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4)2"5 Government harassment.” crimination, the SP chief Accusing the BJP of dis- accused the BJP of practising n a new twist to the ongoing criminating on the basis of reli- discrimination on the basis of Ifracas over the Citizenship gion, Akhilesh said those who religion. “Every Indian is ! " (Amendment) Act or CAA, understand the soul of the against it. Will they (the BJP) Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh country are opposed to the kill the soul of the country and " !# Yadav and BSP supremo amended citizenship law. He create fissures in society for Mayawati have accepted Home also alleged the BJP is playing votes,” he said. $ Minister Amit Shah’s challenge with the Constitution as it has Accusing Uttar Pradesh for debate on the CAA. majority in the Lok Sabha. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath $ While Akhilesh is prepared “I am glad that women of using words like “thok diya for such an engagement while have taken the lead and youth jayega” in his speeches, he said, "6 .647 keeping economic slowdown are protesting in large num- “This cannot be the language of and development as part of the bers,” Akhilesh said after gar- a politician. “BJP used ‘kabris- n the wake of delaying tac- package, Mayawati said her landing a statue of SP leader tan and shamshan’ and ‘Diwali Itics adopted by the death- party is ready for a debate on Janeshwar Mishra at a park and Ramzan’ during poll rallies row convicts in the Nirbhaya the CAA on any platform. here on his death anniversary. for the sake of votes.” gangrape and murder case, Meanwhile, AIMIM chief BSP chief Mayawati, who Continued on Page 4 Union Home Ministry on Asaduddin Owaisi chipped in, along with Akhilesh, had Wednesday approached the telling Shah, “Daadhi wale se skipped the Opposition meet- Supreme Court for amending fixing the deadline for filing of karo na” (debate with a beard- ing in Delhi to oppose the the 2014 guidelines regarding curative pleas after the rejec- ed man). CAA, on Wednesday said her P the timeline for the execution, tion of review petitions. Addressing a rally in sup- party is ready for a debate on filing of review and curative It also sought a direction port of the CAA in Lucknow the CAA on any platform. petitions and mercy petitions. that “if the convict of death on Tuesday, Shah had dared “The BSP is ready to accept # the petitions related to Assam petitioner opposing the CAA Asserting that the need of sentence wants to file mercy Opposition leaders like the challenge thrown by the and Tripura separately as the after four weeks. the hour is to lay down guide- petition, it would be manda- Mayawati, Congress leader Central Government, which is problem with the CAA in these The petitions concerning lines in the interest of the vic- tory for a convict of death sen- Rahul Gandhi, Trinamool troubled by the organised ) two States is different from rest Tripura and Assam as well as tims rather than keeping the tence to do so only within a Congress chief Mamata struggle and agitation all over of the country. the matters related to Uttar rights of the convicts in mind, period of seven days from the Banerjee and Samajwadi Party the country against the most *!+ , Senior advocate Kapil Pradesh, which is going ahead the Centre wants the SC to fix date of receipt of death warrant president Akhilesh Yadav to controversial CAA/NRC/NPR, Sibal, appearing for some peti- with the implementation of a deadline of seven days for the issued by the competent court”. debate with him on the law on especially by the youth and tioners, said the issue be the CAA without framing any execution of death penalty of The MHA submitted that a “sarvjanik manch” (public women, for a debate on the referred to a Constitution rules, can be dealt with sepa- condemned prisoners after the top court should “mandate platform). issue on any platform and any- "6 .647 judge Constitution Bench will Bench and the NPR exercise be rately, the Bench said. It said the issuance of the death warrant. all the competent courts, State Picking up the challenge, where,” Mayawati said in a hear the matter. postponed by a couple of earlier cutoff date for citizen- The affidavit filed by the Governments, prison author- Akhilesh said, “I’m ready for tweet in Hindi. he Supreme Court on A Bench headed by Chief months. He also urged the ship in Assam was March 24, Government also sought clar- ities in the country to issue the debate on CAA. Ask them Mayawati had obviously TWednesday issued notice to Justice SA Bobde restrained all Bench to put on hold the oper- 1971 and noted that it has been ifications with regard to cases death warrant of a convict to fix a place or a forum, with come under pressure to take an the Centre on pleas challeng- high courts from hearing pleas ationalisation of the CAA. extended till December 31, involving multiple convicts within seven days of the rejec- their favorite channels and aggressive stance against the ing the constitutional validity on the CAA till it decides in the Asserting that it will not 2014 under the CAA. who time their petitions in tion of his mercy petition and anchors, also for a debate on CAA after another Dalit leader of the Citizenship matter. As many as 143 peti- pass any ex-parte order with- The SC said it will decide such a way that the execution to execute death sentence development. We Samajwadis Chandrasekhar Azad occupied (Amendment) Act saying it will tioners have approached the SC out hearing the Centre on stay- in-chamber the modalities of of the death warrant could be within seven days thereafter are ready for it. But the BJP centre stage in Delhi in mobil- not issue any order to stay the on CAA questioning its con- ing the operation of the CAA hearing the batch of petitions delayed indefinitely. The irrespective of the stage of should also debate on the issues ising protest against the CAA. Act without hearing the stitutional validity. and exercise of the National on the CAA and may fix them Nirbhaya case is perfect exam- review petition/curative peti- like economic slowdown, Meanwhile, asserting that Government’s argument. The The Bench, also compris- Population Register (NPR), the for day-to-day hearing after ple of such delaying tactics. tion/mercy petition of his co- unemployment, poverty and Mahatma Gandhi and BR court gave the Government ing Justices S Abdul Nazeer and court said it will pass order on four weeks. The MHA’s plea sought a convicts”. death of people due to Ambedkar were against dis- four weeks to respond. A five- Sanjiv Khanna, said it will hear granting any interim relief to Continued on Page 4 direction from the top court in Continued on Page 4 % & R # # $ !! !! "6 .647 he Interpol has urged %&' Tmember nations to help locate Nithyananda, the self- $ declared godman who fled R India last year amid allegations # of rape and sexual abuse. !" A blue-corner notice that makes it obligatory for coun- " ## )76"" tries to share information on 6"+4$ any person involved in a crime heavy posse of police have has been issued by the Interpol the nodal body for Interpol efore orbiting astronauts Abeen deployed at the resi- against Nithyananda at the matters in India, seeking a Bon India’s first manned dence of Tamil film’s superstar behest of the Gujarat Police. Blue Corner Notice against mission to space in December Rajinikanth following threat of Last month, Ecuador Nithyananda, officials said. 2021, the Indian Space physical attacks on him by the denied the presence of the Following this, the Interpol Research Organisation will Dravidar Kazhakam and asso- fugitive “godman” and said it issued the Blue Corner Notice send “Vyommitra”, a “lady ciated parties. had rejected his request for asy- against Nithyananda. After robot” in the unmanned * %+ ! ' ( , Rajinikanth’s residence at lum. The Embassy of Ecuador securing the Blue Corner Gaganyaan spacecraft. * ! & % Chennai’s Poes Garden has ! # !$ also suggested he had left the Notice, the Gujarat Police is The robot was the centre of - . 0 come under a security blanket % & ' ()* country for Haiti. working to get Interpol to issue attraction at the inaugural ses- ()* with armed guards of Tamil He was charged with kid- a Red Corner Notice, a global sion of the “Human Spaceflight Nadu Special Police and plain- pictures of Lord Rama and Maa question of him tendering any napping and wrongful con- arrest warrant, against and Exploration — Present Explaining about the role functions in space and also clothesmen from city police Sita which were garlanded with apology. All political leaders, finement of children to make Nithyananda, source said. Challenges and Future Trends” in the mission, she said, “I can interact with the environment taking positions in vantage footwears. barring those from the BJP, them collect donations from The Gujarat Police had here on Wednesday. monitor through module para- control life support system. points along the approach road This was a rally against the have come together in con- followers to run his ashram. registered an FIR against Vyommitra, a combina- meters, alert you and perform “It will be simulating to Poes Garden. superstition prevailing among demning the superstar. The Blue Corner Notice Nithyananda after two girls tion of two Sanskrit words life support operations. I can exactly the human functions The posting of policemen the Hindus and Ramasamy “Rajinikanth should not will help the law enforcement went missing from his ashram Vyoma (Space) and Mitra perform activities like switch there (in space). It will check is a fallout of the statement Naicker was a known Hindu air his views publicly without agencies here in collecting in Ahmedabad last year. (Friend), took everyone by panel operations...” whether the system is right. made by the actor on the 50th baiter. Leaders of the Dravida learning and understanding additional information from While police continue to surprise when she introduced The robot said she can This will be very useful to sim- anniversary of Tamil magazine Kazhakam want a public apol- the basics,” said MK Stalin, the member countries of the look for him, reports emerged herself to the audience gathered also be a companion and con- ulate, as if a human is flying,” Tuglaq on last Wednesday ogy from Rajinikanth for airing president, DMK. Interpol about the suspect’s in December last year that he there. “Hello everyone. I am verse with the astronauts, he added. when he pointed out that the his views publicly. The AIADMK expressed identity, location or activities in has created a “Hindu” nation, Vyommitra, the prototype of recognise them and can also The humanoid, which Dravidar Kazkaham, founded But the film actor made it displeasure over Rajinikanth’s relation to the crime. Kailaasa, with its own flag and the half-humanoid, been made respond to their queries. Sivan said was functioning by EV Ramasamy Naicker, had known on Tuesday that he words for hurting the senti- The Gujarat Police had political setup, on an island for the first unmanned ISRO chairman K Sivan well, has the human simulation taken out a procession in 1971 stood by what he said during ments of the Dravida cadre. sent a request to the Central near Ecuador. Gaganyaan mission,” the robot told reporters the half system. holding placards with nude his speech and there was no Continued on Page 4 Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Continued on Page 4 said. humanoid will simulate human Continued on Page 4 ' ($ ! # ! ) "6 .647 Former Chief Ministers Harish Rawat and Bhupinder s the stakes are very high Singh Hooda, Rajasthan ! " # Afor the BJP and the Deputy Chief Minister Sachin # $! %"$& Congress to regain grounds in Pilot, general secretary ! #( the Delhi Assembly against Jyotiraditya Scindia, senior ) ! *# Arvind Kejriwal-led Aam leaders Kapil Sibal and Ghulam + ( Aadmi Party (AAP), they too Nabi Azad, are also among the ! L M have listed star campaigners for star campaigners. ".! ! / the February 8 elections. The other campaigners for The ruling-AAP has listed the AAP in the list are Bhagwat 39 star campaigners, including Mann, Pankaj Kumar Gupta, P Arvind Kejriwal, Deputy Chief Durgesh Pathak, ND Gupta, 0 1 # Minister Manish Sisodia, Rajya Sushil Kumar Gupta, Rajender 2 Sabha member Sanjay Singh, Assembly election, has lined up Minister and the party’s poster that is the BJP’s usual procedure Pal Gautam, Imran Hussain, + ( Gopal Rai, Atishi Marlena and a battery of Union Ministers, boy Yogi Adityanath will lead except in rare cases, the Chief Vadra former Punjab Minister senior party leader said. Baljinder Kaur, Dilip Pandey, Raghav Chadha. Chief Ministers and senior the fight with former Chief Minister has poked fun at the Navjot Singh Sidhu and actor- Former Prime Minister Preeti Sharma Menon, Saurabh The BJP has rolled out big state leaders to campaign over Ministers Shivraj Singh party. turned-politician Shatrughan Manmohan Singh as well as Bharadwaj, Amantullah Khan, . #1 O guns of the party to wrest the next 20 days. Chouhan and Arjun Munda. Meanwhile, the Congress Sinha are among the star cam- Chief Ministers of Congress- Satyender Jain, Dr Ajay Kumar, L#M # Delhi from the AAP — draw- The list includes star cam- Most of the campaigners has submitted names of 40 paigners. ruled States Capt Amarinder Kailash Gehlot, Rakhi Birla, # ! ! / ing up a list of 40 star cam- paigners like Amit Shah, Smriti for the BJP are from outside star campaigners to the election The decision to include Singh (Punjab), Ashok Gehlot Vishal Dadlani, Prithvi Reddy, 1 O # paigners led by Prime Minister Irani, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Delhi — a gap the ruling party commission for the upcoming Sidhu and Sinha’s name in the (Rajasthan), Kamal Nath Aman Arora, Shoaib Iqbal, 2 Narendra Modi for the high Singh, Dr Harsh Vardhan, Vijay is expected to exploit. Earlier, Delhi Assembly polls. Congress list of star campaigner is taken (Madhya Pradesh), Bhupesh Abdul Rehman, Sanjay Bhagat, (# decibel Assembly elections. Goel and the national president Kejriwal had pointed out that president Sonia Gandhi, former considering large number of Baghel (Chhattisgarh) and V Rekha Rani, and Somnath 2 / ! The BJP, which could win only Jagat Prakash Nadda. the BJP is yet to name a Chief party chief Rahul Gandhi, gen- Punjabi and Purvanchali vot- Narayanasamy (Puducherry) Bharti. three seats in the 2015 Uttar Pradesh Chief Ministerial candidate. While eral secretary Priyanka Gandhi ers in the national Capital, a also figured in the list. Continued on Page 4 !" # #
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"6 .647 atasha Kapoor, the wife of Nthe joint vice-president of "6 .647 Atlas Cycles, allegedly ended her life by hanging herself ith the Shaheen Bagh from a ceiling fan inside her Wprotest continuing for residence at the Aurangzeb over a month, the Delhi Police Lane in the highly secured on Wednesday said it would New Delhi district. take appropriate action if a Police have recovered a complaint is received about suicide note purportedly writ- any obstruction in the ongoing ten by her from a temple set electoral process for the up inside her room. "She had Assembly polls next month. asked her children to take care In a related development of themselves and their Delhi Police also denied having father", a police official said. issued any ultimatum to the Police said they were protesters to vacate the protest informed by her family mem- site after Friday prayers. DCP bers about the incident South east district Chinmoy "If we receive a complaint Parsi and Christian communi- around 2:30 pm on Tuesday. Biswal said a malicious rumour about obstruction in electoral ties who have come from Police said her son and is being spread by the vested process, we will take appropri- Pakistan, Bangladesh and daughter were present at the interests. I would like to ate action as per law," he told Afghanistan till December 31, time of the incident. Her hus- emphasised that we have not reporters in response to a ques- 2014 to escape religious perse- band, Sanjay, too lives in the issued any notice or ultimatum tion at a press conference at the cution there will not be treat- same house but wasn't present to the Shaheen Bagh proter- office of Chief Electoral Officer ed as illegal immigrants but that time, they added. sters. (CEO). given Indian citizenship. It She was rushed to Dr looked for her, he was shell- of unnatural death. Police said they are trying Special Commissioner of Baijal on Tuesday met a does not include Muslims. Ram Manohar Lohia (RML) shocked to find his mother Police officials said they to ascertain the last few days Police (Election) Praveer delegation of protesters from Those opposing the CAA hospital but was declared hanging from the ceiling fan. have seized a note supposed- before she took the extreme Ranjan said that Delhi Police Shaheen Bagh."Met the dele- have contend that it discrimi- brought dead on arrival by the He immediately raised an ly written by Natasha and step. Her phone records are has not yet received any com- gation of protestors from nates on the basis of religion doctors. Her son, Sidhanth, alarm and shouted for help. have sent it to the Forensic also being scanned to know plaint about protestors in Shaheen Bagh. Assured them to and violates the Constitution. reportedly told the investi- Hearing his voice, family Sciences Laboratory (FSL) for who all were in touch with her Shaheen Bagh causing obstruc- convey their concerns to appro- They allege CAA, along with gating officer (IO) that he had members rushed to her room verifying the handwriting. during these days. A senior tion in the electoral process. priate authorities. Appealed to NRC, is intended to target the tried calling his mother sev- and brought down her body A team of forensic experts police officer involved in the Ranjan said police have call off their agitation in view of Muslim community in India. eral times as they were going by cutting the cloth that she and district crime team was probe said they will verify her already appealed to protestors continued inconvenience to However, the central gov- to have lunch. Despite repeat- had used to make a knot, summoned at the spot to lift medical records whether she to vacate the area, and Lt schoolchildren, patients, daily ernment has dismissed the ed calls she did not come to police said. evidence and chance prints. suffered from depression or Governor Anil Baijal on commuters, local residents, etc allegations, maintaining the the dining hall. Suspecting They first took her to The post mortem examina- was undergoing treatment for Wednesday also requested due to blockade of road," Baijal law is intended to give citizen- that something was amiss, Gangaram hospital where she tion was conducted and the any other disease. The official them to call off their agitation tweeted. ship to the persecuted people Sidhanth went to her room to was declared brought dead. body was handed over to the said they will be questioning as it has been causing inconve- According to the amended from the three neighbouring inquire. He found doors were Then, they took the body to family members for the last her family members soon in nience to schoolchildren, citizenship law, members of countries and not to take away slightly open and when he RML hospital as it was a case rites. this regard. patients and the general public. Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, citizenship from anyone. !" # 1*% 2 3 245
"6 .647 Before evicting the technical staff out of CIS Data Centre, the masked stu- fter a reply to an RTI suggested dis- dents forced the technical staff to shut- Acrepancies in the Jawaharlal Nehru down the systems, it said. University (JNU) administration's "This led to the discontinuation of claims about vandalism in its server the winter semester registration affect- room, the JNU administration on ing thousands of students of the uni- Wednesday said all the first Information versity. When CIS technical staff got an Reports (FIRs) and other complaints access to CIS Data Centre on the filed with police are in-line with the inci- morning of January 4 with the help of dents that took place on January 3 and security, it took more than four hours do not deviate from facts. to restore the entire system of CIS," it The reply to the Right to said. Information (RTI) by Saurav Das, a Damage to the CIS Data Centre member of the National Campaign for server room was caused on January 4 People's Right to Information (NCPRI), by "a group of miscreants" who broke under life and liberty clause, said the The RTI response also clearly states open one of the door-windows of the main server of JNU at the Centre for that servers are located at CIS Data CIS premises and entered the server Information System (CIS) was shut Centre not in CIS office, which seems room, it said. down on January 3 and had gone down to be "conspicuously ignored while Once inside, they turned off the the next day due to power supply dis- highlighting the matter in the media", servers and severely damaged the fibre ruption. they said. optic cables, power supplies, broke the The university said its reply to the "All FIRs and other complaints filed biometric systems inside the room, it RTI was related to the specific location with police are in-line with the actual added. and questions sought by the applicant. incidents that took place on January 3 "The miscreants then started slo- It also clarified that the servers were and do not deviate from actual facts," ganeering and intimidated the techni- damaged by a group of miscreants on said University administration. cal staff from entering the server room," January 4. The JNU administration reiterates the varsity said. "As per the complaint filed by that a group of masked students came Biometric systems and CCTV cam- administration on January 3, 2020 to CIS Data Centre premises on January eras at the server room were not van- about the incident in Centre for 3 and forcibly evicted the technical staff, dalised in the first week of January, con- Information System (CIS) Data Centre, switched off the power supply, locked trary to the claims made by the JNU has not claimed about damage to the premises and squatted in front of the Jawaharlal Nehru University adminis- servers on that day. The RTI answers are main entrance to the CIS Data Centre tration that students had destroyed correct and specific to the questions without providing any access to the cen- them on January 3, the varsity has said asked," University administration said. tre, the varsity said. in a RTI reply. 6 %
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deteriorate," he said. # ' "6 .647 "Who will take care of the education of your children, "6 .647 am Aadmi Party (AAP) who will help you get good and Anational convener Arvind affordable health care if you vote overnment schools today Kejriwal on Wednesday in favour any other party? Just Ghave outperformed private appealed to the people to vote give it a thought," Kejriwal said. schools in the national Capital. for development instead of vot- "So, I appeal to you all AAP senior leader Manish ing in favour of a political party especially those who support Sisodia said while addressing a in the upcoming Delhi Congress and BJP... Please be Jansabha at Rajinder Nagar Assembly elections. with your respective parties but Assembly Constituency in sup- Addressing party support- vote for us this time," the chief port of party candidate Raghav ers in a roadshow held in Badli minister said. Chadha on Wendesday. and Adarsh Nagar constituen- Kejriwal said his govern- “All the countries that suc- cies on Wednesday, Kejriwal ment did a lot for the people of ceeded in educating their chil- % & ( appealed to even supporters of Delhi in its five-year tenure but dren are now among the list of Opposition parties to vote for needed more time to complete most developed nations. Delhi tricity, water and expenses on of the BJP and Congress to vote the AAP so that the work done the work pending for 70 years. can become a world class city education with that of Delhi," for AAP to ensure uninter- in the last five years in the "I have worked like the only when every student in the He also raised slogans of rupted development in sphere national Capital is not "undone". elder son in a family. It is the city has access to quality edu- 'Achchhe Beete, Paanch Saal, of education, electricity trans- The AAP has fielded Ajesh elder son who shoulders most cation,” he said. Lage Raho Kejriwal. formation, water and healthcare Yadav from Badli and Pawan of the responsibilities, takes Sisodia sought votes for "We guarantee that in next in Delhi. Kumar from Adarsh Nagar. care of everyone, gets the sister party candidate on the basis of five years, Delhi will have 24 Listing the promises, "The last five years have 6 !& ' ( 67 & 8 ' married manages all expenses work done by the AAP hour running water of such Chadha said that he will ensure gone well. We have improved 0 % & ( etc. I have tried to do just that," Government in the past five quality that you will not need maintenance of roads, ensuring the lives of people in the last five he said as cheers and claps rose years. Talking about the RO to purify it. Also, the resi- cleanliness in the parks, reso- years. I understand the plight of for his family at the time of perous in the last five years by improve our schools, the edu- to a crescendo. Delhi goes to Government's achievements, dents will avail 24 hour elec- lution of issues like sewerage a common man when he has to inflation. We have done every- providing free electricity and cation system, health care. If you polls on February 8 and the he said "People of neighbouring tricity with 200 unit uses free," and stray dog, installation of pay the school fees of his chil- thing to transform the lives of water," he said. vote for other parties, education results will be declared on States and cities like Noida he said. CCTV cameras and provision dren and arrange for finances people and make them pros- "We have worked hard to and health care services will February 11. Ghaziabad often compare elec- Sisodia appealed followers of potable water. *+ ! ! #!$ " ( "#" " #" ! $ Gulab Singh, the AAP "6 .647 candidate, Shokeen said that there were 101 "6 .647 Delhi Mahila Congress and has ! $ elhi elections are unathorised colonies here been politically active since Dbeing fought on the in Shiela Dixit regime. ives, daughters, daugh- 2008. “model of development”. "With DSIDC, we worked Wter-in-law, son and broth- Her father served as Delhi Matiala constituency nes- for these colonies and er, all linked to politicians, are in minister for food and civil sup- tled in West Delhi is gear- brought pipeline network the fray for the upcoming Delhi plies from 1998 to 2003, minis- ing up to witness tough here," said Congress can- Assembly polls with the ter for health and social welfare triangular political fight didate mentioning about Congress fielding the maxi- from 2003 to 2008 and Delhi among Aam Aadmi two new Kendriya mum number of political Assembly speaker from 2008 to Party's (AAP's) candidate Vidyalaya in Matiala dynasts. 2013. Shastri represented Gulab Singh, Rajesh which he inaugurated. The Congress' candidate the Mehrauli seat for the first Gehlot of the Bhartiya Measuring both AAP from Kalkaji, Shivani Chopra, is two terms and the Malviya Janta Party (BJP) and and Congress in one the daughter of Delhi Pradesh Nagar constituency in his third Congress candidate weighting machine, Congress Committee chief term. The BJP too has can- "6 .647 have been seized and added Sumesh Shokeen. Matiala Rajesh Gehlot, the BJP Subhash Chopra, while former didates who are related to politi- that 4,504 licensed arms have is a constituency of hun- candidate who had won Delhi Speaker Yoganand cians. ver 2,000 public vehicles, also been deposited. dreds of unathorised this seat in 2013 elections, Shastri's daughter Priyanka Rajiv Babbar, who has been Oincluding auto-rickshaws "As many as 2,952 persons colonies and also boasts said that both have played Singh is contesting from the R fielded by the BJP from Tilak and cabs, have been prosecut- have been booked under vari- of world class 'Dwarka' well on unathorised K Puram seat. Nagar, is the son of former ed for carrying messages of ous sections of the CrPC and sub city having total num- issues. " Why Congress Poonam Azad, wife of Kirti three-time MLA OP Babbar. political parties, with the max- 62,599 persons have been ber of voters 1,46, 92, 136. remained silent on the Azad who is campaign com- The senior Babbar had held the imum number of such vehicles booked under the Delhi Police The Pioneer visited issue while ruled for fif- mittee chief of the Delhi Tilak Nagar seat in 1993, 2003 having slogans in support of the Act, as preventive measures. in the constituency where teen years in Delhi and Congress, is the candidate for the and 2008. Rajiv Babbar had Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Around Rs 1,15,29,920 in cash people spoke about their AAP has set a limitation Sangam Vihar seat. She will be twice unsuccessfully contested Besides, a total of 5,43,512 has also been seized by the grievances on poor drainage do not work at ground and we going out of the way and joined as in Matiala, no progress has taking on AAP MLA Dinesh the polls from the seat in 2013 hoardings and posters have police," the CEO said. system, pathetic roads, less have to hire private garbage col- hand with self-help groups for been made under AAP rule," Mohaniya and S C L Gupta of and 2015 and had lost to AAP's been removed by local bodies A total of 228 FIRs have water supply, transportation, lector," said a Dwarka resident, the maintenance of pavements Gehlot said. the JDU. Jarnail Singh on both occa- under the Defacement of been registered for MCC vio- traffic, few Delhi Government Radhakrishan who lives in in a bid to avoid accidents. Meanwhile according to Poonam, 53, had contested sions. Properties Act. lation. Out of this, 11 FIRs are schools, garbage disposal sys- Delhi Development Authority "Broken pavements may Election Commission of India against then Delhi Chief Brother of former Delhi According to the office of against the ruling AAP, three tem which are challenging the (DDA) flats. cause accidents; the area is (ECI), Matiala votes will be Minister Sheila Dikshit in the Chief Minister Sahib Singh Delhi's Chief Electoral Officer, against the Congress, one AAP's development narrative. Matiala residents also ques- well connected to highways, the polled at 13,750 polling stations 2003 assembly polls on a BJP Verma, Azad Singh is the BJP's 1,305 vehicles were prosecuted against the BJP under the Delhi Interestingly, in Matiala, tioned Kejriwal for AAP's effort difference between service lane which would be set up at 2,689 ticket. She snapped her ties candidate from Mundka. He is for carrying messages and slo- Prevention of Defacement of people of different economic, to combat air pollution. "No and main roads and sewage centers. with the BJP in November 2016 also the uncle of BJP MP from gans belonging to the Aam Property Act, he said. social and political background government is putting gen- lines should be visible, no gov- In the last election held in after serving the party for more West Delhi Parvesh Sahib Singh Aadmi Party while 196 public A total of 1,47,86,382 vot- live, instance - Kakrola, the vil- uine effort in dealing with air ernment machineries visit 2015, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) than 20 years, alleging that she Verma. In 2013, Azad Singh was vehicles were carrying slogans ers will be eligible to cast their lage which is having a deep his- pollution problem be it here," said a resident near candidate Gulab Singh had had been sidelined. Poonam elected as the mayor of North of the Bhartiya Janata Party. votes in the February 8 elec- tory associated with Patuadi, Congress, AAP and BJP. Why Dwarka Metro station. won the seat. In 2013, Bharatiya then joined the AAP but just five Delhi. He has been active in pol- The poll body said 111 tions. Out of these, there are Dwarka sectors where Central tress is being cut and what AAP Mansa Ram Park, another Janata Party (BJP) candidate months later, in April 2017, she itics since 1998 and has also con- were prosecuted for carrying 81,05,236 male voters and government employees from has done for road dust, main area in Matiala where rainy Rajesh Gehlot had won the seat switched to the Congress. tested for the post of President messages of the Congress while 66,80,277 are female voters. As across India settled and people, cause of pollution," said season halts the lives of the and prior to that in 2008, Her father-in-law Bhagwat of Government School Teachers 466 such vehicles carrying slo- many as 869 voters belong to living in unathorised colonies Ananya, an employee of poor is beset with poor Congress had won the seat and Jha Azad, who served as Bihar Association, Delhi (GSTA). gans of independent candi- the third gender. who are happy with AAP and Central Ministry. drainage system and water Suresh was the elected as the chief minister in 1988-89, also The AAP too has fielded dates also faced action. There are around 2.32 lakh BJP both having double advan- Importantly, Matiala peo- network. Many of the area MLA. Of the total number of belonged to the Congress. Preeti Tomar, wife of former Addressing the media, electors aged between 18 and 19 tage of free electricity /water ple deal everyday traffic prob- residents said, neither AAP voters in Delhi are 80,55,686 Poonam's husband and former Delhi minister Jitender Singh CEO Ranbir Singh said over years. According to an official, and ongoing registration lem during peak hours. "There government nor BJP ruled male voters and 66,35,635 MP from Bihar's Darbhanga, Tomar, from Tri Nagar. 1,000 FIRs have so far been reg- there are 2.04 lakh voters who process turning their property are no adequate exit routes civic agencies have doen any- female voters. A total of 815 Kirti, was suspended by the BJP Her candidature was istered under various Acts have attained the age of 80 while values in Lakh overnight. from Dwarka resulting in thing in this regard. third gender voters have also in December 2015 after he announced at the last minute since the model of code con- 690 voters are below 100 years. However, a rift between the heavy traffic congestion every While the BJP and AAP been registered for voting this alleged irregularities in the Delhi after Jitender was dropped fol- duct came into force for the There will be 13,750 ruling AAP and the BJP is morning and evening on are fighting it out, the Congress year. 55,823 Divyang (persons and District Cricket Association lowing the Delhi High Court Delhi Assembly polls on polling stations, the official always visible on the civic Dwarka Palam road," said a candidate Sumesh Shokeen with disabilities) voters are (DDCA) when it was headed by setting aside his election for giv- January 6. said, adding that one pink issues, Matiala people face government employee, residing sounded confident of his win, also expected to vote this year. former finance minister Arun ing false declaration regarding Delhi goes to polls on booth, to be managed by challenges everyday to deal in Dwarka Sector 6. "I will be back with majority as 489 Non resident Indians Jaitley. Priyanka Singh will con- his educational qualification in February 8 and the results will women staff, will be set up in with garbage disposal problem. Grievances of Matiala vot- I have done alot for the unau- (NRI) voters would also vote test against AAP's Parmila Tokas his nomination papers for the be declared on February 11. each of the 70 assembly con- "Garbage is big issue here as ers are related with Public thorized colonies during my this year. Of the total 11,556 and BJP's Anil Sharma in the R 2015 Delhi Assembly polls. He said 289 unlicensed stituencies. He said that there both MCD and BJP fight each Works Department (PWD) tenure as the area MLA. service voters, 9,820 are male K Puram assembly seat. Singh, weapons and 337 cartridges are 498 overseas voters. other, corporation employees and MCD where people are Accusing his counterpart voters. 41, is the vice-president of the 1$$ L, 6! !6 >* ( !) !I
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Jammu & Kashmir to spread positivity among the peo- Ptermed the visit of Union Ministers to Kashmir killing of seven innocent lagers and killed them on wash”, accusing them of avoiding dis- Interestingly, central ministers has shown ple and to create a “strong environment of change”. ‘curated photo’ opportunity to show there is normal- persons in Chaibasa, BJP Tuesday for allegedly opposing gruntled people and troublesome areas their disinclination towards Kashmir as A group of central ministers are on a visit to Jammu cy in the region, even though there is “internet shut- president JP Nadda on their stir. Pathalgarhi is the in the aftermath of the scrapping of the only five of 36 Ministers were reported & Kashmir to spread awareness about the positive down” in the valley. Wednesday formed a six-mem- name given to a tribal protest J&K's special status over five months ago. to have planned visits to the Valley,” Singh impact of abrogation of Article 370 provisions and devel- “Normalcy acrobatics in full swing. Kashmir con- ber committee, including five which seeks autonomy for vil- Addressing a rally in Ramnagar of added. opment measures taken by the Government for the tinues to reel under a crippling internet shutdown & tribal MPs of the party. lage sabhas (Gramsabhas). Udhampur district, JKNPP chairman and Even in the Jammu region, he said region. political leaders remain detained. There is massive sur- The committee will visit Those demanding Pathalgarhi former Minister Harsh Dev Singh said the Union ministers were indulging in the “The people have a lot of confidence, there is a pos- veillance & heavy troop presence yet curated photo the site of the killing of seven want no laws of the land be Ministers “randomly select places of inaugurations of petty development itive atmosphere and we are here to go to the people ops continue,” a tweet on Mehbooba Mufti's Twitter villagers in West Singhbhum applicable on the tribal people their tour in consultation with their local works with their speeches full of “tired and spread this positivity among other people too by handle reads. district of Jharkhand and sub- in the area. party colleagues, ensuring that shibboleths”. communicating with them. We are working to create Mehbooba's daughter Iltija Mufti has been oper- mit a report on the The Pathalgarhis reject troublesome areas were omitted from “It was not understandable as to how a strong environment of change,” Naqvi told reporters ating her mother's Twitter handle since August 5 when ghastly incident within a Government rights over their their itinerary and disgruntled people are the same could help them achieve their here. the PDP president was placed under detention in the week. forests and rivers. avoided”. objective of educating people. It was fur- The Union Minister visited a vendors' market in Lal wake of abrogation of Article 370 provisions. The committee members As part of the movement, “The ministers' visits to Jammu & ther not clarified as to what prompted Chowk city centre – the commercial hub of She was commenting on Union Minister Mukhtar are Jasvantsinh Bhabhor, Samir Pathalgarhis erect a stone Kashmir are only an eyewash and have them to visit J&K with the aforesaid Srinagar. The Union Minister was flanked by Farooq Abbas Naqvi's visit to Lal Chowk earlier in the day. Oraon, Bharti Pawar, Gomti Sai plaque or signboard outside the nothing to do with aspirations of people,” motive five and a half months after the Khan, advisor to Jammu & Kashmir Lieutenant Internet services in most of Kashmir are still sus- and John Barla, all of whom are village/area, declaring the vil- he said, adding that these trips proved to scrapping of the special status and down- Governor G C Murmu. Naqvi also visited the pended while several mainstream politicians includ- tribal MPs from different states, lage as sovereign territory and be “pleasure trips”. grading of the state into UTs,” he Mecca Market and interacted with vendors and assured ing Mehbooba, Omar Abdullah and Farooq Abdullah and Neelkanth Singh Munda, prohibiting the entry of the out- “The ministers were supposed to said. PTI them of redressal of their problems. PTI continue to be in detention. a former Minister who is a trib- siders. 3! " 02(< / 0 $ ! ' % & ' ($222 From Page 1 ! 10+ , Delhi Congress president ' Subhash Chopra, campaign Jaipur: In its first year of rule, ernment priority to provide (Medical) Rohit Kumar Singh committee chief Kirti Azad, ! the Congress Government in employment opportunities to said the list of the selected can- AICC in-charge of Delhi P C Rajasthan has filled 31,513 the youth and to fill all the didates for ANM posts has Chacko and NSUI chief Neeraj - % ) vacancies in several depart- vacancies within the stipulated been released after verification Kundan, will also campaign for ! ments and announced results time. of documents for 5,602 posi- various candidates in the high- Kolkata: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor unrest at the Jawaharlal Nehru of recruitment examination He said that a review meet- tions. And soon, the list of stakes poll battle. on Wednesday asserted that in the University in 2016. for 28,601 posts, according to ing will be held every month to selected candidates for 6,557 Former Union minister Korba: A 23-year-old tribal woman was alleged- absence of any development agenda, “Should religion be a determinant an official statement. review the progress of the GNM posts will also be Shashi Tharoor, who has been ly raped by three men at a forest in Chhattisgarh's what the Bharatiya Janata for nationhood? Mahatma Gandhi Chief Minister Ashok pending recruitment. released. Additional Chief aggressively taking on the AAP Korba district, a police official said on Party wants is to create a “Hindu rash- went for a secular India, unlike Pakistan Gehlot on Tuesday night Principal Secretary Secretary (Administrative and had launched the party’s Wednesday. tra”. which went on to become an Islamic reviewed the status of vacant (Department of Personnel) Reforms) RK Venkateswaran campaign in Delhi, will also All the accused have been arrested, he said. Speaking at the Kolkata Literary state. “Our Constitution reflects dignity positions in various Roli Singh said the present gov- said that verification of docu- canvass for various candidates The incident took place late Sunday evening when Meet here, Tharoor also claimed the and equality for all. The Constitution Government departments and ernment has so far made ment of successful 12,456 can- for the party. Polling will be the woman went to relieve herself in a forest area real “tukde tukde gang” is the ruling reflects that and also essentially reject- asked officials to complete the appointments on 31,513 posts didates in the Lower Division held on February 8 for the 70- under Balco Nagar police station limits, the offi- party which is dividing the country into ed the idea of religion-based citizen- pending recruitment in all and declared results for Clerk (LDC) recruitment exam member Delhi Assembly and cial said. “bits and pieces”. ship,” Tharoor said. departments at the earliest. recruitment on 28,601 posts. 2018 will be com pleted the results will be declared on The woman, who is separated from her hus- “With no development on its agen- For the first time in India, religion Gehlot said it is a state gov- Additional Chief Secretary soon. PTI February 11. band, was staying at her parents' home in a vil- da, the ruling party is making a com- is considered as a determinant for cit- lage here since the past few days. plete exposition of its agenda to create izenship and excluding one religion, When she went into the forest, the accused a Hindu rashtra,” Tharoor, also an Islam, the former Union minister said. suddenly grabbed her and dragged her near a acclaimed author, claimed. “The onus will be on us to prove ;;; rivulet where they allegedly took turns to rape The present central government that we are Indians,” the her, the official said. does not have the mentality for devel- Thiruvananthapuram MP claimed. They tied the woman's hands with a scarf and opment, the Congress leader alleged. BJP leaders often quote Swami From Page 1 are going to do lots of demon- for Department of Space and also gagged her so that she could not scream for “The real tukde tukde gang is the Vivekananda but the monk in his Earlier, addressing the stration tests this year. This Atomic Energy Jitendra Singh help, he said, adding that when she fell uncon- ruling party which is dividing the famous Chicago speech had greeted inaugural function, Sivan said year end we will send our too shared a video of the scious, the accused fled. country into bits and pieces. The party people of all faiths of the world as broth- ahead of the launch of India’s unmanned mission and the humanoid on Wednesday on After the woman regained consciousness, she wants to divide us further the way the ers and sisters, he said. maiden human spaceflight half-humanoid you have seen Twitter and wrote, “In the run somehow managed to reach home and narrat- British Raj did through the divide and “But BJP has reduced this to six venture Gaganyaan in today is going to fly in it,” he up to the first Human Space ed the ordeal to her parents who lodged a police rule policy”, he said. faiths and three nations”, Tharoor said. December 2021, ISRO will said. The ISRO will monitor Mission by India at complaint on Monday. Based on the complaint, “Tukde tukde gang” is a term often He was referring to the amended undertake two unmanned how the human system will ISRO...’Vyommitra’, the the three accused, identified as Rajesh Kumar used by the right- wing parties to attack Citizenship Act that seeks to provide missions in December 2020 behave in the environment humanoid for #Gaganyaan (28), Shrisingh Kanwar (26) and Ashwani Kumar those who they think are out to divide Indian citizenship to Hindus, Jains, and June 2021 and control life support system. unveiled. This prototype of (25), were arrested on Tuesday and booked under the country. The term was coined and Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists and Parsis “Vyommitra” will fly in them. “The humanoid project has humanoid will go as trial Indian Penal Code Section 376 (D)(gang rape), used against the Left and entering India on or before December “We are on schedule almost completed,” Sivan before Gaganyaan goes with the official said. 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25421 CAA is a selective Act which Government works. They do jobs. Why so many people are CBI, ED etc) when they are discriminates among people. not even the same thing at the unemployed today. Why the raising the contentious issues. day after Amit Shah Let him tell about the condi- same time. In the something farmers are not getting their They are calling them Aattacked her for spreading tions mentioned in the NPR. they say something and in the due and respect. Why Pakistanis. I want to ask why do disinformation about the Let him mention whether those evening they other something. Government factories like ord- you always bringing in Citizenship Amendment Bill who will be granted citizenship They say date of birth is not nance factory (in Kolkata) are Pakistan. Do you have extra inviting her to an open nation- will have to live as foreigners mandatory. If it is not manda- being shut down… They are love for that country to invoke al debate on the issue, Bengal for the first five years or tory, why is it there in the selling the country… and to its name always?” Banerjee Chief Minister Mamata not.” columns?” she added. hide these all they are raising asked. Banerjee on Wednesday lashed “And if such be the condi- Referring how thousands the issues of CAA.” She said the BJP leaders out at the Union Home tions then he will have to say of Nepali speaking people had Claiming that in order to always were foul-mouthing her Minister for talking big but hes- whether the people will lose been banished from the turn the attention of the peo- for protesting against their itating to come out with the jobs because aliens cannot National Citizenship Register, ple from grim economic sce- polices. “I want to tell the BJP truth about the CAA. work in India… whether the Banerjee said, “People are nario and failed promises she that foul-mouthing me all the Banerjee who led an anti- children will lose their school scared that if CAA and NRC said, “they are setting people of time will not work. Tell us CAA rally in Darjeeling with certificates and whether the cit- are implemented they will be one religion against the other. whether you will withdraw more than a thousand people izens will lose their rights to uprooted. I want to tell the hill They are dividing the people to CAA or not. If CAA is not a referred to Shah’s speech saying property they now people not allow NRC and rule but implementing CAA, mischievous Act then why did “yesterday I heard the Home own.” CAA.” NRC and NPR,” adding those you leave out Assam and Minister making tall speeches Wondering whether most Referring to the rising who are protesting are being Tripura, the States ruled by saying that I am telling lie about of the people in the crowd had inflation and decreasing jobs termed anti-Indians. BJP? Why are these BJP-ruled CAA and National Population the date of births of their par- Banerjee said, “see what they “The students are being states out of the purview of Register… Now if we are lying ents, Banerjee asked, “Do you have made of the Indian econ- beaten up if they raise their CAA?” There would be no let him tell the truth to the peo- have date of births of your par- omy. They promised acchhee voices, the Opposition is CAA, NRC or NPR in Bengal ple. Let him tell whether ents? Is this how a responsible din (good days) but where the harassed by the Agencies (read she insisted. ( 4% & . ()* $ % $ & ( O P % & ,/ # $$ ( . Q" ! #$R$ 4)2"5 to protest,” one of the women Patna: Poll strategist-turned- #CAA_NRC, why dont you go on #NRC by the Govt but protesters said. Meerut: Defence Minister “The entire world is accept- party is working to fulfil all its politician Prashant Kishor fired ahead and try implementing #CAA is now a legislation eople protesting against the Responding to the allega- Rajnath Singh on Wednesday ing India’s power. We don’t do promises. a fresh salvo at the BJP on the CAA & NRC in the made by Parliament. Respect PCitizenship (Amendment) tions, police said the protesters said religious minorities in politics on the lines of religion “Whenever a political party Wednesday, daring Union chronology that you so auda- the Constitution. Dont worry. Act were allegedly lathicharged had staged a dharna defying Pakistan, Afghanistan and for selfish reasons,” he said. contests elections, it makes Home Minister Amit Shah to ciously announced to the The Supreme Court has agreed by police in a Muslim-domi- prohibitory order imposed in Bangladesh are living a “life of The citizenship law is being various kinds of promises. I was “go ahead and try implement- nation!”, Kishor wrote on his to listen to the voice of dissent. nated area in Uttar Pradesh’s the area and pelted them with misery” and India has fulfilled viewed from a Hindu-Muslim given the responsibility to pre- ing” the Citizenship twitter handle. Just to satisfy the professional Etawah district even as demon- stones. Police said they had to its “moral duty” towards them perspective, but Prime Minister pare the BJP’s manifesto for the (Amendment) Act and the The 42-year-old, whose ego and political frustration strations continued against the use mild force to chase the pro- by enacting the CAA. Narendra Modi speaks of jus- 2019 (Lok Sabha) elections. National Register for Citizens first claim to fame was his han- why creating hue and cry”, legislation in Lucknow and testers away. Addressing a rally in sup- tice, he added. Within seven months of being which the latter had “auda- dling of Narendra Modis spec- state BJP spokesman Nikhil Aligarh. In the video, policemen can port of the Citizenship Singh said the NDA had elected, the BJP has been rapid- ciously announced to the tacularly successful election Anand said replying to Kishors A video of the Etawah be seen entering houses and Amendment Act (CAA) in prepared the citizenship legis- ly fulfilling its promises,” he nation”. campaign in 2014, made the tweet. incident, where policemen can shops. Shatabdi Nagar here, he also lation in its first tenure, but it said.”I want to assure the peo- Kishor, who is the nation- remarks in the backdrop of “You have all the right to be seen using batons and chas- The sit-in was organised in questioned those opposing the could not be enacted. ple of India that our party will al vice president of the JD(U), Shahs assertion at a pro-CAA disagree but selective propa- ing away protesters in the area solidarity with the women National Register of Citizens On the NRC, Singh said, deliver on whatever it promis- is helping Delhi Chief Minister rally in Lucknow that “CAA is ganda on religious lines to suit on late Tuesday night, has also protesting at Shaheen Bagh in (NRC) and said the govern- “The government has had no es. We do not want to cheat the Arvind Kejriwals Aam Aadmi here to stay and it will not be the Congi (sic) style politics of gone viral on social media. Delhi against the new legisla- ment has not discussed it. discussion on the NRC. And people,” he said.”By the end of Party for the upcoming taken back”, countrywide Muslim appeasement must not Violence broke out when tion. Dismissing allegations that suppose it has, then what is the 2022, every house will have a Assembly polls even though his protests by opposition parties be encouraged. The Gazette police tried to disperse the “Police are citing pro- the Centre is pursuing a “divi- problem with having a register pucca roof. Tap water will own party headed by Bihar and others notwithstanding. notification to start the process protesters who were observing hibitory orders to end our sive agenda” through the CAA, of citizens.” reach every household by the Chief Minister Nitish Kumar The Bihar BJP was, expect- of #NPR and implement #CAA a sit-in since Tuesday morning protest. What about the large Singh said the BJP doesn’t do “Shouldn’t there be a reg- end of 2024. PM Modi put Rs has tied up with the BJP to take edly, rankled by the latest out- is published. Won’t be taken in Pachraha area, defying pro- public meetings being held by politics on religious lines for ister of citizens? Shouldn’t there 6,000 each in the bank accounts on the less than a decade old bursts of Kishor, who joined the back at any cost, Anand added. hibitory orders imposed there. ministers,” another protester selfish gains. be a document for people to of farmers,” he added. party. JD(U) about two years ago, got The JD(U) did not react to “Police used force against said. In Lucknow, protesters at “In Pakistan, Afghanistan seek benefits of government The minister said the the “Being dismissive of citi- elevated to the top party post Kishor’s comment. us while we were holding a the Clock Tower (Ghantaghar) and Bangladesh, religious schemes,” he asked the crowd BJP had also taken steps for zens dissent couldnt be the sign within weeks, and has been tak- Party leaders are refraining peaceful protest. Our brothers in old city area of Lucknow minorities are living a life of at the rally. farmers’ welfare.”Farmer broth- of strength of any Govt. @amit- ing a public stand on the burn- from saying anything on the and cousins were beaten up and held a symbolic ‘havan’ with misery. India has fulfilled its Singh said the BJP wants to ers need not worry, we will pay shah Ji, if you dont care for ing issue that has embarrassed poll strategist-politician’s asser- we were abused. We were phys- Hindu women joining moral duty (by enacting the do politics by winning people’s you every single penny for those protesting against the NDA. “There is no move tions in recent times. PTI ically tortured. We have a right them. CAA),” he said. hearts and asserted that the your hardwork,” he said. PTI ! 0* AO ( ( ( (# 0 ( symbols representing it, he said.” % & (# Saxena has written to .%&# Commerce Minister Shri "6 .647 from a man named Ghisulal Jain by ) Piyush Goyal seeking his inter- Hemant, who is believed to be a 1" vention so as to expedite the he CBI has taken over the probe member of Rajan gang, officials "6 .647 matter pending with the Tinto an attempt to kill a veteran said. anata Dal (United) leader Vashishtha Narayan Singh Department of Promotion of journalist in 1997 and three other The Mumbai police had filed Jon Wednesday took strong exception to party col- he Khadi and Village Industry and Internal fresh cases allegedly involving jailed charge sheets in both the cases but league Pavan Varma questioning ‘in publi’ the tie-up TIndustries Commission Trade(DPIIT) which comes gangster Chhota Rajan. Rajan remained absconding, they with BJP for the Delhi Assembly polls by extending the (KVIC) has stepped up efforts under the Ministry of Noted crime reporter in said. alliance beyond Bihar, calling it ‘absolutely’ an act of to prevent misuse of its brand Commerce. Mumbai Baljeet Shersingh Parmar The last case is related to threats indiscipline. and symbol both within the Article 6ter of the Paris functional plane, through - KVIC is fighting cases in was severely injured when motor- issued to the life of builder Shabbir Singh, a Rajya Sabha member and the head of the country and on foreign soil. Convention for the protection self-reliance and sustainability. several countries for violation cycle borne shooters of Rajan N Patel and his son in JD(U)s state unit, asserted that the decision to align with KVIC is proprietor of over 100 of Industrial property of 1883 Ever since the pre-independent of the Khadi Mark Regulations. allegedly attacked him outside a 1996.. the BJP was taken after “due deliberation”. trademarks including the sym- (1967 Stockholm Act) safe- era, Khadi has been considered The regulations issued in 2013 building at Antop Hill on June 12, In November last year, the CBI He further said although the party respected free- bol of ‘Charkha’ in India and guards armorial bearings, flags as the national symbol for by the Ministry of MSME, 1997. had taken over 10 cases, including dom of thought of every member, it was ‘anuchit’ (inap- other countries like Russia, and other State emblems as well Swadeshi. The word marks empowered KVIC to grant The agency has taken over the those of extortion and murder, in propriate) on part of the career diplomat-turned-politi- China, Germany, Australia, as official signs and hallmarks KHADI, KUTIR, “SARVO- ‘Khadi Mark’ registration and Mumbai police FIR in the case filed which Rajan was an accused. These cian to make public his letter to the Chief Minister and UK and Bhutan. of the States party to the Paris DAYA and the logo of Khadi take royalties from any pro- under IPC Section 307 (attempt to cases were registered in a 14-year national president Nitish Kumar. These trademark and sym- Convention. The signs pub- India and Charkha are the ducer using the Khadi Mark. In murder). period since 1992. “I consider his (Varmas) conduct as inappropri- bols have been misused time lished with World Intellectual harbinger of this spirit of continuation, KVIC has issued The agency has registered two These cases include killing of ate and will put forth my views forcefully whenever a and again by private players. In Property Organisation (WIPO) Swadeshi, hence, must be pro- notices against 600 entities in more cases of extortion by alleged trade union leader Datta Samant in party meeting takes place”, Singh told a news channel. an initiative to prevent such under this act are prevented tected at all cost.” India, including a renowned gang members of Rajan and one 1997 in Mumbai in which Rajan’s He also said “if there were any reservations, these ought misuse, KVIC has taken up the from being registered or used Saxena said that due to the garment chain and 3 entities in case related to issuing threats to life, role is suspected. to have been expressed in a party forum. People may matter with the Ministry of as trademarks, across the negligence of earlier the International market for according to the FIRs. Rajan was arrested at Bali air- have their individual opinions and the party respects External Affairs, Ministry of world, without Governments, some private misusing these symbols and The agency has booked Rajan port in Indonesia on October 25, that. But airing these in public is something I do not Commerce and Permanent authorisation. entities managed to register indulging in unfair trade prac- and his henchmen Guru Satam 2015, and deported to India. approve of ”. Mission of India at UN, Geneva Speaking about the initia- these symbols to fulfill their tices in the recent past. and Suresh for allegedly demanding He is an accused in around 70 He also said Varma had ‘absolutely’ committed an seeking International tive, Chairman KVIC VK personal material motives. This “Prime Minister Narendra Rs 20 lakh as extortion money cases in Maharashtra, including the act of indiscipline by sharing on the social media his Trademark protection of sym- Saxena said, “KVIC is one of initiative to prevent wrongful Modi has been endorsing from businessman Devang Bipin J Dey murder case in 2011. After two-page letter to Kumar in which the chief minister bol of ‘Charkha’ under the those unique institutions in use of the trademarks will help Khadi and due to his appeals Parikh in 1995. this, the Maharashtra government was reminded of the unease he had been allegedly article 6ter of the Paris India that links the nation’s reinstate the dignity and pride the sale of Khadi has gone up The other case pertains to had handed over all the cases relat- expressing ‘in private’ over the BJPs ideology and Convention. past, present and future on its attached with Khadi and the manifolds,” Saxena said. alleged demand of 25 lakh in 1998 ing to Rajan to CBI. agenda. 355 +$ $9 # # $ 6 $ ( + !
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Bengaluru: A 36-year-old be handed over to Mangaluru With the state going to polls in 2021 and man, who is suspected to have police team for further inves- # president, there will be five work- Mullappallly has taken a stiff new troika has emerged in the Kerala the Congress led UDF all set to replace the planted the explosive at the tigation..,” Bengaluru (Central) 17$A""17$ ing presidents in Kodikkunnil position that there will not be any ACongress scheme of things with two LDF Government led by the CPM, there are Mangaluru Intentional Airport, DCP Chetan Singh Rathore Suresh, PC Vishnunath, K joint agitation with the CPM. powerful leaders of the party, AK Antony, possibilities of Mullappaly being considered surrendered before the police told reporters earlier in he Kerala Congress which has Sudhakaran, KV Thomas and VD This was after the opposition CWC Member and close confidant of Sonia as the Chief Minister candidate as there is here on Wednesday, officials the day. Tbeen without a proper com- Satheeshan. There will be six vice leader Ramesh Chennithala had Gandhi and KC Venugopal, AICC general bound to be fight between Ramesh said. A team of police officials, mittee will be announcing the list presidents and thirty general sec- taken the initiative for a joint agi- secretary (Organisation) and close associate Chennithala and Oomen Chandy for the CM The suspect has been iden- led by an Assistant of office bearers by this week end. retaries in the list followed by tation with the CPM and other of Rahul Gandhi putting in their weight post. tified as Adithya Rao, a native Commissioner of Police (ACP) While State Congress chief and sixty secretaries. The number of left forces and Oomen Chandy behind the beleaguered KPCC president There is already a suttle whispering cam- of Manipal, police said, adding from Mangaluru arrived in the former Union Minister of State state executive members of the supporting this. Mullappally had Mullappally Ramachandran who was being paign in the corridors of State Congress that that he resembled the one cap- city later to question the sus- for Home, Mullappally party is yet to be decided. stayed out of the meeting. pushed around by the “A” group and “I” an Ezhava leader has not don the mantle of tured on CCTV footage at pect and carry out necessary Ramachandran was adamant for With the advent of Sonia Incidentally the AICC high- group. Chief minister of the Congress since R Mangaluru airport legal procedures. a “One man, One post” rule to be Gandhi back as the AICC pres- command - read Sonia Gandhi - Sources in the Congress told The Pioneer, Shankar who was Chief minister from 1962- The man turned up at the Police sources said, Rao, an implemented in the list of office ident, senior leaders of the party had stood by the position taken that it was the strength of these two leaders 64. DG and IGP office here in the engineering graduate and an bearers, the powerful “A” and “I” had a major say and it was after by the KPCC president and in the that Mullappally had took on both Chandy With the Congress led UDF winning morning, where he was MBA holder, who was taken to group managers of the party much confabulations and inter press conference held at Kerala and Chennithala on the CAA issue and raised nineteen of the twenty loksabha seats in the detained and taken for medical Ulsoor Gate police station in scuttled the move. party discussions, the list is to be house, New Delhi both Chandy the red flag for the joint agitation with the last general elections, the graph of tests and preliminary inquiry Bengaluru for questioning, was The “A” group led by former finalized. However it is learnt that and Chennithala had to bite CPM. Mullappally Ramachandran has gone high done, they said. The suspect subsequently handed over to Chief Minister Oomen Chandy KPCC president Mullappally humble pie and subscribe to the To solve the vexed issue of announcing and the seven term loksabha member who confessed to having planted the Mangaluru police, which is was somehow accommodative Ramachandran was adamant that position taken by the KPCC the list of office bearers, both these leaders has won the parliamentary elections from the bomb at the airport, police said. investigating the case. to the suggestion of the KPCC party leaders with criminal president. In the list of party office had thrown their weights behind the KPCC CPM bastion of Vatakara is keeping his fin- He is reported to have got He was presented before president, but the “I”group led by antecedents will not be accom- bearers also, the KPCC president president and at the same time carefully see- gers crossed. “These are early days to com- information on making the the Additional Chief the Opposition leader Ramesh modated as office bearer which had done his maximum to reduce ing it to that the group managers are not ment on the Chief ministership and my pri- explosive via internet, sources Metropolitan Magistrate Chennithala did not budge for the was met with stiff the number of contenders and offended. mary responsibility is to work among the said. (ACMM) court here and tran- “One man,One post” theory and resistance from the group sources in the Congress party told The support of these two powerful lead- grass root and to strengthen the party “One suspect named sit warrant secured, officials hence the party will once again be managers. The Pioneer that the list would ers who have a major say in the organisational machinery. 2020 we have to face the local Adithya presented before police said, adding that he will be pro- having a jumbo list of office Interestingly in the agitation have been double the present fig- affairs of the Congress party has given a fresh body elections and in 2021 the assembly elec- between 8-9 am, claiming that duced before a court in beares. against the Citizenship ure had not Mullappally taken a impetus to Mullappally who is fast emerg- tions and these two are my present priori- he was responsible for Mangaluru on Thursday to In addition to the KPCC Amendment Act(CAA), strong stand. ing as a major power centre in the state ties”, Mullappally told The Pioneer. Mangaluru incident—he will obtain his custody. PTI !" # # QR
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The Mumbai 24x7, it is because the railway stations of Mumbai held a meeting with the city allegedly committed suicide at 0 1.30 am. around 2 am or 3 am. Mumbai liquor will be served only up to owners oif these establish- where there is rush for 24 police officers Mumbai 24x7 a Government-run residential The new ‘Mumbai 24x7’ police perform their duty well. 1.30 am in bars and restaurants. ments will have to employ hours, people come and go, proposal. school for tribal children in fter initial resistance from policy — which is a brain But, take the case of tourists We are changing that. We are their staff in three shifts. Going Maharashtra’s Palghar district, Acertain quarters, the child of Shiv Sena leader and coming to Mumbai, they would providing facilities who want to that logic, we will have an the police said on Maharashtra Government on current Tourism and not be in the city for more than eat out, go for shopping or employment potential of 15 - - #Q Wednesday. Wednesday approved the Environment Minister Aditya 36 hours. To increase the movies. The MVA Government lakh people or at least 10 lakh Sunil Khandvi, resident of implementation of its much- Thackeray — will allow malls, employment and tourism in is a people’s Government. We people in this service sector. Beriste village, was the student discussed ‘Mumbai 24x7’ or multiplexes and eateries in the Mumbai, we came up with the are Government of aspirations. Keeping these establishments R ! #" ! ,8 of a government-run Ashram ‘Vibrant Mumbai Nightlife’ designated areas to function Mumbai 24x7 proposal in Unlike the BJP Government, open, state revenue will school at Hirve Pimpalpada in policy from the intervening round-the-clock. 2013. We are implementing it we want to encourage the increase through various taxes,” Mokhada tehsil, a police offi- night of January 26 and 27. State Home Minister Anil after seven years”. youngsters,” the Tourism he said. cial said. At a weekly meeting Deshmukh, who had initial “We will implement this Minister said. Home Minister “I do not think there will be pposing the Maharashtra Government’s Mumbai 24x7 His body was found hang- presided over Chief Minister reservations about imple- policy in malls and mill com- Anil Deshmukh said that that tension for the police. Odecision, senior BJP leader and former Minister Ashish ing from the window grill of Uddhav Thackeray, the State menting the Mumbai 24x7 pounds coming under the the State Government would Currently, the police personnel Shelar said on Wednesday ‘Mumbai Nightlife’ decision taken the school toilet on Sunday. Cabinet gave a go-ahead for the because of security reasons Shops and Establishment Act. ensure that there was no stress do is to track if the establish- by the Uddhav Thackeray dispensation would prove to be a The school superintendent ‘Mumbai 24x7’ policy without and on the ground that bars The malls and mill compounds on the police force. ments are open beyond the ‘killing life’ for Mumbai. told the police that Khandvi tweaking the current excise and restaurants cannot serve are in non-residential areas. “We do not enforce any- stipulated hours rather than Reacting to the State Government’s go-ahead for the had written in the school reg- rules which permit service of liquor, came around after The people do not live inside thing here. If some units are not controlling crime. Now they do implementation of Mumbai 24x7, Shelar said: “The nightlife ister on January 19 that he was alcoholic beverages only till the Aditya — at a meeting held a these places. There are facilities able to keep their establish- not have to do that job and can decision is going to be a killing life for mumbaiks. Two years, going home and would remain existing time limits of 1.30 few days — convinced him that like parking lots, CCTV, deci- ments for all 24 hours, they can concentrate on the job they are 14 persons were killed in a massive fire that broke out in two absent for a few days. am. the policy could be imple- bel limits, solid waste manage- do so. It is not the job of the meant to do. If the establish- pubs. However, the next day he In effect, the new ‘Vibrant mented without tweaking the ment. All the establishments state government to increase ments want more security, they The decision is an effort to regularise massive FSI irreg- was found to have hanged Mumbai Nightlife’ policy will current State excise rules and there are licenced ones. We are the footfalls. We are enabling can employ private security or ularities in the Kamala Mill compound in the name of himself with a bed sheet in the not be applicable to bars, pubs imposing a lot of burden on the giving permission to all these the owners of these establish- hire police security by paying tourism”. “Mumbaikars are already stressed over a number school toilet, the police officer and restaurants serving liquor, city police force. establishments to remain open ments. Mumbai being an inter- money,” Aditya said. of restaurants, bars, ladies bars and pubs existing in the res- said.The reason for committing which will be permitted to Addressing a news confer- for all 24 hours”. national city, we are giving a Public distribution and idential areas. The nightlife decision will increase their incon- suicide was yet to be ascer- serve alcoholic beverages only ence jointly with the State In fact, the Maharashtra 24x7 facility,” Aditya said. civil supplies minister Chhagan venience further. The work burden on the police personnel tained, he said, adding that fur- till the existing time limits of Home Minister after the State Shops and Establishments “London’s nightlife econo- Bhujbal said that Mumbai will increase,” Shelar said. ther probe was on. PTI 4* % #,7 $ $ " 0:: $ ! #N1 BO
2 0 ment formation in the state. that at the convention, MNS * The public perception was that chief Raj Thackeray embrace n an apparent effort to indi- the Sena would soft-peddle its the Hindutva path and change 0 Icate that it has not deviated Hindutva agenda as long as it the colour of his party flag. ational Investigation from its Hindutva path after is running the government in Raj had recently met for- he Maharashtra NAgency (NIA) team, inter- forming a Government with the state with the Congress and mer Maharashtra chief minis- TGovernment on rogating Davinder Singh, the Congress and NCP, the Shiv NCP. ter and senior BJP leader Wednesday announced that DySP arrested by the police Sena on Wednesday It may be recalled that Devendra Fadnavis, sparking the historical drama ‘Tanhaji – along with Hizbul Mujahideen announced that its president Uddhav had on November 25, speculation about the possibil- The Unsung Warrior’ would be terrorist Naveed Babu from and Chief Minister Uddhav 2018 – along with his wife ity of the MNS joining hands tax-free in the State till April 30, Jammu-Srinagar National Thackeray would visit Ayodhya Rashmi and son Aditya, had with the Amit Shah-led party. 2020.At its meeting presided Highway on January 11, shift- after the MVA Government visited Ayodhya. On June 16, Meanwhile, talking to over by Chief Minister Uddhav ed him to Jammu along with completes 100 days in office. 2019 year after the Lok Sabha media persons, Raut extended Thackeray, the State Cabinet other arrested terrorists on Announcing the Chief polls, he once again visited invitation to Congress’ former decided to waive State Goods wednesday. Minister’s impending visit to Ayodhya and offered prayers at president Rahul Gandhi and and Services Tax (SGST) on the The NIA team, which took Ayodhya, Shiv Sena MP and the makeshift Ram NCP chief Sharad Pawar to tickets of Tanhaji — The over the probe from the Jammu spokesperson Sanjay Raut Lalla shrine. accompany Uddhav Thackeray Unsung Warrior’ and com- & Kashmir police recently, is tweeted: “Chalo Ayodhya ! CM However, atmosphere has to Ayodhya. “We want that our pensate for the loss from its trying to establish the link #UddhavThackeray will visit changed after he joined hands alliance leaders should also exchequer. “Thank you ( % 4 ! 0 ( =B=B C> D:EF whether Davinder Singh was Ayodhya on the completion of with the “secular” and NCP to come along. Rahul Gandhi Uddhav Thackeray ji for % 0 ; ) 0 ( ' ' regularly transporting HM ter- 100 days in power! form a Maha Vikas Agadhi also visits several declaring #Tanhaji The ' ' ' E ' ()* rorist Naveed Babu to a rela- @OfficeofUT”. government in Maharashtra. temples”. UnsungWarrior tax-free in tively safe hideout in Jammu In another tweet, Raut said: The perception that has been On her part, BJP national the State of and whether he was also in “Our government has begun gaining ground in the state spokesperson Meenakshi Lekhi Maharashtra. @OfficeofUT touch with over ground work- performing its duties in great political circles that in order to had earlier in the day wanted @CMOMaharashtra,” lead ers (OGW’s) active in the vigour. We shall complete five ensure that there is no threat to to know if Chief Minister actor in the film Ajay Devgn region to facilitate hassle free years in office. After govern- its government in the state the Uddhav Thackeray wouldl also tweeted. stay of HM commander. ment completes 100 days. CM ruling Shiv Sena is pursuing the take Congress leaders along The martyrdom of Tanaji Last week, police had also Uddhav Thackeray shall go to Hindutva as vigorously as it was with him to Ayodhya. How the Malusare - the Commander of fter losing two soldiers, arrested younger brother of Ayodhya. After seeking bless- doing earlier. So much so that alliance partners of the Sena the Maratha Empire headed by Aone each from the Indian Naveed Babu, studying in ings of Lord Ram, will its erstwhile ally BJP has been react? How will he show his Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj – Army and Jammu & Kashmir Chandigarh. decide on future course of taking pot shots at the Shiv face to them – to the ones who in the bloody battle of Sinhagad police during fierce gunfight in According to highly placed action”. Sena for giving up on its questioned the very existence Fort in Pune with the then Khrew area of Pampore in sources, Naveed’s brother had Uddhav, who had Hindutva agenda for the sake of Lord Ram, even went to the commander of the fort South Kashmir’s Pulwama dis- carved out a safe hideout for his announced after the Supreme of power. Supreme Court stating the Udaybhan Sinh Rathore allied trict on Tuesday, a joint team brother in Bhatindi area of Court verdict in the Ayoidhya Interestingly enough, Raut same,”she said. with the Mughals, holds a spe- of security forces on Jammu and the same was dispute case that he would go came out with a tweet a day Uttar Pradesh’s deputy cial place in the state’s history. Wednesday once again trapped Shahbaz Ahmed and Martyred Anantnag and also took stock likely to be used for once again Ayodhya on ahead of the first grand con- chief minister Dinesh Sharma The governments of Uttar group of terrorists responsible Rifleman Rahul in this opera- of the security in other dis- accommodating terrorists, November 24, 2019, had post- vention of the Raj Thackeray- described Uddhav’s impending Pradesh and Haryana had ear- for killing their buddies, one tion even before bodies of tricts,” DGP Singh said. ferried by Davinder Singh at poned his visit then, owing to led Maharashtra Navnirman visit to Ayodhya as a “political lier exempted ‘Tanhaji — The kilometer away from the these martyrs reached their “We have strengthened the the time of arrest. the impasse in the govern- Sena (MNS). It is speculated stunt”. Unsung Warrior’ from tax. encounter site, and eliminated respective homes.Operation is security measures in Srinagar at least one terrorist. going on at Nagander one ahead of the Republic Day,” he According to ground kilometre away from yesterday added. In the run up to the reports, massive searches were encounter site”. Republic day celebrations, a 2 ( going on in the Khrew area Official sources claimed, high alert has been sounded in after the initial gunfight with security forces were conducting Jammu and Kashmir after terrorists resulted in killing of random searches in the area intelligence inputs suggest of drive, currently underway at a short span of time. The can- our childhood days, now i fessional manner. We have two soldiers. Due to bad since Wednesday morning to possible terror strikes. Gulshan ground. didates, greeted them with want to help my parents as they allocated district wise quota for weather and poor light condi- track down the foot prints of According to latest intel o realise their childhood Since early morning, aspi- patriotic chants and loud had struggled alot while raising aspiring candidates. Rana said, tions, the search operations the terrorists hiding in the reports, a joint module of Jaish- Tdream of donning ‘khaki’ rants start converging along cheers. “We are feeling proud, my siblings and ensuring bet- “we are following a very trans- were halted and the same were area. Meanwhile, mortal e-Mohammed and Hizbul uniform and serve the mother with their parents and family we are participating in the ter education facilities for us”. parent process. There is no resumed early Wednesday remains of both the soldiers Mujahideen militants have Nation, large number of ‘enthu- friends to attend the rally. recruitment drive despite fac- Senior police officers, scope of any human interven- morning. were dispatched to their native been tasked by their handlers siastic’ young girls from remote Since they are travelling from ing many hardships”. Several supervising the recruitment tion during the recruitment After the fresh contact was places after a formal wreath lay- in Pakistan to carry out das- areas of Jammu region are far off places they prefer reach- candidates, names not being drive told reporters in Jammu, drive and only meritorious established with the hiding ing ceremony in Srinagar. tardly attacks in the run up to queuing up outside Police ing venue at the earliest to disclosed, claimed they want- “the morale of the aspiring can- candidates are expected to terrorists,the security forces Senior police and Army officers the Republic day. headquarters for last couple of avoid any last minute hiccups. ed to serve the mother Nation didates is very high and they make it to the final list”. tightened the cordon and elim- paid their tributes to both the There are inputs that mil- days, braving adverse weather The atmosphere inside the by joining the police force. “I are all keen to serve the police Union government had inated at least one of the ter- martyrs. Interacting with the itants could launch suicide conditions, to participate in the Gulshan ground was electrify- am very optimistic, after clear- force”. earlier announced two women rorists in the ensuing media in Srinagar, DGP attacks on security installa- special recruitment drive aimed ing when group of media per- ing the first round without fac- Briefing media persons, battalions in June 2018 to encounter, official sources said. Dilbagh Singh said, the secu- tions in south Kashmir and at raising two women battal- sons reached the venue of the ing any major hurdle i am set Inspector General of Police enhance the representation of Confirming the elimina- rity has been beefed up in defence positions across the ions. special drive. to participate in the second (Armed) Danesh Rana said, women in the Police force. tion of one of the terrorists, Kashmir. south of Pir Panjal in the So far aspirants from hilly In the first leg, the candi- round”, a NCC cadet from “the current recruitment drive The final sanction was given by twitter handle of the Jammu & “All arrangements have Jammu region. districts of Doda, dates were undergoing physical Bhallessa in Doda district said. is aimed at raising two women the State Administrative Kashmir police posted a mes- been made with regard to secu- According to inputs, ter- Ramban,Kishtwar and twin endurance/standard test. After Another candidate from battalions, one each for Jammu Council (SAC) under the chair- sage which read, “Police & rity measures on ground, the rorist movement has also been border districts of Rajouri, clearing the first hurdle, jubi- Ramban claimed, “i want to and Kashmir divisions”. manship of former Governor Security forces killed one of the security in South Kashmir has traced in areas of Srinagar and Poonch have attended the first lant candidates were allowed to help my family. “We have seen He said, the candidates are Satya Pal Malik in January killers of Martyred SPO been reviewed. We visited Budgam districts. leg of the special recruitment interact with media persons for many ups and downs during being screened in a very pro- 2019. !" # # / /&* /) , ( /(9# 81.# !/(9# 9 337& /% " 3%' !6 ! $ 8 ! ) )# $ # ! # ) # !H
cies have become used to being wooed heavily criticised by the Central things should not have come to such with sops and benefits. Whether it is Government. a pass. We need clear, tangible and regularisation of illegal colonies and Both the Centre and the Delhi more-importantly quantifiable results structures or subsidised electricity and Government have been trading charges against efforts undertaken to protect 646$1"51 so on, we just lap it up. over this key issue and blaming each the environment by all stakeholders. :$. However, do we ever stop to think other for the sad state of affairs in the The city is what we will leave to the what the cost of these sops is and who Capital. future generations and it cannot be ! # is footing the bill? The answer is that As the common man continued to inhospitable due to pollution that has ( # ! we the people or the electorate are even- suffer the impact of the pollution reached unmanagable levels and turned /## 2 7-! tually going to pay for the sops, collec- shrouding the city in a pall of smog, the it into a “gas chamber”, choking and tively. The sole beneficiary in this will judiciary took it upon itself to express killing the people that reside in it. elhi is heading for polls on be the political party we elect, who will reservations on the efficacy of the The spectre of climate change is ( /6 ## February 8 to elect 70 members be laughing all the way to the seat of scheme in controlling the spiraling pol- looming large and pollution cannot be ! ( ( Dto the Legislative Assembly and power, for the next five years. lution levels in Delhi-NCR and pulled stopped by turning a blind eye to it. ( (## needless to say, campaigning by polit- We, as voters, must critically eval- this democratic exercise and which par- also asses what the environment-relat- up the Centre, the Delhi Government Combatting pollution and climate # ical parties across the national Capital uate the promises being made by the ties have had the smallest carbon ed promises and assurances other and even the neighbouring States of change need a concentrated and sin- is expected to reach a fever pitch soon. Government in power and all the other footprint. This will usher in a positive contesting parties are bringing to the Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on cere effort by the Government in ( Like always, this election, too, will wit- contending parties and see what their change in the thinking of the voter table. The subject of pollution in Delhi the environmental crisis caused by power that has the resolve and the firm (#/ ness a plethora of populist issues commitment is for pressing issues which will in turn compel the parties has been a hotly debated matter, with crop residue burning by farmers. mandate of the people behind it. So this # ) being made a poll plank by the candi- such as climate change and the envi- to shun anti-environmental activities the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) The Supreme Court also directed time let us elect the environment. A #### dates and their star campaigners as they ronment. And, we also need to look at in the form of excess use of fuel, plas- claiming tremendous success in rein- the Central Government to assess the Government that makes environmen- ( do the rounds of the city. Populism has the environmental cost of an election. tic and paper during campaigning. The ing in the same with the help of the feasibility of the use of hydrogen-based tal policies its priority will then auto- become an integral aspect of elections This also needs to be audited and made people of Delhi need to question the vehicle rationing initiative the Odd- fuel technology in the Capital to mit- matically get elected. ## mainly due to the fact that the people public in order to ensure that the peo- Government and ask it what it has done Even Scheme. However, as is the norm igate air pollution. (The writer is an environmental (# ! / of one of the world’s largest democra- ple realise the environmental costs of to safeguard the environment and in politics, these initiatives have been However, the fact remains that journalist) % #& !" # # & 8
" ! &! , ## 2"+ - + , * &) ) 0 . # $ New Delhi: Stock markets will # #3 )$*) be open for normal trading on "6 .647 February 1, Saturday, when "6 .647 core competencies in the strate- the Union Budget will be pre- gic sub-sectors like fabless chip he Government will unveil sented. Generally, the markets he Union Budget 2020 may design industry. The Tits “plan of action” to boost are closed on Saturdays and Tunveil a scheme on pro- Government could provide tax the economy in the Union Sundays, except for special cir- duction linked benefits to incentives to high-tech manu- Budget to be presented on cumstances. attract hi-tech manufacturing facturing plants in the fields of February 1, Union Minister In separate circulars on in semiconductors, and micro- solar photovoltaic cells, lithium Prakash Javadekar said on Wednesday, leading exchanges processors to India, apart from storage batteries, solar electric Wednesday, asserting that eco- BSE and NSE said the markets giving tax incentives to solar charging infrastructure, com- nomic fundamentals remain would be open for trading on electric charging infrastruc- puters, servers, and laptops. very strong. February 1 on account of ture, computers, and servers for For ‘Make in India’, there Responding to a question Union Budget presentation. its thrust in manufacturing of may be investment-linked )(()C?')('9 $ ( ( 1( #!2 # about the downward revision of Finance Minister Nirmala global products to reduce income tax exemptions under ! ! 2 %2& India’s growth rate by the Sitharaman is to present the imports. Section 35AD of the Income / $ # 2 ! 2 International Monetary Fund Budget for 2020-21. To make it look more Tax Act and other indirect tax $1 / ( # # B ( (IMF), he said the economy is 5 * 0 6 ( 2 Trading would be con- attractive to MNCs to opt for benefits. $1/ ! (( $ # ( on the path of “revival” and 0 4 ()* ducted during normal hours domestic electronics manufac- Many global semiconduc- # ! ( $1/ nobody should have a pes- from 9 am to 3.30 pm, as per turing in India, the Budget may tor companies such as ARM, simistic view about it. said there are ups and downs in of the start of the World the circulars. dish out production-linked Qualcomm, Intel, Cadence and J " " # “From the Union Budget, world economy, and it has Economic Forum (WEF) According to markets subsidies for companies Texas Instruments have set up 2 4 # # you will get Government’s plan reflection on economy of coun- annual summit, the IMF cut its sources, the decision has been involved in semiconductor fab- design and software develop- ( ( #/## #D====%D====& of action. tries. India growth forecast. taken following requests made rication. This is aimed at invit- ment infrastructure here but ##/1##! * # Our fundamentals are very The IMF had on Monday India-born IMF Chief in this regard by market par- ing global semiconductor, and per se, chip manufacturing ! $ ( # >K( ! /# ! strong. Therefore, nobody lowered growth estimate for Economist Gita Gopinath had ticipants as Budget contains microprocessor companies to plants are still elusive for India. # ! # * # !/ should create a pessimistic India to 4.8 per cent for 2019, said growth in India slowed several market-moving set up plants in India. Intel, AMD and ARM for view about Indian economy,” citing stress in the non-bank sharply owing to stress in the announcements. Earlier also, the govern- microprocessors, and the Information and financial sector and weak rural non-banking financial sectors In 2015, stock exchanges ment had announced schemes Qualcomm, Samsung and 7&& ! ' / Broadcasting minister said at a income growth as the major and weak rural income growth. were open for trading on for setting up semiconductor MediaTek are the names in this briefing after the Union factors for the downward revi- Opposition parties have February 28, Saturday, when plants in the country. segment globally who also Cabinet meeting. sion. been attacking the Government then Finance Minister Arun The National Policy for cater to the telecom segment ' " " Asserting that the economy While providing an update over the economic slowdown Jaitley had presented the Electronics, 2019, argues for and their chips are imported by was on the path of “revival”, he on the global economy ahead and its policies. Budget. PTI special support for developing Indian companies. >'! " $ "6 .647 “With India’s emergence as % *1 a world leader in provision of % * 4 , 3 , )%:30 hana wants to replicate the clean energy to its citizens by 7%AR Ghighly successful Ujjwala the expansion of its LPG net- model of giving out cooking gas work, Ghana sought assistance 2 % (LPG) connections to the need from India in its own efforts to and has signed an agreement promote to safe, clean and "6 .647 New Delhi: The Finance last day of filing of returns and having annual turnover below with state-owned Indian Oil environmentally friendly LPG -:E0 P Ministry on Wednesday stag- trade and industry had to face 5 crore in previous financial Corp (IOC) seeking its assis- for increased domestic, com- ndia slipped 10 places to gered last dates of filling GSTR- problems. It may be noted year will be divided further in tance and technical expertise in mercial and industrial usage,” "6 @5$2 school for at least three years. I51st position in the 2019 3B, a monthly return form, and here that about one-fifth of the two categories. implementation of the African an IOC press statement said. New Jersey is home to presti- Democracy Index’s global has provided three dates for dif- total GSTR-3B returns were fil- The tax filers from 15 nation’s national LPG promo- LPG coverage in Ghana is he US state of New Jersey will gious institutions such as ranking, according to The ferent categories of taxpayers, ing on the last day (January 20). states/UTs — Chhattisgarh, tion policy. just 23 per cent and customers Tenact a legislation that will Princeton University. Economist Intelligence Unit, a moved aimed at de-stressing “From now on, the last date Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Alhassan Sulemana have to queue up at petrol sta- make college and universities Secretary of Higher which cited “erosion of civil lib- the system. Currently, the last for filing of GSTR-3B for the tax- Daman and Diu, Dadra and Tampuli, Chief Executive, tions with cylinders to get a more affordable for the children Education Zakiya Smith Ellis erties” in the country as the pri- date for filing GSTR-3B is 20th payers having annual turnover Nagar Haveli, Maharashtra, National Petroleum Authority refill. It wants to replicate the of H-1B visa holders, mostly said New Jersey is working to mary cause for the downtrend. of every month. From now of 5 crore and above in the pre- Karnataka, Goa, Lakshadweep, (NPA) of Ghana and L K S Indian model of setting up bot- Indian IT professionals, bringing make college affordable for India’s overall score fell onwards, there will three dates vious financial year would be Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Chauhan, Chief General tling plants where LPG can be a huge financial relief to them. New Jerseyans and the legisla- from 7.23 in 2018 to 6.90 in the — 20th, 22nd and 24th — of 20th of the month. Thus, around Puducherry, Andaman and Manager (LPG Operations), filled in cylinders which are New Jersey Governor Phil tion will expand postsecondary Index that provides a snapshot every month for different cat- 8 lakh regular taxpayers would Nicobar Islands, Telangana and IOC signed the MoU in presence then transported to dealers Murphy on Tuesday signed the opportunities to more resi- of the current state of democ- egories of tax payers. have the last date of GSTR-3B fil- Andhra Pradesh — will now be of Oil Minister Dharmendra who deliver them at customer legislation “S2555”, allowing dents such as dependents of H- racy worldwide for 165 inde- In past, glitches in the ing as 20th of every month with- having the last date of filing pradhan and Michael Aaron, doorstep with a view to expand New Jersey students, who are 1B visa holders. India’s Deputy pendent states and two return filing system of GST out late fees,” the ministry said GSTR-3B returns as 22nd of High Commissioner of Ghana to the coverage to cover at least 50 the children of H-1B visa hold- Consul General in New York territories. Network were reported on the in a statement. The taxpayers the month without late fees. India. per cent of the population. ers, to qualify for in-state tuition Shatru Sinha welcomed the at public institutions of higher legislation, saying in a tweet that education.A majority of H-1B it is an “important initiative for visa holders are Indians and this the Indian community”. / = 5* 3) , # , 4 legislation comes as a significant Primary sponsors of the relief to them, amidst an envi- legislation include Indian- ' 3 " / ( ronment of stringent immigra- American Democratic Senator )$ )4 () ,* ) # ! tion laws and scrutiny under Vin Gopal, Senator M Teresa the Trump administration. Ruiz and Assembly members .A5 (39th),” the Global Talent The GTCI report was "6 .647 obtaining in-principle approval come into force with effect “New Jerseyans deserve Raj Mukherji, Daniel Benson, Competitiveness Index (GTCI) launched by INSEAD, a part- of bourses before issuance of from compliance periods end- equal access to higher educa- and Robert Karabinchak. ndia has moved up eight report noted. ner and sponsor of the United ebi on Wednesday put in securities. ing on or after March 31, 2020. tion, and today we are taking President and CEO of Iplaces to the 72nd position in The country’s highest- Nation’s Sustainable Splace a stricter mechanism The bourses can levy a fine The move is aimed at another step towards making Edison-based health technolo- the 2020 Global Talent ranked sub-pillar is employa- Development Goals (SDGs) to deal with non-compliance of of 25,000 each in cases of non- maintaining consistency and that possible. I’m proud to sign gy company HealthEC Arthur Competitiveness Index that bility, but the ability to match Tent in Davos, Switzerland on listing conditions under which disclosure of dividend distrib- adopting a uniform approach the legislation to help our stu- Kapoor welcomed the legisla- measures and ranks countries labour market demand and Wednesday. stock exchanges will have pow- ution policy in annual reports in the matter of levy of fines for dents achieve their education tion, saying it will tremen- based on their ability to grow, supply stands in contrast to the Switzerland topped this ers to slap penalties and on the websites of the enti- non-compliance with certain goals, pursue a successful future dously benefit the Indian dias- attract and retain talent. country’s poor “mid-level year’s ranking, followed by the up to 50,000 for certain vio- ties. provisions of the listing regu- and live their dreams here in pora in New Jersey. Switzerland topped the list skills”, which result in a United States, its highest posi- lations. The amount would also be lations. their home state,” Murphy said. “Indian diaspora welcomes of 132 countries, followed by mediocre score in vocational tion yet, while Singapore is the At present, a stock applicable in the cases of non- Besides, the exchanges can The legislation exempts this bill since H-1B visa hold- the US and Singapore. and technical skills, the report third most talent-competitive exchange is allowed to charge convening of annual general impose a penalty of 10,000 for dependent students whose par- ers pay enormous amounts of “Although more could be said. country. a maximum amount of 10,000 meeting within a period of five delay in furnishing prior inti- ents or guardians hold H-1B taxes as well as social security done to improve the country’s India’s greatest challenge is Other countries in the top for each violation of listing months from the close of a mation about the company’s visas from paying out-of-state contributions which they are educational system (68th in to address its weak ability to 10 include Sweden at the 4th norms that need to be complied financial year and for not tak- board meeting as well as delay tuition provided they meet never able to use as they return Formal Education), India’s key attract and retain talent, where position, Denmark (5th), the with by companies. ing exchange’s approval before in non-disclosure of record certain criteria, including hav- to India before they are eligible strength relates to growing strengthening the role of Netherlands (6th), Finland According to a Sebi circu- filing request for change of date or dividend declaration, ing graduated from a New to receive benefits. This bill will (44th) talent, due to its levels of minorities and women would (7th), Luxembourg (8th), lar, exchanges can impose a fine name with Registrar of and non-compliance with Jersey high school and having allow their kids access to the lifelong learning (40th) and raise the level of internal open- Norway (9th) and Australia of 50,000 per instance for Companies (RoC). norms pertaining to having a attended a New Jersey high best education,” Kapoor said. access to growth opportunities ness, it added. (10th). non-compliance with respect to The new framework would functional website. ' % 5 3 ! 8>% &4 ,* ! $ #?::& , # , R $ =4 19=> 7+ !$ "6 .647 commercial terms,” Pradhan $ 2?@? "6 .647 telecom department asked OIL dominantly used for the 45".5" tweeted after the meeting. to pay 48,000 crore in princi- SCADA system and only the ndia on Wednesday expressed India imports 84 per cent "6 .647 power generating capacity of tate-owned Oil India Ltd pal dues together with interest spare bandwidth capacity is ata Motors-owned Jaguar Iinterest in raising the import of its oil needs and two-thirds current 2.5 gigawatts (GW) by S(OIL) on Wednesday said it and penalty. The dues sought leased out to other telecom TLand Rover (JLR) on of crude oil from Brazil as the of its import come from the oving away from pollut- 2020 and further to 18 GW by has filed a clarificatory/modi- are double the net worth of operators. Wednesday said that around world’s third largest oil consumer Middle East with Iraq and Ming coal, billionaire 2025, Adani wrote in a ficatory petition in the Supreme OIL. “As per the licence terms, 500 jobs will be affected as it is looking at diversifying its Saudi Arabia being the top sup- Gautam Adani on Wednesday Linkedin post. Court against a 48,000 crore “OIL had obtained a licence fee is to be paid on gross cuts down on shifts to optimise import basket beyond the high- pliers. Pradhan said he also laid out a blueprint to make his “Our vision is to become demand raised by the telecom National Long Distance Service total revenue from services car production at its Halewood ly volatile Middle East region. Oil sought intervention for the group the world’s largest solar the world’s largest solar power department on cumulative rev- Licence (NLD Licence) to provided under the NLD factory in Merseyside. Minister Dharmendra Pradhan early monetization of India’s power company by 2025 and company by 2025 and largest enue of 1.47 crore it had establish Supervisory Control licence. Since the award of The factory, which builds met visiting Brazilian Minister existing investments in the the biggest renewable energy renewable power company by earned on an NLD telecom and Data Acquisition System NLD licence, the cumulative the Range Rover Evoque and for Mines and Energy Bento Brazilian energy sector. firm by 2030 through aggres- 2030,” the Adani Group chair- licence. (SCADA System) for control, revenue of 1.47 crore is earned Land Rover Discovery Sport in Albuqueroque to review coop- ONGC Videsh Ltd, the sive capacity addition push in man wrote. Adani Group not Following the October 24 management, and protection of by OIL from the leasing of the north west of England, eration between the two overseas arm of state-owned these areas. just owns coal-fired power Supreme Court ruling that OIL’s pipeline network used for spare bandwidth capacity on will move from a three shift to countries. Oil and Natural Gas Corp The $15-billion Adani plants but also coal mines in non-telecom revenues of tele- transportation of crude oil, which all applicable licence a “two-plus” shift pattern from “India is diversifying its (ONGC), has two exploration Group — a sprawling con- India and Australia. It has com firms such as Bharti Airtel natural gas, and petroleum fee and other statutory April as part of what the com- crude oil supply and our oil blocks in Brazil — BC-10 and glomerate with interests in invested big time in coal as the and Vodafone Idea should be products,” the company said in dues as per licence terms have pany says is an efficiency pro- companies have expressed BM Seal-4 and is looking at energy, agri-business, real estate Adani empire of mines, cargo included for considering pay- a statement. been paid by OIL regularly,” it gramme and does not imply a interest in sourcing more crude monetizing discoveries made and defence, among others — ships, ports and power plants ments of Government dues, the The NLD licence is pre- said. loss of volume. from Brazil if offered favorable there. plans to double its renewable depend heavily on it. !" # # & 88 %+@33A/9@6;@@+>; N+. ! C/C( :@>D O
"6 .647 principal economist Sunil 3.6 per cent of GDP (budget- “This will support the con- sible options — budget, off Sinha said. ed 3.3 per cent) in FY2020, sumption demand. Therefore, budget including National ndia’s growth rate is expect- As a result, the Indian even after accounting for the budgetary allocation to heads Infrastructure Investment Ied to be marginally higher at economy is stuck in a phase of surplus transferred by the such as rural infrastructure, Fund, it said. , 5.5 per cent in 2020-21 against low consumption as well as low RBI, it said. road construction, affordable Also, since a larger part of the estimated 5 per cent for the investment demand, it said. “A continuance of low GDP housing and MNREGA must the government capex now current fiscal on the back of “A strong policy push cou- growth even in FY’21 means be prioritised and allocation for takes place at the state govern- slashing India’s growth out- Ashika Stock Broking, said. strong policy push coupled pled with some heavy lifting subdued tax revenue and lim- non-merit subsidy/expendi- ment level, it will be important look is also weighing on Besides, fears of conta- with revival in demand, a (even if this requires using the ited room for stepping-up ture less critical for growth be to keep a tab on the state gov- he market gauge Sensex domestic investor sentiment, gion after the US announced report said. escape clause as suggested by expenditure. Ind-Ra believes rationalised,” it said. ernment capex as well, it added. Ton Wednesday fell for the they added. its first case of a new virus Citing an NSO report, the FRBM Review Committee the government will have to Also, gross fixed capital With regard to inflation, it third straight session to mark On the Sensex chart, that has claimed six lives in India Ratings and Research headed by N K Singh) by the construct the FY21 budget in formation (GFCF) has become said, retail and wholesale infla- its lowest level in over five ONGC was the top loser, China also remained in hind- (Ind-Ra) said said the slow- government is required to a way that expenditure is ratio- government dependent, as tion expected to be 3.9 per cent weeks as participants moved tumbling 5.13 per cent, fol- sight, he said. down is a combination of sev- revive the domestic demand nalised and prioritised and all incremental private capex has and 1.3 per cent, respectively as to the sidelines exercising lowed by NTPC, Kotak Bank, Vinod Nair, Head of eral factors including an abrupt cycle and catapult the economy avenues of revenue generation been down and out, it said, compared to 4.4 per cent and caution ahead of the federal Maruti Suzuki, HDFC, Asian Research, Geojit Financial and significant fall in lending back into a high growth phase,” are tapped,” it said. adding, despite the fiscal con- 1.4 per cent in the current fis- Budget. Paints, ICICI Bank and Axis Services Ltd, said, “Banks, by non-banking financial com- it said. While rationalising, the straints, the government has cal. At close, the 30-share Bank. auto and midcaps are con- panies close on the heels of a The government has focus of expenditure has to be not shied away from infra- Though oil prices are sta- Sensex was down 208.43 On the other hand, Nestle solidating due to marginal slowdown in bank lending and announced a slew of measures on creating direct employment structure spending in the past ble, retail food inflation after points, or 0.50 per cent, at India, TCS, Infosys, HCL slippage in NPAs and earn- reduced income growth of recently to prop-up the econ- and putting more money in the and even resorted to fund remaining subdued and in sin- 41,115.38 — the lowest level Tech, SBI and Bharti Airtel ings growth than anticipated households coupled with a fall omy, but Ind-Ra believes they pockets of the people at the them through extra budgetary gle digit for 70 months since for the index since December ended with gains of up to 1.86 earlier. in savings and higher leverage. will come to aid only in the bottom of the pyramid, it said, resources. January 2014, entered into 16. After starting the session per cent. The Q3 result had solid Although some improve- medium term. adding since their marginal Ind-Ra, therefore, believes double digits in November on a high note, the BSE gauge Sectorally, BSE metal, oil expectations but actual ment in FY2020-21 is expect- The shortfall in the tax propensity to consume is close the government will continue 2019 and accelerated to 14.12 kept on shedding gains and and gas and power were results are marginally below ed, these risks are going to per- plus non-tax revenue to result to one, they are likely to spend to focus on infrastructure per cent in December 2019, it touched the day’s low of among the major losers — expectation for sectors like IT sist, India Ratings and Research in the fiscal deficit slipping to what they receive. spending and leverage all pos- said. 41,059.04. dropping as much as 1.57 per and banks, this is impacting Likewise, the broader cent. the market. A lot will depend NSE Nifty settled 62.95 While BSE IT, teck and on the actual outcome of points, or 0.52 per cent, lower telecom indices ended up to Budget for further direction, + ( ! ( O( ( at 12,106.90 — marking its 1.09 per cent higher. market is turning cautious fourth straight session loss. In the broader market, before the big event.” "6 .647 seafarers by the countries statement. employment opportunities, the Certificates, pursuant to Both benchmark indices midcap and smallcap indices On the currency front, involved. The pact will facilitate uni- ministry said. Regulation 1/10 of bore the brunt of heavy sell- fell up to 0.32 per cent. the Indian rupee closed mar- he government on “The proposed bilateral lateral recognition certificates The bilateral MoU would International Convention on ing mainly in energy, finan- “Domestic markets after ginally up at 71.19 against the TWednesday said it has MoU will enable India and issued by the Directorate therefore, make the seafarers of Standards of Training, cial and auto stocks. opening higher failed to hold US dollar. approved a model pact with another country with which General of Shipping to Indian both the countries to be eligi- Certification and A subdued corporate on to gains amid profit-book- Global benchmark Brent foreign countries for recogni- such an MoU may be entered, seafarers by another country, ble for employment on ships of Watchkeeping (STCW) for earnings season and banks’ ing across finance, auto, crude fell 0.67 per cent to tion of seafarers’ competency to mutually recognise mar- without seeking similar either party based on the cer- Seafarers, 1978 as amended to stressed assets situation have metal and pharma stocks; USD 64.16 per barrel. certificates. itime education and training, acknowledgment by India of tificates so recognized, it added. be signed between the made investors realign their while FMCG and few IT Elsewhere in Asia, bours- The decision was taken at certificates of competency, the certificates issued by that “The Union Cabinet, Directorate General of investment strategy, analysts stocks remained in green es in Shanghai, Hong Kong, a meeting of the Union Cabinet endorsements, documentary country, it added. chaired by the Prime Minister Shipping, Government of India said adding that the upcom- zone. Uncertainty ahead of Tokyo and Seoul ended with chaired by Prime Minister evidence of training and med- Under the pact, Indian Shri Narendra Modi, has given and its counterparts in foreign ing Budget will decide the Budget has resulted in gains. Narendra Modi here. ical fitness certificates, issued to seafarers will be eligible to be its approval for the Model countries, with the approval of course of the market in the investors’ being cautious for European markets were This will pave the way for the seafarers who are citizens of placed on ships under the flag Memorandum of Minister-in-charge of Shipping near to mid-term. the time being,” Paras Bothra, also trading on a positive mutual recognition of mar- respective countries,” the of that country for employ- Understanding (MoU) for uni- and the Minister of External Further, global agencies President of Equity Research, note in their early sessions. itime education and training of Shipping Ministry said in a ment, thus leading to increased lateral/bilateral recognition of Affairs,” the statement said. SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 12218.35 12225.05 12087.90 12106.90 -62.95 Script Open High Low LTP OIL 146.55 146.55 137.25 137.70 HINDZINC 215.15 216.10 207.55 209.25 ABBOTINDIA 12744.00 12744.20 12592.00 12714.70 BLUESTARCO 845.00 845.00 825.60 835.20 ZEEL 278.00 304.00 272.00 298.00 13.90 FORTIS 148.45 153.65 146.40 151.40 BAJAJFINSV 9577.75 9600.00 9495.00 9548.55 KEI 538.35 547.00 505.15 517.90 MINDAIND 388.00 408.00 388.00 402.10 CAPPL 296.50 299.85 295.00 296.00 GRASIM 770.85 799.00 767.10 792.00 20.35 HDFCBANK 1249.00 1255.45 1235.00 1240.35 APOLLOHOSP 1632.45 1663.40 1627.30 1635.10 DCBBANK 184.00 186.30 177.50 180.40 TEJASNET 82.80 84.95 82.00 82.85 ECLERX 667.50 667.55 655.00 658.90 NESTLEIND 15369.00 15585.00 15301.00 15561.80 281.05 VMART 1910.25 1920.00 1869.00 1878.35 GRANULES 142.45 149.90 142.00 149.25 INTELLECT 162.75 171.65 162.65 170.50 FCONSUMER 25.00 25.45 24.35 24.55 GRINDWELL 627.00 633.60 615.75 626.55 TCS 2181.00 2210.00 2173.70 2209.80 38.75 ZEEL 276.40 303.95 272.45 300.25 JINDALSAW 94.60 99.85 94.20 98.45 ITDC 316.25 327.60 311.45 312.05 IDFC 39.70 39.70 38.25 38.40 MAHABANK 13.93 13.93 13.17 13.23 ADANIPORTS 379.95 385.00 379.00 384.00 4.05 CANFINHOME 472.95 504.90 447.05 455.95 NBCC 37.15 37.45 35.50 35.75 BALKRISIND 1090.00 1101.20 1080.05 1097.95 KEC 339.70 344.25 329.15 330.50 VTL 1050.00 1050.00 1037.40 1042.95 HCLTECH 585.20 595.00 581.50 590.20 6.15 TATASTEEL 478.10 479.80 473.05 474.80 WOCKPHARMA 284.45 284.45 276.45 278.35 AIAENG 1794.00 1891.60 1725.60 1735.10 UNIONBANK 51.80 52.20 51.35 51.50 LAXMIMACH 3700.40 3719.35 3631.65 3637.05 INFY 768.45 778.00 766.00 769.80 7.30 RELIANCE 1540.55 1546.70 1530.90 1533.10 MCX 1405.00 1414.00 1379.10 1382.85 IGL 472.00 475.40 469.10 472.00 ADANITRANS 335.20 338.80 330.05 332.70 TIMETECHNO 59.70 61.00 58.10 58.40 SBIN 317.00 317.00 313.70 315.65 1.95 IBULHSGFIN 305.30 306.05 295.00 296.25 INDIACEM 87.25 88.10 85.50 86.05 PVR 1939.00 1939.00 1905.35 1919.85 DALBHARAT 857.45 869.00 840.40 846.35 ALLCARGO 104.80 104.80 102.50 102.85 BHARTIARTL 514.75 523.75 506.70 514.55 2.80 TATAMOTORS 192.10 192.60 184.25 185.55 NESTLEIND 15354.00 15585.05 15315.00 15544.40 EQUITAS 104.50 105.75 103.05 103.50 DEEPAKNI 390.30 396.00 389.80 390.90 FINCABLES 416.00 417.85 405.70 412.10 YESBANK 38.70 39.00 38.00 38.45 0.10 SBIN 316.60 317.40 313.70 316.10 MINDTREE 897.00 918.20 897.00 906.10 SRTRANSFIN 1091.65 1092.65 1071.45 1074.65 INDHOTEL 144.00 145.70 143.50 144.30 KAJARIACER 552.00 553.50 547.05 551.00 TITAN 1181.80 1185.95 1172.00 1178.00 1.80 ICICIBANK 534.70 534.90 521.05 523.00 SPARC 187.75 188.80 181.00 182.40 JMFINANCIL 104.45 105.25 100.55 101.75 OBEROIRLTY 551.00 557.00 543.15 548.40 SADBHAV 134.70 135.00 130.50 131.50 IDEA 5.97 6.03 5.45 5.63 FRETAIL 345.00 347.70 341.25 343.50 EIDPARRY 220.75 228.80 218.30 227.60 CESC 750.90 751.00 741.45 748.40 BLUEDART 2639.95 2702.05 2639.95 2675.00 M&M 553.50 556.50 549.00 553.65 0.85 AXISBANK 719.40 722.60 707.00 712.75 IRB 118.00 118.00 113.10 114.15 CASTROLIND 132.15 133.60 129.70 130.50 KNRCON 296.95 300.30 282.65 288.65 BAJAJFINSV 9590.00 9600.00 9495.00 9545.00 10.70 BHARTIARTL 515.00 524.00 507.15 514.35 GNFC 196.45 204.20 194.80 202.75 GMRINFRA 23.05 23.35 22.95 23.00 FINOLEXIND 564.75 569.90 548.20 558.75 BAJFINANCE 4186.00 4186.50 4123.35 4143.00 4.40 HDFC 2476.00 2481.20 2412.00 2417.10 CADILAHC 270.90 276.60 268.05 269.20 ISEC 435.00 436.85 427.00 430.95 CREDITACC 780.00 801.70 776.30 799.15 RELIANCE 1544.00 1546.75 1531.10 1535.25 1.35 RBLBANK 343.00 345.45 332.60 339.10 NCC 57.05 58.10 56.50 56.70 VRLLOG 266.65 268.90 265.00 265.00 JAMNAAUTO 45.45 46.00 44.60 45.05 EICHERMOT 21160.00 21280.00 20944.00 21070.00 13.45 INFY 765.10 778.00 765.10 769.95 NHPC 25.90 27.20 25.20 26.35 RELINFRA 19.35 20.45 19.35 20.45 JKCEMENT 1287.05 1304.05 1284.00 1298.15 TECHM 780.00 790.45 776.20 778.55 -0.35 IOC 117.00 117.00 112.30 113.85 TATACHEM 752.00 759.35 747.00 748.95 SUNTECK 402.70 402.70 380.00 381.15 REDINGTON 118.85 119.00 114.75 115.20 ITC 239.60 239.60 237.10 238.30 -0.15 MARUTI 7334.20 7370.15 7109.65 7136.35 WIPRO 247.35 251.80 245.45 246.05 JBCHEPHARM 487.00 512.00 487.00 497.35 FSL 42.85 43.45 42.80 43.20 INFRATEL 244.85 245.00 235.50 240.35 -0.15 TCS 2175.50 2210.10 2175.50 2206.50 TITAN 1185.00 1185.35 1172.45 1177.65 RELAXO 696.20 699.60 677.20 682.30 ENGINERSIN 100.60 100.85 99.05 99.25 HEROMOTOCO2408.70 2410.00 2379.00 2397.10 -1.60 HAVELLS 595.00 617.80 588.50 599.90 STRTECH 132.50 133.80 127.25 129.25 DBL 417.35 427.55 414.65 418.70 SUPREMEIND 1320.00 1323.25 1295.40 1314.20 SUNPHARMA 448.40 453.85 445.35 447.00 -0.40 KOTAKBANK 1630.60 1636.05 1576.05 1585.90 TECHM 783.00 790.00 776.80 778.10 IIFL 174.45 175.00 162.95 165.75 MPHASIS 887.90 893.75 882.05 886.30 ULTRACEMCO 4505.00 4540.00 4463.00 4477.00 -6.55 UPL 580.05 580.05 553.50 563.10 GAYAPROJ 76.10 77.00 74.25 75.25 SIEMENS 1555.00 1596.40 1555.00 1577.75 SJVN 26.70 26.70 25.70 26.00 DRREDDY 3060.55 3105.05 3047.40 3055.55 -4.90 ASIANPAINT 1818.00 1818.00 1769.60 1778.30 GLAXO 1630.00 1634.10 1619.75 1620.15 VENKYS 1793.00 1797.80 1755.00 1758.95 GESHIP 342.35 348.30 337.85 341.65 HINDUNILVR 2063.00 2063.50 2027.20 2051.90 -3.50 JINDALSTEL 186.80 186.80 177.60 178.90 ITI 100.25 103.00 99.00 99.80 DABUR 490.00 493.90 486.30 486.65 ARVINDFASN 429.95 444.15 415.00 416.45 BRITANNIA 3125.50 3138.70 3088.90 3105.30 -5.95 RAIN 120.00 124.00 117.80 118.80 MOTILALOFS 866.10 884.20 852.00 873.55 BALRAMCHIN 184.50 186.30 183.30 184.65 TRIDENT 7.12 7.24 7.12 7.14 HDFCBANK 1248.05 1255.00 1234.40 1241.85 -2.50 SUNPHARMA 448.20 454.00 445.40 446.25 ICICIGI 1335.00 1342.75 1309.00 1313.55 FINEORG 2218.90 2287.85 2204.55 2242.05 LTTS 1627.95 1650.00 1622.30 1630.25 IOC 116.65 116.90 111.95 114.55 -0.25 ONGC 123.00 123.00 116.00 116.45 ADANIPORTS 379.00 385.00 379.00 383.85 IDBI 36.50 36.50 35.25 35.50 GODREJAGRO 560.60 563.55 544.90 546.30 VEDL 155.85 158.25 152.80 153.55 -0.35 VOLTAS 705.00 705.05 692.50 695.10 ADANIPOWER 62.65 63.35 62.30 62.45 WESTLIFE 388.00 391.00 380.00 381.50 AAVAS 1962.25 1970.10 1934.90 1944.95 WIPRO 248.60 251.95 245.40 246.40 -0.70 YESBANK 38.60 39.10 38.00 38.45 BDL 314.00 322.35 306.60 307.60 TATACOFFEE 104.20 105.10 100.90 101.95 AJANTPHARM 1188.55 1199.00 1178.50 1191.25 TATASTEEL 478.65 479.85 473.20 474.15 -2.00 COALINDIA 196.50 199.45 191.05 192.00 ORIENTELEC 211.00 225.85 197.00 212.75 METROPOLIS 1655.00 1675.00 1621.00 1642.05 KTKBANK 74.00 74.20 73.10 73.55 JSWSTEEL 268.30 269.30 264.75 265.95 -1.30 GRAPHITE 311.00 327.40 311.00 315.90 BRITANNIA 3131.60 3137.15 3088.00 3106.15 WHIRLPOOL 2529.00 2529.00 2380.90 2403.45 MMTC 21.70 22.45 21.50 21.80 CIPLA 474.50 480.30 470.25 470.80 -2.60 LT 1310.00 1310.65 1292.40 1294.25 PRESTIGE 384.95 391.15 372.60 385.80 CEATLTD 1012.50 1012.95 992.95 999.50 BASF 1024.05 1027.20 1010.00 1014.50 GAIL 127.20 127.90 125.50 126.05 -0.70 POWERGRID 200.50 202.30 193.10 199.55 MOTHERSUMI 138.50 139.30 136.60 138.65 HAL 877.00 896.35 854.10 859.35 ORIENTBANK 55.15 55.45 54.10 54.45 LT 1311.00 1312.00 1292.00 1294.90 -7.45 AUROPHARMA 498.80 510.90 490.80 497.70 GAIL 127.10 127.65 125.55 125.85 PETRONET 270.25 274.50 270.25 270.75 PFIZER 4023.00 4075.00 3981.00 3998.90 SANOFI 6687.00 6754.90 6662.00 6669.05 POLYCAB 1121.00 1128.90 986.35 993.95 RAMCOCEM 830.00 839.75 820.05 831.40 SUZLON 2.55 2.60 2.48 2.53 QUESS 575.45 578.95 567.25 571.55 SHOPERSTOP 427.50 428.00 410.80 416.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 3105.00 3110.00 3070.10 3074.85 -22.20 BAJFINANCE 4170.00 4183.10 4125.00 4140.60 NAUKRI 2560.00 2570.55 2505.20 2529.40 EDELWEISS 100.00 104.75 100.00 102.10 NH 358.80 362.85 352.00 355.20 MAGMA 66.25 66.35 62.20 64.20 INDUSINDBK 1346.35 1348.00 1323.00 1326.05 -10.30 INDUSINDBK 1348.00 1348.70 1323.00 1327.60 GLENMARK 355.90 356.25 346.80 350.00 ASHOKA 120.05 121.60 115.00 115.65 LUXIND 1510.00 1549.00 1471.10 1478.40 FDC 228.60 228.60 223.45 225.95 HINDALCO 205.60 207.80 203.00 203.50 -1.65 JUSTDIAL 579.00 605.50 572.25 599.55 BEML 1005.50 1012.00 990.55 997.65 GDL 134.00 137.50 126.05 132.50 CUMMINSIND 584.00 587.55 581.00 584.55 GULFOILLUB 819.15 833.00 815.80 827.90 POWERGRID 200.50 202.35 193.05 198.85 -1.75 HDFCAMC 3214.70 3261.30 3141.40 3172.05 BIOCON 294.00 297.00 291.50 292.75 BAJAJELEC 392.05 392.05 367.20 383.95 JCHAC 2100.55 2243.60 2056.55 2201.50 SHRIRAMCIT 1377.00 1399.90 1357.45 1366.60 AXISBANK 717.00 722.75 706.60 709.30 -8.30 PFC 107.00 111.90 103.90 109.00 TATAPOWER 59.60 60.05 58.95 59.15 VINATIORGA 2108.10 2140.00 2094.30 2116.55 WELSPUNIND 50.70 50.70 49.50 49.75 PGHH 11339.00 11339.00 11195.00 11219.50 BPCL 465.20 466.45 454.10 456.90 -6.95 HINDUNILVR 2061.25 2061.25 2028.00 2051.20 RALLIS 234.85 238.00 228.90 231.15 BBTC 1140.00 1148.25 1121.90 1129.70 ATUL 4350.00 4350.95 4311.00 4325.15 PNCINFRA 195.75 195.75 191.00 191.70 ICICIBANK 531.50 534.95 520.75 522.00 -9.05 DLF 259.10 261.25 255.10 258.20 SUNTV 485.70 490.30 475.40 487.30 CROMPTON 255.00 263.00 252.15 260.90 VIPIND 455.20 455.75 447.40 453.35 IOB 11.51 11.56 11.33 11.37 HDFC 2474.00 2483.35 2412.20 2418.00 -47.45 PIDILITIND 1423.00 1444.00 1420.25 1428.15 BERGEPAINT 549.95 551.00 538.25 540.10 THERMAX 1047.60 1072.10 1046.00 1056.75 BAJAJCON 233.50 238.80 231.60 232.35 CENTURYPLY 170.35 170.90 166.55 169.55 ASIANPAINT 1815.00 1818.70 1766.85 1773.20 -37.55 GILLETTE 6330.00 6353.80 6288.05 6314.30 CYIENT 462.80 504.25 461.95 484.85 VSTIND 4777.00 4856.45 4468.65 4604.75 LEMONTREE 54.45 54.50 52.10 52.35 EIHOTEL 146.65 149.40 146.65 148.15 KOTAKBANK 1633.20 1637.90 1576.00 1591.00 -34.10 PNBHOUSING 558.00 575.50 555.80 570.90 TVSMOTOR 462.35 468.35 455.60 464.55 GSPL 252.70 254.75 250.20 253.45 ASTRAZEN 2542.95 2571.30 2517.95 2531.20 VARROC 486.50 490.25 482.00 483.75 MARUTI 7340.00 7374.95 7107.95 7145.00 -157.65 HDFCLIFE 604.95 616.40 602.55 612.75 CONCOR 551.35 552.00 547.00 550.20 CUB 238.90 240.00 235.95 236.25 KALPATPOWR 448.00 469.95 446.80 449.00 UPL 582.85 582.85 553.40 560.45 -17.25 PIIND 1449.00 1454.20 1435.50 1448.35 PRSMJOHNSN 67.45 73.15 67.00 71.60 JKLAKSHMI 340.60 351.05 337.00 341.00 SHK 115.00 115.10 112.00 112.90 TATAMOTORS 191.95 192.50 184.25 185.60 -5.80 TATAGLOBAL 387.10 388.50 382.40 384.80 HEIDELBERG 195.80 199.30 194.20 197.25 IRCON 433.00 438.00 426.30 431.05 TVSSRICHAK 1769.30 1783.35 1750.70 1755.50 NTPC 114.95 115.75 111.50 112.50 -4.65 ICICIPRULI 494.00 511.80 489.00 506.55 APOLLOTYRE 174.90 175.15 173.35 174.30 GREAVESCOT 143.20 144.45 140.25 140.80 ENDURANCE 1065.00 1086.80 1055.00 1072.00 COALINDIA 199.10 199.40 190.95 191.55 -10.60 NIITTECH 1800.00 1894.30 1800.00 1871.40 UBL 1273.00 1276.65 1264.00 1268.05 ABFRL 233.00 236.80 230.65 235.10 DBCORP 146.05 148.00 141.90 142.35 ONGC 122.00 122.00 116.00 116.30 -6.45 RPOWER 2.01 2.14 2.01 2.07 NIACL 160.60 162.20 157.35 159.20 SYNGENE 308.40 318.00 307.10 309.15 GALAXYSURF 1500.00 1517.90 1475.25 1487.35 BANDHANBNK 482.90 487.00 474.00 475.45 SRF 3610.00 3637.80 3602.55 3608.15 CCL 197.80 199.85 196.00 196.75 MINDACORP 106.45 106.45 103.70 104.70 BANKBARODA 95.30 95.75 93.60 94.25 REPCOHOME 346.50 349.40 327.25 333.30 ASTERDM 164.95 165.70 162.75 164.60 ADVENZYMES 185.25 185.25 179.75 180.50 DISHTV 13.32 14.41 13.26 14.23 MAXINDIA 79.65 86.80 79.65 85.65 JAGRAN* 68.50 70.00 68.00 69.35 THYROCARE 550.00 557.55 542.75 555.40 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NTPC 114.40 115.60 111.70 112.20 SWANENERGY 120.00 120.15 116.25 117.95 CRISIL 1796.75 1836.10 1795.85 1810.80 RATNAMANI 1221.00 1225.00 1189.25 1206.75 NIFTY NEXT 50 28711.35 28742.00 28552.90 28593.00 -24.35 INFRATEL 245.00 245.50 235.40 240.95 BIRLACORPN 756.00 763.65 739.00 742.05 SOBHA 446.20 448.15 438.00 440.35 MAHSEAMLES 410.00 410.00 404.00 407.45 ICICIPRULI 492.00 512.00 488.45 506.90 17.85 VEDL 155.50 158.05 152.80 153.15 KANSAINER 523.85 526.00 499.00 511.20 PARAGMILK 152.40 152.90 146.70 148.60 GUJALKALI 435.00 435.00 422.05 423.50 NHPC 26.00 27.20 25.15 26.65 0.80 FEDERALBNK 95.05 95.60 93.40 93.75 GHCL 210.00 211.45 206.00 207.20 NILKAMAL 1462.00 1497.00 1459.30 1467.70 IFBIND 680.00 682.15 663.50 669.70 INDIGO 1440.00 1474.95 1428.75 1473.00 34.20 PEL 1624.70 1630.40 1587.90 1608.60 IEX 186.00 186.50 177.90 180.45 TNPL 192.90 197.05 192.90 194.50 ALBK 18.65 18.70 18.50 18.50 ACC 1507.95 1537.00 1502.10 1525.00 28.90 NMDC 135.20 135.20 128.80 132.30 AUBANK 892.00 899.00 883.20 886.70 ERIS 510.00 511.75 503.55 507.05 INOXWIND 43.50 44.55 42.45 42.85 HDFCLIFE 604.90 616.50 602.65 613.00 11.00 LICHSGFIN 481.00 483.00 472.50 476.55 RITES 315.85 320.55 313.55 318.70 LAURUSLABS 406.40 406.40 394.45 399.55 TAKE 107.15 107.50 105.00 105.50 PFC 106.85 111.90 103.85 108.50 1.85 ITC 239.95 239.95 237.05 237.95 RCF 52.60 54.20 52.60 53.50 GODFRYPHLP 1421.00 1445.00 1406.00 1413.90 CHENNPETRO 148.05 150.60 142.75 143.65 GEPIL 680.05 688.40 679.50 680.05 MCDOWELL-N 581.20 590.75 576.65 587.35 9.15 HEG 1110.00 1149.00 1105.95 1125.00 WELCORP 170.05 174.00 165.60 166.60 MARICO 336.75 336.75 332.35 334.85 OFSS 2947.50 2970.75 2917.00 2953.10 CENTRUM 22.55 22.75 22.15 22.45 AMBUJACEM 208.90 212.20 208.30 210.00 2.40 SAIL 50.00 50.30 49.20 49.75 PHILIPCARB 145.25 147.40 141.00 142.80 VBL 797.90 804.85 777.00 793.50 DCMSHRIRAM 413.20 413.20 400.00 402.55 ESSELPRO 173.00 174.70 170.85 171.40 PIDILITIND 1423.65 1444.95 1418.80 1429.05 14.30 GRASIM 772.15 795.80 767.25 792.25 DCAL 72.60 79.90 72.50 79.90 PERSISTENT 715.00 735.45 715.00 726.55 BAJAJHLDNG 3365.60 3385.80 3340.05 3355.00 MASFIN 908.00 909.40 894.35 898.95 AUROPHARMA 498.00 510.90 490.80 498.00 4.80 TATAELXSI 958.05 978.90 955.00 960.50 SCI 60.45 62.90 59.45 60.90 HFCL 17.70 17.70 16.90 17.05 GSKCONS 8831.50 8894.00 8800.15 8857.65 MAHSCOOTER 4350.00 4363.00 4340.00 4346.40 SBILIFE 980.00 992.60 972.00 980.00 7.25 L&TFH 119.10 120.15 116.70 117.10 JAICORPLTD 112.90 112.90 108.00 109.00 HUDCO 42.75 42.90 41.20 41.70 PHOENIXLTD 895.00 897.65 888.00 891.00 HATHWAY 21.30 21.45 20.65 20.75 DLF 258.40 261.25 255.00 258.90 1.80 INDIGO 1465.00 1475.20 1428.95 1468.65 M&MFIN 355.00 358.10 348.50 350.35 DIXON 4224.00 4224.00 4144.10 4158.05 HONAUT 27300.00 27367.00 26896.00 26987.65 ANDHRABANK 17.00 17.15 16.85 16.90 CADILAHC 268.50 276.50 267.75 269.60 1.25 SPICEJET 102.30 102.50 97.50 97.85 ADANIGAS 170.15 171.40 165.60 166.80 JKTYRE 81.05 82.75 80.20 80.90 TIMKEN 930.00 937.45 912.50 926.05 DHANUKA 456.75 464.90 446.10 449.30 PAGEIND 25320.25 25750.00 25311.25 25386.00 86.05 PNB 62.75 62.75 60.70 60.95 MGL 1159.00 1163.00 1132.40 1140.25 GODREJPROP 964.60 965.00 950.45 960.60 ITDCEM 61.55 63.95 60.60 63.05 AEGISLOG 210.85 212.75 207.50 208.90 MOTHERSUMI 138.85 139.25 136.50 138.70 0.25 DRREDDY 3060.00 3105.00 3051.35 3060.05 ABCAPITAL 107.35 109.40 106.45 106.95 KRBL 277.50 286.65 277.50 281.00 BRIGADE 226.00 231.30 224.75 227.40 STARCEMENT 90.35 90.40 88.70 89.25 OFSS 2955.00 2968.95 2917.60 2953.00 3.40 ADANIENT 225.00 228.10 221.85 225.80 NOCIL 121.70 122.70 118.95 119.70 COCHINSHIP 428.00 431.00 421.80 426.05 VGUARD 228.00 229.50 224.00 225.05 INDOSTAR 239.00 241.00 235.10 236.10 DABUR 489.20 494.00 486.25 487.00 0.00 BPCL 464.95 466.80 454.20 455.35 BOMDYEING 87.10 87.20 84.50 84.80 BANKINDIA 67.40 67.85 66.75 67.45 DHFL 16.05 16.45 15.85 16.35 UCOBANK 16.25 16.25 16.00 16.05 DMART 1930.00 1932.00 1907.60 1910.00 -2.35 CARERATING 652.90 683.50 652.90 662.05 UJJIVAN 343.00 343.00 331.35 332.95 COROMANDEL 598.45 598.55 590.00 595.35 JYOTHYLAB 155.30 158.95 153.90 157.05 TATAINVEST 832.90 834.00 822.40 830.00 NIACL 161.90 162.55 157.10 160.25 -0.25 CGCL 198.90 199.20 195.55 196.50 BAJAJ-AUTO 3102.45 3108.00 3071.05 3077.30 3MINDIA 22238.25 22353.75 22175.20 22269.50 JSL 43.85 44.10 43.00 43.30 SIS 502.10 515.00 496.60 503.05 UBL 1272.55 1276.95 1263.00 1269.50 -2.35 BEL 105.25 105.25 100.20 100.90 RADICO 365.70 367.45 356.00 364.40 CHAMBLFERT 172.00 174.50 168.50 169.55 IFCI 6.55 6.65 6.45 6.50 SOLARINDS 1188.00 1208.90 1155.00 1171.10 LUPIN 743.25 746.95 734.65 739.85 -1.30 HCLTECH 584.50 595.00 582.30 590.35 OMAXE 158.00 158.00 153.00 154.50 MIDHANI 165.20 166.30 162.00 163.80 BLISSGVS 146.25 147.00 143.25 145.05 MAHLOG 424.10 426.05 408.40 415.65 MARICO 337.70 337.90 332.30 336.00 -0.75 ASHOKLEY 86.95 87.25 85.05 85.85 APLLTD 602.00 603.85 585.70 589.75 INDIANB 105.00 106.00 103.40 103.95 GMDCLTD 69.70 69.70 66.10 66.55 SFL 1416.00 1497.00 1416.00 1487.30 SHREECEM 22960.00 23299.95 22887.00 22891.50 -62.00 HINDALCO 205.90 207.65 203.00 203.35 LUPIN 743.85 745.95 734.95 738.15 DEEPAKFERT 108.40 110.80 106.65 109.85 ASTRAL 1100.00 1100.00 1076.95 1087.35 MAHINDCIE 171.60 171.60 168.50 169.55 CONCOR 551.00 552.95 546.30 550.00 -1.55 AVANTI 713.40 718.00 691.35 696.10 SUDARSCHEM 489.90 495.40 472.20 477.60 NAVINFLUOR 1088.00 1098.75 1067.55 1073.50 SHANKARA 396.00 397.60 386.00 389.05 SYNDIBANK 27.80 27.85 27.35 27.50 BANKBARODA 95.50 95.75 93.50 94.40 -0.35 AMARAJABAT 775.00 792.60 769.45 784.05 HEROMOTOCO 2405.25 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Washington: The US Senate agers prosecuting the case and filled earlier with guests, The White House legal of constitutional misconduct plunged into President Donald the White House counsel to actress-and-activist Alyssa team did not dispute Trump’s justifying impeachment.’’ Trump’s impeachment trial “remember where they are.” Milano among them, and actions, when he called The other lead lawyer on with Republicans abruptly “I think it is appropriate at Trump’s most ardent House Ukraine and asked for a Trump’s team, Jay Sekulow, abandoning plans to cram this point for me to admonish allies lining the back rows, the “favour,” which was to investi- retorted, “I’ll give you a trifec- opening arguments into two both the House managers and day that began as a debate over gate Biden as he withheld mil- ta,” outlining complaints over days but solidly rejecting for the president’s counsel in equal rules quickly took on the itary aid the ally desperately the House Democrats’ now Democratic demands for terms to remember that they cadence of a trial proceeding needed as it faced off with hos- impeachment inquiry process. more witnesses to expose what are addressing the world’s over whether the president’s tile Russia on its border. But the In Davos, Trump repeated they deem Trump’s “trifecta” of greatest deliberative body,” actions toward Ukraine war- lawyers insisted the president his attacks on Democratic offenses. Roberts said. ranted removal from office. did nothing wrong. “Absolutely House managers serving as Trump himself claimed he He told them that descrip- “It’s not our job to make it no case,” Cipollone said. prosecutors in the trial, saying wants top aides to testify, but tion of the Senate stemmed easy for you,” Rep. Adam Schiff, the California he’d like to “sit right in the front qualified that by suggesting from a 1905 trial when a sen- Schiff, the chairman of the Democrat, said America’s row and stare at their corrupt there were “national security” ator objected to the word “pet- House Intelligence Committee Founders added the remedy of faces” on the Senate floor dur- concerns to allowing their tes- 6 & 7 6 6 ' %:!;' tifogging,” because members leading the prosecution, told impeachment in the ing the trial but that his attor- timony. ( ) - should “avoid speaking in a the Senate. “Our job is to Constitution with “precisely neys might have a problem “We have a great case,” ( manner and using language make it hard to deprive the this type of conduct in mind - with it. Trump said on Wednesday at that is not conducive to civil American people of a fair conduct that abuses the power And he said he wants to a global economic forum in started with the setback for House prosecutors on one discourse.” trial.” of office for a personal bene- deliver the State of the Union Davos. Republican Senate leader side, Trump’s team on the Over and over, White House counsel Pat fit, that undermines our as scheduled on February 4 In a press conference Mitch McConnell and the other, in the well of the Senate, Republicans turned back Cipollone, the president’s lead national security, and that even if the trial is ongoing, before returning to president’s legal team, but it as senators sat silently at their Democratic amendments to lawyer, called the trial “a farce.” invites foreign interference in calling the address “very Washington, Trump said his ended near 2 a.M. On desks, under oath to do subpoena documents from the He scoffed that the House the democratic process of an important to what I am doing” legal team was doing a “very Wednesday with Republicans “impartial justice.” No cell- White House, State charges against Trump were election.” in setting his administration’s good job.” easily approving the rest of the phones or other electronics Department, Defense “ridiculous.” Said Schiff: “It is the trifecta agenda. AP He appeared to break with trial rules largely on their were allowed. Department and budget office. Republicans efforts to block terms. As the day stretched deep By the same 53-47 party-line, Democratic motions to imme- With the rules settled, the into the night, lawyerly argu- they turned away witnesses ) O P 5 diately call witnesses and sub- trial is now on a fast-track. At ments gave way to more with front-row seats to Trump’s poena documents. Instead, issue is whether Trump should pointedly political ones. actions including acting White Davos: US President Donald safe,” he said at the World It said the other nations Trump said he’d like to see be removed from office for Tempers flared and senators House chief of staff Mulvaney Trump said his administra- Economic Forum in Davos, being considered for new aides, including former nation- abuse of power stemming from paced the chamber. and Bolton, the former nation- tion was preparing to add a adding that the names of the rules were Belarus, Eritrea, al security adviser John Bolton, his pressure on Ukraine to Democrats pursued what may al security adviser critical of “couple of countries” to the new countries would be Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Sudan Secretary of State Mike investigate Democratic rival be their only chance to force the Ukraine policy. controversial list of states announced “very shortly”. and Tanzania. Pompeo, and acting chief of Joe Biden and Biden’s son senators to vote on hearing Only on one amendment, whose citizens are subject to The Wall Street Journal The first package of trav- staff Mick Mulvaney, testify as Hunter as Trump was withhold new testimony. to allow more time to file travel bans or severe restric- reported earlier that the el bans and restrictions — witnesses Trump said he’d leave aid to the country, and for After one particularly bit- motions, did a single tions on entry to the United administration planned to targeting mainly Muslim the “national security” con- obstructing Congress’ ensuing ter post-midnight exchange, Republican, Sen. Susan Collins States. add seven countries including majority countries — were cerns about allowing their tes- probe. Roberts intervened, taking the of Maine, join Democrats. But “We are adding a couple Nigeria, Africa’s most popu- announced shortly after timony to the Senate. Chief Justice John Roberts rare step of admonishing both it, too, was rejected, 52-48. of countries to it. We have to lous country, and others in Trump took office in January Tuesday’s daylong session gaveled open the session, with the Democratic House man- As the visitors’ gallery be safe. Our country has to be Africa and Asia. 2017 and outraged his critics. 7 ( , P EG
( P Beijing: The death toll from virus that has killed people in Such a declaration, if Chinese New Year and Spring the new coronavirus outbreak China is a novel strain and made, will be seen as an Festival holidays starting Colombo: Gotabaya Rajapaksa gated, but added, “however I died during the fights, but their in China nearly doubled to 17 not seen before. urgent call for a coordinated from January 24. wants a probe into the disap- can’t bring back the dead”. bodies had not been recovered,” with the confirmed infection Common symptoms of international response in view The festival triggers pearances of over 20,000 peo- The President told the UN it said. Rajapaksa told the UN cases sharply rising to 444 on the novel coronavirus strain of fears that millions of biggest mass migration, clog- ple in the country’s brutal civil official that as a result of the official that after the conclusion Wednesday, even as the cases include respiratory symptoms Chinese are travelling at ging road, rail and air net- war with Tamil Tiger rebels, his census carried out by the gov- of the necessary investigations, of the deadly pneumonia such as fever, cough, shortness home and abroad for the works every year. PTI office has said in a clarification ernment at the end of the con- steps would be taken to issue were reported from the US, of breath and breathing diffi- after the Sri Lankan President flict in 2009, it had emerged death certificates and after that Hong Kong, Macao and culties, according to the WHO. declared the missing persons that most of the missing per- the families would be given the Mexico. The Chinese health +! ! ! Q! " !$ “dead” in a first-ever admission sons had been conscripted by necessary support to rebuild Chinese authorities have authorities announced that to a UN official. the LTTE, the statement said. their lives. warned that the disease could 444 confirmed cases of pneu- R !# Gotabaya Rajapaksa, the “Their families attest to According to the govern- spread further in the ongoing monia caused by a novel former wartime defence secre- being witnesses of their loved ment figures, over 20,000 peo- holiday season during which coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Hong Kong: Hong Kong public concern,” Chan said. tary who played a key role in ones being taken by the LTTE. ple are missing due to various millions travel at home and had been reported in 13 reported its first suspected The man and four family ending Sri Lanka’s nearly 30- However, thereafter they do not conflicts including the three- abroad amid official advi- provincial-level regions in case of the new SARS-like members had taken the high- year civil war with the Tamil have any information as to decade separatist war with sories to people of Wuhan, the country by the end of virus Wednesday in a man speed railway from Wuhan to separatist rebels, told UN their fate. Therefore, as far as Lankan Tamils in the north and the epicentre of illness, not to Tuesday. who arrived in the city from Shenzhen on Tuesday before Resident Coordinator Hanaa they are concerned these peo- east which claimed at least leave the city. Considering its potential Wuhan via the cross-border transferring to another train Singer last week that after the ple are missing,” the statement 100,000 lives. Seventeen people have to spread to different coun- high-speed railway. that brought them to Hong necessary investigations are quoted the Sri Lankan president The Tamils alleged that died due to the virus, state- tries, the World Health Health secretary Sophia Kong. completed steps would be taken as saying. thousands were massacred dur- run China Daily reported on Organisation (WHO) is hold- Chan said the 39-year-old He was put in isolation in to issue death certificates to the “The unfortunate truth is ing the final stages of the war Wednesday. ing a rare emergency meeting man was “preliminarily posi- hospital after tests, but missing persons. that these people had died dur- that ended in 2009 when the The coronavirus is a large Geneva on Wednesday to tive”, but a final test result Wednesday when his relatives The President’s office has ing the battles. Even in the secu- Government forces killed family of viruses that causes consider declaring Wuhan would only be known on showed no symptoms after a said Gotabaya Rajapaksa had rity forces there are about 4,000 Liberation Tigers of Tamil illnesses ranging from the virus as an international pub- Thursday. night at a city hotel they were explained to the UN official that personnel listed as missing. Eelam (LTTE) chief Velupillai common cold to acute respi- lic health emergency, as it did “We decided to announced allowed to leave for the he will have the matter investi- But in reality these people had Prabhakaran. PTI ratory syndromes, but the with swine flu and Ebola. the case (early) due to heavy Philippines. AFP 7 " ! ! ) ) * * ! Davos: Pakistan Prime Minister Trump on Tuesday had said the Imran Khan on Wednesday US is watching the develop- !! " said he has told US President ments between India and Donald Trump that a war with Pakistan over Kashmir “very Iran would have disastrous con- closely” and repeated his offer Washington: The Trump ing a consular officer they would determine whether a sequences. to “help” resolve the long- administration is unveiling new have another legitimate reason woman is pregnant to begin Asked whether Trump standing dispute between the visa restrictions aimed at to come to the US. with, and whether a woman agreed with him, Khan said the two neighbours. restricting "birth tourism", in The Trump administration could get turned away by bor- US President did not say any- Trump told Khan, whom which women travel to the US has been restricting all forms of der officers who suspect she thing but he probably under- he referred to as “my friend”, to give birth so their children immigration, but the president may be just by looking at her. stood what he meant. that he would speak to Prime can have a coveted US passport. has been particularly plagued Counsellor officers right “Afghanistan is yet to be Minister Narendra Modi about The State Department by the issue of birthright citi- now aren't told to ask during resolved and Iran would be the ongoing Kashmir issue. plans to publicise the rules on zenship — anyone born in the visa interviews whether a much bigger (if war starts),” on January 3. The Pakistan Prime Trump is expected to visit India Thursday, according to two US is considered a citizen, woman is pregnant or intends Khan said. “If there is conflict between Minister also said he does not in the coming weeks, marking officials with knowledge of under the Constitution. to become so. But they would Khan met Trump on the Iran and the Western world it understand why countries try to his first visit after assuming the plans who spoke to the AP He has railed against the have to determine whether a sidelines of the World will be a disaster — it will cause resolve their differences through office. on condition of anonymity. practice and threatened to end visa applicant would be coming Economic Forum (WEF) sum- poverty in the world — and military conflicts. “What’s going on between The rules would make it more it, but scholars and members of to the US primarily to give mit here on Tuesday. who knows how long it may go “The moment you start a Pakistan and India … if we can difficult for pregnant women his administration have said it's birth. Birth tourism is a lucra- Tensions between the US on. In my opinion it would be military conflict, you don’t help, we certainly will be will- to travel on a tourist visa. In not so easy to do. tive business in both the US and and Iran have escalated in the insanity,” Khan said. know where it will finish. It has ing to. We have been watching one draft of the regulations, Regulating tourist visas for abroad. wake of the killing of powerful “I spoke to President Trump unintended consequences,” he it very closely and it’s an hon- they would have to clear an pregnant women is one way to American companies take Iranian commander General yesterday and I told him it said. our to be here with my friend,” additional hurdle before get at the issue, but it raises out advertisements and charge Qasem Soleimani by America would be a disaster,” Khan said. After meeting Khan, Trump had said. PTI obtaining the visa — convinc- questions about how officers up to $80,000 to facilitate the practice, offering hotel rooms and medical care. 3 , Many of the women trav- el from Russia and China to give birth in the US. The US has been cracking down on the % practice since before Trump 4 took office. Although there are scattered cases of authorities Cairo: Egypt, Ethiopia and Sao Paulo: A frequent and arresting operators of birth Sudan started US-monitored Q5 R fiery critic of Brazil’s media, tourism agencies for visa fraud talks on Wednesday in the President Jair Bolsonaro or tax evasion, coming to the Sudanese capital to try ham- Jerusalem: When French ed at the start of Via Dolorosa in declared Wednesday he would US to give birth is fundamen- mer out a draft deal to resolve President Emmanuel Macron the Old City’s Muslim Quarter, no longer speak to journalists. tally legal. AP their dispute over a Nile dam visited Jerusalem’s Old City on has been part of France’s terri- Bolsonaro made the that Ethiopia is constructing, Wednesday, he also trod in the tories in the Holy Land since the remarks outside his official an Egyptian spokesman said. footsteps of one of his predeces- 1850s. The rules that have been residence in Brasilia where The $4.6 billion Grand sors, Jacques Chirac, by engag- in place “for centuries”, Macron most mornings for the past Ethiopian Renaissance Dam ing in a heated argument with told the Israeli officers, “will not year he has fielded questions project on the Blue Nile, which Israeli security. change with me, I can tell you, from reporters and greeted promises to provide much- The altercation broke out OK? So everybody, respect the fans. “I want to speak with you, needed electricity to Ethiopia’s when Israeli security forces rules.” Macron will on Thursday but the national journalism 100 million people, has been a pushed past the French detail attend a ceremony to com- association says that when I contentious point among the and were first to enter the memorate the liberation 75 years speak, I attack them,” three main Nile Basin coun- Church of Saint Anne, which is ago of Nazi Germany’s Bolsonaro told reporters. tries. The issue is critical for French state property. Auschwitz death camp in what “As I am a person of peace, Cairo as Egypt seeks to protect “Everybody knows the rules. was then occupied Poland. I will not give more interviews.” its main source of freshwater I don’t like what you did in front Wednesday’s tense scenes The move comes after the for its large and growing pop- of me,” an animated Macron recalled a 1996 Jerusalem visit by National Federation of ulation, also about 100 million. loudly told the Israeli personnel, late former president Chirac Journalists said last week The Blue Nile flows from speaking in English, in the crush during which he also lost his cool Bolsonaro’s presidency had Ethiopia into Sudan where it to enter the building, which with Israeli security agents who “significantly affected the free- joins the White Nile near remains French territory under were pressing him to move on. dom of the press in Brazil.” Khartoum, to form the Nile international treaties. “Go out — Chirac heatedly told them It registered 208 attacks — River. Eighty-five percent of outside please!” he added in a their actions were a “provoca- including physical and verbal Nile waters originate in raised voice in scenes captured tion” and angrily asked: “What — against the media or jour- Ethiopia from the Blue Nile, in video footage that quickly do you want? Me to go back to nalists in 2019, an increase of which is one of the Nile’s two spread on social media. The my plane and go back to France, 54 percent compared with the main tributaries. AP Roman Catholic church, locat- is that what you want?” AFP previous year. AFP 89 !" # #
he Enforcement Directorate both the sales, which include a Troped in Saffronart, an inter- distinguished line-up of artworks, national auction house, to host 110 too.” He added that some of the two auctions featuring the seized brands offer the most popular assets of fugitive businessman ( "O luxury items internationally and Nirav Modi. While the first sale, have witnessed a great demand a live auction, will be on # ( ! from celebrities and collectors. 1 ( & February 27 in Mumbai, the sec- # 6 ( .( This is the first time that the = ' ond will be an online sale on Enforcement Directorate has March 3 and 4. be priced at 12 crore or 18 Perregaux Men’s Opera One appointed a professional auction ( The auctions will feature 15 crore. wristwatch. More than 80 brand- house to conduct an auction of ! ! * artworks by significant modern The exhibition will also ed handbags are there in the auc- seized assets in India. Earlier, in and contemporary Indian artists showcase a serene blue painting tion, out of which several are March 2019, the Income Tax B( ( ## (* as well as a selection of luxury by VS Gaitonde from 1972, from the Birkin and Kelly lines Department had appointed the ! / # ! watches, handbags and cars. which is estimated to be priced by luxury retailer Hermes. same auction house for the bid- # ! ( ( Highlights of the auction at around 7 to 9 crore and a CEO and co-founder of the ding that raised 54.84 crore. / include a 1,935 masterpiece by vivid red depiction of Krishna by auction house, Dinesh Vazirani, Selected items from the L ( ( * Amrita Sher-Gil, which has Manjit Bawa ( 3 to 5 crore). said, “We are honoured to lend forthcoming auctions will be never been auctioned previous- Apart from the modern art- our services and expertise to the exhibited at the Saffronart gallery # ly and a significant oil on canvas works, important watches will Enforcement Directorate. We in The Oberoi, New Delhi, dur- ! ! by MF Husain from his also be on sale including a Jaeger are working with the ED to ing the India Art Fair later this ! / Mahabharata series. Both the Lecoultre Men’s Reverso assess and evaluate each item and month. 61 - ) 0 , 2 ( ( 5 artworks have been estimated to Gyrotourbillon 2 and a Gerrard put together the catalogue for L 6 (# # # ! R ! # ##* #! M Making of / L ## *( * !( # ! Netaji’s INA ( # / ( 7$A$ +7 ##( # (* ""@274 ( ( ! ! been inspired by such a powerful # O!' story.” ! * (( ' Since it’s a period drama, the per- >=>= * ! ( # ; ' sonal lives and stories of the soldiers, their war rooms and battle set-up have & % been created based on archival footage M and images to recreate the real histo- / (## ( ? ' % ry. But why is it that there are so many % films and series being made around chapters of Indian history today given " %: #/16 AA ' ( the recent trend in Bollywood? “With ' 7( &( the growth of good content, we are for- & ' () don’t believe in enacting a character tunate enough to have come in the without knowing him or his back- ' industry at such a time when history 0 Iground story,” says actor Sunny is being valued so much,” Sharvari Kaushal, who is set to make his debut with ' P says. Sunny goes on to add that & ' Amazon Prime Video’s web series The another reason why history is making Forgotten Army. So he studied deep. tive roles. Ever since Khan passed out its way into mainstream cinema is & ) “There is always some blurred informa- of film school he wanted to tell the sto- because of the enhanced technology 2 ' tion that you have because of what you ries of these soldiers. He says, “Twenty- that we are equipped with today. “We % & ; have read about history in school. But you seven thousand of them died fighting are much better equipped today to cre- would have never known the details of to liberate the country. Just imagine ate such content. What the director everything, including their betrayals, their patriotism and valour. They are envisions, he can bring it alive the same (( ' '( struggles and fights and even some part a forgotten chapter in our history and way he has imagined. To recreate those ( % ; ' % of their personal lives. We started read- this story is an effort to make people times really needs a lot, including the ing and researching about everything realise their existence.” right kind of animation, costumes and ' & through the 1999 documentary as well as Sharvari tells us, “The 1999 doc- set-ups. You need a lot of means to do ) " & ( ' internet and books. We collected a lot of umentary really helped us get into the that. It’s only now that they are able to % ( material to educate ourselves on the topic,” skin of our characters since they are express their creative vision. The says he. based on real lives.” biggest instance is of Kabir Khan him- ( The series showcases the formation However, Sunny points out that self, who has been working on this ' ' ) of Subhas Chandra Bose’s Indian National even though the characters might be script for 20 years since his 1999 doc- L ( ' Army after British army’s defeat in fictional, the story and events that the umentary.” Singapore during World War II. It has audience would experience are real. Sharvari, who is set for her been told through the perspective of sol- Surinder Sodhi, played by him, might Bollywood debut with Bunty Aur A ( diers. Playing the role of soldiers could be not have existed in reality but has been Babli 2, talks about her take on " # #* highly taxing and challenging for debu- inspired by real people. Sunny tells us, sequels and whether they revive the ( #(!( * tantes. So how difficult did they find it to “My character is an amalgamation of essence of an old blockbuster or just # ( master all the moves? “For a week, we Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon, Shah Nawaz take away its originality. She says, “The ! ( ! learnt how to live the way Army does. We Khan and Prem Kumar Sahgal, the second part will revolve around the had regular training on how to handle the three faces who were charged in the story which happens 10 years later. / gun and create formations. We worked on Red Fort trial. So different elements Might be their kids (laughs). It’s like L+ the standing postures, learnt what angles from their stories have inspired a time lapse. It’s somewhat the same ( ! to hold and keep the gun so that you actu- Surinder’s story.” storyline and same characters but just # ally look like one from the Army. Apart Maya, played by actor Sharvari the people and their approaches are / # from that, psychologically too, there was Wagh, is a civilian who later becomes different this time. I think that it’s going a lot of preparation to understand what a part of the INA. She is inspired by to be a fun thing and something that # !# soldiers have gone through in those one the leaders of the Rani Laxmibai people wouldn’t have watched. So a (( / R # three years during war,” says Sunny. Regiment, which comprised women sequel always has something to add of / Director Kabir Khan brought the “who fought shoulder to shoulder with its own while maintaining the origi- 1 ( # story out to the public for the first time men and stood till the end. They have nality of both the versions.” !( /# through the eponymous 1999 documen- been trained very well and how to fight (The series releases on Amazon tary, which also became the first reference with guns and all kinds of weapons. I Prime on January 24.) #R ( ! ! for the actors to prepare for their respec- am very glad that my first project has ( ( & ! # (/@ ( # ( humble stone fountain, over- /M Agrown shrubs and flowers, and white sheets drying on a line - met Pharrell Williams and other + & curious guests at the Chanel show inside the Grand Palais. $ & = 2 The set recreated the land- scape house founder Gabrielle # & Q 7##( “Coco” Chanel viewed as a child B ! # after her mother died and her *$ ! & (# / father sent her away to an abbey orphanage. ) $ ## ! ( If such a lowly — and sad — ( + # ( setting seemed like an unusual an equally strict jacket in pastel ( * choice to showcase high-priced blue and sand. Apart from the ! ( # /L R and normally joyous couture, it occasional flash of colour, most of # 4/ ! was an intentional move by the designs came in black and designer Virginie Viard to white. ##! ##!M demonstrate how Chanel mixed “What interested me in this / high and low in her fashion. (abbey) was the paradox between 7( 0L Here are some highlights the sophistication of haute couture ARMANI LOOKS TO ! ! #* from the second day of Paris and the simplicity of this place,” COLOUR, ASIA # #(* Fashion Week haute couture Viard said. “The strict suits The iconic Place Vendome shows for spring-summer 2020. of the pupils rub shoul- square was the enviable location # ders with structured for Italian design legend Giorgio ! /R! CHANEL DELVES INTO dresses of an ethereal Armani’s latest display. (# /M FOUNDER’S ORPHANAGE finesse.” For Armani, couture is about CHILDHOOD Viard has less celebrities and razzmatazz, and (# Chanel, Viard discovered, had humour and a Tuesday was no exception as been profoundly inspired in all stricter aesthetic actresses Reese Witherspoon and her designs by the ancient take than the while seated on chairs with a truncated full skirt billow- sequins. Juliette Binoche held court. ( !# Cistercian Abbey of Aubazine, in flamboyant Karl attached to stone columns for ing out unexpectedly at knee The French couturier this The Asian-themed designs, #/ the French region of Corrèze — Lagerfeld, her pre- Givenchy’s historic Left Bank level in a clever reinterpretation season used Von Teese — and her though beautifully constructed, 6# with its flowers, uniforms and decessor who show venue. of a known silhouette. styles — as the touchstone for a were secondary to that, sadly, and ( stained-glass artistry. died last year. They played dramatic Vividly coloured silk ruffles collection that explored corsetry, tended toward the repetitive. The theme made for a more And this classical music to accompa- didn’t just appear as details on lingerie and seductive undressing. Statement colour — some- L * haunting collection than normal more austere ny spring’s equally dramatic gowns, but Keller used them to A white satin bustier was times overly bold — also defined !( M — a mood emphasized by loud, theme gave couture — an accomplished construct the structure and sil- covered gently by a see-through the spring aesthetic. But the " # spooky music and models that the French series of varied designs that houette of trapeze-shaped gar- lace chemise. A white floor-length exhaustive show held no surpris- $ slowly crisscrossed the courtyard designer a made it seem as if designer ments that teemed like dense, gown had a bold dropped shoul- es. like they were in a trance. platform to Clare Waight Keller can’t put oversize petals. der in which the segments seemed A structured white silk tuxe- ( A take on a convent school- design more nat- a foot wrong. to fall off the bust, as if the do in a crossover design opened L!# # girl uniform opened the show as urally with her The clothes spoke for ALEXIS MABILLE ‘TEESES’ model were in the process of the show. The model wore a stiff #M a signature Chanel tweed skirt- own voice. themselves, without the need HIS GUESTS undressing. black wig, a styling feature that # * suit. It was cut sharply, with a for cultural references, Burlesque superstar Dita Von Mabille also used his signa- appeared throughout the show. ! round ecclesiastical white collar GIVENCHY’S through deft plays of pro- Teese opened the show for Alexis ture bow theme to produce a gar- The signature tuxedo led to a and baggy white preppy ankle TIMELESSNESS portion. Mabille in a black tuxedo with gantuan abstract neck bow whose terracotta obi belt on hot pink !# / socks. Mosaic patterns in panels Musicians were A long charcoal tuxedo sensual decollete that dripped proportions drowned the model. loose pants and a V-neck tuxedo evoking stained glass appeared on suspended mid-air coat had a magnificent shape, down the leg with brooding black It was highly inventive. in imperial blue. L( %& 8$ !" # # % & #! - ! !
KIIT HOLDS FOURTH FILM FESTIVAL
he 4th edition of have to improve more. It Kalinga Global Film should maintain their unique- TFestival (KGFF) was ness.” Professor Saxena said inaugurated at KIIT School of that students of KIIT should uring his visit to NCC Republic Day Camp Uttar Pradesh Directorate. Raksha Mantri Film and Media Sciences. The reflect what they learn from D2020, Defence Minister, Rajnath Singh con- Commendation Cards have been awarded to Sr inauguration ceremony was Odisha in their films. ferred Raksha Mantri Padak and Under Officer Shavetana Sambyal of Jammu and graced by Tusharkanti Behera, The objective of this film Commendation Cards to NCC cadets for their Kashmir Directorate, Capt (Dr) Rajeev Thomas Minister of Sports and Youth festival is to encourage and exemplary performance and devotion to duty. of Kerala and Lakshadweep Directorate, Sr GCI Service, Electronics and ignite young minds, enrich Rajnath Singh was welcomed by the Seema Rai of Uttar Pradesh Directorate and Information Technology, intellectually inclined cineast- Director General of National Cadet Corps, Lt Cadet Soumya Ghosh of West Bengal and Government of Odisha; es and promote aspiring film Gen Rajeev Chopra, AVSM. A contingent of Sikkim Directorate. Anubhav Mohanty, MP, Lok makers. “KGFF intends to smartly turned out NCC cadets drawn from the Rajnath Singh also inspected the well laid Sabha; Satyabrata Tripathy, organise a festival that would three wings — Army, Navy and Air Force — pre- out ‘Flag Area’, prepared by the cadets from all Chairman of Odisha Film connect regular movie-goers, sented an impressive Guard of Honour to the the 17 NCC Directorates depicting various social Development Corporation; budding filmmakers and dis- Defense Minister. awareness themes. He was given a briefing by Bijay Kumar Nayak, Director tinguished filmmakers so as Raksha Mantri Padak was instituted in 1989 the cadets on their respective models. He also of Culture Department, to bring greater understand- and since then it is awarded to the most deserv- visited the ‘Hall of Fame’, which has an archival Government of Odisha; ing of the art and craft of film ing cadet every year for bravery or exception- collection of alumni photographs, models and Pankaj Saxena, professor of making,” said Khatua. al service of the highest order. This year, the other achievements of the NCC. Screen Studies and Research, KGFF presented a selec- Raksha Mantri Padak was awarded to Lieutenant In his address, he complimented the NCC FTII, Pune; Dr Achyuta tion of feature films, short Raison Sam Raju of Kerala and Lakshadweep for doing exceptional work towards Swachhata Samanta, Founder of KIIT films and documentaries from Directorate and Under Officer Rahul Sharma of Abhiyan. and KISS and Himanshu all over Asia. There were three Khatua, CEO of KIIT School panel discussions on Film of Film and Media Sciences. Society Movement, Film While inaugurating, Appreciation and Critical Behera said, “Odia cinemas Analysis and Film Education. 7 A/ -/
ational Institute of Open Schooling mics, NIOS provides around 100 voca- lished under the Ministry of Health and requirement of food safety and hygiene N(NIOS) and Food Safety and tional courses in different areas such as Family Welfare, Government of India, but would also provide knowledge, skill Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) Agriculture, Business and Commerce, is responsible for protecting and pro- and abilities to the learner to undertake have signed an MoU to create aware- Engineering and Technology, Health moting public health through the reg- employment (self/wage) in this key sec- ness in the field of food safety, hygiene and Paramedical, Home Science and ulation and supervision of food safe- tor. The content developed by FSSAI on and nutrition. Hospitality Management, Teacher ty. food safety and hygiene will also be NIOS provides education at school Training, Computer and IT related sec- NIOS and FSSAI by coming incorporated in NIOS learning mate- stage up to pre-degree level through tors. together in a collaboration will not only rials for home science and relevant aca- open learning system. Besides acade- FSSAI, an autonomous body estab- create awareness about the need and demic and vocational programmes.
resident Dr Ram Nath tions, he helped 12 students PKovind awarded Parth 0 - meet their parents. He is the Sarathi, a resident of Noida founder of Raasta founda- with Bal Shakti award along tion whose theme is — Maths with 1 lakh, a medal and a and Music. In this foundation, certificate in Rashtrapati he teaches mathematics and Bhawan on Wednesday. music to the kids so that they It will always be a memo- are stress free and happy. rable day for Parth because it During the Greater Noida is not often that you receive an carnival, he organised a mini award in Rashtrapati Bhawan concert where eight kids sang from the President. He a beautiful song. Those stu- received this opportunity dents performed the first time because of his consistent hard- on the stage and received work, optimistic behaviour immense praise and appreci- ! ' #-%$ (6*7 02 , ' , 6 #-%$' 4 7 and dedication towards the ation from the audience. =B=B (6*7 4 ) ' ' **( 6% 0 ' 4 ; society. Parth is only 16 years old Earlier, Parth received an and a student of class 11th. It award for finding the lost is commendable to see this kids through aadhar camps. passion, hardwork and dedi- During the summer vaca- cation at such a young age. A' B
hat an astonishing preach exists path. Rigved mantra also preaches that problems arise. Win Vedas — Anti santamnaja- without following the Vedic path no It is mentioned in Ramayana that hati, Anti Santamnapashyati — which one can attain happiness. earlier daily Vedic preach and agniho- means that even though the soul of a Further, Samved mantra points tra was performed in every house. As human being is closest to god yet he that when an aspirant listens to Vedas a result, there was no man or woman can’t leave or see him. Indeed, soul can from Brahma, he can actually feel the who was affected with vices like never be away from god at any time. presence of god. But nowadays, it is anger, greed, meanness and many oth- This eternal fact is also stated in sad that people misled by so-called ers. So during those days there was Yajurved mantra that god is near to saints. Hence, there occurs a problem. no question of insulting women or yogis because they follow Vedas and We must thank god that he merciful- disgracing their honour which is practise Ashtang Yog, which let them ly has enlightened all human-beings observed nowadays. Why can’t Vedic feel god’s presence. On the contrary, with knowledge of four Vedas to feel atmosphere be everywhere now? god is not close to those who are sin- his presence and to destroy all sorrows Manusmriti shlok and Bhagwad ners and against Vedas. He knows of life. It becomes our utmost duty, Geeta shlok state that all karmas or every pious and sinful deed of the soul which is entrusted on us by god him- rather duties emanate from Vedas and accordingly awards each person self that we follow the Vedic path. and they emanate from god. So why in the form of happiness or sorrows Otherwise peace cannot be main- don’t we follow the Vedas to destroy respectively. tained among public. corruption and sins from the soci- If we deeply study Bhagwad Geeta The knowledge of Vedas emanates ety? under the guidance of acharya of directly from god and like god it nei- This fact is very well clarified in Vedas, we find that Bhagwad Geeta at ther gets destroyed nor becomes old. Rigved mantra that the human-life every step inspires readers to follow It is immortal and has been preached only achieves its motto when a it Vedas. Rigved mantra preaches that by god to us to attain salvation. attains salvation along with pious soul cannot destroy his sorrows and Nowadays people don’t pay attention worldly pleasure. can never experience pleasure until he to invaluable Vedic knowledge. As a (The author, Swami Ram Swarup, realises the presence of god, which can result, they get stressed, dishonour is the chief editor of Ved Ishvareeya 6 ' -% (+ ++' ) % . =B=B -% 7 only be attained by following the Vedic women, thefts increase and many such vani, a bi-annual magazine.) -%; ) =E 4 6 ;
n 1969, history was written in too! Now after 50 years of its social teachings of Guru Nanak, Ithe Punjabi film industry release, producers Maann Singh fit perfectly to the characters of with the release of Nanak Naam Deep and Kalyani Singh are /3%<%@@3/3@>A our story and join us not as pro- Jahaz Hai. New records were going to produce a new film fessional actors or technicians created at the box office, which under the same title Nanak name of religion, caste, language mankind, irrespective of reli- that I wanted to spread this mes- who is a writer-director and has the time they were convinced but as a member of our mis- were never broken. People Naam Jahaz Hai. Before becom- and colour, he wanted to make gion, caste, language and sage of faith and love all across,” avid knowledge of Sikhism. that it was perfect to plan a film. sion,” he said. removed shoes before entering ing films producers, Maann a film which depicts compas- colour. “When I read the writ- said he. She loved this idea and came out They went on to hire the best The shooting lasted for 42 theatres. The film was an and Kalyani were famous jour- sion, love and true faith in god. ings of Guru Nanak Dev ji, I was He feels that the best way to with a beautiful story,” said people who could execute this days in various parts of Punjab unprecedented hit across the nalists. “Whenever I can’t seek lost in the magic of Gurbani. spread this message was Maann. task. “We were not looking for including Golden temple at globe. Talking about his thought solutions for my problems, I go Every word was so pure and through a film because he has It took them a while to get the perfect team only from the Amritsar. “I hope this film will After breaking all box office behind making this film, Maann to the Gurudwara to stay calm. touching, (The only holy book a deep understanding of it. to this title but they feel that commercial point of view but be remembered as one of the records, the film went on to win said that at a time, when peo- I love the shabads recited there. that has great writings of six “Initially, I discussed the Baba Nanak blessed them with we also wanted the team which best devotional and social the coveted “National Award” ple are spreading hate in the Sikhism preaches love for gurus and saints of all religions) idea with my wife Kalyani Singh it. They worked on the story till believed in the spiritual and films,” he added. 8* !" # #
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ifteen-year-old prodigy Coco ) I ( Gauff set up an Australian FOpen blockbuster with ball,” she said. defending champion Naomi Osaka Djokovic also weathered on Wednesday, as a pumped-up the breeze — which followed Serena Williams took another step heavy rain on Monday, and towards a record-equalling 24th smog from bushfires last week & &J) Grand Slam title. — to beat Japanese wildcard On a day when men’s seeds Tatsuma Ito 6-1, 6-4, 6-2 in 95 # India’s Divij Sharan and his tumbled, Serbia’s Novak Djokovic minutes. New Zealand partner Artem Sitak pro- strode into the third round to be “They were tough condi- gressed to the second round of the men’s joined by Roger Federer, who dis- tions, pretty windy and it was doubles event but Rohan Bopanna was missed Filip Krajinovic 6-1, 6-4, 6- hard to know where the balls knocked out of the Australian Open here on 1. were going. My serve helped a Wednesday. American teenager Gauff, lot to get me out Sharan and Sitak got the better of the showing a tenacity which is becom- of trouble,” said Portuguese-Spanish duo of Pablo Carreno ing her trademark, clawed her way the Serb. Busta and Joao Sousa 6-4, 7-5 in a thrilling back from a set down to beat the Federer was one hour, 28 minutes encounter. experienced Sorana Cirstea 4-6, 6- barely detained The pair will next face the winner of the 3, 7-5. by Krajinovic, the first-round match between 10th seeds Mate Gauff, who screamed and world number 41, Pavic-Bruno Soares and Ben Molachlan- pumped her fists as she completed as he moved Luke Bambridge. her victory, said her “will to win” smoothly through in 92 min- 4 & Partnering Yasutaka Uchiyama of Japan, had got her through the tough sec- utes in the night match on Rod ) * ( Bopanna went down to USA’s Bryan broth- ond-round match at a windswept Laver Arena. ers, Bob and Mike, 1-6, 6-3, 3-6 in a hard- Melbourne Park. In other results, Petra seed Grigor Dimitrov 6-4, 7- fought one hour, 17 minutes contest. “My parents always told me you Kvitova, last year’s runner-up, 6 (8/6), 3-6, 6-7 (3/7), 7-6 Meanwhile on Wednesday Sania Mirza can always come back — no mat- came through 7-5, 7-5 against (10/3). pulled out of the mixed doubles due to a calf ter what the score is,” said Gauff, Paula Badosa of Spain, and And Australia’s John injury. She was supposed to partner com- who beat seven-time Grand Slam China’s Zhang Shuai ousted Millman further trimmed the patriot Rohan Bopanna. champion Venus Williams in round American Caty McNally 6-2, number of high-ranked play- Mirza will, however, play in the women’s one. 6-4. ers when he ended the cam- doubles event. Gauff also beat Williams on her Former US Open champi- paign of Polish 31st seed Sania, who won the doubles title in Grand Slam debut last year at on Marin Cilic won a five-set- Hubert Hurkacz. Hobart International, will team up with Wimbledon, and in another quirk, ter against French seed Benoit But Greek sixth seed Nadiia Kichenok of Ukraine for the Australia she faced Osaka in the US Open Paire, and one-time semi- Stefanos Tsitsipas was handed Open today. third round, going down meekly in 4 + I ( finalist Milos Raonic beat a slice of fortune when Philipp The duo will face Chinese pair of straight sets. Chile’s Christian Garin in Kohlschreiber withdrew Xinyun Han and Lin Zhu in their women’s Japan’s 22-year old Osaka, beat defending a Grand Slam title for the top of her voice during a testing sec- WIND ‘MASSIVE FACTOR’ straights. injured. doubles first round clash. China’s Zheng Saisai 6-2, 6-4 but second time. ond set against 70th-ranked Tamara Earlier, Australia’s world num- Also, Tennys Sandgren Among eight first-round “It’s unfortunate that this niggling injury briefly lost her cool mid-match, Former world number one Zidansek, before seeing off break ber one Ashleigh Barty raced took the biggest scalp when he matches held over from got aggravated in the Hobart final just as I hurling and kicking her racquet Wozniacki, playing her final tour- points to win 6-2, 6-3. through 6-1, 6-4 against Polona ousted eighth seed Matteo Tuesday, after rain wiped out was getting to the top of my game. It is a lot when she gave up a break in the sec- nament before retiring, came from “She was a really good fighter — Hercog, buoying hopes of a first Berrettini in five sets. half of Monday’s schedule, better now and I intend to give it my best ond set. behind in both sets for a 7-5, 7-5 she did not just let me win,” said home winner since 1978. Sandgren’s fellow Spain's Carla Suarez Navarro, shot in doubles. It’s disappointing to miss out “I was thinking that I really win over Dayana Yastremska of Williams, who can equal Margaret “It was very different end to American Tommy Paul also also retiring this year, upset on the chance to partner Rohan in mixed,” don’t want to play a third set this Ukraine. Court’s all-time mark of 24 Grand end, I think the wind was a massive pulled off a five-set upset Belarusian 11th seed Aryna Mirza was quoted as saying by the Times of time,” explained Osaka, who is Serena Williams shouted at the Slams if she lifts the trophy. factor particularly with the new when he beat Bulgarian 18th Sabalenka in straight sets. India. Agencies 7 / R " ")7616$ am very happy to be back as a good test of fitness. The soon as possible and have game was difficult because anchester City defend- minutes and help the team,” they are very strong, a good Mer Aymeric Laporte said Laporte. team.” 3 admits he has returned from “It was very important “It was difficult for me his serious knee injury earli- for me to try to be with the (being out), my team-mates Top Indian shuttler Saina er than he expected. team, to be involved. It was see me suffering,” he added. Nehwal suffered a second consecu- The Frenchman was a “But now I can help the team tive opening round defeat as she went surprise inclusion in Pep out and give my best.” down to Line Hojmark Kjaersfeldt to Guardiola’s starting line-up City have had problems bring curtains on the country’s cam- against Sheffield United, hav- at the back in Laporte’s paign in the Thailand Masters tour- ing not been involved with absence and his return nament here on Wednesday. the first team for almost five helped City record their first The fifth seeded Saina lost to months. clean sheet in any compe- unseeded Kjaersfeldt 13-21, 21-17, He required surgery after tition since December 15-21 in a hard fought 47-minute suffering a knee injury dur- 29. contest. World number 18 Saina had ing City’s home win against After the match, a 4-0 head-to-head record against the Brighton on August 31. Guardiola admitted number 29 Dane before Wednesday’s Laporte’s comeback in his team had missed match. , 6 P 4P ! P J) the 1-0 win for City at the 25-year-old and With Saina’s defeat, India’s cam- Bramall Lane lasted 78 described him as the paign came to an end in the BWF minutes and he is now best left-sided central World Tour Super 300 event. Srikanth, who went down to Shesar >3')% looking forward to the defender in the world. In the men’s singles, the trio of Hiren Rhustavito of Indonesia 21-12, rest of the season. Laporte said: “It’s great to Kidambi Srikanth, Sameer Verma 14-21, 12-21, in a match that lasted “Normally it would hear that from this manag- and H S Prannoy, too, faltered in the 48 minutes. 1 * ##)# # 4! !# have been later but I er as he is one of the best in first round. This was Srikanth’s third consec- spoke with the manag- the world, if not the best. I Verma lost to Malaysia’s Lee Zii utive first-round exit this season. 45".5" er and tried today am very happy to hear that Jia 16-21, 15-21 in a 39-minute It was curtains for Prannoy too. FIGURATIVELY (Tuesday) and he told but I have to work to stay men’s singles match. The story went He lost 17-21, 22-20, 19-21 to en-man Arsenal slowed Chelsea’s charge for me I would play so I there and keep going.” on similar lines for the fifth seeded Malaysia’s Liew Daren. PTI Ta Champions League place on Tuesday as + # ## ! Manchester City kept up their distant pursuit of (D=S!# !# Liverpool with victory at Sheffield United on a dra- 0: #%##( & ("(# N !( (O) matic evening of Premier League football. # DFFK*FF Fourth-placed Chelsea twice took the lead ! )# # ( ##B # ( against Arsenal, who were reduced to 10 men after ! # !#4 former Blues defender David Luiz took out * ( >=D>*D< Tammy Abraham when he was through on goal. Jorginho put Chelsea 1-0 ahead from the .4 # penalty spot in the 28th minute but Gabriel ! )# 4! ! 0 ## # Martinelli equalised for Arsenal in the second half. Cesar Azpilicueta put Chelsea 2-1 up with just ( (A .( DFFC six minutes remaining but Arsenal levelled only 2 . # 4 + 0 10 three minutes later through Hector Bellerin. 1 DCS The 2-2 draw leaves Chelsea six points . ()# *4 & , ahead of fifth-placed Manchester United having 6 !# (D=S!# played a game extra while Arsenal are in 10th spot, 0:4! 6 ( seemingly out of the running for a place in the $ >=DH*DK 7 7 . ( , ( top four. 2 ( !#6 " Bayern Munich have signed #0 Lyon beat Lille on penalties after back into the game four minutes later Edinson Cavani wants to join Atletico AGUERO SPARES BLUSHES >L ##( T 0R # (4!# Real Madrid right-back Alvaro a dramatic 2-2 draw at the Groupama when centre-back Gabriel handled Madrid and is being treated “unfairly” by Pep Guardiola’s City, with defender Aymeric 1 (# #>==> Odriozola on loan until the end of the Stadium on Tuesday to reach their inside the area. PSG, the Uruguay striker’s father said on Laporte back in the side, looked as though they season, the two clubs confirmed on sixth French League Cup final, setting Moussa Dembele drilled the spot- Wednesday. Cavani, 32, has fallen out of might rue Gabriel Jesus’s squandered first-half Wednesday. up a possible clash with record eight- kick into the top corner to grab his favour at PSG, where he is competing with penalty but their Argentine hitman Sergio lier this season in a 9-0 defeat by Leicester. The 24-year-old Spain internation- time winners Paris Saint-Germain. sixth goal in five games. Kylian Mbappe, Neymar, Mauro Icardi and Aguero came to the rescue. Watford took the lead against Villa when al will bolster Bayern’s defence, which Renato Sanches dragged what Houssem Aouar appeared to have Angel di Maria for starting spots in attack. Despite the 1-0 win, second-placed City Troy Deeney headed in Gerard Deulofeu’s cross has been left short on cover with cen- proved to be the last penalty of the fired Lyon into the final with a fine A number of clubs are reportedly keen remain 13 points behind runaway leaders but the home side hit back in the second half tre-backs Niklas Suele and Lucas shootout wide to send Lyon through. long-range strike with five minutes on signing Cavani, who has scored a club- Liverpool, having played two games more, and through Douglas Luiz. Hernandez sidelined by knee injuries. This is the final season of the remaining. record 198 goals for PSG and whose contract their bid to defend their title appears hopeless. Tyrone Mings scored a dramatic late winner “We decided to comply with the League Cup after the French league There was another twist in the tale, expires in the summer. Atletico appear to be City’s French central defender Laporte has for Villa deep into stoppage time to end request of our head coach Hansi Flick voted to suspend the competition though, as despite a lengthy delay for the 32-year-old’s preferred choice but the La been out of action since suffering a knee injury Watford’s recent revival under Nigel Pearson. for reinforcements in defence and from next term to ease fixture conges- a VAR review, Lille were awarded an Liga outfit and PSG are yet to agree a fee. at the end of August and he was a surprise inclu- Moise Kean scored his first goal for Everton together we decided on Alvaro tion. injury-time penalty for what appeared “I would like him to play there, (Atletico sion at Bramall Lane. since his arrival from Juventus in the 30th minute Odriozola,” said Bayern chairman Karl- Lyon will bid to lift the trophy for to be an excellent tackle by former coach Diego) Simeone wants him now,” Sheffield United goalkeeper Dean Henderson of their match against Newcastle and Dominic Heinz Rummenigge in a statement. the second time when they take on the Manchester United full-back Rafael on Cavani’s father Luis told Spanish progamme denied Jesus from the penalty spot about 10 min- Calvert-Lewin doubled the lead in the second “We are very happy about his sign- winner of second semi-final between Jonathan Bamba. El Chiringuito. utes from half-time after a foul on Riyad half. ing and would like to thank those in Reims and PSG on April 4 at the Stade Loic Remy, on as a 78th-minute “I think there is a strong chance he will Mahrez. Everton were cruising deep into stoppage charge at Real Madrid for their very de France. substitute, stepped up with a cool go to Atletico. There is also the option to But City made amends when substitute time but threw away the three points, with friendly and cooperative discussions.” Portugal midfielder Sanches gave Panenka finish down the middle of the join the club in June. There are lots of other Sergio Aguero, on for Jesus, tapped in from Kevin Lejeune striking twice. The move helps both parties as visitors Lille a 13th-minute lead with goal to force more spot-kicks. clubs interested but when you give your De Bruyne’s cross in the 73rd minute. Bournemouth, who had lost their previous Odriozola, who was signed from Real a low left-footed strike from outside the But Ciprian Tatarusanu, playing in word to a team, you respect it. Southampton’s 2-0 victory against Crystal four matches, all against relegation rivals, beat Sociedad for 35 million euros ($39 mil- area to score his second goal for the place of usual Lyon goalkeeper “If he is allowed to leave tomorrow and Palace, thanks to goals from Nathan Redmond Brighton 3-1 thanks to goals from Harry Wilson, lion) in 2018, has struggled for game club since joining from Bayern last Anthony Lopes, saved Bamba’s open- Atletico still want him, I think he will sign. and Stuart Armstrong, continued a remarkable an own goal from Pascal Gross and a second- time in Madrid, where Dani Carvajal is August. ing penalty before Sanches’ miss sealed He is a player who needs time to play. PSG turnaround for the club, who hit rock bottom ear- half Callum Wilson effort. preferred in the right-back role. AFP But the hosts were gifted a way Lille’s fate. AFP are treating him unfairly.” AFP 8. !" # #
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