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The organisa- ferring ownership rights to the Police have also recovered 37 Prashant Kishor-led political tion also helped Andhra residents of these colonies, cloned cards, 10 blank cards consultancy firm I-PAC has Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan adding that the move would with electronic chip and other come on board with the party. Mohan Reddy win both state pave the way for smooth imple- area. instruments used in the crime The political advocacy and general elections. mentation of the PM-UDAY According to the central from the possession of the Numbers he send this data to "Oluwatoy came to India group was part of the success- The Indian Political Action (PM Unauthorised Colonies in government's figure, it will duo. Oluwatoyin Isaiah to paste this on medical visa and earlier ful election campaign of Committee (I-PAC) is cur- Delhi AwasAdhikar Yojana). benefit around 40 lakh resi- The duo accused was iden- data on other Debit Cards," said worked as a priest at a church Narendra Modi in 2014 when "After Punjab results, we rently working on the "Directions issued to withdraw dents living in the 1,731 unau- tified as, Oluwatoyin Isaiah the DCP in Greater Noida. He continued he was BJP's prime ministeri- acknowledged you as the Trinamool Congress' reelec- the land acquisition proceed- thorised colonies. Adewale (46) and Nosa Tony "Nosa Tony used to assist to stay in India after his Visa al candidate. Kishor is now the toughest opponent that we tion campaign for the 2021 ings (de-notification of the Meanwhile, Union Lawani (43). Oluwatoyin Isaiah in pasting expired in 2013 and started national vice-president of have ever faced. Happy to join West Bengal Assembly polls to land) in respect of the land sit- Housing and Urban Affairs According to Devender this data on other Debit cards business of exporting hairs to Bihar's Janata Dal (United), a forces now with Kejriwal and aid Chief Minister Mamata uated within the delineated Minister Hardeep Singh Puri Arya, the Deputy available with him with help of African countries," said the key ally of the BJP. AAP," the I-PAC said in a Banerjee's bid for a third con- boundaries of 1,731 said maps of 1,500 unautho- Commissioner of Police a Magnetic Strip reader and DCP. "Happy to share that tweet. secutive term. Unauthorised Colonies (UCs). rised colonies have been pre- (DCP), South west district, writer machine. Thereafter they "In 2018 at IGI airport Indian-PAC is coming on- Elections to the 70-mem- Kishor has been lately in #PM-UDAY," the LG tweeted. pared. following a tip off regarding an used to withdraw money from Oluwatoy met a group of peo- board with us. Welcome ber Delhi assembly are due the news over his criticism of Later, the LG office issued Taking to Twitter, Puri said International ATM card clon- these cloned cards," said the ple who came from Romania aboard!" Kejriwal said in a early next year. The national the Citizenship (Amendment) a statement and said, "Detailed 1,000 maps have been uploaded ers, a trap was laid at DDA DCP. and Bulgaria. One of them tweet. The Indian Political capital is set to witness a tri- Act, which his party JD(U) orders outlining the procedure on a portal of the Delhi Market Vasant Kunj and "Oluwatoyin Isaiah used was Eris, who taught him the Action Committee (I-PAC) angular fight with the AAP, supported in Parliament. for the same have been issued Development Authority nabbed the duo. to give Nosa tony 2 per cent process of Card Cloning with replied to the tweet, saying the which had won 67 seats in the Rajya Sabha member and last evening by the land build- (DDA). "During interrogation, it share of money which he with- help of Magnetic Strip Reader AAP was seen as the toughest last assembly elections, seeking president of the Bihar unit of ing department with the Earlier this month, was revealed that a Bulgarian draws from these cards. Device. While Tony met opponent during Punjab polls. to retain power by defeating the the JD(U) Vashishth Narayan approval of the LG." Parliament had passed a bill to national namely Eris used to Oluwatoyin Isaiah has pur- Oluwatoy at an African get Kishor's electioneering BJP and the Congress. Singh said once the party made However, the move will not grant ownership rights to res- steal the card data by placing chased this Magnetic strip together party in Janakpuri machine worked behind the The I-PAC had used inno- its stand clear, leaders should include 69 affluent unautho- idents living in the 1,731 unau- schemer devices and hidden reader/writer machine from a and joined his gang," said the scenes for the Congress in vative programmes such as have refrained from "making rised colonies, including Sainik thorised colonies in the nation- cameras at ATM Center and online shopping website name- DCP adding that further inves- Punjab. 'chai par charcha' in the 2014 public their personal views". Farms and Neb Sarai Extension al Capital. after decoding the ATM Card ly ubuy.com," said the DCP. tigation is going on. +   $ '    ! ,8'0#
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 # 27 Assam and assured that their one of the 19 Maoist-affected dis- have been awarded to poor stu- hand, Congress party, JMM rights as citizens of the coun- tricts in Jharkhand, Shah on dents here. We have also built and RJD have formed a tripar- Washington/London: Several British nationals have been try will remain intact under the Saturday said that only Modi can 22,860 Kilometers of road in tite alliance to turn the tables countries, including the US, advised to exercise caution leadership of Prime Minister bring an end to Left Wing five years,” said Shah. here. UK, Israel Canada and while undertaking all but Narendra Modi in the Centre. Extremism (LWE) in Jharkhand. In a bid to ensure a BJP win Meanwhile, addressing ral- Singapore, have asked their essential travel to the region. This is the minister’s first pub- “The BJP Government has in Jharkhand, he requested all lies in Borio and Mahagama citizens to exercise caution "The FCO advise against all lic statement on Citizenship already pushed Maoists on the the BJP supporters at the rally constituencies on Saturday, while travelling to the but essential travel to the state Amendment Bill (CAB) since back foot. Only Modiji can bring to make phone calls to at least BJP Executive President JP Northeast India which has wit- of Manipur, except the state Rajya Sabha’s nod to it on 4  &            an end to Naxalism,” said Shah. 50 people and ask them to vote Nadda said that the people of nessed violent protests against capital Imphal and the Meiti         5    "    * % December 12. - (      Giridih is set to go to polls for the BJP. “Jharkhand Mukti Jharkhand have made up their the amended citizenship act. Valley areas, which include Addressing an election rally in the fourth phase of elections Morcha (JMM) has joined mind to bring the BJP to The new amended citizen- Loktak Lake, Keibul Lamjao in Giridih, Shah — the man who here on December 16. hands with the parties that power once again in ship law, which provides for National Park and the Imphal aggressively defended CAB in Triple Talaq and surgical strike especially Assam and Manipur, Addressing thousands of voters were against the idea of Jharkhand. He said that the granting citizenship to non- War Cemetery,” reads the the upper and the lower houses on Pakistan was anti-Muslim. have witnessed major unrest who would decide the fate of Jharkhand’s formation,” Shah voting trends so far indicated Muslim persecuted minorities updated advisory. of the parliament — said that According to them, everything since Rajya Sabha’s approval to candidates in the constituency, said, recalling the days of that the BJP will win in from Bangladesh, Pakistan and The UK online advisory refugees from the minority com- we do is anti-Muslim,” said CAB. The Government had to Shah said that the BJP Jharkhand Movement when Jharkhand by a huge margin. Afghanistan, has put the continues to advise against all munities in Pakistan, Bangladesh Shah, adding that the Congress control the situation with mil- Government ensured electrifi- Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) “Congress party, JMM and Northeast on the boil, where travel to Jammu and Kashmir, and Afghanistan were leading a party provided safe haven to ter- itary intervention and block cation of all the 370 villages in and Congress party protested RJD will try and manipulate people fear that it may exacer- including tourist destinations hellish life in India. CAB, he rorists in India for political ben- Internet connectivity across the constituency. the bifurcation of Bihar. you to vote for them. But bate the problem of illegal of Pahalgam, Gulmarg and added, will provide citizenship efits. “Congress party has been Assam in order to maintain At least 40,000 families in A five-phase election is whenever they come to you immigration. Sonamarg, Srinagar and the rights to these refugees and doing Hindu-Muslim politics peace. Assam is one among the Giridih got LPG connection underway in Jharkhand for seeking votes, you must ask The US government has Jammu-Srinagar national high- bring an end to their hardship. since decades. And what they are few Northeast Indian states under the Pradhan Mantri the 81 Assembly constituencies them what all developmental temporarily suspended offi- way. “Congress party says CAB is doing right now is no different,” that witness maximum influx Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY), added here since November 30. By works did they do when they cial travels to Assam, the epi- Singapore's Ministry of anti-Muslim. According to said the BJP national president. of immigrants from neigh- Shah. now, three phases of elections were in power,” Nadda told the centre of the protests. Foreign Affairs (MFA) issued a them, even the abolishment of Some Northeast states, bouring Bangladesh. Many “Modiji knows the pain of have been completed and the BJP supporters at his rallies. "US citizens in the north- travel notice for Northeast eastern states of India should India, advising Singaporeans exercise caution in light of travelling there to "exercise media reports of protests and vigilance and caution". > "'
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 from Diamond Harbour. Another BJP spokesperson, tation of the Juvenile Justice Act abled young girls who grew up Justice Chandrachud said chil- Meanwhile, the Chief Minister making a GVL Narasimha Rao, said a and an approach focussed on in a village in Uttarakhand. dren who are seen as offenders  #5+5423 strong statement against the “CAB-NRC menace” more appropriate name for Rahul deprivation and poverty was "It was personal for me to were indeed victims of the asked the people to maintain peace warning the would be “Rahul Jinnah” given necessary to address the prob- be in such setting as I and my trade. he 13th Ayodhya Film Festival under the “breakers of law” that the Government would be the Congressman’s “Muslim lem of juvenile delinquency as spouse provide foster care to "Given the deplorable liv- Taegis of Awam Ka Cinema will start on forced to take drastic action against them. A release appeasement politics and mind- unfortunate circumstances two young girls and they are ing conditions of many chil- Monday. Around 51 critically acclaimed short from the Chief Minister’s office also requested peo- set”. push minors into substance children who grew up in a dren in India, it is imperative films and a dozen each of feature films, doc- ple not to take law in hands. “Do not take law in Maintaining that five gen- abuse and violence, a Supreme small village in Uttarakhand. to acknowledge that children in umentaries will be showcased in the event. your hands, blockade roads, railway traffic or dam- erations of Nehru-Gandhi fam- Court Judge said on Saturday. They are physically challenged conflict with law are not just The three- age public property as this will cause inconvenience ily can’t measure up to Savarkar’s Justice D Y Chandrachud, but amazingly bright and offenders but in many cases are day cultural to the people. Strict action will be taken against those legacy, BJP IT Cell chief Amit who was speaking at the vibrant mentally," he said. children in need of care and extravaganza is who are found guilty in creating disturbances.” Malaviya took a dig at the Shiv National Juvenile Justice The judge further said that protection. being organised The Chief Minister has directed the Trinamool Sena saying, “Looking forward to Consultation programme held maintenance of standards was "If you look at the drug by 'Awam Ka leadership to take out processions condemning the seeing Shiv Sena defe nd Rahul at the Supreme Court here, said crucial where institutions are trade for instance, children Cinema'. Some of “draconian laws” on Sunday and Monday. Gandhi for his statement imply- it was imperative to acknowl- concerned and gave examples who are otherwise treated as the feature films “The TMC workers will take out rallies in dis- ing that Veer Savarkar was a cow- edge that children in conflict of Muzaffarpur and Panvel offenders are indeed the vic- at the festival will tricts on Sunday. People from all walks of life, irre- ard who apologized.” with law are not just offenders shelter homes' cases where tims of the drug trade because be: Idam (Abode), Tara, Hegel's Angel, spective of their caste, creed, religion and politi- Sena leader Sanjay Raut but in many cases are in need minor girls were allegedly sex- they are essentially drawn into Bazkir Looks At The Birds, Seven Notes In cal affiliation are requested to join the march,” tweeted: “Veer Savarkar is an idol of care and protection. ually abused. the net by being exposed to One Tune. Documentaries: Cafe Irani Mamata said adding she would herself take part of whole country and not just "We have amazing legisla- "The maintenance of stan- petty drugs and then they Chai, The Art Of Dying, Open Doors, Big in a rally in Kolkata on Monday. Maharashtra. The name Savarkar tions but there is a chasm dards is crucial where institu- become carriers and then Social Nomad. Short films include Apple, Two TMC rallies, one from South Kolkata and denotes pride about nation and between ideals and implemen- tions are concerned because become offenders," he said. Democracy, Biscuit, Woh Pal, The Journey one from North Kolkata, will be organised on self. Like Nehru and Gandhi, tation of the law... Children whether it is the context of the Justice Chandrachud said of Azad, The Tea At The Bottom Of the Monday, Mamata said adding, “I want the peo- Savarkar too sacrificed his life for often inherit crime. They are Muzaffarpur home case in statistics indicate that there is Teapot.It has done film festivals in Kargil, ple remain calm at this hour of crisis. I want the the country. Every such idol born into unfortunate circum- Bihar or the Panvel shelter a strong correlation between Mau, Auriya, Etawah, Bijnore, Azamgarh, people to protest in legal way. I want to assure must be revered. There is no stances which push them into homes case in Mumbai which deprivation of economic Deoria, Gorakhpur, Varanasi, and Jammu. everyone that despite the enactment of the dra- compromise on this.” substance abuse and violence," I dealt with when I was a resources and juvenile delin- Its organiser Shah Alam said, "Awam Ka conian law with the help of a brute majority in Savarkar is revered as he said. judge of the Bombay High quency. Cinema came into being with the objective Parliament the BJP will not be allowed to imple- Hindutva icon for the BJP but is While speaking on 'Child Court, the problem is the "In India, children often to sensitize the mass towards unsung free- ment it…. I assure you that this Act will not be accused by its rivals of tendering Care Reform: Towards absence of standards and the inherit crime. They are born dom fighters through celluloid. We are allowed to be implemented in Bengal. There will apologies to the British govern- Strengthening Accountability enforcement of standards into unfortunate circumstances working tirelessly since 2006 in this effort. be no NRC or CAB here as it is the State ment to secure release from jail for Children', Justice despite the establishment of which push them into sub- "Acclaimed Bollywood filmmaker Government that implements such laws and we when India was under the colo- Chandrachud said the subject structures of governance," he stance abuse and violence," he Prakash Jha will also attend the festival," will not implement it.” nial rule. was a personal one for him as said. said. he said.

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  O  Aghadi (MVA) Government’s party’s Public Works special session to discuss the Friday. that it has blown the uling is being done so that collapse over the implemen- Department (PWD) Minister concerns expressed by the peo- The amended Act will Constitution to smithereens. young aspirants are not incon- " P  * => tation of CAA in the State. Nitin Raut opposed the ple of the State on the amend- negate the Constitutional, leg- Tejashwi Yadav, Prasad’s venienced on account of the “We are all for the imple- Citizenship Amendment Bill ed Citizenship Act. islative and administrative safe- younger son and heir apparent, bandh.” Patna:The Left parties on mentation of the just-enacted (CAB). Assam has been on the boil guards to protect, preserve and made the announcement late on Founded in 1997 after Saturday appealed to RJD to Citizenship amendment law While Thorat said that his for the past several days as promote the cultural, social, Friday night, urging all political which it ruled Bihar for eight advance its ‘Bihar bandh’ by in Maharashtra. Two State party had opposed the bill in thousands of people have come linguistic identity and heritage and non-political outfits having more years, the RJD is known two days to December 19 to Congress Ministers may have Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha out on the streets to protest of the Assamese people as enu- “faith in the Constitution and for using strong arm tactics to combine it with their pro- opposed the implementation “Decisions taken keeping and that he was awaiting against the amended merated in the Assam Accord, the principle of justice” to take enforce shutdowns which bring posed nationwide joint protest of the CAB, but Chief in mind power and instructions from his party Citizenship Act. Two persons the Congress leader part in the bandh which was ini- normal life to a standstill, against the amended Minister Uddhav Thackeray Government need not always high command, Raut said were killed in police firing on claimed. tially scheduled for December sometimes even resulting in Citizenship Act on that should go ahead with the be in interest of the nation. If that his party would ensure Thursday, while an oil tanker There is a possibility that 22, but was later preponed so violence and massive day. implementation of the CAB in Sena decides to implement that the new law was nit driver was charred to death the demographic pattern of that the police recruitment disruptions of rail and road Lalu Prasad’s Rashtriya the State,” State BJP leader CAA in the national interest, implemented in when the vehicle was torched Assam will be changed follow- exams next Sunday were not traffic. Janata Dal has given call for a Ashish Shelar said. then BJP is ready to compro- Maharashtra. on Saturday. ing the implementation of the affected. The party has been going Bihar bandh on December 21 “If I am apprehending that mise and cooperate with Sena NCP Spokesperson “You must be aware of the amended Citizenship Act and “The Citizenship through a rough patch since the to protest against the legisla- the Shiv Sena might hesitate to in preventing collapse of its Nawab Malik has said that situation in Assam following the people will lose their right (Amendment) Bill is a black leg- Lok Sabha polls this year tion, alleging that it has blown implement CAA in Government in State. It is though his party had opposed the passing of the Citizenship to decide their political fate in islation that has blown the wherein it put up its worst-ever the Constitution to Maharashtra it is because Sena because for us in BJP, it is the CAB in both the Houses Amendment Bill, 2019 by the their own state, he said. Constitution to smithereens. As performance and failed to win smithereens. supported the bill in Lok Sabha nation first, then party and of Parliament, the leaders of Lok Sabha,” Leader of “As States in India have a mark of protest, Rashtriya a single seat. The Communist Party of and walked out in Rajya Sabha then the individuals,” Shelar the three parties in MVA Opposition in the Assembly been constituted on the basis of Janata Dal will organize a Bihar Turmoil in Chief Minister India, Communist Party of under pressure from the said. government – Sena, NCP and Debabrata Saikia of the language and not bandh on Sunday, December 22. Nitish Kumar’s JD(U) over India (Marxist), Communist Congress. Our advice to the He said that the CAA was Congress – would sit across Congress wrote to Speaker religion, the existence of Assam “We appeal to all secular supporting the Bill in Party of India (Marxist- Sena is that in the fear of the in the interest of both the and take a decision collec- Hiten Goswami. will be threatened,” Saikia parties, non-political outfits Parliament, which is expected Leninist)— Liberation, All Congress withdrawing its sup- country and State. “This law tively on the issue. He said people including said. and common citizens who have to dent his popularity among India Forward Bloc and the port to its government in the will come in handy for the State On its part, the Shiv Sena students and senior citizens Another opposition party, faith in the Constitution and the State’s Muslims, has Revolutionary Socialist Party, state, it should not change its Government to remove the has said that its president took to the streets across Assam the All India United the principle of justice to prompted the opposition party in a joint statement, alleged pro-stand on CAA,” Shelar infiltrators from Pakistan and and chief minister Uddhav to express their pain and griev- Democratic Front (AIUDF), wholeheartedly support the to come out of torpor and bring that the Act would said, while talking to a Bangladesh residing in Thackeray would speak on ances over the Bill that threat- also sought a special session of bandh and help us make it a itself back into the reckoning destroy the secular regional television Maharashtra. The Modi the issue at an appropriate ens the existence of the indige- the Assembly to discuss the success,” he tweeted. with assembly polls less than a democratic foundations of channel. Government is attempting to time. nous people. issue. The 30-year-old leader of year away. India. PTI 0 0-'( & #    6E9

 
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Former lawmaker Helen over Brexit — especially in prospect of a no-deal Brexit that he was being impeached as Speaking in Sedgefield — Goodman, one of many Labour Northern Ireland, where social and the re-emergence of a prominent British he had done no wrong and the     the constituency once held by legislators to lose their seat in and political divides run deep. hard border with EU neigh- AMuslim representative country under him was doing Labour former prime minister northern England, told BBC “We’re leaving limbo,” bour Ireland to the south. organisation has issued a quite good. Washington: The US Tony Blair — Johnson radio that “the biggest factor said Orlaith McKeever, prepar- Border checks are associ- statement expressing a “pal- “It’s not fair that I’m being Supreme Court agreed Friday acknowledged the seismic shift was obviously the unpopular- ing food for the lunchtime ated with three decades of sec- pable sense of fear” within the Impeached when I’ve done to hear cases next year over that helped sweep him to vic- ity of Jeremy Corbyn as the rush at St. George’s Market in tarian violence over British Muslim community in the UK absolutely nothing wrong!,” the release of Donald Trump’s tory in Thursday’s election. leader.” Belfast, a redbrick rabbits’ rule of Northern Ireland that following Prime Minister Trump said in a tweet on tax returns and financial “I know that people may Another former Labour warren of stalls and kiosks. left some 3,500 people dead. Boris Johnson’s massive Friday night as a key records, setting the stage for have been breaking the voting lawmaker criticized the election Brexit-voting music trad- The potential removal of victory in the country’s Congressional committee, ear- done wrong. Zero was done a ruling during the presi- habits of generations to vote for campaign more broadly as er Lawrence John, 69, also an open border — a plank of General Election this week. lier in the day, approved the wrong. I think it is a horrible dential election campaign. us,” he told supporters. muddled. reflected relief that the stalled the 1998 agreement that ended Muslim Council of Britain two articles of impeachment thing to be using the tool of Trump has been seeking “And I want the people of Anna Turley told the BBC process of extricating Britain “The Troubles” —has been (MCB), which has been call- against him. impeachment, which is sup- to block access to his tax the northeast to know that we that the party put forward an from the European Union seen as an ing for a full-fledged inquiry The impeachment against posed to be used in an emer- returns and other financial in the Conservative Party and overwhelming number of poli- after nearly five decades was unwelcome return to the past. into anti-Muslim conduct Trump now moves to the gency. And it would seem records in lawsuits I will repay your trust.” cies and voters “just didn’t finally moving ahead. It also reopened the issue within the Johnson-led House of Representatives, many, many, many years apart,” involving New York In a victory speech outside believe we were the party that “Like many, many people of Northern Ireland’s place in Conservative Party, used one where the opposition he asserted. prosecutors and the US 10 Downing Street on Friday, could deliver on any of it.” I’m sick of all this Brexit stuff. the United Kingdom with of the key slogans from the Democratic Party enjoys a “To be using this for a per- House of Johnson called for an end to the Armed with his hefty new Three-and-a-half years ago England, Scotland and Wales, election campaign to express majority. Once passed by the fect phone call, where the pres- Representatives. acrimony that has festered majority, Johnson is set to start there was a and the potential of a united fears that the strong majority House, the trial for impeach- ident of that country said there Lower courts have ruled throughout the country since the process next week of push- referendum to decide whether Ireland. in the House of Commons ment would be carried out in was no pressure whatsoever — that Trump must turn over the divisive 2016 Brexit refer- ing Brexit legislation through we were going to leave,” he told For the first time, the elec- could mean that, like Brexit, the 100-member US Senate, did not even know what we the records but lawyers for endum, and urged Britain to Parliament to ensure Britain AFP. tion returned more Irish Islamophobia is also “oven- where Trump’s Republican were talking about. It was per- the president appealed to “let the healing begin.” leaves the EU by the January 31 “We’re just finally getting republican than British union- ready” for the new govern- party has a majority. fect; the relationship is perfect. the nation’s highest court, Johnson’s campaign mantra deadline. news that it can actually hap- ist lawmakers to the UK House ment. “The Radical Left, Do I have done much more for arguing that as president, he to “get Brexit done” and wide- Once he’s passed that hur- pen after all this time,” he said of Commons. The largest “Mr Johnson commands Nothing Democrats have them than Obama did for them. has blanket immunity. spread unease with the leader- dle — breaking three years of after Johnson’s Conservatives republican party Sinn Fein a majority, but there is a pal- become the Party of Hate. It is a scam. It is something that The Supreme Court — ship style and socialist policies parliamentary deadlock — he won their biggest majority even took the seat of North pable sense of fear amongst They are so bad for our should not be allowed. And it where conservative judges of opposition leader Jeremy has to seal a trade deal with the since the heyday of Margaret Belfast from unionist hands for Muslim communities around Country!,” Trump said in his is a very bad thing for our coun- are in the majority — said it Corbyn combined to give the bloc by the end of 2020. Thatcher in the 1980s. the first time since it was the country,” said MCB tweet. try,” Trump said. will hear arguments during ruling Conservatives 365 seats “We’ve just been going over Thursday’s snap general drawn up in 1885. Sinn Fein Secretary General Harun Earlier in the day, he The Democrats, he said the March session with a in the House of Commons, its the timetable we can definite- became a re-run of the 2016 leader Mary Lou McDonald Khan in a statement released described the impeachment as were trivialising impeachment. ruling to be issued best performance since party ly get it in before Christmas, EU membership referendum called it a “historic moment”. on Friday. a hoax and politically motivat- “I tell you what, someday before the session ends on icon Margaret and we’re out on January 31,” in which Johnson champi- “The discussion around He said: “We entered the ed. there will be a Democrat pres- June 30. Thatcher’s last victory in Johnson said. oned the Brexit cause. constitutional change is now election campaign period with “The impeachment is a ident and there will be a Trump, a New York real 1987. Labour slumped to 203 While Johnson’s large The Prime Minister ran underway,” she t long standing concerns about hoax. It is a sham. It started a Republican House, and I sus- estate tycoon, is the first seats, its worst showing since majority means he has rela- this campaign on the promise old Irish broadcaster RTE bigotry in our politics and our long time ago, probably before pect they are going to remem- American president since 1935. tively clear air ahead on Brexit, to “get Brexit done” — a sim- Friday. governing party. Now we I came down the escalator ber it. Because when you use Richard Nixon not to make While Johnson was on a he faces turbulence over ple but effective message with “It’s safe to say that Irish worry that Islamophobia is with the future First Lady. It impeachment for absolutely his tax returns public, victory lap Saturday, Corbyn — renewed calls for a referendum profound implications for unity will be firmly on the ‘oven-ready’ for started a long time ago,” Trump nothing, other than to try and claiming they are who has pledged to stand down on Scottish independence fol- Britain’s most politically agenda in a way that it has Government. told reporters earlier in the day get political gain,” Trump said. under audit by next year — was under fire lowing the strong election volatile region. never been before,” Queen’s “Mr Johnson has been at the White House. He asserted that his poll num- the Internal Revenue Service from within his own party, showing of the Scottish Northern Ireland voted University Belfast politics entrusted with huge power, “It is a witch hunt. It is a bers had gone through the (IRS). AFP where there was little sign of National Party. AP by 56 percent to remain in the lecturer Jamie Pow told and we pray it is exercised sham. It is a hoax. Nothing was roof. healing starting any time soon. European Union in 2016. AFP. AFP responsibly for all Britons.” - $            :#"+:3%# +$$#!"#'"##)" Lahore: After his indictment, “Except the arrested arrested Saeed on July 17. He Meeting of January 1, 2019 the trial against Mumbai attack lawyers, no other suspect or is detained at the Kot Lakhpat chaired by Prime Minister Khartoum (Sudan): A court in ICC. The country’s military- mastermind Hafiz Saeed in witness in any other case were jail in Lahore. Imran Khan for implementing Sudan convicted former civilian transitional govern- the terror financing case failed presented before the ATC due The cases have been regis- the National Action Plan. President Omar al-Bashir of ment has not indicated whether to be held for the third con- to the lawyers strike during the tered in Lahore, Gujranwala “These suspects made money laundering and cor- they will hand him over to the secutive day on Saturday due to last three days,” a court official and Multan for collection of assets from funds of terrorism ruption on Saturday, sentenc- The Hague. a country-wide strike by the told PTI on Saturday. funds for terrorism financing financing. They held and used ing him to two years in a min- The Sudanese lawyers. He said the prosecution through assets/properties made these assets to raise more funds imum security lockup. Professionals’ Association, Saeed, who has been which was to present witness- and held in the names of for further terrorism financing. That’s the first verdict in a which was the backbone of the indicted along with three close es against Saeed and others also Trusts/Non Profit Hence, they committed multi- series of legal proceedings protest movement, welcomed aides in terror financing case, could not bring them to the Organisations (NPO) including ple offences of terrorism against al-Bashir, who is also Saturday’s verdict as a “moral could not be produced before court. Prosecutor General Punjab Al-Anfaal Trust, Dawatul financing and money launder- wanted by the International and political conviction” the Anti-Terrorism Court The ATC court on Abdur Rauf had told the court Irshad Trust, Muaz Bin Jabal ing under Anti Terrorism Act Criminal Court on charges of against the former president (ATC) here on Saturday Wednesday indicted Jamaat- that founder of terror group Trust. 1997. They will be prosecuted war crimes and genocide linked and his regime. because of the lawyers’ strike. ud-Dawah (JuD) chief and his Lashkar-e-Taiba and others According to the CTD, in ATCs (Anti Terrorism to the Darfur conflict in the American sanctions. Under Sudanese law, al- The lawyers are protesting for aides Hafiz Abdul Salam bin were involved in terror financ- investigation launched into Courts) for commission of 2000s. Al-Bashir has been in cus- Bashir, 75, will be sent to a the last three days against the Muhammad, Muhammad ing case and the Counter financing matters of proscribed these offences,” the CTD said. The verdict comes a year tody since April, when Sudan’s state-run lockup for elderly arrest of their colleagues in a Ashraf and Zafar Iqbal in the Terrorism Department (CTD) organisations - Jammat-ud- The US Department of the after Sudanese protesters erupt- military ousted him after people who are convicted of case of hooliganism at a hos- terror financing case and of Punjab police had ‘solid Dawah (JuD) and Lashkar-e- Treasury has designated Saeed ed in revolt against al-Bashir’s months of nationwide protests. crimes not punishable with pital in Lahore. directed the prosecution to evidence’ in this regard. Taiba (LeT) - in connection as a Specially Designated authoritarian rule. During his The uprising eventually forced death. But he will remain in jail The ATC Lahore produce witnesses. The CTD had registered 23 with implementation of UN Global Terrorist, and the US, three decades in power, Sudan the military into a power-shar- amid an ongoing trial on adjourned the hearing of the The ATC on Wednesday FIRs against Saeed and his sanctions against these desig- since 2012, has offered a USD landed on the US list for spon- ing agreement with separate charges regarding the terror financing case against framed the terror financing accomplices on the charges of nated entities and persons as 10 million reward for infor- soring terrorism, and the coun- civilians. killing of protesters in the Saeed and others till December charges on the four suspects in “terror financing” in different directed by NSC (National mation that brings Saeed to jus- try’s economy was battered by Sudan’s military has said it months prior to his 16. their presence. Deputy cities of Punjab province and Security Committee) in its tice. 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Use this oppor- next decade, as she joined a Chile’s environment min- southern Nepal’s Dhanusha lysts say. ment insider and former pre- the country’s interior ministry tunity to remind Iran’s leaders demonstration in the northern ister, Carolina Schmidt, who is district. “You get the impression of mier under Bouteflika. called an insider attack. that any attacks by them, or Italian city of Turin. chairing the two-week talks in The bomb was planted at two parallel Algerias: a ruling But the opposition to the The Taliban however their proxies of any identity, “Adults are behaving as if Madrid, urged officials from one Rajesh Shah’s house in class which congratulates itself poll “matters little to a regime claimed the attack was actually that harm Americans, our allies there’s no tomorrow,” Thunberg almost 200 countries to recog- Kshireshwarnath Municipality on organising elections and a committed to a sham election a coordinated insurgent assault or our interests will be told young protesters at a nize the “overall balance” of the by unknown persons, police populace that holds protests,” intended to prolong its tenure,” on the checkpoint where the answered with a decisive Fridays for Future demonstra- latest draft agreements ham- said. said Maghreb expert and his- said Anthony Skinner, region- shooting took place, killing over US response,” Pompeo said tion, the global movement mered out overnight. Rajesh (42) and his son torian Karima Direche. al director at risk analysis firm two dozen militiamen, accord- in a statement. inspired by her activism. “But “We must show the outside Ananta Shah (17) died on the The North African country Verisk Maplecroft. ing to Taliban spokesman “Iran must respect the sov- there’s a world that we deliver,” she spot, while Police Inspector plunged into crisis in February Algeria’s elite, dominated Zabihullah Mujahid. ereignty of its neighbours and tomorrow. We have to fight for said. Amir Dahal, incharge of when veteran president by army chief Ahmed Gaid There was no immediate immediately cease its provision that tomorrow as if our lives Environmental activists Sakhuwa Mahendranagar- Abdelaziz Bouteflika Salah, sees the turnout as explanation for the discrepan- of lethal aid and support to depend on that, because they staged protests inside and based Area Office, was announced he would seek a “enough to bestow what it sees cy, but the Taliban often exag- third parties in Iraq and majority, since the 2003 US do.” around the venue during the seriously injured fifth term, sparking mass as legitimacy on the next pres- gerate their claims. throughout the region,” he said. invasion brought down Thunberg traveled to Turin talks, as they have around the in the explosion. Dahal died demonstrations. ident,” he said. Details were sketchy and The United States has Saddam Hussein. in an electric car after attend- world in the past year, to undergoing treatment. Bouteflika quit under pop- “Gaid Salah will probably investigators were still looking expressed mounting concern President Donald Trump’s ing the COP25 climate confer- demand leaders take bolder Rajesh’s father Bhikhari ular pressure in April, but the still treat the election as a suc- into the attack in central about the flurry of attacks on administration, which is close ence in Madrid, where she action against global warming. Shah (73), his daughter Nikki Hirak protest cess.” Yet with the protest Ghazni province’s Karabagh Iraqi bases used by US troops, to Iran’s adversaries Saudi had given a speech accusing Many nations and observers Shah (21), son Prakash movement has kept up the movement showing no sign of district, said Interior Ministry several of which it has blamed Arabia and Israel, has been try- world governments of “cre- said the latest draft agreements Shah (14) and another police pressure with weekly mass ral- abating, that calculus may be spokesman Fawad Aman. The on Iranian-backed Shiite para- ing to counter Tehran’s influ- ative PR” over their climate risked backtracking on existing officer Rijan Mahatto were lies to demand sweeping wrong, said Jean-Pierre Filiu, a number of attackers was also military groups. ence around the region, includ- change stances. commitments made in the also injured in reforms. professor at Sciences Po uni- not immediately clear. Two rocket attacks this ing through sanctions aimed at The 16-year-old, who this 2015 Paris climate accord and the incident and were hospi- Thursday’s presidential versity in Paris. Afghan militias operate in week targeted a compound blocking all its oil week became the youngest didn’t reflect the urgent warn- talised. vote was bitterly opposed by “Gaid Salah failed in his bid remote regions and are under near Baghdad International exports. person to be named Time ings from scientists that green- Upon seeing the bomb at Hirak, which saw it as an to stifle popular protest the command of the country’s Airport, which houses US The United States last week magazine’s Person of the Year, house gas emissions need to fall his home’s gate, Rajesh Shah establishment ploy to cling to through imposing this elec- National Security Forces, which troops, with an incident imposed sanctions on three warned that the decade that is sharply, and soon. alerted the police late on Friday power. tion,” said Filiu. suffers near daily Taliban Monday wounding Iraqi leaders of the Shiite paramili- about to start “If this text is accepted, the night. Anti-election rallies rocked The protesters on the other attacks. The Taliban now con- troops. tary force Hashed al-Shaabi, will be the one that “will define low ambition coalition will Police personnel were major cities and in the Berber- hand “succeeded in making trol or hold sway over half the “We hope and pray these accusing them of taking part in our future,” and will have a key have won the day,” said David checking the improvised explo- dominated region of Kabylie, participation the only real issue country. brave Iraqis will quickly and the deadly crackdown on impact over the rest of Waskow of the World sive device when it exploded, protesters ransacked polling in this poll, rather than the Insider attacks have been fully recover from their nationwide protests. our lives. Resources Institute, a officials said. stations and clashed with identity of the future president,” steady throughout the 18-year injuries,” Pompeo said. Iraqi prime minister Adel “For sure her tenacity, her Washington-based environ- Police have arrested two police. Fewer than four out of he said. conflict, with U.S. And NATO Pompeo, who has repeat- Abdel Mahdi, a close ally of determination, is an example to mental think tank.Among the elderly women in connection ten Algerian voters cast their “By sticking to a non-vio- troops most often targeted. edly warned Tehran, pinned Iran who also enjoyed cordial everybody that reminds us issues at stake are aid for poor with the explosion. ballots on Thursday, according lent approach... 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hat’s the first thing that because I went there solely to have fun. slightly worse. where the crowd gathered in the stands ter than 40s to get up from the board, go comes in mind when you And that’s what got me interested in the “The most important thing is to for- make it all the more typical to concen- to the players area, just relax for 5 min- hear the word chess? For game. It was a natural way to learn,” he get the disappointment and also to for- trate. But Vishy don’t agree with this and utes and then come back and think again. most of the people in India, tells you. get the happy moments, if there are more says that it gets all the more difficult to So this was very interesting application of Wit is Viswanathan Anand. And that’s so The major step was when his father games to be played,” he says. concentrate in the closed room because the experience I was having, disconnect- because he’s there at the top since forev- shifted to Philippines for a while and it For Anand the most important thing if you are slightly nervous than it can cost ing the past and current situation,” he tells er. Right from being India’s first Grand was then when he got the chance to get is to focus on the next game. “Whether you dear by distracting your focus. you. If you are winning on move 30 and Master in the year 1987 to becoming the exposed to a lot of chess players and he you are euphoric after a good result or With great matches come great expec- then you blundered on move 35 and then first Asian, who win the World Chess got engaged with the game like never depressed after a bad one, what you have tation and it becomes tricky to handle you arrive on move 40 and you are slight- Championship in 2000 and repeating the before. to do is try to keep that aside. Calm your- that. “It’s a big challenge and all sports- ly worse now. The only thing that mat- same in the year 2007, 2008, 2010 and Anand got his early success in 1983 self down and play the next game as if man go through it. The bigger challenge ters at the end is that you are worse on 2012. It’s been 31 years since he first when he was crowned as the National nothing has happened. That’s the ideal is how you can thrive under pressure, how 40. arrived at the top and today he is still sub-junior champion with a perfect 9/9 way of dealing with such situations,” he you deal with expectations because all “So, on move 40 if you can go to the there, as strong as he was then and score which was followed by winning sev- says. these things are distracting you from con- players area and get yourself away from arguably on the greatest. eral other tournaments and earning In his book he has highlighted one centrating and focus on what you want. the chess board, you try to get used to the He is the only person to have won the International Master (IM) norms in the instance where it was very difficult even If you start thinking about what comes new situation and then you come back world championship in tournament, following years. His rise was such that by to get a flick. Nothing he normally did next, I have found that the moment I start and tell yourselves that It’s Okay! It world and knockout formats, as well as the time he was 18, Vishy became India’s worked out then. “The whole night I thinking about results rather than the doesn’t matter that I was winning before, rapid time controls and was the fourth first Grand Master in the year 1988. couldn’t sleep. When I came to the game, generally you are punished,” he tells I need to put it on the back,” he tells you. player in history to pass the 2800 ELO During his illustrious career, Anand working room next day, I found my team you. One need to read the situation and mark in FIDE rating list, and occupied has came across the likes of Anatoly had been working the whole night. I was The constant struggle is to block out make the fresh break and that was suc- number one position for 21 months. Karpov, Garry Kasparov, Magnus Carlsen happy that they were putting them- the thought of what people are saying cessful for Anand. “We take inspiration Recently he has come up with his to name a few and has developed healthy selves up for me and I felt a little better. about you, what are their expectations and from some negative experience and then book Mind Master which was launched rivalries many of them. Eventually I forgot what happened and how can you meet that. try to correct it,” he tells you. on December 13, 2019 in which he has Playing chess is not everyone’s cup of started getting ready for the next game,” It is very easy for an outsider to give When you are at the highest level of discussed about various moments of his tea. There are many factors that one has he tells you. an advice about keeping your nerves calm anything it becomes very important for long successful career, the challenges he to keep in mind. One of them is to know Refreshing the memories of his great- before a tense situation but the person you to maintain that consistency because came across, tour of his greatest games your competitor in and out. “The main est opponents and memorable matches who is going to deal with that, only knows even a slight dip in form will be enough and some of the worst losses. thing was to be familiar with who you are he tells you that when he was young, it how it is to be like and when it comes to for people to question your caliber and Anand who turned 50 on December playing, you prepare for your opponent got an opportunity to play against play- the 8X8 board, it is the most important who knows it better than Anand himself 11, 2019 says that writing the book was and then you have to assume that they ers like Karpov (Anatoly) and Kasparov aspect to mentally prepare yourself so that who is just not there at top for more than like a walk down the memory lane. “For will do the same with you and then it (Garry). It was a matter of great honour. one doesn’t feel the burden. three decades but also time and again me it was a trip down the memory lane. becomes a guessing game,” he tells you. The early match with Karpov in 1991— “It’s very difficult. In fact it is one of proved that he has got everything in him When you write a book, you are forced Try to anticipate what they might do my first big candidate match. Also the big the things that you aim for and almost to be placed right there and proof of to think hard and keep your focus clear next and how do you will deal with that, World Championship match with never succeed completely. But you try which is his World Rapid Chess on what you want to tell people. You have along the way you want to do is strength- Kasparov in 1995 were some of the main your best to find the things that worked Championship win in 2017. to think of each and every moment that en your skills, you need to keep practic- highlights of his early career. for you in the past, you need to develop Anand tells you the method that he was special and pen it down correctly,” ing it to be ready for any new develop- “I think in terms of maturity and the good understanding for yourselves,” he has applied all these years to keep him- he tells you. ment. results and the way I approached the +2525%A0/,%5 says and tells you that stress is a sequence self motivated for the challenges that came One just can’t share the highlights of “The more technically proficient match, the best match I played in my life of memories, you have positive memories across. “The most important thing is to the journey, you have to recollect all the you are, the less easy it is for people to was the match against Kramnik 5/-20%3$,@5%, from winning a game, negative experi- find what are the circumstances under moments that happened no matter small catch your weakness. You need to keep (Vladimir) in Bonn (2008). It was sim- ences of playing badly. You often learn which, you play best. I found that I learn or big. working on your weakness constantly, ply my biggest success in a match,” he .00%5/40% more from failures than you do from suc- new things in chess and I played the best “Remembering each and every thing and also brush up your strong points says. cess but we constantly see what works for when I am enjoying myself and so that is was interesting because I have realised because anything you don’t keep improv- The worst was in Chennai against 5-%55,@5%, us what doesn’t and try to apply the cor- what you aim for,” he says and tells you that when you have a big success you for- ing and keep adapting will fall behind,” Magnus Carlsen in 2013. ,0#5+2,A0/ rect principle in the future. that you have to enjoy yourself and learn get all the little difficulties that you faced he says. Vishy also has a say on the current “In the book, I talk about what to do new things. all through,” he says. Playing in the world championship world number one Magnus Carlsen, who 2,R5003%A0 when suddenly you hit a wall. Nothing “One of the problem in rapid and blitz Anand has narrated many stories matches was all about controlling your- has touched FIDE’s highest-ever ELO rat- seems to work, how do you find way to is that you can have these little streaks from his journey in the book. One such self. “In chess, the only thing that mat- ing of 2882. 755-2,,35 motivate yourself again? The method I during the tournament because there are is from his match with Kramnik in 2008. ters is who makes the last mistake. So you “He is obviously incredibly strong. I found was, when my own expectation so many games. So if you play 9 blitz “Right before the game was about to start, should do the best you can. It is a con- got to know him about 17 years ago for $,4 A0/%54@ have sunk very low, then I was just free games there is enough room to have one I had a panic attack. I started angsting stant struggle,” he says. the first time in some tournament and it 0+#,#-4,A25 to enjoy chess and not think about what good streak and one bad streak in the because of something that I was not able There were times when things used was clear that he had great talent,” he says my expected score was and then I felt same day. And it goes very fast so you to recall at that time. I tried calling my to get tricky and lead to tension during and tells you that Carlsen has grown sud- #5T., 5,3@ much better,” he tells you. don’t have time to settle after games and trainers but couldn’t connect with any. I the match, which used to affect the pro- denly. “How do you put yourself in the right it calls for different approach when you didn’t know what to do next. It was then ceedings. But Anand handled them all. “Till 2008, I generally had good #023#.2, place against every opponent? “Different play classical tournaments. But this is not when my wife told me: ‘Nothing can be “It’s about how you master your emotions results against him. He had this break- oppositions call for different approaches some big long term problem, I try to solve done now, just forget about it and see and deal with the constant tension. It’s through in 2009, he started to climb up. 2,--5#5 2,O25 and strategies. So it’s basically about it out,” he says. what happens.’ I agreed and went ahead interesting because all these tension and He is very good at starting the game. That 35,4+,A0@5,43#. applying past experiences, learning what But at the end the grandmaster is too with the game. But at the end the game how you deal with it in chess is proba- I am not probably good at, especially slow works and try to apply in future. But it’s a normal human being who wants to relax went well and we all celebrated,” he bly one of the things that fascinate peo- positions, technical positions he is incred- +323/,30# very hard to get it right because as we say and take some time out for his family. “At recalls. ple outside of chess. How do you deal ibly strong and it’s been quite difficult to the same problem will keep on coming home, I am like any other normal person. One thing that he has learnt from that with all that? That’s why you often say it’s learn how to deal with that,” Anand tells but in slightly different versions every When I am with my family, I just try to experience is that everything is unpre- a mind game because in a sense you are you. time. And so it’s very hard to apply the relax and have a good time,” he tells you. dictable. One just have to work hard and really vulnerable with how you feel and He says that it is difficult to compare lesson like that,” Anand tells you. For Anand one of the nicest way to aim for success. “Luck too plays its part the struggle is what I have discussed in Carlsen and himself since he is 20-21 A rule that Anand abides by is to recover after bad disappointment is to in such games,” he says. the book,” he tells you. years older than Carlsen. “I met him when think what went wrong the last time and come back home and play with his son Anand started playing the game at a It is not possible for anyone to get he was starting his peak and I was modify it. “One such instance men- because for a few minutes it takes him into young age. However, it was his mother success in whatsoever he attempt, there declining and I was trying to learn how tioned in the book that I found that I a completely different world. who introduced him to the game. “My might be cases when the luck favours one, to add up to his new approach at a dif- would often make a blunder when I got “It’s important to have hobbies, mother taught me how to play the game. but it cannot happen always and when it ferent stage of my career, so it is very dif- influenced by events before the game. In friends and things that distract you. I have I was just six then. After some time, I comes to sports when a strategy fails it ficult to compare,” Anand says. chess we have time control and move 40 mentioned in the book that the quickest joined a chess club and it was one of the can have immediate impact. In team It is often assumed that in individual and after that you get an extra hour. So way to forget disappointment is to change most important experiences of my life. sport, the other member can cope up for sports like shooting or chess there isn’t the good chance to take a break. And one your subject. And that is what I try to do,” Not because I learnt the game there, but the other one but in individual it gets much pressure unlike cricket or football of the thing I found is that, there is no bet- he tells you.      + ,-. /0,1 )"#=  


  
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Tasnim will take on “Service and receives, we Azarenka, who withdrew prior Indonesia’s Anthony Sinisuka Ginting in Tara for Gold medal in the have been focusing on, that’s $ #       to the entry deadline Saturday today’s final of the season-ending BWF all-Indian final today. Farhan, Ankit lost to the area which is neglected for unspecified reasons. World Tour Finals as the Japanese clos- While, top-seeded Malaysia’s Low Han Chen quite a lot in Indian TT. " 540/%#5 “We are delighted to wel- es on an 11th title of 2019. Tasnim thrashed Japan’s 21-12, 21-13. That is the only stroke which come this extremely strong play- World number one Momota has Sora Ishioka 21-16, 21-11, In the women’s doubles is in your control. At the top- ll the world’s top 50 men er field to Melbourne in what reigned over badminton this year and Tara also beat her Japanese category, Pranavi Natarajan level I have realised that you Aand women players, bar promises to be a once in a gen- defeated Taiwan’s Wang Tzu-wei 21-17, opponent Kazune Iwato 21- and Sarumathi Venkatesh don’t get to play your game at Victoria Azarenka, have con- eration event,” said tournament 21-12 in their semi-final on Saturday in 18, 21-14 in straight sets. lost their U-17 quarter- all if you don’t serve and firmed they will start the director Craig Tiley. Guangzhou. Earlier in the quarter- finals match 21-18, 21-19 receive well,” Sathiyan told Australian Open, the first Grand Over the past decade, with He is enjoying a spectacular season, finals played in the morn- against Indonesian pair of reporters. Slam of the season, at the exception of Swiss Stan with the World Championships, Asia ing, both Tasnim and Tara Meilysa Trisas Puspita Sari “That is a very boring Melbourne Park in January, Wawrinka in 2014, the men’s Championships and prestigious All claimed easy wins against and Rachel Allessya Rose part of sport, but I think the organisers said. event has been dominated by England Open among his haul of tour- Japan’s Maya Taguchi and while, in U-15 Ganabadha more boring thing you play,  "          '  ;  Top-ranked Rafael Nadal Novak Djokovic and Roger nament victories. Mei Sudo respectively. Karthikeyan and Sania the better you get in the and Ashleigh Barty lead the field Federer, while Nadal won his Momota will be hot favourite in Gujarat girl Tasnim won the Sikkandar went down fight- sport. That is why we started into play. With the Asians we Federation, I will be training at the 115th edition of the tour- first and only crown in 2009. southern China against Ginting having match 21-11, 21-13 while ing 21-19, 19-21, 21-16 working on that and looking have realised that it does not with the Korean national nament from January 20- Djokovic is the defending defeated the Indonesian 10 times in their Pune’s Tara registered 21-11, against Korea’s Yeon Ju Oh forward to get aggression on go to that extent at all if the team from December 22-30. February 7, which will mark the champion and is gunning for an 14 meetings. 21-17 win. and Seul Park. my receives and not just try serve or receive is not up to “It is the first time that an return to action of former world eighth title while Federer, at age The world number eight Ginting However, apart from However, in the men’s to put the ball into play,” he the mark,” he said. Indian player will train at the number three Juan Martin del 38, is looking for his seventh. sealed his place in the championship Tasnim and Tara, other double U-15 quarter-finals, explained. Sathiyan, the first Indian national centre of an Potro. The women’s event has been match with a 21-15, 21-15 victory over Indian shuttlers could not Tanmoy and Lakshay Sathiyan said compatriot to break into top 25 of world Olympics medalist team, so I The Argentinian has a pro- far more open with seven differ- China’s reigning Olympic champion manage to progress. In the Sharma lost to Chinese Sharath Kamal also has a very rankings, also said he would am looking forward to that. tected ranking of 22 as he makes ent champions in the past 10 Chen Long. In the women’s final, China’s men’s U-15 singles quarter- Taipei pair of Lai Po Yu and good serve and third ball be training in Korea and And after that the Indian a comeback from a six-month years, including Japan’s Naomi world number two Chen Yufei faces finals, top-seeded Tanmoy Tsai Fu Cheng 21-15, 21-10 attack and most of the Germany. team will be training in injury break. Osaka in 2019. Taiwan’s top-ranked Tai Tzu-ying. Boruah and Ankit Mondal while, Lokesh Reddy and Indians have a very good rally “Heading to Tokyo Dusseldorf, Germany. Seven-time winner Serena Former winner Caroline Chen defeated Akane Yamaguchi suffered defeats. While, Ankit suffered 21-17, 21-13 game. Olympics, I will be going to Germany has already quali- Williams will play as she targets Wozniacki recently announced 21-18, 21-9 in their semi-final while Tai Tanmoy went down 21-12, defeat against Japan’s Yudai “In India most of the Korea. It would be the first fied (for the Olympics) and an elusive 24th Grand Slam title that the tournament would be beat another Japanese, Nozomi Okuhara, 21-12 against local boy Okimoto and Daigo players have a good game kind of initiative and we have that is why we chose it,” he to match the all-time haul of her last before retiring. 21-15, 21-18. AFP Indonesia’s fifth-seed Alwi Tanioka. when actually the ball gets already spoken to the Korean added.      + ,-. /0,1 &',)',= .2++//+;/. +    $                /#,A -30#55%   
 


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Another corn chowder recipe Apples 3 big ● After 24 hours, grease a 1.2 litre pudding basin with was published in the Boston Cooking-School Cook Book in 1896, (500 Gram approximately) butter. which was authored by Fannie Farmer, Lincoln’s successor at the Wheat Flour 1cup ● Cut a circle of baking paper and place into the bot- Boston Cooking School. After Lincoln’s published recipe in 1884, All-Purpose Flour 1cup tom of the pudding basin and then grease it with a lit- myriad recipes for corn chowder began circulating in various tle more butter. Pack the pudding mixture into the pud- cookbooks in the US, with many types of recipe variations. White Sugar (Crushed) 1cup ding basin, pressing as you add it. Fold a pleat into the INGREDIENTS QUANTITY Baking Soda ½ teaspoon middle of a large piece of baking paper and place over  2 2     66   B    @  Baking Powder 2 teaspoon the pudding. Cover with a large piece of pleated foil, Sumeru's frozen corn 4cups ensuring the pleats are on top of one another. Water 8cups INGREDIENTS QUANTITY Cinnamon Powder ½ teaspoon ● Secure tightly with kitchen string tied under the lip Refined sunflower oil 2 tbsp Mixed dried fruits and nuts, roughly chopped 2 cups Milk 1 cup of the pudding basin. Potatoes (peeled and chopped) 1 large Orange juice 1.5 cup Melted Butter 150 grams ● Place an upturned saucer into a large saucepan one- Red onion (peeled and chopped) 1large Oil 1tablespoon quarter full of water. Fold a long piece of foil into quar- Butter ½ cup ters lengthways to create a long strip and place the pud- Thyme sprigs (washed) 4sprigs Rum 150 ml METHOD: Garlic cloves (crushed) 3large ● ding basin in the middle of the strip. Bring the sides Flour 2 cups Pre-heat Oven to 180 degrees. of the strip up the sides of the pudding basin and lower Salt 3tsp ● Prepare a muffin tray with Baking powder 1 tsp into the saucepan. Ensure the water in the saucepan Black pepper (crushed) 1tsp muffin liners. Spray the comes one-third of the way up the side of the pud- Fresh coriander (finely chopped) 2tbsp Cinnamon powder 1 tsp liners with oil. ding basin, but nowhere near the top of the basin. Leave Ginger powder ½ tsp ● Puree 2 and a half apples the ends of the foil strip hanging over the side to make Lime juice (freshly squeezed) 1each in a blender. Reserve it easy to remove the pudding later. Fresh cream 1cup Grated nutmeg ¼ tsp the half apple for use ● Bring the water to a boil and then reduce the heat to METHOD Fresh orange zest 1 tbsp later on. a gentle simmer. Simmer gently for 5-6 hours, topping ● Measure all the ingredients according to the recipe and set aside. Butter, softened 250gm ● Melt the butter and keep ● up the water level as necessary throughout cooking Thaw Sumeru's frozen corn according to instructions on the Castor sugar 200gm aside. (do not allow the pan to dry out). packet. ● Sift all the dry ingredients and mix ● Once the pudding is cooked, remove from the pan and ● In a heavy-bottomed pan, pour oil, add crushed garlic cloves Brown sugar 70gm together in a bowl. set aside to cool. The pudding can be stored in a cool, and sauté until golden. Add half of the chopped onions, thyme Eggs 04 ● When the butter has cooled down slightly mix the dry place. To serve, reheat the pudding by steaming sprigs and cook on a low flame until transparent. apple puree in it. Add milk to this and mix well. again (in the same way) for two hours, or until hot all ● Add Sumeru's fresh frozen corn, chopped potatoes and sauté METHOD ● Add all the dry ingredients to the above butter, milk the way through. Alternatively, remove the foil and for 15 minutes. Pour water and let it boil. Add salt, Reduce ● Place the roughly chopped fruits and nuts in a bowl. In a saucepan set over & puree mixture. 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Traditionally, these weavers made dhotis, a what makes me act the way I do. I love cation, food, lifestyle, and the like. drape worn by Bengali men, now reduced to antha is a way of storytelling through geomet- clothes but not the indulgence”. occasional wear. Which is why they mostly Kric patterns, figurative narratives, and floral Namrata believes that clothes are a symbol of piece of textile is a symbol of creation. So weave saris for the local women. illustrations. Mahamaya talks about her process need, comfort, artistic expression, dignity, cele- Amuch has been created, imagined with warp A master weaver, who hosted us at his and shares that she like to draw first on the fab- bration, attraction, and more but they must not and weft and has been an expression of art and workshop, shared with us how weaving ric and then go by her instinct to fill colours into become the reason for environmental degradation design. Our textiles are our communiqué, our lan- involves the critical labour of his family mem- the piece of work. “Some of these works take years and human exploitation. Her organisation repre- guage various cultures marked it with their bers — his wife and his brother’s family weave to make. Sometime I do the border and then sents the idea of a communique — of a clean pre- sense of aesthetics and there is deep history and for nearly six to eight hours a day. Sometimes it another artisan fills the space inside. Reds and sent and a cleaner future that is invested in the heritage with what we wear and re-create over and takes up to a week to make one sari which they black were traditionally used but now there are welfare of everyone involved in the process. over again. Design has been evolved in textiles in sell for 1500. An average of 10,000 is what a more options in colours. I look for inspiration in Working with bio-degradable products is what rhythmic dance with our lifestyle, socio-econom- weaver makes per month, which is slightly other forms of art as well as in books and muse- keeps her going ahead in her journey. Endorsing, ic conditions, geography of a place and now it above the minimum wage. The information is ums. During my mother’s time, they used to pull embracing and collaborating with other like-mind- marks globalisation. Another important driver has enough to make you sit up and wonder: what is out threads from old saris to embroider but now ed people are her sources of joy. Biome makes nat- been ‘fashion’ and it has both pros and cons as any- the fair price for a traditional craft? Where I use anchor thread. I also collaborate with other ural-dyed fabrics and customised garments. It thing in excess can result in. does the difference lie between a skilled labour- artisans like Kashmira, who I have worked with identifies with the movement of integrating with Biome has always loved and learnt from col- er and an artisan? Our host explained that they for sixteen years. She is in the craft for tradition nature. As part of that process, Biome also sells laboration and sharing. That’s been the constant visit the melas organised by the ministry that and it is a skill that gets her money as well”. $ %  natural dyes and Namrata travels with natural dye- motivation and satisfaction. “This one time, we provide a platform to sell directly to customers; Mahamaya has trained artists and taught them ing workshops throughout the country. happened to meet this bright, young student from at other times, boutiques from the city com- to preserve the art. Speaking of innovation, She believes that work should not be for one Srishti School of Design and we came in touch mission them pieces. He shared that for him, Mahamaya likes to experiment with the base fab- 3     person’s fancy but instead should be collaborative with her work on flora and fauna, and a very imag- this is the best job as he can stay close to his ric like cottons and tussars. There is a lot of scope   B and transcend differences. “In the end, work inative expression of human mating a flower and artisanal tradition and family. Working in the where the artist could bring themselves in the work should unite, not divide”. Revolution starts with the resultant evolution of life. When we interact- city, he said, that would require him to live with experimentation within the technique. Some  '      an individual but it must expand to the commu- ed with her more, we discovered that she loves alone. of her new projects include graphic inspiration and        nity as we are parts of one big whole. Nature is trees, can communicate with them and sketching It was pleasing to see the community spirit in also a mix of techniques like applique. A new series the intelligent system that has prevailed ever since plants alive is her passion. We took a look at her the weavers and that women held an equal posi- is being developed under her, which is inspired  *(  # *  life started, we can only grow and survive in har- sketches and decided to convert them on our tion in the trade. There are 50,000 weavers in from the panels of Kamasutra. Mahamaya shares       mony with it. clothes through batik and herbal dyes. Thus start- Shantipur who mostly work on handlooms, but that most of the works are commissioned art pieces 
 
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he statement by General Rawat, Chief of Staff of the Indian Army, that Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (POK) is controlled by terrorists and TGilgit-Baltistan and POK have been under illegal occupation of Pakistan is to be noted seriously. A perusal of his- tory shows that many such provinces in the North West region as well as North East region of the country were part of India and the country was forced to surrender the rights over them as part of a ploy by the British rulers. One such independent country that existed during the colonial rule of the British and enjoyed the status of a sov- ereign nation was Balochistan. Ironically, nothing much has been writ- ten or taught in India about Balochistan, its glorious past and com- munal amity (which is in stark contrast to that of Pakistan). One of the TV news channels in Kerala had telecast a ;8 ./;*7/C+ programme about Hinglaj Mata Temple ;3)!C ./;* in Balochistan which is being preserved with utmost care by the tribal commu- !)*<*4<( nity. Every year, the Mandir draws thousands of Indian devotees to this /  4 country and the pilgrims are treated C! -&& with respect by the tribal communities. In modern times, the term Balochistan was heard in the Indian narrative for the first time in 2009 when the then how the then Prime Minister Nehru Prime Minister Manmohan Singh rejected and refused the offer from the assured his Pakistani counterpart Yusuf Khan of Kalat to merge with India. Raza Gilani that India was doing noth- What the author has stated in pages 81 ing in Balochistan. “Indeed nor should and 82 is sufficient to expose the then it be doing anything there,” the econo- Prime Minister’s inefficiency, failure to mist-turned-politician is reported to read the writing on the wall and his have said in the joint statement with larger than life image hyped up by the Gilani issued on the sidelines of the some important facts which would kin- interests. Hence they felt the need to sovereign country with no obligation of Jinnah was a visionary as well as an media. Non-Aligned Movement meeting held dle passion in the mind to know more have a region, a long strip from the any kind either to India or Pakistan. Islamic fundamentalist. As on date, ‘36 This book is a must read for all in Egypt. about the subject. The population of Gilgit to Balochistan administered What Devasher has done is to bring to per cent of Pakistan’s total current nat- those who are interested in the history An attempt has been made to Pakistan is 21 crore while that of directly by the Britain. This was what light the palace coup staged in Kalat ural gas production, as also reserves of of the sub-continent, prior to and after unravel the hitherto untold and unpub- Balochistan is 1.23 crore. Balochistan suggested by a British army officer R C with the political script authored in the coal, gold, copper, silver, platinum, alu- the exit of the British rulers lest we are lished details about Balochistan. constitutes 44 per cent of Pakistan’s Money in charge of strategic planning corridors of power in Lahore, New minium and uranium are in cheated by manipulated and distorted “Pakistan: The Balochistan Conundrum” landmass. This is just one of the reasons in India during the period. Delhi and London. It shocks us and Balochistan. Reko Diq, Saindak, Sui and history. Balochistan is waiting for India. authored by Tilak Devasher, a former behind Pakistan’s avarice for this once “However by 1947, the British felt further embarrasses as because it was Chamalang produce a wealth of India’s safety and security could be senior official of the Cabinet sovereign country. Balochistan is a trea- that instead of locating a base in a weak another faux pas committed by resources like copper, gold, natural gas, ensured only through the liberation of Secretariat. Devasher is an authority on sure house of minerals and energy Balochistan, such a base could be estab- Jawaharlal Nehru which resulted in coal and other minerals. Reko Diq is a Balochistan and Tilak Devasher is an Pakistani politics which could be resources. “Had there been no lished in Pakistan that was more than Mohammed Ali Jinnah annexing copper and gold mine in Chagai district author who has to be taken seriously by understood from his first book Balochistan, there would not have been willing to accommodate the British. Balochistan to Pakistan. with an estimated mineral resource of our policy makers and those who want “Pakistan At The Helm”, published by any Pakistan,” felt the British rulers who Hence it was in British interests to This backstabbing came within at lest 54 billion pounds of copper and to excel in the game of diplomacy. HarperCollins. His lucid style and artic- had manipulated the geo-politics of the ensure that Balochistan was kept within weeks of Jinnah issuing a statement 41 million ounces of gold’, writes While reading the book, what ulation are the reasons why readers pre- region before they lowered the Union Pakistan and did not become an inde- declaring that “the Government of Devashar. All these details establish the crossed the mind was the football teams fer his works. Devasher tells the Jack and gave way to the national flags. pendent entity,” writes Devasher (Page Pakistan recognises Kalat as an inde- fact that Pakistan without Balochistan is from Balochistan, namely Makran required facts in a straightforward The British colonialists wanted to 85). pendent sovereign State, in treaty rela- a big zero. Jinnah and the subsequent United and Makran Sports Club which manner. His intentions are clear manipulate and influence the sub-con- As per various treaties entered into tions with British government with a rulers of Pakistan have made use of all used to figure in the Sait Nagjee because he wants people to get enlight- tinent by remote controlling from by the then rulers of the princely State status different from that of Indian games in the trick to keep the people of Football Tournament which was held at ened and educated. The style is as ele- London. They had a fear that the ever of Balochistan (the Khans of Kalat) States.” Needless to tell, Jinnah’s state- Balochistan in perpetual poverty, illiter- Kozhikode in Kerala. They were gant as Devasher himself. increasing influence of the then Soviet with the British government, the former ment was issued immediately after a acy and ignorance. This is what the favorites of Malabar’s football lovers. The author takes the readers Union was detrimental to their politi- had been assured by the colonial mas- well publicised meeting the former had Grand Old Party did in India too. Balochistan is loved by people who straight to Balochistan and gives us cal, commercial and other strategic ters that Balochistan would remain a with the Khan of Kalat and his aides. Devasher has revealed the details of know about the country.

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1 have the power to do” and thus cal player in Iraq is the Kurds, needs. It is coming out in pub- committed remarkable errors mainly concentrated in the lic space that Iran is seriously     in their handling of the West north and north-eastern trying to repress the civil rebel-       Asian sojourn. What historians provinces of Erbil, lion in Iraq. Its elite Quds say is that the Ottomans failed Sulaymaniyah, Dahuk and Force, the foreign arm of the   2 to understand the existing cul- their surrounding areas. The Revolutionary Guard in Iran, '
  tural, ideological and ethnic now Israel, to Kirkuk now in ing pot and, hence, schism has system is sharpening the the system have got enough Kurdish people inhabit a swath view these protests as master- divisions existing in the Iraq in the northeast. It became been remained as a potent divides among the Shias, courage and stamina to quell of land through northern Iraq, minded by foreign hands. The Mesopotamian region. From the basis of his secret agree- anomaly in Iraq and the rest of Sunnis, the Kurds and the rest them down with very brute Syria, Iran and Turkey. They outcome of the counterpro- 1299 to 1921, the mighty ment with his French counter- West Asia. of the ethnic minorities across force. It may so happen that the are primarily a people without ductive attempts by the Iranian Ottomans ruled this region part Francois Georges Picot to The current crisis in Iraq Iraq and bringing no benefit to protests may lead to a quick their own homeland, a major backed forces to repress the and lost it during the First divide the region into two has emerged due to entrenched the ordinary folks. But defi- political transformation but victim of the Sykes-Picot deal. protesters may trigger a new World War. And henceforth, spheres of influence. North of corruption in public offices and nitely a small section of the the political establishment may The way the global liberal Arab Spring to the entire West the British and the French the line was to be under French the rising gap between the party sympathisers, supporters consolidate further and rely order is crumbling under the Asia in the days to come. established the political bound- control, south of it under elites and the ordinary citizens. and cronies extract rich bene- more on authoritarian methods leadership of Donald Trump, The impending departure aries of Iraq, bordering the British hegemony.” The demonstrations which fits from the Government. than engaging the aggrieved the world could hardly look for of Mahdi is symbolic victory of Persian Gulf between Iran and This grease pencil drawn started since October 1 have Since the departure of the ones with dialogues. any respite from the volatile the protesters. But unfortu- Kuwait. boundary lacked the acknowl- already taken more than 400 US forces, the youth of the For now, Mahdi has political atmosphere raging in nately too many people were In 1920, the UK was edgement of all the existing lives of ordinary Iraqi citizens. country has been utterly frus- resigned as Iraq Prime West Asia. With the with- killed and it could be regard- awarded a League of Nations demographic arrangement of Probably the international trated with the façade of Minister. But his resignation drawal of American forces ed as a mass uprising of the mandate over Iraq. This her- the region, which later came to community is too used to hear reforms and with the political will not bring an end to the rag- from Iraq in 2011, gradually Shia community against their & 6 #  6 alded a western style gover- be known as the historic Sykes- Iraqis being killed in huge class who promised but failed ing protests across the country. the country has fallen into a own leadership. Mahdi has nance structure in Iraq. In Picot Agreement. This arbi- numbers, whether it was under to deliver the basics and intro- In fact, he was forced to leave complete anarchy. And this proved himself to be an inef- 2014, Tim Marshall described trary demarcation of bound- the horrific Saddam regime, duce much-needed reforms in only after grand Iraqi Shia has happened because fectual leader. the geographical division of aries of states in West Asia the US-occupied Iraq or under public offices. cleric Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Washington wanted to dis- It seems the ruling elite of this region in his book, brought complete anarchy to their own leadership in the However, what is worrying issued a call for changing the lodge the erstwhile political Iraq are simply interested in Prisoners of Geography this the entire region. Clearly, all the post-Baathist era. Today the the global community is that Government leadership. regime, secret forces and secu- sticking to power at any cost. way: “When the Ottoman states that were created by the young protesters highlight the this saga of mass demonstra- Around the same time, rity forces of the Saddam era. Therefore, it is truly doubtful Empire began to collapse, the Sykes-Picot were not based on way the Adel Abdul Mahdi tions is purely leaderless. The powerful Shia leader Moqtada The coming of a Shia regime, whether the demands of the British and the French had a the logic of socio-economical- Government made appoint- protesters are not backed by al-Sadr, who leads the largest after the fall of Saddam, has protesters for sweeping changes different idea. In 1916, British ly driven conditions but pure- ments to Government services any organisational structures political faction in the completely changed the power in the Iraqi political system diplomat Colonel Sir Mark ly out of the ruins of the on ethnic lines or sectarian and ideological narratives. Parliament, Sairoon, called for structure of almost three could be agreed upon by the Sykes took a grease pencil and empires. Thus the competing quotas which is popularly Only common chord among Mahdi’s resignation. He also decades of Sunni political opportunist leadership. drew a crude line across a map aspirations of different com- known as “Muhassasa” in Iraq. them is a strong sentiment of warned that if the Mahdi establishment, its entitlements of West Asia. It ran from Haifa munities and ethnic groups The aggrieved citizens air anti-Government agenda. Government does not do so, it and its beneficiaries. 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he world witnessed a spate dismantle their positions in the seats in the parliamentary elec- Tof violent protests in Iraq, power structure what they are tions last year. However, al- Lebanon, Hong Kong and enjoying in the unofficial Hashd has kept restraint Chile in the last few months. mohassasa system (confes- despite anti-social elements However, the Iraqi protests sional system) introduced by camouflaging into the crowd to stand out in terms of intensity the Americans after 2003. sabotage the peaceful protests. of violence: over 300 young However it had vowed to crush 2 3  protesters have been killed and External factors any coup attempt with mali- thousand others injured in the There is no denying the cious intent.     crackdown by the Government fact that after the US occupa-     security forces. After the fall of tion, the CPA-led administra- Tuk tuk, a vehicle of       dictator Saddam Hussein in tion had created such mayhem change: Indian connection 2003, it has been the largest in the country. The menace of There is a little Indian    
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