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F lood situation in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh worsened on Monday with over 141 killed in rain-related incidents in the last four days. Normal life in the two States has been thrown out of gear due to heavy rain and severe waterlogging in the past two days. In 23 flood-hit dis- tricts of Bihar, prices of essen- tial commodities have sky- rocketed due to short supply. Healthcare services have been hit hard with reports coming from several districts, includ- ing Patna, of hospitals and nursing homes flooded and paitents left in the lurch. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who carried an aerial survey on Monday to assess the situation, held a high-level meeting to review the situation. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has fore- cast no let-up in rain in Bihar and eastern UP and issued red warning of heavy rainfall in the next 48 hours. In neighbouring Uttar Pradesh, the flood situation remained grim in many parts of the State. The authorities had to shift about 900 prison- ers to Azamgarh and Ambedkarnagar jails. Floodwaters entered the bar- racks of the Ballia district jail located near the Ganga river. The Bihar Government said at least 30 people have been killed in the last four days in different rain-related inci- dents as rainfall continued to batter several parts of the State. Parts of the Patna remained submerged in 4-to-8-foot deep water. Bihar’s Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi and his family and thousands others across the State were rescued by the disaster man- agement forces. Renowned singer of Bihar Sharda Sinha, who was stuck in Patna’s Rajendra Nagar, too was rescued. Interestingly, Union Minister Ashwini Choubey on Monday said it was a “natural calamity” and blamed a par- ticular “Hathiya Nakshatra” (constellation), for the heavy downpour. Union Law Minister and Patna Sahib MP Ravi Shankar Prasad, who was in Patna Sahib on Monday, admitted drainage blockage triggered waterlogging. Patna has not witnessed waterlogging of such grave intensity since the 1975 floods. Officials said due to choked sewerage system rain water has not receded. The water- logging has severely affected Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (NMCH), one of Patna’s leading Government hospitals. Several trains and flights have been cancelled, rescheduled or diverted owing to the situation. The Bihar Government has also asked for two helicopters from the Air Force for airdropping food packets and medicines. The Patna district administration has ordered the closure of all schools till Tuesday. NDRF spokesperson said in most of the places people are stuck in their houses. “Patna is among the worst affected places,” the spokesperson said. Ministry of Home Affairs said 23 flood affected Bihar dis- tricts include Araria, Kishanganj, Madhubani, East Champaran, Supaul, Katihar, Purnia, Lakhisarai, Buxar, Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Munger and Saran. Continued on Page 6 I n the list of 78 candidates which the party released on Monday for the Haryana Assembly elections, the BJP has given tickets to sitting MLAs, sporting stars and turncoats who joined the party recenty. Hoping to form the Government for the second time in a row, the saffron party has given tickets to several prominent sportspersons who joined it in recent weeks with international wrestler Babita Phogat being fielded from Dadri, former Indian hockey captain Sandeep Singh given ticket from Pehowa and Olympic medallist Yogeshwar Dutt from Baroda constituency. Former Indian fast bowler Chetan Sharma, who was seek- ing party ticket from Faridabad, has not been accommodate in the first list. As expected, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has been fielded from the party stronghold of Karnal for the October 21 polls in which BJP has given the slogan of “75 plus” in the 90-member Assembly. Khattar would be the Chief Ministerial face of the party in the polls. The party’s Central election committee, which had met on Sunday, has repeated 38 MLAs and dropped seven of them. Of the seven dropped MLAs, there are two Ministers, Vipul Goel and Rao Narbir Singh. Some of the INLD turncoats who had joined the BJP in the last few months have been rewarded with with party tickets. Vipul Goel and Rao Narbir Singh, Ministers, were sitting MLAs from Faridabad and Badshahpur constituency respectively. Deputy Speaker Santosh Yadav, who represent- ed Ateli constituency in Mahendergarh district, too was denied ticket. While Goel has been replaced by Narinder Gupta, Manish Yadav comes in for Rao Narbir Singh and Sita Ram Yadav have replaced Santosh Yadav. BJP’s top brass, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi, party chief and Home Minister Amit Shah and BJP working president JP Nadda deliberated with other CEC members from Haryana to finalise names of candidates. Haryana BJP president Subhash Barala will contest from Tohana, Captain Abhimanyu from Narnod and Om Prakash Dhankar from Badli. Aditya Devilal, a grand- son of Jat stalwart Devi Lal, has been fielded from Dabwali, the Chautala clan’s bastion rep- resented by Naina Chautala, who is the wife of former MP Ajay Singh Chautala. . Making an exception on relatives contesting the polls, former Union Minister and Jat leader Birender Singh’s MLA wife Prem Lata will contest from Uchana Kalan, a seat she had won in 2014. His son Brijender Singh, who quit IAS to join politics, won from Hisar parliamentary seat in the May 2019 polls. As Birender Singh is already a Rajya Sabha member, there are presently 3 members of the family in politics now. The candidates include nine women and two Muslims. The last date for filing nomi- nations is October 4. In the 2014 polls, BJP had stormed to power in Haryana for the first time, winning 47 seats. Continued on Page 6 T he Delhi High Court on Monday denied bail to for- mer Finance Minister P Chidambaram, saying the investigation is at an advance stage and possibility of him influencing the witnesses can- not be ruled out. However, the court reject- ed CBI’s arguments that Chidambaram could flee the country or tamper with evi- dence in the case. Dismissing the bail appli- cation, Justice Suresh Kait pointed out that the CBI in a sealed cover informed it that Chidambaram approached two co-accused and told them not to disclose any information. “As argued by learned Solicitor General, (which is part of the sealed cover) two material witnesses (accused) have been approached for not to disclose any information regarding the petitioner and his son (co-accused). This court cannot dispute the fact that the petitioner has been a Finance Minister and Home Minister and currently a member of Parliament. “He is respectable member of Bar Association of the Supreme Court of India. He has a long standing in Bar as a senior advocate. He has deep root in the Indian society and may have some connection abroad. But, the fact that he will not influence the witness directly or indirectly cannot be ruled out in view of above fact. Moreover, the investigation is at advance stage, therefore this court is not inclined to grant bail,” said the judgment. “The economic offences constitute a class apart and a class by itself, as it cuts the very root of probity and purity of public administration and results in eroding the public confidence which it reposes on the Government elected by it,” Justice Suresh Kait said while dismissing the bail petition. Meanwhile, the court rejected CBI’s arguments that Chidambaram is a flight risk and would tamper evidence. Regarding the flight risk, the judge said it can be secured by putting conditions, including surrender of passport, issuance of look-out notice and the accused not being allowed to leave the country without the permission of the court (even via Nepal and Bhutan). I n a big infrastructural boost for commuters of the NCR, the Centre on Monday threw open the 22-km long stretch between Dasna and Hapur in Ghaziabad, a part of the Delhi- Meerut Expressway project. The 82-kilometre long Delhi-Meerut Expressway con- nects the national Capital with Meerut. On its completion in the next three four months, a total of 8,346 crore would have been spent on the full pro- ject, which would reduce the travel time between the two cities to 45 minutes against the existing four hours. “We will try to complete the entire Delhi-Meerut Expressway by January 2020, two months ahead of the time- frame estimated earlier by the officials,” said Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari while dedicating the Dasna-Hapur stretch to the nation. The Minister said the pro- ject will change the lives of peo- ple in the region and give boost to the development of the nation. “Handloom and hand- icrafts sectors in UP will also benefit from the new metro line,” Gadkari said. Allaying fears about finan- cial crisis stalling highway pro- jects, Gadakri said there is no shortage of funds for the high- way development programme across the country. T he National Investigation Agency (NIA) is almost ready to file a supplementary chargesheet under the amend- ed Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in terror funding case naming Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik, Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief Asiya Andrabi, All Party Hurriyat Conference general secretary Masarat Alam and separatist leader Shabbir Shah, among others. It is learnt that the agency may file the chargesheet before October 15 after getting the Union Home Ministry’s nod for prosecution of Yasin Malik, Asiya Andrabi and Masarat Alam — all taken into custody by the NIA in April and now lodged in the Tihar Jail here. Sources said the NIA had recovered during searches on Yasin Malik’s premises a digi- tal diary which mentions receipt of money from Hafiz Saeed’s outfit Jamaat-ud- Dawah (JuD). Besides this, the NIA has gathered evidence against Alam for taking funding from JuD. The funds received from JuD were utilised for distribution among youths for stone-pelting on security forces and to stoke violence in the Valley. In its first chargesheet filed last year, the NIA named hard- line Hurriyat chief Syed Ali Geelani’s son-in-law Altaf Fantosh, Kashmiri business- man Zahoor Ahmed Shah Watali and a few others. T he Supreme Court on Monday directed the Gujarat Government to give within two weeks 50 lakh compensation, a job and an accommodation of choice to Bilkis Bano, who was gan- graped when she was five months pregnant during the 2002 riots in the State. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi asked the Gujarat Government as to why it has not complied with the SC’s April 23 order for compensation to Bano. “Why has the compen- sation not been paid?,” the Bench, comprising justices SA Bobde and SA Nazeer, asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. I n a significant milestone in the history of the 53-year-old Shiv Sena, its youth wing leader Aditya Thackeray on Monday took a formal plunge into elec- toral politics, raising the prospect of his landing Deputy Chief Minister’s post in the event of the BJP-Shiv Sena combine returning to power in Maharashtra. Addressing a “Vijay Sanklap” rally in the presence of his mother Rashmi and younger brother Tejas, Aditya Thackeray announced his deci- sion to contest the State Assembly polls from Worli constituency in south-central Mumbai. The BJP and the Shiv Sena have finalised the seat- sharing deal for the Maharashtra Assembly polls. Detailed report on P6 Shahjahanpur (PTI): A district court here on Monday reject- ed the bail pleas of BJP leader Swami Chinmayanand and the law student who has accused him of rape. The two were sent to 14-day-judicial custody after being arrested in cases that now run parallel. The former min- ister was booked under section 376C, a charge short of rape, on the basis of a complaint filed by the 23-year-old woman who studied at a college run by his ashram. Meanwhile, in Lucknow, Swami Chinmayanand was dis- charged from hospital on Monday. He was admitted to Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences here. The bulletin issued by the hospital said, “Swami Chinmayanand was discharged on Monday from the cardiol- ogy ward of the SGPGI at 6.30 pm.”

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Flood situation in Bihar andUttar Pradesh worsened on

Monday with over 141 killed inrain-related incidents in the lastfour days.

Normal life in the twoStates has been thrown out ofgear due to heavy rain andsevere waterlogging in the pasttwo days. In 23 flood-hit dis-tricts of Bihar, prices of essen-tial commodities have sky-rocketed due to short supply.Healthcare services have beenhit hard with reports comingfrom several districts, includ-ing Patna, of hospitals andnursing homes flooded andpaitents left in the lurch.

Bihar Chief Minister NitishKumar, who carried an aerialsurvey on Monday to assess thesituation, held a high-levelmeeting to review the situation.

The India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) has fore-cast no let-up in rain in Biharand eastern UP and issued redwarning of heavy rainfall in thenext 48 hours.

In neighbouring UttarPradesh, the flood situationremained grim in many partsof the State. The authoritieshad to shift about 900 prison-ers to Azamgarh andAmbedkarnagar jails.Floodwaters entered the bar-racks of the Ballia district jaillocated near the Ganga river.

The Bihar Governmentsaid at least 30 people have

been killed in the last four daysin different rain-related inci-dents as rainfall continued tobatter several parts of the State.Parts of the Patna remainedsubmerged in 4-to-8-foot deepwater.

Bihar’s Deputy ChiefMinister Sushil Kumar Modiand his family and thousands

others across the State wererescued by the disaster man-agement forces.

Renowned singer of BiharSharda Sinha, who was stuck inPatna’s Rajendra Nagar, toowas rescued.

Interestingly, UnionMinister Ashwini Choubey onMonday said it was a “natural

calamity” and blamed a par-ticular “Hathiya Nakshatra”(constellation), for the heavydownpour. Union LawMinister and Patna Sahib MPRavi Shankar Prasad, who wasin Patna Sahib on Monday,admitted drainage blockagetriggered waterlogging.

Patna has not witnessed

waterlogging of such graveintensity since the 1975 floods.Officials said due to chokedsewerage system rain waterhas not receded. The water-logging has severely affectedNalanda Medical College andHospital (NMCH), one ofPatna’s leading Governmenthospitals. Several trains and

flights have been cancelled,rescheduled or diverted owingto the situation. The BiharGovernment has also asked fortwo helicopters from the AirForce for airdropping foodpackets and medicines. ThePatna district administration

has ordered the closure of allschools till Tuesday.

NDRF spokesperson saidin most of the places people arestuck in their houses. “Patna isamong the worst affectedplaces,” the spokesperson said.

Ministry of Home Affairs

said 23 flood affected Bihar dis-tricts include Araria,Kishanganj, Madhubani, EastChamparan, Supaul, Katihar,Purnia, Lakhisarai, Buxar,Khagaria, Bhagalpur, Mungerand Saran.

Continued on Page 6

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In the list of 78 candidateswhich the party released on

Monday for the HaryanaAssembly elections, the BJP hasgiven tickets to sitting MLAs,sporting stars and turncoatswho joined the party recenty.

Hoping to form theGovernment for the secondtime in a row, the saffron partyhas given tickets to severalprominent sportspersons whojoined it in recent weeks withinternational wrestler BabitaPhogat being fielded fromDadri, former Indian hockeycaptain Sandeep Singh giventicket from Pehowa andOlympic medallist YogeshwarDutt from Baroda constituency.

Former Indian fast bowlerChetan Sharma, who was seek-ing party ticket from Faridabad,has not been accommodate inthe first list.

As expected, HaryanaChief Minister Manohar LalKhattar has been fielded fromthe party stronghold of Karnalfor the October 21 polls inwhich BJP has given the sloganof “75 plus” in the 90-memberAssembly. Khattar would be theChief Ministerial face of the

party in the polls.The party’s Central election

committee, which had met onSunday, has repeated 38 MLAsand dropped seven of them. Ofthe seven dropped MLAs, thereare two Ministers, Vipul Goeland Rao Narbir Singh. Some ofthe INLD turncoats who hadjoined the BJP in the last fewmonths have been rewardedwith with party tickets.

Vipul Goel and Rao NarbirSingh, Ministers, were sittingMLAs from Faridabad andBadshahpur constituencyrespectively. Deputy Speaker

Santosh Yadav, who represent-ed Ateli constituency inMahendergarh district, too wasdenied ticket. While Goel hasbeen replaced by NarinderGupta, Manish Yadav comes infor Rao Narbir Singh and SitaRam Yadav have replacedSantosh Yadav.

BJP’s top brass, includingPrime Minister NarendraModi, party chief and HomeMinister Amit Shah and BJPworking president JP Naddadeliberated with other CECmembers from Haryana tofinalise names of candidates.

Haryana BJP presidentSubhash Barala will contestfrom Tohana, CaptainAbhimanyu from Narnod andOm Prakash Dhankar fromBadli. Aditya Devilal, a grand-son of Jat stalwart Devi Lal, hasbeen fielded from Dabwali,the Chautala clan’s bastion rep-resented by Naina Chautala,who is the wife of former MPAjay Singh Chautala. .

Making an exception onrelatives contesting the polls,former Union Minister andJat leader Birender Singh’s MLAwife Prem Lata will contestfrom Uchana Kalan, a seat shehad won in 2014.

His son Brijender Singh,who quit IAS to join politics,won from Hisar parliamentaryseat in the May 2019 polls. AsBirender Singh is already aRajya Sabha member, thereare presently 3 members of thefamily in politics now.

The candidates includenine women and two Muslims.The last date for filing nomi-nations is October 4.

In the 2014 polls, BJP hadstormed to power in Haryanafor the first time, winning 47seats.

Continued on Page 6

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The Delhi High Court onMonday denied bail to for-

mer Finance Minister PChidambaram, saying theinvestigation is at an advancestage and possibility of himinfluencing the witnesses can-not be ruled out.

However, the court reject-ed CBI’s arguments thatChidambaram could flee thecountry or tamper with evi-dence in the case.

Dismissing the bail appli-cation, Justice Suresh Kaitpointed out that the CBI in asealed cover informed it thatChidambaram approached twoco-accused and told them notto disclose any information.

“As argued by learnedSolicitor General, (which ispart of the sealed cover) twomaterial witnesses (accused)have been approached for notto disclose any informationregarding the petitioner and his

son (co-accused). This courtcannot dispute the fact that thepetitioner has been a FinanceMinister and Home Ministerand currently a member ofParliament.

“He is respectable memberof Bar Association of theSupreme Court of India. He hasa long standing in Bar as asenior advocate. He has deeproot in the Indian society andmay have some connectionabroad. But, the fact that he willnot influence the witnessdirectly or indirectly cannot beruled out in view of above fact.Moreover, the investigation isat advance stage, therefore thiscourt is not inclined to grantbail,” said the judgment.

“The economic offences

constitute a class apart and aclass by itself, as it cuts the veryroot of probity and purity ofpublic administration andresults in eroding the publicconfidence which it reposes onthe Government elected by it,”Justice Suresh Kait said whiledismissing the bail petition.

Meanwhile, the courtrejected CBI’s arguments thatChidambaram is a flight riskand would tamper evidence.Regarding the flight risk, thejudge said it can be secured byputting conditions, includingsurrender of passport, issuanceof look-out notice and theaccused not being allowed toleave the country without thepermission of the court (evenvia Nepal and Bhutan).

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In a big infrastructural boostfor commuters of the NCR,

the Centre on Monday threwopen the 22-km long stretchbetween Dasna and Hapur inGhaziabad, a part of the Delhi-Meerut Expressway project.

The 82-kilometre longDelhi-Meerut Expressway con-nects the national Capital withMeerut. On its completion inthe next three four months, atotal of �8,346 crore wouldhave been spent on the full pro-ject, which would reduce thetravel time between the twocities to 45 minutes against theexisting four hours.

“We will try to completethe entire Delhi-MeerutExpressway by January 2020,two months ahead of the time-frame estimated earlier by theofficials,” said Union Road

Transport and HighwaysMinister Nitin Gadkari whilededicating the Dasna-Hapurstretch to the nation.

The Minister said the pro-ject will change the lives of peo-ple in the region and giveboost to the development of thenation. “Handloom and hand-

icrafts sectors in UP will alsobenefit from the new metroline,” Gadkari said.

Allaying fears about finan-cial crisis stalling highway pro-jects, Gadakri said there is noshortage of funds for the high-way development programmeacross the country.

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The National InvestigationAgency (NIA) is almost

ready to file a supplementarychargesheet under the amend-ed Unlawful Activities(Prevention) Act in terrorfunding case naming Jammuand Kashmir Liberation Front(JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik,Dukhtaran-e-Millat chief AsiyaAndrabi, All Party HurriyatConference general secretaryMasarat Alam and separatistleader Shabbir Shah, amongothers.

It is learnt that the agencymay file the chargesheet beforeOctober 15 after getting theUnion Home Ministry’s nodfor prosecution of Yasin Malik,Asiya Andrabi and MasaratAlam — all taken into custody

by the NIA in April and nowlodged in the Tihar Jail here.

Sources said the NIA hadrecovered during searches onYasin Malik’s premises a digi-tal diary which mentionsreceipt of money from HafizSaeed’s outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawah (JuD).

Besides this, the NIA hasgathered evidence against Alamfor taking funding from JuD.The funds received from JuDwere utilised for distributionamong youths for stone-peltingon security forces and to stokeviolence in the Valley.

In its first chargesheet filedlast year, the NIA named hard-line Hurriyat chief Syed AliGeelani’s son-in-law AltafFantosh, Kashmiri business-man Zahoor Ahmed ShahWatali and a few others.

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The Supreme Court onMonday directed the

Gujarat Government to givewithin two weeks �50 lakhcompensation, a job and anaccommodation of choice toBilkis Bano, who was gan-graped when she was fivemonths pregnant during the2002 riots in the State.

A Bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi askedthe Gujarat Government as towhy it has not complied with the SC’s April 23order for compensation toBano. “Why has the compen-sation not been paid?,” theBench, comprising justices SABobde and SA Nazeer, askedSolicitor General TusharMehta.

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In a significant milestone inthe history of the 53-year-old

Shiv Sena, its youth wing leaderAditya Thackeray on Mondaytook a formal plunge into elec-toral politics, raising theprospect of his landing DeputyChief Minister’s post in theevent of the BJP-Shiv Senacombine returning to power inMaharashtra.

Addressing a “VijaySanklap” rally in the presenceof his mother Rashmi andyounger brother Tejas, AdityaThackeray announced his deci-sion to contest the StateAssembly polls from Worliconstituency in south-centralMumbai. The BJP and the ShivSena have finalised the seat-sharing deal for theMaharashtra Assembly polls.

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Over 5,000 Congressmen,including All-India Mahila

Congress chief Sushmita Dev,Congress Legislature Partyleader Ajay Kumar ‘Lallu’, MLAAradhana Mishra ‘Mona’ andother leaders were arrested in 50districts of Uttar Pradesh whilethey were going to participate in‘Naya Yatra’ at Shahjahanpur onMonday.

Surprisingly, UP Congresspresident Raj Babbar was onceagain conspicuous by hisabsence as in so many pro-gramme in recent months.

The call for ‘Nyay Yatra’ wasgiven by Congress general sec-retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra tocorner the Yogi Adityanath gov-ernment for allegedly shieldingBJP leader Chinmayanand in arape case. The ‘Nyay Yatra’ wasto start from Shahjahanpur onMonday and conclude inLucknow on next Monday.

But as senior Congress lead-ers were en route toShahjahanpur to participate inthe ‘Nyaya Yatra’, the policearrested them in apprehensionof breach of peace as the govern-ment has imposed prohibitoryorders under Section 144 of theCriminal Procedure Code inShahjahanpur.

Irked by the arrest, Congressleaders PL Punia and formerMLA Akhilesh Pratap Singhannounced that the party work-ers would stage a demonstrationat all district headquarters of thestate on Tuesday to protest sup-pression by the government.

The Congress termed theadministration’s decision to barthem from taking out a march insupport of a law student who hasaccused BJP leader SwamiChinmayanand of rape as “unfor-tunate” and “undemocratic”.

The law student is in judi-cial custody after being deniedanticipatory bail on charges ofattempted extortion from therape accused.

While Lallu along withRohit Chaudhary and DheerajGujjar were taken to ReservePolice Lines from their hotels inShahjahanpur, Sushmita Dev,Aradhana Mishra and otherwomen leaders along withMukesh Chauhan, GauravChaudhary, Ved PrakashTripathi were detained on theborders of Shahjahanpur whilecoming from Lucknow and latertaken to Behta Gokul police sta-tion in Hardoi.

Former Union minister JitinPrasada along with districtCongress chief Kaushal Mishrawere put under house arrest andwere not allowed to step out oftheir houses.

The police even did notspare other senior leaders,including AICC secretarySachin Naik, Sohail Ansari,Rajiv Tyagi and others, whowere sitting on a dharna at thedistrict Congress office inShahjahanpur to protest the

detention of their leaders. Theseleaders were also arrested andtaken to Reserve Police Lines.

Hitting out at the state gov-ernment, Jitin Prasada said,“UP is no Kashmir. Yet, today Iam in preventive custody forwanting to highlight the plightof the Shahjahanpur rape victim.This BJP regime has no qualmsin quashing an individual’s fun-damental rights!”

Prasada also sought to knowhow the march was a “violationof law” and termed the decisionas unfortunate.

“The girl is paying the pricefor raising her voice against apowerful BJP leader. While therape accused is relaxing in anAC room of a hospital, the girlis in jail. She needs support andwe are with her,” Congressleader Ajay Kumar ‘Lallu’ hadsaid, demanding the victim’simmediate release.

Congress general secretaryPriyanka Gandhi Vadra andveteran leader Digvijaya Singhalso expressed their dismay atthe issue.

Taking to Twitter, Priyankawrote, “The UP BJP government

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The Yogi Adityanath govern-ment has planned a mas-

sive programme a day beforeGandhi Jayanti in which differ-ent government departmentswill showcase schemes for thewelfare of the poor and thedowntrodden at Awadh ShilpGram here on Monday.

The function will beattended by GovernorAnandiben Patel, ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath,Deputy Chief Ministers DineshSharma and Keshav PrasadMaurya, Vidhan Sabha SpeakerHriday Narayan Dikshit andseveral ministers.

A government spokesmansaid that on this occasion,Khadi and Gramodyog depart-ment would distribute 100solar power driven charkhas

while the Sports departmentwould honour 18 national-level players for their outstand-ing achievements.

The Panchayati depart-ment would felicitate 21 grampradhans for doing exemplarywork in implementing gov-ernment schemes. It will alsohonour 21 masons for doinggood work in construction ofhouses under Pradhan MantriAwas Yojana.

Similarly, Micro Small andMedium Enterprises (MSME)department would felicitateone representative from eachdistrict.

Children will also presenta ballet ‘Satyagrah seSwachhgrah tak’ under thedirection of Padma Shri MaliniAwasthi while 151 childrenwill participate in a drawingcontest.

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Eleven candidates ofBharatiya Janata Partyand its ally Apna Dal

(Sonelal) filed their nominationpapers for the UP Assemblybypolls to be held on October21. The BJP candidates wereaccompanied by senior leaderswhen they filed their nomina-tion papers in their respectivedistricts.

“All BJP candidates filedtheir nomination papers withfanfare. Senior ministers andparty leaders took part in theprocess,” BJP media-inchargeManish Dixit said in Lucknowon Monday.

In Lucknow, former legis-lator Suresh Tiwari filed hispapers for LucknowCantonment seat. BJP statechief Swatantra Dev Singh andDeputy Chief Minister DineshSharma accompanied Tiwarifor filing his papers at theLucknow Collectorate.

In Rampur, BJP candidate

Bharat Bhushan Gupta filed hispapers. He is pitted againstSamajwadi Party MPMohammad Azam Khan’s wifeTazeen Fatma. The latter ispresently a Rajya Sabha mem-

ber and her term will expirenext year. Labour MinisterSwami Prasad Maurya accom-panied Gupta for filing thenomination papers.

The other BJP candidates

who filed their nominationoaoers on Monday were KiratSingh foe Gangoh seat,Surendra Maithani fromGovind Nagar (Kanpur),Rajkumar Sahyogi from Iglas,Anand Shukla from Manikpur(Chitrakoot), Ambrish Rawatfrom Zaidpur (Barabanki),Rajesh Singh from Jalalpur(Ambedkar Nagar), SarojSonkar from Balha (Bahraich)and Vijay Rajbhar from Ghosi.

The BJP has left thePratapgarh seat for its allyApna Dal (Sonelal) led byMirzapur MP Anupriya Patel.It has fielded Raj Kumar Palfrom the seat. Pal also filed hisnomination papers on Monday.

While 10 Assembly seatswere vacated as their memberswere elected to Lok Sabha, theMLA representing Ghosi seat,Phagu Chauhan, vacated hisAssembly seat after he wasappointed Governor of Bihar.

Of these, Rampur seat washeld by Samajwadi Party whileJalalpur seat was won by

Bahujan Samaj Party in the2017 Assembly elections whilethe remaining seats belonged tothe BJP. As many as 155 candi-dates have filed their nomina-tions for 11 UP Assembly seats,bypolls to which will be held onOctober 21.

On the last day of filingnominations on Monday, 121candidates filed their papers,including 11 of the BharatiyaJanata Party and its ally ApnaDal (Sonelal). The highestnumber of 20 candidates havefiled their nominations for theGovindnagar in Kanpur Nagarand Jalalpur seats, 18 forPratapgarh, 15 each forGangoh, Lucknow Cantonmentand Ghosi, 12 for Balha and 10each for Rampur, Iglas,Manikpur and Zaidpur seats.

Scrutiny of nominationpapers will be done on Tuesday,while October 3 is the last datefor withdrawing papers. Thebypolls will be held on October21 and counting of votes willtake place on October 24.

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As a first step towards organ-isational election, the Uttar

Pradesh unit of Bharatiya JanataParty has completed booth-levelpolls across the state.

A list of the elected party-men was submitted to returningofficer Ashutosh Tandon inLucknow on Monday.

“The BJP is not only thebiggest political party of theworld, it is also the only partywhich believes in democracy.Polls start from ground level andreach the top, thus giving equalopportunities to all leaders toshowcase their leadership qual-ities,” Tandon said.

The returning officer forthe organisational polls in UPwho is also a minister, wasaddressing party workers andelection officers who visitedLucknow to submit the results to

the BJP state chief Swatantra DevSingh and organisational gener-al secretary Sunil Bansal.

Tandon said that organisa-tional polls were held at the righttime. “With booth level pollscomplete, now we have a strongpresence at the ground level.There was tremendous enthusi-asm among leaders and thereforethese elections passed off peace-fully,” he said.

“During this election, a warroom was set up in the BJP stateheadquarters where region-wisemonitoring was done andupdates were flashed digitally.Today, the hard copy of theresults were submitted to theparty’s state brass,” Tandon said.

As per BJP’s organisationalparameters, there are 1.63 lakhbooths and elections were com-pleted in 1.49 lakh of theseunits between September 18and 24.

Lucknow (PNS): With theaim of finding a lasting solutionto frequent disruptions inParliament and assemblieswhile the Houses are in session,Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birlahas set up a committee com-prising Speakers of assemblies.

The committee has beenasked to suggest measures afterconsulting all stake holders sothat proceedings of Parliamentand assemblies are conductedin orderly manner, enhancingthe quality of debate in theHouses. UP Assembly SpeakerHriday Narayan Dikshit will bethe chairman of the committee,which also includes Speakers ofsix other assemblies. The othermembers of the committee areSpeakers P Dhanpal (TamilNadu), Rana Kanwar Pal Singh(Punjab), Rajendra PrasadDwivedi (Gujarat), ReotiMohan Das (Tripura), CharanDas Mahant (Chhattisgarh)and Narmada Prasad Prajapati(Madhya Pradesh).

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Bharatiya Janata Party candidateSuresh Chandra Tewari and

Samajwadi Party candidate MajorAshish Chaturvedi on Mondayfiled their nomination papers forby-election to the Cantt VidhanSabha seat. The BJP candidate wasaccompanied by Deputy ChiefMinister Dinesh Sharma, Ministerfor Medical Education SureshKhanna and party’s state presidentSwatantra Dev Singh.

BSP candidate Arun Dwivediwas accompanied by national sec-retary Satish Chandra Mishra. Twoindependents are also in fray.

Interestingly, there are twocandidates who have been intodefence forces, including SP’s MajorAshish Chaturvedi and and VinodKumar Gupta, an independentwho has retired from Navy. The BJPcandidate filed his nominationwith a lot of fanfare. There was ahuge rally accompanying Tewari,causing traffic snarls in Hazratganjand surrounding areas.

Addressing mediapersons,Swatantra Dev Singh expressedconfidence about party’s victory.“We will be winning all the 11bypoll seats after having alreadywon the Hamirpur seat because ofthe development schemes of ChiefMinister Yogi Adityanath andPrime Minister Narendra Modi,” hesaid. The Deputy CM said that theparty was confident of winning theseat because of the developmentwork carried out by the ChiefMinister, and the hard work put inby party members and prestige ofthe candidates.

After filing nomination papers,Suresh Chandra Tewari said: “Onthe day of elections, each partymember will make people come outof their houses to cast vote andensure BJP’s victory.”

“I was born in Cantonmentarea as was my father. We have beenliving here from the times whenthere were only farms and villages.I have a direct dialogue and inter-action with each member of theconstituency. My prime responsi-bility has been to help people here.”

Referring to the candidates ofother parties, Tewari said they had

made outsiders their candidates andvoters from Cantonment wouldmake them lose their deposits.

Tewari (63) completed BA fromLucknow University in 1978 and LTin 1982. His movable assets areworth Rs 17,13,445.34 and immov-able assets worth Rs 4,84,000.

BSP’s Arun Dwivedi, who cameto file his last two sets of nomina-tion papers, was accompanied bySC Mishra. Talking to mediaper-sons, Mishra said BSP was set towin all the 11 seats.

“The law and order situationis very bad and all the developmentwhich Lucknow has seen is becauseof BSP,” he added. Asked about the

alliance with SP and its failure tostrike a chord with voters, Mishrasaid BSP supremo Mayawati hadcommented on that on severaloccasions. About theChinmayanand case in which thegirl has been sent to jail for extor-tion and the accused to hospital,Mishra said it would not havehappened if the BSP was in power.

Meanwhile, Major AshishChaturvedi said he was fightingagainst the challenges and problemsthat the constituency was facing,and not any candidate. He said hehad been promised by AkhileshYadav a chance to fight for SP. Heleft the army in 2006 because he

said he had bigger plans. He said hehad been fighting for social casesand the rights of ex-servicemen foralong time. “I am fighting for thecause of army widows and chil-dren,” he added. Major AshishChaturvedi (44) completedIntermediate from Army PublicSchool in Lucknow and BComfrom Islamia Degree College. Hismovable assets are worth Rs24,73,083.15 and his immovableproperty is worth Rs 32,50,000.

Vinod Kumar Gupta (43), whofiled his nomination as an inde-pendent, is a resident of FirangiKhera has retired from Navy.

A total of 15 candidates havefiled their nominations for by-elections to the Cantonment seat,including Dilpreet Singh ofCongress, Arun Dwivedi of BSP,Shatrohan Lal Rawat of Lok Dal,Vinod Kumar (independent),Major Asheesh Chaturvedi of SP,Geeta Kumari of MahilaSwabhiman Party, Suresh ChandraTewari of BJP, Neelam Saroj ofBahujan Awam Party, AnurodhSrivastav (independent),Nigmendra Mishra (independent),Satyapal Singh of BharatiyaSangathit Party, SachidanandSrivastava of Loktantrik SamajwadiParty, Deepak Chaurasia of JanhitKisan Party, Satyendra Kumar ofBahujan Mukti Party and ShyamPal of Rashtriya Samaj Paksh.

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Ayouth, identified asGautam Kumar Rajput

(30) attempted self-immolationnear gate number three ofDarulshafa under Hazratganjpolice station on Monday after-noon. However, he was over-powered by cops present thereand taken into custody.

The youth told the policethat he wanted to end his lifedue to the indifferent approachof the district administrationand gram pradhan. He toldHazratganj inspector RadheyRaman Singh that he wasrequesting the local adminis-tration to construct a roadlinking his village to the mainChinhat market so that peopledid not have to face hardshipsin reaching the market. He saidhe was also requesting forinstallation of two handpumpsin the area in view of water cri-sis. Rajput told the police thathe had been raising thedemands for the past threeyears. “Initially, the gram prad-han agreed to fulfill thedemands, but later he renegedfrom his promise,” he said.

He said the gram pradhantold him that only the DistrictMagistrate was authorised todo that. “Staffers at the DMoffice showed no interest in thisregard, and I decided to end mylife in front of the CouncilHouse as mark of protest,” headded.

The police said Rajputreached the gate number threeand quietly took out a bottleof kerosene from his bag.When he was pouringkerosene on himself, he wasspotted by Darulshafa policeoutpost incharge KK Singh.Later, he was overpoweredby the police personnel

deployed there for securitypurpose and taken into cus-tody. Rajput was taken toCivil Hospital for a medicalcheck-up. Doctors declaredhim mentally and physicallyfit with no injuries. He wasescorted to Chinhat by thepolice after legal formalitieswere completed.

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Six resident doctors of twodepartments were on

Monday suspended forindulging in a group clashand vandalism at the KGMUTrauma Centre. Action wastaken by the enquiry panel setup by the KGMU administra-tion. However, final actionwill be taken after the com-mittee submits its report.

The doctors who havebeen suspended with immedi-ate effect included RahulShukla, Shubham, AnushravRao, Mayank, Pradyumna, andKrishna Pal Singh. Twogroups of doctors clashed onthe second floor of KGMUTrauma Centre, leavingpatients and their attendantsscared on the intervening nightof Saturday and Sunday. Thewarring groups vandalised thehospital property and paralysedthe work until police and seniorofficials of KGMU reached theplace. A resident doctor ofOrthopedics department wasadmitted to the medicine wardand his colleagues and someseniors reached there to seehim. Around 12.30 am onSunday, a group of junior andsenior residents of Orthopedicsdepartment reached the wardand picked up a verbal spatwith some of the junior resi-dents of Medicine departmentreportedly without any provocation.

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Police on Monday arrested a con-man identified as Atul Sharma,

who claimed to be a NASA scientist,from Rudra Tower on New Berryroad under Hazratganj police sta-tion on Monday evening. He usedto take huge sum from seniorbureaucrats, politicians and busi-nessmen by promising them lucrative ventures in India as well asin the USA.

The police said his network wasnot confined to Lucknow but wasspread to New Delhi, Kolkata,Meerut and Kanpur. He is said tohave accumulated huge sum ofmoney through fraudulent means.He hails from Meerut and is a sci-ence teacher at an Intermediate col-lege there. The first criminal caseagainst him was registered inMeerut Kotwali one-and-a-halfyears ago. Two cases were alsolodged against him in New Delhipolice stations. Since then, thepolice were searching for him.

He was arrested following a caselodged at Hazratganj police stationlast month. He allegedly took a hugesum from a brick kiln owner afterpromising him a contract inChhattisgarh. However, he was

never available on mobile or his flatin Lucknow whenever the rick kilnowner tried contacting him toremind him about the promise.

It was not easy for the localpolice to nab Sharma. A messagewas passed on to inspector RadheyRaman Singh in the morning thatSharma had been spotted at therestaurant of a five-star hotel.

A trap was laid under theguidance of SSP KalanidhiNaithani. Cops in civvies weredeployed in the compound ofRudra Tower as the police waitedfor him to reach his flat. He wasnabbed as soon as he stepped outof the taxi. Sharma told the policehe was going to his flat to collectsome documents.

Meanwhile, two unidentified

miscreants duped a housewife ofher valuables in Vikas Nagar onSunday evening. The victim wasidentified as Anita Ahuja, a resi-dent of Maa Sharda Complex insector-C of Vikas Nagar. As perreports, the woman who had goneshopping was stopped by two per-sons, who introduced themselves ascops. Warning her that chain-snatchers were on the prowl, theytook out a packet and asked her toput her rings, bangles, gold chainand ear rings in it. They returneda similar packet to her and askedher to go back to her house. Whenthe woman reached home, sheopened the packet, only to find itfilled with stones and iron pellets.She lodged a complaint at VikasNagar police station.

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Lucknow is all set to createa world record with over 10

lakh students reading books aspart of the ‘Padhe Lucknow,Badhe Lucknow’ campaignunder the direction ofGovernor Anandiben Patel.Director of UDRC, LucknowUniversity, Anil Mishra saidthe campaign would be held in2,500 schools of the districtfrom 11 am to 11.45 am onOctober 1 (Tuesday). A teamfrom the World Book ofRecords will be present on theoccasion. Lucknow University

Vice-Chancellor SP Singh isthe nodal office of the pro-gramme.

Mishra said the studentswould have to read about thelife of Mahatma Gandhi orfreedom struggle. “In case theydon’t have books on thistheme, they can read any bookof their choice, provided it isnot their school text book. It iscompulsory for all schools andcolleges in Lucknow to partic-ipate in this activity,” he said,adding that books could beprovided by the institutions.

“If the students want tobring their own books, they

can. This activity can be car-ried out class-wise or ingroups, as per convenience ofthe institutions. Time for thisactivity will have to be adjust-ed by the institutions them-selves,” he said. He addedthat all the activities had to be documented by theinstitutions.

“They have to click pho-tographs and make video clipswhich will be uploaded on theportal developed by theUniversity Data ResourceCentre (UDRC). The photosand videos have to beuploaded on the day of the

programme. Students have agreat chance to be a part ofthis great event which will beincluded in the World Book ofRecords. The programme,being held due to the vision ofGovernor Anandiben Patel, isa great opportunity for everystudent and therefore, theyshould ensure their activeparticipation,” he said. Patelhad expressed concerned thattoday’s generation of studentshad lost interest in readingbooks due to mobile phones,TV, internet and other unnec-essary activities, resulting inthe decline in moral values.

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youths to put forward theirviews and opinions and alsonurture their communica-tion skills, Amity BusinessSchool organised itsinter–college debate compe-tition on Amity University’sLucknow campus onMonday. The competitionwas inaugurated by directorof Amity Business SchoolRohit Kushwaha and ProVice-Chancellor SunilDhaneshwar. As many as 45teams of students from 17states participated in thecompetition whose topic was‘Mobile apps an invasion toprivacy’ for the preliminaryround.

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International Day for ElderlyPeople, Lucknow Metro RailCorporation Limited(LMRCL), in association withGolden Age Club, organiseda special activity for elderlypeople. A group of 30 seniorcitizens arrived atMunshipulia Metro stationand welcomed by the officials.They took a train toHazaratganj Metro station.During the ride, they enjoyedthe view of Lucknow andplayed ‘antakshari’. Most ofthem travelled in Metro forthe first time. SK Banerjee, aprofessional flute player, alsovisited Lucknow Metro forthe first time with the elder-ly people. He said: “LMRChas done a tremendous job inframing and preserving thehistoric chikankari for whichLucknow is known for.”

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which was held in Delhi onMonday, approved namingthe LMRC as UPMRC (UttarPradesh Metro RailCorporation). The name willbe registered with theRegistrar of Companiesshortly. Managing directorKumar Keshav said theLMRC Board had approved itearlier. “We will submit thedocuments to the Registrar ofCompanies in the next threedays. The process is expect-ed to be completed in 3-4months,” he said.

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Medicinal and AromaticPlants (CIMAP) on Mondaytransferred its agarbatti-mak-ing technology to Recycle-Aastha that will collect flow-ers from temples located inNew Delhi and make value-added incense sticks.Company’s director RajeevBansal said in this project,most of the employed work-force would be women.“CIMAP has been working

continuously in the past ongenerating employment forwomen and making themself-sufficient by trainingthem in making fragrantincense sticks and aromaticcones,” CIMAP scientists said.

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Donation Day will be cele-brated on Tuesday. Thedepartment of TransfusionMedicine Blood Centre at

SGPGI is celebratingNational Voluntary BloodDonation Week from October1 to 5. A number of activitieswill be organised, includingvoluntary blood donationcamps. RK Chaudhary fromSGPGI pointed out that therewas a dengue epidemic in thestate and country every year.“These patients require main-ly platelets and plasma. AtSGPGI, we undertake about1,200 plateletpheresis proce-dures per year, but thepatients’ attendants facemajor problems due to limit-ed availability of voluntaryplatelet donors. This year, theinstitute is focusing on mak-ing everyone aware about theneed and importance ofdonating platelets. This com-ponent is not only needed bypatients of dengue but is alsorequired by others such asthose suffering from aplasticanemia, critical care patients,patients undergoing stem celltransplant etc,” he said.

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Rainbow biscuits, jam tarts, spongepastries and fresh smelling breads —

it all reminds one of the quaint pastryshops that dot the villages abroad andcast a spell on people. The Taj MahalHotel in Lucknow has developed apetite corner into a pastry shop called‘La Patisserie’, which is the new Frenchconnect of the city. The pastry shop wasinaugurated formally by MadhuriHalwasiya on Monday.

The shop attracts immediate atten-tion as it is the first thing one spots whenone enters the hotel. Glass shelves withneatly-arranged bakery items and hugeglass jars stir the child in the onlookerseven as their eyes wander from one itemto another carrying names that they mayhave read in books by Enid Blyton.

Chef Ujwal, who has created themenu, said they had brought in the clas-sic French flavours, be it cakes, dough-nuts or breads. “French has alwaysdominated in the bakery section and wehave brought in all the popular items”he said. Chocolate dominates and thenames in the menu palette ring bells inthe ear — chocolate hazelnut pastry, redvelvet pastry, black forest, lemon tartsand fresh fruit tarts. “The French craftrules the roost when it comes to mak-ing pastries and there are set recipeswhich need to be followed. The choco-

lates are made with 35 per cent Belgiumcocoa as more quantity would make theproduct bitter,” he said. Interestingly, thechef said he could create the eggless ver-sion of all that is offered but it would bedifficult to create a sugarless version ofcakes and pastries. He recommends theOpera pastry, which is made in almondflour, butter and egg whites and is lightin texture. He also recommends theDutch truffle which is made of Belgiumchocolate. “It’s dark like the Devils darkdeep chocolate,” he added. He said onehad to be extra careful in terms of bak-ing on aspects such as whether the oven

was properly pre-heated or the doughprepared properly. The pastry shops hasa wide variety of hot beverages tochoose from in tea and coffee. As forherbal tea, there is a wide range and inthe coffee section, the regulars areavailable. Media spokesperson ShabahatHusain said they had opened the pastryshop to utilise the beautiful alcove, a cosyarea of the hotel. “We wanted to give allthe items of bakery in one glance andprovide the Lucknowites a global taste.Tables have been set up for people tochit-chat as they enjoy the beverages,” headded.

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Madiaon inspector Santosh Singh was sentto Reserve Police Lines on Monday

while Ghera police outpost inchargeDharmendra Singh Chauhan and head consta-ble Yogeshwar Kumar were suspended forextorting money from a tractor driver onSunday afternoon. Ghera police outpost isattached with Madiaon police station.

SSP Kalanidhi Naithani took promptaction after their involvement in extortion wasconfirmed. The tractor driver was carryingbricks from a nearly brick kiln. The SSP cameto know about the incident as it went viral onsocial viral on Sunday evening.

The police said Singh was sent to lines as

he failed to check the increasing number inci-dents of extortion. It is said that several com-plaints were lodged with the SSP and othersenior officers, but Singh failed to check hissubordinates. Singh had been pulled up by theSSP thrice in the past and warned of discipli-nary action if he failed to take steps to checkextortion incidents. The latest incident tookplace in broad daylight.

The video clearly showed that the tractorwas stopped on the instruction of the cops onpicket duty by their henchmen at 2 pm nearGhera village crossing and a sum of Rs 2,000was taken from the driver. The SSP said VipinKumar Singh, who was earlier posted as theHardoi inspector, had been deputed inMadiaon.

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Experts spoke on the virtuesof small families at a dis-

trict-level workshop on‘Reproductive health andstrengthening safe abortionservices’, organised by PanditGovind Ballabh Pant Instituteof Studies in RuralDevelopment (PISRD) throughSanjha Prayas network in theoffice of the Chief MedicalOfficer, Lucknow, on Monday.

There was exchange ofideas on how boys and girlsshould talk on sexual andreproductive health. An impor-tant refrain emerging was thatmen should be made awareabout abortion and how safeabortion services could beavailed from governmenthealth facilities.

Welcoming suggestions,director of Health and FamilyWelfare Dr Badri Vishal said:“We should change the way weinteract with families. Insteadof telling them what the gov-ernment wants, ask them whatyou want. If you have morechildren, how will you feedthem and how will you teachthem?”

Dr Vishal said the aim ofthe government was not to pro-mote abortions, but peopleshould try and avoid such sit-uations and be aware abouttheir family planning.

Joint director, Medical andHealth Services, Dr AnilMishra said that PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, in hisspeech at the United Nations,listed health as a priority.“Spread awareness amongyoung students,” he said.

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The Samajwadi Party willstage dharnas at all dis-

trict and tehsil headquar-ters on Monday to protestregistration of 80 casesagainst party MP fromRampur, MohammadAzam Khan, the deteriorat-ing law and order and eco-nomic slowdown. The SPhas already announced tohold a meeting nearGandhi statue at GPO Parkin Hazratganj on October2, where partymen wouldsing Ram dhun and ‘bha-jans’ dear to MahatmaGandhi.

SP chief AkhileshYadav will also participatein the meeting. Similarprogrammes will also beorganised at district head-quarters across the state.The Samajwadi Party hasalso announced to boycottthe special session of UPAssembly on October 2 onthe occasion of 150th birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi. SP spokesmanRajendra Chaudhary saidin Lucknow on Mondaythat the dharnas were beingorganised to “wake up thedeaf and dumb YogiAdityanath government”.

He said that party cadrewould hand over a memo-randum to officials in eachdistrict highlighting theplight of flood-ravaged peo-ple. He said that the partywas compelled to take anagitational path on October1 as previous protestsstaged by SP were ignoredby the Yogi governmentand no follow-up actionwas taken on August 9.

Lucknow (PNS):Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party(Lohia) chief Shivpal SinghYadav has rejected the made to

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him for joining SamajwadiParty. On Sunday, theSamajwadi Party had said thatthe petition for Shivpal’s dis-qualification from the member-ship of UP Assembly would bewithdrawn if he merged hisPSPL with the SP.

“There is no such proposalbefore me to join the SamajwadiParty and the question of merg-er of PSPL with the SP does notarise. I see some ray of hope forthe unity in the family butthere are certain forces whichare against it,” Shivpal said inLucknow on Monday.

Leader of opposition inAssembly and senior SP leaderRam Govind Chaudhary hadsaid on Sunday that the party

could consider withdrawingthe petition for disqualificationfiled with the Assembly Speakerif Shivpal decided to merge hisparty with the SP.

On September 13, the SPhad moved an applicationbefore Assembly Speaker seek-ing disqualification of ShivpalYadav from the House as hehad formed a new politicaloutfit and contested the LokSabha elections against theparty’s candidate fromFirozabad seat.

“The SP has patiently con-sidered the issue of ShivpalYadav and then moved theapplication for his disqualifica-tion from membership of theAssembly. Our offer is stillopen and the ball is now inShivpal’s court and he has todecide,” Ram GovindChaudhary said.

Though Shivpal Yadav hasformed PSPL, he continues tobe an SP MLA in the Assemblyrepresenting Jaswantnagar seatof Etawah. Shivpal had floatedthe PSPL a year ago and sincethen it is the first time that theSP has offered him to merge hisparty with the Samajwadi Party.

Earlier, SP chief AkhileshYadav too had hinted at takingback Shivpal by saying thatthere was democracy in hisfamily and party and everyonewas free to come or go.

Shivpal has already statedthat he resigned fromSamajwadi Party before thedisqualification petition wasfiled by the party.

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The HRD Ministry hasdirected the prestigious

Indian Institutes of Technology(IITs) to come up with anaction plan to improve theirnational and international rankings. HRDMinister Ramesh Pokhriyal‘Nishank’ had raised the issue ofrankings in the recent meetingof the IIT Council, the highestdecision-making body of 23IITs.

“The issue was discussed inthe Council meeting. It isimportant to work on researchexcellence. The IITs have beenasked to work on improvingtheir national and internation-al rankings. For this each, IITwill come up with an actionplan,” a senior HRD Ministryofficial said on Monday.

The QS (QuacquarelliSymonds) and Times HigherEducation (THE), both ofwhich are based in London, aretwo of the most prominenthigher-education surveys inthe world.

New Delhi: The Supreme Courtrefused on Monday to furtherentertain Rajya Sabha MPVaiko’s plea seeking formerJammu & Kashmir ChiefMinister Farooq Abdullah’s pro-duction before it and said theMDMK leader could challengethe NC leader’s detention orderunder the Public Safety Act.

“He (Abdullah) is underdetention under the PublicSafety Act,” a bench headed byChief Justice Ranjan Gogoitold Vaiko’s counsel.

The MDMK leader’s coun-sel questioned the conduct ofthe Jammu and Kashmiradministration and claimed thata few minutes before the sched-uled hearing in the apex courton September 16, Abdullah wasdetained under the Jammu &

Kashmir Public Safety Act.The bench, also compris-

ing justices S A Bobde and S ANazeer, said the petitionercould challenge the detentionorder against Abdullah underthe Jammu & Kashmir PublicSafety Act before the appro-priate authority.The court had,on September 16, directed theCentre and the Jammu &Kashmir administration torespond to Vaiko’splea.Abdullah, 81, a three-timeformer chief minister of the stateand a five-time parliamentari-an, has been detained under theJammu & Kashmir Public SafetyAct.Vaiko’s counsel had pressedfor the original prayer for producing the NationalConference (NC) leader beforethe court. PTI

New Delhi: The SupremeCourt on Monday referred abatch of petitions challengingthe Centre’s abrogation ofArticle 370 in Jammu &Kashmir and related issues toits Constitution Bench whichwould commence hearing onthem on Tuesday.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi referredthe pleas, which have alsoraised matters such as allegedrestrictions imposed on themovement of journalists inKashmir and illegal detentionof minors in the Valley, to a5-judge bench of the apexcourt.

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New Delhi:The Supreme Courton Monday directed the Gujaratgovernment to give within twoweeks Rs 50 lakh compensation,a job and an accommodation ofchoice to Bilkis Bano, who wasgang raped when she was fivemonths pregnant during the2002 riots in the state.A benchheaded by Chief Justice RanjanGogoi asked the Gujarat gov-ernment as to why it has notcomplied with the apex court’searlier order of April 23 andgiven the compensation to Bano.“Why has the compensationnot been paid?,” the bench, alsocomprising justices S A Bobdeand S A Nazeer, asked SolicitorGeneral Tushar Mehta appearingfor the state. PTI

New Delhi: The Supreme CourtMonday refused to entertain aplea of flat owners seeking stayon its order on demolition offour apartment complexes inKochi’s Maradu which werebuilt in violation of CoastalRegulation Zone norms.

A bench of justices ArunMishra and S Ravindra Bhat dis-missed the plea of flat owners,who have also challenged thelegality of a panel which had rec-ommended the demolition.Theapex court had on Friday direct-ed demolition of the flats with-in 138 days, a timeline given bythe Kerala government, and hadasked the state to pay Rs 25 lakhinterim compensation to eachflat owner within 4 weeks.

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Breathtaking rock-powder-made colourful rangolis,

showcasing various facets ofMahatma Gandhi’s life, captureyour eyes as you step into theIndira Gandhi National Centrefor the Arts (IGNCA) atJanpath.

The unique exhibition,titled ‘Bapu in a multitude ofcolours’, will be inaugurated onTuesday by IGNCA membersecretary Dr SachchidanandJoshi on the eve of MahatmaGandhi’s 150th birth anniver-sary being celebrated across thecountry on October 2. Thecreation will be on display tillOctober 8.

As many as eight youngartists from Konkan regionare creating the artwork underthe guidance of their septua-genarian mentor SB Polaji (78), a native of Sindhudurg(Maharashtra). Around 20 por-traits in dazzling colours show-case young Bapu, his role in thesalt movement, as a barristerand in his several sombermoods.

“Usually Rangoli, a popu-lar folk art, is made in homesduring auspicious occasionsacross the country. But Ithought of using it as a medi-um to portray figures. This isour way of paying tribute to theFather of the Nation. IGNCAhas provided us the platform,”

said Polaji, who has taken theart to various India citiesbesides New York and Ceylon.

His students like Makarandand Ravi Kiran pointed out thatmaking rangolis was their pas-sion. “For livelihood, we havetaken up other jobs,” theyadded.

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India on Monday askedBritain to ensure that Indian

students there do not face anyvisa issues and their rights areprotected.

In a meeting, Union HomeSecretary Ajay Kumar Bhallaspoke to Director General forBorders, Immigration,Citizenship and InternationalStrategy at UK Home OfficeGlyn Williams regarding this.

Bhalla told Williams thatthere were instances whenIndian students faced visa-relat-ed problems in Britain, an offi-cial of the Home Ministry said.In the delegation-level talks,both sides discussed issues ofmutual concern related toimmigration and citizenship.

Kieran Drake, MinisterCounsellor, Political and Pressin the British HighCommission in New Delhi,who was part of the UK dele-gation, said they had wide-ranging discussions. “It was aproductive meeting,” he said.

Last year, as India wasexcluded from Tier 4 overseasstudent visa relaxationsunveiled by the UK HomeOffice, there was outrageamong Indian student groupsin Britain and other leadingfigures within the bilateralspace. Many termed it an“insult” to India as non-demo-cratic countries were includedin the list but the world’s largestdemocracy was excluded.

The UK government hadthen directly linked the exclu-sion of Indian students fromthe list of countries offered eas-ier visa norms to India’s refusalto sign a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) on thereturn of illegal migrants.

Last year, the UnionCabinet had approved the pacton returns to facilitate thedeportation of alleged illegalIndian immigrants in the UKto India and vice-versa.However, at the eleventh hour,India did not sign the pactwithout specifying any reasons.

New Delhi: Air Chief MarshalRakesh Kumar SinghBhadauria on Monday tookcharge as the 26th chief of theIndian Air Force, and identifiedmodernisation of the force bybringing in crucial technologiesand critical capabilities as hiskey priority.

Bhadauria, who has around4,250 hours of flying experienceon 26 types of aircraft and ledcommercial negotiations forprocurement of the 36 Rafalejets, also stressed on the need torapidly operationalise newlyinducted platforms.

He succeeds Air ChiefMarshal BS Dhanoa, whoretired after 41 years of service.With the force grappling withrising number of accidentsinvolving its aircraft, the IAFchief said ensuring safety of air-craft and other war fightingequipment will be anotherfocus area for him, besides pro-moting indigenisation for sus-tenance of existing fleets.

“The focus of the IAF shall

be to rapidly operationalisenewly inducted platforms andequipment as well as to ensureearliest and complete integra-tion of these capabilities inIAF’s operational plans,” hesaid in a brief message to theIAF personnel.

“There shall be impetus onmodernisation through acqui-sition of crucial technologies andcritical capabilities withincreased reliance on indigenousdesign and development. Weshall pro-actively promote indi-genisation for sustenance of allexisting fleets and equipment,”the IAF chief added. PTI

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Kerala, Rajasthan andKarnataka occupied the

top three places while UttarPradesh languished at the bot-tom in the School EducationQuality Index (SEQI) that eval-uates the performance of Statesand Union Territories in theschool education sector. TheNITI Aayog on Mondayreleased the rankings.

Giving Uttar Pradeshcompany in the bottom leagueare Jharkhand, Bihar, Punjaband Jammu and Kashmir. TheSEQI, SustainableDevelopment Goal (SDG)India Index and the DigitalTransformation Index (DTI)measure states’ progress insectors like health, education,water and sustainable devel-opment goals. With anemphasis on outcomes, NITIAayog finalized indices tomeasure incremental annualoutcomes in critical socialsectors.

With states like Manipur,Tripura, Mizoram, Sikkim,Nagaland, Meghalaya,

Arunachal Pradesh and Goabeing counted among the eightsmall states, West Bengal is theonly state to be excluded fromthe list.

“The indicators that led tothe rankings are the quality ofeducation, its reach, infra-structure and administration.The ranking, which is basedon 2016-17 statistics, was pre-pared with the help of theWorld Bank and other tech-nical experts. HRD Ministrywill soon release this report onthe quality of education,” saida senior HRD Ministry official.

The government identifiesthe strength and weakness inschool education and takesrequired correction measureslike policy interventions torectify them through suchindex of the Centre’s plan thinktank.

As per the report releasedby the NITI Aayog, among 20large states in the country 18have improved their overallperformance between 2015-2016 and 2016-2017, which isotherwise referred to as the

incremental performance inthe report.

The highest incrementalperformance has been record-ed in Kerala. As against 77.6percent score in 2015-2016, thestate has recorded 82.2 percentin 2016-2017.

Tamil Nadu, Haryana,Gujarat and Himachal Pradeshhave improved their perfor-mances in school educationsector.

For ease in comparability,the states have been categorizedas small and large states. Theunion territories have beencategorized separately.Thereport has considered 2015-2016 as the base year and2016-2017 as the referenceyear.

Among all the improvingstates, Rajasthan has made aquantum jump in the education sector by scoringmore than eight percentagepoints than its previous score.Other states like Haryana,Assam, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha have improved their ranking aswell.

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India on Monday made itclear to the developed

nations that reduction of coalconsumption is not a one-dayprocess and the Governmenthas a long-term plan to grad-ually replace coal with renew-able energy.

Developed countries havebeen blaming the developingcountries like India that tack-ling climate change is impos-sible without reducing ourdependence on fossil fuels,especially coal.

“Reduction of coal is not aone-day process. We have aplan in place. A long-termplan where we will replacecoal with renewable energyslowly to achieve the goalannounced by the prime min-

ister to reach 450 gigawatt,” saidUnion Environment SecretaryC K Mishra while addressingthe first day of the Inter-gov-ernmental Panel on ClimateChange(IPCC) here.

“But plants which arealready coal based, will con-tinue to consume coal,” Mishrasaid.

On the issue of reducingcoal consumption and carbonemissions, he said, “We havealready 80 gigawatts renewableenergy replace coal in last 5years and we are movingtowards it but we cannot denythat coal will still continue tobe required for some time inIndia”.

The secretary alsoacknowledged that the demandfor electricity in India willcontinue to rise due to which

coal cannot be totally banned.He said this does not mean thatthe government is not workingon the process to replace coalwith alternative renewableenergy.

“The demand for electric-ity in India will continue to rise.That does not mean we are notquickening the process ofreplacement.

“We already have 80gigawatt of renewable in last 2-3 years. Ultimate idea is reduc-tion of coal but we cannot denythat coal will still continue tobe required for some time inIndia,” Mishra said.

The IPCC Working GroupIII is working on the SixthAssessment Report to miti-gate climate change with over200 authors, in which 12 arefrom India.

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The Congress on Mondayalleged that the Election

Commission’s decision toreduce Sikkim Chief MinisterPrem Singh Tamang’s disqual-ification period by almost fiveyears gives the “clear message”that one is immunised from thelaw of the land if that personsings praises for theGovernment.

Congress spokespersonAbhishek Singhvi said recentexamples of Tamang’s case, theHome Ministry’s decision tocommute the death sentence ofBalwant Singh Rajoana in theassassination case of formerPunjab chief minister BeantSingh, and the Chinmayanandcase in Uttar Pradesh, have a

running thread of “completeabuse of law”.

The actions in these casessend a “clear message that youare immunised from the law ofthe land if you chant ‘Tusi greatho’ (you are great), day in andday out, and you are subjectedto harassment, vendetta, if youdo not chant this. It exhibitsextreme irresponsibility aboutthe law,” Singhvi said at a pressconference here.

The EC on Sunday reducedTamang’s disqualification peri-od by almost five years under aprovision of the electoral law,paving the way for him to con-test the state assembly elections.His disqualification period of sixyears, during which he wasbarred from contesting polls,began on August 10, 2018 — the

day he completed a year’s jailterm in a corruption case. It wasto end on August 10, 2024. Butthe Election Commission (EC)on Sunday reduced it to oneyear and one month.

Tamang, whose SikkimKrantikari Morcha Party wonthe state assembly electionsheld in April, took over as chiefminister on May 27. However,he could not contest the elec-tions due to his disqualification.

He has to contest assemblypolls within six months ofbecoming the chief minister tohold the office.

Tamang was found guilty ofmisappropriation of govern-ment funds in a cow distribu-tion scheme while he was min-ister of animal husbandry in the1990s.

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It is unlikely that former primeminister Manmohan Singh

will attend the inaugural cere-mony of the landmark KartarpurCorridor in November on theinvitation of Pakistan. And theformer PM’s office also has so farno information about the inviteto him. Foreign Minister ShahMahmood Qureshi said onMonday that Pakistan has decid-ed to invite Singh to attend theinaugural ceremony of theKartarpur Corridor.While theCongress remained tight-lippedabout the issue, sources said theoffice of the former prime min-ister has no information aboutthe invite so far.

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est this monsoon since 1994,the India MeteorologicalDepartment (IMD) said clas-sifying it ‘above normal’ as theseason officially ended onMonday. The monsoon rain-fall was 110 per cent of its LongPeriod Average, which is 88 cm.However, rain bearing windsstill remain active over severalparts of the country. Delhimay witness scattered rainsover the next three to four days,according to the IMD.

Rainfall was “above nor-mal” this year, the IMD said.Monsoon, however, stillremains active over severalparts of the country, the weath-er agency said. This could bethe longest recorded delayed

withdrawal of the rain-bearingwinds, it added. Of the 36meteorological subdivisions ofthe IMD, two — MadhyaPradesh and Saurashtra andKutch — recorded precipitationin “large excess”.

The 2019 southwest mon-soon season comes to end withabove normal seasonal (June toSeptember) rainfall. Out of 36meteorological subdivisions,10 received excess and 19 subdivisions received normalmonsoon rainfall. Out of 36sub divisions, 5 sub divisionshowever received deficientrainfall, but deficiency was in20s except for Haryana, Delhiand Chandigarh where thedeficiency was 42 percent. Thefive sub divisions accountedabout 15 percent of total areaof the country.

“On an average, about 20%

of area of the country receivesdeficient or scanty rainfall dur-ing the monsoon season. Inspite of late monsoon onset andlarge deficient rainfall duringthe month of June, the season-al rainfall ended in above nor-mal category with 110% of itsLPA. Monsoon rainfall duringJuly, August and Septemberwere 105%, 115% and 152% ofits Long Period Average respec-tively,” the IMD said.

After 1931, this is the firsttime, the seasonal rainfall ismore than LPA even after theJune rainfall deficiency wasmore than 30% of LPA. This isthe second highest Septemberrainfall (152 of LPA), after1917 (165% of LPA). After2010, this is the first time, rain-falls during all the last threemonths (July to September)were above LPA.

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Kolkata: A special CBI court onMonday remanded suspendedIPS officer SMH Mirza in judi-cial custody till October 15 in theNarada tapes scandal case.

Rejecting Mirza's bail plea,Judge Anupam Mukhopadhyayremanded him in 14 days' judi-cial custody till October 15 ona prayer by a CBI lawyer.

Mirza was the BurdwanSuperintendent of Police whenthe sting operation was alleged-ly carried out by SamuelMathews of Narada news por-tal in 2014.

Mirza was arrested last weekand produced in the court,which had initially remandedhim in the agency's custody forfive days.

Opposing the suspendedofficer's bail plea, the CBI coun-sel on Monday prayed for hisjudicial custody, claiming that heis an IPS officer and an influ-ential person.

He said Mirza, if released

on bail, may try to influencewitnesses. Mirza's lawyer, how-ever, submitted that the officerwas suspended in November2017 and as such there was no

question of him being an influ-ential person. The lawyer alsosubmitted that Mirza hascooperated with the investiga-tion all along and has appeared

before the CBI whenever hewas summoned by the inves-tigators.

The purpose of Mirza'sarrest has been served, with hebeing questioned along withanother accused on Mondayand the subsequent recon-struction of the events sur-rounding the alleged pay-offswhich happened at a flat insouth Kolkata, the counseladded.

The tapes had surfacedahead of the 2016 West Bengalassembly polls and personsresembling senior TrinamoolCongress leaders and Mirzawere seen accepting moneyfrom representatives of a ficti-tious company in return forfavours. The Calcutta HighCourt had ordered a CBI probeinto the Narada sting operationcase on a public interest liti-gation which sought an impar-tial investigation into thefootages. PTI

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In a significant milestone inthe history of the 53-year-

old Shiv Sena, the first-everThackeray and its youth wingleader Aditya on Monday tooka formal plunge into elec-toral politics, raising theprospect of his landing deputyChief Minister’s post — ifnot the top job — in theevent of the BJP-Shiv Senacombine returning to powerin Maharashtra.

Addressing a “VijaySanklap” rally in the presenceof his mother Rashmi andyounger brother Tejas, AdityaThackeray announced hisdecision to contest the StateAssembly polls from Worliconstituency in south-centralMumbai.

His father Uddhav wasnot present at the rally whenAditya announced his deci-sion to contest the StateAssembly polls. “I have takenthe Sena president’s permis-sion to contest the elections.He is not here because he isbusy finalising party candi-dates for the elections. If thesitting Sena MLA permits andif the Shiv Sainks permit me,I take a pledge in the name ofMaratha warrior Shivaji, otherbig leaders, my grandfatherand grandmother andannounce that I would contestthe elections”.

“I have not taken the deci-sion to enter electoral politicsto realise my dreams. But, Ihave taken the decision for thesake of people. I have not

taken the decision to becomean MLA, Minister or a ChiefMinister. I have taken thedecision to fulfil the dreams ofthe people,” Aditya said.

“I am contesting the peo-ple to fight for the justice andrights of the people. This is thetime to make Maharashtraunemployment-free, debt-freeand pollution-free. This is thetime to build newMaharashtra where there areno barriers of religions, casteetc,” the Sena youth wingleader said.

Interestingly enough,Aditya’s announcement thathe would contest the StateAssembly polls came two daysafter his father and Sena pres-ident Uddhav disclosed atparty workers’ meeting thatthat he had promised lateSena chief Balasaheb in thelatter’s final days of life that hewould Shiv Sainik a ChiefMinister one day and that hewould fulfill his promise madeto his late father, come whatmay.

Though the Shiv Sena hasstaked claim for the ChiefMinister’s post, it is quiteunlikely that the Sena wouldhave its way, given that theBJP has already announcedthat the incumbent ChiefMinister Devendra Fadnaviswould be the next ChiefMinister as well in the eventof the saffron al l ianceGovernment returning topower. On his part, Fadnavishas offered deputy ChiefMinister’s post in the new BJP-Sena Government if the saf-

fron alliance recaptures powerin the state.

Admitting that he doesnot know anything exceptpolitics, Aditya said: “I havelearnt things from the times ofmy grandfather (late BalThackeray) and Shiv Senaleaders that one has to involvein social work for 80 per centof time and devote 20 per centof the time to politics”.

Aditya, who is beingtipped as the deputy ChiefMinister of Maharashtra inthe event of the saffronalliance Government recap-turing power in the State,made it clear that he wants torepresent not just Worli con-stituency but the entire state.“I would like to develop Worli.Alongside, I would like toMaharashtra forward. EntireMaharashtra is myKarmabhoomi. Hence, I willnot work just for Worli but forentire Maharashtra”.

Aditya said that he hadtravelled through the length

and breadth of Maharashtraduring the last ten years. “Ihave received a lot of lovefrom the people during thecourse of my recent JanAshirwad Yatra. It was duringthis yatra that I elicited theopinion of the people whetheror not contest the StateAssembly polls”.

Twenty-nine-year-oldAditya is the first Thackerayin the four generations ofThackerays that Maharashtrahas seen in public life, tocontest an election.

His great grandfatherKeshav Sitaram Thackeray —better known asPrabodhankar Thackeray —was one of the key figures inthe Samyukta Maharashtramovement who played a keyrole in the campaign for a lin-guistic state of Maharashtra,while most popular grandfa-ther Bal Thackeray — a car-toonist-turned politician —founded Shiv Sena in 1966. Hecarved a place for himself inMaharashtra politics, butchose to remain a kingmakerthan a king

His father UddhavThackeray – a wildlife pho-tographer-turned-politician –was reluctant beginner in pub-lic life. Uddhav was anointedby his late father as the ShivSena’s national executive pres-ident way back in January2002. He has never contestedan election, even though hehas established his firm holdover the party set-up duringthe past 17 years. Nor has hisuncle and Maharashtra

Navnirman Sena (MNS) chiefRaj Thackeray contested anyelection.

Aditya’s rise in the ShivSena began nine years ago,when late Thackeraylaunched the Shiv Sena’s youthwing “Yuva Sena” and anoint-ed his grandson AdityaThackeray as its head inOctober 2010, two yearsbefore he passed away onNovember 12, 2012.

A Bachelor of Arts inHistory from Mumbai’s eliteSt. Xavier’s College, Aditya hascome a long way since his col-lege days. As a third-year Artsstudent, Aditya had hit head-lines ahead of his anointmentas the Yuv Sena chief in 2010,when he forced the BombayUniversity withdraw RohintonMistry's novel Such A LongJourney, prescribed for thesecond year Bachelor of Arts(English) as an optional textbook, from the syllabus.Aditya had opposed Mistry’sbook on the ground that itcontained foul language andderogatory references to theShiv Sena.

The year 2010 proved tobe eventful for Aditya. It wasin that year the Yuv Sena forthe first time swept theMumbai University (MU)Senate polls from theGraduates’ constituency. Eightyears later – in March 2018,the Yuv Sena once again sweptthe MU senate by decimatingthe BJP’s student outfit AkhilBharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad(ABVP) and Congress-backedNSUI and winning all the 10

seats.Between 2010 and 2019,

Aditya has not only estab-lished a following of his ownamong the youth in variousparts of the state, but he hasalso learned the ropes of partypolitics by working in tandemwith his father and party pres-ident Uddhav.

During the last two tothree year years, Uddhav hasbeen promoting Aditya in abig way. In recent months, theSena has gone to the extent ofprojecting Aditya as a chiefministerial candidate.On hispart, Shiv Sena MP andspokesperson Sanjay Raut --speaking at the party workers'rally where the party's youthwing leader announced hisdecision to contest the StateAssembly polls --predictedthat after the elections, Adityawould occupy the sixth flooroffice at Mantralaya ( thechief minister's office is on thesixth floor at the state secre-tariat).

In the event of the Sena onits own winning more than 90to 100 seats in the StateAssembly polls, it is likely thatthe Sena will demand thechief ministerial post on arotational basis i.e., first twohalf years the Chief minister’spost would be with the BJPwhile for the remaining twoand a half years it would bewith the Shiv Sena. In such asituation, the Shiv Sena wouldrealise its dream of installingits man (read AdityaThackeray) as the chief min-ister of the state.

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Ending weeks of uncertainty and conse-quent speculation in the media, the rul-

ing BJP and Shiv Sena on Monday eveningannounced an alliance for the MaharashtraAssembly polls, scheduled for October 21.

However, the two parties said that thedetails about the seat-sharing arrangementwould be announced soon.

In a joint statement issued late in theevening, the BJP and Shiv Sena announcedthat having ruled the State as an alliance forthe past five years, the two parties would,in line with the democratic traditions, con-test the State Assembly polls together. Thetwo saffron parties announced that they fightthe polls in alliance with smaller parties likethe Ramdas Athawale-led Republican Partyof India (Athawale), Rashtriya Samaj Pakshaled by Mahadev Jankar, Vinayak Mete-ledShiv Sangram and Sadabhau Khot-led

Rayat Kranti Sangathana. Earlier, address-ing a news conference, BJP’s State presidentChandrakant Patil said that the two partiesmight announce the seat-sharing details laterin the night. “Chief Minister DevendraFadnavis is away in his Assembly con-stituency in Nagpur for preparations to filehis nominations. After he returns toMumbai, he and Sena president UddhavThackeray will address a joint news con-ference and give the details of the seat-shar-ing formula arrived at between the two par-ties," Patil said.

Replying to a question, Patil said that theseat-sharing pact had nearly been finalisedbetween the BJP and Shiv Sena. “Only a for-mal announcement is awaited,” he said. Theseat-sharing between the two parties wasapproved by Prime Minister NarendraModi, BJP president and Union HomeMinister Amit Shah and BJP working pres-ident JP Nadda. Fadnavis, who had earlier

held two to three rounds of talks withUddhav, had flown to New Delhi had flownto New Delhi to obtain approval for thealliance between the two saffron parties.According to sources in the two parties, thesaffron alliance partners have reached anunderstanding that of the total 288 seats, theBJP will contest 144 seats, while the Sena willfield candidates in 126 constituencies. Thetwo parties will leave the remaining 18 seatsto the smaller allies.

In the 2014 polls which the saffronalliance partners had contested on theirrespective strengths, the BJP had won an all-time high of 122 seats as against 260 out ofthe total 288 seats it had contested. The ShivSena had walked away with 63 seats out of282 seats it had contested. On the otherhand, the Congress bagged 42 seats out of287 seats it had contested, while the NCPemerged fourth by winning 41 out of 278it had contested.

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Aizawl: Political parties and civil soci-eties of Mizoram on Monday appealedto all the Bru refugees living in reliefcamps in Tripura to return to theirhome state during the repatriation tocommence from October 3.

Altogether 4,447 Bru families,lodged in six relief camps in Tripura,were scheduled to return to the neigh-bouring state from where they had fledsince 1997 following ethnic clashes.

A meeting of the political partiesand civil societies, convened by HomeMinister Lalchamliana, also urged thepeople of the villages where therefugees were proposed to be resettledto welcome them, an official statementsaid here. The ninth round of repatri-ation is scheduled to begin fromOctober 3 and expected to be completedby November 30. As a part of the repa-triation, 2,051 Brus belonging to 364families from four relief camps havebeen identified to be resettled in fourvillages of southern Mizoram's Lungleidistrict, bordering Bangladesh.

The statement said 71 officialsincluding security personnel have left

Lungtei town this morning to conductthe repatriation in five batches.

In the first of the five batches, 408people of 65 families would move fromthe relief camps on October 3.

The Centre has approved Rs 350crore for the ninth phase of repatriationand the amount covers transportationand rehabilitation package expenses,which include �5,000 per month foreach resettled Bru family in Mizoramand free ration for them for two years.

The Mizoram government hasidentified members of 4,447 Bru fam-ilies lodged in the relief camps as bonafide residents of the state last month.

The home secretary had earliersaid all the identified families expressedwillingness to return to Mizoramthough obstruction from hard-linersand anti-repatriation elements cannotbe ruled out.

Eight attempts had been made torepatriate the Brus, also called Reangs,and only around 1,681 families havereturned to Mizoram since 2010 andwere resettled in Mamit, Kolasib andLunglei districts.

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Ahmedabad: Hours after theSupreme Court ordered theGujarat Government to give2002 riots gang-rape survivorBilkis Bano a compensation of�50 lakh within two weeks, herhusband criticised the Rupani-led dispensation for "not pro-viding any assistance" to themall these years.

Bilkis Bano suffered for 17years, but the GujaratGovernment refused to helpher despite being ordered to doso by the country's top court,her husband Yakoob Rasooltold PTI over phone fromDahod on Monday.

"The Supreme Court onApril 13 asked the StateGovernment to give her com-pensation within 15 days. Ithas been over five monthsnow, but the Government didnot contact us even once, letalone follow the court order,"he said.

Rasool said his family senttwo notices to the VijayRupani-led state government,reminding it of the SC order,but it did not even reply, fol-lowing which they approachedthe apex court again.

"Let us see what the State

Government does now. It hasto comply within 15 days or itwill amount to contempt ofcourt. All we know is thatBilkis suffered a lot in last 17years, but never gave up thefight," he said.

She lost her family in thepost-Godhra riots but stillmanaged to raise her children,despite the State Governmentnot helping her in any way,Rasool said.

A bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi onMonday asked the GujaratGovernment as to why it hasnot given the compensation,job and accommodation toBilkis Bano despite the apexcourt's April 23 order.

Solicitor General TusharMehta, appearing for the state,told the bench that the com-pensation of �50 lakh was notprovided in the victim com-pensation scheme of Gujaratand they would also file a pleaseeking review of the topcourt's April order. Later,Mehta gave an undertaking inthe court that the compensa-tion, job and accommodationwould be given to her withintwo weeks.

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uged in the flood and one crore peo-ple are affected in the State. The exactassessment of loss of kharif crops andanimals would be done later.

In Uttar Pradesh, PTI quoted 111deaths since Thursday last evening asthe State Government on Sunday can-celling leave of officials in view of thesituation. The districts of Ballia,Varanasi and Jaunpur, located in east-ern UP along the border with Bihar, areamong the worst-affected in the State.Four Deputy Superintendents of Police,20 SHOs, 80 sub inspectors, 146 headconstables and 380 constables havebeen deployed to ensure safe shiftingof the inmates from Balia jail.

In Jharkhand, three members of afamily died in Dumka district after awall collapsed on them followingheavy rains in the region.

Besides these States, as many as 13deaths were reported on Saturdayfrom Uttarakhand, Madhya Pradeshand Rajasthan. In Gujarat, threewomen drowned after their car wasswept away at a flooded causeway in

Rajkot district on Sunday followingheavy rains in several parts of theSaurashtra region. On Monday,Junagarh in Gujarat also flooded dueto heavy rainfall. Atleast three peo-ple have died and 30 were injured aftera bus overturned near Trishuliya Ghat,Ambaji in the state.

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solidated its political position furtherin the state as its rivals, Congress andINLD, were hit by internal fight madeworse by their repeated showing in dif-ferent polls. The party had won Jindbypolls earlier this year, taking itsstrength to 48. In the last parliamen-tary polls, the party scored a perfect 10winning all the seats in the state.

In 2014, the BJP had benefitedfrom the consolidation of non-Jat vot-ers behind it in a state long dominat-ed by leaders from the community. Theparty’’s choice of Khattar, who is fromPunjabi community, was apparentlydriven by it. The party is, however,hopeful of winning over a significantsection of Jats this time.

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Despite the drubbingreceived by the BJP-led

NDA from Tamil Nadu in the2019 General Election, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi inhis first visit to the State afterthe electoral victory, had someinspiring words for the peopleof the State.

His critics including theDMK, the Congress and theLefts were in for a surprise asPrime Minister Modi eulogisedTamil Nadu and the Tamil lan-guage during the convocation ofIndian Institute of Technology-Madras on Monday.

“It is heartening to be inTamil Nadu which is home tothe oldest language in theworld, Tamil,” said the PrimeMinister in his convocationaddress. This is seen as a rebuffto his political rivals who havebeen campaigning across theState that he was anti-Tamil.

The Prime Minister’sspeech was full of praise for theState and its culture. He alsodescribed the delicacies of TamilNadu as one of the best in theworld. Idli, vada, sambar, pon-gal all came for appreciation bythe Prime Minister who termedthem as nutritious and healthy.

He asked the youth of theIIT-Madras who graduated outof the institution to keep inmind the needs of India irre-spective of where they livedacross the world and think ofhow their research, work andinnovation can help otherIndians.

Referring to his recent visitto the United States,where heheld a series of meetings withworld leaders and businessbarons, Prime Minister Modisaid wherever he went andwhoeber he met, he couldmake out a common threadwhich connected these people.“It is their optimism aboutnew India. The Indian com-munity in USA has made amark for themselves globally inscience and technology,” thePrime Minister said.

He reminded the younggraduates that they were pass-ing out of the IIT at a time whenthe whole world was lookingtowards India as a ‘land ofunique opportunities’. ThePrime Minister was all praise forthe IITians and paid big com-pliments in his speech whichdrew frequent ovation fromthe students and faculties alike.

He said that the Indiancommunity has made a markfor itself all over the world, espe-cially in science, technology

and innovation. And many whowere powering this “are your IITseniors,” Modi said adding“you are making brand Indiastronger globally.”

He said the number of IITgraduates making it to thecountry’s civil service has sur-prised him. “These days I inter-act with young officers clearingUPSC exams. The number ofIIT graduates (among them)will surprise both you and me.Thus you are also making Indiaa more developed place,” he said.

The Prime Minister alsoasked the graduates to keep inmind the needs of India irre-spective of where they livedacross the world. “Your work,research and innovation shouldhelp other Indians. Today, Indiais aspiring to become a 5 trilliondollar economy. Your innova-tion, and application of tech-nology will fuel this dream. Itwill become the bedrock ofIndia’s big leap to become themost competitive economy,”said the Prime Minister.

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Kolkata: Senior TMC leaderSabyasachi Dutta, who wasstripped of his decision-mak-ing power as Bidhannagarmayor for alleged anti-partyactivities, said on Monday hewill join the BJP in the presenceof its national president AmitShah in the city.

Shah is scheduled toaddress a seminar on NationalRegister of Citizens andCitizenship (Amendment) Billat Netaji Indoor Stadium hereTuesday.

“I will join the BJP tomor-row at Amit Shahji’s pro-gramme at Netaji IndoorStadium. The TMC is no longera party of the masses, it hasbecome a family enterprise.The people have already reject-ed TMC,” Dutta, an MLA, toldPTI over phone.

West Bengal BJP presi-dent Dilip Ghosh said he hasheard of Dutta’s proposed join-ing the saffron party tomor-row.

“We will welcome him(Dutta), if he is joining tomor-row. We are happy that he isjoining. The TMC is a sinkingship and in the next few months more leaders fromthat party will abandon it,”Ghosh said.

Dutta, TMC MLA fromRajarhat-New Town who wasseen with BJP leader MukulRoy over the past few months,had resigned from the post ofBidhannagar MunicipalCorporation mayor in July thisyear.

Since the 2019 Lok Sabha

poll results, seven TMC MLAand two Congress and CPI(M)MLAs have joined the saffroncamp.

Reacting to the develop-ment, TMC secretary generalPartha Chatterjee said the partyis not at all bothered aboutDutta’s proposed switchoverto the saffron party.

“We (TMC) have no rela-tion with Dutta for the last sev-eral months. It hardly bothersus,” He said.

Dutta was in the eye of apolitical storm after he par-ticipated in an agitationagainst West Bengal’s powerdepartment and slammed theTMC Government for notfulfil ling the employees’demands for increasing theirsalaries.

The party leadership isalso annoyed with Dutta overhis meetings with senior BJPleader Mukul Roy. Dutta had,however, said that Roy visitedhim as an elder brother. PTI

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God is in all men, but allmen are not in God; that

is why we suffer — ShriRamakrishna Paramahansa.

Thus says AdiShankaracharya: “When ourfalse perception is corrected,misery ends also.” And what isthat false perception? AllIndian sages have identifiedthis ‘false perception’ in termsof all-pervading, eternal con-fusion between Brahma or theSupreme Being and Maya orthe great illusion.

To quote Shri RamakrishnaParamahansa again: “Becauseof the screen of Maya that shutsoff God from human view, onecannot see him playing in one’sheart. After installing the Deityon the lotus of your heart, youmust keep the lamp of remem-bering God ever burning.While engaged in the affairs of

the world, you should con-stantly turn your gaze inwardsand see whether the lamp isburning or not.”

Cut to Sevapeeth MatriMandir: The blissful abode ofSwami Bedananda the tran-scendental Babuji who belongsto the Raja (king) and theRank (commoner) alike. MatriMandir assumes its name fromMother Goddess Kali whosesmall dark deity eternally light-ens up the small room of theSwami. The unassuming saf-fron-clad sadhu prescribes anuncomplicated ploy to distin-guish Brahma from Maya.“Discover and feel the God toemancipate yourself form suf-ferings,” he says. Suffering willgo the next instant.

And the best way to dis-cover Him is to look “within.”The Swami too says: “where tofind God! It is easy. Don’t gohere and there. Go find Him out

within your own self. He residesthere eternally. Retreat andretire from the outwardly pompand sink within yourself … Youmay have many mansions butyou have only one room.” Andthere on a throne He resides.“Watch out. The God’s throne inyour heart must not wobble.”

The Swami explains thephilosophical truth behind thegreat saying: “that what blos-soms must wither and fall intodecay,” and dissects life intofour chapters. The first chapterresembles a horse when “you

act on like performer,” secondchapter reminds of an donkeylugging the baggage of familylife, third chapter is like that ofa dog “when you bark and keepoff intruders from taking awayyour earnings.” The fourthchapter resembles a tortoise:“when you turn turtle andwatch the proceedings of theworld powerlessly.”

To emancipate oneselffrom this mundaneness onehas to discover God “within.”And one who discovers Godserves His children. This is why

Swami Vivekananda says: “JibeSeva karey jei jon sei jonsebiche Ishwar (Those whoserve people, serve God).”

The Swami Bedananda’sways are no different. And heleads his disciples and follow-ers by example. He has donat-ed his body for medical exper-iments -- post death. Followingin his footstep about 15 peopledonated their bodies for thesame purpose this MahalayaDay (the eighth day beforeDurga Puja).

“Under the inspiration ofBabuji we have been doing awhole lot of humanitarian worksfrom providing the poor chil-dren with scholarships, helpingthe differently-abled persons,setting up eye-camps and soforth,” says an inmate of theMatri Mandir hoping in the daysto come they too will be able todiscover God “within” followingin the footstep of the Sadhu.

Bengaluru: DisqualifiedCongress-JD(S) MLAs wouldbe given BJP tickets for thebypolls if they wanted,Karnataka Chief Minister BSYediyurappa said on Monday,amid growing Opposition insome quarters within the partyagainst any such move.

He said party presidentAmit Shah has said it was “ourresponsibility” to give tickets tothe former MLAs.

The rebellion by the thenMLAs had led to the fall of theCongress-JD(S) Governmentin July paving the way for theBJP to come back to power inthe southern State. By-electionsto the constituencies held bythem are slated in December.

Yediyurappa tried to paci-fy ticket aspirants within theBJP and candidates defeated inthe 2018 Assembly polls, say-ing “opportunity” will be cre-ated for them in state-runboards and corporations.

“By-elections are comingup, dates have been announcedfor 15 seats, Amit Shah has saidthat those who have resignedand want to contest from BJP,all of them will be given seats(tickets), it is our responsibili-ty,” he told reporters in hishometown of Shikaripura inShimoga district.

Seeking to clear the air inthe backdrop of Opposition togiving tickets to them, thechief minister said there was noneed for any confusion.

“If you desire to contestfrom our party, priority will begiven to you in making youcandidates. BJP karyakartasand leaders will take responsi-bility for your victory,” he said.

His comments assume sig-

nificance as there has beengrowing opposition within sec-tions of the state BJP againstgiving bypoll tickets to thedisqualified MLAs.

Aspirants and party candi-dates defeated in the 2018assembly polls in segmentsincluding Hosakote, Hirekerur,Kagwad and MahalakshmiLayout, have said tickets shouldbe given to loyal party cadreswho have worked to build BJP.

Senior BJP MLA UmeshKatti on Sunday had said thedisqualified MLAs “will have tofind their way.”

Reaching out to aspirantswithin the party, Yediyurappasaid after discussion in thecabinet in 3-4 days, opportu-nity would be created in boardsand corporations for 10-12BJP leaders who had lost the2018 polls by narrow margin.

“The opportunity will becreated for them so that theywill work for the victory ofthose (disqualified MLAs) whowere responsible for the partycoming to power,” he added.

Welcoming Yediyurappa’sstatement, disqualified

Congress MLA B C Patil said,“It is a matter of happiness. Wewill all sit together and decideon it in the future.”

Stating that disqualifiedMLAs have not yet discussedabout joining BJP, he said, “letthe court decide on our dis-qualification, then we will dis-cuss on it and come to a deci-sion.”

The bypolls to 15 out of 17seats represented by them hasbeen scheduled for December5 even as the Supreme Court,hearing their pleas challengingthe disqualification, is yet todecide on their eligibility tocontest the polls.

Though the MLAs hadsubmitted their resignationsfrom the Assembly, thenSpeaker KR Ramesh Kumar,acting on petitions by Congressand JD(S), disqualified themfor alleged anti-party activitiesunder the anti-defection law tillthe expiry of the term of thecurrent assembly in 2023.

Among the 15 constituen-cies going for polls, 12 wererepresented by Congress and 3by JD(S).

BJP will need to win at leastsix seats in the coming by-elec-tions to stay in power.

The ruling party has 104MLAs and is supported by anindependent in the assemblywhose current strength is 208with 17 vacancies.

While the Congress’strength is 66, JD(S) has 34MLAs in the assembly that alsoconsists of one BSP member, anominated member and theSpeaker.

The actual strength of theAssembly is 225 and the halfway mark is 113.

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Jammu: Union MinisterJitendra Singh on Mondayclaimed the Congress, NationalConference (NC) and PDPhave never wanted to holdPanchayat and BlockDevelopment Council (BDC)elections in Jammu & Kashmireven though they always“hoodwinked” the people inthe name of fanciful sloganslike “autonomy” and “self-rule”.

Addressing a rally here,Singh lauded the announce-ment for conducting BDC elec-tions next month that will givean opportunity to the people ofJammu & Kashmir to expresstheir democratic aspirations, inmuch the same manner as in

the rest of the country.The Minister alleged

Kashmir-centric political par-ties had always put a stumblingblock against genuine grassrootdemocracy in Jammu &Kashmir.

“The hollow claims ofautonomy made by theNational Conference stoodexposed on the day it decidedto boycott the Panchayat elec-tions and also tried to dissuadepeople from participating in it,”he said.

Similarly, Singh said, theself-righteous agenda of “self-rule” put across by the PDP alsostood exposed, when it boy-cotted the Panchayat elections.

He said 40,000 sarpanchsand panchs were elected whenPanchayat polls were held lastyear.

It is the right time for thepeople to ask whether it is“autonomy for the self ” or“rule by the self ” that thesepolitical parties have been pro-moting in order to continuetheir dynastic rule, he said.

He said Prime MinisterNarendra Modi is committedto strengthen grass rootdemocracy in Jammu &Kashmir and it was during theGovernor’s rule that thePanchayat election was heldand not a single incident of vio-lence took place. PTI

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Ahmedabad: The Bajrang Dalhas asked garba organisers inGujarat to stop the entry of“non-Hindus” at their venues,claiming that the nine-day-longNavratri festival has become aplatform to lure Hindu women.

The right-wing group hasalso formed teams for continu-ous patrolling outside the garbavenues and put up posters alert-ing people about ‘love jihad’.

In Ahmedabad, suchposters have been put up near allmajor garba event venues, spe-cially those near Muslim- dom-inated areas, Bajrang Dal’sAhmedabad zone coordinatorJwalit Mehta said on Monday.

“Through these posters, weare alerting the masses about aconspiracy wherein Hindu girlsand women are targeted bynon-Hindus during Navratri.Every year, over three lakhHindu girls/women fall victimto this love jihad,” he claimed.

The group has also urgedparents to remain alert and savetheir daughters, he said.

“We have already askedgarba organisers to stop theentry of non-Hindus in thegarba venue,” Mehta said.

The group has also formedteams to keep a check at majorvenues in the city. “If we catch a‘vidharmi’ (schismatic) with any

girl/woman, we will first informher parents and then extract alldetails of that non-Hindu personto find out if he had any hiddenmotive,” said Mehta.

The group has also urgedlocal police and administra-tions of various districts tomaintain “sanctity” of the Hindureligion and save girls from‘love jihad’. “Navratri is animportant festival of Hindus. Itmust not become a platform forlove jihad. Non-Hindus, whohave nothing to do with thisHindu festival, take advantage ofit to lure our girls/women,”Bajrang Dal’s north Gujaratcoordinator MK Patel said. PTI

Jaipur: Over 100 people havebeen hospitalised in Rajasthan’sDungarpur district after theyfell ill apparently due to cont-aminated drinking water, offi-cials said on Monday.

Those taken ill complainedof vomiting and diarrhoea,Dungapur Chief Medical andHealth Officer MahendraKumar Parmar said.

There were four childrenamong those who were admit-ted at the hospital on Sunday.

Parmar said the waterapparently got contaminated asthe district is witnessing heavyrainfall over the last two daysand the pipe got damaged dur-

ing cable laying work of a tele-com company.

He said those under treat-ment are recuperating and asample of contaminated waterhas been sent for testing. PTI

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Ahmedabad: The Gujarat HighCourt on Monday directed StateAssembly Speaker RajendraTrivedi to decide quickly on theapplications seeking disqualifi-cation of two former CongressMLAs Alpesh Thakor andDhavalsinh Zala.

Thakor and Zala hadresigned as Radhanpur andBayad MLAs respectively on July5 and joined the BJP, followingwhich the Congress, throughchief whip Ashwin Kotwal,approached HC demandingtheir disqualification under theanti-defection law claiming thetwo had cross-voted during the

Rajya Sabha polls.Thakor and Zala have been

nominated by the BJP to contestRadhanpur and Bayad bypollsrespectively scheduled forOctober 21.

Leader of OppositionParesh Dhanani had made twoapplications, on April 25 andJuly 5, to Speaker Trivedidemanding that Thakor andZala be disqualified.

During a hearing in an ear-lier petition, order on which waspronounced on July 2, SpeakerTrivedi had said he would decideon the applications within fourmonths. PTI

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Bengaluru: Amid differencesover Karnataka Government’splan to create a newVijayanagara district by carvingout six taluks from Ballari,senior Congress leader GParameshwara on Mondayrequested Chief Minister BSYediyurappa to consider creationof another new district by bifur-cating Tumakuru.

In a letter to the ChiefMinister, Parameshwara pro-posed announcement ofMadhugiri district consistingof Pavagada, Madhugiri,Koratagere and Sira taluks.

Stating that geographical-ly Madhugiri taluk is large andhas sub-divisions of variousgovernment departments alongwith additional district court,he said, “Madhugiri can beconverted into a district, and ithas been a long standingdemand of the people of theregion to announce it as a dis-trict.”

The request for creation ofseparate Madhugiri district hascome amid voices both in favourand against the government’sproposal for bifurcation ofBallari district.

Much to the concern of theYediyurappa government, sev-eral BJP leaders like Minister BSriramulu, MLAs SomashekarReddy and Karunakara Reddywere against the division ofBallari. Realising the intensityof the issue, Yediyurappa onSaturday had said he wouldconvene a meeting of MLAsfrom Ballari to discuss on theissue. Voicing Opposition tothe move, Somashekar Reddysaid, “any approval for a sepa-rate Vijayanagara district willignite a fire. We will not allowit to happen.” PTI

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Gulalai Ismail, activist forwomen’s empowerment andPashtun human rights,escaped to the US inSeptember after four months

in hiding after denouncing the PakistanArmy’s alleged involvement in sexual vio-lence and disappearances. Expressinganxiety for her parents left behind, shesaid, “I do not see a prosperous Pakistanuntil the military establishment decidesit needs to go back to its barracks.”Unfortunately, the Army sees itself as theguarantor of a security state and thePashtun Tahafuz Movement, like theBaloch activists, is now in its crosshairs.

West Punjab-dominated Pakistan isnow in open conflict with activists fromBalochistan, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,even Gilgit Baltistan. All are highlightingthe atrocities being perpetrated by thePakistan Army. Islamabad’s machinationsrecently made Pakistan-born Balochactivist, Baseer Naveed, stateless. Thougha permanent resident of Hong Kong, theexecutive director of the InternationalHuman Rights Council, Hong Kong(IHRC-HK) is now in danger of arrest,deportation or house arrest. After his sonwas killed in 2004, Naveed moved to HongKong in 2006 and took cases of enforceddisappearances in Pakistan to the UNWorking Group on Enforced andInvoluntary Disappearance (WGEID).

After an attempt to pick him up inThailand in 2016 failed, Naveed decided toseek Chinese citizenship with Hong Kongpassport, which was approved by theHong Kong Immigration in January 2018.As required, he surrendered his nationalidentity card and passport but the PakistaniConsulate-General retained his passport(now expired) at the behest of unseen mas-ters, his Renunciation Certificate ofPakistan Citizenship was cancelled, mak-ing him very vulnerable.

An elected member of the UN HumanRights Commission, Pakistan, has breachedArticle 15 of the Universal DeclarationHuman Rights that states, “Everyone hasthe right to a nationality” and “no one shallbe arbitrarily deprived of his nationality nordenied the right to change his nationality.”

Meanwhile, disappearances continue.On March 23, 2019, medical doctor ZafarSaleem was picked up by intelligenceagencies from Turbat, Kech, and releasedin a very critical condition in May 2019.In Karachi, doctors said his head injury,sustained as a result of torture, was fatal.Despite four months in hospital, he diedon September 2, 2019.

On September 4, 2019, UsmanMaqbool and his cousin Doda Rashid wereabducted from Pidrak, Kech, by ShahmeerAziz of Lashkar-e-Khurasan, an IslamicState affiliate. They left Maqbool’s minorson behind. Both men were handed overto the Frontier Corps and have since been

missing. On September 10,2019, activist Mir AliMohammad Chakranireturned home in Washuk dis-trict after attending a weddingwhen Armymen dragged himout in front of his family andsprayed him with bullets. Fivemembers of Chakrani’s familyhad been abducted previously;while four were released againsta ransom of �6.5 million, thefifth is still missing.

Newly wed HammalMurad and seven others wereforcibly abducted from TankGazzi in Mashkay, Awaran, inAugust 2019. On September 9,the Army brought Murad’sdead body home to show hisparents but took it back to theOoghaar military camp andburied it in an adjacent grave-yard. One abductee wasreleased the same day but thewhereabouts of the other six areunknown.

On September 16, 2019,Hani Gul, a student fromGwadar, told the media that sheand her fiancé, MohammadNaseem, were picked up byintelligence agencies fromKarachi, where they werestudying, and kept in torturecells for three months. At theVoice for Baloch MissingPersons’ protest camp in frontof Quetta Press Club, Hani Gulsaid that while she was released

after three months, her fiancéis still missing.

Meanwhile, four unidenti-fied bodies, discovered sepa-rately, were brought to CivilHospital, Quetta, where theywere declared unrecognisableand buried in Dasht onSeptember 16, 2019, by EdhiFoundation volunteers. Manymutilated bodies are routinelyburied every year even thoughPakistani courts have orderedthat DNA analysis must beconducted on all “beyondrecognition bodies.”

At the UN Human RightsCouncil (UNHRC) meeting inGeneva (September 9-27,2019), Baloch writer QambarMalik warned, “Islamic radi-calisation in Balochistan isbeing used by the Pakistaniauthorities as a tool to counterthe Baloch national strugglefor the right to self-determina-tion. These go together withthe enforced disappearancesand extra-judicial killing ofBaloch nationalists by thesecurity forces.” Malik saidthat the number of madrasas,which are a major source ofrecruits for the Taliban and theIslamic State, now exceeds thenumber of schools inBalochistan. Schools and uni-versities are under constantattack from Islamic militants.Activists from Sindh also

spoke of the grim atrocitiesinflicted on the people by themilitary, claiming that over300 people have disappearedsince February 2017.

The Government-estab-lished Commission of Inquiryon Enforced Disappearanceshas registered around 5,000cases of enforced disappear-ances since 2014, most ofwhich are still unresolved.Independent Pakistani andinternational human rightsorganisations claim that thenumbers are much higher.Nearly 20,000 have reportedlybeen abducted fromBalochistan alone; of thesemore than 2,500 have beenfound riddled with bullets andbearing signs of extreme tor-ture. In fact, before he becamethe Prime Minister, ImranKhan often stated in mediainterviews that Pakistan’s intel-ligence agencies were involvedin enforced disappearances andextra-judicial killings ofactivists in the country; hepromised to resign if he failedto end this practice and bringthose involved to account.

Samad Baloch, Secretary-General of the Baloch HumanRights Council, accusedPakistan of institutional viola-tion of human rights in theprovince, in Sindh, and KhyberPakhtunkhwa. Mehran Marri,

son of veteran Khair BakhshMarri, told the UNHRC thatPakistan continues to commit“genocide and human rightsviolations in Balochistan”, evenas it petitions the internation-al community about humanrights in Kashmir. Marri saidPakistan poses as internation-al policeman for safeguardingthe rights of Muslims aroundthe world but cannot dare seewhat is happening to theUighur Muslims in Xinjiangprovince because Beijing is a“partner-in-crime” inBalochistan.

At the UNHRC session,Pakistan failed to muster min-imum support for a resolutionagainst India for reorganisingits northern state of Jammu &Kashmir, while activists fromBalochistan, Sindh, Pakistan-held Kashmir and KhyberPakhtunkhwa clamoured for aUN investigation into thePakistani States’ crimesagainst humanity. Indeed, thePakistan Army has enjoyedtoo much impunity for osten-sibly serving Western strategicinterests. But now, it is appar-ent that it cannot provideWashington with a safe exitfrom Afghanistan.

(The writer is Senior Fellow,Nehru Memorial Museum andLibrary; the views expressedare personal)

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Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Takeaways from UN” (October1). It just took less than six min-utes for Vidisha Maitra, FirstSecretary for India’s PermanentMission to the UN, to counterPakistan Prime Minister ImranKhan’s pack of lies at the UnitedNations General Assembly.Pakistan stood thoroughlyexposed in the eyes of the globalcommunity for its nuclear sabre-rattling and its thinly-disguisedagenda to instigate communaltensions in the neighbouringcountry. Khan’s appeal to the larg-er Islamist world that they shouldcome forward and help rescue theMuslims in Kashmir shows hismeanness. For Pakistan, the onlymatter worth talking about ininternational fora is Kashmir. ButIndia has been very firm in itsstand that it is totally its internalmatter.

That said, despite the discor-dant voices back home, PrimeMinister Modi has every right tofeel contented with his week-longstay in the US. He emerged as aclimate change champion bypromising to front-load India’sgreen energy commitments,

though the over-polluted andfilthy cities suggest we have a fairdistance to travel beyond declara-tory pronouncements. India maynot have become a better place in

five years but the Prime Minister’svisit to the US was indeed animage-booster.

KS Jayatheertha Bengaluru

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Sir — In his monthly radio address,Mann ki Baat, Prime Minister

Narendra Modi asked people toshun tobacco and said that e-cig-arettes had been banned to preventthe youth from falling into the newmethods of intoxication.

As modern technology striveshard to make our living morecomfortable and enjoyable,advanced technology, too, findsways to entertain people at theexpense of their health. The useof e-cigarettes, vapes, vape pensand e-hookahs has seen anincreased use among the youththough the Electronic NicotineDelivery System (ENDS) wasbanned long back. A myth doingthe rounds among them is alsothat e-cigarettes pose no danger.

Unlike conventional ciga-rettes, vapes do not let out anodour as fragrant chemicals areadded to it and these chemicalsare harmful to one’s health. Youngpeople are the asset of the nationand if they are not physically andmentally sound, they cannot lead.It is the responsibility of thosewho are aware of the ill-effects ofsmoking to wean others off thishealth hazard.

TK NandananChennai

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On his visit to London for the Round TableConference of 1931, Mahatma Gandhi wasgrossly under-clothed to face the British

winter. Dressed in his trademark homespun loin-cloth, a sartorial choice picked to identify withIndia’s poorest, Gandhi went all the way to theBuckingham Palace to meet King George V. “TheKing was wearing enough for both of us”, heremarked later with characteristic humour whenasked if his clothing felt appropriate for such ameeting. When then British Prime MinisterWinston Churchill disparagingly referred to himas the “half-naked fakir”, he took it as a compli-ment!

Gandhi’s sense of humour was an insepara-ble part of his personality, as were his views onnon-violence, sustainable living, economical useof resources, role of mass media in a nation’s devel-opment and humane treatment to animals. Therewere multiple dimensions to his personality, muchbeyond the saintliness we usually associate withhim. Unfortunately, in the process of revering himas the Father of the Nation, we have unwittinglyburied a series of interesting facets of his thoughtand philosophy, rendering him a uni-dimension-al monotonous figure. This failure to keepGandhi alive as a living philosophy is responsi-ble for the young generation’s loss of interest inhim.

Popular yet misunderstood: If you ask ayoung Indian about Mahatma Gandhi, chancesare that he/she will fail to identify him as anythingbeyond a freedom fighter. Worrisomely, a num-ber of youngsters bred on a constant diet of socialmedia forwards even openly deride him, holdinghim responsible for a series of ills, including India’sPartition, failure to seek clemency for Bhagat Singhand for preferring Jawaharlal Nehru over SardarPatel. The problem lies in the fact that the Statehas failed to make Brand Gandhi relevant to thepeople. The Father of our Nation was much morethan a saint or a leader of a non-violent freedommovement. As a human being, he deeply under-stood this country and laid out a philosophy thatcovered all dimensions of our lives. Truth be told,never have Gandhi’s ideals been more relevant tothe world and to our country than they are today.As we face unprecedented challenges of violence,hate, environmental degradation, depletion ofresources and increasing chasm between the richand the poor, we desperately need Gandhi’s phi-losophy as a guiding light.

There is also an urgent need to rebrandGandhi to make him more palatable to the youngIndians. This needs to be done by popularisingthe unknown facets of his personality.

Rebranding the Mahatma: In 2006, aBollywood comedy called Lage Raho Munna Bhaidid more to popularise Gandhi among the youththan State-led programmes could do in 60 years.It did so by simplifying his teachings and exhibit-ing how they can make a real difference in ourdaily lives. However, we need more than a filmto realise this goal, we need to contemporiseGandhi for contemporary Indians and restore dig-nity to his brand.

Gandhi’s ideas on sagacious use of resources,blunting hatred with love and forgiveness, andinvesting in nature are key to this age of excess-es. His unknown love for music, his absolute ded-

ication towards fitness (who could havewalked 284 km to Dandi at the age of63?), his advocacy of eco-friendly prac-tices and his emphasis on humility andnon-violence need to be revived andadopted.

Environment and sustainability:Millions of young people took to thestreets across the world last weekdemanding concrete action from thecountries to curb and reverse climatechange. The explosion of the youthmovement ignited by Swedish activistGreta Thunberg reminded the worldabout how the human race has endan-gered itself through its unsustainableexploitation of natural resources. As wecelebrate Gandhi’s150th birth anniver-sary, it is pertinent to revisit his idealson environment and sustainability.

As an astute critic of greed-centricmodernity, Gandhi was very concernedabout the social order that exploited nat-ural resources for short-term and short-sighted gains. He wrote extensivelyabout our need to exercise collectiverestraint when it came to exploitingnature. What seemed like counter-fac-tual thinking at the time has nowbecome mainstream with climate changebecoming the single-greatest threat tothe future of human beings as a species.

Gandhi had astutely foreseen aworld running rampant with unre-stricted materialism and industrialism,a world where the natural resourceswould not be enough to sustain the bur-geoning population and its needs. It istime we understand the value of hisvision to the discourse on climatechange, environmental conversation,and sustainability.

Gandhian philosophy: The centraltenet of Gandhi’s philosophy was thatman should be at the centre of any devel-opmental roadmap. He believed that itwas essential to take the long-term view

of things into account to ensure ourprosperity and wellbeing. He advocat-ed using natural resources judiciouslywithout disturbing the ecological balanceof increasingly fragile ecosystems. Healso talked about a developmentalmodel where everyone could partake inthe progress. In his translation of JohnRuskin’s tract on political economy,Gandhi used the term sarvodaya, (wel-fare of all), which was to become the cen-tral basis of his beliefs and actions laterin life. He was a strong proponent of acommunity-based approach towardsenvironmental sustainability andbelieved that by keeping the welfare ofall human beings at heart, we will be ableto avoid exploitation of man and natureand uphold human dignity.

Although he did not present astructured model for the conservationof environment and sustainable devel-opment, we can form a picture of hisvision by linking his thoughts together.He was strongly for dencentralisation ofpower at all levels of society. He visu-alised sarvodaya at the national level,Gram Sabha at the local level andSwaraj (economic freedom) at the indi-vidual level. He firmly believed that thepower to change the world resided in theindividual and that by mutually interde-pendent cooperation, we would be ableto create a noble environment for all.Every individual is the trustee of thewealth generated by our collectiveefforts and we should always try to con-vert that into wealth of all for a betterworld instead of selfishly pursuing indi-vidual interests and personal gains. Byachieving inward change, we can affecta shift from a consumer society to a con-server one.

Energy crisis and sustainable trans-port: During the historic Dandi march,a supporter on a bike offered oranges toGandhi. He politely declined them and

told him to walk and avoid using thebike. This in many ways formed theessence of his thought. Gandhi was anadvocate of walking and cycling. In ret-rospect, his ideals seem far ahead of histimes, but relevant nonetheless.Indiscriminate use of fossil fuels has ledto global warming. Increasing use ofethanol and biodiesel from sugarcaneand corn will result in food shortage andincreased water consumption. We con-tinue to mindlessly consume unsustain-able resources. The solution lies intempering our wants and turning to sus-tainable transport as much as possible.Simple changes to our lifestyle, such aswalking and cycling, car pooling and theuse of non-conventional energy sourceswhen adopted on a large scale, can makea positive impact.

Water problems: When Kathiawarin Gujarat experienced drought duringthe Independence struggle, Gandhiurged the people to plant more trees,knowing very well that afforestation ona large scale can help curb water crisis.He also pushed for the practice of waterharvesting for irrigation to avoid foodshortages and famines, a suggestion thatwas well ahead of its time. As we wit-ness a major impending water crisis anddepletion of ground water resources,invoking Gandhi’s ideals seems to be thenatural recourse. Gandhi famously saidthat “If you want to change the world,start with yourself.” If we had paid heedto his words earlier, we wouldn’t be ina world where future generations areblaming us, and rightly so, for the worldwe are leaving them with. Unless indi-viduals rethink their consumer lifestyleand governments rethink developmentagenda to make them sustainable, therecan be no lasting peace and happiness.

(The writer is Director and CreativeStrategist at an advertising and consult-ing agency and Return of Million Smiles)

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Say they’re smug and superior. Say theirapproach to public policy makes youwant to tear your hair out. ……But

don’t call them worthless. At least, don’t doit in front of me. The people that I have methave been extraordinarily qualified. Theirintent is good. Their commitment is true.They are righteous, and they are patriots.And I’m their lawyer,” says the RepublicanAinsley Hayes in the popular TV show TheWest Wing. Ainsley’s words could come asa wake-up call to many who dismiss theGovernment and its leaders as “worthless”and often choose to undermine the workaccomplished as they run after mirage-likechampions of causes. Therefore, it is impor-tant to set the record straight. Over the lastfew weeks, so much has been said about cli-

mate change, the environment and sustain-ability, with Prime Minister NarendraModi’s participation at the United NationsClimate Action Summit in New York. OnOctober 2, the Swachh Bharat Mission(SBM) completes five years. Therefore, it isimportant to recall how sustainability andenvironmental consciousness have been atthe heart of several policy intervention.

It is also important to highlight thatthemes like cleanliness, toilet construction,sanitation, environmental impact ofLiquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylindersand solar energy have emerged at a globalstage consistently over the last five years,which is unprecedented. Therefore, it wouldbe prudent to discuss three major reformsof Swachhta, Ujjwala and Saur Urja (solarenergy) in this context.

When we talk about SBM, it is impor-tant to note how the mission has evolvedfrom a sanitation, open-defecation free(ODF) behavioural mass movement andurban waste-segregation initiative to free-ing the country from single-use plastic. FromMicrosoft founder Bill Gates to SulabhInternational founder Bindeshwar Pathak,the far-reaching impact of the SBM has beenassessed through different parameters, bothtangible and intangible. Pathak has rightly

said that it took Prime Minister NarendraModi’s courage and steady focus to bring an“unpalatable” yet fundamental subject liketoilet construction to the fore and make ita people-centric movement.

Some facts with regards to SBM mightbe known to us — the increase of rural san-itation coverage from 38 per cent in 2014to 99 per cent in 2019, construction of 110million toilets and 30 States and UnionTerritories becoming Open Defecation Free(ODF). Recent studies by UNICEF and theBill & Melinda Gates Foundation, have alsoascertained the effect of the SBM on theenvironment and in terms of money spenton information, education and communi-cation (IEC) activities. The studies conclud-ed that achieving the goal of ODF villageshas positively affected the quality of ground-water by reducing contamination. Thestudy found that non-ODF villages were“11.25 times more likely to have theirgroundwater sources contaminated (12.7times more from contaminants traceable tohumans alone).”

The findings of the Gates Foundationstudy are particularly interesting in the back-drop of the criticism received on the expen-diture on IEC-related activities. It says, “Anaverage person living in rural India was

exposed to between 2,500-3,300 SBM-related messages over the last five years.”While the targeted communication throughIEC interventions is a tangible outcome,Modi’s consistent mention of the theme inhis Mann Ki Baat radio programme has alsocatalysed the necessary behavioural change.Yet, Modi, does not choose to stop at thispoint and gave a clarion call to make Indiafree of single-use plastic.

It’s well known that environmentaldegradation has a disproportionate impacton the poor and lack of access to resourcesis responsible for depletion, which furtherperpetuates poverty. The fact is that thisrenewed understanding has become an inte-gral aspect of India’s new development par-adigm.

Let’s consider indoor air pollution,which is known to cause asthma or bron-chitis. Several estimates suggest that the costof asthma treatment per year for 2015 was�139.45 billion. Part of this cost is on theGovernment, while the rest comes from out-of-pocket expenditure on healthcare. TheGovernment launched the Ujjwala Yojanaand has already distributed over eight croreLPG cylinders to facilitate a switch fromburning firewood in rural areas. Doing sohas already started to show a considerable

impact in reducing indoor air pollution,which will further reduce the incidences oflung-related disorders, eventually savingmoney for both the Government and thepoor. There’s recognition of the linkagesbetween the environment and its conse-quences on health outcomes, be it access toclean fuel or improved sanitation. The socialbenefits of these programmes are not justlimited to environment preservation, as theywill yield rich dividends in terms ofimproved healthcare outcomes which willonly reduce the burden of disease.

India’s pollution woes are not just lim-ited to indoor air. Several of our major citiessuffer from poor air quality, while our riverstoo, have witnessed a steady increase in pol-lutants over the last couple of decades. Thefact that these changes can be catastrophicis well known and perhaps that explains oneof the world’s most ambitious renewableenergy initiatives.

The International Solar Alliance, aimedat reducing India’s global carbon footprint,was launched by New Delhi in 2015. It hasbeen joined by 121 countries, which showsthe extent of the impact that India has hadin shaping the global environmental conser-vation discourse. India’s target for solar gen-eration is an ambitious 450 gigawatt (GW)

and the country is now making rapid stridestowards achieving the target of 175 GW by2022.

It is equally important to recogniseIndia’s push towards electric vehicles (EVs)to further reduce its carbon footprint. Be itthrough tax incentives for electric cars or thepush for electric buses, there’s a concentrat-ed effort by the Government to create arobust infrastructure that facilitates asmooth transition to a cleaner technology.

Though reducing our carbon foot-print will help address the problem of cli-mate change that affects the entire planet,moving towards EVs and reducing India’sreliance on coal-based power plants are crit-ical towards reducing air pollution in someof our major cities.

There are long-term benefits from allsuch interventions and these benefits are notjust limited to India and its citizens, but theyare global. While we may have several envi-ronmental activists, who find it convenientto consider development as a direct conflictwith environmentalism, India has managedto balance the two and carve out a practi-cal model of sustainable development.

(Bhasin is a New Delhi-based public pol-icy researcher and Chauthaiwale is a digitalcommunication and policy professional)

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epidemic. According to a recent study, more than 15 crore Indianssuffer from knee related problems like loss of cartilage, ACL tearand various types of age related degenerative arthritis likeosteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, unicompartmental arthritisamong many others. Out of which over four crore of them needan immediate knee replacement surgery, which is affecting theirquality of life and also imposing a huge health burden on the coun-try. According to the recent data provided by joint registry (ISHKS),over 35,000 total knee replacements (TKR) have been performedin India last year.

Evident from the data it is clear that more than 75 per cent ofthe TKR were performed on women ranging in the age bracket of45-70 years. More than 33,000 cases of TKR were attributed toosteoarthritis.

Though most of the TKR are sustainable in more than 90 percent of the cases and have a life of around 15-20 years, but overtime if the knee replacement fails due to variety of reasons. In suchcases patients may require to undergo a Revision TKR (RTKR) dueto the increased swelling and painful knee joints. The patients mayalso feel stiffness, instability that may hinder in their day-to-dayactivities.

During the knee replacement surgery, the knee joint is replacedwith an implant. But sometimes due to loosening of the implants

or wear out, a revision proceduremay be required. Dependingupon the condition, the revisionsurgeries may include replace-ment of partial components of theimplants, unicompartmental jointreplacement or complete replace-ment. In some of the cases due totrauma or an injury to the bonemay make it harder for the sur-geon to use standardised implantsduring a revision surgery, wherespecially designed implants arerequired.

Avoiding such complicationsof injury to the joints or adjacentareas and taking certain precau-tionary measures can ensure anenhanced lifespan of the implantsand avoids the need for a revisionknee replacement surgery.

Maintain Body Mass Index(BMI): Poor eating habits and asedentary lifestyle often postsurgery ends up in unwantedweight gain. It is advised to eat a

healthy and balanced diet along with regular mild exercises. Physical activity and regular exercise: Regular exercise is a

must and one should always consult the treating doctor for the mod-eration, before taking up heavy workouts. It is usually advised forbrisk walking, basic physical exercise like aerobics for atleast fivedays a week. This will not only help in strengthening the musclesbut also helps in proper settling and adjustment of the implants.Regular exercise will also benefit the patient for a prolonged lifeof the implant.

Avoid sitting cross legged: Adopting to a table chair lifestylefor initial few months post a knee replacement will reduce the wearand tear allowing the implants to settle better. Consult the surgeonwhen to involve in such activities.

Yearly check-ups: TKR patients must visit the surgeons year-ly to keep a check on loosening in the joint which can be dealt withtime.

If these measures are properly taken then the lifespan of kneereplacement surgeries may last long. In case of any problem, it isimportant to consult the concerned surgeon.

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September 29, 2019, SRLDiagnostics released ananalysis of data that it gener-ated from comprehensive coronary risk pro-file testing, done over the last three years.The analysis was based on 2,487,202 sam-ples of serum triglyceride tests performedat the labs across India and revealed thatabnormal serum triglyceride was found tobe higher in men (65%) than in women(35%). Also, abnormal serum triglyceridewas highest in North Zone (54%) comparedto all other zones.

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Dengue. The word creates ghastly images inone’s mind and why not? It has serious con-

sequences which can be fatal or lifelong. Manyknow Dengue causes thrombocytopenia(decreased platelet count), but how many knowwhat it leads to?

The virus causesdestruction ofplatelets hence theirnumber decreases.Platelets are an impor-tant factor for bloodcoagulation to pre-vent blood loss. Whenplatelets are deplet-ed, stopping bleedingisn’t easy. Apart fromplatelets the virus also damages cells of skin,mucosa, heart, brain, eye and other organs. Thedamage causes cell death/cell break down. As aconsequence there is bleeding/fluid collection invarious body pockets.

The virus is known to affect the cardiac mus-cles which when injured do not function optimal-ly as a consequence the heart pumping decreas-es. Many a times this injury recovers over a yearbut some unfortunate few cases it becomes irre-versible. And the person lives with reduced pump-ing for the rest of the life. It also affects the elec-trical circuits of the heart which lead to rhythmdisorder (abnormal pulsations).

Similarly, the kidneys are also known to beaffected causing acute renal failures. Many times,renal affection is self-limiting but kidney involve-ment can be fatal.Other documented rare com-plications are permanent loss of sight due to eyeinvolvement, progressive paralysis (GB syn-drome). The virus is known to cross the placen-tal barrier and reach the fetus. So, pregnant ladiesshould be very careful.

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Morbid obesity has becomean epidemic in India.Unfortunately, not many

people consider it a disease. It israther a sign of coming from akhate-peete ghar ka. This is noth-ing more than a common miscon-ception.

Obesity is dangerous not onlybecause it disrupts the body func-tioning but also because it gives riseto a lot of other diseases —Diabetes and cardiac to name a few.

A study has found that thenumber of men and women hav-ing central obesity are almost thesame.

To address this issue,Department of SurgicalGastroenterology, Bariatric andMinimal Access Surgery, Institutefor Digestive & Liver Diseases, BLKSuper Speciality Hospital, organ-ised a three-day fellowship pro-gramme from September 26 toSeptember 29, 2019 to train doc-tors in bariatric surgery. It wasendorsed by Obesity SurgerySociety of India.

Dr Deep Goel, organisingchairman says that a completeunderstanding of the disease is keyin order to conduct the surgery.

“Complete understanding ofmorbid obesity and its manage-ment is necessary before we canoffer bariatric and metabolicsurgery to patients. Keeping this inmind, we organised the 4thFellowship Course in Bariatric andMetabolic Surgery (FALS) in NewDelhi under the aegis of IAGES.This course dwells on severalaspects of Bariatric surgery,” he tellsyou.

Not only unhealthy eating butthere are a lot of other factors as

well that contribute to obesity.“Eating fatty and junk food, drink-ing alcohol are definitely some ofthe major reasons of obesity. Butthere’s much more to it. Followingan unhealthy lifestyle, eating atunusual and different times andlack of exercise are some of thecommon reasons that contribute toobesity,” he says.

Many people consider thebariatric surgery the last option togo for. But it’s actually vice-versa.

“There is a misconception thatbariatric surgery is the last optionfor an obese patient, however thisis not the case. This is one of thesafest surgeries till date; safer thana gall bladder surgery, and can beperformed on patients at an earlystage. For instance, if a personweighs 50 kg more than the aver-age weight then we can’t put himon medications only because thiswill not get us the desired results.To shed around 50 kg of unwant-ed weight, surgery is the onlyoption,” Dr Goel tells you. The pro-cedure is simple, the stomach is cutopen and its size is decreased. If thesize of the stomach is decreasedthan automatically the amount offood intake by the patient will bereduced. The patient will feel fulleasily. This will help the patient tonot gain unnecessary weight.

But everything comes with aprice. Though the surgery is muchsafer from all the other surgeries,there are chances of complicatonsafter the surgery.

“Complications can arise inanyone. Some of the commoncomplications can be delay in heal-ing of the stomach. Others includethe risks of anaesthesia. Thechances of these complications are

however very less. Because thepatient is selected for the surgeryonly after a complete analysis of hisbody. All safety measure are high-ly practiced during this,” he tellsyou.

However, the surgery is not apermanent cure. The disease canrelapse after a period of time. “Insuch cases, counselling of thepatients is done. We tell them thatthey are the ones who have to keeptheir diet in check. We train themso that they can learn to controltheir apetite and develop healthyeating habits,” says Dr SandeepAggarwal, Professor of Surgery,Department of Surgical Disciplines,All India Institute of MedicalSciences, New Delhi.

The reason why this disease isgoing unnoticed in India is becausethe mindset of the people. “Themindset of the people has to bechanged. For this, proper awarenessof the disease should be created. Inmany cases we see that the parentsthemselves forcefully feed gheeand other fatty foods to children.The reason being yahi to umar haikhaane ki. This is the reason whywe are seeing a rise in paediatricobesity cases. India has the secondhighest number of obese childrenin the world. The figure stands at14.4 million. In such cases aware-ness is the key. It should be doneon the grassroot level. Childrenshould be taught the cons ofunhealthy eating and lifestyle inschool. They should be taught theimportance of a balanced diet,” hetells you. He adds that manyGovernment schools today are fol-lowing the balanced diet chartand preparing the mid-day meals accordingly.

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provider Cigna TTKrevealed that 9 out of 10Indians suffered from stress.Over three fourths of themwere not comfortable talk-ing about it to a medicalprofessional. Respondentssaid that prohibitive consul-tation costs ruled out regu-lar mental health checkupsas a viable option. The com-prehensive survey, with over14,000 respondents from 23world markets, identifiedwork pressure as one of thekey triggers of stress, whichdoes not come as a surprise.

A company might offerthe greatest services or prod-ucts in the industry, but ifyour employees are over-worked to the point thattheir mental health is takinga beating, then it is going toaffect their long term pro-ductivity and create a workculture that is going toadversely affect your bottomline.

The millennial work-force: Going back to the sur-vey, it was found that over 95per cent of Indian millenni-als suffered from workplacestress, which is significant-ly higher than the globalaverage of 86 per cent.

Although they are con-fident and driven, researchhas also revealed that mil-lennials are also more proneto stress induced anxietyand depression.

Meanwhile, the emer-gence of a 24/7 work culturebacked by constant connec-tivity and the demand toalways stay on the job leaveslittle leisure time for theyoung workforce. Absenceof adequate social supportand lack of time to tacklestress further exacerbatesthe situation. On top of it,most corporate organisa-tions hardly have any men-tal support policy for theiremployees in place.

Need to break thesilence: If the situation is so

grave, then why aren’temployees talking about it inthe open? The answer lies inthe collective attitude of oursociety towards mentalhealth problems. A recentsurvey conducted by theLive Love Laugh Foundationfound that close to 50 percent of respondents werejudgmental of people suffer-ing from mental illness, andthis reflects in the workplaceas well. Managers often tendto be wary of employees whocome forward with theirmental health concerns, andeven tend to dismiss themoutright in some cases.

Considering the seri-ousness of the situation,organisations can no longer

afford to put discussionsabout mental health on theback burner. However, track-ing the mental health ofemployees is a double edgedsword. On the one hand, youare creating a safe space forthem to come forward andtalk about their struggles. Onthe other, they might look atit as an invasion of their per-sonal space, feel targetedand withdraw into theirshells, making it even moredifficult to get them to talkabout it again. For the inter-vention to be effective in thelong term, it is importantthat companies raise aware-ness about mental illness.This will help normalise aculture where people don’tshy away from talking abouttheir mental health issuesout in the open.

What can companiesdo to address the mentalhealth concerns of theiremployees?

Conducting regularscreenings and seminars to

educate employees, encour-age open dialogue and helpthem by offering a supportsystem. Protect the rights ofyour employees and draftpolicies to help curb dis-crimination and end thestigma associated withdepression and other men-tal health issues. If anemployee needs to take abreak from work to work ontheir mental health, be sup-portive, and introduce clearguidelines to help them easeback into the work environ-ment after the break.

Hiring the services of atrained mental health expertis the most important inter-vention needed in today’stime. A mental health coun-selor who makes regularvisits to offer counselingand conduct stress man-agement sessions can act likea safety valve.

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Markets buckled under sell-ing pressure on Monday

as wary investors offloadedbanking and financial servicesstocks amid a drumbeat ofnegative news from the sector.

The BSE Sensex tumbled155.24 points or 0.40 per centto finish at 38,667.33, while thebroader NSE Nifty dropped37.95 points or 0.33 per cent to11,474.45.

Market sentiment was jolt-ed by a slew of reports high-lighting governance and struc-tural issues in the financial ser-vices space, traders said.

Lakshmi Vilas Bank sharestumbled about 5 per cent to hitits lower circuit limit after theRBI initiated prompt correctiveaction against the lender due tohigh NPA levels amid allega-tions of wrongdoings by somedirectors.

The regulatory action maycast doubts over its proposedmerger with IndiabullsHousing Finance, which tooplunged over 30 per cent.

Reliance Capital dived over14 per cent after the companydecided to exit the lendingbusiness.

All this comes against thebackdrop of Punjab andMaharashtra Cooperative(PMC) Bank coming under theregulatory glare following a

spate of alleged irregularities.On the Sensex chart, Yes

Bank was the biggest loserwith over 15 per cent drop.Other major losers wereIndusInd Bank, SBI, ICICIBank, Sun Pharma, HDFC andAxis Bank, losing up to 6.84 percent.

In contrast, Bharti Airtelwas the top gainer, spurting5.29 per cent. IT stocks HCLTech, TCS and Infosys also fin-ished in the green.

On monthly basis, theSensex has gained 3.57 per centor 1,334 points; while the Niftyrose 4.16 per cent or 459.65 percent in September.

“Strong selling in banks,NBFC and metals dragged theindices down in Monday’strade. Selling in IndiabullsHousing Finance furtherweighed on market sentimentas it may have good exposurewith banks,” said Rohit Singre,Senior Technical Analyst atLKP Securities.

In the broader market, theBSE Smallcap index was theworst hit with a drop of 1.17per cent, followed by the mid-cap gauge, which fell 1.12 percent. BSE Largecap too under-performed the benchmark,sliding 0.42 per cent.

Sectorally, bankex sufferedthe most by dropping 2.62 percent, followed by finance 2.44per cent and realty 1.63 per

cent.On the other hand, telecom

was among the top sectoralgainers, rising 4.60 per cent. ITindex rose 2.62 per cent.

Of the 19 sectoral gaugescompiled by the BSE, 13 closedin the red and six ended high-er.

Recent government mea-sures to prop up the slowingeconomy could not cheer themarkets and investors are keen-ly awaiting the RBI monetarypolicy for further cues, analystssaid.

The government onSaturday set October 15 as thedeadline for central PSUs toclear overdue payments to ven-dors and exhorted them tofront-load capital expenditureas it looks to lift economicgrowth from six-year low.

Besides, earningsannouncements for the quarterended September are scheduledto begin next week, which willalso decide the market coursegoing ahead, analysts added.

Asian stocks ended mixedas investors continued to trackdevelopments on the US-Chinatrade front.

The Indian rupee was trad-ing 17 paise lower (intra-day)at 70.75 against the US dollar.

Global oil benchmarkBrent Futures depreciated 1.03per cent to USD 60.41 per bar-rel.

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The eight core industries inAugust contracted to over

three-and-half year low of 0.5per cent, due to decline in out-put of coal, crude oil, naturalgas, cement, and electricity,according to a governmentdata released on Monday.

The eight core sectorindustries — coal, crude oil,

natural gas, refinery products,fertiliser, steel, cement andelectricity — had expanded by4.7 per cent in August lastyear.The previous low wasrecorded at (-) 1.3 in November2015.

Coal, crude oil, naturalgas, cement, and electricityrecorded a negative growth of8.6 per cent, 5.4 per cent , 3.9per cent, 4.9 per cent and 2.9

per cent, respectively, inAugust, according to the dataof the Commerce and IndustryMinistry. However, fertiliserand steel production grew by2.9 per cent, and 5 per cent,respectively, during the monthunder review.

Growth rate in the pro-duction of refinery productsdipped by 2.6 per cent inAugust this year as against 5.1

per cent in the same month lastyear.

During April-August,growth in the eight core indus-tries grew by 2.4 per cent from5.7 per cent in the year-agoperiod.

Commenting on the data,rating firm Icra Ltd said: “Theperformance of the core sectorsin August 2019 was disap-pointingly weak, with a broad-

based deterioration in six of theeight constituents and as manyas five sectors recording a year-on-year contraction in thatmonth”.

The contraction in the coresector growth in August 2019confirms the view that themodest pickup in the IIPgrowth in July did not signalthe start of an industrial recov-ery, it added in a statement.

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The government has notifiedchanges in Apprenticeship

Rules (1992) that envisages toincrease skilled manpower inthe country, and raise mone-tary compensation of appren-tices.

The Apprenticeship(Amendment) Rules, 2019seeks to raise hiring limit ofapprentices to 15 per cent oftotal strength of an establish-ment, and their stipend to upto Rs 9,000 per month.

It has also lowered size-limit of an establishment witha mandatory obligation toengage apprentices on anoptional basis from 40 to 30,and reduced the size-limit of anestablishment wanting toengage apprentices from 6 to 4.

Union Minister for SkillDevelopment andEntrepreneurship MahendraNath Pandey said significantchanges have been made in theApprenticeship Act, wherebyminimum stipends have beendoubled to between Rs 5,000and Rs 9,000 per month.

He said the number ofapprenticeships are expected torise to 2.6 lakh as compared to60,000 this year till now.

Asked about his assertionthat 8-10 per cent of India’spopulation was now skilled ascompared to 4-5 per cent ear-lier, the minister said these fig-ures were based on data gath-ered by various sources andreflected the formal sector.

If the informal sector isadded the total percentage ofskilled persons could touch 50

per cent, he added.“We will also focus on

reforming industrial traininginstitutes,” Pandey toldreporters on the sidelines of anevent here.

As per the new rules, noti-fied with effect from September25, the minimum amount ofstipend prescribed ranges fromRs 5,000 per month — forschool pass outs between Class5th and 9th — to Rs 9,000 permonth to graduate or degreeapprentices in any stream.

Besides, the ministerinformed that MoUs have beensigned with 21 third partyaggregators and 19 states toboost apprenticeship in thecountry.

He said the governmentwas moving in the direction ofa commitment towards skilling.

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“Consumer and business confidence are low, car sales plungedby 30 per cent year-on-year in July. Credit growth remains hob-bled by problems in the financial sector, which is hurting invest-ment,” EIU said in a report.

In order to boost growth and investments, the governmentunveiled stimulus measures, including over 100 bps of rate cuts,reduced corporate taxes and other measures aimed at boostingconsumer spending.

“However, we remain pessimistic about the government’sefforts to reform the difficult business environment, which rep-resents a bottleneck for growth,” EIU said.

Battling a six-year low economic growth and a 45-year highunemployment rate, the government on September 20, slashedcorporate tax rates for companies by almost 10 per cent to 25.17per cent.

Script Open High Low LTPIBULHSGFIN 363.00 363.00 240.10 255.50DALBHARAT 819.50 873.90 807.00 821.20YESBANK 48.40 49.10 40.95 41.45ICICIBANK 445.75 445.75 431.15 433.40RELIANCE 1310.00 1336.00 1305.80 1332.60INDUSINDBK 1477.90 1477.90 1346.35 1381.60MARUTI 6765.00 6804.25 6641.45 6700.00SBIN 283.30 283.30 270.10 270.90AXISBANK 704.90 711.75 682.05 684.65BAJFINANCE 4060.20 4112.00 4032.05 4050.15HDFC 2064.00 2064.00 1972.00 1976.60RBLBANK 356.00 365.80 322.30 328.75ULTRACEMCO 4400.00 4400.00 4292.25 4365.00ZEEL 273.00 275.05 251.60 265.30FEDERALBNK 94.50 94.50 89.25 90.40INFY 782.35 807.95 782.35 805.30IDEA 5.82 6.44 4.95 6.16HDFCBANK 1240.00 1240.00 1216.90 1227.35HDFCLIFE 585.00 609.00 584.95 600.85PEL 1725.00 1725.00 1589.10 1628.00TATAMOTORS 120.35 120.80 116.45 117.45TATASTEEL 355.90 363.50 345.80 359.80BPCL 474.00 479.45 466.10 470.05HINDUNILVR 2010.00 2016.55 1972.25 1982.45TCS 2060.10 2103.90 2060.10 2099.05SAIL 32.85 33.65 31.65 33.40ITC 255.40 260.75 249.50 259.70KOTAKBANK 1640.00 1661.55 1614.40 1644.35BANKBARODA 95.40 95.55 91.50 93.05BAJAJFINSV 8550.00 8668.65 8420.00 8500.00ASHOKLEY 72.00 72.35 66.00 68.75NCC 58.60 58.65 54.05 55.10HINDPETRO 306.90 310.85 296.70 301.10LT 1475.00 1483.90 1448.30 1476.60BHARTIARTL 350.00 374.60 344.20 367.25L&TFH 93.20 93.80 83.85 84.75JINDALSTEL 103.30 104.15 98.70 103.55SUNPHARMA 403.00 403.75 386.65 389.65DLF 158.20 158.90 151.45 155.20NBCC 36.55 36.70 34.60 34.90HCLTECH 1033.75 1096.75 1033.75 1080.50VEDL 155.85 155.90 151.25 154.05ESCORTS 593.45 593.45 563.35 581.00IOC 146.50 148.00 143.10 147.40CANBK 191.80 191.80 180.00 182.30ONGC 131.45 132.85 128.50 131.80EQUITAS 105.55 105.55 102.65 103.95APOLLOHOSP 1402.20 1404.60 1362.20 1397.75GRAPHITE 316.00 316.50 285.30 290.80INDIGO 1850.00 1898.00 1834.30 1886.25TATAPOWER 62.20 62.90 61.05 62.50EICHERMOT 17817.00 17978.70 17375.00 17777.35HEG 1027.00 1027.00 935.90 952.90BANKINDIA 66.40 66.40 62.30 62.95UPL 599.50 607.15 578.55 603.75PVR 1860.00 1871.00 1832.25 1839.70BEL 108.45 109.10 105.10 108.55DHFL 43.30 43.60 38.45 38.70DMART 1891.05 1905.35 1832.70 1859.75JSWSTEEL 228.95 230.95 222.50 230.05CONCOR 596.00 611.45 591.25 604.60MPHASIS 945.00 963.55 938.05 951.55ICICIPRULI 458.30 471.60 458.30 463.40CIPLA 432.00 432.40 418.00 425.05M&M 565.00 565.00 540.50 547.25ADANIENT 149.00 149.40 143.85 145.80HEROMOTOCO 2745.00 2758.90 2669.95 2694.65SRTRANSFIN 1115.00 1115.00 1056.60 1070.30IDFCFIRSTB 42.55 42.80 39.45 40.20PNB 63.00 63.35 61.05 61.90BEML 949.50 973.00 928.75 953.75ADANIPOWER 67.35 67.35 63.35 64.30COALINDIA 197.90 200.65 196.70 199.90BATAINDIA 1789.75 1789.75 1714.00 1723.10BHEL 50.30 50.30 47.50 48.40SPICEJET 128.35 128.90 124.40 125.15LICHSGFIN 397.00 397.00 370.00 376.75GODREJPROP 1062.00 1062.00 1024.70 1035.20TORNTPOWER 291.00 293.65 286.20 287.35TATAMTRDVR 54.25 55.00 52.65 53.05HDFCAMC 2869.95 2869.95 2787.95 2800.70M&MFIN 347.25 347.25 324.30 328.40MOTHERSUMI 106.50 107.65 103.20 104.90COLPAL 1550.00 1550.15 1492.20 1505.05TITAN 1290.00 1295.85 1266.80 1274.00BIOCON 221.20 224.55 217.15 223.00IDBI 33.70 33.75 31.40 31.70TVSMOTOR 415.00 423.80 403.20 422.05ACC 1635.00 1635.00 1594.65 1612.40OBEROIRLTY 512.90 516.10 480.45 507.35BRITANNIA 3019.95 3019.95 2933.70 2946.20PIIND 1330.00 1335.70 1299.00 1309.00CHOLAHLDNG 488.00 489.95 477.00 487.60INFRATEL 254.55 260.00 250.60 258.25RELCAPITAL 28.20 28.65 24.20 24.55NMDC 92.10 92.10 86.40 88.70ASIANPAINT 1772.00 1772.00 1738.50 1763.70JUSTDIAL 695.00 695.00 680.60 689.85ICICIGI 1205.00 1214.45 1187.25 1206.45UJJIVAN 315.85 316.65 306.50 314.55LUPIN 720.00 720.00 702.05 715.35GRASIM 726.60 737.05 708.65 730.65SUNTV 485.00 485.00 459.45 472.00RNAM 274.50 275.00 252.85 259.80IBVENTURES 140.70 142.00 123.75 123.75JUBLFOOD 1370.20 1371.95 1331.80 1357.60STAR 304.00 314.50 299.90 307.90SIEMENS 1500.00 1527.40 1478.60 1514.80

SBILIFE 844.00 851.00 837.55 843.55PAGEIND 22364.15 22670.00 21990.00 22650.00AUROPHARMA 596.95 598.00 580.50 588.80UNIONBANK 56.40 56.40 52.10 52.70TATAELXSI 685.00 686.40 672.60 676.05DISHTV 19.50 19.55 17.75 18.25WIPRO 237.00 240.60 235.90 239.80TECHM 705.00 716.05 696.00 715.60PETRONET 261.90 261.90 255.45 259.75EDELWEISS 105.70 105.95 94.20 94.90HINDALCO 189.75 191.80 184.65 191.30PFC 98.95 101.50 98.55 99.25MCX 1006.25 1006.25 952.30 960.25RELINFRA 33.05 33.05 28.50 29.30NTPC 117.05 118.30 115.75 117.65LTTS 1594.95 1598.00 1515.00 1522.90OFSS 3010.00 3192.00 3003.30 3146.00APOLLOTYRE 183.95 184.20 176.50 181.20BAJAJ-AUTO 2959.00 2975.60 2903.00 2937.30ADANIPORTS 405.00 415.00 402.05 413.70RAJESHEXPO 674.50 684.60 662.40 667.75IPCALAB 922.15 922.15 891.80 901.90RECLTD 125.60 125.75 122.00 123.10HEXAWARE 376.15 385.00 376.00 381.50CHOLAFIN 310.15 313.25 305.85 308.25TATAGLOBAL 281.95 282.60 275.55 276.05STRTECH 162.00 164.00 155.00 156.90ADANIGREEN 57.45 61.30 55.75 58.25VOLTAS 684.10 684.45 671.85 679.20MANAPPURAM 143.00 144.40 140.30 141.15HAVELLS 720.00 721.20 709.15 719.00LTI 1520.15 1525.45 1505.50 1506.10BERGEPAINT 442.00 444.60 434.00 435.80GMRINFRA 17.15 17.20 16.70 16.95OIL 147.45 147.50 144.60 145.45POWERGRID 198.80 199.90 195.80 198.95WOCKPHARMA 274.00 274.80 252.75 256.40IBREALEST 46.55 47.40 45.90 45.90BOMDYEING 85.65 85.65 76.50 77.75PTC 57.30 57.45 56.15 56.30BHARATFORG 448.00 453.80 439.05 447.25BBTC 1190.00 1203.40 1124.80 1135.90MRF 63000.00 63434.20 62395.00 63287.65PIDILITIND 1487.00 1487.00 1431.25 1443.35NESTLEIND 13741.85 13990.00 13683.00 13916.20SCI 43.85 44.15 42.60 43.20GAIL 134.15 135.35 132.45 134.10DRREDDY 2735.85 2739.10 2693.10 2700.85DELTACORP 183.80 183.80 168.15 169.00GLENMARK 336.00 336.00 319.35 324.80CENTURYTEX 912.90 913.85 888.40 905.35RPOWER 2.42 2.42 2.14 2.20BANDHANBNK 502.10 508.25 488.45 491.25OMAXE 193.65 193.65 191.50 191.80INDIACEM 83.50 83.50 79.00 79.15ORIENTBANK 62.20 62.55 59.80 60.35FORTIS 136.20 137.10 134.45 134.65VENKYS 1696.00 1699.50 1578.10 1599.70DIVISLAB 1665.00 1671.85 1651.85 1664.75HONAUT 28665.50 28780.00 28493.30 28665.50TATACHEM 596.80 596.80 585.00 592.90DBL 435.00 439.85 400.55 415.95PNBHOUSING 610.00 610.00 571.75 583.10ENGINERSIN 118.85 120.25 116.80 117.30GODREJCP 692.30 696.35 680.75 688.45LAXMIMACH 3693.10 3743.25 3630.35 3664.15INFIBEAM 41.15 41.65 39.50 40.15SRF 2761.55 2774.30 2736.75 2751.40DABUR 447.00 448.90 442.00 446.25MFSL 430.50 437.75 419.80 428.00SUZLON 2.53 2.55 2.22 2.27NIITTECH 1390.00 1415.20 1389.10 1394.00CASTROLIND 132.25 136.85 129.55 136.15BLISSGVS 103.40 106.25 101.10 102.15SUNTECK 423.95 423.95 400.00 401.90MINDTREE 723.00 723.00 692.00 707.80VINATIORGA 2300.00 2300.00 2095.70 2145.25BALKRISIND 771.65 779.00 762.00 779.00MGL 916.45 928.45 899.00 911.00ABCAPITAL 89.70 89.85 84.50 84.80AMBUJACEM 206.65 206.65 202.70 204.55PCJEWELLER 34.70 35.20 31.65 32.20NATIONALUM 46.10 46.80 45.05 46.40SONATSOFTW 308.40 339.00 308.40 329.80BALRAMCHIN 163.60 163.80 151.80 153.95QUESS 480.00 480.00 454.80 469.30SPARC 133.75 134.00 122.00 125.30MARICO 391.00 395.50 388.10 395.40PGHL 4682.60 4740.00 4660.00 4685.15TORNTPHARM 1693.70 1693.70 1646.45 1661.65

NOCIL 111.90 114.00 109.30 112.25INDHOTEL 155.00 161.50 150.35 159.45IRB 79.50 79.50 72.60 74.35MUTHOOTFIN 688.00 688.00 672.75 676.55EXIDEIND 197.00 197.00 190.00 194.90INDIANB 134.40 140.05 124.30 125.15JAICORPLTD 87.40 87.40 81.10 82.80PGHH 12200.00 12401.00 12006.00 12055.00JUBILANT 526.00 528.45 499.00 504.10FORCEMOT 1163.20 1166.05 1115.70 1120.75RVNL 25.40 25.40 23.95 24.05CANFINHOME 399.55 402.40 390.00 392.35SWANENERGY 109.00 110.55 106.40 109.45HINDZINC 217.00 218.00 212.00 213.50SUDARSCHEM 382.90 392.00 379.90 382.10EMAMILTD 321.00 321.30 315.20 318.20FSL 47.00 48.10 45.95 47.00ITI 82.30 84.05 80.40 82.05RAYMOND 569.85 569.85 552.95 558.50IGL 348.05 351.00 346.20 350.30AVANTI 385.10 386.00 363.50 365.80CADILAHC 242.00 242.00 227.55 233.453MINDIA 20337.05 20700.00 20000.00 20668.80KEI 551.45 558.90 537.00 542.20WHIRLPOOL 1950.00 1962.00 1879.00 1879.00RAMCOCEM 759.05 759.05 744.10 752.35IDFC 36.50 36.50 34.00 34.25AMARAJABAT 713.95 720.35 702.15 716.25POLYCAB 700.00 708.85 677.00 678.40RADICO 324.15 326.00 314.00 315.00RCF 50.45 50.45 47.55 48.15KANSAINER 518.00 530.00 513.00 523.80RITES 270.90 271.00 260.00 263.25NIACL 106.70 115.00 102.30 109.80SHANKARA 359.35 360.50 324.40 328.30RAIN 99.45 99.45 94.25 95.80KAJARIACER 562.60 571.15 545.50 548.85DCBBANK 200.80 200.80 193.60 195.20PFIZER 3278.00 3376.05 3231.10 3372.85ASTRAZEN 2283.30 2347.95 2258.70 2316.20HFCL 18.85 18.95 17.80 17.90GLAXO 1400.00 1402.50 1365.00 1382.60JBCHEPHARM 353.60 378.00 350.00 369.10TRENT 500.00 502.10 477.00 483.10ADANITRANS 234.90 234.95 228.15 228.35UBL 1351.85 1358.40 1341.35 1350.20PHILIPCARB 123.50 123.50 117.65 118.70J&KBANK 35.05 35.25 33.25 33.70VIPIND 475.50 482.15 462.05 479.75THOMASCOOK 140.00 140.00 128.00 136.60GUJGAS 172.50 179.90 167.55 176.95ABB 1527.60 1534.35 1501.20 1521.00ABFRL 207.60 213.55 201.40 208.25JINDALSAW 86.90 88.25 85.45 85.60CUMMINSIND 588.50 588.50 567.95 574.00ADANIGAS 132.20 133.50 128.85 129.10INTELLECT 182.00 185.60 173.65 182.15MRPL 48.50 50.30 48.05 48.50KTKBANK 77.35 77.90 75.40 75.60RCOM 0.81 0.81 0.75 0.77GRANULES 102.00 105.80 97.00 104.75GUJALKALI 458.00 472.70 443.25 465.00DEEPAKNI 306.00 309.10 294.60 299.35HUDCO 35.70 35.70 33.95 34.85SHREECEM 19248.00 19248.00 18813.25 18907.35GNFC 209.95 209.95 200.60 202.20GRUH 267.60 271.00 267.35 269.25IBULISL 129.65 129.65 129.65 129.65GODFRYPHLP 984.95 986.95 952.00 963.35BOSCHLTD 14008.50 14106.60 13762.00 14106.60INOXLEISUR 334.85 345.75 324.55 330.00CHAMBLFERT 158.10 158.10 152.65 152.80ITDCEM 50.80 51.45 43.70 49.70NAUKRI 2084.00 2084.00 2000.00 2057.75SOUTHBANK 11.35 11.35 10.73 10.84MOIL 143.50 143.50 136.05 136.90NESCO 575.15 592.00 560.10 581.00JSL 36.25 37.50 34.90 35.70ASTRAL 1165.00 1197.55 1132.00 1161.05JAMNAAUTO 38.00 38.25 36.15 37.20HINDCOPPER 36.50 36.50 34.80 35.15GREAVESCOT 146.45 146.90 142.55 146.05RALLIS 174.75 178.45 172.10 175.85SJVN 25.40 25.40 24.15 24.30PHOENIXLTD 690.85 700.00 678.95 696.90NHPC 22.90 22.95 22.20 22.30SUVEN 277.05 281.70 276.15 278.35SYNDIBANK 28.70 28.95 26.10 26.70AAVAS 1589.45 1620.00 1555.15 1569.00FINEORG 1722.00 1768.40 1700.00 1729.95CROMPTON 253.80 258.00 244.10 250.95SOBHA 503.75 504.15 485.00 488.25CHENNPETRO 171.25 176.50 166.30 173.15CEATLTD 989.90 989.90 952.00 952.00WELCORP 138.65 139.20 131.70 133.65MAHSCOOTER 4471.90 4528.70 4451.00 4500.00GESHIP* 281.10 285.00 278.00 280.00HSCL 84.00 84.00 79.10 80.95THERMAX 1150.20 1150.20 1121.00 1126.00TNPL 208.10 215.40 208.00 209.70HEIDELBERG 194.50 194.50 187.40 187.50MEGH 54.60 54.60 52.60 52.85REDINGTON 110.15 118.85 108.00 118.10NAVINFLUOR 754.00 757.65 730.15 730.15DCMSHRIRAM 416.55 416.55 402.10 403.25GSKCONS 8626.25 8626.25 8510.00 8534.90FINOLEXIND 585.00 600.00 577.40 599.00ATUL 4099.00 4099.00 3975.00 3982.90TATACOFFEE 79.60 79.90 76.85 77.25

TRIDENT 59.50 59.50 57.75 59.05ABBOTINDIA 10771.10 10771.10 10543.10 10639.15SFL 1280.00 1292.70 1240.00 1275.00UFLEX 216.50 218.95 210.30 217.90GICRE 216.90 225.95 205.55 224.20CUB 218.30 219.60 213.00 218.70BAJAJELEC 412.00 412.00 388.00 391.70MAHLIFE 425.15 430.00 416.00 416.10GODREJIND 415.00 416.85 405.05 409.70MMTC 17.60 17.60 15.95 16.60DEEPAKFERT 104.45 104.45 96.60 97.80TAKE 108.50 108.50 102.50 104.05LINDEINDIA 513.40 523.70 508.65 512.55TV18BRDCST 24.00 24.50 22.80 23.90AJANTPHARM 1055.00 1055.00 1006.95 1011.15FRETAIL 388.00 388.00 372.10 381.70AEGISLOG 180.20 183.00 177.00 181.20JPASSOCIAT 2.04 2.24 2.01 2.24MAHLOG 360.00 361.60 353.05 359.15MINDAIND 323.05 343.65 323.05 341.15KALPATPOWR 479.90 493.90 465.10 488.05KEC 279.40 279.40 270.85 273.45ASHOKA 103.00 103.00 96.60 97.35JMFINANCIL 82.70 82.70 78.00 78.00FCONSUMER 28.15 28.35 26.70 26.90JISLJALEQS 20.35 20.85 19.20 19.40WABCOINDIA 6307.25 6320.00 6225.00 6301.00EIHOTEL 176.30 188.00 175.65 182.10LALPATHLAB 1380.00 1402.35 1378.70 1378.70GMDCLTD 63.00 63.15 61.00 61.40VMART 2158.00 2158.00 2049.60 2093.50COROMANDEL 410.50 421.25 400.00 416.40RELAXO 501.45 507.45 497.00 506.35BAJAJHLDNG 3551.05 3593.25 3520.00 3593.25IRCON 385.95 387.85 374.00 374.90ENDURANCE 1007.00 1027.25 982.50 1014.00WABAG 276.05 276.15 269.00 271.35SUPREMEIND 1225.00 1237.00 1205.10 1233.05JKTYRE 72.00 72.00 69.65 70.15BLUEDART 2377.10 2585.00 2339.00 2470.20ISEC 282.85 288.80 272.45 281.00VARROC 461.50 464.05 447.65 456.00CYIENT 453.80 469.00 453.00 465.00CREDITACC 645.00 660.60 640.20 655.00MAXINDIA 63.40 63.90 62.15 63.05GSFC 81.00 81.00 77.45 77.75NATCOPHARM 602.00 607.45 572.30 586.00BIRLACORPN 590.40 592.00 557.05 563.15ZENSARTECH 214.70 220.55 213.85 220.00VGUARD 233.70 233.70 223.70 224.95CENTRUM 24.75 24.95 23.30 24.25AUBANK 662.65 664.50 651.50 651.50GHCL 221.85 221.85 209.00 210.00

JSWENERGY 65.10 65.40 64.05 65.10GSPL 216.40 218.00 216.10 216.85ZYDUSWELL 1730.00 1764.40 1655.00 1713.00ORIENTELEC 165.00 168.00 160.95 164.50BALMLAWRIE 170.85 171.00 166.50 167.35HATHWAY 21.15 21.15 20.45 20.95ITDC 241.85 247.45 228.10 229.30VBL 648.95 648.95 623.25 625.25PARAGMILK 163.90 163.90 153.95 154.80GAYAPROJ 114.00 116.95 105.10 110.85GILLETTE 7085.90 7132.65 7062.30 7081.00PNCINFRA 182.90 192.50 178.85 190.90TTKPRESTIG 6279.15 6280.85 6125.10 6200.00APLAPOLLO 1400.00 1400.00 1350.00 1360.00COCHINSHIP 342.05 344.25 336.60 337.00NLCINDIA 57.80 57.80 55.60 57.25JSLHISAR 64.15 65.50 62.40 63.75JYOTHYLAB 167.35 171.80 165.75 169.55SANOFI 5953.00 5953.00 5853.45 5889.80MOTILALOFS 650.10 652.20 632.15 646.15GPPL 87.20 87.30 85.00 86.50ALBK 29.60 29.75 28.45 28.65CRISIL 1368.00 1372.50 1352.70 1365.90WELSPUNIND 52.10 53.40 51.40 52.45MAHINDCIE 167.05 170.40 163.00 164.50CENTRALBK 19.30 19.30 17.65 18.10IFCI 7.25 7.30 7.01 7.02GALAXYSURF 1471.65 1484.45 1418.35 1458.00ERIS 436.00 455.00 425.00 452.55BDL 306.00 306.00 294.00 296.75LEMONTREE 57.90 57.90 56.85 57.25MAHSEAMLES 380.50 388.85 375.00 387.55

ALLCARGO 111.95 111.95 105.75 106.10KRBL 225.00 225.00 216.00 216.00EVEREADY 47.55 47.55 45.20 45.20GICHSGFIN 149.00 149.35 142.05 142.60SHK 138.00 140.95 134.85 137.70GODREJAGRO 481.95 485.00 471.50 477.00TATAMETALI 553.20 553.20 536.10 536.10GRINDWELL 607.00 619.80 585.00 613.70IEX 121.85 124.05 119.05 120.90LAURUSLABS 370.00 375.20 369.90 373.60NETWORK18 22.00 22.45 21.10 21.35ANDHRABANK 18.25 18.40 16.90 17.15KNRCON 233.55 234.75 229.30 231.60PRSMJOHNSN 85.25 85.25 81.60 82.35TATAINVEST 830.00 830.00 817.00 817.00TVTODAY 300.25 311.65 299.00 311.65SUNDRMFAST 476.50 477.45 470.75 475.00NILKAMAL 1220.15 1220.15 1200.00 1207.15CENTURYPLY 162.00 162.00 156.50 160.00TEJASNET 82.20 83.75 80.65 82.85TIINDIA 385.85 395.00 382.30 383.25JKCEMENT 1066.90 1068.35 1016.30 1048.55HAL 738.00 743.00 702.00 703.70CAPPL 427.80 430.55 420.00 423.50SADBHAV 132.75 143.00 131.20 143.00BAYERCROP 3359.90 3372.25 3340.00 3345.00MAGMA 56.15 56.15 49.80 52.00GET&D 172.65 193.90 169.00 189.60ADVENZYMES 165.20 165.20 155.15 156.30PRESTIGE 287.40 290.00 283.90 288.60SKFINDIA 2063.80 2161.90 2063.80 2152.40CGPOWER 14.15 15.00 14.08 14.08BASF 1030.10 1030.10 1001.00 1004.30WESTLIFE 300.30 301.95 293.00 294.60SIS 863.20 912.75 852.70 886.50DCAL 172.00 172.00 165.70 166.10BLUESTARCO 800.35 805.15 782.85 799.00INDOSTAR 230.00 230.00 215.00 219.40EIDPARRY 166.00 167.60 162.55 163.75GEPIL 821.20 831.15 793.15 793.15TCNSBRANDS 751.65 753.85 709.00 753.85SCHNEIDER 79.50 79.50 77.80 78.15TIMKEN 772.50 773.50 760.55 768.50TEAMLEASE 2966.10 3070.00 2940.80 3070.00IFBIND 678.70 680.00 664.90 665.60MINDACORP 92.45 96.85 88.65 94.35TVSSRICHAK 1910.20 1910.20 1800.00 1800.00HERITGFOOD 388.70 389.20 379.60 379.60CARERATING 538.50 538.70 516.55 524.10ORIENTCEM 92.05 92.05 85.85 90.10CARBORUNIV 303.85 303.85 290.00 300.00REPCOHOME 312.00 314.00 310.50 312.05SHILPAMED 293.00 293.00 278.00 278.05ECLERX 440.05 440.05 432.65 435.50AKZOINDIA 1961.75 1961.75 1909.55 1920.00SREINFRA 9.85 10.00 8.80 9.17HIMATSEIDE 145.00 145.00 140.80 142.90ASTERDM 119.40 120.70 118.00 118.20IOB 9.85 9.90 9.40 9.42COFFEEDAY 48.05 48.05 48.05 48.05FINCABLES 391.00 391.00 376.80 383.05BAJAJCON 246.75 249.00 244.50 246.30CCL 241.00 242.50 238.95 239.40ESSELPRO 115.50 119.05 114.20 118.50LAOPALA 183.00 183.00 172.45 180.55SYNGENE 308.90 310.45 301.20 310.00LUXIND 1216.80 1216.80 1193.40 1205.00SUPRAJIT 172.75 180.25 170.10 180.00UCOBANK 13.65 13.80 12.75 13.00SYMPHONY 1279.65 1295.00 1277.00 1293.00SOMANYCERA 190.70 192.90 187.00 188.60TIMETECHNO 61.50 61.50 58.00 59.95AIAENG 1768.00 1801.10 1760.85 1776.00APARINDS 556.05 561.00 552.30 559.55VSTIND 3750.00 3800.00 3750.00 3781.65ALKEM 1936.40 1936.40 1896.20 1902.15SHOPERSTOP 403.55 430.00 397.00 430.00NH 234.00 234.20 220.80 223.00GDL 110.20 110.25 107.55 108.00MAHABANK 11.30 11.35 10.96 11.08SOLARINDS 1115.00 1116.40 1099.85 1102.90APLLTD 516.00 518.00 505.20 507.05MHRIL 237.10 239.10 236.35 237.55FDC 175.45 175.85 173.65 173.75DHANUKA 321.00 327.00 318.00 319.00UNITEDBNK 8.80 8.84 8.28 8.31MASFIN 700.00 700.00 673.20 675.60JKLAKSHMI 308.00 308.00 299.85 301.30CERA 2696.20 2703.80 2630.00 2630.00VTL 952.00 952.00 940.00 940.00FLFL 419.70 429.35 416.40 419.40SHRIRAMCIT 1314.10 1340.05 1289.65 1340.00SCHAEFFLER 4244.70 4388.00 4225.00 4388.00JAGRAN 64.15 64.20 63.65 64.05NBVENTURES 82.40 82.70 81.50 82.40THYROCARE 526.00 526.25 513.50 513.80CORPBANK 15.70 15.70 14.90 15.05DBCORP 145.80 145.80 140.00 144.20PERSISTENT 569.15 573.80 568.65 568.80JCHAC 1860.00 1896.70 1845.00 1868.00TRITURBINE 102.90 104.10 102.65 103.35STARCEMENT 95.00 95.85 93.70 93.70LAKSHVILAS 34.75 34.75 34.75 34.75INOXWIND 37.00 37.00 33.00 34.40JSWHL 2775.00 2830.00 2755.00 2829.00CHALET 323.95 328.65 312.15 313.10GULFOILLUB 865.50 868.45 859.20 861.00RATNAMANI 957.00 957.00 940.00 946.00KPRMILL 550.65 552.00 543.65 543.75

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY 50 11491.15 11508.25 11390.80 11477.25 -35.15BHARTIARTL 353.00 374.90 344.25 373.30 24.20HCLTECH 1044.00 1096.50 1043.05 1078.65 37.60UPL 582.00 607.80 578.05 601.25 19.20INFY 785.10 808.00 784.15 804.20 22.00ITC 254.75 260.80 249.40 259.15 6.20TCS 2061.85 2104.00 2060.00 2097.00 40.85RELIANCE 1310.00 1335.75 1305.55 1333.40 24.35TECHM 704.50 716.60 696.20 716.00 11.70ADANIPORTS 403.00 415.55 401.45 415.00 6.40NESTLEIND 13740.10 13992.00 13680.00 13949.00 208.10WIPRO 237.00 240.65 235.75 239.90 3.30GRASIM 724.70 738.60 708.25 736.95 9.95IOC 146.45 148.00 143.00 147.45 1.90POWERGRID 197.00 200.00 195.65 199.50 1.40BPCL 472.75 479.50 466.05 473.05 3.25INFRATEL 255.95 259.70 250.45 258.30 1.70TATASTEEL 355.00 363.70 345.60 361.90 2.25NTPC 117.10 118.20 115.75 117.65 0.60LT 1473.00 1484.00 1448.20 1479.00 6.35HINDALCO 189.40 191.90 184.75 191.30 0.60COALINDIA 197.50 200.75 196.55 199.85 0.50ONGC 131.10 132.90 128.55 131.75 0.25GAIL 134.80 135.25 132.40 133.95 -0.20BAJFINANCE 4065.90 4111.75 4031.00 4048.90 -8.50KOTAKBANK 1635.10 1662.00 1614.30 1637.90 -5.60EICHERMOT 17800.00 18000.00 17366.45 17715.05 -77.35BAJAJFINSV 8560.00 8668.80 8410.35 8497.90 -52.45ASIANPAINT 1768.00 1770.00 1737.05 1764.00 -12.30TITAN 1290.50 1295.85 1266.50 1275.00 -9.05BAJAJ-AUTO 2960.10 2974.95 2902.50 2928.05 -29.45MARUTI 6773.00 6809.60 6640.00 6700.00 -73.70DRREDDY 2734.00 2742.55 2690.40 2700.15 -30.65ULTRACEMCO 4383.60 4390.05 4287.05 4344.05 -51.10M&M 557.75 558.55 540.30 548.00 -7.10HINDUNILVR 2007.90 2017.90 1971.40 1984.95 -25.95HDFCBANK 1228.80 1240.00 1216.50 1227.50 -16.70HEROMOTOCO2734.00 2758.75 2668.20 2690.00 -39.15JSWSTEEL 228.00 231.00 222.50 228.70 -3.50TATAMOTORS 120.65 120.85 116.40 117.45 -2.45BRITANNIA 3010.00 3023.95 2930.10 2951.00 -64.10VEDL 155.60 156.00 151.25 153.90 -3.35AXISBANK 704.05 712.40 682.10 684.80 -15.80SUNPHARMA 402.90 403.00 386.55 390.50 -11.20HDFC 2035.90 2038.50 1970.05 1977.05 -58.85CIPLA 430.00 432.80 418.00 425.00 -14.40ZEEL 273.00 275.00 251.65 264.50 -9.05ICICIBANK 443.30 445.15 431.00 433.80 -15.40SBIN 281.40 281.85 270.15 271.00 -10.20INDUSINDBK 1475.80 1475.80 1346.15 1390.00 -90.80YESBANK 48.25 49.10 40.95 41.75 -7.00

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SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGENIFTY NEXT 50 27794.40 27807.70 27380.10 27514.25 -303.85IDEA 5.70 6.45 4.95 6.35 0.70NIACL 106.25 113.00 102.40 110.70 5.00GICRE 213.00 225.60 205.60 224.00 8.10OFSS 3038.50 3194.95 3000.65 3136.00 97.95HDFCLIFE 585.00 609.00 585.00 600.40 18.10BIOCON 219.45 224.45 217.10 224.00 5.90CONCOR 595.90 611.70 591.00 605.00 13.85INDIGO 1853.00 1898.85 1832.70 1883.05 31.25PAGEIND 22462.20 22675.00 22001.00 22650.00 327.30ICICIPRULI 460.10 471.70 460.10 463.50 4.90BAJAJHLDNG 3549.95 3597.00 3512.00 3582.30 28.80MARICO 390.70 395.85 388.00 394.00 2.95HAVELLS 715.90 721.25 709.05 719.00 5.20DIVISLAB 1664.80 1671.90 1650.95 1666.00 5.55MCDOWELL-N 664.60 671.15 662.20 666.30 2.00SIEMENS 1509.05 1527.80 1478.15 1513.00 3.95ICICIGI 1209.00 1214.30 1187.00 1205.10 1.35SBILIFE 842.80 851.60 836.25 843.25 0.75BOSCHLTD 14092.90 14121.15 13750.05 14004.00 5.10UBL 1351.35 1359.20 1340.20 1350.00 -1.20HDFCAMC 2800.00 2839.15 2787.00 2800.00 -4.00PETRONET 259.90 260.70 255.50 260.00 -0.50LUPIN 720.00 720.00 702.05 715.55 -1.70DABUR 446.00 449.25 442.05 445.45 -1.65PGHH 12150.00 12399.00 11891.00 12050.00 -69.50GODREJCP 692.25 696.95 680.20 687.00 -5.25PFC 99.00 101.45 98.50 99.15 -1.05DMART 1900.00 1920.00 1832.20 1874.00 -20.55HINDPETRO 305.70 310.90 296.60 302.30 -3.55BERGEPAINT 441.50 444.80 433.60 435.65 -5.80AMBUJACEM 207.00 207.00 202.50 204.10 -2.95ACC 1632.20 1634.00 1595.05 1611.00 -23.60AUROPHARMA 596.50 599.00 580.00 588.10 -9.10BANDHANBNK 501.00 508.80 488.10 490.60 -8.25HINDZINC 217.10 218.40 211.80 212.85 -3.75PNB 63.25 63.35 61.05 61.70 -1.15DLF 159.00 159.00 151.40 155.35 -3.00BANKBARODA 95.10 95.50 91.50 93.20 -1.90SRTRANSFIN 1095.00 1104.00 1055.70 1072.00 -23.00COLPAL 1550.00 1552.00 1492.05 1512.20 -32.65SHREECEM 19200.00 19243.00 18802.00 18915.05 -410.15MOTHERSUMI 106.50 107.75 103.15 105.10 -2.30PIDILITIND 1477.00 1477.00 1431.10 1442.10 -34.70NHPC 22.90 23.00 22.20 22.25 -0.65NMDC 89.90 90.90 86.40 88.55 -2.95CADILAHC 241.00 241.40 227.40 233.45 -8.15ASHOKLEY 72.10 72.25 65.90 68.00 -3.90PEL 1725.00 1725.00 1589.00 1628.00 -98.60L&TFH 93.15 93.85 83.55 84.55 -8.60IBULHSGFIN 360.60 361.90 240.05 256.00 -134.10

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APakistani court onMonday accepted theplea of Mumbai attack

mastermind and JuD chiefHafiz Saeed to transfer a ter-rorism financing case againsthim from the anti-terrorismcourt Gujranwala district ofPunjab province to a court hereon the ground that there is a“threat to his life”.

On July 17, Saeed, a UN-designated global terrorist, wasarrested in connection with theterrorism financing case whileon his way from Lahore toGujranwala. Prior to his arrest,the top 13 leaders of theJamaat-ud-Dawah, includingSaeed and Naib Emir AbdulRehman Makki, were bookedin nearly two dozen cases for

terror financing and moneylaundering under the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997.

Lahore High Court ChiefJust ice Sardar ShamimAhmed held the hearing onSaeed’s petition and acceptedit when the government lawofficer raised no objection onit.

Saeed’s advocate AK Dogarsaid his client is kept at KotLakhpat jail in Lahore but he istaken to Gujranwala, some80kms from Lahore, on everyappearance before the anti-terrorism court there in con-nection with a terrorismfinancing case.

He said shifting Saeed fromLahore to either Gujranwala orGujrat anti-terrorism courtsmay entail threat to his life.Besides, the government has to

make elaborate securityarrangements on his shifting tothe ATCs outside Lahore, heargued.

Accepting his plea, JusticeShamim allowed the trial ofSaeed in the terror financingcase registered in Gujranwaladistrict in the Lahore Anti-Terrorism Court.

The founder of bannedLashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) andchief of Jamaat-ud-Dawah(JuD) has also challenged hisarrest (in the terror financingcases).

On September 25 the LHCchief justice transferred Saeed’spetition against his arrest toanother two-member bench.

Shamim transferred Saeed’scase from two-member benchcomprising Justice Mazahir AliNaqvi and Justice Mushtaq

Ahmed to other two-memberbench headed by JusticeMohammad Qasim Khan.

In the last hearing held onAugust 27, Justice Naqvi’sbenched had sought reply fromthe Counter TerrorismDepartment (CTD) of Punjabpolice on the petition Saeedand 67 other leaders ofJammat-ud-Dawah and Falah-i-Insaniat in two weeks.

It had also summoned aCTD official concerned toexplain about the arrest ofSaeed and others in terrorfinancing. Hearing in this casewas scheduled to be held onSeptember 25 but the benchwas changed.

The CTD had registered 23FIRs against the petitionerson the charges of “terrorfinancing” in different cities of

Punjab province. The cases have been regis-

tered in Lahore, Gujranwala &Multan for collection of fundsfor terrorism financing throughassets/properties made andheld in the names of Trusts/Non Profit Organisations,including the Al-Anfaal Trust,Dawatul Irshad Trust, MuazBin Jabal Trust, etc.

The CTD said investigationlaunched into financing mat-ters of proscribed organisa-tions — JuD and LeT — inconnection with implementa-tion of UN Sanctions againstthese Designated Entities &Persons as directed by theNational Security Committeein its meeting of January 1,2019.

“These suspects madeassets from funds of terrorism

financing. They held & usedthese assets to raise more fundsfor further terrorism financing.Hence, they committed multi-ple offences of terrorismfinancing & money launderingunder Anti Terrorism Act 1997.They will be prosecuted inATCs for commission of theseoffences,” the CTD said.

The US Department of theTreasury has designated Saeedas a Specially DesignatedGlobal Terrorist, and the US,since 2012, has offered a USD10 million reward for infor-mation that brings Saeed to jus-tice.

Saeed-led JuD is believedto be the front organisation forthe LeT which is responsiblefor carrying out the 2008Mumbai attacks that killed 166people.

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Chinese President XiJinping vowed Monday to

uphold the “one country, twosystems” principle in HongKong, after months of pro-democracy protests in thesemi-autonomous city.

Speaking at a reception inBeijing the night before cel-ebrations to mark the coun-try’s 70th anniversary, Xi saidthe country would “continueto fully and faithfully imple-ment the principles of ‘onecountry, two systems’” and a“high degree of autonomy.”Hong Kong has been plaguedby months of unrest overwhat protesters say are erod-ing freedoms in the financial

hub, which was handed backto China by Britain in 1997.

“We are confident thatwith the full backing of themotherland and the concert-ed efforts of our fellowChinese in Hong Kong andMacau who love the mother-land... (Hong Kong) willprosper and progress along-side the mainland,” Xi said.

China is preparing for ah i g h l y - c h o r e o g r a p h e danniversary celebration onOctober 1, including a hugemilitary parade and anniver-sary gala.

Protesters in Hong Kongare hoping to upstage theevent with another demon-stration on Tuesday followinga weekend of intense clashes

with police.Beijing has been posi-

tioning the event as a tri-umphant celebration of itseconomic growth over thelast seven decades, as well asemphasising the importanceof a unified territory andnationalism.

“Unity is iron and steel.Unity is a source of strength,”Xi said in his speech.

He also referred to theself-ruled island of Taiwan,which Beijing still sees as partof its territory awaiting reuni-fication.

“The complete reunifi-cation of the motherland is aninevitable trend... no one andno force can ever stop it,” hesaid.

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Chinese President XiJinping paid his respects

to Chairman Mao Zedong’sembalmed body Monday in arare gesture ahead of China’scelebration of 70 years ofCommunist rule.

Xi and other top Chineseofficials visited Mao’s mau-soleum — located in the heartof Beijing in TiananmenSquare — and bowed threetimes to the late leader’s stat-ue, reported official newsagency Xinhua.

He also paid respects tothe remains of Mao, whoseembalmed body is kept in aglass display at the memorialhall.

The last time a Chineseleader bowed to the statue ofthe “Great Helmsman” was sixyears ago, when Xi commem-orated Mao’s 120th birthday.

The move to honour thefounder of the People’s

Republic of China comes asthe country readies itself for aday of tightly-choreographedfestivities, including a massivemilitary parade and therelease of 70,000 doves.

The anniversary is meantto showcase China’s extraor-dinary rise from the ravages ofwar and famine to a modern,powerful nation state whoseeconomic and military muscleis viewed by many withincreasing concern. But thecelebration comes in a verybad year for the Chinese pres-ident.

The US-China trade spatthreatens to pummel the glob-al economy, while Africanswine fever has sent the priceof pork — the country’s staple— soaring.

Months of unrest and pro-democracy protests in semi-autonomous Hong Kong alsothreaten to upstage Tuesday’scelebrations, with fierce clash-es between protesters and riot

police erupting on Sunday.Democracy activists in

the financial hub have vowedto ramp up their nearly four-month-long campaign aheadof the National Day, whichHong Kong protesters havedubbed a “Day of Grief ”.

On Monday morning, Xiand other leaders of theCommunist Party of Chinaalso attended a wreath-layingceremony to honour nationalheroes on Tiananmen Square.

A choir of children incrisp white shirts and redscar ves sang before Xiapproached the Monumentto the People’s Heroes — a tallobelisk in the middle of thesquare — where baskets offlowers decorated with redbanners were placed.

“A promising nation musthave heroes, and a countrywith future prospects musthave pioneers,” said state-runCCTV in a broadcast of theceremony, quoting Xi.

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China’s top trade negotiatorwill lead an upcoming

13th round of talks aimed atresolving a trade war with theUnited States, a seniorChinese official said Sunday.

Vice Premier Liu He willtravel to Washington for thenegotiations, Vice CommerceMinister Wang Shouwen said.He didn’t give exact dates, butsaid the talks would be afterChina’s National Day holi-day, which runs through Oct.7.

“The two sides shouldfind a solution through equaldialogue in accordance withthe principle of mutualrespect, equality and mutualbenefit,” Wang said at a newsconference with other offi-cials, including CommerceMinister Zhong Shan.

The Trump administra-tion first imposed tariffs onChinese imports last year in abid to win concessions fromChina, which responded withtit-for-tat tariffs. The escalat-ing dispute between theworld’s two largest economies

has depressed stock pricesand poses a threat to theglobal economy. Both sideshave made conciliatory ges-tures ahead of the next roundof talks, but a deal remainselusive. The US postponed afurther tariff hike on Chinesegoods, and China lifted puni-tive duties on soybeans. Themove helps both Americanfarmers and Chinese pigbreeders, who use soy as feedand are struggling with a dev-astating outbreak of Africanswine fever. The Chinese gov-ernment released a thirdround of 10,000 tons of porkfrom its reserves Sunday to tryto stabilize rising prices aheadof the holiday, ViceCommerce Minister QianKeming said at the news con-ference.

China also has increasedpork imports 40 percent in thefirst eight months of this year,as well as those of other meats.

Qian said the averagewholesale price of pork hadedged down slightly duringthe week of Sept. 16-22 to 36.4yuan (USD 5.11) per kilo-gram.

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Ripped-up paving stones layscattered around the graffi-

ti-scarred streets of Hong Kongafter one of the most violentdays in a summer of rage, asprotesters ready for fresh clash-es on Tuesday’s 70th anniversaryof communist China’s founding.

The protest-wracked finan-cial hub witnessed its fiercestpolitical violence in weeks onSunday as riot police spenthours in running battles withprotesters, the streets blanketedin tear gas and smoke fromburning barricades.

Millions have hit the streetsduring nearly four months ofpro-democracy protests whilehardcore activists have repeat-edly clashed with police in thebiggest challenge to China’s rulesince the city’s handover fromBritain in 1997. Tensions havesoared the last few days.

Beijing is preparing forhuge, tightly-choreographed

festivities from Tuesday to markthe founding of the People’sRepublic of China, including amassive military parade that willshowcase the country’s emer-gence as a global superpower.

Yet the ongoing unrest inHong Kong threatens to upstagethose festivities as the semi-autonomous city boils withpublic anger over the erosion ofits special freedoms underBeijing’s rule.

In the last few days democ-racy activists have ramped uptheir rallies and street battlesahead of National Day, whichHong Kong protesters havedubbed a “Day of Grief”.

Throughout Sunday policefired tear gas, rubber bullets andwater cannon in multiple loca-tions in their bid to dispersehardcore protesters hurlingbricks and petrol bombs.

And there is little sign of theprotests abating.

After police banned a pro-posed march on Tuesday, online

forums used by the largely lead-erless movement have called forwildcat protests across the cityin a effort to stretch policeresources thin.

“I want to see millions ofpeople boycott national eventsand result into violent protestson October 1,” one user wrotein a heavily upvoted commenton the Reddit-like LIHKGforum.

School and university stu-dents also took part in a one-dayclass boycott on Monday.

Despite the inevitability ofrenewed clashes, municipalworkers still spread out acrossthe city on Monday morning tobegin a now regular clean-upritual.

They collected torn-uppaving stones into piles andswept the melted remnants ofburned makeshift barricadesinto bags along a four-kilome-tre (two-mile) stretch of roadwhere Sunday’s clashes tookplace.

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Saudi Crown PrinceMohammed bin Salman

said in a television interviewthat he takes “full responsibil-ity” for the grisly murder ofSaudi journalist JamalKhashoggi, but denied allega-tions that he ordered it.

“This was a heinous crime,”Prince Mohammed, 34, told“60 Minutes” in an interviewthat aired Sunday. “But I takefull responsibility as a leader inSaudi Arabia, especially since itwas committed by individualsworking for the Saudi govern-ment.”

Asked if he ordered themurder of Khashoggi, whohad criticized him in columnsfor The Washington Post,Prince Mohammed replied:“Absolutely not.” The slayingwas “a mistake,” he said.

Khashoggi entered theSaudi consulate in Turkey onOct. 2, 2018, to collect a doc-ument that he needed to marryhis Turkish fiancee. Agents ofthe Saudi government killedKhashoggi inside the consulateand apparently dismemberedhis body, which has never beenfound. Saudi Arabia hascharged 11 people in the slay-ing and put them on trial,

which has been held in secret.As of yet, no one has been con-victed.

A UN report asserted thatSaudi Arabia bore responsibil-ity for the killing and saidPrince Mohammed’s possiblerole in it should be investigat-ed. In Washington, Congresshas said it believes PrinceMohammed is “responsible forthe murder.” Saudi Arabia haslong insisted the crown princehad no involvement in an oper-ation that included agents whoreported directly to him.

“Some think that I shouldknow what 3 million people

working for the Saudi govern-ment do daily,” the powerfulheir told “60 Minutes.”

“It’s impossible that the 3million would send their dailyreports to the leader or the sec-ond-highest person in theSaudi government.” In an inter-view Thursday in New York,Khashoggi’s fiancee, HaticeCengiz, told The AssociatedPress that responsibility forKhashoggi’s slaying “was notlimited to the perpetrators”and said she wanted PrinceMohammed to tell her: “Whywas Jamal killed? Where is hisbody? What was the motive for

this murder?” Prince Mohammed also

addressed the Sept 14 missileand drone attack on Saudi oilfacilities. While Yemen’sIranian-allied Houthi rebelsclaimed the assault, SaudiArabia has said it was “unques-tionably sponsored by Iran.”

“There is no strategic goal,”Prince Mohammed said of theattack. “Only a fool wouldattack 5% of global supplies.The only strategic goal is toprove that they are stupid andthat is what they did.” Heurged “strong and firm actionto deter Iran.”

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogansays his country will continue with efforts

to shed light on the killing of Saudi journal-ist Jamal Khashoggi.

In a Washington Post op-ed publishedMonday, Erdogan described the journalist’skilling by a Saudi hit squad as “arguably themost influential and controversial incident ofthe 21st Century.”

His comments come ahead of the first

anniversary of Khashoggi’s October 2 slayingat the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul.

Erdogan said Turkey would keep asking:“Where are Khashoggi’s remains? Who signedthe Saudi journalist’s death warrant? Who dis-patched the 15 killers . aboard two planes toIstanbul.”

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed binSalman said in a television interview that hetakes “full responsibility” for Khashoggi’sgrisly death but denied allegations that heordered it.

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The Al-Shabaab militantgroup has claimed respon-

sibility for an attack on a USbase in Somalia on Monday, asa security officer confirmed aseparate strike against a convoyof EU advisers.

The militants hit the USbase at Baledogle, about 110kilometres (70 miles) north-west of the capital Mogadishu,with explosives before gunmenopened fire on the compound.

In a statement, Al-Shabaabsaid: “In the early hours ofMonday morning, an elite unitof soldiers... launched a daringraid on the US military base” inBaledogle.

“After breaching theperimeters of the heavily forti-fied base, the Mujahideen (holyfighters) stormed the militarycomplex, engaging the cru-saders in an intense firefight.”

The battle was ongoing, Al-Shabaab said.

Baledogle is a majorlaunching site for US droneoperations against Al-Shaabab,an Al-Qaeda-linked groupwhich controls large parts ofSomalia, and the Islamic Statein Somalia outfit.

“Two heavy explosionsoccurred, the first one biggerthan the other. There was alsoa heavy exchange of gunfireafter the blasts but we don’tknow about the details,”Mohamed Adan, a Somali elder

close to the scene of the attack,told AFP by phone.

In a separate incident onMonday, a security official saidEU advisers training the SomaliNational Army were alsoattacked by a car bomb inMogadishu.

“There was a car bomb tar-geting the EU military advisorsalong the industrial road. Avehicle loaded with explosivewas rammed onto one of theconvoy vehicles and there arecasualties,” said Omar Abikar,a Somali security officer.

Italy’s vice minister of for-eign affairs, Emanuela Del Re,said on Twitter that Italiansoldiers had been targeted inthe attack.

“Very worried for theexplosion at the passage ofItalian soldiers #EUTM inSomalia,” she said, referring tothe European Union TrainingMission in Somalia.

SITE Intelligence, whichmonitors jihadist activitiesworldwide, said Al-Shabaabhad claimed responsibility forboth attacks.

The attacks are the latest ina long line of bombing andassaults claimed by Al-Shabaab.

The jihadists were drivenout of Mogadishu by govern-ment forces backed by 20,000African Union peacekeepers in2011. But they still carry outattacks including suicidebombings against governmenttargets.

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Turkey’s air force on Sundaydowned an unidentified

drone on the Syrian border afterit breached Turkish air spacemultiple times, the defenceministry said.

The drone detected nearthe border by the militaryintruded into Turkish airspacesix times before it was finallyshot down by F-16 jets.

“An unmanned aerial vehi-cle which violated our air spacesix times (on Saturday)... wasdowned by two of our F-16swhich took off from Incirlik” airbase in southern Turkey, thedefence ministry said, sharingpictures of the downed droneon its official Twitter account.

The ministry said theunknown aircraft was ground-ed at 1:24 pm (1024 GMT) localtime, adding: “The wreckage ofthe drone was found at theCildiroba base” by the Turkishgendarmerie in the Kilisprovince near the Syrian border.

Turkey’s top national secu-rity council which bringstogether the country’s civilianand military leaders is due tomeet on Monday led byPresident Recep Tayyip

Erdogan. The Syria issue isexpected to figure high on theagenda.

The Turkish air force shotdown a Russian Su-24 aircraftin the Turkey-Syria border areain 2015, sparking an unprece-dented crisis in the two coun-tries’ relations.

That was condemned byRussian President VladimirPutin as a “stab in the back” butthe two countries later recon-ciled and worked together onthe Syrian crisis although theyremain on opposite sides of theconflict.

Turkey backs rebels seekingthe ouster of President Basharal-Assad, while Moscow is oneof the few remaining allies ofthe regime in Damascus.

Ankara has long beenpressing for a safe zone betweenthe Turkish border and Syrianareas east of the Euphratesriver controlled by the SyrianKurdish People’s ProtectionUnits (YPG).

The two NATO allies,Turkey and the United States,reached a deal last month toestablish the planned schemebut Ankara is not satisfied withthe current state of talks withWashington.

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Statues and busts of MahatmaGandhi commemorating

the key role he played in help-ing fight the oppression anddiscrimination in South Africaduring the apartheid era areabound across the country,inspiring the younger genera-tions to imbibe his ideals.

While most of of his stat-ues in South Africa showGandhi’s traditional bald-head-ed, bespectacled, dhoti-cladimage, the most significantones that reflect his arrival inthe country as a young lawyerare in Pietermaritzburg andJohannesburg.

Pietermaritzburg is the

place where Gandhi as a younglawyer was unceremoniouslythrown off a train compart-ment reserved for white people,inspiring his path of‘Satyagraha’.

In June 2018, late SushmaSwaraj, who was then ExternalAffairs Minister, unveiled aunique two-side bust of Gandhiin Pietermaritzburg.

“One side of (the bust) fea-tures Gandhi the lawyer in theWestern attire he wore when hecame to South Africa, while theother side shows MahatmaGandhi in his Indian dress inwhich he left South Africaafter 21 years, returning totransform India,” India’s HighCommissioner Ruchira

Kamboj explained. “Mahatma Gandhi and

Nelson Mandela gave hope tothose facing injustice and dis-crimination,” Swaraj said on theoccasion as she recalled India’srole at international fora to helpSouth African people in theirfight against apartheid.

In the heart ofJohannesburg’s central busi-ness district, a public transporthub was renamed GandhiSquare in 1999. The square fea-tures a life-size statue ofGandhi, resplendent in hislegal robes. The statue is oppo-site the building which housedthe legal office he once had inthe city.

A bust of Gandhi at the

Phoenix Settlement, started byGandhi, is a popular touristattraction.

During his two-day visitto South Africa in July 2017,Prime Minister NarendraModi made it a point to visitthe Phoenix Settlement.

In May 2012, a bust ofGandhi was unveiled by thethen Indian PresidentPratibha Patil and SouthAfrican Chief JusticeMogoeng Mogoeng atConstitution Hil l inJohannesburg, built on the sitewhich was once the Fortprison, where both Gandhiand Mandela were onceimprisoned.

“This is the place where

Gandhiji served four terms ofimprisonment between 1908and 1913, including his veryfirst sentence in South Africain this Number Four Cell,”Patil told the gathering ofveteran activists and leadersfrom the community.

Mogoeng said that despitethe numerous times thatGandhi was assaulted, arrest-ed and imprisoned, he refusedto sacrifice his values and hisideals.

A l ife-size statue ofMahatma was unveiled inRustenburg city in North-West Province in September2015 alongside that of hisone-time nemesis and for-mer Transvaal Boer Republic

President Paul Kruger.“Back in 1893, newly-

arrived in South Africa, ayoung M K Gandhi waskicked off the footpath by aconstable outside the home inPretoria of President PaulKruger,” historian andGandhian scholar Eric Itzkinsaid. “The unveiling here atKedar Heritage Lodge, on thesite of Kruger’s farm, of a stat-ue of Gandhi feels like an actof historical recognition andrestitution, even if it comesrather late, and carrying withit a sweet touch of irony,” hesaid.

The Trade Route Mall inthe sprawling largely Indiantownship of Lenasia, south of

Johannesburg, is believed tohave the only statue of Gandhianywhere in the world that issituated right inside the cen-tre of a shopping mall.

Originally installed thereas a temporary measure in2011, the management of thecentre decided to make it apermanent feature. Thousandsof shoppers of all communi-ties pass the statue every day.

At the nearby GandhiHall, another life-size statue ofGandhi is encased in glass atthe venue which was builtafter the original Gandhi Hallin Central Johanensburg wasdemolished by apartheid-eraauthorities who forcibly reset-tled the community from

there to Lenasia.The latest bust of Gandhi

has been installed at theTolstoy Farm by the GandhiRemembrance Committee,headed by veteran communi-ty worker Mohan Hira, whohas spearheaded the revival ofthe once-thriving area that leftdesolate after decades of van-dalism and neglect.

The bust of Gandhi sharesspace alongside one ofMandela.

Tolstoy Farm was a com-munity started by Gandhi inTransvaal, South Africa, in1910. It became the head-quarters of the campaign ofsatyagraha (non-violence)which he lead at that time.

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Former French PresidentJacques Chirac was given

full military honours onMonday as past and currentworld leaders gathered in Paristo attend his final service.

On a mild, sunny morning,French President EmmanuelMacron cut a solemn figure ashe presided over the ceremonynear the site of Napoleon’stomb in the courtyard of LesInvalides.

A military band played thenational anthem, “LaMarseillaise,” before Macroninspected the troops.

Chirac’s casket, coveredwith a Tricolor flag, was thencarried to the center of thecourtyard.

Macron, who did notspeak, will also attend a memo-rial service at the Church ofSaint-Sulpice in downtownParis alongside dozens ofFrench politicians and foreignofficials, including RussianPresident Vladimir Putin, for-mer US President Bill Clinton,former German ChancellorGerhard Schröder and Jordan’sKing Abdallah II.

A private funeral will takeplace later at the Montparnassecemetery.

A private family churchservice for Chirac was cele-brated prior to the militarytribute and a minute of silencewas being held in schools andpublic buildings across thecountry Monday on France’snational day of mourning forits former leader.

A mainstay of French pol-

itics over four decades, Chiracserved as Paris mayor, a law-maker, prime minister andFrance’s president from 1995 to2007. The last French head ofstate to complete two terms inoffice, Chirac died Thursday atage 86.

Known for championingthe nation’s sense of its owngrandeur, Chirac is beingremembered fondly despitepolitical failures and a 2011corruption conviction fromactions during his nearly two

decades as mayor of Paris.As president from 1995-

2007, he was a consummateglobal diplomat but failed toreform the French economy ordefuse tensions between policeand minority youths thatexploded into riots acrossFrance in 2005.

Once nicknamed “SuperLiar,” his popularity soaredafter he left office.

Thousands of mournerspaid him tribute Sunday at LesInvalides, where his body lay in

state on the eve of the memo-rial service. Mourners alsogathered early outside theChurch of Saint-Sulpice aheadof Chirac’s final service.

“He was a great man whohad an absolute fantastic classin all circumstances,” said onemember of the public, NadinePrevost.

“He knew how to speak toeveryone with a simplicity anda grandeur and that’s whatmade for the richness of hiscontact.”

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Riot police fired tear gas atstone-throwing protesters

as fresh protests erupted acrossIndonesia Monday, sparked bya raft of divisive legal reformsincluding banning pre-maritalsex and weakening the anti-graft agency.

At least two students havedied and hundreds more wereinjured as unrest swept acrossthe Southeast Asian archipel-ago, just weeks before PresidentJoko Widodo kicks off a secondterm as head of the world’sthird-biggest democracy.

In the capital Jakarta, some26,000 police and soldiers weredeployed while large crowds —including placard-carrying stu-dents and factory workers —chanted for change near par-liament, which was barricadedwith barbed wire.

Military vehicles rumbledalong the streets as some stu-dents — with toothpastesmeared beneath their eyes toprotect against tear gas —hurled projectiles. Many rallies,however, were peaceful.

The demonstrations have

been fuelled by a proposed billthat includes dozens of legalchanges — from criminalisingpre-marital sex and restrictingcontraceptive sales, to makingit illegal to insult the presidentand toughening the Muslim-majority country’s blasphemylaw. The protests are among thebiggest student rallies sincemass street demonstrations in1998 toppled the Suharto dic-tatorship.

More than a thousanddemonstrators were on thestreets in Bandung on Javaisland, where a female protest-er held a sign saying: “What isin our pants is none of the gov-ernment’s business”.

“I decided to join thedemonstrations after I heardabout the death of universitystudents and that some wereattacked by tear gas,” saidBanyu Biru, a Bandung studentstill dressed in his high-schooluniform.

“That’s just absurd — is thishow the police protect thepeople?” Passage of the con-troversial reforms has nowbeen delayed.

Widodo has also said he

would consider revising a sep-arate bill that critics fear woulddilute the powers of Indonesia’scorruption-fighting agency,known as the KPK.

“Why is this law beingchanged?” said LukmanulHakim Ahbr, a 24-year-oldIndonesian who said hereturned from his studies inneighbouring Malaysia to jointhe protests.

“We students... reject anyrevision that will weaken theKPK,” he added.

Protesters have alsodemanded troops be pulledfrom Indonesia’s restive Papuaregion, where fresh violencekilled more than 30 people thismonth.

They are also demanding aprobe into the deaths of twouniversity students on Sulawesiisland last week, including onewho was shot during the anti-government protests. Thepolice said they are investigat-ing, but denied responsibility.

At the rally in Bandung,high school teacher IwanHermawan was keeping a closeeye out for his students.

“If any students join this

rally and engage in violence I’llimmediately pull them out,” hetold AFP.

On Monday, scuffles brokeout between authorities andsome 2,000 university studentson Lombok, an island next toBali where hundreds also ral-lied. Ahead of Tuesday’s inau-guration of hundreds of mem-bers of parliament, Indonesia’schief security minister Wiranto— who goes by one name —warned that any bloodshedwould not be tolerated.

“I’m reminding protestersnot to engage in violence or dis-rupt the inauguration of newlawmakers,” the minister told apress briefing.

Officials have portrayedthe protests as being hijackedby agitators aiming to disruptgovernment — and suggestedthey were similar to May’sdeadly post-election riots thatparalysed Jakarta.

Updating Indonesia’s crim-inal code, which dates back tothe Dutch colonial era, hasbeen debated for decades butthere was a renewed push thisyear backed by conservativeIslamic groups.

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British Prime Minister BorisJohnson’s office has denied

allegations he made unwantedsexual advances towards twowomen 20 years ago.

Journalist CharlotteEdwardes wrote in a columnfor The Sunday Times thatJohnson put his hand on herthigh at a dinner party thrownby the magazine he was editingat the time.

“Under the table I feelJohnson’s hand on my thigh.He gives it a squeeze,”Edwardes wrote.

“His hand is high up my leg

and he has enough inner fleshbeneath his fingers to make mesit suddenly upright.”

She said a woman shespoke with after the dinnerwho was sitting on Johnson’sother side said the same thinghappened to her.

Johnson’s office issued abrief statement late Sundaystating: “The allegation isuntrue.” But Edwardes stoodfirm. “If the prime ministerdoesn’t recollect the incidentthen clearly I have a bettermemory than he does,” shetweeted.

The allegation was pub-lished just as Johnson’s

Conservative party gathered foran annual conference focusedon Britain’s planned departurefrom the European Union onOctober 31.

It grabbed the front pagesof several left-leaning dailiesand became the talking pointof the party meeting thatJohnson had hoped to use torally troops ahead of an expect-ed early election.

“An abuse of power,” TheDaily Mirror screamed in boldprint.

“Prime minister forced intodenial of claims that he gropedtwo women,” The Guardiansplashed across its front page.

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Top aides to Donald Trumpsought Sunday to turn the

tables on Democrats pushingfor his impeachment, insistingthe president was the true“whistleblower” in urgingUkraine to investigate the sonof rival Joe Biden for corrup-tion.

Trump’s Republican allieshave closed ranks as he battlesthe deepest crisis of his presi-dency, flatly denying he abusedhis power and seeking to dis-credit the anonymous whistle-blower who exposed the scan-dal. That person will testifybefore Congress soon, law-makers said.

“The president of theUnited States is the whistle-blower,” Trump advisorStephen Miller told “Fox NewsSunday.”

“This individual is a sabo-teur trying to undermine ademocratically elected gov-ernment,” he said. “Getting tothe bottom of a corruptionscandal in Ukraine is in theAmerican national interest.”

Trump’s personal lawyerRudy Giuliani — who hasemerged as his point man inthe Ukraine scandal — led thecharge along with Miller in aseries of combative Sunday

talk show appearances.Brandishing what he said

were affidavits incriminatingBiden’s son Hunter over hiswork at a Ukrainian company,Giuliani said Trump was dutybound to raise the issue withKiev.

“If he hadn’t asked them toinvestigate Biden, he wouldhave violated the constitution,”Giuliani told ABC’s “ThisWeek,” charging that “DonaldTrump was framed by theDemocrats.”

The Democratic-led Houseof Representatives launchedan official impeachmentinquiry this week accusingTrump of a “mafia-like shake-down” of Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelensky aimed atdamaging his potential 2020White House challenger.

Trump and his allies claimBiden, as Barack Obama’s vicepresident, pressured Kiev to firethe country’s top prosecutor toprotect his son Hunter, who saton the board of a gas compa-ny, Burisma Holdings, accusedof corrupt practices.

Despite the questionableoptics, those allegations havelargely been debunked andthere has been no evidence ofillegal conduct or wrongdoingin Ukraine by the Bidens.

But a transcript of the July

25 call shows Trump pushingfor Kiev to revisit the matter,saying both Giuliani and USAttorney General Bill Barrwould be in touch.

For Democrats, thatamounted to a smoking gun,leading Speaker Nancy Pelosito finally approve an impeach-ment process she opposed as arisky distraction from the 2020battle. Trump insists he didnothing wrong, denouncing anew “witch hunt” and demand-ing the resignation of lawmak-er Adam Schiff, who is leadingthe probe in Congress.

Between Saturday nightand Sunday morning, the pres-ident retweeted dozens of newsclips of conservatives defend-ing his conduct — along witha video ominously warninghis supporters that “our coun-try is at stake like never before.”

Democrats have chargedaggressively into the inquiry,ordering Secretary of StateMike Pompeo to turn overUkraine-related documentsand scheduling witness testi-mony.

On NBC’s “Meet the Press,”Schiff said he was “urgently”investigating all aspects of theUkraine affair, includingwhether Trump withheld mil-lions of dollars in aid as lever-age.

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Abdullah Abdullah,Afghanistan’s chief execu-

tive and President AshrafGhani’s top rival, claimed vic-tory Monday after the week-end’s first round of voting inthe presidential election, aheadof the release of any officialtally. “We have the most votesin this election,” Abdullah saidat a news conference.

“The results will beannounced by the IEC(Independent ElectionCommission), but we have themost votes. The election is notgoing to go to a second round.”

Abdullah, who is seekingthe presidency for the thirdtime after losing in 2009 and2014, said his team would“make the new government”.

Senior IEC official HabibRahman Nang immediatelyslammed Abdullah’sannouncement as premature.

“No candidate has the rightto declare himself the winner,”he said. “According to the law,it is the IEC that decides whois the winner.” Initial resultsfrom Saturday’s poll are notexpected until October 19.

Without giving details,Abdullah also mentionedreports of “some governmentofficials” meddling in the elec-tion process.

His remarks follow therelease on social media of sev-eral videos purporting to showelection workers stuffing bal-lots. Candidates need morethan 50 per cent of the vote tobe declared outright winner, orelse the top two will head for asecond round in November.

Despite a large pool ofcandidates, the election is seenas a two-horse race betweenAbdullah and Ghani. The menare bitter rivals and fought acontested election in 2014.

They both claimed victoryin that poll — a vote so taint-ed by fraud and violence thatit led to a constitutional crisisand forced the administrationof then-US president BarackObama to push for a compro-mise that saw Abdullah award-ed the subordinate role.

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European lawmakers vettingcandidates to form the new

European Commissiondeclared on Monday two of the26 are unfit to take office, dueto conflicts of interest.

The nominees put forwardby Hungary and Romania wererejected by the EuropeanParliament’s legal affairs com-mittee just ahead of confirma-tion hearings for the teampicked by incomingCommission president Ursulavon der Leyen.

A German member of thecommittee, Tiemo Woelken,tweeted that members haddecided that Romania’s RovanaPlumb and Hungary’s LaszloTrocsanyi are “unfit to becomecommissioners.”

French member Manon

Aubry told journalists that avote Monday confirmed thecommittee’s finding last weekthat the two commissioners“cannot take office because ofconflicts of interest”.

The decision weakens vonder Leyen’s hand as theEuropean Parliament holdsconfirmation hearings for theremaining commissioner can-didates from Monday, run-ning to October 8. It alsoobliges Hungary and Romaniato put forward new candi-dates. Most of the rest of theteam chosen by von der Leyen— who is already confirmed —are expected to get through thegrilling, forming a near gender-balanced executive drawn fromacross the European bloc’smember states.

But the legal affairs com-mittee pre-empted the wider

parliament’s hearings by usinga new power to scrutinise can-didates. Trocsanyi, meant totake charge of EU enlarge-ment issues, was tripped upover government contractsawarded to his law firm.

But Hungarian PrimeMinister Viktor Orban claimedthe only “sin” of Trocsanyi —his former justice minister —was helping “to stop migration”.

Plumb, a former Romanianlabour minister, was stymiedover two problematic loansthat raised suspicions of cor-ruption.

Both candidates were effec-tively suspended from the con-firmation process as a result.

Hungary and Romaniaboth initially stood by theircandidates, but have said theyhave no lack of replacementnames if necessary.

A spokeswoman for theEuropean Commission saidthat von der Leyen woulddecide whether or not to ask fornew nominees after she is offi-cially informed by the parlia-mentary speaker of the com-mittee’s decision.

Some of the other desig-nated commissioners also haveclouds hanging over them. But,while they were likely to haveuncomfortable questionsthrown at them in the publichearings, they were seen asbeing under less pressure.

The EU’s anti-fraud officeOLAF declined to recommendcharges against Poland’s can-didate commissioner, JanuszWojciechowski, after he reim-bursed 11,250 euros (USD12,300) for travel expensesimproperly claimed while hewas an MEP.

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Ahanging chunk of ice thesize of an apartment block

has forced Polish daredevilAndrzej Bargiel to abandon hisbid to ski down Mount Everest,he announced on his Facebookon Monday.

The 31-year-old — wholast year skied down K2 — wasmaking a rare attempt to sum-mit the world’s tallest mountainand then ski down withoutsupplemental oxygen.

But a serac — a block ofglacial ice — is hanging dan-gerously above the alreadytreacherous Khumbu icefallthat climbers have to cross toreach Camp 1.

Bargiel and other teamswere waiting at the base camphoping the serac — which hesaid is around 50 metres (165feet) by 30 metres (98 feet)—would break off so they couldpass.

“Walking underneaththrough the Icefall is extreme-ly dangerous,” he posted on hisFacebook page, adding hewouldn’t accept the risk.

“We are here for a longtime, there is no progress andso no acclimatisation beyondbase camp. We therefore haveto finish our expedition,because that’s the most rea-sonable decision.”

The decision comes afteranother team abandoned its

expedition last week, now leav-ing only a few climbers on themountain. Autumn expedi-tions on Everest are rarebecause of snowier terrain,shorter and colder days and anarrow summit window com-pared to the busy spring. Nepalhas issued only 10 permits forthe mountain this season.

Bargiel was eyeing the8,848-metre-tall Everest(29,028 feet) only a year afterhe became the first person toski down Pakistan’s K2, the sec-ond-highest mountain in theworld.

He has previously alsoskied off Nepal’s Manaslu,Broad Peak in Pakistan andShishapangma in Tibet.

()�"�������������Beijing (PTI): At least 19 peoplehave been killed when a firebroke out at a factory in eastChina, authorities said onMonday, the latest industrialaccident to hit the country wherelax regulations often lead totragedy. The fire broke out onSunday at a facility owned by theRuiqi Daily Necessities Companyin Ninghai County, state-runXinhua reported.

Nineteen people have beenkilled and investigation into thecause of the fire is underway, thereport quoted local authorities assaying. This is the fifth such inci-dent in the last six months.

Industrial accidents rang-ing from factory fires to miningdisasters are common in China,often due to poorly enforced safe-ty standards.

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Their story gripped the world — deter-mined divers racing against time and

water to rescue 12 boys and their soccercoach trapped for more than two weeksin a flooded cave deep inside a northernThai mountain.

The ordeal in late June and early July2018 had barely ended when filmmakersbegan their own race to get the nail-bit-ing drama onto cinema screens. The firstof those projects will premiere this week-end, when director Tom Waller’s The Caveshows at the Busan Film Festival in SouthKorea.

The film was shot over three monthsearlier this year and has been in post-pro-duction since then. The 45-year-old Thai-born, British-raised filmmaker said theepic tale of the wild boars football teamwas a story he simply had to tell. The boysand their coach entered the Tham Luangcave complex after soccer practice andwere quickly trapped inside by risingfloodwater. Despite a massive search, theboys spent nine nights lost in the cavebefore they were spotted by an expert diver.It would take another eight days beforethey were all safe.

Waller was visiting his father inIreland when he saw television newsaccounts of the drama. “I thought thiswould be an amazing story to tell onscreen,” he said. But putting the partstogether after their dramatic rescue provedto be a challenge. Thailand’s government,at the time led by a military junta, becamevery protective of the story, barring unau-thorised access to the wild boars or theirparents. Waller often feared his produc-tion might be shut down.

His good fortune was that the eventsat the Tham Luang cave in Chiang Raiprovince had multiple angles and interest-ing characters. Especially compelling werethe stories of the rescuers, particularly theexpert divers who rallied from around theworld. He decided to make a film “aboutthe volunteer spirit of the rescue.” Otherpeople proposed telling the story from thepoint of view of the boys, and Netflixnailed down those rights in a deal brokered

by the Thai government.“I took the view that this was going to

be a story about the people we didn’t knowabout, about the cave divers who came allthe way from across the planet. They lit-erally dropped everything to go and help,and I just felt that that was more of an excit-ing story to tell, to find out how these boyswere brought out and what they did to getthem out,” Waller said.

Waller even had more than a dozenkey rescue personnel play themselves. Hesaid that they were natural actors, blend-ing in almost seamlessly with the profes-sionals around them, and helped by theaccuracy of the settings and the produc-tion’s close attention to detail.

“What you are really doing is askingthem to remember what they did and toshow us what they were doing and feel-ing that time. It was an emotional momentfor us because it was so real,” said he.

Waller said his film is likely to have a

visceral effect on some viewers, evokinga measure of claustrophobia. “It’s animmersive experience with the sound ofthe environment. The fact that is very darkand murky, and that the water is not clear,”he added. “In Hollywood films, when theydo underwater scenes, everything is crys-tal clear. But in this film it’s murky and Ithink that’s the big difference. This filmlends itself to being more of a realistic por-trayal of what happened.” Some sceneswere filmed on location at the entrance tothe actual Tham Luang cave, but most ofthe action was shot elsewhere, Waller said.

“We filmed in real water caves thatwere flooded, all year-round. It is veryauthentic in terms of real caves, floodedtunnels, divers and creepy-crawlies inthere. So it was no mean feat trying to geta crew to go and film in these caves,” headded.

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Actor Seema Pahwa’s directorial debutfilm Ram Prasad Ki Tehrvi will be

screened at the Jio MAMI 21st Mumbai FilmFestival with Star 2019.

The film, features Naseeruddin Shah,Supriya Pathak, Konkona Sen Sharma,Parambrata Chatterjee, Vinay Pathak,Vikrant Massey and Manoj Pahwa. Itrevolves around a family that comes togeth-er for 13 days after the head of the familyBauji passed away.

Excited about the screening, Seema said,“I am so honoured to have my directorialdebut make its world premiere at the pres-tigious Mumbai International Film Festival,among some of the best films that Indiancinema has to offer. From acting to writingand directing, it has been a long fulfillingjourney and I am grateful to my producersDrishyam Films and Jio Studios for havingfaith in my story. I am very excited to startthis journey by showing our labour of loveto the incredible audience at MAMI. The fes-tival will take place from October 17 to 24.

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The beauty of drapes, unlike struc-tured garments, is that they can bemoulded as per any body shape,

said a designer once. They have theirown signature. The same sari worn bythree women would look totally differ-ent, whereas three women walking inthe same Prada dress would lead to aminor crisis at the party. Through thegrand sari fair, Dastkar celebrates theageless garment and brings forth the tra-ditions and culture that envelopes its lifecycle.

The garment is being interpreted tosuit the modern form while staying trueto its traditional roots. Designers pointout that the colour palette that has foundfavour among people includes white,beige, corals and pink. But there arevariations in each as designer RekhaKapoor points out, and says that white,corals and pink are in. But not withKalamkari. It cannot have pink as itworks only with natural products. Thetextile is not that vibrant and is veryrestricted, but beautiful in its own way.And designer Saksham Pal from SutraHandicrafts says that the trends clear-ly point towards pastel shades, linens,silk and other fabrics which have a softappeal. Another arena where the bigchange is happening is not in the sariitself but what it is paired with. Croppedtop to t-shirts as well as blouses whichare a far cry from the regular can be seendotting the ramps and the roads. Theyoung generation is experimenting andcoming up with their own styles of drap-ing.

However, it is the age-old techniquesand textiles such as Kalamkari,Bandhani, Jamdani, Ikkat, Benarsi,Mekhla Chadar or Kotpad weaves ofOdisha, which have always enhanced

the beauty and significanceof the traditional gar-ment. DesignerAnuradha Ramam, whoshowcased her collectionat the sari fair, says, “Thecurrent trends are steepedin traditional art.Possessing the age-old techniques suchas Ikkat, Kalamkarior Jamdani couldmake one feelproud of our rootsand heritage.”

H o w e v e r ,many of these tra-ditional weaves arelanguishing and indefinite need ofrevival, feel designersAnuradha, Rekha,Saksham, JoyNongthombam fromHilli Valli, ManipurHand Weaves andDilip Khudecha fromBhujodi, Kutch.

Weaving is centralto all of these saris,which is also acknowl-edged as one of theoldest surviving craftsin the world. In theearly 1900s, MahatmaGandhi famouslyused hand-spunKhadi-weaving as asymbol of free-dom. It is indeedsad to see thattoday, we as acountry, areonly export-

ing powerloom textiles run by big cor-porate groups. Joy says, “India used toexport various hand-woven products toforeign countries but now, all that hastaken a back seat. Only a few people areaware of traditional weaving these days.Maybe it’s because the young generationis not associated with it. But we have tofocus on how can we sustain the age-oldtechniques and take it forward.”

Dilip tells us that Jamdani is a vivid-ly patterned, sheer cotton fabric, tradi-tionally woven on a handloom bycraftsworkers and apprentices aroundDhaka. “Weaving is thriving today dueto the fabric’s popularity for makingsaris, the principal dress of Bangladeshiwomen. The Jamdani sari is a symbol ofidentity, dignity and self-recognition. Itprovides wearers a sense of culturalidentity and social cohesion. This is whythere is a strict need to revive such tra-ditional techniques,” says he.

Jamdani is a time-consuming andlabour-intensive form of weavingbecause of the richness of its motifs,which are created directly on the loomusing the discontinuous weft tech-nique. “The weavers develop an occu-pational identity and take great pride intheir heritage,” he adds.

Moving on to Kalamkari, namesuggests it is the art of hand paintingsymbols and motifs of cultural and reli-gious significance. The art, whichpeaked during the Mughal and theGolconda Nizam period, takes about 23tedious steps to be completed and hastwo primary forms — Machlipatnamand Srikalahasti. The former involvesthe use of blocks for printing, while thelatter is much more tedious, using akalam or pen to draw freehand patternsand further filling it in with colours. The

art is popularly found in saris as well asstoles nowadays.

Whereas Bandhani, hailing fromRajasthan and Gujarat, is carefully car-ried out by knotting various sections offabric before dip dyeing it in a varietyof colours. Most Bandhani artisans areeasily recognised with a noticeablylong nail on the little finger or wear asmall metal ring with a point thathelps them facilitate the knot of the gar-ment. Once the knots are opened, thework results in patterns of waves orlehariya, dots, stripes and squares. Anintricate sari will have about 75,000 dotsor so.

“The garments are often embell-ished using gota work and make for agreat garment for festive wear,” suggestsJoy.

Reviving the traditional techniquesis necessary but designers insist thatweaving it with newer techniques is evenmore crucial to keep up with the mod-ern times. Ask the experts why it isimportant for the designs to maintaintheir originality and presented as theyare — rich and raw? DesignersAnuradha, Saksham, Rekha, Joy andDilip have the same response. They say,“When the raw and age-old techniqueis given another dimension, it gets a newlease of life. With evolution in every sec-tor, one has to keep up with the chang-ing times in this industry too and it’simportant to keep the creativity grow-ing. However, at the same time, it is alsovital to maintain and protect the rich-ness and rawness of the authenticity.”

As the craft sector is becoming apart of the fashion industry, which isquite volatile, the craft requires a littlecontemporary touch while maintainingthe originality, feels Saksham.

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There is a definitespring in AjinkyaRahane’s steps after

he ended a 17-Testrun of not scoring a

hundred, a numberwhich has proved

to be lucky forhim.

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vice-cap-tain, wasu n d e rp r e s -sure to

performin the West

Indies and he delivered withan 81 and 102 in the first Testin Antigua.

“You get to learn fromevery match and every seriesand I had to wait for twoyears, 17 Tests, for my Testdebut and for this century(in West Indies) I had towait for 17 Tests. I thinkthere was some co-ordi-nation,” said Rahane aheadof the first Test againstSouth Africa beginninghere on Wednesday.

“When I was playingfor Hampshire, I was

thinking, when I made mydebut, how my mindset wasbefore that. In these 17Tests, I was not getting a

hundred, I was going behind

getting a hundred and it was not com-ing.

“So, in the West Indies, my thoughtprocess was that I will not think of get-ting a hundred even once, whatever hasto be happen will happen. If a hundredhas to come, it will come,” said Rahanewho could not hide the excitement ofbecoming a father soon.

Rahane insisted that he did notwork too much on his technique to getback amongst the runs.

“From outside it may look easy,for me it was about believing in myability. Not thinking about the tech-nical stuff, it was all about how I makethe mental adjustment like handlingdifficult situations,” said the 31-year-old.

South Africa may not have theservices of star players like AB deVilliers and Dale Steyn anymore butRahane said India cannot afford totake the Proteas lightly. India ham-mered them 0-3 at home four yearsago.

“There are five Tests at home ver-

sus South Africa (three Tests) andBangladesh (two Tests). Because of theTest Championship, you cannot takeany team lightly. Even before the cham-pionship, we were not taking any teamlightly and since the points system isinvolved, every match is important.

“There is a big difference betweenwinning and drawing a Test in terms ofpoints. When you win home Tests andthen go away, there is an advantage thatyou have points.

“Also, the likes of Aiden Markramand Temba Bavuma did well in thewarm-up and Faf du Plessis is an expe-rienced campaigner. You can’t takethem lightly.”

The pitch for the game looks like aflat one with hardly any grass on it. Indiaare expected to play two spinners and asmany pacers.

“Depending on the conditions wewill decide the combination. Hanuma(who bats at 6) can also bowl some spinand that makes a difference. In India, wehardly see three pacers playing,” headded.

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Jamaican sprint queenShelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce

surged to an unprecedentedfourth 100m crown and USlegend Allyson Felix brokeUsain Bolt’s Gold medalrecord tally as the returningnew mothers lit up the WorldChampionships here Sunday.

Fraser-Pryce and Felix,both racing in their firstmajor championships sincetaking time off from thesport to have children, lit upa pulsating day three of com-petition even if the actionwas played out inside a near-empty Khalifa Stadium.

The 32-year-old Fraser-Pryce, who skipped the 2017championships to give birthto her first child, delivered abarnstorming run to takethe 100m in 10.71sec.

Britain’s Dina Asher-Smith took Silver with atime of 10.83sec while IvoryCoast’s Marie-Josee Ta Louclaimed Bronze in 10.90sec.

“To be standing here asworld champion again afterhaving my baby, I am elated,”said Fraser-Pryce.

“The females keep show-ing up. We love to put on aperformance and for me I amjust really happy to comeaway with the win.”

The two-time Olympicchampion’s dominant dis-play was the highlight of aday three which also saw UStrack queen Felix win a

record 12th WorldChampionship Gold medal.

Felix only returned to thesport in July after a 13-month layoff which saw hergive birth to her daughterCamryn by emergency C-section last November.

The 33-year-old, whofailed to qualify for the indi-vidual 400m event in Doha,took Gold in the 4x400mmixed relay as the UnitedStates motored to victory ina world record time of 3min09.34sec.

Felix’s 12th gold medalbroke Jamaican legend Bolt’srecord tally of 11 WorldChampionship Gold medals.

Overall, she now has anincredible 26 medals, a daz-zling haul that also includessix Olympic Golds.

There was another victo-ry for a returning mother inthe final event of the day, the

women’s 20km race walk,where China’s 2016 Olympicchampion Liu Hong wonGold.

Liu, 32, who took amaternity break from 2017-2018, shrugged off steamyheat and humidity to lead aChinese sweep of the medalsin 1hr 32min 53sec andsecure her third world title.

Qieyang Shenjie tookSilver in 1:33:10 while com-patriot Yang Liujing wonBronze in 1:33:17.

Elsewhere Sunday, triplejump king Christian Taylorcompleted a superb hat-trickof World Championshiptitles after surviving nearelimination in a nerve-jan-gling final.

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South Africa’s most experienced spinner KeshavMaharaj wants to be as consistent as seasoned

Indian duo of Ravindra Jadeja and RavichandranAshwin during the upcoming three-Test.

The orthodox left-arm spinner with 94 wick-ets from 25 Tests had a successful county perfor-mance and is hoping to make life “uncomfortable”for the Indian top-order.

“It is nice that people speak highly of you. Lookat Jadeja and Ashwin. Ashwin has got a lot of vari-ations and Jadeja keeps it simple but the key is con-sistency and that make it uncomfortable for thebatsmen. I can (want to) emulate that going for-ward and do my job from one end,” said Maharaj,who is on his maiden Test tour of India.

Spin will hold key but reverse swing can alsoplay a huge role in the series, he said.

“You got to expect the ball to turn in the sub-continent and that is why people carry an extraspinner here. As far as bowling to Indian batsmengoes, you can only Test yourself against the best.The series will tell me how good I am and if Ibelong here in international cricket,” Maharaj said.

“Besides spin, reverse swing will be key. Everybowling unit everywhere in the world likes to utiliseif reverse swing is available. India have got strongbowlers including Mohammad Shami, who isunplayable at times. If it starts to reverse, then wehave also got amazing bowlers, who can utilise theconditions.”

The South Africa pace attack comprisesVernon Philander, Kagiso Rabada and Lungi Ngidi.

India will be without the the services of theirlethal weapon Jasprit Bumrah, who was ruled outof the series due to a stress fracture in the lowerback. Maharaj said India will miss him badly.

“It is a big loss for India. He has turned thewhole Test side for India in terms of playing in var-ious conditions but lets face it India have enoughquality to replace him. Umesh Yadav is anotherworld class bowler.”

South Africa got a decent hit in the middle

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Stylish batsman Babar Azamthrashed a swashbuckling hun-

dred to steer Pakistan to 305-7 inthe second day-night interna-tional against Sri Lanka onMonday as Karachi staged its firstODI in ten years.

The 24-year-old proved he iscurrently one of the best batsmenin limited overs cricket with a105-ball-115 to lift Pakistan to abig total after the home team wonthe toss and batted.

Azam, when on 54, becamethe fifth batsman to complete1,000 ODI runs in 2019 — behindIndia’s duo Virat Kohli and RohitSharma, and Australian coupleAaron Finch and UsmanKhawaja.

He added an innings building111 for the third wicket withHaris Sohail (40), as Sri Lankanbowlers toiled to break the stand.

It was only through an unfor-tunate run out that Sohail fell,leaving Azam to anchor theinnings. He square cut pacerLahiru Kumara for a boundary tocomplete his 11th ODI hundredoff 97 balls.

Azam was finally out at deepmid-on off Kumara, crackingeight boundaries and four sixes.

Iftikhar Ahmed battedaggressively for his 20-ball 32 notout — two sixes and as manyboundaries — as Pakistan made89 in the last ten overs.

Openers Fakhar Zaman (54)and Imam-ul-Haq gave Pakistana solid start of 73 before SriLanka’s best bowler, leg-spinnerWanindu Hasaranga, trappedImam for 31.

Hasaranga also had Fakharfor 65-ball 54 studded with sixboundaries and a six. Hasarangafinished with 2-63.

Skipper Sarfaraz Ahmed wasalso run out for eight while ImadWasim made 12.

While the first match wasrained off in Karachi on Friday,the third and final game will beheld in the city on Wednesday.

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After helping Australia retainthe Ashes, pacer Pat

Cummins now wants to emu-late his good show in the short-est format of the game with aneye on the 2020 T20 World Cupon home soil.

The T20 World Cup is theonly major trophy that haseluded Australia’s male crick-eters.

Cummins, ranked No 1 inthe world, took 29 wickets inthe five-test Ashes which endedin a 2-2 draw and bowled themost overs by an Australian fastbowler in a Test series since theturn of the century.

“It was a really tense series,so it felt like every day’s play wasquite exhausting,” Cumminstold cricket.com.au. “I felt like Ineeded a break. Those last twoweeks I bowled close to 100overs. That was pretty taxing.But I’ve had a good week off, so

feeling pretty good now,” headded.

Talking about the T20World Cup, the 26-year-oldsaid: “The last year has been areal one-day focus leading intothe (50-over) World Cup. Ithink we'll see a shift,” saidCummins.

“We’ve got 20-odd gamesbefore that T20 World Cup.Personally I want to be in thatWorld Cup squad, so I want toplay as many of those games aspossible.

“There’s a lot I want to workon in T20 cricket, so it's goodthere’s more opportunity now toconcentrate on that with sixgames in a row (to start thesummer). I don’t feel like I’vehad that in a long time.”

Cummins has beenextremely consistent despitenot missing a single match inAustralia’s World Cup cam-paign and then taking part inthe gruelling Ashes.

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The 27-year-old Annu sent the ironspear to a distance of 62.43m in her sec-ond round throw, bettering her earliernational record of 62.34m, which sheachieved in March, to book a place forTuesday's finals.

In the process, she became the first

Indian to reach the finals of the women'sjavelin throw in the WorldChampionships.

Annu finished third in Group A andqualified for the finals as the fifth best per-former of the qualification round.

Only two javelin throwers, Asianchampion Lyu Huihui (67.27m) of Chinaand Christin Hussong (65.29m) ofGermany, could cross the automaticqualification mark of 63.50m whileanother 10, including Annu, made up the

12, who will compete in the finals.Annu opened with a 57.05m before

coming up with her career-best throw inthe second round. She had a 60.50m inher third and final throw.

World leader and Asian Gameschampion Liu Shiying (63.48m) of Chinaand Ratej Martina (62.87m) of Sloveniafinished ahead of Annu in Group A, whilereigning Olympic champion Sara Kolakof Croatia was sixth with a best throw of60.99m. PTI

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transition take on Indiain the three-Test series

starting Wednesday, theywill be more relieved inthe knowledge that Jasprit

Bumrah will not pick upthe red cherry and come atthem than Virat Kohli pick-ing up the bat and sendingtheir bowlers on a leatherhunt.

Arguably one of thebest in the business,Bumrah has been ruled outof the series due to a minor

stress fracture in his lowerback. Needless to say, it was abody blow to the team man-agement as they lost a playerwho in 12 Test matches haspicked up 62 wickets, all onforeign soil including a hat-trick in the West Indies.

Sources in the team man-

agement have said that theBangladesh series is not in theradar as skipper Kohli andcoach Ravi Shastri wantBumrah to recover complete-ly and return to action asIndia also have an eye on the2020 World T20 in Australianext year.

Many have spoken aboutthe 25-year-old’s workloadtaking a toll on his body. Butthe overall picture which hascome to the fore is how doesthe bowling unit, spearhead-ed by the ace fast bowler, per-form without his services.

A young South Africanteam, thin on batting experi-ence after the retirement ofHashim Amla, might not testa strong Indian bowling bat-tery but it surely will lackteeth against the likes of Fafdu Plessis, Aiden Markramand Temba Bavuma overthree five-day rubbers despitehome conditions bringing

into play spin factor morethan pace.

Bumrah is yet to play athome and the injury has now

delayed his debut as he isunlikely to take part in theBangladesh series also. Butgoing by his exploits in 12

Tests, odds were that the sec-ond-ranked bowler in red-ball cricket would definitelyhave had an impact in theoutcome of the series, whichnow will rest on his supportcast led by veteran IshantSharma, who is perhaps bowl-ing like he has never bowledin his career.

Besides Ishant, a leanerand meaner MohammedShami will also look to shoul-der more responsibility andtake the load of spinnersRavichandran Ashwin,Kuldeep Yadav and RavidraJadeja, based on whoever isplaying.

It is also an opportunityfor Bumrah’s replacementUmesh Yadav to impress theselectors and team manage-ment and get back in thesquad after falling down thepecking order due to a seriesof underwhelming perfor-mances.

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India go into the three-match homeseries against South Africa looking

to build on their early success in theICC World Test Championship, whilethe visitors open their campaign in thecompetition.

India’s 2-0 victory in the WestIndies series helped them grab the full120 points available for a series, theonly team to do so in three seriesplayed so far.

Sri Lanka and New Zealand drewtheir two-match series 1-1 and are on60 points each in the points table whileEngland and Australia are on 56 eachafter their five-match Ashes seriesended 2-2.

Each match of the India-SouthAfrica series, to be played inVisakhapatnam, Pune and Ranchi isworth 40 points since points in theWTC are evenly distributed over thenumber of matches in a series (two tofive), ranging from 60 points for eachmatch of a two-Test series to 24 foreach match of a five-Test series.

So, India can go up to 240 pointsby grabbing all the points at stake inthe series starting Wednesday. On theother hand, South Africa can joinIndia at the top of the table with 120points.

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India and South Africa starting hereon Wednesday with rains predicted onall five days.

It has been raining here regular-ly since the last one week and thereis an 80 percent chance of showers onthe opening day of the series opener.

There is 50 and 40 percent chanceof rain on day two and three and playcould also be affected on the final twodays.

The warm-up game betweenSouth Africa Board President’s XI inVizianagram, around 50 kms fromhere, too was affected by rain. No playwas possible on day one of the three-day game and start of day two wasdelayed due to a wet outfield.

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The Indian 4x400mmixed relay team fin-

ished seventh in the finalrace of the WorldChampionships with a sea-son best effort here.

The team ofMuhammed Anas, V KVismaya, Jisna Mathewand Tom Nirmal Noahclocked 3 minute 15.77seconds to finish seventh inthe field of eight countrieson Sunday.

It was just a tad slow-er than the 3:15.71 clockedby the Indian team whilewinning Gold in the AsianGames last year.

Anas began the race inlane number 8 and early inthe second leg, Vismayawas running last. Third legrunner Jisna collided witha second leg runner ofanother country after col-lecting the baton fromVismaya, leading to the lossof crucial time thoughIndia was at the last spot bythat time.

in the one-off practice gamedespite the rain with AidenMarkram (100), TembaBavuma (87) and Philander(47) getting some much need-ed in the middle. Maharajstruck thrice in that game.

“It was important that ourbatters got some time in themiddle. They have been work-ing on how to tackle Indianconditions and it is nice to geta hit.”

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Bayern Munich captainManuel Neuer heads intotoday’s Champions League

clash with Tottenham Hotspur atWhite Hart Lane aiming for a dis-play that settles the debate aboutwhether he should remainGermany’s first-choice goalkeep-er ahead of Barcelona’s Marc-Andre ter Stegen.

The showdown in Londonwill be key in deciding who willwin Group B, with Bayern cur-rently top after beating Red StarBelgrade 3-0 in their opener afortnight ago and Spurs needinga home victory to get back ontrack after throwing away a two-goal lead in a 2-2 draw atOlympiakos.

Neuer will want to use thehigh-profile clash to prove hisform after a shaky display onSaturday, in which he was twicebeaten — including once fromlong-range effort — at bottomclub Paderborn.

Neuer could do little about thefirst goal, but was at fault whenPaderborn defender JamiluCollins scored from 30 metres outto make it 3-2 and give Bayern anervy final 10 minutes before theyeventually won and topped theBundesliga for the first time thisseason.

That display came on thesame day Ter Stegen launchedBarca to a 2-0 win at Getafe witha sensational long-range pass forLuis Suarez’s opener after snuffingout an attack from the homeside.

Ter Stegen had sparked a warof words between Germany’s topgoalkeepers when he said it was a“tough blow” to remain on thebench after watching Neuer beat-en four times in a heavy homedefeat by the Netherlandsin this month’s Euro 2020qualifier.

The Barca keeperhad been promised moregames in 2019 by nation-al coach Joachim Loew,but he has so far only hada 45-minute cameoagainst Serbia in March, andNeuer telling the 27-year-old hiscomments were unhelfpful toteam spirit only led to a terse replyof “Manu doesn’t need to com-ment on my feelings”.

At 33, Neuer is entering thelatter stage of his career and onlya strong display at Spurs willsilence the raging debate backhome as to whether his rivalshould be promoted and endNeuer’s nine-year reign asGermany’s first-choice stopper.

With a high-profile friendlyinternational looming at home to

Argentina, Loew is under pressureto drop his captain who has keptnearly 300 clean sheets in just over600 Bundesliga games and wasnamed in FIFA’s World XI fouryears running up until 2016,when he was made German cap-tain.

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Pochettino said he is “so happy”with his squad as they prepare to

face Bundesliga leadersafter a turbulent fewweeks.

Spurs have strug-gled to find consistencythis season after anunsettling summertransfer window beforelast week’s League Cup

exit against fourth-tier Colchesterwas a low point and Pochettinoblamed that setback on “differentagendas in the squad”.

But their 2-1 victory againstSouthampton on Saturday liftedthem to fifth in the PremierLeague table and helped calmnerves.

Spurs let slip a 2-0 lead in theirChampions League opener againstOlympiakos to draw 2-2 butPochettino pointed out that lastseason the club had just a singlepoint after three games and stillreached the final, where they lost

to Liverpool.“I am so happy with the

squad and we’re in a positionwhere everything is possible,” theSpurs boss told his pre-matchpress conference on Monday.

“We need to be calm and bestrong in our mentality. The mostimportant thing is the belief andspirit.”

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Bianca Andreescu said that she has“forgotten how it feels to lose”

after the US Open champion reeledoff her 14th victory in a row onMonday in Beijing.

The 19-year-old Canadian beatAliaksandra Sasnovich of Belarus 6-2, 2-6, 6-1 in the China Open firstround despite a second-set wobble.

But Simona Halep became thefirst major casualty in the Chinesecapital, beaten by Russia’s EkaterinaAlexandrova with the Romanianstruggling once more with a backinjury.

Andreescu’s run of victories hasbrought her the US Open and herhome Canadian Open in recentweeks, propelling her into the lime-light.

“I wanted to just keep themomentum going,” said the teenag-er, after her first match since stunningSerena Williams in the final atFlushing Meadows.

“I’m on a roll right now, hopeful-ly I can just keep it up because I thinkit gives me a lot of confidence,” addedthe world number six, who qualifiedfor the season-ending WTA Finals.

“I don’t want to sound cocky or

anything, but I kind of forgot how itfeels to lose, which I think is a goodthing.”

In round two the Canadian playsElise Mertens, the world number 23from Belgium.

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Halep lost 6-2, 6-3 in 64 minutes tobring her campaign to an early end.

She was far from her best as shewent down meekly to Russia’s 38th-ranked Alexandrova in the secondround.

“I didn’t recover well after my firstmatch so it was very tough for me toplay and she played really well,”Halep said.

China Open title-holder CarolineWozniacki swatted aside LaurenDavis of the United States, 6-1, 6-3,to give her the perfect start.

In the men’s draw, second seedAlexander Zverev of Germany was acomfortable 6-3, 6-2 winner over theAmerican Frances Tiafoe.

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Indian tennis player SumitNagal notched up a straight-

set win over home favouriteFacundo Bognis to claim themen’s singles title at the $ 54,160ATP Challenger Tournamenthere.

The 22-year-old fromHaryana, seeded seventh, out-classed 8th seed Bognis ofArgentina 6-4, 6-2 in an hourand 37 minutes to win the title.

It was Sumit’s secondChallenger title of his career, fol-lowing the triumph in theBengaluru Challenger event in2017.

“Brilliant performance@nagalsumit and I extendhearty Congratulations onWinning ATP Buenos Aires

Challenger Title. Sumit Nagalwill enter Top 135 in Rankings!,”Sport minister Kiren Rijiju wroteon his Twitter handle.

The talented youngsterjumped of 26 spots to achieve acareer-best ranking of 135 onMonday.

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The technical director believes thatthe state units, along with their respectivedevelopment officers, will be crucial inspreading the sport throughout India.

“The states covered by development

officers gives us opportunity to cover alarger area and a larger number of peo-ple. This larger reach can only be capi-talised upon if more competitions areheld, giving the footballers across all lev-els more opportunities to play the gameand improve themselves,” said Doru.

“We need more competitions. Weneed more games to build a better future.I read a lot about training techniques, andthis and that. But the harsh reality is thatwe need our footballers to play moregames, to play more competitions. A larg-er reach will certainly help us attain that.”

He stressed on the significance of“capacity building” of the state associationsduring a FIFA capacity-building work-shop.

Doru stated that the state associationsare the “building blocks” of Indian foot-ball. “The state associations are the bricksthat build up the future of Indian football.These bricks make up the foundation. Itis our job, as the federation, to worktogether in harmony and help footballgrow,” said Doru. PTI

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Mislav Orsic gaveDinamo Zagreb a

dream start in theChampions League witha sensational openinground hat-trick againstAtalanta, and now thejourneyman striker has ashot at downing all-con-quering Manchester City.

The 26-year-old isthe competition’s leadingscorer heading into theirdaunting clash at theEtihad Stadium alongsideRB Salzburg’s teenagesensation Erling BrautHaaland.

Dinamo go into theirtrip to City top of GroupC thanks in large part to

Orsic’s treble over fanciedAtalanta, who are takingpart in their first-everEuropean campaign.

That is already a bigstep up for a club thatfailed to score a singlegoal on their way to los-ing all six matches in

their last group stageappearance in 2016-17.

Dinamo already haveone goal more than intheir previous 12 tourna-ment matches.

Pundits in Croatiasay that Nenad Bjelica’sside are ready to make animportant step forwardand could even fight forthe second place in agroup that also includesShakhtar Donetsk, andOrsic shares that viewafter seeing the team getto the Europa Leaguelast 16 last season.

“We already had a

great European result lastseason and this is onlythe continuation. Wehave everything neces-sary to become a pres-ence in Europe,” he said.

Orsic is an evenoptimist ahead of theencounter with City.

“We all know whowe are playing but thatshouldn’t demotivate us,”he said.

“We badly wantedthe Champions Leagueand to compete with thebest clubs and that's whatwe have, it’s all up to us.

“If we play to 110percent of our abilitiesand catch City by sur-prise then anything ispossible”.

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Eden Hazard said on Mondayhe is ‘one goal’ away from

launching his Real Madrid careerhaving failed to score since join-ing the Spanish clubthis summer.

Hazard, who costReal 100 millioneuros in July, is yet to get off themark during the new seasonwith his appearances restricted tofour matches due to a thighinjury.

“Honestly I feel at 100 percent, the injury is behind me.When I start scoring, being deci-sive, having good matches, it willall come together,” Hazard said

ahead of playing Club Brugge.“That’s what I’m missing,

one good match, one goal, onepass, something to start my sea-son.

“When I say it’s down to con-fidence, once I’m con-fident, I’ll give my beston the field.”

Real host Bruggeafter falling to a humiliating 3-0loss to Paris Saint-Germain intheir opening Champions Leaguegame of the campaign.

They sit top of the La Ligatable after seven matches withFrance international KarimBenzema their top goal-scorer onfive, followed by Wales forwardGareth Bale on two.

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Juventus coach Maurizio Sarribelieves his side need to enjoy

themselves more if they aregoing to have any chance ofending their 24-year wait forthe Champions League tro-phy.

The 60-year-old Sarriwill oversee his f irstChampions League matchat home in the AllianzStadium today.

Juventus host BayerLeverkusen in theirsecond Group D clash,having being held 2-2at Atletico Madrid intheir opener.

“The ChampionsLeague is really thetop for a player andcoach, but at thesame time weshould also havefun,” Sarri told apre-match pressconference inTurin.

“At themoment it’s diffi-cult for Italianteams to be amongthe favourites.English teams arefavourites for obviousreasons but we shouldbe easier on ourselves.

“The idea is to really cheerup a little bit.

“Our goal is to go all theway until the ChampionsLeague final but it’s a competi-tion that can only be determinedin certain moments.

“I’m expecting a goodresult tomorrow.”

The eight-time reigningItalian champions are unbeaten

so far this season.They are up against a Bayer

Leverkusen, who finishedfourth in the Bundesliga lastseason, and are sixth this term.

The Germans slumped to asurprise 2-1 defeat at home

against Lokomotiv Moscowin their opener.

Leverkusen won 3-1 thelast time the two teams metin 2001-02, when theGermans reached the final.

Sarri said he wouldmake his team selection after

training on Monday,deciding who

would play upfront alongsideC r i s t i a n oRonaldo.

“ P l a y i n gRonaldo, (Paulo)Dybala and( G o n z a l o )Higuain alltogether from

the start is a fasci-nating suggestion,

but we are not readyyet for the level ofbalance required,”said Sarri.

“For now we couldonly try this solutionfor parts of the match.”

Leverkusen’s dan-ger man could be 20-year-old German mid-fielder Kai Havertz, aplayer Sarri tipped to“become one of themost important play-ers in Europe”.

In the other gamein Group D,Lokomotiv hostAtletico Madrid inMoscow.

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