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www.asianage.com RNI No. 57290/94, Regd No: DL-SW-05/4189/15-17 Vol. 26 No. 250 | 32 PAGES | `5.00 WINDOWS THE ASSEMBLY VERDICT US seeks India’s BJP, JJP to form Haryana govt roadmap for BJP goes for ‘Jat-appeasement’, concedes deputy CM post to Chautala J&K normalcy YOJNA GUSAI leaders and some minis- LALIT K. JHA The territory NEW DELHI, OCT. 25 ters, failed to win mainly WASHINGTON, OCT. 25 in the Jat dominated THE PULL AND PUSH OF ALLIANCE occupied by The BJP on Friday conced- areas. Some of the BJP The US has sought from Pakistan is ed to the fact that Jats play leaders who lost them- Keeping in mind India a “roadmap” to polit- not controlled by a crucial role in Haryana selves belonged to the the mandate of ical and economic normal- Pakistan politics and decided to same community, indicat- the people, lead- cy in Kashmir and imme- establishment but by form the government with ing that the party was not ers of BJP and JJP diate release of all politi- the help of the the preferred cal detainees as it asked terrorists. PoK is Jat-dominated choice of Jats. have decided that the Pakistan to take “sus- actually a terrorist- Jannayak Kanda effect Earlier in the two parties will form a tained and irreversible” controlled government in Haryana Janata Party day, Mr steps against militants part of Recording artiste Kanye West (JJP), a splinter behind deal? Chautala held a together. The chief and terrorists in its terri- and Kim Kardashian West group of Om meeting with Mr minister will be from tory. Pakistan attend The Fashion Group Prakash Shah at the lat- the BJP Most of the top level and — Gen. Chautala-led ter’s residence. second rung separatists of International’s annual ‘Night and Bipin Rawat, of Stars’ gala in New York on INLD. Mr Khattar was the deputy Jammu and Kashmir have Thursday. — AP The BJP, also present been taken into preven- Army Chief which had when Mr Shah chief tive custody while main- given charge to announced the minis- stream leaders, including of state for South and Indians, Chinese a non-Jat, decision to ally JJP chief Dushyant Chautala with his mother ter will two former chief minis- Central Asia, Alice G. Manohar Lal Haryana Lokhit with the JJP. Naina at their home in New Delhi on Friday. — PTI be from ters — Omar Abdullah Wells. can soon visit Khattar, to head Party leader Gopal The BJP legis- JJP,” and Mehbooba Mufti — The US remains “deeply Brazil sans visas its first govern- Kanda faces a lature party is The BJP will form a As per the deal, the Amit Shah have been either detained concerned” about the situ- ment in the case of abetment due to meet on new government in CM will be from the said on or placed under house ation in the Valley where Beijing: Chinese and Indian state in 2014, to suicide of an air Saturday to for- Haryana with the BJP, while the post of Friday. arrest since Au8gust 5, daily life of nearly eight tourists would be exempted decided on hostess, Geetika mally start the Jannayak Janata deputy chief minister Khattar when the Centre million residents has been from visas to enter Brazil for Saturday not process of gov- announced its decision to severely impacted since Sharma. Party, which has won will go to the JJP, is likely tourism or business, Brazilian just to partner He and other ernment forma- revoke special status to the decision to revoke President Jair Bolsonaro has with the JJP, tion. 10 seats in the 90- most likely its chief, to remain J&K and split the state Jammu and Kashmir’s Independent can- member Assembly Dushyant Chautala CM. M.L. Khattar announced. Earlier this year, but also agreed didates had The BJP won into two Union special status and to the Brazilian government to the latter’s 40 Assembly Territories. “detain without charge” ended visa requirements for demand of extended uncondi- seats in “We continue to press political leaders and tourists and businesspeople deputy chief tional support to Haryana, six for the release of detainees restrict communications, from the United States, minister’s post. BJP short of a simple for the full restoration of Ms Wells said in an inter- Canada, Japan and Australia. The announce- That led to majority in the Sena MLAs want Aaditya to everyday services, but action with reporters at Those countries, however, ment came as a uproar in various 90-member most importantly, for Foggy Bottom headquar- have not in return dropped surprise as quarters and per- Assembly. The roadmap to the restora- ters of the state depart- their visa requirements for through the day haps played a role JJP won 10 seats tion of political and eco- ment. Brazilian citizens. the BJP leader- in BJP dumping and speculation be CM, Uddhav talks tough nomic normalcy,” said “We’ve seen progress, Full report on Page 4 ship had been him and going is rife that at acting assistant secretary ■ Turn to Page 4 claiming that it with JJP least two of its AGE CORRESPONDENT has the support leaders, other MUMBAI, OCT. 25 Posters calling RBI officer found of Independent I would than Mr young Shiv Sena LGs of J&K, Ladakh appointed, dead in Odisha hotel MLAs to form request BJP Chautala, could There is a growing MLA Aaditya the next govern- that we should be accomodated demand among the newly- Thackeray the gov Malik transferred to Goa Bhubaneswar: Mystery ment. not forget our in the BJP-led elected Shiv Sena MLAs ‘future CM’ sur- shrouded the death of a BJP national government. that Yuva Sena chief New Delhi, Oct. 25: ing his tenure as Gujarat core beliefs. We faced in Worli, indi- general manager of Reserve president and The JJP chief Aaditya Thackeray, who cating that the Girish Chander Murmu, chief minister. Bank of India who was found Union home should form gov- had claimed that has swept the Worli Sena workers want a senior IAS officer, who He was due for retire- hanging from the ceiling of a minister Amit ernment... but his party would Assembly seat, be named him to become CM worked closely with ment on November 30. hotel room in Chandikhol of Shah himself take support of support the the next state chief minis- Prime Minister He will be administered Jajpur district on Friday announced that leaders with clean party which will ter. The party has called Narendra Modi in oath of office on October morning. The deceased his party has image, agree to its com- an urgent meeting of its a part of this, party will be among the major Gujarat and is currently 31 in Srinagar. Asish Ranjan Samal (52) was decided to ally tweeted for- mon minimum legislators on Saturday, in sources said. issues discussed. the expenditure secre- The present governor of working as the GM. with the JJP to mer Union programme, which party chief Uddhav The meeting will be held Uddhav Thackeray has tary, was on Friday the state Satya Pal Malik Full report on Page 4 run a stable gov- which includes Thackeray will take note at the Thackerays’ also indicated he will bar- appointed the first Lt. moves to Goa for the ernment. minister Uma the promise of 75 of their opinion before Bandra residence, gain hard with the BJP. Governor of Jammu and remainder of his tenure In the recently Bharti per cent job deciding the future course Matoshree, at noon. While Asked which party would Kashmir, six days ahead as the governor. He was Ban on construction concluded reservation of action. Mr Thackeray will get the chief minister’s of the state becoming a first appointed governor Assembly polls in inthe state for Haryanvis Efforts at government address the newly-elected post, he had said: “It is union territory. of Bihar in September due to Delhi pollution Haryana, the BJP on its and old age pension. It now formation have started in MLAs, he will also gauge time to remind the BJP Murmu, 59, an IAS offi- 2017 and later shifted to New Delhi: With air quality in own remained short of remains to be seen as how the wake of the announce- their views on govern- about the formula arrived cer of 1985 batch, worked Jammu and Kashmir last the Delhi-NCR region turning simple majority as its can- the BJP implements the ment of the Assembly ment formation, and the at when BJP chief Amit as Modi’s additional year in August. — PTI ‘very poor’ ahead of Diwali, didates, including senior ■ Turn to Page 4 results, and the meeting is power-sharing formula ■ Turn to Page 4 principal secretary dur- ■ More on Page 3 the Supreme Court-mandat- ed Environment Pollution (Prevention and Control) Authority on Friday to stop Flat owners Guj-based firm gets contract Court grants construction partially. Full report on Page 13 in Maradu to to rebuild Parliament, Rajpath bail to ailing COUNTERPOINT get `25L for AGE CORRESPONDENT the Central Public Works Sharif in NEW DELHI, OCT. 25 Department (CPWD) on October 18. losing homes The contract for revisit- The Central Vista, locat- graft case ing the master plan for ed at the heart of the city, Lahore, Oct. Compensation to development of Central extends from Rashtrapati 25: A top Vista (Rajpath) and a Bhawan to India Gate, Pakistani be paid by builders common Central and is a tourist attrac- court on Secretariat has been tion. Friday grant- AGE CORRESPONDENT awarded to a Gujarat- A ministry release said ed bail to ailed NEW DELHI, OCT. 25 based firm with the gov- that a lot of visitors come former Prime Nawaz ernment prescribing to Central Vista along the Minister Sharif The Supreme Court on stringent timelines for Rajpath and there is an Nawaz Sharif Friday said all owners of completing various imperative need to who is undergoing treat- flats built at Maradu in works, including refur- enhance its beauty to ment after being diag- the port city of Kochi in bishment of the make it a world-class nosed with an acute violation of coastal zone Parliament building by tourist attraction. immune disorder which regulation guidelines and 2024. The process for selec- reduced his blood have been ordered to be Talking to the media tion of consultant was platelet count to danger- pulled down will get `25 here, housing and urban started on September 2 ous levels. lakh each. affairs minister Hardeep when a notice inviting The 69-year-old A bench of Justices Singh Puri said the con- bids was issued by the Pakistan Muslim Arun Mishra and S. sultancy was given to CPWD. The consultancy League-Nawaz (PML-N) WEATHER Ravindra Bhat ordered An anti-government protester stands in front of a burning barricade in Valparaiso, Gujarat-based HCP has been sanctioned at a supremo was rushed to the payment of `25 lakh Chile, on Thursday. At least 18 people have died in a week of nationwide clashes and Design, Planning and cost of `229.75 crore. the Services Hospital in O Max: 31 C to each of the 322 flat own- looting sparked by a hike in subway fares. — AP Management Pvt. Ltd by ■ More on Page 13 Lahore from the Min: 18OC ers after the bench was National Accountability RH: 49% told the three-member Bureau (NAB) office late Rainfall: 0% committee headed by a on Monday night after a retired Kerala high court massive drop in his Forecast: Sunny judge ordered payment of Japan minister quits over gifts of melons, crabs platelet count. around `14 lakhs each A two-member bench based on the value indi- Tokyo, Oct. 25: Japan’s his appointment and I had paid condolence of the Lahore high court ASTROGUIDE cated on the stamp paper trade minister resigned apologise to the people for Isshu Sugawara tendered his resig- money and sent expensive (LHC), headed by of the sale deed. Friday a month into his causing a situation like nation just before he was to face melons, crab and other Justice Baqar Najafi, Vikari: Dakshinayana Noting the market esca- job in a scandal over con- this,” questions from Opposition lawmak- gifts to his election dis- heard the petition of Tithi: Ashwayuja Bahula lation of the price of the dolence money, expensive Mr Abe told reporters. ers about the vote buying allegations trict supporters in 2006- PML-N president Trayodashi till 3.45 pm flats compared to when melons and other gifts But he said he had to He was grilled in Parliament 2007. Such payments are Shahbaz Sharif seeking the sale deeds were allegedly offered to elec- move on because “not recently after a magazine reported considered donations that the release of his elder Star: Uttara Phalguni till 8.26 entered into, the bench tion supporters. even a second of standstill are against Japanese elec- brother from the cus- am and later Hasta till 5.48 earlier that he had paid condolence said each of the flat own- Prime Minister Shinzo or delay is allowed” in the money and sent expensive melons, tions law. tody of the National am (early hours of Sunday) ers who would lose their Abe was quick to remove important policy area. Another magazine arti- Accountability Bureau crab and other gifts to his election Varjyam: 3.55 pm to 5.20 pm dwellings would be paid Isshu Sugawara to limit Mr Sugawara, 57, ten- cle Thursday provided (NAB) on medical `25 lakh each. the potential damage to dered his resignation just district supporters in 2006-2007 more details of alleged grounds in the money Durmuhurtam: 6.16 am to The Supreme Court by his Cabinet. He accepted before he was to face ques- giveaways in his election laundering case and 7.48 am its September 27 order the offer to resign and tions from Opposition tant discussions in by the July election, in district of Nerima in accepted it. Rahukalam: 9 am to 10.30 had directed the Kerala replaced Mr Sugawara lawmakers about the vote Parliament. The sched- which his ruling coalition Tokyo, which apparently According to the short am government to pay `25 with Hiroshi Kajiyama, buying allegations later uled committee meeting secured a comfortable triggered his decision to order, Mr Sharif will lakh as interim compen- formerly the minister in Friday, a day after more Friday was canceled. majority. offer his resignation. have to submit two sure- SUNSET TODAY 5.41 PM sation to each of the flat charge of local revitalisa- tabloid reports about his His resignation comes Mr Sugawara has been Opposition lawmakers ty bonds worth Rs 10 mil- SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.29 AM owners of Maradu whose tion and regulatory scandal came out. just weeks after Abe grilled in Parliament said they will not let him lion each for his release MOONRISE TOMORROW 5.17 AM dwellings were ordered reform. Mr Sugawara said he did added him to the Cabinet recently after a magazine off the hook without in the case. — PTI MOONSET TODAY 4.46 PM ■ Turn to Page 4 “I bear responsibility for not want to hold up impor- in a reshuffling prompted reported earlier that he explanation. — AFP ■ More on Page 5 Setback

NDA’s performance in Bihar PAGE Assembly by-poll not as per expectation: Chirag Paswan Nation 2 THE ASIAN AGE SATURDAY | 26 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI NCP threatens legal action Cong to hold stir against regional free trade pact against ‘fake opinion polls’ Terms RCEP 3rd jolt to country after note ban, GST Going solo in bypolls SONU SHRIVASTAVA in Uttar Pradesh MUMBAI, OCT. 25 AGE CORRESPONDENT helped expose the The Sharad Pawar-led NEW DELHI, OCT. 25 THORAT RULES OUT POSSIBILITY Nationalist Congress BJP’s darker side Party (NCP) Friday The Congress on Friday threatened to take legal decided to launch a OF FORMING GOVT WITH SENA — Akhilesh Yadav, action against certain nationwide agitation agai- SONU SHRIVASTAVA party has SP president poll agencies for show- nst the Regional Compr- MUMBAI, OCT. 25 not chal-ked ing opinion polls of indi- ehensive Economic Part- out any vidual candidates. nership (RCEP) terming it State Congress president such strate- NCP chief spokesper- as the third setback for Balasaheb Thorat on Fr- gy to keep SHORT TAKES son and NCP Mumbai the country after demon- iday ruled out the possibi- the BJP chief Nawab Malik said etisation and the GST. lity of forming the gover- Balasaheb away from ED challenges bail that these opinion polls The decision was taken nment with the Shiv Sena. Thorat power in the misled people about a at a meeting of the newly- Mr Thorat said that his state. to Shivakumar candidate who won the constituted Congress party has not received any The state Congress pres- Assembly election by a Policy Group this morn- such proposal from the ident added that he did New Delhi: The Enforcement margin of over 1lakh ing. The 18-member group Uddhav Thackeray-led not believe that the Sena Directorate moved the votes. If needed, the is headed by Congress party. would dare to split from Supreme Court Friday chal- party would bring a pri- President Sonia Gandhi If the Sena sends such a the saffron alliance and lenging the Delhi High Court vate bill in this connec- and has among its mem- proposal, the Maharash- seek his party’s support. decision granting bail to tion in Parliament, he Ramtek Assembly MLA Ashish Jaiswal and Bhandara Legislative Assembly MLA bers former Prime tra Congress will seek the “ The public has voted to Karnataka Congress leader said. Narendra Bhandekar meet Shiv Sena party chief Uddhav Thackeray at Matoshree in Minister Manmohan opinion of the central lea- break BJP’s arrogance. D.K. Shivakumar in a money Mr Malik said that by Mumbai on Friday. — PTI Singh, former Congress dership, the newly elected BJP has been brought to laundering case. A lawyer broadcasting fake opin- President Rahul Gandhi, Sangamner MLA said. the ground by the public,” associated with the case ion polls, these news Jairam Ramesh, Kapil He also clarified that the he said. said that Special Leave channels tried to create Sibal and Priyanka Petition against the October an atmosphere in favour Raut posts cartoon taking Gandhi among others. is against the interests of Congress general secre- 23 verdict giving relief to of the ruling party candi- Briefing reporters after the country. It would pro- tary (organisation) K.C. Shivakumar has been filed. dates. “The NCP is seek- the meeting, senior mote Made in China, Venugopal said Congress He was arrested by the ED ing legal opinion to take Congress leader and for- affect the agriculatural has decided to lead mas- on September 3 and walked action against these potshots at alliance partner mer Union minister A.K. sector, including diary sive demonstrations out of the Tihar Jail on news channels that tele- Antony told the media: products and also ensure throughout the country. Wednesday evening. cast opinion polls caus- AGE CORRESPONDENT “Our country is heading free data flow”. “We have already told our He was in Judicial custody ing an illusion before the MUMBAI, OCT. 25 SENA’S DIG AT BIG BROTHER for deep economic crisis “There is a text in the PCC chiefs and are also in as the trial court had denied people and hampering and slowdown. It affects RCEP which is bad, but touch with other Oppo- him bail in the case. the prospects of the After the Maharashtra The Sena, in its mouth- almost all sections of the there is a context to the sition parties to launch a The high court on Congress-NCP candi- Assembly election results piece Saamana, has economy”. RCEP, which is worst,” he protest on a common plat- Wednesday granted him bail dates in the Assembly showed a dip in the acknowledged the BJP’s Mr Ramesh said: “RCEP said. form,” he said. saying he cannot tamper election,” said Mr Malik, Bharatiya Janata Party’s “big brother” status, with the evidence. — PTI who is the only NCP can- tally as compared to the stating that the latter got didate to have won the 2014 polls, Shiv Sena MP the “Janadesh election in Mumbai. Sanjay Raut took a dig at (mandate)” and not the SC RESERVES ORDER ON REBEL K’TAKA MLAs Modi magic on the The NCP Mumbai chief his party’s senior ally by said that the BJP had posting a cartoon on his “Mahaja- AGE CORRESPONDENT Krishna Murari reserved leaders, going to the gov- wane, says NCP planned to decimate the Twitter account. nadesh NEW DELHI, OCT. 25 the verdict as both ernor after submitting Opposition but the elec- The cartoon showed a (huge Congress and the Janata their resignations and Mumbai: The NCP on Friday tion results indicated tiger (the Sena symbol) mandate).” The Supreme Court on Dal (Secular) defended the then leaving for Mumbai claimed the BJP lost seats otherwise. The people wearing a clock (the Friday reserved its ver- unseating of the rebel in the chartered plane of wherever Prime Minister have smashed the BJP’s NCP’s symbol) locket and dict on a plea by 15 lawmakers, while disqual- BJP’s Rajya Sabha mem- Narendra Modi campaigned arrogance, he said. Mr sniffing a lotus (the BJP’s Congress and Janata Dal ified lawmakers described ber Raveev in Maharashtra and Malik said that a few symbol). the state Assembly elec- seems to be in a better (Secular) rebel lawmakers the then Speaker’s deci- Chandrasekhar. claimed “Modi magic” was news channels tried to Captioned “Bura na tions. The cartoon possi- position to bargain for a of the Karnataka assem- sion as “malafide and Appearing for Congress on the wane. NCP chief defame the party by tele- maano Diwali hai”, the bly hinted that the better deal with the BJP. bly challenging the then- vengeful”. leader Siddaramaiah, Mr spokesperson Nawab Malik casting news that party cartoon went viral on var- Uddhav Thackeray-led In the Sena mouthpiece Speaker K.R. Ramesh Defending the then Sibal said that the issue also said the party will seek leader Praful Patel had ious social media. party has better options to Saamana, the party Kumar’s decision to dis- Speaker’s decision to involved in the matter legal opinion before decid- connections with fugi- Even if in jest, the car- form the next government acknowledged the BJP’s qualify them for the rest unseat the rebel lawmak- before the top court was of ing to take action against a tive gangster Dawood toon was symbolic of the if the BJP does not listen “big brother” status, but of the term of the current ers, senior counsel Kapil great importance that wo- section of the electronic Ibrahim. He said that the Sena’s current political to its demands. Despite stated that the latter got House of the State Sibal said that Speaker uld have a bearing on the media for “deluding” people government had failed to situation. winning less number of the “Janadesh (mandate)” Assembly. could not have ignored the future polity of the coun- with opinion polls that deliver the promises The Sena won 56 seats seats as compared to the and not the A bench of Justice N.V. conduct of 15 unseated try thus it should be suggested several key oppo- made by the BJP five while the NCP-Congress 2014 Assembly polls, Sena “Mahajanadesh (huge Ramana, Justice Sanjiv lawmakers who were hob- referred to the five-judge sition leaders were losing years ago. alliance bagged 98 seats in chief Uddhav Thackeray mandate).” Khanna and Justice nobbing with the BJP Constitution bench. the Assembly election. “The BJP leaders talk about Modi magic. He (Modi) addressed a rally in Satara, Byelections their candidate did not get CBI to grill bank elected,” he said. — PTI in U’khand, Rahul will return officials, Ratul WB Nov. 25 stronger: Antony AGE CORRESPONDENT New Delhi: Amid uncertainty NEW DELHI, OCT. 25 New Delhi, Oct. 25: Asse- over leadership issue in the mbly bypolls to three Congress, senior party The CBI is all set to con- seats in West Bengal leader A.K. Antony on front two senior offi- and one in Uttarakhand Friday said Sonia Gandhi is cials of a nationalised will be held on its leader and will remain bank with Ratul Puri, November 25, the continue till the time the the nephew of Madhya Election Commis-sion party wants. “Don't worry Pradesh chief minister announced on Friday. about Rahul Gandhi also, he Kamal Nath, in Tihar Ratul Puri The bypolls in the two will come back with more Jail where he is lodged states were not held ear- strength,” he told reporters in connection with the including the premises lier on the request of the at a press conference. VVIP copter scam case. of the company and state governments. Responding to a query on Sources said, “Puri accused the directors While the local body whether Sonia Gandhi will soon be confronted immediately after regis- elections were on in should take responsibility with two officials of a tering the case. Uttarakhand, the West and step down after nationalised bank in Those booked by the Bengal government had Congress' defeat in the connection with a `354 CBI, include the compa- cited the Durga Puja fes- assembly polls, Mr Antony crore bank fraud case. ny, and MD Deepak tivities to postpone the told reporters on Friday. The CBI is preparing to Puri, directors Nita bypolls. — PTI file its own chargesheet Puri, Sanjay Jain and The notification for the in the case very soon”. Vineet Sharma. Assembly bypolls to the Another Central probe A complaint was rece- Pithoragarh seat in agency — the Enforce- ived by the CBI from the Uttarakhand, and CBI MOVES SC ment Directorate (ED) deputy general manager, the Kaliaganj, Karimpur — recently filed a Central Bank of In-dia and Kharagpur chargesheet before a (Parliament Street, New Sadar seats in West AGAINST BAIL TO Delhi court against Mr Delhi) regarding the Bengal will be issued on Puri and the company alleged offences of crimi- October 30. CHIDAMBARAM Moser Baer as part of nal conspiracy, cheating, While polling will take its money laundering forgery for the purpose place on November 25, New Delhi: The Central probe in the same case. of cheating, using forged counting of votes will be Bureau of Investigation (CBI) The CBI has booked documents as genuine taken up on November on Friday moved the Mr Puri (the then-execu- and criminal miscon- 28, the commission Supreme Court seeking tive director of Moser duct by the accused. said. review of its judgment grant- Baer) and four others in Moser Baer India The Pithoragarh seat ing bail to former Union connection with the directors in conspiracy in Kumaon region of finance minister P. Chida- crore bank fraud case. with unknown public Uttarakhand fell vacant mbram in INX Media case The agency sleuths servants allegedly following the death of being investigated by it. had also conducted sear- cheated the bank to the sitting MLA Prakash Pointing to the “error appar- ches at several locations tune of `354.51 crores. Pant. — PTI ent” in the judgment sought to be reviewed, the investi- gating agency has also sought that the review peti- tion be heard in the open Paswan’s nephew set to court. The CBI has said that if the errors being pointed out by it are considered by the court, this could alter the head LJP’s Bihar unit grant of bail to the former finance minister. The top Patna, Oct. 25: Newly ele- With a view to strength- court by its October 22, cted Lok Sabha MP from en party's organisational 2019 judgment has granted Samastipur — Prince Raj structure keeping in bail to Chidambaram brush- — was on Friday appo- mind the 2020 Bihar ing aside the CBI's con- inted as the LJP’s new assembly election, the tentions that the former chief in Bihar, replacing LJP president has also finance minister was a flight his uncle Pashupati appointed several others risk, could tamper with the Kuma Paras, also a mem- especially youths to head case documents and influ- ber of Parliament. various cells in the state ence the witnesses. The appointment was Prince Raj unit, Chirag Paswan told The CBI in its review petition made by LJP president reporters. has Contended that the find- and Un-ion minister seat, result of which was Party MPs — Veena ings arrived at by the court Ramvilas Paswan, which declared on Thursday. Devi (Vaishali) and Cha- are “contrary to the records, party’s central parlia- The by-election was ndan Kumar (Nawada) — which is required to be cor- mentary board chairman necessitated due to death will be heading LJP rected.” The top court on and MP Chirag Paswan of Ram Chandra Paswan. women's cell and youth October 22 while rejecting annou-nced at a press Chirag Paswan was tak- wing in Bihar respective- CBI's contention that conference here. ing care of the LJP's ly, he said. Chidambaram was a flight Prince Raj, son of Ram Bihar unit after election Party's spokesman Ash- risk, could tamper with the Chandra Paswan, of Paras from family's raf Ansari has been cho- documents and influence the trounced senior Bihar pocket borough Hajipur sen as state minorities’ witnesses had said that Congress leader Ashok reserved parliamentary cell chief while Sanjay Chidambaram was not Kumar in the by-poll at constituency in the gen- Paswan will head the “flight risk”. Samastipur reserved eral election. Dalit Sena. — PTI Free trade pact

Moily asks PM to not permit import PAGE of dairy products, arecanut, pepper under Free Trade Agreement Nation 3 THE ASIAN AGE SATURDAY | 26 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Pandits move SC to support Govt appoints new govt decision on Art. 370 L-Gs for J&K, Ladakh After bypoll results, New Delhi, Oct. 25: Two our party (JD-U) will Kashmiri Pandits and Mumru to be J&K L-G, Mathur named Ladakh L-G an apex body of various bounce back in the associations formed by New Delhi, Oct. 25: Girish Malik succeeds Mridula the community have Chander Murmu, a senior Sinha, who completed her Assembly elections. moved the Supreme IAS officer, who worked five-year tenure in August Court in support of the closely with Prime this year but continued to — Nitish Kumar, government’s decision Minister Narendra Modi in hold the post till October 23. Bihar CM to abrogate provisions of Gujarat and is currently The two Union territories Article 370 that gave spe- the expenditure secretary, — Ladakh and Jammu and cial status to Jammu was on Friday appointed Kashmir — will come into and Kashmir. the first Lt Governor of existence on October 31 Mumru Mathur SHORT TAKES The plea by Tej Kumar Jammu and Kashmir, six after the Centre abrogated Moza, Karishma Tej days ahead of the state ◗ The present the special status of the Haryana cops on Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal and JJP leader Dushyant Chautala during a Kumar Moza and All becoming a Union governor of the state and bifurcated it into press conference in New Delhi on Friday. — PTI India Kashmiri Samaj, Territory. union territories on August alert for Diwali seeking to be made par- Mr Murmu, 59, an IAS state, Satya Pal 5. ties in the ongoing mat- officer of 1985 batch, Malik, moves to Goa With the appointment of Chandigarh: Haryana Police ter, said that Article 370 worked as Mr Modi’s addi- for the remainder Mr Murmu, the tenure of has put in place adequate was a transitory provi- tional principal secretary of his tenure as advisors to the Jammu and precautionary measures to AIMIM victory in Bihar sion that was enacted during his tenure as Kashmir governor — K prevent any untoward inci- keeping in mind the Gujarat chief minister. the governor Vijay Kumar, Khursheed dent during the Diwali peculiar situation of He was due for retirement Ganai, K Sikandan and across the state. “All the Jammu and Kashmir on November 30. bureaucrat, belonging to K.K. Sharma — may come Commissioners of Police and dangerous, says Giriraj and to enable it to com- He will be administered 1977 IAS batch, retired as to an end as all of them are district Superintendents of pletely integrate into the oath of office on October 31 chief information commis- seniors in service to the Police have been instructed Union of India. in Srinagar after which he sioner last year. He will be new Lt Governor. to ensure adequate safety, ‘Owaisi’s party influenced by Jinnah ideology’ It categorically pro- will be the administrative administered oath of office In another order, former security and traffic arrange- vides power to the head of Kashmir and on October 31 in Leh. Intelligence Bureau (IB) ments in their respective NAYEAR AZAD Kishanganj was earlier President to cease the Jammu provinces. The The present governor of chief and Union govern- areas to avoid any kind of PATNA, OCT. 25 considered a Congress operation of the Article state’s third province — the state Satya Pal Malik ment appointed interlocu- unfortunate incident during traditional seat. through a public notifi- Ladakh — has been carved moves to Goa for the tor to Jammu and Kashmir, the celebrations,” Additional Union minister Giriraj Though few Bharatiya cation, the plea said. out as a separate Union remainder of his tenure as Dineshwar Sharma, has Director General of Police, Singh on Friday stoked a Janata Party leaders “It is therefore, submit- Territory. the governor. He was first been appointed as adminis- (Law and Order) Navdeep controversy by terming came out in support of ted that the formula- Former defence secretary appointed governor of trator to Lakshadweep. An Singh Virk stated in a press AIMIM’s victory in Giriraj Singh’s state- tions and notifications R.K. Mathur was appointed Bihar in September 2017 order to this effect was release. He said that police Kishanganj “a threat to ment against Asaduddin of the 2019 order is in the first Lt Governor of and later shifted to Jammu issued by the Union home would ensure no mishap social integrity” and The most danger- Owaisi’s party AIMIM, a consonance with the strategically located and Kashmir last year in ministry. takes place in godowns, compared party chief ous result in Bihar section in NDA differed provisions of Article 370 Ladakh. The 65-year-old August. — PTI storage as well as retail Asaduddin Owaisi with byelection has and criticised him for and the 2019 points of firecrackers. — PTI Jinnah. emerged from trying to create differ- Amendment Act is a In a tweet on Friday, Mr ences through his con- consequential legisla- Singh said that “The Kishanganj where troversial statements. tive action that flows Intruder killed most dangerous result in Asaduddin Owaisi’s The Opposition RJD from it,” the plea said. Bihar by-election has Party AIMIM has also slammed BJP’s fire- “The Treaty of near Pak border emerged from won. The party is brand leader for giving Accession of Jammu the statement. and Kashmir to the Amritsar: A Pakistani intrud- Kishanganj where influenced by the er was shot dead by Asaduddin Owaisi’s According to RJD Republic of India was an the Border Security Force Party AIMIM has won. ideology of Jinnah spokesperson Bhai unconditional one and it personnel along the Indo- The party is influenced — Giriraj Birendra, “NDA’s per- was always the intention Pak border in Amritsar sec- by the ideology of formance has disturbed of the state of Jammu tor of Punjab on Friday, offi- Jinnah and it also hates Singh, the BJP in Bihar. and Kashmir to be inte- cials said. The incident took Vande Mataram. Union minister Leaders like Giriraj grated with the Republic place at the Bharopal bor- AIMIM’s victory is a Singh are giving such of India. Article 370 was der outpost , they said. threat to the social Bihar are of the view kind of statements to a temporary provision After observing suspicious integrity of Bihar. that AIMIM’s entry in divert public attention inserted with the object movement of an intruder People should think Bihar could change the but they cannot change of peace in the state,” who entered the Indian ter- about their future”. political equations in the the fact. At the moment, the plea said. The peti- ritory, the BSF troops chal- In Kishanganj, BJP Seemanchal districts I can only say that the tion also stated that lenged him to stop, a BSF candidate Sweety Singh like Kishanganj, Purnea, by-poll results were just Jammu and Kashmir official said. When he did was defeated by AIMIM Katihar, and Araria a trailer the BJP will see has been consistently not pay heed, the BSF nominee Qamarul Hoda where Muslims have the whole picture during threatened by infiltra- troops opened fire at him by around 11,000 votes. maximum representa- 2020 assembly elec- tion from Pakistan and andhe succumbed to bullet Political parties in tion. tions”. China. — PTI injuries, the official said. — PTI HP college course Kanda asked to appear in court Nov. 27 New Delhi, Oct. 25: The “harassment” allegedly on ancient wisdom case against newly-elect- SUICIDE CASE by Kanda and his Dharamshala: The ed controversial Haryana employee Aruna Chadha. Government Degree College politician Gopal Goyal informed that he was The proceedings in the of Dharamshala has intro- Kanda for allegedly abet- busy in election cam- case was delayed as spe- duced a six-month certifi- ting suicide of an air paign for Sirsa assembly cial public prosecutor cate course in “Ancient hostess is dragging for constituency which he Rajiv Mohan was not Indian Wisdom”, from the seven years in a Delhi was contesting as a can- appearing in the matter. current academic session. court which is yet to com- didate of Haryana Lokhit The judge also noted Tibetan spiritual leader the plete recording of prose- Party. The court has fixed that the court has 14th Dalai Lama on Friday cution evidence. November 27 and 28 for received a copy of an addressed the students and Kanda, who has pledged recording of the prosecu- order from the director of faculty members. unconditional support to tion evidence in the case. prosecution informing While addressing the gath- the BJP in the Haryana Geetika Sharma, the air that advocate Manish ering, the Dalai Lama said Assembly, has been asked hostess employed with Rawat has been appoint- that all seven billion human to appear before Special Kanda’s MLDR airlines, ed prosecutor in the case. beings in this world are the Judge Ajay Kumar Kuhar was found dead on Rawat has been mentally, emotionally and on November 27 and 28. August 5, 2012 at her appointed in place of spe- physically similar and that On October 4 and 11, the Delhi residence. cial public prosecutor they belong to one court had granted him In her suicide note, she Rajiv Mohan on behalf of community. — PTI exemption from personal had said that she was the state to conduct the appearance after he had ending her life due to trial. — PTI Don’t seek Kanda help: Airhostess brother tells BJP AGE CORRESPONDENT with agency inputs NEW DELHI, OCT. 25

The family of the former airhostess, Geetika Sharma, who allegedly committed suicide, hit out at the BJP for taking the support of Gopal Kanda, Gopal Kanda the controversial Haryana MLA, for securing power in denied 8 times. If you sup- the state. port this criminal, you will The victim’s brother, destroy 10 more girls like Ankit Sharma, questioned her.” the government over its “There is a charge sheet attempts at seeking support against him of 1,800 pages of a criminal. He urged the which is full of evidences government to look at on what he did to my sister, Kanda’s past and character how he destroyed her life…t before taking his help. that charge sheet is of no “Kanda faces trial in the use if you don’t have a trial suicide of Geetika Sharma. on time,” Ankit said. What about the ‘Beti Along with other newly- Bachao Beti Padhao’ slogan elected independents, in Haryana? We are giving Haryana Lokhit Party the responsibility of (HLP) candidate Gopal women to a hooligan, to Kanda had offered his somebody who pushed unconditional support to somebody to kill them- BJP as it fell short of the selves. Are we for real in half way mark in the 90 this?” Ankit Sharma told member state Assembly. reporters. He added that his The 23-year-old air hostess family had been humiliated Geetika Sharma was found for the past seven years and dead in 2012, blaming then- lamented over how justice Haryana minister Gopal has been delayed. Kanda for her death. He was “I just wish to say that a minister in the Congress they should not give our government of Bhupinder future in the hands of a Singh Hooda when the case criminal. Please see that came to light. The BJP had this man was in jail for 1.5 at that time protested years and his bail has been against Kanda. Development

Health of poor improved up to PAGE 70% due to Ujjwala, Swachha Bharat, says Amit Shah Nation 4 THE ASIAN AGE SATURDAY | 26 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Govt hopes RBI officer found dead to break Indians can soon visit in Odisha hotel room Naga talks Brazil without visas It is sad to see that AKSHAYA KUMAR ◗ The exact reason pected that the banker deadlock SAHOO behind his death is took the extreme step due Beijing, Oct 25: Chinese ◗ Bolsonaro has a truck driver of BHUBANESWAR, OCT. 25 to family dispute. MANOJ ANAND and Indian tourists would yet to be ascer- In a similar incident, a GUWAHATI, OCT. 25 be exempted from visas to made it a policy to Alwar district died in Mystery shrouded the tained, it is suspect- home guard was found enter Brazil for tourism reduce visa require- the terrorist attack death of a general manag- ed that the banker hanging on Friday morn- The ministry of home or business, Brazilian ments of developed er of Reserve Bank of took the extreme ing inside a private nurs- affairs is confident to President Jair Bolsonaro India (RBI) who was found ing home near the work out some amicable has announced. countries. But this — Sachin Pilot, hanging from the ceiling step due to family Nayagarh district collec- solution to end the Earlier this year, the announcement is Dy CM, Rajasthan of a hotel room in dispute tor’s office. stand-off between the Brazilian government the first he has Chandikhol of Jajpur dis- The deceased was identi- NSCN(I-M) and the ended visa requirements made expanding trict on Friday morning. On Friday morning, the fied as Pramod Bhola. Centre over the demand for tourists and business- that policy to the SHORT TAKES The deceased Asish hotel staff knocked at the Sources said the of separate flag and con- people from the United Ranjan Samal (52) was door of the room, he did Pramod’s wife works at stitution for Nagaland. States, Canada, Japan and Jair Bolsonaro developing world. working as the GM in RBI not answer. When he did the nursing home and he Refusing to divulge Australia. Those coun- NBCC official held Guwahati branch in not open the door until had gone there to meet more details in the tries, however, have not in Brazil, Russia and South Assam. He had come to late, the hotel staff called her. However, the couple regard, security sources return dropped their visa year and has made it a pol- Africa. for taking `4L bribe his native village up police. had a verbal duel over while admitting that the requirements for icy to reduce visa require- Bolsonaro on Friday Naraharipur to meet his The Badachana police some family issues. It is talks between Nagaland Brazilian citizens. ments from a number of met President Xi Jinping New Delhi: The CBI has mother on October 24. reached the spot and after suspected that the home governor and interlocu- “There will be no reci- developed countries. But and Premier Li Keqiang arrested a top official of the Thereafter, he went to breaking the door, they guard took the extreme tor R.N. Ravi and collec- procity in the beginning. the announcement, made during his first official state-owned National Bhubaneswar to meet his found him hanging from step in a fit of rage follow- tive leadership of US, Australia, Japan, and during an official visit to visit to China. Brazilian Buildings Construction wife, a doctor at KIIMS the ceiling. ing the quarrel. NSCN(I-M) on Thursday Canada are already China, is the first he has and Chinese leaders Corporation (NBCC) for Hospital, and son, who is The cops later sent the On receiving informa- remained inconclusive, exempt from short-term made expanding that poli- emphasised continued allegedly receiving a bribe of studying in Plus Two. body to a hospital for post- tion, the police reached said that three-hour-long tourist and business cy to the developing cooperation between `4 lakh for clearing bills worth Later on the same day, mortem and began a the spot and began an meeting had several posi- visas. The next country world. emerging economies in over `24 crore. According to Asish went to Chandikhol probe into the incident. investigation into the inci- tive outcomes too. A dele- should be India,” he said China has a population the face of protectionism sources Utpal Paul, deputy and booked a room in Though the exact reason dent. The cops also collect- gation of 15 members of on Thursday during a of about 1.39 billion peo- worldwide. general manager (DGM), Hotel Mid East for himself behind his death is yet to ed CCTV footage from the NSCN(I-M), led by its gen- meeting here, according ple, while India has 1.3 bil- The announcement from NBCC, had initially demanded only. be ascertained, it is sus- hospital, sources added. eral secretary and chief to Brazilian newspaper lion. Both India and China Brazil came ahead of the a bribe of `50 lakh from a negotiator Thuingaleng Folha de S. Paulo. are part of Brics - an asso- upcoming Brics summit businessman, about 2 per Muivah, was camping in Bolsonaro, a far-right ciation of five major that will be held in Brazil cent of the total pending bills. New Delhi. politician, came to power emerging national which is expected to boost As the first installment, he Lost in sea, Mr Ravi also had a at the beginning of the economies including intra-Brics ties. — PTI had sought `10 lakh but the meeting with the Naga businessman negotiated and National Political Groups brought the amount down to Andaman (NNPGs), a conglomerate `4 lakh, they added. Paul was of six other factional Railways to convert 200 Terrorists are arrested on Thursday night by Naga outfits, on Friday to the CBI in Guwahati while man found work out modalities for controlling receiving the payment, signing the peace-accord. saloons to 10 luxury trains sources said. after 21 days Though, the outcome of New Delhi, Oct. 25: over to IRCTC and will be PoK, says the meeting was still Railways has decided to operated as tourist trains. Ceasefire violation AGE CORRESPONDENT unknown. Security convert 200 saloons into Upon conversion, around BHUBANESWAR, OCT. 25 sources said that NNPGs 10 luxury tourist trains to ten such trains can be put Army Chief has agreed to and pre- be run by the IRCTC in a into for public use,” the New Delhi, Oct. 25: by Pak in Kupwara A man reportedly travel- pared to sign the peace bid to regulate the use of source said. Army Chief Gen. Bipin Kupwara: Homes of several ling to the Andaman and accord. the colonial era-style car- Last year, amid concerns Rawat on Friday people were damaged in a Nicobar islands in a Meanwhile, several riages and generate addi- over misuse of saloons by described Pakistan- ceasefire violation by fishing boat lost direc- women organisations tional revenue for the officials, Railway minister Occupied Kashmir as a Pakistani troops along the tion due to strong winds from the all-women run national transporter, Piyush Goyal had given “terrorist-controlled” Line of Control (LoC) in and sea current, only to Ema Keithels (mother’s sources said on Friday. up the use of his own per- part of the neighbouring Kupwara, Jammu and find himself in Odisha markets) in Imphal took Conceived initially as sonal ones, calling them country and sought to Kashmir, on Friday. The coast. out a protest march, inspection cars to be exclu- “trappings of a colonial link it with Islamabad’s homes were damaged in Identified as Amit demanding assurance sively used by railway offi- mindset”. He had also strident criticism of Tumna and Riddi village in Khujur, the ill-fated man from the Centre that ter- cials to visit far-flung urged zones to give up India’s decision to scrap west Kupwara. It was imme- was rescued by the ritorial integrity of the areas, these saloons com- saloons for public use. Jammu and Kashmir’s diately not known if there locals of Khirisahi vil- state will not be compro- prise of two bedrooms, a Sources said the special status. was any loss of life in the lage in Krushnaprasad mised. The ongoing hec- lounge, a pantry, a toilet Railway Board has pre- In an address at an firing incident. On Thursday, block here after his boat tic negotiations between and a kitchen, which are pared a set of instructions event, Gen. Rawat also Pakistan violated ceasefire hit the Puri shores early Naga rebel groups and built to facilitate the stay for its zones to “strictly asserted that Gilgit- in the Tangdhar sector of on Friday morning. Mr Ravi has been seen for up to five days. regulate” the number and Baltistan and PoK have the Kupwara district. Earlier Narrating his ordeal, as a last-ditch effort by “While a designated use of such saloons. It been under illegal occu- on October 20, two Indian Amit Khujur said that the two parties to iron number of saloons will be also said that these should pation of Pakistan. soldiers and a civilian were he along with another Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu with Iran President out differences before kept for use of railway be used primarily for The Army Chief cau- killed in a provoked cease- native was returning Hassan Rouhani at the 18th summit of Non-Aligned the end of PM Modi’s officials for inspection, inspection purposes with tioned Pakistan not to fire violation by Pakistan in home when suddenly Movement in Baku on Friday. — ANI deadline by October 31. 200 of them will be turned a focus on safety. — PTI resort to any “misadven- the Tangdhar sector. they were caught in the ture” against India, say- severe weather in the ing the Indian armed Walls collapse in middle of the sea. Details of sexual abuse by Akbar ‘bizarre’: Ramani’s friend forces were fully ready Though the boat wres- to effectively check any tled with the strong such attempts. Odisha, 4 killed winds, he couldn’t move New Delhi, Oct 25: Details “After her job interview duct, a charge denied by to come sit close to him. “The territory (PoK) Bhubaneswar: Four persons, ahead in the desired of the alleged incident of with Mr Akbar, Ms him. Akbar had earlier Details she described were occupied by Pakistan is including a woman, were direction. sexual harassment by for- Ramani called me up late told the court that the alle- so bizarre and inappropri- not controlled by the killed while four others sus- Amit claims to have mer Union minister M.J. in the evening. She sound- gations made in an article ate that I have a picture of Pakistan establishment tained injuries in separate remained stranded in Akbar, when he was a ed upset and distraught. in the ‘Vogue’ and the sub- it in my mind till this day,” but it is controlled by wall collapse incidents due to the sea for as many as 21 scribe, against journalist She had called me up and sequent tweets were the witness deposed. terrorists. PoK is actual- incessant rainfall on Friday. days without food and Priya Ramani were “so said the interview had not defamatory on the face of The witness further tes- ly a terrorist-controlled According to the reports, water. bizarre” and “inappropri- gone as she had expected. it as the complainant had tified that during the tele- part of Pakistan,” he Kailash Samal of Nuasahi was Further explaining the ate” that it created a last- To begin with, it was not deposed them to be false phonic conversation with said. killed while his wife sustained drastic conditions, he ing image, the victim’s conducted in the lobby or and imaginary and Ms Ramani, they had even In his closing remarks injuries after wall of their said that he was forced friend in whom she had the coffee shop of the hotel “immediate damage” was discussed whether she at the Field Marshal M.J. Akbar house collapsed. In another to throw the body of his confided about her experi- where she was called for caused to him due to the should take the job if K.M. Cariappa memorial incident, a man was killed associate into the sea ence told a Delhi court the interview. She was “false” allegations by offered. Recording of her lecture, the Army Chief while his wife and daughter after he died of hunger. Friday. called to Mr Akbar’s room Mr Akbar, who resigned Ramani. testimony remained also said that attempts sustained grievous injuries in It is being said that Niloufer Venkataraman where they were alone and as Union minister on “She described feeling inconclusive and will be are being made by Jaleswar area. Similarly, a wall both of them were made the submissions the interview was con- October 17 last year, filed a uncomfortable as he continued on November 6. Pakistani terrorists to collapsed in Kumbharapada returning to Andaman before additional chief ducted,” Ms private criminal defama- offered her an alcoholic Ramani had earlier told disrupt resumption of area leading to the death of after unloading goods metropolitan magistrate Venkataraman said. tion complaint against Ms drink and was having a the court that her “disclo- normalcy in Kashmir the secretary of ‘Kumbhakar from a ship there. On Samar Vishal while depos- She further said that Ms Ramani after his name drink himself too. At one sure” of alleged sexual after India abrogated Nijog’ Rasananda Bisoi. In the other hand, the fish- ing as a witness in Ms Ramani had described the cropped up on social point she had narrated to harassment by Akbar has provisions of Article 370 Mayurbhanj, a woman was ing boat was found Ramani’s defence in the “extremely uncomfort- media as the #MeToo cam- her how Mr Akbar had come at “a great personal to withdraw the special killed after the wall of her damaged and half- criminal defamation case able” details of what had paign raged on in India. patted on the surface next cost” and she had “noth- status of Jammu and kitchen collapsed. buried on the sea filed against her by Mr happened in the interview Ms Ramani accused Mr to him on the sofa indicat- ing to gain” from it. Kashmir. beach. Akbar. to her. Akbar of sexual miscon- ing that he was asking her — PTI — PTI WITHDRAW NOD FOR MAHADAYI US seeks peace roadmap Aaditya likely to be state’s PROJECT: GOA CM for Kashmir Valley youngest deputy CM Panaji: Goa chief minister ■ Continued from Page 1 Mohammed and Hizbul ■ Continued from Page 1 grow.” Pramod Sawant on Friday for example four million Mujahideen “obviously Shah visited my home. Banners have come up wrote to Union environment postpaid mobile phone are the problem”. We had decided on a 50-50 in Worli area of Mumbai minister Prakash Javadekar, users have had service “In this vein, we wel- formula for the alliance. congratulating Aaditya asking for immediate with- restored, but SMS and come (Pakistan) Prime In the Vidhan Sabha Thackeray and hailing drawal of the Centre’s con- internet is restricted,” Minister (Imran) Khan’s polls, we agreed to contest him as a future chief min- sent for the Kalsa-Bhanduri she said. unambiguous statement fewer seats than the BJP, ister. The BJP won 105 project on the Mahadayi Internet services across in September that any- but I cannot accommo- seats in the 288-member river in neighbouring all platforms continued one who crosses from date the BJP every time. I Assembly, while the Sena Karnataka. After Mr to be snapped in the Pakistan to carry out vio- should allow my party to bagged 56. Javadekar tweeted two days Valley since the night of lence in Kashmir are ene- ago that the drinking water August 4, hours before mies of both Pakistan project had received the Centre announced its and the Kashmiri peo- Maradu flats demolition: Environment Clearance (EC), decision to abrogate ple,” she said. there have been loud Article 370 provisions “The constructive dia- protests by Opposition par- that gave special status to logue that we’d like to see President Ram Nath Kovind during the 50th anniversary of Shanti Stupa in Rajgir city owners to get `25 lakh ties in Goa as well as the J&K and split the state between India and of Nalanda district in Bihar on Friday. — PTI BJP government of the into two UTs, officials in Pakistan must be based ■ Continued from Page 1 builders to pay `20 crores, coastal state. “I request you Srinagar said. on Pakistan taking sus- demolished for breach of the court asked each of to direct the ministry of The internet services tained and irreversible the Coastal Regulation them to state on affidavit environment, forest and cli- were snapped along with steps against militants Zone guidelines. The their assets and bank mate change to immediately mobile and landline tele- and terrorists in its terri- BJP and JJP join hands three-member committee, accounts. The Supreme withdraw the letter of phone services. While tory,” Ms Wells said. however, made the pay- Court, at the last hearing October 17, 2019,” Sawant the landline telephone President Donald ■ Continued from Page 1 Singh, accompanied by expected to stake claim or ment on the basis of the of the matter on wrote to Javadekar. The services were restored Trump and secretary of poll promises of its ally in BJP Sirsa MP Sunita government formation on amount on the stamp September 27, had said ministry’s letter apparently gradually first, the post- state Mike Pompeo have the state. Duggal, was widely circu- Saturday. paper of the sale deed. the compensation paid to conveyed to Karnataka that paid mobile services met and spoken with However, the BJP, which lated in the social media, The BJP has appointed Besides this, the court the affected flat owners the Kalsa-Bhanduri being a were restored only last their Indian and was busy with meetings the BJP refrained from Union finance minister ordered all builders from funds allocated by drinking water project does week. The prepaid serv- Pakistani counterparts over government forma- any comment on Mr Nirmala Sitharaman and together should deposit the Kerala government not need environment clear- ices continued to remain multiple times and all tion in Haryana, had to Kanda. Mr Kanda, on the party general secretary `20 crores, that would go would be recovered from ance, the CM said in his mis- barred. sides have the responsi- face severe criticism over other hand, claimed that Arun Singh as observers towards the payment of the builders. sive. “It is not understood on Noting that journalists bility to create the condi- its move to seek support all the Independents who for the Haryana legisla- `25 lakhs compensation The Supreme Court by what basis the (environ- have extensively covered tions in Kashmir for dia- from Lokhit Party’s Gopal had won had extended ture party meeting. The to each of the flat owners. its May 8 order directed ment) ministry reached the developments in logue including avoiding Kanda, a “rape accused” “unconditional support” BJP leadership has The amount that each of the demolition of the flats conclusion that the project Kashmir, Ms Wells said heated and unhelpful who is also facing charges to the BJP, and he also already made it clear that the builders would have as they were built in is purely a drinking water the role of some of the rhetoric, she said. of abetment to suicide of revealed his family’s asso- Mr Khattar will head the to pay will be fixed by the breach of the Coastal project. The pleadings of international reporters On August 5, India a former woman employee ciation with the RSS. next government. three-member commit- Regulation Zone guide- Karnataka and also the evi- have been particularly withdrew the special sta- and her mother. “My father was associated Earlier, during the day, tee. lines, and did not have dence produced by witness- important, but journal- tus of Jammu and Even within the BJP, with the RSS since 1926... he Mr Khattar held a series The attached properties proper approvals. The es before the Mahadayi ists continue to face chal- Kashmir and bifurcated there is growing resent- fought the first general elec- of meetings with BJP of builders would be court, by its September 6 Water Dispute Tribunal lenges in access while it into two Union ment over the association tion of the country after working president J.P. released in proportion to order, set a deadline of clearly indicate that one of reporting due to the secu- Territories. Several secu- with Mr Kanda. Independence on a Jan Nadda, state in-charge the amount each would be September 20 for demoli- the purposes of this project rity restrictions. rity restrictions were Though a photograph of Sangh ticket,” said Mr Anil Jain, general secre- paying in compliance of tion of the unauthorised- is to augment irrigation in Ms Wells said terrorist imposed in Kashmir as Mr Kanda, who won the Kanda. tary (organisation) B.L. the order to deposit `20 ly constructed flats. the Malaprabha project com- groups like Lashkar-e- well as Jammu following Sirsa Assembly seat, and Outgoing chief minister Santosh and some crores. The next hearing of the mand,” he wrote. — PTI Taiba, Jaish-e- the decision. Independent MLA Ranjeet Manohar Lal Khattar is Independent MLAs. Having ordered the matter is on November 22. c m y k c m y k MIND POWER RAMANA MAHARSHI JUSTIN TRUDEAU PAGE No one succeeds without effort... 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Voters put economics Subhani over fear of the other n the end, the cross-border shelling the night before the voting in these elections — to two state Assemblies, two Lok Sabha seats and 51 Assembly constituencies — was not enough to appeal to the national- Iism of two of India’s martial communities — Maharashtra’s Marathas and Haryana’s Jats. One of the Congress’ key electoral puzzles involves these dominant intermediate castes. And yet they taught the BJP a lesson, even if the ruling party returns with chief ministers Devendra Fadnavis and Manohar Lal Khattar. (Mr Khattar, a dry party apparatchik, will find his unstable minority government severely tested in the coming months.) For instance, Ajit Pawar won Baramati by over 1,65,000 votes — the kind of margin seen in parliamentary contests, not Assembly fights. In Haryana, the BJP’s vote share plummeted from 58 per cent in May to 36.3 per cent now. That the BJP was shaken up was evident from the gloat-free celebratory speeches and rapidly-darting eyes of its top leaders on Thursday evening. Their continuous claptrap on Article 370 left the voters unimpressed; the latter were more concerned about the economic winter LETTERS ahead. Perhaps the LoC shelling was, in hindsight, evidence of the ruling party's anxiety. LOCAL IS NATIONAL Also worrisome for the party that likes to Why Siachen glacier is monopolise the flag were the Block Jharkhand was not Development Council election results from The abrogation of Article held this week though Jammu and Kashmir. In Jammu, a region 370 failed to strike a BJP CM Raghubar Das that ought to be a BJP bastion now that the Valley has been “put in its place”, there chord with rural voters in could easily have been were only 40 winning BJP candidates, vital to India’s defence the recently-concluded told to request an while there were 87 Independents who won. Assembly elections where election by his ‘high Though the Congress and the National the ground and in detail would do three things for command’. The BJP Conference officially boycotted the BDC on maps. Even a cursory it. First, it would broaden “local” issues turned out poll, make no mistake — those 87 were glance will reveal the the China-Pakistan link to be of utmost impor- knows it is badly- their people. Even in Jammu, nationalism extent of Pakistan’s ruse. into a larger contact zone placed in Jharkhand, followed the law of diminishing returns. Mutual withdrawal in to afford operations tance and dented all the while the Congress- More state elections are around the cor- Syed Ata Hasnain the context of Pakistan’s against Indian deploy- votebanks of ruling par- JMM alliance has got ner. Jharkhand was not held this week proposal will only mean ment in the Nubra and though BJP CM Raghubar Das could easily one army withdrawing Shyok Valleys. Second, it ties. In Maharashtra, the its act together. have been told to request an election by his from the crucial tactical- would make Indian PMC Bank issue and “high command”. He wasn’t; the BJP ly dominating heights of deployment at the KK Aarey Milk Colony tree- knows it is badly-placed in Jharkhand, while the Congress-Jharkhand the Saltoro ridge; the Range relatively unten- Mukti Morcha alliance has got its act together. The “high command” prob- n the recent hum- area and sending foreign Indian Army. The reality able if the valleys were to cutting had a direct ably hopes that a pro-Hindu verdict in the Ayodhya dispute (considered drum of the com- expeditions along with is that Pakistan cannot fall to the China-Pakistan impact on the votes by some to be a foregone conclusion) will swing the urban areas back to plexities involving Pakistani troops, thus even view the Siachen combine. The extreme the BJP. Perhaps. But there’s Delhi, with its popular CM Arvind Kejriwal; Jammu and laying virtual claim to glacier, let alone be in a high-altitude area of the polled. In Haryana, Jats and then the biggie, Bihar, where CM Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) won only one Kashmir, one area the area west of line NJ position to do mutual KK Range around Daulat proved their mettle and of the five bypolls this week. A loss there will demonstrate that like our withI territorial dimen- 9842 to Karakoram (KK) withdrawal. This fact it Beg Oldi and stretching the agrarian crisis that banks, the ruling party’s political capital has become a non-performing sion attached to it and not pass. India responded has astutely hidden from into Eastern Ladakh asset. drawing sufficient focus with an effective counter its public and the media, would feel threatened. had called for better han- Some would term last winter’s elections, where the BJP lost three states is the Siachen glacier. It’s claim; laying down deceiving them with Third, the potential dling cost the BJP those in the North, and this week’s elections, where two incumbent BJP CMs rarely discussed these “north to the borders” as films and documentaries threat to the valleys are returning, as “normal elections”. They might call the 2019 Lok Sabha days as its specifics are the line along the Saltoro of an imagined occupa- would entail the defence vital votes. Anyway, the poll “abnormal”, because the results were beyond expectations, unlike in much less known. Yet, ridge watershed, thus tion of parts of the of Leh being met through Congress failed to consol- 2014, where everyone clearly read the mood of the nation. We hope that increased tension with defining the entire Siachen glacier. A major deployment on a single idate in Haryana and the rather than rely on “abnormal elections”, the powers that be focus on the Pakistan and the collu- Siachen glacier lying to source of water for mountain range, the economy. Otherwise, as this week’s results show, the electorate’s anger is sive threats arising from the east, from Indira Col Pakistan lying in Indian Ladakh Range, not the BJP is set to wean away a clear and present danger. China after recent ten- in the north to the glacier hands is definitely a most prudent operational Dushyant Chautala’s sions demand a revisit to snout in the south. strategic advantage, way of defending the core this crucial area; if for When nothing could be especially when Pakistan centre of the new Ladakh Jannayak Janata Party nothing else, at least for resolved for six years, in continues to rave and UT. and set up its govern- Kartarpur pact: Positive step better public awareness. April 1984 India proac- rant about J&K and With the construction of With tourist trails having tively flew a helicopter- refuses to budge from its the China-Pakistan Econ- ment. This is no kick in ven in this hour of very disturbed relations between India and been introduced, from borne force and occupied established strategy of omic Corridor (CPEC), the pants, but definitely a Pakistan, the two countries, after long-winded negotiations filled Siachen Base Camp right crucial locations on the using terror as a weapon India’s northernmost warning. Ewith not a little suspicion on the Indian side, succeeded in signing up to the glacier’s central sub-glaciers which flow against India. deployment, which re- the Kartarpur Saheb corridor agreement on Thursday for visa-free entry location, a flavour of from the passes on the There is an even greater tains the psychological Annapurani Shanthi of pilgrims. peace and tranquility Saltoro ridge. This strategic dimension and physical means to Ghaziabad This will be a matter of great spiritual solace particularly for Sikh devo- appears to be added to allowed its troops to move which only those with target the corridor, tees. They will now be able to walk into Pakistan on November 12 to cele- Siachen. It’s a good deci- up to the passes at heights operational and tactical remains the Siachen area. WARNING TO BJP brate the 550th birth anniversary of Guru Nanak, the founder of the Sikh sion to have introduced up to 22,000 feet and they experience generally tend What has rarely been spo- faith, at the famous Darbar Saheb Kartarpur gurdwara, now in Pakistan, high-altitude hiking in have since remained with to understand. It needs a ken about is the fact that DESPITE A BOYCOTT by the NC, where Guru Nanak spent his last days. The shrine is barely 6 km from the area; awareness in the Indian tricolour brief explanation. What for China the ultimate sal- People’s Conference and the PDP, the Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur in India’s Punjab. the public eye about embedded there. Pakistan has to be noted is that the vation lies in making the BJP has lost the block council If bilateral relations were normal, the proposal to construct a walking Siachen’s existence will made desperate bids to strategic significance has CPEC a maze of old-world elections in Kashmir. In fact, corridor for Indian pilgrims, and those of Indian origin living in other increase, as also the chal- evict the Indian troops only enhanced over time. Silk Route alignments Independent candidates have swept countries, might have come to fruition long ago. Still, it’s just as well that lenges of defending it but failed. This included Hypothetically, the possi- through the Ladakh the polls across the two Union neither the traditional bitterness nor the current stasis in ties between the from adversaries, while one attack personally led bility of full Pakistani region into PoK, making territories, winning 217 of 307 two nations proved to be an obstacle in the end. survival in the glaciated by Gen. Pervez Musharaf, occupation of the triangle, Ladakh that much more panchayat blocks in all three regions New Delhi’s chief worry was that Pakistan, that encourages Sikh seces- terrain will find some who was then a brigadier NJ 9842-Saltoro Ridge-KK strategic for India. The of Kashmir, Jammu and Ladakh. sionist elements from Canada and Britain, some of whom live in Pakistan focus. Yet, this may lead commanding Pakistan’s Pass, would bring the degree of difficulty for They were the only Opposition left in on a long-term basis, will seek to exploit the thousands of Sikhs visiting to a degree of trivialisa- SSG (special forces). Pakistan Army to the communications arteries the fray against the BJP. This is a the shrine for subversive anti-India propaganda. At the same time, New tion without a full appre- Siachen’s first strategic edge of the Saltoro Ridge, keeps enhancing as you warning. Should the BJP roll back its Delhi had no wish to hurt Sikh religious sentiments by throwing a span- ciation of why India must importance is that its affording it domination progress north. It’s the decision to abrogate Article 370 and ner in the works of the Kartarpur corridor. continue to occupy the frozen icy waste melts over the crucial Nubra south of the current bifurcate J&K? The Kartarpur Saheb facility might, ordinarily, have served as a useful Siachen glacier; the into the River Nubra, and Shyok Valleys. The deployment of both China Amjadullah Abuzar confidence-building measure between India and Pakistan. It is uncertain strategic aspects rarely which drains the Nubra latter provide additional and Pakistan which will Sitamarhi, Bihar if this can be the case now, when ties are especially bad after India’s get explained but that Valley and provides huge depth and broad operat- provide better options for recent move on Kashmir. knowledge is necessary resources of water to ing space to the Indian the construction of com- AAP EXAMPLE too, especially if it is bet- Pakistan; the River Army for the defence of munications arteries, ter known that India Nubra flows into the the Ladakh Range, which adding to the worth of THE AAP government is set to THE ASIAN AGE expends Rs 4 crores every River Shyok which in in turn provides depth to CPEC; that terrain all lies widen the ambit of its health T. VENKATRAM REDDY day to maintain the turn flows to River Indus Leh, the capital of the new in Ladakh. The defence of scheme, whereby people who are Editor in Chief Army in the glacier in PoK. Pakistan’s water Union territory of Ladakh without holding given a waiting time of over 30 days deployment. sources lying under Ladakh. Pakistan’s occu- Siachen would make the for a surgery or procedure at a Delhi Printer & Publisher: T. VENKATESWARLU The problem of the Indian control is a strate- pation of Siachen area task of the Indian Army of government hospital are eligible for THE ASIAN AGE offices are located at: gic psychological blow to defending Leh, and hence New Delhi: Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre, 219 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, Siachen glacier arose free treatment at an empanelled pri- New Delhi-110002. Phone: (011) 23211124. because the ceasefire line it. That is one of the Ladakh, far more chal- vate hospital. Till June 2019, 4,654 Mumbai: Sigma House, # 43, Ground Floor, R. A. 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Air surcharge for Kathmandu and J&K `1 coordinate from which the spectrum of the India- Corridor, India’s Every state should adopt this Published and Printed on behalf of and for the further northward Pakistan border dis- northernmost scheme. If the Union government ◗ Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited, Jawaharlal Nehru National Youth Centre, delineation was consid- putes, and advising India deployment, which The writer, a retired imposes it all over India, it will be to 219 Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, New Delhi 110 002 at BFL Infotech Ltd., C-9, Sector-III, Noida -201301. ered impractical and left that this be resolved ami- lieutenant-general, is a the great relief of the people. ◗ Mumbai: Dangat Media Pvt Ltd, Plot No 22, Digha MIDC, TTC Industrial Estate Area, Vishnu Nagar, Digha, retains the Navi Mumbai-400708. vague with the statement cably by “mutual with- former commander of the M. 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ndia is a country where we At 15.6 per cent, crimes against ess working in his airline compa- were used liberally by BJP lead- situation across the country and worship feminine power in women are the highest in ny. The result, which included ers to entice voters during the punished the BJP for taking no its many forms — from this state, but the rising trends loss of ministers and heavy- campaign, led to a result wherein stringent action in Haryana or ILakshmi for abundance of are worrisome. Uttar Pradesh weights, can also be seen as a the BJP does not have a simple Uttar Pradesh against rising wealth to Saraswati for education is followed by Maharashtra wake-up call for the majority any more and the crime. and Kali for destruction. (8.9 per cent) and West Bengal (8.6 government in Uttar Pradesh. It Congress has resurged. In In the backdrop of this, besides The Bharatiya Janata Party has per cent). cannot just count on Mr Modi’s Haryana, along with former chief the economic woes around the been shouting empty slogans of The Unnao rape and the BJP's image in the state and work on minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, country, rising prices hurting us “Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao” for blatant misuse of power to protect “good governance”. it was Kumari Selja leading the all, an almost “no demand” econo- Gaurav Kapoor and far too long now. Prime Minister MLA Kuldip Sengar for the The Rashtriya Swayamsevak charge. my, with barely any jobs, women Rishabh Jain Narendra Modi’s hoardings, longest time are relatively recent Sangh (RSS), the ideological par- The byelections in Uttar voters have silently started to splashed across the country, kept incidents. In 2017, Uttar Pradesh ent of the BJP, from where many Pradesh, too, have shown that ditch the Modi bandwagon. saying “Bahut hua naari par aty- reports 5,830 sexual harassment ministers and chief ministers Mayawati, whose party BSP Maybe, the Prime Minister achaar, abki baar Modi sarkar”. crimes — which is one-fourth of have come, has a long-standing rarely contests by-elections, got should start becoming wary of It still rings a bell as the NCRB the total number of cases in this record of disrespecting women zero seats while the Congress Stree Shakti and start working data was released a few days ago. category that took place in the with statements regarding their more than doubled its vote share toward real vikas, after all, Women punish Uttar Pradesh, which sent the country. In Haryana, the BJP’s attire and their place in today’s to 12.80 per cent under the leader- for its absence could otherwise highest number of BJP members sitting chief minister Manohar India. One can even remember ship of Priyanka Gandhi Vadra be the death knell for the Modi to Parliament again in 2019 and Lal Khattar had the gumption to Mr Modi’s remarks of “Jersey who has been continuously rais- government. BJP for crimes has a brute majority in the leg- call even Congress president cow” and “50 crore girlfriend”. ing the Unnao case and the Ubbha islative Assembly, is the No. 1 Sonia Gandhi all sorts of names And who can forget that a BJP massacre in Sonbhadra district, Gaurav Kapoor is secretary, state in terms of crimes against during the recently-concluded minister has labelled our friends where 10 members of the UP, in the research department women. The state has seen a con- state elections. It now seems in the media “presstitutes”? Scheduled Tribes were gunned of the Congress Party and a long- behind talk of sistent rise in crime in 2015-2017. that to hold on to power in In the backdrop of such vile down. Ms Vadra has been visiting term resident of Varanasi. The crimes registered under the Haryana, the PM may take the attacks on our women leaders and the family members of the vic- Rishabh Jain is a researcher Indian Penal Code and special help of Gopal Kanda, an citizens, the Haryana election tims and consoling them in their based in Varanasi with many an empowerment and local laws in UP rose from Independent MLA, who got a jail where fantasies like “plots in time of grief. This time, women election cycle experience, includ- 4,74,559 in 2015 to 6,00,082 in 2017. term for the murder of an airhost- Kashmir” and “Kashmiri brides” voters have noticed the dismal ing formerly with i-PAC. Word SPY LEXUS LIBERAL LIGHTSCAPE PAGE A person who is liberal in The total illumination or the pattern and Oped 7 words but not in deeds distribution of lights in a picture or vista THE ASIAN AGE SATURDAY | 26 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Church should redeem flock, not chase miracles

Amala Hospital commend him Five nuns of the veneration as role models. with seven more in the canoni- bishop were treated almost as as a highly “ethical person”. Missionaries of Jesus, Miracles are merely the inter- sation queue. heretics by the Carmelite bish- The medical fraternity is divid- pretation, attributing divinity The saint-less drought in the op of the Padravado system ed. Many believe that the IMA who stood up to the to causes mortals espouse. country is sought to be and were expelled from their John Mary has no business to seek an alleged predator, Says Fr Paul Thelakat, the explained thus: Every society monasteries. explanation because clinicians Bishop Franco Mulakkal, chief editor of Light of Truth: and religion has its own saints The Church in the West was encounter many instances of are on the streets. “I do know that the Church has and holy men and women. replete with such histories, curious cures, albeit medically strict procedures with respect Heroic saints may be few. especially the burning at the inexplicable. If the neonatolo- The official Church is to miracles and relics, but I What is true is that the church stake, branding its critics as gist has merely stated the inex- seen to be with the may suggest a real rethinking in the south of India did not heretics. The tradition of intol- plicable factor, the IMA has no persecutor, leaving from the theological and scien- have the money and the where- erance prevails at different lev- he Vatican’s the Amala Institute of Medical cause to intervene. But if he victims to wilt under the tific point of view two items in withal to fund canonical proce- els even as the Vatican imparts strategy to Sciences in Thrissur, for had called it a miracle, imply- canonisation, namely the dures for getting a few of their redemption in distant lands. make up for reportedly “certifying the ing divine intervention, he is yoke of no sympathy. necessity of two miracles and own proclaimed as saints. One can’t escape the paradox. shrinking miraculous cure of a newborn on shaky ground. Many dra- relics. It is time to have a cul- Often, this proclamation of Was it not a committee of bish- numbers of the afflicted with a seemingly matic cures belong to the an “event that goes beyond the tural, theological and pastoral saints becomes an issue of ops, who condemned Joan of faithful in the incurable primary pulmonary realm of the marvellous and forces of nature, which is re-evaluation of the meaning prestige and dignity for the Arc as a witch and ordered her traditional hypertension”. The child wondrous, defying prognosis. realised by God outside of what and the relevance of relics in community, diocese or the reli- execution and nearly four cen- catchments of reportedly recovered dramati- But miracles are not the is normal in the whole of creat- our times”. gious congregation concerned. turies later canonised her? Europe and the West has ener- cally after its parents prayed to domain of medicine, so goes ed nature by the intercession The Vatican eyes the Third All saints in Kerala belong to The Church, of late, racked Tgised the Catholic Church in Mother Thresia from the hos- the argument. of a servant of God or a blessed World for its harvest of souls the influential Syro-Malabar by exposes on its paedophile India, but the process of canon- pital bed in 2009. Beyond the propriety or oth- one…We can make mistakes, as the craze for saints in the rite while the Latin and Syro- priests, seeks atonement and isation, mandating two mira- “Dr Sreenivasan, who trav- erwise of the doctor’s certifica- deceive ourselves. Miracles, West is on the wane, quite a far Malankara rites are yet to have undertakes huge payouts. But cles, has nevertheless led to a elled to the Vatican as a wit- tion rises the question whether instead, can only be realised by cry from the epoch of frenzied their own. That is tantamount its professed sense of compas- controversy over the archaic ness, has to tell us what specif- miracles are inevitable in the God, and God does not demands for saints and their to the clout wielded by the sion misses victims. Five nuns practice, centred on medical as ic markers he had found in the decision to anoint saints when deceive”. That’s the argument relics in medieval times. respective rites. of the Missionaries of Jesus, well as theological grounds. child’s condition to claim science opens up new fron- for a flawless culmination of India, home to Christianity Historically, the Church in who stood up to the alleged On October 13, as Pope supernatural healing. We come tiers, explaining what had the process of canonisation. for centuries, has survived the the East had remained behold- predator, Bishop Franco Francis conferred sainthood across many instances of a hitherto remained inexplica- The criticism from within the paradox of being without a en to the Vatican. It was in 1875 Mulakkal, are on the streets. on Thrissur-born Mother cure, often very rare and med- ble. Church against miracles is saint for nearly 2,000 years. that the clergy, till then gov- The official Church is seen to Mariam Thresia, the founder ically the least anticipated. But Traditionalists resent any centred on the legacy of saints, The first Indian saint was erned by Syrian bishops sent be with the persecutor, leaving of the Congregation of the Holy to call them miracles is outside dilution of the concept of mira- hailed as iconic examples Gonzalo Garcia, a martyr, by the Eastern Church in victims to wilt under the yoke Family, the Kerala chapter of the pale of medical ethics”, cles. Bishop Michelle Di rather than miracle workers or canonised in 1862. Out of a total Babylon, what is today Iran of no sympathy. Arguably the Indian Medical Association says Dr N. Sulphie, the IMA Ruberto, once the emeritus sec- intercessors. The fullness of of six saints in the country, and Iraq, urged Rome to send a these are signs for the Church (IMA) sat specially to seek an state general secretary. retary of the Congregation for heroic lives of virtues, as wit- five were canonised after 2000. bishop who spoke English. The to redeem the flock even as it explanation from Dr V.K. Dr Sreenivasan remains the Causes of Saints, is on nessed by fellow humans, Kerala may be the cradle, and seven priests who petitioned chases miracles to uphold holi- Sreenivasan, a neonatologist at tightlipped, but colleagues at record saying that a miracle is should be sufficient for their accounts for four out of the six, Rome for an English-speaking ness. If Boris’ Brexit plan collapses, he’ll have to call early polls Boris Johnson’s hope declaring that he thought Bojo ly and shamefully voted for a of resurrection as a unfit as a personality to lead deal which would impoverish the country. Mr Gove said he their own constituents and zombie from death was instead offering himself as probably throw thousands if Farrukh Dhondy in a ditch is to call a PM. Even Brutus, having not millions out of employ- general election. stabbed Caesar, didn’t say he ment. Which this column wanted to replace him. However, there was a second Theresa May, a staunch vote, which, demanded by a Cabbages & Kings thinks he will do remainer during the cam- large majority, that and with the disarray paign, now offered herself as Parliament should have time of the Opposition may the PM who would implement to scrutinise the detail con- “A tortoise once ran a race saw that the issue of Britain win. But the wheel the leave decision. She was tained in 110 pages of this against a hare being in the European Union duly elected by the Tory Party “final deal”. The Opposition — One need not ask why or was once again dividing the is still spinning. and over three years worked parties say there are very when or where — ruling Tory Party. In addition, out a Withdrawal Agreement many clauses in it they would It occurred in some region of a newish political party led by with the European Union, radically amend. For instance, the mind one Nigel Farage was picking take our jobs, work for less which was rejected by the Labour and other parties are Where the slow inevitably up support for their single pol- money and undercut our British Parliament three in favour of staying in the leave the swift behind. icy of leaving the European wages” — or “they come here times, causing Ms May to European customs union. Union. Mr Cameron and his and take up our limited hous- resign and making way for an These amendments would In a real world as you and I Cabinet were determined to ing, schools, occupy beds in election which Bojo won. probably deny Bojo a majority well know put the issue to rest once and our hospitals and live here free (Ironically, he appointed Mr when the bill came back for a The race is to the swift and not for all with a people’s referen- on welfare payments…”. Gove to a Cabinet post, which a vote with these attached. They the slow dum, which they calculated Bojo and friends grasped this bare-faced Mr Gove accepted.) are, gentle reader, the spades These parables and fables would decisively vote for mood and translated it into Now Bojo, in negotiations with which the ditches are always lie remaining in the EU. They grand and vague, meaningless with the 27 EU countries, being dug. Bojo’s hope of resur- In vain attempts to preach and were wrong. rhetoric: “Take back control”, brought back a deal which rection as a zombie from this rectify.” Two Cabinet ministers, Bojo “Get the undemocratic bureau- Parliament passed. Even death in a ditch is to call a gen- From Lady Chatterjee’s Cover and a ratty little ex-journalist cracy of Brussels off our though his government is 40 or eral election. Which this col- by Bachchoo called Michael Gove, cam- backs” … etc. Their campaign so seats short of a majority, he umn thinks he will do and with paigned with Nigel Farage for specialised in keeping the eco- relied on the Labour Party the disarray of the Opposition ritain’s Prime the Leave side. Before the ref- nomic effects of leaving the EU members who represent con- may win. But the wheel is still Minister Boris erendum, Bojo had shown no unspecified. The Leave cam- stituencies with strong “keep spinning and one may not be Johnson (Bojo) pub- signs of supporting a Britain- paign even promised that mil- the foreigners out” tendencies. talking about roulette without licly declared that he Out sentiment or policy but he lions of pounds of contribu- These Labour MPs shameless- the adjective Russian attached. would rather “die in read the marginal mood of the tions to the European budget Ba ditch” than delay Britain’s country better than Mr would be saved if Britain left. leaving the European Union by Cameron and the rest of his The whole campaign was a lie October 31. Since then, the par- Cabinet. — plausible to the gullible and liamentary spades have Two factors would influence attractive to those who wanted emerged from their closets and or even dominate the vote. Bojo to get rid of the regulatory are digging away, providing seemed, from the rhetoric he clauses imposed on and by Bojo a choice of several ditch- used in the Leave campaign, to Europe. These, characterised es. have calculated that a sense of by the leavers as “Brussels’ Trying to unravel the com- patriotic, nationalistic superi- bureaucracy”, prevent ram- plexities of the process and ority to the rest of Europe and pant exploitation of labour, progress of “Brexit” is some- to the humans of the rest of the rampant capitalist dog-eat-dog what more complex than world would trump any argu- competition through turning grasping the ins and outs of ments or calculations of eco- the economy into tax-free cosmic string theory — forget nomic disaster which would havens such as Singapore, reg- “rocket science”, which even I, follow from leaving the EU. ulations which protect the gentle reader, seem to under- Second, and most important- environment and scores of stand. ly for the referendum result, other protective measures on Nevertheless, there are some there is a streak of xenophobia human rights. simple facts and considera- which was cultivated and grew The leavers won by 51-point- tions which may assist in through the centuries when something to 48-point-some- understanding what has gone the sun never set on the thing. Britain had voted for on, though I won’t be arrogant British Empire, which doesn’t Brexit. Bojo triumphantly enough, gentle reader, to say want foreigners in the country. stood to replace Mr Cameron, they will lead to any certainty Of course, this objection is not who resigned as PM. His rat of about the immediate future. expressed in openly racist a running mate Michael Gove Start from the beginning: In terms, but in unjustified mate- stabbed him in the back at the 2015, then PM David Cameron rial ones: “They come here and last moment of the campaign, ‘Scotty still hasn’t given up on independence.’ The higher purpose of our existence such as “good,” or “true” — notation to life and living a sparkling energy. This looks or, anything that appreciates meaningful existence. In simple. In reality, it is pro- the fact that a thing of beauty, other words, to emerge as found — a form of kinetic as the poet John Keats said, is winners when we are happy, vitality. This is also not just Rajgopal Nidamboor a joy forever. elated, and buoyant; or, get the functional gamut of neu- The inference in our frame- into a tizzy and be diffident, or ropeptides, or our molecules work is obvious. It takes time gloomy. of emotions, being “fired” to hone and propel a higher It is only when things are from our brain cells, the infi- purpose in life, just as much it not loaded in our favour that nite reservoirs of conscious takes leisure to brings the best in energy. It is akin to a million- mature, or mellow. each of us — the piece ensemble playing to the he philosopher Plato This epitomises what each This may not be all difference being of pulsating beats of our life, or proposed the idea that individual thing is supposed too easy to attain in degree. The whole life experience. It allows us to there’s a higher, to be like in order to be “that” our frenzied, fast- resolve gets ampli- spend a little time, or what is Tintangible ambit sited specific thing. The “form” of paced world. The fied when we cast a called as “me time” to grasp, above our world. This realm, human, in the context, relates whole thing is “spell” on our- observe, imbibe and embrace he advocated, was the true, to qualities that one must nothing short of a selves — to garner our thoughts, feelings, sensi- also better, and the more have to be human. Likewise, clued-up précis in the power to break tivities, sensibilities, and also exquisite opus than anything when one thinks of a lotus our mind’s eye too. out of the tangle. idiosyncrasies, without get- else we may “perceive”. The blooming as beautiful, one is It holds the power This is where the ting swamped by the jaded, fact is most of us “see” noth- distinguishing in that object to draw and allure us, like a sublime forte of mindful med- negative side of things. ing beyond a mirror image of the idyllic configuration of hypnotic sitting, within and itation, or the strength of self- what exists in the ideal realm beauty in which that object outside the perimeter of our affirmation, plays a substan- The writer is a wellness of “Platonian forms”, or ideas partakes. One could apply a conscious dimension. It gives tial role in augmenting a form physician, independent of things that actually exist. similar exemplar for concepts us, in the process, a new con- of vibrant, divine, also researcher and author Director James Cameron was so impressed by Linda PAGE Hamilton’s acting in Terminator 2: Judgment Day that he campaigned for her to be nominated for an Oscar Movies 8 THE ASIAN AGE SATURDAY | 26 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI OUR CRITIC’S RATING Outstanding ★★★★★ | Great ★★★★ | Good ★★★ | Okay ★★ | Poor ★ | Truly Terrible TT The feminist swag of sharp-shooting dadijis

Saand ki Aankh (U/A) 130 min CAST: Bhumi Pednekar, Taapsee Pannu, Prakash Jha, Vineet Kumar Singh, Shaad together, often grabbing Taapsee Pannu’s plan. Chandro and Prakashi are to partici- There’s another flashback, in a montage, Randhawa, Kuldeep Sareen, Himanshu Sharma arm and taking her along. pate in a shooting competition, but before that shows how these women got to have so DIRECTOR: Tushar Hiranandani Bhumi is a far better, stronger actress and they can do that, upon their entry into the many children and the relief that RATING: ★★★ can carry scenes just with her silence, giv- auditorium, there is much derisive laughter. Emergency and Nasbandi brought — real ing her character an interiority. But in one But when they win, loud clapping and Chandro and Prakashi have eight kids each epic scene, where Taapsee goes batshit appeals of “sorry dadiji” follow. and 15 grandkids per head. crazy, spitting on mardangi and moonch, As Chandro and Prakashi travel one city screaming at men and telling them how to another, participating in and winning aand Ki Aankh has a heart and a pur- SUPARNA SHARMA they do nothing except produce children, competitions, there’s another operation on pose. It makes us think of and thank smoke hooka and eat lugaiyon ki kamaai, — to hide the news of their wins and rising Swomen we owe so much to. Women who A road trip with he list of things wrong with direc- she rocks. popularity from the men folk at home. This have broken barriers, created paths for us to tor Tushar Hiranandani’s Saand Apart from show-casing these angootha- is mainly done by their young ones — walk on. Ki Aankh (Bull’s Eye) is long and chaap village women as bold and fiercely Shefali and Seema Tomar — who have also Bhumi and Taapsee, who play similarly annoying. For starters, the two free in their thinking, Saand Ki Aankh also started their shooting training. disempowered and suffering women, have stars cast in the roles of Chandro casts the ghoonghat as a restrictive, claus- In flashback we see how, by chance, these incredible chemistry and its their bond, one big battle (BhumiT Pednekar) and Prakashi Tomar trophobic tool of the patriarchy that, just two women began their shooting career strong and supportive, which binds the film. (Taapsee Pannu) wear such terribly tacky like the burqa, reduces women to sex with bullets landing straight, in Though Bhumi is decidedly better than make-up that not for a second can we live objects, by turning them into face-less, the bull’s eye. Taapsee, it’s their sweet companionship, in with the illusion that we are watching Jat name-less properties of men. the house, khet and shooting ranges, that after another grandmothers in their 60s. I loved that. makes the film pulsate. Then there are scenes so clichéd and trite It’s when the film tries to make them cute, CHRISTY LEMIRE — especially the scenes in stadiums — that n Baghpat’s by getting them drunk or say the F-word, they make the film decidedly dumb. Johri village, that it feels filmy and fake. he vast majority of sequels are unnecessary, Worse, the film repeats its opening scene Iwe are in a It’s the moments when they but Zombieland: Double Tap feels particu- in its entirety, revealing not just how inept haveli where in the point and shoot that gives larly so, especially coming out a decade its storytelling is, but also doubting our veranda sit three men smok- them and the film power, Tafter the original. ability to retain things. ing hooka and commenting on and swag. The first Zombieland from 2009 was a lot of fun, Yet, despite all its tackiness and flaws, the happenings in the world, While their make-up is with its gleeful balance of gore and snark and a there’s a warmth and feminist moxie to while the women around them are really annoying, the one thing bouncy, self-referential nature. It was a zombie Saand Ki Aankh that forces you to embrace busy sending children off to school, cook- the film gets right is that quintessential movie that knew it was a zombie movie, and it had it. ing, dealing with gobbar etc. Yet, it’s the bra-less look of Jat women. It has a blast in every sense of the word messing with the Of course, the story itself, of two real dadi- men who decide what these women can do always intrigued me — that thrust of tropes of the genre. Ten years later, they’re all back jis from UP, who began their shooting apart from taking care of them and their free will and movement under covered (along with screenwriter Dave Callaham), but it’s career in the late 1990s, is unique and stun- farms. head and face. hard to find justification in returning to these hard- ning in how many stereotypes it busts. Prakashi has had a dream which requires Vineet Kumar Singh is good, Prakash ened characters and scorched territory. But the film, decidedly B-grade, or what a trip to a particular temple to ward off Jha is delicious. Zombieland: Double Tap is more of the same, but academics and padhe-likhe log derisively imminent danger threatening her husband, But it’s the film’s funny yet feminist also much less. The cast is larger, the carnage is call middle brow, has an emotional power Jai Singh’s (Pawan Chopra) life. Eldest and sharp take on the ghoonghat that gnarlier and the comedy is even more meta than unique only to certain films with low IQ. brother, Sarpanch Ratan Singh (Prakash is truly unforgettable. Instead of just before. But while individual moments and action Though the film’s setting, universe is Jha), is the one who decides who does what harping on how restrictive it is, sequences might be amusing, the endeavour as a familiarly tawdry where things are exagger- in this world where men sleep outside, and Saand Ki Aankh shows us what the whole feels like a tepid retread. ated, it’s the film’s writing, specifically its all the women sleep together inside. world looks like from behind the Tallahassee (Harrelson), Columbus (Eisenberg), dialogue, that create and then define char- Little Sachin, he declares, will go with ghoonghat. Wichita (Stone) and Little Rock (Breslin) have set- acters by giving them both — a problem and them. I, for one, always ready to rant tled into a makeshift family dynamic as comfort- a purpose. It’s 1999, and Dr Yashpal (Vineet about the ghoonghat being as ably as possible, given that they’re under near-con- It helps that the main character is played Kumar Singh), the teacher who set up regressive as the burqa, had never stant attack. Tallahassee is the cranky, politically by Bhumi Pednekar. She holds the film a shooting range in the village, has a thought of this. incorrect father figure, Columbus and Wichita are the playful lovebirds and Little Rock is the spunky and rebellious younger sister. Their Zombieland: home is the White House (now surround- Double Tap ed by trash and weeds, (A) 99 min as we see in a graphi- CAST: Woody Harrelson, Neither a comedy nor a satire cally violent, slo-mo Jesse Eisenberg, Emma slay fest to the blaring Stone collapsed. But his determined film, one begins to wonder where olute spirit. For him, what really later uncle (Manoj Joshi), not to tune of Metallica’s DIRECTOR: Made In China spirit makes him try out yet anoth- the film is directed, as the film matters is a way to give his fellow forget his cousin Vyas get wind of Master of Puppets), Ruben Fleischer er enterprising business idea the consistently fluctuates and alter- Indians some better sex. But when Raghu’s immoral way to earn a which they’ve turned ★★ (U/A) 129 min nth time — to sell a branded nates between various genres. he does show up to lay his hands living. Raghu questions the moral- into more of a frat RATING: on a business deal selling aphro- ity of all those critical of his job. CAST: Rajkummar Rao, Mouni Roy, aphrodisiac well bottled to provide There is also a problem with house full of sporting Boman Irani, Paresh Rawal, the ultimate pleasure for all those characters not sticking to their disiac and great imaginative and He asks his wife, “When others equipment, Christmas Sumeet Vyas for whom marriages or marital balanced graph. With Raghu, the inventive backing from sexologist benefit from it (love potion and lights, pop culture stimulant), you get impressed. The DIRECTOR: Mikhil Musale love spell doom. sudden twists may be unexpected Dr Vardhi (Boman Irani), things paraphernalia and ★★★ Kicking off with an incident but he seems to follow begin to fall in place. On the pre- moment you get to know that I am empty beer cans. RATING: where Chinese general his heart with a res- text of selling Chinese fans, Raghu the reason for the sudden improve- Columbus once again explains the milieu and the Zhang gets killed after hides his real business ment in their sexual prowess, you characters’ daily existence with wall-to-wall narra- consuming tea at an from all his close begin to doubt and question my tion, often spelling out to us what we can obviously Indo-China cultural sum- associates, includ- intentions?” surmise or see for ourselves. His rules for survival mit in Ahmedabad, it ing his wife. Yet again, Made in China loses pop up in text on screen — cardio, never trust bath- ARNAB BANERJEE sets a base that has all Overnight he track of its original satire, which I rooms, enjoy the little things in life, etc — but the the makings of a assumes confi- thought was a satire that under- device quickly grows tiresome. So do his frequent here are films that seem to thriller as one waits dence to reach lines our semen of two-facedness, reminders that he knows we’re watching him and have clarity of vision as to see what unravels the top of the being dishonest with one’s self, his friends in a movie, with jokes about putting well as execution as far as next. Soon, we are game with a and the hypocritical ways of down your Milk Duds or experiencing Zombieland Ttheir principal purpose for introduced to Raghu steady over- accepting a hard reality. Double Tap in 4DX. making a film goes. Mikhil (Rajkummar Rao), flow of pur- In a way, the film’s 129 minutes of Eventually, another female character arrives in Musale’s debut in Hindi, Made in who has had a most chasers, and screen time mimic the lead char- the form of Zoey Deutch’s dippy, blonde Madison, China, looks like a script that has unsuccessful run of tastes huge acter Raghu’s predicament, or the who’s stayed alive this whole time by hiding in a undergone several changes, main- luck with abortive success for the number of many schemes he Pinkberry freezer at the mall. All these usually ly perhaps since the director looks attempts at selling emu first time in life. starts off with to get rich. appealing actors are stuck in a plot that’s episodic confused about his offering. eggs, water melons, roti Obviously, with Alternating between different gen- and doesn’t gain much momentum. It’s essentially a Starting off with a promise, makers and Nepali so much money res, it falls flat and never recovers road trip with one big battle after another, featuring Made in China slips into over- carpets. Why he there is bound from the corny, cliched treatment zombies that have evolved and become harder to worked and unsophisticated medi- would be bundled to be a steady that nearly all Hindi films end up kill. Pop culture references and self-referential riffs ocrity from where it never sur- off to China to stream of with. dot the landscape. Relationships are tested. faces. assist cousin trouble- What remains a must watch Eventually, it ends. Raghu (Rajkummar Rao) is Sumit Vyas to makers though is Rajkummar Rao’s terrif- Along those lines, though, make sure to stay in ambitious and pulls out many get into yet too, and ic performance. Even Irani, who your seat during the closing credits: In revisiting tricks from his overused bag of an another busi- soon, his nearly always hams, is a trusted elements from the original Zombieland, Fleischer anticipative list of possible busi- ness deal is wife, aide here. Vyas, who is under- and Co. at least had the good sense to bring back the ness ventures to succeed in life. unexplained to Rukmini utilised, and Paresh Rawal and best one of all. Having failed to strike it rich more us. Nearly every (Mouni Gajraj Rao have small roles and do than a dozen times, he could have half-hour into the Roy), and their utmost to leave their mark. By arrangement with Asia Features A colossal waste of time! — it’s just that all of them have sports. Thankfully, guessing hog all the limelight. Obviously, Housefull 4 this last ditch effort to hold on where the audience might be it is Akshay Kumar and his to whatever remains of their headed, the girls’ father machismo at work here. He (U/A) 145 min respective careers. (Ranjeet) admonishes quite being the lead, goes about his CAST: Akshay Kumar, Bobby That leaves us with the pro- early in the film with a “Tumhe performing role most enthusias- Deol, Riteish Deshmukh, Kriti ducer Sajid Nadiadwala and the sharm nahin aati? Apne se adhi tically, and delivers mumbo Sanon, Kriti Kharbanda, Pooja director Farhad Samji. What umr ki ladkiyon se shadi ki baat jumbo in the name of dialogues, Hegde, Nawazuddin Siddiqui, does one say about them? In sochte huye?” But that’s about and still expects us to compre- Chunky Pandey reality, the less said the better it. Doing away with the beard hend them too. DIRECTOR: Farhad Samji about the duo since they seem and donning trendy outfits, they Deol, returning from dead- RATING: TT completely at sea trying to give continue to act, behave and wood, has even forgotten how to a semblance of a film. utter nonsensical one liners. face the camera, and Deshmukh That sums up the premise that That too, desperately. The girls, attempts at encashing some of Housefull 4 seems to rely on: who are all smart and perfect the laughs he had generated in Let’s hang on to our past glory shaped, also get fooled by their many of the double entendre ARNAB BANERJEE till its last drop and make the asinine behaviour. lines he had mouthed in many feeblest effort to embrace It would still have been pass- of the potboilers in his career. kshay Kumar would acclaim for all its worth. able if the back and forth treat- The women are all pretty and like us to believe that The Housefull series has had a ment of an apology of a script make the best use of their sexy anything and every- successful run at the box office had given us some laughs, and a but brainless roles. All three Athing he doles out will earlier. A motley mix of a star few moments to chew on. Going look their best, though at times, get his committed fans’ obliga- cast in three of its earlier fran- back in time, the story doesn’t look uninterested and indiffer- tory assurance. chises, the films starring even give us some complete ent, and even make us believe Bobby Deol would like us to Akshay Kumar Abhishek scenes to a logical conclusion as that they’d rather be paired believe that the ageing actor Bachchan, Lisa Haydon, Nargis the narrative itself loses sight of opposite some younger lot of still has a few strands of hair Fakhri, John Abraham, Shreyas its runtime of 145 minutes. In about to get married. You got it ing mind of a man plays killjoy, some of the drama and the heroes to achieve what they left, and so he could jolly well Talpade to name a few, have all fact, Housefull 4 is not even a right! 600 years, it is. When a resulting in the marriages not mindless track that it succumbs obviously have set out to — try out a comic act to save his had fun playing silly characters film. At best, it could be called a bald and debauched prince fan- taking place and everybody get- to. celebrity, stardom and precious flagging career (did he ever have in the past. And we all have also hodgepodge mix of characters tasized about a pretty princess ting killed in a bizarre accident. That is really sad about a film little else. any?). may be not enjoyed ourselves with a few lines thrown in for and play-acted enough to woo When three middle-aged male that is lavishly mounted, and If you have nothing better to And Riteish Deshmukh, who thoroughly, but have chuckled good measure. her. In essence, he is only mak- brothers (Akshay, Bobby, has some other great actors in do, and must watch a film, go hasn’t had a decent release in or giggled at some of the most What do you make of the fol- ing all out efforts to appropriate Riteish) — one of them is nearly the supporting cast too, such as watch a repeat of your favourite the last decade, is yet another puerile jokes that scriptwriter lowing? his neighbouring kingdom, 60 — begin to pass off as young Nawazuddin and Johnny Lever, television show, no matter how one of those hopeful Bollywood Sajid Khan and Tushar A set of three brothers are due which belongs to her. Now this loveable happy-go-lucky souls who try and infuse some sense taxing it may get. Wasting your actors who wants to cling to Hiranandani have tortured us to marry a set of three sisters, princess has two other sisters all out to have fun with nubile into the most inane plot. time, money and energy on a stardom, come what may. Not with. until one of the brothers starts who get besotted by a guruji sisters (Kriti Sanon, Kriti But the coveted position of film like Housefull 4 will that any one them has any Housefull 4 has none of the to realise that they are all rein- dance teacher and a bodyguard. Kharbanda, Pooja Hegde), you The Most Moronic and Daft possibly make you swear to be chance of improving their chutzpah or a madcap assort- carnations from 600 years earli- Their hopes come crumbling do a double take at the grey Character has to be the one who off cinema for some time at unsuccessful stint at acting left ment of scenes to sit through for er and the wrong couples are down when a devious calculat- stubble that one of the actors is all agog with excitement to least! Deeper global Infosys: US slowdown SEC to seek seen despite Sebi’s help rate cuts SATURDAY | 26 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Overleaf ■ Gen. Insurance IPO shelved, Cards IPO by year end CCI probe finds beer quick SBI surprises with firms formed a cartel ADITYA KALRA BITES NEW DELHI, OCT. 25 The investigations unit of robust Q2 earnings the Competition Commi- INDICATORS % ssion of India (CCI) has Sensex 39058.06 +0.10 FALAKNAAZ SYED concluded that Anheuser- Nifty 50 11,583.90 +0.01 MUMBAI, OCT. 25 STAKE SALE HELPS Busch InBev, Carlsberg and United Breweries col- S&P 500 3,022.78 +0.41 The country's largest luded to fix beer prices, Dollar (`) 70.90 -0.18 lender State Bank of India two people with direct Pound Sterling (`) 90.89 -0.80 (SBI) on Friday posted a knowledge told Reuters. three-fold rise in Q2 FY20 The CCI launched the Euro (`) 78.42 -0.64 standalone net profit to Rs investigation after AB Gold (10gm)* (`) 38,281▼71 -0.19 3,012 crore aided by par- InBev told the watchdog it tial stake sale in its life had detected an industry all relevant laws. according to IWSR Brent crude ($/bbl)* $61.63 -0.04 insurance subsidiary, cartel, leading in 2018 to United Breweries, which Drinks Market Analysis IN 10-Yr bond yield +6.670 -0.008 higher net interest dawn raids at the three is part-owned by account for about 85 per US 10-Yr T-bill yield +1.768 +0.002 income and improved brewers’ offices to collect Heineken and known for cent of beer consumption asset quality. The net prof- evidence. its Kingfisher brand, said in the $7 billion (£5.5 bil- * As of 9:30 pm IST it during the correspon- The investigation has it is “given to understand” lion) India market, ding period of last year found that 15-20 executives the investigation report together face a potential was Rs 945 crore. The from the three brewers has been submitted to the fine of around $280 mil- bank posted a net interest were involved in discus- CCI, and will present its lion, sources said last Sundaram- income (NII) of Rs 24,600 sions of beer prices before case during the commis- year. crore during July- they were submitted to sion’s hearing. Any company executives September 2019 from Rs state regulators, thereby The company added that found to have fixed prices Clayton to have 20,906 crore in Q2FY19, an ◗ “Exceptional items represent net profit of `3,190.97 crore on sale of violating antitrust laws, it had made complete dis- could also be fined, increase of 17.67 per cent partial investments in SBI Life Insurance Company” said the two sources, who closures to CCI’s investi- though AB InBev could non-working days year on year. ◗ Gross NPAs as a percentage of gross advances was `1.61 lakh crore, declined to be named as gation unit that it will use escape its share of the "Exceptional items rep- the report is not public. to “counter any legal pre- fines as it first reported Sundaram-Clayton, a leading resent net profit of Rs which fell 34 bps sequentially to 7.19 per cent “The evidence seized by sumptions and material the issue. supplier of aluminium die-cast 3,190.97 crore on sale of the CCI during searches impact against” it. In cases such as this the products, said it has declared partial investments in SBI done only when its valua- points sequentially. Fresh bps QoQ to 2.79 per cent. last year was enough to The CCI did not respond next step would typically five 'non-working' days a week Life Insurance Company tion rises as the "non-life slippages halved to Rs 8805 Provisions and contin- nail the culprits,” said one to Reuters’ request for be for the companies to in its plants across Tamil Nadu, Ltd. Consequently, the insurer is still young”. crore during Q2FY20 from gencies for the quarter- of the sources. comment. Heineken argue over penalties, with following the slowdown in holding of SBI in the sub- “However we would be Rs 16,212 crore during ended September stood at AB InBev, the world’s declined to comment. the CCI deciding on the automobile sector. The TVS sidiary reduced to 75.9 per coming out with IPO of Q1FY20. “The gross slip- Rs 13,139 crore, up 8.7 per largest brewer, whose The Chairman of the extent of the leniency to Group firm has announced Oct. cent from 62.1 per cent," SBI Cards subsidiary by pages will not exceed even cent YoY and 43 percent Indian offerings include CCI, Ashok Kumar Gupta, be shown, said Gautam 29 to Nov. 2 as non-working SBI said. year end,” said Kumar. 2 per cent during the year sequentially. Provision Budweiser and Corona, and other members of the Shahi, a New Delhi-based days at its major plants while "The entire proceeds The non-interest income even in the worst case sce- coverage ratio (PCR) told Reuters it would not commission are expected antitrust lawyer who is the plant in Hosur will be shut from the stake sale of SBI increased to Rs 12,023 nario,” added Kumar. improved significantly by be appropriate to com- to decide on a penalty over not involved in the case. from Oct. 29 to Oct. 31. . Life was used to make an crore in Q2FY20 from Rs Asset quality improved 1049 bps YoY from 70.74 ment at this time, but said the next few months, or After an internal investi- upfront provision on a 9,375 crore in Q2FY19, an sequentially as well as per cent as on September it takes antitrust compli- dispute the investigation gation in 2017, AB InBev loan to a power company increase of 28.24 per cent year-on-year. The gross 2018 to 81.23 per cent as on ance “very seriously”. findings which were sub- reported its detection of and a stressed NBFC year-on-year (YoY). non-performing assets September 2019. Carlsberg, which sells mitted in August, the two industry collusion under Forex reserves account," said Rajnish The domestic net inter- (NPA), as a percentage of Sequentially also, PCR has beer under its own-name sources said. the CCI’s so-called Kumar, Chairman, SBI. est margin (NIM) gross advances was Rs 1.61 improved by 189 bps. brand and also owns The report will not be “leniency programme” Kumar told reporters improved 21 basis points lakh crore, it fell 34 bps The SBI stock climbed 8 Tuborg, declined to com- made public and its find- that provides a whistle- cross $440 bn, that the bank's plan to quarter-on-quarter (QoQ) QoQ to 7.19 per cent. Net per cent to close at Rs 282 ment on Friday, but has ings have not previously blower-type protection for come out with the IPO of to 3.22 per cent, register- NPAs as a percentage of amid hefty volumes of 10.5 previously said it is “com- been reported. cartel members. up by $1.04 bn SBI General Insurance is ing an increase of 42 basis net advances were Rs crore shares traded on the mitted to complying” with The three brewers, who —Reuters off the table and would be points YoY and 21 basis 59,939 crore, dropped 28 NSE. Tata Motors net loss After SC jolt, telecom majors Dhanteras narrows to `217 cr plead with Centre for relief off to a slow India’s forex kitty has swelled start over by $1.039 billion to a new life- MICHAEL GONSALVES time high of $440.751 billion PUNE, OCT. 25 RAVI RANJAN PRASAD mitigate the financial bur- for the week ended October 18, late muhurat MUMBAI, OCT. 25 den on the already stressed the Reserve Bank of India said. Tata Motors, India’s industry," Bharti Airtel SANGEETHA G The reserves had risen by biggest automaker by rev- Stocks of telecom opera- said. CHENNAI, OCT. 25 $1.879 billion to a record enues, on Friday reported tors and service providers Vodafone Idea in a state- $439.712 billion in the previous a 79 per cent year-on-year were at the receiving end ment issued to the stock Delay in the start of reporting week. Foreign cur- fall in its net loss at Rs for the second day in a row exchanges said, “Clearly auspicious time saw rency assets increased by $931 216.56 crore for the after the Supreme Court this judgment has signifi- tepid consumer million to $408.881 billion, the September quarter. judgment on the adjusted cantly damaging implica- response for Dhanteras RBI said. The Mumbai-headquar- gross revenue (AGR) case. tions for India’s telecom on Friday. However, tered firm had reported a Left with no option, tele- industry, which is already jewellers are hoping net loss of Rs 1,048.80 improved during Q2FY20 com operators have started Earlier in the day, Bharti issue of inclusion of rev- reeling under huge finan- the sales to get better crore in the same quarter as the revenue of this seg- lobbying with the govern- Airtel’s African arm, enue from non-telecom cial stress and is left with by tomorrow. of the last financial year. ment improved 8 per cent ment for some succour Airtel Africa, reported a 78 activities and interpreta- only four operators...” Unlike Dhanteras in 13.08 lakh jobs The profit before tax of to 6 billion pounds. from the huge financial per cent jump in net profit tion of the heads included “The order has huge previous years, auspi- its British luxury arm “Jaguar Land Rover has implications the judge- to $96 million for the in the definition of AGR impact on two private oper- cious timing or ‘muhu- created in Aug: Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) returned to profitability ment entailed. September quarter, driven under the licence condi- ators while most of the rat’ started in the stood at 156 million and revenue growth. This They urged the govern- by growth in customer tions has been through sev- other impacted operators evening by around 6.30 ESIC data pounds. is a testament to the fun- ment to review the impact base. The company pro- eral rounds of litigation, have exited the sector. We pm on Friday and was The group's consolidated damental strength of our of the Supreme Court vides telecom services in 14 which have been in favour urgently request that the supposed to last till Aa many as 13.08 lakh jobs revenue fell 9.15 per cent business, our award-win- judgement on the existing African countries. of the TSPs till now.” government engage on this 3.30 pm on Saturday. were created in August, lower at Rs 64,763.39 crore, lower ning products, new tech- and defunct telecom opera- Brokerage Motilal Oswal “The TSPs have invested matter in order to find This saw lower foot- than 14.49 lakh in July, accord- than Rs 71,292.79 crore in nologies and operating tors. said Bharti Airtel could billions of dollars in devel- ways to mitigate the finan- falls during the day. ing to the payroll data of the the same quarter last year. efficiencies. We will con- The top losers in the mar- scrape through by making oping the telecom sector cial stress for the industry,” “Footfalls were lower Employees' State Insurance Consolidated Ebitda tinue our product offen- ket included Bharti Infratel the overdue payments, but and providing world-class Vodafone Idea said. during the mornings Corp. Gross enrolments of new came at Rs 7,045 crore sive, broadening our (-8.63 per cent), Vodafone Vodafone Idea “is estimat- services to consumers. “We will engage with the unlike in the past. subscribers with the ESIC were while consolidated Ebitda range of electrified vehi- Idea (-5.08 per cent), Sterlite ed to require additional This decision has come at a DoT in order for it to con- Further, it was a work- 1.49 crore during 2018-19, the margin stood at 10.8 per cles on the journey Technologies (-14.04 per capital to fund even the time when the sector is fac- sider granting relief, ing day. Customers NSO said. It also showed that cent. towards our destination cent), Onmobile Global (- current operations beyond ing severe financial stress including a waiver of inter- have started coming during Sept. 2017 to Aug. 2019, The company said zero future,” Ralf Speth, 2.38 per cent), GTL Infra (- the next three-four quar- and may further weaken est and penalties,” more in the evenings 2.97 crore subscribers joined growth continues to be CEO at JLR said. 4.55 per cent) and Reliance ters.” the viability of the sector Vodafone Idea said. and we are keeping the the ESIC scheme. affected by subdued Standalone revenue of Communications (-1.47 per Bharti Airtel, in a state- as a whole. Of the 15 old As per Supreme Court stores open till mid- demand, higher axle load the company stood at Rs cent). The BSE Telecom ment on Supreme Court operators impacted by the judgement Vodafone Idea’s night. By tomorrow, we norms, liquidity stress, 10,000.5 crore. Index fell 1.67 per cent. judgement, said, “The defi- order, only two private sec- total outstanding alone as hope that the sales will low freight availability for Standalone net loss came Bharti Airtel and MTNL, nition of AGR has been a tor operators remain in on as on July 5, 2019 is Rs be better than last cargo operators and gen- at Rs 1,282 crore for however, closed in the long standing dispute service today. The 28,309 crore, which year,’ said Sandeep eral economic slowdown. Q2FY20 against the profit green gaining 0.90 per cent between the DoT and the Government must review includes interest and Kulhalli, Senior Vice Piramal However, the perform- of Rs 109,14 crore in and 4.85 per cent, respec- telecom service providers the impact of this decision penalty on licence fee bal- President, Retail and ance of Land Rover Q2FY19. tively. (TSPs) dating to 2005. The and find suitable ways to ance. Marketing, Jewellery Enterprises to Division of Titan. Bachhraj Bamalwa, former chairman of raise `5,400 cr All India Gem & Piramal Enterprises said its Jewellery Domestic board has approved raising Rs Council (GJC) also con- Future delivery: Multi-use trucks with no cabin firmed this trend. ‘As 5,400 crore through a rights issue and preferential allotment per my interactions of compulsory convertible NAOMI TAJITSU On display was a con- to overwork went viral, country ages rapidly. with jewellers across debentures (CCDs). "The rights TOKYO, OCT. 25 cept battery-electric sparking widespread pub- “The needs of people the country, Dhanteras issue of Rs 3,650 crore at Rs model with a cargo hold lic criticism. who use minitrucks are sales have just started 1,300 per share, is intended to In Japan, trucks are being divvied up into stacked Toyota’s minivehicle changing, so we need to picking up. Till now give an opportunity to all its designed for a driverless storage boxes that would brand Daihatsu also start thinking about prod- the business is almost existing shareholders to partic- future with no cabin and help parcel delivery com- showed off its “Tsumu ucts beyond what we’ve similar to last year. ipate in the capital raise at an interchangeable contain- panies to sort, load and Tsumu” model with a been offering and which However, we expect a attractive price," Piramal er areas that would allow deliver goods more effi- removable cargo hold - enable multi-functionali- 10 per cent rise in sales Enterprises said in a BSE filing. vehicles to be highly cus- ciently. one that can be adapted to ty,” said Daihatsu design- by tomorrow,’ he said. tomised for parcel deliv- “The idea is to produce a suit the needs of farmers er Osamu Iwanami. 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■ Infosys: US Reuters poll of economists says synchronised recovery unlikely Record govt OPENING SEC to seek Deeper global slowdown borrowing puts BELL Sebi’s help PROJECTION FOR TODAY New Delhi, Oct. 25: US heat on bonds market regulator SEC seen despite rate cuts will be seeking coopera- Double-top tion from its Indian KARTIK GOYAL & counterpart Sebi in its SHRUTEE SARKAR & The consensus for global GARFIELD REYNOLDS Borrowing binge probe into Infosys, economic growth next year RAHUL KARUNAKAR OCT. 25 Sovereign and state bond sales pattern which has been rocked BENGALURU, OCT. 25 was cut to 3.1 per cent, the have doubled in the past decade by whistleblower com- lowest since polling began, The Indian government’s ■ Rupees billion plaints of alleged irreg- A steeper decline in global from 3.3 per cent in the pre- record debt sales this year 10 favours ularities, sources said economic growth still more vious poll in July and lower are part of a new normal on Friday. likely than a synchronised than the International for the country, and that’s They said the Sebi will recovery, even as multiple Monetary Fund’s latest going to keep long-tenor 5 bears provide all possible help central banks dole out downgraded forecast of 3.4 bonds under pressure to the US Securities and rounds of monetary easing, per cent. despite Asia’s most aggres- Markets closed almost Exchange Commission according to economists The range of forecasts sive easing cycle, says a 0 flat on the last trading FY10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 (SEC). polled by Reuters in recent showed lower highs and market veteran. session of Samvat 2075 Infosys is listed in weeks. lows, suggesting the global “One possibility is that Source: RBI/Bloomberg amid high volatility seen India as well as in the While a reprieve from growth slowdown will wors- the size of borrowings through the week. The US, where a class action escalating US-China trade en next year. year-on-year will remain Further reduction in bor- Sensex closed with a gain suit has also been filed tensions has pushed stocks The outlook was not very high and there is unlikely rowing costs signaled by of 37.67 points or 0.10 per against the Indian IT back near record highs, a different for emerging mar- to be a reduction in sup- the central bank may not cent at 39058.06 while the major to recover what record $17 trillion of bonds casts for most major evaporated. ket. From China to Turkey, ply,” Ashish Parthasarthy, spur demand for longer- Nifty-50 closed at has been termed by the have negative yields and a economies appear to be on And Britain’s exit from from South Africa to major Treasurer at HDFC Bank, dated notes as the easing 11583.90, up just 1.30 litigants as losses suf- key market signal of US the wane or at best holding the European Union, set for economies in Latin said in an interview. cycle is likely winding point or 0.01 per cent. fered by investors there. recession is still flashing at historically modest rates, yet another delay, remains a America, growth forecasts “You’ll continue to see a down, Parthasarthy said, The Sensex gained 11.6 When asked about red. according to Reuters polls of concern for sentiment more for next year were down- reasonably steep govern- echoing a view from per cent in Samvat 2075. cooperation sought from After the European over 500 forecasters from broadly should it become graded despite predictions ment bond curve.” lenders, including Kotak The broader market Sebi into Infosys matter, Central Bank cut its deposit around the world taken this disorderly. for policy easing. Last month’s surprise $20 Mahindra Bank. indices too closed flat. In a spokesperson for the rate further into negative month. “Most of the plausible “At the heart of the slow- billion tax break for com- “I expect another 25 basis- Samvat 2075, BSE Mid SEC Office of Public territory and announced it While almost all major risks we see are to the down- down is a downturn in glob- panies and the sluggish point cut, and at best 50 Cap and Small Cap Affairs declined to com- would resume its asset pur- central banks surveyed are side, including a possible al manufacturing...the trade growth in tax revenue have basis point cut this fiscal indices lost 7 and 10 per ment. chases, the Bank of Japan - forecast to ease policy next no-deal Brexit in Q1 2020, war isn’t the primary cause sparked concerns about the year,” he said. cent, respectively. The SEC has initiated which has essentially been year, 71 per cent of 177 econ- another breakdown in US- per se, but it certainly isn’t government missing budg- The yield on the most- Bank stocks rallied a probe on whistleblow- running easy policy for two omists said in response to China trade negotiations,” helping, nor is it going et deficit targets. Bonds traded bonds due in after SBI announced er complaints that decades - and the Federal an additional question a noted Ajay Rajadhyaksha, away,” said Jan Lambregts, have struggled in recent January 2029 fell one basis robust second quarter alleged "unethical prac- Reserve are due to cut rates deeper global economic head of macro research at Global Head-Financial Mar- weeks despite the central point to 6.68 per cent on earnings. tices" by top manage- again as early as next week. downturn was more likely Barclays, adding: “by con- kets Research at Rabobank. bank cutting interest rates Friday. Yields climbed by 33 Among the sectoral ment of Infosys and the “More central banks than a synchronised trast, we do not see upside —Reuters for the fifth time this year points in the two months indices the BSE Bankex IT major has said it will around the world, led by the rebound. risks.” Referring to the policy in early October. through September. gained 1.07 per cent, cooperate with the Fed and the ECB, are cut- That view has turned dra- Analysis of Reuters polls response to that slowdown, “Investors are scared of “High fiscal deficits of Realty and Oil & Gas investigation. ting rates. Fiscal stimulus is matically from just six taken this month covering he said: “The ingredients higher borrowings and are both the Centre and the indices gained 0.43 and —PTI imminent, too, but yield months ago when econo- 46 economies showed the should be clear—more cen- staying away,” said state are not going away in 0.41 per cent, respective- curves still seem to be sig- mists were almost evenly growth and inflation out- tral bank rate cuts and a Parthasarthy, who has been a hurry and these are going ly. The major laggards naling recession,” wrote split on what was more like- look over the next two years come-back of unconven- in the markets for more to continue for the next few were the BSE Consumer Janet Henry, global chief ly. Optimism shared among for around 90 per cent of tional policy measures. The than two decades. “Till that years.” Hence, bond yield Durable (-1.78 per cent), economist at HSBC, in a many analysts that U.S.- them was either downgrad- unconventional has become clarity comes, market sen- “curve will be steeper on a Telecom (-1.67 per cent) McD case: note to clients. China trade tensions would ed from the previous poll or conventional, after all.” timent will remain edgy secular basis,” he said. and Power (-0.86 per Growth and inflation fore- cool off appears to have left unchanged. — Reuters and fragile.” —Bloomberg cent.)

Bakshi gives Technical View Mustafa Nadeem, CEO, up travel plan Norway wealth Epic Research, said, India needs more than tax breaks “Nifty witnessed extre- FC BUREAU Bezos set me volatility for the week NEW DELHI, OCT. 25 fund grows amid mixed cues and to lose top also due to some crucial In a twist to the ongoing to become factory for the world earnings results this McDonald’s case, slot to Gates to 10 tn crowns week. SBI posted decent estranged partner of VRISHTI BENIWAL & in the trade war between numbers. So was Bajaj McDonald’s India ATUL PRAKASH China and the U.S. Oslo, Oct. 25: The value of Auto, which saw a jump Vikram Bakshi on TOM METCALF OCT. 25 Prime Minister Narendra Norway’s sovereign wealth in net profit while Hero Friday withdrew his OCT. 25 Modi has reduced corporate fund, the world’s largest, MotoCorp also main- plea before the National India needs to remove trade tax rates to one of the lowest grew to a record 10 trillion tained its Ebitda margin. Company Law Appellate Jeff Bezos is at risk of barriers and improve infra- in the region with an aim to Norwegian crowns ($1.09 With that, we have seen Tribunal (NCLAT), losing the title of world’s structure if it wants to ben- make India a manufactur- trillion) on Friday, boosted Nifty in a very tight seeking permission to richest person to Bill efit from movement of sup- ing hub. That’s a “smart by rising global stocks and range oscillating in 200 travel abroad. However, Gates, as Amazon.com ply chains from China, a for- move”, Mandelson said, but the strength of the euro and points range; lower lev- the appellate tribunal Inc. stock slid Friday. mer European trade com- “insufficient” to attract dollar. els were seen intact due allowed his wife Shares of the biggest missioner said. investors as rivals are offer- Built since 1996 to save to buying post-decent Madhurima Bakshi to online retailer fell 4 per “India is still driving along ing a “better base for pro- petroleum revenues for numbers from these travel abroad for a stipu- cent to $1,712 at 9:45 a.m. with its hand break on,” leaving India behind.” potential” being offered by duction”. future generations, the size blue-chips.” lated time period. in New York, a day after Peter Mandelson, Chairman A shortage of skilled China-led Regional Modi’s overhaul of archaic of the fund has grown to “Technically, we have Earlier on Wdnesday, reporting its first profit of strategic advisory firm workers, bureaucracy and Comprehensive Economic bankruptcy laws improved almost three times that of seen a double-top pattern the appellate tribunal decline in two years. At Global Counsel, said in an lack of adequate road and Partnership. India’s position in the World Norway’s annual GDP, far on the daily chart which had come down on that price, Bezos has a interview in New Delhi on port infrastructure are key India has so far lost out to Bank’s latest rankings for exceeding original projec- is a very reliable pattern Bakshi heavily observ- net worth of $107.1 bil- Thursday. “If it doesn’t do impediments investors face the Southeast Asian doing business. but it still tions. “When the fund was for bears and that has its ing that he had commit- lion, about $300 million enough, other countries in India, he added. India economies in attracting lags behind competitors in set up, nobody thought it resistance at 11,740. ted a fraud by not follow- less than Gates, accord- such as Malaysia, Indonesia needs to liberalise its trade, investments as companies starting a business, register- would pass 10,000 billion Secondly, we have seen ing the Debt Recovery ing to the Bloomberg and Vietnam will take particularly on e-commerce, look for new manufacturing ing property, and enforcing crowns. We were lucky to some consolidation near Tribunal (DRT) orders Billionaires Index. Bezos advantage of this switch, and “exploit the export destinations to skirt tariffs contracts. —Bloomberg discover oil,” the fund’s that top which implies and had put a condition took the top spot from Chief Executive, Yngve that bulls are still trying to deposit Rs 5 crore the Microsoft Corp. Co- Slyngstad, said in a state- to take it out. This is a each for him and his founder in October 2017. ment confirming the very small range of 200 wife as security for fly- Microsoft, the world’s record. points which is very deci- ing abroad. most valuable company, “The return on the invest- sive. There is a diver- In an order on Friday, a has surged 38 per cent Most countries unprepared for disease outbreak ments in global financial gence between Nifty and two-member NCLAT this year, boosting the markets has been so high other indices such as bench headed by value of Gates’s 1 per New Delhi, Oct. 25: India 10 are Australia at the 4th stantial weaknesses in pre- bilities to show they would that it can be compared to Nifty Bank, which is Chairperson Justice SJ cent stake and bringing has been ranked 57th place with an index score of paredness. Even among the be functional in a crisis. having discovered oil underperforming and Mukhopadhaya permit- his fortune to $107.4 bil- among 195 countries in a 75.5 followed by Canada 60 high-income countries Besides, more than half of again,” he said. hence we are not seeing ted his wife Madhurima lion. The rest of his global health security (75.3), Thailand (73.2), assessed, the average score countries face major politi- An update on the fund’s the breadth that needs to to travel to Thailand to wealth is derived from index, which also shows Sweden (72.1), Denmark was barely over 50. cal and security risks that website showed the breach resistance such attend a family function share sales and invest- that most of the countries (70.4), South Korea (70.2) Scores were normalised could undermine national Government Pension Fund as this at 11,740. With and return by ments made over the are unprepared for any and Finland (68.7). (0–100), where a score of capability to counter biolog- Global’s value reaching 10 Diwali ahead, and a November 9. years by his family major infectious disease India with a 100 denotes most ical threats. trillion Norwegian crowns shortened next week, we office, Cascade. Gates, 63, outbreak. score of 46.5 was India favourable. "In light of challenges in for the first time at 0857 expect a range breakout remains an aggressive Only 13 countries in the ranked 57th. was ranked "Without a way responding to the Ebola out- GMT—more than $200,000 as traders come back stock investor, with more list, which is topped by the The index 57th on the index, of identifying break in the Democratic for every man, woman and from a festive season,” than 60 per cent of his US, have a high score. assesses each which assesses a gaps in the sys- Republic of the Congo, child in Norway. Nadeem said. portfolio in equities. The Global Health country's country's capacity tem, we are much political and security risks Commonly known as the Bajaj Pulsar Bezos, 55, would have Security Index is the first capacity to pre- to deal with more vulnerable are clear barriers to effec- oil fund and managed by a Market View had no trouble retaining comprehensive assessment vent, detect and health emer- than we need to tive response," the study unit of the central bank, it the top ranking if he and of epidemic and pandemic respond to health gencies be," said Leo said adding that only 23 per invests close to 70 per cent Sanjeev Zarbade, Vice 125 finds MacKenzie Bezos hadn’t threats globally. It is a proj- emergencies. The Abruzzese, Senior cent of countries score in of funds in global equities President-PCG Research, divorced. MacKenzie, 49, ect of the Nuclear Threat conclusions are based Global Advisor for the top tier for indicators and 28 per cent in a portfo- Kotak Securities, said, received a quarter of Initiative (NTI) and the on responses to a set of 140 Public Policy at the EIU. related to their political sys- lio of fixed-income assets. “While most major glob- 40K buyers their Amazon holdings Johns Hopkins University questions. Stronger health security tem and government effec- Unlisted real estate hold- al markets are seen end- MICHAEL GONSALVES in July. Center for Health Security, It also assesses the effec- conditions are not depend- tiveness. ings make up the rest. ing in the positive on bet- PUNE, OCT. 25 Gates, on the other with research by The tiveness of countries' health ent on whether a country is Epidemics have been On Aug. 27, the central ter earnings numbers, hand, may have never Economist Intelligence Unit systems, their commitment wealthy, but are driven by a occurring with greater fre- bank proposed a shift that Indian equities ended At a time when motorcy- relinquished the top spot (EIU). to global norms, and the multitude of factors, includ- quency. The 2014-16 Western could ultimately move slightly in the red, possi- cles sales have plummet- were it not for his phi- The US topped the list political, socioeconomic ing effective governance Africa Ebola epidemic more than $100 billion out bly as a consolidation ed over 15 per cent in the lanthropy. He has donat- with a score of 83.5, fol- and environmental risk fac- and a strong disease surveil- claimed more than 11,000 of European stock markets move after the strong first half of this fiscal in ed more than $35 billion lowed by the UK(77.9) and tors that can limit response. lance system. lives, and the latest out- and into the United States, gains in the earlier the prolonged slowing to the Bill & Melinda the Netherlands (75.6) in the As per the study, the aver- Even when emergency break of the disease, in although such a move, if week.” economy and a challeng- Gates Foundation since second and third positions, age overall index score was plans are in place, there is Congo, has killed another approved, could take years —RAVI RANJAN PRASAD ing business environ- 1994. respectively. just over 40 out of a possible little evidence that coun- 2,100 in 2018-19, according to to complete. ment, Bajaj Auto’s Other countries in the top score of 100, pointing to sub- tries have tested these capa- the WHO. — PTI —Reuters Pulsar 125 Neon in the Pulsar series has emerged a winner. The Pune-headquar- tered auto maker sold over 40,000 units of THIS $12 BILLION RESCUE IS A BOLLYWOOD FANTASY Pulsar 125 bike within two months of its launch in August, the ANDY MUKHERJEE powerful enough to deliver a “sol- potential to bring India’s securi- decent Bolly-wood potboiler the example set back then, the company said in a state- vency shock” to India’s troubled tisation market to a standstill. needs a dash of the Mumbai market can guess the end game of ment. Suspend your disbelief, and like banks. Neither the lenders, nor Twist #2: A special review of underworld. Sleuths at India’s the Dewan saga. India has no law Bajaj’s idea of intro- the protagonist of the popular the Indian government, wants to Dewan by KPMG is still in a draft Enforcement Directorate, an to deal with a large financial ducing the Pulsar brand Bollywood movie 3 Idiots keep contemplate this grim prospect. form. But the parts leaked to the agency tasked to fight economic bankruptcy. When defaults accel- in the 125cc category muttering: “All is well, all is Hence, the make-believe restruc- media Wednesday crime, are probing a erate, New Delhi will have to step seems to have worked well.” turing. raise damaging ques- loan from Dewan to in and stop the farce of private well, going by what the If it isn’t yet, it will be. On a spreadsheet, resolution for tions. The auditor a late Dubai-based restructuring negotiations. numbers suggest. That seems to be the whole Dewan appears simple enough. says that $2 billion Column gangster’s real- That’s what happened with Bajaj Pulsar 125 priced approach behind the ongoing As of March, it had assets of $14 was lent to 25 borrow- estate firm, accord- IL&FS, where a government- at competes with the efforts to restructure an Indian billion, spread over mortgages, ers with little real business or ing to local media reports. This appointed new board arranged likes of Hero Glamour financier, Dewan Housing loans against property and other assets, and that “such entities makes an out-of-court rescue for blanket protection from credi- FI and Honda CB Shine Finance Corp., which some credit to small businesses, as well may be working closely” with nearly impossible. tors, and then began a never-end- S P. months back started defaulting as advances to builders. Sell the Twist #1: The Bombay High Dewan without qualifying as S&P analysts are right. The ing wait for buyers of assets. In The Pulsar 125, the on its outstanding debt of $12 bil- shaky wholesale book to Oaktree Court is scratching its head and related parties. No state-run Dewan defaults haven’t bred the Dewan, a search for the funds entry-level bike in the lion. Capital Group as planned, and let wondering if Dewan securitised bank, answerable to anti-corrup- kind of panic that Indian credit KPMG’s audit couldn’t find will Pulsar range, was Trouble is, the rescue is entire- banks, mutual funds and other — that is, sold to a separate enti- tion authorities, is going to markets witnessed last also get under way. After a while, launched in August with ly fictional. The only reason it’s creditors try to recover what they ty — assets that it had pledged to knowingly risk a loss on taxpay- September after IL&FS Group, a people will get bored by the mind- a starting price tag of Rs even being attempted is to delay can from the well-performing another set of investors to obtain ers’ money before it gets satisfac- large infrastructure financier, numbing minutiae of a story 64,000 for the drum — as long as possible — the col- retail loans. A 30 per cent to 40 loans. Now, the court wants the tory answers to KPMG’s con- went belly up unexpectedly. What going nowhere, and attention brake variant and the lapse of this large shadow lender. per cent haircut may be as happy beleaguered firm to produce, cerns. seemed like a liquidity shortage will shift to a new scandal. disc brake variant at Rs Such an event, as S&P Global an ending as the lenders could under oath, a list of assets it Twist #3: The above obstacles at first was later revealed to be a All will be well. 66,586 at Delhi show- said in a rare show of plainspeak have ever hoped. That’s where repackaged and sold within the are already enough to sink gaping hole in the balance sheet. room. by a credit appraiser, could be the plot thickens. last year. This imbroglio has the Dewan’s debt recast. However, a But then, probably because of — Bloomberg Triumph and honour Queen Elizabeth honours Booker PAGE Prize winner Margaret Atwood 11 for her services in Literature Newsmakers THE ASIAN AGE SATURDAY | 26 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI Russian Czar palace to reopen in summer I am delighted that I was a part of War 1st 8 rooms to reopen after makeover next June

which created history Saint Petersburg: Russia’s in Indian cinema. Alexander Palace, the last home of Emperor — Vaani Kapoor, Nicholas II before he and Actress his family were executed by the Bolsheviks, will reopen to the public next summer after million-dol- IN BRIEF lar renovations, officials said Friday. The palace, considered Lovesick teen scales one of the best works of the Italian architect prison wall to see ex Giacomo Quarenghi, was London: A lovesick German built in the late 18th cen- teenager outdid tury for the future Shakespeare’s Romeo by Emperor Alexander I and scaling a 4m (13ft) prison became the permanent Restoration works wall and climbing up to his residence of the last ongoing at the ex-girlfriend’s barred win- Russian tsar in 1905. Alexander Palace dow. But the 18-year-old The palace, located on at Tsarskoye Selo refused to come down and the outskirts of the for- palace museum in the fire brigade in northern mer imperial capital Saint Pushkin outside Industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s The Guitar Hotel is lit up for the first time Petersburg, has been Germany used a ladder to Saint Petersburg, son Akash Ambani with wife during the Grand Opening of the Guitar rescue him, the BBC reported. under renovation since Shloka at their family’s Diwali Hotel expansion at Seminole Hard Rock 2012 and was completely Russia. — AFP The ex-girlfriend, also 18, had party in Mumbai on Thursday. Hotel & Casino Hollywood in Florida on closed to the public three broken up with him shortly — PTI Thursday. — AFP before his jail break-in. He years later. ing the Mauve Boudoir, destroyed by Nazi was half-naked, apparently to The first eight rooms Alexandra Feodorovna’s Germany during World avoid snagging clothes on will reopen after the favourite room, and the War II and housed the mil- the barbed wire. He could makeover next June or tsar’s bathing chamber itary command and a face prosecution for trespass. July, a spokeswoman for designed in the Moorish prison. The courtyard was — Agencies the Tsarskoe Selo State style. used as a cemetery for SS Museum, which oversees “The Alexander Palace soldiers. A staff member the vast neo-Classical edi- is a special place,” Olga It was from the (right) looks at 2 Doc suspended after fice, told AFP. Taratynova, director of Alexander Palace that the The renovations have so the Tsarskoe Selo tsar and his family were gold and gem set baby born sans face far cost some $31 million, Museum, told reporters sent into exile to Tobolsk Horse Head she added. during a presentation on in Siberia in August, 1917. Actress sculptures, London: A Portuguese obste- The works were mainly Thursday. Afterwards, the family Rakul Preet ‘Lakshmi’ and trician has been suspended done on the floors, tapes- “It was built for the was moved to Singh at an ‘Indra’ by after a baby was born with- tries and ceilings. imperial family’s private Yekaterinburg where they event in Mumbai Herbert out a nose, eyes or part of The first premises to life which was pretty had been tragically exe- on Thursday. Haseltine, his skull, the BBC reported. open to visitors include closely guarded.” cuted, along with their — PTI 1949, in London The parents were not aware the emperor and Unlike other palaces, the servants and the doctor, in on Friday. of their son’s severe physical empress’s rooms includ- Alexander Palace was not July 1918. — AFP — AP abnormalities until he was born earlier this month. Medical council officials have voted to suspend Dr Artur Ex-miss Iran Invest in Carvalho. It emerged that Rare painting found in other complaints, dating stranded in Trump cancels subscription Artemis to back over a decade, have been made involving other Manila, pleads get a ride to French kitchen on sale babies. Reports of those of Washington Post and NYT cases have provoked wide- Paris: An early Renaissance part of a larger diptych from spread outrage. — Agencies for asylum Moon: US painting by the Italian mas- 1280, when Cimabue painted Washington: US President coverage “fake,” accused ter Cimabue goes under the eight scenes of the passion London: A former Miss Donald Trump has can- news organisations of Washington: Several hammer Sunday, a few and crucifixion of Christ. Iran spent a week in celled the subscription of treason and threatened to countries want their weeks after the rare artwork Only two other elements of a Philippines airport as leading American dailies make it easier to sue jour- astronauts to hitch a was found hanging in an the diptych are known to she fights to claim asy- the Washington Post and nalists for libel. ride with the United unsuspecting elderly exist: The Flagellation of lum in the south-east the New York Times, call- “Not renewing subscrip- States on its next set Frenchwoman’s kitchen. Christ at the Frick in New Asian country, saying ing them “fake” and asked tions across all federal of lunar missions, Christ Mocked, by the 13th- York, and The Virgin and she fears execution in other federal agencies to agencies will be a signifi- but the second century artist also known as Child with Two Angels at Iran on politically moti- do the same, according to cant cost saving — hun- nation to have moon Cenni di Pepo, has been val- the National Gallery in vated a media report. dreds of thousands of tax- boots on the ground ued at four to $4.4 to $6.7 mil- London. charges, Trump’s unusual move Donald Trump payer dollars will be will depend on how lion for what could be The Virgin was valued at Jill Soloway to helm the came days after he hinted saved,” White House press much they con- France’s biggest art sale of $8.3m when it was given to Guardian of the same in an inter- Officials in the West secretary, Stephanie tribute, Nasa’s chief the year. Art experts at the museum in 2000 in lieu Sally Ride biopic reported. view with the Fox News. Wing on Thursday Grisham, said in a state- said Thursday. Turquin in Paris used of inheritance taxes by a Los Angeles: Jill Soloway, the Bahareh Trump on Monday announced that copies of ment. The United States infrared reflectology to con- British aristocrat who found creator of award-winning Zare termed the New York the two newspapers would Meanwhile, officials plans to return to the firm that the tiny unsigned it while cleaning his ances- Amazon show Transparent, is Bahari Times “a fake newspaper,” no longer be delivered to from the Post and the Moon under the work, just 26 by 20 cms is tral seat in Suffolk. — AFP was Bahareh saying that “we don’t even the White House and the Times declined to com- Artemis program in set to direct the biographical Bahari drama film on the life of Sally accused of want it in the White administration is moving ment.The White House order to set up a Ride, the first American assault by House anymore.” to force other federal remains a significant cus- long-term colony and woman to journey to space. an Iranian national in “We’re going to probably agencies to end their sub- tomer of print journal- test technologies for Soloway will direct the proj- the Philippines, a charge terminate that (the scriptions to the papers, ism: copies of the Wall a crewed mission to ect from Cassie Pappas’ she said was false, and Times) and the as well, the NYT report Street Journal, USA Mars; it is inviting screenplay, based on an orig- made because she had Washington Post,” he said. Today, the Financial international part- inal spec script by Krystin showed support for said. According to a report, Times and other publica- ners to take part. Ver Linden, according to the Tehran’s critics in the “They’re fake,” the New Trump called members of tions are delivered to 1600 “You can imagine Hollywood Reporter. At the past. Iranian authorities York Times quoted him the press “enemies of the Pennsylvania Avenue there are going to be age of 32, Ride became the put out a red notice saying in the interview. people,” deemed critical every morning. — PTI a lot of countries to first American woman to about her to Interpol, step up to the plate at travel to space in 1983. She resulting in her being a level that would remains the youngest US held in Ninoy Aquino say, ‘OK, that war- astronaut. Soloway will also international airport in 3 women confront Weinstein at NY event rants having an produce the project with Manila when she tried to astronaut on the sur- Andrea Sperling through enter the country on 17 New York: Harvey at the venue. face of the Moon,” their banner Topple, along- October. She now Weinstein is in the news “I’m a comic, and it’s our Jim Bridenstine side Kristin Burr. — PTI fears Iran may seek to again after three women job to name the elephant said. extradite her to Tehran claimed that they were in the room,” she said in The European then have her killed or thrown out of a bar for the video, which she Space Agency and jailed. She has shown confronting the disgraced shared on her Instagram Japan’s space agency support for activists Hollywood producer, who page. have publicly WILL 1 DAY BE opposing Iran’s govern- had unexpectedly turned “It’s a Freddy Krueger (a announced they’d ment. At last year’s Miss up at the place. Harvey Weinstein character in horror fran- like their astronauts US PRESIDENT: Intercontinental pag- Weinstein, who has been chise A Nightmare on Elm to participate in eant in Manila. At the accused of sexual harass- to support emerging tal- Street) in the room, if you Artemis. event she waved a poster ment and abuse by count- ent. will. I did not realise I It foresees the next KANYE WEST of Reza Pahlavi, an less women, showed up at In a video, which has needed to bring my own set of astronauts on New York: Rapper Kanye Iranian former crown the Downtime Bar in since gone viral on social mace and rape whistle to the moon by 2024 West on Thursday said he prince who has criti- Lower Manhattan to media, comedian Kelly Actors Hour,” she said with further mis- one day would helm the Oval cised Iranian regime. watch Actor’s Hour artist Bachman is seen address- that led to boos from the sions to follow. Office, a left-field suggestion — Agencies event, a showcase meant ing Weinstein’s presence crowd. — PTI — AFP made during a lengthy inter- view that touched on sub- jects from porn to Donald Trump. Hours before the UK museum names long-anticipated release of Tourists flock to Australia’s his purported gospel album, the 42-year-old artist told Zane beetle after Greta Lowe of Apple London: Britain’s Natural Uluru for last ever climb Music’s Beats 1 show that his History Museum on Uluru, Australia: I have decided to try it,” winds, before rangers support for the Friday named a tiny, Hundreds of tourists Polish tourist Matt allowed climbers to head current US blind and wingless beetle flocked to Uluru Friday Oswiecimiki told AFP. up the rock at 10:00 am President was a after climate activist for one last chance to The 29-year-old said it local time. Parks way to razz Greta Thunberg. scale the sacred red was “fair to stop it” Australia said they Democrats. “For Kanye West The honey-coloured monolith ahead of a tomorrow out of respect would reassess the the greatest artist insect, measuring less climbing ban long- for the Anangu people, weather conditions in human existence to put a than one millimetre, was sought by Aboriginal but said the one time throughout day to deter- red hat on was God’s practi- discovered in the Kenyan Australians. opportunity meant he mine if climbers could cal joke to all liberals. Like, capital Nairobi in the A permanent ban on would still climb it given continue to mount the ‘No! Not Kanye!’” said the 1960s. scaling Uluru — also he was allowed on rock. — AFP But it apparently known as Ayers Rock — Friday. Hundreds were performer, who has made a Nelloptodes Gretae — AFP very public turn to remained nameless until comes into place left waiting for hours Christianity. West also said the venerable London burst of energy into the Saturday in line with the early Friday due to safe- he would one day be com- museum’s scientific asso- climate change move- long-held wishes of the ty concerns over mander-in-chief: “There will ciate Michael Darby ment since launching her traditional Aboriginal heavy be a time when I will be the stepped in. first school strikes one owners of the land, the President, and I will remem- “I am immensely year ago. Anangu. ber... Any founder that didn’t impressed with the work 0Earlier this month, This has led to a have the capacity to under- of this young campaigner British superstar DJ surge of climbers stand culturally what we and wanted to acknowl- Fatboy Slim paid tribute in recent were doing.” It was unclear edge her outstanding con- to Greta Thunberg by months. to whom he was referring. tribution in raising using samples from her “I came here West said he asked his col- awareness of environ- incandescent speech at just to see it but laborators on his album mental issues,” Darby the UN in a remix of his it is the last day Jesus Is King to abstain from said. Sweden’s Thunberg, smash hit Right Here, possible (to premarital sex. — AFP still only 16, has injected a Right Now. — AFP climb Uluru), so

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Ashwin c Rahul b Koushik 8, B. because of the Vijay Shankar for a six Aparajith run out (Pandey/Rahul) 66, V. Shankar c Nair towards the cover region b Mithun 38, KD Karthik (c) c Rahul b Gowtham 11, M extra bounce. in the second over Shahrukh Khan c Pandey b Mithun 27, Washington — Babar Azam, newly-installed of his spell. Left- Sundar c Pandey b Koushik 2, M Mohammed c Padikkal Pakistan captain SUMIT SINGH arm seamer T b Mithun 10, M Ashwin c Gowtham b Mithun 0, T BENGALURU, OCT. 25 Natarajan was Natarajan (not out) 0. Extras (b 1, lb 1, w 3) 5. Total (in driven twice by 49.5 overs) 252. SHORT Manish Pandey led Mayank in the FoW: 1-1, 2-24, 3-148, 4-178, 5-193, 6-224, 7-230, 8-252, TAKES Karnataka side clinched same over sig- 9-252. the Vijay Hazare Trophy nalling intent from the Bowling: Mithun 9.5-0-34-5; Koushik 9-0-39-2; Jain 9- defeating Tamil Nadu by 60 Karnataka batsmen. 0-55-1; Gowtham 10-0-48-1; Dubey 6-0-47-0; Nair 6-0- runs through the VJD Captain Dinesh Karthik 27-0. method in a rain-affected tried all his resources but Karnataka: KL Rahul (not out) 52, D Padikkal b final at the couldn’t mitigate the quick Washington Sundar 11, MA Agarwal (not out) 69. Extras M.Chinnaswamy Stadium run flow by Karnataka bats- (lb 3, nb 3, w 8) 14. Total (for one wicket in 23 overs) on Friday. men. 146. When rain halted proceed- Mayank reached his 30th FoW: 1-34 ings after 23 overs, the hosts List-A fifty with a cracking Bowling: Sundar 6-0-51-1; R Ashwin 2-0-11-0; Natarajan were 146/1 chasing a target whip towards the offside as 3-0-17-0; Shankar 2-0-8-0; M Ashwin 6-0-34-0; of 252 with the par score Karnataka got past 100 in Mohammed 4-0-22-0 being 86 runs at that stage the 16th over. Jasprit Bumrah with KL Rahul and Mayank Tamil Nadu got a few Agarwal batting on 52 and opportunities to break the pay dividends as he was dis- after making an 84ball-64, Wisden honour 69. partnership but luck missed for eight after later his skipper followed The victory though was favoured the hosts as Rahul Murali Vijay was dismissed him back to pavilion for a for Bumrah set up by the Karnataka was nearly run out at the for a duck by Mithun. Vijay score of 11. It was bowlers with birthday boy non-striker’s end when a Shankar came ahead of Shahrukh Khan and Bengaluru: Premier speedster Abhimanyu Mithun who straight hit from Mayank Dinesh Karthik and provid- Shankar’s attacking batting Jasprit Bumrah and batswoman did the major damage with ricocheted on to the stumps ed the impetus which which let the team score Smriti Mandhana are the two the ball after Manish after coming in contact lacked in the first half of past 250. Mithun claimed Indian names among the five Pandey won the toss and with Ashwin Murugan’s the Tamil Nadu’s innings. his hat-trick in the final winners of the prestigious Abhimanyu Mithun opted to field. A hat-trick hand. Rahul’s fifty came off Lack of communication over as the Tamil Nadu Wisden India Almanack celebrates his and a five-for (5/34) on his 72 balls with five bound- between Vijay and batsmen were dismissed Cricketer of the Year award hat-trick against Tamil 30th birthday restricted aries when rain stopped Aparajith result- trying to slog which was announced on Nadu in the final of the Tamil Nadu to 252 after play. ed in the lat- it out. Friday. The other winners from Vijay Hazare trophy. being 148/2 at one stage. Earlier, Tamil Nadu could ter’s run- Asia are Pakistan’s Fakhar — PTI Chasing a below-par tar- not capitalise on the 124 run out Zaman, Sri Lanka’s Dimuth get of 252, both the spinners partnership for the third Karunaratne and Afghanistan leaked runs with the new wicket between Baba Rashid Khan. The seventh edi- ball and made the task easi- Aparajith and Abhinav tion of the annual cricket publi- er for the Karnataka open- Mukund as they lost wick- cation for 2019 and 2020 also ers. Devdutt Padikkal, lead- ets at regular intervals. The features Mayank Agarwal for his ing run-scorer in the tour- ploy to send R stellar domestic run leading to nament was undone by a Ashwin up the a successful Test call-up. peach of a delivery from order Mandhana is the third woman Sundar for 11. failed to to be named ‘Cricketer of the Year’, after Mithali Raj and Deepti Sharma. Stalwarts Gundappa Viswanath and Lala Amarnath are inducted into the Wisden India Hall of Fame. Cricket Country: The Untold History of the First All India Team by Prashant Kidambi has been adjudged the Wisden India Book of the Year. The Almanack reviewer described it as “a tribute to the game’s Indianness” that “superbly describes and analyses the tour (Indians in England 1911) and the politics that led up to it.” — PTI

Dutch, Canada Karnataka players celebrate after beating Tamil Nadu in the Vijay Hazare final on Friday. — PTI lose unbeaten run Dubai: Netherlands and Canada saw their unbeaten runs at the Du Plessis calls 2020 T20 World Cup qualifier Gauti thumbs up come to an end on Thursday as Virat agreed to play D/N Tests: Dada they were beaten by Papua New Guinea and Hong Kong Kolkata, Oct. 25: The own man contrary to pop- for clarity on respectively. BCCI president Sourav ular belief that some peo- for Sanju selection PNG stunned the Dutch with a Ganguly on Friday said ple in the old guard are coaching staff five-wicket victory. A half-cen- that Indian skipper Virat trying to influence him. “I New Delhi, Oct. 25: tury from Kinchit Shah (59 not Kohli is open to the idea have been a difficult per- Johannesburg, Oct. 25: Cricketer-turned-politi- out) and a three-wicket haul by of playing day-night Tests son to handle as at times I South Africa captain Faf cian Gautam Gambhir is a Nasrulla Rana helped Hong and it could be a reality in am my own man and I do du Plessis said on Friday happy man after Sanju Kong to a 32-run victory over near future. what I feel is right. But that full-time appoint- Samson was selected in the Canada. Elsewhere, UAE beat He had a meeting with with time I learned how ments concerning the Indian T20 team for the Nigeria by five wickets. In the Kohli in Mumbai on to do things. Hopefully, we national team’s coaching three-match series against final game of the day, Scotland Thursday where the idea can work together. I’ve got staff and selectors needed Bangladesh, saying it was put on 204 for four against was floated. a very young team and to be made urgently. “long overdue”. Bermuda who in reply fell 46 “I must say that Virat very rarely you have seen Speaking on the team’s Gambhir has been advo- runs short as they finished on Kohli is agreeable to it. BCCI president and his return from a three-Test cating for the talented 158 for eight. Ireland got their There are reports that he team in the age of 30-40s.” trouncing in India, Du Kerala cricketer’s inclu- Gautam Gambhir campaign back on track with a does not want to play day- “One thing I’m absolute- Plessis said uncertainty sion in the Indian team for convincing win over Jersey in night Tests which is not ly sure is that whatever over key positions was “a a long time. The series wicketkeeper-batsman, their penultimate group stage the fact. So once the cap- time I’m here I will try massive red flag”. Cricket against Bangladesh starts who has been dropped match in Abu Dhabi. Chasing tain of India is agreeable VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly and Mohammad and make a difference. South Africa fired coach November 3. “This is well from the Kerala team on 106 for victory, the Ireland bat- to it, life becomes a lot Azharuddin at a felicitation function organised at the I’m not going to sit and Ottis Gibson, his back-up & truly through the gap by disciplinary grounds. ters were in no mood to let easier. We will see how we Eden Gardens. — AFP spend my time for people staff and the selectors @IamSanjuSamson!!! He has not been consis- Jersey in with a sniff. — AFP can push it. The game to say that “I was the after a poor World Cup Congratulations on being tent enough, has had fit- needs to forward,” beyond July, the Day- you hold an administra- BCCI president”. I want to campaign. picked in the T20 squad. ness issues but every now Ganguly said during the Night Test might not be tor’s role in the BCCI. be a “BCCI president who Du Plessis said he was Soft hands, nimble feet and and then, he came up with sidelines of his felicita- reality as India next play “We need to keep that made a difference”, so I’ll committed to continuing hopefully a sane head...go innings befitting his rich BANGLA START tion by the CAB at the five-day games at home simple and take it for- try and do that.” as captain despite going Sanju grab ur moment, batting talent. One such Eden Gardens. only in December 2020 - ward. We don’t want to Ganguly also highlight- through what he long overdue,” Gambhir knock happened earlier The former India cap- January, 2021. The home lose the likes of VVS ed that India have not won described as “the tough- tweeted. this month — an unbeaten TRAINING FOR tain had been a vocal Tests against Bangladesh Laxman, Azharuddin, a world tournament for a est period in my cricket Samson played his sole 212 — the highest individ- advocate of pink ball Test are last for this season. Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul long time. “A cricket journey”. match for India — a T20 — ual score in the history of in order to bring back the Ganguly reiterated the Dravid, Kapil Dev or nation is known by the But he said his own posi- in July 2015 when a second- Vijay Hazare Trophy, INDIA TOUR spectators to the stadium. need to have a relook at Sunil Gavaskar helping number of Tests and tion and those of the string team toured which eventually paved the Dhaka: Members of the “We all are thinking the Conflict of Interest the Indian cricket. world tournaments won. other key posts “needs to Zimbabwe. He was 19 then. way for his return in the Bangladesh cricket team joined about this and we will do clause which is making it Realistic look needs to be It’s pretty simple as some- be resolved as soon as pos- Since that high, it has been national side. a training camp for next something about it. I am a very difficult for him to taken.” time we complicate the sible”. a roller-coaster ride for the — PTI month’s tour of India on Friday, firm believer in Day get quality cricketers on Asked whether he now game too much. We try to “The most important formally ending their strike for Night Tests. I don’t know board. is training his sights on do things which don’t thing right now is clari- better pay and benefits. when will that happen. “It definitely needs a re- the ICC chairman’s post, exist. ty,” he said. The players called off their But till the time I am look. We lose a lot of qual- Ganguly said: “It’s just “The team has played “Someone needs to strike late on Wednesday as the around, I will be pushing ity cricketers because two days since I was well over the last three make decisions, the direc- Bangladesh Cricket Board for it,” Ganguly said. they are involved in a lot appointed, let’s not look years as you can see we tor of cricket first and accepted most of their However it must be men- of other things. Conflict that far ahead.” have not a world tourna- then filter down so every- demands, including a 50 per- tioned that if Ganguly’s has to be sensible. But he was ready to ment for last seven-eight one else can make deci- cent pay hike for first-class tenure is not extended Nothing is a conflict if make it clear that he is his seasons.” — PTI sions,” he added. — AFP players, expansion of national pay contracts and a share in BCB’s revenue. Announced by national Test and Twenty20 captain Shakib Al Hasan, the I got rejected in my first trials: Sachin strike had cast doubt on Bangladesh’s tour of India fea- Mumbai, Oct. 25: Batting Three classrooms and a brother Nitin, who does turing three Twenty20 interna- legend Sachin Tendulkar I even remember when I went for my stage for cultural activi- not usually come forward, tionals and two Tests. Shakib on Friday revealed that he first selection trails, I was not selected ties have been built in the supported me,” he said. had to skip the opening training was not selected when he by the selectors. They had said that he will school from the MPLAD “My elder sister, who session due to illness but other appeared for his first funds given by Tendulkar now resides in Pune after players joined the session, selection trials and the need to work hard and improve game. At that when he was a Rajya marriage, she supported attended by South African head rejection spurred him to time I was disappointed because I thought I Sabha member. me. In fact, my sister had coach Russell Domingo. Former work even harder on his Tendulkar, who has a stag- presented the first cricket New Zealand captain Daniel game. had batted well. — SACHIN TENDULKAR gering 15,921 Test runs bat to me in my life. “After Vettori also joined as “When I was a student, and 18,426 ODI runs, cred- marriage (wife) Anjali Bangladesh’s spin bowling the only thing in my mind “I even remember when I but the result was not as ited his family and coach and (kids) Sara and Arjun coach on Friday, replacing was to play for India. My went for my first selection per expectation and I was Ramakant Achrekar for and Anjali’s parents sup- India’s Sunil Joshi. Vettori, the journey started at the age trails, I was not selected not selected. But after that supporting him in his ported me. My uncle and Black Caps’ record wicket-taker of eleven,” Tendulkar said by the selectors. They had my focus, commitment journey. aunt, many people were who retired in 2015, will work in Marathi while interact- said that he will need to and capacity to work hard “For my success in crick- there. And of course last for 100 days leading up to next ing with the students of work hard and improve increased further. If you et, I owe it to my family — but no the least year’s World Twenty20 in Late Laxmanrao Dure his game. “At that time I want to realise your all the members. I will (Ramakant) Achrekar Rishabh Pant spent time with M.S. Dhoni at his Ranchi Australia. school in western was disappointed because dreams, then short-cuts start with my parents, my Sir,” he signed off. residence after the third Test against South Africa. — AFP Maharashtra. I thought I had batted well, won’t help,” he added. brother Ajit and elder — PTI — Twitter Ready to rally PAGE Fernando Alonso confirmed he will drive for Toyota in the 2020 Dakar Rally being staged in Saudi Arabia. Sport 15 The Spaniard retired from Formula One last year THE ASIAN AGE SATURDAY | 26 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

TENNIS| WORLD Back pain forces Giannis Bucks up Wawrinka’s exit He has all the ■ Antetokounmpo triple-double fuels Milwaukee’s win Basel (Switzerland), Oct. was decided by an 11- qualities to lead 25: Stan Wawrinka was minute concluding game, Los Angeles, Oct. 25: forced to withdraw from had put Wawrinka into the Tour and we Milwaukee’s Giannis CLIPPERS KAWHI Friday’s Basel quarter- his fifth quarter-final at look forward to Antetokounmpo scored 30 final showdown against the Swiss tournament. points to propel the Bucks best friend Roger Federer “I was fighting well, he working together. to a 117-111 victory in SPOILS AGAIN with a back injury, just an was playing well, I expect- — Novak Djokovic on Andrea Houston on Thursday, hour after struggling past ed a tough match,” Gaudenzi as new ATP chairman spoiling the debut of WARRIORS FUN America’s Frances Tiafoe Wawrinka said. newly formed Rockets star in a gruelling second Wawrinka hammered 14 duo James Harden and San Francisco, Oct. 25: round clash. aces — his last two in the Russell Westbrook. Kawhi Leonard sure “The bad news is that I penultimate game. SHORT TAKES In a battle featuring the knows how to spoil will have to retire,” the 34- Tiafoe saved a Wawrinka last three NBA Most Golden State’s fun. year-old three-time Grand match point with an ace of Rain delays Rd 2 Valuable Players it was Leonard did it again in Slam winner said after his own in the final game reigning MVP the Warriors’ first game his 6-3, 3-6, 7-5 win. before the home favourite as Woods leads Antetokounmpo who at Chase Center just like “I had some trouble with got the crowd on its feet emerged the winner, in their farewell at Oracle my back in the last game. with a backhand winner Inzai (Japan): The second notching the first triple- Arena four months ago, I’m sure I cannot make it down the line to seal the round of the US PGA Tour’s double of the season scoring 21 points in three for tomorrow (Friday). I success. inaugural Zozo Championship before he fouled out with quarters to lead the Los will pull out.” Top seed Both players hugged at in Japan was postponed on just over five minutes Angeles Clippers to a 141- Federer, chasing a 10th the net, with Tiafoe Friday because of heavy rain remaining. 122 victory Thursday on title at his hometown receiving a standing ova- with Tiger Woods and Gary By then, the Greek opening night at Golden event, will receive a tion from the 9,000-strong Woodland leading the 78-play- superstar had achieved State’s snazzy new arena. walkover into Saturday’s crowd. er event. Officials made the triple digits in three key Reigning NBA Finals semi-finals. decision half an hour before the statistical categories: 30 MVP Leonard shot 9 for 17 It would have been the Tsitsipas in quarters scheduled 7am start after points, 13 rebounds and 11 and also dished out nine 27th meeting between the overnight showers turned heavy assists. His 20 second-half assists in his second game two Swiss teammates and Stefanos Tsitsipas with forecasts of up to five points helped the Bucks with L.A. after leading Federer would have been reached his 13th quarter- inches rain falling over the next rally from a 16-point third- the Toronto Raptors to the comfortable favourite final of the year when he 24 hours at Accordia Golf quarter deficit. their first title last season boasting a 23-3 record came back to claim a 6-7 Narashino Country Club. The Antetokounmpo became in a six-game finals over their 14-year rivalry. (4/7), 6-2, 6-4 win over second round will now be the first player since against the Warriors. Wawrinka stands in pro- Lithuanian qualifier played on Saturday, followed by Oscar Robertson in 1966 to “I thought he started visional 14th place in the Ricardas Berankis. the third round. “The golf post a 30-plus point triple- doing it in the second points race to the year- The Greek third seed course has already taken on double in his opening round last year,” Clippers end ATP Finals and his will next face Serb Filip four-tenths of an inch of rain, game of a season. coach Doc Rivers said. chances of qualifying Krajinovic who upset fifth so it has actually reached the But he said team effort “In the first round he now look slim with just seed Fabio Fognini 6-2, point of saturation and it’s was the key to the come- was just dominating and next week’s Paris Masters 6-4. become unplayable,” said US back win. then I thought as each to play on the regular Tsitsipas said he didn’t PGA Tour VP of rules and com- “We stayed together,” round went on he started schedule. panic after losing the petitions, Gary Young. — AFP Antetokounmpo said. playmaking more and The struggle against opening set to his 70th- “Even though we faced more, but what he’s doing Tiafoe, which lasted for ranked opponent in 52 adversity and we weren’t now is on another level.” two and a half hours and minutes. — AFP playing our best basket- Stephen Curry scored 23 Woodland shows ball in the first quarter points but committed and second quarter we eight turnovers and his credentials came out, we were D'Angelo Russell added 20 focused. We were able to points in his Golden State Inzai (Japan): Gary Woodland move the ball and execute. debut, but the Warriors has made a huge claim for a “My team without me got beat up the way they Presidents Cup wildcard after did a great job,” added used to do it against stringing together rounds of 65, Antetokounmpo, whose the entire NBA — even 66 and 64 in Asia, but the US departure with his sixth giving up a 46-point third Open champion is taking noth- foul at 5:18 remaining -- quarter. ing for granted. On Thursday he and the Bucks up by six -- “They hit us with our matched US team captain Tiger appeared to open the door Milwaukee Bucks forward Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks during the second half of typical third quarter type Woods’s superb six-under par to the Rockets. the team’s NBA game against the Houston Rockets on Thursday. — AP of vibe,” Curry said. opening-round to share the Houston scored the next What a dud for the Dubs lead at the inaugural Zozo five points, Russell Westbrook in the offsea- time with a 66-50 advan- line than his two-of 13 as they formally opened Championship in Japan. That Westbrook adding four son to play alongside their tage. Westbrook finished shooting. He added seven new Chase Center in San came straight after a stunning with a three-pointer and a 2018 MVP James Harden, with 24 points, 16 rebounds and 14 assists. Francisco after 47 years at weekend at the CJ Cup in free throw to trim the couldn’t get ahead. rebounds and 7 assists. Bucks looked a team per- Oracle Arena in Oakland. South Korea where Woodland deficit to 101-100. Houston had dominated Harden’s 19 points owed fectly capable of repeating Patrick Patterson scored backed up a third-round seven- But the Rockets, who early, taking a quick 12-2 more to his perfect 14-of-14 their 60-win campaign of 20 points and Ivica Zubac Stan Wawrinka reacts after winning his second round under par 65 with Sunday’s 66 brought in 2017 MVP lead and going into half- finish at the free-throw last season. — AFP had 16 points. — AP match against Frances Tiafoe on Thursday. — AP to grab a share of third place. Woods will decide his four cap- tain’s picks after next week’s FOOTBALL ROUND-UP event in Shanghai. — AFP Novak hails new Berlin referees Galaxy out due Defensive woes for Kovac to go on strike ATP chairman Berlin: Soccer referees in Berlin to Vela double as Bayern welcome Union Paris, Oct. 25: Novak forward to working togeth- are going on strike because of Djokovic hailed the er for the benefit of the ongoing violence at games. Los Angeles, Oct. 25: A headed goal from Berlin, Oct. 25: Pressure is Suele could miss the next appointment of Andrea players and the sport more The Berlin soccer federation, Carlos Vela scored Galaxy substitute Rolf mounting on head coach TV six months after tearing his Gaudenzi as the new chair- generally.” known as the BFV, said Friday it twice as Los Angeles Feltscher raised hopes Niko Kovac as injury-hit Live on cruciate ligament in man of the ATP on Kermode had been in has been informed by its refer- FC dumped Zlatan of another comeback, Bayern Munich look to beat BUNDESLIGA Saturday’s 2-2 draw at Thursday in succession to charge since 2014 but the Ibrahimovic and the but Diomande’s second minnows Union Berlin Augsburg, while Chris Kermode whose con- player representatives ee committee that the officials Bayern v Union are withdrawing their services LA Galaxy out of the of the night made the Saturday with just two Hernandez underwent sur- troversial exit led to a rift decided at Indian Wells in this weekend from all games in MLS Cup playoffs with game safe. points separating the top from 7.00 pm (Saturday) gery on Thursday for ankle between the world number March not to renew his the sixth division, the highest a 5-3 derby victory on It was a first ever win nine Bundesliga teams. Star Sports Select 2 & HD ligaments torn in Greece. one and fellow heavy- contract. level in the German capital. Thursday. for LAFC over the Third-placed Bayern are Wolfsburg v Augsburg Sport Bild is tipping Ralf weights, Roger Federer and The 54-year-old Briton Rangnick, sports director “Violence on Berlin’s soccer Mexico international Galaxy, a burgeoning only a point behind leaders from 10.00 pm (Sunday) Rafael Nadal. was pushed towards the striker Vela took his Major League Soccer Borussia at rivals RB Leipzig, to step Gaudenzi, 46, who exit by representatives fields has gone up this season Star Sports Select 2 & HD compared to last season,” the season goal tally to 36 rivalry that has been Moenchengladbach, having in if Kovac is fired. reached 18 in the world who, at the time, included referees said in a statement. with two first half dubbed “El Trafico” in been knocked off the top The magazine claims time rankings in his playing the American Justin “After just a few match-days we strikes at the Banc of a reference to the three weeks ago when League win at Olympiakos is running out for Kovac, career and won three titles Gimelstob, a close associ- have already recorded 109 inci- California Stadium. Californian city’s noto- Hoffenheim grabbed a and called on the team to 48, as Uli Hoeness, his chief before retiring in 2003, has ate of Djokovic. dents of violence and discrimi- Ibrahimovic led a rious traffic. shock 2-1 win at the Allianz beat Union at home to supporter among the club’s penned a four-year deal. Gimelstob was then nation on Berlin soccer fields. In rousing Galaxy fight- LAFC will now face Arena. “meet the standard FC senior figures, stands down “On behalf of the play- forced to resign from the 53 cases the referee was the back, setting up a the Seattle Sounders in Union Berlin, in 14th Bayern has set” by regain- as club president next ers, I’d like to welcome Players Council following a victim.” it added. —AP Cristian Pavon goal the Western place, have already beaten ing first place in the league. month. Andrea as the next chair- conviction for assault. before grabbing an Conference top-six clubs Dortmund However, a worry for However, Union’s head man of the ATP,” said The exit of the popular opportunistic second- Championship final and Freiburg in their first Kovac is Bayern’s trend of coach Urs Fischer refuses Djokovic. Kermode was opposed by half equaliser to make next Tuesday for a Bundesliga season and conceding exactly two goals to perceive star-studded “As a former player, he Federer and Nadal, both of it 2-2. place in the MLS Cup hope to deny Bayern a first in each of their last five Bayern as vulnerable. has walked in our shoes, whom have since returned But LAFC hit back final. It was a sweet vic- win in three league games. games, on top of their “We can try to force mis- and has also become a suc- to the Players Council ENG AIM TO with goals from Diego tory for manager Bob Club chairman Karl- defensive woes with first- takes from them and if you cessful entrepreneur fol- chaired by Djokovic. Rossi and substitute Bradley, whose team Heinz Rummenigge brand- choice centre-backs Niklas make it easy for them, you lowing his playing career. Gaudenzi, an Italian, had Adama Diomande to lost to Galaxy 4-3 ed Bayern “careless” in Suele and Lucas are going to have prob- He has all the qualities to been involved in the ATP’s ‘KNOCK OFF’ surge into a 4-2 lead. in 2018. — AFP Tuesday’s 3-2 Champions Hernandez out long term. lems,” he said. — AFP lead the Tour and we look media division. — AFP ALL BLACKS Yokohoma (Japan): England coach Eddie Jones heads into a World Cup semi-final against Atletico hope Simeone PSG get ready for grudge match New Zealand taking inspiration from legendary football manag- Paris, Oct. 25: An impatient knows it,” said Tuchel. er Alex Ferguson. Saturday’s Kylian Mbappe is set to “But he could only play fixture in Yokohama will be the has answers to react make his first start for for as long as we gave him.” key fixture of Jones’s four-year Paris Saint-Germain in two The only doubt surrounds reign, with the veteran Madrid, Oct. 25: Atletico ● Aletico team is this was a win the play- months this weekend after who will play alongside Australian making no secret of Madrid may need time to ers needed too. a blistering return to form Mbappe in the PSG attack, his desire to lead England to adjust after a summer of only three points Simeone is almost off the bench in the although it certainly won’t World Cup glory following their change but even this behind Barcelona beyond reproach at Champions League. be Neymar -- he is out until embarrassing first-round exit on early in the season old in La Liga Atletico, a club he led to The French champions mid-November. home soil in 2015. But they face problems are casting the title in 2014 and host Marseille at the Parc Angel Di Maria will be the toughest challenge possible doubts over their ● But Simeone where he has performed des Princes on Sunday there after setting up four this weekend, with reigning Spanish title challenge. miracles on a budget night in what is no longer of his team’s five goals in champions New Zealand having After 77 attritional knows it is more roughly half that of much of a rivalry on the midweek, while Mauro not lost a World Cup match minutes at the Wanda due to the bumpy Barcelona and Real field but remains one of the Icardi could again be pre- since a 2007 quarters defeat by Metropolitano on form of their rivals Madrid. great grudge matches in ferred to Edinson Cavani France. The All Blacks are now Tuesday, Alvaro Morata When Koke was jeered European football. after notching five goals in bidding for a third successive darted to the near post as he trudged off, How Marseille would love four games. global crown and fourth in and headed in Renan “But in La Liga we are Simeone flapped his to claim a first win over ‘Le Classique’ took top total. England have won just Lodi’s cross for a 1-0 win three points off the top arms in disgust, demand- their bitter foes in almost a billing in France in the ing the fans applaud 1990s when pay TV giant seven out of 41 Tests against over Bayern Leverkusen and in the Champions decade, but they will not PSG’s French forward Kylian Mbappe celebrates at the end in the Champions League we have seven instead. Most duly did. look forward to the Canal Plus bought PSG and New Zealand, with their last of the Champions League match against Brugge. — AFP victory back in 2012. However, League that all but points from three games. Before kick-off when prospect of facing a fit- turned them into a competi- in their only previous match secured qualification. If this is a bad time, I the names of the players again Mbappe. the first time since pulling Tuchel insisted he did not tor to the era’s dominant against the All Blacks under After the game, Morata wish all the bad times and their coach were The 20-year-old World Cup up with a hamstring injury choose Mbappe in his start- Marseille whose stars Jones, in November last year, delivered a firm were like this.” read out to AC/DC’s winner came on as a substi- in a game against Toulouse ing line-up because he was included Chris Waddle and England pushed them close response to those criti- Yet there was enough in booming anthem tute and scored a rapid blis- in late August. protecting his star forward, Jean-Pierre Papin. before losing 16-15, with flanker cising the team and their Morata’s celebration, a ‘Thunderstruck’, tering hat-trick in PSG’s 5-0 “I wanted to start. The who was this week named That helped boost viewing Sam Underhill having a try dis- coach, Diego Simeone. raging run down the Simeone’s name, as demolition of Club Brugge coach made his decision among the 30 nominees for figures in a league which allowed for offside by Courtney “People on the outside sideline to the bench, always, received the in Belgium on Tuesday. and you have to accept it,” this year’s Ballon d’Or — Canal Plus broadcast. Lawes. “The country you want say we are going through where he hugged Koke, loudest cheer. He doubled his goals tally Mbappe said. unlike his perennially These days Ligue 1 is utter- to knock off is New Zealand a bad time,” said Morata, who had just been whis- Eight goals in nine for the season in the “I just wanted to come on injured teammate Neymar. ly dominated by the now because they’ve been the best,” who arrived on loan in tled by the frustrated matches is not title win- process and showed why he and show that it is difficult “I always want to play Qatar-owned club from the Jones said.— AFP the summer. home fans, to suggest ning form. — AFP felt he deserved to start for to leave me out of the side.” with him in the team. He capital. — AFP Sidelined PAGE Injured Neymar has been left out of the Brazilian squad for their friendlies against Games 16 Argentina and South Korea next month THE ASIAN AGE SATURDAY | 26 OCTOBER 2019 | NEW DELHI

FORMULA | ONE FERRARI SET SIGHTS ON It’s important for Pepe. When he MEXICO POLE Mexico City, Oct. 25: scores it’s good for Across the Formula One paddock, Ferrari is seen him and the team. as the front-row favorite — Unai Emery, Arsenal coach on in the Mexican Grand Nicolas Pepe scoring against Vitoria Prix. Guimaraes in their Europa league The challenge will be match turning that into a win while avoiding another drivers’ duel. Ferrari has been the SHORT TAKES team to beat since the summer break with three 2020 marathon victories. Its cars have started from the pole posi- time change final tion the last five races. The issue isn’t whether Tokyo: The decision to move Ferrari has finally out- the Tokyo 2020 marathon and muscled Mercedes on the race-walking events to northern track, but whether the Japan is “final”, the team can manage the rela- International Olympic tionship between drivers Committee’s John Coates said Sebastian Vettel and Friday despite opposition from Charles Leclerc through local officials. the stretch run of the sea- Coates, chairman of the IOC’s son while keeping an eye Coordination Commission, said on 2020. the decision was made after the There has been some world championships in Doha, friction. which saw dozens of athletes Leclerc, a 22-year-old ris- receive medical attention. ing star , has upset the “The IOC was shocked by team balance. He earned what we saw in Doha in very his first two career victo- similar conditions in terms of ries at consecutive races temperature and humidity to in Belgium and Italy and what’s expected here in Tokyo,” maybe should have more. he said, adding that the IOC The two clashed in had the “health and welfare of Russia when Vettel got an the athletes” in mind. early jump into the lead Coates on Friday met with by riding Leclerc’s slip- Tokyo’s Governor Yuriko Koike, Arsenal’s Gabriel Martinelli (left) heads the ball past Vitoria Guimaraes’ goalkeeper Miguel Silva (right) to score the equalising goal during their UEFA Europa league Group ‘F’ stream at the start, as was who earlier in the day said she match at the Emirates stadium in London on Thursday. Arsenal won 3-2. — AFP part of a team strategy. was opposed to the plan to But Vettel then ignored move the events to the city of team orders to give back Sapporo and described it as a the position. That caused “bolt from the blue”. a shuffling of pit stop — AFP strategies and Hamilton ended up taking the victo- ry after Vettel had engine Juventus look to failure. GUNNERS LOAD & SHOOT Leclerc faced several add big money questions this week about the team dynamic within Milan: Juventus president Super Sub Pepe comes off the bench to lead Arsenal to win at home the Ferrari garage and Andrea Agnelli on Thursday got his relationship with the overwhelming backing of Paris, Oct. 25: Nicolas Vettel. “Of course I the club’s shareholders for a Pepe came off the bench to THE RESULTS respect him,” Leclerc 300 million euro ($333 million) rescue Arsenal at home said. — AFP capital increase to help boost against Vitoria Guimaraes RACE FOR NUMERO UNO the Italian club’s global ambi- with two late free kicks in Arsenal 3 tions. the Europa League on (Gabriel Martinelli 32, IN SERIE ‘A’ HEATS UP Despite losses of 39.9 million Thursday. Nicolas Pepe 80, 90+2) KEEP LECLERC, euros ($44m) last season, Arsenal came from Vitoria Guimaraes 2 Milan, Oct. 25: Champions Juventus turn their focus Agnelli asked shareholders for a behind to win 3-2 and stay (Marcus Edwards 8, back to maintaining their Serie ‘A’ supremacy ahead major investment as part of a perfect in Group ‘F’. Bruno Duarte 36). of nearest challengers Inter Milan with both Italian VETTEL IN five-year plan to keep pace with They are one of only two teams riding high after their European successes this European rivals such as Real teams on nine points from Sevilla 3 week. Madrid, Barcelona and three games, along with (Vazquez 49, 75, Juventus are just one point ahead of Inter Milan in CHECK: PROST Manchester United. Sevilla, who beat Munir 78) the Italian league after eight games. The request was approved by Dudelange of Dudelange 0 Maurizio Sarri’s side head to promoted Lecce, while Mexico City, Oct. 25: 99.97 per cent of the share- Luxembourg 3-0 in Group Antonio Conte’s Inter are at home against Parma. Alain Prost has warned holders. “The objective of this ‘A’ . Eintracht Frankfurt 2 Third-placed Atalanta return to the comforts of Ferrari that they must capital increase is the future Manchester United are (Abraham 28, home against Udinese licking their wounds after a control their embattled development in a wide-ranging one of the teams on seven Hinter-egger 73) bruising 5-1 defeat to Manchester City. drivers or risk handing horizon,” Agnelli told share- points and need just one Standard Liege 1 Carlo Ancelotti’s Napoli, one point behind the another world title double holders at the club’s Allianz more win to ensure they (Amallah 82). Bergamo side in fourth and six adrift of Juventus, to Mercedes next season. Stadium in Turin. qualify from Group ‘L’ need a result at relegation-threatened SPAL to keep The four-time world “We must imagine this season after eking out a 1-0 win Celtic 2 pace with the leaders. champion, who was as a new year zero, with the against Partizan on an (Christie 67, New Genoa coach Thiago Motta’s first game in embroiled in one of desire and determination to emotional day in Belgrade. Jullien 89) charge of the club where his playing career took off a Formula One’s fiercest in- think big. We must be extreme- Celtic came from a goal Lazio 1 decade ago will be against Brescia. team rivalries when he ly proud of our development down to beat Lazio 2-1 in (Lazzari 40). “In 2008, Genoa changed my situation. Now I really and Ayrton Senna were and our growth rates, but we Glasgow and remain top of want to coach the squad and change our fortunes,” teammates at McLaren in FC Porto 1 must keep with the pace. These Group ‘E’. PSV Eindhoven FK Partizans’ Sadiq Umar (in black and white stripes) said Motta. the late 1980s, said Ferrari (Diaz 36) numbers seem enormous when were held 0-0 at home by vies with Manchester United’s Scott McTominay during Former Italy international Motta’s only previous faced a “complicated situ- compared to the Italian reality,” Linz but still lead Group Rangers 1 coaching experience is with PSG’s U19 team, which ation of management”. (Morelos 44) their Europa league Group ‘L’ match at the Partizan sta- he said. — AFP ‘D’ Rangers drew 1-1 in dium in Belgrade on Thursday. United won 1-0. — AFP he managed until July. — AFP The Frenchman said he Porto in Group ‘G’. could foresee the battles At the Emirates, Arsenal Emiliano Martinez. between four-time cham- made 10 changes from the Brazilian teenager pion and team leader team that lost at Sheffield Gabriel Martinelli replied Sebastian Vettel and United on Monday in the with a header but Vitoria young pretender Charles DEEPAK CUTS Premier League. For much regained the lead before City look to cut gap on the Reds Leclerc costing them the of the match, they looked half time with a goal from title and handing it to even worse. Bruno Duarte. London, Oct. 25: over second-placed City. Pep Guardiola urged his Mercedes again. DEEP, MAKES Arsenal dominated pos- With Arsenal’s young Manchester City have the Guardiola’s defending team to be more clinical “With his experience, session but were outshot strikers struggling, Pepe, chance to exert some champions can cut that after their 2-0 victory last Live on TV Vettel was considered the 14-11. who had not yet scored a TITLE CLASH short-term pressure on gap to just three points, at week against Crystal ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE number one in the team, They made the worst pos- goal from open play for the runaway Premier League least temporarily, if they Palace and his team so it;s hard to manage Wuhan: Indian boxer Deepak sible start, falling behind Gunners, came on in the leaders Liverpool this beat Aston Villa at home responded by thumping Man City vs Aston Villa that,” he said. entered the men's light fly- after nine minutes to a 64th minute. weekend as Manchester on Saturday. Atalanta 5-1 in the from 5 pm “I think it’s going to be weight final but Olympian K.T. goal by a former After 80 minutes he United look to end their Frank Lampard’s young Champions League. difficult. I think Ferrari Irfan missed out on a bronze Tottenham player. curled a free kick inside away day blues. Chelsea side travel to Despite Guardiola’s Brighton vs Everton will be strong next year medal after finishing fourth in In the ninth minute, the far post. He repeated Jurgen Klopp’s side saw Burnley on the back of a exhortations, City have from 7.30 pm and they will have to deal the 20km race walk event at Marcus Edwards, once the trick three minutes their long winning streak six-match winning run in not been shy in front of with the fight between the 7th CISM World Military compared by Spurs man- into added time to secure ended by a hungry United all competitions while goal this season, hitting 29 Burnley FC vs Chelsea Charles and Sebastian. If Games here on Friday. ager Mauricio Pochettino the victory for Unai in a draw at Old Trafford third-placed Leicester in just nine Premier from 10 pm the car is good and they Deepak outboxed Azerbaijan’s to a young Lionel Messi, Emery’s men. last week but still have a visit Southampton on League matches. All matches on Star Sports are both fighting over the Alizada Salman 5-0 in the semi- fired a shot under — AFP comfortable six-point lead Friday. — AFP title,” he added. — AFP final bout in an unanimous decision. He will face Kazakhstan’s Zhussupov Temirtas in the 49kg final on CHENNAI SORE Saturday. In men’s bantam weight, Chermiti takes Mumbai Saina goes down fighting Chirag (56kg), however, lost 1-4 WITH REF FOR to Mongolia's Kharkhuu Enkh Amar in the semifinals. Indian sprinter Jinson past Blasters with ease RACIST TALK in French Open quarters Johnson qualified for the men’s 1500m final with a timing of Kochi, Oct. 25: A late goal Mumbai resorted to aeri- allowed Sergio Cidoncha New Delhi, Oct. 25: Paris, Oct. 25: A fighting ● 19 but the Korean eventual- 3:56.17 in heat two of the pre- from Amine Chermiti al balls and floating to swing a free-kick into Chennai City FC says a Saina Nehwal was knocked Playing her first ly pocketed the game with liminary round. saw Mumbai City FC crosses into the box at the box from the left a Japanese player on the out of the $700,000 French quarterfinal since three straight points. Earlier, Irfan clocked 1:25:09s stun Kerala Blasters FC the other end. few minutes later. team was racially abused Open after going down in making it to the last In the second game, to finish the race in fourth spot. 1-0 in a closely-fought A Diego Carlos cross Bartholomew Ogbeche by a Sri Lankan referee straight games to Korea’ s eight at the Young again surged to a 5-2 China’s Xu Hao clinched the Hero Indian Super into the box from the got to the end of it at the during an International AN se Young in the lead before Saina turned gold with a timing of 1:22:18s, League clash at the right flank in the 10th far post but headed wide Club Cup match against women’s singles quarterfi- Badminton Asia the tables, moving to 7-5 but while the silver and bronze Jawaharlal Nehru minute had the home from close. the Bashundhara Kings nal here on Friday. Championship, the Korean soon stepped on medals went to Ukraine’s Stadium here on defence under pressure The hosts had another in Chittagong. The 29-year-old Indian, Hyderabad shuttler the gas and jumped to a 16- Shumik Victor (1:23:18s) and Thursday. but Mohamed Larbi’s chance at the stroke of The incident occurred who had claimed the Saina Nehwal went 11 lead. Slovakia’s Uradnik Miroslav The teams had several weak header fell straight half-time when Cidoncha in the 23rd minute when Indonesia Masters in down in two tough The experienced Saina (1:24:16s) respectively. half chances to break the into the hands of goal- whipped another one in Bashundhara Kings January this year, lost 20- once again drew parity at Irfan, who has a personal best deadlock but lacked an keeper Bilal Khan. from a similar position, Emon Mahmud fouled 22, 21-23 to World No16 games to Korea’s An 18-18 but Young managed to as well as national record of end product for most of Mumbai continued to but Jairo’s powerful Charles Anandaraj near Young after a 49-minute se Young 20-22, 21- grab two match points. 1:20:21s which he registered the game until threaten and Carlos out- header was saved by the box. Chennai City thrilling contest. 23 in a 49-minute The Indian then reeled off during his 10th place finish in Chermiti’s smart 82nd- paced Jessel Carneiro on Amrinder Singh. FC’s Katsumi Yusa It was her first quarterfi- last eight match. three straight points to 2012 London Olympics, has minute finish settled the the right flank again in Mumbai started on the rushed to the Sri Lankan nal appearance since mak- make it 21-20 but once again already qualified for next year’s contest. the 19th minute. This front foot after the referee Lakmal ing it to the final eight at it was Young who held her Tokyo Summer Games by finish- While the result meant time around, the former change of ends and went Weerakkody and sought a the Badminton Asia lead. The Indian slowly nerves to move ahead and ing fourth in the 20 km event of Mumbai start their sea- FC Pune City player close in the 53rd minute. yellow card for Mahmud. Championship in April this narrowed the gap to 7-8 and shut the door on her fan- the Asian Race Walking son with a win, it was attempted a powerful Larbi’s cross from the “Targeted derogatory year. Saina had lost in the had grabbed a slender 15-12 cied rival. Championships in March. also their first-ever victo- strike from a tight angle, left found Modou Sougou and racist remarks are first round in the last three lead for a brief period at Saina, who had reached The 29-year-old Irfan had ry over Kerala Blasters forcing Bilal Khan to unmarked in the centre extremely impudent and tournaments at China, one stage but the Korean the final of the French clocked 1 hour 20 minutes and in Kochi. come up with a reflex of the box but the harmful for the person at Korea and Denmark. soon clawed her way back. Open in 2012, will next play 57 seconds to better the Tokyo Kerala Blasters strug- save at his near post. Senegalese striker’s the receiving end,” the Saina fell back early in Young reached 18-15 but a at the Saarlorlux Open Olympics qualification standard gled to test Amrinder At the other end, a foul first-time shot flew wide. club said on Twitter. the opening game with fighting Saina was the first starting October 29. of 1 hour 21 minutes. — PTI Singh early on while by Souvik Chakrabarti — PTI — PTI Young opening up a 7-2 to grab a game point at 20- — PTI