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Where is the -#-#(' 6 !.)+0- ).0!+000, Scindia at least in 16 Assembly initiative of PCC Chief and for- sitating the by-polls, which are (Regulation) Amendment Bill, breach of their rights in it?.” % !+..)* +.-!-",,+ constituencies falling in mer Chief Minister Kamal likely to be held in later half of 2020 in the Lok Sabha to make TMC MP Saugata Roy 2 !,+"-, +,. (+.() Gwalior-Chambal region. Nath, Pilot has agreed to cam- October. the law more stringent and said, “This law has been used for Bypolls are scheduled in 28 paign against his old friend MPCC Spokesperson make Aadhaar mandatory for the last six years against those 8# !-,,," ,,-*!*,)"+ constituencies of Madhya Scindia. Bhupendra Gupta said Pilot’s registration. who go against the Government, # !!0()( !,,.(+0.( Pradesh. There are 16 con- After Pilot had defected strength in these regions is the Moving the Bill on behalf ” and maintained that this was 9 !!!-+" !!0()).(" stituency of Scindia influence. from the Congress, it would be presence of Gujjar voters and of Union Home Minister Amit another example of “big There are 14 Ministers in Shivraj a new assignment for him to the former Rajasthan Deputy Shah, his junior and Minister brother watching”, a charge $/ !*,*.+ !(0,"(!+) Singh Chouhan Cabinet, who prove his loyalty to the party. Chief Minister’s ability to deliv- of State of Home Nityanand Rai rejected by the Minister who are not MLAs. They include 11 In March this year, Scindia er punchlines. He certainly said this law did s not breach said “the law does not discrim- Scindia supporters. While the had walked away from the has influence in the bordering the right of any organisation if inate on the basis of / 0123 /( 4533/ # (<+ BJP and Scindia have already Congress making 22 MLAs constituencies, he added. they follow the law and do not religion”. ! 689/ 09;06 3603 New Delhi: The ICMR is actively exploring saliva-based % 1:54:;9 test for detection of Covid-19, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Sunday and asserted that no sig- ndia conducted 2.39 crore Covid-19 O nificant or drastic mutation in strains of SARS-CoV-2 tests in August, of which 1.24 crore I % 1:54:;9 rorists in Kerala and Karnataka. related to presence of Islamic $ " has been found in India till now. were done using rapid antigen kits, the The Minister refuted the State (IS) and 20 cases related During an interaction with his social media fol- Government said on Sunday. he Union Home Ministry on report and gave the statistics of to presence of Lashkar-e-Toiba $ > ! lowers, Vardhan informed them the Indian Council of Till September 18, a total of TSunday told the Lok Sabha the cases registered by the across the country were regis- ! " Medical Research (ICMR) has been conducting large- 6,17,33,533 tests were conducted across that "a United Nations report National Investigation Agency tered by the National scale sequencing of nationally representative strains of the country, Minister of State for Health which suggested presence of (NIA) in this regard. Investigation Agency (NIA) Kolkata: One of the Al SARS-CoV-2 virus collected for several months over dif- Ashwini Choubey said in the Rajya "significant numbers" of ISIS ter- "The said report claiming and 240 people were arrested Qaeda terror moles Abu ferent time-points. PTI Sabha. rorists in Kerala and Karnataka presence of "significant num- in this connection. "The Sufiyan arrested from are "factually not correct". bers" of ISIS terrorists in Kerala Government is aware of the Murshidabad had constructed Minister of State for Home and Karnataka, is factually not presence of the terrorist outfits a secret tunnel inside his house !"# $ G Kishan Reddy was giving a correct. The Government con- in the country including ISIS, at Raninagar, National 4 90 %0 2329# % $ ! ! written reply to a question on tinuously takes necessary mea- Daesh, IS Khorasan, Lashkar- Investigation Agency sources whether the Government is sures to put forth India's cor- e-Toiba, etc. The NIA has so far that busted the network said, % 1:54:;9 possible for Chirag to visit October-November. !" aware of the United Nations rect position through estab- registered and investigated 34 adding the tunnel apparently Bihar right now, said sources. The LJP is a constituent of # report titled 'The 26th report of lished mechanism in unequiv- cases related to presence of was made to store explosives. he Lok Janshakti Party In a letter written to party the Bharatiya Janata party-led $ % & the Analytical Support and ocal and categorical terms at Islamic State (IS) and 20 cases Sufiyan’s kin. however, contra- T(LJP) founder and Union workers, Chirag said his party NDA. The Janata Dal United is $ Sanctions Monitoring Team various international, multi- related to presence of Lashkar- dicted the claim saying it was Minister Ram Vilas Paswan has is yet to talk with National also part of the alliance and in concerning ISIS, Al-Qaeda and lateral and bilateral for a and e-Toiba across the country not a tunnel but a newly con- been admitted to ICU and is in Democratic Alliance (NDA) recent months Paswan has ' !( associated individuals and enti- also through diplomatic chan- and arrested 160 and 80 structed sanitary tank still not critical condition, said Paswan's partners over seat sharing for been critical of its leader and ties' stating that there are "sig- nels, the Minister said. accused persons respectively," in use. son Chirag Paswan. the Bihar Assembly elections Bihar Chief Minister Nitish nificant numbers" of ISIS ter- Reddy also said 34 cases he said. Following which it is not scheduled to be held in Kumar. !" # #
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They campaigned including the Akalis, to the PART OF UNION CABINET: believed. “The senior Badal, for the last three months in SAD DARES CM TO FACE court over the new “unconsti- RANDHAWA ASKS BADAL who sang peans to the ordi- every forum, they also FARMERS, ANSWER tutional, undemocratic and Punjab Cabinet Minister nances 15 days before, has arranged a letter of the Union THEIR QUESTIONS anti-farmer” laws of the Central Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa taken a u-turn like his son and Agriculture Minister, sup- SAD on Sunday asked Government. on Sunday questioned former daughter-in-law and started porting the ‘black laws’ Punjab Chief Minister Capt “We will move the courts Chief Minister and Akali vet- opposing the ordinances,” describing the same in the Amarinder Singh to first tell and fight the draconian legis- eran Parkash Singh Badal as to added Randhawa. interest of the farmers,” he why he had supported the lations as soon as they get the why he kept mum when the said. framing of agricultural ordi- presidential nod and become farm ordinances were passed JAKHAR SLAMS SAD FOR Jakhar said that two facts nances before asking any ques- the law of the land,” he said, in the presence of his daugh- ACTING AS BJP AGENTS prove that SAD was still not tions from the opposition. expressing shock at the way the ter-in-law Harsimrat Badal as TO MISLEAD FARMERS interested in safeguarding the SAD’s Kisan wing president BJP-led Union Government the Union Minister before Punjab Congress presi- farmers’ interests but was and former Minister Sikandar brute-forced the Agriculture " $ & ' & $ "& & applauding her “resignation dent Sunil Jakhar on Sunday actually working for the ful- Singh Maluka said that Capt Bills through the Rajya Sabha & & )& drama” as sacrifice. “Also that that SAD, which has fillment of aspirations of its Amarinder did not have any on Sunday. explain when the close allies transformed itself into leaders sitting in Delhi. answers to the questions and The Chief Minister ques- the Central Government, of interests of the farmers to big tor,” he said. SAD and BJP would part ways “Sukhbir Akali Dal”, was now “Firstly, Harsimrat that was why he was trying to tioned the rationale behind which the Shiromani Akali corporates. Pointing out that the Bills because Akali Dal is still a part acting in the State as ‘BJP resigned from the Union shoot and scoot as always. You putting the controversial and Dal (SAD) continues shame- BJP’s so-called ‘watershed’ nowhere make any mention of of BJP-led NDA which agent’ in a bid to mislead the Ministry but said that SAD should stand your ground vicious Bills, which were a bla- lessly to be a part, to trample moment will be the death of retaining the MSP (minimum brought anti-farmer ordi- farmers. “Their aim is to would remain a partner in the and answer the questions to tant encroachment of the State’s the rights and interests of the agriculture and will endanger support price), Capt nances. weaken the parties which have Central Government. the face of the farmers instead powers and control of the farmers through these cruel the nation’s food security, Amarinder said that this clear- Randhawa said that it united against the genocidal Secondly, she still says that she of hiding out in Siswan farm- Agriculture sector, to voice vote, legislations designed to destroy warned the Chief Minister. ly exposes the “ill intent” of the would have been better if the policies of the Modi govern- herself doesn’t feel that the house,” he said. despite strong reservations by the farmers, and Punjab state “By pushing the Bills Central Government, which the Opposition and inadequate for which agriculture is its life- through without consultation has a poor trust record as far as farmers, why are the farmers getting the Government-man- Government had chosen to improved legislation that would numbers in the House. line. “We stand with the farm- with the key stakeholders and states go. out on the roads in protest?’ dated MSP on their foodgrains end it completely. provide for more markets and Why did the House not go ers and will do whatever it takes even without taking the “If they could not adhere The farmers are not fools and in the open market that exists He also lashed out at the more facilities for procure- for division of votes on this crit- to protect their interests,” he Government of Punjab, a major to the clearly defined provisions would not be marching to even today to a limited extent, Opposition for continuing to ment of the farmers’ produce. ical issue, which has even divid- declared. contributor to India’s agricul- on GST, how can one trust Delhi, braving a pandemic, if the Chief Minister said that it mislead the farmers by spread What is more, the ed the ruling National “They (BJP and its allies) tural sector growth, into con- them to uphold their verbal they did not find the Bills was unfortunate that instead of misinformation on the Congress manifesto clearly and Democratic Alliance (NDA), clearly don’t care for what these fidence, the Central assurances on MSP,” he ques- damaging and detrimental to strengthening the State-led Congress manifesto of 2019 categorically promised to retain he asked. laws will do to the farmers,” he Government has shown that it tioned. The CM asked ‘if these their interests, he said. marketing system, as the Lok Sabha polls, which spoke the MSP regime, which the BJP Capt Amarinder said that said, flaying the BJP-led has no concern whatsoever legislations are actually revo- Pointing out that these Congress had promised in its of repeal of existing APMC Act Government is refusing to do, his Government will not allow Government for selling the for the farmers or the farm sec- lutionary and in the interests of farmers were nowhere near manifesto, the Central in order to bring a new, he added. + " $ & ! & & % =%183A'9%14 8%9 % '9%14 8%9 *: Singh during the regime of ! UPA as its head, he claimed. unjab Cabinet Minister M N ! ""#O% " nder pressure to follow in Lashing out at Hooda, PVijay Inder Singla on Uthe footsteps of BJP’s ally- " ! Dushyant asked, why the for- Sunday gave a call to the arhtiya "" " ! & SAD- on the issue of three- " mer CM is adopting double % '9%14 8%9 * , (commission agents) commu- "" ! ' ( P farm bills, Haryana Deputy standards on this and what is nity to protest the new dra- Chief Minister Dushyant 4 the reason behind misleading aryana on Sunday report- conian farm bills that the Chautala on Sunday reassured ! the farmers? Dushyant said Hed 29 Covid-19 related ,- Central Government is trying COVID-19 contraction. Singla, these legislations. farmers that the bills will not that the Congress party sup- fatalities as 2305 fresh cases "" to force down their throat. the state’s School Education and Terming the new farm bills harm the interests of the farm- 4 ! " ported contract farming in its surfaced in the state. With “I proudly say that I belong Public Works Minister, as ‘death warrant’ of the ing community. vision document during its this, the state’s tally of positive .//0. to the Arhtiya community that expressed apprehensions that arhtiyas, the community lead- “There is not a single line first tenure of UPA and now cases reached 111257 and the is the strongest link between seven lakh people in Punjab ers called upon Punjab Cabinet of eliminating minimum sup- A day before, a hashtag Congress is opposing the bills total toll stood at 1149. the government and the farm- will be rendered unemployed Minister Vijay Inder Singla port price (MSP) in three farm demanding the withdrawal of for political gains. Three deaths each were 2 " ers. Arhtiyas are the custodians and jobless as the new legisla- and reposed their faith in his ordinances. The crops of the JJP’s support to BJP was trend- The Deputy CM further reported from Kurukshetra, 34 ! of anaj mandis (grain markets) tions will deliver a deadly blow leadership. The Association farmers would be procured on ing on Twitter. said that in the coming paddy Sirsa, Karnal, Ambala, two ./56 which are like places of worship to the traditional Anaj Mandi declared that it will launch the MSP and they would have Dushyant’s latest assurance procurement season, each deaths each were reported in in modern agrarian states. We system. massive protests under Singla’s right to sell the crop in the mar- to the farmers came on the day grain would be procured on Yamunanagar, Faridabad, .0 will be forced to hit the roads He added that Punjab leadership. ket openly in case they receive when the upper House passed MSP and further maize would Panchkula, Hisar, Sonepat, one " if the Central Government Government would do every- The Arhtiya community high rates,” Dushyant said while two of the three controversial also be procured on MSP. death each was reported in does not withdraw these dras- thing possible to prevent the appealed the Prime Minister talking to the mediapersons farm bills. The farmers are his family Rohtak, Gurugram, ,.7 tic legislations,” said Singla implementation of these bills as Narendra Modi, through the here. The Deputy Chief Minister and he would do anything to Mahendragarh, Nuh, Bhiwani, while addressing a meeting of APMC, guarded by arhtiyas, resolution, to revoke the new Dushyant said he will step made it clear that farmers ensure their welfare, Dushyant Fatehabad and Kaithal, the Punjab-wide arhtiyas who had contribute Rs 3700 crore annu- bills as they have changed down from his portfolio if any would have the right of MSP added. Haryana Health Department’s tor,” the health bulletin stated. called upon him at his resi- ally to the exchequer. definition of “trade area”, attempt to discontinue MSP and asked them to not get mis- Notably, the lathi-charge evening bulletin stated. 88697 patients including 2547 dence in Sangrur. “traders” and “dispute resolu- system surfaces. led. on farmers on September 10 “Out of 2035 fresh cases in the last 24 hours have recov- Singla made an appeal to ARHTIYA ASSOCIATION tion” which will be a death The resignation of He also accused former during a protest rally in reported on Sunday, a maxi- ered and have been discharged the Arhtiya community to hold PASSES RESOLUTION CON- knell to the traditional Anaj Shiromani Akali Dal’s lone Chief Minister and Leader of Haryana’s Kurukshetra district mum of 405 were reported from hospitals in the state. a protest rally in the Parliament DEMNING FARM BILLS, TO Mandi system. Union Minister Harsimrat opposition, Bhupinder Singh had intensified problems for from Gurugram, 257 from There were a total of 21411 street apart from calling a LAUNCH MASSIVE The resolution has also Kaur Badal from Prime Hooda of trying to misguide the JJP. Hisar, 234 from Sonepat, 203 active cases in Haryana till the “chakka jam” in the north India PROTESTS expressed apprehensions that Minister Narendra Modi’s the farmers for furthering his Many farmers were badly from Faridabad, 180 from evening, the bulletin said. in solidarity with the farmers in Arhtiya Associations of seven lakh people including cabinet over three farm bills own political interests. injured and the opposition had Ambala, 141 from Panipat, The worst-affected dis- their protests against the farm Punjab on Sunday passed a res- 28,000 licensed arhtiyas, their has raised pressure on BJP’s Not only did Hooda him- accused the government of 133 from Panchkula and 110 tricts in the state-Faridabad has bills. olution condemning the dras- clerks, labour spread across Haryana ally- Dushyant self advocated open market suppressing the farmers’ voice. from Sirsa among other cases. till now reported 17761 positive He also appealed them to tic farm bills being pushed by 1860 Anaj Mandis in Punjab Chautala, whose Jannayak for farmers but also signed on Following this, the JJP had Out of 378 critical patients cases and 205 deaths while precisely follow the directions the Union Government, while will be rendered jobless if the Janata Party (JJP) is part of such recommendations of a condemned the incident and admitted in the hospitals, 318 Gurugram has reported 17842 and advisory of Health announcing to launch massive Bill is pushed in its current the state’s coalition govern- committee set up by former demanded an inquiry into the patients were on oxygen sup- cases and 160 fatalities due to Department to avert threat of protests to vehemently oppose form. ment. Prime Minister Manmohan matter. port while 60 were on ventila- COVID-19. !"# ! '* & ! " , , "$##$ "%&'( ))* + $$ $ ! & & P +,$"&)&! "- ! . ! . '9%14 8%9 * " " % '9%14 8%9 % '9%14 8%9 ." P acing opposition from its 89 "! rom Monday (September aking another effort to Fown ally, the Bharatiya F21), the students of Classes Mstop the implementation . % Janata Party (BJP) has decided !" IX to XII in Punjab can visit of agriculture legislations by the not to prune its decades old their schools on a voluntary BJP-led NDA Government at L relationship with its partner in ! basis to seek guidance from the Centre, the Shiromani Punjab. In its core committee their teachers, but with written Akali Dal (SAD), NDA’s prime meeting, Punjab BJP on ! "" permission of their parents, ally, on Sunday urged the Sunday made it clear that the notwithstanding the mounting President Ram Nath Kovind O growing discontentment with farmers. BJP has come up with A party leader told The cases of the novel coronavirus. not to put his seal of approval the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) these bills to bring a better Pioneer that during the meet- Punjab Government, on on the Bills passed by the over the farm bills would not change in the farmers’ lives,” ing, the members observed Sunday, announced the relax- Parliament on the farmers’ & $ compel it to axe its ties with the said Punjab BJP chief Ashwani that earlier Akali leaders were ation for the students living produce marketing. 4 M Punjab’s regional party. Sharma while supporting the supporting the bills but later, “outside high-risk containment “I beseech you to please In fact, the party has left new laws. due to the farmers’ protest, they zones”, making a partial mod- stand by the beleaguered and L4 the decision — of continuing Sharma added, “Harsimrat came under pressure and start- ification of the Centre’s Unlock toiling farmers, farm labour # the alliance or not — on the Kaur Badal’s resignation from ed opposing the new laws as 4.0 guidelines. (khet mazdoors), Mandi Akali Dal. Notably, a day the Union Cabinet is sad. But “anti-farmers”. As per Standard Operating labour, and Dalits in their hour before, the Akali Dal’s core the BJP could not do anything, The core panel also dis- Procedures (SOPs) issued by of need. They are facing % group has also decided that it as it SAD’s internal matter. We cussed the resignation by SAD the Union Ministry of Health exploitation and look up to you O would not withdraw its support have decided not to pull out MP Harsimrat Kaur Badal and Family Welfare on institutions remained shut to Government of India or State to exercise your discretion as M to the NDA Government at the from the alliance. Now, it is up from the Union Cabinet saying September 8, 2020, the students prevent transmission of the Governments. the highest executive in the to the President to return the Centre. to the Akali Dal to decide that it was the result of farm- will have to secure written virus among students. Likewise, the activities of country and come to their res- Bills to the Parliament for recon- Even as the voices, whether it wanted to stay in the ers’ protest against the bills. consent of their parents or The Central Government, National Institute for cue by not signing these bills so sideration so that “the hasty demanding separation of ties alliance or not.” “Harsimrat’s resignation would guardians. earlier this month, allowed Entrepreneurship and Small that they do not acquire the decisions taken in a fleeting with the Akali Dal, has been During the Core not affect the alliance of BJP The decision came a day opening of schools for senior Business Developments (NIES- finality of an Act,” said SAD moment of overzealous stub- growing within the state party Committee meeting, attended and SAD and we would con- after the State Government on students from September 21. It BUD), Indian Institute of president Sukhbir Singh Badal bornness do not leave perma- unit since the past few years, by eight (out of total 10) mem- tinue for the welfare of the peo- Saturday allowed the opening had allowed the states to take Entrepreneurship (IIE) and in a passionate plea to the nent scars on the nation’s psy- the core committee’s decision bers including former Minister ple of Punjab,” said the BJP of colleges for research schol- an independent call regarding their training providers have President. che nor inflict a deep wound on has raised many eyebrows. It Madan Mohan Mittal, former leader, who did not wish to be ars and postgraduate students this. also been allowed from He added, “Failing this, the long-term vital interests of has been learnt that by doing state BJP chief Rajinder named. pursuing technical and profes- An official spokesperson September 21, 2020, subject to the poor and the beleaguered the farmers, the Farm and so, the saffron party has adopt- Bhandari, former Minister The panel also decided sional courses requiring exper- said that the State Home strict adherence of the said classes and their future gener- Mandi labour and Dalits”. ed the ‘wait and watch policy’ Manoranjan Kalia, BJP nation- that the BJP workers would imental work. Department has issued detailed SOPs. ations will never forgive us.” “There is still time to reconsid- to see the Akali Dal’s next al general secretary Tarun meet the farmer leaders to Notably, the schools and instructions to also permit The orders of MHA issued Sukhbir has requested the er this decision and undo the move. Chugh, among others, detailed apprise them of the benefits of colleges have been closed since Skill or Entrepreneurship on August 29, 2020, and the President to grant a personal damage it threatens to cause to Moreover, by putting the discussions were held over the these farm bills. “BJP would March 22, when the Prime Training in National Skill subsequent guidelines issued by audience to a delegation of our overall national interests, ball in the Akali Dal’s court, the farm bills. also approach the farmers at Minister Narendra Modi Training Institutes, Industrial the State Government on senior leaders of his party all of especially at this critical juncture party has tried to give an indi- Describing the move as “a the village level to make them announced a nationwide lock- Training Institutes (ITIs), Short September 9, 2020, imposing whom are themselves farmers. when the country’s economy cation of how much impor- start of new era for the farm- aware of the bills. We would tell down to arrest the growth of term training centers regis- additional restrictions in urban As a result of this, Sukhbir’s requires social stability, peace, tance the NDA’s oldest ally ers”, the core panel decided to them that the MSP would con- the coronavirus. Over the tered with the National Skill areas including curfew on proposed visit to Darbar Sahib and harmony to recover from enjoys. launch a massive awareness tinue in future and there was months, most of the econom- Development Corporation or Sundays would continue to be is being rescheduled. the traumatic after-effects of the “The agriculture bills campaign to apprise the farm- nothing to fear,” added the ic activities have been allowed State Skill Development in operation, added the SAD chief has also appealed Covid-19 pandemic,” he said. would protect the interests of ers about the new legislations. BJP leader. by the Centre but educational Missions or other ministries of spokesperson. chhattisgarh 03 RAIPUR | MONDAY | SEPTEMBER 21, 2020 C'garh to ready new database for reservation in public services
STAFF REPORTER n net chaired by Chief Minister The Chief Minister laid The Chief Minister said RAIPUR Bhupesh Baghel. emphasis on inclusion of fam- that beneficiaries in general According to the deci- ilies left out from the database category is 8.18 percent, hhattisgarh will prepare a sion taken virtually, it was with the Food Department. At which is around 5.89 lakh Cnew category-wise data- decided that the updated present 99 percent of ration ration cards covering 20.25 base to provide reservation in data will be then approved by cards are linked with Aadhaar lakh individuals. During public services for Other holding village-level and number and bank account. A updating of data, the number Backward Class (OBC) up to ward-wise meetings in urban transparent process will be is likely to increase to 11-12 27 percent and 10 percent to bodies, an official press adopted. percent. economically weaker general release said. The present ration card It would help to strength- (EWS) category. The cabinet was dis- holders list will be published en the 10 percent reservation This will be done on the cussing the pending case of at village panchayat and urban to the EWS general category. basis of the Patel Commission reservation before the bodies’ wards. Claims and The Cabinet decided to guidelines, with the present Chhattisgarh High Court after objections will be invited. celebrate the 150th birth ration card database as the an ordinance on a hike in per- Families left out will be asked anniversary of Mahatma foundation. This decision was centage of reservation was to apply. The ineligible family Gandhi in a brief way due to taken on Sunday by the cabi- challenged. will be deleted. Covid-19. Covid recovered Now lockdown in Surajpur, patient can again get Balodabazar, Korba, Raigarh infected: Dr Nagarkar STAFF REPORTER n into effect in Surajpur on will be also covered, a press RAIPUR September 22 at 9 pm and release said. end on October 1 at 9 pm. Vegetable shops will not s Covid-19 hits hard During this period, the open during this period. AChhattisgarh, Surajpur, district boundary will be In Korba, the lockdown Balodabazar, Raigarh and sealed and only emergency will commence on September Korba districts on Sunday services will function. Petrol 23 at 5:00 am and end on announced lockdowns for pumps will provide fuel only October 2 at 12 midnight, varying periods. to government vehicles, pri- District Collector Kiran RAIPUR: People who have In Surajpur and vate vehicles on medical Kaushal said in an order. recovered from Covid-19 Balodabazar, the lockdown emergencies or ambulances, The Raigarh lockdown need to take precaution as will begin on September 22, he said in an order. will be from 5 am of there are chances of again in Korba on September 23 In Balodabazar, the lock- September 24 to 12 midnight getting the infection, the and Raigarh on September down will be from 12 mid- of September 30. District Director of Raipur AIIMS, Dr 24, an official press release night of September 22 to 12 Collector Bheem Singh said Nitin M. Nagarkar, said on said. midnight of September 29. that emergency services will Sunday. Collector Ranbir Sharma Along with the urban region, not be affected by the lock- Dr Nagarkar made the said the lockdown will come the rural parts of the district down. observation in a video tweet- ed by the Chhattisgarh Chief Minister’s office. “Medical research on coronavirus is only about six to seven months old. So, Vidya Mitans seek regularization, on hunger strike whether it can cause re-infec- tion or not is still a matter of STAFF REPORTER n study. Swab samples of a few RAIPUR Covid patients taken after 2-3 months has again tested posi- cores of Vidya Mitans, tive,” Dr Nagarkar said. Swho have been teaching After a person is found children in schools in rural Covid positive, one does not areas, observed a hunger know for how many months strike in the Chhattisgarh the antibodies remain active capital in protest against the in the body and how effective government's failure to regu- they are, Dr Nagarkar said. larize their services. He added that the status The Vidya Mitan of the vaccine was not known Shikshak Kalyan Sangh said as its testing is yet to happen. So, if anyone recovers that when the police came to from Covid, he or she should know about the strike, they take the same precautions reached the venue and they were taking earlier such ordered labourers to remove as social distancing and prac- the tents. ticing hygiene, he said. Vidya Mitans have been The Covid-19 pandemic teaching children in rural is accelerating rapidly in areas of the state for a long Chhattisgarh. By September time, said the President of Vidya Mitans within 10 After more than 20 19, 84,234 persons were the strikers' group, days after coming to months in the office, it found Covid positive in the Dharmendra Das Vaishnav. power but nothing has seems that the Congress state. There are 37,489 active The Congress had happened, Vaishnav government is overlooking cases and 664 people have promised to regularize said. the Vidya Mitans, he alleged. died due to the deadly virus. Admit card will Govt schools must welcome students Training for Assembly be a pass during by-poll in Marwahi begins lockdown: CM leaving private schools: CM Baghel STAFF REPORTER n During the time of admission the nearest government STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR RAIPUR school. of these students, their Transfer During the time of hhattisgarh Chief Minister tudents dropping out of admission of these students, CBhupesh Baghel on Sprivate schools should be Certificate or earlier class mark their Transfer Certificate or Sunday told District admitted into government earlier class mark sheet STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR information regarding the Collectors that the admit card schools, Chhattisgarh Chief sheet should not be demanded. should not be demanded. electoral process were discussed. of candidates appearing in Minister Bhupesh Baghel has Based on their age, admis- two-day training for the The programme was various examinations should told the School Education Based on their age, admission sion in classes I to 10 should ADistrict Election Officer, attended by Joint Collector U.S be seen as a pass during the Department, so that their be made, states the letter. the Returning and Assistant Agarwal, Additional Raipur lockdown aimed at arresting education continues. in classes I to 10 should be For admission in Class Returning Officers and seven Municipal Commissioner Covid-19. This follows reports in made, states the letter 11, the roll number of Class other officers was conducted Pulak Bhattacharya and Joint The Collectors must the entrance exams to be held sections of the media about 10 Board examination will be here on Sunday for the smooth Chief Electoral Officer Bipin ensure that students do not between September 22 and 28. students leaving private (DEOs) has been issued to were studying last year in pri- taken and verified. The same conduct of the Assembly by- Manjhi among others. face any problem, Baghel said. Raipur Collector Dr S. schools, mainly due to ensure admission of all stu- vate schools but due to process will apply for Class election to be held from On Monday, the With a week-long lock- Bharathi Dasan told The Covid-19, across the state. dents leaving private schools. unavoidable circumstances 12 admission with a rider Marwahi (ST) seat. Returning, Assistant down set to begin on Monday Pioneer that all exams will be A School Education The Director, Public have dropped out. that the student should have State Chief Electoral Officer Returning and Nodal officers (September 21) night in the held as per schedule and the Department communication Instructions Directorate, has The letter states that the cleared the 10th Board exam Dr Reena Babasaheb Kangale will get training on postal bal- Chhattisgarh capital, the candidates need not worry. states that a letter to all also issued a letter to parents of these students a year before. inaugurated the training pro- lot, model code of conduct, Raipur district administration Their admit card will be con- District Collectors and Collectors and DEOs to should be contacted and No TC should be sought gramme during which safety election expenditure monitor- has issued an order regarding sidered as an E-pass. 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% 1:54:;9 Chairman Harivansh who, “I saw the press conference Surjewala, Rajeev Satav and " according to Congress and by Rajnath Singh and five Pratap Singh Bajwa. % 1:54:;9 oon after Union Minister other Opposition parties, did other Ministers. They are jus- “The members become SRajnath Singh briefed the not pay heed to the demands tifying Deputy Chairman’s upset. Everyone went in the rime Minister Narendra Opposition against the chair of the Deputy- media over the controversial of the Opposition benches action and attitude. That was well of the House. BJP leader PModi on Sunday described Deputy Chairman to the dis- Chairman. farm Bills, Congress said the and by action completely very unfortunate. We expect- Bhupinder Yadav was also the passing of the farm reform cretion of the Chairman of The Minister said the legislations, which were passed favoured and worked for the ed decent reaction from senior seen whispering in Rajya Bills by Parliament as “historic” the Rajya sabha M Venkaiah opposition actions in the in Rajya Sabha amid a din, are Government. Ministers. They should have at Sabha Deputy Chairman’s ear. and said it would provide “new Naidu. upper house, which is against the interest of farmers Former Congress presi- least condemned the practice What conspiracy is happen- opportunities” to farmers to sell On the question as to described as “house of elders”, and the day will be remem- dent Rahul Gandhi, who is by Deputy Chairman,” said ing? Today’s entire episode their produce on higher prices why the Government does were very sad. Its “mere con- bered as a black day for abroad, tweeted that the farm- Congress leader KC was a conspiracy by BJP lead- and “free farmers from mid- % 1:54:;9 not remove the misgivings demnation is not enough”. “ democracy. ers grow gold from land, but Venugopal during press brief- ers. We are not going to leave dlemen”. on the Minimum Support This has deeply hurt and The party announced to the arrogance of the Modi gov- ing. He was joined by party this issue,” Venugopal said Soon after Rajya Sabha he Government on Sunday Price (MSP) by guaranteeing lowered the parliamentary move a no confidence motion ernment is making farmers leaders Adhir Ranjan addressing late event press passed the two key farm Bills Tfielded Defence Minister it in the Bill as was suggest- dignity,” he said against Rajya Sabha Deputy shed tears of blood. Chowdhury, Randeep conference. aimed at giving ‘marketing Rajnath Singh, who pitched ed by the RSS-affiliated On the question of freedom to farmers’, the Prime himself as a ‘farmer’ and show- Swadeshi Jagran Manch, opposition contemplating no- open a new window for the Agriculture Minister ‘’The irresponsible act of Shri @narendramodi,’’ he Minister assured the farmers cased his credentials as a for- Rajanth, who was addressing confidence motion against farmers, Modi said it would Narendra Singh Tomar, who opposition is unfortunate. sought to say. that Minimum support Price mer Agriculture Minister, to a press conference along with Harivansh, Rajnath said it empower farmers. had navigated the bills in both They violated the protocols, The Farmers’ Produce (MSP) and Government pro- allay the fears of the farmers five other Union Ministers, was the “prerogative of the “This agrarian reform will the houses, said the day has Chairman will take note of it Trade and Commerce curement of their produce over the farm Bills passed by said such was never done in Chairman of the RS to decide provide new opportunities for opened new vista for agricul- and take action. (Promotion and Facilitation) would continue. the Parliament. Singh said he the Act . on the issue.” farmers to sell their produce, ture community and charged The democratic system Bill, 2020 and the Farmers The Bill has been wanted to send a clear message He said the Government When asked why the which will increase their prof- opposition with “politicising” should function smoothly, we’ll (Empowerment and described by Opposition and to the farmers that the has increased the MSP and Deputy-Chairman did not its. With this, our agriculture the issue. request Chairman to take steps Protection) Agreement on even RSS-affiliated Bhartiya Minimum Support Price been successful “to a large accept the demand of a divi- sector will get the benefit of Tomar said that despite for the same,’’ said Nadda who Price Assurance and Farm Kisan Sangh as “tilted in favour (MSP) and the Agriculture extent” towards “doubling sion in the house, Union modern technology, whereas recommendations of various is also a member of the Rajya Services Bill, 2020 were of the corporates” and against Produce Market Committee the income of the farmers” Minister of state for Minority the farmers will be empow- commissions & experts, Sabha. passed in Rajya Sabha on small and marginal farmers. (APMC) would continue for and “we are moving further Affairs Mikhtar Abbas ered,” he said. Congress never did justice to Defence Minister Rajath Sunday (September 20) by The BKS had demanded their benefit. in the direction”. Naqvi responded by saying “I assure my farmer broth- farmers who found themselves Singh lauded the bill and voice vote despite stiff protest that bills must be sent to the Strongly condemning the Condemning the ruckus that the Deputy Chairman ers and sisters that the system helpless for years. He added, congratulated Agriculture by Opposition lawmakers. parliamentary standing com- behaviour of the Opposition in the RS, he said he was “ asked opposition MPs to go of MSP and Government ‘’Today, when Congress Minister for explaining all The bills were cleared amid mittee on agriculture for wider parties against Deputy deeply pained” by the misbe- back to their seats but instead procurement will remain. realised they don’t have sup- aspects of the Bills with clari- mayhem in Rajya Sabha with consultations and suitable Chairman of Rajya Sabha haviour by Opposition mem- he was encircled and were These bills are really going to port in Rajya Sabha, they ty and conviction in both the several MPs taking to the well amendments. Harivansh Narayan Singh, bers with ‘Harivashji’ who, he “slogan-shouting”. empower the farmers by giving resorted to ‘gundagardi’.’’ Houses of Parliament. of the House and Those opposing the the Defence Minister said, always practiced high Besides Rajnath and them many more options,” the BJP President J P Nadda Taking to Twitter, Rajnath, raising anti-government slo- ‘reform bills’ apprehend that described it as “very shame- values. The Minister said it Naqvi, other union ministers PM said in his tweets. said that the Government also a former agriculture min- gans. with the marketing reforms, ful”. was unprecedented in the his- included Prakash Javadekar, “I request the farmers and under the leadership of Prime ister, said, ‘’With the passing of Earlier, during a discussion government may do away with He, however, left the tory of Lok Sabha and Rajya Prahlad Joshi, Thawarchand all those associated with the Minister has “liberated the two landmark agriculture Bills on the farm bills, Shiromani the MSP and in the new con- question of no confidence Sabha for members to tear the Gehlot and Piyush agriculture sector to listen to farmers from injustice” they in Rajya Sabha today, India has Akali Dal president Sukhbir tract system leave around 87 motion proposed by the rule-book and stand on the Goyal. the speech given by the were facing for the last 70 cemented the strong founda- Singh Badal, an ally of the BJP, per cent small farmers to a Agriculture Minister, Narendra years. tion for ‘Atmanirbhar announced in Lok Sabha that lesser fate vis-à-vis the farmers cessfully pushed’ the bills in the agrarian reform bills in the Lok bills will truly free the farmers Singh Tomar, during the dis- Nadda also called the Agriculture’. This is the result his party opposes the bills. with big land hoardings. upper house after having Sabha is an important moment from middlemen and all obsta- cussion on the opposition irresponsible for of endless dedication and The lone SAD minster in The Government did not passed it in the Lok Sabha. for the country`s farmers and cles,” Modi tweeted. agricultural reform bills in the their behaviour in Rajya Sabha determination of the Govt the Modi-Government concede the demand and ‘suc- “The passing of historic the agricultural sector. These Asserting that it would Lok Sabha,” he said. while the bill was tabled. under the leadership of PM Harshimrat Kaur has resigned. 2 ! / $ ! " !
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Texploring saliva-based test Group and CSIR-IGIB along the borders with China Nepal, Bhutan and Myanmar across the country with the ini- Itrained health human The programme is for all for detection of COVID-19, (Institute of Genomics and and Pakistan. are considered friendly. tiator of the debate RSP MP resources across the districts, PG medical students in gov- Union Health Minister Harsh Integrative Biology which Border guarding forces Strengthening border man- NK Premachandran, ironical- postgraduate (PG) medical ernment and private medical Vardhan said on Sunday and have jointly developed the like Border Security Force agement on the alignment ly, unable to attend as he test- students, from both private and Residency Program from the colleges including those affil- asserted that no significant or test. (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border with these countries could be ed positive on Saturday. Government medical colleges, current academic session 2020 iated to deemed universities drastic mutation in strains of CRISPR is a genome- Police (ITBP), Sashastra seen in the backdrop of either Opposition MPs high- will have to compulsorily serve and a gazette notification has and students who fail to com- SARS-CoV-2 has been found editing technology to diag- Seema Bal (SSB) and Assam China’s footprint in these lighted many lapses in the in a designated district hospi- been issued in this regard. plete the course will not be in India till now. nosing diseases. Rifles have been asked to hold countries or Beijing’s likely administration for the past six tal (100 bedded or more) for Such rotation shall take place allowed to take their final During an interaction “The Tata CRISPR test is meetings with Union Home intent to provoke them in months to tackle the pan- three months. in the 3rd or 4th or 5th semes- exams. with his social media follow- the world’s first diagnostic Secretary Defence Research order to reduce Indian influ- demic and blamed Prime Besides meeting the ter of the Postgraduate pro- District hospitals repre- ers on ‘Sunday Samvad’ plat- test to deploy a specially and Development ence in the region. Minister Narendra Modi for human resource shortage at the gram and postgraduate med- sent the backbone of the coun- form , Dr Harsh Vardhan adapted Cas9 protein to suc- Organisation (DRDO) and In the backdrop of declaring lockdown within district level, the measure ical students undergoing train- try’s secondary-level health informed them the Indian cessfully detect the virus Bharat Electronic Limited Doklam faceoff and Chinese four hours, leading to chaos would also help expose the ing shall be termed as a care providing specialty treat- Council of Medical Research causing Covid-19. This marks (BEL) to identify technologi- designs, Shah was alerted and and miseries in public and future physicians/specialists of ‘District Resident’. ment. These hospitals are clos- (ICMR) has been conducting a significant achievement for cal solutions for improved in a farsighted move sought migrant labourers fleeing back wide-ranging clinical material The Programme will be er to people and an over- large-scale sequencing of the Indian scientific com- border management. The deci- prompt strengthening of bor- to their home towns from and enables them to learn care implemented with the PG whelming source of services in nationally representative munity, moving from R&D to sion was taken by Union der guarding mechanism, offi- their work places. of such patients in ecosystems (broad specialty) batch joining rural and urban areas. strains of SARS-CoV-2 virus a high-accuracy, scalable and Home Ministry Amit Shah cials added. BJP MPs countered the with varied resources and in 2020, stated gazette notifi- The student will be draw- collected for several months reliable test in less than 100 Opposition charges and high- teams. cation, which also laid down ing full stipend/salary from over different time-points. days. The Tata CRISPR test lighted the faults in adminis- Paving way for such move, the details of the program. their medical colleges during Detailed results on muta- achieves accuracy levels of tration in the Opposition- the Board of Governors at the Following the amendment of this duration and would also be tions and evolution of the traditional RT-PCR tests, & ! ruled states like Maharashtra. Medical Council of India the Post-graduate Medical getting a certificate at the end virus will be available in early with quicker turnaround Opening up the debate, (MCI) has launched a District Education Regulations, 2000, a of their training. October, he said. time, less expensive equip- Speaker Om Birla assured Meanwhile, India’s first ment, and better ease of use. & $ that he will give chance to all administration and employ- purchase critical rations to see tific” measures like lighting CRISPR Covid-19 test Moreover, CRISPR is a futur- MPs and urged them to bring ment losses during the pan- this period through. and hitting on plates from bal- ‘Feluda’ that claims to match istic technology that can also out the problems faced in demic due to non-consultative Thousands took to our bus conies. accuracy levels of tradition- be configured for detection of their constituencies. “This nature with the Opposition depots and railway stations. BJP MPs, including Kirit al RT-PCR tests, with quick- multiple other pathogens in 5 & debate should be specific. parties. “The creation of a People made desperate Premjibhai Solanki, high- er turnaround time has been the future,” the statement Come with your experiences,” Government-made disaster attempts to make it back to lighted the slew of measures given nod by the Drug added. % 1:54:;9 killings. he said, opening the floor for laid the foundations for the their respective homes. implemented by the Centre to Controller General of India. Tata described it as a He said the trigger for the more than four hour long widespread distress and Businessmen and women who tackle the pandemicand “Feluda met the high- ‘Made in India’ product that akistan has been eliminat- writing the report even after debate. anguish that followed a series had travelled to other cities for accused the Opposition of quality benchmarks with 96 is “safe, reliable, affordable, Ping its Sikh population for 35 years of the Khalistani Congress MP Shashi of events that should haunt meetings were stranded by the “involving in just blame per cent sensitivity and 98 per and accessible” decades through killings, terrorists’ Air India bombing, Tharoor highlighted the lacu- each of us and has tarnished PM’s high-handed actions and games.” abductions and forced mar- the largest mass killing nas in the health administra- this Government’s moral those overseas suddenly were BJP MP Nishikant Dubey riages of young women, yet is Canada has ever seen and its tion of the country in tackling standing. left with no way to return back said Prime Minister Modi, country and improvising mea- It is unfair that you criti- funding and fueling Khalistani victims yet to see complete the pandemic and blamed the “Across the country, we to the country,” said Tharoor Home Minister Amit Shah sures on a regular basis. cizing us unnecessarily,” said terrorism and separatist move- justice delivered, was the Government for having no know about the long lines that inviting counters from BJP. and Health Minister Harsh “Everybody was united. Dubey urging the Opposition ment globally to achieve it sin- ambitious Khalistan map that data on this regard. He immediately sprung up out- Opposition MPs including Vardhan were always in touch In Hyderabad, Owaisi and MPs to consult their Chief ister plans to break up India, a he saw of the ‘Referendum charged the Government with side our kirana shops as Karti Chidambaram critcised with all opposition leaders RSS were united in the field to Ministers before leveling alle- Canadian expert, who authored 2020’ campaign. The pro- creating disasters in economy, shocked citizens queued up to Prime Minister for “unscien- and Chief Ministers across the serve people. gations. a recently released report on posed Khalistan map had the subject, has said. included several parts of Terry Milewski, who India, including some land- --*' !( wrote the September 9 report mass of Rajasthan, the entire "& $ $ ! “Khalistan: A Project of Indian side of Punjab, Pakistan” published by the Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Canadian think-tank and Delhi. % 1:54:;9 defence minister Wei MacDonald-Laurier Institute, “But this map, put up by =!"/ Fenghe and the foreign said the Khalistani terrorist Sikhs For Justice as part of the fter dilly dallying for days, ministers of the two had sworn their allegiance to voter enlisting exercise in % 1:54:;9 in Rajya Sabha. Replying to AChina has agreed to have nations. Pakistan, which in turn has Canada, did not claim a sin- another question, the Minister another round of high level At the moment, more pledged to play the tunes of gle inch of Pakistani territo- s on September 17, at least said that disposal of biomedical military level talks with India than one lakh troops from China. ry as part of Khalistan. It A220 Covid-19 insurance waste including PPE kits worn on Monday to resolve the both the countries are He made these observa- should have included Lahore, claims are pending with the by healthcare professionals and ongoing tension at the Line of amassed at the 1,700 km tions at a webinar “Khalistani from where Maharaja Ranjit insurance companies. Of these, public became a challenge dur- Actual Control (LAC) in LAC in the Ladakh. The Terrorism and Canada” organ- Singh ran an empire, and in 212 cases, complete claim ing the ongoing Covid-19 pan- Ladakh. This meeting was China Study Group head- ised by Delhi-headquartered Nakanana Sahib, where Guru documents are to be submitted demic. agreed upon in the parleys ed by National Security think-tank Law and Society Nanak Dev Ji was born. Why by the states and eight claims Replying to another query, between External Affairs Advisor (NSA)Ajit Doval Alliance and strategic affairs are those parts of land with approved by the insurance Choubey said India has 15,403 Minister S Jaishankar and his two days back finalized the publication Defence.Capital Sikh history being left out? company are pending for the Covid-19 treatment facilities Chinese counterpart Wang Yi stand to be taken by the through video conferencing The answer is that people who nominee details, said the with 15,54,022 isolation beds, on September 10 in Moscow. Indian commander during over the weekend. are organising the movement Government in Parliament on 63,758 ICU beds and 2,32,505 The two ministers agreed for the forthcoming talks The MacDonald-Laurier for Khalistan cannot afford to Sunday. oxygen supported beds while so speedy disengagement and de- The high powered Institute report has triggered run the campaign without The Centre has, through a far, a total of 344.78 lakh N95 escalation at the border. CSG attended by the an intense global debate on Pakistan’s monetary and other number of letters, asked states masks and 141.46 lakh PPE kits The military talks comprise Defence Minister and the Khalistani terrorism, and kinds of support. They do not and Union Territories to ensure have been supplied to states, Corps Commander level talks result. The last round was held However, China did not external affairs minister besides exposing Pakistan’s major want to annoy their masters.” swift processing of insurance Union Territories and central between Lt General Harinder on August 2 and both the honour the commitment and the military top brass also hand in it. Milewski said his Milewski said he had claims under the ‘Pradhan government institutions. Singh and his Chinese coun- sides agreed to withdraw mutu- refused to withdraw troops reviewed the operational readi- report had exposed the seen the open Pakistan sup- Mantri Garib Kalyan Package’ “There is no shortage of terpart Major General Liu Lin. ally from all the friction points leading to increasing tension in ness of the armed forces in Khalistan extremists and port to the extremist to frontline health workers PPE kits and ventilators in the They have already held five and reduce additional troops the already volatile situation. In guarding the 4,000 km long Pakistan, where real Sikhs Khalistani during the August fighting COVID-19, Minister of dedicated Covid-19 facilities rounds of talks since June 6 to and weapons from the depth fact, this issue figured promi- LAC stretching from Ladakh still suffer from forcible con- 15 protests organised in front State for Health Ashwini across the country,” the minis- bring down temperatures but areas on either sides of the nently during Defence Minister in the west to Arunachal version to Islam, attack on of Indian missions in Choubey said in a written reply ter said. these parleys did not yield any LAC. Rajnath Singh talks with China Pradesh in the east. Gurudwara, abductions and Canada. !" # # 2
!(! ,*" " ,&! !) / 01 $ 7 % 27;2%% Sheikh too said that he had sources said. “very disturbing,” he said “How “personally gone into the tun- A Kolkata court granted a far distanced is DGP from !$' ,"" ! " $&*& ne of the Al Qaeda terror nel after the news became pub- transit remand for the accused reality is cause of worry. His ! Omoles Abu Sufiyan arrest- lic but it did not look like a tun- who would be produced at the ‘Ostrich Stance’ is very dis- ed from Murshidabad had con- nel. It is more of a tank cham- Patiala House Court in Delhi turbing. … Problem is with & .! "%% minister K K Shylaja had fore- structed a secret tunnel inside ber than anything else.” before September 25, said those at the helm who are '9:11% A27'9 cast early this month that the his house at Raninagar, Sufiyan is one of the six Shyamal Ghosh NIA advocate. unmindful of conduct and are .! "%% 27'9 number of new patients as National Investigation Agency Qaeda terror moles arrested on Meanwhile, Bengal politically guided.” umber of Covid-19 well as death toll are certain to sources that busted the network Saturday from Murshidabad Governor Jagdeep Shankar Elsewhere, in what the rul- erumbavoor in Kerala’s Npatients in Kerala are increase manifold. said adding the tunnel appar- bordering Bangaldesh. His once again attacked the ing Trinamool Congress lead- PErnakulam district is yet to increasing gradually while Tamil Nadu has not relaxed ently made to store explosives other three cronies including Trinamool Congress ership smelt a “politics of vic- get over the shock of hearing Tamil Nadu is showing a fall in the aggressive testing it has was about 7-8 feet deep. mastermind Murshid was Government for reducing the timisation” the NIA had issued the news that an Al Qaeda ter- the number of cases. undertaken from day one. On Sufiyan’s kin however con- pocked up from Ernakulam State into a “home to illegal summons to the TMC jangal rorist has been arrested by the Sunday saw Kerala diag- Sunday, the State tested 84,338 tradicted the claim saying it district of Kerala from where he bomb-making.” mahal leader Chhatradhar National Investigation Agency nosing 4,696 new patients with persons for Covid 19 while was not a tunnel but a newly operated the network under the Attacking the State Mahato who was arrested by from a town suburb in the early Covid-19 while the number of Kerala’s figures stood at 41,630. constructed sanitary tank still instructions of one Hamza Government for the worsening the Left Government under hours of Saturday. new patients in Tamil Nadu In Kerala, not in use. currently being looked for the law and order situation he said Unlawful Activities Prevention By the time the town woke stood at 5,516. There were 46, Thiruvananthapuram regis- “They came and arrested NIA. “State has become home to ille- Act for his alleged links with up on Saturday morning, 703 active cases in Tamil Nadu coming down. tered 892 new patients on my husband without any Murshid too is from gal bomb making that has the the Maoists and was released Iyakub Biswas and Mosaraf as on Sunday while the num- The fatalities registered in Sunday while Ernakulam (537) proof… you can ask the locals Murshidabad and was directed potential to unsettle democra- from jail very recently after Hossen had been nabbed and ber of active Covid-19 patients Tamil Nadu has come down and Kozhikode (536) finished who would vouch for his hon- by his ‘handlers’ to recruit cy,” adding police were “busy in spending more than a decade taken away to the NIA’s safe in Kerala reached 39,415. since September 13. While second and third places respec- esty and straightforwardness. people for some bigger plans. carrying out political errands in incarceration. house in Kochi. Even the The day saw Kerala Tamil Nadu saw 73 persons tively. He never killed a crow NIA sources also informed and taking on the opposition. “It seems that the BJP is Kerala Police came to know Government confirming 16 succumbing to the pandemic Chennai diagnosed 996 . Insofar as the tunnel is having recovered two Kashmir Those at helm of the WB nervous about Mahato’s joining about the arrests only after the fatalities while Tamil Nadu on September 13, the number new persons on Sunday. concerned it is a new sanitary sim cards from the persons of Police cannot escape their the TMC and his influence in Al Qaeda activists were safely saw 60 patients succumbing to has come down to 60 on Coimbatore (568) and tank which was covered with a Najmul Sakib and Atiur two accountability for this alarming Jangal Mahal where the party put into the NIA custody. the pandemic. The number of Sunday (with occasional Cuddalore (297) remained tin and would be put to use other moles who were second decline in law and claims to have made some It has been widely known new patients diagnosed in minute changes). areas of concern while other soon,” Nrunnisa Biwi the wife year science students. Huge order”Alleging that the Director inroads. So they are using that Perumbavoor has become Kerala are increasing by the day Kerala Chief Minister districts showed decline in of Sufiyan said. monetary transactions were General of Police was taking an NIA,” a Trinamool leader a safe haven for Maoists on the while that of Tamil Nadu is Pinaryi Vijayan and health new cases. A neighbour Manjur made from their accounts “ostrich stance” which was said. run as well as Islamic extrem- ist elements. Former chief of Kerala Police T P Senkumar #$ % & and former director general of ' $ ! * police Jacob Thomas had warned the Kerala Government many times about % E%$$3 Inspector General of BSF, When asked whether any move- the influx of terrorists to Agra: India's star tourist attraction, the is additional to enter the main plat- Jammu frontier NS Jamwal ment was spotted towards the Kerala, especially to 17th-century monument of love, the form for a view of the graves of lert jawans of the Border told reporters at a BSF border Indian side to collect these packets, Perumbavoor. Taj Mahal, and the Agra Fort, are all Emperor Shah Jahan and his beloved ASecurity Force foiled a major outpost on Sunday, “The con- IG BSF said, it appears they may “The town is home to more set to reopen from Monday, after an consort Mumtaz Mahal. bid to smuggle arms, ammunition signment that comprised 62 have escaped following small than 800 plywood companies unprecedented closure of six months, Meanwhile, the health depart- and narcotics along the international packets of drugs, two pistols exchange of firing. He said, our and hundreds of quarries. due to Covid-19 pandemic. ment reported 105 new coronavirus border at Arnia in the Ranbir Singh and four magazines was being troops maintained the cordon of the Most of these units depend The Archaeological Survey of cases in the past 24 hours. The total Pura sector of Jammu frontier dur- pushed via a pipe near the area during the night and at the first on migrant workers because it India (ASI) officials have made all nec- number is now 4,706, of which 3,727 ing the intervening night of Saturday Budhwar post around 2 am on light thorough searches were con- is difficult to get local residents essary arrangement for the reopening. have recovered. The number of active and Sunday. Sunday”. ducted. for the low salaries offered by Amar Nath Gupta, caretaker of the cases is 862. So far, there have been 117 Interestingly, the trans border He said, “the BSF troops Earlier, on Friday, security forces the entrepreneurs. The migrant Taj Mahal, said: “Sanitisation at the deaths. smugglers had adopted a unique deployed at Budhwar and had arrested three Lashkar-e-Taiba workers, mostly from Bengal Eastern and the Western gates, ther- Meanwhile, the Agra University modus operandi to push a huge Bullechak posts had first (LET) terrorists at Rajouri in the and Assam are willing to work mal screening, painting of circles for late on Saturday evening announced consignment of narcotics (suspect- observed suspicious move- Jammu division after they had for as little as Rs 800 per day,” social distancing, etc., are in place. postponement of MBBS exams sched- ed heroine). According to the ment of around four Pakistani picked a consignment of arms and said S Sasidharan, entrepreneur Only 2,500 visitors will be permitted uled from Monday after 25 medicos ground reports, the smugglers had nationals near the IB past ammunition and Rs 1 lakh in cash who owns timber mills and inside the mausoleum in one shift and tested positive. tied around 60 packets, weighing midnight”. “When these peo- that was dropped by a Pakistani plywood packaging units. this will only be possible through They have been admitted to the almost one kilo each, and had ple were challenged by the BSF drone. The town shot into nation- online booking. Foreigners will need isolation ward. University officials placed a PVC pipe near the barbed On August 29, the BSF author- troops they opened fire. When our On June 20, security forces had al attention in 2016 when a to buy Rs 1,100 entrance tickets and said the new dates will be announced wire fence (to be used as a smooth ities had also detected a trans-bor- troops retaliated in self defence the shot down an arms-laden Pakistani local teenager Jisha was found domestic visitors will be able to enter after consultation with S.N. Medical channel) to push these packets der tunnel originating from Pakistan group retreated towards the Pakistan drone at Rathua in Kathua district’s murdered. “The Police arrest- paying Rs 50 per ticket. Rs 200 ticket College authorities. IANS inside the Indian territory. in the Samba sector. territory”, he added. Hiranagar sector. ed a migrant worker allegedly from Bengal. There were more such murders and the accused were migrant workers,” said Sasidharan. 234 Both Senkumar and 8 Thomas had alerted the Jammu: A day after the Central to immediately add additional eral public of Jammu that the cases have increased due to (Covid-19), out of 63990 posi- inspected the facilities at recent- Government about the dangers team conducted an on the spot 150 oxygen supported beds shortage of oxygen has been increase in number of rapid test- tive cases, 22032 are Active ly established Control Room in posed by the unprecedented / inspection and took compre- besides upgrading other medical taken care of and it has been ing in the Jammu Division and Positive, 40957 have recovered Government Medical College, arrival of migrant laborers. “It hensive review of the prevailing facilities in the GMC,Jammu. decided that the daily status of the Govt. is committed to pro- and 1001 have died; 232 in Jammu & reviewed its func- is difficult to distinguish the Covid-19 situation in the Union The issue of shortage of vacant beds and other steps vide best possible medical care Jammu division and 769 in tioning. Bengali workers from that of .! "%% 27'9 territory of Jammu & Kashmir, oxygen supply and patient care taken by the authorities to to the people requiring such ser- Kashmir division. The Advisor was accompa- Bangladeshi workers because the entire Government machin- facilities were flagged by the fac- improve the patients care shall vices. The Bulletin further said nied by Financial they have the same physique K Kunhalikutty MP, all ery was activated on ground zero ulty members, GMC Principal be shared with the public Meanwhile, the total death that out of 1396729 test results Commissioner, Health & and slang,” said T G Mohandas, PIndia General Secretary of and senior most bureaucrats during the high level meeting through print & electronic toll due to Covid-19 crossed available, 1332739 samples have Medical Education, Atal Dulloo, columnist. Muslim League, on Sunday accompanied by one of the with the central team of experts media. He also assured that 1000 mark in Jammu and been tested as negative till Principal, GMC Jammu, There are no official questioned the claims by Advisor to Lieutenant Governor, headed by NCDC Director, Dr asymptomatic patients being Kashmir with 14 deaths report- September 20, 2020. Managing Director, J&K records about the workers who CPI(M) leaders that there were Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar visited SK Singh. treated at home shall be pro- ed on Sunday. The total tally of Earlier, in the day advisor Medical Supplies Corporation come to Kerala in search of attempt to denigrate the Quran, Government Medical College Interacting with the media, vided with Pulse Oximeters for active positive cases also touched to Lieutenant Governor, Rajeev Ltd., Medical Superintendent, livelihood. But political inter- considered sacrosanct by hospital and personally took Advisor Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar monitoring of Oxygen 22032 cases while 1457 new pos- Rai Bhatnagar visited Govt. Govt. Medical College & vention led to the shooting believers. stock of the medical facilities on maintained that there is no Saturation besides other medical itive cases were detected on Medical College to review the Hospital, Epidemiologist, I/C down of all moves to introduce “We all know that unde- Sunday. shortage of beds in Govt. facilities. Sunday. status of medical facilities avail- Control Room, XEN an identification system to tag sirable acts have been done by Strict instructions were Medical College & its Associated He appealed to the public, According to the media able there in view of ongoing Mechanical and other Senior the migrant workers in the Ministers and the party with passed by the Advisor Bhatnagar Hospitals. He assured the gen- not to panic as the number of bulletin on novel Corona virus pandemic COVID-19. He also Officers. PNS town. active support of the Government. But the Chief Minister and other Ministers instead of discussing and clear- 70 0 ing the doubts expressed by the Opposition parties are trying to % % %; 8%9 both daughters with her. in-law has also harassed his divert the course of the allega- 5 6 According to the father, his daughter. Two videos were also tions,” said Kunhalikutty while % % %; 8%9 Zinta's Kings XI Punjab team four-year-old innocent vic- four-year-old younger daughter going viral in connection with speaking to reporters at for Rs 10 lakh. After that, the Atim from iglas area has was lying in the toilet of her this incident in which the girl is % Kozhikode on Sunday. tar cricketer Rinku Singh next year, Shah Rukh Khan's been physically and sexually aunt's house. The children play- lying in a semi-nude condition Kunhalikkutty, who has Swill be playing in IPL which KKR team bid him for Rs 80 abused at her aunt’s house by a ing outside started shouting at in the toilet and worms are being % % %; 8%9 orders. Some profiteer dealers been appointed by the party to will be going to be held in Abu lakhs. 12-year-old cousin. At the same seeing her. The villagers extracted from her private part and plant operators are selling lead Muslim League in the Dhabi Dubai, wearing a jersey After this, the same team time, the aunt is accused of informed the police and child by the doctors. It is being told uring the corona period, 350 rupees oxygen cylinders for upcoming Assembly election of 35 number. Rinku said that has retained the left-handed harassing the girl by not giving helpline. On receiving the infor- that Aunty has been missing Dthe brass statue and hard- up to 1200 rupees. There is said that the situation in the his batting number in playing batsman for the same amount food, beating, and keeping her mation through the childline, from the house since the inci- ware business of Aligarh have tremendous black marketing of State was highly XI not yet finalized but he has twice again. Rinku went to locked in the room. The police, the police reached the spot and dent. suffered a major loss. Due to oxygen cylinders. Despite hav- unfortunate. “There is an got a jersey number 35. practice at the IPL camp in who came into action on the took the girl out of the toilet and SP Crime Dr. Arvind said the dwindling demand for ing information, the adminis- attempt by the ruling party to Cricketer lovers of the district Mumbai, about 20 days ago complaint received through handed over to the child that on information, the girl has hardware and statues and the trative officers are not taking create a smokescreen by are expecting a better perfor- and left for Abu Dhabi from ChildLine and sent the girl to the helpline. The girl was treated at been sent for treatment and shortage of oxygen gas has any action. spreading information that mance from Rinku who will be there itself. Rinku failed to hospital where she referred to the district hospital. Where the medical examination. The shocked the businessmen. There is a shortage of oxy- Quran was being discredited by going to play IPL fourth time. score big while playing for the Higher Center in view of her doctors referred her to the high- report has been registered on the Three plants of the city are not gen cylinders used in industri- those questioning the propriety He has been retained for the KKR. On discussing the flaws critical condition. er center seeing her condition. complaint of the father. Further refilling the gas cylinder due to al units since 24th August. of it being used as an alibi for third consecutive time in the with his Aligarh based mentor According to a person, res- On the instructions of the Child action will be taken based on the a shortage of liquid due to Oxygen gas is used in gold smuggling. The question Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) Masood UZ Zafar Amini, he ident of Sadabad area police sta- Welfare Committee, the family medical report. which 80 percent manufac- Hardware, Brass & Silver idols, is why the protocol was violat- team for Rs 80 lakhs. On told that Rinku played the off- tion, his wife died in January. has taken the girl to a private Gyanendra Mishra, turing unit of brass sculptures Statue, Fridge, AC, and other ed in importing Quran while Sunday, there is a match stump ball from very far Three months ago, her sister-in- hospital in Mathura. Director ChildLine said that he are closed, more than 1000 job works, for this the factories there are no laws which pro- between KKR and Royal enough. He has got a lot of law, a resident of Iglas area The victim's father has men- had received information about welding units are also closed of the city need 3000 cylinders hibit the same,” said Challenger Bengaluru (RCB) in practice at this point. Rinku police station, took the children tioned in the written complaint the girl from the village, in including small ones. daily. Now the supply is Kunhalikutty, former minister which Rinku can play. told that he has practiced play- with her on her son’s marriage. that the younger son of the sis- which her aunt was accused of Due to the absence of shrunken to only 10% which of Industries in Kerala. For the first time in 2017, ing close to the ball on the off- After 15 days the sister-in-law ter-in-law has done something harassing the girl and cousin for welding, the factories of wright, affects the idol and hardware BJP leader K Surendran Rinku was selected for Preity site at Mahuakheda ground. left both of her sons but kept wrong with his daughter. Sister- misbehaves. Polish, etc are also not getting business. also questioned the allegation by the CPI(M) that Quran was being used by some political /%C%;%''3=:=2%=9C%/7&=:J3%;%==%3; parties to whip up communal hatred. “It is the CPI(M) which wants a communal division in ; 4 &'< Kerala to fish in troubled waters. We are against the mis- use of Quran for nefarious " " $3$6% in 2014-15. now”. Others like actress extremely badly. @PMOIndia act from her, after inviting her never been monogamous. men also,I have settled my activities like gold smuggling,” Though a video message, Taapsee Pannu and filmmaker @narendramodi ji, kindly take into another room. Payal also Phantomwas full of womanisers scores my way I don’t need said Surendran. Addressing a he Bollywood-Kangana the NCW chief extended her Anubhav Sinha threw their lot action and let the country see claimed that Anurag had many #MeToo accused, I sup- #MeToo but most girls do media meeting at the capital TRanaut discourse touched support to Payal saying: “I saw with Anurag. the demon behind this creative allegedly boasted about other ported those victims before also #PayalGhosh #AnuragKashyap,” city, the BJP president said a new low on Sunday, as the the tweet yesterday that Payal After their spat over Rhea guy. I am aware that it can actresses agreeing to his simi- and librals started smear cam- she tweeted. that his party would intensify film “Queen” fame actress took Ghosh has alleged that in 2015 Chakraborty (whom the film- harm me and my security is at lar demands, and that many paigns against me,” Kangana Kangana, who has been the agitation against the up cudgels for model-turned Anurag Kashyap had sexually maker had supported her ear- risk. Pls help!,” Payal tweeted. were ready to ‘sleep with him tweeted. reckless in speaking her mind Government in days to come. actress Payal Ghosh a day after harassed her. This is a shock- lier and the actress opposed in “People who are saying just to share a frame with “As far as I know Anurag self out in recent weeks, came with “We want the Pinarayi Vijayan the latter made sexual assault ing revelation....I wrote to her the Sushant Singh Rajput death that it's for politics and that I Ranbir Kapoor’. Anurag’s ambi- admittedly has never been an utterly low-taste tweet, say- Government to go, go at the charge against Anurag that if you wish to complain, case), the second round of am misusing the situation. tious film Bombay Velvet had monogamous even when he ing: “What #PayalGhosh says earliest,” he said. Kashyap, and washed dirty you can send a detailed com- verbal battle between Anurag Imagine ( god forbid) your sis- not released then. was married to various people, many big heroes have done this He also lambasted the linen in public by targeting the plaint to me, and we will take and Kangana broke out a day ter or daughter in my position, The “Manikarnika” fame what Anurag did to Payal is a to me also, suddenly flash their Kerala Government for slash- filmmaker. action accordingly. We will after Payal – who made a debut it can even be the mother.. and jumped to Payal’s rescue and put common practice in Bullywood, genitals after locking van or ing the solatium announced to The public spat gained also write to the police....We in Bollywood in “Patel Ki then let's talk. You would go to out a series of tweets against treating struggling outsider girls room door or in a party during the victims of the August 6 currency as National stand with her till the probe is Punjabi Shaadi” (2017) after war against such men. Isn't it ? Anurag Kashyap who, she said, like sex workers comes natural- a friendly dance on the dance Munnar landslide from Rs 5 Commission for Women on, till it is presented before the acting in half a dozen south PERIOD!!,” Payal said in anoth- “Anurag self admittedly has ly to them #AnuragKashyap floor stick his tongue in your lakh to Rs one lakh. “The (NCW) chairperson Rekha court. I want to tell Payal Indian films – went to town er tweet. never been monogamous” and #PayalGhosh,” she said in anoth- mouth, take appointment for Government that is pumping Sharma threw her weight Ghosh that NCW with her.” through a tweet seeking Prime Among other things Payal “Anurag is very much capable of er tweet. work and come home but force crores to organise the daily behind Payal Ghosh and Much to Anurag’s comfort, Minister Narendra Modi’s alleged in an interview aired by doing what #PayalGhosh sug- “Bullywood is full of sexu- himself on you”. media briefing of the chief assured the latter the NCW his first ex-wife Aarti Bajaj intervention over an alleged news channel ABN Telugu that gesting”. al predators who have fake and On his part, Anurag has minister has showed that it was would look into the complaint rushed to the support of film- incident that took place in Anurag Kashyap sexually “Anurag is very much capa- dummy marriages they expect a denied Paya’s charge that he had not bothered about the lives of against Anurag Kashyap over maker who she called a “rock 2014-15. assaulted her in 2014-15 that ble of doing what #PayalGhosh new hot young girl to make ‘forced himself on (her)’ when poor tea estate workers,” alleged an alleged sexual assault inci- star” and said Payal’s was “@anuragkashyap72 has the latter did an inappropriate suggesting, he cheated on all his them happy every day, they do she met him for professional rea- Surendran. dent that allegedly took place “cheapest stunt I have seen till forced himself on me and gesture while seeking a sexual partners, self admittedly has the same to young vulnerable sons, some years ago. !" # # 0 /!& ), $"/-$' A @4 / A A 4 * R! &,," -! 5 4 64"'() " tion, swindled him, could have " diverted funds and in the process
" pushed him over the edge by entrapping him in a world of debt ) and drug cartels, has become a 534("78 " credible story that the nation is devouring hungrily. Simply . because legal evidence and cold facts of the actor’s death are too 3%>% dry to be juiced out for news % cycles. Simply because a good- % s women have come into looking starlet allows the mass- their own, do they realise es to project their sinful obses- 6 S that they continue to be sions, aspirations and high crimes / objectified even in changed to her kind and claim moral ,--86707 2' contexts for purposes of righteousness by exclusion. So Amass consumption? And are projected Rhea’s going to jail becomes a % for the wrong reasons than the right visual that is more satisfying as " ones? That they legitimise the male gaze a portrait of instant justice. Many &) 9----- as a uniform societal response by falling film personalities have been into a trap of imaging they believe involved in the drug racket. Yet 6707 " empowers and acknowledges them? Rhea’s arrest, for possessing just 6 Further, if they happen to be celebrities 59 grams of weed, makes a 5 " with a fair sweep of popular culture, then seething urban sub-culture a they are prone to be more “sextualised” sensational discovery. She, too, is 6707 " as it were as talking heads. So much so aware of the fame that the unfor- 3% " that they are now being itemised for pol- tunate death of her boyfriend has $7: ;7 itics instead of the big screen, used for given her. Flashing a victory advocacy rather than reason, prized for with the prevailing political Party, an industry veteran and an mindlessly toeing what her party sign and sporting T-shirts embla- $ their appearance than their intelligence, winds, beginning with national- active parliamentarian who has propagandists would have want- zoned with “down with patri- . 6 3 .63 made icons of causes that thousands of ism and then professing her spoken out on societal issues. ed her to do. archy” slogans, she, too, could faceless women are struggling with and Right wing loyalties. Every citi- Rightfully, she decided to argue Kangana may get a BJP ticket emerge out of this mess as a drawing accolades and likes that may not zen, including actors, is entitled for an industry that was being vil- to contest elections in the future prime pick for advocacy of / &) be earned or deserved. And should such to his/her ideological prefer- ified over a few bad apples and but she would again not earn it women’s rights against the lynch ( " 0 " unevolved but rapidly recognisable ences but Kangana, who took drug abuse, generalised as a sin by her own rules but by conform- mob trial she was subjected to. .63 ' . 6 faces happen to represent binaries, then years to craft her own disruptive city than the enormous talent it ing to the misogynistic mindset She may or may not be a success you have a catfight that has become the brand, has been waylaid and nurtures and made to look like that sees women stars as a whiff in films going forward but, like P Q new prime-time fix. In the end, fighting absorbed this time around. Using a villain of all societal ills when of fresh air in the dry world of Sushant, has been appropriated $ women make a mockery of all that fem- her troll-worthy capacities and no fact is, it supported jobs and cre- politics. She should have taken as a political tool. If the BJP is inism has tried to achieve so far. holds barred verbal ammunition, ated opportunities. This, she lessons from the late Tamil Nadu fuelling the “justice for Sushant” What else would explain the obses- the BJP has just made her a pawn said, despite the “non-support of Chief Minister J Jayalalitha, campaign, the Congress has sive coverage of Kangana Ranaut, Rhea in its grand design, whether it is the Government.” Kangana’s whom she is portraying onscreen. taken up the “justice for Rhea” Chakraborty, Urmila Matondkar and lampooning the Nehru-Gandhis, rebuttal for the sake of one not Jayalalitha became the respected crusade. Self-appointed activists 3 534( > their ping-pong exchanges by the media taking on its arch enemy, the Shiv only lacked refinement, it undid leader she was by mastering all shouted slogans opposing the ?, @A % S or their appropriation by political par- Sena in Maharashtra, or stoking the work of several women actors rules of the political game, work- “vilification campaign” against ties of the day to amplify their respec- fires in the mysterious death of who made it possible for her to ing the ground, breaking out of the “daughter of Bengal” and held ?7,"79 tive narratives? Let’s begin with Kangana Sushant Singh Rajput. And it is make her current space and be the shadows of her mentor MGR up placards that said, “We will not &) ?:; Ranaut. An actor par excellence, she has here that Kangana has faltered heard. Taking a potshot at Jaya’s and battling the authoritarianism stop till she gets justice.” Bengal 6 S lived through sordid exploitation and and given into the prevailing rant remark that actors were ungrate- that had already been estab- Congress chief Adhir Ranjan displayed a rare grit to carve her space and sentiments of the day than ful to the industry that fed them, lished by her male counterparts Chowdhury even invested her @B; % and more importantly, own it. There calibrating them to her advan- Kangana retorted, “Got one thaali on equal terms. Kangana, sadly, with casteist respectability, call- S ! have been many outsiders in the film tage. Undoubtedly, the Shiv Sena which included two minutes of is in danger of looking like a ing her a “Bengali Brahmin.” ,-,, " S industry, co-opted or rebels, but she was leaders are not known for their fame in item numbers and one stooge. Does she realise that for What Rhea wouldn’t appreciate, neither. Instead, she challenged a system standards when they decide to romantic scene with the hero, all her headline grabbing acts on if she walks into this trap, is that ' that was based on nepotism and dynas- shred somebody apart but for that too after sleeping with him. social and visual media, she is she is hated mostly by women 2. tic privileges and insisted on a democ- Kangana to liken Mumbai to I have taught feminism to the being used to divert attention with a patriarchal mindset over racy that would enrich the creative space. Pakistan-occupied Kashmir was film industry.” Reality check? from the nation’s more pressing tea and conversations, seen as a She even did her bit, though not the only not only politically immature but Jaya Bachchan has been a bigger problems like the pandemic mis- woman who made capital out of 2/ S $ .63 one, to push the envelope, choosing flesh more hurtful to her own self than path-breaker than her because management, the Ladakh incur- what is called “easy virtue.” In this " and blood roles that made real women the Sena. Of course, the BJP ben- she etched powerful women sions or the tanking economy? sense, both the newsmaker and P S Q protagonists as much a revenue-earner efitted from the scream fest with- characters despite a hostile cli- That she is fuelling exactly what the news recipient are defeated, for the film industry as its male stars. out dirtying its fingers. And mate set by the movie mafia, the the ruling dispensation wants her simply because neither gets And there was a straight-forward hon- compared to the troublesome single-hero domination and a less to do, namely create a cloud of respect nor understanding. But esty and boldness about her approach Anurag Thakur and Kapil than encouraging commercial inconsequential nothingness? they certainly perpetuate a male " that endeared her to everybody. Most of Mishra, it has found a palatable logic where strong women At the other end is starlet Rhea construct of how women are. all she appeared independently sensible public lobbyist of some repute. onscreen were considered artsy Chakraborty, who is on every- Sadly, women newsmakers " and not just fashionably articulate. And The fact that she is from the film and NFDC material. Jaya tried to body’s search engine, not because from popular culture around 3% " much before #MeToo, she called out her industry would work both ways mainstream that discourse. of her films or work but as an the globe are being chased for ; 8@ , 8B male exploiters in the industry, not deny- for it, as an asset if she got trac- Kangana perhaps also forgot her exploitative girlfriend of late their representational rather than * ing what she had been subjected to but tion, maybe a liability at times own sensuous numbers on actor Sushant Singh Rajput. No their authentic selves. Their was frank enough to admit that she and a salacious aberration at screen before she called actor and doubt he was a talent snuffed out activism, therefore, appears to be ; :-: , B,A ;7 spoke when she had equal power and worst if she failed. now Congress member Urmila too early, but the mysterious cir- more and more fake. And as they &C&)' respect. But it is in the process of Matondkar a “soft porn” star. cumstances of his death, his use social media to build intimate 6C > D ) E ! She did carve out a new constituen- cleansing the drug taint from the Apart from a pervert television troubled history with drugs and partnerships with their commu- cy among the chatterati and was con- film industry that she has gone audience that sees news as enter- mental health, his Bihari identi- nities and followers, they are & , ;B; scious enough to use it to magnify her overboard, attacking women col- tainment, this discourse did ty and his “outsider” status in the shaping a market economy of 1 5 1 E own appeal. 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This would have a detrimental bility to provide an assessment is question- ' $ to evaluate faculty performance. It is even consid- well-known. Hence, the feedback process impact on institutions striving to pursue able. A difficult subject would be eventu- ' ered for promotions. However, there are exceptions. in research may not always encourage a niche domain. The codified organisa- ally dropped from the curriculum or a " G) % Harvard Business School does not take student path-breaking discoveries, especially for tional template would often fail to recog- strict instructor would be penalised. Bias " K( response on any course or faculty. When asked about developing nations. nise the unique features of educational in the assessment of a new idea or con- " it, one tenured professor replied that “we do not take Ranking or rating of educational institutions by virtue of their values and tradictory results in research may throt- P Q S feedback from amateurs.” If they have to assess a institutions is considered as a way of giv- origin. As a result, such institutes would tle publication in journals. Second, when . 6 course or faculty, some experts of the area attend ing feedback on the performance of the often fall behind in the so-called perfor- assessment is based on a standard set of the class and appraise the course delivery. institute on certain predetermined indi- mance indicators, creating a poor impres- criteria and is made public, then it nulli- $ Research is an extremely complicated output cators. Over the years, ranking and sion about the quality of education fies the emergence and growth of educa- which is determined by the methodology, results and accreditation have gained strength and imparted by them. This, in turn, would tional organisations with diverse ideas and " overall interest on a particular topic. The citation momentum globally, including in India. have a detrimental impact on their abili- objectives. Competition brought through K1 of the articles may depend on all these factors. The Ranking is perceived as an indicator of ty to attract resources and eventually lead the feedback system may drive all in the % 6 journals in the area of social sciences and manage- quality of services offered by education- to quivering of the very existence of indi- same direction at the cost of diversity. " ment at times may prefer publishing certain types al institutions. There seems to a be grow- viduality among organisations. (De is Associate Professor and Sarma of results. Journals may aim at increasing citation ing consensus that ranking influences the As the ranking is made public, this is Assistant Professor, Institute of Rural S R and hence prefer the articles which deal with sub- perception of stakeholders (students, feedback mechanism ignites fierce com- Management, Anand. Views expressed S jects that are likely to have enough research fund- recruiters and investors) about the petition among the educational institutes. here are personal)
atrocities that Nazism had encouraged bureaucrats and scientists, were even- from millions of Germans. But accord- that one comes across Pakistan’s vari- Indus). There was then a systematic about this?” A painful memory that and justified as an ideology. Indeed, tually allowed to integrate into the new ing to Curtis, such efforts were ham- ous segments of the intelligentsia, effort to forgo a past before 1971, by had been repressed (but never resolved) there were thousands of Germans German State and society to aid the pered by the ideological tendencies and educational and cultural products first admonishing it for failing to had returned to haunt him. He was in who had directly participated in the country’s revival. violence of the youth, many of who between 1971 and the early 1990s, on make Islam central to Pakistan’s nation- East Pakistan during the civil war as a many physical and psychological acts In the first few years after became as myopic and totalitarian in what is often referred to as the 1971 al body and then treating this past as Government employee. of violence in the name of racial supe- Germany’s defeat, Nazism was rightly their acts and beliefs as the past that “East Pakistan debacle.” In 2018, I was an almost alien occurrence, whose Conditions that lead to painful riority. But millions of Germans who demonised but, according to Curtis, the they were now raging against. By able to further this study by accessing memory had no place in the “new episodes cannot be made to go away ?% were not necessarily members of the cause of its rise was never fully inves- 1977, the lid was once again placed on Washington DC’s Library of Congress, Pakistan.” by just repressing the memories of the Nazi party and its affiliates, had stood tigated. The memory of it was then it. the largest library in the world. I went There is hardly any mention of a episodes. On a collective level, these aside, choosing to ignore increasing completely repressed. German profes- It blew off again after the collapse through 177 newspapers, magazines, region that was once called East keep coming back in various shapes, n his book Blood and Rage, British evidence of their State’s violent conduct sors, teachers, politicians and parents of the Soviet Union and the subsequent journals (both English and Urdu) Pakistan in Pakistani films and TV because the conditions that led to the historian Michael Burleigh writes against those it believed were racially simply stopped talking about it, as if end of the Cold War in 1991. The unre- published in Pakistan between 1972 plays made after 1972. By the mid- pain were not treated. After watching Ithat as soon as Nazi Germany lost inferior or enemies of the “national there was never a Nazi Germany. solved, repressed fascist past, not only and 1992, plus 27 Urdu films released 1980s, its memory and the memory of Nazi atrocities, a Scottish psychiatrist, World War-II in 1945, there was a con- body.” According to both Burleigh and in Germany but in the rest of Europe during this period. After 1974, there a Pakistan before the “debacle” had Donald Ewen Cameron, theorised centrated effort by the new German The German State and govern- Curtis, an inconvenient past, when too, returned. A brutal civil war was almost no mention of the 1971 civil been successfully repressed. Even par- that if “bad memories” could be wiped Government and polity to complete- ments that replaced the fallen Nazis, repressed without being fully under- between ethnic groups in what was war in the former East Pakistan which ents wouldn’t talk about it as such. But away from a person’s mind, s/he can ly erase the country’s Nazi past. On and German society as a whole, began stood, eventually re-emerges as an once Yugoslavia, and the rise of violent had dismembered the country. Articles it was an unresolved memory that kept avoid mental illnesses and also the May 9, 1945, at 11.01 pm, the Allied to vigorously exorcise memories relat- unresolved entity. In the late 1960s, expressions of ethno-nationalism in and editorials did emerge across 1972, re-emerging, sometimes violently, in impulse to commit atrocious acts. Forces ceased their attacks on the ed to Germany’s Nazi past. The British German youth, who were born just Europe and the former Soviet states but only a handful tried to explore the the shape of ethnic riots. Dr Cameron devised a method he already destroyed Berlin and this, to documentary filmmaker, Adam Curtis, before the war or immediately after- proved that the “victory of democrat- reasons behind the “debacle.” In the mid-1990s, some journal- called “psychic driving” that used a Germans, came to be known as “Stunde in his 1995 documentary The Living wards, began to question their leaders, ic nations” during World War II did not An investigation was launched ists began to once again speak of the combination of electric shock therapy Null” or Hour Zero. Dead, demonstrates that this exorcism teachers and parents, not only about treat the conditions that trigger (The Humoodur Rahman Inquiry Humoodur Rahman Report. I was a and powerful sleep-inducing drugs on From this point in time, Germany was encouraged by the US and Britain their country’s unspoken Nazi past but fascist/nationalist hatred and chauvin- Commission) by the Government, senior reporter and saw rookie journal- mentally disturbed patients, to elimi- was to begin anew. Burleigh writes that once Germany became an ally and also about their role in it. Violence soon ism. Instead, this victory had simply but its findings were never made pub- ists having no idea what that was. nate painful memories. He was large- this also meant a collective effort by rebounded as an economic power- followed as German youth outfits placed a lid on these conditions. It lic until 29 years later. Instead, and Finally, parts of the report began to ly successful. But what resulted were “new Germany” to repress all memo- house within a decade after the war. accused their elders and State of being keeps blowing off. Dread and violence especially from 1973 onwards, the emerge from 2000 onwards. In 2003, individuals with no memories, beyond ry of anything that had to do with the Because, even though a number of for- former Nazis. This commotion did has been spewing out from this hole emphasis was put on demonising while watching a TV talk show on the basic instincts. And some regressed dramatic rise of Nazism in Germany, mer Nazis who had survived the produce some studies investigating the ever since. ethno-nationalist politics and then on report, an elderly relative of mine into a vegetative state. Not the ideally the collective euphoria that had accom- defeat were tried and executed or given reasons behind the rise of a hateful ide- As a student of history, I spent explaining what remained of the coun- exhibited a most painful expression and blissful state to be in. panied its consolidation and the many long jail sentences, many, who were ology, and the support it had received almost a decade studying the silence try as its “natural” state (along the River sighed, “what’s the use of talking (Courtesy: Dawn) !" # # "5
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