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AGovernment’s concerted in work execution, as well in department to post this infor- Corporation, Punjab Health etc, there would be at least two The State Vigilance Bureau efforts to bring in greater effi- reducing or eliminating mation on their website, under System Corporation, Punjab boards — one each near start has already drafted specimens  5*'$1*5 Amarinder pointed out that ciency and transparency in the avenues that can be used to the new Preventive Vigilance School Education Board, and end location of the work. of 26 different boards, covering 20 of the 22 districts of the implementation of various pro- indulge in corrupt practices,” Scheme. Punjab Water Supply and For extensively long projects, different work-types or infor- unjab Chief Minister Capt State (other than Pathankot jects, the Chief Minister Capt said the Chief Minister. In addition to engineering Sanitation Department. boards would need to be mation, along with the basic PAmarinder Singh on and Muktsar) are under seri- Amarinder Singh on Thursday As part of the Vigilance works, a few other boards of Sewerage Board, Soil installed in-between at regular rules for execution of the Thursday wrote to Prime ous stress of depletion of gave the go-ahead for Social Bureau proposal, ‘Citizen non-engineering nature have Conservation Department, intervals as well. scheme. Minister Narendra Modi seek- ground water. Audit of Engineering Projects Information Boards’ containing also been approved, said the Punjab Water Resources The scheme entails instal- The Bureau is in ing Punjab’s inclusion in the In fact, he pointed out, the in the State. important particulars regarding spokesperson. Management and lation of these boards on or the process of communicating 6,000 crore the ‘Atal Bhujal Union Ministry of Jal Shakti Giving his approval to the on-going or future work of the Various departments to be Development Corporation, before the commencement of to the Chief Vigilance Officers Yojana’ for conservation of had deputed officers to visit Vigilance Bureau’s proposal Government will be put up at covered under the scheme are PSPCL/PSTCL, Punjab Health work, and the same of the concerned departments, ground water resources. these districts earlier this year. for the same, the Chief Minister work sites for information of Public Works Department Department, Food Civil should remain in place at least to ensure social audit of the In his letter, Capt He further mentioned that said that the move would con- citizens or tax payers, said an (Buildings and Roads), Punjab Supplies and Consumer Affairs till the expiry of defect liabili- projects or works through Amarinder cited media reports over 3/4th of the blocks in the tribute further to eliminating official spokesperson, giving Mandi Board, PUDA, Urban Department, Pungrain, ty period.While one side of the implementation of this about exclusion of Punjab from State had been declared water- corruption from the project details of the social audit Local Bodies, Panchayati Raj, Punsup, PSWC and Markfed board would have the relevant preventive vigilance scheme. the scheme, and urged the stressed, including some as Prime Minister to direct the critical, as per a recent report Ministry of Jal Shakti to of the Central Groundwater include Punjab in the same. Board.“I need not over-       (*  & Ministry of Jal Shakti has emphasise the fact Punjab had selected seven states under depleted its only natural the new .6000 cr Atal Bhujal resource,i.e.groundwater  5*'$1*5 Severe cold wave and foggy Besides Shimla, other popular Yojana for conservation of thanks to the practice of inten- weather conditions will continue to destinations like Kufri, Narkanda, groundwater resources. sive agriculture, especially cul- old wave intensified in Punjab and prevail in the two states including Kasauli, Dalhousie and Manali too The scheme is proposed to tivation of paddy, for achiev- CHaryana on Thursday as the min- Chandigarh over the next three days. were totally devoid of snow fall. be implemented in 8350 ing food security for the imum and maximum temperatures Weather office said dense fog is like- Shimla saw a low of one degree water-stressed villages in the nation,” the CM wrote. further plummeted in the two states. ly to engulf the plains of the region Celsius, while it was minus three seven states of Gujarat, The Chief Minister further Narnaul in Haryana was colder as around December 28. However, vis- degrees in tourist resort Manali. Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya pointed out that availability of the minimum dropped to 2.5 degrees ibility should improve around The weather office said there Pradesh, Maharashtra, surface water had also Celsius. Hisar was also chilling with December 31, but cold wave condi- were chances of snowfall in mid and Karnataka and Uttar Pradesh. declined in the last few a minimum of 3.3 degrees Celsius, a tions will continue to prevail. high hills of the state from December Expressing surprise and decades. Meteorological Department weather 31. The western disturbances are concern over Punjab’s non- Therefore, based on report said. The minimum temper- SUNNY BUT FREEZING IN approaching the region from inclusion in the scheme given empirical data, Punjab presents ature also dropped in Rohtak (3.4) HIMACHAL December 31. If these remain active the fact that the rate of deple- a strong case for immediate Karnal (6), Bhiwani (4.8), Sirsa (4.3) for a few days, snow would cover most tion of ground water is the assistance for water and Ambala (5.3).Bathinda in Punjab Though the main hill stations of of the tourist spots.     )                 highest in Punjab, Capt conservation, he added. was the coldest place recording a low Himachal Pradesh on of 4 deg C. Faridkot (4.5), Ludhiana Thursday experi- (6.6), Patiala (6.4), Halwara (5.8), enced sunny condi- Adampur (6.8), Pathankot (6.4) and tions, but tempera- Amritsar (6.5) too experienced a tures were close to cold night. the freezing point at Chandigarh, the common capital several places. And, of the two states, recorded a low of 6.5 there are no chances degrees Celsius. On Wednesday, the of snowfall till maximum temperature in Chandigarh December dropped to 9 degrees Celsius, which 30.Weather officials was twelve notches below normal. It said dry weather to broke the 19-year-old record when the prevail in the state till day temperature in December had set- December 30. In tled at 9.2 degrees Celsius. Shimla, a bright, Even Manali (10.6) and Shimla sunny but bone-chill- (12.3) on Wednesday recorded slight- ing weather dashed ly higher day temperature compared the hopes of revellers to Chandigarh and many other places to celebrate in the plains including Ambala (9.5), Christmas amid Karnal (9) and Amritsar (9.8). snowfall. "              &"  '   P   

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This precaution of the armed forces and while Japanese delegation was affairs and agreed to hold the views on issues of mutual inter- people living in the canton- his speech after giving away the given protection. must be taken," Singh said. providing civil and munic- led by Ambassador Yamanaka next round of talks on a mutu- est in these fields, the MEA ments are extremely poor. "Awards for Excellence 2019" to "It is my experience...That The cantonment boards ipal services to over 20 lakh res- A Osamu, Deputy Assistant ally convenient date in India, it said. From the bottom of my heart, the cantonment boards. a poor man's cry is the worst. work under the Directorate idents of 62 cantonment areas Minister, Deputy Director- said. 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It was not a 2011 decision of the DDA  ( " # ' construction of a group hous- after her birth as she was a girl, increase the number of Tiger even a final report. The deci- allowing a private real estate ing society in the University has got relief from the Supreme Cells to perform the task of big sion to expand the Tiger Cell is firm to construct a high-rise in # & #&! $ enclave was violative of the Court which acquitted her by cats' head count more effi- independent of any study done the university campus without Master Plan of Delhi-2021 and saying that it was "totally ciently and transparently. so far. It is a call to improve the any height restriction. was against the larger public unnatural" for the woman to A senior Government offi- efficiency of the system. We Delhi Development The single judge bench interest, "given the fact that the kill her own child. cial told PTI that the National will come out with the final Authority (DDA), on May 12, took note of the "delay and project site in question and its The apex court, while Tiger Conservation Authority report by the end of this 2011, had allowed M/S Young laches" and dismissed DU's vicinity are within the North allowing the appeal filed by the of Justices M M On August 26, 2007 post- (NTCA), a statutory body month. The Ministry will take Builders (P) Ltd to construct a plea on April 27, 2015. Campus of the University and woman challenging the March Shantanagoudar and R mortem was conducted and on under the Ministry of a call on when to release it," Y high-rise group housing soci- The DU did not get its act that it contains various histor- 2010 judgement of the Delhi Subhash Reddy said. August 31, 2007 a case was reg- Environment, has sent a note to V Jhala, one of the lead authors ety in the north campus of together even after dismissal of ical and archaeological build- High Court upholding her In its December 17 verdict, istered against the mother for the Wildlife Institute of India of the tiger estimation report Delhi University. its first plea and filed the con- ings". conviction and sentence, said the bench said it was clear from the alleged offence under sec- (WII), which too comes under and senior scientist from the Out of total three hectares sequential intra-court appeal It also alleged that the there was no "clear evidence on the evidence on record that tion 302 (murder) of the Indian the Ministry, to revamp the WII, said. land, which was earlier given to before a two-judge bench of the location of various ladies' hos- record" to hold her guilty of the immediately after birth, the Penal Code (IPC). Tiger Cell and increase its Tiger Cell is the body Delhi Metro Rail Corporation High Court after a delay of 916 tels of the University in close offence. baby was put in an incubator The trial court had deliv- numbers. responsible for the counting of (DMRC) by the Ministry of days. vicinity of the proposed con- "It is true that in the post- with oxygen mask and she had ered the judgment in According to official big cats and has DNA finger- Defence for construction of the The larger bench of the struction site raised "an impor- mortem, doctor has opined neither opened her eyes nor December 2009 and sentenced sources, the country's lone Tiger prints from tiger reserves metro station, two hectares high court declined to condone tant privacy concern". that death (of child) is due to cried. her to life imprisonment after Cell is based in Dehradun and across the nation with their was leased out to the private the delay of over 2.5 years in fil- The top court bench com- asphyxia and there were marks According to the prosecu- holding her guilty of murder- it has been a challenge to source photographic evidence. firm for building the housing ing the appeal to challenge the prising Justices R Banumathi of strangulation, but at the tion, the woman had delivered ing the child. and disseminate information The NTCA and WII had society. judgment of 2015 and it led the and AS Bopanna said it was in same time if totality of evidence the child at a hospital here on The woman had with just one such office. released a summary report of The Delhi University DU to file an appeal before the agreement with the two judge- on record is considered, motive August 24, 2007 and had approached the high court Asked if the move is aimed tiger count in India in July this moved a plea before a single top court. ments of the Delhi High Court is not established and it is allegedly strangulated the baby challenging the trial court's at removing the alleged dis- year with its data showing a 33 judge bench of the Delhi High Assailing the DDA's action which dismissed the plea of the totally unnatural for the appel- as she was a girl after she was verdict. The high court had in crepancies in the tiger popula- per cent rise in the number of Court after a delay of seven to to allow a high-rise building DU on the ground of delay and lant-mother to kill her own handed over to her on the same March 2010 upheld the trial tion estimates released in July big cats in the country. eight years. inside the campus, the DU laches. baby by strangulation," a bench date. court's verdict. $     /8%6'$ 
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Disturbances", interaction with 7%$1 '*: snowfall in middle and high The Drass belt of Kargil was the coldest recorded place "The average mean maxi- lower level easterlies, has made hills of the Himachal Pradesh district became the coldest in the valley, he added. ithin a few months of her mum temperature(MMT) of the J&K, Himachal Pradesh, *: %-" between December 31 and place in the twin Union Katra, which serves as the Wswitching from BJP to the December (till December 26) is Uttrakhand, Punjab, Haryana, January 1 is expected. Territories of J&K and Ladakh base camp for pilgrims visiting Congress, former MP Savitri 19.85. The expected MMT for Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, The weather remained dry recording a minimum tem- the Vaishno Devi shrine in Bai Phule on Thursday resigned December 2019 is 19.15. If it Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh temperatures in some Indian and cold with the minimum perature of minus 30.2 degrees Reasi district of Jammu region, from the grand old party too happens, then it will be the sec- shiver for the past fortnight. cities below 12 degrees temperature settling 2 to 3 Celsius. recorded 3.2 degrees Celsius, and announced that she will ond coldest December of the The rain will bring down the Celsius. degrees Celsius below normal The minimum tempera- the official said, adding that form her own outfit. She ten- century," the India temperature further in these Cold wave intensified in at many places in Himachal ture across Kashmir and Bhadarwah township of Doda dered her resignation on the Meteorological Department regions. Punjab and Haryana as the Pradesh. Low visibility due to Ladakh remained several district was, however, the cold- ground that her "voice is not playing "divisive politics" and said on Thursday. For now, IMD officials said that minimum and maximum tem- dense fog was observed in the degrees below the freezing est place in the region with a being heard" in the Congress. was "misusing money to con- December 1997 holds the the thick cover of smog on the peratures further plummeted in plains and lower hills, includ- point. Night temperatures minimum recorded tempera- Phule had joined the struct temples and statues." record of being the coldest Indo-Gangetic plains and the the two states. Narnaul in ing Una and southwestern part plummeted at most places in ture of minus 2.7 degrees Congress in May this year. "Constitution is under month in the century in north uneven warming of the Indian Haryana was the coldest place of Kangra district, it said. The the region, with Srinagar Celsius, followed by Banihal at The Congress had hoped that threat under the BJP regime. India since 1901. Ocean has a role to play in this with the mercury dropping to minimum temperature in recording its coldest night at minus 2.2 degrees tempera- her strong Dalit connection BJP wants to do away with The IMD also maintained robust spell of 2.5 degrees Celsius. Shimla and Dalhousie was 1 minus 5.0 degrees Celsius.. ture. would help the party in eastern reservation and I believe that if that north, northwestern and Western Disturbances, the Hisar was also chilling with and 1.7 degrees Celsius respec- The minimum temperature in Kashmir is currently under Uttar Pradesh in the 2019 Lok anyone can stop BJP at the central regions of the country extratropical storms originat- a minimum of 3.3 degrees tively. winter capital Jammu settled at the grip of 'Chillai-Kalan'-the Sabha elections. Phule, how- national level, it has to be the are expected to get rainfall ing in the Mediterranean Celsius. The minimum tem- According to Kuldeep 6.4 degrees Celsius, 1.8 notch- 40-day harshest period of win- ever, failed to garner enough Congress and not the smaller from December 31 to January region causing sudden winter perature also dropped in Srivastava, head of the India es below the season's average. ter when the chances of snow- votes from Bahraich, from parties. This is why I decided 3. rain to the northwestern parts Rohtak (3.4), Bhiwani (4.8), Meteorological Department's The minimum and maximum fall are most frequent and where she was the sitting MP. to join the Congress," she had Severe cold day conditions of the Indian subcontinent, Sirsa (4.3), Ambala (5.3) and regional forecasting centre, a temperatures in Drass were maximum and the temperature Phule had quit BJP in Dec said in May. Prior to BJP, Phule persisted in north and north- which have brought the day Karnal (6). 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The Friday’s Cabinet meeting that a The flag march will start at whether based on caste, region Centre has attacked the basic full-fledged capital city will be 10 am from August Kranti or religion, Thorat said. tenets of the Constitution like located in Visakhapatnam. Maidan and end near the “Keeping up with this freedom of speech, brother- Citing shortage of funds to Lokmanya Tilak statue at motto, the Congress started the hood, democracy,” he alleged. set up capital city of interna- Girgaum chowpatty, party’s Independence movement. It The BJP government has tional repute at Amaravati, the State unit chief and Revenue was during this movement that brought back the divide-and- Friday’s Cabinet meeting will Minister Balasaheb Thorat told India got independence under rule policy used by the British.    %%!*$ ,''!&$ " ! $$# choose setting up of the capi- private land, assignment land, committee will also be consti- reporters here on Thursday. the leadership of Lokmanya And so we will have to once tal in Visakhapatnam. patta land and so on. It will tuted soon to look into the mat- He appealed to the secular Tilak and Mahatma Gandhi,” again start an independence wo Army jawans were   $ -&& # Fulfilling the long-pending negotiate the terms and con- ter. organisations, party workers he added. movement, this time against Tkilled and five others    ! %/ demand of the Rayalaseema ditions of surrender of the The decision of establish- and citizens to participate in After the Independence, our the BJP rule, he said. PTI injured in a mishap that took ( $0 & region, the State’s High Court land with the affected farmers. ing a single capital will set at place during bridge construc- $  1" # is going to be located in The committee will have rest all clamours from various tion training at the College of Kurnool. If it is not feasible, in ministers Buggana regions, mainly from Military Engineering (CME) in  !&"# #1"  that case at least the High Rajendranath Reddy, Botsa Rayalaseema region, to set up Pune on Thursday. ! %%$$ # Court Bench will be located in Satyanarayana, Kannababu and capital city in their region. The jawans were undergo- ''! Kurnool. A clear picture in this Narayanaswamy. The direct fall out of the ing bridge construction train- regard will emerge after the The State Government decision would be nullify the ing at the Pune-based CME, response of the Supreme Court may also consider extending TDP in its stronghold- the when a tower support col- Official sources said that is out. the payment of lease for the North Coastal Andhra. With lapsed all of a sudden. those killed were two combat Fearing revolt from farm- lands by another five years the shifting of the capital to An official defence engineers, while those injured ers, the venue of the State apart from the current five year Visakhaptnam, the elimina- spokesperson identified the included a junior commis- Cabinet meeting has been kept lease period. The Government tion of the TD Party would be two Jawans killed in the mishap sioned officer. secret. Heavy security bando- is also considering giving devel- total in the region, which stood as Lance Havildar Sanjivan PK A Court of Inquiry has bust arrangements are made at oped lands in Visakhapatnam as a strong bastion for the and Naik Waghmode BK, who been ordered into the incident, Prakasam barrage and along in lieu of the lands acquired. regional party in all elections. succumbed to injuries at a while the families of the jawans other routes for the meeting to However, a final decision is not Chief Minister military hospital. killed in the mishap have been avoid any untoward incident. yet taken. Jaganmohan Reddy’s decision “Troops were undergoing informed. Located at Dapodi According to Government The TDP regime’s promise to shift the capital to bridge construction training at near Pune, the CME is a pre- sources, the administration of of free education and free Visakhapatnam would be to College of Military Engineering mier technical and tactical the State should be dispensed health for the farmers and give no credit to the TDP as far (CME), Pune, when the tower training institution of the from the steel city from June their families who had pooled as the State capital is con- support collapsed. Six to seven Corps of Engineers for the 2020 onwards. their lands for Amaravati could cerned. troops were injured. They were Indian Army. This includes The Government has been not materialise so far. The Even if the YSRCP to set up immediately shifted to Military Combat Engineers, Military contemplating giving good YSRCP Government is likely to a full-fledged state capital in Hospital (MH), Kirkee and Engineering Service, Border package to the Amaravati after announce their urgent imple- Amaravati, the credit would Command Hospital (CH), Roads Engineering Services returning the farmers of 29 vil- mentation. invariably go to the TDP Pune. Lance Havildar Sanjivan (BRES) and Survey. lages in the capital development To compensate for the loss because of its efforts at pooling PK and Naik Waghmode BK Among other things, the region of their land. A com- of the capital city, the over 36,000 acres of land from sustained serious injuries and jawans are trained at CME in mittee will be constituted to fix Government has plans to set up farmers of 29 villages, includ- lost their lives during the treat- building mobile bridges that are the quantum of compensation two major industrial parks in ing Tulluru, in the capital  
        
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Favouring imple- against the Citizenship communities, “because this is He criticised West Bengal mentation of the Amendment Act and National Hindustan,” Banerjee said “we Chief Minister Mamata National Register of Register for Citizens. will not allow any party to Banerjee's opposition to Citizens (NRC), the Instead of compensating snatch away our rights... If National Population Register Uttar Pradesh Shia the people who died in police needed we will lay down our (NPR) and said that it has Central Waqf Board firing during peaceful agita- lives to protect the movemen- become her habit to resist on Thursday said tions the “BJP is threatening to tagainst CAA.” Banerjee who whatever is good for the coun- Indian Muslims do confiscate their properties,” declared a compensation of  try. not have any threat Banerjee said reminding the '  = $  '   '$ .      5 lakh compensation for the Ghosh told newsmen here, from it. non-BJP Governments too so the BJP is taking a very           # %     family members of those who "The National Register of "Hindustani could apply the same medicine wrong and oppressive deci- were killed in police firing in Citizens (NRC) should be Muslims do not have any threat in Assam to identify genuine against the BJP workers in sion from which they should and misleading statements one in the name of driving Karnataka slammed the BS implemented in West Bengal. from NRC. It should be imple- Indian citizens living in the their respective States. desist because if the non-BJP made by their top leaders we away the infiltrators. She said Yedurappa Government of that Mamata Banerjee needs the mented in the country. The real state since March 24, 1971, or “Some 16 people have died Governments like us start using have gathered that there is no “if you chase out everybody State for refusing to compen- help of the infiltrators, who matter is of identification of before, and also illegal in the police firing in UP, two the same tactic against the BJP difference between NRC and how will you stay? Will you stay sate the family members of have become its votebank, to intruders, who are real threat to Bangladeshi migrants. Out of in Karnataka, three in Assam people then what will happen NPR so I have stopped the alone in the country?” those who died in police firing. win elections". the country," UPSCWB 3.3 crore applicants, over 19 and many others in other states to them? work of NPR in Bengal because In an apparent reference to The Trinamool Congress "Let the Citizenship Chairman Waseem Rizvi said. lakh people were excluded of which we do not have any So I ask them not to play in the morning their leaders say the Prime Minister’s earlier Government will send a dele- Amendment Act happen first "The intruders are vote from the state's final NRC information right now… with fire,” Banerjee said. one thing, in the noon they say reference that the mischief gation to meet the victims’ here, then we will see what to bank for the TMC and the SP. published on August 30. instead of compensating the The Chief Minister the other and yet in the night mongers could be identified by families at Mangaluru she said. do with NRC," he said. The Congress is making voter Rizvi said while Hindus families of those who died in descended on the streets for the they say something other,” their dresses Banerjee said, Promising to stand by the Regarding updation of the identity cards of intruders from from other countries have police firing the BJP is threat- fifth day on Thursday. Leading apparently referring to Prime “they (BJP) are sending in students of various academic NRC in Assam, Ghosh said BJP Bangladesh, Pakistan and come to India due to atrocities, ening to penalise them and a massive anti-CAA rally she Minister Narendra Modi’s some agents wearing particu- institutions like Jamia Millia has no link with it as it was Afghanistan. If NRC Muslims have come for their confiscate their properties. This attacked the Narendra Modi statement that his Government lar dresses (read the dresses Islamia, IIT Kanpur and other done under the directions of is implemented their real face "personal gains or for harming is playing with fire. I would Government for misleading had not discussed imposition that identify them as Muslims) places Banerjee said “I will the Supreme Court. will come to the fore," he India". warn the BJP not to play with the people by peddling untrue of NRC in India contradicting to create trouble from the always take the side of the stu- "But there had been some said. Only Indian Muslims are fire,” she said. and contradictory statements. Home Minister Amit Shah’s peaceful rallies so that they can dents in their peaceful protests. lapses which are being sorted His statement comes amid Hindustani and rest are intrud- “In my State too we have Speaking on the Centre’s repeated assertions that NRC fire at the protesters and then I will request them not to scare out presently," he said. raging protests across the coun- ers and should leave the coun- similar laws to make people pay decision to go ahead with the was a reality and it would hap- arrest them on false charges. anybody and not to get scared About NPR, he said it was try against the proposed imple- try, he asserted. for destroying public property National Population Register pen in the entire country. You have to remain alert by anybody,” condemning the started by the Congress in mentation of NRC and con- Referring to the recent but we don’t do that in case of she said “it is the same old Banerjee who had been against these people because Centre for asking the students 2010. "Subsequently we (BJP) troversial amendments to the clashes during anti-CAA spontaneous movements. Here thing in new wrap… taking out large rallies also hit they are the agents of the BJP of various central educational came to power. It is the duty of citizenship law. protests, he said these were part the movement against CAA What we have gathered out at the Prime Minister for who want to fail your move- institutions for vacate their the government to continue The NRC was conducted of a "conspiracy". PTI and NRC is spontaneous and from the untrue, confusing allegedly hounding out every- ment.” hostels. with the process." PTI # .  6'      :2A@  &   %P'                  %%!*$ Parliament for making a Muslims. But, they from these camps in 1952” ue its rule through the BJP in statement that NRC would are also against 40 “The detainees were there the country. It wants to finish harging that the RSS and be implemented across the per cent of Hindus in these for more than 75 the Opposition. That’s why it      CBJP-led Government had country. across the country”. years. Many of them were born has brought CAA and NRC hatched a “conspiracy” to Singling out the RSS Contesting and died in detention camps. after due deliberation. We will  !-1*4 Gorakhpur and issued notices, create unrest in the country and ruling BJP for a Modi’s claim that no You will be surprised to know have to respond to CAA and asking them to explain their through Citizenship vicious attack on the cur- detention centres the numbers who had been cat- NRC through agitation. If you ending out a stern warning, position or pay for damage Amendment Act (CAA) and rent unrest in the country, had been set up to egorized as criminal tribes and do not want to locked up in SKarnataka Revenue Minister caused to public and private National Register for Citizens Ambedkar said: “If some- house the illegal cit- detained in these centres. In detention centres, then better R Ashoka on Thursday said the property. (NRC), Dalit leader and one has hatched a con- izens, Ambedkar — Maharashtra alone, 16 per cent come out and raise voice state government would emu- Meanwhile, Karnataka BJP Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi spiracy to trigger unrest in grandson of late BR of the total population belong against the BJP Government at late Uttar Pradesh and confis- General Secretary and Member (VBA) President Prakash the country over CAA, Ambedkar — to these tribes,” Amnbedkar the Centre,” Ambedkar told the cate properties of those who of Parliament Shobha Ambedkar on Thursday con- NRC and National likened the “exist- said. Adivasis who had turned out in caused damage to public prop- Karandlaje too urged the state tended that the CAA and NRC Population Register (NPR), it is nation of Amit Shah or change ing” detention camps to the “These tribals do not have large numbers for the rally. erties during protests against government to identify those were not only against Muslims no one else other than the RSS his portfolios. If you do not ones set up by the British to any documents or records with Thousands of people, par- the Citizenship (Amendment) who caused damaged to pub- but they were also against 40 and BJP-led Government”. don’t do both the things, should house criminal tribes them. Even now, you can get to ticularly Dalits and Adivasis, Act. lic property during the protests per of the Hindus in the coun- “If Prime Minister we consider this an under the Criminal Tribes Act see thousands of them roaming participated in the rally Everyone has to obey the in the state and make them pay try. Narendra Modi is saying that another lie coming from the (CTA). on the streets in the state with organised by the VBA. law of the land and not give an for it. Addressing a massive rally there has been no discussion on Prime Minister along the lines “The British came out with donkeys and horses. The demonstrators carried opportunity for such an action "They should not be let of his Dalits and Adivasis at NRC in Parliament or in his of his  15 lakh in each bank Criminal Tribes Act in 1871. There are also other Advisis national Tricolour, photographs by the Government, he told away, no one has the right to Dadar in north-central Cabinet, how did Union Home account promise made Under this law, the British des- who do not have documents. of Dr BR Ambedkar, Mahatma reporters here. destroy public property... Any Mumbai to oppose CAA and Minister Amit Shah say in by him during the 2014 Lok ignated certain sections of the Here are the tribals who do not Gandhiji, the Constitution, "...The way in which Uttar one can protest, but if they NRC, Ambedkar demanded various forums that the Sabha poll campaign?,” tribals as habitual criminals and know where their fathers and placards proclaiming ‘Reject Pradesh Government has cause damage to public prop- to know from Prime Minister Government would implement Amedkar wondered. put them in detention centres. grand fathers died. If you ask CAA — Boycott NRC’ and decided to confiscate the prop- erty, government should make Narendra Modi if he would NRC across the country? If he Maintaining that NRC and The tribals were lodged in them to produce documents, banners with anti-CAA-NRC erties of those indulging in vio- sure that they pay for it," she seek the resignation of or has made the statement with- CAA would affect large sec- these detention camps for years where will they produce the slogans. lence - if such things (violence) added. change the portfolio of Union out the Prime Minister’s per- tions of people across the coun- on end. It was then Prime documents from?,” the Dalit They raised slogans happen again (here), it will be Anti-CAA protests had Home Minister Amit Shah for mission, I would like to ask the try, Ambedkar said: “These Minister Jawaharlal Nehru who leader asked. demanding the withdrawal of brought in Karnataka also," reached its peak in the state last making a statement in PM if he would seek the resig- laws are 100 per cent against released the detained tribals “The RSS wants to contin- CAA and NRC. Ashoka said. week and turned violent in Uttar Pradesh Chief Mangaluru, resulting in the Minister Yogi Adityanath has death of two in police firing. said that properties of those Defending the CAA, $8-
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Ever since,           #      )   the year has been most obviously punctuat- ed by events with the Home Minister at its * # S                   - #  ( forefront.      %       (      ( In the years between 2014 and 2019, Shah       #            was primarily viewed as the orchestrator of the BJP’s victories in a few States, some     #              through strategy and others through blatant         #   %     ( subversion of democracy. Each such victory       7878        6       — whether through subversion or strategy — was lauded by certain media organsiations.                   ( Some news anchors came up with the kind       #             of servile praise that would make even the                     ( Korean Central News Agency look on in admi- ration.              # 4 ( After giving another five years to the takes the concerns of its people how the CAA goes against the Recently, the Cabinet gave a                  ( Modi-led BJP Government, we saw Shah rise into account. However, there spirit of the Constitution and the go ahead to the National                        to a much more prominent position, in was no debate or discussion on very idea of India that the Population Register (NPR). administration and in the Government. This Article 370 as to what could have framers of our Constitution and There is widespread fear that the ,            %  ,   # )%,#* is surely distinct from the much more clan- been the best way to take such a the builders of modern India data collected as part of the             6,(4A  6,(A4      destine and behind-the-scenes role that move forward. had envisaged. I will not go into NPR will be the basis of the NRC. ,                   Home Ministers have been given while Instead, what we have seen these details again but the per- This squarely provides the working for the party. As the BJP president, and what we continue to see is son leading the CAA and the answer. While the Home            789B   rumours and discussions were already doing an entire State still under lock- one who forced it down our col- Minister and the Prime Minister .           @          the rounds about just how much power and down. This is a State, where lective throats was the Home may deny any link between the %                    influence Shah held even then. But now, there internet services have been shut 7 $" *-* Minister. The standard proce- NRC and the NPR, they have is hardly any debate. He is possibly the most down for almost half a year now "5*" 7% "5- dure for the passage of any Bill given us little reason for their                     powerful man in the Government and its and where the local leadership calls for it to be presented before decisions. It is this trust that the        4S :88(      agenda is being driven by the Home Minister. has been silenced through not '*"- 7 "5- the Standing Committee. Prime Minister and the Home                   %   The change in dynamics was visible even only the internet embargo but $*%7 - However, in the case of CAA, the Minister will need to earn back.             #          before the new Government was sworn in, also through house arrests. From Government did not deem it fit So, it appears that from the most visibly during the Press conference held the reports that have emerged in 7--- K to take the views of the date of the infamous Press con- #       A   4        ( by the Prime Minister. If one were to watch the international media and Opposition or of the public. ference — the only one by the         $ (        4   the briefing even now, it will be evident that from what we have seen in "5- 74: 7- !: The CAA and the National Prime Minister — till today, the             #      the address was led by Shah. It was incredi- other States, where internet ser- "5- $%- Register of Citizens (NRC) are BJP and the ruling Government ble to see a Prime Minister, the head of the vices have been shut (such as two sides of the same coin. It was are increasingly being cast in the        4         ,  Government, look at the soon-to-be Home Assam and Uttar Pradesh), %$$"- K "$44 interesting to see the juxtaposi- image of the Home Minister.              4    ( Minister before answering questions put major repercussions and reac- "7'*: "5- !6 tion between the Prime Minister’s A word of warning though    %                 ( before him. This set the tone for 2019. tion of the people of Kashmir to understanding of the NRC and should be in order. The year 2019 Then came one of the first significant such a move can really be *' "5- 4$1 that of the Home Minister. In has till now been the year of Shah       #            decisions of this Government, the abrogation gauged after the internet block- 17@-%-" *- light of the protests against the but he would do well to note that   6    4S           ( of Article 370 and the bifurcation of Jammu ade is lifted. All we can hope is divisive CAA, the Prime Minister the end of the year has seen a                   $  & Kashmir into two Union Territories. that the damage and oppression $-*$14: spoke to the nation to presum- political voice emerge: Those of Whatever one’s views on the change in sta- caused by such a move does not !-$1 *" $ ably pacify those, who have been India’s young and old <    <S      C;     787;  tus of Kashmir may be, there can be little result in us losing Kashmir alto- protesting against the Act. Constitutionalists, who have                    debate that this change in status came with gether. 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It has also ible substances are mixed in food and given to them '- In 2003, when the Koraga Federation’s But it was not always so. Spending been difficult for some to completely  %.      5   (     to eat by the upper caste in the belief that their trou- $'$@$'*4 movement for lands rights led to the allo- a part of his meagre income as a sweep- overcome the trauma. Although Shina   P      Q       ( bles would, thus, be transferred to the Koragas. For 7-" $15" cation of land in Udupi district, Dogu’s er at a hotel on alcohol had pushed Shina still struggles at times with a feeling of   #        ((    generations, the community followed this inhu- $ *''$"$7 "7 dreams came true. further into indebtedness and poverty. inferiority born out the practice of anjal,              ( man custom. Food leftovers and old clothes thus /000 *- 7 It took him one year of hard physi- Life took a turn for the better after the his wife Mamta has been able to break           given was the only way for survival. *1$4"*4 cal work to make his piece of land, over- uneducated Shina became a part of the these shackles. Having studied till                  But Dogu was able to stand up against anjal run by brambles and weeds, worthy of Koraga Federation in 1999. Not only was Class 8, Mamta, who is also the secre- and rebuild his life, thanks to the Koraga Federation 4*' 7 "$!*4 cultivation. Jasmine plants, given by the he able to overcome his alcohol addic- tary of the taluk Koraga committee,                 ( 7%%$"$-                 (comprising community members), Samagra Federation, were the first to be planted. tion with their help but his incomes knows her rights, thanks to various             %.     Grameena Ashrama (SGA), a local community- As the money earned through the sale improved after he opted for jasmine cul- awareness programmes initiated by      -6.     #      based organisation, and ActionAid India, a not- of the jasmine flowers increased, Dogu tivation, which offered livelihood reha- the Federation and its partners, SGA for-profit working for the empowerment of the planted vegetables, coconut, areca nut bilitation. Although it took time, once and ActionAid India. This knowledge                   marginalised. Together, they were able to break the and banana. Once a daily wage labour- profits made from selling the jasmine prompted her to register her four-year-              cycle of caste-based oppression and stigma faced er, Dogu made appropriate use of the started trickling in, Shina ploughed a old daughter at the local anganwadi and     #           by the Koragas like Dogu. They supported the com- land he was allotted. It is no wonder then large part of his income back to improve ensure her regular attendance.                munity through a slew of measures to help them that his is considered a model farm. cultivation. This helped increase produc- Although the only Koraga child in that    (          access their right to land and housing and become Ashok Shetty, SGA coordinator, tion and boost profits. anganwadi, Mamta’s daughter has not               economically independent. The initiative has not who saw the land before it was given to His wife Mamta, who received train- faced discrimination that her mother        #         only helped them restore their dignity but has also Dogu, said not many of them had ing from the Government’s Integrated did when she went to school. Thanks                   awakened the community to their right to educa- thought the transformation was possible. Tribal Development Programme under to the enabling environment created by              tion, health, nutrition and livelihoods. “The credit goes to Dogu. It was not easy their livelihood scheme to make and sell the Federation with the help of Mamta               Over the last 10 years, this intervention has to toil on this land without help. But costume jewellery, also pools in a part of and other women of the community. helped secure nearly 49,000 acres of forest land — Dogu showed it was possible and this is her income. “Since both of us work now Community members like Dogu, 5                47,000 acres under community forest rights and why others, who have received land, are and share the expenses, I no longer need Shina and Mamta are the backbone of    #             2,000 acres under individual forest rights, in addi- encouraged to follow his example,” said to take loans to make two ends meet as the Koraga movement to end oppres-              ( tion to 1,000 acres of agricultural land for tribal Shetty. I did before,” said Shina. sion, discrimination and stigma. The                  ( communities. Earlier this month, this remarkable Even Dogu believes that cultivating Both are keen to give their three chil- work put in by the Koraga Federation             #   accomplishment was chosen among 200 global ini- his land gave him the opportunity to dren a good life. They want to make sure and its partners to make the commu-             ( tiatives as the 2019 Gold Award winner by World become his own master. “This farm has that none of them are forced to follow the nity believe in itself and stand up for   (    (     Habitat in recognition of the collective achieve- given me so much. I may not have much callous practice of anjal. Shina knows their rights has brought tangible out- #              ( ment by ActionAid, SGA and Koraga Federation savings but I also don’t have any debts. what effect it had on him as he had comes evident in the land secured and      (        to empower the community reclaim their rights I am happy and live a life of dignity,” he accompanied his parents to collect left- advances in education, nutrition and                  and dignity. This annual award, given in partner- stated. over food as a part of anjal rituals as a gender equality. But the biggest achieve- ship with the UN Habitat, honours transformative Getting their own land has also been child and, later, as an adult. It was only ment is their aspirations for a life of dig-  @        interventions that support the community to access transformational for 45-year-old Shina after he became a part of the Federation nity and the determination to claim                 (  their rights to land and housing. and his 39-year-old wife, Mamta Koraga. that Shina became aware that anjal had their rights. There is self belief within  -,!             ( Dogu became the first Koraga to benefit from For residents of village Kanjarkatte in been legally abolished under the the community members that they can               this programme in Udipi district where 117 acres Udupi district, the couple are a role Karnataka Koragas (Prohibition of Ajalu be the change. However long the jour-             of land has been secured so far for the communi- model for the community. Not only have Practice) Act in 2000. ney, they are willing to walk.          ty. Dogu never thought his dream of cultivating they used their land to turn around their Although anjal and caste-based dis- (The writer is a senior journalist) '                       ,8:           

the Supreme Court recognising trans- rights and serves as a proof of recog- to leave home and reside with the com- sons. Further, it only includes five rep- ing the many ways in which transgen- gender rights and decriminalising nition of identity as a transgender per- munity members. Further, rehabilita- resentatives from the community. This der families have been traditionally same-sex relationships. The decisions son. While details of how such certifi- tion centres may not be an ideal alter- is too small a number when compared structured in India. in both NALSA vs Union of India and cates will be issued have been left to the native because often, such establish- to the size of the council. The Act also Deficiencies of the Act, therefore, Navtej Singh Johar & Ors vs Union of delegated legislation, the possibility of ments do not possess the requisite fails to provide cogent methods for make what would have otherwise India marked the culmination of advo- introducing invasive procedures to degree of sensitivity to deal with the grievance redressal. Therefore, while been a welcome legislation, counterpro- cacy initiatives and years of struggle that prove one’s identity may have a detri- issues of transgender persons. one of the functions of the council is ductive, unresponsive and incapable of "7!4$1 $1 the LGBT+ community had to under- mental effect on the right to self iden- In the case of adults, such a pro- to redress grievances of the transgen- meeting the needs of the community. *'+ %89 go to successfully build their cases. The tification, which has been recognised vision ignores the fact that transgen- der persons, it is unlikely to redress The Act, thus, fails to maintain focus 7 "5$1 "7 7%- top court’s judgments not only expand- by the top court and High Courts. der persons above the age of 18 are individual grievances with any degree on the concerns of the community and 4( ++ espite nation-wide protests, the ed rights but were also cognizant of the It is unclear whether applying for competent to make their decisions. of reasonable efficiency given its com- points to the lack of public consulta- Transgender Persons realities of LGBT+ persons in India. such a certificate of identity is manda- Further, community members have plex composition. While the Act tions in its drafting process.     D(Protection of Rights) Act, Read together, both judgments lay the tory. For instance, will those transgen- rued that while the Act provides for requires establishments to appoint a Considering the progressiveness of the    + +   2019, received presidential assent on foundation for expanding the citizen- der persons, who already possess iden- punishment for sexual abuse, the complaint officer to redress griev- apex court judgments, law reforms     +   December 5, 2019 and became a law. ship rights of LGBT+ persons. tity documents identifying themselves same is much lesser when compared ances for violation of the provisions, no seem like the obvious next step in real-   Ostensibly enacted to protect the rights Law reforms post these orders have as such, also have to apply? The Act also to punishment for similar offences in powers have been conferred on the ising equal citizenship rights. However, of the transgender community, the Act not followed up on the court’s orders does not envisage any streamlined the male-female binary in the Indian complaint officer. No details have the Transgender Rights Act indicates -    & !   seeks to dilute core promises, includ- in responding to the lived realities of appellate procedures in case the certifi- Penal Code. This creates a hierarchy been provided regarding how such an the many pitfalls in enacting legal +    ing the right to self identification, which the community. Therefore, while the cate of identity is not issued. This may of condemnation between offences officer would redress complaints. frameworks without fully accounting        was the cornerstone of the Supreme Transgender Persons (Protection of lead to costly and time-consuming lit- against different identities that are The definitions of the Act also indi- for the realities and views of those they          Court’s landmark judgment in NALSA Rights) Act, 2019, should have been a igation in case of denial. otherwise similar in substance. cate a lack of conceptual clarity regard- seek to protect. Any way forward for + ( + (+,   vs Union of India. There appears to be step in the direction of progressive law Members of the transgender com- The structure of the legislation also ing the realities of the transgender com- law reform, therefore, must keep the a unique situation, where a supposed- reform, in its current form, it points to munity have also pointed out how pro- renders it difficult to implement and munity. The definition of “transgender LGBT+ community front and centre       ly progressive law meant to further a glaring disconnect between lawmak- visions on the right to residence with does not provide realistic ways to persons” includes “persons with inter- and should proceed on the basis of      (  rights and ensure welfare of the trans- ers and the ground realities faced by immediate families or in the alterna- enforce the rights guaranteed by it. For sex variations”, thereby conflating the extensive community consultations.       gender community has not only led to the transgender community. tive, requiring them to reside in reha- instance, the pan-India National two identities. Moreover, the definition After all, rights are only meaningful if +  disappointment but will also alter For instance, the Act prescribes a bilitation centres, are ignorant of social Council for Transgender Persons is a of “family” by restricting itself to rela- in their operation, they respond to the  9+ 
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 be giving out any extraordinary )  which anyone can come from cers who are lagging behind Speaking to reporters here, 3,901 crore in passenger and fiscal sops just to boost per- humanities side who will be instead of "pulling down" those Yadav said: "Although the rail- freight fares, respectively, in the Mumbai: The rupee erased its currency, forex traders said. sonal income to push con-  - '-45$ utilised for manning the who are ahead in their careers. ways has initiated a number of second quarter of the current early gains to settle down by 4 At the interbank foreign sumption and demand and accounts, traffic and personnel The Cabinet on Tuesday measures to counter its dwin- fiscal, compared to the previ- paise at a three-week low of exchange market, the rupee would be taking a sectoral ll new recruits in railways service. All of them will be pro- approved big ticket reforms in dling revenues, increasing fares ous one, according to an RTI 71.31 against the US currency had opened higher at 71.26 redressal policy where inter- Awill be inducted through moted at the same time," said the railways by merging its is a sensitive issue and it had to reply. on Thursday, marking its fifth against the US dollar. During ventions are needed, officials the UPSC civil services exams Yadav. The first batch will be eight cadres and and depart- be discussed at length before a In the first quarter (April- straight day of losses amid the day, the domestic unit fluc- said. under five specialities, Railway recruited in 2021, while the new ments into a single entity. final decision was taken. June) of financial year 2019-20, heavy selling in domestic equi- tuated between a high of 71.22 "Government is not averse Board Chairman VK Yadav five-member board with merged With these new changes, "We are going to ratio- the railways earned revenue of ties and steady rise in crude oil and a low of 71.35. The rupee to put growth as a top priority said on Thursday, days after the officers will be in place by the the Chairman along with four nalise the fares and freight 13,398.92 crore from passen- prices. finally settled at 71.31 against over fiscal prudence and Cabinet approved the merger of middle of next year, officials said. members responsible for infra- rates. Something is being ger fares. This dipped to Month-end dollar demand the US dollar, lower by 4 paise spending will happen where it its eight services into one — the Yadav also clarified that the structure, operations and busi- thought about. I cannot divulge 13,243.81 crore in the July- and weakness in domestic equi- over its previous close of 71.27 has a direct bearing on the con- Indian Railway Management Chairman, Railway Board, who ness development, rolling stock more, this is a sensitive subject. September quarter. ties weighed on the domestic on Tuesday. PTI sumption and demand. Income Service (IRMS). will also be the CEO of the and finance respectively will Tax rejigs have been sought by He said just like aspirants national transporter, will be an form the Railway Board. the industry, but the govern- to the Union Public Service officer of Indian Railway The Chairman shall be the    ment is not convinced so far Commission, candidates aspir- Service and not from any other cadre controlling officer     that it may lead to any surge in ing to get into railways will have service. "Officers from Indian responsible for Human 99: consumption that's the need of to appear for their prelims Railways who have experience Resources (HR) with assis- the hour on the supply side", after which they will indicate of 35 yrs will only be posted as tance from a DG (HR). Three ('BB8    $7 8'  said an official, adding after their preference for IRMS Chairman/CEO," CRB Yadav, apex level posts shall be sur- income tax cuts (if it happens) under five specialities — four who is due for retirement by rendered from Railway Board  - '-45$ government fears people may of them engineering specialities the end of this month, said. and all its remaining posts  - '-45$ identity number) or undergo Services through its imple- just save and not spend, defeat- for 'technical' operations com- He also said the decision to shall be open to all officers Aadhaar authentication," menting agency will make pro- emand in the real estate ing the entire purpose taking a prising of civil, mechanical, merge the services was to regardless of the service to he Government has made according to a finance ministry visions to help the beneficiaries Dsector plunged in the sec- huge risk on direct tax front telecom and electrical, and one ensure that officers put railways which they belonged. The TAadhaar mandatory for sub- notification. The notification, get the Aadhaar number. ond half of 2019 as housing when it is not on a promising 'non-technical' speciality which first instead of their service Board will also have some scribers of the Pradhan Mantri dated December 23, has been Further, where biometric sales fell around 22 per cent in trend. will recruit officers for which had become the case independent non-executive Vaya Vandana Yojana issued under the Aadhaar or Aadhaar one-time pass- July-December compared to "There is little fiscal head- accounts, personnel and traffic. under the present system. members, who will be highly (PMVVY), a pension scheme (Targeted Delivery of Financial word or time-based OTP the total sales first six months, room unless government takes "The exact details will be "All officers would contin- distinguished professionals for senior citizens. The scheme, and Other Subsidies, Benefits authentication is not possible, a report by Anarock Property a huge risk in tax cuts further worked out, but the thinking is ue to work in their specialised with deep knowledge and 30 which envisages an assured rate and Services) Act, 2016. benefit under the scheme may Consultants said. after giving corporate tax cuts like this — the aspirants take the services till modalities were years of experience including at of return of 8 per cent annual- It further said any individual be given on the basis of phys- It said that out of the total in September in 1.45 lakh prelim and then indicate their worked out regarding cadre the top levels in industry, ly, is being implemented through desirous of availing benefit under ical Aadhaar letter whose 2.61 lakh units sold during the crore outgo. That has so far not choices. They will be given an merger. We would ensure that finance, economics and man- Life Insurance Corporation of the scheme who does not possess authenticity may be verified year so far in seven major cities, shown any result", said officials. option to appear for IRMS also," not even a single officer is dis- agement fields, Yadav said. India (LIC). The scheme was the Aadhaar number or has not through the quick response around 1.47 lakh flats were announced in Union Budgets of yet been enrolled for Aadhaar, (QR) code printed on the sold in the January-June period, 2017-18 and 2018-19. "shall be required to apply for Aadhaar letter, the notification and the remaining 1.14 lakh had "An individual eligible for Aadhaar enrolment before reg- said. In the Budget 2018-19, the been so far sold in the second receiving the benefit under the istering for the scheme". maximum limit under half. This slump in sales comes scheme shall hereby be In cases where Aadhaar PMVVY was doubled to Rs 15 despite the slew of measures required to furnish proof of authentication fails due to poor lakh per senior citizen. The announced by the government possession of Aadhaar number biometrics, the the ministry's scheme is available for sub- in the past few months to ease (the unique 12-digit biometric Department of Financial scription till March 2020. liquidity and boost demand. 3      
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Thursday, led by selling in BSE telecom, energy, cap- 2018 when the street mopped crore, while the average issue previous years, only two IPO The largest QIP of 2019 was market heavyweights Reliance ital goods, bankex, oil and gas, up 30,959 crore. size was 773 crore. stocks are trading below the from Axis Bank raising Industries and HDFC Bank Hong Kong (AFP): Asian equities rose on Thursday in subdued teck and healthcare indices The outgoing year saw Only three of the 16 IPOs issue price now with the rest 12,500 crore, accounting for amid expiry of December trading, holding the gains recently spurred by the US-China trade lost up to 1.73 per cent. only 16 initial public offerings that hit the market had a 13 stocks trading between 21 35 per cent of the total QIP derivatives contracts. thaw. Following the Christmas lull across world markets, eyes Metal and basic materials (IPOs) as against 24 in 2018, prior PE/VC investment, a per cent and 170 per cent amount. QIPs were dominat- After tumbling 328.37 are now on US unemployment data and also on Japanese indus- settled up to 0.66 per cent show the data collated by the notable change from previous above the issue price as of ed by banks, NBFCs and real- points during the day, the 30- trial and retail data scheduled for release on Friday. higher. premier database on the cap- years. OFS by such PE/VC December 23. ty companies accounting for share BSE Sensex ended 297.50 Tokyo’s benchmark Nikkei index closed 0.6 percent higher Broader BSE Midcap ital market Prime Database. investors stood to 803 crore, For the first time since the 87 per cent (30,688 crore) of points, or 0.72 per cent, lower after a flat start. Shanghai put on 0.9 percent, while Seoul was closed 0.13 per cent lower That the economy is in accounting for just 6 per cent SME platform started five the overall amount. at 41,163.76. It hit an intra-day up 0.4 percent. Singapore, however, was down 0.3 percent. while the smallcap index bad shape — Q2 GDP has of IPO amount. OFS by pro- years ago, the IPO activity InvITs/ReITs also saw low of 41,132.89. “Investor sentiment towards the global economy is improving,” inched up 0.38 per cent. come in at near seven-year- moters at stood at 7,513 declined in 2019 as there were good traction with the year Similarly, the broader NSE said Rakuten Securities chief strategist Masayuki Kubota. On the currency front, the low of 4.5 per cent and there crore, or 61 per cent of total only 50 SME IPOs in the year seeing the first ever ReIT list- Nifty closed 88 points, or 0.72 Hong Kong, Sydney and Wellington were closed for a pub- rupee rupee pared its early is no sign of any improvement IPO amount. collecting a paltry 621 crore ing by Embassy Office Parks per cent, down at 12,126.55. lic holiday. gains and settled lower by 4 going forward — is clear from Seven IPOs got mega as against 141 issues in 2018 raising 3,874 crore. The over- Bharti Airtel was the top “With the... tech sector giants leading the way, investors are paise at 71.31 against the US the fact that as many 47 com- responses of over 10 times worth 2,287 crore and 133 all amount raised through loser in the Sensex pack, drop- showing no fear as the market remains underpinned by the thaw- currency on Thursday. panies who got Sebi nod to (IRCTC at 109 times followed issues in 2017 raising 1,679 InvITs and ReITs was 127 ping 2.23 per cent, followed by ing in the US-China trade squabble and easy central bank pol- Month-end dollar demand raise over 51,000 crore by Ujjivan Small Finance Bank crore and 67 issues raising percent more than in previous Reliance Industries, L&T, Sun icy,” Stephen Innes, chief Asia market strategist at AxiTrader, said and weakness in domestic through IPOs allowed the 100 times), CSB Bank 48 537 in 2016 and 43 issues year. Pharma, HDFC Bank, Maruti, in a report. equities weighed on the same to lapse. times, Affle 48 times, Polycab raising 260 in 2015 and 40 Of the total 81,171 crore, Titan and Kotak Bank. Volumes are typically light during the holiday season, and domestic currency, forex However, driven by offer- 36 times, Neogen Chemicals IPOs collecting 267 crore in fresh capital was 45,937 crore On the other hand, ONGC, the muted activity in Asia followed sleepy Christmas Eve ses- traders said. for-sale and qualified institu- 29 times and Indiamart 2014. or 57 percent and the remain- NTPC, Tata Steel, Bajaj Finance sions in many world markets. “No news being good news, Asia At the interbank foreign tional placements, the street Intermesh 20 times), one issue The OFS to dilute the ing 35,234 crore being offers and M&M rose up to 1.63 per should maintain... gains ahead of a US session likely to be pos- exchange market, the rupee saw 28 per cent growth in was oversubscribed by over promoters’ holding saw a huge for sale. cent. itive,” Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst for Asia-Pacific at had opened higher at 71.26 overall fund raising at 81,174 three times, the balance seven increase from 10,672 crore But the year was bad for According to traders, mar- OANDA, wrote in a note earlier in the day. against the US dollar. During crore in 2019, against 63,651 were oversubscribed between raised in 2018 to 25,811 divestments as against the ket turned volatile on expiry of In oil markets, the main contracts traded higher as the com- the day, the domestic unit crore in 2018 but this is 49 per one and three times. crore in 2019. Of this, gov- budgeted 1,05,000 crore on December futures and options modity remained strong thanks to trade optimism as well as the fluctuated between a high of cent lower than the all-time But from the listing side, ernment divestment account- 17,744 crore or 17 percent (F&O) contracts. OPEC+ output reduction agreement. Brent Crude and West Texas 71.22 and a low of 71.35. The high of 1,60,032 crore raised the year was good with IPOs ed for 5,871 crore or 23 per has been achieved till date. Further, investor partici- Intermediate were both up 0.2 percent. rupee finally settled at 71.31 in 2017, says Pranav Haldea, with strong debut trade. Of cent of the total led by it dilut- According to Haldea, the pation has also thinned on against the US dollar, lower by managing director at Prime the 15 IPOs which got listed, ing its stake in Axis Bank in IPO pipeline continues to account of year-end holidays in week, however consolidation delay in divestments planned 4 paise over its previous close Database Group. seven gave a return of over 10 February worth 5,358 crore, remain strong with 21 com- domestic and global markets, extend on account of F&O this fiscal. of 71.27 on Tuesday. The year 2017 saw 36 per cent, based on closing followed by SBI Life (3,524 panies holding Sebi approval they said. expiry led volatility and con- “Global markets seem to be Brent futures, the global oil IPOs mopping up 67,147 price on listing date. IRCTC crore) and HDFC Life (3,366 to raise 18,700 crore and “Market started-off on a cern over the fiscal math of the in comfort zone fuelled by benchmark, advanced 0.33 per crore, while 2016 saw 26 issues gave a stupendous return of crore). another 13 wanting to Sebi not flat note on holiday-shortened government due to possible hopes of easing trade tension, cent to USD 67.42 per barrel. collecting 26,494 crore and 128 per cent, followed by CSB OFS accounted for 32 per to raise 18,000 crore.

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48.70 KANSAINER 522.00 524.00 518.25 520.00 SCI 62.10 63.40 61.65 61.85 APLAPOLLO 1700.10 1722.80 1690.00 1720.00 BIRLACORPN 590.45 593.00 577.80 579.60 BAJFINANCE 4149.95 4196.45 4133.25 4179.00 39.50 BBTC 1000.00 1016.40 995.85 999.20 STAR 368.05 370.30 361.20 366.20 PFC 111.95 112.60 110.80 111.45 IIFL 139.00 143.55 139.00 142.70 MAHLOG 390.00 390.00 384.90 385.75 TATASTEEL 463.00 472.00 463.00 467.20 4.20 TATASTEEL 463.50 471.65 463.50 467.80 NATIONALUM 43.00 43.90 42.55 43.30 KRBL 289.00 292.00 275.30 278.20 GLAXO 1636.00 1637.00 1619.55 1625.00 GDL 96.15 101.20 96.15 99.60 EICHERMOT 21990.00 22200.00 21901.10 22045.75 177.10 FRETAIL 350.00 378.00 342.25 347.35 WIPRO 252.00 252.40 249.75 250.45 BDL 287.10 305.00 287.10 304.80 SJVN 25.10 25.10 24.85 25.00 TATAINVEST 801.00 804.55 797.00 800.65 BAJAJFINSV 9325.00 9392.00 9290.00 9347.90 53.05 JSWSTEEL 267.70 271.95 266.75 269.30 PIDILITIND 1379.40 1395.60 1379.30 1389.25 PFIZER 4225.00 4265.00 4146.70 4163.20 RAIN 100.05 101.55 99.35 100.10 INTELLECT 142.80 144.75 141.75 141.85 COALINDIA 198.40 201.40 195.20 200.00 1.05 SBIN 333.00 333.20 328.05 329.85 IDFCFIRSTB 43.90 44.00 42.90 43.55 CARERATING 493.70 524.15 493.70 509.05 DCMSHRIRAM 359.05 371.00 354.10 362.00 NH 305.55 311.75 303.60 303.80 ASIANPAINT 1799.40 1819.70 1797.05 1811.00 7.55 JINDALSTEL 160.25 164.75 159.95 163.55 HEG 1123.00 1129.00 1102.00 1105.85 POLYCAB 959.00 966.35 943.55 960.75 SHREECEM 20236.05 20382.75 20201.10 20382.75 PTC 53.70 54.00 53.70 53.75 HEROMOTOCO2432.65 2454.95 2425.05 2439.00 6.35 BPCL 476.05 484.65 474.50 477.05 MUTHOOTFIN 745.00 752.50 742.00 752.40 CRISIL 1871.10 1906.25 1835.30 1844.00 LINDEINDIA 655.85 674.05 655.85 663.45 SOMANYCERA 209.80 223.50 208.90 213.85 MARUTI 7323.90 7338.60 7224.75 7240.75 ADANIPORTS 373.00 373.00 362.40 362.40 DALBHARAT 796.00 803.90 787.00 795.55 BAJAJELEC 337.65 342.50 336.85 337.90 FINCABLES 358.70 358.70 350.00 356.10 HDFC 2412.75 2433.35 2404.30 2416.60 3.85 ICICIBANK 541.50 542.30 537.70 539.00 NAVINFLUOR 1008.00 1047.30 1008.00 1029.65 RPOWER 3.39 3.44 3.31 3.39 ENDURANCE 1040.30 1068.00 1036.25 1048.00 HUDCO 35.70 35.85 35.60 35.60 M&M 530.00 536.20 527.05 528.25 0.75 LT 1301.50 1307.10 1277.00 1279.25 AVANTI 581.45 584.65 570.30 573.90 ECLERX 566.75 572.00 546.95 554.75 LUXIND 1295.10 1300.00 1261.00 1261.00 JKCEMENT 1156.85 1163.60 1154.00 1155.00 HCLTECH 561.65 565.00 559.55 560.60 0.05 HCLTECH 561.00 565.20 559.75 560.85 BIOCON 289.50 291.30 287.00 289.45 ORIENTBANK 54.05 54.15 50.45 51.50 LTTS 1490.50 1495.55 1477.60 1480.00 HONAUT 26629.25 26762.85 26500.00 26504.70 TECHM 771.00 779.05 768.05 772.00 -0.05 RBLBANK 335.00 337.00 327.85 332.60 TVSMOTOR 464.00 468.80 452.00 460.55 ASTRAZEN 2772.65 2777.55 2650.00 2667.20 AAVAS 1851.55 1875.00 1849.05 1861.65 VGUARD 212.95 213.75 211.40 211.40 ZEEL 297.70 299.00 291.10 297.00 -0.25 IDEA 6.34 6.42 5.96 6.05 EXIDEIND 176.00 179.80 176.00 178.00 HINDCOPPER 38.50 39.95 38.35 38.85 TV18BRDCST 21.05 21.35 21.05 21.05 TAKE 97.65 98.90 97.30 98.00 AXISBANK 737.50 740.65 733.90 739.90 -0.75 ZEEL 298.80 298.80 291.20 297.00 EQUITAS 101.00 102.75 101.00 102.00 CUMMINSIND 555.70 559.55 553.30 555.50 CORPBANK 25.00 25.20 24.55 24.85 ADVENZYMES 165.85 168.00 162.45 163.15 UPL 572.70 577.00 566.25 568.55 -0.60 VEDL 148.95 152.45 147.65 150.65 ICICIPRULI 500.50 503.00 492.45 493.70 OIL 151.90 151.90 148.50 149.00 SOBHA 399.70 401.00 395.25 397.05 HATHWAY 18.90 19.70 18.85 19.15 HINDUNILVR 1950.80 1954.25 1938.50 1943.80 -2.60 HDFCBANK 1297.40 1297.40 1265.10 1271.55 GNFC 167.00 177.50 166.80 173.50 CONCOR 568.50 574.00 566.00 568.50 AJANTPHARM 950.80 960.00 948.80 957.65 NESTLEIND 14600.00 14715.00 14560.00 14560.45 -25.55 FORCEMOT 990.00 1131.00 975.10 1096.35 DRREDDY 2904.50 2909.95 2861.25 2865.65 AMBUJACEM 195.00 197.35 193.80 194.65 LAXMIMACH 3247.20 3333.00 3247.20 3270.00 BPCL 476.00 484.55 474.25 476.50 -1.30 TATAMOTORS 176.00 176.35 174.10 174.60 CANFINHOME 396.65 397.70 390.40 392.00 TORNTPOWER 282.10 282.40 278.40 280.35 HAL 720.00 737.80 718.00 723.40 BAJAJ-AUTO 3226.00 3239.00 3204.00 3216.65 -10.10 BHARTIARTL 455.30 456.75 445.45 447.15 HEXAWARE 330.00 334.10 320.20 323.00 FORTIS 131.00 133.00 130.10 130.75 BASF 995.55 1005.75 992.00 1002.35 INFRATEL 255.00 260.45 251.65 254.35 -0.95 BAJFINANCE 4169.00 4199.90 4134.30 4181.75 PAGEIND 21947.00 22500.00 21909.65 22391.55 LTI 1775.00 1785.80 1763.10 1769.20 SYNGENE 308.30 311.45 305.50 311.45 SBIN 333.00 333.45 328.10 330.20 -1.25 DCAL 71.00 79.30 71.00 79.30 RITES 282.10 291.75 282.10 291.65 INDIANB 105.00 105.55 103.10 104.25 CUB 227.75 230.00 225.05 228.65 ICICIBANK 541.10 542.40 537.65 538.80 -2.30 INDIGO 1308.00 1338.60 1299.35 1315.90 VENKYS 1801.95 1815.70 1770.05 1776.20 ADANIGREEN 155.00 156.20 155.00 156.20 PERSISTENT 671.20 673.95 665.00 666.20 INDUSINDBK 1517.10 1529.60 1504.65 1514.55 -7.30 TCS 2219.00 2227.90 2197.10 2201.05 MFSL 526.40 532.05 525.25 529.30 HFCL 17.15 17.75 16.95 17.35 UFLEX 194.35 194.65 192.75 192.75 TATAMOTORS 175.90 176.45 174.10 174.60 -0.90 INDUSINDBK 1524.80 1529.50 1504.80 1514.15 DEEPAKNI 368.00 376.40 362.80 371.95 REPCOHOME 319.15 322.65 314.55 317.40 APLLTD 550.00 554.00 544.85 546.20 INFY 732.00 734.55 726.55 729.50 -3.90 HDFCLIFE 627.80 638.80 622.95 635.55 MARICO 334.10 340.10 334.10 339.25 SUZLON 2.02 2.06 1.95 2.01 SONATSOFTW 306.40 310.70 305.40 306.00 HINDALCO 216.75 217.60 214.30 214.95 -1.30 INFY 734.00 734.70 727.00 729.25 QUESS 499.85 505.70 478.60 480.15 ABFRL 229.00 233.30 226.80 231.45 MRPL 41.00 41.00 40.55 40.65 TCS 2216.40 2229.00 2195.20 2202.00 -13.60 SUNPHARMA 432.95 432.95 420.85 422.30 SRTRANSFIN 1150.35 1167.10 1150.35 1153.90 TORNTPHARM 1857.35 1857.35 1831.50 1846.55 BLUESTARCO 784.80 792.40 780.60 790.00 GRASIM 739.60 745.80 734.00 734.00 -4.50 BANKBARODA 100.10 100.35 98.65 99.00 BANKINDIA 69.30 71.60 68.65 70.90 TRENT 524.00 526.00 515.25 526.00 IEX 142.10 143.45 140.55 140.55 ITC 238.90 239.40 236.35 236.95 -1.80 TITAN 1205.10 1213.60 1190.35 1192.55 OMAXE 157.00 162.55 151.30 156.55 HINDZINC 212.00 214.45 211.85 211.90 FDC 207.55 210.40 206.35 206.50 WIPRO 252.00 252.40 249.55 250.30 -1.95 DLF 229.90 229.90 225.55 226.75 M&MFIN 325.00 325.00 319.60 321.60 EIDPARRY 201.10 203.80 196.90 200.00 ZYDUSWELL 1440.55 1449.40 1438.00 1444.00 DRREDDY 2896.55 2914.75 2860.00 2870.00 -25.95 SAIL 41.10 42.75 41.10 42.40 MAHINDCIE 160.50 179.10 160.35 170.70 MIDHANI 158.75 159.90 154.90 156.85 ALLCARGO 96.50 97.15 95.65 96.90 INFIBEAM 48.00 55.90 47.45 54.95 ADANIPOWER 61.30 61.30 59.90 60.05 KEI 452.00 468.00 452.00 465.35 CERA 2684.00 2687.05 2654.00 2659.60 TITAN 1209.95 1213.75 1190.60 1193.00 -11.10 HDFCAMC 3220.00 3230.00 3180.45 3222.30 DIVISLAB 1817.00 1834.65 1810.10 1814.95 ITDC 319.95 321.50 314.75 314.75 LAKSHVILAS 17.55 18.15 17.10 17.65 POWERGRID 187.30 187.50 184.05 185.35 -1.80 HINDALCO 216.85 217.60 214.50 214.70 BALKRISIND 954.30 964.65 953.30 961.15 GODREJPROP 942.00 953.00 936.55 951.60 TCIEXP 755.75 759.00 747.80 747.80 BRITANNIA 3090.00 3118.00 3054.15 3061.50 -29.55 GAIL 119.75 120.35 117.70 118.10 ACC 1469.00 1469.90 1449.65 1452.75 PNBHOUSING 431.25 436.20 426.75 427.95 MAHSCOOTER 4454.85 4496.00 4408.15 4412.10 KOTAKBANK 1711.05 1715.00 1689.70 1695.00 -16.55 MCX 1151.05 1169.50 1148.65 1159.85 SIEMENS 1538.70 1539.00 1517.35 1521.35 IPCALAB 1152.00 1160.00 1127.00 1148.00 WESTLIFE 340.40 347.00 340.00 341.30 ULTRACEMCO 4097.00 4125.00 4048.75 4055.00 -42.35 SRF 3332.55 3426.65 3331.15 3419.05 NESTLEIND 14582.00 14700.00 14550.00 14563.35 IDFC 35.45 36.00 35.10 35.50 RAMCOCEM 753.00 756.70 749.00 749.65 VTL 942.60 970.85 937.55 953.70 CIPLA 478.70 482.55 472.25 473.45 -5.25 SBILIFE 998.00 999.80 987.90 990.00 BATAINDIA 1714.45 1721.15 1700.00 1715.70 MINDAIND 354.00 365.65 346.70 348.90 TIINDIA 483.70 499.50 470.00 489.75 VAIBHAVGBL 775.00 813.95 773.00 801.00 IOC 127.00 127.50 124.60 125.90 -1.50 ADANIENT 209.40 211.00 205.60 208.80 DBL 400.00 406.10 392.70 397.50 JISLJALEQS 8.07 8.41 7.87 8.40 FSL 40.60 40.75 40.10 40.20 GAYAPROJ 80.05 80.05 77.95 77.95 MARUTI 7334.00 7343.45 7222.00 7237.25 -90.55 AXISBANK 739.00 740.45 733.80 736.15 GODREJAGRO 509.00 509.60 502.00 503.90 PRESTIGE 347.75 348.40 332.35 333.00 GHCL 178.45 184.05 178.45 180.55 JYOTHYLAB 149.05 149.30 147.50 149.00 GAIL 119.70 120.35 117.60 118.00 -1.75 PNB 63.55 63.75 62.55 62.80 PVR 1810.00 1831.45 1810.00 1818.00 BAJAJHLDNG 3436.10 3500.00 3409.80 3409.80 JMFINANCIL 89.55 89.80 87.00 87.65 JKLAKSHMI 274.20 275.20 272.90 273.00 HDFCBANK 1289.70 1291.85 1264.65 1269.85 -19.30 TATAELXSI 850.00 851.40 811.15 815.60 APOLLOHOSP 1383.50 1387.55 1372.00 1380.00 PGHH 11466.00 11790.85 11402.60 11488.90 PRSMJOHNSN 60.35 62.85 58.65 59.85 BLUEDART 2202.10 2203.20 2166.05 2190.00 LT 1299.65 1306.70 1277.00 1279.30 -21.70 UBL 1287.00 1295.10 1240.30 1271.00 HAVELLS 653.90 653.90 639.60 640.80 VIPIND 418.00 423.55 415.15 416.60 JINDALSAW 71.05 72.05 70.50 71.15 GET&D 147.65 150.80 146.65 147.15 ADANIPORTS 368.80 370.60 362.10 362.10 -6.50 M&M 531.00 536.25 527.25 528.45 SUNTV 449.95 450.00 444.20 445.20 NOCIL 97.05 101.35 96.40 99.35 WELSPUNIND 47.85 48.35 47.40 47.90 SUPREMEIND 1122.65 1129.00 1120.00 1123.45 SUNPHARMA 430.90 431.40 420.65 421.90 -7.90 HEROMOTOCO 2446.35 2454.85 2426.00 2440.80 RADICO 316.00 321.55 311.60 317.85 INDHOTEL 144.85 145.55 140.85 143.25 CENTRALBK 18.35 18.35 17.45 18.00 SADBHAV 112.05 113.00 111.10 112.15 RELIANCE 1541.65 1552.95 1510.15 1515.80 -30.65 ITC 239.45 239.50 236.40 236.80 TATAPOWER 56.00 56.30 55.00 55.10 DCBBANK 170.00 171.20 166.40 166.55 PARAGMILK 137.00 141.50 135.00 138.15 SYMPHONY 1150.90 1165.80 1144.40 1144.40 BHARTIARTL 455.30 456.50 446.00 448.05 -9.10 HINDUNILVR 1947.90 1952.00 1939.20 1945.10 CASTROLIND 131.00 131.20 128.55 129.05 MASFIN 814.65 882.40 809.00 879.00 JSL 37.90 38.30 37.00 37.00 KALPATPOWR 396.00 403.25 393.05 400.50 YESBANK 51.00 51.60 48.25 48.95 -2.25 INFRATEL 259.00 260.25 251.60 254.60 GLENMARK 350.10 352.05 346.00 346.00 ITI 94.30 95.25 92.65 93.00 ABBOTINDIA 13105.40 13220.95 13004.80 13025.00 ORIENTELEC 195.95 197.75 192.90 196.20 EICHERMOT 21992.80 22200.00 21924.85 22026.35 CHAMBLFERT 144.95 152.00 143.45 147.10 GRANULES 130.00 130.85 122.40 122.95 TCNSBRANDS 609.00 615.00 590.00 599.55 KNRCON 231.45 231.75 229.65 230.40   ONGC 126.85 129.45 124.55 128.05 AMARAJABAT 721.75 724.30 704.00 712.05 SUVEN 304.50 304.90 300.45 302.50 COCHINSHIP 398.00 399.00 388.40 394.80 ARVINDFASN 382.50 382.50 373.00 377.85 NMDC 124.55 127.00 124.25 126.25 JAMNAAUTO 47.50 48.00 46.30 46.50 FINEORG 1914.35 1928.50 1880.00 1896.00 JSWENERGY 69.50 70.05 69.35 69.70 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE HINDPETRO 262.00 264.55 258.00 258.85 IRB 68.20 68.20 66.25 66.45 SANOFI 6884.15 7001.75 6764.95 6964.70 FLFL 401.15 402.50 395.00 400.05 NIFTY NEXT 50 28409.10 28435.25 28259.75 28280.25 -102.60 CANBK 225.10 225.30 219.70 220.30 JSLHISAR 67.75 70.00 66.60 68.00 TATACOFFEE 92.00 92.30 91.50 91.65 SUPRAJIT 184.60 189.50 181.20 184.00 MARICO 334.90 340.35 334.30 339.75 6.15 NCC 53.95 54.10 52.65 52.90 ASHOKA 98.80 99.20 96.90 98.25 WELCORP 132.20 132.35 130.35 131.40 AKZOINDIA 1951.90 1951.90 1929.00 1930.35 HDFCLIFE 627.90 639.00 623.10 636.60 11.30 TATACHEM 685.50 688.35 665.00 668.50 COROMANDEL 515.85 526.25 515.85 525.55 JAGRAN* 62.40 64.45 62.00 63.80 VSTIND 4208.15 4213.25 4174.35 4190.00 PAGEIND 22059.90 22540.00 21873.45 22273.30 342.85 PEL 1652.00 1655.90 1623.45 1648.00 DEEPAKFERT 90.30 94.20 89.40 93.85 GSPL 217.00 217.50 214.40 214.80 LAURUSLABS 369.90 370.30 362.75 365.20 NMDC 124.90 127.05 124.20 126.25 1.50 UNIONBANK 58.50 58.55 54.05 54.45 KAJARIACER 511.00 517.00 510.30 514.00 RALLIS 169.75 172.00 168.10 169.20 CHENNPETRO 112.15 112.25 110.25 110.25 INDIGO 1304.95 1339.20 1298.05 1320.00 13.05 SPICEJET 95.60 98.40 94.95 96.25 IRCON 392.15 407.20 392.15 403.60 TVTODAY 242.20 245.45 239.65 239.85 TNPL 165.90 166.05 165.00 165.60 PIDILITIND 1384.10 1396.00 1377.00 1389.50 12.60 UPL 569.50 577.25 566.70 568.95 PGHL 4208.80 4233.00 4120.00 4158.70 SOUTHBANK 10.39 10.40 10.29 10.31 FINOLEXIND 544.45 544.55 540.30 542.45 BANDHANBNK 499.70 504.80 495.90 501.90 3.50 BAJAJFINSV 9314.00 9392.35 9297.55 9351.50 JKTYRE 71.85 73.15 71.25 71.85 TIMKEN 883.25 899.90 879.60 893.00 GALAXYSURF 1463.00 1471.90 1422.65 1433.40 SHREECEM 20298.95 20429.25 20189.45 20400.00 130.70 IOC 127.00 127.45 124.70 125.20 CESC 742.10 747.40 729.00 731.90 CHALET 337.05 341.95 331.20 339.40 UNITEDBNK 8.78 8.90 8.58 8.90 DMART 1908.00 1926.00 1908.00 1918.30 10.90 BHEL 43.50 43.65 42.40 42.50 CEATLTD 1000.50 1001.00 981.00 985.40 MMTC 19.05 19.10 18.65 18.80 CCL 193.30 196.45 189.10 192.25 HDFCAMC 3220.00 3230.00 3180.20 3225.00 13.80 BANDHANBNK 500.00 504.85 496.05 501.50 AEGISLOG 172.50 188.00 167.50 174.10 BAYERCROP 3674.00 3680.00 3618.30 3618.30 NETWORK18 25.05 25.40 24.30 25.05 HINDZINC 212.00 214.50 211.90 212.25 0.80 JUSTDIAL 584.95 585.80 570.75 572.00 MEGH 48.95 50.50 48.30 49.80 FCONSUMER 23.40 23.50 22.90 23.00 GARFIBRES 1151.00 1176.55 1151.00 1161.50 SRTRANSFIN 1149.90 1167.60 1147.90 1157.00 3.00 DISHTV 13.54 13.59 13.08 13.19 MINDACORP 91.05 99.65 90.85 96.25 ALKEM 2000.95 2048.50 1999.00 2042.55 ANDHRABANK 17.40 17.50 17.20 17.25 BOSCHLTD 15400.20 15523.00 15231.00 15399.95 36.20 TATAGLOBAL 316.00 319.55 312.10 313.30 BALMLAWRIE 128.25 131.70 127.30 128.40 GODREJIND 422.70 427.95 418.65 424.85 TIMETECHNO 51.10 51.10 50.10 50.55 BIOCON 288.00 291.20 286.70 289.20 0.60 BEL 100.25 100.70 98.35 98.80 IDBI 37.45 37.50 36.95 37.10 THYROCARE 543.85 550.60 540.10 541.70 SHK 107.10 109.35 106.75 108.90 MOTHERSUMI 146.45 148.90 145.75 146.70 0.20 CGCL 200.00 201.40 197.80 199.00 RVNL 23.00 23.10 22.75 22.95 KTKBANK 72.75 72.75 71.65 71.80 HERITGFOOD 350.45 350.45 340.00 343.00 PGHH 11400.00 11800.00 11380.00 11450.00 7.50 CIPLA 479.50 482.85 472.75 473.30 BEML 975.00 983.50 965.75 969.45 RELCAPITAL 13.85 14.10 13.70 14.10 IOB 10.17 12.13 10.00 11.26 SHILPAMED 281.55 282.00 271.00 273.75 NHPC 24.10 24.20 24.00 24.00 0.00 LICHSGFIN 422.00 428.20 421.30 425.95 BAJAJ-AUTO 3227.15 3239.35 3203.40 3227.70 GUJGAS 224.40 225.30 222.70 224.00 LEMONTREE 64.05 64.50 63.35 64.20 CENTRUM 19.95 20.00 19.50 19.60 DABUR 457.70 461.20 456.70 456.85 -0.85 NTPC 115.75 118.00 114.05 116.55 DELTACORP 207.00 207.75 204.00 204.50 CHOLAFIN 302.95 303.30 300.00 300.70 SCHNEIDER 62.80 64.45 62.45 63.90 ORIENTCEM 67.00 71.00 66.60 71.00 PEL 1654.00 1655.00 1623.45 1645.05 -3.30 ASIANPAINT 1800.85 1818.90 1798.10 1808.65 FEDERALBNK 85.65 86.00 85.20 85.70 TRIDENT 7.00 7.00 6.75 6.90 CYIENT 415.10 416.95 407.50 408.80 AIAENG 1630.00 1659.95 1630.00 1653.65 DIVISLAB 1815.00 1833.00 1808.75 1812.00 -4.90 MOTHERSUMI 146.90 148.85 145.75 146.75 LUPIN 770.00 770.55 755.15 757.45 MPHASIS 871.80 896.95 870.00 888.10 HIMATSEIDE 121.20 125.95 120.20 123.30 NBVENTURES 67.60 68.00 67.35 67.35 MCDOWELL-N 592.00 596.30 581.70 589.70 -1.60 RNAM 343.80 351.00 340.55 348.70 RELINFRA 26.60 26.70 25.45 26.70 HSCL 57.80 57.80 55.60 56.50 TATAMETALI 624.20 631.50 622.00 622.50 GULFOILLUB 820.05 834.85 811.40 834.70 PFC 111.95 112.65 110.80 111.50 -0.45 ABCAPITAL 95.05 100.80 94.15 98.10 RAYMOND 659.00 659.00 635.50 638.35 METROPOLIS 1409.95 1409.95 1363.15 1384.05 ESSELPRO 174.90 174.90 168.80 168.95 PNCINFRA 193.00 194.00 191.60 192.00 SBILIFE 998.25 999.70 988.10 990.55 -4.20 KOTAKBANK 1713.95 1715.00 1690.10 1694.05 MANAPPURAM 172.00 173.20 171.80 172.95 AMBER 1057.00 1086.55 1035.05 1081.00 CAPPL 311.95 311.95 301.25 302.00 JCHAC 1917.80 1918.05 1904.10 1913.70 CADILAHC 259.35 260.60 256.30 257.20 -1.25 GRAPHITE 306.80 309.00 303.75 304.80 VOLTAS 651.50 654.75 645.50 651.70 EMAMILTD 308.40 309.85 303.00 304.05 GICHSGFIN 161.40 162.65 159.00 159.00 WABCOINDIA 6360.05 6385.95 6360.00 6360.00 L&TFH 115.00 115.50 113.95 114.35 -0.60 ADANIGAS 156.60 159.95 154.35 155.00 SUNDRMFAST 438.75 484.55 436.85 464.80 NIACL 141.90 141.95 137.30 138.25 NHPC 24.15 24.20 23.95 24.00 GEPIL 692.00 704.10 692.00 700.00 ACC 1464.40 1470.00 1448.10 1451.70 -8.90 ASHOKLEY 80.00 80.50 79.20 79.40 RCF 44.35 47.00 43.85 46.20 GREAVESCOT 130.00 132.15 128.10 131.00 GUJALKALI 396.00 398.65 390.75 398.65 MAHSEAMLES 372.00 375.65 366.75 375.65 ASHOKLEY 79.95 80.50 79.20 79.40 -0.50 WHIRLPOOL 2298.95 2494.75 2255.60 2434.90 BOMDYEING 73.35 74.70 73.05 73.65 GESHIP 297.00 302.50 291.00 299.35 NILKAMAL 1255.00 1259.00 1226.80 1228.60 VMART 1652.80 1652.80 1612.20 1620.00 DLF 228.60 229.10 225.55 227.15 -1.50 PCJEWELLER 23.40 24.25 23.35 23.60 RECLTD 136.60 139.05 136.60 138.60 DHFL 15.70 15.80 15.00 15.80 EIHOTEL 140.30 142.00 136.00 136.30 SOLARINDS 1050.15 1065.25 1050.10 1054.50 BAJAJHLDNG 3450.00 3500.00 3410.25 3415.20 -26.15 RAJESHEXPO 689.75 689.75 674.50 680.35 STRTECH 112.00 114.00 111.70 112.50 UCOBANK 16.10 17.80 15.75 16.80 INOXWIND 34.35 35.90 34.00 34.15 MAGMA 52.60 53.00 52.05 52.50 BANKBARODA 100.30 100.35 98.55 99.10 -0.80 DIXON 3740.00 3954.85 3730.20 3914.20 AUBANK 784.35 827.35 783.85 819.15 GSFC 67.65 70.30 67.30 69.20 OFSS 2894.00 2896.75 2820.00 2834.60 TEAMLEASE 2506.50 2530.00 2484.50 2500.00 GODREJCP 691.30 691.55 679.25 685.65 -5.65 UJJIVAN 337.60 340.25 334.75 336.90 RESPONIND 91.35 95.00 91.15 94.10 ALBK 18.70 18.80 16.75 17.75 HEIDELBERG 179.00 179.00 176.35 176.50 SHOPERSTOP 345.45 345.45 339.95 341.60 ICICIGI 1430.00 1440.40 1410.55 1420.00 -11.90 JUBLFOOD 1573.10 1601.55 1567.50 1598.20 JAICORPLTD 91.10 93.10 89.75 90.15 ERIS 467.65 467.65 456.05 458.25 MHRIL 235.00 235.00 228.00 229.00 DBCORP 132.60 133.30 131.50 133.10 PETRONET 271.95 273.20 269.25 270.00 -2.35 BLISSGVS 150.35 153.10 147.65 148.80 DABUR 466.00 466.00 457.00 458.15 PHOENIXLTD 787.15 816.00 782.25 800.65 WABAG 172.50 172.50 169.70 170.25 KPITTECH 90.45 90.45 88.45 89.30 GICRE 229.30 232.25 225.25 226.20 -2.20 ULTRACEMCO 4097.00 4123.05 4050.00 4061.10 COLPAL 1485.70 1485.70 1456.60 1458.95 3MINDIA 21645.00 21687.15 21410.00 21410.00 ASTRAL 1142.15 1162.45 1135.00 1151.00 CARBORUNIV 321.05 323.55 320.40 321.90 AUROPHARMA 463.40 466.60 458.05 460.50 -4.55 BHARATFORG 486.15 493.65 483.25 491.80 IBREALEST 60.50 60.60 58.60 59.65 ATUL 4025.00 4056.65 4007.00 4040.00 VINATIORGA 1918.60 1921.95 1900.85 1909.20 GPPL 85.10 85.10 84.20 84.20 HAVELLS 649.20 651.00 640.00 641.60 -6.50 MINDTREE 782.50 795.80 770.00 791.70 GODREJCP 698.95 698.95 680.40 685.45 PHILIPCARB 113.50 114.65 113.15 113.95 NATCOPHARM 576.45 576.45 571.40 574.00 SIS 931.55 947.60 930.00 945.70 SIEMENS 1536.15 1541.35 1516.00 1520.25 -15.45 TATAMTRDVR 72.70 74.10 72.45 72.80 GMRINFRA 21.35 21.55 21.05 21.20 CROMPTON 246.10 246.70 242.40 242.90 GMDCLTD 61.75 63.30 61.45 62.15 RATNAMANI 1027.00 1036.80 1023.50 1034.00 COLPAL 1478.00 1478.00 1456.00 1458.60 -15.60 PIIND 1461.45 1469.00 1460.00 1461.00 APOLLOTYRE 163.00 163.95 161.05 161.25 GICRE 229.50 232.50 225.60 226.50 GILLETTE 6614.10 6636.90 6593.00 6620.00 SFL 1325.00 1325.00 1282.00 1282.00 ICICIPRULI 502.00 502.40 492.50 494.60 -5.35 WOCKPHARMA 248.90 254.70 246.00 250.40 MRF 63602.05 63665.70 62982.20 62986.00 INDIACEM 70.30 70.80 70.10 70.30 THERMAX 1049.85 1057.50 1039.55 1054.60 VRLLOG 267.05 267.20 264.30 264.75 LUPIN 767.00 771.00 755.05 756.90 -8.25 DMART 1909.00 1925.00 1909.00 1917.35 NAUKRI 2576.15 2579.50 2511.15 2532.05 SYNDIBANK 29.05 29.30 25.80 27.05 BAJAJCON 234.10 235.90 231.85 231.85 MAHLIFE 394.20 395.00 389.80 389.80 AMBUJACEM 196.60 197.45 193.60 194.40 -2.15 COALINDIA 198.70 201.00 195.20 197.70 ISEC 383.55 383.95 362.50 363.95 MOTILALOFS 735.90 735.95 720.00 720.00 TEJASNET 79.00 85.70 79.00 82.45 INDOSTAR 174.05 175.00 172.10 172.10 BERGEPAINT 521.50 521.50 512.55 514.00 -6.20 ESCORTS 620.20 624.85 614.15 617.15 NESCO 674.90 678.00 656.00 663.00 IFCI 6.93 6.94 6.51 6.55 IFBIND 694.00 718.90 693.45 703.00 STARCEMENT 89.00 89.40 88.40 88.50 PNB 63.40 63.75 62.60 62.70 -0.80 L&TFH 115.40 115.55 114.00 114.45 LALPATHLAB 1475.00 1500.00 1475.00 1498.00 J&KBANK 30.15 30.80 29.75 30.50 OBEROIRLTY 522.30 523.25 514.75 520.50 SKFINDIA 2129.60 2138.45 2129.10 2130.00 CONCOR 575.00 575.70 566.00 567.80 -7.40 BERGEPAINT 519.20 521.80 512.45 513.50 CADILAHC 259.50 260.50 256.30 256.90 CENTURYPLY 162.00 162.75 159.45 159.60 VARROC 410.00 421.00 410.00 418.40 LAOPALA 145.90 145.90 142.40 144.25 OFSS 2891.30 2904.00 2814.00 2835.90 -39.75 NBCC 34.95 34.95 33.50 33.75 MGL 1055.00 1059.75 1042.00 1044.30 MAXINDIA 77.35 78.55 76.55 76.70 IBULISL 83.45 85.00 79.90 80.75 SCHAEFFLER 4474.20 4570.00 4474.20 4555.00 HINDPETRO 261.00 264.65 257.85 258.20 -4.25 AUROPHARMA 465.10 466.00 458.50 459.70 ADANITRANS 335.05 338.00 330.05 333.30 CREDITACC 770.30 772.45 764.90 770.45 NLCINDIA 54.05 54.30 52.75 53.45 KPRMILL 664.80 665.00 653.85 653.85 UBL 1285.00 1296.00 1268.00 1270.00 -29.40 BALRAMCHIN 174.00 177.25 171.80 175.15 EDELWEISS 112.80 118.30 112.35 114.50 SUDARSCHEM 406.80 407.20 397.35 401.85 MAHABANK 12.00 14.16 11.78 12.78 ZENSARTECH 172.20 172.75 171.25 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Pradeep Chamoli (2/36) in Left-handed opener the third over of the day. Abhishek Raman was dis- Mishra stayed on even as missed for 112 in the second wickets kept on falling at the ball of the day, adding just two other end on a day when only    6       runs to his overnight total. 16.2 overs were possible, help-   6    '    Raman was cleaned up by ing Odisha go past Stephen and after four overs Uttarakhand's first innings  - '-45$ in the morning the match was total of 117. held up for 20 minutes. At the Palam A Stadium shant Sharma bowled a sharp spell to On resumption at 9.27am, in New Delhi, medium pacer polish off the tail after Simrajeet Singh's   @9        %9   Bengal were unable to get a Manishankar Murasingh Ifour-wicket burst, putting Delhi on the    $     partnership going as Shahbaz returned brilliant figures of cusp of an innings victory against Ahmed became Stephen’s 7/63, as Tripura bundled out Hyderabad in their Ranji Trophy group A tury and helped his team take four sixes, while Ghosh hit 12 fourth victim. The pacer Services for 173 for a first encounter. a massive 152-run first innings boundaries. returned figures of 4/78. innings lead of 47 runs. After scoring 284 in their first innings, lead against Their stand not only pulled Delhi dismissed Hyderabad for 69 in just 1 :%  Mumbai on the sec- the Railways out of trouble, but 29 overs with Ishant (4/19 in 10 overs) and ond day of their also put them in a good position. Simarjeet (4/23 in 10 overs) sharing the 3;<6 #'% Elite Group B game In Mumbai’s second spoils on day two. 4**') at Wankhede stadi- innings, young prodigy Prithvi Left-arm seamer Pawan Suyal (2/25 in um. Shaw, who had failed in the first 8.4 overs) bowling from a four-step run-up In their second essay, innings, again was unable to also did his bit. Having enforced follow-on Mumbai were struggling at convert his start. on another curtailed day due to solar eclipse, "      "          .   64/3, as the 41-time domestic He fell on 23 after slamming Delhi reduced the visitors to 20 for 2 in      @  8     # "    champions, are still trailing by four boundaries. their second essay with seam bowling all- 88 runs. His opening partner Jay rounder Kunwar Bidhuri grabbing both reporters. were retreating towards leg-stump in It was due to Sharma’s hero- Bista too fell on 13 as Mumbai the wickets. Initially, Ishant’s was beating the bat order to avoid getting hurt by Ishant’s ics with the bat (112 not out) were in a spot of bother at 37- Hyderabad still need to score 185 runs at will but not getting the edges. Suyal on deliveries. and a valiant 72-run knock by 2 and it soon became 45-3 after to avoid innings defeat with two days left the other end drew the first blood, “They are not a below-par side just Arindam Ghosh, that the crisis man Siddesh Lad fell in the game. breaching opener Akshath Reddy’s that there was help from the wicket,” said Railways were able to go past the cheaply for 8. The conditions were conducive for defence. Simarjeet, son of a former national level 250-run mark, after they were After that Test specialist seam bowling as all Delhi pacers needed Simrajeet then trapped his Reddy’s hockey player. teetering at 43/5 at one stage. Ajinkya Rahane (3 batting) to do was pitch in the right areas and the opening partner Tanmay Agarwal leg Earlier, Delhi lost their last four Left-handed Sharma and alongside skipper Suryakumar lateral movement did the rest. before and Hyderabad never recovered wickets for 15 runs after Shikhar Dhawan Ghosh played cautiously and Yadav (15 batting) held the fort “My job was to support Ishant bhaiya from the loss. (140) was the eighth batsmen to be dis- kept frustrating the Mumbai and ensured that there was no by bowling tight lines. Initially, he was The Hyderabad players looked intim- missed. Pacer M Ravi Kian took all four bowlers, as they stitched a 116- further damage. beating the batsmen but they took less idated by the pace and bounce generat- wickets in the morning. run stand for the sixth wicket. They will need to bat as long risks against him. Perhaps, they thought ed by Ishant. He didn’t go full tilt but a Sharma, in his unbeaten as possible on the third day. they can attack me more and I got those percentage effort, bowling within himself, RAILWAYS TAKE BIG LEAD knock, hammered 15 fours and wickets. Ishant bhaiya’s brief was simple, was enough to scare the batsmen. Some   Railways skipper Karn Sharma pitch the ball in right areas,” Simrajeet told of the lower-order Hyderabad players led from the front, as he hit a gritty cen-