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It also recommended get further deteriorated due to Quality and Weather Forecast percentage in contributing pol- people to go for shorter walks localised emissions during fes- and Research (SAFAR), lution due to stubble burning instead of jogging. tival and regional contribution Ministry of Earth Sciences was 36 per cent. Meanwhile, Union due to stubble burning. (MoES), in its latest report Significantly, the pollution Environment Minister Dr The Central Pollution revealed that stubble fumes monitoring body also high- Harsh Vardhan said the Control Board recorded the constituted 32 per cent of lighted “very prominently” that Government has decided to overall Air Quality Index (AQI) Delhi’s overall pollution. in next two days (Sunday and initiate criminal prosecution of Delhi at 350. The highest However, there may be a Monday), pollution due to “Surface wind speed 18 responsible for pollution,” the against agencies which do not AQI of this season so far has brief relief on Sunday, as air stubble burning will be less due km per hour, inversion layer Center run pollution watch comply with the directives to been recorded on Friday at 361. " quality in Delhi will start dete- to favourable wind speed and height, favourable to moderate body said. check air pollution. Five areas recorded severe pol- #$ riorating from October 29, local weather. stagnation are the factors for The report also analysed The Environment lution levels and they include said SAFAR. This means that pollution better dispersion of pollutants,” the trends of different factors Ministry’s decision comes after Anand Vihar, Dwarka Sector 8, The forcaster said the percentage due to stubble burn- SAFAR mentioned in its report. causing pollution since 2010 a review meeting with 41 teams Narela, Punbjabi Bagh and % & ' moderate north-westerly wind ing in Delhi air would be fluc- “Shallow boundary layer con- and it said transport emission of the Central Pollution Rohini. Punjabi Bagh recorded ' ()#* speed at five kilometre per tuating between ten and sev- tinued and local weather are in the national Capital has Control Board (CPCB) the highest pollution levels in Q ,-. hour directions is the reason for enteen per cent. the most dominant factors increased significantly at 41 per deployed in Delhi, Ghaziabad, the national capital at 434. / 0 . % ()#1& , 2 ()#3 2 R . ' ' ' Q 4 Q! 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Rawat also warned Army chief, while warning As regards the response to ' officials, including the CBI Pakistan of “other actions” Pakistan, however, did not Pakistan’s continuing support chief, allegedly manipulated through its order on Friday. tural land for availing the said beyond surgical strikes if elaborate on what could be the to terrorism in Jammu & &2% investigations against offenders As per Asthana's com- loan in violation of SARFAE- Islamabad continued to sup- possible “actions” by the forces Kashmir, Rawat urged Pakistan in cities like Lucknow, Ranchi plaint, IPS officer Rajiv Singh, SI Act, obtained air tickets for port cross-border terrorism. he was talking about. to desist from doing so assert- 7 4 and Chandigarh. a Joint Director with CBI, his personal use through a The Army had carried out Making his position clear, ing that the Indian state is Q Also, officials of doubtful repatriated to his parent cadre travel agent in Ranchi in whose surgical strikes against terror- Rawat reiterated his earlier “strong enough” to ensure that P Q integrity were given sensitive earlier this year, was a guaran- accounts, part of loan pro- ist launch pads in Pakistan stand that the stone-pelters the border State remains a part " assignments in the anti-cor- tor in one of the bank loans ceeds were diverted as per the Occupied Kashmir (POK) two are nothing but overground of India and no one can take it ruption unit and policy wing of taken by his brother Sanjay investigation report into the years back. workers of terror outfits. “I still away by force or any other the agency by Verma, Asthana Singh from Allahabad Bank. case against his brother, against The Army chief’s strong say the same... If they (stone- means. P Q alleged. Officers of doubtful And for availing the loan Rajiv whom the CBI has registered reaction here against stone-pel- pelters) can kill people with The Army chief said the 7 integrity were also sought to be Singh had submitted false doc- an FIR. Rajiv Singh also inter- ters came after Sepoy Rajendra such acts, are they not becom- neighbouring country was 8 inducted into the agency by the uments to the bank misrepre- fered in the searches conduct- Singh of Uttrakhand was fatal- ing like terrorists,” he said. resorting to a “proxy war” to CBI chief, he further alleged. senting himself as SP, CBI, ed at his brother's official and ly injured during stone-pelting “I want to tell them (stone- avenge its defeat at the hands 0 The Central Vigilance Delhi Headquarters, when he residential premises by making in Arwani area of Anantnag on pelters) that no one will bene- of India in the 1971 war when Commission (CVC) will now was posted as IG Headquarters, repeated calls to the supervi- Thursday evening. He suc- fit from stone-pelting,” said Bangladesh was liberated. The probe Asthana's allegations Tripura Police. sory joint director of Patna cumbed to his injuries on the Army chief, adding tough aim of Pakistan, he said, is to and the probe will be moni- Rajiv Singh also stood Zone AK Singh through his Friday in military hospital. action should be taken against keep the Indian Army tored by a retired Supreme guarantor in violation of the All mobile which are part of the Speaking to reporters on stone-pelters. He said the Army “embroiled in this proxy war Court judge AK Pattnaik as India Service Conduct Rules, case records, Asthana outlined. the sidelines of an event to has got an FIR lodged in the that they have lost”. 7 mandated by the apex court 1968. He mortgaged agricul- Turn to Page 4 mark the Infantry Day, the case. Turn to Page 4 " ! " , " ," # $%& & ' ($ !% ( ! " 89 # ! % 9 : % 9 68 !)* " fter remaining out of the % +! even elephants were elec- ACongress for 19 years, ) #! Strocuted after coming in Tariq Anwar, who had quit the % #$, )-.) contact with a live wire in Nationalist Congress Party ! +! & Odisha’s Dhenkanal district on nearly a month ago, joined ! # ,"2 :8:& : Saturday, forest officials said. India’s oldest party after meet- % #$ % A herd of 13 jumbos was ing its chief Rahul Gandhi in )%%% / ri Lankan President passing through an area in the New Delhi, sources said. )L(! 1M SMaithripala Sirisena on Sadar Forest Range when seven A former Congress chief in ; ," Saturday suspended parlia- of them came in contact with Bihar, Anwar formed the NCP ! ' ment till November 16 after an 11-KV power line, Assistant in the 1990s along with Pawar " #!! 89 sacked Prime Minister Ranil Conservator of Forest (ACF) and the late PA Sangma, oppos- $%& 3! # ' Wickremesinghe sought an Jitendranath Das said. ing Sonia Gandhi taking over ,3* +! ormer Delhi Chief Minister emergency session to prove The carcasses of seven as AICC president on grounds !% 4 . ' Q Fand a member of Rashtriya his majority, deepening the pachyderms, including a tusker of her foreign origin. %#4 # +%! Swayansevak Sangh and the political crisis in the island P & and five females, were spotted The party thereafter allied 5!$ Bharatiya Janata Party Madan nation. ' in the morning by people of with the Congress at the Lal Khurana passed away in Sirisena’s move is seen as an Kamalanga village, who national level and also in " ' (( 4 Delhi on Saturday around 11 effort to allow former strong- ( informed forest officials. The Maharashtra. pm. He was 82 years old, as per man Mahinda Rajapaksa to incident happened apparently Turn to Page 4 ))+ , #+ reports. buy more time to seek major- seats on its own with just seven because of sagging electric 6!& ! Khurana served as Chief ity in parliament. short of the majority. wire, the ACF said. %% # . Minister of Delhi for three Parliamentary officials said The UNP claimed that While three carcasses were # #$ ," years from 1993 and 1996. the president prorogued the President Sirisena sought to lying on a road, four others Khurana had been in a house till November 16. The prorogue the parliament as were inside a canal. The inci- (! ' coma for the past few years due Parliament was earlier due to 72-year-old Rajapaksa did not dent took place when the herd , 8 ," to a brain stroke. Khurana also meet on November 5 to unveil command a majority in the was moving towards a canal '%& L #4 *M < served as Governor of the 2019 annual budget. House. Wickremesinghe had road from a paddy field. ! % 6 Rajasthan in 2004. Rajapaksa and Sirisena earlier in the day in a letter to The Forest department has L% ," Khurana was born on combine has only 95 seats and Speaker Karu Jayasuriya asked the Energy department M 7! L! ' Q October 15, 1936 in Lyallpur, is short of a simple majority in demanded an emergency ses- to ensure that the electric wire #M%%% 0 Punjab province in British the 225-member house. sion to prove his majority in was at a height of 17-18 feet # !) India, now called Faisalabad in Wickremesinghe’s United parliament. above the ground. $+ (# $ Pakistan. National Party (UNP) has 106 Detailed report on P7 Turn to Page 4 # ! $ ( ) *+, *-.+
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We will not make the show happens to be Bhabhiji While there is an addition :& )9: audience feel her absence till Ghar Pe Hai (BGPH), one in the form of Anand, the sad 9O : the time she is back,” Manoj doesn’t mind watching even a part is the Anita played by Santoshi, scriptwriter of repeat and look forward to Saumya Tandon will be :& ?: O) BGPH, tells you. new episodes with missing in these festival special 9O : 9 , Talking about how she anticipation. episodes. She is enjoying a has contributed to the Be it Dussehra special break away from the sets with , ,9 character, Tandon says: where the characters tickled her family. :& ?9 , “Women, who have done the funny bone by giving a Grapevine has it that comedy on TV, have done twist to Ramleela or the Tandon had put in her papers 9 ?9O : either caricaturish comedy upcoming Diwali special long back in March 2018 and where they have to create which will bring back served her notice period of six , 8 9 , laughter through their voice Angoori’s younger brother and months. Keeping things under 9,: 9 9 , or by playing the character thief Puttan played by Sandeep wraps, Tandon, says: “I share loud. Whereas, Anita does Anand. The show is coming a good rapport with the entire O: :, ? spontaneous, real and subtle up with funny takes on cast and crew of the show. 8? 9 slice of life comedy which we situations which are beautifully Whether I have quit the show got to see in Friends. I weaved around the festivities. or have taken a break from it 9, ,8: $ consciously made it a point to “Puttan is coming back on for some time till I come back, 9 , ) not do loud and caricaturish the show to create a lot of only time will tell. At present, comedy. I prefer to do Bareilly dhamaal and chaos on BGPH. I don’t want to comment on : Ki Barfi kind of acting than He is not a hard core criminal this. For now, I am enjoying : : ) Housefull acting or to the but a petty thief who with his my break.” acting which was happening mischief and harmless acts Hence, the makers are , 8 8 in the 90s.” make people laugh. He spends not looking for any 8 :383 Whether it is the most of his time in jail and replacement as they feel no monotonous feeling that seeps when he comes out and goes other actor can do justice to :& ?9 9 in the actor who essay the role to meet his sister. This annoys Anita’s role other than : : for so many years or travelling Tiwari and Vibhuti since Tandon. She last shot for 70 km to and fro everyday for Puttan BGPH in August and the 3, work or having family continues makers have created a bank of commitments. The reason to to steal episodes that can run till take this break could be many things March 2019. but only time will tell. in “We have her footage till Till then, let’s continue to their February-March 2019 with cherish watching Anita and 15 episodes. We look forward the entire star cast unfold to work with her again many such interesting next year. For festival situational comedy. ! " # $ % & ' " ( ! " # $ %& '())* ** + $ 9! ! Trp %"IvqhVQ,- ./0 "10 .02, ** , - 0 ! & %- 3- 4 5 .4 " - ! $ 5 - 6 ' 7 - ,.!8(9*:;9)** :;; :)(:9 <=:) 9 :) & >- 9 " " $ ? 0 &( @ *)@ 7 - *; ( 9@99 9@999 9@99; " ( ) *+, *-.+ 5 & ()* = , + ,$ () # - ,- # 89 M8&%)/ 89 89 equal work. The consequences $+//9&>&?)/ 89 of this are being felt by the work- he Delhi Police on Saturday )$+9)&)&/) n the run-up to the ieutenant Governor Anil ers of DTC” said Abhishek Tclaimed to have appre- @%&)//%.)A%)+ Inext year’s Lok Sabha elec- he Public Works LBaijal on Saturday using Delhi AICCTU Secretary. hended three people who had tions, Delhi Chief Minister TDepartment (PWD) of the his discretionary powers under The AICCTU was planning allegedly beaten a 20-year-old )?&)9)/$+/ Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday Delhi Government has direct- the Essential Services Act, pro- a mega protest and strike by boy to death near Maharana 9)%/)&)9B4 > met his Andhra Pradesh ed officials to upload the latest hibited any kind of strike by huge number of employees on Pratap park in Delhi’s Krishna /)+ /)C D counterpart N Chandrababu details of infrastructure pro- contractual drivers of the Delhi Monday in order to make their Nagar on Thursday. &))&)/-8%99%?.)/ Naidu and discussed national jects, mohalla clinics and Transport Corporation (DTC) dissent heard but in light of the “The age of the accused are @%&) &/+) issues. schools on its website. The for last five days. As per the fresh orders this strike would be being ascertained to find out /))//)/ Kejriwal said Loktantrik move is aimed to effectively orders issued by the Home illegal. whether they are juvenile or )9B43> ) & Janata Dal (LJD) chief Sharad monitor the ongoing projects department , “Strike by bus dri- The Essential Services major,” said the police. >&?)$&C DN Yadav was also present for a being executed by the PWD in vers who are employed on Maintenance is an act which According to while. the national capital, a statement contract basis is prohibited.” was established to ensure the Meghna Yadav, Deputy The meeting took place at issued said. The DTC workers who delivery of certain services, Commissioner of Police under section 307 of Indian the Andra Pradesh Bhavan The directions were issued have been at protest criticised which if obstructed would (DCP), Shahdara district, the Penal Code (IPC) was regis- here. at a recent meeting chaired by M $ % ever it is found “lagging”. the Delhi Government for not affect the normal life of the deceased identified as Ashok a tered. “Had a good meeting with Engineer-in-Chief, PWD, “All chief engineers protecting their salaries as well people. This includes services resident of Kanti Nagar had Ashok succumbed to Sh Chandrababu Naidu ji. Sh Umesh Chandra Mishra. $ & and chief project managers as not putting an end to the like public transport and health a scuffle over some issue with his injuries on Friday late Sharad Yadav ji was also pre- “The E-in-C directed that % should monitor and review contract system in DTC. services. “The contractual his three friends following night and we have added sec- sent for a while. the details pertaining to infra- the progress or expenditure of ‘The Delhi Government employees (drivers/condcutors) which the three persons tion 302 of IPC to the First Discussed national issues. structure projects, mohalla the works,” the statement had promised to regularise con- of Delhi transport corporation also friends of the deceased Information Report (FIR),” said Present BJP Govt is a threat to clinics, schools etc should be % said. tract workers, but the situation have not joined thier duties and attacked with a knife near the DCP. the nation and to the updated and uploaded on the $ Mishra pointed out in the is that while regularisation is a gone on unauthorised strike. Maharana Pratap Park at about “Three accused Constitution. website so that the latest infor- !N meeting that grievances pend- distant dream, workers are not This may lead to disruption of 9.30 pm on Thursday,” said the persons have been arrested in People across India will mation is available,” the state- ing more than one month even getting the minimum transport services causing DCP. the case. need to join hands to save India ment said. decided during the meeting under various online portals wages. The Delhi Government inconveninece and hardships to “Ashok was rushed to GTB Their age are being ascer- and the Constitution (sic),” the Mishra has also directed to that various agencies executing like L-G listening post and has used the excuse of the the general public” the order hospital and doctors informed tained to find out whether Delhi Chief Minister tweeted. remove pendency under the projects in sectors like educa- PGMS need to be monitored at order of the Delhi HC to reduce from the Home department of the police regarding the injured they are juvenile or major. The Lok Sabha polls RTI portal at the earliest. tion and health should be asked zonal level and their disposal wages, while ignoring the judge- the Delhi Government added. and subsequently a team Further investigation is going are scheduled to beheld next Apart from this, it was also to expedite the progress wher- need to be ensured, it said. ment of the SC for equal pay for reached hospital and a case on,” said the DCP. year. "* O! : 7 > - ! # $ #*# ( - 89 89 M $ reduced the sentence period , $ - from life imprisonment to 10 89 mended closure of all con- ll India Institute of % man, convicted for a rape years, Naik said. While accused struction activities involving AAyurveda in collaboration 89 Acase, was arrested on was undergoing the sentence, eep windows shut, wear excavation, civil construction, with Ministry of AYUSH is all $ . Saturday, two years after he he was granted furlough for Kmasks, prefer short walks, stone crushers, hot mix plants set to organise a ‘Run for class eight student of a allegedly jumped furlough, two weeks and was released on minimise use of private vehicles that generate dust pollution Ayurveda’ on Sunday. Around . AGovernment school in police said. A case was regis- June 25, 2016. are among the recommenda- during November 1 to 10. 3,000 people may participate in % $ N South Delhi’s Saket attacked his tered at Defence Colony Police Later, he did not surrender tions of Government bodies for Other measures included the event. teacher with an iron rod inside Station against the convict after completing the furlough, Delhiites who are battling dan- shutdown of coal and biomass The marathon starting 3000 people including stu- the classroom on Saturday, the where his daughter alleged the DCP added. gerous pollution levels in the based industries (excluding from Jawaharlal Nehru (JLN) dents, faculty members, police said. The teacher, Shyam that he had committed sexual On Friday, police received city. Delhi’s air quality contin- thermal and waste-to-energy Stadium will be flagged off by research officers and medical Sundar, was seriously injured. assault on the prosecutrix, Ram information regarding the ues to remain ‘very poor’ for plants) from November 4 to 10, Shripad Yesso Naik, Union officers from Delhi and NCR In the morning, Sundar, an Gopal Naik, Deputy accused person and he was the fourth consecutive day on intensification of efforts by Minister of State (Independent have shown their support and English teacher, spotted an Commissioner of Police arrested by a Crime Branch Saturday, prompting the transport department to check Charge), Ministry of AYUSH are expected to participate in iron rod and a notebook inside (Crime) said. team near Safdarjung Hospital, Central Pollution Control polluting vehicles and control- and Secretary, Ministry of the marathon, the organisers the student’s bag while going Later, the accused was he said. During interrogation, Board and the Centre-run ling traffic congestion in Delhi- AYUSH, Rajesh Kotecha. informed. The marathon will through it. However, when he arrested and after the trial, he it was revealed that he had been System of Air Quality Punjabi Bagh, Bawana, NCR between November 1 “This initiative of the start from JLN Stadium at 6 am threatened to inform his parents was convicted of life sentence hiding at different places in Forecasting and Research to Mundaka, Vivek Vihar and and 10, according to the min- Ministry of AYUSH will not and will return to the stadium about the rod and tried to take by the trial court on April 29, Delhi and adjoining States and issue separate advisories for Rohini. utes of the meeting. only encourage the practition- via Lala Lajpat Rai Marg on it away, the student attacked him 2010. was doing part time scrap deal- people. The CPCB-led task force The task force also recom- ers and students of Ayurveda Sunday. with the same rod. However, the High Court ing, he added. In the NCR region, recommended public to avoid mended efforts to provide but will also spread awareness Ghaziabad recorded severe pol- strenuous outdoor activities uninterrupted power supply in the society about the lution level, while Gurgaon, and minimise the use of private in NCR areas to avoid require- strengths of Ayurveda,” an offi- Faridabad, Noida and Greater vehicles to reduce exposure to ment of operating diesel gen- cial said. Noida all recorded ‘very poor’ toxic air. erator (DG) sets. According to the organis- air quality, according to a data The task force also gave The task force said that at ers of the event, former Indian by the Central Pollution recommendations to the the beginning of November, the marathon runner and gold Control Board data Saturday. Supreme Court-appointed situation may get deteriorate medallist at the 1992 Asian The eight areas in Delhi Environment Pollution Control further on account of localised marathon championship Sunita that recorded severe air quali- Authority to deal with the emissions during festival and Godara will also take part in ty on Saturday are Anand deteriorating air quality. regional contribution due to the event. Vihar, Dwarka Sector 8, Narela, The task force also recom- stubble burning. Apart from her, around &P -#" ./ )" $" # 0 . R : 89 24-year-old son of a Lok Sabha he governing body of Dyal Singh AMP from Bihar died in a road accident TCollege sealed the office of its princi- in Greater Noida on Saturday, pal for not abiding by the body’s orders that police said. Ashutosh, son of Munger MP had asked him to proceed on leave over Veena Singh, was pursuing Masters in allegation of him involving in financial and Business Administration (MBA) at a administrative irregularities. The govern- private university here. He was alone in ing body of the Delhi University college his SUV on the Greater had initiated a probe last month against Noida-Noida Expressway when the acci- principal IS Bakshi over alleged financial dent took place around 3.30 am, police and administrative irregularities and had said. directed him to proceed on an indefinite written to the varsity’s vice-chancellor and “He was going from Pari Chowk in leave. However, Bakshi, the principal of the vice president about the matter.”I was Greater Noida to Delhi when the SUV Dyal Singh (Morning) College, had refut- assured by the varsity authorities that the rammed into the divider on the road, lead- ed the charges levelled against him. In a matter will be resolved but nothing was ing to severe injuries,” Gautam Buddh meeting on Friday, the governing body of given to me in writing,” he said. Nagar Senior Superintendent of Police the college said it decided to seal Bakshi’s Bakshi said he will write to the HRD Ajay Pal Sharma said. office as he was not cooperating in the Ministry to inform them about what is “Ashutosh was rushed to the nearby inquiry against him.It said Bakshi con- happening in the college. Jaypee Hospital, where he later suc- tinued to come to the college, defying the In a reply to the governing body’s deci- cumbed to injuries during treatment,” order. “As principal’s office is sealed, he will sion, Bakshi said, “Reference your notice Sharma said. be out of bounds from the college till the date October 26 barring my entry into the Police said the family had been enquiry is completed. Now, Bakshi will college and your act of sealing principal’s informed about the accident and the post- come inside the college campus only after office, it is to reiterate that your actions are mortem was also conducted. written information to the convenor of the without force of governing body, univer- Asked about why was the student inquiry committee OP Malik, retired IPS sity rules and regulations. out on the road late in the night, a police and former DGP,” the body said. I was appointed by approval of the official said his parents were in Delhi, Meanwhile, Bakshi’s bank signatory University Executive Council and you have where his mother was admitted in a hos- power has also been suspended and offi- no power whatsoever to not allow me to pital and he was possibly going to visit ciating principal Pawan Kumar Sharma perform my duties as principal in absence them. was given the power. of approval of University Executive “Often when his parents would Bakshi said this evening he got to Council. I, therefore reserve my right to be in Delhi, he would visit them,” the offi- know his office was sealed. respond to your illegal orders in a befit- cial told. After the order last month, he had ting and lawful manner.” 1 2 ( 00( 23 89 trict, the accused are identified “During interrogation both as Jahid Ahamad (19) and the accused persons confessed to he Delhi Police has appre- Asghar Abbas (20) both resi- the crime disclosed that they are Thended two snatchers from dents of Okhla Vihar in Jamia childhood friends and live in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar who were Nagar area. same locality. They both are per- involved in three back to back “On Wednesday morning suing graduation through cor- snatchings in 30 minutes on from 7.30 am to 8 am we had respondence. They both want- Wednesday morning. Police received three Police Control ed to earn quick money and to have also recovered three Room (PCR) call regarding the stop by patrolling staff at Metro lead lavish life. Therefore, both mobiles and a stolen bike from snatching incidents by two per- Station Shaheen Bagh who the accused persons started their possession. son on bike following which made u-turn and tried to flee committing thefts and snatch- According to Chinmoy patrolling staff was alerted in away. They were apprehended ings,” said the DCP adding that Biswal, Deputy Commissioner area. Two persons on Hero by police after a brief chase,” said further investigation of the case of Police (DCP), south east dis- Honda bike were signaled to the DCP. is in progress. ( ) *+, *-.+ / / ( - 6 , of the Supreme Court decision elected by the people. Shah’s devotees, I would have said to allow entry of women of men- speech gives the message that the they have fulfilled their respon- n “Emergency-like” situa- strual age into the shrine electoral verdict will be sabo- sibilities. “But they have failed = Ation prevails in Kerala with “An Emergency-like situa- taged,” Vijayan claimed in a and the chief minister has no the State Government “playing tion exists in Kerala,” Shah statement. right to continue in office even with fire” in quelling with alleged and accused the CPI(M)- “All democratic-minded for a minute,” the Bharatiya 89 worthy of being highlighted”. held, so that young children “brutal force” protests by led LDF government of “sup- people should raise their voice Janata Party president said. A statement quoting can be informed about them,” Ayyappa devotees over pressing” the Ayyappa devotees’ against this,” he said. Shah said Hinduism has ationalism should be the Adityanath said his govern- he said. Sabarimala issue, BJP chief agitation. Vijayan also claimed that always given respect to women Nbiggest religion for every- ment has made substantial Side by side, the system of Amit Shah alleged Saturday, Listing court verdicts which Shah’s speech was more against and worshipped them. one and a collective voice must changes in the educational cur- Gurukuls would be re-estab- escalating his attack on the Left have not been implemented, the Supreme court and the Gender equality cannot be be raised against the forces of riculum in Uttar Pradesh. lished in which the school day dispensation. including on ‘Jallikattu’ (tradi- Constitution rather than against ensured just by giving rights to Naxalism, terrorism, corrup- In the school curriculum, would start with vedic havans In a hard-hitting speech tional bull taming sport of Tamil warned Chief Minister Pinarayi the state government. them to offer prayers at tem- tion and those who work the government has added and chanting of hymns, the after inaugurating the BJP dis- Nadu) and prohibiting loud- Vijayan that he would have to Shah said even though ples,the BJP chief said. “Even against the nation’s interests, information about the life of chief minister said. trict office in politically sensitive speakers in mosques, Shah said pay a “heavy price” if this con- Prime Minister Narendra Modi women in the state were against Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister great personalities and revolu- “Nationalism should be the Kannur, which has often seen “impractical” directions should tinues, as BJP workers “would had released various central government’s move to imple- Yogi Adityanath said Saturday. tionaries of the past, the BJP biggest religion for everybody. clashes between BJP-RSS and not be given by courts and they not hesitate to pull down the projects for the state, none of ment the SC order,” he said. Speaking at an event here leader said. Hence, we should raise our CPI(M), Shah alleged that the should pass orders that can be government”. them have been taken up. Shah, who began and con- organised by Arya Samaj, a “We have also discontinued collective voice against forces of communist government is “con- implemented. Hitting back at Shah, “If the state government cluded his speech with ‘Swamiya socio-religious organisation, he the practice of giving public Naxalism, terrorism, corruption spiring against temples” and “You concentrate on devel- Vijayan reminded him that the had shown the same interest in Saranam Ayyappa’ mantra, cau- stressed that India is primarily holidays in the name of these and the people who work came out in support of Ayyappa oping the state rather than state government was not at the meeting the grievances of the tioned the Left government that an agricultural country in great people. Instead educa- against the interests of the coun- devotees, who have been protest- attacking the Ayyappa bhakts,” mercy of the BJP. flood-affected people as it had the clampdown on the agitation which “cow-based activities are tional workshops are to be try,” he added. ing against the implementation the BJP president said and “But this is a government shown in taking on the Ayyappa amounted to “playing with fire”. & # 6 7 # 4 & $ $ " ( 0 /) $ - - 69 * :- 1; & & M 0 1 $ , , ndian youth have the poten- % . Itial to change the world 1 our personnel of the Central ( F 9? , coming for me”, he said. despite the tremendous barri- !% 2 1 FReserve Police Force Earlier TRS had suspend- ers they face,United States . %% (CRPF) were killed and two n a major embarrassment to ed Ramulu Naik as he was Consul General Edgard Kagan injured after Naxals blew up a Ithe ruling Telangana Rashtra aspiring for the party ticket said Saturday. mine-protected-vehicle (MPV) Samiti two of its senior leaders from Narayankhed con- He was speaking at the in poll-bound Chhattisgarh's including a member of legisla- stituency and on denial of the ninth edition of the United Bijapur district on Saturday, tive council formally joined same he was expressing his dis- Nations Young Changemakers police said. Congress on Saturday while satisfaction. Conclave held here in associa- % The incident occurred 9 ,9 Identifying some key another top leader and Meanwhile D Srinivas, TRS tion with the US Consulate around 4 pm near Murdanda achievements of his govern- Member of Rajya Sabha D member of Rajya Sabha also General in Mumbai. camp of the CRPF under adding they were retrieving the he BJP Government in ment, the chief minister Srinivas called on the Congress met Rahul Gandhi separately The theme of the conclave . N Awapalli police station, when bodies from the site. THaryana completed four informed that Haryana has President Rahul Gandhi in amid the speculations that he this year was “Re-imagining its 168th battalion was out on The attack took place on a years in office and with the fifth many firsts to its name. The New Delhi. may also return to Congress Impact” in the digital age. ety are increasingly inter-relat- "area domination" operation, day when Chief Minister being the poll year, the state was the first in the coun- The leaders who joined fold. However talking to the Kagan said India has over ed and ability to solve a prob- Bijapur Superintendent of Raman Singh launched the Manohar Lal Government, will try to become completely Open the Congress include T Narsa reporters he said his meeting 600 million people under the lem in isolation was difficult. Police Mohit Garg told PTI. ruling BJP's campaign for the further expedite the develop- Defecation Free; it became the Reddy, a key party leader in had nothing to do with any age of 25 who had the ability to “If we want to try and When the MPV carrying first phase of polls on ment process of the State. The first state to digitalise its pub- Chief Minister K plans of joining the party. change society, country and the address problems, then we six personnel was around one November 12 in neighbouring Chief Minister, speaking at a lic distribution system. Chandrasekhar Rao’s home “Who told you I am planning world. have to think about not just km away from the camp, ultras Sukma district. press conference, held in the The end-to-end comput- constituency T Narsa Reddy to join the Congress”, asked “As an outsider, I feel very what’s the problem, but why it’s triggered a powerful land mine The first phase of election Capital on Saturday said, “The erisation of ration card man- and MLC Ramulu Naik. They Srinivas who once headed the privileged to be here as I see there and the challenges in try- blast, he said. "Four paramili- will cover 18 constituencies in government has ensured graft agement, allocation, supply were formally welcomed in Congress party in undivided this taking root. I see people ing to fix them,” he said. tary personnel were killed and eight Naxal-affected districts - free and transparent adminis- chain management and ration Congress fold by party presi- Andhra Pradesh. beginning to realise the poten- He called problems in deal- two others were injured in the Bastar, Kanker, Sukma, Bijapur, tration, merit in government distribution through PoS dent Rahul Gandhi. “I sought time from Rahul tial they have to seize tremen- ing with pollution and plastic blast," he said. Dantewada, Narayanpur, job, online delivery of services devices at fair price shops Narsa Reddy, who was also Gandhi and he gave me the dous opportunities despite as “tremendous” ones, adding Reinforcement was rushed Kondagaon and Rajnandgaon. and efficient financial man- (FPS) has allowed the state to the Chairman of State Road appointment. I met him. I what we recognise as tremen- that challenges people face will to the spot immediately and the Naxals had recently put up agement during its four years sift out unscrupulous elements. Development Corporation, was don’t have to tell you what we dous barriers,” he said. call out to them to take action injured personnel were being posters in parts of Bastar region of governance in Haryana,” The state is the first to become suspended from the TRS on discussed”, he said cryptically. He said problems in soci- at different levels of skill. evacuated, the official said, calling for boycott of the polls. said Manohar Lal. kerosene-free State. Friday. Later talking to the Srinivas is sulking for media Narsa Reddy charged quite some time as he came KCR with showing scant under attack from other TRS . rary feeder for a railway con- ! " respect to the other leaders in leaders but KCR refused to struction site in the area where 2 the party. “This is like home come to him defense. ;;; the incident took place, he # $%& said, adding that meetings From Page 1 between the Forest and the ' ($ Blaming the power author- Energy departments are being 7 Q $ ities for the tragedy, Forest held on a regular basis to From Page 1 minister Bijayshree Routray ensure proper coordination. Anwar along with his sup- said the Central Electricity The incident drew sharp porters met Gandhi at his Supply Utility (CESU) had criticism from the opposition Tughlaq Lane residence and '+" been warned about the matter parties, with both the Congress was welcomed into the party % long ago, but no corrective step and the BJP accusing the state fold, the sources said. was taken. government of “utter negli- The former MP from Non-rectification of sag- gence”. Katihar Lok Sabha constituen- From Page 1 bances in Jammu & Kashmir, #0 - + ging lines and non-cabling of Senior BJP leader Rudra cy would make a formal As regards cross-border fully realising that they will transmission lines led to the Narayan Pani hit out at the gov- announcement of his joining infiltration, Rawat said Pakistan never succeed. “Legitimately, 9? , tragedy, Routray and Principal ernment and said both the the Congress party later in the would be wise to know that by legally and by all rights, J&K is Chief Conservator of Forest Energy and Forest departments day, they said. indulging in such activities, part of India. nion Minister Nitin (Wildlife) Sandeep Tripathi were “responsible” for the Anwar announced he was harm is coming to Pakistan Pakistan somehow UGadkari on Saturday said said. tragedy which claimed the lives quitting the NCP and was only. has been trying to annex this the Centre is committed to Routray said an investiga- of seven elephants. also giving up his Lok Sabha “We are capable of finish- part of the country, more so interlinking rivers to fulfil the tion into the incident is under- Environmentalist and membership on September 28 ing any infiltrators who reach after they lost East Pakistan water needs of Tamil Nadu, way and necessary action wildlife expert Biswajit after Sharad Pawar’s “defence” our side. with liberation of Bangladesh,” Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh would be taken against the Mohanty said there are 200 of Prime Minister Narendra But, if Pakistan continues he said. and Telangana. guilty. places in Dhenakanal district Modi on the Rafale fighter jet to support infiltration, we can Asserting that Pakistan is Addressing delegates at the Energy Secretary Hemant where high voltage electric deal. use other kind of action too,” aware it cannot succeed in Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morch Kumar Sharma said a three- wires are sagging at a low Pawar was quoted in the Rawat said. Jammu & Kashmir, but it still (BJYM) national convention, member team, including the height and left unattended. media as having given a clean This year the Army has hopes it can succeed. the minister for Road M . electrical inspector, is probing Despite repeated letters to chit to Modi on the deal. neutralised at least 35 terrorists It is just another way Transport and Highways said 6 6 the incident and on the basis of the CESU by the Forest depart- Pawar, however, had clar- trying to sneak in from the to keep the turmoil going that under Prime Minister 782 their report, appropriate action ment and stakeholders, noth- ified he was misquoted in the LoC. and not allow development Narendra Modi’s leadership, % would be taken. ing tangible has been done till reports and he had given no Rawat said Pakistan was in the State, the Army chief the government planned to $ % The line acted as a tempo- date, he alleged. such clean chit to Modi. continuing to stoke distur- added. interlink six rivers, which N would cost about Rs two lakh crore. essential for any nation to “In Andhra Pradesh we progress. 4 . 5 took up the Polavaram irriga- Referring to the agriculture tion project. We have spent Rs sector, he said 1.88 crore acres From Page 1 caught red-handed while Kumar was relieved from CBI complaint alleged. the CBI on the midnight of 7,000 crore so far. It is being of land was being brought “In order to favour Rajiv accepting Rs 5 lakh and mobile without waiting for the decision Asthana’s letter also October 23 by the constructed with central under irrigation. Singh and to shield his broth- phone from the complainant. of the Selection Committee detailed the efforts by Verma to Government, Bassi was trans- Government funds,” he said. “The sector contributes 10 er from legal punishment, the “Well before the trap, the decision on extension of his induct IPS officer Rajendra ferred to Andaman in “public Gadkari alleged that some to 12 per cent to our GDP. We bank fraud case file was kept accused was relieved and repa- tenure. Pal Upadhyay (1991 interest”. people were trying to mislead want to increase the growth pending for more than 10 triated. But his controlling offi- When Asthana asked JD, batch/AGMUT cadre), who Verma, according to the the public by saying that the rate of the agriculture sector,” months by Joint Director, Patna cer Rajeshwar Singh, JD, ED, CBI, Lucknow for probe into along with ED JD Rajeshwar complaint, also sought induc- government was not focusing he said. Zone Bhanu Bhaskar to facili- Lucknow allowed him to con- the issue, he was repeatedly Singh and Vikas Mehta, tion of IPS officer of 1991- on the project. Gadkari said the Centre tate the compromise proposal tinue to discharge official func- admonished by JD Policy AK allegedly used SIM cards of batch of Uttar Pradesh cadre “We will complete the dam. has accorded priority to rural moved by the FIR-named tions. Under pressure from Sharma and Verma and no Nepal to avoid surveillance by Rajeev Krishna into the CBI. The surplus waters of the development and undertaken accused to the bank,” Asthana CBI Director, the branch offi- probe was conducted till the fil- Indian agencies. “In the light of “As soon as Alok Verma took Godavari river, which flows as road connectivity of 6.5 lakh alleged. cials did not seize the phone ing of the complaint. the above information available over as DCBI, KK Sharma, BSF waste to the sea, will be divert- villages. Later, without any “cogent” through which he was in com- Supervision of Lucknow Zone with Special Unit of CBI, the forwarded the name of Rajeev ed to the Krishna river,” he said. He said that under Modi’s reason and even without munication with the control- was taken away from Asthana then JD (Policy) did not rec- Krishna for induction as JD “We will take water by leadership, India’s relations informing Asthana, who super- ling officer(s). Under pressure, in April this year. ommend his induction even CBI. Krishna’s wife Meenakshi diverting Krishna river water to with other countries have vised the work of Patna zone till the laptop of the accused offi- Asthana also cited how though Alok Verma, DCBI is an IRS officer and is sister of Penna river and from Penna to improved. April 27, 2018, Verma trans- cer was not seized on the pre- former ED Deputy Director called him and specifically Rajeshwar Singh, Joint the Cauveryr.Thus we will ful- Maharashtra Chief ferred the case from EOW text that his children use the Gurnam Singh, accused of asked him to clear the name, Director, ED. The Special Unit fil the water needs of Tamil Minister Devendra Fadnavis, in (Economic Offences Wing), same. The CBI conducted per- amassing disproportionate which was politely turned found him not suitable basi- Nadu, Karnataka, Andhra his address, said it was because Ranchi to Anti-Corruption-I functory search and took away assets to the tune of Rs 1.71 down by him. Subsequently, cally because of integrity issues. Pradesh and Telangana,” he of the BJP that Kashmir was Headquarters, New Delhi. only those files into custody crore, had deleted all mobile DCBI overruled the inputs of Efforts of his wife Meenakshi to said. still an integral part of India. “Rajiv Sigh was also given the that were handed over by ED. data during the night before the Internal Vigilance Unit and get herself inducted into CBI The minister also said the “Had the Congress rule additional charge of Bank The motive of the illegal grat- searches as soon as he arrived forwarded the name of RP also did not see the light of the centre was assisting the continued, the state would Securities and Fraud Cell Zone ification was also not probed. in India from the USA. “It Upadhyay to DoPT for induc- day on similar issues of integri- Telangana government’s Rs have been lost,” he said. of CBI to help him monitor the It appears that the pressure was appears that the accused got tion. However, he is not induct- ty. The CBI Director over- 80,000 crore Kaleshwaram Fadnavis said it was essen- developments and influence exercised to protect Rajeshwar prior hint that he was going to ed into CBI till date,” alleges the ruled the inputs of internal vig- Project. tial for the country that BJP the investigation of the said Singh, JD, ED, Lucknow from be searched. complaint. ilance unit and forwarded the Stressing the need to bring come to power in the 2019 case as the complainant is any kind of investigation,” During verification, it was Asthana also alleged that name of Rajeev Krishna to BJP into power once again in polls. Allahabad Bank,” Asthana Asthana alleged. revealed that Gurnam Singh Verma helped cattle smugglers DoPT for induction. Even the 2019 elections, Gadkari He appealed to BJYM alleged in his letter to the During the trap proceed- was found to be demanding Rs and gold smugglers’ business before induction into CBI was said India is marching towards cadres to explain the govern- Cabinet Secretary. ings, Pranav Kumar, a West 50 lakh from one Thomas, an flourish. considered, GoI repatriated progress with implementation ment schemes to every nook Asthana also alleged undue Bengal cadre IPS of 2003 batch advocate, for influencing Asthana further alleged him to UP after five years of of several schemes for the poor. and cranny. influence by Verma in CBI who was head of branch at Director CBI and to make CBI that officials of doubtful deputation denying further Among some of the pro- According to him, India cases against Enforcement Lucknow, was severely repri- aver before the apex court that integrity like Ajay Bassi had extension,” the complaint jects taken up by the govern- has emerged as the fastest Directorate officials. A crimi- manded by Verma over the CBI would not be able to take been posted in Anti- added. ment were setting up a water growing economy in the world, nal case RC 15 OF 2017 was phone a number of times, up the case. Corruption Unit III even The complaint also men- grid, power grid, National surpassing China. registered on June 23, 2017 Asthana said adding Kumar On knowing that the case though he figured in the watch tioned a list of six shell com- Highway Grid and an Optical Fadnavis claimed that against Assistant Director of had fainted at Verma’s resi- was registered, the CBI list for 2018. Bassi was the DSP panies controlled by the daugh- fibre grid, he added. 49 per cent of the total ED at Lucknow, NB Singh, for dence during Diwali celebra- Director was furious and entrusted by Verma to probe ter and son of Joint Director Gadkari said development Foreign Direct Investments allegedly not attaching prop- tion last year when questioned shouted at the JD and the the criminal case against Policy AK Sharma, a Gujarat of sectors like agriculture, that India receives comes to erties in PMLA cases. He was by the CBI chief on the case. undersigned (Asthana),” the Asthana. After the shakeup in cadre officer. industry and services was Maharashtra. ( ) *+, *-.+ < +6! ' 88 & %% % # Minister said after the incident, # the State Governor spoke to the %# Director General of Police 89 rather speaking with him or to ) the political leadership. 89 he Centre on Saturday * The Chief Minister said Tappointed IRS officer before 2014 elections, BJP ongress president Rahul Sanjay Kumar Mishra as the % sought to promise a vibrant CGandhi on Saturday told a new chief of the Enforcement democracy, healthy competi- group of ex-servicemen that if Directorate (ED) in an addi- & tion among political parties, his party is voted to power it tional capacity for three & strong States , strengthening of will fulfil all the commitments months till a full-time director institutions and reviving of it had made on the 'one rank, of the agency that probes economy. Today, he said every one pension' issue. offences under Prevention of '' 89 thing has gone the other way Rahul made the remark at Money Laundering Act and round with the Modi- a press interaction, after a 30- Foreign Exchange ndhra Pradesh Chief Government threatening oppo- minute-long meet with retired Management Act. AMinister Chandrababu sition leaders and playing defence personnel at the AICC Mishra, a 1984-batch Naidu on Saturday alleged that havoc with the country's econ- headquarters here, during Indian Revenue Service (IRS) the Centre was trying to desta- omy. He said even the Press is which the Rafale deal issue and officer of the Income Tax cadre, bilise his Government and being harassed and not allowed the Kashmir situation also has been appointed as the prin- attacking political leaders dif- to act freely. came up. cipal special director in the cen- fering with it even as he sought Naidu said there was a cri- The ex-servicemen told 0 + tral probe agency and entrust- to send home the message that sis in the economy with the me that OROP has not been # ! $ ed with the "additional" charge “despite ideological compul- devaluation of Rupee, steep implemented, and they also of ED director for three sions” the Opposition was con- rise in oil prices and the discussed other issues, he said. defence forces. Procurement Procedure(DPP) months, the Government noti- tinuing to strive for forging an experiment of demonetiza- "These issues are related. That Major General (retired) para 28, 80, 104-105 : Ex-ser- fication said. anti-BJP front and hoped that tion failing miserably. they (the government) have Rs Satbir Singh, who has been viceman of the Indian Army," His appointment as ED some of the parties may even Attacking the Prime 30,000 crore to give to Anil spearheading the agitation for he tweeted. chief has been made "for a peri- join it post-Lok Sabha polls. Minister, the Chief Minister Ambani but our soldiers can't implementation of the OROP ( Earlier, during the meeting, od of 3 months, or till the Naidu praised the perfor- said the former has gone be given OROP. This is the con- 'one rank, one pension') told Satbir Singh said the veterans appointment of a regular mance of the past coalition against the spirit of healthy fed- nection," he told reporters. reporters after the meet that were "very concerned and incumbent, whichever is earli- Governments at the Centre and & # (( # ! & eralism and was not giving "And, the amount of Rs they have appealed to Gandhi to anguished over the OROP er", said an order issued by the strongly hit out at the leadership , 9 # ! $ Andhra Pradesh what was 30,000 crore was more than take up the issues with the issue". Appointments Committee of of Prime Minister Narendra promised during the bifurca- enough to solve the OROP government, as the Congress is "Unfortunately, it has been the Cabinet (ACC) headed by Modi as he met Delhi Chief an important role in the process. suit its convenience and meet tion of Andhra Pradesh. He issue," he said. The BJP, how- the principal opposition party. 1,231 days of struggle, and we Prime Minister Narendra Minister Arvind Kejriwal, for- Asked whether he would its political ends. said his party was the first ever, has always held the "We are soldiers and we are haven't got an acknowledge- Modi. mer J&K CM Farooq Abdullah also be meeting Congress Naidu said one of his party regional party to have moved Congress for allocating a on the streets. We feel humiliat- ment of the letters sent to the Mishra, posted as the chief and former JD(U) president President Rahul Gandhi, Naidu leaders who was a Central no-confidence motion against mere Rs 500 crore for the ed. We demand that the Army's prime minister, the last one commissioner of the Income Sharad Yadav and BSP Chief said " no" before quipping "it is Government Minister in the the Modi-Government which OROP scheme that too at dignity be restored as it was on being sent five days ago, he Tax department in Delhi at pre- Mayawati in his bid to launch a your wish". BJP Government also came received the backing of all the fag end of the 10-year- August 15, 1947," Singh said. alleged during the meeting. sent, has not been empanelled rainbow of Opposition front. He The Andhra Pradesh Chief under Income Tax raid after the opposition parties. long UPA tenure. Rahul said he "felt sad" to He said the ex-servicemen as an additional secretary in the also met rebel BJP leader Minister, who spoke to news TDP exited from the National He accused Modi- The Congress has alleged see these ex-servicemen were promised implementa- Central Government and Yashwant Sinha. persons, here accused the Democratic Alliance at the Government of employing that the Anil Ambani-led com- expressing "dejection and tion of 'one rank, one pension' hence, has been given the top "It is only (because of) Modi-Government of threat- Centre in March, this year. Gujarat officers at the Centre. pany was favoured by the Modi the humiliation" they but it is nowhere close to that. ED charge in an additional political compulsion and in the ening State Governments by He accused the Modi He said the controversial CBI government on the offset con- feel."They may not tell you "We request to you as the capacity, sources said. overall interest of the nation, conducting raids against polit- Government of trying to desta- special Director Rakesh tract of the French fighter jet openly but in the meeting it president of the principal oppo- He is expected to be parties will join together. Some ical opponents. In this refer- bilize the TDP Government by Asthana was Gujarat's deal. The private firm, howev- came out," he said. sition party to take up these empanelled soon and subse- may not join before elections, ence, he cited examples of his raising the issue of "bad law and Intelligence Chief and the Modi er, has denied the allegations. Gehlot also tweeted on the issues with all the might, along quently will head the ED in a some of them may join after own State as also that of Tamil order" in the State and referred Government was posting UP The meeting was also meeting and shared the views with other parties," Singh said. regular capacity, the sources elections," he said. Nadu, Karnataka, Bihar, West to the recent attack on YSR cadre officers in Andhra attended by former defence expressed by some of the mem- Among other issues further said. He said opposition unity Bengal, Delhi and Madhya Chief Jaganmohan Reddy at Pradesh. "How can you create minister A K Antony, AICC bers, who participated in the raised, he also proposed con- The post of ED director is has to "move forward" in the Pradesh where he alleged Visakhapatnam airport which power centres in the CBI, he general secretary Ashok meet, and also shared pictures stitution of a commission for an additional secretary rank overall interest of the nation and Income Tax Department and he said was under Central asked and claimed that institu- Gehlot, Congress spokesperson of the interaction. ex-servicemen, headed by an post in the Union Government. maintained that work was Enforcement Directorate were Industrial Security Force (CISF), tions have collapsed under the Randeep Surjewala and several "Rafale deal by NDA is in ex-servicemen. Mishra will take over from underway and he was playing used by the Government to a Central agency. The AP Chief Modi-dispensation. retired senior officials of the complete violation of Defence incumbent Karnal Singh whose tenure at the agency ends on Sunday. Singh, a 1984-batch IPS : officer of Union Territories cadre, will complete a tenure of over three years as the ED ' , , most terrorists have been killed N 9 9 O? 8 , Top counterinsurgency Director. inside their hideouts after spe- &:,8 3:, officials say that Jaish outfit is He had handled some espite security forces’ cific intelligence from the ,,:, 9 ? P / emerging as major challenge in high-profile investigation cases major offensive against ground. south Kashmir and Srinagar such as the VVIP helicopters D :3 ,? :8 9 terrorists in Kashmir Valley Informed sources said that peripheries. Most of the Jaish case, cases against former through the onset of autumn 53 terrorists have been killed in 6: 9 , ? Srinagar: Normal life came to Kadal, Rainawari, Khanyar, were seen operating in several militants are active in Pulwama Finance Minister P season, pan-Islamic Jaish-e- Kashmir Valley since the begin- 3:, ::33 9 a halt in Kashmir Valley on Kralkhud and Maisuma. Heavy areas. and Shopian districts. The out- Chidambaram and his son Muhammad has launched a ning of September when ter- & )O :, Saturday in response to a shut- deployment of police and para- Train services across fit is desperately attempting to Karti, and the Nirav Modi and counter offensive to inflict rorists generally tend to move : , , ? down call by separatist groups military CRPF personnel was Kashmir were suspended as a carry out Improvised Explosive Vijay Mallya money laundering casualties on the security forces towards the populated areas as :33 , to protest against the landing of made in all the sensitive areas in precautionary measure. Device (IED) explosions to investigations. in a desperate bid to curtail the temperatures go down and hid- Indian troops in Kashmir on Srinagar and elsewhere in Valley. Residents from various areas inflict maximum casualties on Mishra, on his part has offensive. In two separate ing in forested areas becomes guard post at Power Grid this day in 1947. The separatists Shops, business and com- complained that mobile inter- the security forces. worked in various capacities in attacks in a span of 30 hours, difficult. In October 24 terror- Station at Wagoora village in describe October 27 as "black mercial establishments, mar- net services have been either Last week, the outfit tar- the Income Tax department Jaish terrorists struck at two ists have been killed so far. Nowgam pocket of Srinagar day" in the history of Jammu kets and educational institu- snapped or the speed geted a mine protected vehicle and has also served in the places in Srinagar outskirts “The heavy casualties are outskirts critically wounding an and Kashmir. tions remained closed while lowered. in Trchal village of Pulwama. Foreign Tax division of the and south Kashmir’s Tral pock- demoralising for terrorists and assistant sub-inspector (ASI) Authorities imposed restric- attendance of employees in gov- The separatists have been Nine soldiers including a Major Central Board of Direct Taxes et killing a junior Central they often try to launch attacks Rajendra Prasad. He was tions on public movement in ernment and semi government calling for shutdown on October were injured in the blast that (CBDT) that deals with cases of Industrial Security Force on the security forces to offset immediately evacuated for areas of Srinagar city under offices was reported very thin. 27 every year since armed insur- caused heavy damage to the Indians holding stash abroad. (CISF) officer and a Rashtriya the impact,” said a senior medical aid but succumbed to seven police stations of Public transport was generally gency broke out in Kashmir in army vehicle. Sources said that He has steered the depart- Rifles soldier. The Jaish cadre’s counter insurgency officer. injuries in the hospital. Nowhatta, Ranbir Gunj, Safa off the roads but private vehicles 1989. PNS Road Opening Parties (ROPs) ment's probe in the National offensive is unlike Hizbul During the night inter- The attack occurred bare- have been asked to remain Herald case that involves the Mujahideen and Lashkar-e- vening October 26 and 27, ly 30 hours after Jaish terrorists satellite camp of 42 Rashtriya Tral sub-district, 45 kilometers killed and another critically extra vigilant in south Kashmir Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Tayyeba (LeT) outfits, whose Jaish terrorists attacked CISF attacked the sentry post of a Rifles near Lorgam village of from Srinagar. One soldier was injured in the attack. areas after the IED blast. and his mother Sonia Gandhi. 81 1 6= &)& " ! :; ! ( ( % P ( 89 Exclusive Economic Zone Lucknow: Yet another conduit Zahid is accused of col- (EEZ). of Pakistan’s espionage agency, lecting defence information n an effort to boost the mar- The force is also the nodal Inter-Services Intelligence, was from Meerut and passing it on Iitime reconnaissance capa- agency in India for maritime netted by the police from to the Pakistani handlers. bilities of the Indian Coast pollution response. Bulandshahr. The police said that Zahid Guard, the Defence Acquisition It has a fleet of Dornier The conduit was found to went to Pakistan in 2012 and Council(DAC)chaired by aircraft which play a pivotal have leaked important military 2014 in search of job in Defence Minister Nirmala role in maritime surveillance. secrets, mostly about troop Islamabad where he came in Sitharaman on Saturday here In order to enhance the capa- movement, to his ISI bosses in contact with the ISI. After his approved mid life upgrade of bilities of the fleet, DAC Pakistan. Sleuths of Anti- return to India, he started work- 17 Dornier aircraft of the force accorded approval for upgra- Terrorist Squad and other ing for the Pakistani agency. at an approximate cost of Rs. dation of these aircraft with Central and state intelligence During interrogation, it sur- 950 crore. state-of-the-art technology, agencies are grilling the accused. faced that Zahid used to go to The upgrades will be car- The Coast Guard is spares, special maintenance A senior official said on Meerut every month and share ried out by public sector aero- responsible for protecting the tools (SMT) and special test Saturday that the ISI agent, his location and other details space giant Hindustan national interests in maritime equipment (STE). identified as Zahid, was arrest- with the ISI bosses in Pakistan Aeronautics Limited (HAL). zones of India which entails The DAC also approved ed from Khurja locality by the through WhatsApp. A total of The DAC is the apex body for surveillance of sea areas of equipping of three aircraft with Crime Branch of Bulandshahr 19 Pakistan mobile numbers giving the nod to all acquisi- approximately 2.01 million Pollution Surveillance Systems, district police. were found in his phone. PNS tions of the Services. square kilometres of India's officials said. " 89 necked Crane, Green Turtle Amazon Fashion. The beauti- and Nilgiri Tahr feature on fully crafted designs convey a his Diwali, think different these coins in carefully craft- strong social message of ani- Tand send a social message ed, authentic designs based on mal welfare and will definite- 3 / *-+%(> by gifting your friends and real images of these species in ly help in spreading greater family members these unique the wild," Roopali Srivastava, awareness especially during silver coins depicting endan- Director- Conservation the festive season." fact, these conditions would cent of all the weather models Even, rain deficiency is loom it holds the power to corrupt gered but endearing wildlife like Products, WWF-India said. 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Court had extended Rao’s Gonsalves, Ferriera, Bhardwaj, Tchief Amit Shah and JD(U) did not even provide us with )! ! house arrest period by three Varavara Rao and Gautam supremo Nitish Kumar about truggling to carve out a an accommodation for our weeks while Navlakha’s arrest Navlakha for their alleged links equal seat sharing between Sniche for himself in Uttar party office. I have made up # was quashed by the Delhi High with the Maoists and their role the two parties on Friday, the Pradesh politics, Bharatiya my mind to resign as a min- Court. Later, the Supreme in the conduct of the Elgaar politics in Bihar has been Janata Party ally and Suheldeo ister today,”’ the SBSP #<. Court rejected the Maharashtra Parishad held in Pune ahead of shaken up with other two Bharatiya Samaj Party chief chief said. government's special leave peti- the January 1, 2018 Bhima- allies of the NDA feeling Om Prakash Rajbhar hit out Expressing his anger & & tion against the Delhi High Koregaon riots and their uneasy. It is apprehended that at the core agenda of the rul- against the BJP, Rajbhar said, Court order. alleged links with the Maoists. this would also impact anoth- ing party, saying that the “Power has gone to the heads Pune special court on In the remand application However, the Supreme Court er alliance in the State. issues earlier. worked with my father for a long main aspiration of Other of BJP leaders and made them ASaturday remanded the filed before the Pune court, the ordered that the five arrested The two other allies of Kushwaha also claimed time. He never stabbed us like Backward Classes was eco- insensitive and unfair towards three arrested human rights police said that the investiga- activists be placed under house NDA, LJP of Ram Vilas Paswan that seat sharing was still not Nitish did,” he said. nomic development, educa- the sufferings of the poor and activists Vernon S Gonsalves, tions had revealed Gonsalves, arrest till September 6 and the and RLSP of Upendra final and Shah himself said it But RJD leader had harsh tion and jobs and that they downtrodden people.” Arun T Ferreira and Sudha Ferriera and Bhardwaj were periods of their house arrests Kushwaha are feeling more would be announced after a words for junior Paswan. He were not interested in a tem- The state Cabinet minister Bharadwaj in police custody till actively involved in the activi- were extended subsequently. uncomfortable and keeping few days. When asked that BJP said, "I know Paswanji is eager ple at Ayodhya. also demanded prohibition in November 6. ties of the banned CPI (Maoist) The arrests of ten persons their options open. Its leaders and JD(U) have agreed to con- to join us but his son is ready to On Saturday, Rajbhar UP on the lines of Bihar and While Gonsalves and and the investigators were try- with alleged Maoist links made were said to be in contact with test on equal number of seats sacrifice his seats and mass base addressed a massive rally on Gujarat and recruitment of Ferreira were arrested from ing to establish as to the assign- by the Pune police in two RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad under 50:50 formula, the in order to stay with the BJP.' the 16th foundation day of his primary teachers against vacant their Mumbai and Thane res- ments that these activists had batches --- five on June 6 and Yadav but none of them could Union Minister of State said Sources said Paswan and party in Lucknow, where he posts. idences respectively, a visiting handled. another five on August 28 -- dare to take a stand. Kushwaha they have agreed on this for- Kushwaha did not see much vent his ire over the delay in Rajbhar expressed disap- team of police took Bharadwaj According to the remand were part of their investigations who had a “chance” meeting mula but not finalised the scope in the grand alliance announcement of a policy pointment at the BJP speaking into custody from her applications, the three activists into the FIR registered on with Yadav at the circuit house number of seats. “It could be because of presence of so many for quota for the most back- on temple and mosque. “I am Surajkund residence in were entrusted with recruit- January 8 at the Pune’s Vishram in Arwal and number two in 20:20 or 15:15 but this is yet to parties there and all demand- wards and extremely back- fed up. They do not want to Faridabad on Saturday morn- ment of new persons into the Baug Police Station in connec- LJP Chirag Paswan reportedly be worked out,” he added. ing high stakes. There was also ward castes within the exist- forward the genuine share of ing and brought to Pune later CPI (Maoist) and sending them tion with the Elgar Parishad had a telephonic talk with him It was the first time report that Congress might ing 27 per cent reservation the community. Whenever I in the evening. to the guerrilla warfare zones. organised on December 31, but both of them have denied Kushwaha met Tejashwi and demand seats equal to RJD. for OBCs. speak to BJP leaders about the Gonsalves and Ferreira The police said they wanted to 2017 by the leftist outfit Kabir that they were quitting NDA. that too soon after Shah and Bihar Congress working pres- The SBSP chief said that poor and the oppressed, they were on Saturday afternoon probe how many and who Kala Manch (KKM) and Kushwaha tried to clarify Nitish made announcement in ident Kaukab Qadri said his BJP president Amit Shah had start talking about temple or produced before special judge have been hired for these caus- Republican Panthers Party that he had a chance meeting New Delhi. Those ho know party should get 20 seats promised him to implement mosque or Hindus and KD Vadane of Shivajinagar es. ahead of the January 1, 2018 with RJD leader at the circuit Kushwaha and his style of pol- because Congress is the largest quota within quota by October Muslims,” he said court in Pune who sent them The police told the court Bhima-Koregaon riots. house at Arwal on Friday. “I am iticking said meeting Tejashwi party in the alliance. 26 but nothing had been done The SBSP chief has been to police custody for 10 days. that they wanted to interrogate The FIR, originally regis- in NDA and there is no ques- was not by chance but was on This demand has brought so far. known for embarrassing the Later in the evening, the arrested activists to estab- tered u/s 153(A), 505 (1)(b), tion of leaving it. I am doing fit of rage after Shah and Nitish worries in the alliance and “I am not a slave of the government time and again. He Bharadwaj was produced lish the sources of the funds 117 and 34 of the Indian Penal everything possible to see meeting. "He wants to build particularly for Tejashwi who BJP. I joined politics to fight also hit the headlines for tak- before the same judge who and the illegal activities for Code (IPC), had made out a Narendra Modi as PM once pressure on BJP through his is supposed to accommodate for the cause of the poor and ing up the construction of a remanded her in police cus- which the funds were being conspiracy case in March 2018 again in 2019. It was just a coin- moves", political observers feel. all the allies and also escape the oppressed. I was a rebel broken road leading to his tody till November 6. utilised. and relevant sections of the cidence (that I met Tejashwi) as RJD was quite eager to have the charge that he was ignor- and I will remain a rebel. The home. In this regard, he wrote Earlier on Friday, the same It may be recalled five Unlawful Activities Prevention he was staying at Arwal circuit these two sulking NDA partners ing some of its partners. idea of resigning from the to the Chief Minister several special court had rejected the Maoist-linked activists Human Act (UAPA) were added to the house and I too reached there,” in the maha gathbandhan. Congress and other allies are Cabinet came to me several times. On not getting a positive bail applications of Gonsalves, Rights activists Rona Wilson case latter. said RLSP chief on Saturday Tejashwi said Ram Vilas Paswan not very favourable to further times in the last 18 months response, he undertook the Ferreira and Sudha Bharadwaj Jacob, Surendra Gadling, The investigators have and added that BJP leaders had was like a father figure and he has expand the alliance by invit- but the party cadre prevent- construction of the road all by hours. They had been under Sudhir Dhawale, Prof Shoma been claiming right from day talked to him on poll related great respect for him. “Paswan ji ing LJP and RLSP. ed me from taking the himself. house arrest as ordered by the Sen and Mahesh Raut were one that the evidence gathered Supreme court for the past two arrested by the Pune police on by them had shown that the months.. June 6, in connection with the CPI (Maoist) had hatched con- Gonsalves, Ferriera and Elgaar Parishad and subse- spiracy to form an all India "<, Bhardwaj were among the five quent Bhima-Koregaon caste united front "to overthrow the activists who were arrested on riots. government established by the August 28 for their alleged Subsequently on June 8, the law” and that the Elgaar links with the CPI (Maoists) investigators had claimed that Parishad had been organised in and their association with the they had recovered from the Pune on December 31, 2017 as - Elaagar Parishad held in Pune tap top of Wilson an allegedly part of this conspiracy. ahead of the January 1, 2018 incriminating letter, which They had also said that the Bhima-Koregaon riots. uncovered an alleged plot by plot hatched Maoist to carry , 9 , be benefitted but businesses Ghogha and Dahej by ferry Srinagar: Jammu & Kashmir the two other activists the Maoists to carry out “Rajiv out “Rajiv Gandhi-type” assas- would also get advantage, said would be only 32 KMs and it Governor Satya Pal Malik on arrested along with Gonsalves, Gandhi-type” assassination of sination of Prime Minister ledging to utilize all possible the Chief Minister. According to would take hardly an hour to Saturday approved foreclosure $ Ferriera and Bhardwaj on Prime Minister Narendra Narendra Modi was part of Proutes – road, water and air him the services would be game complete one way journey. of the controversial contract $ $ August 28 were Varavara Rao Modi. their conspiracy. for the holistic development of changer for the people of For the completion and with Reliance General 0 % the state, Gujarat Chief Minister Saurashtra region as they would functioning of the project Insurance Company (RGIC) % $ % Vijay Rupani launched first-of- save almost seven hours to reach Gujarat Maritime Board (GMB) for implementing the Group its-kind Roll-on/Roll-off (Ro- from Bhavnagar to Surat. It has formed an SPV (special Mediclaim Health Insurance Ro) ferry service in the country would help immensely to reduce purpose vehicle) and roped in Policy for the employees and . % between Saurashtra and South traffic on road in future when Indigo Seaways Private Limited pensioners in the State. . Gujarat region on Saturday. more numbers of ferry boats on a public private partnerships An official spokesman said $ The State Government would be included on the route, (PPP) mode. The group has that ever since sanction was 0 would connect important ports he added. The ferry services con- invested around 140 crore for accorded to the implementation $ and religious places situated necting Ghogha in Bhavnagar the project and bought a South of the insurance scheme by the ?.! @ on Gujarat coast with similar district in Saurashtra region and Korean vessel 'Voyage government, doubts were kind of ferry services in near Dahej in South Gujarat across Symphony'. The vessel is a dou- expressed in various quarters, that in the interest of the future, said Rupani, adding that the Gulf of Khambhat would ble-ended ferry that will sail at an including a cross-section of the Government and for enhanced feasibility work on connecting reduce distance between the average speed of 15-17 knots society and the media, about the transparency, it would be judi- Hazira port in South Gujarat two regions by almost 330 KMs. with a transit time of one hour credibility of the process. “This cious not to proceed further in with Gogha in Saurashtra region By road distance between the between the two shores. For has cast a shadow on the entire the contract with the insur- would be initiated shortly. two destinations is neat 360 km loading and unloading the vehi- process followed in the final- ance firm,” he said and added Because of Ro-Ro ferry ser- and it takes more than 10 hours cles, passengers off the vessel will ization of the scheme,” he said that therefore, a decision has vice, not only passengers would to travel. Distance between take another hour. adding that the allegations fly- been taken to foreclose ing around have not stopped but the contract. are pouring in the media about The issue has been referred the selection of the Insurance to the newly established Anti- Company, more so the selection Corruption Bureau for examin- of the intermediary (Broker). ing the entire process to see He said that as the whether it was conducted in a Governor’s Administration is transparent and fair manner. mandated to provide good, “Keeping in view the importance transparent, fair and employ- of the matter, the Government = $ 7 13:> $ - $ ee-friendly governance, it was has directed the Director, Anti- felt that it would be difficult to Corruption Bureau to personal- proceed ahead with the ly look into the matter rather implementation of the scheme. than entrusting it to someone ) 1 *, “Taking a well-informed view else,” the spokesman said adding on all aspects and the concerns that action would then be taken about the process involved, the on the findings of the Anti- " ) Government is of the opinion Corruption Bureau. PNS plaint," DCP (Central to resort.' When I asked him the !! Bengaluru) D Devaraj told purpose, he replied, 'To have ' reporters. pleasant time, which I have been # Section 354 relates to asking but repeatedly you are assault or criminal force to denying. Today I have full time woman with intent to outrage and there is no one in my room," ' , ' 8 , her modesty, 506 to punish- Sruthi alleged in her complaint. ment for criminal intimidation The actress further stated s the Metoo movement is and 509 to word, gesture or act that the #MeToo movement Ataking its toll based on a intended to insult the modesty gave her strength to share her complaint by south Indian of a woman. She has also story with people. ' , ' has been initiated through a popular actress Sruthi mentioned the manager and After Sruthi's Facebook 8 , series of protests. The move Hariharan, a case has been filed two others as the witnesses, post last week, Sarja had told a to lift the ban on night traf- for an attempt to outrage the Devaraj said, adding, "We will TV channel that he has great s many wild animals fic on Bandipour highway modesty of a woman against inquire with them too." respect for womanhood from Ahave become victims of and to construct elevated popular South Indian film Sruthi has alleged that Sarja childhood, adding he was never night traffic, hundreds of highways to facilitate traffic actor Arjun Sarja . had sexually abused her since involved in any incident that is wildlife activists on will be detrimental to our Sruthi Hariharan has 2015. Recalling one incident in disrespectful of women or Saturday protested against forests and Wildlife. Many played roles in several December 2015, when she was embarrassed them. He had the proposed elevated cor- wild animals were killed in Kannada films in a post on her travelling with her team to her also said he respects "#metoo" ridors through Bandipur Road accidents. After ban on Facebook page praising house in her car, she alleged and values it, but cautioned Tiger Reserve (National night traffic there is consid- '#Metoo" movement, had a that Sarja came following her against it being misused. Park) at Gundlupet–Sultan erable reduction in accidents week ago accused Arjun Sarja vehicle and when it stopped at Sarja had also said that in Bathery road near and death of wild animals. of "lewd and complete unpro- the Devanahalli traffic signal, 150 movies that he has acted in, Gundlupet a border town in "Lifting the ban will pose fessional behavior" with her he allegedly made a sexually he has shared screen space with Karnataka on Saturday. grave danger and increase during the shooting for a bilin- explicit comment. 60-70 actresses and has good Holding placards and the possibility of accident gual film in 2016. "Sarja asked me 'come know, relationship with all of them. squatting on the tent, techies, related deaths of wild animals Her complaint with the businessmen and other pro- , especially the endangered Cubbon Park police came a day fessionals, staged a silent tiger," they added. after Karnataka Film Chamber protest. This is the third “Karnataka has only six of Commerce (KFCC)'s attempt such protest held in the fort- percent of its land mass to bring about a conciliation night against the destruction under Wildlife habitats. If between the two actors failed. of forests. Wildlife lovers, caution is not taken to pre- "Based on a complaint activists and farmer groups serve them, soon it will be from Sruthi Hariharan, we from Kerala and Tamil Nadu left with no Wildlife in the have registered a case under participated in the protest for forests. Without wildlife section 354, 354A, 506 and 509 the first time. species, the forests will dis- of the IPC. The main content Protesters said, cam- appear. if the forests are of it is that he misbehaved with paign to save Bandipur and eroded rivers will be filled her. We will investigate all the preserve flora and fauna, with silt. aspects mentioned in the com- ( ) *+, *-.+ 1 1 A11 8; 1; A1 ;* 7: A 1;7 &)P?) 3 + /) '!! 0 : ' # )))>>& ++(/ )&% # !% "" " * -D 4#* @$8.% ! + ?&)?)))8 9 : ! 9+ 7 /(@ ?@&&+?) ) gunman opened fire at a !$3 AJewish synagogue in the %#! # :8:& : Speaker Jayasuriya would US city of Pittsburgh on % #!4#* now have to decide if he recog- Saturday, killing at least eight # #3#) ri Lankan President nised Rajapaksa or persons and injuring several 4 SMaithripala Sirisena on Wickremesinghe as the prime others including three police- : 9! $ Saturday suspended Parliament minister. men, local media reports said. 3 )#* till November 16 after sacked The Joint Opposition Robert Bowers, 46, sur- 4# *) Prime Minister Ranil group of Rajapaksa backers rendered after he was injured * ) Wickremesinghe sought an claimed that the controversial during an exchange of fire : $ emergency session to prove strongman has a clear majori- with the police, according to %%) his majority, deepening the ty. Prof GL Peiris of the JO local media reports. ‘Tree of Life’ Congregation secretary of state Hillary #* political crisis in the island frontliner said the unity gov- He is being described as a Synagogue at Squirrel Hill area Clinton and Indian-origin US !3 $ nation. ernment of Sirisena and white male, heavy set, with a in Pittsburgh, where a large Senator Kamala Harris. Sirisena’s move is seen as an Wickremesinghe ceased to beard. He is being questioned number of people had gathered Israel’s Ambassador to the P ( effort to allow former strong- exist the moment Sirisena’s and treated at hospital. for a morning service when the UN Danny Danon strongly , ( man Mahinda Rajapaksa to party, United People’s Freedom The FBI is investigating shooting took place. condemned the shooting. (? ## buy more time to seek major- # & & Alliance (UPFA), announced this as a “hate crime”. Before The FBI, which has taken “We all feel the pain of the ( & ! ity in Parliament. ( 7 that it had withdrawn from it. opening fire, the alleged per- the lead in the investigation, murder of eight Jews at a #!% Parliamentary officials said “So there is no cabinet petrator reportedly yelled, “All did not immediately say on the Shabbat service. We will stand 3 ! the president prorogued the Wickremesinghe has been ment of Rajapaska as the new from that moment. When the Jews must die!” motive of the shooter. together like a rock against *) house till November 16. The asserting that the swearing in premier. unity government arrangement President Donald Trump The tragic shooting came hatred and against those who %$ parliament was earlier due to of Rajapaksa in his place is Sirisena also ordered the ended the cabinet needs to be described this as a devastating within days of the recovery of try to harm Jews all over the meet on November 5 to unveil “illegal and unconstitutional”. removal of Prime Minister’s pruned under 30 members,” he situation. a series of package bombs world. ! the 2019 annual budget. Addressing the media Secretary Saman Ekanayake. said. “Events in Pittsburgh are across the country that was “I send condolences to the !' Rajapaksa and Sirisena along with his constituent party The prime minister’s sec- He said when the cabinet far more devastating than orig- addressed to several present families of the murdered and a )& 3 combine has only 95 seats and leaders, the UNP leader said, retary has been removed stands dissolved the prime inally thought,” Trump said as and former high-ranking offi- speedy recovery for the wound- & ! is short of a simple majority in “This is a created crisis, there according to the powers vest- minister will have to be either he reiterated that those respon- cials. Prominent among them ed. The entire Jewish people % * the 225-member house. is no need for this crisis. The ed with the president as the removed or resign himself. sible for such mass shooting be include former president now stands alongside the ! Wickremesinghe’s United people must not suffer because appointing authority. Peiris said parliament has given death penalty. Barack Obama, former vice Jewish community of $ National Party (UNP) has 106 of this at a difficult time for Responding to Sirisena in been suspended to allow time FBI agents reached the president Joe Biden, former Pittsburgh,” he said. seats on its own with just seven them.” writing, Wickremesinghe said for Rajapaksa as the new prime short of the majority. He said the crisis could be he is still the “constitutionally minster to present a vote of The UNP claimed that resolved with no difficulty if the appointed Prime Minister” of account in parliament instead ' President Sirisena sought to parliament was convened. “I Sri Lanka. of the 2019 budget scheduled prorogue the parliament as can prove majority on the floor “I write to inform you that for November 5. ? 72-year-old Rajapaksa did not of the House,” Wickremesinghe I am the constitutionally “This will provide command a majority in the said. Sirisena formalised the appointed Prime Minister of resources to govern the coun- 9 : ed a 56-year-old man from House. sacking of his former ally by the Democratic Socialist try for three months,” Peiris Florida on charges of sending Wickremesinghe had ear- issuing two extraordinary Republic of Sri Lanka and con- said. S President Donald Trump package bombs to at least 10 lier in the day in a letter to gazette notices. tinue in that office and that I Meanwhile, Rauff Hakeem Uon Friday called for ending present and former high-level Speaker Karu Jayasuriya First notice was on command the confidence of the leader of the Sri Lanka the “politics of per- Government officials demanded an emergency ses- Wickremesinghe being Parliament as contemplated in Muslim Congress said his party sonal destruction” as including former pres- sion to prove his majority in removed as prime minister article 42(4) of the constitu- would firmly back he accused the ident Barack Obama, parliament. and the other on the appoint- tion,” he said in letter. Wickremesinghe. media of using “sin- former vice president ister actions of one Joe Biden and former individual” to score secretary of state political points Hillary Clinton. ) ,+ against him and his Trump asserted party. that he “will do every- Trump’s com- thing” to stop political ments at an election violance and said 2"" + rally in North Carolina came media has a major role to play hours after police apprehend- in unifying the nation. && vanished after entering the itated”. consulate on October 2 to But US Defence Secretary iyadh on Saturday dis- obtain paperwork for his mar- Jim Mattis, who was also Rmissed Ankara’s calls to riage to his Turkish fiancee. addressing the Manama forum, extradite 18 Saudis wanted for Gruesome reports have warned that “the murder of the murder of critic Jamal alleged that he was murdered Jamal Khashoggi in a diplo- Khashoggi, as Washington and his body dismembered by matic facility must concern us warned the crisis risked desta- a team sent from all greatly”. bilising the Middle East. Saudi Arabia to silence the “Failure of any nation to “The individuals are Saudi Washington Post columnist, adhere to international norms nationals. They’re detained in who had criticised Saudi’s pow- and the rule of law undermines Saudi Arabia, and the investi- erful Crown Prince regional stability at a time gation is in Saudi Arabia, and Mohammad bin Salman. when it is needed most,” he they will be prosecuted in After weeks of denials, stressed. Saudi Arabia,” Foreign Minister Riyadh has sought to draw a Saudi authorities have Adel al-Jubeir told a regional line under the crisis with an arrested 18 men wanted by defence forum in Bahrain. investigation. Ankara following the interna- He was responding to Prince Mohammad, heir to tional furore over Turkish President Recep Tayyip the oil-rich nation’s throne, Khashoggi’s murder, which was Erdogan who on Friday publicly denounced the murder reportedly carried out in the renewed his call for the 18 men as “repulsive”, while the Saudi consulate by a team which to be extradited for trial in prosecutor acknowledged for flew to Istanbul. Turkey. the first time Five intelligence chiefs have Khashoggi, 59, who had this week that based on the evi- been sacked, including two lived in self-imposed exile in dence of a Turkish investigation who were part of the crown the United States since 2017, the killing had been “premed- prince’s inner circle. ! # #* 0 R AA % #!* P: # 53 Kabul: A suicide car bomb 8& Pakistan to foreign countries, attack on a bus carrying police the Dawn reported. officers and workers in central akistan Prime Minister The FIA has furnished Afghanistan killed at least six PImran Khan’s sister is before the apex court a list of people and wounded dozens among 44 prominent political 44 individuals who owned on Saturday, officials said. and Government figures own- properties registered in the The Taliban-claimed blast ing benami properties in name of other persons, the happened as the bus entered a United Arab Emirates, revealed report said. police compound in the a Federal Investigation Agency The list contains the name Wardak provincial capital of (FIA) list submitted to the of Aleema Khanum, a sister of Maidan Shar, provincial police Pakistan Supreme Court. Khan, who has been identified spokesman Hekmatullah The list was part of the as ‘benamidar’ of a property. Durrani told AFP. annexure submitted to a three- A notice has been issued to Six bodies and 31 wound- judge SC Bench, headed by her through email as well as ed had been taken to hospitals Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar, delivered at her home address, in the city, health director seized with a case relating to but her servant says she is Salim Asgharkhil said. AFP illegal transfer of money from abroad. ( ) *+, *-.+ = *" '"" 53 0R8 / & & the airline said in a statement. The Bangalore- These services will have Ahmedabad flight AI589 will & 0 tate-owned Air India on daily operations, it added. take off from Bangalore at SSaturday announced the According to the airline, its 0030 hours to reach 8 , Accel and Ratan Tata, Deloitte launch of red-eye flights to flight AI883 will leave Delhi at Ahmedabad at 0235 hours, said in a statement. some of the domestic destina- 2200 hours and arrive Goa at Air India said adding the return oida-based business-to- Bengaluru-based payments tions, including Goa, starting 0035 hours, while the return flight AI590 will depart Nbusiness e-commerce firm technology company Razorpay 8& next month end. flight AI884 will take off from Ahmedabad at 0305 hours to Moglix has emerged as the has emerged as the second A red-eye flight departs Goa at 0115 hours and land at touch down Bangalore at 0525 fastest growing technology ranked company this year and high-level delegation of generally late at night and Delhi at 0340 hours hours. company in India, according to has grown 110 times from Athe UAE arrived in arrives early morning. Similarly, flight AI547 will These late night flights, a Deloitte report on Saturday. 2016 to 2018. Pakistan on Friday to explore Because of their low fares, depart Delhi at 2115 hours and popularly called ‘red eye’ flights, Founded in 2015, Moglix is The third place went to investment opportunities in these flights are quite popular than the normal fares on sec- land at Coimbatore at 0030 will be offered at fares consid- an online store for industrial Delhi-based Cashify, which the cash-strapped country. abroad, especially in the US tors like Delhi-Goa- Delhi, ours. In its return journey, the erably lower than normal and tools and equipment. In fiscal the report titled “Deloitte grew approximately 70 times The delegation is headed and Europe. Delhi-Coimbatore-Delhi and flight will leave as AI548 from help travellers beat peak hour 2018, the company realised a Technology Fast 50 India from 2016 to 2018. Cashify by Dr Sultan Aljaber, Minister Air India will introduce Bangalore-Ahmedabad- Coimbatore at 0100 hours and city traffic as well as save on 120-times growth in revenue as 2018”. Moglix is funded by enables end-users to sell their of State and CEO of Abu Dhabi red-eye flights with fares lower Bangalore from November 30, reach Delhi at 0400 hours. hotel charges, statement. compared to fiscal 2016, said marque investors like IFC, used gadgets. National Oil Company (ADNOC), the Foreign Office (FO) said. : It comprises CEOs and 4$ & !# 42 # senior officials of major com- panies including Mobadla ! !!3 (( 2 Petroleum, ADIA (Sovereign ! ( !( !! % Wealth Funds), Etisalat, DP ))+ 8!!# & 8 ?1 World, Dubai Investment & %% # % & &* #$ Authority, Emaar Company, %% # #% % # ) " 5 6 Aldahra Agriculture and Abu 8 I 8J <# ! # $8$ 8 2>@>2 Dhabi Fund for Development. * %% # 8#!4 8 89 the mistake. 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The company withdrew its placing this advertisement as President Cyril Ramaphosa in investment relations #$ The company had posted report which claimed that data part of the company’s effort to April. Representatives of BMW, between the two countries in all net profit of 76.68 crore in the breach incidences in India were ensure that authentic and accu- During the conference, the Mercedes Benz, Ford, Isuzu, areas of common interest”, the ! ( ! July-September quarter a year the second highest globally in rate information reaches out to business investors pledged to Nissan and Volkswagen took to FO said. ! !! ! !! !,! ago, HT Media said in a BSE the first half of 2018 on account the public. invest $20 billion in South the stage to sign a pledge which Pakistan hoped that the filing. of a compromise in the The cyber security firm, in Africa in the next five years. was then presented to UAE will also announce an Its total income during the Aadhaar database. the report released on October The investments pledged Ramaphosa. assistance package like Saudi quarter under review stood at The company said it is 15, had claimed that over 1 bil- were in various sectors like “There have been accusa- Arabia and investment in var- 566.24 crore, as against issuing the public notice to lion records were compro- mining and automobile man- tions that South Africa is on an ious projects, officials sources 596.95 crore in the corre- clear the misperceptions mised in the Aadhaar breach ufacturing. investment strike. Today maybe said. sponding quarter of previous against the country’s unique incident, including name, Investment commitments I can say the strike is over,” The delegation met foreign fiscal. identity number project. address and other personally in the mining sector were led Ramaphosa said. minister Shah Mehmood HT Media’s total expens- “Gemalto published an identified information. by mining giants Anglo Ramaphosa lauded the fact Qureshi who said that the visit es stood at 591.85 crore, in the inaccurate Breach Level Index In the report, Gemalto American which committed that most of the investments will increase the UAE’s foot- second quarter of this financial report and press release that claimed that there were 945 to invest 71.5 billion Rands, fol- were in the areas of beneficia- print in a number of sectors in year. included a news article about data breaches which led to 4.5 lowed by India’s Vedanta tion, innovation and entrepre- Pakistan. The company reported an alleged and unverifed billion data records being com- Resources that pledged to neurship aimed at supporting an exceptional loss of Aadhaar data breach,” said the promised worldwide in the invest 21.4 billion Rands. young people. “The number of 23.90 crore during the notice, titled ‘Gemalto apology first half of 2018. Of this, over The automobile manufac- new jobs and people who will July-September quarter of this to the People of India’. 1 billion data records were turing sector made joint com- be employed is going to be phe- year. “I, Philippe Vallee, as CEO exposed in India. mitments to invest more than nomenal and unprecedented in ))+ 8!# # ##!# During the quarter, HT of Gemalto, extend my sincer- “Gemalto is deeply 40 billion Rands over the next the history of our country,” #& B # # : #I!4J:# Media’s revenue from ‘Printing est apologies on the grave error regretful for releasing this five years. Ramaphosa said. <. % *) # & Publishing of Newspapers & on our part for the publication unverified information in this $%#!% Periodicals’ was at 447.57 of this erroneous report and report and failing to conduct !% # !% #: #) crore and 46.61 crore from press release,” it added. sufficient due diligence prior to $ #: #) # # Radio Broadcast & The company is learnt to publishing the information. & I!4J$ Entertainment. have issued the apology in all We are taking the opportunity editions of five national dailies. to revisit the methodology “We never intended to behind this report and intro- malign Aadhaar, India’s presti- duce more stringent criteria gious identity mission project, and validation of entries,” the by unknowingly committing notice said. ( ) *+, *-.+ 9 /5"2< /%8<; & 99& *) ** ! % ) #! #!% #% !# %% 6 " / < > :A ! 23 B 1A B 2A $ B 6A ( B CA $ B =A $ On June 5, 2018, heavy rain the town offers you from various engagement programme under the 1997,” she says. ed the land to set up the control now, they are working in the affected Mizoram State, causing points including the Ganesh Tok early warning system. While the sys- Explaining how the system office which is equipped with mon- Gangtok region. However, if the landslides and casualties point. On your way from Siliguri to tem can’t prevent disaster, at least it works, she tells you that the first step itors that are connected to warning Government wants they would only On July 11, 2018, landslides Gangtok you can spot the majestic can save lives through early warn- is the placement of the battery system. All the movement and be happy to work in other areas as swept at least nine people to their river following you to the moun- ing. which works on the solar panel that vibrations can be seen on the mon- well. “I am very grateful to the peo- deaths in Manipur tains. Though river Teesta is not as The idea of the project came to are installed nearby. The box is then itor in the form of a graph. The offi- ple of Sikkim, they have been very On July 11, 2018, six people fierce as other rivers but you can Maneesha because she wanted to installed in the ground. The region cer also keeps everything handy in helpful throughout and it didn't take were killed in floods and land- spot the river's aggression at some write a research paper on landslide is prone to rains and days on no sun; from pipes to sensors, everything is much to educate them about the sys- slides in Uttarakhand points in between your journey. warnings. This idea to Amma and in such a scenario the battery in stock. There are two people who tem. They have helped us a lot and On August 24, 2018, in Although Gangtok proves to be she responded by saying that that derives its energy that has been are in-charge; they operate the supported us. From my past deploy- Guwahati, heavy rainfall caused a beautiful tourist destination where instead of writing research papers stored. The system has an artificial monitor and work in the office in ment this is the best state as the peo- landslides at Hastinapur and one can have a break from their Maneesha should do something to algorithm which automatically two shifts — day and night. These ple are very supportive,” Maneesha Sankardev Nagar in Jorabat area monotonous life and spend some save human lives who then started switches on and off in order to save have been are appointed by the uni- says. with three casualties and on time with Nature, it doesn’t prove to on working on a model that could and preserves energy for use in the versity. A local, 20-year-old boy, has Meanwhile, the Indian Institute August 31, a landslide in Kharguli be the same for its residents. The issue warnings for landslides and future. Along with the battery in the also been hired to take care of the of Technology, Mandi has success- area damaged infrastructures Sikkim-Darjeeling belt is among the started working on it with the help 9 &:3 9 box, there is a hole from which the place where the system has been fully developed a low-cost landslide On August 13-14, 2018, heavy world’s most prominent landslide of the funds arranged by the uni- pipes are drilled into the ground. deployed. Though it may sound all monitoring and warning system rainfall triggered the initiation of hotspots. Small-scale landslides are versity and the Government. ? & : These pipes are made of easy, there were certain challenges against landslide disasters, which are new landslides and reactivated a common view for the residents “The university has always , , Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene faced during the deployment of the a common problem in the existing ones along NH-22 in here. Though small-scale landslides worked towards the betterment of (ABS) plastic. Each pipe is three project. Himalayan mountain belt. Solan district, Himachal Pradesh doesn’t cause much disturbance to the society and it has a tagline of : 9 metres long. The pipes are joined “The major challenge that we Every year, on an average about blocking and disrupting the traf- the people living here but some large Education For life and Compassion 88 ) with the help of connecting rods so faced was while deploying the sys- 200 lives are lost due to landslides fic along NH22 landslides are a constant threat to life to Human Life. For Amma, service that they can go underneath — to tems. When we completed drilling in India and Rs 550 crore are spent On August 2, 2018 incessant and property to the locals. is spirituality and love is the only & 9 a depth of 30 metres. In each pipe, the bore up to 30 metres depth and to cover damages to infrastructure. rainfall reactivated a landslide The locals are helpless in the religion. She has always helped 3 :, 9 there are about 30-40 sensors. These removed the drill machine the bore Prof Varun Dutt, School of that occurred in mid-July along face of such a disaster. Ask them people in every way possible. She are pore pressure sensors which would collapse. This happened mul- Computing and Electrical the state highway about 22 km what do they do whenever a land- had set up hospitals, educational , , work on the vibrations they receive tiple times and then we went looked Engineering at IIT Mandi said: “To from Gangtok on Gangtok- slide happens, they reply with an centres, relief camps during natur- 9,: 9 9 when the moisture reaches the for a solution. Amma suggested that address the problem of landslides Mangan road via Phoodong caus- awkward smile: “What can we do? al calamities and recently helped to ground in a saturated state and acti- after we finished drilling, we should and to reduce the cost of sensing ing disruption of traffic. The We just sit and watch the destruc- set up of this warning model,” she :&& ? vates the pore pressure in the soil. not remove the machine and look these disasters, a faculty-student landslide is a planner rock slide tion happening. There is no escap- says. & “The system works on multi- for the leakage. After spotting the group named, iIoTs, incubated by blocking the road for a week ing from this disaster. Our houses Improving upon the Munnar level warnings which include the leak, we should seal it with cement Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) are made on the mountain slope model, the Chandmari model has ,: ,&& first warning or the early stage and be ready with the sensors and Mandi’s technology incubator, he newspapers are always from where we don’t have an easy overcome the flaws and improved warning that will be given 24 hours only then remove the machine. Catalyst, has developed an indige- full of such reports and escape. Once the landslide occurs, the system and one can expect , 9 ,8? prior to the disaster. This warning This worked wonders and the sen- nously built low-cost landslide mon- off late, the number of access to the other side is blocked more accurate results here with no , ? &$ will be based on the rainfall thresh- sors were deployed successfully. itoring and warning technology. casualties is on the rise and we are struck.” false warnings. “We have studied old. This level has successfully com- The other challenges that we faced The system, which costs around IRs especially the North-east- Dr Maneesha V Ramesh, direc- other parameters like the moisture 98 9 ? & pleted the testing phase and is were to be cost-effective, large- 20,000, can record weather para- ernT States. To address this social and tor, Center for Wireless Networks & density in the soil and have now O , O 9 ready to issue warnings. The second scale deployment and to persuade meters and soil properties.” natural disaster, Amrita University Applications, Amrita University, employed Artificial Intelligence in warning will be given six hours the locals to take ownership of the The system can generate warn- took an initiative to develop and tells you that landslide is the third the system to reduce the risk of false ,) ) before and the third and the final system and look after it on a daily ings both locally (via blinkers and install a landslide warning system most deadly natural disaster. warnings. For Sikkim, we have 8 )O warning will be given six hours prior basis. A problem that we faced once hooter) and globally (via SMSes) if which can raise an alarm in case of Around 12.6 per cent of India’s land introduced the rainfall threshold to the disaster which will be based the system was deployed was van- there are soil movements of differ- an expected landslide. mass is prone to landslide hazard. model which will study the rainfall 8O 9,: 9 on the vibrations received by the dalism,” she tells you. ent magnitudes in the vicinity of the The good news is that the early “The major factors that can trigger in the area, analyse the data and then , sensors on the basis of several para- It was through community deployed system. With support and warning system which has been landslides are rainfall and earth- issue warnings on the basis of the meters like pore pressure and mois- engagement programme that the encouragement from the Mandi installed in Munnar, Kerala has had quakes. Other factors that can trig- rainfall received. The warning sys- ture. The warnings will be mailed to team was able to persuade residents district administration, iIoTs recent- a successful run. The second system ger landslides are manmade like the tem will cover an area of 10 kilo- the registered email ID and mobile and Amrita University and the ly deployed 10-systems in the Mandi is deployed at Chandmari, Gangtok. removal of vegetation from the meters,” Dr Maneesha says and numbers that are saved in the sys- Government arranged all the funds district at different landslide sites The reason why this particular slopes, interference with natural tells you why they chose Chandmari. tem and then you can raise an alarm for the project. The cost of the pro- along the Mandi – Jogindarnagar region was chosen first is because drainage, leaking water, modifica- “The area is spread over 150 to the Government and the people ject stands at 5 crore. and Mandi – Kullu highways. The the area is the most prone to land- tion of slopes by the construction of acres and there are about 3,000 can be asked to evacuate the area. The good news is that the systems deployed along the Mandi slides due to the gradual shifting of roads and buildings, overloading the inhabitants excluding the tourists This project will be deployed in two warning model can issue warnings – Jogindar Nagar highway includes the Tectonic plates in two different slope and vibrations from traffic. that visit the place. The vulnerabil- phases. The first phase deployment for other natural disasters as well. the following: one system at Narla directions. Through the landslide early warn- ity of the area increases due to the took place in 2015 and the second “This system has been made in a village, two systems at Kutropi vil- The largest town and the capi- ing system, we aim at disaster risk increment in the population densi- phase started in 2018. The phases manner that it can be helpful in lage, and two systems at Gumma vil- tal of Sikkim — Gangtok is a home reduction.” ty. The area is selected by the include deployment of the pipes detection of earthquakes and floods. lage. The systems deployed along the for people of different ethnicities — The aim of the system is to cre- Government on the basis of the his- inside the ground. There are about Though it will require certain tweaks Mandi – Kullu highway include the Nepalis, Lepchas and Bhutias. The ate awareness about the landslides, tory of the events that took place in 20 people involved in this project,” in the sensors, it can effectively following: one system each at State Capital is known for its beau- its impact and the factors that trig- the area in the past years. 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Stivity to go three points clear at the top but Egypt forward Salah pounced on the most important is the three points," the They were 2-0 up inside 19 minutes of the Premier League with a 4-1 win at rebound for his 33rd goal in 35 games at Senegal international added. thanks to two well-struck goals. home to Cardiff on Saturday as Anfield. Bournemouth closed on fifth-placed Defeat dropped Huddersfield to the bot- Bournemouth and Watford both continued But as long as the lead was just 1-0, Tottenham with a 3-0 win away to Fulham. tom of the table after Newcastle, previous- their fine starts to the season. Cardiff were still in the game. Callum Wilson won and then scored a ly propping up the division, managed a point Liverpool were the only club who Mane, however, doubled 14th-minute penalty after he was brought in a goalless draw at home to Southampton. started the weekend among the top five in Liverpool's lead in the 66th minute down by Timothy Fosu-Mensah. Elsewhere, Brighton striker Glenn action on Saturday, with reigning champi- when, running on to an Alberto David Brooks then scored his third goal Murray, fresh from suffering concussion ons Manchester City not facing Tottenham Moreno pass, he smashed a shot into in four games to double the Cherries' lead against Newcastle last week, returned to Hotspur until Monday. the top corner. in the 72nd minute. score his 100th goal for the Seagulls in a 1- Meanwhile midweek European com- But Liverpool's hopes of a club Minutes later, Fulham's day went from 0 win at home to Wolves. mitments also meant that Chelsea, like City record 10th successive home clean sheet bad to worse when captain Kevin McDonald "Glenn Murray is a poacher, when the and Liverpool yet to lose in the Premier were dashed in the 77th minute when was sent off for a second bookable offence ball comes his way you are confident it will League this season, were playing Burnley on Callum Paterson turned in a cross deflect- following a late challenge on Brooks. end up in the net," said Brighton manager Sunday, when in-form Arsenal travel to ed by Reds defender Virgil van Dijk. Wilson rounded out Bournemouth's Chris Hughton of the forward's 48th- Crystal Palace and Manchester United wel- However, two goals inside the final 10 victory when he scored his second goal five minute goal. come Everton to Old Trafford. minutes from substitute Xherdan Shaqiri minutes from time at Craven Cottage. "He has a great desire to keep on play- Mohamed Salah, now putting a stut- and Mane put the result beyond doubt. "Really pleased today," said ing." 1 % # :, & alomon Kalou scored with an injury- Stime penalty for Hertha Berlin to hold Borussia Dortmund 2-2, and Bayern Munich closed in on the Bundesliga leader with a 2-1 win at Mainz on Saturday. Kalou's late spot kick — his second goal — ended Dortmund's six-game winning run across all competitions and allowed Bayern to cut the gap to two points after nine league games. Thiago Alcantara scored Bayern's winner in Mainz as the defending champions moved second. The 18-year-old Jadon Sancho scored twice for Dortmund, but the home side was to rue a host of missed chances to seal the win before Dan-Axel Zagadou conceded the penalty for bringing down Hertha substitute Davie $ & &B G H ! - 4 ( ( Selke. Sancho opened the scoring before intercepted the ball, ran forward and the hour-mark, again a tap-in, after failed to beat Hertha goalkeeper Rune the half-hour mark when Mario Goetze played it over to Kalou on the far side. Marco Reus allowed Achraf Hakimi's Jarstein in their one-on-one, while crossed for a tap-in at the far post. The Ivory Coast striker took it on his pass through to the far post. substitute Jacob Bruun Larsen missed Dortmund had created more chest before guiding it past Roman The home side wasted chances to another good chance late on. opportunities in the first half but a loose Buerki for his first league goal of the seal the win, however. Elsewhere, Wolfsburg won 3-0 at pass from Mahmoud Dahoud led to the season. Raphael Guerreiro should have promoted Fortuna Duesseldorf and equalizer. Maximilian Mittelstaedt Sancho grabbed his second before scored on a counterattack when he Augsburg won 2-1 at Hannover. / / 7 + 8 8 ensued. The 32nd-ranked Simon , To make matters worse oger Federer struggled into continued to make the match for India, fifth seed Srikanth Rthe Swiss Indoors semi- a struggle, with the pair trad- lympic medallist PV gave a good account of him- finals on Friday, the top seed ing four breaks in a row until OSindhu and Kidambi self but eventually lost steam eking out an error-filled 7-6 Federer took a 4-3 lead. Srikanth crashed out in the against top seed Kento (7/1), 4-6, 6-4 defeat of Gilles But the margin lasted for quarterfinals of the French Momota of Japan. Simon. only two games as the Swiss Open after suffering straight- Srikanth fought hard in Federer has not hit top dropped serve for the fourth game defeats in their respec- both the games but failed to form all week in Basel and he time to trail 4-5 as Simon tive matches as India's reach the finishing line, needed more than two-and-a- struck a down-the-line winner. campaign ended in the losing 16-21, 19-21 to half hours to hold off the trou- The Frenchman levelled singles events at the slump to his seventh blesome French veteran. the sets at one apiece a game BWF World Tour consecutive and fifth The Swiss crowd favourite later. Super 750 tournament straight loss this year was never able to comfortably The third set looked like here. against the Japanese take command against an 7 going Federer's way, with the Third seed Sindhu opponent. opponent whom he had defeat- seed breaking in the second looked a pale shadow Srikanth's last defeat ed in their last six meetings. to recover in the seventh game, game, but losing serve in the of herself as she lost 13-21, 16- against Momota came in the It took a fightback in all but two break-back chances seventh. 21 in 40 minutes against sev- semi-finals of the Denmark three sets to come through for went for nought. Simon found level-peg- enth seed He Bingjiao of Open last week. a place in a 14th semi-final at Federer started his slow ging for 4-all. But a quick China on Friday night. But there was some good the event where he got his start recovery with a break for 4-5; match point opportunity two It was Sindhu's second news for India in the men's in the game as a ballboy. he then saved set points to level games later allowed Federer to consecutive loss at the hands doubles event as the unseed- The 20-time Grand Slam at 6-all, winning a game in close as his opponent sent a of the Chinese shuttler this ed pair of Satwiksairaj champion will which he double-fault- return over the baseline. year after her straight-game Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty have to re- ed twice in a row and This was Federer's 18th defeat in Indonesia Open in progressed to the semi-finals group quickly saved a set point with consecutive winning match at July. By virtue of this win, after getting the better of for the semis, an ace. a tournament where he is Bingjiao extended her head- compatriots Manu Attri and where he will Federer came alive unbeaten since 2013 and is an to-head record to 7-5 against B Sumeeth Reddy 21-17, 21- play Daniil Medvedev. in the tiebreaker, racing to a 5- eight time winner. the Indian. 11. In the quarters, Federer 1 lead and earning the set after While, Marius Copil on Earlier in the day, Saina But a herculean task found himself in 2-5 trouble an hour of hard graft on a Saturday became the first qual- Nehwal yet again failed to awaits the duo in the last four after another sluggish start, Simon backhand error. ifier to reach the final of the crack the code of top seed Tai round as they are up against with Simon quickly finding his Just as Federer looked to be Swiss Indoors in more than a Tzu Ying of Chinese Taipei, top seeds Marcus Fernaldi range against the number settling into form after nearly decade as the Romanian upset losing 20-22, 11-21 in anoth- Gideon and Kevin Sanjaya three. 30 unforced errors in the open- Alexander Zverev 6-3, 6-7 er quarterfinal encounter. Sukamuljo of Indonesia. The Swiss had his chances ing set, more disruption (6/8), 6-4. / . :, finals for the second straight year. - Svitolina through - gutsy Sloane Stephens recovered Earlier, a determined Svitolina Afrom early embarrassment to storm overcame the relentless power of Kiki past Karolina Pliskova on Saturday, set- Bertens, continuing a dogged quest for ting up a mouth-watering WTA Finals her first WTA Finals triumph. decider against in-form Elina Svitolina. Svitolina outlasted the world num- The former US Open champion ber nine 7-5, 6-7 (5/7), 6-4 in two hours triumphed on Saturday against an and 39 minutes to continue her bid to inconsistent Pliskova 0-6, 6-4, 6-1 in make amends for a lacklustre early exit one hour and 55 minutes in Singapore. last year. A stunned Stephens lost the open- Her defensive prowess wore down ing eight games before turning things Bertens, who blasted 41 winners but around to win 12 of the next 15. made 63 unforced errors. The hard-hitting Pliskova started It ended a fairy tale run for red hot in what loomed as a one-sided Bertens, who only qualified days contest before Stephens fought back before the tournament when world with relentless hustle as the Czech went number one Simona Halep withdrew off the boil. from injury. "I just tried to stay in it and start- "I think physically I was a little bit ed to feel the ball better," Stephens said GH- E ( '$ 7 stronger... pushed myself a little bit after the match. "I'm really proud of my more maybe mentally," Svitolina told fight." point, the one-way traffic continued in Pliskova's first serve deserted her reporters. "I think only a few points It was an unexpected result after the second set with Pliskova breaking as a composed Stephens forced a decided the third set because we both Pliskova's early domination through in the second game against a decider and her momentum were playing good tennis." power and precision to blitz through dejected Stephens. continued by capturing a Bertens said Svitolina's defensive the first set in 31 minutes. The humiliation ended for break to open the third set. skills forced her into playing ultra- She pinpointed the lines to totally Stephens when she broke Stephens rolled through aggressive. "I knew that I had to play rattle a flustered Stephens, who unchar- Pliskova's previously impregnable serve against a slumping Pliskova to complete that kind of game, but that comes also acteristically made a slew of errors. in the third game and then started to a monumental turnaround, as the for- with a lot of mistakes," she said. 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However, action is — if I am prepared to such a big organisation. this is not the only yojana by the take 60 lakh steps to skate, are He chose skates because Government for the girl child; you prepared to take one step the idea is to bring in ‘resources there are several other schemes to educate the girl child? I skate for a cause’. “The words them- that have been launched. And through villages, towns and selves denote action. It means then there are individuals who cities and sensitise young girls it has to show there is some are working towards bettering about good and bad touch and action. Skating such a long trip Why did you choose to be the brand ambassador now? the lives of the girl child by rais- also go through the company’s sounds humanly impossible; I A Ms Nanni, executive member of Thalassemics India ing money. One such person is network to raise money,” the wanted to show that it is pos- reached out to me to be the brand ambassador. The disease Rana Uppalapati from 37-year-old tells you. sible including the seemingly is preventable but unfortunately not much is spoken about it. Visakhapatnam. To embark on such a jour- impossible task of educating I thought I might as well create awareness and prevent chil- Uppalapati has embarked ney required preparation. the girl child. This is the cor- dren from the painful needle pricks and blood transfusions on a 6,000-km journey of the Uppalapati already knew how relation between my skating they will need to go through. golden quadrilateral on skates to skate but the challenge was and the campaign,” Uppalapati How do you think you can create awareness? to raise funds for the education to skate on a rough road sur- says. Without the help of the media, I can’t do anything. I don’t of 25,000 underprivileged girl face, unlike the smooth skating According to him, the rea- consider just myself as the brand ambassador. Each one of us children. The businessman, rink. “I didn’t approach this son why such campaigns work is a conscious citizen. If we all start educating people around who has Titan showrooms in journey as a sportsperson. which stems from his person- us, the message and awareness will spread faster. Let’s make Vizak, was in the Capital after Initially, there were a few dif- al experience is that there is a a start. completing 2,500 km of his ficulties. To begin with I would need to have a structured for- A lot of films are being made that talk about things that tour and has already raised skate at 15 km an hour; I mat for the idea itself. It is not ail our society. Do you think such subjects make a differ- money for 9,000 girls. developed blisters; the Western something that one can sit at ence? Though he has another Ghats was tough to manoeuvre home and achieve. It definitely does. Akshay has been carrying different kinds 3,500 km to go and raise as well. But I knew I could What he has learnt till now of issues in his films like Toilet:Ek Prem Katha. money for another 19,000 girls, . overcome these obstacles. Food on his journey is people’s views The one thing that you love about the industry. the skater is optimistic that by was also an issue. It took time on whether they want to sup- It’s an industry where there is no cast and creed. the time his tour comes to an since I started my journey year. Also, it is not as if I am education to carry her onwards for his system to get used to port or not. “Some of the beliefs What subject would you choose to make a movie one? end in the second week of from Hosur in Bengaluru. To personally collecting the funds. (ECHO) and the difference skating long hours and his that I had were reaffirmed I love to make documentaries on the environment December, he would have begin with, the response was People can directly log on to between a good and bad touch stomach to get used to the food when it came to people’s views because that’s the biggest issue which will affect the genera- accomplished his target. lukewarm but now that I have Nanhi Kali and or IIMPACT for girl’s safety by using his abil- from different parts of India. on how they would support a tions to come. As Uppalapati continues completed over 2,000 km, peo- and donate. This way, they ity to skate and writing and Once I crossed Mumbai, my cause or not as well as relearn- Is it correct for actors to be so active on social media? his journey and people Tweet ple have understood that I aim will know that the money has speaking skills. body got used to conditions ing how children are from As the sky is the limit, whether you are there on the social about it, the chances of raising to complete the journey and gone to the underprivileged girl However, he wanted to and now I can skate at 20 km smaller towns. You tend to media or not privacy seems to be history. And I feel we are the money and reaching his not give up mid-way. This has child and no one else,” take this message on a more an hour and cover a distance of grow in a manner on how you public property anyway. target go up. In case of a short- helped. Now that I am in Delhi, Uppalapati tells you. sustainable and scalable man- 80-100 km a day,” Uppalapati approach the difficulties you A role that you will not turn down fall, he intends to approach and there is more enthusiasm The idea to skate and raise ner and not on an individual tells you, who began his jour- face. On a personal level, this (Sunil) Dutt saheb’s role in Mother India. reach out to people who have among people to come forward money took root earlier this level since he didn’t want the ney on September 5, 2018. tour was not for self-realisation What keeps you busy these days? not been targeted. and donate for the cause, which year. Uppalapati wanted to focus to shift on him. 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He doesn’t want to slag in within a schedule or subscribing them to the between.C He loves conversations rather than larger-than-life aura. Sanjay Dutt once asked me structured interviews and particularly hates the in the 90s, “Are you shooting everyday yet?” five-minute byte droplets to a wide-ranging Meaning that is the sign of success. media for his film promotions. So he asks every- Today it’s a different dynamic at play. Are you body to keep it silent, not crowd around his able to totally immerse yourself into the role and space or distract his eyeline. That’s how meticu- not vice versa? I have that confidence and luxury lous he is about speaking his mind and articulat- because I am not doing anything else when I am ing his thoughts. Shows how much of his being in an immersive experience. For example, if he invests in bringing his characters alive. Yet you’re doing a Naga sadhu, ideally you should when he settles down to his eloquent self, he look like a stick. Become that guy. Sometimes becomes disarmingly chatty, engaging with and you can do it, sometimes you can’t. That’s the involving you in the process. aim, I want to totally become that guy for a while without being crazy about it. Time, like loyalty, What is with this new hairdo and bearded look... shouldn’t be spent on wrong things. It’s a waste does it have to do with your newer projects? but sometimes it’s good enough that you have Kind of; I’m doing a couple of films and prepping given your heart and soul. But it has to be heart for them. I’m doing Ajay Devgan’s Tanaji and the and soul given to the right idea. second edition of Sacred Games. I’m not supposed to say it but we are starting the latter soon. This You came with this temperament much ahead look is for those two. Then there’s Navdeep Singh’s of your time with your earlier films like Ek The Bounty Hunter where I play a Naga sadhu and Hasina Thi and then Being Cyrus. You did where I have to wear an extended beard that will play self-effacing characters, had completely be attached to this one. It’s not this look though; wiped off the stardust… this is my polite version. They’re all historical films My ideal was Johnny Depp and to become an where a lot of make-up is involved. In a nice way, actor who was commercially successful. My actors can look different for their roles and mother has all along in her career encouraged a shouldn’t be judged by their present appearance. different kind of good cinema. Something more We have to wait to see how the character turns out. pleasing in terms of commercial bottomlines. But truth be told, except for those pyrrhic moments What was your reference point for Baazaar? Was in my early career graph, I feel more like an actor there a Hollywood derivative or did Harshad now than ever before. Sure, I was more successful Mehta lurk somewhere in the background? but I wasn’t enjoying my roles. I could do them This one is not a biopic but more of a commercial but that’s about it. I am an actor by profession film and a classy one too. I’m really surprised by and one has to earn in the end. Gauravv (Chawla) for having made one with this kind of pace and style. Some stories are about There was also the trough you dealt with themes, like good and bad, positing of ideas but following disasters like Humshakals, Happy this one is layered in an interesting manner. But to Ending and some more conflicted rom com answer your question about derivatives, a lot in heroes in between. Then Saif, the actor, was India, including the jeans and the ponytail, are back with Sartaj in the digital series Sacred inspired by the West. The idea of making a movie Games. How did you deal with this phase and on the money market could be inspired from Wall holding your own? Would you have done Sacred Street. We’d be lying if we said we’re not influenced Games had you been successful in films? by precedents. But the trick lies in understanding Quite honestly, at one point, I wanted to make and adapting them for the Indian context. some money. And I took my eye off the ball for a We must understand that there’s a strong cul- bit. Markets also have ups and downs. Somebody ture of business and enterprise in India and inter- must have offered me a crazy figure and I said, esting characters in the subset we call the Gujarati “Okay, I’ll take care of my life with this.” And I businessman. You’d be well served to look at those. made a bit of a gamble by doing films like I have been involved from the early stages with Humshakals, Bullett Raja, and Happy Ending. Nikhil (filmmaker producer Nikhil Advani) in Looking back, it was not such a crazy move etching out this character. I wanted to do a perfor- because these directors had made hits with other mance-oriented role and was contemplating an people and peers. Maybe something in our stars overweight, balding, crude, Paan Parag-chewing didn’t align, but I had received a lot of money from Gujarati businessman. But that was more about the market. So I took this decision to give it all perception and since the film was commercial, we back and it made my wife very nervous. Everyone thought that we should make him really cool, around me became nervous. I was like “I don’t suave and well-dressed. But it sounded too much know how” but I gave it all back and it was a lot. I like a Siyaram ad or Race or something like that. thought to myself, I couldn’t be stuck in this or I Then we thought let’s make him realistic. We would be dead. I returned it all and decided to looked at business magazines and scanned inter- work with the best directors in the business. views to analyse the stock marketer of an aspirant And I’m going to try and do the best work I India, his attitude, hair, his manner of speech, can. Doing a Rangoon, Chef and Kaalakaandi was, and shaped the idea of him. So this is the most therefore, satisfying because people watched me, O& 9 ,: :3 :& interesting job I’ve had in a long, long time. The although they didn’t do great business. Specially, scope a commercial drama can give you is huge. parts of the Press said: “There’s a new kind of , , :,) On top of that, if you’re artistic about it and try actor in him.” That people could see it encour- to make it believable by getting the walk and aged me. Even my mother, whom I talk with 9$&' '( ) $ clothes right, then you can draw in the viewer. I about such things but rarely, told me that people even decided to be age-appropriate, put a little were appreciating my roles. Taking it forward, I 3:, 9 R :3 , white in the hair. And I worked on getting the am in the process of becoming a better and better K )&88):,8&K accent just right because I didn’t want to sound actor, including Baazaar and Sacred Games. I overtly Gujarati. If you go to Ahmedabad to kept reading, learning, and seeing the possibility O ,33 &? 9: address a function, nobody expects you to say in the treatment of these roles. As for the size of kem cho to the crowd. It’s boring to say that. So screen — big, small, or palm — it can never affect :,):8: 9 these little touches have delicately shaped the my choices as an actor, so long as the subject contours of the character. Our director is very allows me to sink in. I will go wherever there is ( 88:& :6 interesting. Senior directors didn’t take him seri- excitement. And the digital platform allows you ously because he did not want to make something to tell stories freely, without censorship and talk decidedly artsy. He’s jumping in the deep end but about contemporary India, which is but taboo in I think he has made a really good film. the mainstream space, be it of queer rights or the canvas of the Babri Masjid. Do you research as much for all your roles? Thankfully these days you’re getting an opportu- nity to come up with something that keeps you invested and enriches your mind as an actor. DD + ,8 9 438&& :,?3::$ 988 )9 9 :: hearh :: 9:8 ,:8 8: , 9:8 ,:8 &2 ($ ()#$ ; 0%& 0& &:%&2'% 6 #% 4 %!%# )O & , he grandmother knew best. Include fermented foods in the diet as Most of us who lived in joint they can help restore the natural state of family setups with traditional health that a diet of excess sugar, meat, kitchens would recall gharelu processed foods and prescription drugs nuskhas that our grandmothers destroy on a daily basis for us. Thad for us every time we slipped in health Eat primarily alkaline foods. I am talk- or by way of introducing us to new food ing green (vegetable) juices, lots of fresh, habits. This age-old wisdom is still the best seasonal vegetables, and fruits. Top five bet when it comes to food and nutrition. alkaline foods: Eggplant, spinach, cucum- Ultimate Grandmother Hacks by nutrition- ber, watermelon, and lemon. ist and holistic health consultant, Kavita Have lots of sprouted foods as they bat- Devgan, is a perfect guidebook to those tle against the acids. Green leafy vegeta- gems instilled in her by her grandmother bles and sprouts have Vitamin B an E, in the form of eating habits and trou- which help in digestion and also aid in bleshooters. These traditional habits, if excreting acid from the body. adapted into the lifestyle, hold the key to Have chlorophyll-rich spirulina and a fitter self for the current generation. barley grass every now and then, as these help correct the alkalinity and also boost How did you think of writing the book? the metabolism and immune system. I believe, like fiction writers, non-fiction writers too tend to write about things Is detox the new fad? How to detox right? they are familiar with. Ultimate Everyone wants to detox today. Actually Grandmother Hacks is a compilation of let me rephrase that statement: Everyone habits that I have grown up with and con- is obsessed with detoxing. And thanks to sider super healthy. The book compiles this obsession, multiple stringent detoxing time-tested food habits to help us devel- diets are doing the rounds, and people op a cohesive healthy lifestyle and redis- realise only after doing them that they don’t cover the joy in eating. It lists the many really work. While most people do it to nuggets of wisdom and discusses the var- drop pounds fast, I advocate detoxing for ious foods and habits that our parents health reasons, and doing it right is also and grandparents followed that are still important. And yes, it works if done right. relevant today. I basically did not want First, cut out what is clearly toxic us and the next generations to forget from your daily diet. This includes them, hence the book. That was the moti- smoking, excess processed food, choco- vation behind the book. lates, and obviously alcohol. Also skim off sugar from your diet and cut down Your first book, Don’t Diet! 50 Habits of on those endless cups of coffee now! Thin People quelled the idea of dieting Second, focus on fruits and vegetables to and promoted nourishment. Tell us a bit up the supply of antioxidants (like about that book and how Ultimate Vitamins E and C, beta carotene and Grandmother Hacks is a progression some trace minerals like selenium etc). from your earlier work? These will help detoxify the body by get- The first book, Don’t Diet! 50 Habits of ting rid of the free radicals (which Thin People, was actually a compilation of make you feel unhealthy and fatigued the lessons I had learnt from my patients and, in the long run, also lead to myri- during my practice. And this one, Ultimate ad diseases like heart problems etc). But Grandmother Hacks is a compilation of instead of opting for a stringent liquid habits that I have grown up with and con- your grandmother’s kitchen? The smartest one pit dish of all times — many people make. Somehow we tend to regimen of fruit and vegetable juices, go sider healthy. This book had been brew- Difficult to pick just five, that is why I khichdi — is a perfect comfort food too. throw our common sense in the bin when for a food based detox of fruits, veggies, ing in my mind for a long time, so there wrote about 50. But here are some: For most of us, not just does it evoke com- it comes to our diet, which is a danger- nuts, whole grains, and fish, all natural was no trouble at all in penning it. The only Have one or two crushed garlic pods with forting childhood memories, but eating ous way to live. Dieting has been given a foods, raw or cooked very simply. Third, complex task I faced was to make the old- water on an empty stomach every day. rice also raises serotonin levels (a chemi- wrong connotation. According to me, the switch to a low fat diet, with lots of whole age hacks sound inviting and doable to the Garlic, with 70 active phytochemicals, cal produced by nerve cells that affects our word ‘diet’ does not mean giving up food, grains and fresh fruits and vegetables. It present generation. I wanted to break the including allicin in it, helps cut cancer risk, mood and social behaviour, appetite, it means replacing bad with the good. The would also help immensely to go vege- myth that old advice is impractical, time- cholesterol and prevents formation of sleep, memory and sexual desire) that has fact is that we need to stop focusing on tarian for a while, or at least cut down consuming and difficult to follow, so I plaques in the body to keep our heart in a soothing effect on us. calories alone, and focus on nutrients heavily on non-veg foods. Finally, chose very carefully the habits that I felt the pink of health. One day, my grandma taught me how to instead. The moment we do that and hydrate and then some more. the current generation would not reject Eat some foods in their pre-digested prepare ajwain water (boil two teaspoons begin plating ‘good for us’ food, calories outright. And that was not difficult as there forms to ease the stomach; for example, of roasted ajwain seeds in water and then, actually take care of themselves, and you Any other suggestion that you have for was a treasure trove from which I cherryp- consume almonds soaked overnight. strain this mixture), for treating the gastric lose weight automatically. the readers? icked the 50 habits I finally wrote about. A fruit should be had whole — with the attack that, I remember, was triggered by My advice always is: Follow common I have written this book to remind my Essentially, both books talk about fibre that comes in it. Juice was earlier eating way too many golgappas! After sense and only believe information that generation of the good things about our habits. Because I believe that the only sus- reserved only for times when one was overindulging in a party or two, she would comes from a professional with recognised traditional way of eating and living (so tainable way to gain health and prevent ill- sick, or for those who could not chew suggest I have multiple cups of fennel (saunf medicinal and nutrition qualifications, and that we don’t forget), but even more for ness is by changing our habits. And trust because of old age or other issues. Fibre boiled in water) tea during the day to cut which agree with your individual needs the next generation because I am afraid me, it is easier and more permanent than in fruits and vegetables helps the body bloating. These gharelu nuskhe, or my and common sense. Most important, take they are looking Westwards so much that following one fad diet after another and use their goodness at the right pace, grandma’s home remedies, have been my it up only if it agrees with you enough for they will soon find all these good habits messing up your health every successive unlike in the case of juice, which only go-to ever since, for stomach bugs, and you to be able to follow it for the long term. unfamiliar. That, I feel, would be a huge time. Our food habits are not final and delivers a jug load of concentrated fruc- even for the overdose of unhealthy foods. loss. I really hope that the habits men- fixed, but adaptable and open, if we only tose that our body scampers to use up, What tips would you hand on gut health? tioned in my book can serve as a check- give ourselves half a chance. and ends up messing its insulin resistance What is the biggest mistake we make Begin your day with a freshly-squeezed list for parents to help them steer them- along the process (besides hastening dia- vis-a-vis diet and food habits? half lemon in warm water. This simple selves and their children towards a bet- What have been your top five takes from betes along the way). Following fads is a big mistake that a lot drink restores acid-alkali balance of the gut. ter, healthier way of living. BA, 7 6 and I’m sure we’ll find the tions. But it’s quite amazing Omkara was obviously the I’m almost arrogant stories in our history. Our how it’s all moving forward high point, the rom-com about what my own beliefs epics have immense potential too through the churn. I years were kind of fun. I are. I’m not carried away by and I hope somebody will think in terms of stories, would pick Main Khiladi Tu any system or impressed easi- make a web series about the we’re trying to connect Anari, Yeh Dillagi... then ly. I need to know what the Ramayana or Mahabharat, nationalism with religion, there was Hum Saath Saath truth is in terms of “this is acred Games, particu- all too often they can just be perfect for a 10-20 part trying to say this is how it Hain, which was a bit boring how the day should be spent, larly, left a mark a facilitator. We can do with- Netflix series with their lay- was. Who knows how it was? and bit sweet... and then odd this is quality time, this is Sbecause Sartaj is very out the facilitator but cannot ers of complexity and Because nobody was around. films like Kachche Dhaage, work, this is manipulation understated and you had to do without the brilliant pro- dynamism. We’re actually quite discon- Dil Chahta Hai, Hum Tum, and this is exploitation” and bring out his conflict and ducer. “So why don’t you I also feel that we have nected because of social Salaam Namaste, Kal Ho “this is too much”. I don’t flawed nature with cogent become an independent pro- not quite explored the world media. The digital world Naa Ho... Love Aaj Kal, want to live like this. If some- expressions. ducer,” he asked me and must of Rabindranath Tagore doesn’t help, you feel you’re Cocktail, Race follow, and body says you need to do 14 I am glad people liked it. In say we did quite well. enough except Satyajit Ray. connected but it’s a bit of an finally now it is Sacred hours a day, I don’t want to fact, the Sartaj in the book is Suddenly, this arcane busi- His short stories have illusion. ‘Likes’ are more Games. I am an instinctive live like that. Period. even more complex than the ness, that is supposed to be immense potential, which important to you than what actor; when I get frustrated Sartaj on screen because he impossible for artists to do, we have not even touched. I you like and are isolating and distracted, I don’t act You may be able to step has to be placed in the con- became not that difficult. It’s can safely say that the people from their own feel- well. I didn’t realise this back back but now the arclights text of gangster Gaitonde a propaganda that suits the industry is in the middle of ings. It’s more of information then; I used to think it’s a are on your children, Sarah, and, therefore, cannot be producer as well. So we a renaissance after the dissemination than educa- bad day but it wasn’t. Now I who is about to make her seen indulging in too many formed a company, made downfall of the 80s, 90s, and tion. I think more and more can analyse better. debut, and Taimur, who is frailties. I hope Sacred Games Love Aaj Kal and Cocktail. even the early 2000s. We are education will also become the nation’s darling. It’s a brings about a new chapter in Suddenly, we were making a dramatic culture in the the realm of the person who’s You have also stepped back fiercely competitive indus- Indian cinema. I feel lucky films that we enjoyed. So the sense that we have always willing to work hard for the from stardom, refused to try and as a father, who has that this series did not allow main reason for it was to loved drama, writing, story- knowledge. Like there will be carry on the burdens and been through it, what are me to get slotted in some protect myself and to do telling, and acting, and we’re a surface story alright. But to pressure it brings, and your wise words? jaded acting style. I have films that I cared about, to a literary culture. I can feel know the truth, you have to retreated into your own As far as Sarah is concerned, worked with a lot of new have a little team who would the resurgence. go deeper to realise that this world as it were. Was this she has gone into it with full people and have learnt a lot be writing fresh material, is not what it seems. reconciliation difficult? knowledge. And she is loving from and grown with them. which somewhere got lost How are you going to fit As for the polarities, it Not at all and I am happy it. She’s a brilliant girl, loves That’s the biggest takeaway. along the way. Now I have yourself into it? could be that modernity is being the way I am. I think academics but genuinely I understood the vision of formed a company to do that I have so many ideas in pro- causing that issue with this is also something to do wants to do this. So she’s 100 a brilliant guy like again with renewed focus. It’s duction. Let’s do the story some people because they with my father and the kind per cent committed to her Vikramaditya Motwane, who called Black Knight. of Aurangzeb, his contradic- are feeling a little displaced of impression he made on us. work and won’t need me too was taut during the shoot tions, conflicts, inner world. by its homogeneous unifor- He never liked the run and much to handle herself. and never allowed me to slip What is with you and the I would love to do a film mity. Like when people chase of life. He hated flights Taimur has been exposed or add unnecessary frills. Templars; you named about a lawyer. There are suddenly start wearing blue and loved the pace of a early enough but we have your first production tonnes of stories that we jeans driven by the West, leisurely train journey. He ensured that relationship Was your production house, house Illuminati and could do for the web and cin- they feel they are losing worked out his own pace in with the Press is quite Illuminati Films, also an now Black Knight? ema. I am buzzing with ideas their native identities and the scheme of things and healthy. The paparazzi don’t attempt to give back to I just loved the idea of them Do you still play the guitar? Indian stories now, be it a Sui about what to make and suddenly get very rigid savoured life in its richness. I jump on the car or bully us; the industry? ever since I was a kid, read- I do play it now but not as Dhaaga or Badhaai Ho. More hopefully will get there. with their rules. I can only am still looking for a picture they just take a picture from For that I have to thank Eros ing about Crusader castles, much as I used to. It has stories are going to happen, recall Karen Armstrong, of him where he’s throwing a distance. We keep it very and Kishore Lulla, who have forts and their campaigns. taken a backseat, but I can have to happen because we At one level, we are a author of A History of God, his cap on a rolling cricket real with Taimur, trying to a ridiculous amount of ambi- That history fascinated me. still play it well enough. I are a greater literary nation digitally saturated and who has articulated how ball rather than running explain things. This kind of tion and money in the movie Black Knight, though, is not haven’t been on stage for a though half of us don’t even informed society. Yet there religious fundamentalism is after it. The point is, I define fame one shouldn’t take too industry. He kind of empow- just Arthurian but also the long time. I really should realise this fundamental is also a rise in conservatism not just a response to, but a my own space and comfort seriously and it’s up to us as ered a lot of us by question- first rock and roll song I carry on. truth. With this whole rush and rigidities. What is your product of contemporary zone. And I am very happy parents to ensure that they ing the status quo of the pro- heard when I went to school of nationalism and mod- take on these extreme polar- culture. Anyway, I think to retreat into my library, don’t get carried away with ducer. He asked us, “Why in England. I remembered What will be Black Knight’s ernism, we forget that we are ities? that is what it is. read the whole day, have the adulation. We should tell don’t you guys produce?” Deep Purple singing Black focus, considering there is actually an ancient civilisa- I think we are a schizo- some lively conversations, them that a picture in the There are certain prime Knight, instantly fell in love now a content surge? Are tion and everyone should be phrenic culture in the sense Transiting the industry and do some gardening in newspaper is not a sign of movers in the film industry, with the tune and started we telling enough Indian remembered, from our origi- that some things are from 1991, how would you Pataudi. I have seen my success, especially when you somebody is a director, playing the guitar because of stories or accessing our nators, to Alexander and the medieval and some things map your journey? grandmother graft such love- are getting it because of somebody an actor. They all it. So it’s a name that con- literature enough? Mughals to everyone who are modern and both are I have had some fake spikes ly roses there. I want to be at reflected glory. It’s flat till can have a brilliant mind but nects with me and what I am. I think we are telling a lot of has come here. It’s all there pulling us in different direc- and bursts of creativity. peace with myself. you earn things yourself. 9 :&: : ,3 8,,:, , & buuqy K8 : :8 :? &2 ($ ()#$ * + - %% * O!## %# # ### ) 6 &, 9 88 0 R he success of a scientist daily life. Indian Space Research Account of ISRO (published by Harper bourhood kirana stores. Sandlas was like Sandlas. The Satellite Launch depends on how effectively Organisation (ISRO) is one such Collins) is the story of how India one such student. He assembled Vehicle was the pioneer mission of the he/she communicates with institution. We have more than 1,000 developed its launch vehicles literally many electronic gadgets and went on programme. It has a strong foundation the common man. That tal- satellite television channels bringing from scratch. The author Ved Prakash to become a Ham Radio operator by and those who succeeded Sandlas took ent is rare. The proposed events happening across the world Sandlas, passed away on July 6, 2017, a the time he completed his under- over from where he left and developed IndianT Neutrino Observatory coming ‘live’ to our drawing rooms. The year before his work hit the stands. graduate studies in physics. Augmented Satellite Launch Vehicle, up at Theni is a good example. Though country’s weather forecasts, which Sandlas, an electronics engineer His interest in Ham Radio came Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle, scientists hold meetings all over Tamil were a butt of jokes in the 1960s and from Indian Institute of Technology, handy when he was posted in the SLV Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Nadu to explain that the INO would in 1970s because of the standard phrase Kharagpur, joined Thumba Equatorial mission to develop a communication Vehicle and their variants. The SLV no way affect the environment and “It may or may not rain tomorrow” Rocket Launching Station near system. Sandlas’ writing style is reader- built by Sandlas and team in 1981 suc- ecology of the Western Ghats, people have become sharp, thanks to ISRO’s Thiruvananthapuram in 1967. He was friendly. He even shares hilarious cessfully deployed a Rohini satellite are not convinced. remote sensing satellites. mentored by APJ Abdul Kalam, the anecdotes from his time at Vikram weighing 40 kg into Low Earth Orbit. The CERN (acronym for European The country’s access to space was then project director of the Satellite Sarabhai Space Centre Trivandrum. Now, the ISRO is capable of injecting Organisation for Nuclear Research) not a smooth affair. Engineers of ISRO Launch Vehicle (SLV) development Why Leapfroggers? He explains: satellites weighing four tonnes into the experiment with its Large Hadron built the country’s launch vehicles mission and was fortunate enough to “Leapfrogging is not like long-jumping Geosynchronous Orbit which is 36,000 Collider experiments too failed to from scratch. Today, India is the pre- be guided by Vikram Sarabhai, the where one builds momentum by a long km away from the earth. “It was SLV-3 break ice with the common man. The ferred location of the community of founding father of India’s space pro- enough run, and then jumps to land that lifted India to space,” writes Chief of CERN, who was in India nations across the globe to deploy gramme. Sandlas’ is the story of a boy on sift and loose sand. Leapfrogging Sandlas in his memoirs. some time back, failed to give a con- satellites weighing up to 1,000 kg into born in a lower middle class family in relies upon stored energy — in the The Leapfroggers gives the reader a vincing answer to the question about the low earth orbit. We have seen even New Delhi rising in life through hard !63 32*3# legs, muscles, brain, and the entire first-hand and passionate account how these experiments were going to countries like the USA, Britain, and work and perseverance. /0/#0-3R# body — to leap above unexplored ter- from a space engineer who lived for benefit humanity. France making a beeline to ISRO to There was a time when students ''*5/!*20#* ritory, with calculated risk, sometimes electronics and communications. It is a There are certain research and launch the satellites made by them interested in physics would assemble # falling flat on the face and sometimes must read for those interested in development establishments and because india’s launch charges are electric calling bells, radio sets and exposing the dirtier underside”. India’s Space missions and those organisations which the common man affordable and dependable. even transmission equipment with 6 ' )E$$ India’s launch vehicle programmes youngsters who are keen to pursue a considers as a part and parcel of his The Leapfroggers: An Insider’s components collected from neigh- are success stories because of engineers career in space science. ; AA14 78;7 * #( % $9! !+# 0 4": " %3%, 988 !)% #! ,+%!) % ) ,: 9 #! 9 ! rapped in this interest- Nagmati as a victim of patri- story’s progress, he explains ) &+! ingly designed book, archy. This emphasis on emo- symbols, mythological and liter- %! ! WPurushottam Agrawal’s tions is absent in its later adapta- ary allusions, and contextual ) ! commentary on Padmavat does tions. Also, not all literary critics meanings of terms. $ % ) !## justice to Malik Muhammad have appreciated the ‘package’ He often quotes from the L ! % # $M Jayasi’s remarkable epic. A schol- that the epic is — but a con- original Awadhi, inspiring a L ar and former teacher of the epic scious reader must remember look into the same. He points O % % at the prestigious Jawaharlal that “...use should not be con- to Jayasi’s clever word-play ##$$$* ) Nehru University, he brings his fused with poetic intent.” (p. 46) too. For instance: Word-play % # wide-ranging knowledge and Importantly, this book on deep, which means “lamp” ! 7!MT ) long experience of engaging stresses that Alauddin Khalji and is a colloquial pronuncia- )L % with the text into this book and was not monstrous — he did tion of dweep meaning %$$$ ! $M sheds light on its various facets. not, unlike Ratansen, value “island”. The translation runs: This book starts with an Padmavati’s willingness but did “The island of Simhal came to insightful introduction by possess redeeming attributes. light precisely because the - A1;: A Devdutt Pattanaik, who inspired Like the historical Khalji, lamp known as Padmavati illu- 0" Agrawal to produce it. Here, Jayasi’s Khalji was a competent minated it.” (p. 67) 6, *89 Pattanaik contextualises the ruler and was concerned about Significantly, though issues that Sanjay Leela his subjects’ welfare. Post-victo- Agrawal clearly values the epic, % D>D.) Bhansali’s recent film adaptation ry, he repents. Later adapta- he is unbiased in his assessment DF446 of this epic brought up, eluci- tions, sadly, create a monster of and mentions where he finds !% # dates myth as subjective truth, Khalji. Some toy with the story lacks — he points to how Jayasi & !+) points out political agendas that with no positive effect and seems to be in a hurry to wind play with the issue of identity, rather omit crucial elements. up his tale after Ratansen and # ) + and shows rigid binaries to be The epic makes women Padmavati return to Chittor as a ,%$! the result of minds unwilling to important — in love and in couple, fails to explain certain % ! consider varied perspectives. making Padmavati uplift parts sufficiently and even lets ) Pattanaik and later, Agrawal dis- Ratansen’s status. Sati as an inconsistencies seep in, and #* ##% cuss the ‘modern’ elements in expression of devotion is not focuses on the erotic to the ! # Jayasi’s society, placing the text women’s fate alone, and jauhar is extent of, at times, compromis- $6 O in its social context and steering merely a historical fact; jauhar is ing on other valuable aspects. !$) the reader towards a more not glorified. Jayasi valorises The commentator asserts 4 $ nuanced understanding. Jayasi’s life. He charts Jayasi’s how the historical is used, with- friendship in the association of that the historical is for render- Pattanaik’s contribution does not personal story — including his out the epic becoming a mere Padmavati and her parrot ing the text more relatable, but 88* stop at providing the impetus consciousness of both his ugli- historical account, and how folk- Hiraman — here, Jayasi both reading only the historical into and writing an apt introduction; ness and his enchanting poetic lore, mythology, Hindu and uses and challenges traditional it would take away much. As "%: 6" he enlivens the book with inter- persona, and his inspirations, Islamic symbolism, fantasy, and views, for the parrot is wise as Jayasi hoped, he leaves a mark 3 & esting illustrations — some are and details how these make their Utopic vision are included. He per convention and grateful as through this epic. &"0%, *;9 even amusing, such as the one way into Padmavat. He elabo- writes, “Despite using esoteric against convention. Agrawal The book says, “Generally, wherein Nagmati, Ratansen’s rates on the various literary tra- terminology and metaphors lib- reveals Jayasi’s understanding — popular memory turns historical ( + first wife, and Padmavati pull ditions and conventions that erally, Padmavat maintains or as he says, research perhaps events into legends; Jayasi’s + each other’s hair. (p. 130) Jayasi employs and makes his emphasis on human love and its — of food culture, geography, genius has turned the legend of ,! %! The Author’s Note informs own. He ends up discussing evocative power.” (p. 26) The flora and fauna, sculptures, Padmini into ‘real history’...His %%* ! of what the epic has wrongly many histories alongside — such epic, as Agrawal takes pains to omens, warfare, and “dresses creative genius created not only # % $ been projected as and touches as of the term bhakti’s evolution. show, is an ode to love, and and gaits” of women of different a poetic work of historical # # upon what it contains, preparing Comparing Padmavat with stresses on love’s ability to trans- castes. Jayasi also discusses val- importance, but history itself.” % %4 4! the reader for the discussion to other works employing similar form humans into divine beings. ues that must anchor life. (p. 53) Agrawal’s work has % $ follow. Agrawal relates interest- strands or notions, and the rest For Jayasi, a warrior’s valour was Agrawal indicates his own wide asserted the worth of Jayasi’s cre- ## 4# ing aspects of India’s history of of Jayasi’s output, Agrawal not of supreme significance — a - ! understanding that enables an ation, becoming a valuable text 4 ) #! 4 five centuries ago and places the underscores the text’s worth, lover’s valour was greater. appreciation of the kind he dis- in itself for understanding a $& ) ! epic in its social and literary including in terms of the range That Jayasi understood emo- plays. However, often, he revisits shining literary jewel. It con- % ) # ! context while stressing its specif- of traditions, stories, elements of tions is reflected in how he por- ideas; this is useful in certain cludes powerfully, inviting some 4 * !# ic accomplishments. He also cultural memory, and ideas trays a “bride’s paradoxical emo- )+$1 contexts, merely repetitive in much-needed introspection !!$ shares anecdotes from and about weaved in. Agrawal explains tions”, kama, and the suffering of others. As Agrawal discusses the from the reader. uvitiut! &2 ($ ()#$ ' 4# F ! $ P , P - & P ( - .- '# ,,.& ##! ournalist Jamal Khashoggi’s murder in proclaimed leadership of the Muslim comes into effect on November 5. Jthe Saudi Arabian consulate in Turkey world. But Erdogan’s bid to capitalise on Trump’s concerns for Israel and on October 2 is a watershed moment for the issue by saying “Jerusalem is a red line improving Saudi-Israel relations, besides the kingdom — particularly Crown Prince for Muslims” has not been very fruitful as the kingdom’s support to US efforts to Mohammad bin Salman (MBS) —and the Turkey has never been considered part of eliminate ISIS, have also emboldened West Asian order as the ghastly act has sent Arab, nor has it led the Muslim world ever. MBS. Saudi Arabia, under the stewardship ripples across the world and escalated ten- The problem with Turkey is that it had of MBS, and Israel are natural allies sion between friends-turned-foes Riyadh been a close US partner till the US poli- against Iran’s soaring status in the region and Ankara. The gory act has given all the cy reversal on the WANA under the geopolitics. ammunition Turkish President Recep Donald Trump Administration. Ankara However, it is not that only the US Tayyip Erdogan needed to settle a score finds itself on the other side of the fence, needs Saudis, rather the latter needs with the kingdom, which under the de straying closer to Russia and Iran. American support more for economic and facto ruler, MBS, has deftly manoeuvred However, Turkey is in the midst of eco- strategic reasons. Although Saudis are still the regional cooperation and American nomic storm and has a few rich friends to a powerful player in the global oil market, support away from Turkey towards itself. rely on. Moreover, relations with Russia are they don’t wield same power over petro- Saudi authorities must not have imag- issue specific, at present Iran and Syria, leum supply and prices as they did dur- ined that the usual macabre experiment on while those with the Europe are very com- ing oil embargo in 1973. rebels, albeit in a foreign country, could go plicated. Therefore, at this juncture, when Despite petro dollar, the kingdom so horribly wrong that it can jeopardise the its currency is nose-diving, Turkey would economy is not robust considering that it prospects for the kingdom and the Crown like a thaw in the relations with the US. ran a budget deficit for three consecutive Prince. And therefore, despite earlier Seen in the perspective, there is spec- years. It needs to diversify economy to gen- abortive bids to feign ignorance about the ulation that Turkey will ultimately lend a erate jobs for an estimated 45 adolescents killing, the Saudi Government had to grad- helping hand to Saudis over the Khashoggi who will join labour market in this ually admit the Turkish account of the affair. Ankara’s refusal to hand over audio decade. Oil sector can’t absorb so many murder: From death in “fistfight”, to acci- evidence of murder conspiracy was a stark hands. Therefore, the kingdom needs the dental strangulation, to outright admission example in that direction, but Turkey West, particularly the US, to help it diver- of Khashoggi being hacked to death in the scotched the speculation on Friday and sify economy, including step-by-step pri- consulate. again exerted pressure on Saudi Arabia to vatistion of the state-owned oil sector. Even as Erdogan is engaged in the extradite 15 Saudi conspirators to face trial Considering all these limitations, the global political brinkmanship over the for the murder of Khashoggi under kingdom and MBS have struck the right Khashoggi affair to get leverage over Turkish laws. A natural response came on note by declaring to delivering justice in Saudi Arabia and is basking in keeping up October 27; Saudis rejected Turkish the Khashoggi murder case. international pressure on the kingdom by demand and declared that the accused will In this planned move, MBS, who had periodically doling out leaks about the be tried under the law of the kingdom. described Turkey as part of a “triangle of murder, Saudi Arabia has not accepted Despite all public display of excessive evil” along with Iran, has rained praise on Erdogan’s claim of MBS’ involvement in moral behaviour, none can predict what Ankara. His speech during the investors’ the act. But the Turkish President has kind of behind-the-scenes dialogue is summit in Riyadh has already calmed extracted the pound of flesh as Saudis are going on among Saudis, Turkey and the US Turkey anger. MBS said, “The cooperation desperately trying to overcome the crisis. to calm the frayed nerves. between the Saudi and Turkish To the uninitiated, Erdogan’s rage US President Donald Trump’s eco- Governments is unique and we know that against the kingdom may seem to emanate nomic and strategic constraints have many are trying to use this painful thing from the fact that the murder happened come as a blessing in disguise. Soon after to drive a wedge between Saudi Arabia and in Turkey in a grotesque violation of diplo- Trump came to power, Saudis tripled its Turkey… I want to send them a message: matic protocol thus exposing weak safe- spending on lobbying in the US to $27 mil- They will not be able to do that as long as ty measures for foreigners in the country. lion to leave no stone unturned to be in there is a king called King Salman bin But the embassy land is not the property POTUS’ good books. MBS upstaged other Abdelaziz and a Crown Prince called of the host country, neither the law of the regional leaders to cultivate economic rela- Mohammed bin Salman in Saudi Arabia land is applied there. Turkey’s anger has tions with Trump’s son-in-law Jared and a President in Turkey called Erdogan.” deep roots; Khashoggi case is just a new Kushner, who happened to be the MBS’ masterstroke is in his success- addition to the long list of disputes with President’s adviser. And this friendship will fully selling the dream of his pet project Saudis since Arab Spring. yield the US about $100 bn in the proposed “Vision 2030”. World around he has been Although Turkey’s relations with Saudi arms sale to the kingdom. Therefore, when hailed as extraordinary social and eco- Arabia, as also with other Arab nations, Muslim Brotherhood became the bone of havens to Brotherhood members on its by Saudis. pressed to take punitive action against nomic reformer in a conservation king- improved for a decade when pro-Islamist contention between Riyadh and Ankara. soil. Similarly, MBS and Erdogan were at Saudis after allegation of conspiracy to dom. This has raised his stature within and AKP came to power in 2002 — marking Saudis were wary of Muslim Brotherhood’s The 2017 Qatar blockade that pitted daggers drawn on Saudi-UAE’s military murder Khashoggi at the highest level in outside Saudi Arabia. Despite failures the end of the era of secular Governments influence on the kingdom and considered Ankara against Riyadh too had genesis in intervention in Yemen that plunged the the kingdom, Trump claimed that it can’t like Qatar Blockade, Saad Hariri’s forced in Ankara — the two nations are at log- it a threat to their hereditary rule, and thus the onslaught on the Muslim Brotherhood country into one of the world’s worst take any measures that has potential to hit resignation, Yemen military intervention, gerheads over West Asian & North African started making efforts to stem its growth in Saudi Arabia, which tried to punish the humanitarian crises. MBS’ futile endeav- the economic interest of the US as it also the Khashoggi crisis will fizzle out as the (WANA) leadership rivalry and the even at its birthplace. During these dis- tiny Gulf state for using its news channel our to force the summoned Lebanese believes the Saudi King and MBS were West has encountered many compulsions American role in the region post Arab tressed time, the Egyptian military in tacit Al Jazeera to champion the cause of Prime Minister, Saad Hariri to quit the post unaware of rogue killers. It is different mat- preventing punitive action on Turnkey’s Spring. They have been leading the oppo- regional support, particularly from Saudi Brotherhood and political Islam. Turkey and parrot the assertion “Iran’s hand will ter altogether that the many investors were allegation, and more so because MBS has site sides in the region since then. Arabia, ousted the Muslim Brotherhood helped the forex-reserves-rich nation be cut” went in vain as the French conspicuously absent from the glittering been able to project himself as Saudis’ Arab Spring wedged rift between the Government, much to the chagrin of weather the blockade by entering into new President forced the Crown Prince’s hand. investors’ summit in Riyadh that began on future and has earned their support. two as the popular uprising in Tunisia, Turkey. While Saudis declared trade relations and supplied it with food However, the Saudi decision on the October 23. Another compulsion the US Egypt and Libya led to overthrow of dic- Brotherhood members as terrorists and during distress and increased military pres- Jerusalem resolution gave Turkey an is set to encounter is dependence on Saudi (The writer is Associate Editor, tators. In Egypt, the rise of the Islamist repressed rebels, Turkey provided safe ence there as a safeguard against any threat opportunity to damage the Saudis’ self- Arabia when the US sanction on Iran The Pioneer) A 14 & . & # & - ( O P 8 - ( @ & P - $ 4 ,,.& @ 4 0 s the Modi Government in India moves along with the new synergy of regional power in Asia. That is how it start- and increased naval deployments in the Security Strategy. president visit to India established this the- Aenters into its fifth year, a number of Quadrilateral Security Dialogue among the ed different initiatives to hold back India Indian Ocean, concerns in India about ory. changes were introduced in the domain of United States, Australia, India and Japan. in its own periphery. The initiative’s flag- active patrols by nuclear powered Chinese Future trends of power symmetry in The recent visit of Russian President foreign policy from first neighbourhood The Quad was previously initiated in ship project, the $62 billion China- submarines have resulted in a greater the region in India could be seen from different per- to a balancer in the world politics. Despite 2007 by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), emphasis on nuclear deterrence at sea. The South China Sea is fast becoming spectives. One of them is to act together these changes, there are many challenges. Abe. The Indo-Pacific construct has eco- seeks to link China to the Indian Ocean the world’s most important waterways. As as a swing state to change the world order. The emerging India-US multilayered nomic and strategic values. Prime Minister through Pakistan’s Gwadar port. In par- India’s major initiatives under Modi the main corridor between the Indian and Russia-India relations have drifted away strategic dialogue with the latest addition Abe widely cited “Confluence of the Two allel, the BRI’S Maritime Silk Road tra- regime Pacific Oceans, the sea carries one third with the impact of changing contours of of 2+2 and at the same time the US Seas” speech delivered before the Indian verses key strategic nodes across the Under the current leadership of Prime of global maritime trade, worth over $5 the world politics. The Quad challenged attempts to pressurise India on Iran issues Parliament in 2007. Australia’s 2017 for- Indian Ocean. Minister Narendra Modi, India for the first trillion, each year. China has begun to the Russian geopolitical space in the East have created a chasm between India and eign policy White Paper referred to a vision In 2017, China established for the first time aspires to become a ‘leading’ power assert its claims more vigorously and is Asia and the Pacific. India’s overtures to America. of an ‘open, inclusive and prosperous Indo- time a permanent naval presence in the in the Indian Ocean, seeking to take on now poised to seize control of the sea. It America were bad taste for Russia. On the Modi reconfigured India-Russia rela- Pacific region, in which the rights of all Indian Ocean through its first overseas greater roles and responsibilities in the brings all the major powers in the close other hand Russia’s reach out to Pakistan tions in the light of emerging world pol- states are respected. military base in Djibouti, on the Horn of region. In 2015, Modi engaged in a pur- proximity. The dominant powers are was a clear signal of mutual trust deficit, itics. The first neighbourhood policy has US President Donald Trump’s five- Africa. New Delhi’s concerns centre on poseful spree of island hopping, visiting the India, China and Japan. The US likes to lingering between the two trusted friends. also many narratives, each south Asian nation tour of Asia last year was success- both Beijing’s increasingly assertive poli- Seychelles, Sri Lanka and Mauritius, be behind the scene, promoting joint ven- Russia-China ballooning bonhomie is country has a different story to tell. ful as it was here where he advocated cies and China’s growing influence in the where India has sought to expand bilateral tures of India and Japan. another blow to India. The emerging con- Critics blame that the failures of the first strongly about Indo-Pacific region’s impor- Indian Ocean, which appears to India as maritime-security and defence coopera- flicts between America and Russia also neighbourhood policy is not true. The fail- tance. It is clear that the Indo-Pacific con- a strategy of encirclement. China’s initia- tion with island and littoral states. The Modi’s smart diplomacy: Synergy with affected India-Russia relations. ures are visible due to the external power. struct is a response to perceptions that tives include port development projects at Modi Government has provided defence- Russia and US The world is once again in flux, The external force is China which is try- China is deploying infrastructure devel- Hambantota and Colombo in Sri Lanka, related lines of credit, and overseen the During the Cold War India was the alignment and realignments are taking ing to sabotage India’s friendly terms with opment and investments in the region for Gwadar in Pakistan, Chittagong in launch of a coastal-surveillance radar biggest loser in world politics, it did not place. The Trump threat to break away its neighbours. It could be seen in the con- geopolitical gain. Indo-Pacific explicitly Bangladesh, Kyaukpyu in Myanmar, and project in the Seychelles; it plans con- use the US nor it cultivated a strong mul- from INF treaty, 1987 is trending. The text of Nepal, Maldives and Sri Lanka. includes an emerging India, whose sig- reports of the leasing of islets for this pur- struction and upgrading of an airstrip in tilateral dialogue with the erstwhile Soviet Europe and major countries of Asia are Through the cheque diplomacy, China nificance to the future balance of power pose in the Maldives, as well as a signifi- many littoral states. Union. Much later it signed the special eyeing to set it connections either with US is pulling out smaller neighbours from the in Asia is obvious. It also focused on rules cant increase in naval deployments in the He became the first Indian Prime friendship treaty in 1971 with Russia. By or China. The reconfiguration of China- side of India. But India has restructured based system on the high water. Indian Ocean, including submarine visits Minister in decades to unveil an Indian the time strategic and military mettle of Russia terms are also on scrutiny. The itself as a swing state or a balancer in the The current Indian Government, per- to the ports of Colombo and Karachi. Ocean vision. China is not a natural part India was much inferior to many of the assertive move of India as a swing state has world politics. Its actions and decisions haps even more than its predecessors, also China is also emerging as a supplier of the Indian Ocean. The Indian Ocean has smaller countries of the world. It all hap- created new image of India as a decisive would change the contours of the world places great value on India’s relationships of critical naval hardware in the region: it two more characters. Modi has launched pened due to the ideological flavour of power in the world politics. Since Indian politics. with ASEAN member states through a sold two refurbished diesel-electric sub- significant initiatives to develop India’s port Nehruvian silver coating dictated the vision of the world is not myopic, nor it revamped ‘Act East Policy’. The US marines to Bangladesh in November 2016 infrastructure, seeking to use the civilian directions of Indian foreign policy. Things gets motivated by ideological baggage, it India’s role in Indo-Pacific National Security Strategy provided India and is constructing eight submarines for maritime sector as a driver of unemploy- changed during the Vajpaye era, but it was is gaining space through its own manoeu- The Indo-Pacific Ocean was one of the opportunities to balance Chinese power Pakistan. It aims to selectively challenge ment and economic growth. He has also a baby step in the right direction. vring. This policy needs to be continued areas which has been an ignorant part of through its Act East Policy. China’s infrastructure projects in South placed an emphasis on coastal and mar- The Modi’s bold policy brought for another five years. That is why electoral Indian foreign policy for decades. The term Asia with Indian alternatives, including itime security in counter terrorism. The America and Russia both to acknowledge victory in 2019 becomes a necessity. ‘Indo-Pacific’ defines a vital and contigu- China’s presence in Indian Ocean economic support, and port and energy Modi Government has overhauled coastal India as a leading power in the world pol- ous arena encompassing the eastern One of the major policies of China is development. China has stepped up security, and maritime-domain awareness itics. The 2 plus 2 agreements with (The writer teaches Political Science and Indian and Western Pacific oceans. This to prevent India from emerging as a assertive patrolling in the South China Sea is a central theme in the 2015 Maritime America and Vladimir Putin, the Russian IR at MMH College Ghaziabad, CCSU) 9 (& :$9 O , 6 :&6 9 88 , 8 ?) 9 bacqbute" : , 88 :: K8&69 ,9 &2 ($ ()#$ % "" " n Bihar, bizarre politics is playing out these days. Leaders, who were 3$$ either with the BJP or in touch with the party till yesterday, are 9,96,O? now talking to leaders of the Imahagathbandhan. Central Minister Upendra Kushwaha has also reiterated his statement that kheer will certainly be prepared in Bihar, hinting that the rice of Kushwanshis and milk of Yaduvanshis will be mixed. He has clearly indicated that he would be going into an alliance with the RJD, which has the Yadavas and Muslims vote bank. Kushwaha is said to be in talks with Lalu Prasad for six seats. If he contin- ues with the NDA, this is certain that he won’t get more than two seats. Then there is the possibility of Nitish Kumar pushing him out of the NDA as well. That is why he has started alliance talks with Lalu, demanding six seats, and quite possibly, the deal will be set- tled on four seats. Senior leader and Vice-President of his party, Jitendra Nath, will address a Kurmi and Dhanuk rally in Patna on November 2. It must be noted that Nitish is said to be the leader of this very vote bank. In the same manner, Arun Kumar, who had won the last election on Kushwaha’s ticket, is in touch with lead- ers of the grand alliance. Some time ago, Arun Kumar had met Amit Shah and Narendra Modi, with both asking him to stay in the NDA. However, Arun Kumar doesn’t see his future in the NDA. He will be showing his strength in Patna on October 28. Some time ago, the MP from Madhepura, Pappu Yadav, was talking to the NDA leaders. People said he and his wife, Ranjeet Ranjan, might fight as candidates of the NDA alliance. But recently, Pappu met senior leaders of the Congress. It’s noteworthy that his has started wooing the forward castes. Nitish. The BJP is planning to project a but now it can clinch all 14. time when individual voters will be wife is an MP from Supaul on a It was the Congress and RJD that had Brahmin or Bhumihar face, so that it can His claim comes after Ajmal’s state- addressed by a party. The BJP will start Congress ticket. The MP duo is in con- started forward politics, and then the stop its core vote bank from shifting ment that his party, AIUDF, would join this campaign from Uttar Pradesh and it tact with the Congress in-charge, BJP and JDU followed in their foot- towards either the RJD or Congress. the mahagathbandhan to stop the BJP. will spread to other States later. This is Shaktisinh Gohil. There is buzz in Patna steps. Earlier, the RJD sent Manoj Jha It must be noted that despite the Modi being said that PM Modi has decided to that all these leaders are exploring their to the Rajya Sabha and indicated that "(!P ! ! wave in the last Lok Sabha polls, Ajmal’s directly address the beneficiaries of the ! bargaining capacity by talking to both Tejashwi Yadav would not be playing he Congress has started talks for party had won three seats. The Congress, Central schemes. For this, teams are K sides. Whatever be the reality, it is obvi- the same politics as Lalu. He also sup- Talliances in States before the Lok too, bagged three seats. That is why being made, which will go to each and ous that many State leaders are inching ported the Congress candidate, Sabha Elections. The party has made it Rawat and other Congress leaders are every beneficiary and appeal to him/her #! % closer to the mahagathbandhan. Akhilesh Prasad Singh. After that, the clear that there would not be any nation- apprehensive that Ajmal might demand to cast their vote in favour of the BJP. 6!)!6!) Congress gave the party’s command in al alliance and it would be decided given more than three seats. However, Ajmal Around 30 crore people are benefi- (I the State to Madan Mohan Jha. On the requirements of the State. So, in- also knows his position and might not ciaries of one or the other scheme of the %%!?K he focus has shifted to forward poli- October 21, Akhilesh Singh organised charge general secretaries of the party are ask for more than four seats. That is the Central Government. In UP, where there % Ttics in the only remaining fortress the birth anniversary of the first CM of talking about the alliance. It is being said reason why the Congress leaders are con- are around 15 crore beneficiaries, the #%# of Mandal politics ie Bihar. Nitish and Bihar, Shri Krishna Singh, in which that in-charge of Assam, Harish Rawat, fident that there would not be any prob- BJP has identified three crore houses Lalu, who have been doing politics in Tejashwi also participated. has been discussing the possibility of a lem in taking Ajmal on board. whose members are said to be beneficia- * the State for 28 years, have now started Now the BJP and JDU are following tie-up with State leaders. (: ( ries. It is being said that a lotus-shaped #$ adjusting themselves according to the suit. Nitish has made Prashant Kishor The Assembly Elections in Assam are lamp will be lit on all these houses on new scenario. The BJP has been claim- the Vice-President of his party. Prashant scheduled for 2021, but the Congress he BJP is in a new mode and is try- Republic Day, and this campaign has ) ing it doesn’t believe in caste politics, is from Buxar and a Brahmin. Nitish has might go with Badruddin Ajmal’s Ting to reach out to every single voter been aptly named Kamal Jyoti Vikaas ! but for the past two decades, it has been played an interesting game, in a way AIUDF for the Lok Sabha polls sched- rather than addressing the public en Abhiyaan. This can be a game changer doing the same, and that is why the top making Kishor his political heir. He has uled for next year. Though this is also a masse. This is most definitely a different in the election campaign. A visit by leadership is from backward castes. given a message to forwards, especially fact that the Congress is eyeing all 14 approach. Before this, political parties members of the BJP’s booth campaign # # This was perhaps the compulsion of all Brahmins, to connect with the JDU. seats of the State and is looking for can- addressed people in groups, which were committee to each and every voter will parties, keeping in mind the caste There is a buzz that the BJP can propose didates. Rawat claimed that earlier the either caste-based, religion-based, or be more effective than campaigning by ! % structure in the State. But now, the BJP the name of a forward Deputy CM to party was in a position to win 11 seats, region-based. Perhaps, this will be first TV, radio, and other mediums. # - F nce upon a time, sitting at versational or informal nature of your desk, ‘liking’ and % *%#4%# ## * % these platforms creates more Oswiping was a good way to problematic content.” annoy your boss. Most companies He points to Uber, which saw social media use as a distrac- # #%!# %) 8 , : fired its chief executive and 20 tion or a risk to be managed, and other people last year after a for- many banned Facebook and enterprise customers, who don’t mer employee detailed sexual Twitter from their networks. Yet want their suppliers to “move fast ( ! ' harassment she had received over today, some of the world’s biggest and break things” (as Facebook’s the company chat app. That in employers are doing the opposite: motto once boasted). Workplace K?++ #*O # ! turn raises the question of sur- Coaxing and cajoling workers to has been quickly adopted by veillance. Few would object to sign up to a new forms of social 30,000 firms including easyJet, LB-.++ #*O! using Wiretap’s tools to stop sex- media designed for the workplace. Spotify, RBS and Walmart, the ! ! ual harassment, prevent data Among the first was Yammer, world’s third-biggest employer. leaks or analyse employees’ hap- a Facebook clone for companies Facebook’s sales pitch is typi- B$)&9) : 3 DCC! piness in aggregate. But they and teams launched in 2008 and cally messianic. At its “Flow” #* #%# could also be used to root out bought by Microsoft in 2012. conference this month in Menlo workers who are planning to Then there was Slack, the quirky Park, California, speakers gave %& ! leave their jobs or who make office chat app which spread like witness to the “magic” of !%#* negative comments about a boss. wildfire through the tech industry, Workplace in an atmosphere one For Jamie Woodcock, a soci- roughly doubling its revenue each attendee described as “cult”-like. L0K4?++ #*O! ologist who spent six months year. Microsoft responded by Managers from big-name clients ! undercover in a British call cen- launching Teams, a collaboration described their “Workplace jour- tre, this is just the latest way in and chat tool tied in to Microsoft neys”. Julien Codorniou, who which employers are using tech- Office which now has 200,000 leads the project from Facebook’s video game that obliterates nology to increase control of firms on board. Even Google Plus, HQ in London, explained what employees’ concentration by workers. He cited the American which is being shut down for con- he called “the Workplace effect”: obliging them to reply quickly to company Lanetix, which is sumers, will persist as an enter- when previously isolated workers the merest of trifles. “It normalis- accused of pressuring its workers prise product. After a long stagna- gain a new channel of communi- es interruptions, multitasking and not to speak to each other on a tion, “enterprise social network- cation which turns “companies distractions,” wrote Abe Winter, a private Slack channel. ing” seems to be gaining pace. into communities”. tech worker. “[It] will give atten- Social networks at work are Yet perhaps the most interest- “When you give everyone a tion deficit disorder to your mainly a tool for communication, ing player is Facebook itself. Its voice and connect everyone in a whole company.” but the data they generate could app, called Workplace, began in company, great things happen,” 7 (P ' ( ( 23-333 - "- - - ' L P 0( Another potential problem be used to improve business 2011 as an internal tool, but Codorniou said. The idea is that is what kind of communication practices, analyse teams’ relation- became public two years ago. On by encouraging informal com- people work remotely. be shared across offices and time they had observed happier such services might encourage. ships or judge the performance of the surface it is almost identical to munication across different “Millennials are now going zones. And since many of these employees and better work “The design of the software individuals. That, Moran insisted, Facebook: Users can chat, create departments on a more equal into management roles, and they apps function well on mobile processes, as well as big reduc- leads to very different behaviour will require a debate about how groups, react to posts and broad- basis, you encourage a sense of want to communicate with their phones, they can include people tions in email use. Jen Baxter at from people,” said Greg Moran, much information our society cast live video. But it is funded by investment and allow new ideas employees using the technology such as airline cabin crew or fac- GlaxoSmithKline said Workplace operations chief for Wiretap, a wants managers to have. But if subscriptions rather than advertis- to bubble up from the front line they grew up with,” she said. tory workers, who are often cul- had helped introverted scientists company that uses AI to scan enterprise social media is any- ing, and the data it generates is into management. Conversations that once took turally separate from head-office collaborate in a way that suited enterprise social networks for thing like personal social media, only accessible to the companies According to Vicki Huff place in phone calls, meetings and colleagues. Hard evidence about them. There, perhaps, lies a dan- abusive or dangerous messages. it could become ubiquitous that use it. The company has had Eckert at PWC, such systems will cigarette breaks now increasingly productivity or profit is elusive, ger. Slack has been criticised as “They encourage a chattiness before that debate even starts. to work hard to build trust from be increasingly necessary as more happen online, meaning they can but many business leaders said distracting, an addictive pseudo and a back and forth … the con- $ ! $ , ,:, ,& , ,? : O: 9 8& itextaiutar# 9 @ , :,8 :38 &2 ($ ()#$ 1 A Q R R ctors Keira Knightley and $ 7 Kristen Bell have both com- Amented on their unease about using Disney princesses as role mod- els for their children. Speaking on the &? 9 ,( Ellen Show, Knightley said her daugh- " 8 88,& ter (who was born in 2015) was “banned” from watching Cinderella, which Disney produced as a cartoon in 1950 and a live-action film in 2015. “[Cinderella] waits around for a rich guy to rescue her. Don’t. Rescue yourself! Obviously.” t my first job as researcher Knightley added that she had also and occasional speech proscribed The Little Mermaid, the writer to the chief counsel- 1989 animation. “This is the one that lor to the French President I’m quite annoyed about because I Jacques Chirac, I was really like the film. I mean, the songs fairytale, which became a classic Asometimes privy to discussions are great, but do not give your voice Disney cartoon in 1938. In an inter- amongst Parliamentarians at the Elysee up for a man. Hello! … I love The view with Parents, Bell said: “I look about how to strike business with Little Mermaid! That one’s a little at my girls and ask, ‘Don’t you think India. This was seen not only as poten- tricky — but I’m keeping to it.” it’s weird that Snow White didn’t ask tially financially lucrative for France, However, Knightley expressed the old witch why she needed to eat but also as a breakthrough in the oth- approval of Disney hits Finding Dory the apple? Or where she got that erwise dull Franco-Indian relations. (which stars Ellen Show host Ellen apple?’ I say, ‘I would never take food Attractively positioned as a ‘strate- DeGeneres), Frozen, and Moana. from a stranger, would you?’ And my gic partnership’, in reality France’s rela- Bell, the star of Frozen, expressed kids are like, ‘No!’ And I’m like, ‘OK, tionship with India in 2005 hinged her disapproval of the Snow White I’m doing something right.’” upon friendly diplomatic exchanges, cultural events, a few education schol- arships for Indian students, and a 4Q R, slumping volume of bilateral business. In India, Ratan Tata echoed the same avier Bardem has spoken out in frustration when he said to me in 2005, support of Woody Allen, who “Indians generally like the French. Jdirected him and his wife Penélope Amongst the French businessmen I Cruz in the 2008 comedy Vicky deal with, many are my friends. We are Cristina Barcelona. Bardem’s comments easily able to understand and be appre- emerged from a masterclass at the ciative about each other, but we have Lumiere festival in Lyon, France. The not succeeded in transforming these Spanish actor, who also appeared in friendships into business. With the the 007 film Skyfall and won an Oscar French, things get diverted.” for best supporting actor for the Coen A year after I left the Elysee, the brothers’ No Country for Old Men, said Indian Defence Ministry finally float- he would be happy to work for Allen ed its largest tender ever for 126 again. “At the time I did Vicky Cristina multi-role combat aircraft to replace Barcelona, the allegations were already its fleet of mostly Russian-made fight- well known for more than 10 years, er jets. True to Tata’s words, 11 years and two states in the US deemed he later, the deal is still up in the air, was not guilty.” He added: “If the legal mired in controversy, allegations of situation ever changes, then I’d change working with Allen and won’t do so corruption, and political scandal. my mind. But for now I don’t agree again, following a newspaper article Over the last decade, climate with the public lynching that he’s been in 2013 by Allen’s daughter Dylan change has emerged as a new corner- receiving, and if Woody Allen called Farrow in which she repeated accusa- stone of the relationship between Prime me to work with him again I’d be there tions of child sexual abuse by her Minister Narendra Modi and President tomorrow morning. He’s a genius.” father, alleged to have taken place in Emmanuel Macron. Declarations of Bardem’s attitude contrasts 1992. Allen denies all the allegations. good intent have been signed, and the strongly with a number of high-pro- An investigation by the Child Sexual two have even been jointly recognised file actors, including Colin Firth, Abuse Clinic of Yale-New Haven as ‘Champions of the Earth’ at the Greta Gerwig, and Timothée Hospital in Connecticut concluded in UNGA in New York last week. But we Chalamet, who have said they regret 1993 that no abuse had taken place. are yet to see significant tangible col- laborations between the countries. Where are the technology collabora- : -& !6 R tions, joint ventures, investments in this field that could benefit us all? Indian manufacturers get subjected to strict air and water emission limits that have already been imposed decades ago in France. Indians can purchase and adapt from French technologies. The French can learn much from Indian innova- economic reforms. Politicians need a desperate poverty, violence, and social tions in this field that are usually found sound reform agenda to tend to the injustice. These women felt that the in the informal economy. upliftment of all sections of the demo- efforts of the French Government in Education is another area of great cratically astute citizenry in both their countries must be directed to alle- potential collaboration, especially with countries. They also need funds for : 9 : , ) viate these problems, as this is where a focus on primary education. Four out campaigning. In both cases, when 8 : , interventions are most needed. of 10 Indians still do not know how to there is a slip, the Opposition hardly This is the case in India too. As an read. Yet France emphasises university- misses a chance to disrupt the pro- :& ? example, the three-month-long, level exchange with India. In 2017, ceedings. Further, in recent years, both :,&: 3: : multi-city Bonjour India cultural fes- around 5,500 university students and sides have displayed a strong anti- tival organised this year by the French scientists from India found it worth incumbency tendency. And so each :& :8 ) embassy in India was extravagant their while to study in France, whereas new Government has brought with it a 8) 9 when we imagine all that could have — as comparison — 15,000 students new agenda, ideology, method of oper- been achieved if that money was went to the UK in the same year. ation, and trusted persons within and 8O :3 8 ,$ instead spent on improving the living One of the main reasons for the outside the realm of governance. After 9 33 , conditions, education, and health of aving already herded Taylor versions of the musical. An ancient, two countries to fall short of running every election, people in business and 9 98 9 the most marginalised sections of our Swift, James Cordon, Jennifer wise puss who has “lived many lives in together with a strong and truly ‘strate- civil society on both sides try to be in society. The institutions that were HHudson and Ian McKellen, succession”, Deuteronomy commands gic partnership’ is the inexplicably step with the changing political cli- 3, 9 6 once created to serve the people director Tom Hooper has added two the respect of not just his feline pals introverted attitude on both sides. In mate of each other’s country such that 8:,? across countries must not become new arrivals to the Cats litter. On but also humans and dogs. both countries, public discourse overall a new political party in power affects more important — and demanding of Wednesday, it was announced that Based on TS Eliot’s Old Possum’s tends to be dominated by an enormous all areas of collaboration. 9 :, 8:8 8 resources — than the cause itself. We Idris Elba is to join the cast of his Book of Practical Cats, the show was focus on domestic politics, scandals, I was recently invited to be a mem- 38 ) can instead harness the immense movie version of the Andrew Lloyd first performed in 1981. Dench was and the lives of its leaders. The differ- ber of the Parliament of Francophone potential of bilateral cooperation on Webber musical as Macavity, the vil- set to play Grizabella in the original ence is that while the French bask in its Women Writers organised by the , 38? 9 9: issues that matter the most for our lain of the piece. On Friday, Judi West End production, but had to past glory and historical political influ- French Government. At the first ses- ,, collective well-being. Dench was also added, playing Old withdraw from the show after snap- ence, Indians are flying high on its cur- sion of this Parliament last week in & Deuteronomy, the Jellicle leader who ping her achilles tendon. The part was rent status in the world. Orleans, all 64 writers congregated. 9 :,8 - is kidnapped by Macavity. then taken by Elaine Paige, who A second reason is related to the They were each brilliant, and many 4 G13:>H- E8 ( - Deuteronomy is a role that has played the moth-eared glamour-puss vibrant democracy in France and India came from countries that have a strong P ( (@ always been played by a man in stage to great acclaim for many years. where citizens are asking for heavy French influence but are steeped in EA J( @ 88 ( ! (--- F ' allowed to bring their first for me,” Kentucky Disney World Resort with lunch and anniversary. “It’s just been a dream O ( P ( !( ' own conkers from Department of Fish a tour of the Animal Kingdom. The come true,” Clark Ensminger said. British woman’s winter weather tanding in a rain soaked English vil- home, therefore and Wildlife Resources Ensmingers then boarded a plane Afashion accessory is going viral due Slage, more than 200 competitors ruling out age-old sneaky hardening State Herpetologist John to Los Angeles, where they rushed to its unusual appearance — a “nose- armed with horse chestnuts dangling tactics such as soaking them in vinegar, MacGregor said in a news to Disney California !< warmer” that’s like earmuffs for the from shoelaces faced off for the World leaving them in the dark for a year or release. “It is a really interesting animal Adventure park and took a ' ' nose. The Nose Warmer Company, Conker Championship. The quintessen- putting them in the oven. Despite her to have on display and a unique oppor- ride on Guardians of the he University of Missouri is founded by Sally Steel-Jones, is tial British school playground pas- training restricted to just 20 minutes on tunity for the public.” The snake will be Galaxy — Mission: Thonouring its Nobel Prize- offering “nosewarmers” in a vari- time involves competitors taking the eve of the event, Karen Holloway, on display until the center closes for the Breakout. The couple fin- winning scientist with an unusual ety of fabrics and styles for peo- it in turns to launch their 32, from the English city of Derby was season November 21. ished the day at accolade: A dedicated spot in a ple who don’t want their noses conkers in a bid to break those declared the overall champion. Disneyland park. The bicycle rack. George Smith to get chilly in winter weather. “I of their opponents. Victory can couple said Clark learned this month that he’ll got the idea in 2009 when I had also be claimed if you force your !, , ( Ensminger had planned share this year’s Nobel Prize in a genuine cold nose,” Steel-Jones opponent’s shoelace to become : ' '3 ! the trip as a surprise for chemistry with two other scien- told Bored Panda. “Our business knotted three times. ' ' Tennessee couple took on some Heather, whose father died tists. Other schools have recog- started small, with one nose “Being steady of hand, entucky wildlife officials said a two- Aunusual logistical challenges to pull in October 2017, just nized their Nobel laureates with a warmer made specifically to steady of mind and able Kheaded copperhead snake will be off a surprising feat: Visiting every US before a planned family dedicated parking space. But the do the job of warming up to withstand the cold introduced to the public at a state Disney park in 24 hours. Heather and trip to Disney World. 77-year-old Smith is, by his own a nippy nose!” the compa- and the wet is also wildlife center. The Kentucky Clark Ensminger said they started their “As the anniversary of his assessment, “not a good driver.” ny’s site reads. “Our very important,” said Department of Fish and Wildlife quest Tuesday night at Disney Springs passing got a little closer, I was Smith tells The Kansas City Star he’s owner soon realized that competitor Mina Resources said the snake was born in in Orlando and the next day managed sort of having a hard time,” no “bike enthusiast” but that he lives she wasn’t the only one Arsanious, who the wild earlier in October and discov- to take in at least one attraction at each Heather said. “Unbeknownst to less than a mile from the Columbia with this problem so was joined in the ered by a Leslie County couple in their Disney park in Florida and California. me, my husband started planning campus and bikes to work every day. THE NOSE WARMER international field yard. The couple donated the live baby The couple said they started this special trip to surprise me.” His spot will be in a standard bike COMPANY was born.” by rivals from snake to the Salato Wildlife Education Wednesday at Disney’s Hollywood She said the surprise was spoiled rack, the same as those used by other She said her website Australia and Center in Frankfort, where it will go on Studios, where they toured Toy Story by an email about a month before bicyclists on campus. But the universi- ships the nosewarmers the United display to the public for the first time. Land; continued on to Epcot and a the trip, but the spilled beans ty plans to post a sign letting everyone worldwide for a price of States. “I may encounter a two-headed ride on Spaceship Earth; met Mickey allowed her to help finish plan- know one particular space belongs only about $10. 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Moon again is ill- however, remains that life without stress is undue mental, emotional or physical pres- your thought process through suitable disposed off to Uranus and Rahu, which inconceivable. The Universe is in continu- sure. They may feel mentally fatigued, educative inputs. You may thus get geared accounts for his mercurial temperament ous motion. Human life, too, is always in exhausted, challenged, and could even up to prudently meet the challenges com- and worrying syndrome. action; and no movement is possible with- develop the sense of incapacitation. They ing your way with relative ease. Mars, which is conjunct Rahu, is out being met with resistance. Stress, as may develop a sense of fear and insecuri- In the above context, let us examine placed opposite Mercury, and also adverse the word stands, means a set of forces ty, mostly on assumed grounds. In such the unique character of a person suffering to Uranus. This implies a temperamental, applied on a body or employed in pur- cases, stress takes a negative turn, calling from stress for long, despite carrying restless, argumentative, habitually critical suance of a task in hand. Even while for immediate attention. If left uncared for immense potential. Mercury, the lagna of others, and a bad tempered guy lacking apparently idling, a being’s mind keeps long, stress may take serious proportion, lord which is marked with individuality, focus. His restive mind makes him working from within, flirting around with and could lead to even serious mental ail- also the career signifying 10th lord, occu- unmindfully misdirect a good sum of uninterrupted streams of thoughts, some ments, demanding medical intervention. pies the 11th house identified with fulfil- energies towards undesirable ends. of them assumed. And mind by itself is But given a particular situation, why do ment of desires. Added to that is the Sun Mercury locking horns with Jupiter holds potent enough to successively breed in individuals respond in varied ways? beneficially aligned to Jupiter, Neptune, the key to his impatience, insensible rea- contrarian thoughts. Bear in mind; even The unique character of a being — and Saturn. The two read together make soning and judgment. If that would not be thought is nothing but energy. Not to say the preconditioning of individual mind: out a potential guy, having excellent lead- enough, Venus ill-disposed off to Neptune anything about being confronted with virtues and attributes, likes and dislikes, ership skill, positive outlook, strong imag- makes him vulnerable to losses on challenges thrown by competing interests habits and attitudes — holds the key. That ination backed by intuitive ability, and a account of his indiscrete speculative deci- and unforeseen circumstantial constraints. serves as the defining principle of each well-meaning and a self-respecting per- sions. Jupiter placed adverse to Uranus So, all through the run of life, one has to mind. A positively oriented mind may son. He, thus, is capable of making a mark makes him headstrong and opinionated. deal with cross currents of forces. handle the usual trials and tribulations of for himself in life. The negatives in him, Unless he addresses his fault-lines, he can’t What, however, really matters is how life intelligently in all strength. A negative- however, have been playing spoil sport get the best out of his positives. we deal with the challenges coming our ly surcharged person, on the other hand, over his positives and so, he is not getting $ - way. Some of us may take it in the stride may unmindfully fall into stress-trap and desired result. Mind-signifying Moon, @ '' and intelligently deal with them. The start playing the victim card. What’s the occupies Gemini sign, which brings in the 0::31- ## - ## 77 - weaklings, on the contrary, may stretch on way out? The answer lies in awareness. tendency to live on his own exclusive # !! KK :::3 331C the problems beyond due, and buckle First, look within one’s own self — the terms. There is nothing wrong in carrying $A LL:0:::066L>6>6;CML>:>32;1;2 under pressure. Given a situation, real or core strengths and weaknesses. Self- on this attitude, provided it is well rea- EA + J(@ assumed, such characters fail to look at reflect, identify, acknowledge and address soned. The irony, however, is that both '(A @(@ ( V9: :, 8★ 'V 86 9: ,:(9) :, :, & ,8) :,I ::6J★ ! N V 9 9,(69&:8) :, :,I , O J & D