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Women of all ages willnow be able to offer wor-
ship at the Ayyappa temple atSabarimala in Kerala after theSupreme Court on Friday didaway with the age-old traditionthat barred entry of women ofa “menstruating age” —defined as between the ages of10 and 50.
A five-judge ConstitutionBench headed by Chief JusticeDipak Misra in its 4:1 verdictsaid banning the entry ofwomen into the shrine is gen-der discrimination and thepractice violates rights ofHindu women.
Women activists hailed thejudgment as a victory for gen-der equality while UnionWomen and ChildDevelopment Minister ManekaGandhi said it would makeHinduism even more inclusive.
While Justices RF Narimanand DY Chandrachud con-curred with the CJI and JusticeAM Khanwilkar, the lonewomen judge on the Bench,Justice Indu Malhotra, gave adissenting verdict.
Asserting that the issue inthis case is not limited toSabarimala only and it will havefar-reaching implications forother places of worship, JusticeMalhotra was of the view thatit is not for courts to determinewhich religious practices are tobe struck down, except inissues of social evil like “Sati”.
She went on to say thatright to equality conflicts with
right to worship of devotees ofLord Ayyappa.
The court passed four setsof separate judgments on aclutch of pleas challenging banon the entry of women ofmenstrual age in the Sabrimalatemple saying law and societyare tasked with the task to actas levellers.
Claiming that practice ofexclusion of women of 10-50age group cannot be regardedas essential religious practiceand Kerala law denies rights towomen on ground of physio-logical reasons, the CJI said thatdevotion cannot be subjected todiscrimination and patriarchal
notion cannot be allowed toinfringe on equality in devo-tion. He said devotees of LordAyyappa do not constitute aseparate denomination.
Justice Nariman said theSabarimala temple custom bar-ring women of 10-50 age is notbacked by Articles 25 and 26 ofthe Constitution. He said thecustom of barring women isviolative of Article 25 (Clause1) and Rule 3(b) of KeralaHindu Places of PublicWorship (authorisation ofentry) Rules, 1965, is not main-tainable.
On the same note, JusticeChandrachud said religion can-
not be used as cover to denyrights of worship to womenand it is also against humandignity. He said prohibition onwomen is due to non-religiousreasons and it is a grim shad-ow of discrimination going onfor centuries.
Echoing the CJI view thatdevotees of Lord Ayyappa donot form separate religiousdenominations, JusticeChandrachud added that ifany custom or religious prac-tice violates dignity of womenby denying them entry due toher physiology, it is unconsti-tutional. He said the popularnotion about morality can be
offensive to dignity of othersand exclusion of womenbecause she menstruates isutterly unconstitutional.
Justice Chandrachud heldthat exclusion of women isviolative of right to liberty,dignity and equality and saidbanning women of a particu-lar age group is not essentialpractice of religion.
On her part, JusticeMalhotra said notions of ratio-nality cannot be brought intomatters of religion and Indiahas diverse religious practicesand constitutional moralitywould allow anyone to professa religion they believe. She
said equality doctrine cannotoverride fundamental right toworship under Article 25.
Welcoming the verdict,Women and ChildDevelopment Minister ManekaGandhi said it is a “wonderful”judgment that paves way tomake Hinduism even moreinclusive. “It opens up the wayforward for Hinduism tobecome even more inclusiveand not a property of onecaste or one sex,” she said.
Kavita Krishnan, womenrights activist and Secretary ofthe All India ProgressiveWomen’s Association(AIPWA), said the decisionwas long overdue.
“In instant triple talaq, HajiAli, and Sabarimala cases,courts have rightly held thatwomen’s equality can’t be heldhostage to religious practices.Just as it’s unconstitutional anddiscriminatory to debar entryto temples based on caste, it’sthe same to debar entry basedon gender. Also, we project ourown values on our gods — andpatriarchal values that put theburden of men’s celibacy or sex-ual choices.
Mariam Dhawale, generalsecretary of the All IndiaDemocratic Women’sAssociation, called it anotherstep that would help in bring-ing equality. “We welcome thejudgment. Women have a con-stitutional right to be able tovisit the temple and whoeverwishes so must be allowed tovisit it whether it is a temple ora dargah,” she said.
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Rejecting a plea for release offive activists held in con-
nection with the Koregaon-Bhima violence case for allegedNaxal links, the Supreme Courton Friday refused to order anSIT probe into their arrest,saying it was not a case of“more dissenting views or dif-ference in political ideology”.
The court ruled theaccused will remain in housearrest for four more weeksduring which they are at liber-ty to avail legal remedies inappropriate court which canconsider the case on merits.
Chief Justice Dipak Misraand Justice AM Khanwilkarsaid in their majority verdict,“We are of considered opinionthat it is not a case of arrestbecause of mere dissentingviews expressed or difference inthe political ideology of thenamed accused, but concern-ing their link with the membersof the banned organisationand its activities.”
Refusing to appoint an SITto probe the arrests, the SC heldthat the “accused cannot ask forchanging the investigating
agency or to do investigation ina particular manner includingfor court-monitored probe.”
The 2:1 majority verdict ofan apex court Bench was hailedby Maharashtra Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis as a “vic-tory” for the State police, whichhad arrested the five activistsafter a nationwide raid a monthago. The BJP used the oppor-tunity to slam the Congress andits president Rahul Gandhi,alleging they stand exposed forsupporting “urban Naxals plot-ting to kill Prime MinisterNarendra Modi”.
The Congress hoped thepolice will conduct investiga-tions as per the law and notaccording to the “whims andfancies” of the BJP.
The petitioners, who hadsought the SC’s intervention inseeking release of the fiveactivists, said their stand found“vindication” in the dissentingopinion expressed by JusticeDY Chandrachud, who saiddissent is symbol of a vibrantdemocracy.
“Individuals who assertcauses which may be unpopu-lar to the echelons of power areyet entitled to the freedomswhich are guaranteed by theConstitution. Dissent is a sym-bol of a vibrant democracy.Voices in opposition cannot bemuzzled by persecuting thosewho take up unpopular caus-es,” the judge said in his sepa-rate dissenting judgment.\
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The NCP on Friday plungedinto crisis after two of its
general secretaries — TariqAnwar and Munaf Hakim —resigned from the partyaggrieved over party chiefSharad Pawar’s “defence” ofPrime Minister Narendra Modion the Rafale deal.
Immediately, the party gotinto the damage-control modewith senior NCP leader PrafulPatel clarifying that Pawar hasnot given a “clean chit to any-body” in the Rafale deal andbacked the demand for JPCprobe into the purchase of thefighter jets.
In a statement before themedia at his Parliamentaryconstituency Katihar, Anwarsaid he is resigning from theposts of the NCP’s nationalgeneral secretary and as itsleader in the Lok Sabha, besidesgiving up the party’s primarymembership and vacating his
parliamentary seat. Senior NCP leader and
Rajya Sabha member DPTripathi confirmed that Anwarhas quit the party.
Anwar alleged the PrimeMinister is fully involved in theRafale deal and it is also sub-stantiated by former FrenchPresident Francois Hollande,referring to his reportedremarks about France being leftwith no option in Dassaultselecting Reliance Defence asan offset partner as part of themulti-billion dollar deal.
He said he completely dis-agreed with Pawar’s version,which he said has shattered thefaith of countrymen in theOpposition.
Munaf Hakim, who hailsfrom Maharashtra, said he hadquit the primary membership
of the party and claimed it is“difficult” to defend its imageafter Pawar “supported” thePrime Minister in the Rafalefighter jet issue.
Hakim, a former chair-man of the State minoritiescommission, told PTI that he isfollowing Anwar by resigningand added that more NCPworkers might follow suit.
About the implications ofAnwar’s resignation for theNCP, Patel said, “The partydoesn’t get impacted justbecause somebody joins it orleaves it. It is sad to note thatafter working with us for somany years, he (Anwar) decid-ed to quit without even inform-ing us. It is very surprisingbecause he has based his deci-sion on an interview by Pawarto a news channel.”
Meanwhile, NCP MP andPawar’s daughter Supriya Sulesaid it is “disappointing” thatpeople have not heard Pawarraising three key questions onthe Rafale deal. “What is thejustification for a 300 per centraise from �526 crore to �1,670crore which potentially couldbe a significant loss to theexchequer (sic)?” she tweeted.
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BSF Director General KKSharma on Friday said
Pakistan has turned more“aggressive” on the borderunder the Imran Khan-ledGovernment, and it has vacat-ed areas along the border fear-ing retaliation from India.
On the recent brutal killingof BSF jawan Narender Singhon the International Border, theoutgoing BSF chief asserted theparamilitary force has reservedthe right to retaliate at “timeand place of its choosing” anda befitting reply would be givento the adversary.
“In the near future, we(BSF) will do something,”Sharma said, adding all pre-cautions are being taken tocheck repeat of such incidents.
“Pakistan’s official policy isto push terrorists inside Indiaas part of Zia-ul-Haque’s doc-trine of bleeding India throughthousand cuts. Our jawanspatrol the border despite risk ofsniping and ceasefire viola-tion from across the border,”Sharma said.
Sharma said, Singh’s bodywas retrieved from thePakistani side after the BSFsearched the area with per-mission from the Pakistan
Rangers. Singh’s feet were tied,three bullet injuries were thereon his chest and his throat wasslit. Reports of mutilationswere exaggerated, he said.
The BSF is taking all acts of
sniping and ceasefire viola-tions seriously and every mis-deed will be avenged in a befit-ting manner. Pakistan remainsin denial mode as usual, he fur-ther said.
The jawan was killed by theBorder Action Team (BAT) ofthe Pakistan Rangers when aBSF team was clearing elephantgrass along the border.
India has avenged thekilling of the jawan on the Lineof Control (LoC), the DG saidwithout elaborating.
Fearing retribution andheavy mortar firing by theBSF, Pakistan is on an alertmode. An area of five kilome-tres from the zero line along theborder has been cleared by thePakistani side.
Sharma is retiring fromservice by the month-end afterserving a tenure of two yearsand seven months as the chiefof the border guarding para-military force.
On a question of presenceof Chinese troops along theborder and the LoC, Sharmasaid, “We have not noticed theChinese PLA along the borderor the LoC. But yes, as part ofthe security component ofChina-Pakistan EconomicCorridor, there are reports ofpresence of Chinese PLA.
China also providesresources for the security ofCPEC which is important ineconomic terms for bothPakistan and China, the BSFDG added.
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The Government on Fridayconstituted a seven-mem-
ber ministerial panel headed byBihar Deputy Chief MinisterSushil Modi to examine modal-ities for revenue mobilisation incase of natural calamities anddisasters.
The panel would submit itsreport to the GST Council byOctober 31, an official releasesaid.
Earlier in the day, the GSTCouncil — chaired by FinanceMinister Arun Jaitley — decid-ed to set up a Group ofMinisters (GoM) to examinethe legality of imposing a newtax on certain goods to raiseresources for natural calamity-hit states like Kerala.
Assam Finance Minister
Himanta Biswa Sarma, KeralaFinance Minister Thomas Isaacand Punjab Finance MinisterManpreet Singh Badal are partof the group.
Other members of theGoM are Odisha Finance &Excise Minister Sashi BhusanBehera, Maharashtra Finance &Excise Minister SudhirMurgantiwar and Uttarakhand
Finance Minister Prakash Pant.“Union Finance Minister
Arun Jaitley, has approved theconstitution of a Group ofMinisters today to examinethe issue regarding 'Modalitiesfor Revenue Mobilisation incase of Natural Calamities andDisasters',” the release said.
To help tide over the loss-es suffered due to recent floods,Kerala had sought the GSTCouncil's opinion on allowingimposition of higher taxes ongoods within the state.
The panel would lookinto five issues flagged by theCouncil, including whetherthe new tax should be leviedonly in the state concerned orshould it be an all-India levy,and that should it be onspecified luxury or sin goodsonly.
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Friday, causing a tsunami thatslammed into a city on Sulawesiisland with officials saying thetremor had levelled “many”buildings. The 7.5 magnitudequake sparked terror amonglocals who fled into the streetsand raced to higher groundfearing tsunami waves.
The disaster agency brieflyissued a tsunami warning.Dramatic video footage filmedfrom the top floor of a parkingramp spiral in Palu, a citynearly 80 kilometres from thequake’s epicentre, showed achurning wall of whitewatermow down several buildingsand inundate a large mosque.
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Chief Minister RaghubarDas said that there is no
greater service to humanitythan maintaining cleanliness.The CM, who was addressinga Choupal at Chametu villageof Latehar district under theongoing ‘Sanitation is Service’campaign, also called on vil-lagers for their collective con-tribution to make it a success.
“Government alone cannotbring cleanliness, which isrequired for development.Everyone will have to under-stand their responsibilities.Without cleanliness there is nomeaning of development sincewe cannot control differentdiseases from reoccurring,”said the Chief Minister onFriday. On the occasion, hehimself cleaned the village andgave message of sanitation.
The State Government iscontinuing with the sanitation
drive running from September15 to October 2. For providingfurther fillip to the cleanlinessdrive, the Government is alsogoing to conduct cleanlinessawareness program fromOctober 2 to January 30, 2019across Jharkhand. Figures sug-gest that construction of 86 percent toilets in the State has beencompleted and the remaining
would be completed byOctober 2. The Chief Ministeradded that the Government isalso working on water supplyfront by making provisions ofRs 5000 crore. “By 2022, everyhousehold of Jharkhand will begiven clean water throughpipeline. Deep borewell andsolar driven motors would beinstalled under Swacch
Jaladhara Yojana to providewater to the toilets besides fordrinking purposes,” said he.
The Chief Minister alsosaid that that 30 per cent of theamount coming into theDistrict Mineral DevelopmentFund would be spent for thedevelopment of mining areas.He on the occasion mentionedabout newly launched world’slargest health insurancescheme, Ayushman Bharat,and the schemes to providecycle to the children in theirsixth standard, provision ofbenches and desks for prima-ry schools and many more.
He also engaged in directconversation with villagers whoin large number demanded reha-bilitation before displacement.The Chief Minister assured themabout this and instructed CCLCMD Gopal Singh to give pri-ority to displaced persons inmining related activities.
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The Gas Authority of India Limited (GAIL) has re-started the workof laying pipeline at Chas in Bokaro in the presence of district
administrative officials. Earlier, the work was hindered due to protestof the locals as well as land owners.
The work started after 15 days of protest at Kumahri village underthe Chas Mufassil police station by the contract company ILFC whereChas SDM Satish Chandra, SDPO Chas Bahaman Tuti, Chas COVandna Sejwalker along with security personnel was present.
The villagers were protesting for their compensation which theyare yet to get. CO Vandna Sejwalker asked those villagers to sub-mit their application for claim of compensation along with the papersof land in her office earliest. “All eligible persons will get their partsoon,” the CO said.
GAIL is laying the pipelines for the City Gas Distribution Project(CGD), a part of Jamshedpur-Haldia and Bokaro-Dharma Pipeline(JHBDPL) which is also known as Pradhan Mantri Urja GangaProject, informed an official.
The 2655 km long JHBDPL project with an estimated to cost� 51,000 crore was inaugurated in July 2015 by the PM NarendraModi, passed through Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengaland Odisha, he said.
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Ayouth belong to Bagodarin Giridih district died
when he was hit by a goodstrain in the Mumbai centralarea near within limits ofMumbai GRP police station onThrusday late in evening. Localcops said the 25-year-old boywas allegedly walking veryclose to the railway track andcould not catch the sound ofthe speeding train. His familymembers, however alleged foulplay, the local police added.
The victim, later identifiedas Ganesh Saw son of JagdishSaw belonging to Bagodar areain Giridih district had left hisfactory and about 30 minutes
later his friends got to knowthat he died in train accident,they said.
RPF Mumbai rushed tothe accident site and latersearching they got mobilephone and others items andconfirmed that the youth wasa resident of GiridihJharkhand.
The case is being investi-gated from al l possibleangles.The entire family mem-bers are under grip of shockand suspecting foul play, localpolice sources said.We arewaiting for his body whichwill reach at Bagodar tomor-row and the autopsy to deter-mine the cause of death, policesaid .
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DIG, CRPF, Kathgodam,Uttarakhand, Pradip
Chandra inspected the head-quarters of 172 battalion locat-ed at New Police Line, Kalyanpurtoday. During the inspectionthe DIG closely saw each branchat the camp. He instructed theCommanding Officer of theBranch and told theCommandant Satyendra NathMishra about the shortcomingsfound.
The DIG said that inspec-tion is an important part of duty,it gives them a chance to under-stand the jawans and to over-come them. CommandantSatyendra Nath Mishra said thatthey learnt much from the guid-ance of DIG and the flaws will be
removed. The Commandanttold that the CRPF has openeda new picket in extremism affect-ed villages Kulhi underBhandariya police station. PrimeMinister's 'Man ki baat' will bemade available for the people tohear on September 30.
He informed that a medical
camp will be also organized onSeptember 30. The Dr. of CRPFwill treat the patients in thecamp. All villagers around theporter can get their treatment forfree, and take medication for free.
He informed that throughthe generators of the CRPFcamp villages are being provid-ed free electricity. There has beena change in the lives of the vil-lagers due to the CRPF campbeing held, the villagers are join-ing the CRPF. During the inspec-tion, many officers and jawansincluding deputy commandantSurendra Singh, deputy com-mandant Yogendra KumarMishra, inspector Deepak Singh,Kedar Mishra, Pankaj Choubey,Rahul Singh, Rajshree Verma,Mahesh Ahir and RakeshPandey were present.
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Entering the field of tribal lit-erature, one discovers a
wealth of tribal folk tales andvibrant folk songs. Althoughthey are economically under-developed, they can be, from thecultural point of view, treated asleaders even among the moredeveloped communities of thehuman race. The rich oral tra-dition of tribal songs expressesthe mysteries of life and nature.
It is to be noted that if we tryto investigate oldest literature, itwould be found in some cave.We do not know who the writ-ers of these oral narratives were.But the first writer and artist usedto live in a forest in his old world.He used to find pleasure inmaking sketches on the rocks,making faces and singing and hewas not only singing he was thefirst archer who was fightingwith the wild animals.
The oral narratives cover along list of genres of oral tradi-tions of folklore such as tales,fables, legends, social and his-
torical ballads, epics, myths,personal narratives, anecdotesand autobiographical accountsand the study of this folk narra-tive now considered as the con-cern of various disciplines ofCulture Studies, Social Sciencesand Humanities.
The tribal communities arehaving other forms of folklorewith the oral narratives and thatinclude tribal paintings, tattoo-ing, various performing arts,tribal worships and rituals. Thusthe oral narratives are insepara-ble from the social and culturallife of the tribal and non-tribalcommunities.
The incorporation of mem-ory into history is a powerfuldevice employed by the writersto ensure the preservation of trib-al stories. Memory permits theinvocation and retention of pastexperiences, imagined and real.Reviving memories is neces-sary, however, for tribal peoplebecause; the only history forthem is memory. Memory ishow the past is recalled; memo-ry is also how we heal from the
past. Re-memory is a combina-tion of historical memory andthe imagination.
Tribal music has myriadfunctions. It is a feast not only forthe eyes, ears and mind of thepeople but it is also a heritage ofknowledge and wisdom of thetribal people. The theme of themusic is derived from the eco-environment of the tribe, theirsociety, economy, history andpolitics including their philoso-phy and world views.
The tribals have beenpushed to the forest far from thecivilization but even then theyare continuing their dialogueusing their flute, nagara, mandarand their dance forms. They havea long history of 5000 years. Theyhave a long history of oral nar-
ratives, in which there is histo-ry of the earth. The tribals aretrying to find out their own his-tory, their own language andtheir own literature.
The tribals of India who livein far flung areas are our oldestinhabitants. Their contributionto Indian society and culture isimmense. These tribals are calledin Sanskrit literature as Asur,Nisad, Dasyu, Vanar andRakshash. When Aryans landedin India the non-Aryan com-munities were already living inIndia. The Aryan God Indraused to fight against tribals for avery long time. It will be inter-esting to go deep in the excava-tions of Indus valley civilization.
There we find the statue ofShiva surrounded with animals.His costume was like tribals. Hewas considered ancestor ofRakshash, Vanars and Asurs. InAryan society he was always con-sidered God of lower category.This is to be highlighted that theOraon tribes consider them-selves as dissidents of Ravana.Another group of Oraon tribesupported Rama when he hadgone to Lanka to fight withRavana. Hanuman is consideredto be of Oraon tribe and inJharkhand people worship theplace Anjan gram where he wassupposed to be born inJharkhand.
Dr BP Sinha aka VinodKumar, is the former Head,Centre for English Studies andDean, School of Languages,Central University of Jharkhand,He is an academician, poet, shortstory writer, novelist, renownedplaywright and perceptive critic oflife and literature. The viewsexpressed in the article are hisown.
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Alecture on “The Buderas -A High Himalayan
Community: their Culture &Rituals” was organised by theIndira Gandhi National Centrefor the Arts, Ranchi RegionalCentre on Friday at IGNCARanchi Regional CentrePremises, Examination DataProcessing Cell Unit, RanchiUniversity, Ranchi. Dr DPSaklani, Department of History& Culture, Hemwati NandanBahuguna Garhwal University,Srinagar, Garhwal was thespeaker of the lecture. It waschaired by Dr. H.S. Pandey,Former HOD, Department ofHistory, Ranchi University,Ranchi. Dr. Bachchan Kumar,Regional Director, IGNCA,RRC welcomed the guests,while Prof. Saklani presentedhe lecture along with a veryinformative power point pre-sentation. He educated thespectators about the Buderas -A pastoral community of upperHimalayan region. Buderas area semi-grazing tribal commu-nity inhabiting in a villageGangi, a village of India bor-dering Tibet in district TehriGarhwal. The communitymigrated from Kashmir viaKullu in the mediaeval period.Their rich culture, rituals andlifestyle was discussed. Samosaor Somesu is their deity aroundwhom their socio-cultural liferevolves. Anjani Kumar Sinha,IGNCA, RRC delivered thevote of thanks in which hethanked the Chairperson, theSpeaker, the Regional Director,honored guests and all theparticipants of the lecture ses-sion.
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Students of Sarala Birla Public School brought laurels to the schoolby participating in the Handwriting Olympiad and showing their
remarkable performance in it. Bhargav Kumar of Std. V and Saumya
Agarwal of Std. II bagged 1st position followed by Nishka Raj ofStd. V and Khushi Kumari of Std. I at 2nd position and HanshikaAgrawal of Std. V and Arushi Mehta of Std. III at 3rd position. SchoolHead Personnel & Admin Pradip Varma congratulated the winnersand motivated other students. Principal Paramjit Kaur praised thestudents for their outstanding performance.
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Questioning the rationaleof JMM executive presi-
dent Hemnat SOren’s‘Sangharsh Yatra’, State BJPSpokesperson Pratul Shahdeosaid on Friday that Hemantnever cared about the devel-opment of the State when hewas the CM of the State andnow he is trying to befool thepoor tribal people by launch-ing the Yatra just ahead of theelections.
Shahdeo said that the JMMis baffled with the steps beingtaken by the government forthe development of tribals andlocal residents of the State. “Itis for the first time lakhs of peo-ple have got employmentopportunities and the benefitsof government schemes are
reaching to them directly. Firsttime the Raghubar Das gov-ernment is thinking in theinterest of the people else theJMM had used them as votebank,” he said.
“When the JMM got achance to send local people toRajya sabha it auctioned theseats to people like MNUpadhyay, KD Singh. TheJMM was formed on the issueof domicile and they also tookback support from then ArjunMunda led government on thesame issue. But, Hemant Soren,in his 14 month tenure had noteven let the domicile related filemove to 14 inches. The tribaland local vote bank of JMM hascompletely destroyed. TheSangharsh Ytra of the party isgoing to be the last Yatra ofJMM,” he added.
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During the ‘Lok Manthan’programme underway at
Khegaon on Thursday, expertsemphasised on indigenous cul-ture and how people from dif-ferent sections of society couldcome together and spread con-sciousness our traditional prac-tices.
Scholars and artists alsoportrayed the chronologicaldevelopments in Indian histo-ry and the changes in Indianperspective of the world andvice-versa in different periods.
The event, which was inau-gurated by Vice PresidentVenkaiah Naidu on Thursday,has speakers, thinkers andartists from all over the coun-try who are discussing on thetheme ‘Bharat Bodh Jan GanaMana’.
Speaking to media per-sons Prafull Ketkar, editor ofOrganiser stated that tendencyto look at our indigenous prac-tices as backward must go asthe outlook was creating manya problems for us.
He pointed out that duringhis speech the VP too has
stressed on mother, mother-land and mother tongue.
He said in line with thethought prevailing at LokManthan a discussion was heldon tradition of tribals in Bastarincluding their methods ofworshipping the nature.
The sessions on the themeSamajavlokan saw ShankarSharan of NCERT discussinghow society has changed sinceancient times. Speaking on theoccasion former CM ArjunMunda said that tribal havevery strong culture eventhough they are economically
weak. He said at present thesociety was divided into ruraland urban sectors with the for-mer being primarily based onagriculture.
“The tribals are educatedabout the do’s and don’ts intheir houses,” he said.
Later in the day the par-ticipants also held interactionon World view of India sincethe ancient times. Based onwrite up of foreign visitors toIndia the speakers said that thecountry was highly respectedby people in different parts ofthe world. Their concept, how-
ever, changed after establish-ment of British Empire in Indiaand they began to think Indiaas a backward country.
Dr Aniruben Gangulystated that India never look atthe world as ‘I and they’adding that the country had acivilizational worldview.However confusion crept inafter colonization by theBritish and people startedlooking inwards.
A dance combining thevedic features to the modernday Ganesha dance was alsopresented in the programme.
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Security personnel arresteda top CPI (Maoist) leader
near Bhatukora f romBhelwaghati forest area inGiridih district during ananti-Maoist campaign onThrusday evening, said CRPFCammandant S.K. Bhardwajon Thursday.
The Maoist leader wasarrested from an area underthe jur isdict ion ofBhelwaghati police station,police said. Eight bags ofexplosives, 55 no of detona-tors, three bundles of codexwire, and cello-tape wererecovered from the Maoistleader's possession, a policeofficer said.
The Maoist was allegedlyinvolved in all major Maoistattacks in the Giridih district,including the gunbattle atwithin limits of Chalao policestation, police said.
"We have arrested BaldeoSoreon during a joint anti-Naxal operation by the CRPFand the district armed policein the evening hours onThrusday, Dy CammandantAjay Kumar said.
Soren is a resident ofBhatukora in the adjoiningGiridih-Jamui district, theS.K.Bhardwaj said whileaddressing a press confer-ence here. Police said Sorenwas involved with SidhuKodda group and active inall major Maoist activities forover a decade. The com-mandant also said that theMaoist leader confessed tohis crimes during interroga-tion.
Several cases are pendingagainst him in adjoiningBihar, he said. "We haveinformed the Bihar policesince many cases are pendingagainst him in Jamui andother districts there," he said.
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The 38-year star Australianfootballer, who recently
joined Jamshedpur FootballClub, is keen to promote thegame both on and off thepitch. Talking to the newsmenafter sweating out at the Tata
Football Academy ground, theattacking forward said that heis keen to promote the gameboth on and off the pitch sothat it can benefit more peo-ple.
The Australian forwardhas since played in a variety ofleague including the MajorLeague Soccer (MLS) in USA,Chinese Super League (CSL)in China, the A-League andnow is set to dazzle in the HeroIndian Super League (ISL).
“I am really veryimpressed with Jamshedpur. Itis a green city. I am really veryexcited about my associationwith JFC. I will not only playfor the club but will also workto promote football,” Cahill,
who have scored 50 goals in107 caps between 2004 and2018.
Cahill, who has playedfour FIFA World Cups for hiscountry, noted as a cityJamshedpur offers the bestinfrastructure in the countryfor football. He want tostreamline and structure thesefactors and develop a connectto youth for Jamshedpur FC inthe coming years. He is alsokeen to provide his expertiseto All India FootballFederation (AIFF) if required.
Cahill is also sharing tipswith JFC mates related to thegame. “As per our aim rightnow is to finish in the top 4.We are working according
and training part is good. JFChas shown remarkableimprovement as a team,” henoted.
Tim admitted that herejected offers from variousclubs from other parts of Asiabefore deciding to come to
India.Eastern India’s sports cap-
ital, the steel city becamehome to Jamshedpur FC, oneof 10 clubs in the Indian SuperLeague, on June 12, 2017 afterTata Steel won the bid withJamshedpur as the host city.
JFC finished in fifth placein their debut season of theISL. The club signed futuremainstays in the likes ofSubrata Paul, Tiri. The playerswon accolades for their per-formances during the 2017/18season. Subrata Paul won theGolden Glove award, Jerrywon the FPAI Young Player ofthe Year and Tiri andWellington were part of thefans’ team of the year.
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Experts have expressed theirconcern over the tenden-
cy that is usually adopted bythe people of Jharkhand forthe treatment of Tuberculosis(TB) despite the availability ofnumerous facilities given bythe Government of India(GoI) under Revised NationalTuberculosis Control Program(RNTCP) to the patients whoare diagnosed with the dis-ease.
According to the resourcepersons who have been asso-ciated with numerous com-munity health projects focus-ing predominately on TB, thepercentage of people consult-ing private hospitals for TBtreatment is quite high here.
“In Jharkhand, the privatehealth sector is the mainsource of health care for amajority of households (61 per
cent), including 67 per cent ofurban households and 59 percent of rural households. Morehouseholds reported that theirmembers go to private doctorsor clinics (45 per cent) than toany other type of facility,”said Medical Consultant ofREACH, Dr. JayalakshmiShreedhar following the con-solidated reports duringJharkhand Media Roundtableon Friday.
Shreedhar who is associ-ated with REACH for morethan a decade now furtheradded that an intensive cam-paign is needed to motivateprivate doctors to notify theTB cases here. Also, she fur-ther added that the privatemedical practitioners mustbe given training involving allaspects to recognize TB casesand to further lessen its bur-den.
As per the RNTCP –
Programme Performance ofJharkhand data up to June2018 suggests that 18,381 totalTB cases have been notifiedfrom public health sectorwhereas 6,720 total TB caseshave been notified from theprivate health sector. The datafurther reads that the annualTB notification rate in 2018up to June month for bothpublic and private hospitals is132. The treatment successrate in public sector is 92 percent.
Dr. Rajabhau Yeole, WHOConsultant – Jharkhand spokeabout TB burden in Jharkhandand explained in detailedabout the estimation of TBburden based on drug salesand other key issues.Following the data in contextto Jharkhand, Yeole said, “Thetotal estimated number of TBpatients in private sector is40,793 while the TB patients
notified from public sector in2016 are 35,130. Private-Publicratio is 1:2.”
The discussions at theroundtable covered the basicsof TB, the disease burden rateand issues such as transmis-sion, risk factors and anoverview of the RNTCP. Thesocio-economic status of TB,
stigma and the recent courseof developments on nutritionsupport and private sectorengagement were also takenup during the meet with themedia persons.
The meeting which wasorganised in keeping with theprioritisation of TB as a cru-cial public health issue, the
State TB Officer, Dr. RakeshDayal discussed elaboratelyabout the media’s involvementin ensuring a mass outreachon the TB programme to allthose affected by the disease.
The meeting also saw theparticipation of TB survivors.They shared their stories ofresilience and transformationfrom TB-affected persons tocommunity advocates andchampions of the disease.Rekha Verma, a TB Championspoke about her struggle withstigma and misconceptionsduring the battle with TB.
“I have decided to advo-cate on TB and its symptoms,treatment and the govern-ment programme after I recov-ered from the disease. I amcommitted to make sure thatothers do not face the samechallenges that I did when Iwas undergoing treatment,”she said.
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Traders from across the citytoday joined the Bharat
Bandh called by theConfederation of All IndiaTraders (CAIT) to protestagainst Walmart's acquisition ofhome-grown retail majorFlipkart and foreign directinvestment in the retail sector.
Over 1,000 shops remained
closed in the three major com-mercial hub- Bistupur, Sakchiand Jugsalai. Members ofSinghbhum Chamber ofCommerce and Industry (SCCI) led by Suresh Sonthalia,who was recently appointed asnational secretary of CAITwent around Bistupur, Sakchiand Jugsalai to enforce thebandh.
“We are overwhelmed withthe response. The traders vol-untarily closed their shops tosupport the cause. On ourrequest some of the privatesector banks also downed shut-ters in Bistupur," said Sonthaliaadding that the bandh call waseffective between 6 and 3 pm.
Meanwhile, over 1300 phar-macy stores in Jamshedpur andnearly 2500 stores across Kolhan(including West Singhbhumand Seraikela-Kharsawan)downed shutters from 4 am till12 in the night.
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Following the petitionerJharkhand Vikas Morcha
(JVM) concluding its argu-ments, two of the respondents—Navin Jaiswal and Amar KumarBarui (Now BJP MLAs) —argued before the AssemblySpeaker court to keep only theprovisions of the 10th scheduleof the Constitution in mindbefore coming to any conclu-sion. The provision fixes con-sent of two-third of any partylegislators’ as a prerequisite fornegating the anti-defectionstrictures in the law.
Senior advocate Rajiv Ranjanpresenting the case for the twolegislators, who had switched tothe BJP after winning theAssembly polls on the JVM tick-ets along with four of their othercompanions in 2015, arguedbefore Speaker Dinesh Oraon onFriday, that theirs was a merger.
“That was in fact not a splitbut merger of the JVM into theBJP. JVM at that time and evenbefore was passing throughturbulences. Even during thethird Vidhan Sabha, seven oftheir sitting MLAs had quit theparty while one got expelledfrom the House. The party wasbeing run through dictatorshipthus the merger was done as perthe wishes of the people andparty workers,” said the lawyer.
He further argued before thetribunal to not to digress onother things but look at the casein the light of the 10th scheduleof the Constitution which desirescertain number. “The lawyertried to say that as per the law atleast six MLAs were required forthe merger in the case and thedesired number was there. TheMLAs were well within theirrights to do what they did,” saidan official of the Assembly pre-sent during the hearing.
On his part, the Speakerurged the lawyer to presentjudgments came at differentcourts and Houses in the casesof similar nature before the tri-bunal which can help him tounderstand the case in bettermanner. Dinesh Oraon at thesame time fixed October 5 asnext date when the argumentsfrom the respondents wouldcontinue. Sources suggest thatthe lawyer may be requiring twomore dates to conclude andafter that four other MLAs inquestion namely Alok Chaurasia,Ganesh Ganjhu, Janki PrasadYadav and Randhir Singh wouldbe presenting their cases likewise.
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maintained that its action wasbased on cogent evidence.
Refusing to interfere withthe arrests, the court said furtherproceedings against the accusedwould be decided on the meritsof the case without being influ-enced by the observations of theapex court.
It also said that this is notthe stage where the “efficacy ofthe material or its sufficiency”can be evaluated nor it is possi-ble to enquire whether it is gen-uine or fabricated as it wouldcause prejudice to the parties,adding they can opt for dis-charge at an appropriate stage ifthere is no evidence againstthem.
The Maharashtra police hadarrested the activists on August28 in connection with an FIRlodged following a conclave --‘Elgaar Parishad’ -- held onDecember 31, 2017 that alleged-ly triggered violence later atKoregaon-Bhima village.
The five activists -- VaravaraRao, Arun Ferreira, VernonGonsalves,
Sudha Bharadwaj andGautam Navlakha -- were putunder house arrest on August 29
following an apex court order onthe plea by historian RomilaThapar, economists PrabhatPatnaik and Devaki Jain, soci-ology professor SatishDeshpande and human rightslawyer Maja Daruwala againstthe police action.
Pune Police chief KVenkatesham said they will con-tinue to “professionally” inves-tigate the case.
Fadnavis said the court deci-sion proved there was “no crush-ing of dissent” or any “conspir-acy” behind the action by thestate police.
“This is a victory for thePune police which collectedforensic and collaborative evi-dence. We will move appropri-ate courts and take custody of thearrested persons,” Fadnavis said.
He said the arrested peoplehad “links” with banned naxalgroups and that the police hadnot acted with any ulteriormotive.
Prominent Telugu poet Raowas arrested on August 28 fromHyderabad, while activistsGonsalves and Ferreira werenabbed from Mumbai, tradeunion activist Sudha Bharadwajfrom Faridabad in Haryana andcivil liberties activist Navlakha
from Delhi.Justice Khanwilkar, writing
the majority judgement for him-self and the CJI, said any obser-vation made by this court maycause “serious prejudice” to themwho are not before this courtresulting in “serious miscar-riage” of justice.
“We may hasten to mentionthat we have perused the regis-ters containing relevant docu-ments and the case diary pro-duced by the State ofMaharashtra.
But we have avoided todilate on the factual positionemerging therefrom, lest anyprejudice is caused to anyaccused or the prosecution, inany manner,” he said.
The judge said except point-ing out some circumstances toquestion the manner of arrest, nospecific material facts and par-ticulars are found in the petitionabout the alleged mala fide exer-cise of power by the investigat-ing officer.
He said a vague and unsub-stantiated assertion was notenough and the plea of the peti-tioners of lack of evidenceagainst the accused has beenseriously disputed by the inves-tigating agency.
From Page 1“If such doubts have been
raised and the Government isso confident, then why arethey shying from setting up aJPC?” Sule said in anothertweet.
She also said when theBJP raised both price and spec-ification issues during theBofors allegations, “why arethey hiding behind artificialjustification of secrecy of agree-ments vis-a-vis both commer-cial price and offset agree-ments.”
Placed in an embarrassingsituation by Pawar’s purportedclean chit to Modi, theCongress dubbed mediareports about Pawar’s state-ment s “false and unfounded”and claimed it was a conspira-cy to create a rift between thetwo parties.
Congress chief spokesper-son Randeep Surjewala saidPawar clarified to Congressleader in Lok SabhaMallikarjun Kharge that hehad not made any such state-
ment as the NCP favoured thedemand for a joint parliamen-tary committee (JPC) probeinto the deal.
Surjewala said the NCPchief held detailed discussionwith Kharge and made it clearthat “this is untrue andunfounded”.
Anwar as the NCP candi-date had successfully contest-ed the 2014 General electionsfrom Kaithar in an alliancewith RJD and Congress andretained the seat amidst theModi wave then.
Anwar was the BiharCongress president in the1980s and had representedhis current parliamentary con-stituency Katihar as aCongress MP four times,before he joined hands withPawar and former Lok SabhaSpeaker P A Sangma to formthe Nationalist Congress Partyin 1999.
The NCP later allied withthe Congress and Anwarserved as a Union Minister inthe UPA-II Government.
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Commissioner Rajiv Kumarto allot the lease to those dis-placed by holding camps atthe earliest.
The Chief Minister onthe occasion gave two bikeambulances to the villagewhile 500 gas collections weredistributed. Latehar SPPrashant Anand, DeputyDevelopment CommissionerMadhavi Mishra and otherofficials were present.
Later in the day, the CMvisited Hazaribagh and saidthat he was determined tobring a change in the statethrough transparent work-ing. He said his government iscommitted to take the rays of
development to the last manof the society so as to bringsmile on their faces.
Addressing large numberof villagers in Keredari block,Das said there should be nocommunication gap betweengovernment and the people.He even cautioned peoplefrom middlemen and askedthem to stay away from them.He said demand of the time isto use the mineral resourcesby using modern techniques.He stressed for skill develop-ment and promised to providejobs to 1lakh youths by Jan.15.
Das said that NTPC wasdirected to absorb localyouths in the fourth gradejobs. Praising the work under-taken in construction of toi-
lets, he said till 2014, only 14per cent houses were havingtoilets. But till today wechanged this figure from 16per cent to 96 per cent, headded. He praisedHazaribagh deputy commis-sioner Ravi Shankar Shuklafor his ef forts to bringHazaribagh on top in swachchbharat mission.
Union minister of Statefor civil aviation Jayant Sinhasaid such jansanwad pro-grammess work as a bridgebetween the government andpeople. He said many prob-lems get solved here. Otherspresent in the program wereformer Barkagaon MLALoknath Mahto and MayorRoshni Tirkey.
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Hundreds of elderly, wid-ows, single women and
differently-abled persons fromdifferent districts of Jharkhandgathered at Raj Bhavan for apublic hearing organized by theJharkhand Right to FoodCampaign and PensionParishad and demanded rightto universal social securitypensions here on Friday.
The public hearing wasorganized by the JharkhandRight to Food Campaign andPension Parishad.
A press communiquéissued by the activists claimed
that 17 lakh elderly, widowsand differently-abled personsin Jharkhand who qualify forsocial security pensions, do notreceive their entitlement. Oneimportant reason is that pen-sion coverage in Jharkhand isnot universal.
Even those who do receivepensions face chronic selectionerrors and administrativeglitches. In 2016-17, three lakhpensioners were deleted as“fake”, though many genuinepersons, whose pensionaccounts were not linked withaadhaar, were also excluded.
It said that in view of thesituation the public hearing
was held on Thursday-twodays ahead of the WorldElderly Day, which falls on 1stOctober.
The oral and written testi-monies presented by the par-ticipants threw light on thehavoc created by pensions.They highlighted that peoplewho are not identified asbelow-the-poverty line (BPL)or earn more than a measly �875 a month in rural areas arenot eligible for most statesocial pensions.
With the rallying call of“APL BPL Band Karo, SabkoPension, Ration Do”, the par-ticipants demanded - imple-mentation of universal pen-sions, removal of mandatoryimposition of Aadhaar, time-ly payment without delays, aninflation-indexed increase inthe pension amount to atleast Rs 2000 per month andreducing the eligibility age.They encouraged all politicalparties to include these luciddemands in their electionmanifestos.
Noted economist JeanDreze said, “Pensioners havebeen badly let down by theCentral government. The cen-tral contribution to old-agepensions has stagnated at Rs200 per month for manyyears. Even that measlyamount is not paid regularly,despite Supreme Court orderscalling for payment by the 7thof each month. A series ofAadhaar-related problemshave made pension paymentseven more erratic.”
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Russian President VladimirPutin will visit India from
October 4-5 during the courseof which he will hold an annu-al bilateral summit with PrimeMinister Narendra Modi, itwas announced on Friday.
"Russian PresidentVladimir Putin will pay an offi-cial visit to New Delhi onOctober 4-5 for the 19th India-Russia Annual BilateralSummit," the External AffairsMinistry said in a statement.
"During the visit, PresidentPutin will hold official talkswith the Prime Minister Modi...He will also have a meetingwith the President (Ram NathKovind), as well as other offi-cial engagements," it stated.
Russia is one of only twocountries with which Indiaholds annual bilateral sum-mits, the other being Japan.
The India-Russia bilateralrelationship was elevated toSpecial and Privileged StrategicPartnership in 2010.
Earlier this month,External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj visited Moscow
for the 23rd India-Russia Inter-Governmental Commission onTechnical and EconomicCooperation (IRIGC-TEC)meeting which also preparedthe groundwork for Putin'supcoming visit.
During that meeting, Indiaand Russia decided to increasethe target of two-way invest-ments to $50 billion by 2025since the earlier target of $30billion has already beencrossed.
Speculation is also rifeabout whether a missile dealthat New Delhi has been nego-tiating with Moscow will befinalised during Putin's visit.
With US President Donald
Trump's administration's law— Countering America'sAdversaries Through SanctionsAct (CAATSA) — coming intoeffect in January, India'sdefence deals with other coun-tries have come under thescanner.
CAATSA targets countriesdoing business with Russian,Iranian and North Koreandefence companies. It is a mat-ter of concern for India as it isa major defence partner ofRussia.
The most controversialissue is India's purchase offour S-400 air defence missilesystems from Russia at a cost ofmore that �40,000 crore.
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Prime Minister NarendraModi led the nation on
Friday in paying tributes to theArmed forces to mark the sec-ond anniversary of surgicalstrikes when the Indian forcesconducted raids against terror-ist hideouts in PakistanOccupied Kashmir (POK) onSeptember 28-29. The surgicalstrikes were in retaliation againstPakistan backed terrorists killing19 Indian soldiers in an attackon an army camp in Uri,Kashmir on September 18, 2016.Incidentally, this is the first timethe raids were celebrated as"Parakaram Parv." Fifty threelocations in 51 cities are holdingevents to highlight the valour ofArmed forces.
Setting off celebrations,Modi inaugurated "ParakramParv" exhibition at the militarystation in Jodhpur. Soon after his
arrival at the Battle Axe Groundat the military station, the PrimeMinister first signed a messagepaying homage to martyrs andtook a round of the exhibition,showcasing combat capabilitiesof the Indian Army. He alsopaid floral tributes to martyrs atthe Konark War Memorial there.Defence Minister NirmalaSitharaman, Rajasthan ChiefMinister Vasundhara Raje andthree Services chiefs were pre-sent on the occasion.
In the visitors' book at theKonark War Memorial, Modiwrote that the country is proudof its Armed forces which are
committed to the defence of themotherland. He paid homage tomartyrs who made the "ultimatesacrifice", saying they will be asource of inspiration for gener-ations.
After taking a round of theexhibition, Modi andSitharaman proceeded to attendthe Combined Commanders'Conference scheduled at theJodhpur Airforce Station. Themeet later addressed by Modidiscussed general and contem-porary issues of national con-cern, officials said. The PrimeMinister addresses the com-bined conference once a year.
In New Delhi, Sitharamaninaugurated a three-day eventcum exhibition on the IndiaGate lawns to mark the secondanniversary of surgical strikes."Indian Armed forces that dayproved to the world that there isa very clear way to show ourstrength that we will not toler-ate terrorists entering and cre-ating havoc or even think of cre-ating havoc," she said.
Officials said the surgicalstrikes had strategic ramifica-tions and were aimed to dis-suade inimical adversary fromadopting the path of violenceand to ensure an environment ofpeace for the nation.
The main event in thenational Capital is showcasingthe events highlighting valour ofIndian Armed Forces in gener-al and Special Forces in partic-ular. Commandos of the SpecialForces were in the forefront ofthe surgical strikes.
The programme startedwith bugle call at 1830 hrs,thereafter, movies and pho-tographs depicting courage ofthe Armed Forces were shown.Huge canvas/digital signingwalls for sending messages to thesoldiers are put up as it will helpcitizens connect with them.Letters addressed to soldiers by
school children are also on thedisplay. The event is open from1100 hrs to 2200 hrs on Saturdayand Sunday.
Visitors will get the oppor-tunity to see captured weaponsused by terrorists that havebeen brought from Jammu &Kashmir. Military equipmentlike artillery guns and smallarms will also be on display.Famous singer Kailash Kherwill belt out songs on Sundaybesides performances by theMilitary band. General public isencouraged to take selfies at allvenues, including India Gate andpost them on the social net-working sites with#ParakramParv.
In Jammu, IAF began atwo-day static display of militaryassets on Friday to commemo-rate the day and the 86thanniversary celebration of theIAF. Helicopters, remote pilotedaircraft (RPA), mobile commu-nication terminal and Air ForceGarud commandos with theirstate-of-the-art weapons werethe key attractions of the display.Students of various age groupsand people of Jammu present atthe event were treated to specialdisplays of defence equipment,MI-17 helicopters and otheractivities, he said.
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Congress on Friday saidPrime Minister Narendra
Modi and the BJP overall havealways used the 'blood and sac-rifice' of our jawans as a tool togarner votes. The party alsorecalled how BJP presidentAmit Shah dishonoured thevalour of Armed Forces onOctober 7, 2016 by disregard-ing the supreme sacrificesmade in the five wars andnumerous surgical strikes.
"The Truth is — ModiGovernment has compromisedour National Security andbetrayed our National Interestsin the last four and a half years.Lack of political action andpolicy has led to a disquiet bor-der and an alarming internalsecurity situation," said AICCchief spokesman RandeepSurjewala recating to theCentre's celebrations ofSeptember 2016 Surgicalstrikes as Parakram Parv.
The party also posed 10
questions to the PrimeMinister on issues like denialof ‘One Rank, One Pension',Government being remained amute spectator and failure ofModi defend 'India's borders',the motive to invite Pakistanbased ISI to investigate thePathankot terror attack, theGovernment's move to slashIndia's Defence Budget and onissues related to Doklam andthe current controversy onRafale aircrafts.
The party said that con-ducting Strategic 'SurgicalStrikes' with utmost precisionand effective penetration at dif-ferent times in last two decadeshas been characteristic of thegrit and determination ofIndian armed forces.
Congress said the nationhas always celebrated the val-our, fortitude and the spirit ofsacrifice of Jawans related towars of 1947, 1962, 1965, 1971and 1999 which are testimonyof the heroism of IndianArmed Forces.
"Serving 'Mother India'before 'Self ' and keeping theIndian Tricolour always flyinghigh even by making thesupreme sacrifices, has beenthe guiding motto for mem-bers of our Armed andParamilitary Forces. We areproud that our forces have suc-cessfully conducted multiple'Surgical Strikes' over last twodecades, particularly post theyear 2000," Surjewala saidjoined by three retired MajorGenerals.
Congress shared pastSurgical strikes like those ofJanuary 21, in the year 2000(Nadala Enclave, across theNeelam River); September2003 (Baroh Sector, Poonch);June, 2008 (Bhattal Sector,Poonch); August September2011 (Sharda Sector, acrossNeelam River Valley in Kel);January, 2013 (Sawan PatraCheckpost); July, 2013 (Nazapir Sector); August, 2013(Neelam Valley); January, 2014,September, 2016.
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Much to the chagrin of theconservationists, the
Union Environment Ministry'sStanding Committee ofNational Board for Wildlife(SC-NBWL) has cleared thecontroversial 1750MW DemweLower hydroelectric projecton Lohit river in ArunachalPradesh. The green activistshave warned that the proposeddam which is just is 8.5 kilo-meters from the Kamlang
Wildlife Sanctuary in the Stateis a disaster in waiting.
Up in arms against theapproval, they have pointed outthat it is also extremely close tocultural heritage site ParshuramKund, a major Hindu pilgrim-age and it would submergeparts of the Parshuram KundMedicinal Plant ConservationArea that has been identified bythe Government for protecting"globally significant medicinalplants".
Bimal Gogoi, a green
activist based in Assam'sGolaghat district, has written toSC-NBWL chairman andUnion Environment Minister,Dr Harsha Vardhan, protestingthe construction of the 124-metre high dam to be jointlyconstructed by Athena EnergyVentures and the ArunachalPradesh Government.
"I am shocked to see thatyour committee has grantedwildlife clearance to the 1750MW Demwe Lower projectbased on a seriously flawedreport of the Wildlife Instituteof India (WII)(DehradunBased)," said Gogoi who hadalso filed an appeal in theNational Green Tribunal
(NGT) challenging the 2010clearance to the project by theMinistry.
He pointed out that theNGT had in October last yearhad cancelled the final forestclearance to the project, citingecological threat.
In 2014, director of BombayNatural History Society (BNHS)and NBWL member, AsadRahmani had studied the siteand said the project would sub-merge parts of the ParshuramKund Medicinal PlantConservation Area.
The NGT had sought apeer review of the project, butthe Ministry commissioned ashort study by a Wildlife
Institute of India (WII)-ledteam, which acknowledgeddownstream concerns whilesaying upstream submergencewould not be much of an eco-logical issue. The team admit-ted the site needed to be stud-ied over three seasons, but itssurvey in February this yeartook just for 20 days.
Based on the team's reportin May, the project was clearedat the recent 50th meeting ofSC-NBWL. The minutes saidthat that the SC-NBWL hasaccepted the WII's report onthe rapid ecological assess-ment of impacts (EIA) ofLower Demwe project onwildlife.
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�'������+�����������������������������New Delhi: The Centre onFriday quest ioned theSupreme Court for its report-ed remark terming as "mur-derers" some Manipur Policepersonnel, chargesheeted inalleged fake encounter cases,saying it has "completelyshaken" the morale of Armedforces and securitymen oper-ating in insurgency-hit areas.
The Government told abench of Justices Madan BLokur and Deepak Gupta thatthey supported the applica-tions filed by some Manipur
Police personnel seekingrecusal of the bench fromhearing the Manipur fakeencounters cases in whichthe CBI's special investigationteam (SIT) is carrying out aprobe.
“The petitioners, howev-er, chal lenged theGovernment's contention,saying this was an attempt to"overawe" the court, whichshould not recuse from hear-ing the matter.
The court, which is hear-ing a PIL seeking a probe into
as many as 1,528 cases ofalleged extra-judicial killingsin Manipur, had on July 14last year constituted an SIT ofthe CBI and ordered lodgingof FIRs and investigatingthem.
Besides the policemen,over 300 army personnel havealso approached the top courtchallenging registration ofFIRs against them for opera-tions in Manipur and Jammu& Kashmir where the ArmedForces (Special Powers) Act(AFSPA) is in force. PTI
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With an Ordinance com-ing into force, replacing
the Medical Council of India(MCI) with a Board ofGovernors (BoG), the UnionHealth Ministry has put onhold its order asking the Statesand university senates to startthe process of electing newmembers to the council.
Interestingly, last month,the Ministry had asked theStates to start poll process forthe MCI. However, even as theMCI members were gearingup for the poll process, theUnion Cabinet passed anordinance on September 26, todissolve MCI and vested thepowers to the BoG.
"Soon after the ordinancewas cleared by the UnionCabinet, President Ram NathKovind gave his assent. Sincethe term of the elected body ofthe MCI was ending withinthree months, theGovernment felt the need torun it by a committee to runits affairs," said a senior offi-cial in the Ministry.
The elective MCI councilbody has now been replacedwith the BoG headed by VKPaul, member, NITI Aayog.The BoG will continue to per-form till a council is consti-tuted in line with the provi-sions of the Act in one year.
The board membersinclude Randeep Guleria,director, All India Institutes ofMedical Sciences (AIIMS),New Delhi, Jagat Ram, direc-tor, Postgraduate Institute ofMedical Education andResearch (PGIMER),Chandigarh, BN Gangadhar,director, National Institute ofMental Health and NeuroSciences (NIMHANS),Bengaluru, Nikhil Tandon,professor, department ofendocrinology and metabo-lism, AIIMS, New Delhi, SVenkatesh, directorate gener-al of health services (DGHS)and Balram Bhargava, secre-tary, department of healthresearch (DHR) and the direc-tor general of the IndianCouncil of Medical Research(ICMR) will be the ex-officiomembers.
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Latching on to the SupremeCourt's judgment on Friday,
BJP president Amit Shahclaimed that the Congress stands"exposed" as the court refused tointerfere with the arrests of fiveactivists in the Koregaon-Bhimaviolence case and said those whopoliticised the issue need to apol-ogise and clear their stand on theUrban Naxalism.
"Those who stooped downto the level of politicising anissue of national security havebeen exposed by theHonourable Supreme Court'sdecision today. It is high timethat the Congress now clears itsstand on this critical issue ofUrban Naxalism," said BJP pres-ident in a series of tweets.
After the arrests of activistsby the police, Congress presidentRahul Gandhi had criticisedthe action in a tweet on August28 saying there is place for onlyone NGO in India and it's calledthe RSS.
"Shut down all other NGOs.Jail all activists and shoot thosethat complain. Welcome to thenew India," he had said main-taining that the Modi-
Government had turned intol-erant towards those who dis-agreed with it or have dissentingvoices.
Alluding to the comment ofthe Congress president, Shahsaid "There is only one place foridiocy and it's called theCongress. Support 'Bharat KeTukde Tukde Gang' (break Indiagang), Maoists, fake activists andcorrupt elements. Defame allthose who are honest and work-ing. Welcome to Rahul Gandhi'sCongress," said the BJP topleader.
India is a vibrant democra-cy with a healthy culture ofdebate, discussion and dissent,he said, adding that "plottingagainst the country with theintent to harm its citizens is notone of these".
Those who politicised thisissue need to apologise, he said.
Shah reacted after theSupreme Court refused to inter-fere with the arrest of five rightsactivists by the MaharashtraPolice in connection with theKoregaon-Bhima violence caseand declined to appoint a SIT toprobe their arrest.
Meanwhile, at a press con-ference, BJP spokesperson
Sambit Patra made a scathingattack on Rahul and describedhim " Nirlaj" (Shameless) forstanding with those who,according to him, are seeking tobreak the country.
Citing comments of Rahuland other Congress leadersagainst the BJP and theNarendra Modi Governmentfollowing arrests of the activists,he said the Congress leaderstood with them "shamelessly" topromote his political interests.
"This is defeat of theCongress. Rahul Gandhi shouldhang his head in shame," Patrasaid.
"Our country and nationalsecurity mean nothing for RahulGandhi, and the only thingimportant for him is his politi-cal agenda... Why don't youstand with India and why do youstand with anti-India forces?" heasked Rahul.
Demanding an apologyfrom Rahul, he alleged theCongress wanted to removeModi either with the help ofPakistan or Maoists. He chargedthat Congress leader ManiShnakar Aiyar had askedPakistan to help displace Modias Prime Minister.
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The Agriculture Ministrywill start the 20th livestock
census from October 1 acrossthe country. Besides, theMinistry will also collect data ofbreed-wise details that will helpin framing policies for breedimprovement.
According to AgricultureMinistry, the data will be col-lected through tablets/com-puters and a mobile applicationsoftware has already beendeveloped for collecting andtransferring the data online. Sofar, 19 such census have beenconducted in participation withStates and Union Territories(UTs). The last census wasconducted in 2012.
"States and UnionTerritories have been request-ed to start the census operationsfrom October 1. ...The enu-meration will be done in all vil-lages and urban wards. Variousspecies of animals — cattle, buf-
falo, mithun, yak, sheep, goat,pig, horse, pony, mule, donkey,camel, dog, rabbit and ele-phant and poultry birds such asfowl, duck, emu, turkeys, quailamong others — possessed bythe households, householdenterprises/non-householdenterprises and institutions willbe counted at their site, it said.
According to the agricul-ture ministry, the tablets pro-cured under the NationalMission on Bovine Productivity(NMBP) scheme will be usedfor data collection and neces-sary support has been provideto the states on the same.
A mobile application soft-ware has already been devel-oped by the NationalInformatics Centre (NIC) forcollecting and transferring thedata online.
"It is expected that the datacollection through tablets willbe of great help in reducing thetime gap in data collection, dataprocessing and report genera-
tion," the statement said. TheMinistry said the initiatives oncollection of breed-wise reliableinformation of various specieswill give vital information fordetermination of threatenedindigenous breeds and to takeinitiatives for their conserva-tion.
Considering this aspect,the 20th Livestock Censuswould be a breed-wiseLivestock Census which will behelpful for framing policies orprogrammes for breedimprovement, it said. The min-istry also mentioned that thebreed-wise information of live-stock and poultry will be col-lected from every survey unit.
The breeds of variousmajor species including poultryas registered by NationalBureau of Animal GeneticResources (NBAGR) will becovered in the livestock census.Further, the latest data on fish-ermen folk are available as perLivestock Census 2003 only.
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Assembly polls in Telangana are likely to beheld along with four others as all prepara-
tions are up to the mark, the ElectionCommission has assessed. The EC mayannounce Assembly elections in all five Statesby next week. And ahead of the Lok Sabha elec-tion 2019, the Election Commission has calleda meeting with Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)all States to assess the preparedness. The meet-ing will be held on October 4 and 5 atNirvachan Sadan in Delhi.
An EC team that visited Telangana toassess its poll readiness has conveyed to the com-mission that the state is ready for polls. "All logis-tical needs, from polling stations to EVM-VVPAT delivery schedules, are in place to holdthe polls in 2018," it said. The state chief elec-toral officer Rajat Kumar had also earlier sub-mitted in meetings with EC in Delhi that thestate is fully prepared to conduct elections early.
As for general elections, the Commission hasdirected CEOs to make presentations on issuesrelated to electoral rolls, EVM-VVPAT, electoralmanagement. The Commission has already held
several rounds of deliberations of chief electoralofficers of five States where assembly polls aredue this year end.
Top sources said that the Commission willtake stock of election planning and security plan-ning by States and Union Territories. TheCommission will also assess the status of elec-toral rolls, electronic voting machine- Voter ver-ifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT), electionexpenditure management, Systematic Voters'Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP),electoral registration officers (ERO)-NET, acces-sible elections and IT applications in States andUTs.
The Commission has directed to all CEOsto make a detailed presentations on issues relat-ed to EVM-VVPAT, election management andsecurity planning during forthcoming polls in2019.
"This is a preparatory meeting called by theCommission to take stock of preparedness forthe forthcoming polls in 2019," said a chief elec-toral officer on the condition of anonymityadded that the EC may also discuss issues aris-ing after the Supreme Court verdict on crimi-nalisation of politics.
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Ensuring full protection andsupport, Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh onFriday said elections to localbodies in Jammu & Kashmir,boycotted by NationalConference and PDP, the twomajor parties in the State, willbe of historic significance inmany ways and help re-estab-lish grassroots democracy.
These local body electionswill have a historic signifi-cance in many aspects. Thelocal bodies elections in Jammu& Kashmir will re-establishthe long overdue grassrootslevel democracy in the State,"he said.
"The Central Governmentis providing all possible supportto the State Government forsmooth conduct of these elec-
tions includ-ing deploy-ment of cen-tral forces ins u f f i c i e n tn u m b e r s , "added theH o m eMinister.
The National Conferenceand the People's DemocraticParty have decided to boycottthe elections, saying the CentralGovernment is yet to clear itsstand on Article 35A of theConstitution, which was chal-lenged in the Supreme Court.The polls to elect 4,130'sarpanches' (village headmen),29,719 'panches' (panchayatmembers) and 1,145 ward com-missioners will be held nextmonth. Urban local body elec-tions were last held in 2005 andpanchayat elections in 2011.
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All the State Governmentfunctions including foun-
dation laying ceremonies,launching of Governmentschemes and developmentalworks have come to a standstillwith the Central Election com-mission enforcing the modelcode of conduct in Telangana.
This was a clear indicationthat the CEC was going toannounce the state electionschedule very soon. The sched-ule was expected to beannounced any time afterOctober 8 when the final vot-ers’ list will be published.Indications are that the pollingwill be held in the third orfourth week of November.
First to be affected by thecode of conduct coming intoeffect was the distribution ofcheques among the recipientsof welfare pension at BrahminWelfare Council in Hyderabad.The program where the min-ister for municipal adminis-tration K Taraka Rama Rao wasto distribute the cheques onFriday morning was cancelled.
The election commissionhas made it clear to the officialsthat no fresh tenders can becalled for any public works andno funds can be spend on anysuch programs. ElectoralOfficer of Greater Hyderabad
Municipal Corporation DanaKishore said that the GHMCStanding Committee can nottake any new decision for start-ing new development works inthe city. However the workswhich were started earliercould continue.
Similar restriction will beenforced all over the Statefrom Friday. It will also affectthe proposed distribution ofcheques to more than 50 lakhfarmers towards the secondinstallment of Rythu Bandhuscheme. The State Governmentwas scheduled to distribute�4,000 per acre incentives tothe farmers for the secondcrop. While the oppositionparties had opposed it saying itwill be an attempt to misuse theofficial funds and machinery toinfluence the voters, the rulingTRS had said that obstructingsuch a program will be againstthe interest of the farmers.
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Renowned actor andKarnataka Minister for
Women and ChildDevelopment JayamalaRamachandra welcomed theSC verdict on Women entry into famous shrine in Kerala. Shetold the reporters in Bengaluruon Friday that it was victory forwomen and “ we have got jus-tice today”.
It was in 1986 she courteda controversy by entering theSabarimala temple which so farbarred entry to women. In2006, a famed astrologer, PUnnikrishna Panicker, con-ducted a temple-centric yegnacalled 'Devaprasnam' anddeclared having found signs ofa woman's entry into the tem-ple sometime ago.Subsequently, Jayamala admit-ted that she had entered thetemple way back in 1986. Acomplaint was filed in thisregard and case was on inKerala High Court. However,the high court quashed thecharge sheet filed by the policeon the basis of astrologicalfindings in 2012.
"There is no happiermoment in my life other thanthis. I thank the women com-munity, Supreme Courtjudges and God today...I alsothank Ambedkar who wroteour Constitution," Jayamalatold reporters. She said shehad expected such a judge-ment and credited the coun-tr y 's legal system andConstitution for it. "Womenhave got justice today. This isa historic moment," theMinister added. She said she
is a staunch devotee ofAyyappa, the popular deity ofSabarimala temple.In land mark judgement,putting an end to a centuries-old tradition, the SupremeCourt Friday ruled that women, irrespective ofage, can enter Kerala’sSabarimala temple.
A five-judge Constitutionbench, headed by Chief Justiceof India Dipak Misra, said thatthe provision in the KeralaHindu Places of PublicWorship (Authorisation ofEntry) Rules, 1965, whichauthorised the restriction, vio-lated the right of Hinduwomen to practice religion.
It also said that patri-archy in religion cannot beallowed to trump the right to pray.
The bench, which also
comprised Justices RFNariman, AM Khanwilkar, DYChandrachud and InduMalhotra had reserved its ver-dict in the case on August 2 thisyear. Four judgments weredelivered on Friday. HoweverJustice Malhotra, who penneda dissenting verdict, said thepetition does not deserve to beentertained.
Reading out a majority 4:1verdict CJI Dipak Misra saidwomen were equally entitled toworship and that the rulewhich prevented the entry ofwomen of the 10 to 50 agegroup went against the right toworship of Hindu women andthe right to equality.The courtsaid it could not allow patri-archy to overwhelm religion asit would be violative of the rightof worship of women.
Many petitions had chal-lenged the ban, which wasupheld by the Kerala HighCourt. The HC had ruledthat only the “tantri (priest)”was empowered to decide ontraditions.
The petitioners, includingIndian Young LawyersAssociation and Happy toBleed, argued in court that thetradition is discriminatory innature and stigmatised women,and that women should beallowed to pray at the place oftheir choice.
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Rohingya refugees areflooding the States of
Tamil Nadu and Kerala,according to the intelligenceunit of the Railway ProtectionForce. The unprecedentedincrease in the number ofRohiyngya refugees travellingin Kerala bound trains fromChennai Central RailwayStation has been noticed by theRPF authorities who issued aconfidential and high securi-ty alert to all RPF staff mem-bers asking them to hand oversuch refugees to theGovernment Railway Police.
A secret note issued by theOffice of the Principal ChiefSecurity Commissioner,Railway Protection Force,Chennai on September 26 hasstated that a ‘huge number ofRohingyas are travelling toKerala by train’.“Input indicates that hugenumber of Rohingyas (an eth-nic group of Myanmar’sRakhine province) are travel-ling from every corner of NorthEastern States and ultimatelyheading towards Kerala, espe-cially in the following Southbound trains”, said the secretnote issued by PSethumadhavan, assistant secu-rity commissioner, RPF. The
note has furnished the detailsof 14 trains which pass throughChennai Central in which theRohingyas travel.
“All Rohingyas are travel-ling in groups along with theirfamilies.If they are found intrains they may be handedover to the Police having juris-diction for further action,” saidthe note.
A senior official ofSouthern Railway said since thenote has been marked “secret”,he is unaware of any suchcommunication. “But ther hasbeen an unprecedentedincrease in the number of peo-ple from north east States trav-elling towards South viaChennai. We have been forcedto change the timing of someof the trains because of theovercrowding in the reservedcompartments,” said the officialwho did not want his name to
be quoted.Intelligence agencies too
confirmed the southwardjourney of Rohingya refugeesthrough Chennai. “But wehave not seen any arrests tilldate either by the RPF or theState Police,” said an official inChennai. He pointed out thatillegal Bangladeshi migrantshave made Kerala their home.
Whie the exact details ofillegal Bangladeshi migrantsin Tamil Nadu is not known,sources in Kerala Police con-firmed their presence in thatState. “It is difficult to make outwhether they are fromBangladesh or Bengal or Assamas they all look alike and thelanguage is also similar,” said anofficial in Kerala Police.Perumbavoor , a town inKerala’s Ernakulam districthas more than 1.8 lakhBangaldeshi immigrants,according to a businessman inthe town. “60 per cent of thelaboueres in saw mills andplywood factories and 40 percent of workers in hotels,eateries, hair dressing saloonsand general provision shopsare Bangladeshi immigrants.The economy of the town isdependent on them,” said the businessman fromViruidhunagar in Tamil Naduwho too has madePerumabavoor his home.
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In view of upcoming LokSabha polls, Gujarat Congress
will kick-start a unique publicoutreach and fund raising exer-cise from October 2 – birthanniversary of MahatmaGandhi and it would continue
up to the nation’s first womanPM Indira Gandhi’s birthanniversary, October 19.
Gujarat Pradesh CongressCommittee (GPCC) haschalked out a plan to launchdoor to door ‘Jan SamparkAbhiyan’ to connect with votersspread across 50,000 booths in
the State. The campaign wouldnot limit to public outreach only,the Congress leadership wouldmake it sure to run enrollmentdrive to broaden the base ofparty in Gujarat. Moreover,Congress workers would alsocollect donations from people toraise fund for the upcominggeneral elections.
According to GPCC pres-ident Amit Chavda the cam-paign would also help theparty to update its data relat-ed to voters in view of upcom-ing Lok Sabha elections. Withtheir (voters) financial contri-bution, they would have senseof ownership for the party,
claimed Chavda. The party istargeting to collect �25 crorefrom Gujarat, he added.
Chavda is first cousin ofGPCC’s immediate pastPresident Bharatsinh Solanki.After taking rein of GujaratCongress from Solanki, he is inthe process to restructure party.In next fortnight, the partywould also form panes to decidecandidates for 26 Lok Sabhaconstituencies in the state.
A senior Congress leader inthe party said that very soon theparty high command wouldannounce in-charges for the all26 Lok Sabha seats. In the 2014parliamentary polls, Congress
couldn’t open its account inGujarat and lost all the seats toruling BJP. However, the partyleadership is hoping to win atleast 10 Lok Sabha seats fromthe Prime Minister NarendraModi’s home-State based on thevoting pattern of the 2017Gujarat assembly polls.
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rifles from a well. This is sec-ond recovery of theKalashnikov from a particulararea in Munger. Earlier eightweapons had been seized andfour people including a womanwe're arrested.
With this 20 AK 47 rifleshave been recovered within afortnight. Following the con-tinued police raids the armssmugglers had got the 12assault rifles hidden in thewell at Bardah locality inMunger.
The police reached onearms smuggler Tanweer Alamwho was hiding in Hazaribaghin Jharkhand and brought himto Munger. It was at his tip offthat police with the help of ofdivers recovered the catche ofarms from a well, said MungerSP Baburam.
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The refusal of a newly mar-ried woman to make any
compromise on her demand fora toilet in the sasural (house ofthe in-laws) led to the suicide ofher husband at Omalur villagein Tamil Nadu’s Salem district.
Deepa and S Selladurai,who were in love for a longtime, got married on September23 with the blessings of theirparents. But on Monday, Deepaleft the house of the in-lawsallegedly because the absence ofan individual toilet.
Though her husband andhis parents pleaded with her tostay back, Deepa was adamantin her stance against opendefecation. She left the hus-band and his family and toldthem that she would comeback once they construct a toi-let in the house.
Selladurai, upset over thedevelopment, committed sui-cide on Wednesday and hisbody was found in a nearbywell on Thursday. It is report-ed that Selladurai could be thefirst “martyr” in Tamil Naduover the demand for individ-ual toilet.
Salem has been declared“open-defecation-free district”in 2011 itself as part of theClean India Mission, yearsbefore Prime MinisterNarendra Modi launchedSwachh Bharat Abhiyaan.
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Normal life was affected inKashmir Valley on Friday in
response to a shutdown callfrom separatists against thekilling of a civilian in capitalSrinagar a day ago when threeseparate incidents of violenceacross Kashmir also ended inkilling of three terrorists and asoldier. The authorities imposedstrict restrictions in areas underfive police stations in OldSrinagar city.
Heavy deployment ofpolice and paramilitary forcespersonnel in riot gear wasmade in all the sensitive areasin sensitive areas of the maincity and several towns acrossthe valley. The authorities dis-allowed congregational middayprayers in Srinagar’s GrandMosque when senior separatistleader Mirwaiz Umar Farooqdelivers weekly politico-reli-gious sermon. This was second
consecutive Friday when thecongregational prayers werenot held in the central mosque.Mirwaiz was put under housearrest at his Nigeen mansion inthe outskirts of Srinagar city.
The shutdown call was givenby Joint Resistance Leadership(JRL)—a grouping of top sepa-ratist leaders Syed Ali Geelani,Mirwaiz and Yasin Malik hadcalled for a complete shutdown.
A 22-year youngsterMuhammad Saleem Malik waskilled in Noorbagh area ofSrinagar on Thursday morningtriggering massive protestsagainst the security forces in thearea. Even as the police claimedthat Malik was killed when mil-itants opened fire on securityforces, the locals said yhere wereno militants in the area. Locallegislator and former Speaker of
legislative assembly MubarakGul said that Malik was killed incold-blood. He demanded probeinto the killing. Malik hadreportedly ventured out of hishome to see his sheep in the weehours when he was targeted bysecurity forces. His distraughtuncle told reporters that he wasdragged by security personnelbefore dozens of bullets werepumped into his body.
The police also disruptedthe funeral procession andtargeted it with tear smokeshells. Shops, business estab-lishments, educational institu-tions and private offices most-ly remained closed in Srinagar’smain business hub Lal Chowkand other uptown areas. Publictransport remained generallyoff the roads while scanty pri-vate vehicles plied on manyroads. The stand-alone trainbetween Banihal andBaramulla also remained offthe tracks for the day.
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The DSC prize for SouthAsian Literature 2018 has
received a record 88 entriesthis year, 40 percent morethan the previous year. Theseentries have come in from 40publishers and across 56imprints, including well estab-lished publishing conglomer-ates as well as several small-er boutique publishers withniche interest in South Asianwriting. The Longlist for thePrize will be announcedOctober 10 in Delhi.
The US $25,000 DSC Prizefor South Asian Literature,which is administered by theSouth Asian Literature Prize &Events Trust, is an establishedinternational literary prize. Itis focused on showcasingand rewarding the best fictionwriting about the region andpresenting it to a larger glob-al audience.
Now in its eighth year, theDSC prize has always encour-aged fresh writing about SouthAsia. This year, close to 30 per-cent of the submissions havebeen penned by debut authors.The other significant highlightof this year's entries has beenthe domination of women nov-elists who have accounted for45 of the 88 eligible entriesreceived.
The prize has always beensupportive of regional lan-guages and translations, andthis year too it has receivedsubmissions of translatednovels originally written inHindi, Tamil, Odia, Kannada,Assamese, Malayalam etc.
An ever increasing num-ber of novelists are writingabout South Asia because ofthe exciting cultural diversityand heritage of the region, thestories and legends that havehistorically dominated thelandscape, and the severalnew found issues and themes
that are inexorably intertwinedwith the lives of the people liv-ing in the region today. As aresult, these new novels spana huge canvas of topics andemotions - from brutal con-flict to sensitive love stories,from dreams unfulfilled tocourageous successes, fromsubtle nuances of well settledfamily life to stories of exileand separation.
These themes have caughtthe interest of writers and pub-lishers beyond South Asia whoare now producing more fic-tional work about the region.This aspect coupled with thefact that the DSC Prize is opento authors of any ethnicity andnationality has seen a steadyincrease in the participation ofnon South Asian based authorsand publishers.
This year, for example, ofthe total eligible entries that theDSC Prize 2018 received, closeto 25 percent of the submis-sions came in from publishersbased out of the UK, the USA,Canada, Australia etc.
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Maharashtra ChiefMinister Devendra
Fadnavis said here on Fridaythat the Supreme Court’s ver-dict on the arrests made in theBhima-Koregaon riots casehad vindicated the stand takenby the MaharashtraGovernment and the Punepolice that that the investiga-tors had ample evidenceagainst the arrested activistsfor their al leged l inks with Maoists.
Welcoming the apex courtverdict refusing to interferewith investigations by the Punepolice and declining to trans-fer the case to the a Special
Investigation Team (SIT), theChief Minister said: “The ver-dict by the Supreme Court vin-dicates our stand against theurban Maoists. Definitely aconspiracy against the nationhas been unearthed by thepolice. The apex court haspointed out that it was not apolitical conspiracy behindthe arrests (of activists withMaoist links).
“The Supreme Court hasalso appreciated that the StateGovernment or theGovernment of the day is nottrying to curb dissent of voice,The apex court also says thatthe material evidence in thecase shows that there is no malafide action on the part of the
Pune police,” Fadnavis said.Talking specifically about
the evidence mustered by thePune police in the urbanMaoists arrests case, the ChiefMinister said: “We have all thematerial evidence to showthat these people (arrestedactivists with alleged Maoistlinks) were conspiring againstthe nation that these peoplewere also trying to vitiaterelations between the com-munities. ... They have beencolluding with the organisa-tions of the enemy nations.”
Fadnavis said that the apexcourt had said that thereappeared to be a clear nexusbetween the “these people andbanned orgnisations.
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Ram Krishan, a 92-year-oldsocial worker from Nagri
tehsil of Kathua district, is setto make it to the history booksas one of the oldest candidatescontesting Municipal polls inJammu and Kashmir.
Under pressure from thelocal villagers he decided tothrow his hat in the poll arenato deliver justice to the poorpeople. While doing so, RamKrishan, a veteran of manylocal elections, also defied dik-tat of top brass of NationalConference.
Both National Conferenceand the Peoples DemocraticParty had earlier announcedpoll boycott over the issue ofArticle 35-A.
Ram Krishan has alreadyfiled his nomination papers asan independent candidatefrom ward no 13 of Nagri-Parole Municipal committee inKathua. "I was not keen onfighting these municipal com-mittee elections but when large
number of people came to seeme and requested me to repre-sent them to ensure their welfarei was left with no choice either,"Ram Krishan told reporters inNagri after submitting his nom-ination papers.
He said, "poor people werestill deprived of real benefits ofvarious welfare schemes onground zero".
He said, "the elected mem-bers of the municipal commit-tees in the previous termsiphoned off their money bytaking hefty share in thegrants".
He claimed, "i want toteach a lesson to all those peo-ple who took 20,000-25,000commission before releasingtheir grants".
When asked whether hecan win these elections at thisage he told reporters, "i am notworried about the poll out-come. I am not stepping out toseek votes. People know mevery well as I am engaged insocial work for over six decadesin the area".
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It was compulsion for Katihar MP TariqAnwar to distance himself from NCP presi-
dent Sharad Pawar’s comments on Rafale andhis defence of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Anwar, who apart from quitting NCP alsoresigned his Lok Sabha seat, was last electedfrom Katihar in 2014 but he has a long asso-ciation of nearly four decades with thisMuslim concentrated seat in Seemanchalregion of Bihar. Earlier he won this seatfour times on Congress ticket.
His family belongs to Munger – hisfather and grandfather was also law-makers – Tariq preferred Katihar at thebehest of his mentor Sitaram Kesari andwas first elected in 1980 after an unsuc-cessful attempt in 1977.
The very next day when Pawar“defended” Modi in Rafale matter,Anwar thought it fit to resign from theparty. The decision might have beentaken in haste but after much consid-eration. Katihar has a very thickMuslim population of around 40 percent and even a slight praise or defenceof Modi by the NCP might cost Anwardearly. He tours his constituency veryregularly and after Pawar’s “clean chit”to the PM, Anwar would not dare toface his voters.
Only a few days back he was inKatihar and fully realised that Muslims’apathy towards Modi has increasedmanifold in his constituency.
The election 2019 is not far away.
The only option before Anwar was to quit theparty he along with Pawar and P A Sangmahad formed in 1999 after raising the foreignorigin of Sonia Gandhi who became AICCpresident after removing Kesari.
Sources said it was more the humiliation ofKesari than Sonia’s origin that forced Anwar to quitCongress in which he held top posts like presi-dent of Bihar Congress, national president of YouthCongress and Seva Dal and once was seriouslyconsidered to be made Chief Minister of Bihar.
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Min
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d Pa
kist
an’s
Fore
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Min
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hM
ehm
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eshi
, to
have
bee
n he
ld at
the
mar
gins
of
the
Uni
ted
Nat
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Gen
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Ass
embl
y mee
ting e
arlie
r thi
s mon
th,
and
Paki
stan
’s re
spon
se to
it, h
ave
effe
ctiv
elyru
led o
ut, f
or th
e nea
r fut
ure a
t lea
st, th
e cha
nce
of a
dialo
gue b
etwe
en th
e two
coun
tries
to n
or-
mal
ise t
heir
ties.
The
spok
espe
rson
of
the
Min
istry
of E
xter
nal A
ffairs
, Rav
eesh
Kum
ar,
used
stro
ng la
ngua
ge w
hile
anno
uncin
g the
can-
cella
tion.
“It’
s ob
viou
s”, h
e sa
id, “
that
beh
ind
Paki
stan
’s pr
opos
al fo
r ta
lks
to m
ake
a fre
shbe
ginn
ing,
[the
] evi
l age
nda o
f Pak
istan
stan
dsex
pose
d &
true
face
of n
ew P
rime M
inist
er o
fPa
kista
n ha
s bee
n re
veal
ed to
wor
ld in
his
first
few
mon
ths i
n th
e offi
ce.”
Reac
ting,
Kha
n te
rmed
Ind
ia’s
mov
e as
“arr
ogan
t” an
d “n
egat
ive,”
and
twee
ted,
“all
my
life
I hav
e co
me
acro
ss sm
all m
en o
ccup
ying
big
offic
es w
ho d
o no
t hav
e th
e vi
sion
to se
eth
e la
rger
pic
ture
.” Ad
ding
his
bit,
Paki
stan
’sM
inist
er f
or I
nfor
mat
ion
and
Broa
dcas
ting,
Cha
udha
ry F
awad
Hus
sain
, sa
id,
“Our
Gov
ernm
ent a
nd A
rmy
are s
o clo
se th
at if
the
Arm
y di
d no
t w
ant
us t
o ta
lk,
our
Prim
eM
inist
er w
ould
not
hav
e tak
en th
e ini
tiativ
e to
writ
e to
your
Prim
e Min
ister
sayi
ng le
t’s ta
lk…
Paki
stan
has
bee
n se
rious
and
ope
n-he
arte
dab
out h
oldi
ng ta
lks
with
Indi
a fro
m th
e da
yIm
ran
Kha
n ca
me t
o po
wer
, our
serio
usne
ss is
now
bef
ore
the
who
le w
orld
, wha
t Ind
ia h
asdo
ne is
also
bef
ore t
he w
orld
.”Fu
rthe
r, Pa
kist
an’s
Fore
ign
Min
ister
, Sha
hM
ehm
ood
Qur
eshi
said
shor
tly th
erea
fter t
hat
“hid
ing a
way
from
issu
es w
on’t m
ake t
hem
dis-
appe
ar”,
and
that
New
Del
hi’s
curr
ent
stand
wou
ld n
ot im
prov
e th
e sit
uatio
n in
Jam
mu
&Ka
shm
ir. If
ther
e stil
l rem
aine
d th
e gho
st of
apo
ssib
ility
for a
dia
logu
e it
was
laid
to re
st by
his s
tate
men
t tha
t Sw
araj’
s lan
guag
e an
d to
new
as “u
nbec
omin
g of
a fo
reig
n m
inist
er.”
Nor
mal
isat
ion,
how
ever
, w
ould
hav
ere
mai
ned
elusiv
e eve
n if
the m
eetin
g ha
d be
enhe
ld. P
akist
an p
ays o
nly
lip se
rvic
e to
the i
dea
whi
ch g
oes
agai
nst i
ts tw
o pr
incip
al s
trate
gic
objec
tives
. The
firs
t is u
sing
Afg
hani
stan’s
ter-
ritor
y to
sec
ure
strat
egic
dep
th a
gain
st In
dia
whi
ch w
ould
requ
ire a
Gov
ernm
ent i
n Ka
bul
that
is su
bser
vient
to it
. The
pres
ent G
over
nmen
t
ther
e is n
ot an
d ha
s exc
ellen
t ties
with
New
Delh
iw
hich
wou
ld d
o its
bes
t to
prev
ent i
t fro
m go
ing
unde
r. Th
e sec
ond
objec
tive i
s the
balk
anisa
tion
of In
dia t
o pr
even
t it f
rom
play
ing
a dom
inan
tro
le in
Asia
, whi
ch, in
turn
, exp
lains
its s
uppo
rtto
Indi
a’s se
cess
ioni
st re
bels.
The
insin
cerit
y be
hind
Pak
istan
’s sta
ted
desir
e for
nor
mali
sing t
ies b
ecom
es cl
ear o
n co
n-
sider
ing t
hat,
even
afte
r Im
ran
Kha
n ha
d w
rit-
ten
prop
osin
g ta
lks,
Paki
stan
was
ord
erin
g th
eki
lling
of th
ree s
pecia
l pol
ice of
ficer
s in
Kash
mir
and
issui
ng a
serie
s of 2
0 po
stage
stam
ps g
lo-
rifyi
ng a
terr
orist
and
terr
orism
. If i
t was
seri-
ous,
it wo
uld
have
with
held
bot
h m
oves
pen
d-in
g, at
leas
t, th
e out
com
e of t
he p
ropo
sed
New
York
talk
s. It
is no
t sur
prisi
ng —
and
per
haps
as P
akist
an h
ad c
alcu
lated
— th
at In
dia
cited
both
mov
es fo
r can
celli
ng th
e ta
lks a
fter h
av-
ing
agre
ed to
thes
e, w
ith th
e MEA
spok
espe
r-so
n, R
avee
sh K
umar
sayi
ng th
at th
e “lat
est b
ru-
tal k
illin
gs of
our s
ecur
ity p
erso
nnel
by P
akist
an-
base
d en
titie
s and
the r
ecen
t rele
ase o
f a se
ries
of 2
0 po
stage
stam
ps b
y Pa
kista
n gl
orify
ing
ater
roris
t and
terr
orism
conf
irm th
at Pa
kista
n wi
llno
t men
d its
way
s.” T
he te
rror
ist re
ferr
ed to
was
Hizb
ul M
ujah
idee
n co
mm
ande
r Bur
han
Wan
i,w
ho w
as k
illed
in a
n en
coun
ter
with
Ind
ian
secu
rity
pers
onne
l in
July
201
6.Th
e qu
estio
n ar
ises w
heth
er e
ven
if In
dia
had
not a
ntic
ipat
ed th
e iss
ue o
f sta
mps
and
the
killi
ng o
f the
SPO
s, w
hy d
id it
agre
e to
the t
alks
desp
ite P
akist
an’s
two
prin
cipa
l str
ateg
ic d
oc-
trin
es, r
efus
al to
act
aga
inst
the
mas
term
inds
behi
nd th
e 26/
11 te
rror
strik
es, a
nd re
lent
less
prom
otio
n of
cros
s-bo
rder
terr
or st
rikes
again
stth
is co
untr
y?O
ne n
eeds
to e
xam
ine
the
back
grou
nd to
the d
ecisi
on fo
r a p
ossib
le an
swer
. It a
ll sta
rted
with
Imra
n K
han
expr
essin
g, b
oth
in h
is vi
c-
tory
spee
ch an
d hi
s add
ress
to th
e nat
ion
afte
rbe
com
ing P
rime M
inist
er, a
des
ire fo
r a d
ialog
uewi
th In
dia.
Prim
e Min
ister
Nar
endr
a Mod
i’s le
t-te
r of
Aug
ust
18, 2
018,
to
Kha
n, e
xpre
ssin
gIn
dia’s
com
mitm
ent t
o pu
rsue
“mea
ning
ful”
and
“con
struc
tive”
eng
agem
ent
with
Pak
istan
to
work
for a
terr
or-fr
ee So
uth
Asia,
follo
wed.
Kha
nha
d th
en p
ropo
sed
the
mee
ting
betw
een
the
Fore
ign
Min
ister
s of t
he tw
o co
untri
es. G
iven
all t
his,
one
cann
ot d
ismiss
the
argu
men
t tha
tan
out
righ
t re
ject
ion
wou
ld h
ave
help
edPa
kista
n to
scor
e a fe
w b
row
nie p
oint
s by c
om-
plain
ing a
bout
an in
trans
igent
Indi
a who
se re
jec-
tion
of K
han’s
offe
r sho
wed
an u
nwill
ingn
ess t
oim
prov
e its
ties w
ith Is
lamab
ad.
Canc
ellin
g the
mee
ting a
fter a
gree
ing t
o it
has a
lso p
rovi
ded
grist
to P
akist
an’s
prop
agan
-da
mill
. It,
how
ever
, wou
ld h
ave t
ried
to sc
ore
prop
agan
da p
oint
s also
in th
e afte
rmat
h of
the
New
Yor
k m
eetin
g. L
et t
hat
be. T
he c
ritic
alqu
estio
n no
w is
how
to co
unte
r Pak
istan
’s sku
ll-du
gger
y, pa
rtic
ular
ly th
e pro
mot
ion
of se
rious
viol
ence
in K
ashm
ir an
d te
rror
strik
es ag
ains
tIn
dia.
War
is n
ot a
n op
tion.
It w
ould
infli
ctgr
ievo
us d
amag
e on
the
who
le o
f Sou
th A
siaan
d w
ould
be
ende
d by
glo
bal i
nter
vent
ion
befo
re th
e em
erge
nce
of a
resu
lt, p
artic
ular
lysin
ce, p
ushe
d to
the w
all,
Paki
stan
wou
ld ra
t-tle
its n
ucle
ar sa
bre.
One
cou
rse
coul
d be
to m
ake
finan
cial
ly-
wobb
ly P
akist
an b
ehav
e by p
iling
up
econ
om-
ic p
ress
ure
on it
. Tha
t the
wor
ld is
taki
ng a
nin
crea
singl
y se
rious
vie
w o
f Pak
istan
not
onl
ypr
omot
ing
terr
orism
but
emer
ging
as a
maj
orso
urce
of f
inan
cing
it, w
as in
dica
ted
whe
n th
eFi
nanc
ial A
ctio
n Ta
sk F
orce
(FAT
F), a
n in
ter-
gove
rnm
enta
l bod
y tha
t see
ks to
set s
tand
ards
and
prom
ote e
ffect
ive i
mpl
emen
tatio
n of
lega
l,re
gulat
ory a
nd o
pera
tiona
l mea
sure
s for
com
-ba
ting
mon
ey la
unde
ring,
terr
orist
fina
ncin
gan
d ot
her r
elate
d th
reat
s to
the i
nteg
rity o
f the
inte
rnat
iona
l fin
anci
al sy
stem
, pla
ced
Paki
stan
on it
s “gr
ey” l
ist at
its p
lena
ry se
ssio
n in
Par
isfro
m Ju
ne 2
7 to
29,
201
8.Th
is by
its
elf m
ay n
ot m
ean
muc
h as
Paki
stan
was
in th
e list
from
201
5 to
201
8 bu
tha
d lit
tle tr
oubl
e in
acce
ssin
g fun
ds fr
om in
ter-
natio
nal m
arke
ts, w
hich
is su
ppos
ed to
be t
hem
ain
resu
lt of
bei
ng p
lace
d in
the
list.
It m
aybe
dif
fere
nt t
his
tim
e as
the
Tru
mp
Adm
inist
ratio
n is
ram
ping
up
pres
sure
on
Isla
mab
ad, a
nd w
ithho
ldin
g ai
d, fo
r its
lack
of
actio
n ag
ains
t se
ctio
ns o
f jih
adi
terr
orist
sop
erat
ing
from
its
soil.
Not
onl
y th
at, N
ewD
elhi’s
effo
rt sh
ould
be t
o pu
t Pak
istan
in th
eBl
ack
List
whi
ch in
clude
s “N
on-C
oope
rativ
eC
ount
ries o
r Ter
ritor
ies”
(NCC
Ts) w
hich
are
not
coop
erat
ing
in t
he g
loba
l fig
ht a
gain
stm
oney
laun
derin
g an
d te
rror
fina
ncin
g. T
heef
fort
this
will
take
has
to b
e for
thco
min
g.(T
he w
riter
is
Cons
ulta
nt E
dito
r, Th
ePi
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r, an
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hor)
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r —
In a
fres
h w
ave
of v
iole
nce
inth
e tro
uble
d Ka
shm
ir Va
lley,
six p
eo-
ple
wer
e ki
lled
in se
para
te in
cide
nts.
This
inclu
ded
two
civi
lians
. Tha
t’s n
otju
st ab
out i
t. Th
e inc
iden
t too
k pl
ace
two
days
ahe
ad o
f the
civ
ic p
olls
inJa
mm
u &
Kas
hmir.
Not
hing
see
ms
to b
e tu
rnin
grig
ht fo
r th
e Va
lley
and
it is
now
on
the
edge
. Mili
tant
s are
giv
ing
secu
ri-ty
forc
es a
har
d tim
e an
d ve
ry o
ften
‘frag
ile’ p
eace
is sh
atte
red
in K
ashm
ir.
The C
entr
al G
over
nmen
t can
not
be a
mut
e sp
ecta
tor
to t
he r
ecen
t
even
ts a
nd s
houl
d co
me
up w
ith a
co
ncre
te p
lan
to c
urb
such
inci
dent
sin
the
Valle
y.D
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dra
Khu
rana
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r —
Adu
ltery
is n
o lo
nger
a c
rime
since
the S
upre
me C
ourt
has
scra
pped
sect
ion
497
of In
dian
Pen
al C
ode.
Ifan
y la
w is
not
gen
der-
neut
ral,
step
ssh
ould
be
take
n to
am
end
the
law
tom
ake i
t neu
tral
. But
mak
ing
adul
tery
no lo
nger
a cr
ime d
oes n
ot sp
eak
wel
lfo
r our
soci
ety.
If
adul
tery
is n
ot a
crim
e, it
will
empo
wer
bot
h m
arri
ed m
en a
ndw
omen
to
chea
t th
eir
spou
ses.
It is
agai
nst o
ur cu
lture
and
tene
ts o
f rel
i-gi
on.
Rec
entl
y, t
he C
ourt
als
osc
rapp
ed S
ectio
n 37
7 de
crim
inal
ising
hom
osex
ualit
y. th
e Wes
tern
way
. Thi
sis
not a
goo
d sig
n.
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Ram
acha
ndra
n C
henn
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Sir —
Thi
s ref
ers t
o th
e edi
toria
l, “N
om
ore
limbo
” (S
epte
mbe
r 27
). U
sing
biom
etric
det
ails
to p
rove
one
’s id
en-
tity
is s
omew
hat
dehu
man
isin
g.Im
pove
rishm
ent v
alid
ates
soci
al w
el-
fare
sch
emes
. The
pos
sess
ion
of a
nid
entit
y pro
of sh
ould
be o
nly i
ncid
en-
tal t
o th
e de
liver
y of
ben
efits
. It
shou
ld n
ot b
e im
poss
ible
to
prov
e on
e’s id
entit
y by
mea
ns o
ther
than
bio
met
ric
info
rmat
ion.
It
isun
fair
and
unju
st to
mak
e the
surv
ival
of th
e co
untr
y’s p
oor
depe
nden
t on
Aad
haar
. It i
s unf
ortu
nate
that
Just
ice
Cha
ndra
chud
was
in
the
min
ority
desp
ite g
reat
er re
ason
able
ness
of h
isvi
ews.
One
pos
itive
side
of t
he ve
rdic
tis
that
priv
ate
firm
s ca
nnot
ask
for
Aad
haar
dat
a.G
Dav
id M
ilton
M
arut
hanc
ode
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r —
Afte
r ru
nnin
g fo
rm p
illar
to
post
to g
et o
ur m
obile
pho
nes l
inke
dto
Aad
haar
, the
Sup
rem
e C
ourt
has
now
rule
d th
at li
nkin
g A
adha
ar w
ithm
obile
pho
nes
is un
cons
titut
iona
l.A
roun
d 85
.7 cr
ore m
obile
conn
ectio
nsha
ve b
een
linke
d to
Aad
haar
. Will
the
tele
com
com
pani
es d
estr
oy e
arlie
rre
cord
s pos
t the
ord
er?
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Mod
i is bu
ilding
the w
orld’
s tall
est s
tatue
, but
heis
insult
ing S
arda
r Vall
abhb
hai P
atel b
ecau
se hi
ssta
tue w
ill ha
ve th
e lab
el of
made
in C
hina.
—Co
ngre
ss pr
eside
ntRA
HUL G
ANDH
I
At a
time w
hen I
ndia
is un
iting t
o pay
tribu
tes to
Sard
ar P
atel b
y buil
ding a
gran
d Stat
ue of
Unit
y,Ra
hul is
spre
ading
cana
rds t
o disc
redit
the p
rojec
t.—
BJP
pres
ident
AMIT
SHAH
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Whe
n N
aren
dra M
odi
was s
worn
-in as
the
coun
try’
s Pr
ime
Min
ister
, he p
roud
-ly
proc
laim
ed t
hat
he w
as th
e fir
st Pr
ime
Min
ister
of
Indi
a wh
o wa
s bor
n af
ter i
ndep
en-
denc
e. H
is sta
tem
ent w
as n
ot m
ere-
ly sy
mbo
lic. H
e was
com
mun
icatin
gwi
th In
dia t
hat h
ad m
ore t
han
50 pe
rce
nt of
its p
opul
atio
n th
at ac
coun
ted
for l
ess t
han
25 ye
ars o
f age
. He c
om-
mun
icate
d we
ll wi
th a
spira
tiona
lIn
dia
— o
ne th
at w
as fr
ee fr
om th
ebu
rden
s of t
he co
lonial
past
and r
eady
to cl
aim its
righ
tful p
lace i
n th
e wor
ld.
Ther
e wer
e two
featu
res u
niqu
e to t
hem
anda
te o
f the
201
4 ele
ctio
n. F
irst,
coun
terin
g th
e m
enac
e of
‘po
licy
para
lysis’,
one
that
had
engu
lfed
the
natio
n. S
econ
d, d
esig
ning
Ind
ia’s
futu
re tr
aject
ory.
The
scale
of
chall
enge
s th
at a
coun
try as
larg
e as I
ndia
face
s is j
ust
min
d-bo
gglin
g and
the t
ask
to w
ork
on t
hem
is
herc
ulea
n. T
hese
var
yfro
m jo
bs, e
duca
tion,
ski
lls, h
ealth
,m
alnu
triti
on,
pove
rty,
inc
ome
ineq
ualit
y, ju
stice
deli
very
fail
ure,
clim
ate
chan
ge,
pollu
tion,
wat
ersc
arcit
y, ca
ring f
or ou
r eld
erly
popu
-lat
ion,
inte
rnal
secu
rity
chall
enge
s,se
curin
g ou
r bor
ders
, for
eign
polic
yiss
ues,
et al.
In th
is jig
saw
puzz
le, ce
r-ta
in is
sues
form
the n
ucleu
s aro
und
which
othe
r issu
es os
cillat
e. Th
is ar
ti-cle
is o
n th
ree
such
issu
es, w
hich
ifwo
rked
upo
n, sh
all d
rive o
ur co
un-
try o
n an
upw
ard
trajec
tory
. Em
ploy
ing o
ur w
omen
: Tod
ay,
Indi
a ha
s a w
orki
ng a
ge p
opul
atio
n(1
5-64
yea
rs) o
f app
roxi
mate
ly 0.8
6bi
llion
. Th
is in
clude
s, 45
.9 c
rore
male
s and
42.7
cro
re fe
male
s. To
tal
labou
r fo
rce
in I
ndia
is ar
ound
52
cror
e, wh
ich is
59
per
cent
of
the
work
ing a
ge po
pulat
ion.
Fem
ale pa
r-tic
ipat
ion
in th
e lab
our f
orce
is ju
st24
.5 pe
r cen
t, ro
ughl
y m
eani
ng th
aton
ly on
e in
four
wom
en in
the c
oun-
try is
wor
king
. N
ow co
mpa
re th
is to
a sit
uatio
n20
year
s fro
m no
w, in
2040
. The
wor
k-in
g age
pop
ulat
ion
woul
d be
arou
nd11
0 cr
ore.
Proj
ectio
ns e
stim
ate th
atfem
ale p
opul
atio
n wi
ll be a
roun
d 53
cror
e. If
statu
s quo
rem
ains,
we w
illha
ve o
nly
arou
nd 1
6 cr
ore
wom
enwh
o are
empl
oyed
. If th
e Ind
ian ec
on-
omy a
spire
s to
grow
at th
e rate
of 1
0pe
r cen
t, wi
ll it
be p
ossib
le to
do
the
sam
e wi
thou
t em
ploy
ing i
ts wo
men
? Th
e G
over
nmen
t of
Ind
ia ha
sbe
en co
nsist
ently
focu
sed t
o im
prov
ewo
men
par
ticip
atio
n. I
t ha
s in
tro-
duce
d in
itiat
ives l
ike S
tand
Up
Indi
aan
d M
ahila
E-H
aat.
Meg
a sc
hem
eslik
e M
NRE
GA
and
MU
DRA
hav
eals
o foc
used
upon
incr
easin
g wom
enpa
rticip
atio
n. A
lso, th
e Gov
ernm
ent
has b
een
very
pro
-act
ive in
pro
mot
-in
g an
d ex
ecut
ing
the
Vish
akha
Gui
ldeli
nes
that
aim
s to
“pr
otec
two
men
from
sex
ual h
aras
smen
t at
work
plac
e”. To
impr
ove p
artic
ipati
onof
wom
en sc
ientis
ts, th
e Gov
ernm
ent
has
com
e up
with
Kno
wle
dge
Invo
lvem
ent
in
Rese
arch
Adva
ncem
ent
thro
ugh
Nur
turin
g(K
IRAN
) sch
eme.
Brid
ging
ineq
ualit
y: Th
e Glo
bal
Wea
lth re
port
by C
redi
t Sui
sse f
ound
that
whi
le to
tal w
ealth
in In
dia i
s ris-
ing,
gap b
etwee
n ric
h and
poor
is al
soon
the
rise.
Anot
her
repo
rt by
the
Oxf
ord
Pove
rty
and
Hum
anD
evelo
pmen
t Ini
tiativ
e (O
PHI)
of th
eO
xfor
d Un
iver
sity,
foun
d th
at i
nte
rms o
f cou
ntrie
s, 31
per
cent
of th
e68
9 milli
on po
or ch
ildre
n live
in In
dia.
Indi
a ra
nked
37t
h am
ong
103
coun
tries
in te
rms o
f num
ber o
f mul
-tid
imen
siona
lly p
oor
child
ren
as a
prop
ortio
n of
the
tota
l pop
ulat
ion.
The H
unge
r and
Maln
utrit
ion
Repo
rt20
11 c
over
ed 1
12 d
istric
ts of
Indi
aov
er ni
ne St
ates.
The r
epor
t stat
ed th
at42
per c
ent o
f Ind
ia’s ch
ildre
n wer
e stil
lun
derw
eight
. Is
this
the
mod
el of
deve
lopm
ent t
hat o
ur co
untry
seek
sto
follo
w?
Insp
ired
by
D
een
Day
alUp
adhy
ay’s
call
of A
ntyo
daya
, the
Gov
ernm
ent c
ame
out w
ith th
e Ja
nD
han
Yojn
a, Aa
dhar
and
Mob
ile(JA
M) t
rinity
. JAM
has
stre
amlin
edth
e flo
w of
subs
idies
, plu
gged
loop
-ho
les an
d ben
efited
the l
ast b
enefi
cia-
ry. S
chem
es l
ike
Give
It
Up h
ave
enco
urag
ed th
e priv
ilege
d to
give
up
subs
idy b
enef
its.
Besid
es,
the
Gov
ernm
ent
had
enac
ted
the
Blac
k M
oney
(Und
isclo
sed
Fore
ign
Inco
me
and
Asse
ts) a
nd Im
posit
ion
of T
ax A
ct,
2015
. Thi
s was
initi
ated t
o get
hold
ofth
e bl
ack
mon
ey s
tash
ed o
vers
eas.
Dur
ing
the
one-
time
com
plian
cewi
ndow
in
2015
, 644
dec
larat
ions
were
mad
e whi
ch yi
elded
reve
nue o
f�2
,428.4
0 cro
re. In
com
e Dec
larat
ion
Sche
me
2016
yiel
ded
a re
venu
e of
�29,3
62 c
rore
. Dem
onet
isatio
n an
dO
pera
tion
Clea
n M
oney
led t
o 25 p
erce
nt in
crea
se in
Inco
me T
ax re
turn
san
d 41 p
er ce
nt in
crea
se in
colle
ction
s.Th
ere i
s an o
ld sa
ying:
“Don
’t give
a man
a ba
sket
of fi
sh, te
ach h
im ho
wto
fish
”. Th
e G
over
nmen
t has
take
nm
assiv
e ini
tiativ
es u
nder
Skill
Indi
a,D
een
Day
al Up
adhy
aya
Gra
mee
nKa
usha
lya Yo
jana a
nd M
ake I
n In
dia
prog
ram
me t
o mak
e peo
ple e
mpl
oy-
able
and c
reate
jobs
. The
se ha
ve st
art-
ed to
fetch
resu
lts. T
oday
, the
re a
rear
ound
thre
e lak
h vi
llage
-leve
l ent
re-
pren
eurs
run
ning
com
mon
ser
vice
cent
res i
n th
e cou
ntry
. Th
e G
over
nmen
t ha
s he
lped
som
e 15
,000
start-
ups.
Base
d on
Empl
oyee
s’ Pr
ovid
ent
Fund
Org
anisa
tion
(EPF
O)
payr
oll d
ata,
mor
e tha
n 41
lakh
form
al jo
bs w
ere
crea
ted
betw
een
Sept
embe
r 201
7 to
April
201
8. G
oods
and
Serv
ices T
ax(G
ST) h
as he
lped
form
alise
the e
con-
omy.
In th
e las
t one
year
itself
, 48 l
akh
new
ente
rpris
es w
ere
regi
stere
d in
com
paris
on t
o 66
lak
h re
giste
red
ente
rpris
es f
rom
inde
pend
ence
till
July
2017
. U
nder
the
MU
DRA
sch
eme,
mor
e tha
n six
lakh
cror
e loa
ns w
ere
disb
urse
d an
d ov
er o
ne cr
ore h
ous-
es ar
e und
er co
nstru
ction
. The
se ha
vecr
eate
d em
ploy
men
t op
portu
nitie
san
d he
lped
peo
ple
mov
e ou
t of
pove
rty. M
oreo
ver,
ther
e has
bee
n a
cons
isten
t dec
line i
n po
verty
in In
dia
and
we n
o lo
nger
hav
e th
e lar
gest
num
ber o
f poo
r in I
ndia.
Wom
en an
d
Child
Dev
elop
men
t M
inist
ry i
sun
derta
king
a t
otal
reva
mp
of t
heIn
tegr
ated
Chi
ld D
evel
opm
ent
Sche
me (
ICD
S) p
rogr
amm
e to
fight
maln
utrit
ion.
Bala
nced
gro
wth
of
Indi
a:In
dia’s
Tot
al Fe
rtilit
y Ra
te (
TFR)
stand
s at 2
.3 to
day.
But t
his d
ata d
oes
not
repr
esen
t a
unifo
rm p
ictur
e.W
hile
TFR
in
mos
t St
ates
has
reac
hed
repl
acem
ent l
evels
of 2.
1 or
in so
me c
ases
, like
Goa
, it h
as fa
llen
furth
er,
we h
ave
thre
e St
ates
of
Biha
r, Ra
jasth
an an
d U
ttar P
rade
shsc
riptin
g a
diffe
rent
sto
ry.
Thes
eSt
ates
mak
e up
aro
und
30 p
er c
ent
of In
dia’s
pop
ulat
ion
and
still
have
not b
een
able
to br
ing t
he T
FR do
wn.
A stu
dy o
n ec
onom
ic di
spar
ityam
ong
Indi
a’s 1
2 la
rges
t St
ates
(And
hra
Prad
esh,
Bih
ar,
Guj
arat
,Ka
rnat
aka,
Kera
la, M
adhy
a Pra
desh
,M
ahar
asht
ra,
Odi
sha,
Raja
sthan
,Ta
mil N
adu,
Utta
r Pra
desh
and W
est
Beng
al), th
at a
ccou
nt fo
r 85 p
er ce
ntof
tota
l pop
ulati
on, w
as co
nduc
ted. It
studi
ed pe
r cap
ita n
et do
mes
tic pr
od-
uct o
f the
se St
ates f
rom
1960
to 20
14an
d con
clude
d tha
t eco
nom
ic di
spar
-ity
with
in In
dia’s
State
s is t
he la
rges
t.Th
is di
spar
ity h
as a
lso g
iven
rise
tom
igra
tion
with
in an
d ou
tside
Indi
a. In
term
s of p
rosp
erity
and o
ppor
-tu
nity,
Indi
a has
over
the y
ears
deve
l-
oped
an
econ
omic
fault
line
that
divi
des t
he e
aste
rn a
nd th
e we
stern
State
s. W
hile
sout
hern
and
wes
tern
State
s hav
e sta
bilis
ed in
term
s of p
op-
ulat
ion
grow
th a
nd h
ave
a ste
ady
incr
ease
in
per
capi
ta i
ncom
e, in
north
ern
and
easte
rn St
ates,
popu
la-tio
n is
risin
g and
econ
omic
oppo
rtu-
nitie
s rea
main
lim
ited.
Ac
cord
ing
to t
he E
cono
mic
Surv
ey 2
017,
labou
r m
igra
tion
inIn
dia
is sig
nific
antly
hig
her
than
prev
ious
esti
mate
s. “T
he f
irst-e
ver
estim
ates
of i
nter
nal
work
-relat
edm
igra
tion
usin
g rail
ways
data
for t
hepe
riod
2011
-201
6 in
dica
te an
annu
-al
aver
age f
low
of cl
ose t
o ni
ne m
il-lio
n m
igra
nt p
eopl
e be
twee
n th
esta
tes.” I
n Ch
ina,
durin
g the
Chu
nyun
perio
d, ov
er 2.
9 billi
on pa
sseng
er tr
ips
are e
stim
ated.
In co
mpa
rison
, mig
ra-
tion
with
in In
dia
mig
ht se
em sm
all—
this
also
pres
ents
the
scale
of
chall
enge
. Is In
dia r
eady
to ac
com
mo-
date
suc
h hu
ge le
vel o
f mig
ratio
nswi
thin
the c
ount
ry?
To i
nstil
a c
oher
ent
appr
oach
amon
g St
ates
, Pr
ime
Min
iste
rN
aren
dra M
odi c
oine
d th
e phr
ase o
f‘T
eam
Indi
a’. Am
ongs
t the
firs
t ste
psth
at t
he G
over
nmen
t to
ok w
asin
crea
sing t
he de
volu
tion
of fu
nds t
oSt
ates
und
er t
he 1
4th
Fina
nce
Com
miss
ion
from
32
per c
ent t
o 42
per c
ent. N
ow w
ith th
e im
plem
enta
-tio
n of
GST
, dev
olut
ion
of fu
nds w
illch
ange
furth
er.
The
NIT
I A
ayog
was
set
to
help
Sta
tes
plan
bet
ter.
By in
tro-
duci
ng id
eas
of c
oope
rativ
e an
dco
mpe
titiv
e fed
eral
ism, e
ach
Stat
eis
bein
g pu
shed
to p
lan
acco
rdin
gto
thei
r req
uire
men
ts an
d op
timal
-ly
use
their
reso
urce
s. Sc
hem
es li
keSm
art
City
and
Shy
ama
Pras
adM
ukhe
rjee
Rurb
an M
issio
n ar
ehe
lpin
g in
eco
nom
ic a
nd i
nfra
-st
ruct
ure t
rans
form
atio
n of
Stat
es.
Seve
ral S
tate
s tha
t hav
e be
en tr
a-di
tiona
lly b
ackw
ard
due
to v
ary-
ing
reas
ons a
re g
iven
spec
ial a
ssis-
tanc
e pa
ckag
es f
rom
the
Uni
onG
over
nmen
t. G
over
nmen
t ha
sal
so la
unch
ed ‘E
k Bh
arat
-Shr
esth
aBh
arat
’ pr
ogra
mm
e to
im
prov
ein
tera
ctio
n am
ong d
iver
se cu
lture
sof
Indi
a.
Gov
ernm
ents,
whi
le fo
rmul
ating
polic
ies, h
ave t
o th
ink
of in
nova
tive
appr
oach
es,
pote
ntia
l of
exi
sting
plan
s, all
otm
ent o
f bud
get a
nd v
ari-
ous t
rade
-offs
. It is
the p
rero
gativ
e of
the i
ncum
bent
Gov
ernm
ent t
o pl
anfo
r a su
stain
able
futu
re an
d not
thin
kof
im
med
iate
be
nefit
s.
The
Gov
ernm
ent s
eem
s to
be o
n tra
ck.
(The
writ
er is
a Fe
llow
with
Indi
aFo
unda
tion)
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On
the s
econ
d an
nive
rsar
y of s
urgi
cal
strik
es c
ondu
cted
by
the
Indi
anA
rmy
that
dea
lt w
ith te
rror
ism o
nIn
dian
so
il w
ith
an
iron
ha
nd,
‘Par
akra
mPa
rv’, a
n ex
hibi
tion
to sh
owca
seth
e con
trib
utio
n in
Indi
an A
rmy i
n na
tion-
build
ing,
is b
eing
obs
erve
d al
l acr
oss
the
coun
try.
The
man
ner
in w
hich
Ind
iaan
swer
ed it
s en
emy
with
an
atta
ck, l
aced
with
str
ateg
ic p
reci
sion
and
polit
ical
will
,to
ok th
e wor
ld b
y su
rpris
e. Ev
er s
ince
the
Nar
endr
a M
odi
Gov
ernm
ent c
ame t
o po
wer,
ther
e has
bee
nm
inim
al p
oliti
cal c
onstr
ains
on
the I
ndia
nfo
rces
dea
ling w
ith co
nflic
t situ
atio
ns. T
his
has i
nstil
led
a gre
at d
eal o
f con
fiden
ce n
oton
ly in
the
top
lead
ersh
ip o
f the
Arm
edFo
rces
, in
form
ulat
ing r
etal
iato
ry m
easu
res
agai
nst e
nem
y de
signs
, but
also
in th
e sol
-di
er w
ho p
rote
cts t
he b
orde
rs w
hile
putti
nghi
s life
on
the
line.
In th
e af
term
ath
of th
eU
ri at
tack
, the
Arm
y ac
ted
with
pre
cisio
nto
take
dow
n te
rror
targ
ets o
n th
e oth
er si
deof
the
bor
der
with
ful
l ba
ckin
g of
the
Gov
ernm
ent.
It de
mon
strat
ed e
xem
plar
ym
ilita
ry p
row
ess o
f the
Indi
an fo
rces
whe
npr
ovid
ed w
ith a
bold
pol
itica
l lead
ersh
ip th
atre
pose
s ful
l fai
th in
thei
r cap
abili
ties.
The
Prim
e M
inist
er h
as,
time
and
agai
n, a
rtic
ulat
ed h
is un
flinc
hing
supp
ort
to th
e Ind
ian fo
rces
thro
ugh
his a
ctio
ns th
atsp
eak
volu
mes
abo
ut h
is in
tent
. Tak
e fo
rin
stan
ce, O
ne R
ank
One
Pen
sion
(ORO
P),
a lo
ng-s
tand
ing
dem
and
of th
e Arm
y pe
r-so
nnel
, th
at s
aw l
ittle
tra
ctio
n in
the
Gov
ernm
ent r
anks
sinc
e the
pas
t 43
year
s.Th
e pr
evio
us U
PA G
over
nmen
t cam
e up
with
a fri
volo
us am
ount
of �
500 c
rore
to b
ese
t asid
e for
the i
mpl
emen
tatio
n of
ORO
P. Pr
ime
Min
ister
Mod
i em
brac
ed t
heon
erou
s tas
k of e
nsur
ing j
ustic
e to
the A
rmy
serv
icem
en a
nd d
eliv
ered
on
his
prom
isew
ith u
tmos
t urg
ency
. Afte
r co
nduc
ting
ath
orou
gh b
udge
ting
exer
cise
, th
e M
odi
Gov
ernm
ent
allo
cate
d on
e la
kh c
rore
rupe
es i
n th
e Bu
dget
201
6-17
tow
ards
paym
ent o
f def
ence
pen
sions
. The
reso
lve
with
whi
ch th
e Gov
ernm
ent a
cted
show
edth
at th
e di
spen
satio
n at
the
Cen
tre is
sen-
sitiv
e to
the s
trug
gles
of t
he A
rmy
pers
on-
nel a
nd th
eir f
amili
es. I
t was
an ex
pres
sion
of In
dian
citiz
ens’
reve
renc
e and
gra
titud
efo
r th
e A
rmed
For
ces,
and
a si
ncer
eac
know
ledg
men
t of t
heir
sacr
ifice
s. In
Kas
hmir,
whi
ch is
deli
bera
tely
bei
ngke
pt o
n bo
il by
anti-
Indi
a out
fits,
the A
rmy
has b
een
give
n en
ough
room
to ta
ke d
eci-
sions
dep
endi
ng u
pon
the w
ar-li
ke si
tuat
ion
at h
and.
Thi
s has
com
e as
a g
reat
relie
f to
the
sold
ier w
ho is
face
d w
ith te
rror
ists f
ir-in
g bu
llets
or w
ith v
olat
ile c
rowd
pelt
ing
stone
s at h
im. H
owev
er, v
ictor
ies ar
e as m
uch
abou
t kee
ping
mor
ale of
the s
oldi
ers h
igh
asit
is ab
out a
mm
uniti
on an
d str
ateg
y. G
iven
Indi
a’s t
ricky
nei
ghbo
urho
od a
nd m
yria
dex
tern
al th
reat
s, th
e Ind
ian A
rmy f
aces
‘war
-lik
e’ co
nditi
ons e
ver s
o of
ten.
Indi
a’s r
ise a
s a
flour
ishin
g ec
onom
icpo
wer
is a
well
-sta
ted
fact
now
. In
the
last
four
year
s, th
ere h
as b
een
a sig
nific
ant s
hift
in g
loba
l per
cept
ion
in v
iew
of s
tabi
lisin
gec
onom
ic p
aram
eter
s an
d an
inv
iting
atm
osph
ere
for
busin
esse
s an
d ca
pita
l to
park
. How
ever
, Ind
ia’s m
ilita
ry p
ower
had
been
reel
ing
from
lack
of m
oder
nisa
tion.
Cons
ider
ing t
he on
erou
s tas
k of d
efenc
epr
ocur
emen
t, th
e Mod
i Gov
ernm
ent f
orm
u-lat
ed th
e Def
ence
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyon Friday said the ongoing
global trade war may have cre-ated “initial instability”, butwill gradually open up oppor-tunities for India as a biggertrading and manufacturingbase.
Calling on businesses toadopt ethical practices, Jaitleysaid that entities should paytheir due share of taxes as theInsolvency and BankruptcyCode (IBC) will shut doors on‘fly-by-night’ operators.
Speaking at the annual ses-sion of PHD Chamber ofCommerce, Jaitley said someglobal trends do “adverselyaffect” India, but going aheadthey will open up avenues forthe country to grow faster.
“The trade war initiallycreated instability, but eventu-ally may open up greater mar-kets. They will open up Indiaas a bigger trading and manu-facturing base and, therefore,we must closely watch the sit-uation as to when the challengeturns into an opportunity,”
Jaitley said in his video con-ference address.
Experts say that the ongo-ing trade war between the USand China could make Indianproducts, like machinery, elec-trical equipment, vehicles andtransport parts, chemicals,plastics and rubber products,competitive in the US markets.
Jaitley said the rising oilprices, too, pose a challenge forthe economy, since India is anet importer of crude oil. Indiais 81 per cent dependent onimports to meet its oil needs.
India is the third-largestimporter of crude oil, and ris-ing international crude oilprices are inflating domestictransport fuel rates in a strongdemand environment. Brent,the benchmark for half ofworld’s oil, climbed to $80 perbarrel from $71 in the last fiveweeks.
“Not withstanding thesechallenges, I’m quite certainthat in the days and years tocome, there are great opportu-nities for India in order togrow,” the minister said.
Asking businesses to be
ethical in their practices, Jaitleysaid post the IBC, doors will beshut on “fly-by-night” opera-tors and those with ethicalpractices will find a muchgreater opportunity to contin-ue their businesses.
“While free trade is allowedthe emphasis also has to be onethics of the business. Thosewho should be paying taxesmust be paying taxes and thetaxpayers should not be bur-dened with those who evadetaxes. Therefore, one of themost ethical practices has to beto bring in those who evadetaxes within the tax net,” theMinister said.
The IBC, Jaitley said, hasimposed a new ethics onIndian businesses when youtake money from lenders youhave to service the debt, it can’tbe that the lenders spend sleep-less night after lending moneyto Indian businesses.
“It will pay to be ethical -that is the kind of culture weare trying to introduce and thatis the kind of culture Indianbusinesses should encourage,”he said.
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The Reserve Bank hasrestrained Bandhan
Bank from opening newbranches and also orderedfreezing of remunerationof its CEO ChandraShekhar Ghosh for notmeeting the licensingconditions, the newly-launched bank said onFriday.
The bank, on its part, saidit is taking steps to comply withlicensing condition to bringdown the shareholding of NonOperative Financial HoldingCompany (NOFHC) in thebank to 40 per cent.
“RBI has communicated tous that since the bank was notable to bring down the share-holding of NOFHC to 40 percent...General permission toopen new branches standswithdrawn and the bank canopen branches with priorapproval of RBI and the remu-neration of the MD & CEO ofthe Bank stands frozen at theexisting level, till furthernotice,” it said in filing to stockexchanges.
“The bank said it is takingsteps to comply with licensingcondition to bring down the
shareholding of NOFHC inthe Bank to 40 percent andshall continue to engage withRBI in this behalf,” BandhanBank said.
As per the bank’s website,it has 937 branches in parts ofthe country. The Bandhan, aMFI, was given conditionalapproval by the RBI for settingup universal bank in April2014. The bank operational in2015.
Headquartered in Kolkata,Bandhan, which started as amicro-finance company in2001, received banking licenceby Reserve Bank of India in2014.
Besides Bandhan, the RBIhad also given the bankinglicence to IDFC.
Bank’s shares closed at�565 apiece on BSE, down0.78 per cent.
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The Commerce Ministryon Friday said it has con-
st i tuted a High L evelAdvisory Group (HLAG) tolook into the challenges ema-nating from the currentglobal trade scenario andsuggest ways to boost thecountry’s goods and servicesexports.
The formation of the panelwas approved by commerceand industry minister SureshPrabhu, the ministry said in astatement.
“HLAG will consider waysfor boosting India’s share andimportance in global mer-chandise and services trade,managing pressing bilateraltrade relations and main-streaming new age policy mak-ing,” it said.
The panel will examinethe prevailing internationaltrade dynamics, the rising pro-tectionist tendencies, non-engagement by some coun-tries on outstanding tradenegotiation issues and theirinsistence on pursuing negoti-ating mandates.
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KIIT Deemed University hasmade an impressive debut
in The Times HigherEducation World UniversityRankings 2019. The TimesHigher Education global uni-versity rankings for 2019 —regarded as one of the mostprestigious — were publishedon September 26, 2018.
KIIT is just twenty years oldas an institution for profes-sional education (1997) and 14years old as a University (2004).But, despite being a very younguniversity, it has got a place inthis coveted and much awaitedranking, securing an impressiveposition of 1001+. It is the onlyself-financing University in theentire Eastern India to enter intothis ranking, which also features
IITs and NITs in Odisha. A fewwell-known and old deemeduniversities from south Indiahave found place in the report,while KIIT has got the samesuccess with similar position.
Expressing happiness overthe development, Prof. AchyutaSamanta, Founder, KIIT &KISS said, “This achievementhas been possible due to theblessings of the Almighty cou-pled with the hard work andrelentless efforts of the staff andstudents.” KIIT was started ina rented house with just �5000.Now, it has a global recognitionand is placed among the top1001+ universities of the world.“I congratulate all the staff, stu-dent and well wishers andhope they would keep up thegood work as sky is the limit”,he stated.
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Continuing its healthy recov-ery momentum for the
third-straight day, the rupee onFriday gained 11 paise to endat a one-week high of 72.48against the US dollar on sus-tained selling of the Americancurrency by exporters.
However, the domestic forthe week finished lower by 28paise, posting its fifth straightweekly loss.
Ongoing global trade warconcerns and surging globalcrude prices caused some dis-comfort for the rupee andrestricted the gains.
Heavy month-end dollardemand from importers alsoweighed on the forex front.
Besides, caution prevailedahead of RBI policy meetingnext week.
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Benchmark Sensex buckledunder selling pressure for
the third straight session Friday,capping off its worst month inover two-and-half years, asinvestors clamoured for theexit amid valuation and macrostability concerns.
The 30-share BSE indexslipped 97.03 points in see-sawtrade to close at 36,227.14,while the NSE Nifty dropped47.10 points to 10,930.45.
The Sensex has lost awhopping 2,417.93 points, or6.26 per cent, in September —its worst monthly show sinceFebruary 2016.
Sentiment remained weakon the back of a weak rupee,high crude oil prices and liq-uidity concerns, while investorswere also reluctant to makefresh bets ahead of RBI policymeeting next week, brokerssaid.
Selling took hold at thestart of October futures andoptions (F&O) series in thederivatives segment.
Both the key indicesrecorded their fourth straightweekly fall. The Sensex lost614.46 points, or 1.67 per cent
and the Nifty dropped 212.65points, or 1.91 per cent, thisweek.
Meanwhile, domesticinstitutional investors (DIIs)sold shares worth a net�186.69 crore, while foreignportfolio investors (FPIs)bought shares worth �552.44crore Thursday, according toprovisional data.
“Factors like heightenedvolatility of the money market,INR depreciation, increasedbond yield and selling by FIIs inthe emerging market triggeredcautiousness in the market.
“Mid and small-cap con-tinued to underperform whileshort covering in bankingstocks helped Bank Nifty toclose on a positive note.
“Investors are yet to gainconfidence to start bottomfishing due to lack of liquidity,margin funding and short sell-ing in the market,” said VinodNair, Head of Research, GeojitFinancial Services.
Selloff in the NBFC spacecontinued unabated, with PNBHousing Finance losing 4.46per cent, Indiabulls HousingFinance 8.91 per cent andDewan Housing Finance 5.08per cent.
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The first consignment ofnon-basmati rice (white
rice 5% broken) of 100 tonnesis to be shipped to China fromNagpur tomorrow. The con-signment will be received byChina National Cereals, Oilsand Foodstuffs Corporationwhich is one of China’s state-owned food processing hold-ing companies. After con-certed ef forts of the
Government of India, 19 ricemills and processing unitshave been registered forexport of non-basmati ricefrom India to China.
The protocol betweenGeneral Administration ofCustoms of the People’sRepublic of China and theDepartment of Agriculture,Cooperation and FarmersWelfare of the Republic ofIndia, was signed on June 9,2018 at Qingdao, China.
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New Delhi: BMW Motorrad, the premiummotorcycle arm of German luxury car makerBMW Group, on Friday launched all-new F750GS and F850 GS models in India, priced between
�11.95 lakh and �14.4 lakh (ex-showroom). The two models will be available as completely
Built-up Units and can be booked at BMWMotorrad dealerships from Friday onwards.BMW F750 GS is available in three variants in aprice range of �11.95 lakh and �13.4 lakh.Similarly, BMW F850 GS will also come in threevariants priced between �12.95 lakh and �14.4 lakh(all prices ex-showroom). “Both models featurethe powerful 2-cylinder in-line engine with a dis-placement of 853 cc,” the company added. The newGS models have ‘Rain’ and ‘Road’ riding modesto address individual rider requirements and arealso equipped with ABS and the ASC (automat-ic stability control) ensuring a high level of safe-ty, it added.
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Chinese tech giant Alibabaon Friday said it wasramping up its data cen-
tre infrastructure in India withits second ‘Availability Zone’ inMumbai as it expected strongdemand coming from enter-prises and startups in the country.
Alibaba Cloud is also sup-portive of data localisation —a key component of the draftrecommendations made byJustice BN Srikrishna on theprivacy laws in India.
“We (have) set up our firstZone in India earlier this year,and given the strong growth wehave seen in the past fewmonths, we are now launchingthe second one. While I will notbe able to comment on theinvestments made, I can tellyou India is a big commitmentfor us,” Alibaba Cloud IndiaGeneral Manager Alex Li told PTI.
He added that the compa-ny aims to onboard one lakhcustomers by March 2019.
Alibaba Cloud, whichcompetes against the likes ofAmazon Web Services (AWS),Google and Microsoft, countsnames like Oppo, Vivo, Paytm,DLF, Krazybee and Reliance
Entertainment among itsclients in India.
Asked about the proposedrules around data localisation,Li said the move would bene-fit the company.
“A mandate for data local-isation would help our busi-ness. We will respect the locallaw whenever it comes in. Weare ensuring that our cus-tomers get the best services andsecurity of the data is a keyfocus for us,” he said.
The issue of data localisa-tion has exposed a deep divideamongst the industry players.Many prominent US tradebodies whose members includetech giants like Amazon andMicrosoft are reportedly
opposing government’s plans to mandate storing of datalocally.
While Paytm (which isbacked by Alibaba) has been infavour of storing and process-ing critical data like paymentswithin India, Google’s stancehas been to allow free flow ofdata.
As such, India’s draft per-sonal data protection bill recog-nises privacy as a fundamentalright, and proposes “explicitconsent” for processing sensi-tive personal information likereligious or political belief,sexual orientation and bio-metric information. The draftbill, for which the governmentis seeking public suggestions bySeptember 30, also proposes torestrict and impose conditionson the cross-border transfer ofpersonal data.
Alibaba Cloud currentlyhas 50 availability zones across18 economic centres globally,with coverage extending acrossmainland China, Hong Kong,Singapore, Japan, Australia,the Middle East, Europe, Indiaand the US (East and WestCoast).
Li said Alibaba Cloud alsointended to train about 1,000sales and technology personnelin India by March 2019.
New Delhi (PTI): Germanluxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz on Friday launched theall-new version of E-Class All-Terrain in India, priced at `75lakh (ex-showroom). Themodel, which is BS VI compli-ant, comes with a four-cylinderdiesel engine that generates194 hp of power.
“Our strategy for the Indianmarket of launching more andmore products from our glob-al portfolio is very well receivedby our discerning customers,”Mercedes-Benz India ManagingDirector and CEO Roland
Folger said in a statement. With this launch, the com-
pany now had an array of E-Class variants from its globalportfolio available in India, he
added. The vehicle can achievea top speed if 231 km/hr. Itsrear seat backrest folds into a40:20:40 split allowing 1,820litres of storage.
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The higher customs dutyimposed on passenger car
radial tyres is unlikely to havea major impact on the Indiantyre industry, according tocredit ratings agency ICRA.
The government had onWednesday increased basiccustoms duty on import of pas-senger car radial (PCR) tyres,from 10 per cent to 15 per centeffective from September 27,2018. “ICRA expects the dutyhike to have no major impacton the Indian tyre industry,” thecredit ratings agency said in astatement.
Explaining the reasons,ICRA vice-president SrikumarK said, “The 500 bps rise in
customs duty on PCR tyreimports is unlikely to have amajor impact on the Indiantyre industry as PCR tyresimports account for less thanthree per cent of overall tyreindustry (in value) and meetonly (around) 13 per cent ofdomestic PCR demand.” Hefurther said the presence of freetrade agreements with majorcountries like China andThailand resulted in import oftyres at concessional rates.
ICRA said PCR tyresaccounted for 42 per cent oftotal tyre imports in FY2018,the share rising sharply in thelast one year as the impositionof anti-dumping-duty consid-erably brought down TBR tyreimports.
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New Delhi (PTI): Healthcare major Apollo HospitalsEnterprise on Friday said it had received shareholders’ nod toraise up to �500 crore through issuance of non-convertible deben-tures on a private placement basis.
The company was seeking approval from the shareholdersto “offer or invite subscriptions for secured/unsecured redeemablenon-convertible debentures, in one or more series/tranches, aggre-gating up to �5,000 million on a private placement basis,” ApolloHospitals said in a BSE filing.
A total of 99.94 per cent of the votes polled were in the favourof the resolution, it added. Shares of Apollo Hospitals Enterpriseon Friday closed at �1,050 per scrip on BSE, down 1.93 per centfrom its previous close.
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Canada’s parliament hasvoted unanimously to
effectively strip Myanmarleader Aung San Suu Kyi of herhonorary Canadian citizen-ship over the Rohingya crisis.
Ottawa had given the long-detained democracy advocateand Nobel laureate the rarehonour in 2007.
But her international rep-utation has become tarnished
by her refusal to call out theatrocities by her nation’s mili-tary against the RohingyaMuslims minority, whichOttawa last week declared agenocide.
“In 2007, the House ofCommons granted Aung SanSuu Kyi the status of honoraryCanadian citizen. Today, theHouse unanimously passed amotion to remove this status,”said Adam Austen, spokesmanfor Foreign Minister Chrystia
Freeland, on Thursday.A brutal military campaign
that started last year drovemore than 700,000 RohingyaMuslims from Myanmar intoneighboring Bangladesh, wherethey now live in crampedrefugee camps - fearful ofreturning to mainly BuddhistMyanmar despite a repatriationdeal.
Many have given accountsof extrajudicial killings, sexu-al violence and arson.
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President Donald Trump onFriday reaffirmed support
to his embattled SupremeCourt nominee BrettKavanaugh, and asked the sen-ators to confirm him, after agripping Senate hearing inwhich the judge dismissed theallegations of sexual assaultmade by a clinical psychologyprofessor as a “calculated andorchestrated political hit.”
Americans were glued totheir television sets for eighthours on Thursday as the his-toric hearing opened with anemotionally chocked ChristineBlasey Ford, 51, recountingthe 36 years old incident which“drastically altered her life”.
Asserting that she felt itwas her “civic duty” to share herstory, Ford said at the age of 15she was sexually assaulted byKavanaugh in 1982 at a party.Both of them were in highschool in suburban Marylandat that time.
A furious Kavanaugh, 53,denied the allegations in a pas-sionate defence.
“I categorically andunequivocally deny the allega-
tion by Dr Ford. I have neversexually assaulted anyone, notin high school, not in college,not ever. I am innocent of thischarge,” he said, repeatedlyfighting back tears.
“This whole two weekeffort has been a calculated andorchestrated political hit,fuelled with apparent pent-upanger about President Trumpand the 2016 election, fearthat has been unfairly stokedabout judicial record, revengeon behalf of the Clintons,” anaggressive Kavanaugh said in atirade directed at Democrats.
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Passengers were forced toswim for their lives Friday
when an airliner ditched into alagoon after missing the run-way on a remote Pacific islandand began sinking.
The Air Niugini Boeing737-800 was attempting to landat Weno airport in Micronesiabut ended up half submerged inChuuk lagoon after the accidenton Friday morning.
Within minutes, localsscrambled a flotilla of smallboats to pluck the 35 passengersand 12 crew from the water.
London: Britain’s BorisJohnson on Friday unveiled hisvision for Brexit as he urgedPrime Minister Theresa May topursue a “Super Canada” tradedeal, sparking renewed infight-ing among rulingConservatives ahead of theirannual party conference.
The former foreign secre-tary, who resigned from thegovernment in July over theissue. AFP
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Friday, causing a tsunami thatslammed into a city on Sulawesiisland with officials saying thetremor had levelled “many”buildings. The shallow 7.5magnitude quake sparked ter-ror among locals who fled intothe streets and raced to high-er ground fearing tsunamiwaves.
The disaster agency brieflyissued a tsunami warningbefore lifting it. But dramaticvideo footage filmed from thetop floor of a parking ramp spi-ral in Palu, a city of 3,50,000nearly 80 kilometres from thequake’s epicentre, showed achurning wall of whitewatermow down several buildingsand inundate a large mosque.
Rahmat Triyono, head of theagency’s earthquake and tsuna-mi division, later confirmed thecity was struck by a freak wave.
People living hundreds ofkilometres from the epicentrereported feeling the massiveshake, hours after a smaller joltkilled at least one person in the
same part of the SoutheastAsian archipelago.
There were no immediatereports of deaths or injuriesafter the latest tremor, but itwas a higher magnitude than aseries of quakes that killedhundreds on the island ofLombok this summer.
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The Guard’s acting com-mander, Gen Hossein Salami,claimed in remarks broadcastFriday that the Saudis and theUAE “are trying to bring chaosinto Iran.”
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Do you remember the last time you went on a JungleSafari or to a National reserve park or a wildlife sanc-tuary and spot a tiger passing by or even resting in
its den? Hardly does that happen today, isn’t it?At the most,it is the pug marks that we encounter. As the studies haveshown, the majestic tiger is on the verge of extinction. Andthere could be no bigger evidence than the absence of tigerspotting. However, India’s national reserves and ecologistsare doing their bits to preserve this national animal.
Renowned conservation biologist and Tiger ecologist,Dr Raghu Chundawat launched his new research study onRanthambhore National Park at the TOFTigers WildlifeTourism Awards at the British High Commissioner’s res-idence called The value of Wildlife Tourism in RanthamboreTiger Reserve. The study, over 15 years since the threats ofextinction of the tiger had begun, touches upon differentaspects of tiger conservation.
The report spoke volumes about the finances involvedin the park and how the local community benefits fromthe same.
It highlighted how Ranthambore National Park hasbeen raising the number of tigers so that the total reachedclose to 70 spread across the restored area as well as cater-ing to the visitors every year without causing any recur-rent harm to the species.
The park earned around �19.7 crore in 2016- 2017which is more than what it has received from both the stateand the central government in the year which shows thatit is self-sufficient.
It also highlighted how wildlife tourism has changedits course in India over the years. However, as Chundawatpoints out, there is one problem associated with wildlifetourism in India which is that “wildlife tourism is not pro-moted well in the country.”
The study shows nature tourism as one of the UnitedNations Sustainable Development tools and that 70 per centof the jobs in the field are created from the surroundinglocal communities (90 per cent from the entire state of
Rajasthan) while 55 per cent of all tourism revenues staywithin the local area. The implications are many includ-ing the fallacy of the argument that nature tourism onlybenefits the rich and its visitors since it can ensure a nature-friendly neighbourhood on the borders of parks.
Chundawat feels that it is important to hold such eventsand initiatives to motivate wildlife tourism across the coun-try and even internationally, he says, “These are basicallycreated to promote good practices in wildlife tourism. Themore of these, the better it is as it creates more awareness.Currently there are only one or two such initiatives that Iknow of but there should be more. We should have respon-sible tourism which will encourage these events.”
The night also saw awards being given away to peo-ple who have contributed immensely to wildlife tourismand other conservation initiatives. Chundawat believes thatthese awards are important. “Why shouldn’t they be award-ed? They definitely should be. They put up in ecological-ly sensitive areas to encourage other properties to be moreresponsible, develop sustainable tourism with a lighter car-bon foot print. We want to encourage them. The resortsare very ethical in terms of conservation. That’s why wegive the award to only those people and expect that theindustry will promote such causes in order to make encour-age others to start following it. Internationally, it creates amarket and works on a global platform.”
Chundawat says, “The change is happening very slow-ly. In India people are complicated and think twice abouteverything so it’s not very easy to move forward. There arediverse perspectives but we need to take everybody togeth-er. It’ll take time but things are moving in the right direc-tion though at their own pace.”
In order to increase such initiatives he says a numberof steps need to be taken. “We have a huge potential andto utilise it properly we need to work on an alternativemodel. We are dependent on an exclusionary model where6 per cent of the forest areas are included and more than90 per cent tiger habitats are excluded. We cannot createevery area as a tiger habitat or protected area for tigers andthrow everybody out of their homes. We need an inclu-sionary model where the surrounding communities areinvolved. We need different conservation models. Weshould have hundreds of conservation models to ensurethat at least half of them will work. And then we can decidewhich is the best one to use repeatedly. We need alterna-tives as one model might not be successful. With alterna-tives you have different options on which you can work.If plan A doesn’t work, plan B will.”
Well, Chundawat’s driving force towards such immenseinitiatives is the great Indian tiger. He tells us, “Tiger is nowfound only in 6 per cent of their original habitats. The num-ber has reduced drastically. The range restrictions is thefirst sign of extinction. Our attempt should be to increasethe range. Tigers should occupy all the areas. Without tiger-friendly communities tigers cannot survive. This is whatdrives me wake up every morning to head to the jungle.”
He applauds at the achievement stating, “This is a greatconservation success story. Tigers are doing really well, andtourism is positively benefitting in ensuring it. Unlike theusual negative perception of tourism, it is infact an impor-tant conservation tool, creating funds for park protection,generating sustainable jobs and new livelihood opportu-nity, raising living, health and educational standards anddecreasing forest dependency and best of all — not harm-ing tigers. Well done, Ranthambhore.”
Love stories that feature new com-ers have been a regular fixture inBollywood since forever. Many
have made big banner debuts andthen gone on to eventually join thesuperstar lists. After director ShashankKhaitan’s Dhadak, which introducedtwo new faces, Aayush Sharma andWarina Hussain are the next set of newkids on the block as they debut withnewcomer director Abhiraj Minawal’sLoveyatri.
Debuting under the Salman Khanbanner might have raised expecta-tions for Aayush but he believes that he“is too new for it,” as he doesn’t see him-self as an actor, but rather “an entertain-er.” He says, “I can call myself an actormaybe after 20 years when I’ve haddone some successful films and havebeen acclaimed as one. Right now I’mjust a student.”
Coming from an affluent politicalfamily, Aayush never thought of follow-ing his father’s footsteps as he says,“With time, I have realised that in pol-itics you need to serve peo-ple as my father and grand-father have done foryears. They were notknown for being goodorators but for the kindof work that theydid for people. Irespect them alot. But a legacysometimes alsoinhibits you, asI feel that Idon’t have anyfresh ideas.W h e n e v e rsomeone askedme about theways to bringabout a changein the country, Icould never fig-ure out how todo it even thoughI did feel the needfor it.”
Even thoughhe is SalmanKhan’s brother-in-law, Aayush feelsthat it is “only workthat can set himapart.”
While Warinais an outsider,Aayush too doesn’tcount himself as amember of theB o l l y w o dindustry. “I’man outsider too.I do have a con-nection but Ithink connectionscan’t do anything.They can help youwith the publicityand promotions buton a Friday whenthe audience goesinto the theatre, thedecision lies withthem. There arealways pros andcons. That’s why it’scommendable forall actors who don’thave a family histo-ry in Bollywoodand still made ahuge mark.”
He feels thatthere is still a lotmore “to do, learn,and to experience.This is my firstattempt at boxoffice so that createsa lot of fear.”
While he “ran-domly” landed the role into the film, forWarina it was a lot of hard work thathas paid off. She says, “I began mycareer six years ago from a small base-ment in Malviya Nagar in Delhi whenI started modelling. Initially, I startedworking as a sales girl in a designerboutique because I wanted to pursuefashion designing. However, it didn’twork out. Eventually I did my first port-
folio, travelled to Mumbai, gave audi-tions and decided to grow in the lineand started looking for more work. Thiswas despite the fact that my mother wasagainst modelling as we are fromAfghanistan and our culture is very dif-ferent. Being a single child made it eventougher to make my parents agree. Butas she became accustomed with theindustry with time, she built a trust.Now she is supportive.”
Being an outsider, Warina facedmany difficulties to bag a lead role. Butnow she calls India her home as theactress loves everything about thecountry. “I was alone and did not knowanybody and how and where to begin.I started from the scratch without anyguidance. In fact, shifting to Mumbaiwas also one of the biggest challengesas you don’t easily find apartments. Igot to know about auditions when I gotin touch with random people andfound contacts.”
Warina feels that being an outsiderhad its share of difficulties in getting abreak. “I am completely new and did-n’t have any contacts. But I would saythat its equally hard for everybody. I feltthat its a glamorous world and all aboutentertainment, acting and creativity.But there’s a lot of hard work. The audi-ence judges a film within two hours butour blood, sweat and tears are involved.If you are from within the industry, youdon’t have to go looking for work orauditions daily. They come easily toyou. But the amount of hard work isequal. While I a complete outsider,Aayush isn’t as much. But we weregiven the same opportunity by the sameperson, Salman. But what one does with
the opportunity mattersbecause there have been out-siders who were superstarsand also some actors fromfilmy background who could-n’t make it to the mark as
well.”She recalls her
multiple audi-tions and onerandom day shereceived a mes-sage sayingthat, “I haveto send ashort intro-duction to anapp cal led
‘being in touch.’After a month, I
got a call fromMukesh Chawla.They sent me
scripts to preparefor auditions. Wehad multiple read-ings and had ascreen test. It wasquick, lovely and mylife suddenly shiftedgear.”
As the actresshails fromAfghanistan, manymight wonder ifshe can get herHindi dictionright. But as shesays, “My motherhas been a hugefan of Hindimovies as she is ac o m p l e t eBollywood buff.Plus, half of theAfghani popula-tion knows Hindi.
After coming toIndia, we became
more fluent in the lan-guage. I worked on itfor about two monthsfor the film.”
As both the youngstars point out,Salman Khan has beenindeed a mentor tothem. Warina says,“Working withSalman Khan in sucha film is the best debutany newcomer couldask for. He has alwaysstood there for us.”
Aayush says thatin order to make thefilm authentic andbring in the culture ofGujarat, “We learntgarba from ground up.
We spent a lot of timeunderstanding how Gujaratis feel aboutthe festival and learnt about their cul-ture.”
Warina has been an avid travellerbut she adores three Bollywood divas,“Madhuri Dixit, Rekha and Sridevi.They are legends.”
(The film is slated to hit the screenson October 5.)
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Days after actress Tanushree Dutta’s sex-ual harassment allegations against
veteran actor Nana Patekar created awhirlwind, a gamut of stars like PriyankaChopra, Farhan Akhtar, Vir Das andAnurag Kashyap have spoken out strong-ly in support of the former beauty queenand a safer working environment forwomen.
Tanushree had first raised the allega-tion against the actor in 2008. She broughtthe spotlight once again on her unpleasantexperience of working with Nana duringthe shooting of Horn ‘Ok’ Pleassss, in arecent interview.
Nana, 67, denied all allegations andsaid: “What can I do about what one says?You tell me. What does it mean by sexualharassment.”
While veteran actor Amitabh Bachchanchose to steer clear from commenting onthe controversy, drawing flak from thesocial media world, a string of celebritiesraised their voice.
Here’s what celebrities wrote:Priyanka Chopra wrote, “The world
needs to believe survivors.”Farhan Akhtar, who has launched a
social campaign Men Against Rape andDiscrimination (MARD) in 2013, retweet-ed a string of posts by an eyewitness about
the details of Tanushree’s ordeal.“This thread is very telling. Janice
(Janice Sequeira, who at that time was witha news channel) was there at the time ofthe incident being debated today. Evenwhen Tanushree Dutta had career concernsto keep quiet 10 years ago, she did not. Andher story has not changed now. Hercourage should be admired, not her inten-tion questioned,” Farhan said.
Actress Richa Chadha wrote: “It hurtsto be Tanushree Dutta right now. To bealone, questioned. No woman wants pub-licity that opens the floodgates of trollingand insensitivity. What happened to her onset was intimidation. Her only fault was shedid not back down — (that) takes a spe-cial courage to be Tanushree Dutta.”
Filmmaker Hansal Mehta tweeted:“India in general does not have a conducivework environment. Mental harassment,abuse and predatorial behaviour by peoplein positions of power are prevalent and con-sidered perks of being in power. Years ofoppression and colonial rule have perma-nently altered our DNA.”
Several celebrities reference Sequeira’sTwitter thread in which she recalled theincident as a cub reporter in Mumbai adecade ago.
“Some incidents that take place even
a decade ago remain fresh in your mem-ory. What happened with Tanushree is onesuch incident,” she wrote, before narratingher side of the story.
Actress Swara Bhasker shared herpost, and wrote: “This is a long thread, butone that must be read...lots of clues here asto why Bollywood’s #MeToo moment is sofar away. Because we don’t want to hearthese voices.”
Producer-author Twinkle Khanna alsoshared Sequeira’s posts and tweeted: “Please
read this thread before judging or sham-ing Tanushree Dutta — a working environ-ment without harassment and intimidationis a fundamental right and by speaking upthis brave woman helps pave the waytowards that very goal for all of us!”
Actress Parineeti Chopra wrote:“Survivors are survivors because they havedealt with something and come out on theother side. So believe them, respect them.”
Urging Twitterati to read Sequeira’sthread, Konkona Sen Sharma wrote: “Weall know the reality of the power imbalancethat exists in the workplace. Let us encour-age these voices instead of shaming themso that others may have the strength tocome forward.”
Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap has alsoraised his voice and said “People shouldstop the questioning of intention ofTanushree Dutta because there is a witnessaccount of what happened.”
Comedian-actor Vir Das wrote: “Formen, a big part of the #MeToo movementis listening to women tell their story.Supporting them with belief. TanushreeDutta is telling hers. Be a good man, shutyour mouth, and listen to it. There are manymany more like it in our industry. And theydeserve to be heard. An actor’s profession-al choices should not dictate how they gettreated in the work place. All work placesmust be safe and fair. If you’re bringing upan actor’s filmography to justify the harass-ment they faced. You are a piece of sh*t,”he added.
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Cosmopolitan consumers seeknovelty everywhere now. Withlarger disposable incomes, mil-
lennials and Gen X-ers can go bungeejumping one weekend and bar-hoppingthe other.
Even with food, consumers wantan entire sensory experience instead ofjust going for a meal to a nice restau-rant, which has given rise to compa-nies that curate such experienceswhich give the consumer somethingextra to look forward to.
Food Talk India’s founders, ShuchirSuri and Anjali Batra, conducted anevent called the Gin Explorers’ Club toacquaint the city with alcohol which
was spread overmultiple days. Thetheme for twoevenings wasbotanical wonder-land. From thedecor theme to thekind of gins avail-able, they show-cased an array ofbotanicals andflavours all underone roof.
“We curateimmersive foodand drink experi-ences that elevateyour regular dining
experience. From the food on yourplate to the presentation to the peopleyou are dining with — attention is paidto even the minutest detail — some-thing that a restaurant or bar will notbe able to focus on. And that is whereour expertise comes in,” said Batra andSuri.
For the festival, they had seven ginsfrom across the globe, classic Londondry gin like Bombay Sapphire,Tanqueray, Beefeater to the newWestern style gins like Monkey 47,Tanqueray 10 and Caorunn.
“From citrus forward gins to fruityones and then the complex profiles likea Monkey 47 —with an interesting bal-ance of 47 different botanicals, therewere many flavours to experimentwith,” they said.
For customers, what makes suchevents even more exciting is that theyare here today, gone tomorrow.
“They are only accessible for a lim-ited period of time and that’s whatmakes them exciting. Also with a pop-up, chefs and mixologists get to exper-iment a lot, so you expect the unex-pected when you walk into one,” theysaid.
They try to get gin lovers andenthusiasts alike in attendance, as wellas those that are new or never beenexposed to gin. For the gin drinker, itis a place to explore new brands, find
their gin of preference and develop aconnection. For the rest — it’s a placeto experiment, taste and understand aspirit of the rarest kind.
India and the world over, gininfusions are making a major space foritself. Bars across the country are tin-kering with the alcohol to give it theirown take. Gin infusions are a big and
rapidly growing trend across restau-rants and bars nowadays. Walk into atrendy restaurant or bar, you willmost likely find a special section on themenu with Gin cocktails and infusions.
“What we have been noticing(and loving) is that a lot of these placesare doing infusions based on the over-all concept of the place. Be it infusionsusing seasonal local produce or usinginnovative techniques like sous videinfusions and so on. It’s really excitingto see the things that are happening outthere. India is moving massivelytowards gourmet infusions. Cocktailsare the new cuisine,” they said. Not justinfusions, craft gins are also makingheadway and they are here to stay.
“Craft gin is not a fad, it's a styleof gin and is definitely here to stay. Overthe past few years, a new category ofgin called the New Western Style orCraft Gin has grown massively wherethe focus has moved from Juniper for-ward to now focusing on botanicals.Craft distillers handcraft their gins,know each and every botanical thatgoes into the product and what pur-pose it serves, are passionate andinnovative in the way they approachgin,” they said.
While India still remains a lover ofwhisky and beer, other drinks likevodka, gin and tequila are making theirpresence felt and how.
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Artworks can create a certain connectionwith distant lands and times. Hundred
years from now, someone will look at a pieceof art from this era, and will be amazed athow someone’s work from 2018 couldexpress what they are feeling in 2118. It’s cer-tainly transcendent how artwork can unifytime and space. Manir Mrittik’s photographytries to reflect on that by unifying locationsfrom the present day with images of the past.He brings an aesthetically moving mix ofrealism and surrealism in his works titled InThe Realm of Ambivalence.
Manir says that he’s interested in explor-ing beauty in human life. He believes that dig-ital cameras usually capture only the visiblelight for regular photography, but he wish-es to do something more like capture ultra-violet, infrared or full spectrum light.
There is no real line that separates usfrom nature. We were born from it. He adds,“Strangely, everyone neglects that link. Thelines and contour of human body tell a storyof their own. Sometimes, they are like thepieces of an organic puzzle that fits togeth-er perfectly and then there are times theycarry only half a meaning individually, butthe full significance comes into view whenthey join their reflections. My show is anattempt to bring back focus to those lines. So,the idea is to work on the relationshipbetween the body and soul, physical and spir-itual thought processes within me.”
The artist who hails from Bangladesh, isquite interested in the aura of Western art andclassical paintings. His relationship with artbegan at a very young age. Then, portraitswere the most common practices and that’swhere he came across the idea of how anartist captures so much more of the charac-
ter in the portrait than justthe face.
Manir says, “This con-sciousness is what gaverise to the belief that anartwork must not be lim-ited by the dimensions inwhich it has been created,it is independent of themedium. I decided to pur-sue painting right aftercompleting Intermediatedegree. It was years later,after my post-graduationthat I was introduced tophotography as an artpractice. It wasn’t longafter that, computers anddigital media paved wayfor my ideas to takewings.”
He believes that timespent running after plea-sure and instant gratification have numbedthe soul of every individual. “We have trad-ed simplicity for complexity, clean air forsmog and machines for spirit. We have cor-
rupted the soil we tread,the air we breathe andthe water we drink. Theconsequences are herenow, cutting holes intothe environment thatsurrounds us. We needto re-establish the linkwith nature,” says Manir.
Art has always beena form of expression ofthe unseen and theunheard. “It’s a mediumof translating the multi-dimensional languageof life into a two-dimen-sional plane by inter-twining my thoughtsand reality,” he adds.
The artist believesthat one cannot simplyclassify their art as per-sonal or public. He
speaks on behalf of every artist when he saysthat an artist’s work is a reflection of their souland identity .
The exhibition is on view till October 20.
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Former champions ATK andtwo-time runners-up KeralaBlasters FC will look to renew
their rivalry when they face-off in theopening match of the Indian SuperLeague (ISL) football tournamenthere on Saturday.
The fifth season of ISL will wit-ness high-octane action as 10 eliteteams compete for the coveted title.The I-League 2017-18 which con-cluded in March was the last com-petitive football tournament in thecountry.
The ISL-V is expected to be thelongest, spanning over six monthswith three breaks — two FIFA win-dows (in October and November)and one for India's preparatorycamp for the 2019 AFC Asian Cup.
Both ATK and Kerala struggledto hit the ground running last sea-son, with ATK faring worse than thetwo, finishing a nightmarish nine outof 10 teams and saw three coaches atthe helm.
The Kochi-based side alsoendured a poor start last season thatsaw the removal of coach ReneMuelensteen and former Englandgoalkeeper David James being hand-ed the baton.
There were some glimpses ofresurgence under their former mar-quee player but it was a little too lateto make the playoffs, as they endedup at sixth.
Both the teams have a healthyrivalry with ATK in a 5-1 win-lossrecord from 10 exchanges, includingtwo in the 2014 and 2016 finals.
Former Kerala Blasters FC coachSteve Coppell, who has a consistenttrack record in the ISL, will now sitin the hot seat of ATK.
As Kerala coach, Coppell's teamlost to ATK in the penalties in the2016 final. Under him, debutantsJamshedpur FC missed out on a play-off spot by a whisker last season.
"I am eagerly waiting for the startof the tournament. We have had a
fruitful preseason in Spain where wegot our chance to test all our playersand now it is time to prove our met-tle on the stage that matters," Coppellsaid.
ATK have made their intentionsclear by roping in several big names,both Indian and overseas, to bolstertheir squad.
Six of their seven foreign playershave prior experience of playing inthe ISL including former BengaluruFC defender John Johnson.
Captain Manuel Lanzarote wasone of the best playmakers in theleague last season for FC Goa clock-ing well over 1500 minutes with 13goals and six assists.
The attacking lineup will haveNigerian Kalu Uche, who was the
third highest goal scorer in ISL lastyear and Brazilian Everton Santos.
ATK have retained 30-year-oldEnglish centre back John Johnson,who has a good understanding ofIndian conditions having spent fiveseasons at Bengaluru FC beforeswitching to ATK in 2017.
Of the 19 Indians in the squad,ATK have retained six from thefourth season — Debjit Majumdar,Prabir Das, Eugenson Lyngdoh,Jayesh Rane, Komal Thatal andHitesh Sharma.
Among the Indians, all eyes will
be on Indian star midfielderEugeneson Lyngdoh.
ATK had a fruitful preseason inSpain and won two out of their threepractice matches.
For the yellow brigade fromKerala, this will be the first seasonfor the team without their starowner Sachin Tendulkar.
The cricket legend has sold offhis 20 per cent stakes in the team andthey will seek a fresh identity in theirbid for the elusive title.
Kerala boast of a strong defencewith foreigner duo of Cyril Kali andNemanja Lakic-Pesic along withnational team's Sandesh Jhinganand Anas Edathodika in the teamand it will be an interesting battlewith ATK's star attacking line-up.
Kerala have also signed the likesof Zakeer Mundampara, HalicharanNarzary and Seiminlen Doungelwho will provide width and pace tothe team while going forward thisseason.
The central midfield position, onthe other hand, may be a cause ofconcern for James as they do nothave an Indian name of repute inthat crucial area.
The spotlight of the fifth seasonwill be on Jamshedpur who havesigned the Socceroos legend TimCahill.
The 38-year-old Australianrecord goalscorer has announced hisinternational retirement after play-ing in Russia World Cup this yearbut is not ready to hang up his bootscompletely just yet.
"With three Asian Cup and fourWorld Cup appearances, I would liketo contribute on the park as muchas off it," Cahill, who scored 50 goalsfor Australia in a career spanning 14years, said.
"I take great pride in playing andtraining. I would look to add morevalue than just be a marquee sign-ing."
Other notable names includeformer Portuguese internationalPaulo Machado who will be playingfor Mumbai City FC and Venezuelanstriker Miku, playing his second sea-son for Bengaluru FC.
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Diego Simeone described Atletico Madrid'ssluggish start to the season as a wake-up
call but it was Real Madrid's nightmare in Sevillethat threw a whole new complexion onSaturday's city derby.
Atletico were seven pointsadrift of the top of La Liga afterdrawing to Eibar two weeks ago,and it was not out of the questiontheir rivals were loading up fora knock-out blow at the SantiagoBernabeu this weekend.
'Atleti' were staring at the possibili-ty of a double-digit deficit which, evenas early as October, would have been abig gap to close.
"This is a wake-up call," Simeone saidat the time. "It is the best thing that can hap-pen to us."
But after back-to-back wins Atletico comeinto Saturday's game just two points behindBarcelona, who top the table on goal difference,and Real — who drew away at Athletic Bilbaobefore being hammered 3-0 by Sevilla onWednesday.
"We are getting used to winning again," saidAtletico's Filipe Luis, while Angel Correaadded: "This is the Atletico we want."
Some had put a linethrough Atletico a monthago but they will moveabove Real with a win —and could even go top if
Barca's dip continues at home to Bilbao.What is clear is that neither Barcelona
nor Real Madrid were as formidable astheir early form suggested, while Atletiwere perhaps undersold by their lum-
bering out of the blocks.All three have shown they are fallible.Real were torn apart in 39 first-half min-
utes at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan, whichmight have been marked down as a one-offwere it not for Sevilla capitalising on the samecounter-attacks Espanyol had attempted theweek before, but failed to exploit.
Atleti have also been wasteful up front.Antoine Griezmann has been indecisive, andDiego Costa is without a league goal sinceFebruary.
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Jose Mourinho's astonishing feudwith Paul Pogba will take another
twist when Manchester United's war-ring duo head to West Ham, whileChelsea's Eden Hazard bids to inflictmore misery on Liverpool.
On any other weekend, theshowdown between Premier Leagueleaders Liverpool and title rivalsChelsea at Stamford Bridge would bethe centre of attention.
But United manager Mourinhois embroiled in a clash of egos withFrance midfielder Pogba that threat-ens to derail his side's season.
Mourinho and Pogba werefilmed in a heated discussion atUnited's training ground onWednesday, just 24 hoursafter the World Cup winnerwas told he would no longerbe the team's vice-captain.
The volatile Pogba report-edly infuriated Mourinho by makingit clear he wants to join Barcelona andpoured fuel on the fire when he crit-icised the manager's cautious tacticsin last weekend's draw with Wolves.
Against that tense backdrop, the
announcement of United's team-sheet at West Ham on Saturday willbe eagerly awaited to see whetherPogba will be recalled or be consigned
to exile.Once the latest chapter of
Mourinho's row with Pogba isout of the way in east London,all eyes will turn to the westside of the capital where
Chelsea star Hazard plans toaims repeat his midweek hero-
ics against Liverpool.Belgium playmaker Hazard came
off the bench to knock Liverpool outof the League Cup with a superb solostrike at Anfield on Wednesday.
Hazard's stunning late goal
capped Chelsea's come from behind2-1 victory, making them the firstteam to stop Liverpool winning thisseason.
That drama finale set the stagefor Saturday's rematch at the Bridge,where Liverpool will put their six-match winning run in the league onthe line against unbeaten Chelsea,who are two points behind in thirdplace.
If Chelsea are to deal anotherblow to the Reds, they will surely needanother memorable contributionfrom Hazard.
With five goals in his first sixleague games, Hazard has started theseason in fine form, promptingChelsea team-mate Ross Barkley tohail him as the world's best.
Liverpool have failed to wintheir last four meetings with Chelseaand a victory over Maurizio Sarri'steam would be a major statement ofintent as they chase a first English titlesince 1990.
Like Sarri, Reds boss JurgenKlopp made eight changes in theLeague Cup tie, but insisted it was stilla valuable lesson ahead of the moreimportant match this weekend.
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Carlo Ancelotti faces his first big testof Napoli's title ambitions this season
as he heads north to his former clubJuventus on Saturday in a top-of-the-tableclash which could allow them to pull levelwith the champions.
Ancelotti's side are three pointsbehind Juventus who have a 100 percentrecord after six games.
Ancelotti — who coachedJuventus from 1999 to 2001 beforeleaving for AC Milan where hemade his name during a trophy-laden eight years - took over fromMaurizio Sarri at the end of last sea-son.
And he has been stamping hismark on the post-Sarri team with just onedefeat — a 3-0 loss to Sampdoria — inhis first campaign in Italy since 2009.
"I chose to come to Napolibecause of the passion in the cityand the project of the club. We aretrying to change something andit's working pretty well," saidAncelotti as the club target a firsttitle since the days of Diego
Maradona back in 1990.Despite statistics favouring the cham-
pions, Napoli came out on top in the
Allianz Stadium last April with a last-gaspKalidou Koulibaly header ensuring a 1-0 win which threw the Scudetto title raceopen.
Juventus went on to win for the sev-enth straight year.
It will be the 145th meeting betweenthe two sides, and 73rd in Turin, with thehosts having 44 wins, to just eight forNapoli.
"Head-to-head clashes are alwayscomplicated," said Juventus coachMassimiliano Allegri.
"This time there will be Ancelottiwho has transmitted his great serenity tothe team and everyone is benefiting. Yes,they are our rivals right now."
Ancelotti has been rotating his squadahead of the Juventus game and nextweek's Champions League clash againstLiverpool with nine changes made for the3-0 win midweek over Parma.
But he is counting on Lorenzo
Insigne to continue his fine form with fivegoals this season.
"Insigne is in tremendous form andI think we need to make the most of thatright now," said Ancelotti.
Also, Saturday night derby fever hitsRome with As Roma and Lazio goinghead-to-head at the Stadio Olimpiciowith contrasting fortunes.
Simone Inzaghi's Lazio, who losttheir opening two games to Juventus andNapoli, can head confidently into thegame on a four-game league winningstreak.
While, Inter Milan head to Cagliarion Saturday ahead of next week'sChampions League game at PSVEindhoven.
Coach Gennaro Gattuso is underpressure as AC Milan travel to Sassuolochasing just their second win of the sea-son after slumping to 13th after three con-secutive stalemates.
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India's unorthodox spin duo of KuldeepYadav and Kedar Jadhav wreaked havocafter opener Liton Das's fine hundred
as Bangladesh were bowled out for a mod-est 222 in the final of the Asia Cup here onFriday.
An injury-ravaged Bangladesh made aflying start, courtesy Liton's maiden ODIhundred (121 off 117 balls), as he added120 runs with fellow opener Mehidy
Hasan Miraz (32).Just when it looked like Bangladesh
would make a match of it, things wentdownhill as India's tiny neighbours sufferedan all-too-familiar batting collapse, losing10 wickets for 102 runs. The innings last-ed 48.3 overs.
Chinaman Kuldeep's 3 for 45 was wellcomplemented by Kedar's 2/41 in nineovers of unconventional off-breaks, asBangladesh frittered away the initiative withpoor shot selection.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni's smart work
behind the stumps also played its part asmuch as Ravindra Jadeja's electric fieldinginside the 30-yard circle.
Promoting lower-order batsman Mirazas opener was a masterstroke by skipperMashrafe Mortaza, who wanted to preservehis regular opener Imrul Kayes andSoumya Sarkar.
Miraz did his job perfectly by droppinganchor as Liton hit a flurry of boundariesoff Jasprit Bumrah (1/39) and BhuvneshwarKumar. Anything on his legs was dis-patched to the boundary.
When Yuzvendra Chahal (1/31 in 8overs) was introduced, he was hit over deepmid-wicket for a six, as India found it dif-ficult to get a breakthrough.
However, things changed once Mirazwas caught by Ambati Rayudu in the coverregion off Kedar's bowling.
The moment Kedar started bowling hisside-arm off-breaks, Bangladesh couldn'tforce the pace as he mixed his deliverieswell. He bowled an impressive 28 dot balls.
Imrul Kayes (2) was adjudged leg-before off Chahal and the in-form
Mushfiqur Rahim (2) pulled a rank half-tracker from Kedar straight into the deepmid-wicket's hands.
From 120 for no loss, Bangladeshslumped to 137 for three and things wentfrom bad to worse from thereon.
Mohammed Mithun (2) was the nextto go. Jadeja dived full stretched to stop acover drive from Liton and then threw theball back to the non-striker's end afterwatching Mithun halfway down the pitch.
Mahmudullah (4) played across theline off Kuldeep and Bumrah took a well-
judged catch at the deep mid-wicketboundary.
Liton, who carried manfully by hitting12 boundaries and two sixes, was finallystumped by a hair's breadth when hemissed Kuldeep's wrong 'un.
While Liton was stumped while play-ing a defensive stroke, skipper Mashrafejumped out to try a wild heave, only to missKuldeep's googly and get stumped byDhoni.
In the end, what promised to be a scorein excess of 275 was brought down to 222.
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Saina Nehwal went down fightingagainst former world champion
Nozomi Okuhara of Japan in the quar-terfinals to draw curtains on India's cam-paign at the Korea Open World TourSuper 500 tournament here on Friday.
The fifth-seeded Indian squanderedfour match points to go down 21-15, 15-21, 20-22 to the third-seeded Okuhara ina match that lasted almost an hour. It wasSaina's third successive defeat to theJapanese.
Going into the match with an overall6-3 head-to-head count against Okuhara,Saina took time to get into the groove asOkuhra led 3-0 early on.
The Indian slowly clawed back at 6-6 before grabbing a slender 11-10 advan-tage at the first break.
After the interval, Saina continued to
move ahead and reeled off five straightpoints at 15-12 to gain eight game pointsand soon pocketed the opening game.
In the second game, Okuhara againopened a 4-1 lead. She made it 6-6 but the
Japanese broke off at 8-8 to make it 14-9and then made rapid progress to roar backinto the contest.
Saina stepped up in the decider,managing a 4-1 lead this time but Okuharakept snapping at her heels, reducing themargin to 10-11 at the breather.
After the break, Saina produced fivepoints on the trot to make it 16-10 andthen grabbed four match points at 20-16.
But the Japanese dynamo showed herfighting spirit as she reeled off six pointson the trot to surpass Saina and seal thematch.
Saina had reached the final of theIndonesia Masters in January and the onlytournament she won this year was theCommonwealth Games in April, beatingcompatriot P V Sindhu in the final at GoldCoast.
She also won a Bronze at the 18thAsian Games.
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Veteran Gautam Gambhircontinued his dream run in
the Vijay Hazare Trophy with a
career-best 151 off 104 balls asDelhi made short work ofKerala, winning the Group Bencounter by a whopping 165-run margin here on Friday.
In the twilight of his careerand two weeks shy of his 37thbirthday, Gambhir smashed his21st List A hundred that had 18fours and four huge sixes.
Gambhir has now scored298 run in four games with acentury and a half century.
With Unmukt Chand (69off 88 balls) and Dhruv Shorey
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Denied adequate prepara-tion time in India, the
West Indies would look toutilise all their resources whenthey take on Board President'sXI in the only warm-upmatch, a two-day affair, start-ing here on Saturday, ahead ofthe two-Test series.
The West Indies team wasinitially scheduled to reachIndia on September 10 butlanded here only lastWednesday ahead of theirtour that includes two Tests,five ODIs and three T20Is.
The Caribbean cricketerswere forced to train at the ICC
Global Academy in Dubaiprior to the series againstIndia, after the BCCIexpressed its inability to pro-vide them with required facil-ities due to the ongoingdomestic season.
Their preparation notideal, the visitors would beeyeing to get into the businessstraight away and use thetwo-day game to full use to getacclimatised with the Indianconditions.
West Indies will begintheir India tour with the firstTest scheduled at theSaurashtra CricketAssociation Stadium in Rajkoton October 4, followed by the
second and final Test startingOctober 12 in Hyderabad.
The tourists will miss theservices of Kemar Roach inthe warm-up match as thepacer had left for Barbadosfollowing the death of hisgrandmother and will rejointhe squad after her funeral.
The 13-men BoardPresident's XI will be led bymiddle-order batsman KarunNair, who was benchedthroughout India's Test tour ofEngland.
Besides, the BP XI willalso have Hanuma Vihari,who made a fifty and a duckon debut in the fifth Testagainst England and Prithvi
Shaw, who was also called upfor the final two Tests inEngland but did not get agame.
Prolific runner scorer indomestic cricket, MayankAgarwal, Shreyas Iyer andAnkit Bawne will form astrong batting line-up for thehome team.
The bowling attack will beled by Kerala's Basil Thampi,and will have inexperiencedcampaigners l ike UttarPradesh left-arm spinnerSaurabh Kumar, Tamil Nadupacer K Vignesh, MadhyaPradesh's Avesh Khan,Bengal's Ishan Porel besidesall-rounder Jalaj Saxena.
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(99 no off 69 balls) also makinghandsome contributions, Delhiscored a mammoth 392/3 andthen restricted Kerala to 227 for8 in 50 overs.
Left-arm spinner PawanNegi (3/41) was the most suc-cessful bowler for Delhi whileNavdeep Saini and Nitish Ranaalso picked up a couple of wick-ets.
However the day belongedto Gambhir, who took thedepleted Kerala attack to clean-ers.
Gambhir was fluent on bothsides off the wicket as he pep-pered the off-side field withmonotonic regularity.
He completed his hundredoff 74 balls and once Chand wasgone, he added added 123 runsin just over 14 overs with DhruvShorey before getting retiredafter having completed his 150.
Elsewher in Bengaluru,Mumbai continued its winningstreak after they defeated Punjabby 43 runs in an Elite Group Amatch.
Asked to bat, opener JayBista top-scored for the domes-tic giants with a patient 68 off 75balls.
Courtesy his knock,Mumbai managed to put 245 onthe board in 49 overs.
Akhil Herwadkar (32), onedown Siddesh Lad (35) andexperienced Surya Kumar Yadav(31) got desired starts but wereunable to convert them to bigscores as Punjab bowlers struckat regular intervals.
For Punjab, Manpreet SinghGrewal (2-28), MayankMarkande (2-25) and MandeepSingh (2-40) were among thewickets.
Mumbai bowlers, who cameout all guns blazing, bundled outPunjab for 202, with pacersDhawal Kulkarni (3-18) andThakur (3-53) doing the bulk ofthe damage.
For Punjab, battersShubman Gill (40), AnmolpreetSingh (35), Mandeep Singh (32)and Yuvraj Singh (26) got startsbut faltered at crucial momentsin the game.
Wicket-keeper AbhishekGupta (33 not out) showedsome resistance but ran out of
partners at the other end andcould not take his side home.
� �!�� �������� ���� Bengal defeatedAssam by five wickets on Fridayfor its third win from fourgames in the Vijay HazareTrophy Elite Group 'C' leaguehere.
Asked to bat first, Assamlost opener Parviz Aziz (1) in thesecond over, when he wastrapped leg-before wicket byKanishk Seth. There were no sig-nificant partnerships with onlythe 38-run stand between RiyanParag (32) and AbhishekThakuri (27) being the highestas the team were skittled out for150.
Spinner Pradipta Pramanikwith 4 for 27 from his 10 overswas the most successful bowlerfor Bengal.
Bengal reached the target in25.4 overs, but not before losingfive wickets. Opener Vivek Singhled the way with an aggressive51 (51 balls, 4X4, 4X6).
Captain Manoj Tiwari fellafter hitting a six and a four inhis knock of 12.
In another match, Services
continued its good run, thrash-ing a strong Gujarat by ninewickets, riding on a superb tonby opener Ravi Chauhan.
Services, which opted tofield after winning the toss,restricted Parthiv Patel-ledGujarat to 219 for 7 in 50 overs.Rujul Bhatt made the top scoreof 56 not out.
In reply, Services openerNakul Verma (46) and Chauhan(106 not out) got off to a quickstart and brought up the fifty inthe seventh over and the 100 inthe 17th.
After Verma was dismissedat 137 by Piyush Chawla,Chauhan and Rahul SinghGahlaut (55 not out) saw theteam home in style, in the 39thover.
It was the fourth win fromfive games for Services, thesurprise packet of Group 'C' sofar.
In the third match of theday, Tripura got the better ofbottom-placed Rajasthan by 48runs.
Batting first, Tripura rodeon Bravish's 107 to make 242 for7 and dismissed its rival for 194in 45.1 overs.