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Banerjee said that the BJP “knows that its expiry date has come and so they are taking this strong arm tactics to humiliate a police chief,” adding the CBI was “not only    -34-)") and an "assault" on the federal his role during the investigation disturbing me but also victim- polity, which has come within of the chit fund cases. The ising thesenior citizen who high drama played out in 48 hours of Prime Minister CBIofficials claimed that they supplies tea in my residence. I AKolkata on Sunday evening and BJP chief were stopped and forcibly am in this dharna to save the which saw a virtual showdown 's public "threat". whisked away by a large num- democracy, constitution and between the Central and State National Conference president ber of policemen. the state police.” investigating agencies after a Omar Abdullah and the Delhi The State police claimed Attacking the Modi posse of CBI officers — prob- Chief Minister and AAP leader, that the CBI had been barred Government for targeting the ing Sharada and Rose Valley Arvind Kejriwal, have extend- from action by the High Court Trinamool Congress with a chit fund cases — descended at ed support to Mamata. till February 13. particular motive she won- the residence of Kolkata The CBI is planning to “When we showed them dered “why the Indian cricket Commissioner of Police Rajiv approach the Supreme Court the documents they refused to and football teams are not Kumar on an claimed “secret against the Bengal Government cooperate and give us police being investigated as they were operation. The police first on Monday. help. Not only this, they also also sponsored by the Sahara whisked away the CBI officers In a blistering attack on refused to receive a letter we group. Why Babul Supriyo or to and then released them. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wanted to hand them over the Assam Dy Chief Minister Kolkata joint director of for subverting federal democ- from our end,” said a CBI are not being interrogated. CBI P Srivastav said that the ratic norms a furious Chief Deputy SP said. Why they are torturing and Central forces had been post- Minister said, “after failing to The CBI had earlier told humiliating an honest and able ed on an emergency basis at tackle the Trinamool Congress the Supreme Court that a lap- officer like Rajiv Kumar!” senior CBI officers’ residences politically, the BJP and Modi top, five mobile phones, and 4,  %( (,     %,$ ) #  % 5   )    #$ Incidentally K Nageshwar and CGO complex and Nizam has let loose CBI on us. There some other documents were Rao from Delhi alleged the CP Palace housing CBI offices “for is a clear indication that Ajit seized by the State appointed came had no proper papers she rushed in earlier along demn this affair.” thing from a rally and today the was “instrumental” in destroy- safety of the officers and their Doval is giving instruction to SIT headed by Kumar from the supporting their claims. They with the State Police DG Narendra Modi and Amit CBI was unleashed. I feel ing evidence. Meanwhile polit- families.” Bengal Chief Minister CBI to play the mischief at the Sharada chit fund office in only said that they had come on Virendra. Mamata said she Shah were jointly torturing ashamed to talk to this Prime ical showing solidarity leaders Mamata Banerjee embarked instance of Modi.” 2013. However, the State police a secret operation.” would run the Cabinet from Bengal she added. “The way Minister.” from Ahmed Patel of the on an indefinite Satyagraha She would call upon all the was yet to hand over the said Elsewhere at historic Metro the Dharna site from Monday. these two persons are trying to From dharna site the CM Congress, Akhilesh Yadav of alleging Central highhanded- anti-BJP Opposition parties to evidences. The CBI took over Channel where Mamata as an Before starting the sit-in provoke a coup after the mas- claimed political leaders, the SP and Delhi Chief ness and murder of federal take up the issue nationally, she the investigation a year later fol- Opposition leader had under- which she called a “Satyagraha” sive response we got in January including Akhilesh Yadav, Minister Arvind Kejriwal called democratic norms. added. The incident started at lowing a apex court order. taken a 26-day fast during the Banerjee told in a statement 19 Brigade rally is con- Ahmed Patel, and Arvind up Banerjee and enquired Meanwhile in a late night around 6 pm when about 35 Joint Commissioner Singur movement, she sat on a that could have future bearings, demnable,” the Kejriwal, have shown solidar- about the incident, TMC statement on Sunday, the CBI officials descended at the (Crime) of Kolkata Police dharna after emerging from the “I will ask all the police forces Chief Minister said, adding, “It ity with her. She added, “I am sources said even TMC work- Congress said the CBI action Police chief residence appar- Praveen Tripathi rejected the residence of Rajiv Kumar’s of all the States and the Central is strange that Modi came yes- ready to die but I will never ers had started rail-roko in var- in Kolkata is clearly "mala fide" ently to interrogate Kumar for CBI claims saying, “Those who Loudan Street residence where forces to stay united and con- terday and threatened some- submit to dictatorial ways.” ious parts of the State. %      -    .) *. prise results in recently held the BJP disrespects its senior     Assembly polls as party bagged leaders’’.     P

aruna Shukla-senior politi- 68 seats in a 90-member State She lavished praise on     Kcian and niece of former Assembly. Chief Minister    3&      Prime Minister Atal Bihari Shukla who has been in Bhupesh Baghel and termed        Vajpayee, claimed that politics for about four decades him a fearless, far-sighted and     Congress President Rahul hailed Priyanka Gandhi’s straight forward person who       Gandhi would be the Prime plunge in politics and stated, has great affection for people of        Minister in future and his deci- “she would significantly con- Chhattisgarh and love the State       sion to induct his sister tribute to installing Rahul more than any leader’. She stat- Priyanka Gandhi into party as Gandhi as the Prime Minister’’. ed, “Baghel is a workaholic per-    general secretary was a well “Like Chhattisgarh son who believes in thought     thought-out move. Government, Narendra Modi- that nothing is impossible’’. !" #$ %&'()*!" “Rahul is a fighter and led BJP Government would too She hit out at BJP nation-      "# certainly will be Prime Minister suffer crushing defeat, the days al vice-president, Raman Singh, &  )"6) $%   in future, he is the best person the founding member of the of Modi regime are numbered,’’ who led the party to a crush-  & $ '   to serve billion-plus Indians party in 1980. She joined she opined, adding, “Narendra ing defeat in 2018 Assembly aking on Prime Minister    ( and take care of country’s inter- Congress in February 2014 Modi indulges in cheap popu- polls in Chhattisgarh after serv- TNarendra Modi, Congress )   ests,’’ the 68-year-old Shukla and was believed to be instru- larity, his achievements are ing the mineral-rich State for a president Rahul Gandhi Sunday      who disassociated herself from mental in devising strategy zero, he spent his entire tenure record 15 consecutive years. said the Centre’s crop insurance     33-year-long association with and energising party cadres to in only altering Congress Shukla was considered the key scheme is aimed at taking away the BJP in October 2013, told end the winning streak of the Government’s schemes’’. She person in helping Raman Singh farmers income to fill up pock-     The Pioneer in an interview. BJP in Chhattisgarh. further said, “I feel more com- to become Chief Minister in ets of big businessmen. ,   -  The former BJP Congress returned to fortable in Congress rather late 2003 after Congress At his first Jan Aakansha ..!*   Parliamentarian Shukla was power in Chhattisgarh in a sur- than the BJP and alleged that Government was voted out. rally rally in Bihar after taking ) %  over as party president, Gandhi     accused the Nitish Kumar #    , Government in the state of %    & '( # %( ) *' -      making “empty promises” like   %( +& '%%( ,  . -     Modi said “there are many “But we have brought the instance. Had they paid atten- Modi. He promised that if the , '   ()'-   .   O-   #$  5%)( *.)$) children of Maa Bharti who Citizenship (Amendment) Bill tion, then the land of Guru Congress is voted to power in +  P& (   #    #$    have faced persecution in with a commitment... If they Nanak Dev would have been a the polls a number    aking a strong pitch for Pakistan, Afghanistan and are discriminated on the basis part of India,” Modi said, refer- of steps would be taken to deal The Congress leader again Delhi, farm loans will be /,  / Mthe Citizenship Bangladesh...We will stand of faith, the country will stand ring to the Gurdwara Darbar with farm distress and unem- pledged to cancel farmers’ waived across the country.” (Amendment) Bill, Prime with those who were part of up with them,” the Prime Sahib in Kartarpur in Pakistan ployment. loans if his party came to He also pledged to provide /0 -    Minister Narendra Modi said India at one time, but got sep- Minister said. He also referred where Sikhism founder Guru Calling upon “like-minded power after the Lok Sabha Patna University the status of -    on Sunday his Government arated from us” due to the to the Kartarpur Corridor Nanak had settled. parties” to unite in order to elections. central university. *12 #*.), would stand with the chil- Partition in 1947. issue to target the Congress. During the maharally defeat the Modi Government in “The Congress govern- Gandhi was at his aggres-    "   dren of “Maa Bharti” who Targeting the Congress for “The previous Prime Minister also welcomes the Lok Sabha election, Rahul ments in Madhya Pradesh, sive best at the rally, also 01   have faced persecution in its opposition to the legislation, Governments had the tenden- Retired Lt General R K Sharma said, “We have to move togeth- Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh attended by leaders of   2   Pakistan, Afghanistan and he said the party, when it was cy to ignore the necessities and and Mohammad Haneef, er to defeat the BJP-led NDA.” have waived farmers’ loans as Congress allies including the       Bangladesh. in power, did not pay “atten- sentiments of the country. You father of Rifleman Aurangzeb This was the first time in many promised,” he said. RJD, and said his party will      Addressing a rally in tion of the pain of our broth- are well aware of that. Take who was killed by terrorists in years that the Congress organ- “If a Congress-led gov- play politics on the front foot, )     Vijaypur in Jammu region, ers and sisters”. Kartarpur corridor issue for the Valley last year. ised a rally in Bihar on its own. ernment comes to power in not on the back foot. *.                     36 *"  ".* )"  67&874  t least seven passengers Adied and 29 others were hree golden crowns, col- he BJP will seek suggestions injured early on Sunday when Tlectively weighing about Tfrom 10 crore people across a rail fracture caused 11 bogies 1.3 kg, were reported missing the country to help the party of the Delhi-bound from Sri Govindaraja Swamy prepare its ‘sankalp patra’ (man- Seemanchal Express to jump temple at Tirupati, its officials ifesto). BJP president Amit Shah the tracks in Bihar’s Vaishali said on Sunday. and senior party leader Rajnath district, railway and police offi- The crowns adorned the Singh on Sunday launched cials said. statues of deities Lord “Bharat ke mann ki baat, Modi The 12487 Jogbani-Anand Venkateswara, Sri Lakshmi and ke saath”, a month-long exercise Vihar Seemanchal Express Sri Padmavathi at an ancient to prepare the manifesto on the originated from Jogbani in shrine inside the temple com- with police who have started a basis of feedbacks received from Kishanganj district and the plex. They were reported miss- probe, he said. people from various walks of life. accident took place around 4 ing on Saturday night, a secu- Police said they have reg- At a party function here, am. Prima facie, a rail fracture rity official of the Tirumala istered a case but no arrest has Shah said the exercise is aimed ,-#  + 2   (      led to the derailment, the offi- Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) been made so far. at democratising the process of  ,-#PO  #,)( ),P%      * cials said. Chief Public         told PTI. The temple was closed preparation of the manifesto,     #$ Relations Officer, East Central         !      #$ The theft in the temple, between 5 pm and 5.45 pm at which will accommodate the Zone, Rajesh Kumar, said the which dates back to 12th cen- the time of prasad offerings. concerns and inspiration of the In the mammoth exercise, committee, said never before accident took place at Sahadai Disaster Management Police said. tury, is suspected to have taken When priest Harikrishna country. the party will involve 300 vehi- such a massive exercise to pre- Buzurg, close to Mahanar Department, Pratyay Amrit Of the 29 people wound- place at the time of evening Deekshitulu took charge from “What kind of country cles that will l move across the pare a party’s manifesto has Road in the Sonepur division. said seven people have died in ed in the accident, two have prasad offerings, according to priest Vijayasaradhi as the tem- people want and what is their country with over 7,700 boxes been launched in a country. One general coach, one the accident. Six of the suffered grievous injuries, the police complaint filed by ple opened, he noticed the suggestion to achieve this; this across 4,000 Assemblies to The Home Minister also spoke AC coach B3, three sleeper deceased have been identified while 27 have received “simple the temple superintendent Sri crowns were missing. He then exercise will reach out to them seek people’s views, he said, at length about pro-farmer coaches S8, S9, S10 and six as Ilcha Devi (66), Indira Devi injuries”, the GRP said.The Gyana Prakash. informed Tirupati Tirumala to seek their views,” Shah told adding social media and tele- measures taken by the more coaches have derailed, (60), Shamsuddin Alam (26), injured were rushed to a hos- Surveillance camera Devasthanam, the overseeing reporters at an event here, phonic communication will Government and said the said the Chief Public Relations Ansar Alam (19), Shaida pital here, where the doctors footage was being examined to authority, and a police com- adding that it will help the also be used for this. Prime Minister has emerged as Officer. Khatoon (40), Sudarshan Das referred the seriously wound- track the culprits, he said. The plaint was filed in the early party realise the dream of a Singh, who is also the head the biggest well-wisher of farm- Principal Secretary, (60), the Government Railway ed to Muzaffarpur and Patna. TTD has also filed a complaint hours on Sunday. `New India.’ of the party’s ‘sankalp patra’ ers.   ()  ) *+ ,-./      67&874  he would return the Padma !"#$% #% &# Modi had also announced that requested the chief minister of  Shri as a mark of protest against the bill is an “atonement of the West Bengal to help him pass ajor political parties and the Citizenship (Amendment) requested him to ensure that and has been awaiting Rajya wrong that was done during the bill. That means the gov- Mstudent groups of the Bill 2016, terming it “anti- his party votes against the bill Sabha nod. There has been India’s Partition. India will ernment, rather the BJP, is Northeast on Sunday intensi- Northeast”. if it is brought in the Upper strong opposition in Assam safeguard all who had been vic- determined to pass this bill. fied their campaign against Earlier in the day, former House. and other Northeastern states tims of the Partition”. They are not listening to us,” the Citizenship (Amendment) Assam chief minister and NESO advisor Samujjal against the bill. The 83-year-old director, Sharma said. Bill in the national Capital, with founder-president of the AGP Kumar Bhattacharjya told PTI The political parties have Aribam Syam Sharma, known Citing the example of ###'(# $$%  a series of meetings with lead- Prafulla Kumar Mahanta along that they have met the leader- been protesting on the grounds for Manipuri films such as Tripura, the filmmaker said his- ers of the BJP, Congress and with other party leaders met ship of the JD-U, which already that the bill seeks to grant “Olangthagee Wangmadasu”, tory would repeat itself in     67&874  other parties urging them not Leader of Opposition in Rajya declared its opposition to the nationality to non-Muslims “Imagi Ningthem” and Manipur if the bill is passed. “We to pass it in the . Sabha Ghulam Nabi Azad, Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, who have come up to “Ishanou”, said the plea of the have already seen this in Tripura. he CBI which is probing A delegation of 11 political Union minister Ram Vilas and will meet leaders of the December 31, 2014, thereby, Northeast people to not let the Tripuris are having no say in Tthe ICICI Bank loan fraud parties of the Northeast, Paswan and Samajwadi Party Congress, Shiv Sena, Akali Dal increasing the deadline from bill pass was not being heard by Tripura... The population of case against former MD and including the Asom Gana leaders urging them to take a and some others parties in the 1971 as per the Assam Accord. the Centre. He was bestowed Manipur is only 28-29 lakhs, CEO Chanda Kochhar and Parishad (AGP) and the stand against the bill. next two days. Also, according to the with the country’s fourth high- which is less than the population others is yet to issue a Look Out National People’s Party, met The leaders of the region- The bill provides for Assam Accord, all illegal immi- est civilian honour in 2006. of a district in Uttar Pradesh. Circular (LOC) against the Home Minister Rajnath Singh al parties of the Northeast, according Indian citizenship to grants who have come after “The bill is against the The smaller states like Nagaland, influential accused persons in and requested him not to press who are camping in Delhi, Hindus, Jains, Christians, Sikhs, 1971, irrespective of their reli- interest of the Northeast and its Mizoram and Meghalaya have the high profile case. for passing the Bill in the Rajya will meet representatives of all Buddhists and Parsis from gion, have to be deported and people, especially in Manipur. protection. Even then they are The LOC is an instrument Sabha, according to AGP leader political parties so that the bill Bangladesh, Pakistan and this bill violates that. All the leaders of the states in protesting because if the bill is that is circulated to all the air- and former Union Minister is not passed in the Upper Afghanistan after seven years of Addressing the joint sitting of the Northeast have already passed the indigenous people ports and an accused could be Birendra Prasad Baishya. The House, Baishya said. A team of residence in India instead of 12 Parliament, President Ram requested the central govern- will have no place. They will be detained and checked from delegation was led by top leaders of the North East years, which is the norm cur- Nath Kovind Thursday said the ment to reconsider (on the bill’s wiped out. It may not happen fleeing the country. Meghalaya Chief Minister Students’ Organisation rently, even if they do not pos- bill will give justice to perse- passage). But when I was fol- now, but it will happen 50 years Mallya fled from the coun- Supreme Powers are controlled Conrad Sangma. (NESO), comprising major stu- sess any document. cuted minorities of Pakistan, lowing the news, our hon- from today,” he said adding try after the LOC was diluted by Chanda Kochhar’s husband In a related development dents’ groups of the region, met The legislation was passed Bangladesh and Afghanistan ourable prime minister returning the award was the only by the CBI. Other high value Deepak Kochar. veteran Manipuri filmmaker Biju Janata Dal leader by the Lok Sabha during the through Indian nationality. announced that the bill would way in which he could raise his accused persons who have fled The FIR alleged that dur- Aribam Syam Sharma said that Bhartruhari Mahtab and Winter Session on January 8 Prime Minister Narendra be passed soon. He also voice against the bill. during the last few years ing the tenure of Chanda include Nirav Modi and Kochhar as MD of ICICI, six Mehul Choksi, both wanted loans worth 1,875 crore were the 13,000 crore PNB cleared for Videocon Group %     credit fraud case and Jatin and its associated companies Mehta of Winsome Diamond, out of which she was herself on also wanted in a bank credit the sanctioning committees in fraud case. two cases. & P      While the CBI had regis- The CBI FIR has also tered an FIR on January 22 named several top bankers against former ICICI Bank including the present CEO of   67&874  distributed sweets and protest against this highly con-   67&874  "#!&"%#%! %$$ MD Chanda Kochar, her hus- ICICI Bank Sandeep Baxi garlanded the statue of demnable act, the Congress band Deepak Kochar and alleging that they were also he Congress on Monday Nathuram Godse, Gandhiji’s Party has decided to hold a ightening noose around had given sanction to prosecute The kickback was routed to Videocon Group MD VN members of the sanctioning Twill hold a nationwide assassin who was a member of nationwide protest on Monday, Tformer Finance and Home Chidambaram in the Aircel- Karti’s firms Advantage Dhoot in a 1,875 crore bank committees whose role needs to protest over the re-enactment Akhil Bharat Hindu 4th February from 10.00 am in Minister P Chidambaram, Maxis case. Strategic Consulting and Chess loan fraud case, the agency is be probed. of the Mahatma Gandhi’s assas- Mahasabha. The group also all the state headquarters. the Centre has given sanction The INX Media bribe was Management Service. Afte yet to issue the LOC against The role of Chairman of sination by members of Akhil burnt the effigy of Mahatma The protest should to the CBI to prosecute him detected by the ED during Karti allegedly received the them, agency sources said. New Development Bank KV Bharat Hindu Mahasabha Gandhi and shouted pro Godse preferably be held with placards in the INX Media bribery their joint raid with Income kickbacks, the FIPB headed by Normally, LOC is issued in Kamath, Goldman Sachs India (ABHM) who shot at his effi- slogans like “Mahatma Godse etc in the places associated with case. Tax at Chidambaram’s home Chidambaram issued a n “ille- high profile cases within 24 chairman Sonjoy Chatterjee, gy at an event in Aligarh to Zindabad” etc.” the life of Mahatma Gandhi or The agency is expected to and Karti’s firms in December gall” post factor clearance to hours but the CBI is yet to take Standard Chartered Bank CEO commemorate the Martyr’s The Congress has near statues of Mahatma with file chargesheet against 2015 in connection with Aircel- INX Media to accept Rs.305 a call in the sensitive case Zarin Daruwala, Tata Capital Day on January 30. labelled the right-wing group’s an aim to highlight his mes- Chidambaram, son Karti and Maxis probe. crore as FDI especially at a time. head Rajiv Sabharwal and Tata According to an AICC actions as “provocative and sages,” Venugopal said in a senior officials in the Finance As per the CBI’s FIR, in The CBI in February 2018 Incidentally, some powerful Capital senior advisor statement, the protest will take reprehensible” and said that statement. Ministry soon for blatant vio- 2007, INX Media got FIPB arrested Karti in a surprise ministers have voiced their Homi Khusrokhan need to be place at party headquarters in such incidents “take place with ABHM secretary Puja lation in granting illegal post clearance to accept Rs. five move, when he landed from opposition to “investigative investigated, the FIR has all the states. the candid and clandestine Shakun Pandey recreated facto clearance to INX Media’ crore as FDI. The Income Tax London. Sensing danger, adventurism. recorded. Congress general secretary support given by the ruling Gandhi’s assassination by promoters Peter and Indrani found that that INX Chidambaram approached Two days after the regis- The names of these KC Venugopal said, “In a party”. shooting an effigy and Mukerjeas in 2007. illegally accepted 305 crore Delhi High Court and obtained tration of the case, the CBI had bankers figure in the FIR that shocking incident on 30 It further said such hailed the killer Nathuram Enforcement Directorate and issued notice to Peter and interim protection from arrest. on January 24 conducted was registered after a year-long January, when the nation actions “reveal the deep hatred Godse. Police have arrested has already attached Karti and Indrani, promoters of the TV The CBI and ED also searches at the premises of Preliminary Enquiry. commemorated the 71st still carried by the right-wing two individuals in connection his firms 55 crore worth prop- channel. approached the High Court Videocon Group in Mumbai Following reports of the anniversary of Gandhi’s assas- groups against the father of the with the incident and are erties in Delhi, Ooty, London After getting notice from demanding custodial interro- and offices of Nupower ICICI case FIR naming top sination, members of the Akhil nation and his ideas of secu- currently trying to locate and Spain. The market value of Income Tax, the promoters gation of Chidambaram. Renewables and Supreme banking honchos, a few min- Bharat Hindu Mahasabha in larism, ahimsa and brother- Puja and her husband, the these properties are expected to approached Chidambaram and Lasdt week, Delhi High Powers in Mumbai and isters in the Union Cabinet Uttar Pradesh used a pistol to hood”. group’s spokesperson Ashok be more than 300 crore. Karti and paid around 5 crore Court reserved the matter for Aurangabad. have advised the CBI against shoot at an effigy of Gandhiji, “To register our strong Pandey. In November, the Centre bribes. orders. Nupower Renewables and “investigative adventurism”. &         

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Excess consump- habitations across India are tion of fluorides through drink-  #.!8#. 2# #*)3!!   67&874  the brother-sister duo will chief Raj Babbar may be given consuming contaminated ing water and food over a pro- (..*)..!)")4.#. launch the Lok Sabha poll cam- a different role to look into the groundwater with excess longed period can cause health 4.3..@@.'#3*@'*)# 1) #*)P he newly appointed Uttar paign through a road show in al party affairs in the politically arsenic and fluoride levels, a related disorders like dental, TPradesh (East) General Uttar Pradesh in the first week crucial state of Uttar Pradesh Parliamentary Standing com- skeletal and non-skeletal fluo- mended conducting a precise Secretary of Congress Priyanka of February. “This was merely combined with other Hindi belt mittee has asked the Central rosis, besides inducing ageing. and holistic survey covering the Gandhi is likely to take oath and speculations since the state like Madhya Pradesh, Government to chalk out a Unhappy at the pace of entire country to determine the full time charge as the party’s announcement of Priyanka’s Rajasthan and Chhatisgarh. time-bound action plan to providing piped water supply to exact number of water quality office-bearer in the next couple plunge into politics. Priyanla’s After Priyanka and Scindia’s supply clean drinking water to quality affected habitations in affected habitations on priori- of days in the national Capital programmes will be decided takeover, Rahul will hold 13 ral- areas affected with contami- the country by the Union Rural ty basis. A vigorous exercise has after her return from abroad on only after her return to the coun- lies in 13 zones in Uttar nated water. Development Ministry, the to be undertaken by the Sunday late night. try during the first week of Pradesh this month to sound the In India, 15,811 habita- Committee headed by Lok “Until and unless the habi- the Ministry to hasten its Government by way of having AICC sources said a meet- February,” AICC sources said. bugle for the election campaign tions are affected by arsenic and Sabha MP Dr P Venugopal said tations affected by contamina- efforts in supplying piped qual- more labs adequately staffed to ing of Priyanka with senior Sources said that the deci- to make it a three-cornered 9,660 habitations are affected that more needs to be done to tion are provided with adequate ity water to the contaminated bring quality water at the party leaders including her sib- sion to have two PCC chiefs - fight in the State. After the by fluoride. fight the problem of contami- Piped Water Supply, the habi- areas.” doorsteps of the users. ling and Congress President East UP and West UP- similar Congress was left out of the BSP- Of the 15,811 habitations nation. tations will keep on reeling The Ministry in its reply According to the Bureau of Rahul Gandhi is scheduled on to the bifurcation of charges of SP alliance in, Rahul decided to affected by high arsenic levels, “Though, the efforts of under the adverse effects of said that since piped water Indian Standards in its IS 10500- Monday after that her next General Secretaries is also to be launch an aggressive campaign 13,577 (about 85 per cent) are Ministry are laudable still the contamination,” said the panel supply schemes takes nearly 3- 2012 standards, the acceptable course of action will be decided. taken soon. Along with in the State. in West Bengal (9,250) and Committee feel that much more in its report submitted to the 4 years to commission, the limit of arsenic in drinking Sources said that reports Priyanka, senior party leader AICC sources said in each Assam (4,327) alone. As far as effort and strategy is required Parliament recently. States have been advised to water is 0.01 milligram per litre ythat Rahul and Priyanka will Jyotiraditya Scindia has been zone, six Lok Sabha seats will be fluoride-affected habitations to fight this problem. Mere Slamming the ministry of install community water purifi- (permissible limit in absence hold a Press meet in Lucknow assigned to take over as General identified and the Gandhi scion are concerned, of the 9,660, exercises such as coloring the its callous approach in its cation plants in identified of alternate source is 0.05 mg/l) after taking a dip in Kumbh at Secretary Incharge of UP West. will hold one rally in each zone. Rajasthan has the most with identified hand pumps having efforts to supply Piped Water to arsenic, fluoride, heavy metals and for fluoride is 1 milligram Prayagraj on Mauni Amawasya Congress sources said that There are 80 Lok Sabha seats in 5,176 habitations followed by contaminated water, tapping the contaminated habitations, and pesticides /fertilizer affect- per litre (permissible limit day on February 4 may be in all probabilities the State the State and in the present Lok West Bengal with 1,263 habi- deep aquifer, etc will not serve the panel said, “thus, with seri- ed rural habitations. in absence of alternate source is rescheduled. Congress would see two party Sabha BJP has 72 MPs and tations. the long time purposes. ous concern implores upon The panel also recom- 1.5 mg/l). AICC sources had said that chiefs and the incumbent PCC Congress only two.   )#   =-   Kharge dissent. Appointment When the Leader of not unknown. I concede to Shri Emergency in 1976 and more he hasn’t been able to shed his of the CBI Director was a sole Opposition sits as a Member of Kharge the right to dissent. The recently when Justice Indu role as an Opposition Member, prerogative of the Government. the Collegium, he sheds off the dissenter is an assertor. He Malhotra dissented in the even though now he is a part        The Government, i.e., the political colour of his office as values his views. He represents Sabarimala case, these were of a Government Committee. Council of Ministers is much as the Prime Minister an alternative view point. A dis- powerful dissents of a strong His dissent has diminished it  47 a BJP worker in the region accountable to the House of the and the Chief Justice of India senter challenges the majority. opinion. The dissenters value and credibility. he used to get demands from People. Appointments are shall both leave the authority of He does it on the basis of a call believed that the dissent may Mr. Kharge’s dissent in the rime Minister Narendra people in Delhi to bring veg- made by the Cabinet either their respective domains and of conscience dictated by his help future generations in cor- matter of the transfer of Alok PModi Sunday took a swipe at etables from Leh because of their directly or by the ACC. It was work exclusively towards fair mind. He puts his dissent recting what the dissenting Verma was coloured by his the Opposition for criticising his quality. felt that since investigation is an appointing or transferring the on record so that it can be of Judges felt was an erroneous political views. He was a peti- government's farmers' income "Pradhan Mantri Kisan independent function, India’s Director on the criterion of value to the wisdom of the view of the majority. However tioner in the Supreme Court plan, saying people sitting in air- Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) is primary investigating agency merit or fairness. The position future generations. A dissent in an administrative matter of himself in support of Alok conditioned rooms in Delhi do a phenomenal scheme for farm- the CBI must maintain an of Shri Kharge as the Leader of should never be a political appointment or transfer, if Shri Verma. He should have recused not know the importance of ers. People sitting in air condi- arm’s-length distance from the Opposition in the Lok Sabha, tool. The right to dissent is Kharge dissents on every con- himself from the Committee 6000 for a poor farmer living tioned rooms in Delhi do not   -  Government. Hence the alter- entitles him to sit in the sacrosanct and has to be spar- ceivable opportunity, namely since his views were known. He in distant and difficult areas. know what 6,000 mean for a native opinion was voiced that Committee but the political ingly used. If a dissenter dis- on the appointment of Alok suffered from a bias and con- To woo distressed farmers poor farmer living in distant and he leader of the largest the appointment should not be colour of that office has to be sents on every conceivable Verma, transfer of Alok Verma flict of interest. Yet he did not ahead of the general elections, difficult areas of the country," he Tparty in Opposition in the made by the Government alone left outside. Shri Kharge then occasion he comes out as a per- and the appointment of R. K. recuse himself. The only task the Centre has in the Interim said. Lok Sabha Shri Mallikarjun but by a Collegium. The first is a part of a Collegium, which son either motivated by collat- Shukla in relation to the CBI before the Committee was Budget announced direct Modi was in Leh to launch Kharge dissented once again in institution to flag this concern discharges a governance func- eral reasons or as a person lack- Directorship it clearly estab- whether the CVC report con- income support of 6,000 per the first-ever university in the appointment of the new was the judiciary. At the time tion. Unfortunately, that does ing objectivity. lished a pattern of his frame of tains the adequate material for year to those holding cultivable Ladakh region. CBI Director. Shri Kharge dis- of the drafting of the Lok Pal not seem to have happened. There is a difference mind. He uses the weapon of transfer of the Director or not. land up to two hectare. It will be a cluster universi- sents regularly. He dissented Law, the present Collegium Dissents are a powerful between the dissents as a part dissent excessively and not He wanted the Committee to Speaking at the inaugura- ty comprising degree colleges of when Shri Alok Verma was was conceived. Since the instrument in democracy. They of a judicial body and dissents objectively. Using the instru- either ignore the CVC report or tion and laying of foundation Leh, Kargil, Nubra, Zanskar, appointed, dissented when Shri Congress, in 2014, was not a are more commonly prevalent in ordinary matters of admin- ment of dissent recklessly neu- sit in appeal against the finding schemes of various schemes, Drass and Khaltsi having Alok Verma was transferred recognized opposition falling in judicial pronouncements. istrative appointments. The tralizes its value. Dissents fre- of the CVC – something which Modi said, Leh and Ladakh administrative offices at Leh and has now dissented when below 10% of the seats in the Dissents are also a part of the first may involve sacrosanct quently used in administrative was beyond the jurisdiction of will also be benefited by this. and Kargil. Shri RK Shukla has been last General Elections, the parliamentary system particu- principles and the latter bodies like Collegiums compels the Committee. "Most of farmers here fill The prime minister also appointed. The only thing con- Government, maintaining the larly in the Legislative involves a preference or a dis- independent observers not to Shri Kharge has dissented this criteria and will get 6000 laid foundation stone of the new stant in the High Powered highest standards of fairness Committees. The dissenter like for a particular individual. take the dissent too seriously. a bit too frequently. Many may annually. It will be disbursed in terminal building of Kushok Committee comprising of the brought in an amendment places an alternative view point. When Lord Atkins dissented in The perpetual dissenter in a wonder if Collegium’s are three installments and first Bakula Rimpochee (KBR) Prime Minister, the Chief wherein in the absence of a Where Monetary policy 1942 in the Habeas Corpus in Collegium meant for appoint- workable. The appointment of installment will reach soon. Airport in Leh by unveiling the Justice of India and the Leader Leader of Opposition, the Committees exists, dissents are England case during the ments sends a message that he a CBI Director was never envis- I will be sending guidelines plaque. The new terminal will be of the Opposition which deals leader of the largest party in the occasionally given by Second World War or when was included as a Member aged to be a political battle. Shri to state government Sunday," he a modular, energy efficient and with the CBI Director’s Opposition was made a part of Members. Dissent in appoint- Justice H. R. Khanna in the because of his capacity of Kharge has made it look like said. self-sustaining building of 18,985 appointment and transfer, is the the appointment Collegium. ment Collegium are rare but Habeas Corpus case during the Leader of the Opposition but one. Modi said during his days as sq. Metres. RAIPUR | MONDAY | FEBRUARY 04, 2019 chhattisgarh 03 City girl wins Woman civilian killed gold at World in crossfire in Sukma Championship n STAFF REPORTER SUKMA After guns fell silent, secu- STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR at Goa on Sunday. woman who was killed and rity forces found an injured ikeshwari Sahu won gold The Indian players participat- Aanother who sustained woman at the spot following Tmedal in the 44 kilogram cat- ed in 44 kg, 48, 52, 56 kilogram of injuries in an encounter between which she was rushed to egory in the World Cup Thai sub-junior, junior and senior cate- security forces and Naxals in CRPF's field hospital in Boxing Championship being held gories. She had to beat the Indian Chhattisgarh's Sukma district on Dornapal, Shukla informed. players in semi-final Saturday were later identified as The woman, however, suc- matches to reach the civilians, police said. cumbed during treatment at the final. Earlier it was suspected that hospital. Tikeshwari is the two women were Naxals, but Meanwhile, the patrolling presently working as later it was found they had no team saw some villagers carry- part-time sports links with ultras and that they ing another injured woman to trainer in a private were local villagers, Sukma's the nearby Puswada village. school and studying Superintendent of Police Jitendra The security forces then in first year in a col- Shukla told reporters here. took her also to CRPF's hospital lege at Raipur. "Investigation revealed that at Dornapal. She was later shift- The participants both the women were residents ed to the Sukma district hospi- from UAE, Sudan, of Godelguda village and not tal where her condition was France, Yemen and Naxal cadres. They were caught reported to be out of danger, Saudi Arabia includ- in the crossfire between security the police official said. ing other countries personnel and ultras while they During a search of the spot, were part of event. had gone to a forest for some one muzzle loading gun, a bag Event was organised routine work," he said. containing cash Rs 9,058 cash, by World Thai Boxing An inquiry has been initiated cordex wires, couple of elec- Federation and host- into the incident. The kin of the administration and police. (CRPF) and local police was armed Naxals, dressed as civil- tronic detonators and gelatin ed by Thai Boxing victims will be provided neces- When a joint squad of the returning from an area domina- ians, fired at them in Rengaiguda sticks along with other Maoist- Indian Federation sary assistance by the district Central Reserve Police Force tion operation, around six-seven area leading to the gun battle. related material were recovered. (TIF). Derailment at Champa Dreaded serial killer delays passenger trains nabbed in capital STAFF REPORTER n CHAMPA undertaken on war-footing to restore leave from Korba after 9 hours delay rail traffic. on Sunday while on February 4, it has ue to derailment of four rakes on STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR godman. He had reportedly murdered As per Bilaspur Railway office been delayed for an hour. Dline 6 of Champa Station yard, of n absconding serial killer who is seven persons including his father, wife sources, 18237 Gevra-Amritsar Train number 13288 Rajendra a coal laden train from Junadih to Aaccrued of seven murders was on and sister-in law, police said. Nagar-Durg South Bihar Express Sunday arrested by Saraswati Nagar passing Bilaspur has been running Police further informed that the Police with the help of citizens near under control mode at matter came to fore after enquiry into a Mahoba Bazar Over Bridge. He had Chakradharpur division on Sunday. missing case of a girl child In come to Kukurbeda of the city to cele- Train number 22884 Patna- Kukurbeda and the culprit after being brate his daughter’s birthday. Bilaspur Express has also been regu- arrested on suspicion admitted seven Station House Officer, Saraswati lated at Chakradharpur division, train murders. Nagar Police Station, Trinath Tripathi number 22910 Puri-Balsad passing informed that the culprit, Arun On his confession skeletons of per- on Sunday from Bilaspur has been Chandrakar, had already been sentenced sons killed by him were also recovered regulated at East Coast Railway divi- life imprisonment and was absconding from different places. sion while train number 68722 since May 1, 2018. Gevra-Bilaspur train has been can- The Raipur District Court later He fled from the custody of Durg celled and Raipur-Gevra passenger sentenced him for life after it was police while he on way to the Durg train number 68746 will run till proved that he murdered three per- District Court. Bilaspur and service of Bilaspur- sons namely his wife Lily Chandrakar, He would be produced to Durg Gevra will remain terminated for Sister in Law Pushpa Dewangan and District Court on Monday on a case Chhattisgarh Express has been Sunday. his land-lord Bahadur Singh, police Kumhari, several trains on the main filed against him under section 224 and retained at Korba from 12.05 hours Train number 18239 Gevra- claimed. route of Howrah-Mumbai have been thereafter he would be brought to and will commence service after 12 Nagpur Sheonath Express will com- cancelled, short-terminated and few Raipur Central jail, the official said. Meanwhile, the culprit is now under hours. mence service from Bilaspur while have been regulated on Sunday. Arun was reportedly wandering police custody and after being produced The train number 18517 Korba- service on Gevra-Bilaspur has been Under the senior officials of here and there including in various to Durg District Court, he would be sent Vishakapatnam Link Express from terminated. Raigarh Bilaspur passen- Bilaspur Railway zone and Railway cities on Maharashtra in disguise of to Central Jail, Raipur, police informed. division repair works have been Korba has been re-scheduled. It will ger has been cancelled. BJP asks cadres to work Mahant to inaugurate united for LS battle ‘Mainpat Mahotsav’ today

STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR gramme with local singers hhattisgarh unit of the Bharatiya hhattisgarh State Assembly including dance programmes. CJanata Party called a meeting on CSpeaker Charandas Mahant will On concluding day on Sunday to discuss the future strategy for inaugurate the famous ‘Mainpat February 5, Bhojpuri singer the preparation of upcoming Lok Sabha Mahotsav’ on February 4 at Mainpat Nisha Pandey and polls. The crucial meeting was held at BJP which is largely called Chhattisgarh’s Chhattisgarhi singer Mamta divisional office, Ekatma parisar. Shimla because of persisting chilly Chandrakar and others will Party will flag off three ‘Rath’ on weather throughout the year. showcase their talent. February 4 to Bastar, Surguja and Raipur The cabinet ministers, local Besides cultural pro- divisions to woo voters and brief people MLAs would also grace the occa- grammes, adventure sports about achievements of the BJP govern- sion. will also be organised for the ment at the centre, informed senior party The two-day carnival will have visitors. It includes kite festi- leader and former minister Brijmohan host of cultural programmes. On val, flying fox, river crossing, Agrawal. day-one, Bollywood singer Mohit commando net, Burma bridge, The senior party leaders put their Chouhan will present the pro- boating and archery. heads together at the lengthy meeting and discussed several issues including upcom- ing visit of BJP national president Amit Shah on February 15, its preparation along with ‘Sankalp Patra Rathyatra’ and lifetime public sentiments. upcoming event of BJP national president cooperation fund. BJP national vice-president Raman Amit Shah on February 15 a grand success. Kaushik said, “Prime Minister Modi Singh made an appeal to all the party He said, “During the ‘Rathyatra’ sugges- Follow NGT instructions, had stood along with common man of workers to use Namo App to link them- tion box will be provided to collect sugges- country and the latest example is the inter- selves in maximum for lifetime coopera- tions which will be key to the election,” he im budget, which expresses the mood of tion fund. He laid stress to make the pointed out. minister to officials Cong condemns attack on scribe STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR the state. Notice was issued to here at new circuit house, the Chief Municipal Officer of Sakti minister also instructed the STAFF REPORTER n RAIPUR “The attack has actually reflected the rban Administration for failure in standards set for officials not to make construc- fascist face of BJP,’’ senior Congress leader U Minister in a review meet- Open Defecation Free (ODF) by tion in private land without ‘In a bid to cover up their Shailesh Nitin Trivedi said in press confer- ing held here on Sunday exhort- the Centre. consent of land owners and ence. ed the official of department to Similarly Chief Municipal without paying compensation. intra-pparty rivalry and bick- He alleged that in a bid to cover up maintain cleanliness in their Officer of Akaltara was issued He was also strict on illegal their intra-party rivalry and bickering the respective areas and stressed on notice for illegal recovery in hoardings and instructed the ering the BJP leaders were BJP leaders were targeting media persons. following the instructions of barrier there. officials to do a statewide “The ideology of BJP was anti-demo- National Green Tribunal (NGT). While Dongargarh CMO action for removing the illegal targeting media persons.’ cratic right from the beginning and it’s slo- In case of laxity in imple- and Katghora CMO were issued hoardings. gan that it is the party with a difference, mentation the amount of fine notice for dissatisfactory He also stressed in the ongress on Sunday hit out at Bharatiya has now been exposed after the BJP leaders would be recovered from the progress in Pradhanmantri Awas meeting to prepare a workplan CJanata Party for carrying out attack on attacked journalists while they were cover- officials, he warned. Yojana and laxity in recovery of for making the recovery of rev- journalists at its office Ekatma Parisar in ing a party meeting,’’ the Congress leader He also issued notices to revenue respectively. enue tax in urban bodies Raipur on Saturday. alleged . four Chief Municipal Officers of In a review meeting held online.  ()  ) *+ ,-./   ) 45 "#% " **+ %", ()* *) -  *)*) (-*) - “The issue of paper-based from https://parivahan.gov.in. 6 >  Learners’ Licence, Fitness While applying for a   %)')"6' *. Certificate and Contract Driving Licence, the require- )     absent. As a result, the woman   Carriage and Goods Carriage ment of attaching Original screamed in pain because of he Jagatsinghpur BJD youth Permit shall be stopped in the Learner’s Licence is hereby dis-   *68).'). labor pain inside the ambu- Tand student wings on   larger interest of the public with pensed with. The licence lance and after sometime, gave Friday staged a protest in front effect from February 4, 2019.” authority can verify the details pregnant woman gave birth to a child inside the vehi- of the Collectorate here over Panda in his order has of the Learners’ Licence from Abirth to a child in a 108 cle. the Centre curtailing SC/ST   $ *$)67&). said that Learners’ Licence, the web portal. ambulance due to the closure After sometime, health students’ stipends. Fitness Certificate and Contract In order to download the of Gurundia community health workers opened the CHC gate Earlier, the BJD’s young he State Government has Carriage and Goods Carriage above documents, proper pro- centre in Bonei sub-division of and took both the woman and wing had launched a signature Tinitiated many citizen- Permit can be downloaded by cedures have been lined up for Sundargarh district on her child to the hospital for drive from the students friendly services in the trans- an applicant at his place of con- the applicant and RTOs have Saturday evening. The CDMO treatment. The woman and and after collection of signa- *  3  two years, the Central port sector and several certifi- venience without coming to an been asked to make them Sundargarh has ordered an her child was admitted there tures, a memorandum would Government has not released cates have been made paper- RTO. acquainted with the proce- inquiry into the matter. and the health condition of be sent to the President of India   -  its share on Dalit students’ less, slowly making one’s visit This would reduce the dures. According to sources, on both is reportedly stable now. for intervention, the protestors    stipend after repeated to the Regional Transport number of visits by a citizen to Once the RTOs are made Saturday evening, a pregnant “An ADMO-rank officer told. reminders by the State. Offices (RTOs) a thing of the the RTO and the officers would aware about the procedures, woman of Sanbalia village, from Sundargarh will go to Attending the meeting,     District youth BJD presi- past be engaged in other qualitative they can explain to the appli- after severe labour pain, was Gurundia community health State Planning Board Deputy  ! dent Amarendra Das chaired Now, the Government has works, said a senior officer in cants whenever required, said taken to Gurundia communi- centre on Monday to conduct Chairman and SCs/STs Cell the meeting while among oth- decided to stop issue of three State Transport Authority an RTA officer. This would not ty health center by 108 ambu- an inquiry into the matter,” said convener Bishnu Das said soon many as two lakh Dalit stu- ers district students’ wing pres- paper-based certificates with (STA). only reduce footfalls in the lance. When the ambulance Sundargarh CDMO Dilip after BJP-led NDA dents in . ident Bijaya Shankar Das, BJD effect from February 4. These documents contain RTOs but citizens would also reached at the health center, the Sarangi. He added, “If any Government assumed power at By reducing the stipend leaders Manoj Bhoi, Dipti Das, Transport Commissioner a Quick Response (QR) Code, be able to receive the facility at family members of the woman lapses are found, we will take the Centre in the year 2014, it share, the Centre has passed the Minati Das, Dola Govinda Das Sanjeeb Panda has issued an which can be scanned and its their own convenience, said found the gate of the CHC action and ensure that such fur- has started curtailing SC/ST burden on the State and Bijayalaxmi Behera were order in this regard saying, genuineness can be verified he. locked and health workers were ther incident does not occur.” students’ stipend affecting as Government. Besides, in last present. -      9 )  , ,   O :;     (     2    # 3 3 3   -  1       $.) ) *. Odisha Agro Industries %   excreta. They disrobed her           1   *4$)6 Corporation, MD of the and paraded her naked, besides ormer bureaucrat Bhaskar Nayagarah Sugar Mill and as   finally having driven her out   3 5 $6 11    andhamal district is once FMahapatra passed away at Special Secretary of the Works from the village.      3   Kagain in the news for sim- his residence in Bhubaneswar Department. He superannuat- “My husband had an affair    ilar wrong reasons as a 15-year- on Friday. He was 80 and his ed in 1997.   *68).'). with another woman and want-   1      old girl has allegedly been body was cremated at At his death bed, his two ed to marry her. We had four impregnated by a relative in the Swargadwar at Puri. sons, Ashoak Kumar woman of Sundargarh district, children and when I objected   $)47&).  1   Brahmanigaon area. As per a After studying Post- Mahapatra and Tripati Prasad Awho had been ostracised along him, he started spreading police complaint lodged by Graduation in English from the Mahapatra; two son-in-laws, with her family members 14 years rumour that I was a witch who he Economic Offence Wing tion that two pensioners ated three ATM debit cards in the father of the Class-X girl, a Ravenshaw College, he was Janakiballahav Mishra and ago after she was branded a witch, practiced black magic,” said T(EOW) of the State Crime Parsuram Giri of Mendra vil- the deceased pensioners. student of a private English appointed as Lecturer in Saroj Kumar Mishra, his is still leading painful life. Even if the Nuni. She said that her hus- Branch arrested a former lage and Sabitri Behera of In the case of deceased Giri medium school in Jharsuguda, English at the Khallikote Samandhi State Planning district administration had assured band, Daharu, also left her and Remuna Bank of India (BOI) Naraharipur had died in 2014 and Behera, Das had generat- she had come to her village in College here and later at the Board Member Rama Chandra her of necessary support during that lived with another woman. Branch Manager on the charge yet every month their pension ed three debit cards. These Brahmanigaon during the Puja BJB College in Bhubaneswar. Panda and a galaxy of relatives time, the hapless woman has been After knowing about the inci- of financial embezzlement. amounts were credited to debit cards were issued during vacation last year when she was He cleared OAS examination in and well wishers were present. still left in the lurch. dent, the police had arrested some The accused Dugashankar their account and further with- the period of Panda, when he ill and she was unable to go 1962. He had discharged duties “Mahapatra was an able According to sources, villagers. The district administration Panda was taken into custody drawn from ATMs through was branch head. Further back to school. On Saturday, she successfully as Registrar of the administrator, a prolific writer Nuni Ekka(50) was residing had promised Nuni of a job. But so by the EOW on Saturday and debit cards . investigation led to the arrest of complained of uneasiness, fol- Berhampur University, and above all a good human with her husband Daharu far the promise remained a promise he was forwarded to court After these fraudulent Panda. lowing which her father took her Managing Director of the being,” said Panda. Ekka and her children at only. after being booked under activities were detected by Shockingly, these illegal to the Mohana hospital, where Patratoli village of Tainsur When contacted, members Sections 419,420,467,471,406 of incumbent Branch Manager transactions were being carried doctor revealed that she is six- panchayat under Lathikata of Legal Cell said they cannot IPC and 66 and 66 D of IT Act Swaraj Mohanty, he lodged an out even without life certificates month pregnant. The girl’s fam- block. On May 4, 2004, the provide any job to anybody . FIR with the Remuna police of the pensioners. ily has alleged that she was plight of Nuni started when the until there is order from the During Panda’s tenure as in November 2018 and subse- The investigating agency impregnated by a relative in the daughter of a neighbourer fell court. “I still live in fear from Branch Manager nearly Rs 1.32 quently the matter was hand- learnt that the fraudulent trans- village. Police started investiga- ill. The villagers accused Nuni the villagers and badly need to crore was siphoned from the ed over to EOW . actions were made in con- tion into the matter after regis- of being a witch and casting be rehabilitated,” said Nuni bank in the name of several The EOW initially on nivance with former manager tering a case on the basis of the her ugly spell as the reason with a chocked voice. dead persons whose pension December 14 arrested a bank- Panda. complaint. It may be recalled behind her sickness. According to sources, Nuni amount was drawn from the ing correspondent Pravat Das EOW officials said they that another minor girl student Suspecting her practicing sor- was a devout woman and used Remuna branch. (35) of the bank after finding were looking into the other had delivered a baby at a resi- cery, irate villagers abused her to perform pujas in her house The investigating agency his involvement . Das manip- cases of withdrawals in the dential school in Daringbadi of and forced her to eat human but she was branded a witch. ascertained during investiga- ulating the system had gener- name of dead persons. the district a few days ago. "   < ./ -*)!& 0*) /Q 0     $). )8) Highway-50 under Bisoi block  $  and Kalabadia-Bangiriposi road hief Minister Naveen under Bangiriposi block, a high- CPatnaik on Sunday level bridge on Similipal Nullah,   $ )8.)- launched 21 welfare projects in development of Takurmunda- Rairangpur in Mayurbhanj dis- Dangadiha-Udala-Manitri- olice arrested three per- trict. Attending a Mission Baisinga-Rupsa road, a high-level Psons on Sunday for alleged- Shakti programme, he inaugu- bridge on Kantakhairi River on ly assaulting a doctor and staffs   $.) ) *. 36)"*.8)(A=B rated the projects worth Rs 45 Mahadev Deuli-Khiching road of the Chandbali Community 7.36&7.7 crore for Rairangpur and under Sukruli block, two high- Health Centre (CHC) in the ree cancer detection and .35878".7)"76")" Karanjia of the district. He also level bridges on Guria nullah and district. Fhealth awareness camps " 7' **).#4*$)" laid foundation-stones of 15 Katara River, three mega piped The accused were identified were organised by the local developmental projects to be water supply projects in as Chandrakant Das, Ranjan Kranti healthcare institution $ )6%)6)'). carried out at an investment of Rairangpur, Kusumi and Das and Babaji Das of Pahadpur with the support of the Rs 960.34 crore. Jashipur blocks, three high-level area under Chandbali block. Jagannath Cancer and Mumbai and Cuttack exam- Among the projects, he bridges on Bhandan River under Sources said the three youths Foundation, Mumbai at two ined the patients. inaugurated two bridges built Jashipur block, Gobarjoda nul- had barged into the CHC late on different places in Ganjam dis- Dr Sisir Shetty, Dr Ranjit on Jaumara Nullah of lah under Thakurmunda block Saturday night and attacked Dr trict for two days on Saturday Kar, Dr Krishna Chandra Baripada-Bamanghati road and Budhabalang river under Bishnupada Sahu. They also and Sunday. Padhy, Dr Nilangini Gokhle under Bangiriposhi block and Bangiriposi block, minor irriga- abused Sahu and assaulted a On Saturday, as many as Padhy, Dr Ramesh Chandra on Balijoda Nullah under tion project under Saraskana nurse and an attendant, who 160 persons were provided Chyaupatnaik, Dr Satiskumar Saraskana block, two 50-bed block and a high-level bridge on tried to come to the doctor’s res- treatment at the Ghumusar Patnaik, Dr Prasanna Kumar and 30-bed maternity and child Khairi Bhandan River under cue. Club at Bhanjanagar. Of them, Rath, Dr E Ranjit Kumar care units at the Karanjia Sukruli block. “Dr Sahu called me over 10 persons were detected as Patrao and Ayurvedic doctor Subdivision Hospital and The CM provided Rs phone and informed about the cancer patients. On Sunday, Atulya Kumar Patnaik treated Thakurmunda Community 15,000 each to 7,453 Women attack on him by three youths. 120 persons were provided patients having different dis- Health Centre, respectively. Self-Help Groups, Rs 25 lakh Other staffs were also assault- treatment at a camp held at the eases. Patnaik laid foundation- each to 12 block-level organi- ed. Later, an FIR was lodged at KC Public School here. Here, as Kranti institute executive stones of road widening and sations and Rs 3,000 each to the police station,” said CHC many as 40 cancer patients director Dr Debananda Dash development of Bisoi- 7,467 SHGs for digital empow- Medical Officer Ashwini Kar. were benefitted. Doctors from coordinated the camp. Rairangpur road on State erment. 0  1 2    3 #        ost revered Professor of Revenshaw College, in1998- try. He was Chairman, Syllabus Under the chairmanship of Mishra sought the cooper- MEnglish Dr MQ Khan 2000. He also taught at Angul Committee, Board of  % college Governing Body pres- ation of its alumni association College, BJB College, Khalikote Secondary Education , Cuttack, ident and local MLA Debi to make the silver jubilee pro- College and was Director, Chairman, Board of Prasad Mishra, eminent Odia gramme a grand success. Orissa State Bureau of Text Conducting Examination,    litterateur Prof Dr Baishnab Winner students were given Book Preparation and Utkal University, Bhubaneswar Charan Samal, Odia playwright away awards for different lit- Production. ,Member, Advisory Committee,   )" )'). and dramatist Prof Dr Bijaya erary competitions held earli- His academic activities and Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Kumar Satpathy and Sanskrit er for the purpose. Cine artist achievements were amazing. Member, Orissa Wakf Board, he Maniabandha College litterateur Prof Dr Jagabandhu Elina Das was present and He presided as the sectional founder-member and conven- Tobserved its annual func- Mishra attended the function Melody Geet Sangeet from president at the Annual er, Orissa Urdu Academy, tion and unveiled the Silver as chief guest, chief speaker and Cuttack performed its pro- Conference of All India Member, Board of Studies in Jubilee logo. guest of honour, respectively. gramme apart from the melody Association for American English, Berhampur University. and drama Studies and All India Prof Khan had travelled performed by Association for English Studies extensively on academic the students at Trivandrum (1983), exchange programmes and had of the college. passed away on January 16 Haridwar (1985), Pune(1984), been to Amsterdam and other Principal due to cardiac arrest. He was Nagpur(1986), Rajgir and Patna places in Holland, Heidelberg Bijaya Kumar born on January 24, 1938. (1988). He was the Director of University, Bikham University Parida (+2) Dr Khan has left a rich All India Seminar on and other places in Germany, introduced legacy behind him. He was Contemporary Critical Theory, Belgium, Tokyo, Japan, the guests professor and HOD of PG 1987 and had delivered many Kualumpur, Malaysia, while Department of English, extra mural lectures in numer- Moratuea, Coloumbo, Principal Revenshaw College, Vice ous colleges and varsities and California, USA, Ottawa, Ajaya Kumar Chancellor, Berhampur had organised innumerable Canada, Mecca, Madina, Satpathy (+3) University and was finally ele- important national seminars Jeddah in Saudi Arabia, King proposed vated to the rank of Professor in Revenshaw College and in Khalid University, Abha, Saudi vote of Emeritus of English, many varsities across the coun- Arabia. thanks.   7   ()  ) *+ ,-./ 6 !  P- &    )$*8 )$ Arabia, Bahrain and Egypt,       cut all ties with Doha in June ope Francis heads to the 2017 over allegations it sup-  #).)#) PUAE Sunday for the first ports extremists. ever papal visit to the Arabian The UAE prides itself on its enezuela’s Opposition Peninsula, birthplace of Islam, religious tolerance and cultur- Vleader called on more where he will hold an open-air al diversity. It has eight Catholic members of the military to mass for tens of thousands of churches. Oman, Kuwait and abandon the country’s social- Catholics. Yemen each have four. Qatar ist government following the The pontiff will take part in and Bahrain have one each, defection of a high-ranking an interreligious conference while ultra-conservative Sunni general, while President on Monday, meeting Sheikh powerhouse Saudi Arabia bans Nicolas Maduro proposed Ahmed al-Tayeb, the imam of all non-Muslim places of wor- holding early National Cairo’s Al-Azhar, Sunni Islam’s ship. Assembly elections that could prestigious seat of learning. The UAE has however potentially oust his challenger. Hours before he flies back been criticised by rights groups Maduro’s call for early leg- to Rome on Tuesday, he will for its involvement in a bloody islative voting is likely to inten- lead an open-air mass -- set to Saudi-led military interven- sify his standoff with rival Juan be the largest gathering ever in tion in Yemen, where an esti- Guaido, who heads the oppo- the UAE, according to local mated 10,000 people have been sition-controlled National !   8   - &       media. killed in four years of war. Assembly and is demanding a   !  '   The pope boarded a flight Millions of Yemenis face new presidential election.     #  *  (  %  +# Sunday afternoon from Rome’s imminent starvation, according Guaido declared himself Fiumicino airport and is set to to the UN. Rights groups have Venezuela’s legitimate ruler on at protesters,” Guaido said in a “I agree that the legislative arrive in Abu Dhabi at 10 PM #6    +   +# also slammed the Gulf state for January 23, and has the support hoarse voice. power of the country be re- (1800 GMT). upholding a 10-year prison of Washington and most South “We want you to be part of legitimized and that we hold His visit comes with the are suffering from hunger, but sations about tolerance that the foreign affairs Anwar Gargash term against activist Ahmed American nations. the reconstruction of free elections with guarantees, UAE engaged in a long-run- cannot access food depots, he whole world needs to hear,” extended an official welcome to Mansoor on December 31 -- Speaking from behind a Venezuela.” He said in the and the people choose a new ning military campaign in added. said Collins Cochet Ryan, a 39- Pope Francis on Sunday. two weeks after the UAE podium decorated with coming days, the opposition National Assembly,” Maduro Yemen and embroiled in a “The cry of these children year-old expectant mother “It is a visit that carries declared 2019 the “Year of Venezuela’s presidential seal, would try to move humanitar- said at a pro-government diplomatic spat with nearby and their parents rises up to from the US. great humanitarian value, and Tolerance”. Guaido told supporters he ian aid into the country by land demonstration in Caracas. Qatar. God.” For Indian Doris D’Souza, the UAE adds a new (chapter) “Despite its assertions would keep his opposition and sea along three border The opposition controls Before heading to the Gulf, Nearly one million who lives in Goa, Pope Francis’s in the history of fraternity and about tolerance, the UAE gov- movement in the streets until points, including the the National Assembly while the pontiff urged warring par- Catholic migrants reside in trip to the UAE was not to be tolerance,” he tweeted. ernment has demonstrated no Maduro stopped “usurping” Colombian city of Cucuta. government supporters control ties in Yemen, where the UAE the UAE, mostly hailing from missed. He took an apparent jab at real interest in improving its the presidency and agreed to a He described the move as the more-powerful Constituent backs the government against the Philippines and India. “Since I came to know Qatar, which hosts Islamist human rights record,” Sarah presidential election overseen a “test” for Venezuela’s armed Assembly, so calls for a vote to Huthi rebels, to respect a truce Around 135,000 have secured about the pope’s visit to Abu cleric Youssef al-Qardawi and Leah Whitson, Middle East by international observers. On forces, which will have to replace the former and not the agreement. precious tickets to Tuesday’s Dhabi, we jumped (at) the is engaged in a bitter standoff and North Africa director at Saturday, tens of thousands of choose if they allow the much latter was seen as a move “I appeal to all parties con- mass at Zayed Sports City opportunity to be witness.” with its Gulf rivals. Human Rights Watch, said Venezuelans joined opposition needed aid to pass, or if they against Guaido. The socialist cerned and to the internation- Stadium. The UAE capital’s main streets Gargash pointed out the Sunday. protests against Maduro in instead obey the orders of leader also had words for the al community to allow the On Sunday morning, hun- and those leading to St. Joseph’s difference “between those host- “But the UAE has shown Caracas and other cities. Maduro’s government. administration of President urgent respect of established dreds of Catholics queued in Cathedral -- which the pope is ing a cleric of violence and ter- how sensitive it is to its image Guaido called on “blocks” Maduro also dug in his Donald Trump, which recent- accords to ensure the distribu- drizzling rain outside St. set to visit on Tuesday -- were rorism... And those who host on the global stage, and Pope of the military to defect from heels, insisting he was the only ly imposed sanctions on tion of food,” he said. Joseph’s Cathedral in Abu lined with Vatican City flags the pope and the Al-Azhar Francis should use his visit to Maduro’s administration and president of Venezuela and Venezuelan oil exports in an “The population is Dhabi to get their passes. and banners of the interreli- sheikh for a dialogue of love press UAE leaders to meet “get on the side of the describing Saturday’s anti-gov- effort to undermine Maduro’s exhausted by the lengthy con- “I think the pope coming gious meeting. and communication”. their human rights obligations Venezuelan people.” “We don’t ernment protests as part of a main source of income and flict and a great many children really opens doors for conver- UAE minister of state for The UAE, along with Saudi at home and abroad.” just want you to stop shooting US-led coup attempt. weaken his grip on power. !$* ",$""#%! /))))P 2)    57       9  4). 3 >>>   *)Q* *                :  ,       436836 England, saying that “the UK’s    )   future relationship with the  436836 tence since the Cold War, but   3634*4* win,” said Gabbard, who is not      ritish Prime Minister EU is not helping.” have now been repurposed in of Indian descent but comes        BTheresa May said on May said opposition leader ritain’s Queen Elizabeth II the event of civil disorder fol- ulsi Gabbard, the first from a Hindu family in Hawaii.  )  O    Sunday she will be “armed Jeremy Corbyn “also believes Band other senior members lowing a no-deal Brexit,” a UK THindu US The official launch of the         with a fresh mandate and new the potential indefinite nature of the royal family may have to Cabinet Office source was Congresswoman, has official- 37-year-old four-term      ideas” when she meets of the backstop is an issue”, and be evacuated if the UK experi- quoted as saying in the report. ly launched her 2020 presi- Democratic congresswoman’s         European Union negotiators that the EU has “already accept- ences riots as a result of a no- With just 54 days to go dential campaign in Hawaii. campaign gives her presidential        over her Brexit deal. ed the principle of ‘alternative deal Brexit next month, a until the UK is due to leave the “It is this principle of ser- bid a chance at a reset after      EU officials have insisted arrangements’ superseding the media report said on Sunday. EU, Britain’s civil servants are vice above self that is at the weeks of discord heading into that the deal — rejected by backstop should it ever be The UK is set to exit the ramping up no-deal planning, heart of every soldier, at the the announcement.       British lawmakers — is not required.” 28-member European Union including the contingency heart of every service member, Gabbard, an Iraq War vet-    =  open for renegotiation. The backstop would kick (EU) on March 29. plans for the royal family. This and it is in this spirit that today eran who gained national . )  O  >6) But May wrote in the in if Britain and the EU have As the risk of Britain leav- is understood to have includ- I announce my candidacy for prominence in 2016 as an out-        Sunday Telegraph that she not agreed a trade deal on their ing the EU without an amica- ed discussions between President of the United States spoken supporter of Vermont    O   would be “battling for Britain future relationship after a time- ble withdrawal agreement con- Scotland Yard and regional of America,” CNN quoted Senator Bernie Sanders’ 2016       and Northern Ireland” in her majority in the House of limited transition period of up tinues to hang over ongoing police forces. Gabbard as saying said on campaign, will run for    efforts to get rid of the agree- Commons for leaving the EU to two years. negotiations, emergency pro- “If there were problems in Saturday at an event here. President as an anti-interven- ment’s unpopular backstop with a deal,” she wrote. The prime minister reject- posals to rescue the royal fam- London, clearly you would “I will bring this soldier’s tionalist Democrat who sup-     provision. “When I return to Brussels ed accusations that plans to ily during the Cold War era remove the royal family away principles to the White House, ports a populist economic C8  /  “If we stand together and I will be battling for Britain and reopen the backstop talks have been “repurposed” in from those key sites,” said Dai restoring the values of dignity, agenda. *3'* .   speak with one voice, I believe Northern Ireland, I will be risked upsetting the Irish peace recent weeks to ensure their Davies, the former head of honour and respect to the While the Congresswoman        we can find the right way for- armed with a fresh mandate, process. protection. The plans were royal protection at the presidency and above all else, has highlighted health care       ward,” she said. new ideas and a renewed deter- “Nor do I have time for originally intended to be put Metropolitan Police. love for our people and love for access, criminal justice reform      The backstop is intended to mination to agree a pragmatic those who believe the verdict into action in the event of a “Where and how they will our country. and climate change as key plat-    ensure there is no return to a solution”. passed by the British people in nuclear attack from the erst- evacuate them is top secret and “I ask you to join me, join form issues for her presidential hard border with Ireland, but The EU insists that the deal 2016 should be overturned while Soviet Union, ‘The I can’t discuss it. This is a mea- me in putting this spirit, this run, her tenure in Congress has   D Brexit supporters fear it will “remains the best and only way before it is even implemented,” Sunday Times’ reported. sure that is extremely unlikely spirit of service above self at the been defined by her anti-inter-    595 keep Britain tied to the EU’s to ensure an orderly with- she added, referring to the In the event of the UK and to come to pass. (But) the forefront and to stand up ventionist foreign policy posi- $ C$ D!"  customs rules. drawal,” but with the clock rump of MPs calling for a sec- EU failing to agree a settlement powers-that-be need to have against the forces of greed and tions.      MPs voted last week to running down until the March ond referendum. before the Brexit deadline of contingency plans for any even- corruption. Gabbard, who sits on the     $  send May back to Brussels to 29 exit date the risks of a no- “I’m determined to deliver March 29, the Queen and her tuality,” he said. “The road ahead will not House Armed Services  AEA EE= renegotiate the clause, sug- deal Brexit for both Britain and Brexit, and determined to husband, Prince Philip, will be Originally codenamed be easy. The battles will be Committee, is the only military    gesting her deal would then be the bloc are coming into sharp deliver on time — on March 29, moved out of London to a ‘Operation Candid’, plans were tough. The obstacles great, but veteran to declare her candi- "        able to pass after it was round- focus. 2019,” she wrote. secret location, which the drawn up for the Queen to be I know when we stand united dacy and could be relying on   '     ly rejected in parliament last Car giant Nissan May has promised MPs newspaper said it has agreed evacuated to sea on the royal by our love for our people and her two tours in the Middle % E1     month. announced Sunday it was can- that she will bring any revised not to disclose. yacht Britannia if the Soviet for our country, there is no East to differentiate her from    $  “I am now confident there celling plans to build its X-Trail deal back to be voted on by “These emergency evacu- Union launched a nuclear obstacle we cannot overcome. many Democratic presidential      is a route that can secure a SUV at its plant in northeast MPs on February 13. ation plans have been in exis- attack. There is no battle we cannot candidates. = 7 $      O  P   -)$*4 on Sunday. Among those who have   8*$)    he Taliban said on Sunday confirmed their attendance in  #343$3 Tit will send a delegation to Moscow is Haneef Atmar, who he head of the UN mission  -)" )68*   "7 .)6 Russia for a rare meeting with is running against Ghani in the Tin Yemen launched talks ri Lankan authorities have Afghan Opposition leaders, elections. Former warlord Atta between the Government and 21-year-old Nepali woman he deputy chief of Iran’s Sarrested four Maldivian just days after peace talks with Muhammad Noor and former Huthi rebels aboard a boat in Ahas died reportedly due to TRevolutionary Guards has nationals, including a woman, the United States that exclud- Afghan president Hamid the Red Sea on Sunday aimed suffocation during her stay in warned Europe against forcing for shooting video footage using ed the Kabul Government. Karzai -- both Ghani rivals -- at shoring up a ceasefire, a gov- a windowless hut as part of a the Islamic Republic into a drone camera in the high The two-day sit-down in are also attending. ernment official said. banned practice that considers boosting the range of its mis- security zone of the country’s Moscow, starting Tuesday, will Noor on Sunday said the Retired Dutch General women untouchable during siles by trying to halt their main international airport here, be attended by some of meeting was “a pathway Patrick Cammaert chaired the menstruation, according to a development. a media report said on Sunday. President Ashraf Ghani’s chief towards strengthening the meeting aboard a UN vessel media report. “If the Europeans, or any- The Maldivian nationals were political rivals, but none of the peace efforts led by the US” docked off the coast of the The incident happened in one else, want to conspire to arrested on Saturday when they government envoys tasked with while Atmar described it as “an flashpoint city of Hodeida after Nepal’s remote Doti district on disarm Iran of missiles, we will were flying the drone camera Taliban negotiations. important step towards intra- the rebels refused to hold talks January 31 when Parwati be forced to make a strategic across the Bandaranaike Ghani has appealed to the Afghan peace talks”. in government-held areas, the Bogati was sleeping alone in a leap,” the guards’ deputy com- International airport, the insurgents to talk after being A government-appointed official told AFP on condition secluded hut due to menstru- mander Brigadier-General Colombo Page reported. frozen out of six days of dis- council tasked with Taliban of anonymity. ation and had lit a fire to keep Hossein Salami said on state Operating any kind of cussions between the Taliban engagement said Sunday it was The official said the meet- the hut warm. When Bogati did TV on Saturday. drone near airports is banned and the United States in Doha not invited to Moscow. ing would address the imple- not wake up till late next morn- “All that hear me today, while drone photography and last month that sealed the out- A senior Taliban official mentation of an agreement ing, her mother-in-law Laxmi come to terms with the new aerial mapping are also highly lines of a peace deal. told AFP they would send a reached in Sweden in Bogati went to the hut to check reality of Iran’s missile might: regulated by civil aviation Instead the Taliban, which delegation, but December that her but found that she had there are no authorities. The incident came refuses to recognise Ghani’s described the meeting as non- calls for a ceasefire in rebel-held passed away, the Kathmandu obstacles or technical limita- hours before Maldivian government, will sit down in political and “arranged by some Hodeida, a pullback of forces Post reported. tions to us increasing (their) President Ibrahim Mohamed Moscow with some of the pres- organizations based in from the port city and the “She (Parwati) was excited range,” he added. The Islamic Solih was due to arrive in Sri ident’s main opponents to dis- Moscow”. opening of humanitarian cor- about the next day as her men- Republic develops its missile Lanka to attend the country’s cuss the country’s future -- stir- The Russian Embassy in ridors. struation would end. Poor child technology according to a 71st national day ceremony in ring frustrations in Kabul. Kabul issued a statement late The Red Sea port is the closed her eyes forever,” said “defensive strategy” which Colombo. “It shows the peak of Saturday on behalf of the entry point for the bulk of Laxmi. She said that Parwati changes according to need, he Air traffic controllers at the depression, and begging to ter- “Afghan Society of Russia”. The Yemen’s imported goods and went to the secluded hut in a said. BIA said there were no dis- rorists,” said Amrullah Saleh, group said it had invited “influ- humanitarian aid, providing a nearby abandoned house as the Earlier Saturday, Iran ruptions to international flights who is running as vice-presi- ential figures” to the dialogue lifeline to millions in the Arab regular menstrual hut she used announced the “successful test” on Saturday. The suspects will dent on Ghani’s ticket in elec- in the President Hotel in world’s poorest country. to go was crowded that day as of a new cruise missile with a be produced before the tions slated for July. Moscow. “We are ready to play The UN said in a statement three more women from the range of over 1,350 kilometres, Negombo Magistrate’s Court “A smile to the enemy is a our role in bringing peace to that the parties would resume village having their menstrual coinciding with the anniversary and the further investigations blow to the national spirit,” he Afghanistan,” the statement discussions on the Sweden period were already there to of the country’s 1979 Islamic are being done, the report said. posted on his Facebook page read. agreement on Sunday. spend the night. Revolution.   ()  ) *+ ,-./    8       F  H" 8      F F

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Honestly speaking, it is so. Its use            must be ended,” he thundered at the above- mentioned rally.              $ However, the Chief Election Commissioner a nation’s economy is only secondary to their ruled States towards the end of 2018. However, sequent election. In 2008, its seat share  %( # "   Sunil Arora was very critical of the claims by regional interests. Ironically, the Congress is a detailed analysis of the polls revealed that the remained unchanged but it managed to form            the Opposition parties and blamed them for willing to play a second fiddle because it sees BJP’s loss was not due to a popular vote shift the Government with the Congress’ support.    "   %1   # treating EVMs like a “football” by using them no future in the coming elections. Like the towards the Congress but due to the provision Surprisingly, neither NC nor Congress found  S 9 , %1RS,  as an alibi for their poor electoral perfor- poorly trained handyman always blames his of NOTA (None of the Above). Unsure of the anything wrong with the EVMs though hey            %,#" # mances. He further emphasised that the EVMs tools, the election cartel formed by regional NOTA coming to its rescue once again in the failed to read the growing unpopularity among        % were foolproof as far as fears of manipulation parties, sensing imminent defeat, has begun to 2019 general election, the Congress continued the voters. In 2014, both NC and Congress were ,     (  "   # were concerned. According to his predecessor, raise the bogey of EVMs. with its tirade against EVMs. decimated but still they did not blame the        "   OP Rawat, political parties only question the It would be interesting to note that EVMs Closer home, it is not surprising that EVMs.   %? #" #     EVMs when they lose the elections. “Generally were introduced in India by the Congress Abdullah is now making loud noises against Abdullah won a parliamentary election in this has been the trend. When they win, they Government in 1982 for a by-election in Kerala EVMs. He knows that his party has been 2017, polling seven per cent votes. Till then )  !C)!D%? #   $ don’t give credit to EVMs but when they lose, and were used for the first time in the State exposed so badly that it stands no chance of everything was fine. However, the conduct of        9 ,  they blame the EVMs,” Rawat had said. of Goa during the 1999 election, which was returning to power if free and fair election is the local bodies and panchayat elections in the #      (  %    #" Though Opposition parties have formed an won by the Congress handsomely. The 2004 held. He doesn’t want to be held responsible State threw up an unpleasant surprise and     S#   election cartel in the form of a mahagathband- Lok Sabha election was held using only the for the decline and subsequent demise of the Abdullah woke from a deep slumber. He  % #"     han, they are not sure of victory in the EVMs and with their introduction, chances of Abdullah dynasty in Kashmir. He wants the realised that his party had lost its mass base and           impending 2019 general election. Hence, they rigging through booth capturing, that had been State to return to those days when his father, was no longer acceptable to the people of   #         % are trying to create a public perception about mastered by the Congress to remain in power, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, had pioneered Jammu and Kashmir, particularly Kashmiris, (     "    "  the EVMs by stating that they can be easily were minimised. Though the Congress won the art of rigging elections since he wanted its core constituency. It is this awakening that  . #      "   " hacked and, hence, misused by the ruling party. the 2004 and 2009 general elections, it failed Jammu & Kashmir to be a “single party State” prompted Abdullah to term the EVMs as “chor    #   % In doing so, they are not only casting asper- to gain absolute majority of its own and had and abhorred the Opposition. Beginning in machines.” Incidentally, Abdullah is under a sions on the independent functioning of the to opt for alliances to form the Government. 1951, the NC and later its converted avtaar, the wrong impression that voting with postal bal- 1  36# "   $ Election Commission but also creating an But the grand old party made no noise since Congress, depended on rigged elections to lots will win back the mandate for his party.   #        adverse international opinion about Indian it was able to form the Government on both remain in power. Kashmiris will not allow him to re-enact 1987.   %1       $ democracy. They are also casting doubts on the occasions. The popularity of the Congress The introduction of EVMs reversed the Sensing the nation’s mood, Opposition par-  %'       nation’s judicial system since numerous courts, plummeted to an all-time low in 2014 and it trend and sounded the bugle for NC’s decline. ties are disheartened but are pretending to put        #   including the Supreme Court, have ruled in started to blame the EVMs for its electoral loss Unprecedented rigging by Abdullah and his up a bold effort with slogans like jo garajte hain   # /)  favour of the fairness of elections conducted thereafter. The Modi wave, which swamped the alliance partner, the Congress, is considered as who baraste nahi. People know that loud nois-   #           with EVMs. The reality is that Opposition nation like a tsunami, swept away the region- the raison d’etre for eruption of militancy in the es carry no meaning. They will just help them       (%(   unity is not guided by any ideological glue but al parties as well, who like the Congress, began State. Incidentally, Mufti Mohammad Syed, for- save their skins as most leaders are faced with "     '   $ the urge to survive. It is somewhat similar to to blame EVMs. mer Chief Minister and father of Mehbooba judicial proceedings for corruption and mis-   "         %> the Panchtantra story about animals of all hues, Isn’t it perplexing that the party, which Mufti, was the Congress’ boss in the State. Wish use of authority. The electorate has matured     "    who formed the cartel against the king of the introduced the EVMs and hailed them as the EVMs had been introduced in 1987. The State over the years to not be misled by fake cam- jungle, the lion. biggest electoral reform, found nothing wrong would have been saved from the vagaries of paigns launched by them. Their defeat in the %1    #  #  # There are inherent contradictions among with them till 2014, when all of a sudden it ongoing militancy and a Pakistan-sponsored forthcoming elections is a foregone conclusion      # %* # $ the mahagathbandhan, which the people of this became their biggest critic? The reason is obvi- proxy war since Abdullah and Co would not and, hence, they are preparing ground to jus-  "        country understand because similar endeav- ous. As long as the going was good, everything have been able to rig the elections. tify their defeat by blaming the EVMs. Whether #  %1        $ ours in the past have proved disastrous and was hunky dory but unable to swallow the dis- To ensure free and fair elections in Jammu the machine is chor or their niyat (intent), only      %0  "    # weakened our nation and its well-defined insti- graceful defeat of 2014 and the subsequent State and Kashmir, the NDA Government, under time will tell. In a democracy, people are the         # tutions. Our country can ill-afford to hand over elections, it started blaming the EVMs rather Atal Bihari Vajpayee, introduced EVMs in the ultimate deciders.      %(  $    % its reins to ambitious regional satraps, whose than respecting the peoples’ verdict graceful- 2002 Assembly elections. The NC got a rude (The author is a Jammu-based political com-            vision is limited to vote-banks in their respec- ly. The Congress saw a glimmer of hope when shock when its seat share declined to just 28 mentator and strategic analyst. The views tive States, and for whom, national interests or it managed to win the election in the three BJP- from 57. Its vote share nosedived in every sub- expressed are entirely personal) = 9$,#!% +                                            

(despite the incompatibility of these Afghanistan and they were assumed Mullah Omar, was a personal friend too. So you’ll get invaded and over- you can sometimes rent them if you two principles), but they were never to be implicated in the horrendous of Osama bin Laden, whom he had thrown, and your Taliban guys will find the right words to go with the international terrorists. attacks on New York and met in Pakistan in the 1980s. (Both have to spend another 10 years in money. Why wasn’t it at least tried? The next steps are setting dates Washington. men were then involved in the war the hills being hunted by gunships. Probably because there was a for the final American withdrawal That assumption was almost against the Soviet occupation.) But it’s in a good cause. I hope you’re strong need to ‘kick-ass’ in the US. from Afghanistan (in around 18 certainly wrong. The Taliban had So when Bin Laden was forced OK with that.” Such a horrible crime couldn’t be     months) and opening direct come to power in 1996 after a 10- out of his refuge in Sudan by the “Sure, Osama. Good luck with answered with mere diplomacy and     G 6  +, talks between the US-backed year war against the Soviet invaders Clinton Administration in 1996, it.” legal proceedings. What was need- Afghan Government and the and the seven-year civil war that Omar let him set up camp in south- I’m pretty sure that conversation ed was bloody vengeance and   6 he Taliban has committed, to Taliban. There is still much to do followed. They had been a long time ern Afghanistan and told him not never happened. Why would Osama catharsis. So Afghanistan got invad-   O  our satisfaction, to do what is but this could work. out in the hills and they were real- to carry out political activities on bin Laden tell Mullah Omar about ed and several hundred thousand      N necessary and prevent So congratulations to US ly enjoying power. Afghan soil. Bin Laden abused that the attack in advance and run the people died in the next 17 years. T   # Afghanistan from ever becoming a President Donald Trump — and What the Taliban did in power hospitality and approved the 9/11 risk that he wasn’t okay with it? And since it has always been platform for international terrorist shame on the Washington analysts was both ridiculous and atrocious. attacks from there (the actual plan- Most of the Taliban would certain- very easy to invade Afghanistan      N groups or individuals,” said Zalmay and experts who could never bring They drove women from public life ning was mostly done in Germany.) ly have been outraged by the mor- (though almost impossible to stay       Khalilzad, the US official in charge themselves to recommend just end- and closed girls’ schools. They Did Mullah Omar have any- tal danger Bin Laden was exposing there), one invasion didn’t provide   .  of Afghanistan peace talks last ing America’s longest-ever war. made men grow beard and women thing to do with the attacks? Did he them to. enough catharsis. Thirty months      week. So why didn’t the United Some of them are the same people wear burqas. They banned music, even know about them in advance? Could the US have persuaded later the then US President George States (US) have this discussion who didn’t realise 17 years ago movies and television. Try to imagine the telephone con- the Taliban to hand Bin Laden W Bush also invaded Iraq; although      with the Taliban 17 years ago, in that these talks should have hap- They mutilated people for small versation. (Bin Laden didn’t speak over in order not to be invaded and there were no terrorists there (and &   .   October 2001? pened then. offences and executed them for Pashto, but Omar did speak Arabic.) driven from power? May be you no ‘weapons of mass destruction’), "     The American representative The US invasion of Afghanistan slightly bigger ones (most of which “Omar, habibi, it’s Osama. How couldn’t have persuaded Mullah and hundreds of thousands more   K has just spent six days negotiating in October, 2001, was always about were not offences at all in other are the wives and children?” Omar, but many of the younger died. And now they are finally   *    with the Taliban in Qatar and he 9/11 and nothing else. The country Muslim countries). And they took “Not bad, thanks. Yours?” leaders were really not looking for- negotiating the very same deal with has their promise that they will was targeted because the Taliban, absolutely no interest in the rest of “Listen, Omar, I’m giving you a ward to being bombed out of the the Taliban that could probably have   *   never let terrorist groups like Al which came to power five years the world. Under the Taliban, heads-up. Next week my guys are cities and chased back into the hills. been made in 2001. It would have    Qaeda or the Islamic State (IS) use before, had allowed Osama bin Afghanistan really didn’t have a for- going to attack the United States and And if they don’t listen right saved a lot of time.     Afghanistan as a base. The Taliban Laden and his band of Islamist eign policy at all. kill a few thousand Americans, and away, spread some money around. (The writer is an independent     are Islamists and nationalists extremists to set up a base in But the leader of the regime, I’m afraid they’re going to blame you You can’t buy religious fanatics but journalist)   ()  ) *+ ,-./   :

 0 ,+ #% 6" *%!  7:))* Q R ?  *)*    9  3   “in the final hours the per- -34-)") mission was cancelled by the Chinsurah (WB): Home Minister 1     State Government,” Bengal Rajnath Singh on Sunday attacked the Q Siddhi, Hazare said he would not call off his t was helicopter controver-    - BJP leaders said. TMC Government over the law and order fast till the Centre appointed Lok Pal. “Chief Isy once again with the   Similar incidents took situation in West Bengal and claimed that Minister Devendra Fadnavis is ready to Bengal administration alleged- place earlier with the pro- Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee was now appoint Lokayukta. But till the Centre ly refusing landing permission     posed landing of BJP president giving less time to the State as her eyes are appoints Lok Pal, I will not break my fast. If to Uttar Pradesh Chief    1 Amit Shah’s helicopter at fixed on forming a ‘Mahagathbandhan’. the Centre does not accept my demand, I will Minister Yogi Adityanath’s Kanthi in East Midnapore dis- On the upcoming Global Business     *$) return my Padma Bhusan,” Hazare said. chopper at Raiganj where he     trict, party sources com- Summit in West Bengal, he said in order Eight one-year-old Hazare began his was scheduled to address a BJP  plained. to invite investors to the State, the enowned social worker Anna Hazare’s indefinite fast on January 30 to demand rally on Sunday. An angry band of BJP Trinamool Congress Government needs Rhealth deteriorated as his fast pressing for among other things the immediate appoint- Adityanath, who was sup-   supporters subsequently to improve the law and order situation. the immediate appointment of Lokpal at the ment of Lok Pal at the Centre and Loksyutkas posed to attend twin rallies at     gheraoed the office of the He claimed there were increasing Centre, Lokayuktas in various States and in various States. His other demands are the Raiganj in North Dinajpur District Magistrate of South attacks on police stations, besides activists other demands, entered the fifth day on implementation of of the Swaminathan and Balurghat in adjacent posed by the State Dinajpur for denying landing and Opposition parties. Sunday. Commission’s report on farmers”, one-and- South Dinajpur district, final- Government he said. deny landing permission to his permission to the UP Chief Singh alleged BJP candidates were On a day when he declared that he would half times of Minimum Support Price ly addressed the public over Hours later a senior offi- helicopter.” Minister’s helicopter. prevented from filing nomination papers not break his fast till the Centre appoints Lok (MSP) for agriculture produce, total loan telephone saying there was cer in Yogi’s office referring to According to State BJP Adityanath’s rally Purulia in the last Panchayat polls in the State and Pal, doctors attending on Hazare said that he waiver for farmers and monthly pension of no democracy in Bengal where the incident said “it was the leadership Yogi’s chopper was was also called off for want of alleged that 'loktantra' (democracy) was had lost 3.5 kg of weight ever since he began at least 5,000 to every farmer in the coun- the Opposition voices were UP Chief Minister’s popular- scheduled to land at Raiganj permission of landing of his getting replaced by 'lathitantra' (high- his fast on Wednesday last. He began to suf- try. gagged and their workers were ity that forced Bengal Chief from where he would travel to helicopter party men com- handedness of the State machinery). fer from uneasiness because of the increase In a related development, Shiv Sena pres- killed at will by the ruling Minister Mamata Banerjee to Balurghat by road. However plained. Describing the 'Mahagathbandhan', a in blood pressure, while the laboratory ident Uddhav Thackeray charged that the Trinamool Congress cadres. proposed alliance of non-BJP Opposition reports showed substantial increase of State Government was ignoring the fast “Bengal has no democra- parties, as directionless, Singh said these ketone levels in his blood and urine. undertaken by Hazare and asked Chief cy where the Opposition par-      ,  32#%( parties had only one agenda in common “If he continues his fast for a few more Minister Devendra Fadnavis to take cogni- ties like the BJP are denied and that was opposing the BJP at the days, it will affect his kidney and brain, “a sance of the ongoing agitation by the social space for political activities,” Bareilly: Comparing West Congress Government will be soon there will be a change of Centre. senior doctor who examined Hazare a few activist. “The life of Anna is crucial. Please Adityanath said adding how Bengal Chief Minister Mamata ousted from power. power in West Bengal," he Addressing a "Ganatantra Bachao times during the day said. don’t play with his life,” Uddhav told the BJP- the BJP workers were attacked Banerjee to Hitler, Uttar "It creates a lot of anger to added. Sharma's comments Rally" here in Hooghly district, Singh said, There is a lot of anxiety among the peo- led Governments in the state and at the and victimised by the Pradesh's Deputy Chief Minister see that a Chief Minister come after West Bengal "Mamataji is giving less time to her state ple of Ralegan-Siddhi village in Ahmedangar Centre. Trinamool Government Dinesh Sharma Sunday said (Mamata Banerjee) can be Government denied landing as her priorities are elsewhere, on the district of western Maharashtra, where “Anna Hazare’s fast is against corruption. throughout Bengal. “I will not soon there will be a regime 'Hitler-esque' in a democratic permission to UP Chief Minister Mahagathbandhan." He also mocked Hazare is fasting. A Government team of Corruption is a national problem. Instead of stop here and come back to change in the State. set-up," he said. Yogi Adityanath's chopper. He Banerjee for trying to forge the alliance, doctors has landed at Ralegan-Siddhi to keep undertaking fast, Anna should have taken to address rallies in Bengal,” Sharma said countdown has "Definitely her countdown was suppose to address to BJP wondering "who will run the vehicle and a watch on Hazare’s deteriorating health. streets and woken up the conscience of peo- despite such hindrances being started and soon the Trinamool has started, and it seems that rallies in the State. PTI who will put the brake. PTI Talking to media persons at Ralegan- ple across the country,” Uddhav said. %"" )*    - * 8  )** Malappuram: The two women hospital following an alleged of menstruating age, who had attack by her mother-in-law for Thiruvananthapuram: An RSS hurling at least four bombs at entered the Sabarimala temple entering the holy shrine. worker, prime accused in a the police station during a a month ago, have received An employee of the Civil bomb attack on a police station clash with the Communist death threats, police said on Supplies Department, she has here, was arrested here on Party of India (Marxist) work- Sunday. filed a petition in a court here Sunday, the police said. ers. Bindu and Kanakadurga, under the Domestic Violence Praveen, a district func- A Special Investigation in their 40s, had defied dire Act, stating she had the right to tionary of the RSS, and his team was also constituted to threats from saffron organisa- stay at her husband's home. accomplice Sreejit, a Sangh nab the Rashtriya Swayamsevak tions and offered prayers at the Bindu, a 42-year-old col- worker, hurled bombs at the Sangh (RSS) functionary, they temple that was out of bounds lege lecturer and CPI(M) ML Nedumangad Police Station said. for girls and women between activist, had accompanied during the January 3 shutdown Guarded by four policemen 10 and 50 years of age, break- and other relatives for offering Kanakadurga to the shrine. called by Hindutva outfits in civil dress, the two women, ing the centuries-old tradition prayers at the Lord Ayyappa The Supreme Court had in protesting against the entry of Kanakadurga (44) and Bindu and infuriating Temple on January 2, was a historic verdict last year lift- two women into the Sabarimala (42), created history by stepping right. forced to take shelter at ed the centuries old ban and Temple, they said. into the hallowed precincts of The two women received a Perinthalmanna here after her allowed women of all age The duo was arrested from the hill-shrine on January 2. letter saying they would be house was locked and her fam- groups to offer prayers at the the Thamapanoor railway sta- A 12-hour shutdown was harmed for entering the shrine, ily members shifted to anoth- temple. tion here, they added. called by the Bharatiya Janata the police said. er building. Both the women are being Police had issued a look out Party (BJP) and other right- Forty-four-year-old Police sources said she still provided round-the-clock notice against Praveen after wing outfits to protest against Kanakadurga, who faced stiff continues to be at the shelter security by police besides   ''           &  #$ CCTV visuals showed him their entry. PTI Opposition from her husband after being discharged from CCTV survillance. PTI    2#5 =      7     = Lakhimpur Kheri (UP): A red     ist to Karti Chidambaram than Thiruvananthapuram: Five alert has been sounded in Uttar # 766) to P Chidambaram. This means days after they embarked on an Pradesh's Dudhwa Tiger that the Chidambaram family indefinite hunger strike here, Reserve after authorities ixty seven-year-old KS would have the upper hand in mothers of Endosulfan-affect- received reports of illegal SAlagiri, a staunch supporter deciding the party candidates ed children on Sunday ended wildlife trafficking through the of former Finance Minister P for the upcoming Lok Sabha their agitation after the porous India-Nepal border, an Chidambaram has been election,” said a senior Congress Government agreed to include official said on Sunday. appointed as president of the leader from the State. The more victims in the list for com- Principal chief conservator Tamil Nadu Congress Congress is hopeful of he DMK pensation and rehabilitation. of forest (wildlife) Sunil Pandey Committee. The announce- allocating at least ten seats out Endosulfan Peeditha issued similar alerts for all for- ment was made by KC of the forty at stakes (39 from Janakeeya Munnani (EPJM), est divisions in Pilibhit, Venugopal, the AICC General Tamil Nadu and one from earlier in the day marched to Bahraich, Gonda, Maharajganj Secretary, who over the last four Puducherry). Cliff House, the official resi- and Balrampur districts which years has emerged as the close Vasanth Kumar was the dence of Chief Minister are close to the border. advisor of party chief Rahul lone Congress candidate in the Pinarayi Vijayan as their talks Field director of the Gandhi. 2014 Lok Sabha election who with the Government failed Dudhwa Tiger Reserve (DTR) While Alagiri, a former had got back his security deposit on Saturday. Ramesh Kumar Pandey said all member of the Lok Sabha and while the remaining 38 contes- An embarrassed patrolling teams and field staff a two-term member of Tamil tants (including Mani Shankar Government was forced to hold in the DTR, including Special Nadu Legislative Assembly suc- Aiyer, Karti Chidambaram) had fresh talks with the protesters Tiger Protection Force (STPF), ceeds S Thirunavakarassar, the to forfeit theirs. There was wide following which the announce- have been put on high alert and AICC has appointed four work- expectation in party circles that ment was made by MV                   #$ patrolling has been intensified. ing presidents for the TNCC. Vasanth Kumar would be nom- Jayarajan, private secretary to "In the DTR, smart They are H Vasanth Kumar, a inated as TNCC president. the Chief Minister. Agartala: Seven Rohingya charge of a RPF contingent at tickets from Agartala Railway Bhanupada Chakraborty said patrolling equipped with business baron who is also one While Thiruvanakarassar The two-hour long meeting Muslims were on Sunday Dharmanagar railway station, Station till Badarpur Junction the detainees were being inter- MSTrIPES was in place which of the eight party legislators, K has not been given any alternate chaired by Jayarajan and at the arrested from an Assam-bound said the seven Rohingya in Assam. On suspicion, we rogated. has helped in nabbing 143 Jayakumar, the Dalit face of the position, what surprised many end of it, the Chief Minister train here, police said. Muslims were detained after made a preliminary interroga- Last month, 67 Rohingyas wildlife criminals and poachers party, Mayura Jayakumar who was the High Command over- joined and assured all help to They were detained at security personnel found them tion and found all of them to were arrested in Tripura. Of during the last eight months. hails from South west Tamil looking Peter Alphonse in the the victims. Dharmanagar Railway Station behaving in a suspicious man- be Rohingya Muslims from them, 31 were holed up at the Last year the number was 60 in Nadu and MK Vishnu Prasad, appointment of TNCC presi- "Those who were below 18 in North Tripura district and ner in the station premises. Myanmar. Later, they were Indo-Bangla international bor- the same period," he said. "A son of former TNCC chief M dent. Alphonse is the most vis- years of age in the 2017 later handed over to Tripura The arrested include six handed over to local police at der behind the barbed wire close watch over the known Krishnasamy and son-in-law ible face of the Congress [party Biological Plausible list of 1,095 Police. girls and a boy, all in their Dharmanagar," Debbarma fencing for four days before the criminals is being kept and key of Dr S Ramadoss, the PMK in the State and enjoys a good people will be included in the Assistant Sub Inspector of teens. said. Border Security Force arrested focus is on all the sensitive founder. rapport with the DMK’s first rehabilitation package," Railway Police Force (RPF), "All the detainees were North Tripura district them and handed them over to areas," Pandey added. PTI “Alagiri is more of a loyal- family. Jayarajan told the media. PTI Laxman Debbarma, who is in having valid general category superintendent of police Tripura Police. PTI 55Q5R

    a film star nor an aspiring Officer, Coimbatore. When the to acclimatise with the new sur- Chinna Thambi. Forest who has lost his way while # 766) politician. His name is not at all ‘stealing of the crops’ exceeded roundings and stared a “pady- Minister Dindigul Srinivasan retracing the road to associated with any social the limits, the villagers com- atra” in search of his roots. “But while addressing a public meet- Thadagam. Members of the an Clubs for film stars are organisations or sporting activ- plained to the forest officials it has to be accepted that he did ing on Saturday said that Chinna Thambi Fans Club Fnot strange in Tamil Nadu. ities. Chinna Thambi is a 25- who lost no time in scaring not attack anybody whom he Chinna Thambi would be who have joined the caravan Starting from the days of MGR year-old wild elephant who is away the gang. came across in the walkathon. caught and trained as a kumki were heard playing the John (the film actor-turned-political loved and adored by the peo- “But times have changed. When he felt hunger, he made (an elephant trained by pro- Denver song “Country Roads leader-turned Chief Minister) ple of Thadagam, a region The pachyderms are not both- use of the agricultural fields and fessional trainer to tame wild Take Me Home…” to new generation actors, close to the reserve forests of ered about the drum beatings resumed his journey,” said elephants). This evoked wide Ramakrishnan and other there are fan clubs named after the Western Ghats. and bursting of fire crackers Ramakrishnan. protest in Thadagam village forest officials are hopeful of the actors. There were reports The tusker was part of a which used to scare them away By this time, the villagers in with the residents demanding Chinnan reaching his home in that even forest brigand gang of 20-25 elephants which once,” said a forest official. So Thadagam had split into two that Chinnan ( as he is called another two days. Last year The Veerappan boasted of such frequently raided the villages in the decision to translocate the camps, one group demanding now) should be brought back Pioneer had reported about bodies. But what has caught the the periphery of Thadagam trouble makers to a ‘far away’ Chinna to be brought back to to the forests and set free in his Ganeshan, nicknamed Nadodi attention over the last few forests. Farmers in the villages spot was taken. A team of vet- the village while the other “ancestral home”. The last two (Gypsy) Ganeshan, a wild ele- weeks is Chinna Thambi Fan had to bear the brunt as the erinary surgeons was sum- villagers and was the least trou- away in the early hour of opposing the move. The fact days saw a dozen forest offi- phant in O’Valley Range in Club operating from raiders devoured the banana moned and they tamed Chinna blesome of the gang. January 26. But the cure turned that the counsel of three cials equipped with all gadgets neighbouring Ootty district Thadagam valley in and coconut plantations to the Thambi with tranquilisers. The forest officials trans- out to be worse than the disease, Ministers of the Tamil Nadu including public address sys- who had a deep friendship Coimbatore. hilt, according to G Chinna Thambi had estab- located Chinna Thambi to according to Ramakrishnan. Government were sought tem, a sound synthesiser walk- with the villagers till he Chinna Thambi is neither Ramakrishnan, Forest Range lished a good rapport with the Anamalai Tiger Reserve , 80 km The elephant found it difficult point to the importance of ing along with Chinna Thambi breathed his last.   ()  ) *+ ,-./   ;      <=> 3%*,4

    5%)( *. schemes which I had inaugu-  #+   )$) rated earlier and I will come back to inaugurate schemes for Mumbai: A sessions court here ending out a ‘stern’ warning which I am laying foundation has issued non-bailable war- Sto the terror outfits operat- stones today,” he said. rants against two Pakistan ing in Kashmir valley, Prime Attacking the Congress Army officials — Major Abdul Minister Narendra Modi on over its promise of farm loan Rehman Pasha and Major Iqbal Sunday said India will crush waiver during Vijaypur rally, — in connection with the the backbone of terrorists by Prime Minister said the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks giving a ‘befitting’ reply to Congress party uses the mea- case. those who are targeting, sure only to win elections. While Major Pasha has ‘unarmed’, ‘innocent’ and peace “People know the track retired, the prosecution believes loving ‘kashmiris’. record of the country’s ‘naam- Major Iqbal is still serving as an The Prime Minister said dar’. They get ‘fever’ of loan ISI official in Pakistan, as dis- the whole country is agitated waivers just before elections... closed by US born Lashkar-e- over the ‘brutal’ killings of They try to act as ‘messiah’ of Taiba (LeT) terrorist David peace loving boys and girls in farmers by announcing farm Coleman Headley, an approver Kashmir. loan waivers once in 10 years,” in the case here. approver in the case and his tes- Headley, has named them in Addressing a large gather- he said referring to the UPA Both Major Iqbal and timony was recorded via video his evidence,” the court said. ing of people inside SKICC in rule. Major Pasha are shown as conference in 2016. “Hence, issue non-bailable Srinagar, soon after launching He said the Congress had wanted accused in the charge “David Headley’s testimo- warrants against both the accused slew of developmental pro- promised to waive farmers’ sheet filed by the city police’s ny has vindicated the stand of persons,” the court ordered and jects in the presence of loans worth 6 lakh crore in crime branch in the case. India that the terror attacks of posted the matter for further Governor Satya Pal Malik, the 2008-09, but it gave a loan relief Additional Sessions Judge November 26, 2008 were not hearing on February 6. Prime Minister said, “these of 52,000 crore only after SV Yarlagadda on January 21 only sponsored by militant Headley in his testimony youngsters were targeted by the #( * (            +$$( -+  coming to power, he claimed. allowed an application filed by groups of Pakistan but were, in before the court here had terrorists because they wanted      ! #   -;)   #$ “CAG report found that special public prosecutor fact, actively supported by claimed that during the con- to live in peace and harmony”. about 25-30 lakh people who Ujjwal Nikam. Pakistan Army officials,” spiracy to commit the terror He said, “It is the hard real- the martyred soldiers, hailing Ministerunveiled a series of chaste Dogri language to strike got loan waiver were not even The application was filed Nikam told PTI. attacks in Mumbai, Major Iqbal ity of terrorism in Kashmir val- from the State of Jammu and development projects to the a chord with the mammoth eligible for it,” Modi revealed. before the court which is Judge Yarlagadda, after and Major Pasha were present ley. I assure all of you we will Kashmir, the Prime Minister tune of 44,000 crores to give a crowd present in the pandal. Ridiculing the loan waivers presently conducting trial perusing the application, sup- in the meetings during which fight with full force to defeat said,” the real ‘heroes’ of boost to infrastructure in the “Aap logo ki support se, ek given by the Congress in against alleged LeT operative plementary charge sheet filed targets were selected. terrorism. We will crush their Kashmir are Lance Naik Nazir state. Naya Bharat baneyga, jo sak- Madhya Pradesh, the Prime Sayyed Zabiuddin Ansari alias by the crime branch and hear- LeT operatives Sajeed Mir, back bone. Every terrorist will Ahmad Wani, Rifleman Earlier, addressing a sham bhi hoga aur sashakt Minister said some beneficia- Abu Jundal in the 26/11 ing brief arguments from Abu Kaahfa and Zaki-ur- be given a befitting reply.” Aurangzeb and sports star ‘Maharally’ in Vijaypur area of bhi,” he added. ries have been given cheques of Mumbai terror attacks case. Nikam, said he was allowing Rehman Lakhvi were also pre- The Prime Minister said, Tajamul Islam. They remained Samba district, after laying In the first leg of his visit to 13 only. Nikam said in the applica- the application. sent in the meetings, Headley “by carrying out ‘surgical committed to peace and better foundation stone of AIIMS, Leh, Prime Minister had also He said under his direct tion that the role of the two “The application filed by had said. Nikam said Headley’s strikes’ India has already future of the country. Jammu, Prime Minister said, made a pitch for his return to benefit transfer PM-KISAN Pakistani Army officials was the prosecution for issuance of oral testimony is not the only demonstrated to the entire He said, “Heroes live to “the battle of 2019 was also a the post, saying he will return scheme, 75,000 crore will be revealed further during the non-bailable warrant against evidence against these two per- world what is country’s poli- realise their dreams and cow- “fight” for taking the country to inaugurate schemes for allocated annually. It means testimony of Headley on the the two persons (Pasha and sons (Pasha and Iqbal) and that cy to deal with the menace of ards kill dreams of others”. ahead on the path of progress which he is laying foundations 7.50 lakh crore will be conspiracy hatched in the case. Iqbal) is allowed. These two the prosecution also has in its terrorism”. During his day long visit to and development”. stones today. deposited in farmers’ accounts Headley, who is presently persons are shown as wanted possession corroborative doc- Paying glowing tributes to the State Prime PM began his speech in “I have inaugurated in the next 10 years. lodged in a US jail, turned suspects. The approver, David umentary evidence. PTI (    #  $            % ,   :   Lucknow: Special clinics to of Mental Health and New Delhi: Veteran Manipuri tening to us,” Sharma told PTI. provide counselling to young- Neurosciences) had four years filmmaker Aribam Syam Citing the example of sters addicted to social media ago started SHUT clinic — Sharma on Sunday said that he Tripura, the filmmaker said his- platforms will soon be set up by Service for Healthy Use of would return the Padma Shri as tory would repeat itself in the King George Medical Technology. Following the suc- a mark of protest against the Manipur if the bill is passed. University here. cess of the first SHUT clinic, Citizenship (Amendment) Bill “We have already seen this The psychiatry depart- the psychiatry department of 2016, terming it “anti-Northeast”. in Tripura. Tripuris are having ment of the University will run KGMU also decided to open The 83-year-old director, no say in Tripura... The popu- the clinics targeted at adoles- similar clinics,” he said. known for Manipuri films such Northeast have already request- lation of Manipur is only 28-29 cents. “Through the special clin- as “Olangthagee Wangmadasu”, ed the central government to lakhs, which is less than the pop- Professor PK Dalal, the ics, counselling will be done of “Imagi Ningthem” and reconsider (on the bill’s passage). ulation of a district in Uttar head of KGMU’s psychiatry youngsters so as to motivate “Ishanou”, was bestowed with “But yesterday when I was Pradesh. “The smaller states department, told PTI that them to use less of social media the country’s fourth highest following the news, our hon- like Nagaland, Mizoram and “Owing to massive usage of var- tools. Most of the children civilian honour in 2006. ourable Prime Minister Meghalaya have protection. ious social media tools/plat- from middle-income families He said the plea of the announced that the bill would be Even then they are protesting forms such as Facebook, get addicted to social media. As Northeast people to not let the passed soon. He also requested because if the bill is passed the Twitter, mobile games and a result, there is an adverse bill pass was not being heard by the Chief Minister of West indigenous people will have no Instagram, a number of people impact on academics, the chil- the Centre. “The bill is against Bengal to help him pass the bill. place. They will be wiped out. It are suffering from mental dis- dren become irritated, impact the interest of the Northeast and That means the government, may not happen now, but it will orders. is also on their eyes and they its people, especially in Manipur. rather the BJP, is determined to happen 50 years from today,” he “The Bengaluru-based tend to lose their concentra- All the leaders of the States in the pass this bill. They are not lis- said. PTI NIMHANS (National Institute tion.,” Dalal said. PTI #  &      O(& 2P%   (   #$    6      @  R =     '? P  Q    3#   New Delhi: BJP president Amit an apparent reference to the Lucknow: BSP supremo Shah on Sunday described as matter pending before the apex Mayawati held a meeting on Gorakhpur: In a tragic inci- Senior Superintendent of “historic” the Modi court. Sunday to review the pre- dent, four members of a local Police Sunil Kumar Gupta said, Government’s move to return The BJP has often accused paredness of her party in var- trader’s family, facing demands “Before dying, Rachna Gupta the excess land around the the Congress of using various ious States for the upcoming for repayment of loans from said all of the family members disputed site in Ayodhya to ploys to delay the judicial res- parliamentary election. money lenders, were found had consumed poison. There their owners, including the olution. In an official statement, the dead Sunday morning, while a was a lot of pressure on the Ram Janmabhoomi Nyas, and Asked if he believed that Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) fifth one died in the hospital family members, due to huge asked Opposition parties not to the input subsidy for farmers said, “Mayawati held a meeting during treatment. loans taken.” put obstacles in the Ram tem- announced by the Government to review the poll preparedness Police said trader Ramesh “The food which the fam- ple issue’s resolution. is better than farm loan waiv- of the party for the upcoming Gupta’s body was found near ily consumed last night con- Asked about the Ram tem- er, he answered in the affirma- Lok Sabha elections. In this railway tracks at Surajkund tained poison. Ramesh Gupta ple issue at an event here, he tive. regard, intense review was overbridge, while those of his went towards railway track to told reporters that his party The Government has done vis-a-vis Madhya wife Sarita (45), daughter Payal kill himself,” Gupta quoted wants a grand temple of Lord return of the land — if allowed announced an annual cash Pradesh.” (15) and son Ayush (10) were Rachna as saying before her Ram to be built at the very site, by the court — is likely to result transfer of Rs 6,000 to farmers, Instructions were also found at his home Sahebganj death. where he is believed to have in the Ram Janmabhoomi a move which will benefit 13- issued to party workers to rec- area under Rajghat police sta- The bodies have been sent born, in Ayodhya at the earli- Nyas, which is dedicated to the 15 crore peasants. tify shortcomings and focus on tion area of the district. for post-mortem examination, est and dared opposition par- construction of the temple, Shah said this scheme will preparations for the election. The trader’s elder daughter said police, adding the matter ties to make their stand clear on starting work on building it, help all farmers every year Coimbatore: At a jallikkattu ed for minor injuries. Two were Hitting out at the Congress, Rachna (20) too was found is being probed. the issue. giving a political boost to the while a loan waiver programme event in nearby Tirupur on admitted at the Government Mayawati said, “There is sig- unconscious in the house and Local residents said Gupta He said the Central BJP ahead of the parliamentary helps those who took money Sunday, 45 persons were hospital here and four at the nificant relief among the peo- was rushed to BRD Medical had taken huge loans and had Government’s plea in the election as it has long champi- from banks and does it only injured, police said. Government hospital in ple after the BJP could not form College here, where she died been facing persistent demands Supreme Court to return the oned the cause. once. Almost 60 per cent of A total of 500 bulls, includ- Tirupur. Those injured include Government in Madhya during the treatment a few from money lenders to clear his land is “historic”. Opposition parties should farmers do not take loan, he ing the traditional kangeyam 29 tamers. Ten persons watch- Pradesh”. PTI hours later, police said. dues. PTI It is believed that the not put obstacles, Shah added, added. PTI bulls and 550 tamers, partici- ing the game and two bull pated in the sport which was owners were also injured. inaugurated by state Animal The bulls were sent to the Husbandry Minister Udumalai arena only after medical check- 6     & Radhakrishnan. up by veterinarians, with 13 Officials said 45 persons medical teams and 13 ambu- involved in the game were lances kept ready for any emer- , '(  injured, of which 38 were treat- gency, police said. PTI SHORT NOTICE INVITING TENDER Guwahati: Highlighting the of a new terminal,” he added. also talked about the water geographical advantages of In terms of roadways, the linkage of NE region with Sealed Tenders in plain paper are hereby invited Assam in South East Asia, the Asian Trilateral Highway, the ASEAN. from the bonafide registered manufactures /dis- state’s Act East Policy Affairs Dhola-Sadia bridge and the Speaking during the ses- tributors/ authorized dealers/ agents/ suppliers for Minister Chandra Mohan Bogibeel bridge will give a big sion, Manipur Chief Minister Patowary on Sunday said direct fillip to the connectivity sce- N Biren Singh underscored supplying of 33 (thirty three) items in connection flight from Guwahati to Dhaka nario of the region, the minis- the potential sectors of his with ensuing General Elections to Lok Sabha-2019 and Bangkok will begin from ter said. state and called upon the youth next month. “The physical proximity to build an enduring partner- subject to fulfilment of terms and conditions. The During a panel discussion of ASEAN countries to ship of North East with ASEAN terms and conditions and item wise quantities in the ongoing 2nd ASEAN- Guwahati is less than the major region, resulting in progress India Youth Summit here, metropolitan cities of India. and prosperity. along with specifications etc. may be downloaded Patowary said that there are There has been historical trade Vietnam Ambassador to from www.tripura.gov.in and www.ceotripu- several geographical and his- and connectivity links, which India Pham Sanh Chau also torical advantages of Assam as got snapped after participated in the discussion ra.nic.in. The sealed tender will be received dur- far as connectivity with South Independence. But with the Act and gave insights on tapping ing office hours in all working days up to 3:00 p.m. East Asia is concerned. East Policy, Assam and the the huge potentiality of physi- “Under the UDAN scheme, North East has re-positioned cal connectivity between the of 15th February, 2019 and will be opened on the flights are expected to start itself as the centre of the North Eastern region and same date at 4:30 pm, if possible. between Guwahati and Dhaka ASEAN region,” he added. ASEAN countries. and Bangkok within the month Underlining the initiatives The five-day 2nd ASEAN- Sd/- of March this year. The LGBI of the government of Assam to India Youth Summit that began Addl. Chief Electoral Officer, Airport in Guwahati is being bolster physical connectivity today will conclude on        O( +P  )(  upgraded with the construction with South East Asia, Patowary February 7. PTI <@A #    #$ ICA/C-2422/19 Tripura.   ()  ) *+ ,-./  <

2     9A R<  # >  A: 6=      $7%6' said. %  ernments in such environ- “In the earlier eras, when It was only submitted to ments, their rout is predicted. we used to speak of parallel hina is fast-tracking a for- China’s rubber-stamp legisla-   But today political rivals want economy, one of the concerns Ceign investment law at an ture for a first reading on to come together because they was that the parallel economy unprecedented pace to meet December 23, and made avail-    know for anyone of them it is doesn’t reflect in the GDP. Washington’s demands on able for public comment until not possible to take on Prime Therefore, when all were com- trade, but businesses fear that February 24.   - Minister (Narendra) Modi and pelled to deposit 86 per cent of time to review and raise objec- The top decision-making his party,” he said. India’s currency into the banks, tions on a crucial piece of leg- body of the legislature con- 0   Jaitley said it is not as if and now had to use cheques islation has been cut short. vened a special two-day session “suddenly in five years the and credit cards for the future The law will eliminate the this past Tuesday to debate productivity levels in India payments, the number of dig- requirement for foreign enter- another “updated version”, state  67&(3.- have gone up that all organi- ital and banking transactions prises to transfer proprietary news agency Xinhua reported. sations are now running with increased.” technology to Chinese joint- The law will probably be nion Minister Arun Jaitley half their staff. The empirical He noted that money venture partners. approved during the parlia- Uon Sunday rejected criti- evidence is to the contrary.” deposited in banks went to It also includes other steps ment’s roughly 10-day annual cism of giving a ‘jobless eco- There is controversy over a mutual funds, from there they to level the business playing session which opens March 5, nomic growth’, saying the leaked official report putting were channelled to NBFCs, field that Western trading part- Wang said. absence of any major social or unemployment rate at a 45- real estate sector, automobile ners have long demanded. The clock is ticking on a political agitation in the last five year high in 2017-18. purchase and more capital China’s parliament is expect- March 1 US-set deadline for years indicates Government Jaitley also said questions expenditure. ed to vote on the legislation in China to address trade con- schemes have created employ- are being raised as to how GDP “Transactions now ema- March — barely two months cerns and avert an escalation in   $76')4*.* Corp, to provide bandwidth in into an agreement with Antrix ment. increased after demonetisa- nating from that deposited after debating a first draft. their tariff war. satellites for services on com- by fraudulently claiming that it In an interview to PTI, tion, as reflected in the revision money became recordable “It is indeed unprecedent- “What we feel with this he Enforcement mercial basis in digital media had the ownership and intel- Jaitley, who is here for medical in economic growth numbers transactions. The anonymity ed that the bill is being moved piece of legislation is that it’s been TDirectorate (ED) imposed and broadcasting space. lectual property rights (IPRs) to treatment, justified the absence for 2017-18 fiscal. attached to the owner of cash by the NPC (National People’s squeezed between the normal a 1,585 crore penalty on satel- “Based on tip-off, an inves- use the technology for deliver- of any major mention of job “I have been asserting from was gone. Now the owner of the Congress) at such a fast pace,” legal process and the negotiation lite services provider Devas tigation was initiated on invest- ing multimedia services. creation in the Interim Budget day one that it (GDP) has to cash was identified,” he said. Wang Jiangyu, an expert on table (to defuse) the trade con- Multimedia Ltd, its directors ments Devas received from “Employees of ISRO and presented on February 1, say- increase after demonetisation. Jaitley, who was the finance Chinese law at the National flict,” the president of the EU and foreign investors for illegal overseas persons as they were Antrix also conspired with ing such budgets are different There was no settled global minister when old 500 and University of Singapore, told Chamber of Commerce in foreign investment of 579 in contravention of the FEMA Devas to enter into the agree- from the normal budget model on what happens post- 1000 rupee notes were AFP. China, Mats Harborn, told AFP. crore against the Foreign provisions,” said the statement. ment. On its strength, the lat- speeches as they are more like demonetisation, there were no scrapped overnight in “Normally it would take “In our view this is a little Exchange Management Act The investigation revealed ter fraudulently raised 579 “a report card and a road map.” studies and therefore a former November 2016, said except for one to three years for a bill to unfortunate because this is an (FEMA) 1999, the agency said that 579 crore was brought crore overseas and illegally “Why is it that India, in the Prime Minister (Manmohan a quarter or a little more, the be passed and signed into law.” important piece of legislation on Sunday. into the company by many for- transferred 85 per cent of it out last five years, hasn’t seen a Singh) made a statement that long term impact of the move Foreign businesses worry that will have an effect... On all “The authority held Devas, eign firms in violation of the of India to its subsidiary in the major social or political agita- there will be a 2 per cent drop. on GDP was visible due to the the draft glosses over details foreign companies.” Both the its directors and foreign investors Foreign Investment Promotion US in the guise of services and tion? If there is no job creation, And everybody else accepted deposits being made in banks and that vague language leaves EU and American chambers of guilty of illegal foreign investment Board approval and provisions fee,” said the statement. there will be discontent. Where this as a prediction of a prophet and more formalisation of the room for broad interpretation. commerce in China said they of 579 crore in contravention of of section 6(3)(b) and 6 (3)(d) The ED on February 28, is that visible?” he said. of doom,” he said. economy. For example, it gives China rushed to submit feedback section 6(3) of FEMA and of FEMA and Foreign 2017 attached the company’s Rout of incumbent gov- Demonetisation, he said, “But since there was no the right to expropriate foreign from members this week. imposed 1,585.08 crore penal- Exchange Management properties valued at about 80 ernments is a foregone con- compelled people to deposit global model, off the cuff state- investment “for the public Although the legislation ty,” an ED statement here said. Regulations. crore for their alleged involve- clusion when such discontent almost their entire cash, or 86 ments were being taken as interest”, which foreign busi- covers several pain points high- The city-based Devas was In another case under the ment in money laundering is there but during current per cent of India’s currency, into comfortable predictions. It was ness groups fear could be lighted by US President Donald set up in 2004 by a few former Prevention of Money and prosecution complaint times the opposition parties are banks. This meant that many a bandwagon effect where abused. Trump including safeguard- employees of the state-run Laundering Act (PMLA), a filed in the designated PMLA teaming up because they know cash transactions that previ- everybody started speaking A draft law was first pub- ing foreign capital from Indian Space Research designated city special court special court in the city, with a they do not stand a chance oth- ously went unrecorded for the without thinking. And now the lished for comment in 2015 but Government “interference”, it Organisation (ISRO) and took cognisance of the prose- prayer for punishment to the erwise, he said. purposes of GDP came on proof of the pudding is in the was quickly shelved until it falls short in other key areas, entered into an agreement with cution complaint on February accused and confiscation of “Normally, outgoing gov- record. eating,” he said. resurfaced late last year, Wang the business lobbies said. its commercial arm, Antrix 1 against Devas for entering their attached properties. *     A< ,$  'B  .$ #   &            !7   ,$    6A    3  67&874   67&874  2)     *$)  67&874  he RBI’s Monetary Policy TCommittee is likely to inance Minister Piyush ebt-laden he RBI’s policy meet out- change its policy stance to FGoyal is scheduled to   436836 DDewan Tcome, ongoing quarterly neutral in its meeting this address the customary post Housing Finance results season and global cues week on low inflation footprint budget meeting of the central apanese car manufacturer Ltd’s (DHFL) par- will set the tone for the stock but would refrain from cutting board of JNissan announced Sunday it ent company markets this week, analysts said. interest rates due to fiscal chal- on February 9 and highlight the was cancelling plans to build its Wadhawan Global The markets may also see an lenges and rising crude oil key points of the interim X-Trail SUV at its plant in north- Capital (WGC) has overhang of the interim budget prices, experts said. Budget. east England despite Brexit assur- agreed to sell its 70 announcements, they added. The bimonthly meeting of The meeting will take place ances from the Government. per cent stake in Aadhar multi-pronged strategy to “For the week ahead, the the MPC is scheduled from two days after the sixth mon- “While we have taken this Housing Finance (AHFL), reduce the corporate debt lev- key drivers would be the out- February 5 to 7. It would be the etary policy review which is decision for business reasons, while DHFL will also sell its els and strengthen our balance come of the Reserve Bank of first MPC meeting under RBI expected to take a call on pol- the continued uncertainty over 9 per cent stock in AHFL sheet. India’s (RBI) monetary policy Governor Shaktikanta Das, that room to cut rates is limit- rate cut by the RBI”. icy rates. around the UK’s future rela- as a corporate debt cutting “The sale unlocks the latent meeting, corporate results and who took charge in December ed for now,” Narang said. In its December monetary According to sources, the tionship with the EU is not measure. value within the WGC Group the sustainability of FII flows,” 2018 following sudden exit of A research report of DBS policy review, the RBI had board meeting on February 9 helping companies like ours to According to a WGC while reinstating our immedi- said Viral Berawala, CIO, Essel Urjit Patel. Economics said it would be a kept interest rates unchanged would also take up request of plan for the future,” Nissan release here, the company has ate and long-term focus on Mutual Fund. Bank of Baroda Chief “tricky monetary policy path but held out a promise to cut the Government for interim Europe Chairman Gianluca de signed a definitive agreement DHFL, the flagship company of “While the reflationary Economist Sameer Narang for RBI” as the government them if the upside risks to the dividend for the current fiscal. Ficchy said in a statement. with US private equity major Group.” stance of the budget could observed that the MPC may projected fiscal slippage in the inflation do not materialise. The Government expects The car giant announced in Blackstone to sell nearly 80 per The DHFL stock came provide a boost to corporate change its monetary stance to Budget. Having raised rates twice 28,000 crore from the RBI as 2016 that it planned to build the cent shares of affordable homes under heavy pressure during earnings, especially in con- neutral on February 7 from cal- “The combination of fiscal this fiscal, the central bank interim dividend for the cur- model at its plant in Sunderland, firm Aadhar Housing Finance the week plunging as much as sumption, agri-rural sector, ibrated tightening’. challenges and rising oil prices retained its ‘calibrated tighten- rent fiscal based on the finan- but will now assemble it instead for an undisclosed amount. 20 per cent on Thursday fol- retail lending and housing, Retail inflation during the makes the RBI’s policy path a ing’ policy stance. cial position of the first half of at Nissan’s global production “As a part of the deal, lowing a Cobrapost report that there can be implications for October-December quarter tricky one this year. The Government has the central bank. hub in Kyushu, Japan. WGC will be selling the entire the DHFL promoters routed inflation and interest rates as stood at 2.6 per cent against “Growth has largely bot- mandated the RBI to contain The customary post-bud- “Other future models 70 per cent of its stake in the around 31,000 crore through well,” said Dhananjay Sinha, RBI’s projected trajectory of 3.8 tomed out, but India has yet to retail (CPI) inflation at 4 per get meeting will take place planned for Nissan Sunderland company. DHFL, which holds dubious companies and parked Head, Institutional Research, per cent. benefit from the synchronised cent (+,- 2 per cent). against the backdrop slight Plant — the next-generation a 9.15 per cent stake in AHFL, it outside India to acquire Economist and Strategist, “Given the significant pick-up in global demand. In Continued decline in food deviation from fiscal deficit tar- Juke and Qashqai — are unaf- will also be exiting the compa- assets. Emkay Global Financial undershoot and now the nar- this light, we expect the mon- prices pulled down retail infla- get for the current fiscal, tax fected,” added the statement. ny as a part of the transaction,” Rejecting the allegations, Services. rative of a global slowdown, etary policy committee to turn tion to an 18-month low of 2.19 rebate for Income up to 5 lakh “A model like X-Trail is the statement said. DHFL said it had met all its Bekxy Kuriakose, Head - CPI inflation is expected to hawkish, but not enough for per cent in December 2018. and income support scheme for manufactured in multiple loca- “The deal will significant- obligations to its lenders by Fixed Income, Principal remain below the RBI’s target the balance to tip towards a rate Meanwhile, Finance 12 crore farmers. tions globally, and can therefore ly reduce WGC’s outstanding paying them back over 17,000 Mutual Fund, said, “Focus will of 4 per cent in 2018-19. hike this week,” it said. Minister Piyush Goyal is The Government be re-evaluated based on changes corporate debt.” crore in the last three months. shift to the RBI monetary pol- “This gives RBI a room to Sanjay Chamria, the Vice scheduled to address custom- announced ‘Pradhan Mantri to the business environment,” Commenting on the devel- Later in the week, DHFL icy review on February 7th.” change its monetary policy Chairman and Managing ary post Budget meeting of the Kisan Samman Nidhi’ (PM- said Hideyuki Sakamoto, opment, WGC Chairman Kapil said it had appointed an “inde- Services sector data to be stance. However, the elevated Director of Magma Fincorp, central board of Reserve Bank KISAN) scheme under which Nissan’s executive vice presi- Wadhawan said in a state- pendent” chartered accoun- announced early this week will level of core components such believes that Finance Minister of India on February 9 and 6,000 per year would be pro- dent for manufacturing and ment: “The transaction with tant firm to verify the scam also influence trading senti- as health, education, household Piyush Goyal in his Budget highlight the key points of vided to farmers holding cul- supply chain management. Blackstone is a part of our allegations. ment, they said. and personal goods suggests speech has “set the stage for a interim Budget. tivable land of up to 2 hectare. '   8 ' &      2     ;? : 0    $   - 7= out on December 25.  67&874  Affairs Secretary Subhash on February 13.      All the three blocks have Chandra Garg told PTI in a post The PM-KISAN scheme has 2(OEB!O  1  no end-use reservation, the he Government would start Budget interview. been approved by the Cabinet and 6  .<@,  ministry said. Tdisbursing substantial The Government last year therefore the necessary approval   3 The Centre had earlier said amount under the income sup- released Agriculture Census for the administrative department  67&874   67&874  On the other hand, Make in  > !  it was considering granting all port scheme for small farmers in 2015-16 and most states have to implement the scheme is also India programme that received approvals, including environ- this month itself as beneficiary moved to electronic record- available, he added. he Government will find it he Government has reduced increased budgetary allocation mental clearance, to mineral data is already in place, a top keeping, Garg said, adding, Emphasising that agricul- Tdifficult to meet the fiscal Tthe allocation for Startup include scheme for investment  67&874  blocks before putting them up Finance Ministry official said. the work which the agriculture ture department has already deficit target of 3.4 per cent in India programme in the Budget promotion (232.02 crore), for sale, a move that may give In his budget speech on department now would be done the spadework, Garg said 2019-20 on account on higher 2019-20 but added more monies scheme for implementation of he Government plans to a push to the auctions. Friday, Finance Minister Piyush doing is to relate these holdings the 12 crore beneficiary num- spending and low revenue to the Make in India kitty. national manufacturing policy Tauction three mineral The idea is to fast-track auc- Goyal announced ‘Pradhan to the families which will ber has been arrived at with the growth, Moody’s Investors According to the budget (8.47 crore), and fund of funds blocks having reserves of tioning and that issues related to Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi’ receive the assistance. help of Agriculture Census Service said. documents, the allocation for (100 crore). 280.295 million tonne in the green clearances and land rights (PM-KISAN) scheme under “That they (agriculture Data 2015-16. Observing that Indian Startup India programme has Overall, the total allocation current and next month. are addressed upfront. which 6,000 per year would be department) will be doing. They “The Census has detailed Government’s debt is “stub- been slashed to 25 crore for for Make in India initiative was Of the mines to be auc- It has given in-principle provided to farmers holding are very confident that they will data which is divided into bornly high” as a percentage of 2019-20 from the revised esti- increased to 473.3 crore for tioned, two are limestone approval to provide single cultivable land of up to 2 hectare. do with the state governments groups — people owning land GDP, Moody’s Investors mate of 28 crore in 2018-19. 2019-20 as against the revised blocks while one is graphite clearance for environment and Goyal has already ear- very soon and they expect to up to 0.5 hectare, 0.5-1 hectare, Service Managing Director, Startup India initiative estimate of 149 crore in mine, according to latest data forest to the new lease holders marked 20,000 crore for dis- make disbursements of sub- 1-2 hectare, 2-4 hectare and Sovereign Risk Group, Gene aims at fostering entrepre- 2018-19. of Mines Ministry. of the 288 mining leases expir- bursal among 12 crore farmers stantial amount in the month of beyond and every ‘Khesra’ of the Fang said it could be brought neurship and promoting inno- Make in India campaign, The limestone blocks in ing in two years. under the scheme in the cur- February itself. That is the plot of the land in the country down only if the Centre sticks vation by creating an ecosystem which aims to transform the Chhattisgarh will go under the Last month, the rent financial year. expectation and confidence of has been counted. This is data of to the fiscal consolidation path. that is conducive to growth of country into a global manu- hammer on February 8 and Government said 53 mineral “It has been decided to the (agri) department,” he said. operational holdings,” he said. Deviating from the path budding entrepreneurs. facturing hub, was launched on February 11, while the graphite blocks have been successfully implement with effect from He further said, supple- Apart from direct income laid down in the Fiscal There are 19 components September 25, 2014. However, block in will be allocated through auction. December 1, 2018. Allocation of mentaries would be presented support to farmers, Goyal, in the Responsibility and Budget under the Startup India action the cumulative allocation for auctioned on March 2. To ensure transparency in 20,000 crore required for the in the current session to seek interim budget for 2019-20, also Management (FRBM) Act, the plan spanning across areas such the department of industrial The notice inviting tender the mineral sector, Mines and current fiscal has been made in Parliament’s nod for spending announced extended interest Government has pegged the as simplification and hand hold- policy and promotion (DIPP) (NIT) of both the limestone Minerals Development and the budget. Land record data is additional 20,000 crore for the subsidy on loans availed for ani- fiscal deficit for the next finan- ing, funding support and incen- has been reduced to 5,674.51 blocks was out on October 6 Regulation) Amendment Bill completely available. We have all scheme. mal husbandry and fishery as cial year at 3.4 per cent of GDP, tives, and industry-academia crore for 2019-20 as against the last year, while in the case of was passed by Parliament in the information about small and The ongoing budget ses- well as to those farmers affect- as against the original target of partnership and incubation, revised estimate of 6,140.23 graphite block the tender was 2015. marginal farmers,” Economic sion is scheduled to conclude ed by severe natural calamities. 3.1 per cent. according to the documents. crore in 2018-19.   ()  ) *+ ,-./  << /))) *)  P  2   *  ( @@:   8 P : @   $).#7436) ionel Messi scored in a Lninth consecutive match but his latest double on   O   5  Saturday was only enough to earn Barcelona a 2-2 draw   436836 against Valencia. Messi instigated another den Hazard believes Gonzalo Barca comeback at the Camp EHiguain's first two goals for Nou before placing an injury Chelsea in Saturday's 5-0 rout of doubt over his availability for Huddersfield are just the beginning Wednesday's Copa del Rey for the Argentine ace, with whom he Clasico against Real Madrid. foresees a potentially lethal part- Ernesto Valverde con- nership in the Premier League run firmed after the game his cap- in. tain had felt a "small problem" The Belgian also scored a dou- but insisted it is nothing seri- ble against the Terriers as Maurizio ous. Sarri's men bounced back from a 4- gent," said Hazard. Valverde is still 0 thrashing at the hands of "In the box he's unbelievable. He unlikely to take any After eight consecu- Bournemouth in midweek that will score more goals." Victory lift- risks given Barcelona's tive Barcelona wins in La plunged the Italian's future into ed Chelsea back into the top four testing month ahead, Liga, this result perhaps question. above Arsenal. even if Messi's absence, offered the chasing pack a Sarri worked with Higuain when However, Chelsea face their however brief, would little encouragement at the Argentine scored a record 36 own daunting run of fixtures in be a blow, particularly while he least. Serie A goals in a single season at February with two clashes against is in such irresistible form. Real could inflict further : %5-(  ''    ( 2      # #'  '     Napoli. City in the Premier League next Kevin Gameiro and Dani disruption themselves. The #: ) #  :     And Higuain showed why he weekend and the League Cup final Parejo's penalty gave Valencia first leg of the Copa del Rey has a stellar scoring record over the as well as FA Cup tie against a surprise two-goal lead but semi-finals on Wednesday will   )6# 7"7. December with United past decade in Spanish and Italian Manchester United and Tottenham Messi pulled one back with his be the first of three Clasicos in 11 points adrift of the football with two excellent finishes visiting Stamford Bridge at the end own spot-kick before curling a month. The latter two will be le Gunnar Solskjaer remains top four. to open his Premier League account. of the month. in a brilliant equaliser with 26 back-to-back, within four days. unbeaten 10 games into his Solskjaer again "He's a great striker. He's a bit "This month is going to be minutes left. But Messi fit and in this Ocaretaker reign of Manchester chose to leave Romelu less of a target man than (Olivier) hard," admitted Hazard. "But we are After their stunning turn- sort of form means any confi- United as the rejuvenated Marcus Lukaku on the substi- Giroud, but he can hold the ball, he Chelsea. We can beat everyone if we around against Sevilla in mid- dence Real feel comes with an Rashford and Paul Pogba combined tutes' bench, with can play one touches. He's intelli- want." week, Barca looked destined asterisk. to earn a 1-0 win at Leicester on Rashford preferred as again to finish the job, but at His 12 goals in his last nine Sunday to close in on the Premier his central forward. the end of a breathless contest, games is the same number the League top four. The England striker took just past a helpless Kasper Schmeichel. Claude Puel who was met with Valencia had held on for a whole Valencia squad man- Rashford blasted home his sixth nine minutes to respond with the However, as is often the case on chants of "you don't know what point. aged in their first 15 league goal since Solskjaer took charge crucial goal, having already missed the road, United relied on goalkeeper you're doing" from his own fans for "When you don't win, you matches. Valencia were 15th in after taking an exquisite touch to a good chance when he headed over David de Gea for all three points as replacing James Maddison with the always feel you have missed December, with only three control Pogba's lofted pass and when unmarked from a handy cross a Leicester side that have often trou- Algerian just after the hour mark. something," Valverde said. "But wins, and their coach United held out to move above by Nemanja Matic. bled the top six this season improved Jonny Evans and Harry Maguire the league is long and there are Marcelino was under pres- Arsenal into fifth and within two Rashford's confidence was clear- after half-time. also failed to hit the target as the matches where you come up sure, just six months after pro- points of fourth-placed Chelsea. ly unaffected, as he took just four Twice the Spaniard stood tall to Foxes laid seige towards the United against a good team. This was pelling them back into the A 2-2 draw at home to Burnley minutes to respond in style. Ricardo # #    deny Jamie Vardy, but De Gea's best goal in search of an equaliser that one of those." Champions League. in midweek is the only match Pereira was the guilty party for save came from Rachid Ghezzal's never came to pile more pressure on Messi's 20th and 21st The club kept faith and Solskjaer has failed to win and much Leicester with a dangerous ball that a beautiful pass that was lofted over free-kick that arrowed towards the the under-fire Puel. league goals of the season results have improved. They of that form is owed to the turn- was intercepted by Pogba. the Leicester backline for Rashford top corner. His stock at Leicester remains on leave his team six points clear have now lost only one of around in both Rashford and Pogba's The Frenchman proceeded to to run onto and he did the rest, tak- A Ghezzal goal would have been the slide but Solskjaer's at Old of Atletico Madrid and 11 their last seven matches and roles since Mourinho was sacked in display his deftness of his touch with ing a touch before drilling a low shot rich vindication for Leicester boss Trafford continues to soar. with Real Madrid. are within sight of the top four.

  4)6 hosts on 62 minutes. )**( *) An Antonino Barilla header < ristiano Ronaldo scored twice but clawed one back for Parma two min- Cchampions Juventus had to set- utes later before Ronaldo completed tle for a point as a late Gervinho dou- response Allegri had called for ahead now conceded six goals in their last his brace to return to the top of the ble snatched a 3-3 draw after pro- of their Champions League last 16 two matches. Serie A goalscorers' chart with 17. moted Parma staged an impressive first leg tie against Atletico Madrid on But they still have a comfortable But Ivorian Gervinho threw his comeback in Serie A on Saturday. February 20. nine-point lead over Napoli with side a lifeline on 74 minutes and Juventus' dropped points allowed "I'm happy for the goals but not Inter Milan 20 points behind grabbed a point at the death for Napoli to cut the gap on the leaders the result," said Ronaldo. in third. Parma who remains 12th in the   36)#3 to nine points after a confident 3-0 "Parma didn't do anything spe- "It doesn't change any- table, 31 points behind Juventus. win over Sampdoria. cial, they waited for us to make a mis- thing, but we must not take "At least we satisfied those who esc Fabregas scored his first goal Massimiliano Allegri's side had take. anything for granted," said complained we weren't entertain- Csince joining Monaco from already had their confidence shaken "But we're not worried; we know Allegri. ing," said Allegri. Chelsea on Saturday and it proved a after a 3-0 defeat to Atalanta shattered it will be a great season for Juventus." Sami Khedira rattled the "But the beautiful football crucial one as it earned his troubled their hopes of winning a fifth straight Juve, hit by injuries to defend- post twice, before Ronaldo opened doesn't pay off, at the end of the day new employers a precious 2-1 win Coppa Italia. ers Leonardo Bonucci, Giorgio the scoring after 36 minutes with you have got to just kick it away from over Toulouse. Saturday's draw was not the Chiellini and Andrea Barzagli, have Daniele Rugani again scoring for the your goal." 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"            and final friendly to end their tour of Spain difficult and the last two matches we have Christopher Jullien headed Toulouse back level just four     "EB   &  on a high here on Sunday. played without our skipper Rani who has minutes later but Martins once again proved his worth by set-   EBAAFAE            India had drawn the first match 1-1 a shoulder strain," said an elated Sjoerd ting up Fabregas for the 62nd minute winner.              "  &   against Ireland on Saturday. Marijne, Chief coach of the Indian This fourth win of a harrowing campaign lifted Monaco up a place to        India's attacking prowess stretched the women's hockey team. third from bottom on 18 points.      Irish defenders right from the start as the "Today we were particularly good as "Everyone knows about the past, it's tough not to have won at home up forwardline made potential forays into the we controlled the whole match and had to now," said Jardim.       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 &7446'"36 Boult, who took five wickets on Thursday, and Henry swung the ball ndia claimed their biggest series at express pace and shared two wick- win on New Zealand soil, over- ets each to leave India reeling at 18 for Icoming a disastrous start to earn a four in seven overs. hard fought 35-run win in the fifth It was a combination of top-class ODI on Sunday. fast bowling and questionable shot The 4-1 scoreline is the best that selection that led to the top-order fail- india have achieved in New Zealand ure. Rohit (2) was outdone by a beau- across formats since they stated tour- ty from Henry, the one that moved ing the country in 1967. away from the middle stump line to At 18 for four, India were heading dislodge the off-stump. towards another sub-100 total before Dhoni (1) was bowled by Boult, off the middle-order batsmen fought a peach of a delivery that swung back '  '  (    8$ 4     back to post a fighting total of 252. The sharp and late to take the Indian wick- 98-run stand for the fifth wicket etkeeper's off-stump. between Ambati Rayudu (90 off 113) On the other hand, Dhawan (6) 4       and Vijay Shankar (45 off 64) was the slashed one hard to be caught at third highlight of the middle-order fight man while Shubman Gill (7), getting back. his second game of the series, scooped    Hardik Pandya's 45 off 22 balls a simple catch to the cover fielder. also went a long way in India posting Just when India looked down in a challenging target and his two wick- the dumps, Rayudu and and Shankar ets later on showed why he is such an showed admirable fight to weather the 4 %3 important member of the team. storm and lead India's recovery. New Zealand batsmen, including The Tamil Nadu all-rounder was skipper Kane Williamson (39), squan- sent ahead of Kedar Jadhav at number  &7446'"36 dered their starts in the chase but the six, indicating the team management's home team remained in the contest $ 5    *E   8$4   4     faith in his abilities. It was unfortunate tand-in skipper Rohit Sharma on Sunday said his side want- until Jimmy Neesham (44 off 32) was for Shankar to miss out on a well- Sed to bat in tough conditions as part of their preparation for dismissed in the 37th over. O&$6A "& ?$&A )"".#-32P7$( ).8-638 deserved fifty as he got run out after the upcoming World Cup and hence chose to take first strike in His freak run out, which was         . *!. ,.).  #. a mix-up with Rayudu. the fifth ODI. effected by the ever so sharp Mahendra     38   6  09 & C )-D $  B0>B=>EBAQ Rayudu at the other end began to Rohit said despite knowing that the Westpac Stadium pitch Singh Dhoni from behind the stumps, O    /   play his strokes and hammered Colin E: -C )-D " 3 A9>B=>EBAQ would be fast-bowling friendly with moisture on it, he decided came after lbw appeal was turned %3 /    de Grandhomme for two consecutive to bat first after winning the toss. His bold decision paid divi- down. New Zealand eventually ended $ O      :Q )OC)*D #  AQ>B<>EBAQ boundaries to bring up his 10th ODI dends as India won the match by 35 runs to clinch the series 4- with 217 in 44.1 overs despite Matt )         0Q ")  C6OD &  B:>BE>EBA< fifty. A little later, he smashed 1. Henry's unbeaten 17 off 9 in the final Colin Munro for successive  -  %  !"  6 66 "I had a look (of the pitch) before the toss and knew that there overs. $ ! ,      5 sixes before he perished while was moisture, which would be helpful for the fast bowlers ini- Leggie Yuvzendra Chahal took -   trying to hit another one tially. As a team we wanted to see how we face the challenges three timely wickets for India, con- out of the park. Pandya         0 "%10 " "20 %3 2 &4 0 "0 0 because come the World Cup we will be put into those situations, ceding just 41 runs in 10 overs.  /   / then took the cen- so what then," Rohit said at the post-match conference. Irrespective of the game's out- " $##      0" 0! 530 ,6- " "   3 & % trestage after Rayudu's "Yes, we lost four wickets upfront, there is a learning there come, Rayudu played one of the most         0"0 $0&!   30 & &"  "40 3 "0 fall and once again for us as how we should bat when the ball is swinging and con- significant knocks of his career and !/4   N%3   L & 0&" 0 !  & %10 "4 2  showed what he brings ditions are not easy. The guys now know come the situation how made a compelling claim for a World  N ' . K5 ( 9 : to the table late the to do it. The run rate was not great in first 30 overs but we still Cup spot. 5    $##  innings. managed to get to 250, which is a big positive," he added. With top-four falling cheaply   %3  "%  "0%3  =0 0 &4 0 Pandya's brute The 4-1 scoreline is India's biggest series win on New Zealand again, it looked Rohit's brave call of /3          ; ""% *<.  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Stadium, like it did at Hamilton, and K5   "  % "% pulling him over mid- "New Zealand have got great balance. They bat deep and have After being bowled out for a pal- troubled the Indian batsmen, includ- (   0    % wicket for another max- a quality bowling line-up, we saw a bit of glimpse of that in last try 92 in the fourth ODI, India had a ing the experienced opening pair of 9  K ( imum. His cameo includ- game where they challenged us, so for us 4-1 is a great achieve- point to prove. Rohit and Shikhar Dhawan. : 9; : ed two fours and five sixes. ment." On Sunday also, India were staring at another sub-100 total after being reduced to 18 for 4 before a middle-order fight back saw them post 252. 2&6?- ", Rayudu produced one of his best innings to help India post a competitive total and Rohit said it will boost his confidence ahead of the World Cup. "  $% "$ "It would be a massive confidence boost for him (Rayudu) ?= to bat in that situation. At 18 for 4, you need to bail the team out. He has been around for many years and he used his expe-   #)6$7..) and Kurtis Patterson reached the mile- rience well. He is looking very good and I just want him to con- stone in the first innings. tinue. We have five more games against Australia back home,  -34-)") sman Khawaja finally found form Paine declared with Khawaja on 101 so if he bats the way he batted, it would be good for us," he said. Uagain to stroke a fine century on and Head not out 59, following his first "I won't be able to comment who would bat at No 4 in the achin Tendulkar has no hesitation Sunday and steer Australia into a mas- innings 161. World Cup but talking about the series, he can take a lot of con- Sin terming India as favourites sive lead over Sri Lanka as the tourists In an incident-packed morning at fidence from the series, he finished off games for us." going into the World Cup but what battle to stay in the second Test at Manuka Oval, the ball was handed first Also praising Shankar, Rohit said, "Vijay batted brilliantly makes him happier is the team's abil- Canberra. up to Jhye Richardson and Pat Cummins and I'm disappointed that he got out unfortunately, he should ity to be competitive "in any part of At stumps, the visitors were 17 with- and they responded with a slew of have got a 50 or even a 100 may be." the world and on any surface". out loss, chasing a huge 516 to win with bouncers. He also lauded the efforts of the bowlers for producing cru- The Indian ODI team under two days remaining after Tim Paine Perera was hit flush on the helmet cial breakthroughs. Virat Kohli has won three bilateral declared Australia's second innings at ducking into a Richardson ball on 27. "The wicket got flat at the end, but at one point it looked an away series against South Africa (5- 196 for three. The neck protector flew off and a Sri easy chase, but the bowling unit came together. Lot of people 1), Australia (2-1) and New Zealand Dimuth Karunaratne and Lahiru Lankan physio rushed to his aid. He con- put their hands up and got us through," he said. (4-1) with only defeat coming against Thirimanne were both unbeaten on tinued and added two more runs only "It wasn't easy after losing four wickets at the start. Thought England. eight, weathering some 30 minutes to call the physio again four balls later. 250 was a very good score on that pitch. Bowlers got crucial break- "I have gone on record saying that before bad light stopped play slightly Once again he opted to bat on but throughs at critical times. I couldn't ask for more," he added. we have a perfect balance in the team early. was clearly feeling the effects and was Rohit said the ODI series here helped them to have a look where we will be competitive in any Sri Lanka had resumed the third day helped off the field soon after. He at how the bowling combination work out without Jasprit Bumrah, part of the world or on any surface," at 123 for three and in a hostile morn- stayed at the ground monitored by who was rested for the series following the Australia tour. Tendulkar said. ing session lost four wickets and Kusal medics, but did not play again. "When you want to win games, you need a right balance, espe- "As far as our chances are con- Perera, who retired after being hit on the cially when Bumrah is not here. Coming here and beating NZ cerned, I will not hesitate in saying head by a bouncer.        at home is never easy and they are a good travelling team as well. that we are the favourites," said Their resistence folded in the second Ironically, the courageous 4-1 is a great achievement." Tendulkar. played in the just concluded ODI will be a formidable side. With Smith over after lunch, with Mitchell Starc tak- Karunaratne replaced him after being England, the World Cup hosts, series but can prove to be a handful and David Warner back in the team ing five wickets to leave them trailing by declared fit again after being felled by a had a torrid time against West Indies in the mega event. and their other bowlers coming back 319 after Australia's first innings 534 for brutal bouncer on Saturday. in Tests but the ODI outfit will be a "I know New Zealand have strug- into the ODI squad, it will be a com- five declared. The opener returned on 46 and different proposition on their home gled in this series but it's a good unit, petitive side," said Tendulkar. Paine opted against the follow-on in smacked a four to bring up his 22nd Test turf. one needs to be on their toes," he said. But a few bad overs could spell Australia's last Test batting opportuni- 50 before being caught at gully by "It's all about getting the early The suspended duo of Steve doom for them as it happened dur- ty before the Ashes tour to England later Patterson off Starc after adding nine momentum. My judgement on the Smith and David Warner will be back ing the recent series. this year. more. toughest contenders would be in international fold on March 29 and "But in one-day matches it's such Khawaja padded up knowing his He was out just three balls after de England, while New Zealand would Australia will be as dangerous as any that when you have a couple of bad place in that squad was in doubt after Silva bizarrely hit his own wicket while be the dark horse," he opined. other team. hours, 50 per cent of the match gets managing a high-score of just 72 across attempting a pull shot off Starc. New Zealand may have been out- "I think Australia at full strength slipped away." six Tests in a lacklustre summer. After lunch, Dilruwan Perera and He responded in emphatic fashion, Ferndano lasted just eight more balls smashing his eighth Test ton off 134 with Starc doing the damage, ending balls. It was Australia's fourth century of with 5-54 to silence his critics after a lean the match after Joe Burns, Travis Head spell.

  63." 3*68 demolished for 132 with St Lucia. been frustrating. I think Roach and Holder claiming West Indies have also we've been outperformed emar Roach and cap- four wickets each. reclaimed the Wisden once again and that's quite Ktain Jason Holder led Openers Kraigg Trophy, symbol of suprema- hard to take. another rout of the England Brathwaite and John cy in Test series between the "As a bowling group I batting line-up as the West Campbell then enjoyed the two teams, after almost 10 thought we worked excep- Indies completed a crush- formality of knocking off years in England hands. tionally hard. Scoring under ing series-clinching 10- the 14 runs required for vic- These two comprehen- 200 isn't going to win you wicket victory after tea on tory in 2.1 overs, Campbell sive victories also mark the many games of cricket." the third day of the second sealing the result in style by first occasion since the 1994 While "Man of the Test at the Sir Vivian hoisting James Anderson tour of the Caribbean that Match"Roach (four for 52, Richards Stadium in for six over midwicket. the West Indies have beat- match analysis of eight for Antigua on Saturday. Following on a 381-run en England in successive 82) and Holder (four for 43) Trailing by 119 runs at hammering of the visitors Tests. claimed the main bowling the start of the second in the first Test in Barbados "We're hungry for suc- honours, fellow pacer innings after Darren Bravo's a week earlier, the result cess," said a delighted Alzarri Joseph's contribu- ultra-patient half-century gave the West Indies the Holder. "This group has tion was especially signifi- extended the West Indies series 2-0 with the final been together for a while cant given that he decided first innings total to 306 in match of the rubber start- and we have been doing to continue playing the )     ,     <   the morning, England were ing next from Saturday in some exceptional things. match despite the passing of The way we ended last year his ailing mother, Sharon, *:) )** -* : )) * - )* was disappointing and early in the morning. *  -  **:)  -  #**)** everyone wanted to turn He claimed the wickets <** * *  #) *)* things around." of Root and Joe Denly just L 8/%%'.7> ? A dejected England before the end of the after- L ('%''>*))*? captain Joe Root said: "It's noon session. 2 ) '  '   :   D   %