Modi, saying the faces. A decisive Prime Minister done. UIDAI has the capacity Government after the general out money from the Indian stock Congress-led UPA remained made it possible,” he said. The of 10 crore transactions to be elections, said Himanshu market in 2011. Before that, FPIs “half-hearted” towards it total amount of subsidy trans- authenticated per day. Srivastava, a senior analyst at had turned net sellers in 2008. For because of its own contradic- ferred through Aadhaar now In most schemes, the direct Morningstar Investment Adviser. the debt market, FPIs made a net tions and indecision. equals 1,69,868 crore. benefit transfer takes place to Foreign portfolio investors withdrawal of over 43,600 crore In a Facebook post titled “With the elimination of the beneficiaries’ 63.52 crore (FPIs) made a net withdrawal in 2016, but it turned around in   :: , inducted by the carriers last A320 neos are powered by ‘Benefits of the Aadhaar — middlemen the benefits go bank accounts that had been of about 83,146 crore from the a big way in 2017 with a net year, according to available Pratt &Whitney engines, Air where it stands today’, Jaitley directly to the bank accounts. linked with the unique identi- Indian markets in 2018. This inflow of 1.5 lakh crore. omestic carriers inducted, figures, were Airbus A320 India and Vistara have CFM said its use in the delivery of This is a unique technology ty as on December 15, 2018. comprises 33,553 crore from Even in 2018, FPIs begun Dfor the first time, over neos, with four carriers — engines in their A320 neo subsidies has helped saved implemented only in India. The total number of subsidy equities and 49,593 crore from on a positive note by pumping 100 planes in 2018 with bud- IndiGo, GoAir, Air India and planes. 90,000 crore in the last few The monies saved through transactions through Aadhaar the debt market, according to in money, but the trend got get carrier IndiGo accounting Vistara - taking deliveries of Five carriers combined — years till March 2018 by elim- Aadhaar is money fruitfully are almost about 425 crore. data available with depositories. reversed soon amid weak glob- for nearly half of them, accord- more than 60 of these planes IndiGo, Jet Airways, SpiceJet, inating several duplicate, non- employed for the poor else- Jaitley said a senior minis- This was the worst year for al cues and introduction of ing to industry figures. besides other types of aircraft. GoAir, Vistara — have placed existent and fake beneficiaries. where,” Jaitley said. ter in the UPA Government Indian capital markets in terms long-term capital gains tax on The nine major Indian At present, these carriers orders for around 1,115 planes The Digital Dividend Since The Aadhaar blocked the idea of Unique of overseas investment since equity investments. After a carriers together took deliver- together have over 660 planes. with global aircraft makers Report prepared by the World (Targeted Delivery of Financial Identity Number (UID) con- 2002, the last year for which brief recovery in March, the ies of over 120 planes com- Budget carrier IndiGo has 206 since 2011. Bank estimates that India can and other Subsidies, Benefits ceived by Nandan Nilekani segregated FPI data for equity sell-off continued for most prising both twin and single planes including A320 neos, “With a total of 1,055 air- save 77,000 crore every year and Services) Bill was passed in and it was a “divided house”. and debt markets are available. part of the year. aisle as well as regional jets in while both Air India and Jet craft on order, as many as 100 by the use of Aadhaar, he said. 2016, in the last 28 months over “The Prime Minister was inde- “Rate hikes in the US and Bajaj Capital CEO Rahul the just-concluded year as Airways have 125 and 124 air- planes consisting of wide-body, “The savings through 122 crore Aadhaar numbers cisive. The enrolment contin- reshuffling of portfolio money Parikh said, “The year 2019 will against 88 planes inducted in craft, respectively, in their narrow-body and regional ones Aadhaar can fund three have been issued. About 99 per ued, though at a very moder- across the globe, rupee depre- be the first year since 2008 2017. fleets. are to be delivered to Indian schemes of the size of cent of the adult population of ate pace,” he said. ciation and crude rise were all when globally, central banks Significantly, domestic pas- IndiGo inducted a total of carriers each year for the next Ayushman Bharat...Aadhaar is India above the age of 18 It was only a decisive Prime contributors for higher FPI will withdraw liquidity worth senger traffic has been grow- 55 aircraft, including its first five years,” Sydney-based avi- a game changer,” Jaitley said. stands covered. Minister Narendra Modi who pull out,” said Vidya Bala, head about $1 trillion. Add to that ing at about 20 per cent for long-range A321 neo; Air India ation think-tank Centre for Ayushman Bharat — He said 22.80 crore decided to go ahead with the of mutual fund research at the escalating trade war more than four years now and and its subsidiaries took deliv- Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) Pradhan Mantri Jan Aarogya PAHAL and Ujjwala benefi- idea of Aadhaar after the for- FundsIndia.Com. between US and China and the capacity addition along with eries of 18 planes followed by had forecast in 2017. Yojana aims to provide a cov- ciaries are given cooking gas mation of the NDA “India also lost to emerging Brexit conundrum, and you other factors has played a key GoAir 16 and SpiceJet 14 in However, its forecast had erage of 5 lakh per family subsidies through direct bene- Government in May 2014, he markets in terms of foreign have a near perfect recipe for role in this robust growth. 2018. not included the Vistara order annually, benefiting more than fit transfer (DBT) in their added. money allocation given the lower a volatile 2019.” Majority of the planes While IndiGo and GoAir of 60 planes in July last year. $/ #"2$ 2'  O<--!  4##  '!*!*# -"! '" $/ #"2# %"$ 2"'"  !-''/&#!# ##$## &-'#"!( '%*! %$" +$'! 2" 7 2"'" *#!#      $!'+P  !# 7 ith growth in direct tax   :: , higher growth. So, a crude      Wcollections sluggish, the price shock will be followed by CBDT has directed income   ,4, sudden surge in crude high CAD to GDP ratio,” says ules for the e-commerce tax department officials to Aprices can upset the the latest issue of the Mint Rsector should treat both “maximise” their efforts and P Sanjiv nation’s key macro-stability Street Memos titled ‘The domestic and overseas players conduct targeted surveys and RGoenka parameters, as it can sharply Impact of Crude Price Shock equally to boost the fast-grow- file court cases against those group flagship spike the current account on CAD, Inflation and Fiscal ing industry, research and who wilfully evade taxes. company CESC deficit (CAD), inflation and the Deficit’ pencilled by in-house advocacy firm CUTS CBDT Chairman Sushil Ltd has fiscal numbers, whittling the economists at the central bank. International said Sunday. Chandra has shot off a letter to responded to benefits of higher growth, The finding shows that in It said the government all Principal Chief the West Bengal warns an RBI study. the worst case scenario, when should frame a comprehensive Commissioners of I-T Electricity Since the country is heav- crude prices hit USD 85/barrel, national e-commerce policy Department, asking them to Regulatory ily dependent on oil imports To the deficit on account of oil bal- to provide a level playing field pull up their socks as only three Commission the tune of over 80 per cent for loons to USD 106.4 billion, to domestic and foreign e- months are left for the current (WBERC), clar- meeting its domestic demand, which is 3.61 per cent of the retail companies. financial year to close on March ifying that its it remains susceptible to glob- GDP. “The issue of creating a 31. collections, Chandra said that deployed, undertaking action recently demerged entities have and RP-SG Business Process al crude price shocks. “Every USD 10/barrel level playing field between “On review of the trends of by the end of December, 2018 to recover outstanding dues not received any “benefit” from Services Ltd. CESC will retain Besides CAD, rise in crude increase in crude prices leads domestic and foreign players in growth under different minor the growth rate has been 13.6 from companies and filing the parent company. only the power business. prices can also impact inflation to an additional USD 12.5 bil- retail sector is yet to be heads, it is noted that the per cent as against the target of prosecution complaints in The WBERC had in The company had gone and fiscal deficit, says the lion deficit, which is roughly 43 resolved, for which a compre- growth in collection under 14.7 per cent. courts against those people November last year asked ahead with a partial demerger, report. bps of the country’s GDP. So, hensive National e-Commerce regular assessment tax (recov- “The position of growth in who are wilfully evading pay- CESC to submit an affidavit following a nod from the The international crude every USD 10/barrel increase Policy is need of the hour,” ery from arrear and current gross collections is marginally ment of outstanding taxes. with the commission in this Kolkata bench of the National prices increased by around 12 in crude price will shoot up the CUTS International Secretary demand) is extremely low at 1.1 better at 14.1 per cent but still The CBDT chief also asked regard. Company Law Tribunal per cent between April and CAD/GDP ratio by 43 bps,” it General Pradeep S Mehta said per cent as compared to 15.6 below achieving the budget tax officials to train their scan- “CESC has responded to (NCLT), after the commission September 2018. says. in a statement. per cent growth during the cor- estimates of 11,50,000 crore,” ner on tax deducted at source the WBERC letter... The com- disapproved a power purchase The mid-year spike in The study says crude price The new guidelines for responding period last year. he said. (TDS) collections and launch pany in its response said that agreement (PPA) for the pro- crude prices happened mainly shock will increase inflation, FDI in e-commerce sector are “Most of the regions are, in The CBDT chief also sug- prosecution against those who the demerged entities have not posed generation and distrib- due to spurt in demand, on the if the price increase is passed stricter for online retail firms fact, showing negative growth gested some “strategies” to be are at “substantial default”. taken any benefit from its par- ution companies. back of global growth revival, on directly to the final con- having overseas investments under regular assessment tax. adopted and implemented to It has also been asked to ent,” industry sources said. WBERC chairman R N and partly due to geopolitical sumers. providing marketplace service, This is a matter of serious achieve the targets. “verify advance tax payment” The commission will eval- Sen, who retired in November risks that led to supply-side “Under the most conserv- but there are no such restric- concern and concerted efforts He asked the taxman to by those who sell properties uate the power utility’s 2018, had said that if the sep- shocks. ative estimate, we quantify that tions for local companies and are now required to be made to conduct “targeted recovery sur- and monitoring of dividend response, and if required, arated entities had benefited However since mid- a USD 10/barrel increase in it is creating an uneven playing drive up recovery from arrear veys in potential cases where high distribution tax. could conduct an independent from CESC, there would be a November 2018, the crude crude price at the price of field, he said. and current demand,” the amount of recovery is likely”. The taxman has also been audit to verify its claims, they need for a valuation exercise in prices have declined signifi- USD 65/barrel will lead to a 49 However, he added that board chief said. “Sale of attached properties asked to timely complete reg- said. the interest of consumers. cantly but they remain volatile. basis points increase in head- online vendors’ concern of dis- The Central Board of in appropriate cases by tax ular assessments (non time- According to the demerg- Sen had also said that the “An increase in crude price line inflation. A similar increase criminatory treatment by pre- Direct Taxes (CBDT) frames recovery officers to recover barring) in cases where er scheme, the non-power busi- NCLT nod does not qualify for worsens the CAD and this at USD 55/barrel gives around sent and upcoming domestic e- policy for the I-T Department confirmed demand where nor- demand is likely to be raised nesses and its subsidiaries have “automatic approval” from the adverse impact cannot be sig- a 58 bps increase in headline commerce platforms remains and supervises its work. mal measures of recovery have and collected during the cur- been transferred to two new WBERC. The commission is nificantly contained through a inflation,” it says. to be addressed. Talking about direct tax not yielded results” to be rent fiscal. entities — RP-SG Retail Ltd yet to get a new chairman. $ 2"'"  !" 1*R6*)+ ")-#& -!  *- ""#! / !6"  # !" 2!*"'# *#!$ 3E### However, in the letter to the DIPP      Secretary, CAIT said it will strongly      The general elections are oppose any such extension.      State Bank of India (SBI) due in the next few months raders’ body CAIT Sunday urged the “The modus operandi of these e-com- has the largest number of over- op industrialist Keki and there have been appre- TCommerce and Industry Ministry not merce companies for seeking extension is ublic sector banks are in the seas branches (52) followed by TMistry, who has become hensions in some quarters that to allow private labels to be sold on e-com- to keep delaying fair execution of the pol- Pprocess of closing or ratio- Bank of Baroda (50) and Bank the first person to hold a the performance of the Indian merce marketplaces and desist from icy and they may continue with their sin- nalising about 69 overseas of India (29). board position at listed Indian economy and the markets may extending the February 1 deadline for ister designs of operating all kinds of mal- operations in the next few The state-owned banks have firms having market value of get impacted due to the uncer- implementation of the changes to FDI pol- practices...,” it said. months as part of their capital the largest number of branches over 17.5 lakh crore, believes tainties generally associated icy for the e-commerce sector. “Therefore, it is strongly submitted not conservation exercise. in the UK (32) followed by Hong the upcoming national elec- with the poll season. In a letter to the Secretary in the to fall prey under malicious agenda of such Planned rationalisation of Kong and the UAE (13 each) tions would give a big boost to Mistry also said the thrust Department of Industrial Policy and that private labels were not banned from e-commerce companies and no extension operations and examination and Singapore (12). the rural economy. on housing by the govern- Promotion Ramesh Abhishek, the being sold on e-commerce marketplaces. should be allowed under any circum- of a total of 216 overseas oper- As many as 41 branches Mistry, vice chairman and ment, the demand for housing Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) One of the big players, however, stated that stances,” the traders’ body claimed. ations of the public sector were in losses in 2016-17. The CEO at financial sector con- finance and the visible bene- requested him to make it explicitly clear private labels are a small component of the The Government’s move to tighten norms banks (PSBs) was undertaken country’s largest lender SBI led glomerate HDFC Ltd, also fits of reforms, such as those whether private labelling or branding is business and that the government needs has hit Amazon and Flipkart the hardest last year, sources said. the pack with nine of its over- said a host of reforms initiat- from the new regulatory allowed under the foreign direct invest- to address the larger issues at hand. as the new regulations bar online mar- Following the review, as seas branches in the red. It was ed in India over the past regime of RERA (Real Estate ment (FDI) policy in the e-commerce sec- Private labels — often sold at lower ketplaces with foreign investment to sell many as 35 overseas operations followed by Bank of India and decade would lead to positive (Regulation and tor. prices — allow e-commerce companies to products of companies where they hold were closed while 69 are under Bank of Baroda with eight and outcomes over the next years Development) Act), would be “It is submitted that if it (labelling) is control quality and even offers better mar- stakes as well as ban exclusive marketing process or being considered for seven branches, respectively. for the economy. positive for the real estate allowed it will run contrary to the inten- gins than big, established brands. Over the arrangements. rationalisation, sources said. All PSBs such as Allahabad “Historic trends have sector, particularly affordable tion of the Government to make e-com- last few years, e-commerce players have Another provision states that the Unviable foreign opera- Bank, Bank of Baroda, Bank of shown that union elections housing. merce free from evils and malpractice and introduced private labels across a variety inventory of a vendor will be seen as con- tions are being shut while mul- India, Canara Bank, IDBI Bank, spur up rural economies and Besides HDFC Ltd, 64- to provide an equal level playing field with of categories including apparel, home trolled by a marketplace, if over 25 per cent tiple branches in same cities or Indian Overseas Bank, Punjab help local entrepreneurs. The year-old Mistry is also on the fair competition. furnishing and grocery. of the vendor’s purchases are from the mar- nearby places are being ratio- National Bank, State Bank of upcoming elections are board of four other group “Such e-commerce companies will Large e-commerce marketplaces could ketplace entity, including the latter’s whole- nalised with a view to achieve India, and Union Bank of India expected to help rural firms — HDFC Bank, HDFC continue their ulterior motives through approach the government seeking exten- sale unit. efficiency, sources said. that have foreign branches have demand,” Mistry told on his Asset Management Company such loopholes as they are doing since last sion of the February 1 deadline as com- The move is aimed at ensuring that the As on January 31, 2018, PSBs jointly taken the initiative to expectations about opportu- Ltd, HDFC Standard Life many years and small retailers will be pliance with the recent changes would marketplace entity or its related companies had about 165 overseas branch- prepare a note in mutual con- nities before the Indian econ- Insurance Company Ltd and killed,” CAIT alleged. require at least 4-5 months at operational cannot control inventory under the FDI es, besides subsidiaries, joint ven- sultation for rationalisation of omy in 2019 and beyond. Gruh Finance Ltd. The Government, earlier, had clarified level, multiple sources said earlier. rules. tures and representative offices. their foreign branches. %# ( #) *# #%) +,-./0  ;;

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PLopez Obrador has on Sunday, in a historic first for But there had been a ques- The rotating monarchy -$%&$ ending a partial Government House position was “unten- Trump, who did not attend launched an ambitious plan to the country that ended weeks tion mark over the reign of the system has been in place since && $ shutdown over President able.” the discussions, spent the stimulate economic activity on of speculation about his future king, who ascended to the independence from Britain in #7 - Donald Trump’s demands for A White House official morning tweeting about border the Mexican side of the US- after he took medical leave. throne in December 2016, 1957, and Sultan Muhammad 4%&'5G border wall funding without a also said the meeting included security. Mexico border despite recent Sultan Muhammad V’s since he took a leave of absence V is the first monarch to have +%% breakthrough on Saturday, a briefing on border security by Showing little empathy for US Threats to close the border decision marks the first time a for medical treatment in renounced the throne. Sultan &)01 though they planned to return Homeland Security Secretary the hundreds of thousands of entirely. king has abdicated in the November. Muhammad V studied at St #$#' to the table the following day. Kirstjen Nielsen. federal workers furloughed or Mexico plans to slash Muslim-majority country since Reports then circulated Cross College at Oxford and Trump tweeted: “Not Democrats sought written working without pay, Trump income and corporate taxes to it gained independence from online that he had married a the Oxford Centre for Islamic L?  0 much headway made today.” details from the Department of declared — without citing evi- 20 per cent from 30 per cent for Britain in 1957. former Miss Moscow in Russia. Studies, according to official  6    Democrats agreed there Homeland Security on their dence — that most are 43 municipalities in six states It came after the king took Royal officials in Malaysia have media.  , $#% had been little movement, budget needs, which the White Democrats. just south of the US, while halv- leave at the start of November so far not commented on the He is known for a relaxed )%#&& saying the White House did House said it would provide. He also asserted: “I want to ing to 8 per cent the value- for two months, during which rumoured marriage, or given public persona, taking part in :#% % not budge on the demand for The group plans to meet again stop the Shutdown as soon as added tax in the region. time unconfirmed reports cir- any details about his health walkathons to promote health, #G $5.6 billion and would not Sunday. we are in agreement on Strong Business leaders and union culated that he had married a condition. and has been photographed #%4-0'P consider re-opening the gov- With talks stalled, House Border Security! I am in the representatives have also agreed Russian former beauty queen. While their role is cere- wearing a baseball cap back- $# ernment. Speaker Nancy Pelosi White House ready to go, to double the minimum wage A statement from the monial, Malaysia’s Islamic roy- wards. Portraits of the king and ##%# The White House said announced Saturday that where are the Dems?” along the border, to 176.2 national palace confirmed the alty command great respect, queen adorn government &#' funding was not discussed in- House Democrats plan to start One Democrat, Maryland pesos a day, the equivalent of resignation of the relatively especially from Muslim Malays, buildings throughout the coun- %# depth, but the administration approving individual bills to Sen. Chris Van Hollen, said in USD 9.07 at current exchange youthful monarch, known for and criticising them is strictly try. The king is also the sym-  $# was clear they needed funding reopen shuttered departments his party’s weekly radio address rates. his fondness for four-wheel forbidden. bolic head of Islam in the ,J ,KK for a wall and that they want- starting with Treasury to ensure that the shutdown “is part of a Lopez Obrador says the driving and other extreme Speculation intensified nation, as well as the nominal ":#)- #O# ed to resolve the shutdown all Americans receive their tax larger pattern of a president idea is to stimulate wage and sports. about the king’s future this chief of the military. %$,$%# at once. returns. who puts his personal whims job growth via fiscal incentives “His majesty tells the peo- week when the country’s Malaysia’s sultans trace a ##9G Accusations flew after “While President Trump and his effort to score political and productivity gains. ple of Malaysia to continue to Islamic royals reportedly held lineage back to Malay sul- % the more than two-hour ses- threatens to keep the govern- points before the needs of the President Donald Trump has be united to maintain unity, tol- a special meeting. tanates of the 15th century. The #% $%# sion led by Vice President ment shut down for ‘years’, American people. ... He is repeatedly complained that low erance, and work together,” Malaysia is a constitution- king is referred to as Yang di- %## Mike Pence. Democrats are taking imme- pointing fingers at everyone but wages in Mexico lure jobs from said the statement, signed by al monarchy, with a unique Pertuan Agong, or “He Who Is %#' Acting chief of staff Mick diate further action to re-open himself.” the US. the Comptroller of the Royal arrangement where the throne Made Lord”. 8!#''&!'/!& !   ;= ! 1   )## -N 2!722-''     $  R . O 6 54 Euphrates River valley.   ,, manent envoy at the UN.     The SDF, a coalition domi- 6  C excavator to dig a big hole in ministry helicopters have been Former planning minister wo British soldiers nated by Kurdish fighters, has the river when it collapsed, dispatched to deliver cash to angladesh on Sunday named and businessman AHM n a first, scientists have found Twere wounded Saturday in spearheaded the fight against t least 30 people were killed trapping dozens of workers,” the families of the victims and Ba council of ministers with Mustafa Kamal became the Ievidence that the mysterious eastern Syria by a missile fired ISIS, supported by several Awhen a gold mine Raghi said. airlift the wounded to hospitals, several new faces in the 47- finance minister in the Cabinet dark matter — believed to by the ISIS, an NGO said. Western countries including the collapsed in northeastern “At least 30 people have said Hashmat Bahaduri, member Cabinet of Prime which has 24 full ministers make up most of the mass of The Syrian Observatory for United Kingdom. The interna- Afghanistan on Sunday, been killed and seven wound- spokesman for the National Minister Sheikh Hasina whose with the rest being ministers of the universe — can be heated Human Rights said the pair were tional alliance seized the key IS officials said, in the latest ed.” It was not clear why the Disaster Management Awami League returned to state. Several influential Awami up and moved around, as a part of the the international anti- holdout of Hajin in December tragedy to strike the war-torn shaft collapsed, but the provin- Authority. power for a third consecutive League figures including general result of star formation in jihadist coalition, led by the after months of fighting that has country. cial governor’s spokesman Nik Bahaduri confirmed the term after its landslide victory secretary Obaidul Quader, galaxies. United States. seen the jihadists launch vicious Another seven were Mohammad Nazari told AFP casualty toll, but warned the in the December 30 election. Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal, The findings, published in “The two British soldiers counter-attacks. injured in the incident in the miners were not profes- figures could change. Several veterans were Anisul Huq and AKM the journal Monthly Notices of were transported by helicopter ISIS, which once controlled Kohistan district of sionals. Families of the wounded dropped from the council of Mozammel Haque retained the Royal Astronomical to receive medical care,” the swathes of Syria and Iraq, has Badakhshan province, district “The villagers have been will receive 10,000 afghanis ministers amid speculation their positions in the ministries Society, provide the first obser- observatory’s director Rami been pounded by multiple offen- governor Mohammad Rustam involved in this business (about USD 130) in compen- about the inductions as major of road transport and bridges, vational evidence for the effect Abdel told AFP. A Kurdish sives. Since September, more Raghi told AFP. for decades with no sation, while those of the dead portfolios like defence were home, law, and liberation affairs. known as ‘dark matter heating’, fighter from the Syrian than 1,000 jihadists have been Villagers had dug a 60- Government control over will get 50,000 afghanis, he said. retained by Hasina herself. But 25 former ministers, and give new clues as to what Democratic Forces (SDF) died killed in the fighting compared metre (200-feet) deep shaft in them,” Nazari said. Badakhshan is a remote, Academic-turned-diplomat nine state ministers and two makes up dark matter. in the attack in the village of Al- with just under 600 SDF mem- a river bed to search for gold. “We have sent a rescue mountainous province in Abdul Momen, a new face in deputy ministers — several of Scientists from the Shaafa in Deir Ezzor province, bers while 15,000 people have They were inside when the team to the area, but villagers northeast Afghanistan border- politics, was appointed the new them regarded as Awami University of Surrey in the one of the last pockets of terri- fled Hajin, according to the walls fell in. have already started removing ing Tajikistan, China and Foreign Minister. He previous- League stalwarts were dropped UK, Carnegie Mellon tory still controlled by ISIS in the Observatory. “The people were using an bodies from the site.” Defense Pakistan. ly served as Bangladesh’s per- from the new Cabinet. University in the US and ETH Zurich in Switzerland set out to hunt for evidence for dark 4%## matter at the centres of nearby ##* "" $ !" 2"'#*/$ %     > dwarf galaxies. Dwarf galaxies are small, # faint galaxies that are typically found orbiting larger galaxies 2'- "% 3 #+ ##+2! $#)    ) & like our own Milky Way. They may hold clues that could help  :) Saturday that discussing a pos- conditions. Britain, Canada us to better understand the &&%# 6 ! 5), : sible swap involving Whelan and Ireland have applied for O   bouring Syria against what it nature of dark matter. ussia’s deputy foreign min- and Maria Butina would be consular access to him. says are Iranian military targets Dark matter is thought to Rister has brushed back sug- premature because Whelan Whelan, 48, was dis-  /5, J) 5 ,K sraeli Prime Minister      and deliveries of advanced make up most of the mass of gestions that an American hasn’t been formally charged, charged from the Marines for IBenjamin Netanyahu said      weapons to Hezbollah, which the universe. However since it being held in Moscow on sus- according to Russian news bad conduct. He works as the housands of people have that he would discuss Iranian  +  is backed by Tehran. does not interact with light in picion of spying could be agencies. global security director for a Tbraved snow and freezing ambitions in neighbouring    Israeli public radio said the same way as normal mat- exchanged for a Russian citizen. “As to the possibility of U.S. Automobile parts manu- temperatures in Serbia’s Capital Syria when he meets on Sunday that Sunday evening’s meeting ter, it can only be observed The brother of Paul exchanges of one sort of anoth- facturer and lives in Michigan. to turn up for the fifth week of evening with US national secu-    would also include through its gravitational effects. Whelan, however, tells The er, it’s impossible and incorrect His family has said he was in street protests against populist rity advisor John Bolton in   D0  Washington’s concerns over The key to studying it may Associated Press that he can’t to consider the question now Moscow to attend a wedding. President Aleksandar Vucic. Jerusalem. )  E Chinese commercial and tech- however lie in how stars are help but question whether the when an official charge hasn’t His brother, David, told the The demonstrators Bolton arrived in Israel on  P nological activity in the Jewish formed in these galaxies. events are connected. even been presented,” Ryabkov AP that Whelan loves to trav- marched through downtown Saturday night for talks on the state. When stars form, strong “You look at what’s going was quoted as saying by state el and likes to “interact with the Belgrade blowing whistles and future of Syria in the wake of Netanyahu has been winds can push gas and dust on and you wonder if this is just news agency RIA-Novosti. people in the places that he booing and jeering loudly as President Donald Trump’s deci- 2,000 troops from Syria, declar- delighted by Trump’s hard line away from the heart of the a large game of pieces being “Charges will be presented in goes,” but that Whelan would they passed the Serbian presi- sion to withdraw all US forces ing that the United States had on Israel’s main enemy Iran and galaxy. As a result, the galaxy’s moved around,” David Whelan the near future,” he said, accord- be too “conspicuous” to be dency building on Saturday. there. achieved its objective as the the landmark move of the US centre has less mass, which told the AP via Skype from ing to the Interfax agency. selected as a spy. Some carried Serbian flags The announcement has Islamic State group had been embassy in Israel to Jerusalem, affects how much gravity is felt Newmarket, Ontario. Some Russian news reports David Whelan said his and banners reading “We are concerned Israel and other US “knocked” out. but the pullout from Syria has by the remaining dark matter. “You start to wonder if all of earlier cited unnamed sources family had had no direct con- the people” or “Down with the allies in the region, and Trump Netanyahu’s office said he caused concern. With less gravitational these things are connected. as saying Whelan had been tact with Paul and had received thieves.” has since spoken of “slowly” and Putin “discussed the situ- At a meeting on Tuesday in attraction, the dark matter But at the same time, they indicted on espionage charges no details about the alleged The demonstrations start- sending troops home “over a ation in Syria and recent devel- Brazil, US Secretary of State gains energy and migrates away could just be arbitrary events.” that carry a possible prison sen- espionage charges from either ed after thugs beat up an oppo- period of time”. opments and agreed on con- Mike Pompeo told the Israeli from the centre, an effect called Paul Whelan, a former U.S. tence of 20 years. Russian offi- the Russian or U.S. sition leader in November, “I will discuss with him tinued coordination between premier that the Syria pullout ‘dark matter heating’. Marine who also holds cials haven’t given details of Governments. “He likes to go putting pressure on Vucic. efforts to stop Iranian aggres- the (Israeli and Russian) mili- would not affect US support The team of astrophysicists Canadian, British and Irish Whelan’s suspected activities places and Russia happens to be Critics accuse the sion in our region, the situation taries”. and protection of Israel. measured the amount of dark citizenship, was detained in and he was initially identified a place where he knows people president of imposing an in Syria, following President “Our position is clear,” “The counter-ISIS cam- matter at the centres of 16 Moscow in late December. only as an American. His con- and when he’s there, he does go autocracy through strict con- Trump’s decision, and the con- Netanyahu said on Sunday. paign continues, our efforts to dwarf galaxies with very dif- His arrest has led to spec- current Canadian, British and and visit,” David Whelan said. trol over the media and pro- tinuation of the conversation I “We continue at this time to act counter Iranian aggression ferent star formation histories. ulation that Russia could be Irish citizenships became Paul Whelan established an moting hate speech against held with President Putin on against the Iranian military continue, and our commit- They found that galaxies using him to bargain for a known on Friday. account on VKontakte, a social opponents. Friday,” Netanyahu said at the buildup in Syria, and we are ment to Middle East stability that stopped forming stars long Russian woman who has plead- US Ambassador Jon media service similar to Vucic rejects being labelled start of a cabinet meeting. acting against anyone who and protection of Israel con- ago had higher dark matter ed guilty to acting as a foreign Huntsman Jr. Visited Whelan Facebook that is popular as domineering and has sug- The phone call with Putin undermines or tries to under- tinues in the same way before densities at their centres than agent in the United States. on Wednesday in Moscow’s among Russians, which showed gested he might call an early was the first between the lead- mine Israel’s security.” that decision was made,” he those that are still forming Russian Deputy Foreign Lefortovo Prison, a 130-year- he had scores of contacts in election this year. ers since Trump’s surprise state- Israel has carried out hun- said using an acronym for the stars today. This supports the Minister Sergei Ryabkov said old facility noted for strict Russia. ment that he was pulling all dreds of air strikes in neigh- Islamic State group. theory that the older galaxies #= #%& ($#P'2'#/(/!#$##&!#!7-77'# 6 , 5 the rooftop of Al-Haq mosque “We informed the police,” new administrative capital, 45 gurate on Sunday Al-Fattah al- +%- near the Virgin Mary church in Saad, a 35-year-old baker, said kilometres east of Cairo. Alim mosque in the new admin- gypt’s president will inaugu- the Nasr City district of Cairo, in a phone interview. Sisi often presents himself as istrative capital. ,#- Erate the country’s biggest religious officials and witnesses There was no immediate a defender of Christians against More than 100 Copts have cathedral on Coptic Christmas said. confirmation from officials. extremists but activists and been killed in jihadist attacks Adak (US): Officials say a large Eve Sunday, a day after a dead- The Grand Mufti of Egypt, Government newspaper Al- some analysts accuse the state of since December 2016. earthquake has struck in a ly bomb blast near a church in Shawki Allam, denounced “the Ahram reported Sunday that a discriminating against them and IS claimed an assault in remote area of the Aleutian a country where jihadists have terrorist operation that targeted... bomb had been placed in a bag not providing enough protec- early November in which six Islands near Alaska, but a tsuna- repeatedly targeted Christians. The church in the Ezzbat al- on the roof of a building in tion. Copts and one Anglican died in mi is not expected. There was no immediate Haggan neighbourhood of Nasr Ezzbat al-Haggan, but it did not On Sunday Sisi will join the the central province of Minya. The US Tsunami Warning claim of responsibility for City”, on his official Facebook mention the church or the Coptic pope, Tawadros II, in the IS also killed more than 40 System says the 6.0-magnitude Saturday’s explosion on the east- page. mosque. cathedral which is touted as the people in twin church bombings quake struck just before 10 am ern edge of Cairo that killed a He said “extremists” had On Sunday morning secu- largest in the Middle East. in April 2017, and an IS gunman Saturday about 90 miles (145 kilo- policeman who was trying to planted “an explosive device on rity forces were deployed around The president visited the in December that year killed meters) southwest of the town of defuse the device and wounded the roof of Al-Haq mosque... the neighbourhood keeping Cathedral of Nativity for nine people in an attack on a Adak on Adak Island. Several two other officers. Near the Virgin Mary church”. journalists at bay. Christmas Eve last year when it church in a south Cairo suburb. hundred people live in the town. Coptic Christians, who Massad Saad, the son of the Security has been reinforced was still under construction, and Hundreds of police and sol- Large earthquakes can cause account for around 10 per cent prayer leader at the mosque, told in Cairo in recent weeks ahead of gave a short speech wishing diers have also been killed in tsunamis that can travel hundreds of Egypt’s population, have been AFP he was inside the building Coptic Christmas which is cele- Copts a merry Christmas and attacks. Last week three of miles. The US Tsunami hit by a string of attacks by the when other worshippers noticed brated on January 7. saying the country would prevail Vietnamese tourists and their Warning System says its statement Islamic State group in recent “a man going up to the roof car- On Sunday evening over jihadists. 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The love quality decisions. them, it can allow them to have bly crystalise around 10 hope help to motivate and comfort I have from them allows As a community, our hope is that hope. or 15 major points. They you every day to get me to be hopeful. I am blessed to have drug addicts recover, get educated, Anyone can positively impact would say that a better out of bed and go them. My job as a teacher at become good parents, get a job and another person’s life by being kind, world is one in which aboutW your daily routine? Hope gives Huntington Middle School gives me contribute to the community in a pos- smiling at them, being helpful and the following exist only us a reason to exist. Without hope, life hope. The smiles, love and motivation " "  4 itive way. As a teacher, my hope is that showing that you care. Greeting peo- in milder forms or in a can be dull and sad. from those who live in unfortunate sit- ,,5 7  I inspire as many students as possible ple, offering to help others, showing lesser degree than we My favorite definition of hope is uations gives me hope that they will to actually want to succeed in life by random acts of kindness and volun- have them in the pre- “To expect with confidence: trust” succeed in life and be in a better place 4 5,44 4  following rules, having dreams and teering are all ways we can make the sent-day world. The (Merriam Webster’s Collegiate someday. 5 ), goals, and to make those dreams hap- world a better place and to be hope- major problems or caus- Dictionary, page 598, 2003). We must My church gives me hope. pen. As a mother, my hope for my ful. We need to be aware of those who es of sufferings are wars, be aware of the signs of hope that we Whether I am helping or sitting in the ,4 ) children is to be happy, to contribute need hope in their lives and do what violence and cruelty in encounter daily. pews during a Sunday service, I to society in a positive way, and to help we can to help foster that. any form, poverty, Personally, hope motivates me to always get emotional when I hear 45 4 44 and give when able to do so. Our world today is full of crime, unemployment and do more. I love the quote, “Be the powerful music, witness the partici- : )) ,5  ' I feel like I am meant to do my job chaos, disasters and shocking news. In social, economic and political injustice, environmental pol- change you want to see in the world” pation of so many children, or hear of as a teacher at HMS. Lately, I have order for us to continue staying pos- lution and ecological imbalance, corruption, crime, (Mahatma Gandhi). I realise that by ways that faith has helped someone   ,> 4 commented to some that this is where itive, we must have hope. People also indiscipline and obscenity, disease, infirmity and high doing the right thing, being kind and change their life in a positive way.  5)4, / I am meant to be to reach those stu- need to be aware of how their atti- mortality rate, slavery, lack of freedom or deprivation of helpful, I can help to change our world It is critical for us to have hope. dents who need extra attention and tudes, words and actions contribute to human rights, hunger, malnutrition or starvation, wrong today. Even though I am one person Hope allows us to have goals and :",)) ,4 care. While I always feel like I can do the mess we are in. We have to be attitude towards the other sex and abuse of children, addic- in a troubled community, I realize that dreams for ourselves. Without it, we , :4 >,4 4 more, I try my best every day to greet understanding, compassionate and tions, intoxications, tensions and lack of happiness, hatred, I can do something to give others merely exist. As a world, we hope for each child by name, show them that motivated to turn things around. We suspicion, fear, cut-throat competition, rivalry and hope. Hope energises me, makes me peace, of course, but we also hope for 454 /) I care, and encourage them to try their cannot be part of the problem; we absence or lack of love and co-operation at various lev- happy, and makes my day better. I leaders who make good choices and ,5 best in order to have hope in their life. must be part of the solution to turn els of society. realise that every day I need to do work together instead of against each I truly love what I do and care about things around. Most of all, we need Post this survey, if we conduct another one asking something to give others hope. It truly other. As a nation, we can hope for my students as if they were my own hope to make this world a better place. every segment of society about the efforts or improve- makes the world a better place, despite leaders who care about people, repre- children. I believe that by showing L ments that they expect from the other segments to cre- ate a better world, a fair enough consensus on the follow- ing lines would emerge. People would say that they want ifestyle choices have a huge along with quitting smoking, scientists to have an orientation of spirituality, religious impact on your skin’s you will notice that your blood leaders to have scientific temper, doctors to treat not only Lhealth and appearance. circulation and skin tone begin the body but also the mind, education to have spiritual Amidst all the bad lifestyle / R &     to improve within a few weeks and moral development, women to be given proper social habits, smoking is by far one of of quitting. 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These ment of society works a bit for the fulfillment of what other Smoking also a disaster for your skin and hence resulting in ingredients can help to segments expect of it. Each individual has to contribute your skin and hair. With each dry, dull, pale or blotchy skin. improve damaged skin, refine a bit of his time to work towards raising awareness of the puff of smoke, your skin is mov- Not only this, you may develop the skin cells and replenishing people so as to realise the above goals. For this global task ing closer towards premature premature lines and wrinkles on the lost moisture. is required the global co-operation. Hence, a new kind ageing. your face as well. Another bad Niacianamide is a form of of bank to which each individual or institution can offer Many studies have claimed impact of smoking on your Vitamin B3. 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Indian supporters. -)<0% Sunday when they lost 1-0 to Suddenly Australia were With his two strikes, the half, was unexpected. Pune City FC player Ashique second session, India scored a Jordan in front of a partisan rocking and three minutes later, 34-year-old Chhetri went past Thailand was the 0"()#*"( Kuruniyan a start over the world-class goal through crowd in Al Ain. they were grateful for Ryan's Argentine superstar Lionel better side in the first "<##$0%! likes of Jeje Lalpekhlua and Chhetri and that began the Graham Arnold's youthful finger-tip save as he pushed Messi, who has so far scored half with an over- $"( Balwant Singh, and he did well turning of the match on its side had expected victory in Baha Abdelrahman's free kick 65 goals from 128 matches. whelming 70 per cent !0%" while playing at the hole just head. their Group B opener but they onto the bar. Portugal superstar Cristiano possession and more behind Chhetri. India's third goal showed were undone by Anas Bani- In the second half, Arnold Ronaldo is the highest scorer shots on target. %-.()0% He earned the penalty how much they have Yaseen's powerful first-half brought on Rhyan Grant and with 85 from 154 matches. But the complexion of the #-0%-0 for India after a quick throw improved in the passing sys- header from a corner. then Chris Ikonomidis to find Thailand captain and match completely changed in "()#!("#"( from the left flank. Ashique's tem with three players It leaves the injury-hit a way through Jordan's defence. striker Teerasil Dangda pulled the second session with India 2%#2#")#%- shot deflected from the Thai involved in the build-up. Aussies with much to ponder Celtic forward Tom Rogic's one back for his side in the scoring three goals in stun- goalkeeper and hit defender Halicharan Narzary sent a ahead of Friday's game against stinging shot was kept out by 33rd minute of the Group A ning fashion to take the match Theerathon Bunmathan's pint-point pass to Udanta Palestine, when they will need Shafi, before Ikonomidis's match. A draw in either of the out of Thailand's reach. They finished runners up. hand and the Hong Kong ref- who rounded up the Thai a win to get their title defence attempt at a follow-up was two coming matches against suddenly became a team Taking part in their fourth eree pointed to the dreaded goalkeeper and left the ball for on track. smothered by the defence. UAE and Bahrain could see which can stitch neat passes Asian Cup, this was India's spot. Chhetri stepped up and Thapa to chip over a couple of The youthful Socceroos had With three minutes to go, India through to the knockout and build goal-scoring moves. third win in 11 matches. The sent the Thai goalie the wrong defenders on the top corner of more than 70 percent of first- Jamie Maclaren had a goal round. Chhetri, who is the only one country won two matches way to give India 1-0 up. the net. half possession but rarely chalked off for offside and. Ranked 97th in the FIFA in the current squad to have and lost one in the 1964 edi- Thailand equalised with- Lalpekhlua then scored threatened, while Jordan were With the last action of the charts, India went into the played in the 2011 edition, tion in Israel, competed by just in six minutes with captain two minutes after coming intent on harassing in midfield game, Shafi pulled off a superb match eyeing a win against also become the highest four countries, then lost three and striker Teerasil Dangda into the field. He was fed by a and seeking chances on the double save to deny Ikonomidis their 118th ranked oppo- Indian scorer in the Asian and drawn one in 1984 and connecting a quality free-kick nice pass from Narzary again break. and Jackson Irvine, capping a nents, but the scoreline and Cup, surpassing Inder Singh, were beaten in all their three to head over Gurpreet and and his chipped shot from the Their goal came from a cor- desperately disappointing day impressive show by the play- who struck twice in the 1964 group matches in 2011. into the India net. top of the box beat the goal- ner on 26 minutes, when for the Aussies and a joyful one ers, especially in the second edition when the country had India gave the 21-year-old But just a minute into the keeper all ends up. defender Bani-Yaseen escaped for the Jordanians. 1     $59 '-!/-7/(8  : J> :K   achieved on the back of a brace by conference. pressure. I thought I gave my Olympics and the Asian Air Gun Other participants include )%'&#0%#02 Mason Robertson, who struck in The Kolkata giants have a best but I'm unable to help the championships. boxers Sakshi Chaudhary, who %#2R##<$:%%$ & the 33rd and 74th minute at the Salt packed calendar with four suc- team make a turnaround," he Manu also added the Youth won the AIBA World Youth box- ##0%#02%# Lake Stadium. cessive matches at Saltlake said. Olympics Gold to her kitty after ing championship (57kg class) in ?8 ##' , %  &  Starting as a defender, Scottish the success of the Commonwealth Budapest last year. :$- - 0 %# 02 %#  PR Robertson, who was recruited by "Today's win is because of Games in Gold Coast and ISSF UWW World Junior cham- ##'":#:##$ his father and coach of the club dedication and hard work of every- love showered on us," RKFC own- ings as the father-son duo contin- World Cup in Mexico last year. pionship freestyle Silver medallist  4G , &#   > : #  David Robertson, dominated the one at RKFC. The boys were ers Chattoo said. ued to weave magic for the club. While Jeremy, who competed Deepak Punia and Sajan &##%-%&#&##&# game to hand the former champi- exceptional and I am sure that the The result also avenged their Mohun Bagan slipped to sixth for Maharashtra in the first Khelo Bhanwal, who created history by  ' . %#  %$  #&  ons a second successive defeat. spirit continues as we begin our home leg defeat to Mohun Bagan place with 15 points from 11 India Games, caught everyone's becoming the first Indian Greco- $&### League winning star winger final uphill task," said Sandeep as they moved up the pecking matches and saw their title hopes attention by becoming the first Roman wrestler to win a Silver S 6.:6###$'4 Sony Norde, who made a come- Chattoo, co-owner of Real Kashmir order, going past NEROCA FC to virtually go up in smoke. Indian to win Gold at the Youth medal at the same tournament, $$/%G:#>G5%&# back after missing four matches Football Club (RKFC). the second place. The visitors also capped a fine Olympics, finishing on top in the will also be in the fray. &&31#' due to his leg injury, scored the soli- "The RKFC wishes to place on The Snow Leopards now have outing after their 1-1 draw against 62kg class in Buenos Aires. On the track, Jisna Mathew, tary goal for the home side in the record its great appreciation a three-point deficit against lead- East Bengal, extending their Youth Olympic Silver medal a double Asian junior c’ship Gold      42nd minute. towards people of Kolkata for the ers Chennai City (24) in the stand- unbeaten run to seven matches. winners, recurve archer Akash medallist will draw attention. 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Nishikori dominated his Russian timing perfectly. I was  -#' % "###  # &#  # "This win means a lot to me because not rival throughout, despite a slight hic- sleeping bad. So every-   &$    #' )% , everything was working well in the beginning," cup when one poor service game cost thing was somehow going &-  9& -   ' 4 % said the 30-year-old Goerges who needed all her him the second set. the other way." # # G%# % 200 # #   experience and patience to recover from being The second seed started slowly Tsurenko took the first set in 38 "-#%' %#& down 4-5 in the second set after losing the first. and went down 0-3 to the Russian. '+!!#/!''#&/!(-#  minutes, firing 10 winners and mak- ##%##', "I used my experience today and really went I'm one game away from winning this tourna- But he recovered to break back ing 81 percent of her first serves.   %&# $     for it in the important moments. My coach came ment'," Andreescu said. and then seized the advantage at 3- hours. She took that form into the sec-      ,%# # at 5-4 and helped me find some solutions," she "But Julia dominated from that point." 3 when he broke Medvedev again, ond set and broke Pliskova early.      % )% ,    #   said. The ice-cool Andreescu had stunned the Andreescu broke every serve by Goerges in the taking the first set in 42 minutes. However, serving for the match %$&#&%##' tennis world during the week having arrived in first set, at one stage leading 4-0 before drop- Nishikori was all over the Karolina Pliskova used all her big at 5-4, she tightened up and Pliskova Auckland ranked 152nd and needing to play in ping her own serve twice. Russian in the second set, his pow- match experience as she came from won 13 of the next 14 points to level  6    P the qualifying tournament to make the main But the wily Goerges, 30, was not finished, erful and well-directed ground- a set down to overhaul Ukraine's the match. Vijayanagara: :#    ## ## draw. and the momentum began to shift when she strokes forcing Medvedev into errors. Lesia Tsurenko and win the Brisbane The third set was all Pliskova as  &#&# +%# :# :% The 18-year-old then beat three top 50 play- broke the Canadian at the start of the second Medvedev held on against International on Sunday. she broke Tsurenko twice to wrap up -&    #   /   !) ers on her way to her first WTA final includ- set. Nishikori's multiple chances to break The unseeded Tsurenko looked the final in two hours, 12 minutes. )&# ?  6#  $ ing former world number ones Caroline Although she dropped her own serve at 4- at 2-2 and 3-3 and took advantage of headed for the biggest win of her "I don't know what really &#&#'%&#&#&# Wozniacki and Venus Williams. 4, Goerges gathered herself to break Andreescu his opponent's poor service game to career when serving for the match at changed at 5-4," Tsurenko said.  #-# Her form continued into the final when she again at 5-5 and held serve to take the set. break ahead. 5-4 in the second set, only for "I think we had the great fight #& $#   # # raced through the first set and recovered from She broke three more times in the decider But any thought the Russian Pliskova to come storming back to until 5-4, and then suddenly, I don't % C#$ an early service break in the second to lead 5- to claim her 15th WTA title. Although the final would take the momentum into the win 4-6,7-5, 6-2 and claim her sec- know, maybe she raised her level so #) 4 when her concentration wavered. set was all Goerges the German said Andreescu decider proved wrong as Nishikori ond Brisbane title. much that I was not ready for that. #:-% 8P-$ "A 5-4 in the second set it was really hard deserved praise for the way she had played in stormed to a 5-1 lead, eventually Pliskova, the tournament's "It's going to be a big lesson for ##' >)8!)( for me to stay in the moment. I was 'oh my god only her fourth WTA tournament. wrapping up the final in just over two Czech fifth seed, started slowly and me, and I'm trying to stay positive." %# ( #) *# #%) +,-./0  ;= *      /'#!&#7##!/(/##&#&('&##!/&$P')B@@!'#!#''#'!C**!/'?'#('

  )<  <   >  6 3 lbw on a close umpire's call, and the decision stayed in the ickle weather on day four ) )) )(% )(& wrist-spinner's favour despite prevented India from ?00 ) 012Q92E , DRS. Fclosing in on a big win in 01P ) 2EQ89Q3  Australia were then forced the fourth Test but they were to follow on for the first time well on course for their maid- 0EQ :% 2ERE9Q1  in since 2005 when en series victory in Australia 020  2ERE9Q1  England had enforced the after forcing the hosts to fol- same in Nottingham. On their low-on at home for the first tute fielder. Australia reached 300 despite home soil, this was the first time since 1988. Hazlewood and Mitchell another pitiful display. instance of Australia following Bad light and intermitted Starc (29 ) then added Yadav got his reward there- on since 1988, again in Sydney, rain led to substantial loss of 42 runs for the 10th as after with Hazlewood trapped versus England. play with only 25.2 overs bowled on day four. Australia were placed at 6- 0 in 4 overs after Kuldeep Q    Yadav's five-wicket haul in his maiden Test Down Under '7 #!#'#!#$''#&/! '#  helped India bowl the home team out for 300 in the first 3 4Q 7 7  6    &  ' @R . #!$* # '/* 6!>#)( ""%) )) )(% )(& Umpires * %$" <<=  898R # 5G- 012Q92E    )<  < took players off '$>19$<@A$91.' 4 the field with 89EE ,%# ) 012Q92E , eight minutes remaining in the ormally not known to be generous with belated afternoon session. P9P1 )- "- 012R92Q  Nsuperlatives, the great Ian Chappell found Marcus Harris (2) and Usman P93Q ,%# # 012392R  Cheteshwar Pujara "worthy of many privileges" Khawaja (4) were the unbeat- ?9Q8 #  012Q92E  in Virat Kohli's "kingdom" for his tenacity and en batsmen with Australia still 6'66#/!' tons of runs. trailing by 316 runs. Pujara grafted his way to three centuries in But play didn't resume at the ongoing Test series against Australia, play- all once the scheduled tea rain since day three. Nathan Lyon (0) lbw as ing a key role in India's dominance. break was over, as bad light India took the second new Australia lost three "Not only did Pujara single-handedly bring hampered proceedings once ball immediately and made for 22 runs in the space of 44 the Australian bowlers to their knees, he also again. The umpires waited for quick inroads. Mohammed balls. paved the way for his team-mates to deliver the nearly an hour, coming out for Shami (2-58) bowled Pat And he could have imme- killer blows," Chappell wrote in a column for inspection in between, before #/--''7&7--&2-!8)!/'&9#/!# Cummins (25) with a ball that diately completed his five- 'ESPNcricinfo'. making a decision at 5 pm '#-#2&  kept low on the sixth ball after wicket haul, but Hanuma While India are on the verge of complet- local time. resumption of play. Vihari put down a skier from ing a maiden Test series win in Australia, the The match officials were This was after Australia 5-99, making instant impact in At the other end, Jasprit Josh Hazlewood (21) at mid former captain was not with praising Pujara. ready to wait until 6 pm for were bowled out for 300 runs his first game of the series. Bumrah (1-62) set up Peter on. In the process, Vihari hurt "Kohli may be the king of Indian cricket but light to improve, but a slight (104.5 overs) in their first After the morning session Handscomb (37) who played his left shoulder whilst fielding Pujara has proven to be his loyal ally and wor- drizzle put paid to the wait and innings and were asked to fol- was washed out, play resumed on after a resilient innings and didn't take the field later thy of many privileges in the kingdom. Many the day was called off at 5.20 low on, surrendering a lead of at 1.50 pm local time with 230 facing 111 balls. on in the session, with Hardik good things have happened for India in this #'! /!"#"&:!##&  pm local time. 322 runs. Kuldeep Yadav took minutes lost to bad light and Yadav then trapped Pandya coming on as a substi- series, not the least of them being victory, and most have emanated from the stubborn defi- "The fast bowlers were worn to a frazzle by ance of Pujara." the end of the Indian first innings at the SCG, The eldest of the famous Chappell broth- and India's lower order, who for much of the ? 3      * !! %"$ ers, he added, "In scoring three centuries in a series were the ducks in the shooting gallery, series in Australia, he joined an illustrious com- scored frequently and freely." patriot, the equally defiant Sunil Gavaskar, who The series Down Under was a far cry from /$ ,'/#2" achieved a similar feat in 1977-78. the tour of England where Pujara was dropped  '  $!  "In accumulating 521 runs in seven innings, at the start of the series, which India lost 1-4.   )<  < Pujara was at the crease for a mammoth 1867 "Pujara is the most effective blunter of an minutes and was not tempted by a high per- attack in a cricket world where currently blud-   )<  < if at all we need to play two he series is virtually in centage of the 1258 balls he faced." geoning is the favoured submission hold. If he spinners that would be at TIndia's pocket after That the home team was entirely focussed didn't invent the term 'bat time', Pujara is cer- ndia bowling coach Bharat Sydney." Australia were enforced a fol- on how to tackle Kohli prior to the series may tainly a disciple of the method. IArun on Sunday heaped With Australia having to low-on for the first time in 31 have helped Pujara to play at ease. "The prolonged standing ovation Pujara praise on wrist spinner Kuldeep fight on day five for a draw, the years at home but batsman "While the Australian cricket team was received (at SCG) even though he had just put Yadav, saying the chinaman is bowlers have virtually assured Peter Handscomb on Sunday keeping a wary eye on Virat Kohli, Pujara snuck the nail in the coffin of an Australian side that a much improved bowler than a series' win for India, and said they will try to salvage up from behind and executed the perfect mug- was trying to rid itself of the ugly stain of Cape what he was during the tour of Arun credited an all-round some pride by saving the fourth ging. In addition to helping India win a series Town was testament to the esteem with which England. attack for the same. Test on the final day. for the first time in Australia, he frustrated a the Indian batsman is held. "Kuldeep is a very skill "We do have a lot of respect Handscomb said the near- top-class opposition attack to the point of sub- "If they had a hall of fame for batting obdu- full bowler as he has proved it. for their fast-bowling attack ly-washed out day four of the mission. racy, Pujara would be voted in unanimously." He has had a very successful and I think they are probably fourth Test at the SCG has given stint in ODIs, and probably he one of the best in the world. But his side a great chance to draw is the number one bowler in we were more focused on what the match and restrict India's bowling attack. the one-day format. He is we could do, and we have also margin of series win to 2-1. "Obviously both are world :('!+!'&!&-#' unique in the sense that very come to Australia previously so "We will be coming out class bowlers in their own right. few chinaman bowlers around /&$>&7!#'#!+#  we knew how the wickets tomorrow and drawing this Bumrah coming in can crank it the world at the moment. Also, would be in Australia - very game, and then we will assess up to 150 km/h and is always   :: ,  he brings googly to the fore," ter time. similar to the ones we got in where we need to improve and pretty tough with his accuracy. said Arun after a rain-hit day "He didn't have a great South Africa. get together as a team. We know He has not missed his mark too ormer India captain Dilip four. outing in England when he "We drew upon all those that as a batting group we can much and has been able to FVengsarkar and middle "And what makes him even played, but this Test match experiences and said that to be take some confidence out of swing it both ways, which is order batsman Praveen Amre more special is his ability to use would give him a lot of confi- successful in Australia, we need tomorrow if we can last the day, quite impressive with that on Sunday hailed the Indian the crease. He can bowl from dence. And considering a spin- to make sure that we took the showing the country and the action, and also adds to the fact cricket team which is on the over and round the wicket, and ner and his age, I think he has cut and pull out of the world that we are not far off how hard he is to pick," he said. cusp of making history in he can bowl closer to the wick- got a lot of cricket left in him," Australian batsmen, and then from clicking as a really good "Kuldeep has obviously Australia. et and also from wide of the he said. focus on our strengths. That's team," said Handscomb after been very impressive as well. He India are leading the four- crease. That gives him a lot Talking about the decision exactly what we did. the fourth day's play. was very accurate and hard to Test rubber 2-1 and are well- variety. And I think there is a to go in with two spinners, he "I don't think we are moti- Kuldeep Yadav had picked get on top of. With the pace that poised to make it 3-1 going lot to come from that young said, "Earlier we had played a vated just because we are on the his second five-wicket haul in he bowled, it was hard to get into the final day of the series. kid." practice game at Sydney and winning side. The onus of this Test cricket and Handscomb down to the wicket and force It will be the country's Arun said Kuldeep's per- also the T20 match. So we were team particularly is always praised him as well as Jasprit through the field. He was accu- first-ever Test series win in formance in the ongoing Test quite aware of the conditions putting the team in front," he Bumrah as two toughest rate and used the footmarks Australia since the bilateral could not have come at a bet- that existed and also we felt that said. bowlers to face in this Indian well, giving it a good spin." contest began in 1948 when Lala Amarnath's team clashed with Don Bradman's mighty team Down Under. &#--#'#!$#!#+(#+##  2 7@+#' ? *6 & 8B! "This team has played superb and fantastic cricket rated on how they perform bowler," Vengsarkar noted. and beating Australia in outside their own country Amre also hailed the Australia is a great achieve- and this Indian team has Indian bowling attack spear- #'!'   :: ,  ment, because Australia is a made us proud and they have headed by Bumrah. tough team in those condi- done so well," Vengsarkar "In every series, the first 6 ," 4 urrent champions Vidarbha tions," Vengsarkar said. said. Test is important and the way Cand domestic giants "This is a fantastic The former India top- we started, that was critical. outh Africa beat Pakistan by nine wickets on the fourth Karnataka are in the running to achievement by Virat Kohli's order batsman, who had Equally important was Sday of the second Test at Newlands on Sunday. make it to the quarter-finals of the team. Australia has tough played in 116 Tests, also Australia to (make a) come- Pakistan claimed a wicket and forced Hashim Amla Ranji Trophy. conditions for touring teams heaped praise on pacer Jasprit back and win the match (sec- to retire hurt before South Africa passed their meagre tar- With the last round league but the way they (Indian Bumrah. ond Test). I think, most get after less than an hour's play at Newlands. matches to be played from team) have adapted to these "Bumrah now is one of the important was the third Test, Set 41 to win, South Africa reached 43 for the loss Monday, the quarter-final line-up conditions is exemplary to best (fast bowlers) in the the way we played, that was of one wicket from 9.5 overs. is yet to be decided. say the least. Every team is world. He is a complete outstanding," Amre said. The result ensured a seventh successive home series From this year, five teams win for South Africa, who won the first Test in Centurion from combined A and B Groups, by six wickets. The third and final Test starts in two teams from Group C and one Johannesburg on team from Plate group will go to 4"'!*'- ## "! ! # %"$ Friday. the last eight of the coveted Regular South domestic tournament. African opening bats- At present, Vidarbha are sit- '-!$''##!'#&  !$-#('#/-7  #"*'- P'" /#+$!*"'@ man Aiden Markram ting on top of the combined A and did not bat after suf- B Groups' standings with 28 Vidarbha when they clash with Saurashtra.   )<  < the non-stricker's end, for not intervening. fering a severely points, while Karnataka are at the Saurashtra, at Rajkot. Meanwhile, the remaining "Given out straight away and Mitchell Starc bruised right thigh second spot with 27 Both the teams two matches of the Elite A Group ormer Australia captain Ricky Ponting on just puts his hand out and says 'oh well, it's not when he fell heavily on points. '.* $"+ will go full throttle - Mumbai versus Chhattisgarh to FSunday slammed the current team for show- me, it's up to you to make (a call)". the boundary rope Gujarat and * %$" 9:;  and aim for a win as be played here at the Wankhede ing "no desperation" after Nathan Lyon decid- "Well, unfortunately, when you're out there while fielding on Saurashtra are at the 1 ' 1$91.' 4 a victory will boost Stadium and Railways versus ed against reviewing his lbw decision on day four together it's a partnership. You've got to do what- Saturday. third and fourth place their chances of mak- Maharashtra at the Karnail Singh of the fourth Test. ever you can to try and save your mate. And Theunis de Bruyn, respectively with 26 ing it to the last eight. Stadium in New Delhi - are Lyon was adjudged LBW after being hit on there was absolutely none of that there," he opening in place of points each while But, it also depends inconsequential. the pad off a Kuldeep Yadav delivery. He asked added. Markram, clipped (!$''#/!#&  Madhya Pradesh, from on results of Group B All these teams are lying well non-striker Mitchell Starc if he should opt for Replays suggested the ball would have Mohammad Abbas to Group B, are at the matches. below in the combined A and B a review, but the duo decided against it despite probably struck Lyon outside the line of off the midwicket boundary but did not add to his score fifth position with 24 Vidarbha will be bol- Group standings and are already two reviews remaining in their innings and only stump and he may have been adjudged not out before being caught off his glove by wicketkeeper and cap- points. stered after having defeat- out of the reckoning to enter the two wickets left. if DRS was taken. tain Sarfraz Ahmed while attempting to pull a bouncer Baroda, sitting at the ed 41- time Ranji champi- last eight stage. "That dismissal actually says a lot to me "And as it's shown already that would have from Abbas. ninth spot, would be aiming ons Mumbai by an innings in Mumbai will also be looking about the mindset of this Australian team at the been given not out. Slack and not desperate Mohammad Amir effectively conceded 10 runs in for an outright win against their last game at Nagpur and to put a spirited show to avoid rel- moment. There's no desperation there whatso- enough. You can see where Mitchell Starc is extras off two successive deliveries, with a wide and a no- Karnataka at Vadodara, to keep knocking out the latter from the egation to Group C. ever," Ponting said on Channel Seven. standing at the non-striker's end," he added. ball which both flew over Sarfraz's head. their chances alive of making it to quarter-finals reckoning. This has been a disastrous "Why wouldn't they have had a look at that? "One, look how wide he's standing. There's Hashim Amla was forced to retire hurt on two after the quarter-finals. With veteran Wasim Jaffer season for Mumbai as they have They've still got the two reviews up their sleeve. no need to be that wide in the first place. Nathan being hit on the right upper arm by a ball from Amir If Karnataka post a win scoring with consistency and failed to register a single outright There had to be some sort of doubt in that," Lyon looks up, 'Oh what do you reckon?' 'Oh I which lifted sharply off a good length. against Baroda, then their passage spinners Akshay Wakhare and win. Their batsmen have been out Ponting added. don't know mate. Yeah I don't know. But let's , who made 24 not out, ended the match to the quarters will be easy. Aditya Sarvate in full form, of form and bowlers have also not The former three-time World Cup winning not bother looking. We've only got two (reviews) by hitting two fours off part-time bowler Azhar Ali. The same thing will apply to Vidarbha look favourites to tame been able to recreate the magic. cricketer also slammed pacer Starc, who was at up our sleeve," Ponting said.