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       !" Today-Axis exit poll has pro-    refrained from making any tall confidence that they would jected the Congrrss wresting claims and left the task to their win the Telangana Assembly the State with near two-third Congress. may win 46 seats while the win 50-65 and 66 seats in the +7/C:7A? A?7:< spokespersons. polls. While the TRS stated exit majority by winning as many as However, the Times Now- Opposition Congress may bag 119-member Assembly. TV9 ! ! C97A? A<7AA AICC secretary incharge poll predictions are correct, the 141 out of 199 seats. The BJP, CNX exit poll predicted a 35 seats. ABP News said the Telugu and India Today fore-   !7+!8 ABC: Pranav Jha said as the surveys Congress said there will be sur- it added, may win 55-72 seats. majority for the BJP in MP with BJP may get up to 52 seats cast a tally between 75-85 and have been exhibiting, similar prises. State Congress presi- Times Now-CNX forecast 105 126 seats and gave the Congress against 35 of the Congress. 75-91 for the TRS respectively.  7'   ?;7C;::7B: overwhelming response was dent N Uttam Kumar Reddy seats for the Congress and 85 89 seats. ABP News exit poll However, India Today-Axis Some exit polls saw a  # C@ A: seen among party workers said the People’s Front, com- for the BJP. said the Congress is likely to get predicted the Congress is set to tighter battle between the TRS O +CB79:<79 and the voters in all the poll- prising the Congress, the TDP, However, Republic TV-Jan a majority by bagging 126 end Chief Minister Raman and the Congress-TDP bound States. the CPI and Telangana Jana Ki Baat forecast a tighter race seats. The BJP, it added, would Singh’s 15-year old reign by combine. The counting of votes “The results may be more Samiti, would get over 80 seats between the two parties. It get 94 seats. winning anywhere between for five States, including exciting than the current in the 119-member House gave the Congress and the BJP Exit polls have given a 55-65 seats. The BJP, it said, Mizoram besides the four media surveys and that we will and that exit polls would be 81-101 and 83-103 seats respec- slight edge to the Congress in may be reduced to 21-31 seats. States, will be take place on win all the five States, includ- proven wrong. He said the tively. Chhattisgarh. The half-way All the exit polls said the December 11.     ing Telangana and Mizoram. number could go up if the vot- When it comes to Madhya mark in the 90-seat Assembly alliance of former Chief In Mizoram, the India Appreciate the efforts of exit ing percentage was higher. Pradesh and Chhattisgarh, the is 46 seats. In 2013, the BJP had Minister Ajit Jogi’s Janta Today-Axis My India exit poll   !7+!8BB>C> polls which have given the BJP spokesperson Krishna exit polls are as divided as the won 49 seats, the Congress 39 Congress Chhattisgarh (Jogi) the ruling Indian National  7'   >@7@;;7C?;7CC Congress a clear majority in all Saagar Rao too exuded confi- main contestants — the BJP while the BSP bagged 1 seat. and the BSP may win three to Congress is trailing behind the  ):>:A: the States but as per our feed- dence that exit polls were just and the Congress — though a Here’s a look at all exit poll eight seats, which may help Mizo National Front (MNF). back from our volunteers and an entertainment show and poll conducted by the NDTV results for Chhattisgarh. him to emerge as a kingmaker While the MNF is likely to party workers we will win that this time people has voted showed the Congress ahead in Republic-C Voter predicted in the event of a hung House. secure 16-22 seats in the 40- more. We don’t have any con- for Prime Minister Narendra both the States by a slight mar- 35-43 seats for the BJP and 40- Exit polls were almost member Mizoram Assembly, fusion as is being shown in Modi’s vision in the State. gin... In MP, while Republic 50 for the Congress while the unanimous in predicting that the Congress, that ruled the some of the surveys,” said Congress leader and a TV-Jan Ki Baat gave 108-128 News Nation forecast a close TRS president and Chief State for the previous two Pranav reacting to the exit strong contender for the Chief seats to the BJP and 95-115 to race with 38-42 seats for the Minister K Chandrashekar terms, may secure 8-12 seats.    polls. He was also involved in Minister in Rajasthan, Sachin the Congress in the 230-mem- BJP and 40-44 for the Rao’s gamble of advancing the The Zoram People’s   !7+!8;9;BB the campaign in Madhya Pilot, thanked the voters and ber Madhya Pradesh Assembly, Congress. Assembly polls will pay off and Movement (ZPM) is seen to be Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and expressed his confidence and India Today-Axis said the saf- Times Now-CNX, howev- he will retain power. emerging as a disruptive force +7/;9;BB Rajasthan. said surveys were on same line fron party could win 102-120 er, gave a simple majority to the Republic TV and Times denting the MNF and Congress  # ;9;BB However, Madhya Pradesh and that the results on Tuesday seats as against 104-122 for the BJP in Chhattisgarh, saying it Now forecast that his party will in the State. BJP spokesman Dr Hitesh could be far better.   
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 have elicited objections from trates of Dehradun, Pauri, sites of religious importance. ing with another dominant the tiger got injured in his neck clear and leaves no suspicion various social groups and polit- Tehri, Haridwar, Nainital, To regulate shooting at he three-year-old big cat in male behind the tiger’s death. while trying to break the trap. on the nature sustained and the    ical parties including the Almora and Udham Singh religious centres, the temple TSatkosia Tiger Reserve, The inquiry report which The tiger had died of multiple cause which led to such an      Congress and BJP. Nagar due to law and order committees are also being read- which was shifted from is exhaustive in nature also organ failure resulting from injury. Meanwhile, the State concerns. Maharaj said that ied to first make the film mak- Madhya Pradesh’s Kanha Tiger indicates that the death due to septicemia caused by the mag- This is not adequately    Tourism and Culture Minister personally he believes that ers sign a bond assuring that no Reserve as the part of the poaching calls for various anti- got-infested wound in its neck, addressed during the post-      Satpal Maharaj said that the objectionable scenes should objectionable scenes at reli- country’s first inter-State tiger poaching measures such as said the report which has been mortem,” says the report. State Government will soon not be incorporated in films gious sites will be included in translocation plan in June and monitoring by elephants and submitted to NTCA head draft a policy under which shot at religious centres. the movie, he added. It should found dead on November 14, sensitisation of the locals before Anup Kumar Nayak.  2.4,'2 ! permission will not be granted Kedarnath is revered by Hindus be mentioned here that the was the victim of poaching, more tigers could be shifted to However, when contacted, for shooting any objectionable so a movie with objectionable movie starring Sushant Singh preliminary investigations by a the region. Nayak refused to share the he screening of the movie scenes at religious sites linked aspects will be strongly Rajput and Sara Ali Khan has two-member Central team has As T1 got injured due to details, but sources said that the T‘Kedarnath’ has been to the faith of the people in the opposed as it hurts the religious elicited criticism in revealed. snares, “The case shall have to report also reflects on the State banned by the District state. sentiments of the people. Uttarakhand for reported fac- Asserting that the tiger T1, proceed with investigation officials’ bid to cover up the Magistrates of seven districts in On Thursday evening, According priority to com- tual distortions with some also also known as Mahavir, died accordingly for poaching. To matter as the post-mortem do Uttarakhand due to law and Chief Minister Trivendra Singh mercialisation in the guise of accusing it of encouraging love after it got trapped in snares emphasise, preliminary inves- not adequately address the order concerns. While much of Rawat had chaired meeting of religious faith, film makers jihad. mostly used by poachers, Dr tigation based indicators of cause of visible injury. the movie set against the back- the committee headed by create unnecessary controver-        Amit Mallick, Inspector crime and multiple factors “The analogy and premise drop of the 2013 flood in Maharaj which was formed to sy by including such aspects General of Forest, National involved, indicate that the based to conclude the cause of Kedarnath was shot at locations look into the objectionable which negatively affects social    Tiger Conservation Authority instant case is due to poaching,” death in the post-mortem is not in Rudraprayag and Chamoli scenes in the movie. harmony and the law and order       (NTCA) and K Ramesh from said the report. at all satisfactory and complete. districts, it has been banned in The State Government had situation.       Wildlife Institute of India (WII) T1 got trapped in snare or Importantly, no metal detector the districts of the State where then left the decision to ban He said that the State     "   in their report also apparently other traps set up for wild pig was used before the PM process there are cinema halls. screening of the movie on the Government will draft a poli- rejected various theories that in the area around was initiated. Aspects of the movie District Magistrates. Later, the cy under which permission          Odisha Government had been Brahmi/Kharuani village on “The visible injury as seen including some scenes and screening of the movie was will not be granted for shoot- 
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0 %       fledgling party kept the dissent the temple, revered as the 4.,+5!.+,'.2,' 43' the construction of the tem- down just to be simmering birthplace of Lord Rama, was ple would start in February. within. The scene changed destroyed the Hindus have ),+ 1.!5'H524H',5 4. However, things remained dramatically after the BJP was been longing to see the resus- ,./.,.24,!.5)'2,!'4 shelved for some time as the made to kiss the poll dust after citation of the temple at the site VP Singh-helmed the 1985 election-held in the which they hold as extremely ).2.*1'!4',21',4' Government at the Centre, tumultuous aftermath of Indira sacred.” Earlier, the VHP- running with the outside Gandhi’s assassination. patronised Dharma Sansad ,,'  ',.1'' 1'. support of the BJP and the The party won just two decided to hold the Ramshila 2 ,!"''!+5!",."'5! Communists, sought four *( & +,-& seats out of 224 seats it con- pujas across the country as it months to evolve an amica- tested and Vajpayee himself met in Allahabad in January +5!/.!.2'4.).4.5/4! ble solution to the tangle was defeated from Gwalior 1989 when the Kumbh Mela  !.;@9@ with the concurrence of both he emotive Ayodhya issue constituency by an incredible was on. the communities concerned. Tcoming to fore again with margin. The shell-shocked BJP The first consecrated However, the four-month rising intensity a few months was made to grope for an issue Ramshila brick went to foundation stone was laid at the then sought his blessing and cooling-off period passed off ahead of the 2019 general elec- out of the dark tunnel, a sort of Ayodhya from the revered disputed site in defiance of the guidance on the explosive with the consensus remain-  
  He also discussed matters tion, it is interesting to recall vigorous image makeover to shrine of Badrinath. Besides, it court order. It is alleged that the Ayodhya tangle. The legendary ing elusive. Returning to its pertaining to education, health the mandir movement’s asso- carve a distinct identity of its was in Haridwar that Sri Ram foundation stone was laid with Baba-revered as the ageless stridency, VHP announced 
    and fishery departments ciation with Uttarakhand. But own in line with the ideology Kar Sewa Samiti was set up full complicity of Gandhi and saint-is said to have looked at in Haridwar that the work of   ,  besides the district industry before coming to this, let us RSS had been championing during a sant congregation Tiwari with Buta Singh medi- him benignantly and mur- constructing the temple at centre. look back on the time preced- since 1925, the year it was convened at the behest of VHP ating between the Centre and mured, “My child, let it hap- the disputed site would begin The District Education ing the launch of the move- founded. in June 1989. The sant frater- the State Government to clear pen.” The trio took it as the on October 30 1990.  4',21', Officer (basic education) S D ment. With Vajpayee’s tacit acqui- nity during the congregation in decks for it. saint’s advice to let the foun- Around this time, some- Sharma said that the number of It came up at a time when escence, L K Advani was the holy city called for the con- Let me recount here in dation-laying to happen with- thing momentous happened hairing a review meeting teachers and students in the BJP was mired in the slough of entrusted with the task of steer- struction of the Ram Temple at passing what I read some out any Governmental hin- as V P Singh tabled the Con Friday, the Haridwar schools located in the model Gandhian Socialism, a credo ing the party towards turning the disputed site in Ayodhya years ago, something drance. Mandal Commission report, MP Ramesh Pokhriyal villages was good. He also zealously propagated by its over a new leaf, shedding its where the Babri Masjid, sup- immensely interesting when I do not know whether a craftily crafted move meant ‘Nishank’ discussed the devel- drew the MP’s attention to the first president Atal Bihari wobbly ‘secular’ scruples. With posedly built in 1528, stood. By viewed against the backdrop of what I read is true or not. But to revolutionise the texture of opment of the soil testing lab- paucity of teachers plaguing Vajpayee to lend the newly Advani in the ascendency as October of the same year, 2, Congress’ eternal vacillation I remember having seen a the Indian polity and also to oratory established at several other Government formed party a ‘secular’ iden- the new mascot of the saffron 75,000 consecrated bricks on its tangled, tenuous, frag- front page picture on a lead- take the winds out of the saf- Govardhanpur village. Notably, schools running in the district. tity to silence the ‘communal’ constellation, the party resolved reached Ayodhya. On ile identity, oscillating conve- ing Bengali daily of Gandhi fron sails. Outwitted by the on the public-private partner- Further, he demanded devel- cacophony which haunted the to go the whole hog in the November 9, the foundation niently between ‘secularism’ taking blessing from the Baba deadly blow, threatening to ship mode, a soil testing labo- opment of infrastructure in Bharatiya Jana Sangh, the pre- direction of Hindu consolida- stone of the temple was laid by and ‘soft Hindutva’ pitches. while reverentially standing divide the Hindu society hor- ratory has come up in the the schools running under the cursor of BJP. However, tion. It decided to lend its full a Dalit at a site which was a What I read is that Rajiv with a beaming face under izontally, BJP/VHP/ RSS model village Govardhanpur basic education department. Vajpayee’s move to take the BJP weight behind the emotive stone’s throw distance from Gandhi was taken to a highly the thatched platform the combine decided to go all- with an estimated cost of Former member of the to the ‘secular’ high road had Ayodhya Movement the Viswa the Babri structure. revered saint Devraha Baba by Baba then was living on with out on a damage control 5lakh. With the establish- Mandi Samiti Sanjay Chopra a few takers in the party as well Hindu Parishad-founded in Now, let us come to the Buta Singh and N D Tiwari Tiwari standing near with mission of sweeping the ment of the laboratory, the local during the meeting placed a as in the RSS which is consid- 1060s at the behest of the RSS- Congress’s role during this barely a week before the foun- folded hands and a devotion- Hindu society under the farmers would no longer be proposal of implementing e- ered to be its ideological fount. had been energetically spear- tempestuous time. It was the dation stone was laid. overwhelmed face. cyclonic Ram wave. forced to go to Bahadrabad to Krishi market scheme rolled The critics said that it was an heading. time when Rajiv Gandhi was As the Baba was then liv- It triggered a fierce row at Accordingly, Advani get their soil samples tested. out by the Centre in the dis- attempt to reduce the party to The Ayodhya issue came the Prime Minister, Buta Singh ing on a 12-feet high machan the time with the Left in embarked on his historic In course of the meeting, trict and pressed the depart- a copycat with little to distin- up for the first time in course was the Union Home Minister on the bank of Yamuna he Bengal making it an election Somnath to Ayodhya Ram Nishank reviewed the progress ment to pay more attention the guish it from the ideology the of the BJP’s national executive and N D Tiwari was the chief used to bless his devotees with pitch to demolish the ‘secu- Rath Yatra on September 25 of the three villages adopted mandi samitis run for the ben- Congress professed. But meet held in June 1989. It minister of undivided Uttar his feet touching upon their lar’ pretence of the Congress. 1990 which unleashed fren- under Adarsh Gram Yojna efit of the farmers. With the Vajpayee’s towering stature as clearly stated, sans the least of Pradesh. heads. Rajiv Gandhi paid his Coming back, in January zy in its wake. What hap- from the officers of the zila implementation of the e-krishi the founder and the face of the ‘secular’ ambiguity: “Ever since It must be noted that the obeisance to the saint and 1990, VHP announced that pened thereafter is history. panchayat. He directed them to scheme, the farmers would get build the three villages as mod- more benefits than what they els for the country. are getting now, said Chopra. ( 
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 %/ 0-                  ( long distance for treatment are unfilled partly account for the money for very elementary tests        at the receiving end of the sorry state of things. Besides, the and the like. Governmental apathy. “The paediatrician leaves the hospital The Civil Hospital based in severe staff crunch is staring frequently to attend hearings at Roorkee has also been reeling grimly at the Government-run court where a case involving him under an acute shortage of doc-       )( # * +,-  .  facilities both in the rural and has been going on. tors. The problem is being the city areas,” lamented a The ordeal of the people accentuated by four of them any of the various eminent was one of the major romantic touch of the scenic serenity. the prestigious Padma patient found running about does not end here. Those who being on leave till next year.   writers of this region. Hindi poets and Uttarakhand The period from 1907- Bhushan (1961), Jnanpith the district hospital to get a come to collect medical certifi- The condition of the rural 2.4,'2 ! This great poet’s death can never stop priding itself for 1918 has even been admitted (1968), Sahitya Akademi and doctor to treat his wife down cates often return empty-hand- health centres is the worst where anniversary falls on December having been the birthplace of by Sumitranandan himself, as Soviet Land-Nehru Awards with high fever. ed as many posts of the accoun- the ANMs and nurses are run- umitranandan Pant, the 28. He passed away in the year such an accomplished poet. the first phase of his notable for his immense contribution They say that nearly daily, tants have been lying vacant for ning them. With no gynaecol- S“Bard of Almora” who sang 1977. Pant was born on May 20, writing career. The poems to the Hindi literary scene. His they face the same situation- one long. Ram Kumar from ogist duty, the women who of the beauty of nature in his Kausani and Almora in 1900. His mother died within that he wrote in this phase poetry epitomised the Indian or more departments of the dis- Imlikheda village who came to come for deliveries are not poetry and was one of the shin- Kumaon in Uttarakhand are a few hours of his birth. He was have been compiled together thought of Satyam, Shivam, trict hospital are closed thanks take medical certificate for his assured of safe treatment. ing names of the “Chhayavaadi invariably associated with his given the name Gosain Dutt. and published in "Veena" Sundaram (the true, the good, to the non-availability of doctors. ward who was admitted a few The expecting women who Kavis” will always be the pride name. His initial schooling took place (1927). the beautiful). Pant was the “When those running the days ago shared his agony with reach the primary health centres of Uttarakhand besides being Tourists to the picturesque in Almora. After completing Pant authored twenty poet who effortlessly made the Government claim that the hos- The Pioneer. “I am a contract are referred to the district hos- one of the most well-known region love to visit the museum high school, he moved to eight published works includ- transition from aesthetic mys- pitals are no longer crippled by worker and it is not easy for me pital which is always crammed Hindi poets of our country In raised in his memory at Prayag. He did not like his ing poetry, verse plays and ticism to the temporal. the staff crunch it sounds like a to manage leaves from the fac- beyond capacity with a single December 2015, the then Kausani. However, if the name so he gave himself a new essays. The Sumitranandan In his later writings, Pant mockery of our suffering. tory. I lose my wages for the day doctor often attending to hun- Governor of Uttarakhand Government makes more name —”Sumitranandan Pant”. Pant Gallery is a museum in the aesthete emerged as a With the OPD non-func- if I do not report duty. I have dreds of patients. Dr.K.K.Paul released a memo- efoorts to project his life and He is considered one of the Kasauni, set in the house thinker, philosopher and rial postage stamp on this times, it would be a great trib- shining names of the where the poet was born. The humanist. His finest work, by renowned Hindi litterateur. ute to this classic poet who has Chhayavaadi School of Hindi beauty of the hills where he far, is “Pallav”, a collection of It was indeed a significant been often compared to literature, the others being was born echoes in Pant’s 32 poems written between initiative to remember and William Wordsworth. Students Suryakant Tripathi Nirala, poetic works. After his early 1918 and 1925. honour the venerable tradition in Uttarakhand must be made Jaishanker Prasad, Mahadevi education in Almora, he went It was Sumitranandan of literature that Uttarakhand aware of this glorious literary Verma, Harivansh Rai to Queen’s College in Pant, a close friend of is fortunate to posses. It was for heritage, Bachchan and Ram Dhari Kashi(Varanasi) and then to to Harivansh Rai Bachchan who the first time that a memorial He was born more than a Singh Dinkar. Prayag University. On hearing happened to suggest the name stamp was issued in memory of century ago at Kausani. Pant Chhayavaad (Shadowism) Mahatama Gandhi’s call for for the two Bachchan brothers refers to the era of Neo Satyagraha, he left college. —Amitabh and Ajitabh. He –romanticism in Hindi However, he continued his was like a godfather figure for Literature, particularly Hindi education by reading English, the two. poetry (1917–1938) and was Sanskrit and Bengali Here is an example of a marked by an upsurge of Literature. few lines in the Chhayavad romantic and humanist con- After some time, he went style, from Pant’s poem “ tent. Chhayavaad was marked to Sri Aurobindo’s Ashram at Almore ka Vasant “(Almora by a renewed sense of the self Pondicherry. There was an Spring): and personal expression, vis- undeniable influence after the Vidrum ou, markat kee ible in the writings of that visit to Sri Aurobindo's chhaya, time. It is known for its lean- Ashram and the result was Sone chaandee ka soory- ing towards themes of love and evident in the poems that he atap; nature. Sumitranandan Pant was writing then. Him parisal kee reshmee took to poetry when he was The museum at Kausani vaayu, just seven, and happened to be encloses manuscripts of his Shat ratnachhay kharg studying in the 4th grade. poems, draft copies of his lit- chitrit nabh! Having spent his childhood erary works, articles of his day- (Coral and emerald shade surrounded by natural beauty to-day use, the awards received sun's heat first gold then of the mountains and flora and and also the letters written by silver; fauna; it was only natural that him and received by him. snow mountain scent on it was from here that he got his The compact library in silken breezes, inspiration; for his earlier this museum is worth visiting. a hundred jeweled birds works reflected a sublime Pant was honoured with painting the sky)                                                                                                                                                !        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She took a had tabled its report in the Singh Jeena said that many Jeena told the Minister sion, Vikasnagar MLA Munna cussion on the issue, the he Winter session of the dig at the State Government House on July 16, 2009. “The    /  "  cows in the mountainous areas that the High Court has Singh Chauhan said that cut- Speaker ruled that since the TUttarakhand Assembly was and the ruling BJP, saying that report was not conclusive on   1    have been left abandoned by ordered the Government to set ting across party lines, the Minister has not given a satis- adjourned sine die by the contradictory views are ema- the matter of shifting the cap- their owners due to which up a cow shelter for a cluster Uttarakhand Assembly had factory answer the question Speaker Prem Chand Agarwal nating from the sides of the ital from Dehradun,” he said. they are forced to live in the of every ten villages and no passed a unanimous resolution stood suspended. on Friday. Earlier, unhappy Government and the ruling The Minister admitted that the  2.4,'2 ! open, vulnerable to the attack action has been taken to exe- to declare cow as Rashtra This was the second time over the Government’s BJP on Gairsain. Congress-helmed Government of the wild animals. He cute the order, given the pauci- Mata. “ But the reply of the in two consecutive days when response on Gairsain, the She demanded the State from 2012 to 2017 had initiat- n a major embarrassment for demanded that the State ty of budget. The Minister at Minister is far from sensible,” the Ministers were at the Congress legislators staged a Government to clear its posi- ed some steps to hold Assembly Ithe Government, a visibly Government should firm up a the time suggested that the he said. He further said that it receiving end of the MLAs’ walkout from the House. The tion on the emotive capital sessions at Gairsain which was disappointed Speaker Prem policy for the protection of the MLAs should set up such shel- is common knowledge that the onslaught. leader of the Opposition Indira shift issue. Chakarata MLA later held in makeshift tents. Chand Agarwal suspended a stray cows. In her reply, the ters in their constituencies bovines constitute 99 percent On Thursday, the State Hridayesh raised the emotive Pritam Singh also echoed the Pant further said that the question on the status of cow Minister said that there are 24 from their development fund. population of the stray ani- Education Minister Arvind issue just after the proceedings same and said that the State Assembly building at in Uttarakhand after the House cow shelters spread across the Miffed over the suggestion, mals. Pandey had faced the same in of the House started on the day. Government should give a clear Bharadisain near Gairsain is was left unsatisfied with the State where stray cows are Jeena retorted that he is ready The BJP member asked the House as the MLAs tore She demanded a work adjourn- reply as to whether it is inter- almost ready and reiterated the answer given by the Minister of being kept. She further to set up five shelters in his the Minister as to whether the into him with pointed ques- ment motion under Rule 310 ested to make Gairsain a per- Government’s commitment to State for Animal Husbandry informed that a budget of 2.5 constituency provided the Government has empowered tions to which the Minister for discussion on the issue, manent State Capital or just a hold Assembly sessions there. Rekha Arya. crore has been set aside this Government assures financial some enforcing agencies for failed to reply satisfactorily. given its importance. summer capital. Bhagwanpur The Minister added that All the Congress members MLA Mamta Rakesh and the State Government has set sprang up to their feet when the Jaspur MLA Adesh Singh up a parliamentary study and 01##   23 R4  State Parliamentary Affairs Chauhan also said that the research centre at Gairsain. Minister Prakash Pant object- issue is deeply connected with “Besides, the whole area of ed to their demand of raising the sentiments of the people of Gairsain-Bharadisain is being  2.4,'2 ! is very serious and action Gairsain under the Rule 310. the State which needed imme- developed as a smart city,” he should be taken against the " +     The Independent MLA Pritam diate attention. Congress MLA said. Pant also mentioned that aking cognizance of the officers who are not respond- Singh Panwar also supported from Kedarnath Manoj Rawat the State Government has Tpetition of Congress MLA, ing in time. the Congress members and said that Gairsain as the per- demanded support from the Qazi Nizzamuddin in which -     demanded immediate discus- manent Capital of State is not 15th finance commission on he had alleged that the # 1  #   % sion on Gairsain. just an emotional issue but an building Gairsain. “We have Government departments are      Commotion ensued in the imperative. received a mandate for five not answering the questions   
 House when the BJP MLA Citing the recent events years and a clear roadmap raised by the members under        ed a breach of privilege tus of cow was suspended by from Jhabreda, Deshrak like food poisoning deaths in would be framed on the matter Rule 300 within the stipulated  2.4,'2 ! motion brought by Congress the Speaker. Chauhan charged Karanwal said that the Bageshwar and birth of a child before the tenure of the time frame of one month, the    "  MLA Adesh Singh Chauhan the State Parliamentary Affairs Opposition should allow the on the road in Rudraprayag dis- Government ends,” he said. Speaker Prem Chand Agarwal      he Government faced and sent it for scrutiny. The and Sugarcane Minister question hour in the Assembly. trict, he said that they are a clear However, unsatisfied by directed the Government to    Tanother time of discomfi- decision left the State Prakash Pant for providing The Speaker later ruled that pointer to the need of imme- the reply of the Minister, the ensure that the replies are ture during the proceedings of Government red-faced which wrong information on pay- Gairsain would be discussed diately shifting the capital to Congress members staged a delivered in time. He said that      the House when the Speaker had already faced humiliation ment of dues of sugarcane under Rule 58 later on the day. Gairsain. walkout in protest. the complaint of the member Prem Chand Agarwal accept- when the question on the sta- farmers. 01  % -*  5 3 
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The report  "/  recommends preparation and  2.4,'2 !  2.4,'2 ! implementation of specific    strategies for boosting eco-     eacting to leader of opposi- he Chief Minister nomic growth at the village Rtion Indira Hridayesh’s claim TTrivendra Singh Rawat level as this will generate addi-  2.4,'2 ! that she has proof of graft by released a report prepared by tional income for the resi- people linked to the State the Rural Development and dents. o promote organic farming Government which she will not Migration Commission A vibrant economy at the Tin Uttarakhand, the State make public, the Bharatiya Janata (RDMC) containing recom- level of villages or cluster of vil- Government would soon bring Party State president Ajay Bhatt mendations for strengthening lages will act as a nucleus for an ‘Organic Act’ in the State. has said that she should either the socio-economic develop- socio-economic growth in the The State Agriculture Minister make it public or desist from ment in rural areas of Pauri dis- rural areas. There needs to be Subodh Uniyal had told the making such statements. trict to mitigate migration. focus on unique strengths of House on the second day of the Bhatt said that the leader of Rawat pointed out that steps each area rather than trying to winter session that necessary opposition first said in the needed to stop the migration ameliorate generic weaknesses. legal approval for the Act had Assembly and later while talking and ensure development in The RDMC also recom- been received. to press that those who had con- the district is analysed in the mends giving impetus to both In reply to a question by the ducted a sting operation which recommendation report. agricultural and non-agricul- Jhabreda MLA, Deshraj had recently come to attention The RDMC will not con- tural incomes as income from Karnwal, the Minister said that had also sent the footage to her duct a similar study in Almora service sector has increased in ten blocks in different districts though she would not make it and then in other districts. At comparison to income from ented, motivated and trained so For the next five to ten The report further rec- recommendations for rural of state have been earmarked public. He said, “Such state- the same time, the State traditional and non-tradition- that they can facilitate focused years the focus of such depart- ommends skill development, development, agriculture, fruit for organic farming and 28710 ments are not expected from a Government will work on the al agriculture. socio-economic development ments should be to boost the focus on role of women and cultivation, animal husbandry, farmers in Uttarakhand are veteran who has been a senior action plan for development in Based on advice of experts, of the rural areas which are rural economy in various parts district policy. The RDMC micro, small and medium engaged in organic farming. MLA since the days of undivid- the affected districts with joint different linear departments affected by migration. of the district. report also makes sectoral industries and tourism. He claimed that ed Uttar Pradesh along with hav- efforts of all departments relat- and local residents, plans may Uttarakhand would become ing worked on various vital ed to rural development. The be prepared for clusters of vil- the first State in the country positions. On the one hand she RDMC vice chairman Sharad lages that have similar condi- )'.25!'2/+.5.8.,*2.,.!3!.',2.', .!'!235+'3 where two lakh hectare of land is accusing the Government Singh Negi informed that of the tions. Further, water scarcity, would be brought under organ- while on the other hand, she is 15 development blocks in Pauri roads, quality education and ,.2.!*3'! 'H).,.',.25,+3 .,5/33'".4' ic farming. The Minister fur- herself retracting. What is vital district, there is negative health care are some of the ther said that the Government here is that she also states that she growth rate in the last decade basic facilities which need to be 4'/. 3',+5!25! ,4.,*1'.,+',+H*,5'2*K '3H is promoting organic farming has no proof.” (census 2011) in 12 develop- addressed in the villages of the .2 +'5!'!24.'34+',.',.5 .54.)'+'+3.14+4 more in the mountainous areas. Bhatt further said that the ment blocks. district. While responding to a supple- State Government is working in Even though the district The changing climate also !..25).'22,..2!4./33'".54.2,+ mentary question by the proper manner and there is accounts for 10.17 per cent of needs to be addressed as it has Vikasnagar MLA Munna Singh no such thing which can be used the total geographical area of emerged as a major factor of 4.+4'!"!"+3 '.'35!..25).'22,..2'4'. .,".2 Chauhan on steps taken for to defame or pressure the the state and is the fifth most concern, particularly in Pauri marketing of the organic pro- Government. Hence, there is no populated district, it accounts district where a considerable '' '5,'+5,5+5!+.,!*',+ 3',3H!' ,2,+14.,. duce, the Minister replied that question of any such controver- for only 4.23 per cent of the part of the rural areas are '+5!2.,')3.',54., ,'3',.'',.35+'.2!4. )7 mandi samitis have been sial sting operation proof being state’s GDP. Data shows that located in the sub-tropical directed to purchase all the there. Despite this if Hridayesh there has been a significant region. Agrarian economy will ,5+'3,."5!'",','!.+5!5 H133).4.15,'.+.2)H organic produce of the farm- claims to have a copy of the said migration from rural areas of be the worst affected by climate ers and they would take sting operation, she should either the district. Out migration has change. +3 '.+4'!". required measures to market make it public or take back her taken place in 1025 out of a The staff of all the linear the organic produce. statement, stressed Bhatt. total of 1212 Gram Panchayats departments needs to be re-ori- ,!(% 
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    On the one hand, this step parade at the prestigious Indian Notably, Madhya Pradesh, will enhance the convenience of Military Academy (IMA) on the second biggest State of       tourists arriving here from Saturday when 347 Indian and India, would contribute only   across India and abroad while 80 Foreign Gentlemen Cadets 10 GCs in the passing out con- on the other hand, the local would pass out from its famed tingent of officers. Another youth will have access to infor- portals to become officers in big state Andhra Pradesh (AP)  2.4,'2 ! mation related to adventure the Indian Army and the would be sending only four sports. Information will also armed forces of friendly officers. he Uttarakhand Tourism provided about river rafting nations. The disinterest of the peo- TDevelopment Board and travel and trade registration The passing out contin- ple of Gujarat in serving in the (UTDB) has appointed an so as to encourage the local gent would comprise 306 GCs armed forces is clearly evident adventure sports officer in youth towards self employment from 143 regular course and as this time too just four GCs Rishikesh. The appointment in this sector. Further, the 41 from the Technical are from the State. has been made in order to take appointment of the adventure Graduate Course (TGC). The States of Chhattisgarh care of the interests of those in sports officer will also help in Among the FGCs, 49 are from and Jharkhand which were the white water rafting busi- organisation of programmes Afghanistan, 15 from Bhutan, created along with ness, facilitate swift redressal of necessary for skill development five from Maldives, five from Uttarakhand in the year 2000 problems faced in the sector for those interested in adventure Tajikistan and two each from also have less representation and ensure disciplined opera- activities. Nepal, Srilanka and Vietnam. with only two and six GCs this tion of the river rafting busi- It is pertinent to mention Among the passing out time respectively, despite ness. KS Negi, who has been here that while Rishikesh is contingents, smalls States like being much bigger in area and appointed the adventure sports known internationally as a des- Haryana and Uttarakhand population than Uttarakhand. officer will shortly assume tination for those interested in continue to be on forefront charge at the tourist informa- Yoga, in past years it has also when it comes to send its men  7     tion centre in Rishikesh. gained popularity as a destina- to serve in the armed forces of   This will enable redressal at tion for those interested in river the country. From Haryana, the local level of complaints of rafting. While this develop- 51 youngsters would become  2.4,'2 ! Indian Military Academy, a The Display was wit- showed dare devil acts on their physical prowess the local stakeholders and those ment is bringing tourists from officers on Saturday while 26 Multi-Activity Display was nessed by a large gathering of horseback, which included through their gymnastic agili- involved in the rafting business. across the nation and abroad to from Uttarakhand would be howcasing the high stan- conducted at Somnath spectators which included the tent pegging, trick riding and ty and acrobatic skills. The State’s Tourism secre- Rishikesh for river rafting, it is part of passing out contingent. Sdards of the training and Stadium on Friday as a pre- Passing Out Course, their show jumping. Further, a per- It culminated with the tary Dilip Jawalkar informed also growing as a viable medi- Uttar Pradesh with 53 physical excellence achieved lude to the Passing Out parents and relatives. formance was put up by the performance by Gatka and that this step had been taking in um for employment. GCs leads the table while by the Gentlemen Cadets of Parade. The Gentlemen Cadets Gentleman Cadets showcasing Bhangra Team. %# $#'%#( *"%+,-./+    #4

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He said that the Election Commissioner Jagpal 6    $#  holding of 2.5 to 5 acres. Capt Amarinder Chief Minister had promoted Singh Sandhu said on Friday.     The amount is being trans- announced that as many as 2.15 welfare of the farmers through With the announcement, ferred directly to the accounts lacs small farmers of the debt waiver scheme and ful- the Model Code of Conduct       of the marginal farmers of Cooperative Banks would be filled his poll promise to them. has come into force immedi-      commercial banks directly and covered in the 3rd phase, while Lambasting Akali leader ately, Sandhu said, adding that the process will be completed 50752 small farmers of Sukhbir Singh Badal for ridi- it will be in force till the com-     by Saturday, the Chief Minister Commercial Banks would be culing the debt relief pro- pletion of the electoral process.    said at a state-level function, covered in the 4th phase. gramme of the state govern- He further said that the        where he symbolically handed Underlining the need to ment, Jakhar said that they process of filing the nomina- over debt relief certificates to 25 export sugar and potatoes to should introspect first on their tions would commence on     farmers. Central Asian countries, the own deeds of 10 years. December 15 and conclude  6    $2 The farmers covered in Chief Minister said that he had He said that Punjab had on December 19. this phase belong to Patiala, written to the Prime Minister witnessed a steep decline in the The nomination papers Ludhiana, Sangrur and dis- Narendra Modi to include products. He disclosed that a international standards and lashed out at the previous number of farmer suicides, would be scrutinised on tricts Fatehgarh Sahib. these items in the export list, special campaign to ensure resultantly, farmers were get- SAD-BJP for devastating the which was nearly 1000 in a year December 20 and the date for 17,268 polling booths, he said. Capt Amarinder said in the which was cleared just yester- balanced use of fertilisers had ting better prices of Basmati. state's economy and bringing during the SAD-BJP rule but withdrawal of the nominations Sandhu said 13,276 next phase, farmers having day. If the Government of led to reduction in Urea and This year, farmers are getting Punjab under enormous debt had had now come down to as well as the allotment of Sarpanches and 83,831 Panches landholding of 2.5 to 5 acres India allows Punjab to export DAP consumption by 1 lac MT 3600-4000 per quintal as burden. Due to the misdeeds 250-300 due to the pro-farmer election symbols to the candi- will be elected by 1,27,87,395 would get debt waiver towards these products, sugarcane and and 46,000 tons respectively against 2600-3000 last year, he and visionless policies of SAD- initiatives of the Capt dates is December 21, he said. registered voters, of which both cooperative and com- potato farmers of the state during Kharif-2018 as com- added. BJP government during its Amarinder Singh Government. The voting would be held 66,88,245 are male, 60,66,245 mercial banks. He also reiter- would be immensely benefit- pared to the previous year. Capt Amarinder said the decade long rule, the out- Cabinet ministers on December 30 from 8 am till are female and 97 belong to the ated his commitment to waive ted, he added. Captain This, he said, resulted in net state, in collaboration with standing debt had increased Manpreet Singh Badal, Tript 4 pm and the votes will be third gender. off the loans of the landless Amarinder Singh expressed saving of about 200 crores. experts from Israel and PAU, more than fourfold, to Rajinder Singh Bajwa, counted on the same day, he The State Election labourers in the subsequent concern about the problem of He said a campaign was would lay special focus on 2,08000 crore, by the time Charanjit Singh Channi, Sham added. Commissioner further said phases of the implementation spurious seeds, agri-chemicals launched to educate the farm- water conservation so that this their term ended. Sunder Arora, Vijay Inder A total of 86,340 personnel that the expenditure limit for a of the waiver scheme. and other inputs that reach the ers about judicious use of agro- precious natural resource could Former Union Minister Singla, Gurpreet Singh Kangar, will be deputed on election candidate contesting for the He said waiver upto 2 farmers and said his govern- chemicals on Basmati. As a be conserved. Preneet Kaur lauded the Balbir Singh Sidhu, amongst duty with 40 to 50 observers to post of Sarpanch was 30,000 lakh had been given to all the ment was maintaining a strict, result, the quality of Basmati In his address, Mandi Punjab Government for taking others were present int he ensure smooth and peaceful and for the post of Panch, the marginal farmers and also to 24X7 vigil to check sale of such grain had started meeting Board Chairman Lal Singh its prestigious debt relief pro- function. conduct of the polls at the limit was 20,000.  6   3% 3%   # .0           #  & 7  
  ) Chandigarh: Two assistant  9  sub-inspectors of the Punjab   +4'!2"',4 party last month, Ajay had on Our political outfit will contest Police were killed and another November 17 announced to form a both Lok Sabha and assembly polls in two injured on Friday when n a repeat of sequence of events wit- separate political outfit while address- Haryana next year, Digvijay added.  +4'!2"',4 7     / their car rammed into the back 178  Inessed on November 17, the day ing his supporters in Jind. On the Ajay’s political outfit is likely to      of a truck due to low visibility Indian National Lok Dal had officially same day, his younger brother Abhay be named “Jannayak Janta Party”. The aryana Tourism Minister .#     caused by heavy fog near split; both the factions of INLD will Chautala had held a parallel meeting word Jan Nayak has been taken from HRam Bilas Sharma on Barnala district. Chandigarh: Punjab Health and Family stage a show of strength at their in Chandigarh with current MLAs Ajay’s grandfather Chaudhary Devi Friday said that the Madhogarh     The deceased ASIs, Gurmit Welfare Department on Friday handed respective events on December 9 in and MPs, ex-MLAs, ex-MPs, senior Lal who was also addressed as Fort in south Haryana would 
8  Singh and Malkit Singh, were over appointment letters to 215 special- Haryana. party leaders, district president, com- Jannayak Devi Lal. be renovated and developed as    7  on way to Patiala for duty from ists doctors at a function in Mohali. While the former INLD leader mittees presidents and party workers, Dushyant, Digvijay and their world class tourist spot. Muktsar, along with two other Jaspal Kaur, Director Health Services gave Ajay Chautala alongwith his sons in an apparent show of strength and mother Naina Chautala, who is an “For this purpose, first      colleagues, when the mishap away the appointment of letters to the newly Hisar MP Dushyant and INSO chief to refrain them to attend Ajay’s event MLA from Dabwali have held sever- instalment of Rs 30 crore has 7     occurred near Handiaya town recruited specialists doctors on behalf of Digvijay will be launching his sepa- at Jind. al meetings across the state to mobi- already been approved. The 
     in Barnala. Health Minister Brahm Mohindra. rate political outfit on December 9 at On the same day on December 9, lize people for the Jind rally. Madhogarh Fort and The two other ASIs, Sadhu Among the specialists doctors who were Jind, Leader of opposition and both the Chautala brothers will now The rebel INLD MLAs, Anoop Mahendragarh Fort would be      Singh and Rashpal Singh, suf- given appointment letters, included 40 doctors INLD’s senior leader Abhay Chautala be holdings separate events to Dhanak from Uklana and Rajdeep developed on the lines of ,      fered injuries in the accident specialists of anaesthesia, 23 of paediatricians, has convened a party meeting at announce next course of action of Phogat from Dadri had also held Mughal Garden of Pinjore,” the and were rushed to hospital. 12 of dermatology, 20 of orthopaedics, 14 of Chandigarh, Haryana’s capital on the their respective political outfits. meetings with their supporters to Minister said after presiding Police said the car in which pathology, 14 of ENT, 20 of psychologists , 23 same day. Ajay, who is currently in Tihar jail ensure large number of people at the over a meeting with senior offi- develop this circuit. In this the ASIs were travelling hit the of surgery, 21 of medicine, 10 of gynaecolo- Ajay and Abhay are sons of INLD alongwith his father OP Chautala, rally. cers of the Department, here. regard, he had met Union rear of the vehicle after the gists, 2 of TB and Chests, 2 radiologists, 8 eye patriarch Om Prakash Chautala. serving a 10 years jail term in the JBT On the other hand, Abhay The state would be taken to Minister of State for Tourism truck driver applied brakes. specialists. Founded by former Deputy Prime (junior basic teacher) recruitment Chautala has convened party execu- top level in terms of tourism and Culture, Mahesh Sharma Punjab Chief Minister Capt Similarly preferences were taken from the Minister Devi Lal in October 1996, scam, is likely to be out on parole to tive committee meeting on December and for this, there would be no several times in Delhi, the Amarinder Singh expressed 229 MBBS doctors newly recruited doctors the INLD is currently the main oppo- address the Jind rally. 9 at Jat Bhawan here. dearth of funds, he said. Minister said. grief over the death of the two for the allotment of stations. These MOs have sition party in Haryana. Digvijay Chautala, while talking All national and state executive Sharma said that under He also said that the devel- policemen and wished speedy already been given the appointment letters. Notably, OP Chautala had to the mediapersons in Jind on Friday committee members, current and the ‘Swadesh Darshan Yojana’ opment of ‘Madhogarh- recovery to the injured ASIs. In Jaspal Kaur said strength of the health expelled three family members from said that the name and flag of new former MPs, MLAs, general secre- of the Central Government, the Mahendragarh-Narnaul- a condolence message, the chief department has enhanced manifold with the the party—first his grandsons Hisar political party will be formally taries, zila presidents, committees’ State Government has been Rewari Heritage Circuit’ would minister expressed his heartfelt recruitment of biggest lot of specialist and gen- MP Dushyant and Digvijay, and then launched on Dec 9 here. presidents and other party leaders taking significant steps to accelerate the pace of develop- sympathies to the families of the eral practitioners. She said the government elder son Ajay—for alleged “anti- More than 1500 INSO members have been directed to be present at the develop ‘Madhogarh- ment of south Haryana. This deceased policemen. According has recruited record number of staff nurses, party activities”. have been given responsibility to meeting. Mahendragarh-Narnaul- tourism circuit would not only to a MeT department official, multipurpose health workers male and class The breakaway faction of INLD oversee arrangements during the Abhay Chautala’s decision to con- Rewari Heritage Circuit’ as benefit the districts fog had enveloped many parts four employees for the Health Department. led by Ajay Chautala will launch a rally, he said. vene a party meeting on the same day world-class tourism spot. Mahendragarh and Rewari, of Punjab in the morning PNS new political outfit on December 9 at After Dec 9, the party will launch is seen as a move to refrain party lead- It is expected that expen- but would also benefit neigh- including Amritsar, Ludhiana, Jind. its membership programme across ers and workers to attend his elder diture of about Rs 100 crore bouring districts Bhiwani and Patiala, Sangrur, Barnala, Following his expulsion from the the state, he said. brother’s rally at Jind. would be incurred to fully Gurugram, he added. Bathinda and Faridkot. PNS 5
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District, in which the Lord he was also booked in the case   4, /'!'!4' ,' ready for a compromise talk Constitutional structure” of issuing unpopular orders lead- She said barring a few parties, Ayyappa temple is located, related to the alleged attack on A bench headed by Chief inside the Speaker's chamber. Jammu & Kashmir. ing to unnecessary chaos and all mainstream political parties till the charge sheet in the case the woman pilgrim. Justice Ranjan Gogoi said the he Congress-led opposition "We had yesterday Addressing a press confer- confusion. were unanimous in not accept- is filed and furnish a bail The woman pilgrim, who State Government's fresh plea TUDF disrupted proceed- informed the House that we ence at her official residence Mehbooba said Governor ing Governor Administration’s bond of 2 lakh. had come to the against the appointment of a ings in the Kerala Assembly on were ready for a compromise Mehbooba expressed dismay Malik’s orders regarding J&K decisions which were tanta- During the hearing, the Sannidhanam for the three-member panel would be Friday, demanding discussion talk with the government over the reports that the Bank to become PSU and mount to encroach upon the State Government had strong- 'choorunu' (rice feeding cer- taken up in regular court. on the Sabarimala temple issue, inside the Speaker's chamber. Governor administration was attempts to fiddle with the sensitive matters relating to the ly opposed the relief, saying emony) of her grandchild, The Kerala High Court leading to an early adjourn- However, it seems like the mulling to separate Ladakh procedures to issue State special status of J&K within the Surendran, if released on bail, was blocked and allegedly recently appointed a three- ment of the House. government is not keen on region from the administrative Subject certificates besides Constitution of India. would attempt to incite vio- attacked by angry devotees on member panel to oversee secu- UDF MLAs entered the solving the issue," Chennithala alignment with Kashmir withdrawal of Roshni Act are Mehbooba said that Roshni lence at the hill shrine. November 6, during a special rity and other arrangements at House carrying black banners told reporters Friday. province by according “divi- tantamount to encroaching Act was repealed at a time This is the second case puja, suspecting her to be in the historic hill-top shrine in and sought withdrawal of Three UDF MLAs - V S sional status” to the region. The upon the sensitive matters per- when impoverished people like related to the Sabarimala the "barred" age group of Kerala following recent inci- police restrictions at Sivakumar of Congress, sparsely populated Ladakh taining to the people of State. Gujjar and Bakerwal tribals protests in which the 10-50. dents of violence there. Sabarimala. Parakkal Abdullah of IUML region comprising Leh and Referring to purported were expected to benefit from it. BJP leader had been Sabarimala had witnessed The State Government had Today's session, which and N Jayaraj of Kerala Kargil districts is part of proposal of separating Ladakh “The high and mighty granted bail. violent protests by a section of earlier sought the transfer of began at 9 AM lasted only 18 Congress (M) - are on an Kashmir division that forms from Kashmir’s administrative took advantage of the legisla- He was initially arrested devotees against the State pending petitions from the high minutes after Assembly indefinite satyagraha outside one of the two provinces of the control she questioned the tion and when the turn of poor on November 17 from Government's decision to court to the Supreme court. Speaker P Sreeramakrishnan the Assembly hall since embattled State. Governor’s promptness in pur- people came to get benefits, it Nilackal, base camp, while on implement the September A five-judge constitution decided to adjourn proceed- December 3 demanding with- “We oppose the proposal to suing these administrative was scrapped,” she said. way to the Sabarimala Temple 28 order of the Supreme bench headed by then Chief ings due to Opposition protest. drawal of prohibitory orders in accord divisional status to changes. She said such sensitive Roshni Act offered propriety after he attempted to defy Court, allowing entry of Justice Dipak Misra said in a The Speaker told protest- and around Sabarimala. Ladakh region. But if the matters and issues should be rights over State land against prohibitory orders and refused women of all age groups into 4:1 verdict that banning the ers that the matter was already However, the Kerala High Governor administration left for the elected Government fixed prices. to go back despite a request the shrine. entry of women into the shrine taken up by the House earlier Court had Thursday said deems it necessary, then the to discuss and decide. The money collected by from the police. The BJP has criticised the is gender discrimination and and the Chief Minister had police restrictions and pro- same status must be accorded Mehbooba said indepen- the State was supposed to be Surendran was granted bail state government over the the practice violates the rights given a reply. hibitory orders were not affect- to Pir Panjal and Chenab Valley dent Ladakh Autonomous Hill invested in power projects. in the case on November 21 by arrest of Surendran. of Hindu women. PTI Leader of Opposition Ramesh ing devotees. regions in Jammu province,” Development Councils have Earlier, the Peoples she said. been put in place for both Democratic Party asked Mufti said that Governor Kargil and Leh districts in view Governor to stop fiddling with Malik after taking reins of of the required mechanism to the constitutional status of J&K 77 %   J&K as Head of State has taken ensure socio economic devel- till a popular Government was  
 

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  9;  <9    9-    '  "Quit Kashmir" movement to the equitable development of all," demand for "greater autono- the BJP leader said.   '  port for that person, who   '!! , According to police, the he BJP hit out at National my", every move of the NC had Gupta claimed Abdullah had made all the preparations brother was allegedly beaten up TConference chief Farooq been communal and divisive. had launched a tirade against ational Conference presi- for swearing in ceremony, welve people, including a by the accused at Palakkad, Abdullah, claiming he had no "The carving of Muslim the BJP because the Modi Ndent Farooq Abdullah he said. Tlocal DYFI leader, have where he had gone to confront moral authority to accuse it of majority districts of Doda and Government had ignored the Thursday sought early conduct Without naming the BJP, been arrested in connection him. “divisive politics” as his party Kargil, division of Jammu family to an extent that they of elections in Jammu & the NC chief lamented over "ill- with the alleged sexual assault The accused had got in was the harbinger of commu- region into Chenab Valley and were engulfed with frustration Kashmir, apprehending that conceived" decisions on GST of a school girl by several men touch with the girl, a student of nal and divisive politics in Pir Panjal region on communal and desperation. the BJP may attempt to get and demonetization, saying for a number of days at vari- class 10, by creating a fake pro- Jammu & Kashmir. lines, changing names of towns, "The ever declining vote- these delayed for the "fear of these have "choked" avenues of ous places in Kannur district file of a woman on social State BJP spokesperson Anil villages and historical monu- share coupled with Kashmiri imminent defeat" due to its employment and growth by after enticing her through media. Gupta told reporters that people ments, demographic invasion youth's abhorrence for his party "misgovernance and failure" adversely affecting industries social media, the police said On November 19, she was did not take Abdullah serious- of Jammu, expulsion of and the rising graph of the BJP in keeping up the promises. and related sectors. on Friday. taken to a lodge at ly anymore, but he continued to Kashmiri Pandits, Roshni Act, has shaken Abdullah so much "Hold elections and the aged infrastructure, opening Even the state like Jammu and The girl's father was also Parasinikadavu, a temple town issue statements hoping that neglect of Sufism, resettlement that his statements often are people of Jammu & Kashmir, of schools, strengthening of Kashmir could not escape from among those arrested, a police on the banks of Valapattnam the sinking boat of his dynastic act and permanent residents irrational and illogical," he not New Delhi, will choose health institutions, function- the ill-effects of anti-people poli- official said. river in the district and alleged- party might find some sympa- bill were some examples of the claimed. the Government they want for ing of the various utility ser- cies perused by the Centre. He The Democratic Youth ly sexually assaulted by four thisers willing to take it ashore. divisive mindset of the NC and "Another example of NC's themselves," Abdullah vices etc. said the institutions have been Federation of India (DYFI) is people, police said, adding the "The NC has no moral Abdullahs," Gupta claimed. divisive politics is the demand said while paying homage to In 2000, he claimed his destroyed by deploying RSS peo- the youth wing of the CPI(M), lodge manager was arrested for authority to accuse the BJP of Reacting sharply to for greater autonomy which has BR Ambedkar at a function Government provided a "record ple in these, thus compromising the ruling party in Kerala. failing to inform police about divisive politics since the NC, Abdullah's remarks, Gupta divided the state communally held at Sher-e-Kashmir 1.50 lakh jobs" to educated with their identities. "Sixteen FIRs have been the offence. under his father Sheikh said, "If protection of the and regionally as well. The Bhavan here. unemployed. "This all happened He said he had pitched for lodged in five different police Based on the girl's state- Mohammad Abdullah, was majority's interests is divisive demand was opposed tooth He said a stable and strong because of the strong and stable opening of Kailash-Mansarovar stations... We believe there are ment, the first FIR was lodged the harbinger of communal according to Farooq, then what and nail by the BJP, Congress Government alone can lead the Government," he added. route via Ladakh, which howev- over 20 accused. We are ques- and a case under the Protection and divisive politics in Jammu would he term the NC- and NPP. State to peace and development. Abdullah complimented er did not happen. He hoped that tioning more people," Kannur of Children from Sexual & Kashmir which was being Congress votebank politics "The people of Jammu and The alliance on crutches, Governor Satya Pal Malik for Modi would consider taking up SP Shiv Vikram told PTI. Offences (POCSO) Act regis- pursued by his heirs assidu- which is based on playing Ladakh are opposed to any sort he said, does not suit the State, dissolving the Legislative this issue with Beijing. The incident came to tered, the police said. ously," he said. Hindus and Muslims against of autonomy and favour total which is facing numerous chal- Assembly and ending the five Abdullah also assailed light in the first week of In a similar incident, Abdullah had Thursday each other?" integration of State with the lenges and exuded confidence months' era of "confusion and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister December after one of the another minor girl, charged the BJP with divisive He said the BJP's policy Indian Union," Gupta claimed. that National Conference will suspense with BJP desperately Yogi Adityanath for showing accused called the victim's apparently a friend of the vic- politics in the country and was justice for all and appease- He also attacked Abdullah get a "massive" mandate. trying to manage support for "least concern" over the killing brother and demanded tim, was allegedly sexually asked Prime Minister Narendra ment for none. "It doesn't dis- for terming BJP leaders rob- Referring to the landslide installing a particular person as of a police officer in 50,000 threatening that he assaulted by some people, Modi to be tolerant. He had criminate on the basis of reli- bers, and reminded him that he victory of NC in 1996, the chief minister". Bulandshahar by a mob. had some nude shots of the police said, adding two FIRs also accused the BJP of "mas- gion, region or caste. The was one of the main accused in Abdullah said a discernible Even the visit of BJP gen- "Instead of visiting the family, girl and would post it on have been registered in tering communal divide". Narendra Modi Government at Jammu & Kashmir Cricket transformation was brought eral secretary Ram Madhav to Yogi chose to attend a sports social media. this regard. The BJP leader said from the the Centre is committed to Association scam. by re-building terrorism dam- Srinagar failed to garner sup- event," he alleged. %# $#'%#( *"%+,-./+    #<

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If encounter in December 2006 cancel his tour to "important political leader", they come here and say some- after the law-enforcers claimed Ahmednagar district presumably then chief minister thing else, it's not your fault. he tried to escape from custody.    )' and fly to his home    )' and current Prime Minister You did your job.....both sides Later, the police had city of Nagpur in a Narendra Modi. did their job well....your work named 33 persons as accused nion Shipping Minister special aircraft, special CBI court will in all Initially, there were in all 38 Inspectors, Head Constables is over, my work starts now." in the case. Shah, who was Uand senior BJP leader Gadkari continued Alikelihood deliver the ver- accused in the case. Of them, and Constables of Gujarat and The CBI, however, main- Gujarat Home Minister at the Nitin Gadkari fainted and near- with his programme dict in the case of alleged twin 16 has been discharged — 15 Rajasthan. tained that they have enough relevant time in 2005, the then ly collapsed on a stage at an an hour after the fake encounters of notorious by the special CBI court and During the course of the material to prove that both the Home Minister of Rajasthan agricultural university convo- incident. criminals Sohrabuddin Shaikh one by the Bombay High trial, 210 witnesses were encounters were genuine. and several Gujarat IPS officers, cation function in Ahmednagar both the Governor and As scheduled, Gadkari vis- and Tusliram Prajapati and Court. examined, of which 92 turned However, the defence counsels lower police officials from both district in western Gadkari also came to the min- ited the Saibaba temple at rape-murder of Kausar Bi, on The accused discharged in hostile. in the case stated that the states besides Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, following a drop ister’s help. Shirdi. Talking to media per- December 21. the case include BJP’s current When the court recorded Prosecution had failed to prove were among the accused. in his sugar levels. A diabetic, Gadkari was sons after taking “darshan” of Two days after the national President and then their statement under Section the case beyond reasonable Several police officers from Sixty-one-year-old Gadkari offered chocolate and water. He Saibaba at the temple, the min- Prosecution and defence Gujarat Minister of State for 313 of the Code of Criminal doubt. Gujarat were among the 33 felt uneasy when the national was later examined and attend- ister said: “I fell suddenly ill as lawyers wrapped up their final Home Amit Shah, Rajasthan Procedure, all the accused had During the last phase of the accused in the "fake" encoun- anthem was being played at the ed to by a team of doctors that my sugar level dropped. arguments, Additional Sessions Home Minister Gulab Chandra claimed innocence and said trial, a prosecution witness ters of Sohrabuddin Shaikh, end of the convocation func- rushed to the scene immediate- Owing to lack of oxygen, I felt Judge SJ Sharma — who pre- Kataria and high-profile they were arrested because of Azam Khan, who too is a Kausar Bi in November 2005 tion of Mahatma Phule Krishi ly afterwards. The doctors, who a bit suffocated. Later, I got my sides over a special CBI court— Deputy Inspector General DG the rivalry among top police criminal under custody, told and Prajapati in December Vidyapeeth (MPKV) at Rahuri attended on him, described his blood sugar and blood pressure noted that he would in all Vanzara, who headed the Anti- officials and other factors stem- the court that Sohrabuddin 2006. in Ahmednagar district. condition as “stable” and he was checked and the reports were likelihood deliver the judge- Terrorism Squad (ATS) and ming then prevailing political might have had a role in the The alleged Sohrabuddin Having lost his balance, returning to normal. fine. I am better now and there ment on December 21. known for several encounters, situation in Gujarat. murder of the then Minister of fake encounter case was trans- Gadkari- with his eyes open – The incident took place is nothing to worry”. "I need around 14 days. I Superintendent of Police On the last day of final State for Home Haren Pandya, ferred to Mumbai in September was seen to be on the verge of after he delivered a speech “Several well-wishers called am sure I will finish it by 21st Dinesh MN and arguments in the case, CBI who he claimed had been killed 2012 at CBI's request for fair collapse. However, standing for nearly half me and made anxious enquiries December. If I don't complete Superintendent of Police counsel BP Raju admitted that on March 26, 2003, at the trial. In 2013, the Supreme Maharashtra Governor C an hour. about my health. I am grateful by December 21st, then I will Rajkumar Pandian. there had been "lacunae" in the instance of Vanzara. Court had clubbed Tulsiram Vidyasagar Rao, who was next Having flown in into the to all of them,” Gadkari said. pass the judgement on 24th All the IPS officers, arrest- Central agency's investigation It may be recalled that Prajapati's encounter killing to him, caught hold of him and temple town of Shirdi in an Politicians from different December.... But I am very sure ed for the twin encounters, as they took over the case five Sohrabuddin, a “dreaded crim- case with that of Sohrabuddin. helped him sit on the chair. helicopter, Gadkari had driven political parties made enquiries that I will be able to complete have been discharged. years after the alleged incidents. inal”, and his wife Kausar Bi In December, 2014, Special The video footage of the down to Rahuri for the func- about his health and wished my work by 21st December," In all, 22 accused were "The Sohrabuddin were killed in an alleged fake CBI Judge MB Gosavi in event showed Gadkari standing tion earlier in the morning. Gadkari a speedy recovery. the Judge said. tried during the trial. They encounter took place in 2005, encounter in November 2004 Mumbai discharged Shah and up for the national anthem, In a tweet put out later in "Sometimes hard work takes a The alleged fake encoun- included two Deputy while the Tulsiram encounter by the Gujarat Police near 16 other co-accused, citing then slowly dropping back the afternoon, Gadkari said: toll on health! @nitin_gadkari ters of notorious gangsters Superintendents of Police, happened in 2006. We came in Gandhinagar in Gujarat. The either lack of sanction for pros- down towards his chair and the “Had slight medical condition ji please take care. I wish you a Sohrabuddin and Tulsiram and Senior Inspectors, Inspector, picture in 2010," Raju told the case assumed considerable ecution or insufficient evi- Governor helping him sit on due to low sugar. I have been very good health!!," NCP pres- disappearance of the former's Sub-Inspectors, Assistant Sub- court. public importance owing to the dence against them. the chair. Some of the aides of attended by doctors and I am ident Sharad Pawar tweeted. +)6--* %&() 38     ! 
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Investigation Team (SIT) and 4 54.,* other right wing cohorts iden- (Intelligence) SB Shirodkar president despite intermittent According to preliminary        Special Task Force (STF) tified as Shikhar Agarwal, was received but no further speculations of his exit, but he reports, "ISI spy came on the     " probing the flare-up are now 451./.,*2.!.2 Upendra Raghav etc. action had been taken. is probably the only Congress radar of the intelligence agen- verifying the role of a serving 4!/53/. .! Senior police officials Briefing media persons boss of a State who did not get cies as he was regularly shar- ground network. Army personnel who figures brushed aside questions on in Lucknow on Friday, IG a team of his choice. ing videos of vital security "Several local youth, who in the videos shot during the been despatched to Srinagar their arrests, saying that (Crime) SK Bhagat said, “Yes, Despite completing more installations with his "He was found gathering came in contact with him, violence. in Jammu and Kashmir to arrests would be made only ADG SB Shirodkar submitted than two years in office, Pakistani handlers sitting information on the establish- would be subjected to sus- The violence left identify the Army personnel after adequate evidence was a report and the competent Babbar has so far failed to get across the border". ments of J&K police,armed tained interrogation to expose Inspector Subodh Kumar and quiz him for establishing gathered about their officers are going through it.” his team approved from the Police has seized his mobile forces and army deployment their nefarious designs", a Singh and a local youth his role in the killing of the involvement. However, Bhagat refused Congress brass. Not just phone and other material evi- within hilly Kishtwar district", senior police officer in Sumit dead. inspector. Beside the Army man, to share details claiming that Babbar, even AICC general dence to carry out thorough the police statement said. Kishtwar told The Pioneer. The investigators appre- Meanwhile, Defence offi- the SIT, while scanning it was “confidential” and secretary and in-charge of UP, investigation in the case. According to police, "ISI Intelligence inputs also hend that the Army man, cials also issued a release videos, also identified anoth- could not be discussed. Ghulam Nabi Azad, also failed Official sources in spy was regularly sharing revealed that the Pakistan who was on leave and present confirming that the role of an er youth and prime accused The report could not be to convince the mandarins Kishtwar claimed he was also videos with his handlers sitting based banned organization was in his native village of Army man was under Yogesh Raj’s aide standing handed over to Chief Minister and get a new team approved found in touch with Harkat-ul across the border". using this ISI agent to carryout Mahwa in Bulandshahr on the investigation. with a handgun with the mob Yogi Adityanath for necessary for Babbar so far. Mujahideen militant outfit in He had also come in con- terror attacks on belt forces in fateful day, might have shot “The police had contact- that attacked the inspector. action as he was away in New During Babbar’s tenure, Pakistan and was acting as per tact with Harkat-Ul- the region. the cop. ed the Northern Command His identity was established as Delhi and did not return till only names of AICC members their diktats. Mujahideen organization and Kishtwar police claimed The suspect was present and fullest co-operation is Hemant of Naya Bans, also in late Friday evening. from UP were finalised that the According to Kishtwar was found gathering informa- Sehran Sheikh had confessed in Mahwa village on Monday being extended. Details would Chingrawati. The IG (Crime) further UPCC chief failed to release to police, "the arrested youth has tion on Police, armed forces his involvement behind shar- but returned to Kashmir to be released by the police at an The police said that said that the SIT nabbed four the media. been identified as Sehran and security establishments ing videos of vital security join duty the very next morn- appropriate time after positive Hemant had often been seen more accused, not named in Earlier, Arun Kumar Singh Sheikh alias Abu Zubair S/O of for terrorist attacks. He was also establishments of para-mili- ing. His mother, however, identification. Since the mat- brandishing handgun during the FIR, and were making ‘Munna’ could not appoint a Ghulam Abbas Sheikh R/O of found creating sleeper cells in tary forces on Pakistani denied his involvement. ter is under investigation, no various agitations in the efforts to arrest the remaining team of choice but he remained Malipeth Kishtwar". the region to strengthen their numbers. A team of UP police has other comment can be district. accused. UP Congress chief for less than a year. Interestingly, even as the $#2> (? +- ( party slumped to its worst poll :  9   performance under Raj Babbar, the Congress bosses did not take a call on his 0-         removal or extend his term by 69    providing him with his pre-  3 + !51 government, Akhilesh said, ferred team. “The BJP claims to have pro- amajwadi Party chief vided crores of LPG connec- Lucknow: Chief Minister Yogi Pradesh, Rajasthan, SAkhilesh Yadav along with tions to poor people across the Adityanath emerged as the Chhattisgarh and Telangana are his father Mulayam Singh state but very few people have most sought after star poll being seen as the a semifinal Yadav formally kicked off the the money to refill the empty campaigner as he addressed 74 before the 2019 Lok Sabha elec- poll campaign for 2019 Lok cylinders.” election meetings in the last 21 tions. The BJP used star cam- Sabha elections from The SP chief reminded the days in four poll-bound States. paigners led by Prime Minister Ferozabad on Friday. gathering that Prime Minister The poll results of these Narendra Modi in these elec- Akhilesh was elected to Narendra Modi had promised states will be announced on tions. Among the other cam- Lok Sabha from Ferozabad to double farmers’ income but December 11. In an informal paigners, Yogi Adityanath was seat in the 2009 general election there was no let up in the plight chat with this reporter, Yogi the most sought after. and at present his cousin and of potato growers as they were recently said that the public Yogi addressed 17 rallies in SP general secretary Ram forced to either go for distress response was quite enthusiastic Madhya Pradesh, 23 in Gopal Yadav’s son Akshay sale or throw the commodity wherever he addressed rallies. Chhattisgarh and 26 in Yadav represents the con- on highways. “The election campaigning Rajasthan. He also campaigned stituency. In the 2009 general elec- was hectic but the response of in Telangana and addressed The launching of poll cam- failure to deliver on promises Making a fervent appeal to tion, Akhilesh Yadav success- the people made my visits eight rallies there. Yogi’s over- paign from Ferozabad is polit- made during the 2014 general the voters for supporting sitting fully contested from two Lok worthwhile,” Yogi told this all tally of poll meetings was the ically significant for Samajwadi election and demonetisation of MP Akshay Yadav, the SP Sabha seats—Kannauj and reporter at his 5, Kalidas Marg highest for any star campaign- Party as Akhilesh’s estranged high value currency notes. patron said, “Akshay Yadav is a Firozabad — but vacated the official residence in Lucknow. er of the Bharatiya Janata Party. uncle and bitter rival Shivpal Address a meeting held to bright young man who will Ferozabad seat later. His wife “At some places, the The saffron clad Mahant of Singh Yadav is likely to contest launch the SP poll campaign, serve your interests well. I Dimple Yadav had contested response was unexpected. All Gorakhnath temple spoke on from the seat in the 2019 Lok Mulayam said, “The 2019 gen- have never seen such a huge the by-poll but was defeated by grounds were full of audience Ram and Hindutava in his Sabha poll. eral election will decide the turnout in a poll meeting in Raj Babbar of Congress. and the people waited for me speeches and even created a con- Shivpal has floated his destiny of India. The BJP has a Ferozabad and this will defi- Cautioning the locals, despite I being late for the troversy by terming Lord party — Pragatisheel lot of fund and you can counter nitely send a good message Akhilesh said, “I had contest- meetings at certain places. Hanuman as a Dalit. His one- Samajwadi Party (Lohia). it only by your hard work and across UP and also in neigh- ed election from this seat and Going by public response, the liner ‘Ali and Bajrang Bali’ made Both Akhilesh and sweat. Take a firm resolve to bouring states.” Dimple too but some people BJP is bound to do well in these headlines when he said ‘Aapko Mulayam targeted the dislodge the BJP in the 2019 Targeting the welfare misled you, so take care this elections,” Yogi said. Ali mubarak, hamare liye to Bharatiya Janata Party for its polls.” schemes launched by the BJP time.” The elections in Madhya Bajrangbali hi kaafi hain’. PNS %# $#'%#( *"%+,-./+    #@ -+" " &&(- ' #$6   E2    6  6  $*-> *%+ =          ! 2   %R #  1 % 8          #    .
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No animal shall be used for any per- formances or exhibition at any circus or                 mobile entertainment facility.” Not only      -             ( that, it has defined circus as “a large public               entertainment, typically presented in one or more very large tents or in an outdoor or )     S   "        ( indoor arena, featuring exhibitions of                    pageantry, feats of skill and daring, perform-      %  # S    64        ing animals, among others.” The draft notification comes in the wake %         (     64   of a number of developments, including rec-                    "  ommendations from the Animal Welfare       3?        S   -  Board of India (AWBI) and Central Zoo with more animals than the through its End Circus Suffering scribed for comments from the Authority of India (CZA), which have been numbers registered, used bull- campaign, which has been stakeholders. The Ministry       %                entrusted by the MOEF&CC to discharge, on hooks to control and train ele- endorsed by organisations like must not be deterred by such an                       its behalf, important regulatory functions phants and make animals per- the Born Free Foundation, Four engineered effort and make   #                   ( regarding the use of animals in circuses. form unnatural tricks that could Paws, Animal Concern, Asia for the draft a part of the rules. The                    ( Besides, under the Performing Animals injure or maim them for life. Animals and more than 200 basic message inherent in the (Registration) Rules, the AWBI is the desig- Citing Article 51A (g) of the '! '3! national organisations. use of animals in circuses is that                     *++0 nated authority for registering performing Constitution — which lists All these organisations have humankind can capture, !         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They are — sometimes even during the Government to stop the use '!2 5 spend their entire lives in close Our Treatment of Animals and          +        ( performances — beaten with sticks, of animals in circuses and make 2./.35 contact with humans in an the Holocaust, Charles Patterson                whipped, poked with sharp metal rods appropriate legislative amend- unnatural, stressful environ- writes, “once animal exploita-                 (sometimes rusted). Bull hooks — heavy ments preventing their use in cir- ')!5, '3 ment.” The process of training is tion was institutionalised and batons with sharp metal hooks at one end cuses for all time to come. savage, animals are kept chained accepted as part of the natural                   ( — are used on elephants despite being The proposed ban comes in ).4'/5 , and caged, with barely room to order of things, it opened the                    ( banned. 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With an area ,.+5"!.2 sea being extremely rough, all of us trav- rettes and some cheap clothing. against Andy Roberts and I think he of less than two square miles, it is, perhaps, too elled without life jackets as none was avail- The ‘bashas’ became extremely hot in scored one of the finest centuries of his #       %  !  * * #    ! .8.!+. insignificant for any geographical atlas to have recog- 35+'.2 able. It had already become dark and we the afternoon, and as such, I had my bed career at Eden Gardens.            E   ) nised its existence. Located in between the Little were still not ashore but the crew and the organised in the open with a net, under Even as this dilemma continued and           "       ).1..!4. Nicobar and the Great Nicobar, its population con- 33.!+5)', old out board engine were giving their a coconut grove. In the afternoon, when my anxiety was turning into disappoint-          L    sisted entirely of the Shompen tribals and was esti- best. The last about 200 yards had to be there was some breeze, I became busy with ment, good news came. The administra- F  GLFH         %  # mated to be only 75 in 1971. '!24.",.' waded through and ruined my uniform. my books and cricket commentary. We tion had chartered a private boat which         B?? %    < #  The message from Kondul disclosed that a few !+5)',* It also became amply clear as to why all spent another two hours in the evening picked me up from Kondul and dropped =   LF             poachers had landed on an isolated portion of the 5 3'5! our men, who had come to receive their for training and this went on for three- me at Car Nicobar on the evening of New  3?          #          island and when they were challenged by the police, +5!.2 SP, were only in shorts and barefoot. Some four days. Year’s day of 1975. From Car Nicobar to         they had fired with automatic weapons. A decision .!,.3H54. were even in tucked-up lungis. But we did The only means of communication Port Blair, it was virtually a home run and   (       +     was taken to strengthen the post and provide them 45 .! manage to unload the entire baggage, with the outside world was through a a hassle-free comfortable 20-hour journey. with light machine guns. Accordingly, we made use including gifts for tribals and ordinance radio and daily reports were being sent The seas had again become calm and        %$   4?    # ,)'3'!2 of the Chief Commissioner’s inspection boat MV 1'. '.2 in a dry condition. to the headquarter. Later, after the placid and it was as if one was lazing in - K     +       ( Tarmugli and I left for Kondul. Enroute, on the high The first evening I shared my dinner completion of the task in hand, I asked a blue lake, with all the anxieties and  -                5).5!3H>: seas, in our territorial waters, there was an !;@>; with the men as we had not unpacked. for a boat to be sent to pick me up for apprehensions fading away into the past.          "   ( encounter between the poachers (who were from Also, I had to borrow the bed, along with the return journey. On the morning of Another good news was that India had   .     . F 1      ( Thailand) and our vessel. Firing from our side result- the mosquito net, from one of the jawans. day four, a Naval petrol boat INS Pulicat won at the Eden Gardens.       1         ( ed in the death of one and injuries to two others. Our men were stationed in thatched bam- was deputed for the purpose; it did reach Back in Port Blair, in the New Year,       #         Later, their vessel was boarded and poachers boo ‘bashas’ with large sized mosquitoes Kondul but was at least 4 km away from a lot of reports had to be prepared which       2 0         arrested for further proceedings. This party then left for company. One of the ‘bashas’ had been the shore. Due to very rough conditions were sent by the administration to the         RE  <S for Port Blair, while I continued towards Kondul. cleared for my exclusive use. In the at sea, it was unable to get any closer. Ministry of Home Affairs. It was specif-             N The sea around the Nicobars is known to be absence of any electricity, one had to use From this side, I was advised against tak- ically mentioned that the coastal the most placid from the end of December, the petromax and curtail the bedside read- ing the rickety fishing boat that far. I patrolling, which hitherto used to be the              through January and February. But contrary to ing at night. Coconut water substituted for could see the naval vessel at anchor but responsibility of the local police, should +            #  expectations, that day, the St George’s Channel bottled drinking water that is often used could do nothing as all communications be taken away as there were hardly any      (      2   ( between the islands of Little Nicobar and the Great these days. were through Port Blair. My messages resources or expertise. It was also suggest-                 Nicobar, where Kondul is located, was extremely As the sun in these areas rises early, used to go to headquarter at Port Blair, ed that a specialised agency be assigned                ( rough. In any case, in the absence of a jetty, MV even by 5 am, it used to be very bright from where they were communicated on this task. I feel that our inputs from Port                   Tarmugli had to anchor about three kilometres away and warm. The training programme for phone, to the office of NOIC, from Blair of early 1975 would have definitely  R*    # S  - #       from the coast line. It was already twilight hour and the jawans stationed there and the new where they communicated with the boat. played some role in the establishment of                  as the fishing boat, which was to take me ashore, contingent commenced in right earnest, The boat must have waited for about the Coast Guard in 1977.   #             came alongside, it could be observed that the boat the sea beach being the only open space three to four hours and then left. It was And today as I write after 44 years, I      #           ( appeared to be taking in some water through a gap available. Our training session could not a great disappointment but then there am told, Kondul, the tiny speck in the Bay of Bengal, that virtually ceased to exist for        F           in the flooring and I just could not imagine how I last for more than two hours, the sun was no other option. So I went back to would jump into the fishing boat which was at a being very hot with penetrating UV the cricket commentary and books. This some time after the 2004 tsunami, has %                 much lower level. But I managed somehow. My rays. Later, quite some time was also went on for a couple of days. Next morn- resurfaced, almost having a rebirth.              ( cook Moidu along with the additional men fol- spent on investigating the site of land- ing again, almost coinciding with sun- (The writer is a retired Delhi Police         lowed. Unloading heavy baggage in a rough sea with ing and searching for spent ammunition rise, INS Panvel came to pick me up, but Commissioner and former Uttarakhand           a difference in the levels of boats can be very tricky cases. Used cigarette packets, besides we were unable to leave the shore due Governor)       %    8             D    E   7(*&,)A        !!" E #   D    E   

ments that were inspired by the writ- Maududi had described the political a large Muslim middle-class audi- famous Islamic scholar Shibli Nomani. non-violent personal struggle. ings of men such as Pakistan’s Maududi, expression of Islam as ‘Islamic ideolo- ence, as opposed to those formulated At 16, Maududi left school and after In 1932, Maududi published his Egypt’s Hassan al-Banna and Sayyid gy’. He insisted that politics was inher- by other religious outfits such as his father’s demise, began his career as first book, Towards Understanding Qutb, and Iran’s Ruhollah Khomeini. ent in Islam and could not be separat- Majlis-i-Ahrar and Jamiat Ulema-i- a journalist. Even though he was asso- Islam, and emerged as a theologian Interestingly, only Khomeini was alive ed from faith. But this idea was most- Islam. This was mainly due to the fact ciated with a newspaper owned by the who slammed the interpretations of when the term was coined. Early ly rejected by ‘Muslim modernists’ who that Maududi’s turn towards studying JUI-Hind, Maududi did not exhibit Islam’s sacred texts by Muslim mod-  33/ *- “political Islam” was fuelled by the intel- claimed that such thinking could only Islam did not come by studying at a tra- any overt signs of religiosity. Binder ernists. He also managed to upset lectual pursuits of these men. However, lead to the creation of a totalitarian ditional madressah. writes that all the while Maududi was many ulemas by claiming that they bul Ala Maududi was once one by the 1990s, political Islam mutated theocracy. This was observed by mod- Maududi was born in 1903 in devouring books on Islamic law and didn’t have the tact to impose the of the most influential Islamic when the movements that it had ernists such as Khalifa Abdul Hakim, Aurangabad, India, into a family that history and also studying the works of sharia in 20th century conditions. Ascholars in the Muslim world. A inspired fragmented and took upon a Justice Munir Malik, Field Martial Ayub had relations with the modernist European philosophers. He hadn’t Maududi continued to fall in and out prolific author and thinker, he is said more militant and violent shape. In his Khan, Dr Fazalur Rahman Malik and, Muslim scholar Syed Ahmed Khan. grown a beard till after 1932. Binder with the Pakistani establishment till    to have given shape to what began to 2016 essay, The Sectarianism of the to a certain extent, by ZA Bhutto. According to Professor Irfan Ahmed, wrote that Maududi was also fond of the 1970s. He was sentenced to   be known as “political Islam.” Ironically, Islamic State, H Hassan wrote that the According to Leonard Binder’s Khan convinced Maududi’s grandfa- wearing Western clothes. death in 1954 and, in 1964, his party this term was first used almost exact- fragmentation gave birth to a new set 1961 book, Religion and Politics in ther to enroll his son (Maududi’s Irfan wrote that Maududi was banned. But his ideas became the    $  ly a year after Maududi’s demise in of ideologues that uprooted “political Pakistan, this idea was also derided by father) into Khan’s Muhammadan enjoyed cinema, theatre and music. foundation upon which a protest +O  ##  1979. Coined by American scholar Islam” from its intellectual grounding. the more traditionalist Islamic outfits, Anglo-Oriental College in Aligarh. Vali Nasr, in his book, Maududi and movement against the ZA Bhutto  
#+   Martin Kramer, the term first appeared They introduced a more takfiri and mil- but for different reasons. They accused The father became an enthusiastic the Making of Islamic Revivalism, regime was launched in 1977. in his 1980 book, Political Islam. The itant dimension to the discourse of Maududi of trying to “create a new supporter of Khan’s modernist ideas. wrote that Maududi’s wife, Maududi supported the reac-  $4  book investigates the emergence of political Islam. This led to the creation creed.” Binder added that this was But incensed by the “liberal” and Mahmudah Begum, “was quite lib- tionary military coup against Bhutto L  #  Islam as a political idea after the with- of a number of violent and even anar- mainly because Maududi did not “Westernised” lifestyle of the students erated.” She did not observe purdah. and saw it as a vessel through which 1
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Tdecided to indict Nissan as pensation by another four bil- '  P obtain secrets from customers, “Nissan has recently found well as its former chairman lion yen ($35.5 billion) over the    though he pointed out little was several non-conformities that Carlos Ghosn and another last three years. known about concrete cases. may have caused inaccurate executive as early as next week The new accusation is also “It’s not a good sign when pass/fail judgements during over alleged financial miscon- expected to be announced next  ), .3 companies have to open their the inspection process,” the duct, a report said on Friday. week. systems for some kind of secret company said in a statement, The report comes amid Japanese prosecutors said he European Union and its services,” he added. “As normal adding it would “promptly” speculation that Ghosn and his they could not comment on the Tcitizens should be “worried” ordinary people of course we recall as many as 150,000 units right-hand man Greg Kelly report and Nissan said only about telecoms giant Huawei have to be afraid.” in Japan. will face new allegations relat- that it was cooperating with the and other Chinese firms that Experts in the US see It confirmed that improp- ed to under-reporting of the prosecutor’s office. cooperate with Beijing’s intelli- Meng’s arrest last Saturday as a er tests were carried out on auto titan’s compensation. “The company has been... gence services, a senior EU offi- toughening stand in brakes, speedometers and The pair were arrested on Fully cooperating with its cial warned on Friday. Washington on dealing with other systems before shipment November 19 on suspicion of investigation. We will contin-   53 '' vice-chairman Pravir Pandey just 1.5 meters draft — a cru- European Commission Chinese tech firms amid long- at its domestic assembly plant. conspiring to understate ue to do so,” spokesman said. cial factor for inland waterways’ Vice President Andrus Ansip standing concerns over Nissan plans to notify Ghosn’s pay by some five billion Nicholas Maxfield told AFP. o make shipping on nation- Pandey was speaking to success at least in the NW-I that issued the remarks after Meng cyberespionage. authorities of the recall on yen ($44 million) in official fil- Neither Ghosn nor Kelly Tal waterways more lucra- reporters on the sidelines of a stretches from Haldia to Wanzhou, Huawei’s chief finan- Recent US federal law already Thursday, it added. ings during the five years up to have yet been officially charged, tive, Inland Waterways shipping conclave organised Varanasi. cial officer and daughter of its bans military and Government The manufacturer was March 2015. and they deny any wrongdoing. Authority of India (IWAI) has by the Bengal Chamber of IWAI has assured draft of founder, was arrested a week use of devices made by Huawei forced to recall more than one The Nikkei business daily Ghosn’s November 19 taken up a pilot project to Commerce & Industry here. 2.8-3 metres till Patna but fur- ago in Canada at Washington’s and fellow Chinese firm ZTE over million vehicles last year after reported Friday that Ghosn and arrest in Tokyo shook the busi- demonstrate methanol as mar- Methanol can be a game ther upstream there is draft request. security concerns. admitting staff without prop- Kelly would likely be indicted ness world, where he has long itime fuel, a top official said changer as the cost of the fuel issues which can be as low as The White House did not Federal regulators are also in er authorisation had conduct- on those allegations as soon as been a highly regarded top Friday. is just 26 a litre and the 2 meters. specify why she was detained the process of implementing ed final inspections on some Monday, when their current executive. The nodal agency for roadmap was shown by Union IWAI is also working on but mentioned longstanding rules that would bar Huawei for units intended for the domes- detention period expires. In Japan, Ghosn was cele- inland waterways has decided transport minister Nitin freight villages at Sahebgunj US concerns over Chinese firms rolling out fifth-generation, or 5G, tic market before they were The daily said prosecutors brated as a charismatic business to place an order to retrofit Gadkari, Pandey said. and Varanasi for which it has using stolen intellectual prop- networks in the United States. shipped to dealers. had decided that Nissan was also leader who saved Nissan from work boats and new cargo ves- IWAI is also working on already taken land between erty and how Beijing acquires Huawei has denied any The latest recall represents responsible for the alleged finan- the brink of failure and rebuilt sels with engines that can run fuel bunkering facilities in 100 and 300 acres that will pro- information technology. ties to the Chinese another blow to the company, cial wrong-doing and would it as a money-making sub- on methanol. intervals of about 500 km on vide infrastructure to support “Do we (in Europe) have to Government, but many in which has been rocked since bring charges against the firm. sidiary of Renault. “We are placing order for the entire 1,600 km Haldia- volumes. be worried about Huawei or Washington are sceptical. Ghosn was arrested on Under Japanese law, pros- But since his shock arrest, 3 work boats to retrofit engines Varanasi stretch for ships on Freight village is an area other Chinese companies?” Huawei is meanwhile fac- November 19 on allegations he ecutors can hold suspects for he has been removed from the and 6 low draft cargo vessels of methanol. where all activities relating to Ansip asked during a press ing bans for 5G contracts in under-reported his salary by up to 22 days while investigat- boards of Nissan and 1,000-2,000 tonnes capacity to Methanol’s volume is high- transport, logistics and distri- conference in Brussels. Australia and New Zealand, millions of dollars over five ing a single allegation. Mitsubishi Motors. Cochin Shipyard that will use er than diesel. bution of goods are carried out “Yes, I think we have to be and British telecom group BT years. 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There was and positive global cues. it is focusing The rating downgrade con- ing the Global Venture Capital phenomenal change in the At the Interbank Foreign on sustain- siders delays in the implemen- Summit in Goa, attended by infrastructure after that,” he Exchange (forex), the rupee able, safe and tation of the proposed liquid- over 100 investors from across claimed. opened on a firm note at 70.58 green devel- ity initiatives by the manage- high risk of default regarding FY19 (1,700 crore), FY20 the globe keen on start-ups. Prabhu, who also holds against the US dollar and opment of ment, further aggravating its timely servicing of financial (2,444.5 crore) and FY21 “There is no market, which the portfolio of civil aviation surged further to touch a high road projects in the country. in the way of safe system for liquidity, as reflected in the obligations, as per the agency. (2,167.9 crore). is exciting as India...This is a minister said, “In the aviation of 70.44 during the day. “Despite pressure of con- road users. delays in employee salary pay- These long-term ratings The company is undertak- new phase in Indias growth sector, we have created 100 air- The local unit finally settled structing road infrastructure The safety of road users, ments and lease rental pay- of Jet Airways were assigned by ing various liquidity initiatives, story,” Prabhu said inviting ports and we will add 100 for the day at 70.82, higher by with speed, NHAI is focusing workers as well as environment ments to the aircraft lessors, the Icra to 698.9-crore NCDs which includes, among others, investors to participate in this. more in the next ten years time 8 paise over its previous clos- on providing safe, sustainable, protection, he said, are a mat- agency said. programme, 4,970 crore of equity infusion and a stake The Minister said phe- with the investment of $65 bil- ing price. accessible, clean and green ter of concern during con- Significantly, the Naresh long-term, 645 crore of long- sale in Jet Privilege Private nomenal growth will take place lion. The story is similar in On Thursday, the rupee mobility in the country,” NHAI struction activities worldwide. Goyal-promoted full service term, fund-based facilities, and (JPPL), and the timely imple- in every sector. Noting the roads,” he pointed out. lost 44 paise against the dollar Member (Projects) RK Pandey “NHAI is fast changing its carrier has been in the red since 700 crore of long-term and mentation of these initiatives is drive of infrastructure creation Prabhu said that when he to close at 70.90. was quoted as saying in a state- contract system and has set up the March quarter of the pre- non-fund based facilities. a key rating sensitivity, said Icra. in the country under the held the responsibility as power Forex dealers said the local ment. a high powered committee in vious fiscal. Facing severe liq- The ‘A4’ rating is assigned Airline chief executive offi- Narendra Modi-led minister, the country was fac- unit recovered lost ground A sustainable mobility in the MoRTH to clear the pro- uidity crunch, the airline has to securities that are considered cer Vinay Dube reportedly had Government, Prabhu said this ing a deficit and questions tracking weakness in American the country, he said, will jects as per requirements,” he been defaulting on payment of to have minimal degree of last month told the his pilots is a dire need for such a large were asked on how India will dollar against some currencies address a lot of issues coming added. salaries to its senior staff, safety regarding timely pay- that the airline was expecting country. become powerful without overseas following reports that including pilots and engineers ment of financial obligations. to have a new investor on “The Government has to power. the Federal Reserve could slow since August as well as to some Such instruments carry very board in the next two to three invest more than 10 per cent on “We made one law that down its pace of interest rate of the vendors. high credit risk and are sus- months. infrastructure year after year. brought in $250 billion in hikes next year. Jet Airways in a regulato- ceptible to default. It has also sought $ 350-bil- That is because we failed to do investments in a matter of a The Financial Benchmark ry filing also confirmed the rat- According to Icra, Jet lion soft loan from its invest- it in the past,” he said indirect- decade. Today, India from India Private Ltd (FBIL) set the ing downgrade by Icra. Airways has large debt repay- ment partner Etihad Airways to ly blaming the former being power deficient, is a reference rate for the rupee/dol- Instruments with ‘C’ rating ments due over the next four tide over the liquidity crisis for Congress-led Governments at power surplus country,” he lar at 70.5663 and for are considered to have very months (December-March) of the time being. the Centre. boasted. rupee/euro at 80.2245.    $ #  # #  #" 

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Adani Ports, Bajaj Auto, The rupee appreciated by Sacquire the Central govern- because of resistance from billion (over 12,700 crore) in accruals, with USD 300 million John Kelly, IBM senior enchmark indices broke Infosys, Asian Paints, Maruti, 24 paise to 70.66 against the US ment’s stake in SJVN Ltd, but Himachal Pradesh government. an all-cash deal. of debt, HCL Tech said, adding vice-president, Cognitive their three-day falling HUL, L&T, M&M, ICICI Bank dollar in intra-day trade amid the Himachal Pradesh gov- We are discussing it,” the official The transaction, subject that nearly half of the total Solutions and Research, said: Bstreak on Friday driven and Reliance Industries, rising weakness in the greenback ernment has expressed some said. to “completion of applicable amount would be paid at close “We believe the time is right to by upbeat global cues, recov- up to 3 per cent. against some currencies over- reservations relating to this If the acquisition goes regulatory reviews”, is slated to of the deal. divest these select collabora- ering rupee and a surge in Top losers were Sun seas. transaction, an official said. through, this would be the third close by mid-2019, HCL This is the biggest acquisi- tion, marketing and commerce Kotak Bank shares on reports Pharma, Coal India, Yes Bank, Oil prices eased further on At the current market price, such transaction amongst Technologies said in a state- tion for HCL Tech till date, and software assets, which are that Berkshire Hathaway may PowerGrid and NTPC, sliding worries that a meeting of Opec sale of 63.79 per cent stake in Central Public Sector ment. among the largest by an Indian increasingly delivered as stand- pick up a stake in the lender. up to 2 per cent. and non-Opec producers will SJVN would fetch the Centre Undertaking (CPSEs). In The deal entails seven tech company. The acquisition alone products. At the same The BSE Sensex rallied “Indian equity market had not agree to an output cut. about 6,700 crore. SJVN is a January, ONGC bought gov- products in areas including also reflects HCL’s ambitions time, we believe these products 361.12 points, or 1.02 per cent, turned cautious during the Brent crude, the international joint venture between the Centre ernment’s entire 51.11 per cent security, marketing and col- for software products busi- are a strong strategic fit for to close at 35,673.25. week, profit booking was evi- benchmark, was trading 0.72 and the Himachal Pradesh gov- stake in oil refiner HPCL for laboration solutions, and rep- ness — considered to be the HCL, and that HCL is well Similarly, the broader NSE dent in anticipation of the final per cent lower at USD 59.63 per ernment, with a joint holding of 36,915 crore. On Thursday, the resents a total addressable mar- next growth frontier for IT positioned to drive innovation Nifty jumped 92.55 points, or outcome of the state elections, barrel. 90.63 per cent. At the end of Cabinet cleared PFC buying ket of more than USD 50 bil- companies. and growth for their cus- 0.87 per cent, to 10,693.70. a precursor of the general elec- Meanwhile, on a net basis, September, Centre held 63.79 52.63 per cent stake in REC, for lion, HCL Tech said in a regu- The software products in tomers.” However, both the indices tion. foreign portfolio investors per cent stake in SJVN, while HP an estimated 15,000 crore. latory filing. the deal include Appscan (for Shares of HCL ended lower for the week. The “Domestic market (FPIs) bought shares worth government held 26.85 per cent. The government has already “IBM and HCL Techno- secure application develop- Technologies dived 5 per cent Sensex fell by 521.05 points, or rebounded today along with 72.47 crore on Thursday, An official said the discus- mopped up over 32,000 crore logies today announced a ment), BigFix (for secure on Friday after the company 1.43 per cent, while the Nifty global market, which has light- while domestic institutional sions were going on for purchase from CPSE disinvestment so far definitive agreement under device management), Unica announced acquisition of select lost 183.05, or 1.68 per cent, ened up, hoping for a resolu- investors (DIIs) were net sell- of Centre’s stake in SJVN, but in the current fiscal. The budget which HCL will acquire select (for marketing automation), IBM software products for during the week. tion of US-China trade war. ers to the tune of 389.78 Himachal Pradesh government target has been set at 80,000 IBM software products for Commerce (for omni-chan- USD 1.8 billion in an all-cash Kotak Mahindra Bank was Opec’s decision to delay the crore, provisional data available had some concerns. crore. USD 1.8 billion,” it said. nel eCommerce), Portal (for deal. the biggest gainer on both the final resolution to cut oil out- with BSE showed. With this acquisition, HCL digital experience), Notes & The stock dropped 4.98 indices on Friday, spurting put caused prices to fall, boost- Elsewhere in Asia, Korea’s Tech will get software products Domino (for email and low- per cent to close at 961.55 on nearly 9 per cent following ing sentiments in India,” said Kospi rose 0.34 per cent, Japan’s     P   in areas of marketing, com- code rapid application devel- BSE. Intra-day, the scrip had hit reports that Warren Buffett’s Vinod Nair, head of research, Nikkei gained 0.82 per cent, merce, security and collabora- opment), and Connections (for a low of 935, down 7.6 per Berkshire Hathaway Inc was Geojit Financial Services. Shanghai Composite Index 45,555   tion, a “highly profitable rev- workstream collaboration). cent. planning to pick up a stake in Investors took positive cues edged 0.02 per cent higher, enue stream” containing a sig- HCL and IBM have an On NSE, the stock the private sector lender. from Asian and European equi- while Hong Kong’s Hang Seng New Delhi (PTI): State Bank of India on Friday said it had nificant annuity component, ongoing intellectual property slumped 5 per cent to close the According to media ties after US Fed Chairman shed 0.35 per cent. received shareholders’ approval to raise up to 20,000 crore through and access to over 5,000 large partnership for five of these counter at 961.9. During the reports, Berkshire Hathaway Jerome Powell signalled that In Europe, Frankfurt’s sale of shares. Shareholders’ approval was sought “to create, offer, clients across industries and products. trading session, the scrip had may invest between USD 4 bil- the three-year tightening cycle DAX rose 0.85 per cent and issue and allot such number of equity shares for an amount not geographic markets, along with “The products that we are touched a low of 934.45 and lion and USD 6 billion in the was drawing to a close, and Paris’ CAC 40 gained 1.40 per exceeding 20,000 crore... by way of public issue (i.e. follow on pub- sales and marketing teams, acquiring are in large growing a high of 1,000. lender by buying promoter IMF chief Christine Lagarde cent in early deals. London’s lic offer) or private placement, including QIP/GDR/ADR and/or the filing said. market areas like security, mar- A total of over 1.10 crore stake or through a preferential saying that the US was not like- FTSE too jumped 1.53 per any other mode or a combination(s) thereof, as may be decided HCL Tech chief financial keting and commerce which scrips were traded during the allotment. ly to see an economic contrac- cent. by the board,” it said in a regulatory filing. officer Prateek Aggarwal told are strategic segments for HCL. day on the stock exchanges.

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He akistan is keen to have a The prime minister said Fthousands of police officers vest” movement, in reference to said none of the students were P“proper relationship” with Pakistan was not “hedging” and closing landmarks includ- the fluorescent safety outfit injured. the US similar to Islamabad’s towards China, rather it was ing the Eiffel Tower and the French motorists keep in their The rioting has also had an all-weather ties with China Washington’s attitude which Louvre as authorities warned cars. economic impact at the height rather than being humiliated had brought a change in the that anti-government protests Amid the unrest, some of of the holiday shopping season. and treated like a “hired gun”, bilateral relationship. on Saturday could be even the protesters, French union Rampaging groups last week- Prime Minister Imran Khan The cricketer-turned- more violent than the ones that officials and prominent politi- end threw cobblestones has said. politician rejected the notion have crippled the country for cians across the political spec- through Paris storefronts and The ties between that he was “anti-US”, saying weeks.                  trum have urged calm espe- looted valuables in some of the Washington and Islamabad that disagreeing with “According to the infor- cially as French President city’s richest neighborhoods. strained, especially after Washington’s policies did not mation we have, some radical- At the height of the festive one of the biggest retailers in Emmanuel Macron agreed to The national Federation President Donald Trump, while make him “anti-American”. ized and rebellious people will shopping season, many Paris the country, canceled all its abandon the fuel tax hike that of French markets said that announcing his Afghanistan “This is a very imperialis- try to get mobilized tomorrow,” store owners were boarding up wine tasting sessions scheduled triggered the movement. Christmas markets have been and South Asia policy in tic approach. ‘You’re either Interior minister Christophe their shop fronts and have said for Saturday. However, protesters’ demands “strongly impacted” and that its August last year, hit out at with me or against me’,” he said. Castaner told a press confer- they will remain shut Saturday “It’s with an immense sad- have now expanded to other members registered “an average Pakistan for providing safe treated like a hired gun — When asked if he wanted rela- ence on Friday. “Some ultra- for fear they may be in the line ness that we’ll see our city par- issues hurting French workers, fall of their estimated figures havens to “agents of chaos” that given money to fight someone tions between Pakistan and violent people want to take of any unrest between protest- tially brought to a halt, but your retirees and students. between 30 and 40 percent kill Americans in Afghanistan. else’s war,” Khan said, referring the US to “warm up”, Khan part.” ers and police. safety is our priority,” Paris Students opposing an edu- since the beginning of the In September, the Trump to the 1980s war against the responded: “Who would not Authorities say 8,000 police Meanwhile, Paris police, mayor Anne Hidalgo said. cation reform protested again movement of the yellow vests.” administration cancelled USD Soviet Union and the ongoing want to be friends with a will fan out across Paris, fearing protesters could turn “Take care of Paris on Saturday Friday, a day after footage In addition to the closure 300 million in military aid to war on terror. superpower?” equipped with a dozen barri- street furniture and construc- because Paris belongs to all the widely shared on social media of the Eiffel Tower, many shops Islamabad for not doing “It not only cost us human This week, Khan said cade-busting armored vehicles tion site material into makeshift French people.” showing the arrest of high and museums across France, enough against terror groups. lives, devastation of our tribal President Trump wrote to him, that could be used for the first weapons, were removing all the Across the country some school students protesting out- including the Louvre, Orsay Last month, Trump said casti- areas, but it also cost us our dig- seeking Pakistan’s help in bring- time in a French urban area glass containers, railings and 89,000 police will be mobilized, side Paris prompted an outcry. Museum and the Grand Palais, gated Pakistan once again, say- nity,” he said. ing the Afghan Taliban to the since 2005. building machines set up in up from 65,000 last weekend Trade unions and far-left par- will keep their doors shut on ing it was not doing “a damn When asked to elaborate negotiating table to end the 17- “These vehicles can be very high-risk areas including the when more than 130 people ties have lashed out at perceived Saturday for safety reasons. thing” for America in curbing on the ideal nature of relation- year-long war in Afghanistan. useful to protect buildings,” said world-renowned Champs- were injured and over 400 police brutality. “We need to protect culture terrorism. ship that he would like to have Welcoming the US bid to Stanislas Gaudon, the head of Elysees avenue, which would were arrested as protests degen- The images, filmed sites in Paris but also every- Prime Minister Khan, in an with Washington, Khan added: engage in talks with the Afghan police union Alliance. “And in normally be packed with erated into the worst street vio- Thursday at Mantes-la-Jolie, where in France,” Culture interview with The Washington “For instance, our relationship Taliban, he emphasised that case they set up barricades, we tourists and shoppers on a lence to hit Paris in decades. showed a group of students on Minister Franck Riester told Post on Thursday, said: “I with China is not one-dimen- Islamabad did not want the US can quickly clear out the space Saturday in early December. 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usicians are immortal. They ditional forms alive by making them relevant taking me forward as a singer and I enjoy inger Ananya Birla feels there is may leave behind the world for the youth. We underestimate how appre- every minute of it,” says he. a stigma and fear surrounding for a new life, but their voic- ciative people are even today when they hear With the advent of social media, the Smental illness which often iso- es remain alive. One such a beautifully sung and composed piece of competition has increased immensely as lates people. The singer says people voice was of the legendary classical music. Maybe we are the ones who there is an accessible and available platform in India are scared to reach out for Msinger Jagjit Singh, who not only gave a new have strayed and need to come back to our for everyone to showcase their talents now. help because they don’t want to be face to music but also made ghazals more roots.” However, was it easier before to get noticed judged. accessible to masses by using simple poetic With a number of compositions like in the music industry? The singer has in the past opened language and more modern instruments. Hanuman Chalisa, Gehra Ishq, Radha, I Hate Shekhar says that since change is the up about her own struggle with men- As the Salaam Baalak Trust commemo- Luv Storys, and winning numerous accolades only constant, even music industry has been tal health and asserts that it is very rates its 30 anniversary paying tribute to the for the same, the singer feels that even though impacted in its own way. He says, “Social important for public figures to talk legend, singer Shekhar Ravjiani gears up for he has come a long way since he first start- media has helped a lot of people find their about it. yet another performance, after sold out con- ed in the industry, which was two decades voice and showcase their talent. However, it “The first step in addressing the certs in Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Hong Kong, ago, he still has a long way to go. also means that competition is abundant and issues of mental health around the Dubai and the Jaipur Literature Festival, in He says that the journey of a singer is one has to be really superlative to stand out. world is to try to stamp out the stig- the capital this time as ‘Hazaaron Khwaishein ever-evolving and “I still have a long way I wouldn’t say it was easier before. It was prob- ma and normalise discussions about Aisi...’ to go. In the past decade, I have felt so ably far more difficult to get noticed as it by talking openly and shameless- mental illness is just as common as He feels that the performances across six much love and encouragement from my opportunities had to be pursued ly,” Ananya, 24, said. physical illness, it is surrounded by venues around the world has been “an listeners who urge me to sing more and hunted down. Whether it’s “People, especially in India, are shame, stigma and fear which isolates absolutely beautiful journey as we have often. It’s heartwarming to know that today or yesterday, one thing scared to reach out for help because people when they need support the received a really appreciative audience.” For so many people enjoy my songs,” he never changes — the formu- of the fear of being judged. The taboo most.” the singer, who also currently judges the real- says. la for success, which is tal- around it is our biggest challenge at The singer is doing her bit to help ity TV show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa, it is a “great The actor, who recently made an ent and hard work and a bit the moment. Mental health is a the mentally-affected people. “At the honour to commemorate this special mile- acting debut with 2016 film Neerja, of luck. That’s the route. topic that is rarely discussed and mental health initiative MPower, stone for the Salaam Baalak” through his trib- hopes to put out many more songs There’s no short cut really.” when it is, it’s often trivialised. It’s which I have set up with my moth- ute to Jagjit Singh. through both films and his inde- As the singer has important that people like me, and er, we want to show people that it is He says that there could be no other cause pendent albums. “Hazaaron worked for both individ- those in the media, speak out to chal- okay to be not okay sometimes. And as noble as doing something for such an NGO Khwaishein Aisi has pushed me ual albums as well as film lenge this,” she said, adding, “We need to let them know that there is help as this will encourage the children to move as a singer in ways that I never tracks, he explains how mental health to be considered just available should they need it,” said the ahead in the field as their journey is inspired imagined. It has personally he observed their cre- as important and unashamed as singer, who will soon be seen in an by us. “Children will dream as big as we been a journey of growth for ative processes. physical health.” episode of TV show Twinning on encourage them to. The Trust has consistent- me as a singer and I have had He feels that his Be it Chris Cornell, Dolores Sunday. ly given the children all the exposure and to practice and hone my independent singles O’Riordan, Chester Bennington, Lil On the professional front, guidance that they need to find their wings. voice immensely to prepare have always been a Peep or Avicii — the world has lost Ananya released her fourth single I hope with all my heart, that seeing shows for every show. Every chal- result of a process some music icons due to mental Circles this year after the success of like mine will encourage more children to lenge is that is guided more by stress. Meant to be and Hold on. develop an interest in music and help “creative instincts” Ananya felt depression can affect Looking back, she said, “I’m unearth hidden talent that has been undis- than a brief. This anyone. definitely someone who learns by trial covered so far.” could be one of the “It doesn’t matter whether you and error. I’ve experimented and fig- As the youth shifts more towards N143. major differences have success or money — these all go ured things out for myself, failed a lot, peppy item numbers, rock and rap ++5 5.2 between composing out the window if you’re not feeling but always moved forward with music, has the prevalence and for a film and an right. Sure, situational things in more knowledge and a better under- charm around classical music 5,'3 2+'.2 album. “While music music like being on the road and standing of myself. I’m a passionate lessened over the years? 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The Ice Juice twist at the end of sea- how that stuff works. For instance, son 2 was extraordinary. What is how the Department of Justice works, your take on how the season came how these guys work, and what to a dramatic end? exactly goes on with the political Paul Giamatti: I’m glad to know that Q 1    R shenanigans. It’s really interesting. people didn’t see it coming. I’m never able to predict what the writ- Is what we see on Billions a realis- ers are going to do. I think one of the tic portrayal of this world? greatest strengths of the guys who cre- The money and legal elements are ated and wrote the show is that they’re '' 3"' '+ , #    
$  (     accurate. It’s television so things constantly thwarting your expecta- need to be compressed to make tions. You think you know what’s was tricky for them and things hap- sure is annoying. There was an them happen faster and in simpler going to happen and they just some- pened. You know, there’s all kinds of enjoyment taken by the two of them ways than the normal. how zig the other way and fool you, conflicts in their lives. in the second season doing this it’s great. He not only risked every- together. It’s sort of pleasing him and Is Chuck the bad guy or is Axelrod thing, but also everything that other They open the door to other part- that’s nice for Chuck. He would gen- the bad guy? people had too. He’s tanked his ners. Chuck finds out about uinely like to be Governor. He’s It’s not clear who the bad guy is, father and his best friend in the Wendy’s affair but she doesn’t know ambitious. But what becomes inter- entirely. process of nailing Axelrod. As far as that he knows. How does this esting in this season is that how much I’m concerned, it should leave you knowledge effect their relationship his father supports him or thwarts Chuck has his own sense of style. feeling like he’s a remarkable human in season 3? him. Does putting on the Chuck being. But I don’t know if people are My father reveals to me what hap- wardrobe help you to get into the going to think that necessarily about pened. My real anger, pain and dis- Has Chuck come to terms with the role? him. He put everybody else, and him- gust is actually reserved more for my fact that Wendy is back working It’s always funny to me when I go in self too, on the line. He really does- father who had the disgusting audac- with Axelrod again? for my makeup and I’m in my civil- n’t care what he does. ity to try to use that against me or use I think that he has accepted her posi- ian clothes. I feel I look strange until it as some kind of hurtful barb after tion there. He has realised that her I put that suit on. I look weird. Then Chuck risked everything to get I lost his money. I think Chuck has engagement is not sexual or intimate. I put the suit on and it’s all fine. It is Axelrod behind bars, including all a very mature attitude about what He’s accepted that this is what she’s very armour-like and incredible. He of his savings. What does that tell happened. His father is a guy who going to do. There’s a way in which doesn’t have a relaxed wardrobe, us about him? hurts people when he’s angry. it becomes a certain kind of Lady even though you’re supposed to be I don’t think he cares about the Macbeth. She’s become a little bit of seeing him occasionally, he’s still got money. The other guys do and there’s What are Chuck’s political aspira- my advisor too, as well as his. Her pressed khakis on. He’s just not a guy every reason they should. They feel tions in the third season? rations. certain degree of self-knowledge playing both sides of this is going to who ever dresses down and relaxes. great animosity towards him as the They are not exactly on the back- now. He realises that he’s a bastard and lead her to try to create some sort of That’s back a little bit in season 3. That third season unfolds. Nobody is burner but he’s got a lot of other fish Is Chuck as much fun to play as he not entirely happy to be one. He’s tried detente between the two of us. She’s had gone in the second season, but happy with him. Although his wife is to fry. He’s not only got to contend is to watch? to be a better person in terms of his advising both of us probably with the that’s back a little bit, which is really okay with him. with Axelrod, he also has to conduct It’s a lot of fun. And everybody is in wife and the people he works with at idea of creating peace between us. fun. the case from a distance because I crazy jeopardy this season. Toby the office. The ruthlessness is still Chuck and Wendy enter their home gave it to Connerty (Bryan) who has Moore, who plays Connerty, put it there, but it’s somewhat tempered. It Does playing this character on TV How challenging are the dom- hand-in-hand at the end of the sea- taken it over with Drake (Oliver). The really well in terms of Chuck. He said, may not be how it’s perceived, but make you covet the lifestyle and ination scenes? son 2. Will season 3 see a reconcil- Eastern district has it. So, once again, ‘he’s become less Mussolini and more that’s how it feels from the inside. wealth of these characters? I find it fascinating and it’s fun to iation for the couple? I have to puppet master the whole Machiavelli.’ So he continues to be It’s crazy. I think I wouldn’t know do. And it’s nice to be able to have At the beginning of this season, they thing from a distance. So, Chuck is ruthless, but it is much more refined Does Chuck want to be governor or what to do with all that money. It somebody, like Maggie (Siff), who is are definitely on the road to working doing a lot of fancy footwork to try and focussed. He’s much less of a is he just pursuing a political career would freak me out. But I suppose so relaxed and fun and finding things things out. They are getting back to control the whole thing from a dis- hammer and more of a kind of to please his father? one could become accustomed to it. interesting in the same way. They are together. One of the interesting tance. The political aspirations are still scalpel. What’s also been increasing- I think it’s complicated. 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2   ence of your two young and beauti- also fielded after mentary is a good about her debut (in the film ful grandchildren? the eye accident. idea. Unfortunately Kedarnath). I am very impressed by  ## ##  ! "  Yes, it certainly adds to my happiness. I think he was a there isn’t too much her... though I don’t see why her self- I do see them as much as I can. But not wonderful footage on Tiger confidence should surprise me. But cademy award-nominated cinematog- abroad because that always adds a new perspec- enough because we live in different sportsperson. available. whether it was Koffee With Karan, with rapher Donald McAlpine of Moulin tive; because as an Indian, when we look at our cities. But I must say they re-energise God knows, Rajeev Masand or BBC... her confi- ARouge! fame presented Delhi with a dif- own places, we tend to capture the mundane part me. There’s nothing like young chil- what he’d have There is a lot of dence, humility and charm made me ferent visual perspective in the web series Rajma of it — the noise, traffic, dirt and everything that dren’s energy... They are always curi- achieved if he talk about women’s so happy... it’s so heartwarming to see Chawal, said director Leena Yadav and produc- bothers us in daily life. ous and enthusiastic about many dif- had both his safety going on in the way she has turned out. She went ers Aseem Bajaj and Gulab Singh Tanwar. “When the same place is viewed through a ferent things. So yes, being around eyes. our society. What to Columbia University for her stud- Bajaj, a celebrated cinematographer himself, person from a different background, the perspec- Taimur and Inaaya makes me really made you so ies before joining films as education was asked about the difference that McAlpine tive changes,” she said. happy. Though like I said, I wish I We never strong, indepen- was important for her growth as a per- brought to the table. The film Rajma Chawal, could be with them more often. thought of him dent and non-vul- son and not for career. She’s never He said, “Sixty years of released on Netflix, is set in as being visual- nerable in your tongue-tied. And how well she stood experience as a cinematograph- Delhi featuring Rishi Kapoor, You were quite a phenomenal com- ly impaired at heydays? up for her father on Karan Johar’s er in every frame of our story. Amyra Dastur, Nirmal Rishi, bination of mother and actress in all... Probably my family show... I am really proud of her. In Rajma Chawal, there are Aparshakti Khurana and Harish your heydays? During the shooting That’s because he background. We’ve characters, the city, a different Khanna. The film premiered at of Aradhana you were pregnant with had a wonderful always had very Lastly, your grandson... the biggest culture and several elements the BFI London Film Festival Saif... temperament. He strong women in Khan superstar, Taimur? that have been amalgamated in this year and was screened at the I don’t think I was pregnant during absorbed that loss my family. Also , I I must confess I am worried about him the story. 20th MAMI Film Festival. Aradhana. But yes, during Safar and and moved ahead. had the self confi- a bit. We, in this family, have all had “It is easy for any celebrat- Leena, known for her film Choti Bahu, I was pregnant and quite Tiger’s life was filled dence. I wasn’t our share of media attention. They ed cinematographer to feel Parched, said, “It was interest- unwell in the last phase of my preg- with losses, his father, career-oriented. I place you on a pedestal and then sud- tempted and flaunt his craft that ing when Donald sat down nancy. 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Pakistan's chief coach Dar, said the off-field despite being crushed 0-11 by Danish has been called for Tauqeer Ahmad Dar admitted issues are having an adverse two-time holders Australia here on a hearing by the FIH techni- things are far from rosy for his effect on the Pakistani players. Friday. cal delegate on Saturday after side on and off the field ahead "We are in bad shape The last round Pool B engage- he was charged for moving of their crucial Pool D match mentally. We are focusing on ments concluded. around in the stadium with- against Netherlands on things other than the ground. Australia topped the pool with out having his accreditation Sunday. We are discussing who is an all-win record after thrashing card during the Pool D match "The last few days have going to come because of lowly China in a lop-sided affair against Malaysia on been very hard. Most energies injury. Our top two are out of and remained on course for a hat- Wednesday. are being wasted on things the ground," he said. trick of titles. With the World Cup other than sports," said Dar "18 players and 2 are not Australia accumulated nine nearing halfway stage, told reporters after a practice there. Only 15 left for the points from three games and Pakistan's campaign is getting session here on Friday. match against Holland. It is a secured a direct entry into the from bad to worse due to a "One of our main players, major handicap as we are quarterfinals while England fin- host of issues, which include our skipper has fractured his minus 1 tyre of a car against ished second on four points and injury blow to skipper toe and is out of the tourna- Netherlands, one of the tough- China (2 points) scrapped through Muhammad Rizwan Senior ment. Our vice-captain has est teams in the tournament," by securing the third spot with two and a one-match suspension been banned by the Technical -   %    0   the former Olympian said. draws. Despite the heavy loss, China made it to the cross-overs, courtesy England's win over Ireland. If the England-Ireland match 0    1 ! had ended in a draw, China would have been thrown out of the com- petition.  !.12.34 With less than five minutes to In the cross-overs, China will go it was the Titans who held a three take on France on December 10, ujarat Fortunegiants showed point lead but Prapanjan with a two- while England will face New Gwhy they are a team to be feared point raid reduced it to one. Zealand the same day. as they earned a hard-fought 29-27 Rakshith got made a success- World No 7 England scored win over Telugu Titans in Inter ful raid in the 36th minute to give three field goals through David D!E  P B<  "   Zone Challenge Week of Vivo Pro Titans 27- 25 lead. Condon (15th minute), Liam Kabaddi Season 6. But Sachin leveled the match in Ansell (37th) and James Gall (38th) the hapless Chinese defence and Kookaburras thereafter. The raiding duo of K Prapanjan the 38th minute and a tackle point to come out victorious. scored goals at will to go into the Blake Govers (10th, 19th, 34th and Sachin combined to score 19 gave Gujarat 28-27 lead. For world No 11 Ireland, Chris halfway break with a commanding minutes) scored a hat-trick, while points to lead their team's charge. Rahul Chaudhari had a chance Cargo (35th) and Shane 6-0 lead. young Tim Brand (33rd, 55th) Telugu Titans' home leg got off to to tie the match in the last minute O'Donoghue sounded the board. Coming into the match with accounted for two goals. Aran a losing start as they came close to but Gujarat sent him to the bench "It's always a tight game against two impressive draws against high- Zalewski (15th), Tom Craig (16th), inflict a defeat on Gujarat. and emerged victorious. Ireland and they caused us quite a er-ranked England (2-2) and Jeremy Hayward (22nd), Jake Rahul Chaudhari top scored balance in Titans' favour in the 10th half strongly as they scored three While in the second game of the lot of problems," said man-of-the- Ireland (1-1), it turned out to be a Whetton (29th), Dylan with 8 points for the Titans who minute. quick points to reduce the deficit to day, Pardeep Narwal’s brilliant show match Liam Ansell. completely different ball game for Wotherspoon (38th) and Flynn remain bottom of the table in Zone Prapanjan made a quick and just two points. leads Patna Pirates to a blockbuster "But we knew that if we could the Chinese, as they found it dif- Ogilive (49th) were the other goal B. successful raid in the 13th minute Sachin made a two-point raid as win over Puneri Paltan. take our chances then we would ficult to breach the huge gulf. getters for Australia. Sachin picked up two raid as Gujarat trailed 7-8. 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