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Kharge records USUALSUSPECTS his dissent on Modi raps Didi SWAPAN DASGUPTA Ex-MP top cop appointment over violence in Budget bolsters Modi’s of 1983 batch IPS officer West Bengal pro-poor credentials new CBI chief Rishi Kumar PM should worry f global investment funds and correspondents of the PNS n NEW DELHI Housing Corporation. IWestern media were to judge the Interim Budget of 2019 Rishi Kumar Shukla, a 1983 Shukla served in Raipur, Shukla will take charge from about winning own presented by Piyush Goyal this Friday, they would nding a four-month cadre officer, was the chief of Damoh, Shivpuri and Mandsaur acting director M Nageswara unquestionably have honed in on a big Government: The Eimpasse, the Government the Madhya Pradesh Police. He districts in different capacities Rao, who took over the post last seat before talking failure to adhere to the fiscal deficit target set in last year’s on Saturday named 1983 batch was removed from his post He is known for ensuring quick month following the removal of Budget. It was unquestionably a failure. The fiscal deficit Indian Police Service (IPS) when the Congress Government investigations into rape cases in Alok Verma from the CBI of Bengal: Mamata rose from 3.3 per cent of the GDP to 3.4 per cent, and it was officer and former Director took charge of the State the State during his tenure as Director’s post. a significant 0.3 per cent higher than what Arun Jaitley had General of Police of Madhya Shukla was made DGP on June the police chief, leading to a Shukla will take charge of the SAUGAR SENGUPTA n committed the Government to. Pradesh Rishi Kumar Shukla as 18, 2016, by the Shivraj Singh substantial decrease in such a CBI at a time when the agency THAKURNAGAR/NORTH 24 However, it is quite unlikely that too much will be made the new Central Bureau of Chouhan Government. He heinous crime is going through a leadership cri- PARGANAS of this monetary slippage that Goyal sought to explain with Investigation (CBI) Director for was DGP for nearly Shukla is a postgraduate in sis and discontent among sub- reference to domestic political imperatives. The reason is a fixed tenure of two years. two-and-a-half years Philosophy and a native of ordinate officers, who are upset rime Minister Narendra two-fold. However, the finalisation of He is currently serving Gwalior with their “unjustified trans- PModi on Saturday kicked First, most of the analysts and much of the Khan Market Shukla’s name in a 2-1 decision as the DGP housing He underwent training in fers”. Sources said although started his election campaign in media — an expression that is fast replacing the earlier by the Prime Minister-led selec- corporation the USA for crisis Shukla has not served in the CBI, Bengal with a scathing attack Prime Minister Narendra Modi emphasis on Sir Edwin Lutyens — were convinced that the tion panel, which has Chief The officer has also management he was in the Intelligence Bureau on Mamata Banerjee and the addresses BJP’s ‘Save Democracy’ rally embarrassment of the purported unemployment figures by Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi worked in the and hostage where he handled several sensi- Congress from twin rallies at at Durgapur in West Bardhaman district the NSSO was powerful enough to knock Narendra Modi out and the leader of the Congress Intelligence Bureau negotiations, tive matters. Thakurnagar a hot seat of the of West Bengal on Saturday PTI of the electoral contest altogether. The sneer on the face of in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Shukla is also besides He is known for ensuring Matua community in North 24 Congress MP Kapil Sibal as he mocked “pakodanomics” Kharge as the other members, known for his another quick investigations into cases Parganas and the industrial the multi-crore Sharada and told the whole story of elite disdain for the Government that has led to a new controversy. work against stint of of rape in the State during his city of Durgapur in West Rose Calley chit fund cases had dared undertake demonetisation in defiance of the Congress leader Kharge terrorism training tenure as the police chief, lead- Burdwan district. even as he reminded, “even I entire punditry. The foreign media is by and large hostile to submitted a dissent note to the ing to a substantial decrease in Mamata retaliated by say- was quizzed by them for nine After passing in the Narendra Modi Government because it doesn’t PM opposing Shukla’s name on London such a heinous crime. A post- ing that Modi and Home hours when I was the Chief understand beef politics and because it doesn’t know the grounds of his “inexperi- out from the graduate in Philosophy and a Minister Rajnath Singh should Minister of Gujarat and yet did anyone in the BJP who have cosmopolitan tastes. ence” in handling anti-corrup- National native of Gwalior, Shukla worry about winning their not prohibit their entry to my Consequently, it too delighted in the fact that Modi was tion investigations. But Union Police Academy, ensured that charge sheets in own Lok Sabha seats before State.” finally imploding. They approached the Interim Budget as an Minister Jitendra Singh criminal cases were filed at the dreaming of victory in West Attacking Mamata for per- exercise inirrelevancy. charged Kharge with “wanting earliest to ensure timely start of Bengal. The TMC supremo’s petrating “violence” in order to Secondly, the ecosystem around the old and to manipulate the CBI chief panel’s deliberations to the experience in investigating anti- trial so that delay in delivery of attack on two BJP leaders came stop the BJP from working in dispossessed Establishment also believed that the first selection criteria by including media. “ corruption cases. “Seniority can- justice could be minimised, shortly after the two launched Bengal, he told an appreciably knockout punch had been delivered by Rahul Gandhi. The officers of his choice in short- In a two-page dissent note, not be only criterion in appoint- sources said. a blistering attack on her while large rally at Thakurnagar “look Congress president, or so we have been told by some list”. Singh claimed the CJI Kharge said the three-member ment to such a critical post and After passing out from the addressing separate rallies in at the huge canvas of people. emerging courtiers, had been so inspired by the works of had fully endorsed the objec- committee, chaired by Modi experience in anti-corruption National Police Academy, West Bengal during the day. Now I understand why Didi two Nobel Prize winners in tive criteria applied for the and in which he is a member cases and prior experience of Shukla served in Raipur, Launching a no-holds resorted to violence. Those The Budget hasn’t won economics that he actually selection of agency chief. along with the CJI, has violat- having served in the organisation Damoh, Shivpuri and barred attack on Mamata, the who advertise to be democra- got these people to design Singh alleged that Kharge, ed the Delhi Special Police should also be considered,” said Mandsaur districts in different PM who had to quit the venue tic, kill innocent people,” adding Modi the 2019 election. a scheme of Minimum has tried to “manipulate” the Establishment Act (DSPE) that the Congress leader. capacities, before taking over as in the midst of his speech “you cannot stop BJP from There is still a long and Basic Income that was criteria for selection of the governs the CBI and the Shukla was removed as DGP. He underwent training in apparently to save a stampede- entering in Bengal,” and warn- unveiled with the familiar CBI chief with the ulterior Supreme Court judgements. DGP of Madhya Pradesh only the USA for crisis management like situation, wondered, “Why ing, “more you try to stop us hard fight ahead of the rolling of sleeves by the motive of accommodating Kharge said the criterion in three days ago by the new and hostage negotiations, Didi is scared of CBI so that she forcibly the more we will grow Boy Wonder in some of his preferred officers. selecting the CBI Director has Congress Government in the besides another stint of train- had to ban it from entering her in this State until you are dis- BJP. It has, however, Chhattisgarh. The idea was He also hit out at Kharge for been diluted to include investi- State. He is currently posted ing in London. State,” in an apparent reference lodged after the elections.” helped the party to not so much to introduce “giving his own version” of the gation experience only and not as chairman of the MP Police Turn to Page 6 to the ongoing investigations in Turn to Page 6 the Congress Party to address the concerns of European and American two social groups that Left-liberal thinking but to Purchase of were feeling a little simply upstage Modi with Students’ issue: India issues Vadra gets bail in money the claim that the PM was estranged politically. stealing an idea from the 73K US-made party that has the divine However, far more right to rule. I don’t know if assault rifles laundering case important, Budget has people habitually ‘demarche’ to US Embassy accustomed to purloining for Army OK’d Asked to join ED probe sent out clear signals data thought of this bright PTI n NEW DELHI/WASHINGTON dents, who may have been embassy in the US has opened idea, but it was based on duped into enrolling in the a 24/7 hotline to assist 129 PTI n NEW DELHI “I am granting him inter- that not only is Modi in the erroneous assumption ndia on Saturday issued a ‘university’, should be treated Indian students arrested by the PNS n NEW DELHI im bail. Let him come and join the fight but that he that Modi wouldn’t have the Idemarche to the American differently from those recruiters American authorities in the Delhi court Saturday the probe,” the judge said. elbow room to introduce Embassy in New Delhi, express- who have duped them. “pay-and-stay” university visa ith the objective of mod- Agranted interim bail till The court asked him to intends to be in a any new scheme in an ing concern over the detention “We have urged the US side scam, officials have said. Wernising the infantry, the February 16 to Robert Vadra in furnish a personal bond of Rs winning position by April Interim Budget. That would of 129 Indian students in the to share full details and regular The university in Detroit’s Defence Ministry has cleared a a money-laundering case and one lakh and a surety of like have given Rahul the US, and sought immediate con- updates of the students with the Farmington Hills was part of major deal for 73,000 assault asked him to appear before the amount as a condition for copyright over the idea. sular access to them. government, to release them an undercover operation by rifles to be bought from Sig Enforcement Directorate and securing interim bail. Indeed, the day after the Congress president’s Eureka The External Affairs from detention at the earliest the Department of Homeland Sauer company of the US on a cooperate in the investigation. During the hearing, special moment in Chhattisgarh, the propaganda sheets of the Ministry said India continues to and not to resort to deportation Security (DHS) designed to fast track basis. Vadra, who is currently public prosecutor DP Singh Congress were celebrating the fact that the 2019 election closely monitor and take proac- against their will,” the ministry expose immigration fraud, The total cost of the mod- abroad, had on Friday filed an and advocate Nitesh Rana, was being fought on an agenda set by the Congress. tive measures to address the sit- said. The Indian mission and according to federal prosecu- ern assault rifles to be used by anticipatory bail application appearing for ED, opposed In hindsight, the foiled plans of the Congress and the uation arising out of the deten- consulates have visited several tors who announced charges the Indian Army, especially in the case linked to allegations Vadra’s anticipatory bail and Old Establishment may have come to nought, but they are tion of several Indian students detention centres throughout in the case. troops guarding the Line of of money laundering in the claimed that he had also got important indications to show that in 2019, Modi is up in connection with their enrol- the US to extend consular assis- The two numbers – 202- Actual Control (LAC) facing purchase of a London-based kickbacks in a petroleum deal against those for whom winning is a matter of sheer survival. ment in a “fraudulent universi- tance to the detained students, 322-1190 and 202-340-2590 – China and Line of Control property — 12, Bryanston in 2009. With the Government extraditing ‘wanted’ Indians from their ty in the US”. the MEA said. would be manned by senior (LoC) with Pakistan, is more Square — worth 1.9 million The agency said it has bolt holes in the Gulf and sending shivers down the spines As many as 129 Indians are “So far, about 30 Indian stu- embassy officials round the than `700 crore. The nod for the pounds. The property is received information about of those who had forgotten the distinction between public among the 130 foreign stu- dents have been contacted clock, officials said on Friday. crucial acquisition to equip the allegedly owned by Vadra, the various new properties in and private money, the oust Modi campaign has become a dents arrested on Wednesday by by our consular officers. The arrested students, their Army with this rifle was given brother-in-law of Congress London which belongs to matter of urgency. The election outcome won’t be known the Immigration and Customs Efforts to contact the remaining friends and family members by Defence Minister Nirmala president Rahul Gandhi. Vadra including two houses of until the middle of May but through a series of well aimed Enforcement (ICE) agents for Indian students are continuing,” can contact the embassy at Sitharaman some days back. Vadra’s counsel informed five and four million each, six blows, the Congress was hoping to reduce Modi to being enrolling at a fake university, it said. [email protected] The Sig Sauer rifle, large- the court that he will return to other flats and more properties. the head of a lame duck Government. That in turn would allegedly to remain in the US. A spokesperson from the n. The Indian embassy has ly used by the US Army Delhi from London on “We just want him to come have meant that weather-sensitive members of the “Our concern over the dig- American Embassy said, “We appointed a nodal officer to besides several European February 6 and would join the and inform about his proper- bureaucracy would have ensured that all pending nity and well-being of the can confirm that the embassy handle and coordinate all countries, will be bought probe. ties,” Rana said. investigations and other governance initiatives would have detained students and the need received a demarche from the issues related to helping through fast track route, Taking note of the assur- Senior advocate KTS Tulsi, been successfully subverted. for immediate consular access for Ministry of External Affairs Indian students affected by sources said here on Saturday. ance by his counsel, special appearing for Vadra, told the Politically, the importance of the Interim Budget is that a Indian officials to the detainees about the Indian citizens the busting of the “pay-and- The US firm emerged as the judge Arvind Kumar directed court that he was in London for form of Rural Income Support scheme for small and was reiterated,” the MEA said. detained in the United States stay” racket run by a group of lowest bidder after the Army Vadra to appear before ED after the treatment of his mother and marginal farmers has been put into immediate operation. By The ministry underlined to this week.” Indians that has put some 600 issued a global request for his return on February 6 and assured the court that he will voting day, almost all the beneficiaries would have received the US Embassy that the stu- Meanwhile, the Indian students under trouble. proposal (RFP) last year. cooperate in the investigation. come and join the probe. two instalments of the `6,000 per annum committed by the Prime Minister’s Kisan Samman Nidhi. Moreover, since the entire sum is being bankrolled by the Centre, neither Mamata Banerjee nor a Congress Chief Minister will be in any position to prevent its distribution. Unlike the tax sops for No relief from cold for 4 days: IMD Delhi to face foggy, the middle classes that must await endorsement by a new Parliament, the Kisan Samman Nidhi is effective from RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI December 1, 2018. This modest payment won’t resolve the rainy days till Feb 8 larger agricultural crisis, but read with other welfare initiatives he India Meteorological on health and pensions, it will further bolster Modi’s pro-poor TDepartment (IMD) predicts and anti-corrupt credentials. that cold conditions will con- STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI and 21 degrees Celsius, and the The Budget hasn’t won Modi the 2019 election. There is tinue in the next three-four minimum temperature will still a long and hard fight ahead of the BJP. It has, however, days in northern areas, includ- he Indian Meteorological oscillate between 9 and 11 helped the party to address the concerns of two social ing Punjab, Haryana and north TDepartment (IMD) on degrees Celsius. groups that were feeling a little estranged politically. Rajasthan, due to formation of Saturday forecast foggy and Due to low cloud and fog on However, far more important, the Budget has sent out clear intense back to back western dis- rainy days in Delhi and Saturday, Indira Gandhi signals that not only is Modi in the fight but that he intends to turbances and storm systems National Capital Region International Airport (IGIA) be in a winning position by April. The message down the line originating from Caspian Sea. (NCR). The Regional Weather recorded dense fog. “The visi- will be quite electrifying. The storm system will Forecast Center (RWFC), Delhi bility at the IGIA was 800 meter The chattering classes may have been surprised to hear bring rain in northern areas. (IMD) in its weekly weather and at Safdarjung airport it was the BJP benches in the Lok Sabha break into chants of Currently, it is moving across forecast said Delhi and 600 m. It was more thicker,” said “Modi, Modi” to celebrate the “josh” behind the Interim the Afghanistan-Pakistan adjourning area may witness Dr RK Jenamani, weather sci- Budget. What they need to consider is the electrifying region and is likely to affect the dense, moderate and shallow entist, IGIA. impact of Modi on others far less inhibited than sedate MPs. western Himalayan region, fog from February 2 to “Delhi was under coverage For a brief period between December 2018 and January northern plains and northeast February 8. of low clouds and fog at 9 am on 2019, Modi gave the appearance of being a little shaky. parts of the country. The sys- Also, the MeT department Saturday. For the last 2 mornings After the Budget, he is back with a bang. Till 11 am last tem will bring showers, hail and predicted light rainfall on fog occurred persistently irre- Friday, the Opposition was convinced the Modi era was over. thunderstorms as well as gusty February 5, 6 and 7. The max- spective of wind. The day tem- Now they must mull over the implications of an opponent wind in some areas. imum temperature will fluctu- perature was lower,” Dr who revels in adversity. Detailed report on P5 A train runs on its tracks through the dense fog during a cold morning in Mirzapur on Saturday PTI ate between 18 degrees Celsius Jenamani said. city 02 LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2019 Shah asks Rahul to clarify IAS Assn wants selection process of addl secys to be transparent stand on Ram Temple PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW P IAS Association has Udemanded transparency in the process of the empanel- JP president Amit Shah on ment of officers for the post of BSaturday dared Congress additional secretary at the president Rahul Gandhi to Centre. The executive com- clarify his stand on the Ram mittee of the association, which Temple in Ayodhya and insist- met on Saturday on the con- ed that his party would get cluding day of the annual 'IAS more seats in the upcoming Week’ adopted a resolution Lok Sabha elections than the saying the process of empan- last time. Amit Shah accused elment was not transparent the Congress of delaying the and officers were in the dark as case in the court and insisted to why their name was reject- that the Ram Temple in ed or not considered for Ayodhya would be built soon. empanelment for posting as “We want the construction additional secretary. of a grand Ram Temple in Earlier, the appraisal of Ayodhya soon....we will make officers was done on the basis the temple in Ayodhya. of the annual confidential Whenever the case goes to report and what mattered was court, the Congress tries to stall the opinion of the boss about it. I want all Opposition parties BJP president Amit Shah along with UP CM Yogi Adityanath, State BJP President Mahendra Nath Pandey and other leaders at the officer. The empanelment and Rahul Gandhi to clarify the party’s Booth Adhyaksha Maha Sammellan (booth presidents’ conference) at Gajraula in Amroha on Saturday PTI committees would select civil before the general elections servants for top jobs based on whether they are for Ram their annual progress reports or Temple in Ayodhya or not,? confidentiality reports. These Shah asked while addressing a Cane dues will be cleared reports were generated by just meeting of booth-level party one person: the immediate workers at Amroha in western boss of the officer under review. IAS officers coming out of the meeting held as part of the IAS Week held in Raj Bhawan colony on Saturday Pioneer Uttar Pradesh. Narendra Modi govern- Last week, the Centre filed within 10 days: Yogi ment had introduced the 360- an application in the Supreme degree feedback tool for offi- cer. The 360-degree review olution demanded that both tion of office-bearers of the Court seeking permission to PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW unpaid. cers on the threshold of becom- policy caused a stir in the the husband and wife be made association, Pravir Kumar, transfer 42 acres of the total 67 Earlier this week, the Chief Minister had ing additional secretaries or bureaucracy as the view of the eligible for availing 730 days' chairman of the Board of acres land around the disput- P Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath assured issued strict directives to the Sugarcane depart- secretaries in 20217. Under boss or the ACR ceased to be leave for the child care as Revenue, and Alok Kumar, ed Ram Janmabhoomi-Babri Usugarcane farmers that their outstanding ment to ensure timely payment to farmers and the 360-degree feedback tool the sole criterion for empanel- approved by the department of Food Commissioner, have been mosque site at Ayodhya to the dues would be cleared by sugar mills within the underlined that the government was making all for the selection of officers, it ment as additional secretary. Personnel and Training. The re-elected as the president and Vishwa Hindu Parishad-pro- next 10 days. The Chief Minister was in efforts towards facilitating prompt payment of the also matters what your subor- The association also resolution said child care was the secretary of the association moted Ram Janmabhoomi Amroha on Saturday where he addressed a meet- balanced dues and weeding out under-weighing dinates think of the officer demanded that young IAS offi- not the sole responsibility of the respectively. Pranjal Yadav, Trust. The land was acquired in ing of booth-level workers of the BJP along with of sugarcane at the purchase centres. and stakeholders. The aim of cers should also be considered mother. Presently, only women Arvind Singh and Anand Singh January 1993 by the Central party president Amit Shah. "The BJP has always So far, the state government has issued recov- the new policy was to bring in for posting as municipal com- IAS officers are entitled for 730 were elected as joint secretaries government soon after the been committed to protecting the interests of ery certificates against 10 defaulting mills, name- behavioural changes and enable missioners in Nagar Nigam. days' child care leave. and Pankaj Kumar as the trea- demolition of the disputed farmers and ever since the BJP government came ly, Malakpur, Walterganj, Bisauli, Brijnathpur, better assessment of each offi- The association in another res- Meanwhile, in the elec- surer of the association. structure at Ayodhya on to power in March 2017, it has relentlessly Gagalheri, Bulandshahr, Chilwaria, Gola, Shamli December 6, 1992. worked for farmers particularly payment of sug- and Gadora. The process of attaching sugar stocks, Shah brushed aside any arcane arrears. The government has so far suc- buildings, plant and machinery of these mills is likely threat to the BJP from the ceeded in ensuring a record payment to farm- already on to allow the district administration to lpw uk Samajwadi Party-Bahujan ers and remaining payment will be cleared in take necessary action for auction and payment Pilgrims die in road accident eS a vej flga iq= Lo0 iqRr w yky oekZ Samaj party alliance in Uttar next ten days," he added. of cane dues from the sale proceeds. fuoklh B114 jktho uxj dY;kuiqj Pradesh and said he was con- Yogi Adityanath was speaking in the back- Besides, FIRs have also been lodged under Lucknow (PNS): Half a The District Magistrate said occurred near Patijiya Buzurg y[kuÅ dk g¡Aw ejs s }kjk ,d jftLVMZ fident of a greater triumph than drop of sugarcane payments of Rs 1,200 crore for Section 3/7 of Essential Commodities Act against dozen pilgrims on the way to the bodies of the deceased had Inter College on Chapiya- foØ; foys[k fnukafdr 13-01-1994 tks that of 2014. “I am not worried 2017-18 crushing season still pending on private occupiers of 13 mills belonging to the Bajaj Kumbh died when the car they been sent to their homes after Babhnan road in Chapiya mifuc/kda dk;kZy; y[kuÅ e as Øe l0a about the alliance. I know sugar millers. Hindustan, Simbhaoli, Modi and Wave Groups, were travelling in had a head- the post-mortem. police station area in the after- ¼225@94½ ij jftLVªhd`r gS og dgh a [kks every region of this state, we In the run-up to the crucial 2019 Lok Sabha apart from three stand alone entities over the non- on collision with a container Meanwhile, in another noon. Sanjay Kumar and his x;k gSA tks fd ;s lEefRr [kljk la0 will get more seats than the polls, the Adityanath government does not want payment. truck coming from the oppo- mishap reported from Gonda, son Ashutosh were taken to 2@8 ,o a 2@12] jktho uxj dY;kuiqj 2014 Lok Sabha elections last to give any leeway to the Opposition to corner In fact, of the 119 mills in UP, about 92 in site direction in Kaushambhi in a 50-year-old man and his 24- the district hospital along with dk gS tks fd iw.kZ :i ls esjs LokfeRo esa time,” he said. The BJP, along it over farm sector issues, especially sugarcane the private and government sectors have already the wee hours of Saturday. year-old son died while three the other injured. However, gSA ;g lEifRr dgha caf/kr ugha gSA bl with its ally Apna Dal, had won payments, since it was one of the foremost pre- settled their dues fully, leaving only 27 private Senior police officers later others were injured in a colli- the father-son duo succumbed lwpuk ls fdlh dks dksbZ vkifRr gks ;k 73 Lok Sabha seats out of total poll promises of the now ruling BJP before the mills with outstandings, primarily belonging to reached the spot and shifted the sion between two motorcycles to injuries. A case was regis- fdlh dk s feyk gk s rk s lkr fnuk as d s vUnj in 80 seats in UP. 2017 UP elections. Against payables of Rs 35,463 Bajaj Hindustan, Modi and Simbhaoli groups, injured to a hospital. A case in on Saturday. The accident tered in this regard. esjs odhy lh0ds0 yhxy eks0 ua0 The BJP president said crore on UP sugar mills for 2017-18 seasons, apart from a few stand alone units as defaulter, this regard was also registered 993664442 dks lwfpr djsaA India needed a leader like millers have collectively settled Rs 34,260 crore, according to a senior state Cane department offi- and the bodies were sent for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaving the balance of nearly Rs 1,200 crore cial. post-mortem. to secure the country. He took Chief Minister Yogi a swipe at former Prime Adityanath also paid his con- Minister Manmohan Singh and the BJP, that is Narendra Modi,” UP Chief Minister Yogi that seeks a special probe into dolences for those who died in complimented Modi for order- This is not mauni baba’s gov- Adityanath for the law and the spate of police encounters the accident and showed his ing the surgical strike on terror ernment ... this is Modiji’s gov- order situation in the state in Uttar Pradesh which it said sympathy towards their fami- launch pads across the Line of ernment which launched a sur- which he said “is one of the best was a very serious matter. The ly members. He also directed Control in Jammu and Kashmir gical strike to take revenge for in the country”. BJP chief also hailed the inter- the local administration to in 2016. the country’s slain soldiers,” Shah’s comment on the im Budget presented by Piyush ensure full treatment to those “To take the country for- Shah said. It was Shah’s second law and order situation came Goel on Friday. “The who were injured in the ward, to secure the country, to visit to Uttar Pradesh after his 10 days before the Supreme Opposition and Rahul Gandhi mishap. develop it, we need a capable visit to Kanpur and Lucknow Court is scheduled to hold a were stunned by the budget,” he Sirathu CO Rajveer Singh leader. And that leader is with on January 30. He also admired detailed hearing on a petition said. said the accident occurred on National Highway 2 under Saini police station area, when the tyre of the ill-fated car exploded and the driver lost BJP chief to inaugurate party offices control of the car, which crashed into a vehicle coming PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW the office buildings in 40 dis- Uttar Pradesh Vijay Pathak Prior to Bulandshahar, Amit from the opposite side after tricts from the newly-con- said the office buildings in 40 Shah will address a meeting jumping the divider. District JP president Amit Shah will structed district office of the districts had been completed. in Etah district. BJP general Magistrate Manish Verma said Bformally inaugurate office party in Bulandshahr district He said the BJP president secretary and incharge of Brij five of the six persons, who lost buildings of the party in 40 dis- on February 6. In the remain- would formally hand over the region Govind Narayan their lives, were from Madhya tricts of the state on February 6. ing 39 districts, the party's 40 district office buildings to Shukla said in Etah booth- Pradesh. The deceased were The BJP vigorously pursuing its organisational leaders, minis- the party workers on February level workers from Agra, going to Prayagraj to attend the preparations for the coming Lok ters, local MLAs and MPs will 6. Aligarh, and Bareilly divisions ongoing Kumbh, he said. Sabha elections is keen to have its perform a 'house warming Chief Minister Yogi would participate where 13 Verma said the deceased own office building in each of the ceremony'. Adityanath had recently inau- Lok Sabha seats are located were identified as Ramsahay 75 districts of the state. Though BJP has reached its gurated the office buildings in including Agra, Fatehpur, Dwivedi (50), his son Satyam Amit Shah will inaugurate pinnacle in its electoral per- Balrampur district. The BJP Mainpuri, Ferozabad, (20), his brother-in-law formance in UP, the party lacks had accorded priority to the Mathura, Aligarh, Hathras, Rammohan Gautam (45) and its own office buildings in Balrampur district since it Etah-Kasganj, Bareilly, Aonla, Mahendra Tiwari (45), all of many districts. In October was once the Lok Sabha con- Badaun, Shahjahanpur and whom are from Sagar district 2017, Chief Minister Yogi stituency of the former Prime Pilibhit. This area is consid- in MP. Adityanath, along with Amit Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. ered as the bastion of the The other deceased per- Shah, had laid the foundation Meanwhile, Amit Shah Samajwadi Party and the SP sons are Anuj Tiwari (35), a stone of 51 district office build- will also address a meeting of had won Mainpuri, resident of Vidisha district in ings in Sitapur. BJP general sec- booth-level workers in Ferozabad and Badaun Lok MP, and Maheep (25), a resi- retary and incharge of west Bulandshahr on February 6. Sabha seats. dent of Lalitpur district in UP. vko';drk

vko';drk lekt dY;k.k foHkkx }kjk vuqnkfur turk Former BSP MLA held for murder fo|ky; izkbejh Ldyw e as lgk;d v/;kid ¼izkFkfed½ d s nk s in ¼lkekU; oxZ½ ,o a ,d in ¼fiNMk+ oxZ½ dk PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW fjDr gSA mDr dk osruoS.M&9300&34800 xzsM Kumar was later produced that the complainant was asked osru&4200 vk;q lhek&vkxkeh f'k{kk o"kZ dh ¼,d before the local court in to record his statement. tqykbZ½ dk s U;urew 21 o"kZ fu/kkZfjr gSA izkFkfed n directions of the High Barabanki on Friday from Earlier, on January 19, 2015, fo|ky; e as lgk;d v/;kid d s in grqs 'kSf{kd Court, Barabanki police where he was sent to jail. Shikhar Srivastava alias Raja, ;ksX;rk&¼d½ Hkkjr esa fof/k }kjk LFkkfir fdlh O fo'ofo|ky; l s Lukrd dh mikf/k ;k ljdkj }kjk finally arrested former Bahujan The sensational killing of son of Bahraich district bld s led{k ekU;rk izkIr dkbZs vgZrk ¼[k½&ch0Vh0lh0 Samaj Party MLA from engineer Shikhar Srivastava of Congress committee vice-pres- ¼x½&izkFkfed Vhfpax lVhZfQdsV ds lkFk&lkFk mRrj Bansgaon Vijay Kumar in con- National Informatics Centre ident Dinesh Gandhi, was izns'k ljdkj vFkok Hkkjr ljdkj }kjk vk;ksftr nection with murder of (NIC) was transferred to abducted in Lucknow. Later, the ¼izkFkfed Lrj½ v/;kid ik=rk ijh{kk mRrh.kZ gksuk National Informatics Centre Barabanki police for investiga- abductors murdered him and vko';d gSA vkosnu i= ds lkFk viu s leLr 'kSf{kd izek.k i=k sa ¼Lo izekf.kr½ ds lkFk nks ikliksVZ lkbZt (NIC) engineer Shikhar tions after the High Court last threw his body at Bardari village QksVks lfgr fnukad & 23-02-2019 rd vkosnu i= Srivastava, whose body was year took cognizance of unnec- near Badosarai in Barabanki. ek= jftLVMZ Mkd }kjk Lohdkj fd; s tk;xas As mDr found in January 2015. essary delay made by the crime The victim’s identity was ascer- frfFk ds ckn izkIr vkosnu i=ksa ij fopkj ugha fd;k However, Kumar’s wife branch of Criminal tained on the basis of cell tk;sxkA mDr in grqs lk{kkRdkj dh frfFk fnukad& 24-02-2019 dks fo|ky; izkax.k esa fu;r dh tkrh gSA Mridula Anand, who is the Investigation Department (CB- phones recovered from the spot lk{kkRdkj esa mifLFkr gksus okys vH;FkhZ vius ewy District Inspector of Schools CID) in nabbing the executors. after which his father lodged an 'kSf{kd izek.k i=ksa ds lkFk mDr frfFk dks mifLFkr (DIOS) in Gonda, also an Then in-charge of Badosarai abduction-cum-murder case gksaA lk{kkRdkj esa vkus okys vH;fFkZ;ksa dks fdlh Hkh accused in the case, is still on the police station (Barabanki) against five persons, including izdkj dk ;k=k O;; ns; ugha gkxkAs run. Kumar had won 2012 Shyam Narain Pandey said that BSP MLA from Bansgaon izcU/kd Assembly election from the High Court had directed (Gorakhpur) Vijay Kumar and turk fo|ky; izkbejh Ldyw xzke&I;kjis qj] ikLs V&eknsa k] ljkts uhuxj] Bansgaon in Gorakhpur but lost them to once again probe the his wife Mridula Anand, with y[kuÅ&226008 the last Assembly elections. murder of Srivastava. He said Badosarai Kotwali police.

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Police treating Woman set on fire over dowry 12-yr-old girl’s Sanatkada fest: Heritage death as case tours key attraction demand, saved by neighbours accidental firing PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW cash as dowry ever since she dowry demand on Friday night ing homes after attending a got married. “Her in-laws after which she went to sleep. wedding when the mishap olice are treating the death man allegedly attempted to would also incite Ansar to “Around 2 am, Ansar took his occurred. They failed to see a Pof 12-year-old girl as a case Aburn his wife alive in press the demand,” Salman son to another room while tractor-trolley parked in the of accidental firing. Ayushi Madiaon on Friday night after alleged. He said they sought Khushbu was fast asleep. He middle of the highway. Singh of Baba Hazarabagh she objected to his dowry police help ten days back, but poured kerosene on her and set Passersby called the police locality in Thakurganj had suf- demand. Gulnaz aka Khushbu to no avail. “We had lodged a fire to her,” the SHO said. after which a team of cops fered gunshot in the head while (27) of Aliganj got married to complaint after which Ansar He said a case for attempt rushed the victims to fiddling with her father’s pistol Mohammad Ansar (30) of and his family members were to murder and demanding Mohanlalganj CHC, where in Thakurganj on Thursday Madiaon over a year ago and summoned by the police. They dowry had been registered in doctors declared them brought night. Thakurganj SHO AK have a 6-month-old son. requested us to withdraw the this connection. dead. The police said the trac- Pandey said the doctors who In her statement to police, case and promised to mend tor-trolley driver had kept the conducted the autopsy were of Khushbu said Ansar sprinkled ways. But they still continued TWO YOUTHS KILLED headlights of the vehicle on so the opinion that Ayushi either kerosene on her and set fire to to torture Khushbu for dowry,” IN ROAD MISHAP that the vehicle could be visi- shot herself or the pistol went her. Neighbours rushed to her he claimed. In a tragic incident, two ble. “Both the youths were off accidentally when she rescue as she screamed for Contrary to Salman’s claim, youths were killed after their suspected to be in a drunken trained it on her temple. help. “Ansar’s parents Asiya Ansar, who suffered burns on bike rammed into a stationary state. The post-mortem report “The bullet pierced the and Mohammed Ismail and his hand and was admitted to tractor-trolley on Rae Bareli will clear the doubts,” the right temple. The entry and exit brothers Mohammed Suhail a hospital, claimed that road under Nigoha police sta- police said. wounds are in linear position. and Owais did not stop Ansar,” Khushbu had burnt herself. He tion on the intervening night An FIR was registered A person suffers such wounds she told the police. She said she told the police that he suffered of Friday and Saturday. against the unidentified trac- when he/she shoots self. In case contested the dowry demand as burns when he was putting off Satyasheel (28) and tor-trolley driver. The police the shot is fired by another per- her parents were poor. the fire to save Khushbu. Sandeep Pal (25), both resi- have launched a manhunt for son, the bullet trajectory Victim’s brother Salman Madiaon SHO Santosh dents of Gandhinagar in the driver who parked the remain downward,” he said. said Ansar used to torture Singh said both Ansar and Tedhipulia, were private work- vehicle in the middle of the PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW Khushbu, asking her to bring Khushbu had a fight over ers. The victims were return- highway. eritage tours were the key Hattraction on the second Gold rods recovered day of Sanatkada Fest on Saturday. The car tour on from 2 passengers STF busts gang stealing Amazon ‘Lucknow ki rachi basi tehzeeb’ began under the guidance of at Amausi airport author Mehru Jaffer. goods from containers; two held The SHO said a case had Discovering the regional com- Lucknow (PNS): The been registered against the munities and mohallas of the Customs department recovered PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW stolen mobiles, mobile acces- Prabhas was said to be the girl’s father Narendra Singh for city, the tour took people four 24 karat gold rods, weigh- sories, garments and several gangleader while Girija being careless with the licenced around and threw light on the ing 3,728 gm and valued at Rs ith the arrest of seven tools used for opening the Shanker Pal is the security weapon. “We will also recom- groups contributing to the cul- Chronicles saw fascinating Incidentally, the visitors 1.28 crore, from two persons at Wmiscreants during an seals and breaking locks. guard at the Amazon ware- mend cancellation of tural set-up of the city. anecdotes and stories related to were most excited with the idea Amausi airport on Saturday. encounter in Banthara on The cops were tipped off house in Banthara. Narendra’s arm license,” he Another car tour ‘Francisi- the uprising of 1857 along of a ‘karkhana’ which has been Amarnath Yadav of Deoria and Saturday night, the Special about the gang that was plan- Prabhas told the police said. The deceased was a class Awadhi Taalluqat’ gave the with interwoven events from set up for live demonstration of Ajay Kumar of Ghazipur arrived Task Force (STF) claimed to ning to target a container in that he and his aides used to 6 student. Around 10 pm on audience a glimpse of France in the wider theater of war across kite-making. A special work- at Lucknow from Dubai. The have busted a gang stealing Banthara. An SUV was found get the containers stopped in Thursday, her father Narendra Lucknow. People were taken to India. A night visit was also shop was organised on kite Customs authorities scanned items from containers carrying trailing the container soon deserted areas in connivance Singh, who is a property deal- Claude Martin’s country hous- organised to the tomb of ghaz- making and it will continue for and examined their bags after goods for Amazon. after it came out of the com- with the drivers or by force. He er, returned from Thakurganj es, including La Martiniere al queen Begum Akhtar. two days. which the rhodium-polished Those arrested were iden- pany’s warehouse in Banthara. said he was tipped off by the police station after getting the College and Fahhrad Baksh Ki In ‘Literary Guftagu’, there A mime show was also gold rods were recovered and tified as Prabhas Chandra The police team trailed the staff of the warehouse. He said licence verified. He handed Kothi. Nasima Aziz, a poet, was a talk at Salempur House organized by the Reshma seized. The operation was car- Sharma, Naresh (both of SUV which overtook the con- they used to enter the con- over the pistol to his wife author and playwright, gave a on ‘A handcrafted diversity’. A Valliapan who runs a creative ried out by deputy commis- Aligarh), Shivam Dubey of tainer in Kaithi village and tainers and then steal the Nirmala and left for Alambagh detailed explanation of the his- lecture focused on the role of initiative called The Red Door sioner Niharika Lakha and Mainpuri, Girija Shanker Pal of later, the miscreants started goods while their aides kept for some work. Nirmala took torical significance of these craftsmen in the modern times, which uses social media to assistant commissioner Ajit Talkatora, Nishant Chaudhary breaking the container’s locks. the containers moving to the pistol to keep it inside an places. where cultural diversity is at its address the issues of mental Kumar Kispotta and their team of Bulandshahr, Raju of The cops challenged the dodge police. almirah and before doing so, Meanwhile, Sanatkada peak. Laila Tyabji, a craft health and mentally ill. led by commissioner (Customs) Mathura and Ram Babu of miscreants, who opened fire on The other miscreants, led she put it on the bed. organised the Qaiserbagh revivalist and activist who has Through the medium of mime, VP Shukla. Amarnath Yadav Unnao. The STF team recov- them. In reply, the police team by Prabhas, used to trail the Meanwhile, Ayushi picked up Heritage Walk led by CDRI sci- been awarded Padma Shree, Reshma drew the audience and Ajay Kumar were arrested ered Rs 30,200 in cash, an SUV, also opened fire and over- container in an SUV and his the handgun and trained it on entist Amit Misra. The walk also spoke on the occasion. into a hitherto unexplored under Section 104 of Indian a motorcycle, two country- powered the miscreants, who aides used to flee after collect- her temple. The pistol went off began from UP Press Club and In the ‘Kids’ Corner’, world. This performance was Customs Act 1962. made pistols, live cartridges, 20 were nabbed later. ing the goods. and she suffered a gunshot. people visited heritage homes organised by Swatantra brought to the audience by Ayushi was rushed to the and locations of historical sig- Taleem, children enjoyed fun- CREA, which is an interna- KGMU Trauma Centre where nificance in Qaiserbagh. filled games, experiments and tional human rights organisa- Babbar nurturing own constituency she succumbed during treat- Interactive tour War storytelling sessions. tion based in New Delhi, India. PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW

ongress president Raj CBabbar is working hard to nurture his Fatehpur Sikri par- liamentary constituency. He contested Parliament elections in 2009 from Fatehpur Sikri but was defeated by Bahujan Samaj Party’s candidate Seema Upadhyay by a narrow margin of about 10000 votes. After spending two days in the constituency and attending several programmes earlier this week, Raj Babbar on Saturday facilitated entry of several Samajwadi Party leaders from the Taj city to join the Congress so his ground could be further strengthened to fight from his old native town. Uttar Pradesh Congress spokesman Uma Shankar Pandey revealed here on Saturday afternoon that show- ing solidarity with Raj Babbar, several leaders from Agra joined the party in the presence Raj Babbar, with SP leaders who joined the Congress, addressing mediapersons in Lucknow on Saturday Pioneer of state president. Prominent amongst those who joined the unit vice-president in Agra. attacked the Narendra Modi- big joke by the Prime Minister, Congress included Praveen Pandey said that welcom- led government for its failure. who so far just worked against Rajput, secretary of SP state ing the above named leaders in Babbar claimed that just Rs 500 the interests of farmers, youths unit, Vikas Parmar, SP’s district the party fold, Raj Babbar had to farmers was nothing but a and the common man. Book fair: Several takers for global literature translated into Hindi PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW K a h a n i ’, ‘ B e m a n i M a u t ’, ‘Vyatha’ & ‘Ek Clerk Ki Maut’ ooks translated from by Anton Chekov; ‘Pratiroop’, BRussian, American and ‘Ek Bhoomigat Aadmi Ki Chinese literature into Hindi Kahani’, ‘Shashwat Pati’, are attracting the readers at ‘Karamzov Brothers’, ‘Bejaan the Lucknow Book Fair, cur- Ghar’, ‘Gareeb Log’ & ‘Apradh rently underway at the Aur Dand’ By Fyodor Sangeet Natak Akademi. Dostoevsky. According to Manoj Among the Chinese lit- Sharma from Prakashan erature translated into Hindi Sansthan (New Delhi), which are ‘Khokhla Pahad’ & ‘Lal has set up a stall, said they Poste Ke Phool’ by Aaa Lae had translated vast amount of and ‘Jheel Aur Pahad Ka literature into Hindi this year. Romanch’ by Chao Tansh. “Readers are curious Sharma said that litera- about the literature of differ- ture in the current scenario ent countries and under- was available in two forms. standing what is happening “One is the pocket book lit- in those parts of the world,” erature which is the work by he said. authors and the other is seri- Sharma said people have ous literature by litterateurs. always been interested in Serious readers still opt for something different from serious literature,” he noted. their style of living. “Earlier, Among the authors in people were interested in that these books were just a taste and what they under- Hindi literature, Sharma said Bengali literature and this it mouse-click away, he point- stand as a subject,” he said. people were still interested in was translated into Hindi. ed out that literature lovers Among Hindi transla- the old ones. “Premchand Now, the readers have gravi- loved to browse the books at tions for the Russian litera- remains the most preferred tated towards global litera- book fairs. “This is a vast ture are ‘Maa’ by Maxim after so many years in com- ture,” he pointed out. ocean before them and they Gorky; ‘Patni’, ‘Ek Machhli Ka parison to the young Though Sharma admitted pick and choose as per their Pyaar’, ‘Ek Agyaat Aadmi Ki authors,” he added. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2019 city 04

Bird festival organised at Nawabganj Sanctuary PIONEER NEWS SERVICE n LUCKNOW to save the natural resources tor (Forest) Pawan Kumar of the state. The conservation said that ringing of the birds one-day bird festival was of wetlands is not new and our was important as it would pro- Aorganised at Nawabganj ancestors always mooted the vide all the necessary infor- Sanctuary by the Forest idea through culture, rituals mation related to the lifecycle, department on the occasion of and religion.” habits and food taken by World Wetland Day on Referring to the current them. Saturday. The ringing of two scenario, he said conservation The minister also visited birds (surkhab and flycatcher) of wetlands was important in a ‘One District, One Product’ was also carried for getting order to maintain life on exhibition on the occasion. information about their earth. “Bird-watching, an The technical sessions wit- habits. important ecotourist activity, nessed the participation of Speaking on the occasion, is an area of entertainment experts from Uttarakhand and Forest Minister Dara Singh through which one can know Mumbai. The programme also Chauhan said: “We should the activities of birds in terms highlighted the association of work towards conserving our of their behaviour, habits, senior citizens and different- natural heritage and also UP Forest department and Wildlife SOS celebrated World Wetlands Day through a series of awareness building exercises, nests etc. ly-abled people with the con- observe the efforts being made including bird-watching workshops, painting competitions and talks for school students Principal chief conserva- cept of bird-watching. CITYBRIEFS

SWINE FLU Tripathi was the chief guest on the occasion. Another case of swine flu was confirmed in Around ten countries participated in the con- the state capital on Saturday, taking the total to ference. The programme consisted of plenary 31. The CMO has already alerted city hospitals sessions and paper presentations in technical ses- to make adequate arrangement to prevent sions under various themes. H1N1 cases. Adarsh, a resident of Cantt road in Udayganj, tested positive for swine flu. His con- FOUNDATION DAY dition is stable and he is being treated at home. KGMU Vice-Chancellor Dr MLB Bhatt Medication has been provided to him while his exhorted doctors to serve people with compas- attendants and family members vaccinated. sion. He was speaking at the 150th Foundation Day celebrations at Balrampur Hospital on CONFERENCE Saturday. Head of SGPGI’s Neurosurgery depart- A two-day international conference on ment Dr Sunil Pradhan told the doctors about ‘Rethinking the Global South: Literatures, the importance of being research-oriented. In Cultures and Media’, in collaboration with a surgical session, two live laparoscopic opera- Challenging Precarity: A Global Network (UK), tions of patients were performed by Dr Rahul was organised by the department of Humanities Singh. Balrampur Hospital director Dr Rajeev and Social Sciences, Shri Ramswaroop Memorial Lochan presented mementos and awards to the University. West Bengal Governor Kesari Nath doctors and guests. SCHOOLSCAN

ny, certificates of excellence City Montessori School, was were awarded to students of inaugurated at the Kanpur class XII for their performance Road auditorium on Saturday. in varied fields. Shaaz Ali Khan The chief guest on the occasion was given away the ‘Student of was Additional Chief Secretary, the Year Award’. Secondary and Higher Education, Rajendra Kumar CONFERENCE Tiwari. He inaugurated the INVESTITURE AND A two-day international conference amidst scintillating CITATION CEREMONY conference on ‘Character education-cultural pro- Delhi Public School, Indira Education and Future Impact’, grammes. Educationists here Nagar, organised ‘Investiture organised by Character from Georgia, Iran, Qatar, UK, and Citation Ceremony’ for Education and Youth USA and various states of India 2019-2020 session on Saturday. Empowerment department of put forth their views. A new student council was formed and badges were hand- ed over to them. Headboy Shaaz Ali Khan and headgirl Sanjeevani Upadhyay spoke on the occasion. Certificates were awarded to the outgoing council members of class XII. Badges and sashes were hand- ed over to the newly-designat- ed council members who were sworn in by principal Ghazala Afsar. In the citation ceremo- Kumbh: Special arrangements made for cleaning drains Allahabad: Special arrangements were made to expedite the process of clean- ing all drains here during the two-month-long Kumbh Mela. Under the Namami Gange pro- ject of the Centre, a host of measures for sanitation as well as checking the flow of sewer drains into the Ganga river were put in place at an expen- diture of around Rs 250 crore, said officials of the National Clean Ganga Mission (NCGM). “There are 46 big drains that flow directly in the river. Their flow has been checked and treated through bioreme- diation and polymer-based techniques to provide clean water for the Kumbh,” said Rajat Gupta, special consultant with the NCGM. Under the project, the UP Jal Nigam hired an NGO, Geo Contractors, for treating sewer water of Arail, Salori, Mawaiya, Lote Haran and Rajapur drains of total 60.51 MLD discharge through advanced techniques. A special technique — geosynthetic dewatering tube — was being used to clean water of Lote Haran drain on the Jhusi side of the Ganga river. “This is a technique deployed for the first time in the world which has proved very effective for cleaning sewer water,” said Rajneesh Mehra, the director of Geo Contractors. Three new sewage treat- ment plants of total capacity of 72 MLD would be coming up at Allahabad’s satellite towns Jhusi, Naini and Phaphamau, Gupta said, adding that these plants would be completed by 2020. The NMCG also under- took projects for ensuring solid waste management and sani- tation at the Kumbh, with con- struction of 27,500 toilets, 20,000 urinals and 1,60,000 dustbins. Trash skimmer was deployed for scooping of float- ing waste material from the river surface. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2019 landmark 05 Security in Jammu & Kashmir beefed up ahead of PM visit

RAHUL DATTA\MOHIT roads leading to the Jammu- by the nearly 300 km long and Kulgam and large presence high attrition rate, the terror- KANDHARI n NEW Pathankot highway has been Jammu-Srinagar highway. of sympathizers amongst the ist ‘tanzeems(organizations) DELHI\JAMMU strengthened and over two Since vehicles going to Kashmir local population, sources did have managed to shore up its dozen security check points valley from Jammu are rarely not rule out situation getting fighter strength through infil- ven as the security forces raised to monitor movement of checked, the JeM is taking tense in these areas close to the tration through non-tradition- Ehave managed to neutralise the suspected persons in advantage of this factor and Banihal tunnel. al routes, foremost being inter- at least 10 foreign terrorists unauthorised vehicles on the after crossing Jawahar tunnerl As regards infiltration, they national border in Jammu and including eight of Pakistan highway. near Banihal, the gateway to said the “traditional” routes Punjab, they said. based Jaish-e-Mohammad During his visit in Jammu, Kashmir valley, the militants including those in South and The International Border (JeM) in the last three months, the Prime Minister is scheduled merge into the thickly popu- North of Pir Panjal ranges has come into focus in terms of alarm bells have started ringing to lay foundation stone of lated Qazigund and Kiulgam have reported almost nil infil- infiltration after National as most of the terrorists, in all AIIMS, Jammu and several areas near the tunnel. In fact, tration due to snow and the Investigation Agency(NIA)in probability, sneaked into the other key developmental pro- two encounters last week took Army not reducing its troop December last year is learnt to Kashmir valley through heav- jects in Jammu region. He is place in Kulgam thereby clear- strength on the Line of have submitted a comprehen- ily guarded Jammu region con- scheduled to address a public ly indicating that the terrorists Control(LOC). The troop sive report to the Union home sidered to be a “non-tradi- rally for which the State unit of came via Jammu, officials strength is generally thinned ministry, highlighting the fact tional” infiltration route. the party has made elaborate admitted. out during winter months but that terrorist outfits, based in Incidentally, three encounters arrangements. Five Union Elaborating upon this cru- this time around the Army Pakistan, are relying more on near Srinagar in the last fort- Ministers heading different cial factor, they said in wants to maintain its tempo of International Border. night, in which three JeM mil- Ministries and senior party November last year 39 terror- operations by following a twin- The NIA report was based itants were killed, took place leaders are expected to accom- ists were killed including three pronged strategy. on interrogation of over ground after they managed to reach the pany Prime Minister during his JeM, one JeM out of 20 mili- Giving reasons for the alarm workers engaged in the task of outskirts of the capital by road visit to the State. tants killed in December and about the new trend of militants ferrying these infiltrators via from Jammu undetected. Admitting that the phe- four in January this year adding using “non-traditional” routes, Jammu Srinagar National With Prime Minister nomenon of JeM using non- nearly all the JeM came in officials said all the parameters Highway in trucks headed Narendra Modi scheduled to traditional routes like the bor- through the Jammu region. of terrorism in Kashmir are towards Kashmir valley. More visit the State on Sunday, secu- ders of Jammu and Punjab They also mentioned local mil- showing a downward trend. than three dozen terrorists rity has been further tightened has emerged the “highest point itants were also killed along These include more than 270 were transported by over to thwart any possibility of a of worry and concern,” officials with the JeM as they were not militants neutralized last year, ground workers(OGWs) or ‘fidayeen(suicide)’ attack. in the security establishment well conversant with the terrain the highest ever, in the last ten sympathisers through the same Modi will visit all three regions Security personnel keep tight vigil at Jammu & Kashmir National Highway in Jammu on Saturday PTI said on Saturday it may pose a and the local ultras acted as years and reduced number of route before they came on the of the State including Jammu, challenge in the weeks to come. guide and points man. infiltration bids. radar of the security forces dur- Kashmir and Ladakh. movement in the forward area The multi-layered security police are patrolling the area Explaining their appre- Another cause of worry is Despite these factors, the ing gun fight between hiding All the agencies continue to in Jammu and a high alert has cordon has been thrown on and combing the dense forests hensions, sources said most of Kulgam slipping back into number of active militants terrorists and the security search ‘foot prints’ of heavily been sounded in and around ground zero to prevent any to track down the presence of the militants of JeM are for- active militancy, officials said ranging from 290-300, have not forces near Jhajjar Kotli on armed infiltrators along the venue of the Prime Ministers’s major strike in the region. any hiding militants in the eigners. After infiltrating into adding the district was declared come down and it is a “definite Jammu-Srinagar National International border after ‘Maharally’ in Vijaypur area of Joint teams of the Army, Border area. Jammu, they are ferried in terrorist free in 2011. With the cause of concern,” officials Highway last year. recording their suspected Samba district. Security Force(BSF) and State Security along the border trucks or cars by sympathisers influx of JeM into Qazigund admitted. Though suffering NBCC to build ayurveda, ED files money laundering naturopathy hospital case against Kochhar, others worth `268 crore in Goa PTI n NEW DELHI ICICI-VIDEOCON CASE he Enforcement ‘Existing outstanding in the PNS n NEW DELHI TDirectorate (ED) has reg- istered a criminal case of accounts of these private he National Building money laundering against for- group companies were TConstruction mer ICICI Bank CEO Chanda adjusted in Rupee Term Loan Company (NBCC) on Saturday Kochhar, her husband Deepak of `1,730 crore sanctioned by said it will construct an Kochhar, Videocon Group pro- ICICI Bank under refinance of ayurveda and naturopathy hos- moter Venugopal Dhoot and pital in Goa at a cost of `267.81 others to probe alleged irregu- domestic debt under crore. larities and corrupt practices in consortium arrangement on A memorandum of under- sanctioning of `1,875-crore April 26, 2012’ standing (MoU) with the loans by the bank to the cor- Ministry of AYUSH has been porate group, officials said (VIEL) and Videocon between Deepak Kochhar and signed in this regard. NBCC for doctors and 91 rooms for Saturday. Industries Limited (VIL). It also Dhoot, the CBI alleged. will complete the 50-acre pro- 182 students. They said the central probe named Supreme Energy, a During its preliminary Stock flower (Matthiola incana) at the Mughal Gardens of Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on Saturday, The Gardens will be ject in the next 24 months, the The yoga facility centre agency filed an Enforcement company founded by Dhoot, enquiry, the CBI found that six thrown open for the public from Feb 6 to March 10 Ranjan Dimri | Pioneer NBCC said in a statement. will include diabetic clinic, Case Information Report and Nupower Renewables, a loans worth `1,875 crore were NBCC is a Navratna enterprise cardiac care unit and a spe- (ECIR) under the Prevention of company controlled by Deepak sanctioned to the Videocon under the Ministry of Housing cialised yoga therapy room for Money Laundering Act, taking Kochhar, in the FIR. Group and companies associ- and Urban Affairs. 30 patients. cognisance of a CBI complaint The CBI has slapped sec- ated with it between June, 2009 Its areas of operations are NBCC CMD Anoop filed on the matter last month. tions of the Indian Penal Code and October, 2011 in alleged Chennai court frames charges Project Management Kumar Mittal said the compa- An ECIR is the ED’s equiv- related to criminal conspiracy, violation of laid-down policies Consultancy (PMC), real estate ny has been undertaking sev- alent of a police FIR. cheating and provisions of the of ICICI Bank, which have now development and EPC con- eral significant projects such as The officials said the Prevention of Corruption Act become part of the probe. against Maran brothers tracting. ESIC Hospitals, medical col- agency would probe if alleged on all the accused. It had also “Existing outstanding in The All India Institute of leges and hospitals of various kickbacks generated in the conducted raids in the case. the accounts of these private KUMAR CHELLAPPAN n Investigation. The trial may from 2004 to 2007 in the UPA Ayurveda, Yoga and State Governments. loan deal were laundered to It is alleged that Dhoot had group companies were adjust- CHENNAI begin any time from now. Government led by Manmohan Naturopathy will also cater It has recently create tainted assets. invested in Deepak Kochhar’s ed in Rupee Term Loan of The delay in framing of Singh, misused his office and to over 500 students every acquired HSCC, formerly The ED is soon expected to company Nupower through `1,730 crore sanctioned by he DMK has been put in a charge sheet was due to the installed a private telephone year offering undergraduate, known as Hospital summon the accused named in his firm Supreme Energy a ICICI Bank under refinance of Tquandary by a special court attempts by the Maran brothers exchange at his residences in post-graduate and PhD Services Consultancy the ECIR. The list of accused quid pro quo to loans cleared domestic debt under consor- in Chennai which framed to delay the case in each stage of Chennai and used the network degrees. Corporation, which is into in the ED case is the same as by ICICI Bank after Chanda tium arrangement on April charges against party leader and the trial. for the commercial telecasting The hospital will be divid- developing institutional and that of the CBI, they said. Kochhar took over as the CEO 26, 2012,” a CBI spokesperson former Union Communication Though the CBI had filed business of the Sun Network, ed into two sections — a 100- healthcare infrastructure The CBI had named of the bank on May 1, 2009. had said. Minister Dayanidhi Maran and the case against the Maran owned by his brother. The inves- bed ayurveda facility and a 150- projects. With this takeover, Chanda Kochhar, Deepak The ownership of The loans were declared his business baron brother brothers and five of their asso- tigating agency had told the trial bed naturopathy department. NBCC has further strength- Kochhar, and Dhoot and his Nupower and Supreme Energy non-performing assets in 2012, Kalanidhi Maran in the illegal ciates in 2017, alleging that court that exchequer had lost Rs The institute will also have ened its healthcare vertical and companies — Videocon changed hands through a com- causing a loss of `1,730 crore telephone exchange case inves- Dayanidhi Maran had , during 1.78 crore because of the illegal hostel facility, with 67 rooms expertise. International Electronics Ltd plex web of shared transactions to the bank, it alleged. tigated by the Central Bureau of his tenure as union minister telephone exchange. Met: Cold conditions likely Court terms Teltumbde’s arrest illegal, orders immediate release TN RAGHUNATHA n MUMBAI BHIMA-KOREGAON CASE not arrested the sixth man-- to continue for more days Delhi-based activist Gautam n a major embarrassment for Navlakha because of court Ithe Maharashtra Government, orders, the investigators have not RAJESH KUMAR n NEW DELHI a Pune special court on Saturday made an attempt to arrest sev- ruled that the arrest of Dalit enth person Stan Swamy from he India Meteorological intellectual and an accused in the Ranchi. TDepartment (IMD) pre- much-discussed Bhima- After the Supreme Court dicts that cold conditions will Koregaon case Prof Anand gave him four weeks’ time to continue in the next three-four Teltumbde by the police was approach the competent author- days in northern areas “illegal” and ordered his imme- ity, Teltumbde had filed an including Punjab, Haryana and diate release. anticipatory bail application in north Rajasthan due to forma- Less than 12 hours after Prof the Pune court on January 18. tion of intense back to back Teltumbde was arrested for his On January 31 , the western disturbances and alleged links with the banned Prosecution had submitted to storm systems originating from outfit CPI (Maoist) from the the Special Court in Pune two Caspian Sea. Mumbai airport, Pune’s Special envelopes containing addition- The storm system will Judge KD Vadane ruled that the al evident against Teltumbde. bring rains in northern areas. arrest was “illegal” and it This was in addition to the five Presently, it is moving across amounted to “contempt of apex seized documents which are the Afghanistan-Pakistan court order”. part of the charge-sheet that region and is likely to affect the Holding that the arrest of refer to him as “Comrade western Himalayan region, Teltumbde made by the police Anand”, “Anand” and “Anand T”. northern plains and northeast on February 5 or 6 which will in the plain. was against the impugned order However, Teltumbde’s lawyer parts of the country. The sys- bring light rainfall with cold The minimum tempera- passed by the Supreme Court Rohan Nahar has contested the tem will bring showers, hail and wind conditions which are tures are likely to continue to while rejecting his Special Leave investigation officer’s claim that thunderstorms as well as gusty expected to affect northern be below normal over parts of Petition (SLP) seeking the Activist Anand Teltumbde leaves after Pune District and Sessions Court released him in Bhima Koregaon case in Pune on the state had no evidence against wind in some areas. The tem- parts including Punjab, Chhattisgarh, interior Odisha quashing of FIR filed against Saturday PTI his client excepting the IO’s perature is likely to increase Haryana, north Rajasthan, and interior Maharashtra, near him by the Pune police, Special opinion. after February 12. Chandigarh and Uttar Pradesh. normal or slightly below nor- Judge Vadane noted: “Impugned protection offered to Teltumbde advised”, the Special Judge said Teltumbde, a professor at It may be recalled that five According to IMD, this “The second western dis- mal over northern plains. arrest of accused Anand is in force till February 11, that “the interim protection the Goa Institute of Maoist-linked activists Human year January has witnessed turbance is expected to form on However, they are likely to be Teltumbde, by the investigating 2019. from arrest is extended till Management, has been Rights activists Rona Wilson seven western disturbances as February 9- 10 and this will above normal over western officer, is illegal one and also While opposing Teltumbde’s February 11, 2019” “Moreover charged of having links with the Jacob, Surendra Gadling, Sudhir against the normal of 4 to 5 in continue till February 12. After Himalayan region, parts of amounts to contempt of arrest, his lawyer Rohan Nahar over competent authority for banned CPI (Maoist) and also Dhawale, Prof Shoma Sen and the month. Last year, January that, temperature will start south peninsula and over Supreme Court. ... Accused told the special court that the seeking regular/pre-arrest bail, with the Elgaar Parishad, which Mahesh Raut were arrested by witnessed four western dis- increasing,” the IMD said. Gujarat and adjoining Anand Teltumbde be released State of Maharashtra and the include Hon’ble High Court allegedly triggered the the Pune police on June 6, in turbances. Presently, humid and dry east- Rajasthan. Besides, the mini- forthwith. Inform to the Hon’ble Investigating Officer had “wil- and Hon’ble Supreme Court,” January 1, 2018 caste riots and connection with the Elgaar The IMD said that the ern winds are coming from the mum temperatures in general Apex Court accordingly” fully disobeyed” the Supreme Judge noted. violence in Koregaon-Bhima in Parishad and subsequent probability of formation of El Afganistan and Pakistan and are likely to be below normal Within hours after the Pune Court’s order while arresting his “Though the anticipatory Pune. Bhima-Koregaon caste riots. Nino has reduced to below 50 blowing to north and North over Madhya Pradesh, court rejected Teltumbde’s antic- client and accused. bail came to be rejected by this Teltumbde was one of the Subsequently on June 8, the percent in January this year. El West direction which causing Chhattisgarh, Odisha and inte- ipatory bail petition, the Pune Alluding to the last para of court, the accused Teltumbde seven activists whose houses investigators had claimed that Nino is a weather phenomenon cold wave conditions in rior Maharashtra and near police arrested Anand the apex court order in the SLP has remedy to approach the were raided simultaneously by they had recovered from the lap- caused by unusual warming in the northern parts of the coun- normal over northern plains. Teltumbde from the Mumbai filed by Teltumbde which had High Court and Supreme Court the Pune police on August 28 top of Wilson an allegedly the Pacific Ocean, resulting in try. A western disturbance is The IMD said along with airport at 3.45 am. said: “We extend the said inter- for seeking regular/ last year. Four of them – Sudha incriminating letter, which atmospheric changes, poten- associated with rainfall, snow- Shimla, Narkanda, Kufri, It may be recalled that the im protection for a period of pre-arrest bail within a stipulat- Bhardwaj, P Varavara Rao, uncovered an alleged plot by the tially leading to poor southwest fall and fog in northern India. Manali and Dalhousie, located Supreme Court in its order four weeks from today within ed period of four weeks from the Vernon Gonzalves and Arun Maoists to carry out monsoon in India. As the western disturbance in mid-hills, may witness dated January had granted which the petitioner may seek date of order of the Supreme Pareira – are already in police “Rajiv Gandhi-type” assassina- IMD officials said that one will be bringing more moisture, moderate snowfall next week Teltumbde interim protection regular/pre-arrest bail from the Court,” the Special Judge stat- custody, having been arrested tion of Prime Minister Narendra western disturbance will form there will be an increase in fog as well. from arrest for four weeks. The competent authority, if so ed. last year. While the police have Modi. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2019 nation 06 Modi grandpa of Congress to go solo Farmers’ protest at DND in Delhi: Sheila flyway ends on assurance PTI n NOIDA meeting in a week with local the protest. STAFF REPORTER n NEW DELHI Delhi Chief Minister. authorities like Yamuna “Yesterday we tried to go to scams: Mamata The names of probable undreds of farmers from Expressway Industrial Delhi but were stopped mid- elhi Congress Pradesh candidates for Lok Sabha polls HUttar Pradesh, who were Development Authority way, so we decided to stay put SAUGAR SENGUPTA n KOLKATA DCommittee (DPCC) pres- will be sent to the Central party protesting near the DND fly- (YEIDA) over their grievances,” near the DND. We won’t budge ident and former Chief leadership for screening after a way for enhanced compensa- he said. The situation at DND unless we get a satisfactory oments after Narendra Minister of Delhi Shiela Dikshit cut off date which is yet to be tion in lieu of their land is now normal and there is no response from top officials,” he MModi’s blistering attack on Saturday said her party will decided. Dikshit asserted that acquired before 2013, ended obstruction to traffic move- said. Gautam Buddh Nagar on Mamata Banerjee, the contest all seven parliamentary Delhi witnessed a “historical their sit-in on Saturday after ment. Earlier Saturday, the District Magistrate B N Singh Bengal Chief Minister went on seats in city and the process of rule” under the Congress for 15 authorities assured them in farmers and their leader, met the farmers Saturday a counter offensive calling him selecting winnable candidates years and people still recall writing their demand would be Manveer Teotia, had declined morning and assured them he (read the Prime Minister) has been initiated. works done by her looked into. talking to City Magistrate would take up the matter with “ardha sikshita” or half-literate Addressing a Press confer- Government. She charged the The Delhi-Noida-Direct Shailendra Mishra and the state government. But Kaale person who had no idea of ence, Dikshit ruled out alliance ruling AAP with “misleading” flyway, a crucial route connect- Superintendent of Police, Singh said the “protestors Bengali culture and ethos. with Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) people on its performance and ing UP and Delhi, was shut Traffic, Anil Kumar Jha. remained dissatisfied with the Reacting to Modi’s refer- and said party candidates will be claimed the voters in Delhi will briefly on Friday evening as Teotia said farmers in assurance”. Two policemen and ence to the ongoing investiga- adding “a demonic Prime said “he is a big bluffer who a mix of old and new faces as give their reply in the elections. farmers from western UP dis- Tappal, Mathura and Aligarh two farmers were killed in tion into Narada and Sharada Minister as Modi babu is he has rules by peddling lies. He was well former MLAs. The asser- The Congress has “good tricts protested there, throwing have been protesting for two clashes in May 2011 following chit fund scams embroiling a devoured the all the democra- quizzed by the tion by Dikshit comes amid chances” of victory in Delhi, traffic movement out of gear. years over “irregularities” in protests over acquisition of number of TMC leaders tic and constitutional institu- CBI after Gujarat riots as he had recurring speculation over pos- she said, adding “losing and The farmers, numbering land acquisition between 2008 land in Greater Noida’s Bhatta Banerjee said, “He (Modi) is the tions and even trying to dom- masterminded it,” sibility of an alliance between winning elections is a part of around 500 from Gautam and 2012 but the state govern- Parsaul, the Jat-dominated vil- grandfather of all corruptions,” inate the Supreme Court.” adding the BJP’s hands were the Congress and the AAP for democracy”. In an exclusive Buddh Nagar, Ghaziabad, ment has “not listened” to their lage which had become the epi- adding “from Rafale deal, to Not only institutions and soaked in blood and true to is Lok Sabha polls. “No it’s over interview to The Pioneer on Aligarh and Meerut, had stayed requests. “We are here to centre of protests of land acqui- shady transactions in gas allo- the opposing individuals but secular and cultural spirits with,” Dikshit said when ques- January 13, Dikshit had said the put until Saturday afternoon. demand that we be given com- sitions in the country. cations, to child-trafficking and the Prime Minister had also vic- Bengal would never accept tioned about the possibility of future of the Congress is bright. Many of them were women pensation in accordance with Two years since that not the least to the big demon- timised his own party men, she their bluffs and reject them in alliance with the AAP. “In Delhi, one of the com- from villages with their heads the law on land acquisition that upheaval, the country had got etisation scam” are all instances said adding how even the likes the elections. Referring to The AAP too has asserted petitors is the Aam Aadmi covered. The women had their was passed in Parliament in the Right to Fair Compensation of the scale of corruption the of Nitin Gadkari and the son of Modi’s appeal for a consensus that it will independently con- Party (AAP). But it is a small hands raised and tied with a 2013. Our lands were acquired and Transparency in Land BJP was involved in … “or else Home Minister Rajnath Singh on citizenship bill the Chief test elections in Delhi, Punjab party, and it has won just by piece of cloth in a symbolic ges- prior to that and we have been Acquisition, Rehabilitation and what explains their leaders’ had been victimised in the Minister said Bengal would and Haryana. The party may making false promises to the ture expressing helplessness. left out from the benefits as Resettlement Act, 2013 (also numerous helicopter travels, party. “I should not say it in never accept the draconian Bill have some loss or benefit in people: free power, free water, “The protest got over doled out under the new law,” Land Acquisition Act, 2013). foreign trips and the construc- public but look how FIR was a glimpse of which had been absence of an alliance and the etc. We have lost two elections around 2.30pm and farmers Kaale Singh from Bhatta The new law was aimed at tion of sprawling shopping- filed against even Rajnathji’s shown in the brutal imple- Congress will pay attention to to them. But I am certain that have vacated the spot,” Senior Parsaul village of Gautam providing “fair compensation” like central party office in Delhi son,” Banerjee said adding none mentation of the NRC regime it, she said. “We will contest all the Congress will make a Superintendent of Police, Buddh Nagar told PTI. to those whose land is taken and other places.” In Modi was safe in Modi regime. in Assam from where “22 lakh the seven seats ourselves. A lot comeback in Delhi, because Gautam Buddh Nagar, Vaibhav He said the farmers want away, brings transparency to India had got a demonic Prime Referring to his comments on Hindu Bengalis and 23 lakh of names are there but we even now people still remem- Krishna told PTI. local authorities and adminis- the process of acquisition of Ministers whose days were how the Bengal Chief Minister Muslim Bengalis apart from need winnable candidates. ber 15 years of the Congress “They agreed to leave after trations to take up the matter land to set up factories or numbered in Delhi as he would was afraid of the CBI as he too Biharis, UP wallas, Marwaris There will be some old faces, rule. As time goes by, they are they got an assurance in writ- with UP Chief Minister Yogi buildings, infrastructure pro- probably not be able to save his was quizzed by the central and others have been thrown some new ones and some for- remembering it more,” she had ing from the district magistrate. Adityanath, but nothing fruit- jects and assures rehabilitation Varansi seat, Banerjee said, investigating agency, Banerjee out.” mer MLAs,” said the former said then. They have been assured of a ful has happened so far, hence of those affected. ‘Surprise date’ with Rahul K’nataka CM, BJP in war of words over don’s arrest PTI n BENGALURU Kumaraswamy by referring to assaulted lawmaker Anand ed on January 19 from Senegal. (sic),” Karnataka BJP said in a him as “Anna” (big brother), as Singh during a brawl at a resort “CM @hd_kumaraswamy tweet. arnataka BJP on Saturday the chief minister is usually here. Reacting to the BJP barb, claiming credit for arrest of “Anna (Big brother) Gandhi for students Khit out at Chief Minister H referred to. Kumaraswamy questioned why criminal Ravi Poojari by West Kumaranna, before giving D Kumaraswamy for claiming The party also asked the the party did not get Pujari African police is like kudos to your self by claiming credit for the arrest of under- Chief Minister show his “viril- arrested when it was in power. @H_D_Devegowda claiming that Ravi Pujari was arrested by world gangster Ravi Pujari ity” by arresting Congress MLA He assured action against credits for killing of Bin Laden the coalition government, from Senegal and asked him to J N Ganesh, absconding for Ganesh in accordance with by US. Wake up & first show show your virility by arresting show “some guts” and stop nearly a week since he was law. Pujari, facing more than 30 some guts to stop the crime in Kampli MLA Ganesh,” it said crimes in the state. booked on an attempt-to-mur- cases, including a 2009 murder Karnataka. Governing a state in another tweet in It also took a dig at der charge after he allegedly case, in Mangaluru was arrest- isnt like producing movies Kannada. CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1

MODI RAPS DIDI... neighbouring Bangladesh post ers. The Appointments ble contenders proposed by after Verma and Asthana At Durgapur the Prime 1950 in the face of religious Committee of the Cabinet the government. The other top were moved out in close suc- Minister attacked the TMC persecution. Making a strong approved the appointment of contenders for the prestigious cession after an extended pub- for treading the Marxist path of pitch for the Citizenship Shukla. Shukla’s name was post were senior IPS officers of lic spat. Asthana - a Gujarat violence saying “they are no Amendment Bill that had short-listed during the second 1984 batch, Javeed Ahmed, officer dubbed by Congress different from their predeces- repeatedly been rejected by meeting of the three-member Rajni Kant Misra and S S chief Rahul Gandhi as “the sors” adding “the present Banerjee the Prime Minister panel, led by Prime Minister Deswal. The CBI chief’s post PM’s blue-eyed boy” - was ele- Government is trampling upon called upon the Trinamool to Narendra Modi, to appoint the has been lying vacant since vated to the CBI amid contro- democracy.” The TMC supre- “support the clearance of the CBI director. The panel had January 10 after the uncere- versial circumstances soon mo had “lost her sleep” on Bill in Parliament and enable held a meeting on Friday but monious exit of Verma, who after the National Democratic account of the BJP’s populari- those who had to migrate to it remained inconclusive fol- had been engaged in a bitter Alliance came to power at the ty in Bengal, he said, accusing Afghanistan, Pakistan, or lowing objections by Congress fight with Gujarat-cadre IPS centre in 2014, causing resent- Banerjee of depriving the mid- Bangladesh,” (during the turbu- leader Mallikarjun Kharge on officer Rakesh Asthana over ment in the investigation Congress president Rahul Gandhi during an interaction with students in New Delhi on Friday PTI dle class and poor people of lent post-Independence peri- the names shortlisted by the corruption charges. agency. Verma had been Bengal of Central schemes. od) to get back Indian citizen- government. The panel had The development assumes opposing his appointment PTI n NEW DELHI With the crucial Lok are more “personal”, where he “TMC Government is anti- ship. The Bill seeks to provide also met on January 24 to significance as on Friday, the from the very start. After his Sabha polls drawing near, takes out time to listen to the poor, anti-people and anti- Indian citizenship to non- select the name from a list of Supreme Court had said it was removal from the CBI even young students from Gandhi has started the out- people, a view endorsed by development. Just for political Muslim minorities from over 70 candidates for the “averse” to the arrangement of Director’s post, Verma was Sdifferent parts of the coun- reach “Apni Baat Rahul ke Pratishtha Deveshwar, a Delhi reasons she (Mamata) is block- Pakistan, Afghanistan and investigating agency’s top job an interim CBI Director and transferred as the Director try had a “surprise” dinner saath” and this group of seven University student studying ing Central projects like Bangladesh. but it remained inconclusive. the Centre should “immedi- General of Fire Services, Civil interaction with Congress youngsters from Delhi, Assam, political science in Lady Ayushman Bharat. The other members of the ately” appoint a regular chief Defence and Home Guards. president Rahul Gandhi where Assam, Maharashtra, Kerala Shriram College. The Centre had approved PURCHASE OF 73K... panel are Chief Justice Ranjan of the probe agency. The He did not accept the offer, over Chinese food they shared and Uttar Pradesh were the “He is not an ‘I know infrastructure projects worth The deal is expected to be Gogoi and Opposition leader post of CBI Director is “sen- and requested the govern- their ideas about improving first to interact with him. everything’ kind of person Rs 90,000 crore in the past four finalised within a week with the Mallikarjun Kharge. sitive” and “important”, and it ment to relieve him from ser- the lives of people and were Gandhi will have several such and he was open to a conver- and a half years for the State but condition that the US firm will Sources said in the second is not good to keep an inter- vice because he had crossed promised that some may be sessions with students. sation and discussion in trying the TMC Government did not have to deliver the consign- meeting on Friday PM Modi im director of the agency for the age of superannuation -- included in the party Critics might point out to understand things,” said take interest in implementing ment within a year from the put forth the names of officers longer period, the top court 60 years -- on July 31, 2017. manifesto. that the Congress has often Deveshwar who was in the them as it wanted a share for date of signing the contract, who could be considered for observed and sought to know However, the Union Home From bringing out mocked Prime Minister group that interacted with the “syndicates,” allegedly run they said. The US firm emerged appointment as the new chief as to why the government has Ministry has instead decided Congress manifesto in Braille, Narendra Modi for engaging Gandhi for nearly two hours. by the ruling party goons in the as the lowest bidder after the of CBI. During the meeting, not made the appointment to conduct disciplinary pro- setting up gender-neutral toi- with students, including his “Such a friendly humble State. Where there was no Army issued a global request Kharge had raised objections yet. The CBI had plummeted ceedings against him for fail- lets to steps for removing recent interaction with Class X person, he was actually serv- “malai” (cut money) for the for proposal(RFP) last year. on the names of three proba- into unprecedented turmoil ing to take up the new job. inequalities in education sys- and XII students “Pariksha Pe ing me from his plate. You do syndicates the TMC had no The new rifle will replace the tem and caste discrimination Charcha” programme, and his not expect such things from a interest in implementing devel- INSAS rifles currently used in society, the conversation radio programme ‘Mann ki person of this stature. It real- opment projects,” he said. by the infantry soldiers. The touched diverse issues as the Baat’. ly breaks the ice between the Pooh-pooing the TMC-spon- Army was urging the govern- youngsters opened up to a But Congress leaders say big politicians and the ‘aam sored January 19 mega rally of ment for the last some years to “warm and affable” Gandhi. Rahul Gandhi’s interactions aadmi’,” she said. Opposition leaders at the his- fast track the procurement of toric Brigade Parade Ground in various weapons systems Kolkata, Modi said, “Those including infantry weapons who did not see eye to eye even considering the evolving secu- a few months ago were seen on rity threats including along RLSP chief hurt in clash the same platform in Kolkata India’s borders with Pakistan … with a single-point agenda and China. Given this back- to remove Modi to grab the ground, the Army in October PM’s chair.” Attacking the 2017 started the process to with police in Bihar newly formed Congress acquire around seven lakh Governments for “mindlessly” rifles, 44,000 light machine PTI n PATNA the state government for failing the behest of the dictatorial waiving loans Modi said “farm- guns (LMGs) and nearly 44,600 to do the needful on the party’s government in the state, which ers of the country have been carbines. Around 18 months LSP chief Upendra charter of demands on educa- wants to crush all dissent,” he bamboozled in the name of ago, the Army had rejected an RKushwaha and several tional reforms, the RLSP lead- added. waiving loans” as many non- assault rifle built by the state- other party leaders were injured ers came to blows with police- The former Union minis- farmers had got their loans run Rifle Factory, Ishapore, in a clash with the police here men at the Dak Bungalow ter, who quit the National waived in the confusion. Like after the guns failed the firing Saturday after they were pre- crossing, about two kilometres Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the BJP tried to do by offering tests. The Army then began the vented from marching towards from the Governor’s residence. December and joined the Rs 6,000 yearly package for the process of procuring rifles from the Raj Bhavan. When the agitators tried to Opposition Mahagathbandhan farmers in the “super hit the global market. The pro- The condition of force their way past the police (Grand Alliance) subsequent- Budget” and instead of focus- curement of assault rifles has Kushwaha, the former Union cordon, they were quelled with ly, felt unwell while venting his ing on the development of witnessed significant delays Minister of State for Human baton charge and water can- ire and was taken to the Patna rural areas the opposition lead- due to a variety of reasons Resource Development, is all nons. Medical College and Hospital. ers were taking tricky steps to including the Army’s failure to right, although he has been Kushwaha, who had Hospital sources said his befool the farmers. finalise the specifications for it. advised rest, hospital sources received blows on his body, condition was fine and had Referring to the steps taken The Army needs around 7 said. Kushwaha’s Rashtriya Lok squatted on the roadside along been administered first aid for the farmers in the interim lakh 7.62x51 mm assault guns Samta Party (RLSP) had organ- with a number of supporters and advised rest. Budget and apparently to replace its INSAS rifles. ised a ‘Aakrosh march’ on alleging that they had Meanwhile, the ruling needling the alleged syndicate Saturday against the Nitish informed the police about Janata Dal (United), headed by raj run in TMC-ruled Bengal EX-MP TOP COP... Kumar government to press for their march. If we were not Kumar, criticised the RLSP he said “there will be no syn- Shukla will have a task to its demand of educational supposed to go beyond a cer- for “demanding educational dicate-tax, no road-blocks in complete probes in crucial reforms in the state. tain point, we should have reforms while carrying lathis in between as the farmers will cases such as the The RLSP programme was been informed beforehand, a hands”. “What did Kushwaha directly receive the earmarked AgustaWestland scam, 2G organised on the occasion of party leader said. “But the do for improving the education Rs 6,000 directly in their bank scam, coal scam, Air India the birth anniversary of late administration did nothing of system while he was the Union accounts.” At Thakurnagar pre- scandal, charges against Jagdeo Prasad, the tallest leader that sort. It remained indiffer- Minister of State for HRD,” dominantly a Matua hotbed Congress leaders P of Bihar from the Kushwaha ent when we began our march asked party spokesperson Ajay with the SC community consti- Chidambaram and Bhupinder community, considered to be and came up with an abrupt Alok. “And why does his tuting about 30 lakh voters Singh Hooda, UP sand mining the party’s primary support order to halt when we reached party need to carry lathis to Modi said “those who advertise scam, Saradha and Rosevalley base. Dak Bungalow crossing,” demand educational reforms. to be democratic, kill innocent chit fund probes, FIR against Armed with ‘lathis’ (sticks) Kushwaha alleged. Do they equate their hooligan- people” to win votes. Matuas former ICICI Bank CEO and raising slogans denouncing “The police has acted at ism with learning,” he said. had migrated to Bengal from Chanda Kochhar, among oth- LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2019 world 07

Russia suspends nuclear China cracks down Venezuela's Guaido extends missile treaty after US move olive branch to China AFP n MOSCOW on CPC officials resident Vladimir Putin on Beijing: Venezuela's self-pro- in the email interview with the in Venezuela, which has the PSaturday said Russia was claimed president Juan Guaido newspaper. world's largest proven oil suspending its participation in having secret links has promised China he will "Given its competitiveness reserves but has suffered an eco- a key Cold War-era missile honour bilateral agreements and market, China is a funda- nomic meltdown marked by treaty in a mirror response to a and said he was ready to start a mental global player with whom hyperinflation and shortages US move the day before. dialogue with Beijing "as soon we would like to re-launch our of basic necessities. Moscow and Washington have with Dalai Lama as possible". relationship based on mutual Millions have been left in long accused the other of vio- Guaido's comments to the respect and cooperation." poverty, while 2.3 million more lating the Intermediate-Range Beijing (PTI): China’s ruling members are banned from reli- South China Morning Post, "We are ready to begin a have fled the country, unleash- Nuclear Forces agreement, Communist Party is cracking gious beliefs, because they can published on Saturday, appear constructive relationship and ing a migration crisis in South which was signed in 1987 and down on its officials who are only believe in Marxism and aimed at laying to rest questions dialogue with China as soon as America. resolved a crisis over Soviet taking part in religious activities believing in other religions over whether his political chal- possible." Although Maduro has con- missiles. President Donald Russian President Vladimir Putin, cente, attends a meeting with Russian Foreign violating party’s ideology of means betrayal of their chosen lenge to President Nicolas Guaido proclaimed himself trol of virtually all of Venezuela's Trump last year announced Minister Sergey Lavrov, and Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in the Kremlin in adhering to atheism and secret- belief and it will shake their Maduro would disrupt ties with acting president last week amid political institutions and enjoys plans to withdraw unless Russia Moscow, Russia, Saturday. AP ly maintaining contacts with belief in Marxism and separate Venezuela's main creditor. protests in Caracas. the support of the military, fulfilled its obligations. “Our Tibetan spiritual leader the them from the party, Xiong Maduro visited China in While many countries, many blame him for the coun- American partners have Dalai Lama, who has been Kunxin, an ethnic studies pro- September, striking energy and including the US and Brazil, try's economic woes. announced they are suspending geting Western capitals, but said Russia had “tried every- branded as “separatist” by fessor at Tibet University in gold mining deals as he sought have backed Guaido, China has The 56-year-old was re- their participation in the deal, put no restrictions on other thing to save the treaty” in sev- Beijing. Lhasa, told the Global Times. Beijing's support for his crisis- so far declined to pick sides, elected last May in voting boy- and we are also suspending our major military actors such as eral rounds of diplomatic talks. A video produced by the “However, there are some hit nation. stressing its longtime position cotted by the majority of the participation,” Putin said of the China.President Donald Putin meanwhile said Russia Tibetan provincial government two-faced people in Tibet, who "China's support will be against "interfering" in the opposition and dismissed as agreement, following a US dead- Trump said Friday that would seek to develop medi- has revealed cases in the region claim loyalty to the party while very important in boosting our domestic affairs of other fraudulent by the United States, line for cooperation.Putin said Washington was starting a um-range missiles in response where local Communist Party of secretly sympathising and even country's economy and future nations. European Union and during a televised meeting with process to withdraw from the to what he said were similar China (CPC) members violat- working for separatists. The development," Guaido, the 35- The political upheaval has Organisation of American States foreign and defence ministers agreement in six months. projects in the US. ed the CPC regulations on reli- regional government has year-old opposition leader, said exacerbated the general disarray (OAS). AFP Sergei Lavrov and Sergei Shoigu Trump said he would like He has previously warned gion, anti-separatism and anti- already identified these people that Russia would no longer ini- to “get everybody in a big and of proliferation of weapons corruption, state-run Global so it is strengthening its regu- tiate talks with the US on disar- beautiful room and do a new but on Saturday told the min- Times reported on Saturday. lation to kick them out,” Xiong mament. treaty,” but in the meantime, the isters Russia would “not be So far three officials have said. The video tells of a story Shift Sharif to hospital: Pak’s “We will wait until our United States “can’t be put at a drawn into a costly new arms been expelled from the party in Zaxizong village in Nyalam partners have matured disadvantage.”The US in race”.Russia would only deploy and 10 others received warning, county, Xigaze in 2016. Nyalam enough to conduct an equal, December gave Moscow a 60- intermediate- and short-range the report said. The Tibetan police found some “politically meaningful dialogue with us day deadline to dismantle mis- missiles in Europe or else- authority attaches great impor- forbidden objects” in a cave in Punjab govt orders jail admin on this important topic,” the siles it said breached the agree- where in answer to similar tance to the party discipline the village. Pictures of “illicit president said.Brokered by ment.But Moscow has insisted moves from the US, he added. consistent with a nationwide goods” were digitally blurred in PTI n LAHORE related complications. US president Ronald Reagan the disputed 9M729 missile is European leaders have voiced campaign to strengthen the the video. An unnamed official akistan’s Punjab provin- He was later discharged with last Soviet leader Mikhail allowed under the treaty. fears over the consequences of party management. It regulated from the regional commission Pcial government Saturday from the hospital and taken Gorbachev, the treaty ended a The defence ministry last the treaty’s demise and called 46 violations by local CPC for discipline inspection said in ordered that Nawaz Sharif be back to jail following the med- superpower buildup of war- month invited journalists and on Russia to address concerns members, including religious the video that “in Tibet, taking shifted to a hospital from jail, ical tests. Sharif’s personal heads that had frightened foreign military attaches to a before the United States for- beliefs, according to the video a firm political stance is the days after a special medical cardiologist Dr Adnan Khan Europeans.It banned ground- briefing on the weapon system. mally leaves in August.Beijing produced by the publicity most important thing in abid- board concluded that the for- said: “Since day one, I have launched missiles with a range Lavrov on Saturday repeated on Saturday also expressed department of the regional ing by the party’s political dis- mer prime minister has devel- been mentioning that Sharif is of 500 to 5,500 kilometres Russian accusations that concern over the mutual sus- commission for discipline ciplines. We must wage a tit-for- oped cardiac complications. having frequent episodes of (300 to 3,400 miles). The deal Washington itself has been in pension, calling for the US and inspection of Tibet and Tibet tat battle with the Dalai Lama Sharif, 69, has been serving a angina, which was confirmed addressed Soviet nuclear- violation of the deal for many Russia to engage in “construc- television. The video, part of a and his group. If any CPC seven-year jail term in Lahore’s by Thallium scan. tipped ballistic missiles tar- years. The foreign minister tive dialogue”. four-episode series featuring member has the wrong attitude Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al- The government func- the region’s efforts on anti-cor- on this subject, it would be a Azizia Steel Mills corruption tionaries kept denying”. ruption and regulating the party serious problem,” the Global case. during his shifting and stay in Sharif’s family has also members, was aired from Times report said. The order came after a the hospital, it directed. demanded that he should be China calls on Washington January 28 to 31 on Tibet tele- “Some people have been special medical board consti- Punjab Information shifted to a hospital as the vision, the report said. hiding ‘illicit objects’ in the tuted to monitor his health Minister Fayazul Hasan Pakistan Muslim League- Buddhism is a widely popular cave since 2009. Some village recommended that he should Chohan said Sharif will be Nawaz supremo was not get- to preserve nuclear treaty religion in Tibet, which is gov- officials, including the party be shifted to a hospital. The shifted to the hospital on ting proper medical facilities erned by the CPC ever since chief of the village’s CPC branch, board examined the deposed Saturday. He said the govern- in the jail. Sharif has been AP n BEIJING race.President Donald Trump resolve differences through China took control of it had participated in worshipping prime minister in jail this ment has decided to shift behind the bars since hina called Saturday for accuses Moscow of violating constructive dialogue,” said a in 1950. Despite his these illicit objects,” it said. The week. Sharif to the hospital in the December 24, 2018, after an CWashington to negotiate the 1987 agreement but also foreign ministry statement. exile in India case led to three CPC officials In a directive to the jail light of the report of the six- accountability court convicted with Russia instead of pulling sees it as an obstacle to con- The treaty plays a “significant since 1959, the being expelled from the party administration, the Punjab member medical board. “The him in one of the three cor- out of a nuclear arms treaty the fronting China’s growing mil- role” in “safeguarding global Dalai Lama and 10 others receiving a warn- government said: “In view of government was providing ruption cases filed under the Trump administration sees as itary capabilities. Beijing has strategic balance,” the min- remains the most ing, it said.“Apart from these Nawaz Sharif’s multiple co- best health facilities to Sharif direction of the Supreme a restraint on its ability to the fourth-largest nuclear arse- istry said. revered religious two-faced people, there are also morbidities and complex car- in jail but since the medical Court. The Al-Azizia Steel compete with Beijing and nal with about 280 warheads, The government said, figure in the other CPC members and diac history with multiple car- board suggested his hospital- Mill case was about setting up Moscow. China’s foreign min- compared with 6,450 for the however, that it opposed pos- Himalayan officials who commit- diac procedures with compli- isation, the government has no steel mills in Saudi Arabia istry ruled out negotiating a United States and 6,850 for sible efforts to create a new region. ted mistakes due to a cations abroad, it is advised objection to it,” the minister allegedly with corruption new multilateral pact to replace Russia, according to the agreement to extend to other The CPC lack of political sen- that he be admitted for further said. money. the Intermediate-Range Stockholm International Peace countries. remains sitivity and con- investigations/management in On Wednesday, the ‘larg- Three corruption cases - Nuclear Forces Treaty. Research Institute. “China opposes the multi- an athe- sciousness,” a hospital where multidisci- er special medical board’ head- Avenfield properties case, The US decision on Friday Beijing has been spending lateralization of this treaty,” ist Dolma, a CPC plinary care is available”. ed by Dr Hamid Sharif Khan Flagship investment case and to pull out of the INF might heavily to develop longer- the statement said. “What is organi- member, who It further said Sharif examined Sharif in the jail. Al-Azizia steel mills case - trigger “adverse consequences,” range ballistic and cruise mis- imperative at the moment is to sation. works at Tibet should be shifted to the The three-time prime minis- were launched against the said a ministry statement, siles.“China is opposed to the uphold and implement the Thus, television, told Services Hospital, Lahore to ter, who is serving a seven-year Sharif family by the National echoing warnings the move U.S. withdrawal and urges the existing treaty instead of cre- CPC the Global “carry out detailed medical imprisonment in Al-Azizia Accountability Bureau in 2017 might lead to a new arms U.S. and Russia to properly ating a new one.” Times. examination and management Mills corruption case, was following a judgment by the for minimum required period”. earlier rushed to Lahore’s Supreme Court that disquali- Foolproof security arrange- Punjab Institute of Cardiology fied Sharif in the Panama Meghan puts ment should also be made after he complained of heart- Papers case in 2017. Donald Trump says getting closer notes on bananas to declare national emergency sent to needy Hong Kong court denies male PTI n WASHINGTON lars, Trump said. “She is doing wall and will continue build- “President Trump’s reckless- women in Britain S President Donald a terrible disservice to our ing it, as this is the only way ness didn’t make us safer, it UTrump has said he is get- country,” the US president to stop the flow of illegal undermined our security with London (AP): Meghan, the status to 3 transgender men ting closer to declaring a said. In the interview, as immigrants into the country. 35 days of border patrol Duchess of Sussex, has written national emergency to secure reported by CBS News, he said “I think there’s a good chance agents, Drug Enforcement personal messages to women Hong Kong: Hong Kong's sexual organs, making them crimination transgender peo- funding for a wall along the that negotiations with the that we’ll have to do that. But Administration agents, FBI being helped by a charity that High Court refused to allow sterile. ple in Hong Kong face." "No country’s southern Mexico opposition Democrats – which we will, at the same time, be agents and Homeland Security seeks to help sex workers break three transgender men to be Appearing in court, Tse one should be forced to under- border to prevent illegal immi- started after the government building - regardless, we’re personnel missing paychecks,” free from prostitution. Prince recognised as males on their unfurled a banner that read, go gender affirming surgery in grants from entering America. shutdown ended – are a waste building wall and we’re build- said Drew Hammill, her official identity cards because "Forced Sterilisation is cruel order to have their gender A national emergency would of time.“We will be looking at ing a lot of wall. But I can do spokesman. they have not undergone full and inhumane. Recognize our legally recognised," Man-kei allow Trump to proceed with a national emergency, because it a lot faster the other way,” the “Democrats have put for- sex-change operations. Rights NOW!" In his ruling, Tam, director of Amnesty a wall without congressional I don’t think anything is going president said. ward strong, smart and effec- The ruling on Friday was Judge Thomas Au wrote that International Hong Kong, said approval and give him execu- to happen. Claiming that there are tive border security solutions seen as a blow to the fledgling "the change of gender entry in a statement. tive powers to reallocate dis- I think the Democrats three caravans heading in the bipartisan conference LGBT movement in the semi- stated in the ID card does not Friday's decision follows a aster relief funds to the south- don’t want border security. towards the US, he said if there committee, while the President autonomous Chinese city of 7.4 only concern the private right ruling last week by Japan's ern Mexico border. And when I hear them talking was a wall, it would not even still refuses to take a second million people, which is of the transgender person but Supreme Court upholding a Trump told CBS News’ about the fact that walls are be a problem. shutdown off the table. preparing to host the 2022 also the wider public interest." law that effectively requires ‘Face the Nation’ programme immoral and walls “But we’ve sent 2,500 mil- “The President’s wild and Gay Games. Like many Asian societies, transgender people to be ster- that the ongoing negotiations don’t work — itary down to help Border predictable misrepresentations The three, identified as Hong Kong has become more ilized before they can have with the opposition they know they Patrol and law enforce- about Democrats’ commit- Harry’s wife took the unusual Henry Tse, Q and R, are shown open about gender issues, their gender changed on offi- Democrats over border secu- work,” he told ment. I have to say, the mil- ment to border security do step of writing the messages on on their ID cards as having although the legal system is cial documents. That ruling rity are a waste of time. He also reporters ear- itary has done an incredi- nothing to make our country the skins of bananas destined been born female, but are sometimes slow to follow. was widely denounced by accused US House of lier in the ble job, including helping safer,” she said.Trump, for the food parcels that would undergoing hormone therapy. Amnesty International human rights and LGBT Representatives Speaker day.Trump us with some walls and addressing reporters at the be handed out to the women A full sex change would called the judgment "a missed activists and may spark further Nancy Pelosi of being very insisted that he some fences, which are very White House, said: “Nancy Friday. Meghan wrote senti- require the removal of female opportunity to address the dis- legal action. AP rigid and doing bad politics. “I is building nice to say.“Unsecure borders Pelosi is doing a very, very ments such as “You are strong,” think that she was very rigid the give traffickers free and clear great disservice to our coun- ‘’You are special,” and – which I would expect – but passage to transport try. I think she’s got to get on “You are brave!” with hearts I think she’s very bad for our their victims into the the ball, because we’re going to next to them. She was visiting country. She knows that you United States. It’s a have a wall that’s being built the One25 organization in need a barrier, she knows we tremendously big anyway. Bristol, southwest England. need border security. Basically, money-maker for “But if you don’t have it - She said the messages she wants open borders, she some very, very human trafficking, just as an were inspired after she learned does not mind human traf- bad people,” example. When you see today of a program “this woman had ficking,” he said as he accused Trump said. what’s going on, people that started in the States on a school Pelosi of doing very bad pol- Meanwhile, aren’t willing to do what they lunch program when on each itics. Pelosi’s office have to do, and they know of the bananas she wrote an Pelosi, by her stand against accused Trump what they have to do, they’re affirmation or something to the wall, is costing the coun- of making reck- doing the country a tremen- make the kids feel really try hundreds of billions of dol- less remarks. dous disservice”. empowered.” Exercising may improve eating habits PTI n WASHINGTON ticipants were more likely to has found that moderate exer- Austin in the US. “One of the 35, a period of young adult- choose foods like lean meats, cise can reduce a preference for reasons that we need to pro- hood critical for forming xercising regularly may not fruits and vegetables, while high-fat foods in animals mote exercise is for the healthy healthy habits. Previous stud- Eonly keep you in shape, but preferences for fried foods, through changes in dopamine habits it can create in other ies have found that consider- also improve your eating habits, sodas and other unhealthy levels. Several studies also have areas. That combination is very able weight gain occurs during a study has found.The study, options decreased. shown a relationship between powerful,” said Bray. the college years and that being published in the International Participants were instruct- the intensity of exercise and the What drives food-prefer- mildly to moderately over- Journal of Obesity, looked at ed not to change their diets in amount of appetite-regulating ence changes when people weight at age 20-22 increases 2,680 young adults who were any significant way, but it hap- hormones in the body. exercise would probably be the risk of obesity later in life.“ not exercising regularly or diet- pened anyway. Although this “The process of becoming consistent across a wide span of Many people in the study ing. Scientists found that after study did not examine the physically active can influence ages. didn’t know they had this exercising for several weeks, mechanism at work behind dietary behaviour,” said Molly The study examined peo- active, healthy person inside formerly sedentary study par- the changes, previous research Bray, of University of Texas at ple between the ages of 18 and them,” Bray said. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2019 entertainment 08

SHOW TIME PlanYour Get into this box at Sunday ‘Never thought of your own risk Dressed up ESCAPE ROOM Winter Carnival winning Dance Plus 4’ *ing: Taylor Russell, Logan Miller, Adam Where: Oysters Appu Ghar, Sector 29, Robitel, Tyler Labine Gurugram The winner of Dance Plus 4 CHETAN SALUNKHE talks to issue film Rated: 5/10 Date: February 9 and 10, 2019 Engaging tale of Time: 10 am to 8 pm MUSBA HASHMI about his journey on the show and how aught-in-a-puzzle-fighting-for-life Price: `200 kind of movies have become staple to two royal sisters complete family event, a musical he faced multiple rejection and achieved victory CHollywood cinema and Escape Room Anight with DJ’s and Band is no different. It draws its life and breath MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS performances to let guests unwind. nHow was the winning moment for you? from a puzzle in which the unknowing *ing: Saoirse Ronan, Margot Diverse activities of sports, fun, Honestly, I never thought of winning contestants get caught in a box room with Robbie, Jack Lowden, Joe shopping, and mesmerising Dance Plus 4. While I was standing among no keys to escape even as the programmers Alwyn, David Tennant performances by renowned artists will the top four contestants I was very nervous literally turn the heat on them by activating Guy Pearce give guests a day to remember. On and I thought I would be the third or fourth heaters that will singe them to death if they Rated: 8/10 February 9 live performances by Jassie runner-up but when my name was do not find a way out. The rigmarole Gill, Babbal Rai & Simranjeet Singh and announced as the winner, I felt numb and continues till the movie continues and istoricals, by nature, are on February 10 performances by overwhelmed at the same time. It is one of nothing less than casualty itself gives you a gripping sagas of the Parmish Verma, Rocknaama Band & the best moments of my life. Now, I want EK LADKI KO DEKHA TOH AISA LAGA let-off. Hpast, visuals on the Shibani Kashyap. to get a tattoo of my Dance Plus 4 trophy *ing: Sonam Kapoor Ahuja, Anil Kapoor, Yes, nothing new you would say. Many history books we read and on my hand, because it is very special to Rajkummar Rao, Juhi Chawla such have been on tape for many years, enjoyed. A lot many me. Rated: 5/10 some good others mostly bad and way off blockbusters have happened in nWhat kind of rapport do you share with the mark. the past on Mary Queen of your guru Punit Pathak? f there was any homemade, much too Escape Room gives you no escape from Scots, her tragic life and He is like an elder brother to me. He cushioned, punchless movie propagating hounding claustrophobia as a group of oppression that she lives for has always helped me throughout my Igaydom, it is Vidhu Vinod Chopra’s highly youngsters try to save their lives by, well, most part after her French journey. He used to sit with us and chat, dressed up Ek Ladki Ko Dekha To Aisa Laga trying to escape as the scenario continuously husband died early and she stay with us till late night during our (ELKDTAL). His ditty here is “Iss pyar ko dil se gets murkier than before. It is a breathless returned to England. practice sessions. I remember the time dekhna dimag sey nahi.” But sad to say, neither kind of movie, playing to the gallery on This one is also about her when I wasn’t able to perform well and he dil nor dimag gets justified when the movie pressing your fear and anxiety buttons all at life, courage, Catholicism and got angry at me and said 'tujhsey nahin ho hurtles to an end that is incredible but not in the same time. It depends on what side of her undying battle to be the payega, tu vapas Pune chala ja' and those the positive way. the spectrum you are as a movie whether undisputed queen of England words of him hit me straight in my heart nWas there a moment when you thought You can’t propel an argument against or for that the movie will or will not appeal to you. on grounds of being more and I decided to give my all and perform of quitting in between? lesbianism, or for that matter any issue, by As psychological thrillers go, this one has Stuart than the reigning queen well. Not a single time. Even if I had failed being entirely blindfolded to realities and pace and an impending inevitability that Elizabeth. This one looks into nHow has your journey been so far? again to qualify the audition round this topping that with dollops of mushiness. keeps you on the edge. the story of two sisters in My journey has been full of ups and time, I would have come again next year ELKDTAL resorts to that and, in the process, So be careful as the inmates fight hard Elizabethan England and their Surajkund Craft Mela downs. I come from a small family in Pune. agar mujhe das baar bhi aana padta the movie and the thought behind it gets to flee the maze without losing their mind compulsions to be apart despite Where: Surajkund, Faridabad My parents did not have enough money to audition ke liye to main zaroor aata, mujhe entirely undone. and lives solving riddles laid down by the being compassionate to each Date: Till February 17, 2019 send me to dance classes, so I practiced on yakeen tha main select ho jaunga ek baar. When the film is not grappling with this evil games master and his unrelenting gaze other’s plights in a country Time: 10 am to 7 pm my own. I had to drop out of my school in nHow did you get the title of Popping strange love story playing out in the on the people under his stick. driven by male intrigues, Price: `120 (weekdays), `180 between and start working to support my Badshah? conservative confines of Moga, it gets religious bigotry, oppression of (weekends) family. I was working as a caterer and a I was an underground dancer before interesting every now and then, what with Anil women in general and aharashtra is the ‘Theme State’ of newspaper vendor before getting selected I came here and popping is my dance form. Kapoor and Juhi Chawla, more than Sonam everything that went with being Mthe 33rd Surajkund International for the show. I used to work during the day Back then, I had a friend who was a die- and Rajkummar Rao, helming the proceedings. the queen. Both the queens are Crafts Mela 2019 will showcase its and then practice at 1 am. Since my house hard fan of Shah Rukh Khan and once he The wannabe-chef-turned-garment-king and impeccable in their unique culture and rich heritage through doesn’t have enough space, I used to was watching Badshah and he randomly Sonam’s father, Kapoor is an engaging small performances and compel you various art forms and handicrafts from practice on the streets every night for four gave me that name. Since then, everyone town character with all the trappings of babes to feel deeply for their the state. From traditional dances and art to five hours and then go back to work the on the sets call me with this name. and bibijis on one side and a volatile son on limitations and compulsions. forms to ballets based on Shivaji next morning. It has been very difficult and nWho is your inspiration? the other. Sonam is quite a washout and Rao Mary’s child, born out of a Maharaj, there is a bouquet of heritage challenging but I wanted to achieve I had no one who I can look up to for struggles hard to be ever impactful. loveless marriage to a and culture from Maharashtra to enthral something in life and that is what has kept dance, I learned everything by myself but Yes, it is a bold subject but one can see sodomising bisexual drunkard the audience. Also a replica of ‘Maha me going. I was a fan of Japan’s Poppin Ron’s dance how the director keeps chickening out in going prince, does get to rule over Dwar or Maha Darwaza’, the main I have been rejected thrice in Dance and I watched his YouTube videos. full haul on it and centrestages it only in the England, Scotland and Wales entrance of the historic hill fort of the Plus but I didn’t lose hope and then in the nWhat are your future plans? last few scenes of the film. Keeping it so but he appears so only in the Raigad promises to be the main fourth year, I got selected. Even when I was I want to buy a new house for my unfocussed on the central theme pushes the closing credits. attraction of this year’s mela. More than there in top 12, I never thought that I would family, it is my priority and I haven’t decided film into a lot many faultlines which engulf it All through this period 30 countries will be part of the mela, be able to stay here for too long but then anything for my career yet. But if got a entirely at climax. If not anything, see it for the drama is engaging which you which include the Partner Nation — all my hard work paid off and I won the chance to be a part of any other dance other pair: Anil and Juhi. Period! should not miss. Thailand. show. reality show, I would love to do so. ‘I want to be fit like Anil Kapoor’ REVISITING THE WARRIOR LEGEND MUSBA HASHMI chats up popular actor AAMIR ALI about his upcoming The culture of remaking historicals and mythological shows has picked up with show Navrangi Re, his role in the show and experiences so far technology and VFX. MUSBA HASHMI tells you how with the show Jhansi Wali Rani nTell us about your upcoming show which I am playing the role of the etelling the age-old stories storytelling that doesn’t Navrangi Re. central character and I feel blessed Rof Mahabharata, depend on VFX crutches. The show is based on the concept of and lucky to have come so far. I Ramayana, Akbar-Birbal, Ultimately, nothing can beat sanitation and how no one wants to talk cherish all my shows from Wo Rani Laxmibai, Ashoka and the power of good about it. Sanitation is an underlying issue Rehne Wali Mehlon Ki to Nach many more will never go out storytelling,” Banker tells you. and most of us often find it boring or Baliye my experience with all of of trend. The epic tales of To add to the list, Colors disgusting so through this drama series them was amazing. I wait as an mythology and history have TV is coming up with a new we want to spread out the message on actor. Mein jaldbaazi me nahin always been an interesting show Jhansi Wali Rani which Faecal Sludge Management and aim to rehta hu ki jo show aaye vo main subject to talk upon — both is scheduled to be aired from leave an impact on the society so that karlun. Though it has been for the viewers and the February 11. The show is everyone take this issue more responsibly. my longest gap and I am makers. Therefore, the based on the life of Rani The other concept is to show the everyday returning on TV after almost two makers also make sure that Laxmibai and her journey to problems of a mohalla and how the people years. But I always wait for four-five they keep on remaking these the throne. Anushka Sen will deal with it. months before taking up any project, shows and conceptualise it in be seen playing Rani nTell us about your character. I don't get impatient. I always want to a different narrative Laxmibai in the show. Vishwaas is a struggling journalist get sure about myself that whether I altogether. Sen says that the patriotic who always wants to do something good want to do a show or not because if Be it Chanakya, Porus, and strong nature of the for the society. He is always in search of you are not sure about yourself then Razia Sultan, Veer Shivaji, character is what attracted career-defining breaking news but his no one else will take you Jhansi Ki Rani or her towards this role. boss wants something that has mirch- seriously. Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat “I was very excited when n masala in it. He wants to solve the Any actor you would all these shows have already A still from the sets of show Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat I was offered this role; it is the problems of his mohalla and its people. like to work with in been telecasted multiple kind of role that no actor will He is funny, loving and naughty on the future? times on the small screen but shows and call the shots. ever say no to. It is a very outside but deep in his heart he is very I would like to work still remain of much interest Producers mistakenly think patriotic and strong character caring. with Amitabh to the viewers. This is because that lavish sets, costumes, and this is what attracted nWhat attracted you to play this Bachhan as I am a of the creativeness of the props, VFX or gimmicks like me towards it. I always role? fan of his acting makers and or the actors motion capture will attract wanted to play a role which The concept and the short and my dream who are able to portray the audiences and fail to focus on challenged me and made me format of the show drew me role would be to same character without it the writer's vision. This is do some extra hard work towards it. It is a 26-episode play the role of being repetitive. why so many shows like Siya and this role was definitely crisp series, so it cannot be his son (laughs). Ashok Banker, creator Ke Raam fail. Only a writer the right choice for me,” she dragged unnecessarily and also nHow do you and writer of the famous can offer a fresh take on an says, adding that the show the message that it aims to give define television series — old subject. You have to be will not just highlight the is very unique and the show yourself — an Chakravartin Ashoka Samrat able to retell the same warrior side of the queen has the right amount of actor or feels that there are certain old story in a fresh new but it aims to throw light on laughter, drama and a perfect dancer? subjects that appeal to the way,” he tells you and her role as a social reformist blend of wit and satire. I had I am audience no matter how says that this how you too. an option to do another always an many times they are made. tell the story that sets “Not many people know show but I don't want to be a actor first “It’s a tried and tested fact you apart. Those who that Rani Laxmibai was not part of a long-running show and then a that only certain subjects simply imitate will just a warrior but a social and I was looking for some dancer. attract viewers on television. always suffer in reformist too. This show exciting work and this role Acting is what Unfortunately, this means comparison. will focus on how she appealed to me so I took it up I enjoy doing that viewers only want to see Banker explains fought the internal politics of wholeheartedly. and then the same famous subjects that all the modern the kingdom and brought nHow was the experience comes dancing. over and over again, day technology certain social reforms working with Anil Kapoor? May be for my presented in new ways. Every that is being used in the country and also It was an amazing wife — Sanjeeda time, writers and producers in the making of protected the throne from the experience. He is like a rocket it is dancing but have attempted to tell other mythological evil eyes of Janki and other full of energy and enthusiasm. she will also say lesser known stories, the and historical people in the kingdom,” Sen One thing in him which that acting comes shows have failed. No based shows adds. inspires me the most is his first to her. She is matter how well is nothing but Essaying the role of Janki, fitness. I wish I can be fit like more of a dance researched, well written, just a cover Anuja Sathe says: “I am glad him at his age. lover and I am an and well produced the up for a bad that I have been offered this nDo you think that this show acting lover. show may be, or how original script. role. I always prefer playing will pave way for more shows nWhen next will the subject and treatment, if “All the modern strong and powerful roles. that talk about societal issues? you be seen audiences reject it, channels techniques, VFX, Janki is also a very strong and I think that movies and shows are sharing screen won't keep it on air. Over CGI, animation, grey character. She is an made for social causes but they are space with your wife time, channels have motion capture, independent woman who is not made well. Films like Toilet Ek Sanjeeda Sheikh? learned which subjects and other politically active and she eyes Prem Katha and Padman were We will not do attract viewers and which gimmicks are the throne without letting made well and that is why the television together don’t. What choice do attempts to cover anyone know about it.” message spread far and wide. I because if we will spend 12 they have but to recycle up a failure to Sathe had to go through won’t talk about those films which hours together in home and the same old stories write good a lot of research to were not made well but if a film then next 12 hours on the sets 'to again and again!,” he scripts. The most understand the character or show is made the right hum log behen-bhai ho jayengey, says. enduring shows well. way then people will not husband-wife nahin rahengey,' it Banker tells you don’t depend on “I had to do a lot of only see it but understand Movies and shows are made on will be too much so we have decided that the biggest challenge theseresearch to understand the it. If you spread a message social causes but they are not made not to sign shows with each other. of remaking the show is to gimmicks, they depth of the character and to through the mode of (laughs). have a fresh take or pitch is tell great stories be able to justify it. I read entertainment then people well. Films like Toilet Ek Prem nWhat else is keeping you busy? the biggest challenge. “This is brilliantly. That’s all you some books and took help will understand it because Katha and Padman were made well Sanjeeda and I have done two a writer’s vision. Sadly, in need. My upcoming from the Internet as well. no one likes to be preached. music videos together and we will India, TV is producer-driven new mythological Though our creatives were nHow has your journey and that is why the message spread be going to do another one soon for unlike elsewhere in the world Anushka Sen who is show Ma very helpful throughout but been so far? far and wide a big singer and it is for my favourite where writers are the playing Rani Laxmibai Mahalakshmi is an I believe in doing my This is the eighth show in singer. producers and drivers of TV example of homework well,” she says. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2019 special 09

Search the word hemp and two things pop up. First, it is a cash-rich crop. Second, by using the entire plant, one can get over 25,000 products. ROHIT SHARMA tells you how the hemp fibre is all about the much neglected sister product of the bad old marijuana plant perception A DIFFERENT

HIGHndia is considered to be one of be cultivated and used to produce the best places for cannabis, paper instead. where the plant grows wild in There are several reasons to abundance. It has been used for cultivate hemp. First, take the paper. millennia in the subcontinent, The paper made from hemp fibre can andI is deeply rooted into our culture be recycled up to eight times while and religious practices. The plant has paper manufactured from wooded helped in the advancement of civil- trees can only be recycled three times. isations across the world. Many peo- Hence, not only can a single acre of ple get confused when it comes to hemp produce four times as much differentiating between hemp and paper as an acre of trees, but such marijuana. The two are family plants paper can also be recycled many of the cannabis with two primary more times. Clearly cultivating hemp classifications — Indica and Sativa. leads to better utilisation of natural While marijuana can be considered resources and as a result, to more a member of either the Indica or prosperity in society. Sativa hemp is a member of the Sativa Second, the stem of the industrial family. nThe industrial crop is known as hemp plant can be used to create Hemp was used widely for dif- cannabis sativa which contains low tough fibre while rural women liv- ferent purposes including as a med- Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), less ing in the villages of the Himalayan icine and for making textile. than 0.3%. The recreational crop is region have been doing so for living and working in a city. countries, including Canada and in Uttarakhand, Ashish Rawat who they could actually start growing the Extensive research conducted shows known as cannabis indica (which decades. Today science has shown Farmers will prosper by growing China have robust hemp cultivation has 70 acres of land tells you that plant in India. “Since the cultivation that industrial hemp has the poten- has THC more than 0.3%) hemp to be a superior fibre and the hemp because hemp can be used to industries. In Canada well over before he started growing hemp, the of the plant was banned in India, the tial to change entire industries for the hemp industry is playing a key part manufacture goods such as canvas. one lakh acre of land is being used main crops he would grow was rice, first challenge was to convince the better. Developed countries today are nSince the 1985 NDPS act, it is in popularising the revolutionary In fact, hemp fibre is so synonymous to grow hemp. In addition to pro- wheat and mustard for personal Government that this particular taking initiatives and implementing illegal to cultivate, use and sell potential of hemp fibre. Hemp fibre with canvas that the word canvas is viding a source of valuable materi- consumption. plant was not narcotics and that it regulatory policies for the rapid has anti-microbial, anti-fungal, anti- derived from the word cannabis. al, hemp production creates thou- “Some people came to our village had lot of benefits. From the Excise development of the hemp industry. nConsumption, growing and inflammatory potential (to a certain Once manufactured, hemp canvas sands of jobs that sustain thousands and told us about hemp. This is the to the Narcotic Department, we In India, a land where hemp was selling of cannabis hemp became a extent), and the fabric produced from and fibre will have many uses, par- of families. The twin benefits of first time that we are growing the held a lot of workshops and seminars an integral part of society and played criminal offence. Before 1985, it hemp is soothing, soft, and com- ticularly with the armed forces. A hemp fibre and other hemp extracts plant. At present, out of 70 acres, I before they even convinced. We had a part in ceremonies in the past, is was totally legal in India to forting to the touch. Cannabis sati- reason for this is that canvas made are supplemented by job creation am growing hemp in three acres. The to give them lot of literature on the now being rediscovered and being cultivate, sell and consume va has low THC content (under from hemp is resistant to ultraviolet and fuller utilisation of natural land has been taken on lease from us plant. We had to tell them that the put to use to foster new industries. cannabis hemp in various forms. It 0.3%) and completely satisfies the light, heat, mildew, and repels insects resources. By growing hemp, an — we have been paid `300 per nali seed that we wanted to grow had Governments are reframing policies was not only legal for religious norms of the NDPS act and also making it the perfect material for economy grows also. (one nali is 16 mutthi, one mutthi is THC of less than 1.5%. The Narcotics related to industrial hemp under the activities but it was legal as a whole holds the potential to create signifi- canvas used by the armed forces. In Considering the example of 128 sq feet). There are several ben- Department have set rules which the state legislature and are taking pos- cant economic growth in countries effect, the manufacture of canvas Canada and its successful cultivation efits of growing the plant since one Excise Department follows. Since itive steps to promote the cultivation nDuring the World War I, India across the globe from hemp will help give an impe- of hemp, there is little or no reason can make so many products from it. they can’t different between the of hemp. The hemp industry has vast was the largest manufacturing hub Three, most farmers in India are tus to the domestic defense industry, to believe that similar or greater suc- But at present, we are using the fibre plant — which one is narcotic, potential to help in the growth of var- and labours hub for the English not wealthy which is why they will something which is high on the gov- cess can’t be replicated in India. Like only. We are hoping that we will be which is not, they blanketed it under ious markets. Army. India used to be the largest benefit immensely by cultivating ernment's list of priorities. Farmers Canada, India also has abundant given permission to use it for other one category. Convincing them to do The Uttarakhand Government manufacturers of textiles and hemp as hemp can grow on barren who cultivate hemp will play a small land that is suitable for growing products. Take China, today is the so otherwise was a challenge. The has taken an initiative to reframe its fabrics made from natural fibres land and requires very little resources part in nurturing this industry. The hemp. Yet the cultivation of hemp largest producer of this fibre. We can seed that we are using has less than industrial hemp policy and has like cotton, hemp and flax. So to flourish. So hemp can be grown defense sector is one the largest in in India can have a greater impact be No 1 too if all the departments like 0.3% THC,” Prakash explains. recently issued the first-ever hemp cannabis hemp and its industrial cheaply which makes it ideal for cul- India and among the largest indus- economically on the nation than the Horticulture supports us. This He tells you that in order to pre- cultivation license. This means that applications are not new to Indians tivation by Indian farmers. One can tries in the world. When farmers such cultivation has had in Canada. will help other farmers to grow the vent any misuse, there are some hemp can now be used to create grow up to five crops in the year manufacture for this industry, they For instance, India is a developing plant who are scared to grow it at pre- checks. First, the place where this medicines, textiles, food items, paper, nThe cannabis hemp plant is under polyhouse. Under open con- stand to be a small part of one of the country where the successful emer- sent even though we have been plant is growing, the geo location and building materials. A number of found in wild in abundance in all ditions, we can get three crops in a largest industries in the world. gence of an entirely new industry given permission. It is illegal to has to be shared with the depart- Self Help Groups and farmer groups the Himalayan belt States. With the year. The hemp grows vigorously The process used to refine hemp will permeate much of the econo- grow the plant but because IIHA is ments. Second, before the plant is are supported by the State hemp fibre different types of fabrics than corn and requires less water, fibre to make it ideal to produce fab- my with greater vigour. the mediator, all the paper work has harvested, the local Excise Government and by private players can be produced and also it pesticides, herbicides and fertiliser. ric does require an investment in Indian culture has an intimate been done by them. But people are Department will check the THC under a Purchasing Power Parity produces some of the strongest Hence, it is often referred to as a sus- advanced technology. Hence research relationship with cannabis and still scared. Some farmers have a wait level, if it is more than the prescribe model which aims to advance the size and different types of papers tainable crop. The plant has over institutions and organisations across cannabis-based products could eas- and watch policy. They want to know limit, the entire crop is destroyed. and scope of the industry. It is esti- 25,000 known uses as well. the world are investing huge capital ily generate revenue for Indian com- how much benefit it will give me and Third, the farmers had to be con- mated that annual revenues from nAfter Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh Today, across Uttarakhand there in R&D programs to invent refining panies in India and through exports. a few other farmers from whom the vinced, that this particular seed is hemp textiles in Uttrakhand will is the second State in India that are ghost villages, such villages are so processes and technologies in order One of the beneficiaries of greater land has been taken on lease,” Rawat not narcotic. Since the plant looks equal `240 crore while a farmer who allows farmers to grow hemp, but called because they’ve been aban- to create the finest hemp fabric for exporters will be the farmers who says, an Arts graduate from Delhi. the same, prima facie the farmer will grows hemp will earn approximate- with caveat — they can only sell it doned and their earlier inhabitants use in industries. Such processes, cultivate hemp. Because India is a He tells you that while villagers are be behind bars. The stakeholders ly `1 lakh annually from its sale. to the Government for industrial have moved to parts of the country once they are successful, will bene- developing country, it will take time interested in growing hemp, they do had to take all the people involved Hemp cultivation is all the more purposes. The farmers also must that provide greater economic oppor- fit farmers who grow hemp. for Indian industry to adapt and cre- want to stay away from a plant that and move forward. attractive because hemp can grow on regulate their hemp so the THC tunity. However, allowing hemp to be Using hemp, a fine and thin fibre ate white goods that meet global stan- gives a high. “Another challenge was to con- barren land and requires little content is below 0.3% cultivated has led many from such of great durability and of high qual- dards, yet Indians have an intimate But he is quick to point out that vince the Narcotic Department to resources including water to flourish. villagers to migrate back to their vil- ity can be created which has multi- knowledge of the Earth, nature, soil, since the State has legalised growth put this plant under Horticulture It has a number of uses and it can be nCannabis has been used since lages solely because cultivating hemp ple uses in the textile industry and as and crops and cultivating hemp is a of hemp with THC of less than 0.3%, and not Excise. At present we can used to manufacture goods of excep- ancient times in India. The plant has presented them with a means to mentioned above even has uses with natural outgrowth of such intimacy. people are less wary. “More so, since only use the seed and the fibre. This tional quality cheaply and more effi- has been mentioned in the Vedas. earn a livelihood. Not only has such the military. The true scope of hemp Farmers in India have a precious we are given the seeds and the is only 20 per cent plant usage. If the ciently than they are manufactured The attempts at criminalising in-migration presented villagers with remains to be fully explored despite relationship with the soil that is know-how on how to plant and take entire plant is non-narcotic, why today. Consider, for instance, that cannabis in British India were the means to earn a livelihood, but extensive ongoing research to fully almost absent among farmers from care of it. Not that it requires a lot of can’t the entire plant be used? We hemp grown on an acre of land can made, and mooted, in 1838, 1871, it has also lowered some burden on understand its uses. In brief, cannabis other countries. By cultivating hemp work. It is an easy plant to grow here have already given representation to produce as much paper as can be 1877. Independent India was less larger cities to which the villagers, considered a harmful drug for farmers in India will be able to fos- since the plant grows wild in our the Government, on paper and produced from four acres of trees. successful in defending legal status sensing better opportunity, had decades is now reclaiming some of ter this relationship and reap the country. It is another matter that the even field visits have been organised Such efficiency in producing paper of the sacred plant after the 1961 migrated. Cultivating hemp will also its lost glory and is even shining benefits of a higher personal income wild plant has more than 4% THC so that we can use the whole plant,” is the need of the hour because trees international treaty Single benefit farmers because they can live brightly in the eyes of many as it did while also simultaneously benefit- and comes under narcotics. Prakash says. on thousands of acres are felled each Convention on Narcotic Drugs in their village and enjoy a far high- in centuries past. ing Indian industry and the whole Dr Chandar Prakash, Director Sharma is President Founder & year to produce paper. Hence, instead clubbed cannabis with hard drugs er standard of living, and a higher The economic potential of economy. Fibre with IIHA tells you that there President Indian Industrial Hemp of felling millions of trees, hemp can savings rate, than they could while cannabis is clearly vast and many Shalini Saksena adds: A farmer were several challenges faced before Association (IIHA) ‘India has the best cannabis, hence more research is required’

nWhat are the areas where the plant (CSIR), ICMR and Department Of research on the Indian plant which under due process and then gave prevented. Take for example some cough SHALINI SAKSENA (cannabis) can be used in medicine? Biotechnology have signed a joint grows like a weed all over the country. permission for cultivation in one acre of syrups, people misuse it. These There are two areas that have been agreement under which we are There is lot of cross pollination. land for medicinal and research work. medicines will come as prescription speaks with approved in the US and the UK where a developing these two products. Our Unfortunately, after 1985, no research We have requested for more land which drug just like morphine. In Barabanki, molecule called Epidiolex for epilepsy in institute is involved in cultivation and has been done. We need to do so since we may be given. Efforts are taking place UP, the Government has given DR RAM children, the other is Setivax which is production of API. Then we will do the the best variety of cannabis is in India. in UP as well in cannabis. In permission to grow opium. They procure VISHWAKARMA, pain management in cancer clinical work. Then ICMR, will carry out We need to study the chemistry and the Uttarakhand, the permission is it and give it to companies who make management. Because of this, many the clinical trials at AIIMS in Delhi and breeding before it can be used in cultivation of hemp. morphine. The same pathway will have director of Indian countries are using it even for Tata Memorial Centre in Mumbai. medicine. nHow cheap will these medicines be? to be applied here as well. recreational product. Like in India before nWhat is the need to carry out this nHave the seed been developed here? These medicines will be as cheap as nAre there any other areas where the Institute of the 1985 NDPS Act came into being exercise when it has already been Yes, we have developed the seed any other medicine that is available in plant can be used for medicine when one could go and buy it from clinically proven? here in India and took permission for its the market. It will be affordable. The purpose? Integrative Medicine, licensed shops during Shivratri and Holi. There are two options. First, the cultivation. plant is indigenous to India and grows in In the US and Europe, there are about key areas nDoes this mean, even in India, the Government allows import which is nDid you face a lot of problems to get abundance. We have the potential to advanced stage III trials which may plant can used for epilepsy and going to be very costly. The people in Dr Ram Vishwakarma permission from the State export it to other countries. It is a $10 come in this year. One is depression. where cannabis can cancer? India will not be able to afford the Director of Indian Institute of Integrative Government? billion market for these two drugs. We if Our brain makes endocannabinide, lack No, not at present. But this is what treatment. Second, the Indian regulator Medicine Definitely. There was a lot of can start producing these drugs, it will of it causes depression. Cannabis can be be used for we are trying to do at our institute in has to approve it, one can’t legally paperwork involved. It took us two years benefit many stakeholders including the used as a mood elevator. The other is for Jammu. We have taken legal license to produce it. Also, the plant that grows in have these properties, it needs to have to get the permission. It has been two farmers. Many foreign companies are AIDS, they lose appetite. Cannabis can medicinal purpose cultivate cannabis for scientific and the US or Canada is not the same here two key ingredients — CBD and the years since we have been carrying out looking to India for opportunities. be used to enhance it. Another important medical research purpose to develop in India. You can’t pick up any plant and other is THC. For any medicine to be the research. It is a Schedule I drug and nDoes this mean that the substance area where it can be used is to treat identical product for epilepsy and cancer say that this is hemp and can be used effective these two have to be in the I had to submit papers to the J&K abuse will not happen? Diabetes and obesity. In India, it will be here in India. Three departments — we for medicinal purpose. For the plant to required proportion. We need to do Government which they considered There is no way that this can be epilepsy and cancer for the time being. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2019 sport 10 India aim for course correction Dhoni back in side as Men in Blue look to overcome batting mishap and finish series on winning note

PTI n WELLINGTON ODIs AT WESTPAC STADIUM Team P W L N/R Success% ushed out of their comfort zone by some incisive swing bowling in New Zealand 28 16 10 2 60.71 Pchallenging conditions, a jolted India India 3 1 1 1 50.00 will gain confidence from Mahendra Singh IND-NZ AT WESTPAC (WELLINGTON) Dhoni's return as they aim to finish the five- match series against New Zealand on a high. Date Result India's most experienced ODI player 08-01-2003 India won by 2 wickets was out with 06-03-2009 No result hamstring injury during last two 31-01-2014 New Zealand won by 87 runs matches and his Faisel Features return couldn't have been timed better series. after their Opener Henry Nicholls, who replaced inexplicable collapse Colin Munro in the fourth ODI, made an for 92 in Hamilton. unbeaten 30 to provide solidity at the top, A 4-1 margin while Ross Taylor looked in good touch en will look much better route his 93 and 37 not out in the last two than 3-2 but it will be innings. easier said than done New Zealand, however, is likely to miss at the Basin Reserve out opener Martin Guptill who suffered a ‘You haven't won in Wellington. back injury during practice. The windy In bowling department, Boult has condition here could swung his way with a five wicket haul while the game until you just be the shot that Grandhomme seemed to have regained Trent Boult would confidence with his three wicket haul in the need as he again last match. get Dhoni out’ marks his run-up. Back into the New Zealand fold, all And that's where rounder James Neesham and spinner Todd PTI n WELLINGTON Dhoni's presence will be a factor in that Astle have made a decent start with one middle order which still isn't rock solid if wicket each in the fourth game. ew Zealand all-rounder Jimmy skipper Virat Kohli isn't around. NNeesham on Saturday heaped praise on Assistant coach Sanjay Bangar SQUADS Mahendra Singh Dhoni, saying that "you confirmed that Dhoni is fit and available for India: Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, don't have the game won until you have him the game. Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, out." Dhoni's calmness in anchoring the Indian players celebrate after dismissing New Zealand batsman in the second game of five match series at Bay Oval in Nelson AP Dinesh Karthik, Vijay Shankar, Shubman Before the ODI series in Australia, innings will be priceless and young Gill, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, questions were raised over Dhoni's waning Shubman Gill might make the way in the ahead and also the World Cup New Zealand vs India with another fiery opening Bhuvneshwar Kumar getting the rest. Mohammed Shami, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, abilities with the bat but he silenced his playing XI as the World Cup preparations round the corner, India will Live from 7:30am IST stand with Shikhar Dhawan The team management might also Mohammed Siraj, Khaleel Ahmed, critics with three back-to-back half- hit full swing. have to address this weakness STAR SPORTS 1 NETWORK on Sunday. want to test Mohammed Siraj as Khaleel Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya. centuries. The Hamilton match was an eye opener to ensure that their much-vaunted batting Having returned from provisional Ahmed wasn't very impressive in the last New Zealand: Kane Williamson, Todd Before missing out on the third and where Ambati Rayudu, Kedar Jadhav and doesn't crumble on an odd day when the suspension post his loose talk on a TV chat game. Astle, Trent Boult, Colin de fourth ODI against New Zealand due to Dinesh Karthik failed to prove a point that condition aids swing bowling in England. show, Hardik Pandya gave ample display of Although the series is done and dusted, Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin hamstring injury, the 37-year-old scored an they can stand up and be counted if Rohit Rohit has already described it as 'one his importance in the ODI team and he will the fourth ODI win gave a new lease of life Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Colin unbeaten 48 and behind the stumps, he Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan fail on a given of the worst batting performance' by the look to continue to deliver. to New Zealand's campaign and they will Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, remains as sharp as ever. day with Kohli also not around. team and he would like to lead by example It will be interesting if Mohammed look to dish out another superlative Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, and Ross "His record speaks for itself. He is a With the three-match T20I series by quickly getting over the disappointment Shami comes back for the final game with performance before going into the T20I Taylor. fantastic player. I know there were some noises in the Indian media if he should be in the World Cup squad or not. He has got that calm demeanour in the middle-order. When you are bowling to him, you know Karunaratne stretchered ‘Batting collapse was an aberration’ you have not got the game won until you get him out," said Neesham ahead of the PTI n WELLINGTON it has given a lot of time to the middle fifth ODI. order to go out there and play situations Talking about the final game of the ODI off as SL chase big total ssistant coach Sanjay Bangar ... And they have finished games when series, the New Zealand all-rounder, who Abelieves India's batting collapse in they have got an opportunity." is back after recovering from a hamstring close to the neck area. the fourth ODI was an "aberration" and India's batting unit without skipper injury, said he expects the ball to do a bit He slumped to reposed faith on the middle-order, Virat Kohli and Mahendra Singh Dhoni at the Westpac Stadium, like it did in the ground, dropping saying it has mostly delivered whenever didn't have any answers to Trent Boult's Hamilton where India were bowled out for his bat as Australian put in a tough situation. devastating spell but Bangar said such 92 before suffering an eight-wicket loss. players ran to assist. India's batting came a cropper in games actually help them reflect on "We sort of got conditions (at A doctor and the Hamilton game as they were what they can do better. Hamilton) which suit us a little bit more, physio sprinted onto dismissed for their seventh lowest total "It was a one-off game for us. We there was more swing in the air for Boulty the ground and called of 92. know we played well below our (Trent Boult). Anytime, if you can knock for more medics and However, Bangar said it was a one- potential and our expected levels, the over a team like India for 90 odd, you will after some 10 minutes, odd failure. "The middle order has rose boys realize it and we just need to put be happy. he was put on a to the occasion many times and that game behind and look to the next "But you never know what you are stretcher and taken delivered. Yes some situation has been game," he said. going to get here as pitch conditions go but off the field on a golf trying but it is not that the middle order "It gives us an opportunity to look, we know the conditions are going to buggy. hasn't performed," Bangar said. reflect in case if we miss out players due vary in different parts of the country and It clearly unsettled "When required, more often than to fitness issues. World Cup will be a the world. We want to be a team which can Thirimanne who fell not whenever it has been put in a long tournament, there will be injuries perform in all conditions." to spinner Nathan Lyon for 41 in the next over, situation, it has delivered, may be the and players are going to miss out and The 28-year-old, who plays domestic caught by Usman Khawaja at slip. last game was an aberration," he added. it gives us a reflection as to how players cricket for Wellington now having moved Cummins then clean-bowled Kusal Mendis Bangar explained his point by will cope up in their absence and we from Otago, expects the Westpac pitch to for six and when captain Dinesh Chandimal giving example of games — Cuttack were found wanting in that situation in help the pacers. gloved a Starc ball to Paine behind the stumps for (India vs England, Jan 2017), Indore the last game. "I certainly prefer playing at Westpac AFP n CANBERRA 15, the tourists were in trouble. (India vs SA, Oct 2015) and MCG final "But they are quality players, even because at the Basin Reserve (other venue (India vs Australia, Jan 2019) — where doesn't get the opportunity required to in the third game, Dinesh Karthik and in Wellington) you are just bowling into the pener Dimuth Karunaratne was stretchered DROUGHT TO FLOOD the middle order contributed to win maintain the groove," the former India Ambati Rayudu had stitched a wind every day. At Westpac, it swings a little Ooff in a neck brace after being hit by a bouncer The impressive Kurtis Patterson was not out matches. allrounder said. partnership of 82 to finish the game, so bit more. It is a pretty fair surface. I haven't on Saturday as Sri Lanka chased a massive 114 and Paine on 45 at the declaration with Vishwa "...If they (top order batsmen) are "It is also one of those series where we can't really draw too many seen the wicket but I am sure it will be full Australian first innings total built on the back of Fernando the pick of the Sri Lankan bowlers with batting well then the middle order our top order hasn't got a hundred, so conclusion after one-odd failure." of runs," said Neesham. three centuries. 3-126. In overcast conditions, the home team After being dropped on his first ball, the New resumed day two of the second Test in Canberra South Welshman shored up his credentials ahead on 384 for four and extended their lead to a of an Ashes tour to England later this year by Smriti is World massive 534 for five when skipper Tim Paine bringing up his maiden hundred with a drive to Vidarbha, Saurashtra battle declared. mid-off for three after starting the day on 25. At stumps, Sri Lanka was 123 for three in reply Eariler, Joe Burns only lasted five overs on No.1 batter with Kusal Perera on 11 and Dhananjaya de Silva Saturday after resuming on 172, adding eight runs not out for one. before chopping a delivery from quick Kasun for domestic supremacy On a flat Manuka Oval track conducive to Rajitha onto his stumps. batting Karunaratne and Lahiru Thirimanne saw Burns' departure brought the consistent off some lightning quick deliveries and a bouncer Paine to the crease, who took his time to get off PTI n NAGPUR barrage and had built an 82-run stand before the mark but then hit some cracking boundaries disaster struck. to keep the pressure on the visitors. he battle between India stars Playing in his 58th Test, Karunaratne was 46 At the other end Patterson grabbed his chance TCheteshwar Pujara and Umesh Yadav not out when a rising Pat Cummins ball appeared with both hands, smashing 14 fours and a six in will make for an intriguing sub-plot to glance off his shoulder and onto his helmet, his breakthrough knock. when Saurashtra make one more attempt to win their elusive Ranji Trophy title against the defending champions Vidarbha in the final starting on Sunday. FAF, HENDRICKS END The battle lines are drawn and the PTI n DUBAI summit clash will not just be about Pujara and Umesh only but also about PAK WINNING STREAK ndia opener Smriti Mandhana on Wasim Jaffer, who is a domestic doyen ISaturday moved up three places in every sense of the term. to become number one in the ICC At the age of 40, the reflexes may AFP n CAPE TOWN Shinwari dismissed Du Plessis women's ODI rankings, joining have gone down but sheer class and and Rassie van der Dussen in men's team skipper Virat Kohli at improved fitness has ensured that Jaffer af du Plessis and Reeza the same over and finished with the top of the standings. remains a force to reckon with in FHendricks shared a record three for 31. Mandhana was player of the domestic cricket with HEAD TO HEAD partnership as South Africa Pakistan made a fast start series in the three ODI series 1003 runs to his name Matches: 6 ended a nine-match Pakistan despite losing Fakhar Zaman in against New Zealand. The southpaw before the final. Vidarbha won: 2 T20 winning streak in the first the first over. had scored 105 and 90 in the first Saurashtra do have Saurashtra won: 1 international at Newlands. Babar Azam (38) and two ODIs, helping her team to rare an edge with Pujara in Draw: 3 South Africa prevailed by Hussain Talat (40) put on 81 off series win in New Zealand. Ellyse their line-up but Jaffer's six runs in a tense finish after 61 balls for the second wicket. Perry and Meg Lanning of Australia flair has the power to being sent in and making 192 for At one stage they were are second and third respectively. negate it. He has been Vidarbha's batting six. scoring at close to 10 runs an She is now leading the chart mainstay this season with four hundreds, Pakistan came close, scoring over but the scoring slowed with 751 points in her name and is including a double ton. 182 for nine. against tight bowling by Andile 70 points ahead of second placed The final will be a test of Vidarbha vs Saurashtra Their ever- India A regular Rajneesh Gurbani, Yash In the end, it was the Phehlukwayo and Tabraiz Ellyse Perry, who is placed second batting depths as both sides have Live from 9:30am IST dependable skipper Thakur, Suniket Bingewar and India U- fielding of David Miller that Shamsi. with 681 points. capable willow wielders till No 9. STAR SPORTS 2 NETWORK Faiz Fazal (786 runs) 19 World Cupper Aditya Thakare to made the difference. His two The match turned in South India ODI captain Mithali Raj Sheldon Jackson (838 runs) and young Akshay challenge Pujara and co. direct-hit run-outs, including Africa's favour when Talat was has slipped to the fifth spot. and former India U-19 Desai (763 runs) Wadkar (680 runs) have made a telling With 44 wickets left-arm spinner the key wicket of Babar Azam, with Hendricks, who made 74 caught off Shamsi, to be followed Veteran pacer Jhulan Goswami have been the batting mainstays for contributions in team's superb run with Aditya Sarvate has been a vital cog this and a South African record off 41 deliveries. in the next over by Babar's run is fourth in the bowlers' rankings Saurashtra when Pujara was on national three hundreds each. season for the defending champions. four catches, meant that Pakistan His dismissal in the 16th out, after a superb piece of with 639 points while spinners duty. The defending champions have the Saurashtra do not have much option kept losing wickets as they over sparked a mini-collapse. fielding by Miller. Poonam Yadav and Deepti Sharma Ditto for defending champions edge in bowling with Umesh in their as far bowling is concerned as they have chased a challenging target. South Africa lost five wickets Malik kept Pakistan in the are eighth and ninth respectively. Vidarbha. The run-chart led by Jaffer, has ranks but Saurashtra skipper Jaydev relied heavily on Unadkat and slow-left Du Plessis hit 78 off 45 balls while scoring only 35 runs in the game, scoring 49 off 31 balls Deepti is also fourth in the all- at least eight such batsmen, who have 30- Unadkat could also prove to be a handful arm orthodox bowler Dharmendrasinh and shared a record second last 28 balls of the innings. before he was dismissed off the rounders standings and is the sole plus average and five of them figuring in if he gets some help from the track. Jadeja, who has been architect of their wicket stand of 131 off 74 balls Left-arm fast bowler Usman third ball of the final over. Indian in the top-10. 10 matches. Along with Umesh, there is current good run with 52 wickets in 10 matches. LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2019 sport 11

I want Bale to perform how Italy beat India to make World Finals he knows he can: Solari Seppi romps Prajnesh in first reverse singles after Bopanna-Sharan win doubles match PTI n KOLKATA India to 5-1 with the hosts having an upper hand at the ndia lived up to their repu- Australia, Germany same grass courts in 1985. tation in doubles but that grab finals berths However, India's gamble Iwas not enough as Italy on grass flopped this time with secured a 3-1 triumph after win- the 1976 champions Italy ning the first reverse singles on AFP n PARIS emerging as one of the 12 qual- Saturday to storm into the first- ifiers to join 2018 champions ever Davis Cup World Finals. ormer champions Australia, Croatia, runners-up France, Trailing 0-2 after losing the FGermany and Italy punched and semi-finalists Spain and opening day's singles rubbers, tickets to the Davis Cup finals on USA in the Finals to be held in doubles pair of Rohan Bopanna Saturday, while Japan rallied from Madrid in November. and Divij Sharan kept India's a 2-1 deficit as Taro Daniel won the Great Britain and Argentina slender hopes alive by beating decisive rubber to overcome China. have got wild cards in the 18- Simone Boelleli and Matteo Australia romped to a 4-0 rout team Finals which will feature Berrettini 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 in an of Bosnia and Herzegovina in six groups of three teams, one-hour 43 minutes battle. Adelaide, as John Peers and Jordan with the six group winners But it only delayed the Thompson clinched the tie with a and two best-performing group world number 10 Italy's march 7-5, 6-1 defeat of Mirza Basic and runners-up competing in the MADRID: Santiago Solari has the game against Alaves, but into the Finals as world number Tomislav Brkic in the doubles. quarter-finals, semi-finals and challenged Gareth Bale to hit Solari was reluctant to divert 37 Andreas Seppi outclassed Teenager Alexei Popyrin, in his the summit clash on November top form ahead of what could focus to the contest at the top-ranked Indian Prajnesh Davis Cup debut, followed up with 24. prove a defining period in Camp Nou. Gunneswaran 6-1, 6-4 in 62 a 6-1, 7-6 (7/2) win over Nerman In the must-win rubber, Real Madrid’s season. He insists, however, that minutes in the first reverse sin- Fatic, while the fifth match was not Bopanna and Sharan upped Madrid face a double- Madrid are used to big match- gles to render the fifth rubber played. the ante by breaking newcom- header against Barcelona in the es coming thick and fast at this unnecessary at the Calcutta Germany, who won the last of er Berrettini in the fourth game Copa del Rey semi-finals in the stage of the season. South Club. three titles in 1993, eased to a 3-0 of the second set before sealing next month, as well as two legs “We are used to it, this On a career high ranking of victory over Hungary as Jan- the issue. against Ajax in the last 16 of the team has experience of this at 102, Prajnesh had no chance in Lennard Struff and Tim Puetz Making a comeback for the Champions League. this time of year,” Solari said. the first set and though the left- strolled to a 6-2, 6-3 doubles tri- first time since 2012, southpaw After Alaves on Sunday, “First, you have to reach hander gave a better account of umph. Sharan complemented senior they also play city rivals this stage in all three competi- himself in the second set a share World number three Alexander pro Bopanna and wrapped up Atletico Madrid in La Liga tions, the aim is to keep all of of 40 unforced errors dashed his Zverev had crushed Peter Nagy on the match with a forehand vol- before a third Clasico at the them open. hopes. Friday to put the Germans within ley winner in the end. start of March. Madrid are 10 “We have already won the World number 19 India touching distance of the finals after "We had good understand- points adrift of Barca already Club World Cup and we come will now compete in the Zone Philipp Kohlschreiber opened the ing and we kept fighting. Yes, and cannot afford to let the gap into this period in good form, Group action later this year. tie in Frankfurt by outlasting there was pressure playing for widen further. with energy, with the whole Terming it frustrating, Zsombor Piros 6-7 (8/6), 7-5, 6-4. India. But it felt normal having Bale has just come back squad available, except (Jesus) Indian non-playing captain Japan fought back after drop- Rohan by my side. I really after three weeks out with a calf Vallejo, who is about to come Mahesh Bhupathi said: "All of us ping the doubles to sweep the enjoy playing on grass. I just injury but his return to the back. had a belief but we needed to reverse singles in Guangzhou as kept it simple without trying starting line-up is not guaran- “We face this run of games win a point yesterday. It was a Daniel clinched the final point anything extra," Sharan said. teed, given his team have won with absolute tranquility.” monumental task to win back with a tense 6-3, 6-7 (4/7), 6-3 vic- Earlier in the day, six out of their last seven Madrid were thrashed 5-1 from 0-2 down." tory over Li Zhe. Berrettini's sterling show in his matches. by Barcelona in their last out- Italy boast of three players debut on Friday earned him a “The spotlight is always on ing at the Camp Nou in inside top-60 but no Indian fea- in the World Group play-offs in spot in the doubles match in Gareth,” Solari said at a press October, a match that led to ture in the world's top 100 and Kraljevo to be drawn against place of their top player Marco conference on Saturday. Julen Lopetegui being sacked Bhupathi said the country need Italy who lost to France 1-3 in Cecchinato. “But I see him focused, con- and Solari installed as his to do a reality check after the the quarters in Genoa. Berrettini impressed with nected, plugged in. replacement. loss. "It's been great to work his big, powerful serves and did “I want him to perform Asked how his team have "We need to come into the with them. Prajnesh has made well in company of doubles spe- how he knows he can, like he progressed in the three months real world. Once the Madrid list all the way up to 102 from 300 cialist Bollelli, who had won the did in the Club World Cup and since, Solari said: “We are in a (of 12 nations) is out, I want you in two years. There's a lot of 2015 Australian Open. against Roma. He is an impor- very good moment. The play- to see if they have any player potential," Bhupathi, whose But gradually, Bopanna out- tant player for us and I think he ers are training well, enthusi- outside top-100. Of course, we term is also coming to an end witted Berrettini by setting up is determined to do well.” astic, it is down to them. were dying to go to Madrid. But with the Davis Cup tie, said. the games for Sharan to seize the Madrid meet Barcelona in “They are a family, they say you can't expect miracles," he Having got a first round World Group play-offs after Asia/Oceania Zone Group I in Italy thus extended their opportunities with his accurate the first leg of the Copa del Rey it themselves, and I think they said. bye, India advanced to the defeating China 3-2 in the Tianjin. They lost to Serbia 4-0 head-to-head record against crosscourt returns. on Wednesday, three days after are doing phenomenally well.” Tennis Australia slams Tomic Indian women’s Spurs strike to climb above City AFP n ADELAIDE when his son was a Davis Cup to say publicly. hockey team draw debutant. Hewitt, who was not play- AFP n LONDON ennis Australia accused Tennis Australia chief ing after hip surgery, had at the with Ireland Tfirebrand Bernard Tomic Craig Tiley said he was “deeply time been highly critical of TA ottenham left it late again, but Son on Saturday of deliberately try- disappointed with the ongoing during a period of turmoil for MURCIA: Dragflicker Gurjit THeung-min's strike seven minutes from ing to sabotage the nation’s disrespect from Bernard and the sport’s governing body. Kaur scored in the first half to time earned a hard-fought 1-0 win over Davis Cup team in a nasty spat his father”. Tiley said it was the first he put the Indian women’s hock- Newcastle on Saturday to leapfrog with captain Lleyton Hewitt “Lleyton is right to say heard about it. ey team ahead before World Manchester City into second place in the and withdrew all support for Bernard will not be considered “In regards to John Tomic’s cup silver medallists Ireland Premier League. him. for Davis Cup. Bernard does recent claim in the media about fought back to draw 1-1 in the Spurs also struck at the death to beat Tomic launched an extra- not meet the standards of an alleged incident in 2010, we opening friendly match here. Fulham and Watford in recent weeks to ordinary attack on two-time behaviour and commitment are not aware of any formal After levelling the four- ensure they have kept pace in the league Grand Slam champion Hewitt to himself, the team or the complaint lodged by either match series with hosts since Harry Kane and Dele Alli were during the Australian Open last sport,” said Tiley. John or Bernard,” he said. Spain, India put up a deter- injured. month, saying “no one likes “Now, he is deliberately “Both Bernard and John mined performance in the first Mauricio Pochettino's men close to him any more” while claiming trying to damage that culture have enjoyed a lot of support match. within four points of leaders Liverpool, who he had ruined the national — and not for the first time. since in many areas of their The visitors will end their are in action at West Ham on Monday, but tennis system. “We have given (Tomic) lives — including a long and 10-day tour of Spain with the just as significantly open up a 10-point lead He alleged there were deep more than a decade of support. sustained period of personal second and final friendly match on Arsenal and Chelsea in the race for a top- divisions in the Australian Ultimately, we have to draw a commitment and whole-heart- against Ireland on Sunday. four finish and Champions League football men’s game. line when the behaviour does ed effort from Lleyton Hewitt India got off to a good start next season. Hewitt responded by wash- not warrant the support.” as Davis Cup captain.” Tomic, as they made a first break- In keeping with a season of struggle, ing his hands of the player, John Tomic claimed the who rose to a career-high 17 at through in the fourth minute Tottenham were forced all the way by a alleging he had been black- incident in 2010 left his son his peak, has not played Davis when they created a PC oppor- dogged Newcastle, buoyed by a stunning 2- mailed and physically threat- traumatised. Cup since 2016 and claims tunity. But the chance went 1 win over Manchester City in midweek that ened by the combustible 26- He alleged Hewitt came to Hewitt “doesn’t put the players amiss with good defending carried the Magpies five points clear of the with the same gameplan to defend deep and goal of the season. year-old. his son’s hotel room during an first”. shown by the Irish. relegation zone. frustrate their opponents. The South Korean had a helping hand Tomic’s father John then Australian tie against Taiwan in Australia are currently In the second quarter Club record 20 million signing Miguel Instead it was Son who again stepped from Dubravka, though, as the Newcastle said he planned legal action March 2010 and pressured him playing a Davis Cup qualifier though, India made up for the Almiron did not have international clear- up to the mark, just as he did with an keeper let Son's powerful effort slip beneath against Hewitt over an incident to reveal who from Tennis against Bosnia and lost opportunity when they ance to make his debut so Rafael Benitez equaliser against Watford in midweek, to his grasp to undo all his side's good work he claimed occurred in 2010 Australia was telling him what Herzegovina in Adelaide. were awarded a PC for an named the same side that started against City compensate for Kane's absence with his 14th in holding out for 83 minutes. infringement by an Irish defender. Gurjit, India’s dragflicker, Dates of Bengaluru, Visakhapatnam T20s swapped made no mistake in putting the LOCAL EVENTS ball past the Irish goalkeeper announced its team for the reach the venue at 7. NEW DELHI: Australia will start their limited the police authorities informed KSCA about Emma Buckley in the 18th 25th All-India Subhash overs tour of India in Visakhapatnam, which will their inability to provide security. minute. Memorial Cricket Tournament TULIP WIN TOURNEY now host the first T20 International on February KSCA wrote to BCCI acting secretary India’s 1-0 lead put the to be held at Bina from Feb 4. Tulip defeated Bluebells by 24 instead of Bengaluru after Karnataka State Amitabh Choudhary, who sent it to the COA Irish on the backfoot. While THE TEAM: Rahul Singh six wickets to win the DPS Cricket Association (KSCA) requested for a for approval. India defended the lead well Rawat, Karan Singh, Surabh Inter-House U-19 Cricket change of date due to security concerns. “It was a genuine reason for which KSCA with a disciplined structure, the Dubay, Abhinav Kushwaha, Trophy on Saturday. Batting Bengaluru will host the second T20 can’t hold the match on the specified date Irish pushed for an elusive Vipraj Singh, Shivam Pandey, first, Bluebells scored 135 International on February 27 instead of (February 24). The acting secretary had for- goal. Manoj Singh, Himanshu runs with Divynansh (45), Visakhapatnam after KSCA wrote to the BCCI warded me the request for swapping of dates It was only in the 45th Sharma, Atif Sajid, Shurya Pranay (35) and Utkarsh (30) about its inability to host the inaugural match with the Visakhapatnam T20I and I have sent minute when Ireland struck a Singh, Priyanshu Anand, being the top scorers. Ashwath due to security concerns. The date and venue my approval,” COA chief Rai told PTI. field goal through Sarah Aabhishak Singh, Amit Yadav, Singh and Ayushman picked swap was okayed by Committee of Australia will be playing two T20 Hawkshaw that levelled the Hasan Akhter, Chandresh two wickets each. In reply, Administrators (COA) members Vinod Rai and Internationals and 5 ODIs during their three score to 1-1. Singh, Priyanshu Shrivastava. Tulip achieved the target for Diana Edulji. week tour. The five ODIs will be held in While the final quarter the loss of four wickets. On February 24, Aero India Show will be Hyderabad (March 2), Nagpur (March 5), saw both teams play at par with BOXING Ashwath scored a half-century held in Bengaluru and Prime Minister Narendra Ranchi (March 8), Mohali (March 10) and New each other, India remained Sports directorate is organ- while Lakshya and Kavyansh Modi will be attending the event, the reason why Delhi (March 13). resolute in their defence. ising District-Level Junior Boy’s made contributions of 35 and Boxing Tournament at KD 30 runs respectively. Ashwath Singh ‘Babu’ Stadium on was adjudged man of the ATK, Jamshedpur battle to keep playoff hopes alive February 4. Interested may match. KOLKATA: Former champi- Kerala Blasters while Kolkata side. With Tim Cahill injured UP LIFT TROPHY Nadeem Akhtar gave away the ons ATK and Jamshedpur FC Jamshedpur are placed fifth Nigerian forward Kalu and probably out for the rest of Uttar Pradesh Grace prizes. will look to keep their hopes for with 20 points to their credit Uche, who is coming back the season, Jamshedpur will pipped Neelgiri Ooty 7-3 to a play-off berth alive when they and are unbeaten in five from a lengthy spell at the side- rely heavily on the services of win the KD Singh ‘Babu’ Sub- BIHAR, HARYANA IN FINAL lock horns in the Indian Super straight matches. lines, will also be available for Sergio Cidoncha and Pablo Junior U-14 All-India Bihar and Haryana won League here on Sunday. All eyes will be on ATK the game. Morgado. Prizemoney Hockey their respective semi-final Bengaluru FC and coach Steve Coppell as he takes ATK will also look to put Cidoncha has been one of Tournament at Mohd Shahid matches to set up a title clash Mumbai City have sealed two on his former side. The on their scoring boots as they the most influential players Stadium on Saturday. Skipper in the 18th Shakuntala Mishra spots in the play-offs with the Englishman will rely on have had problems in that this season for Jamshedpur Ketan Kushwaha netted five Memorial National Cricket two clubs firm on the table. Spaniard Edu Garcia whose department, managing just 11 and is their joint top scorer goals while Alok Mishra Tournament for Blinds on While the third and fourth form will be decisive in goals in 13 matches. with three goals alongside sounded the board twice. Saturday. Bihar defeated places are up for grabs and are Sunday’s clash. The Jamshedpur outfit on Michael Soosairaj. Meanwhile, Shahbad Haryana Himachal Pradesh by 90 runs being contested by four differ- Attacking midfielder the other hand have been Since their induction in defeated Rajkaran Hockey 8-1 while Haryana crushed ent clubs. Manuel Lanzarote will be back dominant this season when it ISL, Cidoncha has the second to grab the third spot. Ketan Maharashtra by 1-0 runs. Hosts ATK, who are sixth in the team after he missed the comes to scoring from set- most goal contributions by a Kushwaha and Harsh Sharma in the league table with 17 match against Blasters. The pieces, having scored 10 goals Jamshedpur FC player in ISL, of UP were declared best for- TEAM ANNOUNCED points from 13 matches, are duo of Garcia and Lanzarote already, compared to ATK’s after the suspended Carlos ward and best centre half. Cricket Association coming off a 1-1 draw against form a potent force for the five. Calvo. Integral University director Lucknow on Saturday LUCKNOW | SUNDAY | FEBRUARY 3, 2019 backpack 12

‘I love that GenX is taking up issues’ n How was it to work for Ek Ladki Vinod Chopra in making short films. a diamond. It is about woman rapidly in the last one-and-a-half is that whenever he likes roles and Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga? Then an amazing and wholesome empowerment, love, friendship, fam- year which is very encouraging for scripts, he goes ahead even if the It was the most wonderful expe- script leaves you saying wow! ily and acceptance of same sex rela- filmmakers who have nice stories to money is less. A lot of others are think- rience because of the amazing cast and Everything is so beautifully woven tionships. It is a combination of all the tell. But earlier, they were not enter- ing this way. You have campus crew. Writer-director Shelly Chopra with an interesting twist in the tale. wonderful things you know of. They tained and people would rather back romances and other interesting stories Dhar is super talented and a very The subject is sensitively handled. It all find their place in this little story. their films with a big startscast and not on big screens. capable person and has spent 20 is an entertaining yet intelligent and The new element in this film is really focus as much on content. But n What else is keeping you busy? years learning the art of cine- sensitive film. I am glad the director Sonam’s love story. But that apart, now, they have realised that content I don’t make a lot of plans because ma making by assisting her chose me. there are so many other things. Most works more than the big starcast and I believe that we can make plans, God brother and ace director n You are as bubbly and chirpy as importantly, the way Shelly has put it budgets. This will encourage more laughs at them. Having said that, I Vidhu Chatro in the film as you are in real together, it makes you look at people filmmakers to come up with inter- hope this film makes a mark and is life… in a new light. It makes you empathise. esting stories. It is working well at the accepted by people. I hope to get more When Vinodji was penning One has to watch this movie to know box office and production houses are interesting films. I was to begin anoth- Chatro’s character, he called me and what it is all about and I will be glad also backing these kinds of films. I er film which got held up because of said that ‘I have only one actor in if it opens a dialogue in society. hope this trend continues and we get Rishhi Kapoorji’s treatment. mind to play her and that is you’. I n Do you think the way you are in to see many more charming stories on Meanwhile, I am busy working on thought that was a great compliment. real life has got merged with your the big canvas. banning plastic and radiation. I also Talktime This persona has become a part of me reel life identity? n What about GenX actors who are do organic farming and dabble in JUHI CHAWLA now. I loved the character Chatro, a My screen persona is warm and taking centrestage? Education schemes because I am a After giving a remarkable performance in cute Punjabi lady who wants to pur- funny a lot of times. Some of that is I am so happy to work with actors part of the management of The Chalk n Duster, Chawla is now stealing the sue her dreams of establishing her true to my real life but then there are like Rajkummar Rao and Sonam Gurukul, a family Trust school. We are catering business which caters to this moments when I am serious and Kapoor. I have seen Ayushmann also involved in IPL and will be gear- show in Ek Ladki Ko Dekha Toh Aisa Laga. theatre production company of Sahil quiet, and a few times angry too. That Khurana’s work too and he is a ing up for it in March-April. She chats with Sangeeta Yadav about Mirza played by Rajkummar Rao. is also a part of me which you don’t promising actor. It is good to see how n What do you enjoy doing the the need to start a dialogue And then a little adventure takes off see on screen so much. I am more youngsters are contributing to the most? on major societal issues from there. than what you see on big screen. growth of Indian cinema and believe Being with my family and chil- n Is the film about woman empow- nIs there a big shift in subjects being in doing good roles and stories rather dren and being on the sets doing excit- through films erment and gender equality? picked by directors? than following name, fame and ing film. These are my two top This film has so multi-faceted like The shift in content has happened money. What I really like about Rao favourites. ‘Work from heart & you will find your audience’ OLD IS REMIXED GOLD The Gold-Laden Sheep & Sacred There are more remixes than original songs in Bollywood movies but singer SONU NIGAM is up for the Mountains director RIDHAM JANVE revival of ghazals in a quirky style. He tells SANGEETA YADAV how he is also enthusiastic about extending speaks with SHALINI SAKSENA support to the growing underground rap music culture about his film in Gaddi dialect n What is the movie all about? all it a fad to promote enjoy the work process instead of It is about a sacred mountain in the Himalayas. It is an exo- Bollywood movies or the revival being in a state where you are told graphic sci-fi film; a narrative on the lives of the shepherds, the Cof classic numbers for the GenX, what to do and how to do it. Creative Gaddis. The mountain is sacred for many reasons some that stems the remix of old songs have become a field should not be controlled and on from folklore and myth. So much so that people believe that one regular thing. So much so that most the music front, you seek for what you can go back and forth in time if you stepped at one particular of the songs getting nominated for want to do and take your own deci- spot. A jet has crashed here. The Army descends for rescue oper- awards are remixed numbers. sion keeping the integrity intact,” ations. But they can’t find this place. A shepherd is roped in to Sonu Nigam, who will be the Nigam says. look for any survivors. This affects the lives of the people living hosting Mirchi Music Awards this It is not just the remixes but films on this mountain. year, says: “It is a sad state of affairs like Gully Boy is promoting out and to have lack of creativity and innova- out rap music in its underground for- n How did you come up with the story? tion in the music industry. But, one mat in India. “When rap music was My friend, Akshay Singh who is also the producer of this should not be complaining. If I am a pursued by Honey Singh, Raftaar, film and I would visit villages in Himachal. The aim was to cut true artist and I am given the oppor- Badhshah and others, it became a ourselves from big cities and find a quiet spot where we could tunity to recreate something, it is my huge hit among the youth. I saw a new write. We would visit these places and stay for two-three months, duty to give good music. Recreation wave setting in in the Indian music nice place, nice people and cheap living. This is when we came of old songs comes with a lot of advan- scene. Rap artists are also talented and in contact with the Gaddi people. That is how the story unfold- tages. The generation gets the expo- have their ways of expressing their ed. sure of peppy classic numbers which thoughts. For them, rap is like food for would have never been heard by them. thought. Everyone has a forte and n You chose pahari language to tell your story. Why? And music composers and singers get what Badshah, Naezy & Divine, and It is not actually a pahari language. It is a dialect that is unique to use their creativity to revive the other rappers are doing, other singers to Gaddis. We chose this language because we didn’t want to use popular songs of the golden era,” might not be able to do it. So we have any actors to tell our story. We wanted to keep it as real as pos- Nigam opines. to respect everyone,” Nigam says. sible. It had to be very organic and this would not have been pos- With this intent, 45-year-old Where some people look down on sible with actors. singer through Season 8 of Royal Stag this genre and find it vulgar and Barrel Select MTV Unplugged, is derogatory, Nigam feels that it is free- n What were the challenges faced to make non-actors act? bringing back the ghazal genre, but dom of choice to listen to it or not. There are not many characters in the film. But most of them with a twist. “When we got a chance “I feel people should be given the were easy to cast since we knew quite a few Gaddis. The prob- to work with Royal Stag Barrel Select choice of listening vulgar songs or not. lem came when we had to cast the main character. We started MTV Unplugged, we made sure that You can’t control people and their to look for the right person when the shepherds were high up something classy and divine comes thought process. But nothing should in the mountains. It would rain as well. We would set up camp out from us. Ghazals is the purest and be derogatory, like calling people and then look. Many times we came back empty handed. But richest form of music but it is disap- names and making fun of them. I am when we did find our shepherd — Arjun Singh — everything pearing. For good music, it is impor- against that,” Nigam says. fell into place. He was perfect. The good part was that he was tant to listen to the rich musical her- Most of the music is primarily cre- able to give us time and brought in his own energy. itage we have in the form of ghazals, ated for Bollywood films, so one won- classical and retro songs. I have ders if Bollywood can survive with- n Why did you not want to reach out to the masses? grown up listening to ghazals of out them. When we started shooting, we tried to free ourselves of any Begun Akthar, Ghulam Ali, Jagjit “Let’s leave it to time and destiny. preconceived notions. We wanted to bring to life the place and Singh, Pankaj Udaas, Talat Aziz and At this time, music is essential to pro- the story that we wanted to tell. For this film, pandering to the others. Today’s generation is deprived mote a film. But times will change and audience was not the aim. This doesn’t mean that I am opposed of this rich genre. So we thought of Saikia from Assam, who has com- PEOPLE SHOULD BE GIVEN THE CHOICE with a lot of reverence in my life,” there will be more independent music to making a commercial film. But with this film, we wanted to bringing out the ghazal back into posed music for Karwaan and Mulk, OF LISTENING VULGAR SONGS OR NOT. Nigam tells you. which we are gradually getting with be as real as possible. mainstream,” says Nigam, who recent- has recreated ghazals. The surprise ele- YOU CAN’T CONTROL PEOPLE & THEIR He believes that the creativity is YouTube and other platforms. We can ly performed in Delhi. ment is, every song has been made in THOUGHT PROCESS. BUT NOTHING fuelled with the freedom to do what now reach out to the audience world- n Does the movie want to send a message across? A lot of work has gone behind the form of a prayer. It was a smooth SHOULD BE DEROGATORY, LIKE you want to, keeping in mind the wide. So the good times are coming. There are several subtle messages of human quest, spirit of bringing the best of ghazals. “One of run for me because I had heard these CALLING PEOPLE NAMES & MAKING responsibility and limits. “When you We just need to team up and work the mountain and Nature. But none of them are in your face. the geniuses in the industry Anurag ghazals before. I will look at this work FUN OF THEM are in a creative field, freedom lets you towards it,” Nigam says. We just wanted to create an experience of being in the moun- tains.

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However, this was a major Eurozone are favouring the cur- a mosaic of nations of such varied Grexit and Frexit might prove the point of discord among the EA lead- rency, the highest since 2004. cultures, languages and nationalities Euro efforts a political misjudgment ers those who have been widely Another positive trend for Euro is that is simply unimaginable. The of sort. Naysayers may say so. But divided over the need of such an that the members of the Eurozone Euro came of age and sometime it is not. instrument. Nations such as France have continuously expanded and it back ranked as the world’s number Further to avoid the risks that advocated that this kind of measures can explicitly be taken as a vote of two currency. What the interna- the EU may encounter in saving the will help eradicate financial shocks, confidence and growing accept- tional community has witnessed is Euro or the big European project, it whereas other members led by the ability for it. that after years of relentless criticism is time now to reinvent Europe. The Netherlands tried to prevent such Finally, it is good for the Euro and prediction of doom, the single continent demands new positive deals saying that nations must focus that hardly any other alternative is currency has already outlived many narratives to sustain its existing eco- on fixing their expenditures back left in the Eurozone for a new cur- of its harshest critics. nomic, political and social system. home. rency. Despite all the existing hur- However, the EU is weakened Also it must go beyond what Amid raising high hopes for dles, all the members know that by economic crisis and shaken by a Macron and Merkel think so as to economic stability in the Eurozone, breaking up would be traumatic, sharp and awakening populism. reflect and encompass the emerging the summit finally left the budget for both economically and politically. Besides, the region is constantly fac- idea of Europe. The grand old “competitiveness and convergence” Further, such disintegration, if at all ing creeping crises emerging from political parties have to rethink and for future dialogues. Experts say that comes, would lead to the fall of the a looming Brexit, growing apathy reshape their age-old dialogues and the entire plan is thin on details and EU itself. The union was formed on towards its longstanding democra- public engagement strategies to the leaders made no reference on the the core values and principles tic credentials and institutions, frag- bring back the common populace to possible size of such a tool. In fact, around economic integration when mentations on the lines of monetary the political mainstream from the the deal seemed to be hollow and some of the members initially start- and financial resources, and, final- danger of looming populism. 0 '     3 '  3-      0    $       $      . missing the targeted goal as pro- ed to communicate way back in ly, territorial dislocation. The EU leadership is wading      $               $  3 ;5) 456  posed by countries likes France to 1951. It is also good that the Euro Initially, some Euro sceptics through serious political and eco- rescue weaker economies from eco- has forced some important reform argued that in the absence of a nomic turbulences. But then the ly dangerous for a single market and only permanence and uncertainty EU President Jean-Claude nomic debacles. Because, the lead- measures across its members. The shared political process, the Euro’s individual member nations should a union with high hopes for the the only certainty. A hundred years Juncker in his State of the Union ers at the end agreed to use such new trend that is surfacing across effort to bind together may lead to not leave the responsibility of Euro. More and more political pop- ago, to be modern meant to chase address made in September 2018 facilities for “competitiveness and the EU and beyond brings home further breakups. But the currency searching for an avant-garde solu- ulism would bring pessimism. And, the final state of perfection and now highlighted the strategic impor- convergence”, namely helping poor- and magnifies social rootlessness, has survived. Sometime in the mid tion only to Brussels. The uber such trends may quickly call for a it means an infinity of improvement, tance of the Euro. He also expressed er countries catch up. cultural hybridisation and shifting of 2016, Nobel Laureate Joseph bureaucrats at the EU headquarters recalling of Euro and gradually, it with no final state in sight and none the need to ensure that the single Hope, the much-vaunted talk identities, particularly among the Stiglitz commented in his book, The need serious inputs the same way as may lead to distrust on institution- desired”. Though the single mone- currency can play the role in the about the strengthening of the Euro younger generation. Therefore while Euro: How a Common Currency is expected from London and Paris al mechanisms like the EU. This tary union has completed twenty global sphere in full scale. He clar- comes into reality. Though Bauman governing the Euro and Eurozone Threatens the Future of Europe, and also from Budapest and Tallinn. may not herald peace and most years, it has had the worst night- ified that the Euro requires com- is high on the agenda of liquid reforms with stressing permanence, “The structure of the Eurozone Simply, the Euro ambling will importantly stability to Europe. marish experiences in the recent peting in the international market modernity, the total liquefaction of certitude and stability, Brussels has doomed the Euro currency to not rescue itself and any of its mem- The Euro after two decades past. In July 2012, the European and it should fully reflect the Euro the solid structures of the industri- need to adjust and work on all new failure and if changes are not made, bers from the risk of it being hopefully would not fall into what Central Bank (ECB)’s critical inter- areas political, economic and finan- al societies will probably never ever possibilities that are fast emerging the region could suffer a breakup.” doomed in future. Simultaneously, Zygmunt Bauman argued “Liquid vention saved the Euro. Further, cial weight. come into practice. But it is to be in and around Europe. But it needs Even Stiglitz advocated for it is utopian to hope that iconoclasts modernity’ around the same time when the near exit of Greece was By mid-December last year, admitted here that the trend iden- to be accepted that there is hardly American type of institutions to like Corbyn and Marine Le Pen when the Euro was born. 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 + lack Sheep, a film commissioned by the Guardian, has been nom- & <        &.    & 2' Binated for best short documen- tary at the 2019 Oscars. Directed by ince announcing his bid for *$%"" "%%)%  a few days ago. At just 37, she is the Ed Perkins, Black Sheep tells the story presidency, Donald Trump has She announced her intention to run on Trump’s sweep to victory in 2016 was, youngest candidate to step forward so of Cornelius Walker, a black 11-year- seamlessly offended women the Good Morning America, and immedi- Mrs Clinton admitted, crushing — a far but has been a rising star of the old from London who moves with his length and breadth of America ately sparked huge excitement. Like result after which she took time off to Democratic Party for years. Such is her family to a housing estate in Essex with gratuitous insults and Obama and Winfrey, should she suc- recover, spending some of it walking her power, she has twice addressed the after the murder of schoolboy demeaningS remarks. So it’s little wonder ceed, she would claim a double first in dog at home in New York State. Now Democratic National Convention in Damilola Taylor in 2000. Walker, the that 64 per cent of women now view the American history: First woman and first that she has dusted herself off, she is said 2012 and 2016 — perhaps in 2020, she same age as Taylor and of similar est recognition.” The film was pro- President unfavourably, according to an black woman to preside over the Oval to be ready for a rematch — but it is will return to the stage as nominee. background, found himself con- duced by Simon Chinn and Jonathan Axios poll. Angered and energised, there Office. “Let’s do this together,” the unclear whether her party is prepared to “There is one main issue that is central fronting a gang of local racists and, Chinn of Lightbox. Chinn has previ- is no shortage of impressive women Oakland-born Californian told the giver her another chance. It would be to the rest, and that is the issue of war after first fighting back, went to extra- ously won best documentary Oscars Democrats vying to be the one to show nation. “Let’s claim our future. For our- her third run, having lost to Obama in and peace,” she said while announcing ordinary lengths to fit in and gain in 2013 for Searching for Sugar Man Donald Trump the door of the White selves, for our children, and for our the primary in 2008, and to Trump in her candidacy. However, the early days their friendship. The film features and in 2009 for Man on Wire. House when he stands for re-election in country.” Harris has already proved the general election in 2016. of Gabbard’s campaign have already interviews with Walker looking back Black Sheep is executive produced 2020. Recently, Kamala Harris put her popular, having graced the pages of Many take the view that the 71-year- proven difficult. She has had to defend a 15 years on from the events he by the Guardian’s head of documen- name forward amid a buzz of excite- Vogue and danced on Ellen DeGeneres’s old has had her moment — twice — and 2017 “fact finding” meeting with Bashar describes, which are re-enacted in the taries, Charlie Phillips, and Lindsay ment. She joins Kirsten Gillibrand, Tulsi chat show; in November, she was would be unlikely to get off the starting al-Assad, the Syrian President. “It con- locations where they took place, with Poulton, executive producer, docu- Gabbard, and Elizabeth Warren, who named Glamour Magazine’s Woman Of line if she runs again. However, Mrs tinues to be very important for any Kai Francis Lewis playing Walker. mentaries. Katharine Viner, the editor- have already entered the fray. Here are The Year. The 54-year-old lawyer and Clinton herself has done little to damp- leader in this country to be willing to Walker said that he was, “hum- in-chief of Guardian News & Media, all the names to look out for. Senator from California is currently the en speculation. When she was asked meet with others, whether they be bled and proud. I worked on this film said: “It’s wonderful to see such an bookies’ favourite for the Democratic recently if she would run again, she said friends or adversaries or potential to tell my story and hoped that it important and personal story resonate $"%% &$ nomination. Likeable and photogenic, she would “like to be President”. adversaries, if we are serious about the would resonate with people. To be with so many people and I’m delighted Firmly ensconced as the people’s Harris has spent months crossing the However, 2020 could be her last chance. pursuit of peace and securing our coun- nominated for this award is the high- that the Guardian helped to tell it.” choice, Mrs Obama, 55, is loved by country, reaching out to voters and And, as her husband can well attest, try,” she explained to CNN. And she Democratic voters and respected by pushing her anti-Trump message. America loves nothing more than a apologised for her previous remarks many Republicans. Known for her comeback story. Mrs Clinton may, in the supporting conversion therapy, and charm, honesty and bipartisanship, $)**% &+" end, decide to roll the dice one last time. against same sex marriage.   
      should the former First Lady decide to You may not have heard of her yet, but take a run at presidency, she would the 58-year-old Senator for Minnesota is %-& "(( %.!  /  - surely pick up her party’s nomination making waves in the US. The Yale-edu- The fiery Senator from Massachusetts If you have yet to see the impact of with ease. But the big question remains: cated lawyer recently showed her mettle started the gun on the 2020 race at the AOC on American politics, you haven’t “If”. As it stands, she is denying any winning legions of fans questioning Brett end of last year, becoming the first major been paying attention. The 29-year-old intention? When asked in October last Kavanaugh, Trump’s nominee for the candidate to jump in. Already, she has exploded on to the scene with a sur- year, she replied: “Absolutely not. I want Supreme Court, over allegations he sexu- had more battles with Trump than most, prise win in the midterms, when she to serve, I want to be out there but ally assaulted several women as a teenag- but the insults — taunts at rallies and on took down Joe Crowley, the Democrat there’s so many ways to make an er. She impressed with remarkably cool Twitter, calling her Pocahontas (a refer- heavyweight, to win the nomination for impact, politics is just not my thing.” composure when she came up against a ence to her claim of Native American New York’s 14th District — a seat she In July 2016, Mrs Obama took to the combative Kavanaugh as she asked heritage) — seem to bounce off. In the then went on to win in November. As a stage at the Democratic National whether he had ever been “blackout 1990s, when Warren was a professor at vocal member of the Democratic Convention to bat for Hillary Clinton drunk,” to which he replied: “I don’t Harvard Law School, she described her- Socialists of America, she has stood after she won the nomination. She capti- know. Have you?” She ran Minnesota’s self as a minority. During a Senate race alongside Bernie Sanders many times, vated a global audience with her inspir- biggest prosecutor’s office and in 2006, in 2012, her opponent accused her of raising her profile further. Her youth, ing oratory and, if heads weren’t already was the first woman elected to the Senate using minority status to advance her brains, good looks and the attention turned to her presidential potential, her from her State in a landslide victory. She career, which she emphatically denied. she has received since winning office optimistic speech that night in is regarded as smart, calm, determined At a rally last year, Trump said he would have made her a target for right- Philadelphia sealed the deal. “When with a sharp sense of humour, and posi- give $1 million to her favourite charity if wingers looking to take a cheap shot. they go low,” she said, “We go high.” tions herself in the centre of the party. she took a DNA test and “it shows you’re But she has proved she is more than an Indian”. In response, Warren took the capable of handling whatever is thrown oma and The Favourite will go Olivia Colman. With 12 Bafta nomi- '"(( ) * ,,%%&! DNA test. It showed she had a Native at her. To one particularly vicious head to head at the Oscars after nations, and a single Golden Globe Democrats have been looking for some- The New York Senator and mother of American ancestor six-to-10 generations remark about her choice of clothing, Rthey received 10 Academy Award win for Colman (for the best actress, one with the star power and media two announced her bid for the White ago. That chimed with her claims about she tweeted: “If I walked into Congress nominations each. Roma, Alfonso musical or comedy), The Favourite savvy to match Donald Trump. Winfrey, House recently, promising “to fight for her heritage, but Trump refused to pay, wearing a sack, they would laugh & Cuarón’s memoir of childhood in 1970s emerged as a much liked contender 64, makes an unrivalled match — as she other people’s kids as hard as I would adding: “I have more Indian blood than take a picture of my backside. If I walk Mexico City, topped many critics’ lists as awards season has progressed, and does when it come to personal wealth, fight for my own”. The 52-year-old has she does, and I have none.” Since in with my best sale-rack clothes, they of 2018 and has scored 10 nominations, a powerful vehicle for its cast, which too. In addition, she could attract female long been seen as a possible presidential declaring, Warren has thrown herself laugh & take a picture of my backside.” including best film and best director for includes Rachel Weisz and Emma and black voters, many of whom have candidate. In the Senate, she has worked into campaigning, including appearing She is a fighter, she ruffles feathers Cuarón. Roma’s success demonstrates Stone, who were both nominated for become disillusioned with the President. on legislation to combat sexual assault in on Instagram to answer voters’ ques- and, with policy ideas like a 70 per cent the Oscars’ acceptance of streaming best supporting actress. In November, she used her unques- the military and at universities, fought tions while drinking a beer in her tax rate on the super rich, she is impossi- giant Netflix, which it had had hitherto A Star is Born, Bradley Cooper’s tionable influence to campaign in a bit- for better family leave and worked to kitchen. The 69-year-old is a heroine to ble to ignore. “Her aspiration is to be the treated with suspicion. Netflix has directorial debut about a waning ter Governor’s election in the State of elect more women to public office. She many on the left of the party for the President,” her mother said last year. The launched an expensive awards cam- country icon and the unknown Georgia, backing the Democrat candi- is hugely popular in her State, re-elected way she has fought against Republican sensible view is that she is far too inexpe- paign which appears to be have paid off. singer (played by Lady Gaga) he date, Stacey Abrams. During that cam- for a second term in November last year opponents in the Senate. rienced to make a realistic run on the Scabrous period comedy The mentors, picked up eight nomina- paign, she said: “I’m not here because with 67 per cent of the vote. A gifted White House in 2020. But with the Favourite, about political power tions. The film, which premiered at I’m making some grandstand because and determined campaigner, Gillibrand +%,,&&! progress she has made in just a games at the 18th-century court of the Venice film festival last August, I’m thinking about running myself. I is an outspoken advocate for victims of The Iraq War veteran and few months on the public Queen Anne, also received 10 nomi- began awards season as frontrunner, don’t want to run... 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 "M any of us may feel tion. Through meditation, our soul We have in our souls the trea- Under gives reasons to smile. It was some five decades !  1! " God has forsaken us. can travel on the divine current sures of all creation. We need to turn ago that on the Caribbean tour, Ajit Wadekar and his <     Some of us do not feel back to its true source. within to experience God. We have team had accomplished a similar feat when India   !  K God in our lives. There are many reasons to be within us lights more brilliant and recorded its first ever Test series win in West Indies, !   J Some even deny the grateful for God’s spiritual gifts. If we wondrous than anything in this phys- the then king of cricket. Sunil Gavaskar, of course, was    existenceM of God. Why? When we are have awakened to the need to find ical world. We have uplifting, intoxi- the find of the series. In the same year, India had also  JK= 1 so focused on our outer life, we do God, that is a gift from God and is cating celestial music within, more recorded a first ever Test series win in England. The  !    not see what is coming to us from the first step on our journey home- beautiful than the greatest musical performance of Virat Kohli’s team then gives us the O."  our inner life. We are only facing in ward. It is a great blessing to find a performances of this world. The much needed boost when things do not appear to be 
   " !  one direction. Spiritually, we are spiritual master. There are many ben- music and harmony of all harmonies all hunky dory. Even otherwise, the history of Indian    blessed. Our soul is a part of God. efits to having a spiritual master. within are more enjoyable than lis- cricket overseas has been mostly a case of so-near-yet- Each of us is blessed with a way to First, the master gives us initiation so tening to any favourite music in the so-far. Till then, we had won against New Zealand find God, who sits within us. In this we can see and hear the light and physical world. The inner light and only, that too in 1968 under MAK Pataudi. But cricket,  search, some people stop at the level sound of God. The master serves as sound radiate rays of love that fill us perhaps, may not be enough as there are other pressing    of going to their places of worship our inner guide through the spiritual with more happiness than we could concerns that need to be addressed. And at several and reading scriptures. For them, this regions until our soul safely reaches ever dream of. We can enjoy it all fronts — political, social, and economic. The situa-    is a beginning of connection with the region of all consciousness. The year long. The gift of the light and tion reminds me of an old incident. It was 1977 5
 
   God. Outer religious practices pro- master is our friend and companion sound is evergreen and ever fresh and the Parliamentary elections were announced     "  vide some time in which people can to help us with our problems. He and keeps us fulfilled forever. The after the Emergency was  
!O think about God, sing God’s praises, encourages us to do our daily medita- first way to show gratitude to God revoked. We were gathered   !  and worship. These gifts focus our tion, develop the ethical virtues, live /)&6/$. 1* '(" is to open that gift of light and outside the Banaras Hindu
N O   attention on God. However, for our on a vegetarian diet, avoid alcohol '*,? 5&* '( sound through meditation. University gate on the main    soul to directly experience God and hallucinogenic or intoxicating The second way we show grati- road of Lanka to hear !    requires more than outer worship. drugs, do selfless service, love God 5//-* &%$- 5 tude for God’s gifts is to share the Chandrasekhar, then popular-    There is a part of us that wants to and our fellow beings, and attend sat-  *) '$-*)/( 1* spirit of divine love with others. We ly known as the Young Turk of D!    know God and is not satisfied with sang gatherings. These practices save can share our love and light with Indian politics who had the guts       only reading about God in scriptures us from adding to our karma. ,1*)/ ()*&'0 God’s children. We can remove to defy the all-powerful Indira  !   E !  or doing outer practices to worship Life is about more than attending -,$'0 -/6/(//' hatred, prejudice, and bigotry from Gandhi. Chandrasekhar nar- ! "!  God. When we have a spiritual awak- to our material and physical comfort. our hearts. We can allow God’s cre- rated how he had come to 
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  abode. A spiritual master roams the the earth to awaken the desire in tists have acknowledged a divine Chandrasekhar took !  " !!! earth ready to show seekers the way humanity to return to their true home. %/0 *&* ,' Creator. If we measure ourselves the plunge. As !  "M . back to God. Masters are like light- Some people remain only engaged in against the standards of humility we inch  -  houses beaming out rays to invite taking care of their physical, emotion- found in many great scientists, how our lost ships back to a safe harbor. al, and intellectual needs. But some do we fare? We paint a picture, write towards the If our eyes are facing the darkness begin to question their existence and a song, create a new recipe, build a D-day, a similar   and mist of the seas, we do not see the meaning of life and death. When a cabinet, or write a poem, and we predicament awaits us.  !  the lighthouse. The moment we are sincere desire to know the answers think we are great. If we practised We must realise that the threatened by storms, we turn our awakens, God provides a means to humility and gratitude, we would country is too important eyes in every direction, seeking the help that soul find the answers. thank God for letting us be the to be left to politicians guiding light of the lighthouse. That If we have asked the questions instrument of His accomplishments. alone. We the people moment is our spiritual awakening about who we are, if there is God, We can show our gratitude by mak- of India have to play when we realise we cannot brave the and what the purpose of life is, we ing use of God’s gifts by meditating our part. stormy seas of life alone and need should be grateful to God. If God on the inner light and sound, by  -     help. We do not know how to access has put us in touch with a spiritual serving God’s creation, and by )  ) God. The spiritual master is a cata- master, we can express gratitude. acknowledging with humility the     lyst who puts us in touch with God Once we come under the protective existence of the Divine, the source .  -+  through a process to experience the wings of a master, our ultimate of all gifts that enrich our lives.  .    inner light and sound called medita- emancipation is ensured. ,            -+ @ + !    &   K  e have many senses, as a matter   K  of fact 10 of them. Each one  !   performs at least one function. I     W *! !  have ranked them in how frequently peo- *, "     ple turn to them for pleasure or otherwise      and how much force of attraction they *     have for their sense objects. Let me begin    
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