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T he State of Jammu & Kashmir witnessed a ‘bloody’ Sunday with 15 deaths reported from different parts of the State in incidents of firing, explosion, and attack by the Border Action Team (BAT) of Pakistan Army along the Line of Control (LoC) in Sunderbani sector of Rajouri. Seven civilians lost their lives in accidental blast in Laroo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district soon after the security forces neutralised three local terrorists in a fierce gun- fight early on Sunday morning. Meanwhile, three Indian soldiers attained martyrdom after the BAT, comprising heav- ily armed terrorists and elite commandos, ambushed patrol party of the Indian Army in the forward area of Sunderbani sector on Sunday afternoon. Two Pakistani intruders were later neutralised by the Indian soldiers in the fierce gunfight. The surprise attack was ‘purposefully’ carried out by the Pakistan BAT team close to the LoC with an aim to provoke strong Indian retaliation. The latest incident is set to further escalate the tension in the area. In Jammu, Ministry of Defence Spokesperson Lt-Col Devendra Anand said, “At about 1.45 pm on Sunday, the Indian Army in Sunderbani Sector on the LoC had a fierce encounter with heavily armed Pakistani intruders. The patrol party killed two intruders and recovered warlike stores includ- ing two AK-47 rifles”. “Immediate reaction from other posts effectively cor- doned the area and the search and destroy operation is in progress,” he added. Lt-Col Devendra Anand said, “In the ongoing operation three Indian soldiers attained martyrdom while fighting the intruders and one soldier suf- fered grievous injuries and has been air evacuated to Army Command hospital, Udhampur. His condition is reported to be stable.” Ground reports suggested massive cordon and search operations were launched in the forward area to track down presence of another group of intruders in the vicinity. The three soldiers mar- tyred along the LoC in Sunderbani hailed from Jammu region have been identified as Havildar Kaushal Kumar, res- ident of Nowshera; Lance Naik Ranjeet Singh, resident of Doda and Rifleman Rajat Kumar Basan, resident of Pallanwala Another injured soldier has been identified as Rifleman Rakesh Kumar resident of Samba. Since January 1, 2018 this year more than 1,050 inci- dents of ceasefire violations have been reported along the 740 km long LoC between India and Pakistan. As many as 145 infiltration attempts have been made this year. Of them, 70 have been successful. Tensions had escalated between the two neighbouring countries ahead of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) session in September 2018 following abduction of BSF jawan in Ramgarh sector of Samba along the International border across Jammu frontier. The dead body of the Indian soldier was later recov- ered in badly mutilated state with slit throat and marks of bullet injuries and torture close to the barbed wire fence along the International border in the forward area. In Srinagar, at least seven civil- ians were killed in a blast trig- gered soon after joint team of security forces eliminated three local terrorists in Laroo area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district early Sunday morning. Due to impact of the blast, these civilians received grievous injuries and were rushed to the nearby hospital where they succumbed to their fatal injuries. Chaos prevailed in the area soon after the security forces called off the operation. According to local reports, “Large number of locals in the area converged inside the house to clear the debris and retrieve valuables from inside the house when powerful blast took place injuring large num- ber of civilians.” Police spokesman in Srinagar said, “Immediately after the gun- fight ended and the forces withdrew from the spot, civil- ians rushed to the encounter site where an explosive sub- stance went off resulting in death of six civilians.” Another civilian succumbed to his fatal injuries late in the evening, police spokesman said. “Despite requests to not visit the spot till thorough search is done for explosives, several civilians visited the encounter site immediately after the operation. While they were there, some explosive substance went off, resulting in on spot death of a civilian and injuries to several others,” the police official said. Continued on Page 4 T he ugly war within the CBI has intensified as Special Director Rakesh Asthana has approached the Government and the Central Vigilance Commission complaining that a false FIR was registered by the agency against him for the allegations of bribery leveled by CBI Director Alok Verma. Asthana’s complaint, dated October 18 to the CVC, also marked to the Cabinet Secretary, comes soon after the CBI booked him in a bribery case on October 15 for allegedly receiving a bribe of 2 crore from controversial meat exporter Moin Qureshi. This is Asthana’a second official com- plaint against his boss. In a complaint to the Cabinet Secretary on August 24, Asthana alleged that Verma had received a bribe of 2 crore from Satish Sana, the complainant against Asthana. Sana is also an accused in the Moin Qureshi case. The CBI has registered a criminal case against Asthana on October 15 bearing no RC 13 (A) of 2018 under IPC Sections relating to criminal conspiracy and under various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act on the basis of complaint filed by Satish Sana alleging that Manoj Prasad and his brother Somesh Prasad demanded and obtained illegal gratification in lieu of stopping his further interrogation for clean chit in a CBI case. Manoj Prasad, a resident of Dubai, was taken into custody on October 16 upon his arrival from Dubai. He was formally arrested on October 17 and is currently under police cus- tody till October 25. Satish Babu Sana, a Hyderabad-based business- man, is an accused in criminal case registered vide RC 01 of February 16, 2017 against Moin Akhtar Qureshi and others. Continued on Page 4 T hree decades after the then elite class Shatabdi Express made it on Indian tracks in 1988 much to the delight of railway passengers, the train will gradually be replaced by an ultra modern train laced with sophisticated interiors, digital platforms and onboard Wi-Fi services. Named Train 18, the first of the lot will be launched by this month end. When India’s first Shatabdi Express was introduced it made a revolution in inter-city trav- el in terms of speed and com- fort. Now a new set of self-pro- pelled train (like metro coach- es) made indigenously at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai, will be hitting the tracks on October 29. Sources said the route for the introduction of the first pair of trains will be selected by the PMO and the choice could like- ly be between Patna-Lucknow and Varanasi-Patna, as this would cover both the politically sensitive States of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar. “Train 18 will be able to attain speeds of 160 kmph which means travel time will come down by at least 15 per cent compared to Shatabdi. The new technology will also save around 20 per cent in terms of life cycle cost and will require less maintenance as compared to Shatabdi Express. The weight of Train 18 is also considerably less since no loco- motives or power cars are required. The net energy required is less,” said S Mani, ICF General Manager. The first stainless steel- made train set will have 16 chair-car type air-conditioned coaches — 2 executive and 14 non-executive — with a max- imum seat capacity of executive chair cars at 56 passengers. The capacity of the non-executive class will be 78. The most interesting feature of Train 18 would be its automatic doors and footsteps. Continued on Page 4 S ix women were prevented from entering the Sabarimala temple on Sunday by a large number of devotees of Lord Ayyappa as the stand- off over entry of women of menstrual age into the famous hill shrine continued for the fifth day. Amid high drama, the devotees, up in arms against implementation of the Supreme Court order lifting ban on entry of women in 10-50 age group, chanting Ayyappa mantras blocked the six, all Telugu-speaking women, from reaching the famed shrine. Sunday is the fifth day since the temple gates were opened for the monthly puja after the apex court last month lifted the centuries-old ban. A heavy flow of pilgrims was witnessed at the temple despite intermittent downpour lashing the hills and Pamba. Though attempts had been made by some young women, including an activist, to enter the temple of the ‘Naishtik Brahmachari’, the eternally celi- bate deity, since Wednesday, the devotees backed by priests have stood their ground, saying they would not allow the tradition to be breached. By all available indications, not a single woman in the age group of 10 and 50 has so far reached the temple which will close on Monday at the end of the monthly puja. According to police sources here, 12 women in the 10-50 age group have so far been prevented from offering worship at the temple, since it opened for the monthly pooja. The BJP demanded a spe- cial Assembly session to seek the Centre’s intervention, while the Congress sought an ordi- nance by the NDA Government. The Pandalam royal family, the traditional custodian of the Sabarimala temple, alleged the CPI(M)-led LDF Government was trying to destroy sanctity of the shrine of the “Naishtik Brahmachari” by taking women in the menstru- al age group there. Continued on Page 4 C hief Minister Raghubar Das on Sunday held discussions with the representa- tives of private hospitals like Tata Main Hospital to discuss the possibility of treat- ment facilities available under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana and Mukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana. The Chief Minister apprised the hos- pital management that there are several patients who come every day for treatment but are not employed in Tata Steel or its subsidiaries. Chief Minister Raghubar Das said that funding for infrastructure will also be done by the government. About 50 per cent non-employees are still being admitted at hospitals under the scheme their money will be paid by the Government. The Chief Minister said that the pain of the disease is unbearable for the families suffering from poverty. “To get rid of diseases, the poor tend to keep mort- gages. Considering this pain, the Prime Minister of India has initiated this big health insurance scheme of health sector, so that no one should consider themselves helpless at the time of illness. It is also expected that all the private hospitals should also support the best treatment facilities,” said the CM. The Chief Minister said that in order to redress the problems of private hospi- tals in relation to the Jan Swasthya Yojana, Continued on Page 4

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The State of Jammu &Kashmir witnessed a

‘bloody’ Sunday with 15 deathsreported from different parts ofthe State in incidents of firing,explosion, and attack by theBorder Action Team (BAT) ofPakistan Army along the Lineof Control (LoC) in Sunderbanisector of Rajouri.

Seven civilians lost theirlives in accidental blast inLaroo area of South Kashmir’sKulgam district soon after thesecurity forces neutralised threelocal terrorists in a fierce gun-fight early on Sunday morning.

Meanwhile, three Indiansoldiers attained martyrdomafter the BAT, comprising heav-ily armed terrorists and elitecommandos, ambushed patrolparty of the Indian Army in theforward area of Sunderbanisector on Sunday afternoon.Two Pakistani intruders werelater neutralised by the Indiansoldiers in the fierce gunfight.

The surprise attack was‘purposefully’ carried out bythe Pakistan BAT team close tothe LoC with an aim to provokestrong Indian retaliation. Thelatest incident is set to furtherescalate the tension in the area.

In Jammu, Ministry ofDefence Spokesperson Lt-ColDevendra Anand said, “Atabout 1.45 pm on Sunday, theIndian Army in SunderbaniSector on the LoC had a fierceencounter with heavily armedPakistani intruders. The patrol

party killed two intruders andrecovered warlike stores includ-ing two AK-47 rifles”.

“Immediate reaction fromother posts effectively cor-doned the area and the searchand destroy operation is inprogress,” he added.

Lt-Col Devendra Anandsaid, “In the ongoing operationthree Indian soldiers attainedmartyrdom while fighting theintruders and one soldier suf-fered grievous injuries and hasbeen air evacuated to ArmyCommand hospital,

Udhampur. His condition isreported to be stable.”

Ground reports suggestedmassive cordon and searchoperations were launched inthe forward area to track downpresence of another group ofintruders in the vicinity.

The three soldiers mar-tyred along the LoC inSunderbani hailed from Jammuregion have been identified asHavildar Kaushal Kumar, res-ident of Nowshera; Lance NaikRanjeet Singh, resident of Dodaand Rifleman Rajat Kumar

Basan, resident of PallanwalaAnother injured soldier

has been identified as RiflemanRakesh Kumar resident ofSamba. Since January 1, 2018this year more than 1,050 inci-dents of ceasefire violationshave been reported along the740 km long LoC betweenIndia and Pakistan. As many as145 infiltration attempts havebeen made this year. Of them,70 have been successful.

Tensions had escalatedbetween the two neighbouringcountries ahead of the United

Nations General Assembly(UNGA) session in September2018 following abduction ofBSF jawan in Ramgarh sectorof Samba along theInternational border acrossJammu frontier.

The dead body of theIndian soldier was later recov-ered in badly mutilated statewith slit throat and marks ofbullet injuries and tortureclose to the barbed wire fencealong the International borderin the for ward area. InSrinagar, at least seven civil-

ians were killed in a blast trig-gered soon after joint team ofsecurity forces eliminatedthree local terrorists in Larooarea of South Kashmir’sKulgam district early Sundaymorning. Due to impact of theblast, these civilians receivedgrievous injuries and wererushed to the nearby hospitalwhere they succumbed totheir fatal injuries.

Chaos prevailed in thearea soon after the securityforces called off the operation.According to local reports,“Large number of locals in thearea converged inside thehouse to clear the debris andretrieve valuables from insidethe house when powerful blasttook place injuring large num-ber of civilians.” Policespokesman in Srinagar said,“Immediately after the gun-fight ended and the forceswithdrew from the spot, civil-ians rushed to the encountersite where an explosive sub-stance went off resulting indeath of six civilians.” Anothercivilian succumbed to his fatalinjuries late in the evening,police spokesman said.

“Despite requests to notvisit the spot till thoroughsearch is done for explosives,several civilians visited theencounter site immediatelyafter the operation. While theywere there, some explosivesubstance went off, resulting inon spot death of a civilian andinjuries to several others,” thepolice official said.

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The ugly war within the CBIhas intensified as Special

Director Rakesh Asthana hasapproached the Governmentand the Central VigilanceCommission complaining thata false FIR was registered by theagency against him for theallegations of bribery leveled byCBI Director Alok Verma.

Asthana’s complaint, datedOctober 18 to the CVC, alsomarked to the CabinetSecretary, comes soon afterthe CBI booked him in abribery case on October 15 forallegedly receiving a bribe of �2crore from controversial meatexporter Moin Qureshi. This isAsthana’a second official com-plaint against his boss.

In a complaint to theCabinet Secretary on August24, Asthana alleged that Vermahad received a bribe of �2crore from Satish Sana, thecomplainant against Asthana.Sana is also an accused in theMoin Qureshi case.

The CBI has registered acriminal case against Asthanaon October 15 bearing no RC13 (A) of 2018 under IPC

Sections relating to criminalconspiracy and under variousprovisions of the Prevention ofCorruption Act on the basis ofcomplaint filed by Satish Sanaalleging that Manoj Prasadand his brother Somesh Prasaddemanded and obtained illegalgratification in lieu of stoppinghis further interrogation forclean chit in a CBI case.

Manoj Prasad, a resident ofDubai, was taken into custodyon October 16 upon his arrivalfrom Dubai. He was formallyarrested on October 17 and iscurrently under police cus-tody till October 25.

Satish Babu Sana, aHyderabad-based business-man, is an accused in criminalcase registered vide RC 01 ofFebruary 16, 2017 against MoinAkhtar Qureshi and others.

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Three decades after the thenelite class Shatabdi Express

made it on Indian tracks in1988 much to the delight ofrailway passengers, the trainwill gradually be replaced by anultra modern train laced withsophisticated interiors, digitalplatforms and onboard Wi-Fiservices. Named Train 18, thefirst of the lot will be launchedby this month end.

When India’s first ShatabdiExpress was introduced it madea revolution in inter-city trav-el in terms of speed and com-fort. Now a new set of self-pro-pelled train (like metro coach-es) made indigenously at theIntegral Coach Factory (ICF),Chennai, will be hitting thetracks on October 29.

Sources said the route forthe introduction of the first pair

of trains will be selected by thePMO and the choice could like-ly be between Patna-Lucknowand Varanasi-Patna, as thiswould cover both the politicallysensitive States of Uttar Pradeshand Bihar.

“Train 18 will be able toattain speeds of 160 kmphwhich means travel time willcome down by at least 15 percent compared to Shatabdi.The new technology will alsosave around 20 per cent interms of life cycle cost and willrequire less maintenance ascompared to Shatabdi Express.The weight of Train 18 is also

considerably less since no loco-motives or power cars arerequired. The net energyrequired is less,” said S Mani,ICF General Manager.

The first stainless steel-made train set will have 16chair-car type air-conditionedcoaches — 2 executive and 14non-executive — with a max-imum seat capacity of executivechair cars at 56 passengers. Thecapacity of the non-executiveclass will be 78. The mostinteresting feature of Train 18would be its automatic doorsand footsteps.

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Six women were preventedfrom entering the

Sabarimala temple on Sundayby a large number of devoteesof Lord Ayyappa as the stand-off over entry of women ofmenstrual age into the famoushill shrine continued for thefifth day.

Amid high drama, thedevotees, up in arms againstimplementation of the SupremeCourt order lifting ban onentry of women in 10-50 agegroup, chanting Ayyappamantras blocked the six, allTelugu-speaking women, fromreaching the famed shrine.

Sunday is the fifth daysince the temple gates wereopened for the monthly pujaafter the apex court last monthlifted the centuries-old ban.

A heavy flow of pilgrimswas witnessed at the templedespite intermittent downpourlashing the hills and Pamba.

Though attempts had been

made by some young women,including an activist, to enterthe temple of the ‘NaishtikBrahmachari’, the eternally celi-bate deity, since Wednesday, thedevotees backed by priests havestood their ground, saying theywould not allow the traditionto be breached.

By all available indications,not a single woman in the agegroup of 10 and 50 has so far

reached the temple which willclose on Monday at the end ofthe monthly puja.

According to policesources here, 12 women in the10-50 age group have so farbeen prevented from offeringworship at the temple, since itopened for the monthly pooja.

The BJP demanded a spe-cial Assembly session to seekthe Centre’s intervention, while

the Congress sought an ordi-nance by the NDAGovernment. The Pandalamroyal family, the traditionalcustodian of the Sabarimalatemple, alleged the CPI(M)-ledLDF Government was trying todestroy sanctity of the shrine ofthe “Naishtik Brahmachari” bytaking women in the menstru-al age group there.

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Chief Minister Raghubar Das on Sundayheld discussions with the representa-

tives of private hospitals like Tata MainHospital to discuss the possibility of treat-ment facilities available under PradhanMantri Jan Arogya Yojana andMukhyamantri Swasthya Bima Yojana.

The Chief Minister apprised the hos-pital management that there are severalpatients who come every day for treatmentbut are not employed in Tata Steel or itssubsidiaries. Chief Minister RaghubarDas said that funding for infrastructurewill also be done by the government.

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Government. The Chief Minister said thatthe pain of the disease is unbearable for thefamilies suffering from poverty. “To get ridof diseases, the poor tend to keep mort-gages. Considering this pain, the PrimeMinister of India has initiated this bighealth insurance scheme of health sector,so that no one should consider themselves

helpless at the time of illness. It is alsoexpected that all the private hospitalsshould also support the best treatmentfacilities,” said the CM.

The Chief Minister said that in orderto redress the problems of private hospi-tals in relation to the Jan Swasthya Yojana,

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Commemoration Day wasobserved by the GarhwaPolice by laying wreaths at thePolice Martyrs' Memorial atpolice line, Garhwa thismorning. Garhwa SP ShivaniTewari , who was the chiefguest for the ceremony, wasthe first to offer floral tributesto the martyrs.

Speaking at the pro-gramme, the Superintendantof Police (SP) said, "This wasnot a condolence meetingbut a day to re-dedicate our-selves. Policemen risk theirlives for the safety of citizensand one should pay homageto these martyrs with rever-ence.” She added that martyrsare those who die while serv-ing the people and everyoneshould be with the families ofthose who had laid downtheir lives.

The SP called upon thePolice personnel to be com-mitted in their work and beready to face any situationthat may arise and read outthe names of all the Policepersonnel who laid downtheir lives of the district.

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As the preparations forEnsemble-Valhalla, the

flagship annual festival at XLRIJamshedpur, enters the finalphase, the curtains on a num-ber of much-anticipated eventshave been lifted and are addingto the growing fervor. The festwill be held from November 2to 4 .The oldest B-school of thecountry is happy to announcethat it would be holding AmitTrivedi for its final profession-al show night on November 4.

Known for his distinctcompositions & his series of hitBollywood Songs, Amit Trivedihas composed music for themovies such as Dev D, EnglishVinglish, Queen, Shaandar,Bombay Velvet, Udta Punjab,Dear Zindagi, Secret Superstar,ManmarziyaanandAndhadhun. He has a number of accoladesto his name, including NationalAward, Filmfare and GIMAamong others. The hit musiccomposer has also left audi-ences in awe all across thecountry with his live perfor-mances, #ItsAmitTrivediLive.

The event which promisesto be bigger than ever before isalready witnessing an over-whelming involvement, withthe highest ever participantturn out for its pre-event com-petitions and the flagshipevent’s prize money set to ashigh as Rs 1.2 lakhs.The fest’stheme promises to be anextravagant stroll down thememory lane, encompassing allthe spheres that fest stands for— management, culture andsports.

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Chairman Steel Authority of India Ltd.(SAIL) Anil Kumar Chaudhary on

Sunday visited SAIL Durgapur Steel Plantcontinuing his series of large group inter-actions and emphasised on fulfilling theRailways requirement of wheels for LHBcoaches. During the visit he said, “SAIL isgeared up to supply wheels for LHBcoaches to Indian railways which are cur-rently being imported by them. Currently,SAIL is the only domestic producer offorged wheels which are used for highspeed trains and locomotives.”

He also urged the DSP collective toensure the timely delivery of wheels andaxles to Indian Railways as per theirrequirement. SAIL DSP, in its endeavourto effectively participate in ‘Make in India’recently started supplying metro railwaywheels for Kolkata Metro Railways. EarlierKolkata Metro used to import its entirerequirements of such wheels.

Emphasizing on the utmost priority tomaintain and adopt safety as a habit atwork place, Chaudhary said that SAIL hasto gain the volumes in production andmaintain quality while remaining costcompetitive to succeed in today’s market.

The Chairperson further added thatSAIL has the potential, modern techno-

logical means and leadership abilities inevery sphere of production and SAIL musttriumph. Expressing his confidence oncapabilities of Team SAIL he said that SAILcan outperform challenges with its talentedmanpower and for that we have to bringa change in our attitude and each employ-ee must take ownership of his domain.

Chaudhary met cross section ofemployees at every Plant and Unit in astructured and one-to-one manner and

conveyed the priorities of top managementfor achieving the targets. Accompanied byFunctional Directors for faster decisionmaking, Chaudhary also pointed towardsreorienting SAIL’s marketing strategies andthe need to change with time in carryingout every process. He also mentioned thatSAIL has the rich legacy and experienceof making steel for the Nation for last sixdecades and now it has to look beyond thechallenges to carve a greater niche for itself.

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Bokaro Superintendent ofPolice Kartik S said that the

National PoliceCommemoration Day isobserved every year onOctober 21 remembering thebrave policemen who sacri-ficed their lives while dis-charging their duties. Richtributes are paid to the martyrson this day.

The SP paid tributes to 20martyred police personnel inBokaro, who were killed onduty specially in Naxal opera-tions in Bokaro over the past18 years.Their sacrifices could-n't be forgotten, added the SP.

He showed his condo-lences on the solemn occasionat the Police Memorial inBokaro. Senior police officersand various other police in-charge were reportedly presenton the occasion to pay respectand homage to the martyrs.

The Inspector cumOfficer-in Charge PrameshwarLeyangi of Bokaro thermalpolice station and others policeofficials observed police com-memoration Day.

Floral tributes to all 20police personnel who lost theirlives in Naxal operations were

paid by officers.They also observed two

minutes silence. All police sta-tions of Bokaro includingNawadih, Gandhinagar,Gomia, Paterwar, Mahuatard,Jaridih, Kasmar, sectorIV,Chas, sector IX, and others

were also observedCommemoration Day andpaid floral tributes.

Police sources said thaton October 21, 1959, twentyIndian soldiers were attackedby the Chinese troops inLadakh.

This altercation betweenthe troops led to the death often policemen. Seven of theothers who were also impris-oned, managed to escape fromthe Chinese troops.

On November 28, 1959,the Chines troops handed over

the dead bodies of the mar-tyred policemen to India. Theircremation was held with fullPolice honours at the Hotsprings in Ladakh.

Ever since the incident,this day on October 21 isobserved for their martyrdom.

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Many social activists, mem-bers of NGOs and politi-

cal parties paid tribute to the vic-tims of the Amritsar train acci-dent and expressed condolencesat different places in Bokaro onSunday. A two-minute silencewas also observed.

Over sixty-one people weredead while several injured aftertwo speeding trains in oppositedirections mowed down peoplestanding on the tracks near arailway crossing watching aRavan effigy being burnt at aDussehra celebration atAmritsar on Friday evening.

Speaking at a condolencemeeting at Sector 3, Dr PrakshSing of JVM (P) said the acci-dent is very tragic and heart-wrenching. “We are paying anemotional tribute to those whodied in Amritsar train mishap,”he added.

While Congress party

workers, members of NGOsincluding PACE, ORANGE andother social activists participat-ed in a candlelight vigil to paytribute to the victims of theAmritsar train accident.

Congress workers led byManjur Ansari hold a candle-light march from GandhiChowk at Sector 4 in Bokaro

Steel City. Beside others,Lalmohan Layak, Asha Devi,Rita Devi, Dinanath Pandey,Ashok Soren, Mukhtar Ansari,Ramlal Soren, Raman Karn,Pradeep Rai, Pankaj Singh,Kunal Rawani, Raja Yadav,Abhishek, Ankit Bharti, Punam,Mamta, Navin were presentthere.

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Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD)core committee on Sunday

demanded the immediate expul-sion of Punjab LocalGovernment Minister NavjotSingh Sidhu, besides registrationof a criminal case against his wifeDr Navjot Kaur Sidhu as well asthe organizers of Dussehra func-tion — responsible for “abetting”the Amritsar tragedy.

SAD’s core committee,which met under the chairman-ship of former Chief MinisterParkash Singh Badal and attend-ed by SAD president SukhbirBadal and other senior leaders,rejected the magisterial inquiryordered by the CongressGovernment while demanding ajudicial probe by a sitting judgeof the Punjab and Haryana HighCourt.

Terming the man-made dis-aster as unparalleled on accountof the criminal negligence andsheer abetment by the organiz-ers, the core group condemnedthe “cover-up operation”launched by Chief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh, and demand-ed registration of a fresh case inthe matter as per the statementof the victim families.

The core committee saidthat like it was doing to everyother section of society, theCongress Government was nowmuzzling the voice of the poorby instituting a tailor-madeinquiry with the sole aim of giv-ing a clean chit to the culprits andputting the blame squarely on theIndian Railways.

It said that this was being

done despite the fact that the vic-tim families were ready to pre-sent irrefutable evidence againsta Congress councillor as well asDr Navjot Kaur for abetting thetragedy.

“Evidence against the coun-cillor and Sidhu is present in thepublic domain and this shouldbe taken into account whileproceeding against both ofthem,” the party noted.

“Keeping all these facts intoaccount, there is no possibility ofa free and fair inquiry by a mag-istrate who is reporting toCabinet Minister Navjot Sidhuand his family,” said the party

while condemning Sidhu’s “casu-al attitude”.

The core committee saidthat it was condemnable that theState was refusing to take actionagainst the Congress leadersdespite worldwide condemna-tion and a demand that the guiltybe prosecuted however highand mighty they may be.

It noted that even heads ofState including those fromRussia, Canada and Pakistan,had expressed shock at thetragedy. “The entire world iswatching, and in case, theGovernment continued to failto give justice in the case.

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ahead with hisIsrael tour daysafter Amritsar railtragedy, PunjabChief MinisterCapt Amarinder Singh onSunday made it clear that thedecision was taken “after feel-ing completely satisfied withthe relief and rehabilitationmeasures being carried outfor the victims of theAmritsar train tragedy and

following assur-ances by hisministerial col-leagues thateverything willbe taken duecare of ”

Earlier, CaptAmarinder wasscheduled to visit

Israel on Friday evening, buthad cancelled it at the lastmoment, following the trainaccident in Amritsar aroundthe same time. Chief Minister,who will be on five-day visitto Israel, is scheduled to holdmeetings from Monday.

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Former Minister andCongress leader

Padmalochan Panda officiallyjoined the BJP during a pro-gramme here on Sunday.

Panda joined the saffronparty in the presence of UnionMinister Dharmendra Pradhan.His joining the BJP could beseen as another blow to theCongress when the party underleadership of Niranjan Patnaikis trying to bring back their erst-while leaders ahead of 2019elections. Panda had recentlyresigned from the Congressciting ‘no future’ in the party.Panda was elected to OdishaAssembly thrice on Congressticket from the Simulia con-stituency. He was Minister ofState for Fisheries and AnimalResources Development andPanchayati Raj Departmentsin 1999 and 2000 during theCongress regime.

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Adelegation of theFederation of Jharkhand

Chamber of Commerce andIndustries (FJCCI) includingsenior politicians and officebearers of the BJP would visitSadhu Bet riverbed of NarmadaRiver in Gujarat where theworld’s tallest ‘Statue of Unity’is to be dedicated to the nationby Prime Minister NarendraModi on 31 of this month.

The list of visitors may alsoinclude Chief MinisterRaghubar Das as Minister ofRevenue inGujaratGovernmentKaushik Bhai Patel would meethim and Governor DroupadiMurmu on Monday to extend

formal invitation for the cere-mony to them.

The visiting Minister fromGujarat along with Rajya SabhaMP from Jharkhand ParimalNathwani on Sunday met officebearers of FJCCI and extendedthe invitation to them. The 182meter ‘Statue of Unity’ is ded-icated to country’s first HomeMinister Sardar VallabhbhaiPatel and being built after col-lecting iron equipments from allover the country.

Jharkhand has been one ofthe premier States which con-tributed in the making of the‘Statue of Unity’. A campaign inthe had taken place in January,2014 aimed to collection of ironmade equipments used in agri-cultural activities in villagesspreading across length andbreadth of the State.

Panchayat level representa-tives had actively participatedinto the collection drive and as

many as 4,000 collection kitsacross were distributed amongstthem comprising invitation let-

ters to them, a signature form toseek “moral support” of people,posters, and bags for collecting

soil and iron tools.“Jharkhand has contributed

its bit to the statue making

which is largest in the world. Itis a matter of pride for the peo-ple of the State to take part inthe inauguration ceremony.The team from Gujarat met usand representatives from FJCCIwould surely attend the cere-mony,” said FJCCI general sec-retary Kunal Ajmani.

Besides that, organizationslike Patanjali Yogapeeth, mem-bers of Vikas Bharati, CitizenFoundation and several otherlikeminded organisationswould also go to Gujarat thathad played their roles in build-ing public opinion at grassroot level.

The statue of SardarVallabhbhai Patel is coming upon Sadhu Bet riverbed ofNarmada River and around 3 kmfrom the Sardar Sarovar dam andscheduled to be unveiled onOctober 31by the Prime MinisterNarendra Modi on the ironman’s birth anniversary.

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Considering the orders ofJharkhand State Pollution

Control Board (JSPCB) on idolimmersion inside water reser-voirs that suggests cleaning upof water bodies soon aftercompleting the immersiontakes place, the RanchiMunicipal Corporation (RMC)pulling its socks up has start-ed clearing the strew accumu-lated at the demarcated pondswhere immersion ritual wascarried out on October 19 and20.

As per the guidelines of theState Pollution Control Board,materials like flowers, clothesand other items used duringthe puja rituals must beremoved within 48 hours ofimmersion from the sites likeponds and other water bodiesfor conserving the water fromgetting contaminated.

Amid the strike of sanita-tion workers of MSW EsselInfra – the firm managing thework of door to door garbagecollection here, the MunicipalCorporation has come up withalternative arrangements toclean up the mess consideringthe auspicious ‘Chhath Puja’lined up in November secondweek.

“Demarcation of ponds forcarrying out idol immersionrituals provided much respiteto the civic body personnel inclearing the dirt collected atwater reservoirs after Durgapuja. Also, two-day time forpuja samitis to complete theimmersion rituals by the dis-trict administration helped theRMC workers to complete thecleaning up of water bodieshere on time. Around 80 per

cent ponds listed with RMC foridol immersion has beencleaned,” said Deputy MayorSanjiv Vijayawargia.

The immersion ritual iscarried out at Ranchi Lake,Banas Talab, Kanke Dam,Dhurwa Dam, Line Tank, JailTalab, Batan Talab, Tetar ToliTalab, Argora Talab and PHEDTalab annually. “The concernedteam of each ward under whosejurisdiction the enlisted waterbodies come have assuredRMC that by October 22evening, all water reservoirswill be cleaned, in case, thecleaning activities are yet to car-ried out,” said City Managerand RMC SBM Cell In-charge,Sandeep Kumar.

Meanwhile, following theincreasing complaint casesfrom different wards on irreg-ular solid waste collection fromthe households, the civic bodyhas planned to streamline theservice by taking the charge inits own hand. Notably, 500sanitation workers called thestrike over delay of payment.Since October15, RMC is man-aging the service of garbagecollection, segregation and dis-posal. However, the DeputyMayor said that after a dialogueand assurance, the sanitationworkers have given their con-sent to resume the work at eachward from October 22.

“The delay in paymentissue has been resolved onOctober 20. Due to the banksholiday, the problem aroused.Also, after the written assur-ance of company’s senior offi-cials over streamlining the ser-vice, the MunicipalCorporation is keeping a closewatch on company’s daily activ-ities like garbage collection,segregation of garbage fromMini-Transfer Stations (MTSs)and the total waste disposed atthe dump yard,” addedVijayawargia.

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Once a hobby associatedwith the rich people,

horseback riding is gainingpopularity among the commonpeople in Jamshedpur, thanksto Horse Riding School at CHArea the first-of-its kind-inJharkhand.

The Horse Riding Schoolunder Tata Steel AdventureFoundation (TSAF) is takinginnovative steps to reach out tothe people. To give furtherboost to the riding activity,TSAF had procured three newhorses at the Horse RidingSchool.

“There are only few citiesin India which can boast of afull-fledged Riding School.Jamshedpur which is knownfor its culture of adventureand sports is indeed lucky to

have such a school for enjoy-ment and learning a new skillaltogether. We have procuredthree horses from RoyalCalcutta Turf Club. We havethree trainers. People of all ageshave started enrolling theirnames,” noted an official ofTSAF.

Hemant Gupta a seniorfunctionary of Horse RidingSchool, says, “People ofJamshedpur are really privi-leged to have such a facility,which is limited only to aselect few metro cities. Wehave several active members,however I feel there is a needto spread greater awarenessabout the facility availablehere”. Gupta adds that studentsfrom XLRI B-school too aretaking keen interest to learnlessons on horse riding andevery year students enrollthemselves.

The Horse Riding Schoolwas set up in 1994 and inau-gurated by Dr. J J Irani the thenmanaging director of Tata Steel

on October 30, 1994. Theschool , situated near the SaiTemple, was being run by theTata Steel Officers Beach Club– with membership open onlyto the Officers of Tata Steel.

The school was handedover to TSAF and after clear-ing all formalities the ridinglessons were started from Feb1, 2009. Out of the 5 horses atthe time two were very old andonly three were suitable for thelessons. The training contin-ued and gradually the school

was thrown open for one andall to participate.

Meanwhile, the students ofthe school are happy to honeskills of rising. “Horse riding isa great form of exercise whichhas both cardiovascular andmuscle conditioning benefits.All the health benefits associ-ated with engaging in regularcardiovascular exercise aregained. After your firstrideyou may feel muscles that younever knew you had. This isdue to the movement of the

horse and its effect on therider during the ride”, one ofthe students.

“It’s becoming a craze forus. We began gallop a year agopurely from our passion forhorses but now I feel like rid-ing it whenever I get time,” saidPreet Khanuja, a resident ofSonari.

Horse riding can changeyour personality, observes asenior citizen Sunil Das. “You’realone on the horse; the processis entirely manual. Managingand directing it gives youimmense confidence,” he said.

An official of TSAFinformed that the course entailslearning various beginner lev-els or horsemanship like intro-duction to the horse, mountingand dismounting with instruc-tors help, posture, controllingthe movement of the horse,walking the horse, trotting,repetition of lessons, mountingand dismounting indepen-dently, walking and trottingwith greater ease.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi’s popular dictum

‘Khadi for fashion, Khadi fornation’ may soon have anextended version – ‘Khadi forfashion, Khadi for nation,Khadi for school goers’!

In the first of its kindattempt, students attendingover 40,000 governmentschools functional acrossJharkhand will soon get a Khadiuniform as the two nodal agen-cies of the State government areset to redesign their dresses giv-ing a whole new identity to thekids.

Soon after the announce-ment of Chief MinisterRaghubar Das who said that hisGovernment was drafting aplan to supply Khadi-madeclothes to school as part of anexpansion idea to popularisethis indigenous product inJharkhand, State KhadiGramodyog Board,Chairperson Sanjay Seth andJharcraft MD ManjunathBhajantri during a press meeton Sunday unanimously gavetheir consent to supply uni-forms to the governmentschools made with the fabric.

“There is a big market for

Khadi products in Jharkhand.In the wake of the recentannouncement of the CM, bothKhadi Board includingJharcraft have done their pre-liminary exercise and we are allset to start the work in accom-plishing the project of supplyKhadi uniforms in each gov-ernment school,” said the KhadiBoard Chairperson.

Under the plan, JharkhandState Khadi and VillageIndustries Board and Jharcraftwill work jointly enrollGovernment schools on theirrespective boards for Khadischool uniforms for their stu-dents and accordingly the sup-

ply will be made to each schoolin a time-bound manner.

“Considering the engage-ment of women workforce inKhadi industry, this specificendeavor will not just givethrust to the cottage industrywaiting for revival across theState but will also aid in mak-ing the Khadi a householdname. The project will start thisyear, if things fall in place,” Sethfurther asserted.

Meanwhile, Seth furthersaid that efforts are being put tostart the Khadi Park in Dumkadistrict on or before August 15,2019. Interestingly, the muchawaited park will have a train-

ing center, a production unitincluding a Gandhi museum.“The Khadi Park at Dumka isbeing designed with State-of-the-Art facilities. Spread over

acres of land, training of sewing,spinning and other specialiseddesigning methods will betaught to the trainees there,”said Seth.

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Sunday donated fourhundred and nineteenunits of blood at itsSembo Group Centre inDhurwa to mark the‘Police CommemorationDay’. The occasion isobserved to rememberthe bravery and sacrificeof the force to protect themotherland.

Addressing a gather-ing on the CRPF IG SanjayLathekar said, “PoliceCommemoration Day’ isobserved to remember thegallant fight put up by theCRPF personnel againstChinese incursions at HotSpring in Ladakh on October21, 1959. Thwarting a hostileincursion 10 CRPF bravehearts laid down their lives

and seven others were injured.”He said every personnel of

the force must be ready tomake big sacrifice for integri-ty and sovereignty of the coun-ty. The CRPF also honoureddependents of the martyredpersonnel with mementoesand commendation letters.

A CRPF press release in

this regard stated thatJharkhand boasts ofproducing brave sonswho have made thesupreme sacrifice toensure internal securi-ty of the nation. A totalof 54 CRPF personnelhailing from the statehave laid down theirlives across variousoperational theatreswhereas 113 CRPF per-

sonnel have attainedmartyrdom inJharkhand since the cre-ation of the State in

2000.Besides, the force has

played a premier role in con-taining the Maoists inJharkhand adding deploy-ment of CRPF has thinnedthe extremist’s presence to alarger extent and has restoredthe situation to normalcy inrecent years.

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The much awaited annualfair -- Saras Mahotsav and

Khadi Mela will start onDecember 20, 2018. The twoweeks long affair that is con-sidered to be one of the biggestconsumer fairs of the State willhave stuffs ranging from attiresto decorative products to otherknick-knacks as per the cus-tomers’ choice under one roof.

The fair organised with anaim to popularise indigenousproducts and to provide aplatform to the artisansengaged in different cottageindustries will give preferenceto those stalls having registra-tion with Khadi and VillageIndustries Commission(KVIC), DevelopmentCommissioner (Handicraft)

DCH card, Prime MinisterEmployment GenerationProgramme (PMEGP) andthose organizations registeredwith Department of Industries.

According to the membersof the organising committeethe last day for booking thestalls at the fair is November15. “The first four stalls deckedup in front of all the hangerswill have to pay �40,000 dur-ing the booking. For bookingthe general stalls, the interest-ed parties will have to give Rs.20,000 for getting one stallwhile food stalls will be allo-cated to the interested personsat �30,000 each. Each personor an organisation will beallotted only two stalls,” saidKhadi Board Chairman, SanjaySeth. The annual fair will con-clude on January 6.

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Jharkhand State Khadi andVillage Industries Board will

organise a blood donationcamp on October 22 in associ-ation with RIMS on thepremises on Khadi Boardoffice, Ratu Road. Also, a freehealth checkup camp will beorganised under the aegis ofOrchid hospital Ranchi.Artisans including other offi-cials will donate their blood forsaving the lives of thousands.The health camp will be inau-gurated by Minister Health,Family Welfare and MedicalEducation RamchandraChandravanshi, Rajya SabhaMP Parimal Nathwani includ-ing the delegates from Gujarat.

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Life is leaping back to nor-mal at Chando and also at

Bakouriya where on the nightof Friday communal convul-sions took place between twocommunities. According toSuperintendant of Police (SP)P Palamu Indrajeet Mahathaeight people accused of thisviolence at Chando wereremanded to judicial custodyon Sunday. Police haveinvoked various sections ofIPC against them.

Police sources said thatthe jailed persons belong toboth communities. InspectorGeneral of Police (IG) NavinKumar and DIG STF SaketKumar Singh who reachedChando on Saturday reviewedthe situation and policedeployment there. The twoleft for Ranchi the sameevening.

IG police Navin Kumar

said, “Situation at Chando isnormal. Our vigil is very highthere. Bakouriya is all peace-ful and pretty normal.” DIGSTF Saket K Singh said, “Ourpush is for peace and harmo-ny and these two are there atChando and Bakouriya.”

Satya Narain Singh whowas driving the tractor withidols and met with accidentwhen his tractor that he wasdriving hit wall and tree lead-ing to his treatment in thegovernment sadar hospitalDaltonganj where he suc-cumbed to his accidentinjuries was cremated at theKoyal ghat in Chando onSaturday, said the SP.

Police helped this familyby providing timber for thepyre added SP who said thiswas a humanitarian gesture ofpolice on occasion like thiswhere some wayward peopleof both the communities sawred at each other.

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Days after the Kashmiristudents studying in

Punjab’s educational insti-tutes were nabbed for havinglinks with the terrorists, thestate Director General ofPolice (DGP) Suresh Arora onSunday maintained that therewas no point of questioningthe national integrity of anystudent, especial ly fromKashmir, by the PunjabPolice.

“It is our duty to ensureaccess to quality education toevery student from any part ofthe country,” said Arora whileinteracting with media per-sons on the sidelines of 59thPolice Commemoration Dayparade.

At the same time, hemade it clear that in case anysort of violation of law is doneby any citizen of the country,law would take its owncourse.

Notably, as many fourstudents f rom Kashmir,studying in Punjab’s privateinstitute, have been arrestedby Punjab Police for allegedlinks with terror outfit —Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind onOctober 11-12.

Apprehending arrests,many Kashmiri studentsstudying at various collegesacross the state started return-

ing home to the valley fearingharassment and arrest, alleg-ing that the police were pro-filing them by asking them tofill “forms” through collegeadministrations.

The forms entitled “otherstudents database” asks fordetails like full name, date ofbirth, gender, father’s name,address, contact, Aadhaardetail, date of admission anda photograph to be pasted onthe supplied data sheet.Kashmiri students were alsobeing asked to intimate thepolice before going on leaveand also on returning.

As per reports, as many40 students of the CT Instituteof Engineering Managementand Technology alone haveproceeded on leave.

“I have already passed ondirections to district policechiefs to have detailed inter-actions with the studentsstudying in educational insti-tutes and assure them that thePolice was there to assistthem in case of any difficul-ty,” said Arora while insistingthat there was no question ofalienating students from anypart of the country.

State DGP said thatAdditional Director General ofPolice (Community Policing)Ishwar Singh and InspectorGeneral of Police V Neerjahave been appointed as nodalofficers to redress the griev-

ances, if any, of the students.“The students can contactboth these officers in case ofany problem,” he added.

Responding to anotherquery, Arora said that thenefarious attempts beingmade on social media to mis-guide the youth would bedealt with sternly. “The sameattempt was made during thedark days of years 1984-1994but the youth should not fallprey to such tactics. Rather,the youth must contributegenerously in social and eco-nomic development of thecountry in general and statein particular,” he said.

Earlier, addressing thegathering, the DGP recalledthe Punjab Police’s stellar rolein preserving the state’s hardearned peace besides safe-guarding the unity andintegrity of the country.

Arora also hailed theChief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh’s decision torestore the special family pen-sion of the officers martyredduring operations against theterrorism. “The familieswould get ful l pension,instead of that cut in year2014, along with the facility ofRed Card. Punjab Policewould ever remain indebtedto its illustrious heroes, whobrought laurels for the Policeforce through their gallantrydeeds,” he daid.

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The rank and file of AamAadmi Party (AAP)

including the party Convenorand Delhi Chief MinisterArvind Kejriwal launched andactively participated in the“door-to-door” campaign inorder to reach out to the com-mon people in its bid to gar-ner their support and collectdonations for filling the drycoffers of the party ahead ofLok-Sabha elections due nextyear.

Arvind Kejriwal onSunday, visited households inthe New Delhi area to collectdonations and ask for votes forhis party in parliamentarypolls 2019. It gave many fam-ilies a “selfie” opportunity asthey captured their momentswith their CM as he visitedtheir houses. AAP leaders areresting their hope on commonpeople of Delhi who they thinkwould vote for them in returnfor the good work done by theAAP dispensation.

“People were very happywith the work done by theDelhi Government and theywill give donations and votesto the Aam Aadmi Party(AAP)”, said Kejriwal. His cab-inet colleagues, includingDeputy Chief Minister ManishSisodia, MPs and MLAs, alongwith AAP workers, also took tothe streets, visiting people invarious parts of the city seek-ing donations and votes for theparty.

“Delhi Government isworking with honesty. AAP isrun by your donation and weneed money to fight the elec-tion. Whatever possible, youdonate so that we can work

with honesty,” said Kejriwal. Interacting with the resi-

dents of his New DelhiAssembly constituency,Kejriwal said the BJP MPs inDelhi did nothing except “cre-ating hurdles” in the work ofthe AAP Government.

The donation campaign“Aap Ka Daan, Rashtra KaNirman” was launched byKejriwal last Monday. Thecampaign will go on for fourmonths, with around 3,000AAP workers going door todoor in all the sevenParliamentary constituenciesin Delhi.

Arvind Kejriwal said thatit has been more than 3 threeyears since AAP Governmentis in Delhi and has spendworth lakhs and crore ofRupees for public welfare butthe party doesn’t have moneyfor itself because it has neverearned. He said that the AAPwill continue to work for the“Janta” or common man as ittakes donations worth �100from them and not for any“Adani-Ambani”.

Kejriwal said it was imma-terial for Delhi as to whobecame the next PrimeMinister, adding that if the

AAP won any Lok Sabha seatin the national Capital, it wouldget work done with whosoev-er was in power at the Centre.

“We will tell people not toget concerned about whobecomes the next prime min-ister. The BJP MPs did noth-ing for Delhi. By the way,nobody knows who will be thenext Prime Minister. All (par-ties) are in a poor shape,” hesaid.

The AAP, which hasalready announced party in-charges for all the seven LokSabha constituencies, intendsto go to the voters asking for

votes by claiming that itsGovernment has achieved“excellent” results in health,education, water and powersupplies.

Issues like the Delhi Metrofare hike, alleged “failures” ofBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)MPs and the ongoing sealingdrive in the city are also like-ly to be raised during the cam-paign.

In view of the upcomingelections, the party appealed tothe people to donate anyamount which they like rang-ing from �100, �1,000 or�10000 every month.

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Delhi Bhartiya Janta PartyPresident Manoj Tiwari

on Sunday dedicated the FixedCompactor Transfer Stations(FCTS) to people in a functionorganise at Badli industrialarea.

Addressing the gathering,Tiwari said while municipalcorporations are engaged inimproving the services by pro-viding services door to doorbut the Aam Aadmi party(AAP) is engaged in collectingdonations visiting door to door.

Tiwari said that this initia-tive is an important step inmanaging of garbage and itsdisposal.

Former Mayor PreetyAgarwal who was also presenton the occasion, said that “Theaim is to change the life of thepoor. She said our aim is to keepDelhi clean and compactors arebeing installed for making itsuccessful. “It would also nowhelp in checking littering around

dhalaos as it would directlyreceive garbage without spillingaround,” she said.

“The project lays greatemphasis on segregation basedon the three R Concepts —Reduce, Recycled and Reuse.The implementation of the

project results in the disposalof the almost full quantity ofwaste, resulting in the mini-mum leftover garbage to bedumped at the landfill site. Thesalient features of FCTS includeprimary collection of wastefrom the street level through

auto tippers, transporting thewaste in covered primary vehi-cles to the fixed compactortransfer station to mobile trans-fer stations (MTS),” a seniorCorporation official said.

The official further saidthat the initiative is going to

ensure primary and secondarycollection of garbage side byside. He added that the newFCTS in the West Zone willbring a remarkable change asfar as collection and disposal ofgarbage is concerned.

Explaining the working ofFCTS, a senior Corporationofficial said that the FCTScomprises of a bin, tipcarthydraulically operated load-ing shovel bucket, compressorand hook loader. “The collect-ed garbage from the localitieswill be put into the bin with thecapacity of around seven tonegarbage in bin measuring tenand a half meter cubic area.

The tip carts bringing thegarbage can bring two andhalftone garbage putting itinto the bin. The collectedgarbage in the bin will behydraulically operated loadingshovel bucket attach with thefixed compactor will transferthe garbage into the com-pactor for compressing it intoshort size,” he said.

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The former Chief Minister of Uttarakhand,Narayan Dutt Tiwari’s mortal remains were

cremated will full State honours at ChitrashilaGhat on the banks of the Gaula river inRanibagh here on Sunday. A large number ofpeople, apart from Chief Minister, CabinetMinisters and politicians from various partieswere among those present on the occasion.Tiwari’s funeral procession began from the cir-cuit house to the Chitrashila Ghat where his sonRohit Shekhar Tiwari lit the pyre.

Earlier, Chief Minister, Trivendra SinghRawat, paying tribute to Tiwari, said that he usedto work above party lines and will be rememberedfor his developmental works. He said that the pre-sent State Government will take forward the workscarried out by him. Calling him the BhishmaPitamah of politics, Rawat said that Tiwari will

always be remembered as a popular leader. Vidhan Sabha Speaker Premchand Aggarwal

said that Tiwari was a ‘political guru’ and hisdemise has caused an irreparable loss to thecountry and society.

Union Minister of State for Textiles AjayTamta, MPs and ex CMs Bhagat Singh Koshyari,Ramesh Pokhriyal, Finance Minister PrakashPant, Transport Minister Yashpal Arya,Agriculture Minister Subodh Uniyal,Cooperative Minister Dhan Singh Rawat,Women Welfare and Child DevelopmentMinister Rekha Arya, former CM and AICCgeneral secretary Harish Rawat, leader of oppo-sition Indira Hridayesh, BJP State president AjayBhatt various MLAs and members of the pub-lic paid their last respects to the veteran leaderon the occasion. The general public wereallowed to pay their tributes to the departedleader at circuit house.

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The mentor of the late asceticSwami Gyan Swaroop

Sanand, SwamiAvimukteshwaranand has heldthe Government responsible forhis disciple’s death. He expressedhis views at Shraddhanjali Sabhaorganised in memory of Sanandat Matri Sadan. He said that tocarry forward the demands ofSanand, three-day long discus-sion will be held in Varanasiwhich will be attended by 1008ascetics from across the country.He said to awaken theGovernment from its long slum-ber and to get the pain of moth-er Ganga heard a campaignshall be launched.

The three day ‘ManthanBaithak’ shall be held in Varanasion November 25-27, heannounced. Meanwhile founderof Matri Sadan, SwamiShivanand has announced tocarry forward the struggleundertaken by Sanand forGanga and begin penance fromOctober 24.Who would under-take hunger strike shall be decid-ed on the same day, he said.

Speaking to the media,Shivanand said that Matri Sadan

has been fighting for Ganga forthe past decades and will con-tinue doing this in future. Theascetics of Matri Sadan arevying for the chance to performpenance for Ganga so it was notpossible to decide at the spur ofthe moment who will beginhunger strike. Earlier, he hadannounced his own name toundertake the hunger strikefrom October 24.

It will be recalled that threeMatri sadan ascetics includingSwami Gyan Swaroop Sanandwho died this month during fast

unto death pressing his demandsfor Ganga Act, have sacrificedtheir lives for Ganga conserva-tion and ecological balance.

Swami NigamanandSaraswati died in June 2011after 114 days of hunger strikedemanding blanket ban onquarrying in Ganga river bed.Earlier Brahmchari Gokulanandhad staged four week fast inMarch 1998. As part of histapasya, he had left forHimalayas to perform austeritiesin 2013 and was found dead inBamni village of Nainital district.

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From Page 1a committee has been

constituted under the chair-manship of Health Secretaryat the state level. If any kindof problem arises after beingnominated and treatmentstarts, then its solution will beprovided.

The delegates assured theChief Minister that theywould prepare a proposal andwould soon go to Ranchi andwork towards becoming part-ner in the scheme.

The Chief Minister saidthat Arogya Mitra (‘HealthFriend’) wil l work as aMedical Coordinator. Thepatient will be taken to see ifproper treatment of the dis-

ease is available in the con-cerned hostal or not, and theproper availability of the bedetc. Otherwise it will bereferred for elsewhere. Healthfriend has also been trainedfor this.

In order to improve thecondition of Jamshedpur inthe hygiene ranking, the ChiefMinister gave instructions.The Chief Minister said thatJamshedpur has high qualityroads and a global level infra-structure. “We need to pri-oritise cleaning to bring thecity to the top 10 clean citiesin the country. For this, clean-liness system should be fur-ther strengthened by makingmanpower more trained,” said

the CM.In order to make the city's

law and order more stringent,the Chief Minister instructedto install 70 CCTV camerasunder MLA funds. The ChiefMinister also gave directionsfor providing cyber crime sta-tus, cyber police station, JNACcleanliness system, providingadvanced walkie talkie hand-sets to policemen stationed inall the main rounds of the city.

Tata Steel CEO and MDTV Narendran, Tata SteelmVice President - CorporateAffairs Sunil Bhaskaran, TataMotors' AB Lal and TMHHospital GM Dr RajanChaudhari were also presentin the meeting.

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From Page 1“On receipt of information

that Satish Babu paid illegalgratification to Sh Alok Verma,Director, CBI, the same wasbrought to the notice of theCabinet Secretary by Asthanathrough his letter dated August24 this year.

The CVC has initiated anenquiry and sought the relevantfiles from the CBI,” Asthanaalleged in his plaint to the CVC.

Asthana has alleged in hisletter to the CVC that SatishBabu Sana, one of the accusedproposed to be arrested,attempted to flee but could notleave the country, owing to theLOC opened by SIT headed byhim (Asthana). The file wassubmitted back on October 3 tothe CBI Director answering allhis queries and providing allthe documents sought by DoP,the file has never returned.

“Meanwhile, Satish BabuSana appeared before the IO onOctober 1, 2018. He stated thathe approached Shri CM Ramesh,MP, (Rajya Sabha), TDP who inturn personally met the CBIDirector. Later, CM Rameshassured that Satish Sana wouldnot be called again by the CBI.On October 4, ED also examinedSana,” Asthana alleged.

Meanwhile, the CBI trans-ferred the Moin Qureshi caseto JD (policy) AK Sharma“with malafide intention toshield the bribe payer andbribe receiver. It is clear thatactive efforts are underway tofalsely implicate the under-signed (Asthan),” Asthanaalleged in his second com-plaint to CVC on October 19.Sharma is said to have verbal-

ly ordered the flight of contro-versial businessman VijayMallya against whom a LookOut Circular (LOC) was pend-ing.

Asthana also sought trans-fer of eight cases including theMoin Qureshi case to the SIT.

In his earlier complaint tothe CVC on October 18,Asthana said, “On the basis ofreasonable grounds and appre-hension, LOC was got openedagainst them (Moin Qureshiand others) on May 16, 2018 asthey are facing serious chargesand can flee from justice, andmay not return to India.During September 2018, assoon as the CVC called for rel-evant files including the filesrelated to RC 2242017 A0001-AC-VI/SIT, Delhi (againstMoin Qureshi and others),CBI Director Alok KumarVerma came to know aboutpossible allegations in theinstant case.

“A proposal to arrest and(subject) custodial interroga-tion of Satish Babu Sana andothers was submitted by theInvestigating Officer (IO) on12.09.2018, which was dulyendorsed by the SP/SIT on12.09.2018 and by JD/SIT on20.09.2018. I also endorsedthe arrest proposal on20.09.2018 and, put up to theCBI Director for approval.However, Alok Kumar Verma,after four days, in a deviationfrom the procedure generallyadopted by the CBI and viola-tion of Para 12.3 of CBI(Crime) Manual, 2005, markedthe arrest proposal to OPVerma, Director of Prosecution(DoP) on 24.09.2018.”

From Page 1On Sunday, a 47-year-old

woman reached up to the‘Nadappandhal’ close to thesanctum sanctorum, but wasprevented by the devoteeschanting “Swamiye SaranamAyyapa” while five others werestopped enroute to the hills.

The woman, who com-plained of uneasiness, wasbrought to a hospital here bythe police. A elderly womandevotee who was present at thespot said as the identity card ofthe woman showed she wasborn in 1971 and had notattained the ‘permissible age”,the other devotees startedchanting Sarana mantra.

Earlier, the protesters pre-vented two women, in their40s, at the foothills itself. Thewomen were accompanied bytheir relatives. Police, who tookthe women to the safety, saidthe two informed them thatthey came to Sabarimala with-out knowing the customs of thetemple.

After the women werebrought Nilackal, the basecamp, they gave in writing tothe police that they did notwant to break the centuries-oldcustom of the temple, sourcessaid.

Amid mounting protest inthe state against the SupremeCourt order, BJP Sunday urgedthe Kerala government to con-vene a session of the assemblyand pass a resolution seekingthe centre’s intervention toovercome the crisis.

From Page 1Shatabdi Express to be

replaced by ‘Make in India’ 160kmph Train 18

The modular toilets willhave aesthetic touch-free bath-room fittings. They have zerodischarge bio vacuum toilets.The luggage rack of Train 18will be more spacious so thatpassengers can carry more lug-gage. Just like the metro trainsor the EMUs, Train 18 will havedriver’s cabin at both ends of thetrain. The coaches of the self-propelled train set will be inter-connected and they will alsohave space for wheel-chairs fordisabled passengers.

Train 18 will have the lat-est generation coaches forgreater comfort with severalnew features, including reducedaerodynamic drag for improvedenergy efficiency, improved airducting for better distributionand underslung propulsion. Itwill have quick accelerationand deceleration, thus reducingthe travel duration. While therewill be on-board Wi-Fi andinfotainment, GPS-based infor-mation system will enable pas-sengers to know the real-timemovement of the train. The ini-tial idea to replace ShatabdiExpress between Delhi andBhopal by Train 18 has beendropped due to the model codeof conduct coming into effectfor the Assembly elections inMadhya Pradesh. The newtrain set is also likely to be cost-effective for the national trans-porter as it would cost aroundRs 5-6 crore per coach.

From Page 1Adviser to the Governor, K

Vijay Kumar, and DGP DilbagSingh have expressed regretover the loss of civilian lives atthe encounter site and con-veyed their profound condo-lences to the bereaved families.

He said such sites shouldbe avoided by civilians till theyare properly sanitised.

Reacting to the news of lossof civilian lives, former ChiefMinister Omar Abdullahtermed it as ‘terrible news’.

“Terrible news coming outfrom Kulgam. May thedeceased find place in Jannat.Alienating the people in thefight against militancy is asure fire recipe for losing thefight. How long can we go onignoring the ground realities &living in denial about how badthings are in Kashmir?” Omarwrote on Twitter.

The slain civilians wereidentified as Ubaid Laway, sonof Mohammad MaqboolLaway; Uzair Ahmad, MansoorAhmad, Talib Maqbool ofLaroo, Tajamul Ahmad ofDenew Bogund and IrshadAhmad of Shurat.

All three terrorists werelocals and affiliated with Jaish-e-Muhammad. They have beenidentified as Shahid ul IslamTantray of Wangam Shopian,Yazil Makroo of ArwaniBijbehara and Zubair Lone ofAhwatoo Kulgam.

Meanwhile, JointResistance Leadership hascalled for shutdown onMonday against the killings.

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The Army is bracing itself to face a deter-mined bid by Pakistan-backed terror-

ists to infiltrate into Jammu & Kashmirfrom across the Line Of Control(LOC)before all the ingress routes are blocked bysnow in the next few weeks. The latest infil-tration bid in Jammu sector is an indica-tion that, having failed to enter from NorthKashmir due to snowfall, the terroristsshifted focus to more favourable terrainsouth of Pir Panjal. Three soldiers and twoheavily armed terrorists were killed whenan infiltration bid was foiled in Sunderbaniregion of Rajouri on Sunday.

Apart from tightening its anti-infil-tration grid all along the LOC to preventlarge scale infiltrations, the security forcesare also focusing on more than 70 foreignterrorists now hiding in North Kashmir.The main objective of this operation is todeny the terrorists space and time to movefreely and intrude into South Kashmir tocarry out terrorist strikes and then escapeto their hideouts in rugged terrain of NorthKashmir, officials in security establishmentsaid here on Sunday.

Elaborating upon the dynamics ofinfiltration attempts, they said upperreaches of North Kashmir are alreadyreceiving heavy snowfall and somefavoured mountain passes used for ingressare blocked. Coming days will see the ter-rorists shifting base towards Jammu regionincluding Poonch and Rajouri which

does not receive snowfall. In fact, Sunday'sattempt is one such indication that Poonchand Rajouri may see more such bids by ter-rorists.

An estimated 250-300 well trained andarmed terrorists are waiting in launch padsacross the LOC to sneak into Jammu &Kashmir to raise the levels of violence inthe State. Moreover, at least 250 terroristsare active in the Kashmir valley withmajority of them based in restive SouthKashmir and others in North Kashmir.This region is also close to LOC and ter-rorists try to sneak into the state throughmountain passes there, they said.

The fight against terrorism and infil-tration has already cost the lives of at least75 security men this year as compared to84 for the entire last year. Moreover, 35 ter-rorists were killed on the LOC this yearincluding the latest incident while tryingto come in, officials said and not ruling the

possibility of more or less the same num-ber of terrorists successfully infiltrationinto the Kashmir valley during theseencounters.

The overall figure of terrorists neu-tralised is 195 so far while this toll stoodat 214 for the entire last year. In fact, lastyear's figures were highest since 2010 whenmore than 270 terrorists were neutralised,sources said.

They, however, admitted that neu-tralisation of 200 plus terrorists last yeardid not prove to be a deterrent as morethan 127 local youths including highly edu-cated students joined militancy. The fig-ure this year is alarming as the figure hasalready crossed the 150 plus mark with twomonths before the year ends, officials said.

On weather pattern determining theflow of infiltration in North Kashmir, theysaid the region is expected to experiencemore than heavy snowfall this year. Lastyear, snowfall was not that dense as hap-pens every two to three years, officials said.

Given the situation, the Army willthin out its presence in the higher reach-es of North and South Kashmir due toexpected heavy snow thereby proving anatural deterrence to the infiltrators.However, the troops relieved from theirposts in higher reaches will be redeployedin other parts of the State to shore up anti-insurgency grid, sources said adding thetempo of terrorism operations will notslacken even during the winter months inthe hinterland.

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Accusing the BJP-led Centre of making a“conspiratorial attempt” to appropriate

the legacy of Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose,the Congress on Sunday said the saffronparty was "desperate to rewrite history".Congress spokesperson Abhishek ManuSinghvi said the Congress had alwaysendeavoured to protect, preserve and prop-agate the ideals of Bose, the brave patriot andsecularist. "Those who do not have their ownideas and idol and had zero contribution inthe national movement of freedom struggleare trying to appropriate the legacy of ourfreedom fighters, in an attempt to be per-ceived as nationalists. Today, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi desperately tried to do thesame," Singhvi said at a Press conference.

"A desperate BJP is trying to rewrite his-tory and create an imagined rivalry betweenSardar Patel and Jawaharlal Nehru andbetween Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose andNehru. It has used auspicious occasions forthese cheap political tricks," he said.

Singhvi pointed out that Bose and Patelwere completely against the "philosophy ofsectarianism and bigotry that is espousedby Prime Minister Modi's ideological patri-arch — the RSS and the Hindu Mahasabha".

He said Patel, in a letter to ShyamaPrasad Mukherjee, had stated that the"activities of the Hindu Mahasabha were aclear threat to the existence of the govern-ment and the activities had not died down,despite the ban". Singhvi also pointed out thatNehru was one of the lawyers for Bose dur-ing his Indian National Army (INA) trials.

"Was there any person from the RSS tosupport Netaji?," he asked, adding, "Theprime minister and the BJP are desperate-ly trying to appropriate every national lega-cy." The Congress leader alleged that whilethe RSS and BJP were praising Bose for hismilitary endeavours to liberate India, their"ideological ancestors had done totally theopposite".

"When Netaji was revamping the AzadHind Fauj (or INA) in Japan and Gandhijihad given the Quit India call, the RSS washand-in-glove with the British," he said.

Singhvi also said to get political mileage,the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was por-traying Bose as Mahatma Gandhi's victimand Jawaharlal Nehru's rival, but in reali-ty, Bose always had the highest regard forboth of them.

He pointed out that Bose had, in fact,named two INA regiments after Gandhi andNehru. It was Bose who first gave Gandhithe epithet of "Rashtrapita" or the father ofthe nation in a radio address from Singaporein 1944, Singhvi said, adding that the sameyear, Hindu Mahasabha member NathuRam Godse had made his first attempt tokill Gandhi.

Quoting from public documents, cor-respondences and books, Singhvi claimedthat the Congress was never at odds withBose. He said the Congress had always wel-comed the earlier decisions of the ModiGovernment and the West BengalGovernment to declassify the files per-taining to Bose.

"But the BJP has just played politics withit. In the last 53 months, the Modi gov-ernment has only indulged in news plantsand nothing adverse has come against theCongress party as perpetrated by them. Westill want all the Netaji files be declassified,"he said.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Sunday questioned

the delay and "indifference"shown by past Governments inerecting a national memorialfor police personnel who laiddown their lives in the line ofduty since Independence.

Inaugurating a refurbishednational police memorial and amuseum here on the NationalPolice Commemoration Day,Modi said previousGovernments at the Centre letdust gather on the files of thissubject.

"I am proud of the newpolice memorial that is beingdedicated to the nation todaybut I have few questions to ask.Why could this memorial notcome into being despite over 70years of Independence?," Modisaid in his speech to policejawans, officers, their familiesand retired personnel.

The National PoliceCommemoration Day isobserved every year this day topay homage to the 10 police-men who were killed in anambush by Chinese troops in1959 in Ladakh's Hot Springarea.

The supreme sacrifice by

police personnel at the HotSprings in Ladakh also tookplace about 60 years back, hesaid.

"Why wait for so manyyears? (to erect a memorial)"the PM asked.

He said the plan to have anational memorial for slainpolice personnel was first con-ceptualised during theGovernment of Prime MinisterAtal Behari Vajpayee and in2002, the then Home MinisterL K Advani laid its foundationstone.

"I agree that work wasstopped at this facility due tosome legal issues but had theearlier Governments put in ahonest and whole- heartedeffort, this memorial couldhave been built much earlier,"he said.

Instead, the previous

Governments let the "files gath-er dust and when we came topower in 2014 we allocatedfunds for this task and today weare witnessing the reality," Modisaid.

"I think probably God haschosen me to do this nobletask," he said.

The Prime Minister said ithas been made a practice in thisGovernment that the targets areachieved on time.

He alleged that similar"apathy" was shown by pastGovernments in creating anational memorial forBabasaheb Ambedkar atAlipore Road in Delhi and theAmbedkar International Centrein Japath, also in Delhi.

Both the memorials wereinaugurated by Prime MinisterModi earlier this year.

"There is a serious question

in my mind that why there issuch an indifference by the pastGovernments for those whosacrificed their lives for thecountry," he said.

"This is not our traditionand we are known to hold theunity and integrity of the coun-try even on an empty stomach,"he said.

"I am happy that thesememorials are now inspiringthe world," he said.

The Prime Minister chokedwith emotions during hisspeech as he said the countrywill "never forget" the courageand ultimate sacrifice made bythe police and paramilitarypersonnel at the altar of theirduties.

He made a special mentionof those personnel who renderdifficult duties in saving peoplehit due to natural or man-madedisasters.

He announced a new dec-oration in the name of NetajiSubhash Chandra Bose forpolice and paramilitary per-sonnel involved in disaster relief.

The PM urged police forcesto use technology in their day-to-day works so that the com-mon man does not have to goto a police station for gettingtheir ordinary complaints reg-istered and basic verification ofdocuments.

He urged police personnelto have empathy for the peopleas they were the "defence andprotectors" to the poor, theabused and the marginalised.

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The deadly disease caused byzika virus continued to

spread in Rajasthan with halfa dozen more persons testingpositive in Jaipur district onSunday. Altogether 123 peopleshave tested positive for thevirus in Rajasthan, making itthe worst affected State in thecountry.

Much to relief of the offi-cials, the recovery rate hasbeen encouraging. Of the 123patients, 105 have recoveredafter treatment.

The State health depart-ment also formed a five-mem-ber committee on Saturday toinvestigate, examine and trackZika virus disease in pregnantpatients of first trimester. Thecommittee will submit thereport to the director publichealth from time to time, anorder said.

Most of the cases whichhave been reported are fromShastri Nagar area here wherefogging and other anti-larvaeactivities are being carried outto prevent the spread of thevirus.

The virus, transmittedthrough the aedes aegyptimosquito, causes fever, skinrashes, conjunctivitis, muscleand joint pain. It is harmful topregnant women, as it canlead to microcephaly, a condi-tion in which a baby's head issignificantly smaller in new-borns.

In India, the first outbreakwas reported in Ahmedabad inJanuary 2017 and the second in

Tamil Nadu's Krishnagiri dis-trict in July that year. Boththese outbreaks were success-fully contained through inten-sive surveillance and vectormanagement.

The disease is under sur-veillance of the Union HealthMinistry although it is nolonger a Public HealthEmergency of InternationalConcern under WHO notifi-cation since November 18,2016.

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In a veiled attack on the Nehru-Gandhi clan, Prime Minister

Narendra Modi on Sundayalleged the contribution of sev-eral great leaders such as SardarPatel, B R Ambedkar andSubhash Chandra Bose to thefreedom struggle was "deliber-ately" forgotten to glorify "onefamily".

He also said it is high timemore Indians knew about thehistoric role these stalwartsplayed.

Donning the famous AzadHind Fauj cap, the PM hoistedthe national flag at the Red Fortand unveiled a plaque to markthe 75th anniversary of theproclamation of the Azad HindGovernment by Bose.

Traditionally, the primeminister unfurl the tricolour onthe ramparts of the Red Fort onIndependence Day.

The plaque will be placed at

barrack number three at the RedFort where members of theAzad Hind Fauj faced trial. Amuseum will be also set up inthe barrack.

Modi lamented that postIndependence, India's policieswere based on the British systemas "things were seen throughBritish glasses".

"Policies, including thoserelated to education, had tosuffer because of this," he said,adding that "Subhash babualways took pride in India'shistory and our rich values. Hetaught us that not everythingmust be seen from a non-Indianprism."

He said in the later decadesof independent India, "if thecountry had got the guidance ofpersonalities like Subhash Babu,Sardar Patel, the conditionswould vary greatly".

Modi said that his govern-ment is changing that now.

"It is unfair that to glorify

one family, the contribution ofseveral other great leaders wasdeliberately forgotten. It is hightime more Indians knew aboutthe historic role of stalwartsSardar Patel, BabasahebAmbedkar and Netaji SubhasBose," he said.

The PM said while Bosefocused on the East andNortheast India, the two regionsdid not get due recognition.Now, he said, his Government isworking to make the Northeastthe "engine of growth". HailingBose's spirit of nationalism,Modi said as a 16-year old, hewas pained at the plight of Indiaunder the British rule. "His ide-ology was nationalism... Helived by it. All over the world,people took inspiration fromNetaji Subhas Bose in theirfights against colonialism andinequality. We remain commit-ted to fulfilling Netaji's ideals andbuilding an India he would beproud of," he said.

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Speaking at a ‘Booth Jitao,Bhrashtachar Mitao’ event here,Pilot said the BJP will beremoved from the State and anew Government will beformed on December 7.

He said the BJP and ChiefMinister Vasundhara Raje wereconspiring to remove tickets of100 to 150 sitting MLAs to winthe upcoming election, where-as the Congress workers wereseeking the public's blessings todo the same. He said Congressleaders and workers were estab-lishing contact with the peopleat 50,000 booths in the Statetoday. PTI

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New Delhi: Amid reports thatthe victims of Johnson &Johnson's faulty hip implants arelikely to get as much as �1.2crore each in compensation,some patients have sought offi-cial clarification about the pro-posed compensation and thebasis of deciding on a formulain the absence of any consulta-tion with them.

In a letter to Union HealthMinister J P Nadda, more than30 patients have reiterated theirconcerns regarding the lack oftransparency and patient con-sultation in the process to decidecompensation, including lack ofinformation being made avail-able regarding deliberations of

the Arya Committee and theformulation of compensationnorms.

"We are unclear about thebasis of deciding on a formulain the absence of any consulta-tion with patients to understandthe range of our sufferingbecause of the hip implants, theaggravation of pain and miserycaused by unjustifiably delayedmedical attention and othernegative impacts on our lives.

"We question why we haveto rely on media reports —which quote unnamed sources— for information about anissue that is directly related toour pain and suffering," they saidin the letter.

They said that transparen-cy in the workings of theCommittee and compensationmechanism is also needed toprevent immense confusionfrom arising in the future.

"We, therefore, request (for)an official clarification about theproposed compensation men-tioned in the...Media report andthe details of the formula beingconsidered, if such a proposalexists. "Given the statements ofJohnson & Johnson to themedia, we would also like clar-ity in respect of the company'sengagement with theCommittee and its role in deter-mining the compensation," theysaid in the letter. PTI

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Over 61,000 posts of centralparamilitary personnel

are lying vacant in six para-military forces in the country,Home Ministry statistics said.

Altogether, 18,460 postsare lying vacant in the coun-try's largest paramilitary force,CRPF, as on March 1, 2018,while 10,738 posts are remain-ing vacant in the borderguarding force BSF.

A Home Ministry officialsaid the vacancies in the para-military forces arise due toretirement, resignation, death,creation of new posts or rais-ing of new battalions.

"The vacancies are filledthrough various modes,including direct recruitment,

promotion and by deputationas per the extant provisions ofrecruitment rules. Filling up ofvacancies is a continuousprocess," he said.

As many as 18,942 postsare lying vacant with theSashastra Seema Bal (SSB) ason March 1, 2018, while 5,786posts are vacant in the IndoTibetan Border Police (ITBP).

There are 3,840 vacanciesin the Assam Rifles and 3,812vacancies in the CentralIndustrial Security Force(CISF) as on the said date.

The Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) is pri-marily deployed for the assis-tance of state police forces ininternal security, fighting mil-itants in Jammu and Kashmirand the Northeast, and in

anti-Naxal operations inMaoist-hit areas.

The Border Security Force(BSF) guards the Indo-Pakand Indo-Bangladesh borders,while the SSB protects theIndo-Nepal and Indo-Bhutanborders, and the ITBP isdeployed along the Sino-Indian border.

The CISF guards the air-ports, nuclear and industrialinstallations, sensitive gov-ernment buildings, DelhiMetro besides others.

The Assam Rif les isdeployed for guarding theIndo-Myanmar border andfighting insurgency in theNortheast.

The combined strengthof the paramilitary forces isaround 10 lakh.

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The Union Health Ministryhas asked all the states to set

up State Mental HealthAuthority and District MentalHealth Review Board to ensureeffective implementation ofthe Mental Health Care Act,2017.

The Act got the assent ofthe president on April 7 lastyear.

The State Mental HealthAuthority which will compriseofficials of the StateGovernment and other members working in the men-tal health sector is supposed tooversee the effective imple-mentation of the provisions ofthe Act, an official statementsaid.

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CHENNAI: Politics in TamilNadu took a new turn as theNavarathri festivities conclud-ed on Sunday. The Congresswhich was the cynosure of alleyes set the record straight byan outright rejection of the invi-tation extended by film actor-turned-politician KamalHaasan who had announcedlast week that he was ready foran electoral alliance with theGrand Old Party if the latterdissociates itself from the DMK.

While speaking to a TamilTV news channel, Haasan hadsaid he was game for a tie-upwith the Congress provided itcomes out of the alliance withthe DMK. Speaking to reportersat Chennai on Saturday, SThiruvanakarassar, presidentTamil Nadu CongressCommittee, thanked the actorfor his overture to his party. “Itis well and good that he is infavour of an alliance with theCongress. But a condition fromany new political party that weshould leave the DMK first isunacceptable as we are part ofthe DMK alliance,” said theTNCC boss.

Thirunavakarassar put anend to all speculation of theCongress dumping the DMK infavour of the new oufit MakkalNeethi Maiam (People’s Centrefor Justice) launched by Haasan.The pre-condition put forwardby Haasan to the Congress fora tie-up had surprised many asthe DMK-Congress alliance is atime tested partnership thoughthere were some temporarymisunderstandings between thetwo during 2013-2014 whichwere resolved at the interventionof the Congress High Commandand late M Karunanidhi, theDMK patriarch by 2015.

T Ramakrishnan, leadingpolitical commentator in theState said he had enough reasonsto believe that Haasan could bea “decoy” set up by the BJP toweaken the DMK-Congressalliance . “It is certain that theDMK would never have any pre-

poll alliance with the BJP thoughthe latter is probing all possibil-ities for making an entry to TamilNadu. The BJP leadership knowthat it is difficult to beat theDMK-Congress combination.Hence they may be trying towean the Congress away fromthe Dravidian major and makeit weak,” said Ramakrishnan.

What stands out is thatHaasan, in spite of launching hisparty in February 2018, has notannounced any policies andprogrammes of the party.Though he announced thenames of office bearers, detailsabout them are kept as secret. BySaturday, Rajinikanth, who haddeclared his political dreams onthe New Year eve, declared that90 per cent works connectedwith the launching of his polit-ical party were over and hewould soon announce the namesand details of the organisation.

Sources close toRajinikanth said that he haseven set up full- fledged boothcommittees in 200 assemblyconstituencies out of the total234. The BJP is yet to have suchcommittees in even 100 con-stituencies in the State, accord-ing to a senior BJP leader.

The CPI(M) and the VCK,potential allies of the DMK, toorejected Kamal Haasan’s move towean away the Congress from thDMK. While Thirumavalavan,leader of the VCK declared thathe would always remain with theDMK, the CPI(M) secretary KBalakrishnan said his partywould soon launch a joint cam-paign with the DMK against the BJP.

As Kamal Haasan’s politicaldreams suffered a set back, he islikely to get more involved in hispet movie projects, like sequelsfor Indian and Thevar Magan.But the possibilities ofRajinikanth emerging as an alter-native to the DMK and theAIADMK got brightened asHaasan was cold shouldered bythe Congress and the DMK.

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In a major political develop-ment in Karnataka, former

Prime Minister and JD(S)supremo HD Deve Gowdaand former Chief Ministerand Congress leaderSiddaramaiah have cometogether to fight the BJP in theensuing byelections.

The guru–shishya duowho fought and dividedKarnataka politics have cometogether now in a show ofstrength to, what they call,defeat the Modi-Shah combinein the State.

Politically it has also givena message to the confusedgrass root level workers ofboth the JD(S) and theCongress to vote for the victoryof joint candidates in the LokSabha and Assembly by-polls.

After fighting each other inthe recent Assembly polls, theyjoined hands to keep the BJPaway and formed a fragilecoalition Government fourmonths ago headed by HDKumaraswamy of the JD(S)who has just 34 seats in the 224House in the state.

In a joint press conferencein Bengaluru to send a messageof unity to fight the BJP, DeveGowda and Siddaramaiahinsisted that they have to fightthe common enemy the BJP ledby Prime Minister Modi andAmit Shah. Deve Gowda said,"For the first time in 12 yearsSiddaramaiah and I are on thesame stage. For the first time,we’ll be contesting together inthe upcoming bypolls. In allfive seats, we will bring secu-larism with all our powers andthe problems brought about bythe Central Government," "Iknow many of our local lead-ers might not be able to digestthis coalition, but we will worktogether to ensure that theirconcerns are addressed. I wantto appeal to all local workers tocooperate in this great work.Please forgive our previous

mistakes and bless us withvotes," he added.

Top leaders of the coali-tion partners in the State putup the image of a united team.Former Prime Minister DeveGowda, Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy, former ChiefMinister Siddaramaiah, homeminister G Parameshwara,Karnataka Congress presidentDinesh Gundu Rao and WaterResources Minister DKShivakumar shared stage in anattempt to boost the moralesof their respective party work-ers to win the upcomingbypolls.

Gowda said "I will be vis-iting all constituencies and ifthe necessity arises we willcampaign together. I will gowherever a joint rally is held.Our common enemy is BJPpolitically and ideologically.Defeating them is our respon-sibility. We are workingtogether and there are nodifferences among us. Thiswill be the beginning for theLok Sabha polls."

The by polls to three LokSabha and two assembly con-

stituencies will be held onNovember 3, JDS will contestfrom Ramanagara assemblyconstituency, Shivamogga andMandya Lok Sabha constituen-cies, the Congress will contestfrom Jamakhandi assembly andBallari Lok Sabha constituencies.

Chief MinisterKumaraswamy son ofDevegowda who is playing acompromising politics said"There might have been somedifferences at some point, butthat’s all in the past. And eventhough they are two bodies,they are one soul. We areworking together not just towin all five seats but all 28 LokSabha seats in 2019."

Meanwhile HD DeveGowda said the country's sec-ular parties will come togeth-er under the leadership of theCongress to defeat the BJP inthe 2019 Lok Sabha polls,denying reports that the grandalliance was losing its sheen.The Janata Dal-Secular supre-mo accused the BJP ofindulging in politics of polar-isation and exploiting publicsentiments, be it the Ram tem-ple issue or the ongoingSabarimala row.

"Some development willtake place before Parliamentelection (and) some will takeplace after the election is over.""Whatever may be the differ-ences, they (secular parties) willcome together under the lead-ership of the national partyCongress to see to it that theBJP is not in power," he added.

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Reacting to the KeralaGovernment registering a

new case of sexual abusealleged by solar scam accusedSaritha Nair, former ChiefMinister Oommen Chandy onSunday said the move waspolitically motivated.

"This has happened beforealso and now this fresh devel-opment has surfaced because ofthe issues in Sabarimala. I willdeal with this case legally andtomorrow (Monday) in theState Capital, I will reveal moredetails," Chandy said here.

In the State Capital, Keralapolice chief Loknath Behra onSunday told the media that anew FIR has been registeredand a special team had beenconstituted to probe Nair'scomplaint.

" Now, let the law take itscourse," said Behra.

In the complaint, Nair said

that in 2012 atThiruvananthapuram, she wassexually abused by Chandyand Alappuzha Lok Sabhamember KC Venugopal.

This fresh move comesafter the Kerala High Courtwhile hearing Chandy's peti-tion over the Solar JudicialInquiry Commission report,said in May that findings of thecommission based on Nair'sletter need not be considered.

The multi-crore solar ener-gy investment fraud thatrocked the Chandy govern-ment in 2013 was led byNairand her live-in partner BijuRadhakrishnan, as it came tolight that a section of the ChiefMinister's office had links withthe couple.

Nair's letter named Chandyand numerous other topCongress leaders for sexuallyexploiting her.

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In a bid to keep Muslim youthsaway from fundamentalism,

the RSS-backed MuslimRashtriya Manch has started adrive to encourage them toadopt former President APJAbdul Kalam as their "rolemodel" and not Ajmal Kasab ofthe 26/11 Mumbai terror attacknotoriety.

"We have initiated a cam-paign to make former PresidentKalam, who was also known asthe missile man and made thecountry proud, as the role modelof Muslim students. We areorganising national level semi-nars for this," MRM convenorMuhammad Afzal said.

He said the campaign'sobjective is to "strengthen patri-otism among the Muslim stu-dents and encourage them totake the path of Kalam".

When asked about the needfor such a campaign, Afzal

said, "We want to convinceMuslim students that their rolemodel should be formerPresident Kalam and not ter-rorist Kasab. We will tell the dif-ference between the two."

"Many a times, Muslimyouths divert towards Kasab.We want them to bring close toKalam's ideologies. It will helpthe country grow and progress.With his deeds, Kalam hadproved that he was a truepatriot," he said.

He said "in our campaign,we discuss in detail the life andachievements of Kalam toencourage people. Kalam hadrejected even a NASA's offer fora job and gave his prime to thecountry, working on his dreamproject Prithvi missile anddeveloping India's space centre.He remained bachelor to servethe country."

"Students of madrasas andinter colleges are invited inthese programmes and experts,

scientists and officers are calledto talk to them," he said, addingthe next such programme willbe held in Lucknow next month.

One such programme washeld in Delhi on October 19and similar events will besoon be organised in 10 statesincluding Uttar Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh, Manipur,Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh,Assam and West Bengal, he said.

He said though students ofall religion participate in theevents but Muslim students aregiven priority.

The MRM was set up in2002 by former RSS chief KSSudarshan to enable the Sanghto reach out to Muslims. It hadheld 'Eid milan' programmesand 'Iftar' parties earlier in a bidto remove, what, it believes, aremisconceptions among a sec-tion of the people about theSangh and the BJP.

MRM has been reaching

out to Muslims to apprise themof the RSS works and changetheir views about the organi-sation, Afzal said.

All india Muslim PersonalLaw Board (AIMPLB), how-ever, termed the MRM's moveas "humiliating", saying theMuslims do not have to provetheir patriotism.

"What else can you expectfrom an organisation affiliatedto the RSS? They are puttingforward the name of Kalam toshow what they feel aboutMuslims. How can one insin-uate as Muslim youths eventhinking of having Kasab astheir role model, when thecommunity did not evenallowed him to be buried inIndia?," asked AIMPLB mem-ber Yasin Usmani.

"Such campaigns whichdemean Muslims' contribu-tion to the nation building isshameful and humiliating tous," he added.

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In the first of his statewide ral-lies, Shiv Sena chief Uddhav

Thackeray on Sunday made aveiled attack on the BJP byclaiming that the ruling dis-pensation at the Centre "didnot need political alliances".

Thackeray addressed pub-lic meetings at Shirdi andAhmednagar.

"When Atal ji's (Atal BihariVajpayee) Government wasthere (at the Centre), it had thesupport of many politicalfriends. (However), the currentGovernment does not needany political alliances," he said.

In another swipe at theUnion Government, of whichhis party is a constituent,Thackeray asked people to findout the veracity of claims madein the speeches of PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

"I am asking party workersto find out how many peoplereally benefited from theschemes of the BJP-led Centralgovernment. You should put upa poster of your findings nextto that of PM Modi and let peo-ple decide," Thackeray told the

gathering.He targeted the BJP for

"spreading lies" and raising theissue of construction of theRam temple in Ayodhya forelectoral gains.

Speaking at a rally inShirdi, Thackeray alsoaddressed the frequent criti-cism of the Sena for hanging onto power (at the Centre and inMaharashtra) despite differ-ences with the BJP.

"I am in power to get thosethings done that would bene-fit people. I am not one whowill wag his tail in front ofpower. I am not hankering forpower," Thackeray said.

In an apparent reference tothe BJP, Thackeray said that"attaining power by spreadinglies is sedition".

Training his guns on theDevendra Fadnavis govern-ment in the state, Thackeraysaid that its farm loan waiverscheme was a fraud and fiasco.

"If farmers have not bene-fited from the loan waiver,then we should speak about it,"he said.

Thackeray confirmed thatsitting Lok Sabha MP fromShirdi constituency, SadashivLokhande, would be renomi-nated for the 2019 generalelections.

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memoration day here to payhomage to over 400 martyrsincluding 12 personnel of theforce who fell to Pakistani fir-ing along the Internationalborder (IB) this year.

The deaths in the ceasefireviolations by Pakistan markeda manifold increase this yearcompared to last four yearswhen a total of eight BorderSecurity Force (BSF) personnelwere killed and 36 others wereinjured.

Every year, the commem-oration day is observed onOctober 21 to remember the 10Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) men who died fightingChinese aggression on October21, 1959, at Hotspring, Ladakh,Jammu and Kashmir.

BSF Inspector General ofJammu, Ram Awtar, led hisofficers to pay tribute to theslain police and paramilitarypersonnel at martyrs memor-ial at its headquarters atPaloura on the outskirts ofJammu, a spokesman of theforce said.

He said the IG BSF laidwreath and paid homage to thepolice personnel who laiddown their lives in the line ofduty.

Addressing the gathering,the IG BSF read out the namesof martyrs and said during lastone year a total of 414 policeand paramilitary person laidtheir lives in the service to thenational, out of which 42belong to BSF, which is high-est among the paramilitaryforces.

BSF apart from manningPakistan and Bangladesh bor-der is also deployed in anti-naxal operation inChhattisgarh and Odisha andfor counter insurgency opera-tions in north east states, thespokesperson said.Majority ofthe police personnel died in fir-ing from Pakistan, fightingmilitancy in Jammu andKashmir, Naxals and other lawand order duties, the officialadded. Over 330 ceasefire vio-lations occurred this year, alsoresulting in injuries to 37 per-sonnel - which is also thehighest in the last four years.

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West Bengal ChiefMinister Mamata

Banerjee on Sunday paid trib-ute to the brave soldiers of theIndian National Army (INA)on the 75th anniversary of theformation of the Azad HindGovernment.

"Today is the 75thanniversary of the formationof the Azad HindGovernment. My heartfelttribute to all the brave soldiersof INA who fought for India'sfreedom under the leader-ship of Netaji. Jai Hind," shetweeted. On PoliceCommemoration Day,Banerjee also conveyed herbest wishes to the police forcesof West Bengal and otherstates. "On PoliceCommemoration Day, mybest wishes to @wbpolice,@kolkatapolice and all thepolice forces of all other Statesfor their service to the nation.From festivals to disasters,they always work hard to keepus safe."

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Gujjars in Jammu andKashmir on Sunday

demanded “equality” and “jus-tice”, and pressed for rightsthat are granted to other trib-al communities in the country.

The demand was put forthby the community at a meetingorganised here by the TribalResearch and CulturalFoundation (TRCF) - anorganisation founded by notedGujjar scholar Javaid Rahi.

The programme was held todiscuss identity formation viz-a-viz Gujjars and Bakerwals. Theevent also discussed the issues ofequality, justice, preservationand documentation of cen-turies-old socio-cultural, behav-ioural, linguistic, ritualistic andprimordial traits of J&K tribes,the TRCF said in a release.

Maintaining that the sched-uled tribe status granted toGujjars and Bakerwals in April1991 played a key role in theiridentity formation, the TRCFsaid it, however, was not enoughto lead the tribal communities

on the path of development."Though reservation has

significantly changed theGujjars and Bakerwal societybut a large chunk of tribal pop-ulation is still reeling under thegrip of poverty and backward-ness which requires immediateattention," it said.

The TRCF said culture wasa powerful tool to highlight thevibrant ethnicity of tribal com-munities, especially Gujjars andBakerwals, and there was aneed to document their heritage.

It said Gujjars and Bakerwalswere still waiting for the grant ofrights of political reservation toScheduled Tribes and extensionof Forest Right Act, 2006 andSC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities)Act to Jammu & Kashmir.

The TRCF demandedinclusion of Gojri in the TheEighth Schedule of theConstitution, education fornomadic Gujjar-Bakerwal chil-dren, adequate representation incivil administration and police,enhancement of reservation forGujjars and Bakerwals in pro-fessional colleges.

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Patna: A 20-year-old man wasarrested from Buxar district inBihar in connection with therape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Gujarat's Surat,officials said Sunday.

The accused Anil Yadavwas arrested on Friday. He wasproduced before a magistrate inBuxar and taken to Gujarat onSaturday after a transit remandwas obtained, Buxar Sub-Divisional Police Officer(SDPO) Satish Kumar said.

"Yadav was arrested underDhansoi Police Station limitswhere a raid was conducted bythe Gujarat police team, assist-ed by the local police. Althoughthe accused was a resident ofItarhi Police Station area, he hadbeen staying away from home,"Kumar told PTI over phone.

The Gujarat police teamhad camped in Buxar for a cou-ple of days before Yadav wasfinally nabbed, he added. Thethree-year-old girl went miss-ing from her house inGodadara locality of Surat andher body was recovered from alocked building in the area onOctober 16. PTI

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Two high profile speculationsare gaining momentum in

political and administrative cir-cles in Bihar. Both are related togovernance. While one specu-lation is about reshuffle andexpansion of the Nitish KumarCabinet, other is about highlevel administrative changes.

The important aspect ofthe raging speculation is thatthe main hand behind thisreshuffle, expansion andchanges will be of PrashantKishor, the 41-year old pollstrategist who recently hasbeen appointed as nationalvice-president of JD(U) and inthe corridors of power being

seen as only next to ChiefMinister Nitish Kumar.

The CM is quoted sayingsometimes back that he mightexpand his cabinet, which has28 members 14 each fromJD(U) and BJP as against per-missible limit of 36.

Many names are makinground in the NDA circles. Mostof the new Minister's might be

inducted from Nitish's partywhich is a major ally. Most ofthe ministers are currently hold-ing more than two portfolios.Kishor is said to have his majorsay in selection of the newMinisters and the reshuffle.

Another speculation mak-ing round n the adminstrativecircles is regarding newresponsibilities to the topbureaucrats who are quiteclose to Nitish. They includ-ed CM's principal secretaryChanchal Kumar and princi-pal home secretary AmirSubhani who is holding thispost for many years. It isspeculated that the twofavourite babus might swaptheir current office.

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With Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee mak-

ing it clear that the TMC willgo it alone in the coming pollsgiving the Congress a creasedforehead ahead of the 2019general elections, a section ofBengal Congress leaders havevented their ire asking Banerjeto clear her position vis-a-visthe NDA, post polls next year.

This group is led by for-mer PCC president AdhirChowdhury who has raisedthe issue of her possible post-poll tilt.

In Bengal the Congresscurrently has 4 MPs, the Leftand the BJP have two MPs eachand the remaining 34 seats areheld by the TrinamoolCongress.

“Why doesn’t MamataBanerjee make an open state-ment that she will not join theNDA or support it after thegeneral elections?” he earlierwondered while another seniorleader Manoj Chakrabarty saidthe Chief Minister was tryingto make a difference betweena ‘good BJP’ and a ‘bad BJP’which “only hints at TMC’sopportunistic mindset.”

The Congress leadersquoted Banerjee as sayingthat she always adored tall andimpartial leaders like AtalBehari Vajpayee. “She has saidin her party mouthpiece abouther respect for Vajpayee andother similar leaders whichwas why she supported theNDA since 1998,” said a PCCleader wondering whyBanerjee did not make her

stance clear this time roundabout whether she would backa Modi-less NDA in case of ahung-parliament.

“Her consistent f ightagainst the anti-people BJPGovernment has drawn pub-lic appreciation. But will shecontinue to do so if there is ahung parliament and if they(the BJP) decide to bring inSushma Swaraj or RajnathSingh or anyone else to leadtheir party in Parliament?”this leader requestinganonymity said.

“We will raise such issuessubsequently, when we go to thepeople before the elections. Fornow we have been asked by thehigh command to watch the sit-uation and strengthen the orga-nization,” said this PCC leaderfrom Murshidabad an other-wise strong Congress bastioncurrently “usurped by the TMCwith money, muscle and State power.”

With the Congress near-ly decimated and an the Leftlingering with 15-17 per centvote share the Bengal politicsseems clearly divided betweenthe Trinamool Congress and

a surging BJP which hasclaimed that the party willdefinitely win 22 or moreout of the 42 seats in the gen-eral elections.

The TMC which enjoys atotal control over the State’s 30percent minority votes howev-er has said that the BJP will notget even the 2 seats (Asansoland Darjeeling) that they wonlast time.

Incidentally TMC leaderChandan Mitra recently said,despite the ambitious targets setby the BJP “I don't think thatthere is any serious possibilityof Mamata Banerjee's popu-larity being dented, and her(TMC) seats coming down.”

Meanwhile, in an unrelat-ed development the ChiefMinister has claimed that herGovernment has ensured foodsecurity to about 8.5 crorepeople of the State.

The Chief Minister hassaid that the Khadya Sathischeme launched by herGovernment has ensured foodsecurity to more than 8.5 crorepeople of the State. Thisincludes the people ofJangalmahal too, she added.

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Leaders of the GrandAlliance in Bihar chose the

State's first Chief Minister SriKrishna Singh's birth anniver-sary function in Patna onSunday to band togetheragainst the NDA, where RJDleader Tejashwi Yadav slammedthe BJP-JD(U) Governmentby likening it to "Rakshas Raj"(reign of the devil).

The Grand Alliance leaders— from the Congress, the RJDand the HAM(S) — vowed touproot the NDA Governmentsat the Centre and in the State.They came down heavily on thetwo Governments, alleging thatboth the dispensations failed onall fronts, especially in tamingprice rise, corruption and crime.

The Bihar PradeshCongress Committee organ-ised the function at SKMemorial hall.

RJD leader and formerBihar deputy chief ministerTejashwi Yadav slammedJD(U) chief and Chief MinisterNitish Kumar, likening theState Government to "RakshasRaj" (reign of the devil).

"These people (NDA lead-ers) used to talk about 'JungleRaj' (during the 15 years ofLalu-Rabri rule in Bihar). Butthere is 'Rakshas Raj' in Bihartoday. State-sponsored crime ison the rise. This is the double-engine government of crimeand corruption," Yadav said.

Taking a swipe at BiharDeputy CM Sushil KumarModi, who had termed Lalu

Prasad's younger son as"rumour-monger", Tejashwiasked what has Bihar got fromthe Modi Government in itsfour and a half years.

"When will the special cat-egory status be accorded toBihar? BJP has cheated thepeople of the state as it has noconcern for them," Tejashwisaid, adding sarcastically thatthe BJP has more concern forLalu Prasad's family.

People should be wary of"back-stabbers", he said with-out naming anyone.

Former Bihar CM andHAM(S) chief Jitan RamManjhi demanded the BharatRatna for Sri Krishna Singh, thefirst Chief Minister of Biharand powerful leader from theBhumihar caste who occupiedthe post till his death in 1961.Manjhi also sought 15 per centreservation for upper castes byamending the Constitution.

The party's national gen-eral secretary and Bihar in-charge Shakti Sinh Gohil said,"We will fight together touproot the NDA Governmentand install CongressGovernment at the Centre...We will come out with a blue-print for Bihar's overall devel-opment and will fulfil ourcommitment".

Former Union Ministerand Bihar Congress CampaignCommittee chairman AkhileshPrasad Singh announced thatthe party would soon hold amega rally at the historicGandhi Maidan in Patna to"send out a message".

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The Gujarat Anti-TerrorismSquad arrested a man from

Budgam in Jammu & Kashmirin connection with a heroinsmuggling case, a senior officialsaid Sunday.

In August, ATS had arrest-ed two men in Gujarat andseized 5 kilogrammes of hero-in worth �14.84 crore in theinternational market.

ATS officials said that oneof those arrested in August,Rafiq Adam Sumra, had hand-ed over a large part of the con-traband to Kashmir residentsNazir Ahmed Thakar andManzoor Ahmad Mir at Unjhatown in Mehsana district.

"Manzoor Ahmad Mir has

been arrested from Budgam inJammu & Kashmir in connec-tion with heroin smugglingcase," Gujarat ATS SeniorSuperintendent of PoliceHimanshu Shukla said Sunday.

Thakar was arrested fromSrinagar last month, ATS offi-cials said, adding that Mir's isthe fourth arrest in the heroinsmuggling case.

ATS said that Sumra hadreceived the heroin fromanother accused, Aziz AbdulBhagad, also arrested inAugust.

Sumra delivered the drugto Thakar and Mir on theinstructions of a Pakistan-based dealer identified asSimranjeet, who is yet to becaught, officials said.

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Senior Congress leaderDebabrata Saikia on Sunday

blamed the State Government's"sycophancy" for the "unfortu-nate" incident during CJIRanjan Gogoi's visit to theKamakhya temple.

The leader of theOpposition in the AssamAssembly said the incidenthad exposed the "desperateattempt" by the rulingBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)regime to "please" their "polit-ical masters".

The Chief Justice of India(CJI) and his wife had visitedthe temple on Wednesdaywhen devotees, includingVVIPs such as BJP presidentAmit Shah, were also there tooffer prayers.

The CJI had expressed his

displeasure to Kamrup (Metro)district Deputy CommissionerVirender Mittal over the"crowd management" at thetemple.

Following this, the BJP ledAssam Government Saturdaysuspended Guwahati (west)Deputy Commissioner ofPolice Bhanwar Lal Meena fornot ensuring adequate securi-ty to the Supreme Court judge.

It has "once again exposedthe desperate attempt by theState Government to pleasepolitical personalities belong-ing to the ruling dispensationby using Government machin-ery," Saikia said in a statementhere.

These "misplaced priori-ties" have resulted in a policeofficer being made the scape-goat, he added.

Taking a cue from the

State Government, the offi-cers were busy "bending overbackwards to please theirpolit ical masters at theCentre" and did not depute acommissioner-level officer tolook after the CJI's visit as pernorms, Saikia claimed.

"The CJI was kept waitingoutside the temple while polit-ical personalities were beingentertained inside," theOpposition leader asserted.

In terms of protocol, theCJI has precedence over anypolitical personality, he said,adding the security and proto-col lapse highlighted the break-down of Assam's administra-tive machinery. He demandedthat an enquiry by a sitting orretired high court judge be con-ducted to "fix responsibility forthe arbitrary way of assigningprotocol duties".

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There is a huge improvementin the ground situation in

Kashmir Valley and peoplecoming out to vote in therecent civic polls in a peacefulatmosphere is a positive sign,Governor Satya Pal Malik saidhere Sunday.

"We are trying a lot toimprove the situation at theground level and as you cansee, there is a huge improve-ment," the Jammu & KashmirGovernor told reporters afteraddressing a PoliceCommemoration Day func-tion at Zewan on the outskirtsof the city.

The governor said the localbody polls were conducted ina peaceful manner and con-gratulated the police and civiladministrations and the peopleof the State.

"The turnout has been such(low) many times before and Ido not want to take such a con-troversial question this timeand I only want to say that thepolls were peaceful and for thatpolice, administration andother forces as well as people(deserve credit).

"Without people, it wasnot possible. If they had comeout on roads and indulged inviolence, then it would not havebeen possible. I am thankfulthat this election was conduct-ed without any loss of life ordamage to property," he said,when asked about the lowturnout in the elections.

Asserting that the situation

in the valley was extraordinaryand polls in the past have seenhigh as well as low turnouts, theGovernor said there were, how-ever, no reports of rigging inthese polls.

"I want to congratulateyou (police) and I also havebeen congratulated by Delhifor the peaceful conduct ofthe polls. The situation hereis extraordinary. Sometimesthere has been a good turnoutand sometimes not, but Ihave received congratulationsfrom everyone in Delhi andhave been told to congratulatethe forces as well as the peo-ple for the peaceful polls.There have been no reports ofany complaints about riggingin these polls," he said.

Malik said people comingout to vote was a positive sign.

"In the last phase, around10,000 people came out tovote in Srinagar. There wasstone pelting on them and inturn those who voted alsopelted stones, so police had tosave the stone pelters. Somedevelopments are taking placeslowly and people are under-standing those, but this is notan occasion to talk aboutthem," he said, without elaborating.

He refused to say anythingon the independent candidateswinning the polls at mostplaces.

The Governor said theGovernment would providemaximum monetary assistanceto the new civic bodies andpanchayats.

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Hitting out at the DMK,Tamil Nadu Chief

Minister K Palaniswami onSunday claimed it was levellinggraft charges against the rul-ing AIADMK only out of fearof anticipated adverse ver-dicts against its leaders inpending corruption cases.

Taking on DMK chief M KStalin, who has been highlycritical of the Governmentover the issue of corruption,Palaniswami said nothingcould be done to the AIADMKeven when late DMK patriarchM Karunahidhi was alive andsought to know what his soncan do now.

Seeking to turn the tables,Palaniswami alleged that DMKwas synonymous with corrup-tion and referred to theSarkaria commission's reportagainst the M KarunanidhiGovernment in the 1970s overthe Veeranam project to caterto the drinking water needs ofChennai.

It was only after late ChiefMinister J Jayalalithaa intro-duced a new Veeranam drink-ing water scheme later,Chennai was getting "uninter-rupted" supply.

Addressing a function atnearby Veerapanandi afterdistributing welfare assis-tance, the Chief Minister saidthe DMK was repeatedlymaking wrong calculationsregarding the survival of theAIADMK ever since it was found by M GRamachandran (MGR).

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Chief Minister YogiAdityanath said that the

Bharatiya Janata Party was thesaviour of Dalits in true sensebecause it never treated peoplebelonging to Scheduled Castesand Scheduled Tribes as votebank and always worked fortheir betterment.

“In his four-and-half-yearrule, Prime Minister NarendraModi has proved that he is thetrue friend of Dalits. He isdoing whatever is possible forthe uplift of Dalits also becausethe BJP is the only party in

India which does not believe incaste and works for the better-ment of each and every indi-vidual,” Yogi said while inau-gurating the state workingcommittee meeting of theAnusuchit Morcha of the partyin Agra on Sunday.

Yogi said the BJP had givenrespect to Baba Saheb BhimraoAmbedkar while other partieshave used him for votes. “Hegot Bharat Ratna during theBJP regime. It was the BJP gov-ernment which transformedfive places associated with DrAmbedkar as places of pil-grimage. Has any government

ever thought in this direc-tion?” Yogi said.

“I am a true friend ofDalits. As Member ofParliament, I have fought manya battle for the self-respect of

Dalits and as Chief Minister Ihave taken many decisionswhich will help in restoringpride of Dalits,” he said.

In his over an hour-longspeech, Yogi talked about theachievements of his govern-ment, including improvementin infrastructure whichincludes roads and law andorder.

“My government has takenforward the recruitmentprocess in police department.Announcement has been madeto recruit 51,000 new consta-bles. This government is aliveto the problems that policemen

are facing. We know that theyare not getting leaves. My gov-ernment is working to redressthis problem,” he said.

In the working committeemeeting, nine decisions weretaken that include improvingparty’s reach among the under-privileged section of society.

The party leaders wereasked to go to the Dalit-dom-inated regions to ensure thatthey were getting benefits ofgovernment schemes. Theparty leaders were asked toensure that those not gettingthe benefits were enrolled inthe schemes.

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Among the 60 peoplemowed down by a speed-

ing train in Amritsar when theywere watching Ravan Dahanduring Dussehra, 11 are nativesof Uttar Pradesh.

While three are membersof a family from Sultanpur, twoeach are from Azamgarh,Hardoi and Ghazipur and oneeach from Unnao and Amethidistricts.

A report released by theState Government said thatDinesh Kumar (35), his wifePriti (33) and their sonAbhishek ( 11), natives ofSonbarsa village under Baldiraipolice station of Sultanpur dis-trict, were killed in the inci-dent. However, the couple’stwo-year-old son Arushescaped unhurt.

Dinesh and his brotherRakesh worked as plumberand were staying in a rentedhouse in Joraphatak area.Dinesh and his family visitedthe village last time in May.

Similarly, Girendra Kumar(40) and his brother PawanKumar ( 37), who used to sellfruits in Amritsar for the last20 years, were also killed in thetragedy. They were natives ofBehtagokul area of Hardoidistrict.

A report from Azamgarhsaid that Ram Milan (24), anative of Rahainghpur villageunder Tahbarpur police station,was also killed in the accident.He is survived by his pregnantwife and a 2-year-old son. Heused to work as a painter andwent to Amritsar on October 7.

Brajbhan Ram (20), anative of Savarupur village in

Azamgarh, was also killed inthe tragic accident. He alsoworked as a painter and stayedwith his brothers in Amritsar.

Pradeep (22), a native ofBangad village underKarimuddinpur police stationin Ghazipur district, and hisnephew were also moweddown by the train. He workedwith a private company inAmritsar. He went to watch theDussehra festival along with hisnephew Sarthak (4) and nieceKajal (7). Pradep and Sarthakdied in the mishap while Kajalwas critically injured.

Ram Shanker (45) ofManikpur under Bihar policestation of Unnao district wasalso killed in the mishap. Heused to work in a bag repairingshop and was staying alone inAmritsar while his familymembers, including wife and

two children, lived in Unnao. Besides, 18-year-old

Deepak, a native of Shivgarhin Amethi district, was alsokilled in the tragic accident. Astudent, Deepak was stayingwith his father in Amritsar,who works with a privatecompany there.

Nine members of a familyof Belwa village under Lotanpolice station inSiddharthnagar district wereinjured in the mishap. Amongthe injured, the condition offour was stated to be critical.

The injured includeSudesar (70), Shyam Bahadur(38), Ram Bahadur (34),Santosh (15), Laxmi (11),Vishal (10), Sandhya (10), Amit(9) and Kajal (7).

The condition of Santosh,Sudesar, Ram Bahadur andVishal is said to be critical.

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Ahmedabad: Sixteen fisher-men from Okha in Gujarat'sDevbhoomi Dwarka districthave reportedly been detainedin the Arabian Sea by Pakistanmaritime authorities, a FishWorkers' Forum functionarysaid Sunday.

Manish Lodhari, secretary ofthe Porbandar-based NationalFishworkers' Forum, said that thePakistan Maritime SecurityAgency (PMSA) had seized twoIndian boats with 16 fishermennear the International MaritimeBoundary Line.

"We have been told by fish-ermen sailing in the Arabian Seathat at least two fishing boatswith 16 fishermen were appre-hended by the PMSA from nearthe IMBL. Both the boats wereregistered at Okha," he said,adding that the number of thoseheld might vary. PTI

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Creator of Pakistan, a hero in India” wasthe heading of an Article this writerwrote for The Pioneer dated October23, 2017. This made me recall in detailthe pivotal role Sir Syed Ahmed Khan

played in furthering the divide between Hindusand Muslims in the sub-continent and propagat-ing a paradigm leading to the creation of an IslamicPakistan. However, efforts to glorify and eulogisehim continue unabated, falsifying history and cre-ating a spurious narrative in the process.

A case in point is an article, Sir Syed Khan:The renaissance man, by Mr MJ Warsi, pub-lished in these column on October 17, 2018.The writer uses all possible adjectives to praiseSir Syed. He has described him as a ‘dynamicperson, a versatile genius, a scholar, socialreformer, educationist, historian, archaeologistand linguist, gifted with rare vision and intel-lect”. He further adds, “Eventually, Sir Syed

became the man whom destiny had chosen toplay the role of a messiah for the community.”

Mark the word “a messiah for the commu-nity”, for a man who unabashedly worked tostrengthen the British empire, called upon hisfellow Muslims to support the foreign mastersin the name of Islam, quoted (or misquoted)Quran to buttress his thesis that Hindus andMuslims were two separate nations and can neverlive as equals. The ‘messiah’ worked ceaselesslyfor the creation of a separate Muslim nation. Hismisadventure proved to be expensive for thecommunity. It divided the Muslims of the sub-continent into three separate countries.

Sir Syed’s biggest contribution is claimed tobe the setting up of Mohammedan AngloOriental College (MAO) in 1877, which even-tually blossomed into the Aligarh MuslimUniversity (AMU) in 1920. In 1941, MohammadAli Jinnah had paid a “handsome tribute” to theAMU students when he described the univer-sity as “the arsenal of Pakistan”. Addressing theAMU students on August 31, 1941, Liaquat AliKhan declared: “We look to you for every kindof ammunition to win the battle of indepen-dence of the Muslim nation”.

In 1943, Jinnah had called the Khan “myright hand”. For a decade before independence,he was at the centre of all the League’s activi-ties. He was the first Prime Minister of Pakistan.

In January, 1941, the AMU students union

passed a resolution that “The best way toachieve Indian freedom and to bring about last-ing peace in the country is to strive for the estab-lishment of independent states in the regionsof Hindu and Muslim majorities”. This divisiveAMU mindset has it’s origins in the “rare visionand intellect” of Sir Syed, described by Warsias “a versatile genius”.

Speaking in Meerut in March 1888, Sir Syedlaid the outline of a disastrous roadmap lead-ing to the bloody Partition of the country in1947, and in furthering hostalities betweenHindus and Muslims in the sub-continent. Hereare excerpts from his speech in which he con-temptusly refers to Congressmen as “Bengalis”.

“The first of all is this — in whose hands shallthe Administration and the Empire of India rest?Now, suppose that all the English and the wholeEnglish army were to leave India, taking with themall their cannons and their splendid weapons andeverything, then who would be rulers of India?

“Is it possible that under these circum-stances two nations — the Mohammedans andthe Hindus — could sit on the same throne andremain equal in power? Most certainly not. Itis necessary that one of them should conquerthe other and thrust it down. To hope that bothcould remain equal is to desire the impossibleand the inconceivable.

“At the same time, you must remember thatalthough the number of Mohammedans is less

than that of the Hindus, and although they con-tain far fewer people who have received a highEnglish education, yet they must not be con-sidered insignificant or weak.

“Probably they would be by themselvesenough to maintain their own position. But sup-pose they were not. Then our Musalman broth-ers, the Pathans, would come out as a swarmof locusts from their mountain valleys, andmake rivers of blood to flow their frontier onthe north to the extreme end of Bengal.

“This thing — who after the departure ofEnglish would be conquerors — would rest onthe will of God. But until one nation had con-quered the other and made it obedient, peacecannot reign in the land. This conclusion is basedon proofs so absolute that no one can deny it.

“I believe that the Bengalis (read congress-men/Hindus) have never at any period held swayover a particle of land. They are altogether igno-rant of the method by which a foreign race canmaintain its rule over other races. Therefore, reflecton the doings of your ancestors, and be not unjustto the British Government to whom God hasgiven the rule of India; and look honestly and seewhat is necessary for it to do to maintain itsEmpire and its hold on the country.

“You can appreciate these matters, but theycannot who have never held a country in theirhands nor won a victory. Oh, my botherMusalmans! I again remained you that you have

ruled nations, and have for centuries held dif-ferent countries in your grasp. For seven hun-dred years in India you have had imperial sway.You know what it is to rule. Be not unjust tothat national which is ruling over you, and thinkalso on this how upright is her rule.

“I do not think the Bengali (read Congress)politics is useful for my brother Musalmans. OurHindu brothers of these provinces are leaving usand are joining the Bengalis. Then we ought tounite with that nation with whom we can unite.

“No Mohammedan can say that the Englishare not ‘people of the Book’ No Mohammedancan deny this: That God has said that no peopleof other religions can be friends of Mohammedansexcept the Christians. He who had read the Quranand believes it can know that our nation cannotexpect friendship and affection from my otherpeople. (Thou shalt surely find the most violentof all men in enmity against the true believers tobe the Jews and the idolaters: And thou shat sure-ly find those among them to be the most inclin-able to entertain friendship for the true believers,who say we are Christians, Quran, Chap V)”.

This is Sir Syed, spelling out his divisiveagenda in his own words. Invoking the holyQuran to ensure loyalty of Indian Muslims toa colonial power. If he is hailed as an icon, isthere hope for the country?

(The writer is a political commentator anda former BJP Rajya Sabha MP)

��������������������Sir — This refers to the editorial, “He hadto go” (October 19). MJ Akbar’s belatedresignation from his post under theduress of growing public clamour seemsas a damage limitation exercise. Had theMinister continued to dig in his heels, thepolitical situation would have turnedmore embarrassing for both the Ministeras well as the BJP. Now, he must face thecharges of alleged sexual harassment lev-eled against him by his former femalejournalist colleagues.

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��� ������� ����������Sir — This refers to the article,“Leopards on the prowl again” (October18) by Hari Shankar Singh. It is truethat leopards can thrive with easeboth on small and big prey. They do notneed very large jungle areas or bigforests. Even in locations where thereare no forests, like in Bera, Jawai inRajasthan, they seem to live off the cat-tle and thrive in large numbers.

Predators like Leopards are a mustwhere there are no tigers or lions tokeep the herbivorous population undercontrol. Estimates of leopard popula-

tion will always vary because of persis-tent poaching, death, road kills andwrong estimates in processing data.

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�������������Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Hehad to go” (October 19). Though heshould have resigned immediately afterhis arrival to India, MJ Akbar wouldhave assumed that the suit filed by himwould stop these allegations immedi-ately. The Government’s defensiveapproach didn’t help much. Had hecontinued, it would have not only dam-

aged electoral prospects of the BharatiyaJanata Party in the upcoming State elec-tions but also damaged the personalimage of our Prime Minister.

Now, the Government shouldimmediately form a legal panel to setthe record straight and ensure thatevery such complaint reaches its log-ical conclusion and the guilty are pun-ished. At the same time, any false alle-gation should also be treated thesame way as it not only spoils theimage of the accused but destroys hisfamily as well.

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�����������������Sir — The train accident in Amritsaris shocking. The gathering of peopleclose to the railway track was a clearcase of trespassing as no permissionwas taken from railway authorities. Butlessons must now be taken. Railwayauthorities, orginisers of such functionsand local administration must coordi-nate before permitting such functions.

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The Government must pass a law to authorisethe building of a Ram Mandir in Ayodhyarather than test the patience of society.

—RSS chief MOHAN BHAGWAT

Why did he (Bhagwat) bring up Ram Temple(issue) only before the elections? Why was

he silent for the past two years?—Senior Samajwadi Party leader

RAM GOVIND CHAUDHARY

The signing of the deal forS-400 air defence sys-tems worth $5.43 bil-lion earlier this monthbetween India and

Russia is significant in many ways.It is not just another deal but anexemplification of the coming ofage of a regional powerhouse whichis now confident of its moves anddoes its homework well beforetaking calculated risks.

More than its efficacy of beinga technological marvel, which hasthe potential to neutralise almost allkinds of aerial threats emanatingfrom China, Pakistan or Pakistan-based radical terror groups, the pur-chase of S-400 is the pinnacle ofIndia’s diplomatic statecraft where-in it meandered most skillfullythrough the tumultuous contours ofAmerican sanctions and yetreached its objective without antag-onising too many.

At best, there will be awe; atworse, there will be grudgingacknowledgement of India’s gritbeneath the soft smiles. But puni-tive sanctions can be ruled out forthe moment. The outcome, itseems, has been thought out by theModi Administration to the endbefore throwing the dice.

The acquisition of S-400, cou-pled with the Indo-Israeli project onthe development of Medium-RangeSurface-to-Air Missile (MR-SAM),in addition to the progress ondevelopment of indigenous anti-ballistic missile systems, namelyAdvanced Air Defence and PrithviAir Defence, would invariably makeIndia much better equipped in airdefence capabilities than it was afew years back.

It is generally not easy to buyweapon systems or to even do busi-nesses with a country on whichsanctions have been imposed by theUS Administration. Among others,the Countering AmericanAdversaries Through SanctionsAct (CAATSA) is aimed at impos-ing punitive sanctions against anycountry which would activelyengage in ‘significant transactions’with Russia’s defence and intelli-gence sectors. These sanctions are

in addition to the sanctionsimposed previously on Russia bythe US Administration in the after-math of the Ukraine-Russia face-off.

Incidentally, under the aegis ofthe Modi Administration, the S-400deal is not the first but the secondmajor business deal involvingRussia despite American sanctions.The first was the acquisition ofEssar Oil by Russia’s energy behe-moth, Rosneft and its partners in a$12.9 billion deal in 2017 thatstamped Russia’s first major invest-ment in India’s downstream ener-gy business. Though a private deal,it undoubtedly had blessings fromboth Governments since it involvedsimilar meandering throughAmerican sanctions.

Defence deals involving billionsof dollars do not happen at the blinkof an eye. Signing of contracts isgenerally preceded by years of hardnegotiations. Interestingly, since2015, even as the ModiGovernment continued with itsprice negotiations with Russia forthe purchase of S-400 air defencesystems, India also simultaneouslycontinued to deepen its relationwith the US, which was validated byAmerica declaring India as a ‘majordefence partner’ in 2016. This wasfollowed by India’s eventual entryinto the coveted Missile TechnologyControl Regime or MTCR club,Wassenaar Arrangement andAustralia Group, albeit with strongsupport from the US, withoutwhich these entries would havebeen an uphill task. The ModiAdministration deserves credit forsuccessfully pursuing the US in sup-porting India’s candidature.

Recently, India was also accord-ed the STA-1 or Strategic TradeAuthorisation Level-1 status bythe US, thereby paving way forexports of high-tech equipment toIndia. Additionally, India is nowalso eligible to avail critical high-end communication and imagerytechnologies from the US afterNew Delhi signed theCommunication Compatibility andSecurity Agreement with the US.

In between, the TrumpAdministration renamed the AsiaPacific Command into the USIndo Pacific Command, a reflec-tion of the increasing importancethat Washington was giving to theregional powerhouse. All thiswhile, the US was well aware ofIndia’s negotiations with Russia onS-400, even as India made it clear

about its reluctance to toe the USline on issues of sanctions on Iranand Russia.

For the US, even though itsdefence and energy companieswould want CAATSA to beimposed vigorously in order towean away many countries fromRussian client list, the path for thesame was not that easy. Apparentlythe Modi Government seems tohave been successful in convincingthe US that if it wants India to bea net provider of security in theIndo Pacific region, then it has totake care of India’s considerations.

The issue at stake is not justabout S-400, but a legacy of issuesrelated to a huge chunk of Indianweapons platforms being of Russianorigin which needs spares andsupport from Russian manufactur-ers. Thus, while India would deep-en its defence ties with the US, it isfor sure that it would not ditchRussia either.

Further, it would not be wrongto presume that India also read wellthe divergence of views that existsbetween US President Trump andthe US Congress on the issue ofRussia. During his meeting withRussian President Vladimir Putinin Helsinki, Trump tweeted the fol-

lowing, “Our relationship withRussia has never been worse, thanksto many years of US foolishness andstupidity and now, the RiggedWitch Hunt!”

Eventually, it was his reluctanceto go ahead with the implementationof CAATSA and India’s hardballnegotiations that were perhaps thereasons for the US Congress to allowprovisions for presidential waiver tosanctions on CAATSA under theNDAA-2019, specifically for coun-tries like India, in the greater inter-est of protecting Indo-US alliance.If the US had apprehensions aboutthe confidentiality of radar signa-tures of some of its critical aerial plat-forms sold to India, that concern hasalready been addressed by Indiathrough assurances of not sharingany such signature with Russia plat-forms like S-400.

After having declared India a‘major defence partner’ it wouldhave been difficult for the US todeclare sanctions on India. Besides,the American experience of impos-ing sanctions on India post nucleartest in 1998 was proof enough thatsanctions simply do not work.

India did not collapse and onthe contrary emerged strongerwhile the US lost considerable

business opportunities because ofself-imposed sanctions. Eventually,the US was forced to lift the sanc-tions. Today’s India is far bigger eco-nomically and more resilient thanwhat it was in 1998. The ball, as isbeing said, is in American court. Itwould be interesting to see whatTrump eventually does.

Reports indicate that the ModiAdministration might not just stopat purchase of S-400 system. Alsoon cards are deeper engagementswith Russia with purchase of fouradditional upgraded Krivak Classfrigates, 48 Mi-17V5 helicopters,collaboration on joint productionof Ka-226 Helicopters and AK-103assault rifles in India.

Rarely in the recent past hasthere been any country like Indiawhich has been able to extract somuch concession from the USeven while successfully meanderingthrough US sanctions to buy state-of-the-art defence systems fromRussia. If elections could have beenwon on geopolitical statecraft, thenthe Modi Administration’s diplo-matic brinkmanship would havebeen good enough for him to winthe 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

(The writer is a New Delhi-based strategic affairs analyst)

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chronically rehabilitates and heals the impair-ment caused to the society. They ease the pave-ment of justice to the citizens and are trust-ed with fate to uphold their rights andclaims. In recent times it’s their paycheckswhich demand the respect attached to theirprofession and not their integrity and valour.Should they as justice laborer be paid an exor-bitant fee of seven figures? The ongoing strug-gle of this country has been to make justiceaccessible to all its citizens. For six decades,the state has been following the fundamen-tal duty to ensure justice for all. The biggestbarrier between a claim and its settlement isthe fee of the lawyer in this country. And thebiggest attraction for admission in this indus-try is also the same fee.

AK Goel and UU Lalit in B Sunita V/SState of Telangana proposed the legislature toopt for flooring and ceiling of fee of advocates.The respondent alleged that the fee chargedby her attorney was exorbitant and in viola-tion of the ethics propounded by the Bar. Anyclaim upon the damages awarded by the courtis also in violation of the Advocates Fee Rules.The judgement further throws light on the131st report dated August 31,1988, by the LawCommission, which suggested for regulationand standardisation of fees by the member ofthe legal profession towards the monopolis-tic characteriser of the profession. It was fur-ther interpreted by the court that there is a direneed to strengthen the mechanism to deal withprofessional misconduct by members of thisprofession. It was concluded that the successof the administration of justice to a great extentdepends on the successful regulation of legalprofession confined to the mandate underArticle 39A, which promises equal operationof justice to all. As a result to such interpre-tation, the court urged the Parliament to formlegislative framework for flooring and ceilingthe fee charged by lawyers.

Many countries, such as Germany,Australia, Costa Rica, Finland etc, haveadopted a model of remuneration fee for theadvocates. This implies that the parties

engaging the services of a lawyer have analready printed fee structure as per thedemands of their legal dispute. Such frame-work allows a person to stipulate what is thecost of litigation for their dispute, which isan effective determinant of to-sue-or-not-to-sue. Given the competitive attitude pre-vailing in Indian markets which exploits thecompetition, such framework can drastical-ly help cultivate basic sanity and merit of thisprofession. It is provided that an advocateis not to charge below certain fee for a cer-tain work by their clients.

Although the Indian market can also wel-come price ceiling in such framework, theprofessionals practicing law charge an exor-bitant cost for their services. A legislation ceil-ing their fees will not make just make justicereasonable but more approachable. Article 19(1)(g) gives the right to every citizen to carryany profession, practice or trade. It is anunderstated fundamental right because 60years ago, not every citizen had such a right.However, if constraints are to be put on therewards of any profession, do we as citizentruly have the freedom to practice it? Is ceil-ing and flooring of remuneration awarded tothe advocates a reasonable restriction?According to Article 19 (6) the state has thepower to put a reasonable restriction on anyprofession in the interest of the general pub-lic. The term reasonable is defined by manyjurists, which primarily suggests that restric-

tions imposed mustn’t be arbitrary, should beproportional to the object sought to be ful-filled by the law and justifiable. To combat theneed for this restriction, an analysis of theframework is drawn below:

Arbitrariness: A legislative frameworkembodying the spirit of regulations of othercountries is far from being arbitrary. Law ofremuneration of Attorney, 2004 of Germany,Legal Profession Uniform Law Applicable Act,2014 of Australia, Advocates RemunerationOrder, 2015 of Kenya, Advocates (remuner-ation and taxation costs) rules of Uganda etc,can form the outline to design the remuner-ation code for fee of an Attorney in India.These regulations not only give a precise mon-etisation of every service provided by an advo-cate, but also allows the parties to the contractnegotiate a higher remuneration by consent.

Proportional to the object sought to be ful-filled? Price ceiling and flooring has to be doneon the basis of current trends and demandsof the industry. It shall be done by respectivestates as the cost of litigation varies inter-state.It would also need regular revision in accor-dance with the inflation rate. A rationale feestructure needs to be created after a thoroughanalysis of the pay scale of this group and pur-chasing power of its consumers which is notdiscriminatory to either.

Justifiability: The profession of law pro-vides a mechanism to shape the norms ofsociety. It ought to be outrageously reward-ing. With legal aid programs and pro bonoschemes, there should be no need torestrict the remittances. Nevertheless, fora person of socio-economic class, the ser-vices of a lawyer are considered luxury forits costs and schemes. This regulatoryframework shall be seen as an approach tomake justice more accessible for every stra-ta of the society and not just the needy. Aprofession of such sanity shall not remainwithin the fancies of the wealthy.

A suggestion by the apex court mightremain dormant as the lawmakers presentin the Parliament are themselves decorat-ed lawyers who have charged to the sky fortheir skill and association. It would ratherbe surprising if they can fathom the plightof the citizens they work for and makechanges to make litigation inexpensive.Regardless, it’s a commendable insightpioneered by the apex court in pursuanceof its function of promoting justice.

(The writer is a fourth-year law student ofVivekananda Institute of Professional Studies,New Delhi)

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What is EB-5 Visa? Whatis the process of getting an EB-5 visa? What role doesCanAm play in getting theEB-5 visa?

EB-5 visa is employmentbased fifth category visa that iswhy it is called EB-5. What itessentially states that if youinvest a million dollars inUnited States and create 10American jobs, you will get agreen card. But if you invest ina under developed area or anarea with where there is highunemployment then you areallowed to invest just half a mil-lion dollars. This money has tobe well documented, theinvestor needs to show a prop-er trail, it should comply with

all the laws and then you investit in US and then that moneyis used for construction pro-jects like real estate construc-tion and all of that. We havebeen in this space for the past16 years our role is to do prop-er due diligence on the projectsbecause it is not only aboutinvesting, but we have to makesure that the developer of theproject will not run away.

How is it different fromall other visas?

EB-5 visa gets you a greencard directly, you are not depen-dent on employer, you are notdependent on admission to acollege or anything. This isdirect, you are a green cardholder, you are like any otherUS worker. You can start yourown business, you can choosenot to work. Unless you com-mit a crime, no one can justthrow you out of the country.

What are the areas wherewe can invest?

The last 55 projects wehave done were very diverse,we have done it in differentareas like New York, Florida,Texas, California and these area mix of commercial real estateprojects, in public- privatepartnership, we have donenaval shipyards. We have builtthe first private rail road in thestate of Florida, we have donehotels, so it has been a mix.

What is the requirement

of money to invest in theUnited States?

It is 500,000 dollars orright now 3.5 crore to 3.75crore.

Nothing in the agricul-tural sector?

No, as agricultural is sea-sonal, it poses problemsbecause the requirements forEB-5 is that you invest moneyand then you create 10American jobs per investor.And if it is a seasonal industryit will be very difficult to cre-ate those jobs.

Does EB-5 visa allow aninvestor to hire people fromhis/her own country?

The jobs are for American;people with green card and theyneed to be citizens of America.

What are the trends thatyou have seen in the EB-5industry, what are the investortrends that you have seen?

I have been a part of theindustry for the last five years,and as a partner at a law firmpreviously I used to represent alot of Indian nationals. So ini-tially back in the day when Iused to come to India there werenot many investors interested indoing EB-5, there was not muchknowledge. And the investorswe used to get would be fami-lies, where entire family wantsto move to US. Now the trendis changing because it hasbecome so difficult to get H1-

B visa etc., what is happening isindividuals who are already inUS on H1-B visa are also filingfor EB-5 visa. Students who arestudying there facing difficultyin getting H1-B visa, so they arefiling for EB-5 visa instead. Sonow parents are gifting moneyto the children and only chil-dren are filing because you canonly get a family based EB-5green card if you are under 21,you cannot get it with your par-ents if you are over 21.

How do you see theIndian Market? Where par-ticularly you see a lot ofaggression when it comes tothe EB-5?

There is a lot of rush fromIndia market because there is adeadline to file these applica-tions, that is December 7th. Thelast deadline was September30th which temporarily extend-ed to Dec 7. So, a lot of peopleare pushing to file beforeDecember 7. Additionally, thereis an uptake in the number ofapplications because of the cur-rency devaluation going on. So,if someone was consideringapplying for EB-5 just 3 monthsago to whom who are consid-ering now, their investmentamount has increased to 30-45% because of currency deval-uation. So, it is becoming moreexpensive for Indian nationalsto file it. Additionally, becauseof the increase in demand,there is a quota for every coun-try of 700 green cards every

year and if a country exceedsthat quota then they will haveto wait for next year for thenumber of visas to open. So,that is also about to happen inIndia.

What are the industriesthat people are actually moreinterested in?

Most popular is real estatebecause primarily EB-5 pro-jects are construction projectsbecause you need to show cre-ation of jobs. And in the realestate project you are buildinga hotel or something like that,it is easier to see constructionworkers and the spending.

If you would like to men-tion something every off beatlike the shipyard that hasbeen set up out there, apartfrom there if you would liketo mention some other offbeat projects that has createdsome jobs out there?

Off beat yes, the project wedid with Philadelphia electriccompany, they did not use themoney to build a power stationthey used it to overhaul theirexisting infrastructure. We builtthe first private rail road in theUS and it was a big project. Weraised 350 million dollars from700 investors. So that was a dif-ferent project. Usually you willfind that everyone is building ahotel, but I am scared of hotelprojects and the reason is thatthe valuation fluctuates like any-thing based on occupancy rate.

When we talk about othervisas and EB-5, they all aregoing through a change and Ibelieve EB-5 the investmentamount is also likely to changewhat is the buzz around that?

So, EB-5 is different fromother visas as I mentionedabove, it is not dependent onadmission in any university,there is no language, it is notabout having employment inthe US like H1-B.

Is there any educationqualification required forthis?

No education qualificationis required, even children whoare 18 years old and fresh outof school, they can also applyfor it. Now, another reason forthe uptake in the number ofapplications from India is thatthe proposed investmentamount is going up from 500000 dollars to 925 000 dollars,almost double. So, literallyfrom 3.75 crores to 7 crores andit will become very difficultbecause there are multipleissues from India, yes, curren-cy devaluation is one but RBIlimits of remittance limit to 250000 dollars per annum. Soagain, sending 1 million dollarsfrom India will be a very bigtask. You will need 4-5 peopleas opposed to now a couple cando it. So, if the investmentamount increases then theIndian market is falling by80%.

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Foreign investors have pulledout close to �32,000 crore

from the Indian capital marketsin the first three weeks of thismonth due to the ongoingglobal trade tiff, rising crudeprices and higher US treasuryyields.

This is much higher thanthe over �21,000 crore net out-flow seen in entire September.Prior to that, overseas investorshad put in a net amount of�7,400 crore in the capitalmarkets (both equity and debt)in July-August.

According to the latest depos-itory data, foreign portfolioinvestors (FPIs) sold equities tothe tune of �19,810 crore duringOctober 1-19 and bonds worth�12,167 crore, taking the total to�31,977 crore ($4.3 billion).

FPIs have been net sellersalmost throughout this yearexcept a couple of months.However, experts said the swift-ness of the exit in October thusfar has shaken the market.

Negative sentiments fromthe global market on concernsover a slowing world economyled by lingering trade warbetween the US and China trig-gered the FPI pullout, saidVinod Nair, Head of Research,Geojit Financial Services.

The sentiment was also

dampened by the InternationalMonetary Fund (IMF) down-grading the outlook for worldeconomy to 3.7 per cent growthearlier this month.

Alok Agarwala, SeniorVice President and HeadInvestment Analytics at BajajCapital, attributed the FPI sell-ing to rise in oil prices and UStreasury yields and a tighteningof global dollar liquidity.

He further said this is aglobal phenomena acrossemerging markets and not lim-ited to India alone. However,the impact of rise in oil pricesis higher for India as it importsmost of its oil requirementand the matter was furtherexacerbated by the IL&FSdefault and the rout in NBFCdebt papers, he added.

Vidya Bala, Head ofMutual Fund Research atFundsIndia, said rising rates in

the US, strengthening dollarand higher US earnings havebeen triggers for money mov-ing out of India and otheremerging markets to the US.

Locally, rising oil price, therecent spate of management-related issues in banks andtightening liquidity in NBFCshave been immediate triggers.

Going ahead, Bala saidvolatility can be expected tocontinue for other reasons too,like US sanctions on Iran whichtake effect in November asIran is a major source of crudeoil for India. Besides, India hassome key state elections com-ing up, which could providecues to FPIs for next year’s cen-tral elections.

So far this year, FPIs havepulled out over �33,000 crorefrom equities and more than�60,000 crore from the debtmarkets.

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Nations model for cross-borderinsolvency cases under theInsolvency and BankruptcyCode, according to a seniorofficial.

The Insolvency LawCommittee (ILC) is lookinginto the discussion paper relat-ed to having the UN model forcross-border insolvency mat-ters as well as the commentsreceived on the paper.

Under the Code, there areprovisions to deal with cross-border insolvency matters.

The panel, headed byCorporate Affairs SecretaryInjeti Srinivas, is likely to rec-ommend adoption of theUnited Nations Commissionon International Trade Law(UNCITRAL) model to dealwith such matter. The report isexpected to be submitted soon,the official said.

The model would be on thebasis of Centre of MainInterests (COMI), which wouldbe defined. In accordance withCOMI, the place of main pro-ceedings for cross-border caseswould be decided.

Further, the official said itwould be essentially a co-oper-ation agreement and the pro-

ceedings would be at one place.Established in 1966,

UNCITRAL is a subsidiarybody of the General Assemblyof the UN with the generalmandate to further the pro-gressive harmonisation andunification of the law of inter-national trade, as per its web-site.

As per UNCITRAL, ‘har-monisation’ and ‘unification’ ofthe law of international traderefers to the process throughwhich the law facilitating inter-national commerce is createdand adopted.

“Harmonisation may con-ceptually be thought of as theprocess through which domes-tic laws may be modified toenhance predictability in cross-border commercial transac-tions.

“Unification may be seenas the adoption by States of acommon legal standard gov-erning particular aspects ofinternational business transac-tions,” the website said.

In June, the CorporateAffairs Ministry, while comingout with the draft norms, saidit was keen to introduce aglobally accepted and well-recognised cross-border insol-vency framework, fine-tuned tosuit the needs of the aspira-tional Indian economy.

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The Finance Ministry onSunday extended the dead-

line for filing summary salesreturn GSTR-3B for the monthof September by five days toOctober 25.

With this extension, busi-nesses which wish to claimInput Tax Credit (ITC) bene-fit for July 2017-March 2018period can do so till October25.

The Central Board ofIndirect Taxes and Customs(CBIC), under the FinanceMinistry, said trade and indus-try had expressed apprehen-sion relating to October 20 duedate for claiming ITC underGST for July 2017-March2018.

“With a view to give somemore time for the same, the lastdate for furnishing GSTR-3Bfor the month of September,

2018 is being extended up to25th October, 2018,” the CBICtweeted.

The GSTR-3B of a partic-ular month has to be filed bythe 20th day of the subse-quent month. The deadlinefor September return filingwas October 20.

“The extension of the saiddue date also implies that thelast date for availment of ITCfor the period July, 2017 toMarch, 2018 also gets extend-ed up to October 25, 2018,” theFinance Ministry later said ina statement.

Businesses had expressedconcern about the October 20deadline, saying there would betrouble in reconciling theirsales returns with the pur-chase returns filed by their sup-pliers.

Since the ITC is availed onthe basis of summary salesreturn or GSTR-3B filed, hencethe deadline for ITC claims andGSTR-3B have been kept same.

Goods and Services Tax(GST) was rolled out on July 1,2017.

“The ministry further saidthat for those taxpayers whohave been recently migratedfrom erstwhile tax regime toGST regime, the last date foravailing ITC for the period July,2017 to March, 2018, isDecember 31, 2018 or the date

of filing of annual returnwhichever is earlier,” the state-ment added.

PwC India Partner andLeader (Indirect Tax) PratikJain said while the businesseswhich could not file the returnby October 20 can avail of theextension, this does not reallyhelp most large companieswhich would have already filedtheir returns by working over-time.

“Since there is no facilityfor amendment of the return,these companies can not claimthe credit which they mighthave missed,” he said.

AMRG & AssociatesPartner Rajat Mohan said thedate extension comes as ashock for compliant payers,whereas it would be a taxbonanza for late filers, non-fil-ers and tax evaders.

“It seems that Governmenthas given a date extension(after expiry) only for liftingpublic perception rather thancreating conducive environ-ment for businesses to nurture,”he said.

Jain said the Governmentshould at least extend the duedate till November 20 so thatcredit can be claimed inOctober return. “This isextremely critical as amount ofcredit at stake is huge in manycases,” he added.

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Country’s largest containerport JNPT is mulling to

acquire three ports inMaharashtra, as it targets tomore than double its profits.

The Jawaharlal Nehru PortTrust (JNPT) is also goingahead with its efforts to devel-op an offshore port atWadhawan, north of the finan-cial capital.

Union Shipping and PortsMinister Nitin Gadkari toldthe media persons that theJNPT, which handles morethan half of the overall con-tainer traffic, is looking toacquire Vijaydurg, Revas andDighi ports.

It can be noted that of thethree, only Dighi is an opera-tional port while the othertwo are concessions held bycorporations with little or nodevelopment on the ground.

Gadkari said the Revas

port, where the concession isheld by Reliance Industries, is“in problem” and a solution willhave to be found in co-ordi-nation with the MaharashtraGovernment.

The minister also said thatthe port is in talks to acquireVijay Kalantri-promoted DighiPort in Raigad district, whichis facing financial trouble andhas been undergoing resolutionin insolvency courts.

According to reports, theDighi Port owes over �1,600crore to a consortium of banksled by the Bank of India.

While Gadkari did notelaborate on the Vijaydurg portbuy, it can be noted that theport for which concession isheld by BJP MP RajeevChandrashekhar promotedJupiter Capital will act as thehome port for the proposedmega refinery at Nanar, to bebuilt by state-run oil marketingcompanies.

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Artworks of masters like MF Husain, S H Raza and F

N Souza and memorabiliarelated to India’s finest vintageand classic automobiles will gounder the hammer at two auc-tions here later this week.

Osian’s auctions - IndianModern & Contemporary FineArts; and Automobilia: the Artof the Historical Vehicle - willtake place on October 26.

Among the 67 lots to beauctioned at the IndianModern & Contemporary FineArts Sale are Ganesh Pyne’s“The Night Watch”; NicholasRoerich’s “Maitreya Series”;Husain’s “Elephant in Town”,“Kashmir” and “AhmedabadSeries”; Raza’s “Paysage CorseSeries”, Jamini Roy’s “Cat andLobster”, “Landscape” and

“King on a Tiger”; JehangirSabavala’s “Still Life with Fruit”and Souza’s “Townscape”.

The automobilia auctionwill see the sale of select paint-ings of vintage and classicautomobiles and carriages;Hollywood and Indian cinemapublicity material related tocars; posters, postcards andletters with an automobile con-nection.

The opening preview for

both the auctions was held onSaturday.

“Osian’s is back to fullstrength, ready to serve andhelp rebuild India’s culturalinfrastructure and the variousart and artifacts markets. Withthe launch of our HistoricalVehicles Auction HouseDivision, we are adding a newdimension to our business,”says Osian’s Group chairmanNeville Tuli.

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Five of the 10 most valuedcompanies in the country

together added �31,381.39crore in market valuationlast week, with ITC toppingthe chart.

Whi le HUL, ITC,Infosys, Kotak MahindraBank and ONGC saw addi-tion in their market capital-isation (m-cap) for the weekended Friday, TCS, RIL,HDFC Bank, HDFC and SBIfinished with losses.

The m-cap of ITC soared�16,856.05 crore to�3,53,141.45 crore.

Kotak Bank’s m-capzoomed �5,749.62 crore to�2,28,754.68 crore and thatof ONGC surged �4,941.25crore to �2,06679.25 crore.

HUL’s valuation jumped�2,283.7 crore to�3,41,841.36 crore and that

of Infosys rose by �1,550.77crore to �2,98,185.82 crore.

On the other hand, RILsuf fered an erosion of�15,687.72 crore to stand at�6,98,278.03 crore.

The m-cap of HDFCslumped �8,928.55 crore to�2,85,319.16 crore and thatof HDFC Bank fe l l by�3,586.68 crore to�5,34,142.49 crore.

SBI’s va luat ion wentdown by �2,231.14 crore to�2,32,797.87 crore and thatof TCS declined by �506.57crore to �7,19,350.91 crore.

In the ranking of top-10firms, TCS stood at numberone position, followed byRIL, HDFC Bank, ITC, HUL,Infosys, HDFC, SBI, KotakBank and ONGC.

Over the last week, theBSE key index Sensex fell by418 points to c lose at34,315.63 points on Friday.

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Aseminar highlighting invest-ment opportunities in India

has been organised in theChinese city of Wuhan to har-ness the potential for greatertrade and investment ties.

The event held on October19 was part of the Forum onGlobal Production Capacityand Economic Cooperation,organised by the embassy incoordination with the HubeiProvincial Government.

The seminar was attendedby around 200 delegates frommore than 120 Chinese com-panies, mostly from automo-bile, auto-parts, equipmentmanufacturing, textiles based inHubei province as well as mediapersonnel and Governmentofficials, a statement from theIndian Embassy in Beijing said.

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Global investors will meet inGoa in December to help

finance the start-up commu-nity in the State, UnionCommerce Minister SureshPrabhu said on Sunday.

He said the Centre wasthinking of making Goa as thestart-up and logistics hub tocreate more jobs and that it willalso promote agriculturalexport from the coastal state.

“One of the problems facedby start-ups is finance. Wehave called all global playerswho are into financing. Thisevent, to be held on December7, will bring in global playersfor investment in the sector forthe first time,” Prabhu said.

He was addressing a gath-ering after inaugurating the‘green’ building centre atKudaim Industrial Estate byACC Cement company in part-nership with Goa’s ALCONgroup.

It is a concept introducedby ACC to provide green solu-tions for building construc-tions.

Prabhu said the event (tofacilitate financing for start-ups) will be held in Goa annu-ally during which thefinanciers, venture capitalists,investors and growth capitalproviders will assemble.

“We are thinking of creat-ing a national hub of start-ups

in Goa,” he said, adding that heis also looking forward to seethe state become a new hub of“green ideas”.

“We are working on manythings. At the same time wehave to create employment forpeople. If you only talk aboutgreen then what happens topeople?” he said.

The minister said to createemployment and to keep itclean “we need to think aboutcleaner ideas”.

Prabhu also said a logisticshub will also be set up in Goaas the state has all the infra-structure required for the facil-ity.

He said when he becamethe commerce minister, he hadlogistics as part of the respon-sibility as for the first time, theprime minister has created anew department for it.

“All logistics-related issuesare under my ministry. We arepreparing for the first time anintegrated logistics plan forIndia and in that plan, I hadsaid that we will keep a logis-tics hub in Goa,” he said.

Goa has a port, railwayinfrastructure and an airport isalso being constructed by theCentre (apart from the alreadyexisting airport at Dabolim).

“Goa is ideal for creatingthe logistics hub which willresult in huge job creation,”Prabhu said.

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The fiancee of journalist JamalKhashoggi has published a final

message to him, after Saudi authoritiesadmitted he was killed at the country’sconsulate in Istanbul, the media report-ed on Sunday.

“They took your bodily presencefrom my world. But your beautiful laughwill remain in my soul forever. My dar-ling #jkhashoggi,” she wrote on TwitterSaturday evening.

Attached to the tweet is a video ofKhashoggi giving a TV documentary

interview, reports CNN. He is shown being interrupted by

a cat which hops on his lap, making himlaugh heartily.

“You should leave this in the film,”a smiling Khashoggi tells the journal-ist. Cengiz, who was waiting outside theconsulate when Khashoggi entered thebuilding, had not previously acceptedthat he had died.

Khashoggi had gone to the con-sulate on October 2 to conduct paper-work that would allow for the two ofthem to be married.

In the event that he did not emerge,

Khashoggi had told Cengiz to call his friend Turan Kislakci, the head of the Turkish Arab MediaAssociation.

“I do not know if Jamal is inside. Iwant to know where Jamal is. Did theydetain him? Did they kidnap him? Is heimprisoned?” Cengiz told CNNoutside the consulate, a day after his dis-appearance.

At the time, she asked media out-lets not to name her. “What is he eating? What is he drinking? Doeshe deserve this? He is not a terrorist. He is an analyst and a journalist,”

she added.A journalist and former royal court

insider, Khashoggi has been a promi-nent critic of Saudi Crown PrinceMohammed bin Salman, the king-dom’s de facto ruler, since he went intoself-exile in June 2017.

A day after Saudi Arabia’s publicadmission of his death, Turkish media released CCTV footage appar-ently showing Khashoggi and Cengiz hand-in-hand, entering anapartment building where the journalist had just bought a property forthe couple.

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President Donald Trump hassaid he is “not satisfied”

with Saudi Arabia’s account ofthe death of journalist JamalKhashoggi, but asserted that hewould not like to scrap an $110billion arms deal with Riyadhdespite a global outrage over thedissident scribe’s brutal killing.

Saudi Arabia in a statementon Saturday said Khashoggi(60) died following a “fist-fight” at its consulate inIstanbul on October 2, withoutdisclosing any details on thewhereabouts of his body.

Turkish officials believeKhashoggi — a critic of theSaudi Government — wasmurdered and his body dis-membered. “I’m not satisfieduntil we find the answer,”Trump said, adding sanctionswere a possibility, but thathalting an arms deal would“hurt us more than it wouldhurt them”.

“It is something that wedon’t like. It’s very serious stuff.And we’re going to get to thebottom of it and will make thatdetermination,” Trump toldreporters in Nevada.

Trump said it was “possi-ble” that the powerful SaudiCrown Prince Mohammed binSalman did not know about thekilling. His comment camewhen asked about his previousstatement that he would beconsidering severe conse-quences for Saudi Arabia fol-lowing the journalist’s death.

Yilan: At least 22 people havedied after an express trainderailed and flipped over on apopular coastal tourist route inTaiwan on Sunday, the island’sworst rail accident for morethan 20 years.

Taiwan’s railways adminis-tration confirmed 22 peoplehad been killed and said 171people had been injured, 10seriously, in the accident innortheastern Yilan county.

Authorities have not con-

firmed if any passengersremain trapped alive insidethe train. An AFP reporter atthe scene said that more bod-ies were being brought out ofthe wrecked carriages.

Images from the siteshowed the Puyuma Expresstrain completely derailed andlying zig-zagged across thetrack. All of the train’s eight car-riages had derailed and five hadflipped onto their side nearXinma station, the railways

administration said.“There are four carriages

that were overturned at 90degrees and the worst casual-ties were in those carriages,”Jason Lu, head of the TaiwanRailways Administration toldreporters. “The exact cause ofthe accident is pending inves-tigation,” he added.

Chang Yi-long, 62, said hehad “heard a loud bang” as hewas working at a constructionsite nearby. AFP

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uncertainty by rejectingPresident Abdulla Yameen’scontroversial bid to annul lastmonth’s election results,upholding his landslide defeatto an Opposition candidate.

The five-judge SupremeCourt Bench unanimouslyruled that Yameen had failed toprove his claim that the electionwas rigged and a fresh poll wasnecessary in the Indian Oceanarchipelago. Under interna-tional pressure, Yameen initiallyconceded defeat after IbrahimMohamed Solih emerged thewinner in September 23 poll.But strongman ruler then filedan appeal, throwing the islandnation into turmoil and attract-ing warnings from the US andregional superpower India torespect outcome.

Opposition activists cele-brated outside the SupremeCourt in the Capital Male after the decision was

read out, effectively drawing aline under Yameen’s five yearsof iron-fisted rule.

Opposition legislatorMariya Didi said Yameen —who lobbied the SupremeCourt in 2013 to nullify elec-tion results in his favour —should now allow a smoothtransition of power.

“We are pleased that thecourt ruled unanimously touphold the will of the people,”Didi said on Twitter.

“The case was based onconjecture and conspiracy the-ories.” Yameen claimed magicink had been used to rig theelection and that votes markedfor him disappeared insideballot boxes.

The country’s independentElections Commission, throughits lawyers, had argued his peti-tion was based on false allega-tions and should be dismissed.The Supreme Court last weekrefused to accept testimony ofthree unnamed witnesses thatYameen’s lawyers said will theelection was fixed.

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President Donald Trump hasannounced that the US will

pull out of a landmark ColdWar-era nuclear arms controltreaty with Russia that limitedthe number of ground-launched medium-range mis-siles in their arsenals, accusingMoscow of “violating” the dealfor many years.

The Intermediate-RangeNuclear Forces (INF) treaty wasone of those agreements and isset to expire in the next twoyears. The 1987 pact helpsprotect the security of the USand its allies in Europe and theFar East.

It prohibits the US andRussia from possessing, pro-ducing or test-flying a ground-launched cruise missile with arange of 300 to 3,400 miles. Italso covers all land-based mis-siles, including those carryingnuclear warheads.

“We’re going to terminatethe agreement and we’re goingto pull out,” Trump toldreporters in Nevada whenasked about the reports that hisNational Security Adviser JohnBolton wants the US to pull outof the three-decade-old treaty.

The INF treaty was signedbetween the then US PresidentRonald Reagan and his USSRcounterpart Mikhail Gorbachevin 1987 on the elimination ofintermediate-range and short-er-range missiles.

The Pentagon has beensupportive of the INF treaty butDefence Secretary James Mattiswarned other NATO Ministersearlier this month it would nolonger be tenable if Russia didnot withdraw its Novatorground-based missile, whichthe US has argued for nearlyfour years violates the INFrange restrictions.

“We are going to terminatethe agreement and then we aregoing to develop the weapons,”unless Russia and China agreeto a new deal, the US Presidentsaid. “Russia has violated theagreement. They have been

violating it for many years,”Trump said.

He asserted that the US is“not going to let them violatea nuclear agreement and go outand do weapons and we’re notallowed to”.

“We’ll have to develop thoseweapons...They (Russia andChina) all come to us and saylet’s really get smart and let’snone of us develop thoseweapons, but if Russia is doingit and if China is doing it, andwe are adhering to the agree-ment, that is unacceptable,”Trump asserted. He said the USwill not adhere to the agreement,unless others were violating it.

Trump alleged that his pre-

decessor Barack Obama hadkept quite on this. “I don’tknow why President Obamadidn’t negotiate or pull out.And we’re not going to let themviolate a nuclear agreementand go out and do weapons andwe’re not allowed to,” he said.

“We are the ones that havestayed in the agreement and wehave honoured the agreement.If they get smart and if othersget smart and they say let’s notdevelop these horrible nuclearweapons, I would be extreme-ly happy with that, but as longas somebody is violating theagreement, we are not going tobe the only ones to adhere toit,” Trump said.

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President Donald Trump sayshis intention to scrap a land-

mark arms control agreementRussia follows years of violationsby Moscow in developing pro-hibited weapons, and “we’renot going to be the only one toadhere to it.” The Kremlin saidthe pullout “would be a verydangerous step.”

Britain said it stood“absolutely resolute” with theUS, while Germany calledTrump’s move “regrettable.”

Heiko Maas said in a state-ment Sunday that the three-decades-old Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is“an important pillar of ourEuropean security architec-ture” and Trump’s announce-ment “raises difficult ques-tions for us and Europe.”

The 1987 pact prohibits theUnited States and Russia frompossessing, producing or test-flying a ground-launched

cruise missile with a range of300 miles to 3,400 miles.

Maas says Germany hasrepeatedly urged Moscow to“clear up the serious allegations of breaching theINF treaty, which Russia has sofar not done.”

He says Germany is urgingWashington to “consider thepossible consequences” of itsdecision, including for a US-Russian nuclear disarmamenttreaty beyond 2021.

The 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treatyhelps protect the security of theU.S. and its allies in Europe andthe Far East. It bars the UnitedStates and Russia from pos-sessing, producing or test-fly-ing a ground-launched cruisemissile with a range of 300miles to 3,400 miles.

“Russia has violated theagreement. They have beenviolating it for many years,”Trump on Saturday said aftera rally in Elko, Nevada.

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London: Britain said SaudiArabia’s account of the deathof dissident journalist JamalKhashoggi inside its Istanbulconsulate is not credible and the culprits must be “heldto account”.

After a fortnight of denials,Saudi authorities admitted theWashington Post columnist, aprominent critic of powerfulCrown Prince Mohammed binSalman, was killed after enter-ing the consulate in Turkey. Butit has faced growing chorus ofincredulity over its belatedexplanation that he died in a“brawl”, as world powersdemand answers and where-abouts of his body. AFP

Istanbul: Turkish prosecu-tors have summoned morewitnesses to testify as part ofthe investigation into thedeath of journalist JamalKhashoggi, local televisionreported on Sunday.

Twenty-five more peoplewill be quizzed as witnesses,the private NTV broadcast-er said, without providingany further details.

On Friday, prosecutorsquestioned staff membersof the Saudi Arabian con-sulate in Istanbul insideIstanbul’s main courthouse,including the consulate dri-ver, technicians and accoun-tants. AFP

Istanbul: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed onSunday to reveal within days the “naked truth” over the deathof dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi con-sulate in Istanbul.

US President Donald Trump has refused to take a harshstance against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman,whom the US leader has defended as an invaluable trade part-ner even as world powers demand answers over the October2 killing of Khashoggi, a vocal critic and Washington Postcolumnist who fell out of favour with Riyadh.

But the Saudi foreign minister, Adel al-Jubeir, insisted onSunday that Prince Mohammed was “not aware” of the killingand that the kingdom does not know where the body is. AFP

Sydney: Eating vegetablenitrates, found mainly in greenleafy vegetables and beetroot,could prevent macular degen-eration, a common cause ofvision loss in people over age50, new research has found.

People who ate between100 to 142 mgs of vegetablenitrates each day had a 35 percent lower risk of developingearly age-related maculardegeneration (AMD) than peo-ple who ate less than 69 mgs ofvegetable nitrates each day,showed the findings publishedin the Journal of the Academyof Nutrition and Dietetics.

Spinach has approximate-ly 20mg of nitrate per 100g,while beetroot has nearly 15mg

of nitrate per 100g.“This is the first time the

effects of dietary nitrates onmacular degeneration risk hasbeen measured,” said leadresearcher Bamini Gopinathfrom Westmead Institute forMedical Research in Australia.

For the study, the

researchers interviewed morethan 2,000 Australian adultsaged over 49 and followedthem over a 15-year period.

“If our findings are con-firmed, incorporating a rangeof foods rich in dietary nitrates— like green leafy vegetablesand beetroot — could be a sim-ple strategy to reduce the riskof early macular degenera-tion,” Gopinath said.

The research did not showany additional benefits for peo-ple who exceeded 142mgs ofdietary nitrate each day. Age isthe strongest known risk factorfor AMD and the disease ismore likely to occur after theage of 50. There is currently nocure for the disease. IANS

Beijing: More than half ofChina’s cities saw air qualityimprove year-on-year inSeptember, the ChineseEnvironment Ministry has said.The average density of PM 2.5stood at 25 micrograms percubic metre in September in338 cities, down 16.7 per centfrom the same period last year,according to the Ministry ofEcology and Environment.

These cities enjoyed goodair quality on 90.8 per cent ofthe days last month, up 2.6 percent, Xinhua news agency said.The world’s most populousnation has over 600 cities andis grappling with chronic pol-lution which kills about onemillion people annually.

China is the world’s biggestcoal producer and alone burns

half of it, leading to severe pol-lution. The country is also thelargest greenhouse gas emitterin the world. However, theGovernment has cracked downheavily on the polluting indus-tries, shutting many of them. InJuly, the Government releaseda three-year action plan totackle the problem.

It also punishes top officialsfor not doing enough to rein inpollution. Beijing is no longerthe world’s most polluted city.

In the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebeiregion, the share of days withgood air quality in Septemberstood at 79.2 per cent, while thePM 2.5 density of the regiondropped by 33.3 per cent on yearto 36 micrograms per cubicmetre, the Ministry was quotedby Xinhua as saying. PTI

Toronto: Heart patients shouldengage in light physical activ-ities such as standing up orwalking at casual pace forabout seven minutes after every20 minutes of sitting at a com-puter or watching television,suggests new research.

Previous research hasshown that being sedentary forlong periods could shorten lifebut taking breaks to movearound may counteract the risk,particularly if it means burningmore than 770 kcal a day.

This study, presented at theCanadian CardiovascularCongress (CCC) 2018 inToronto, investigated howmany breaks, and for what

duration, are needed to expend770 kilocalorie.

“Our study shows thatheart patients should inter-rupt sedentary time every 20minutes with a 7 minute boutof light physical activity,” saidstudy author Ailar Ramadifrom University of Alberta,Edmonton, Canada.

“Simple activities such asstanding up and walking at acasual pace will expend morethan 770 kcal in a day if donewith this frequency and dura-tion,” Ramadi added. The studyenrolled 132 patients with coro-nary artery disease. The aver-age age was 63 years and 77 percent were male. IANS

London: Girls who play videogames are three times morelikely to choose physical sci-ence, technology, engineeringor maths (PSTEM) degreescompared to their non-gamingpeers, a study has found.

Researchers from Universityof Surrey in the UK found that13-14 year old girls classed as‘heavy gamers’ — those playingover nine hours a week — werethree times more likely to pur-sue a PSTEM degree. Study,published in journal Computersin Human Behaviour, also found that all of girls who werealready in PSTEM degrees werealso gamers.

However, the same couldnot be said for boys where asimilar amount of gamers exist-ed regardless of degree type,leading to thoughts that boysexperience far less pressure toconform to the video gamerstereotype if they were study-ing a PSTEM degree. AnesaHosein, who led the study,believes that identifying andtargeting certain female groupsearly may be a way to encour-age more to study it at degreelevel and beyond. PTI

Washington: US PresidentDonald Trump has alleged thathis predecessor Barack Obamahad done nothing despite beingadvised by the FBI on likelyRussian meddling in the 2016Presidential elections.

He was responding to aquestion on the Russian med-dling in the US elections aftera rally in Nevada on Saturday,ahead of next month’s midtermpolls. Russia, however, hasdenied the allegations.

“I’ve already said that. Ialways say this an you’ve heardme say this many times...President Obama was contact-ed by the FBI in September, longbefore the election in November,and they told him there may bemeddling by the Russians, andhe did nothing about it, becausehe thought Hillary Clintonwould win,” Trump said.

He said the presentGovernment has taken ade-quate steps to “protect” theupcoming elections. “He(Obama) did nothing … He did-n’t lift a finger — he didn’t spenda dime. We’ve done a lot to pro-tect the elections coming up veryshortly,” Trump said. PTI

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Bob Corker, chairman ofthe Senate Foreign RelationsCommittee, said he believedMohammed bin Salman, theSaudi royal known as MBS,was behind the killing ofKhashoggi, who vanished afterentering the Saudi consulate inIstanbul on October 2. Pro-government media in Turkeyhave reported that a hit squadtravelled from Saudi Arabia tokill the Saudi critic.

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Speaking in an interviewon Fox News, Jubeir said theSaudi leadership initiallybelieved Khashoggi had left itsconsulate in Istanbul, where hewas last seen on October 2.

But following “reports wewere getting from Turkey,” Saudiauthorities began an investiga-tion, which discovered he waskilled in the diplomatic mission.“We don’t know, in terms ofdetails, how. We don’t knowwhere the body is,” Jubeir said,adding the Saudi public prose-cutor had put out orders todetain 18 individuals, “the firststep in a long journey.” AFP

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Award nominee Robin Wright returns asPresident of the United States in the award-winning, landmark series House of Cards.Wright is joined by Academy Award® nom-inees Diane Lane and Greg Kinnear as wellas Cody Fern this season alongside EmmyAward nominee Michael Kelly, JayneAtkinson, Academy Award® nomineePatricia Clarkson, Emmy Award NomineeConstance Zimmer, Derek Cecil, CampbellScott and Boris McGiver.

Melissa James Gibson and FrankPugliese continue as showrunners for sea-son six, and they serve as executive produc-ers along with Robin Wright, David Fincher,Joshua Donen, Dana Brunetti, Eric Roth,Michael Dobbs and Andrew Davies.Created for television by Beau Willimon.House of Cards is produced byDonen/Fincher/Roth and Trigger StreetProductions, Inc. in associated with MediaRights Capital for Netflix.

The final chapter of the House of Cardswill launch on November 2.

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novel of the same name is a coming-of-agedrama about two brothers who are raisedby their strict, obsessive father to be starcricket players in India. It’s a moving storyabout ambition, love, acceptance and find-ing your own path.

Fourteen-year-old Manju is destined forcricket greatness. There’s only one problem,he hates cricket. Controlled from a youngage by his overbearing and cricket-obsessedfather, Manju’s main role in life is to sup-port his older brother and fellow cricket star,Radha. When the family moves to Mumbaiand the brothers start at a new school,Manju discovers his interests outside ofcricket and starts slipping away fromRadha and his father’s grasp. More impor-tantly, Manju becomes friends with Radha’sgreatest cricket rival, a boy who is the verydefinition of freedom and confidence —concepts Manju has never experienced him-self.

The show stars Mahesh Manjrekar,Ratna Pathak Shah, Rajesh Tailang, andintroduces newcomers Yash Dholye andMohammad Samad as brothers Radhaand Manju Kumar.

The series launches globally onDecember 28.

The source of fragrances hasmoved from the gardensand woods to the kitchen

with gourmand elements likecandy, chocolate, vanilla or honeymaking it into our perfume bot-tles. While floral and fruity noteshave been dominating our olfac-tory sense for a long time, a widerpalette including ingredients likesaffron, coffee, edamame or rocksalt have seeped in.

“We’ve blended spices, whiteflowers, oudhs with coffee,gourmet notes and fruity tones toproject the right mood and bringout the true Indian essence witha contemporary mix,” saidPhillippine Coutiere, perfumer atFirmenich, which is now retailinghere.

More and more companiesare seeking to go beyond the flo-ral and fruity for summer andwarm and spicy for winter. Thefragrance notes today sound likeshopping lists. Brands likeWitness YSL has on its list a BlackOpium with a coffee note, whileL’Occitane En Provence’sArlésienne is saffron-spiked.There are those who are peddlingmineral scents for the summer.Companies want to sell luxury inbeautiful bottles but the producton offer is as diverse as the mar-ket. However, florals are here to

stay and most perfumes havefloral scents. Experimentationhas also led to perfumes withleather and smoky scents. Subtleuse of saffron is being attemptedin India and it already has a strongpresence in the Middle East.While its use is on the rise, it isstill a very niche ingredient, per-haps because of how little of itgrows in India. Adding rock salt,say experts, increases the nuancebut to mention it in the fragrancenote is a marketing tactic.Fragrances like green tea arebeing added in a higher dose inthe formulations, no doubt for thesame reason. Ingredients likechocolate and candy floss havebeen used for a long time but inperfumery parlance there is anoverdose of it in the fragrances,said Rajiv Sheth, CEO of AllGood Scents.

It is believed that gourmetperfumes became famous in 1992with the creation of Angel, whichhad chocolate caramel accentsand since then tonka beans andvanilla licorice have also madetheir space in luxury brands likeJean Paul Gaultier. One of the besteffects that gourmet perfumeshave are in decreasing anxietyrate.

There are other sales pitchestoo. Seasons have a profound

effect on us so it’s good to changeyour fragrance as they change, feelsManoj Arora, managing director,Sacheerome. “We often seek differ-ent sensations from the fragranceswe wear depending on the time ofyear. In autumn, we tend to favourscents that are cocooning andenveloping, and this gives us anopportunity to enjoy the warmthof spices combined with a woodysmell or we seek the more sensu-al pleasures. These ingredientsconvey the luxuries we favourwhen the temperature gets colderand the nights darker.”

Another trend that has taken

over the West and slowly comingto the East is customisation of theperfume. “Bespoke perfumery isexpensive and limited to ocas-sions in India. For individuals, ithas not become popular yet,”said Sheth. Perfumes are gender-less, he believes and segregatingthem for men and women isonly a marketing strategy. In hisperfumes, he seeks simplicity andquality than complex notes andcreates for the modern contempo-rary Indian. With not enoughawareness about perfumery inIndia, there are those like Shethwho provide master classes andworkshops too.

Fragrances are also healingfor the body and the mind. Theirinfluence is not limited to the cos-metic use. For instance, sandal-wood and lavender helps to calmdown while jasmine helps makea person feel good.

With the global luxury per-fume market expected to grow ata Compound annual growth rateof 8.33 per cent during the peri-od 2017-2021 brands are trying toinnovate themselves to createexperiences, cater to the youngcrowd that finds appeal in thevisual marketing. Since, it is anaspirational product marketingplays a very important part insales too.

In line with its efforts to preventmisuse of its platform during

elections, Facebook has set up a‘War Room’ to reduce the spreadof potentially harmful content.

Facebook faced flak for notdoing enough to prevent spreadof misinformation by Russia-linked accounts during the 2016US presidential election. Thesocial networking giant has rolledout several initiatives to fight fakenews and bring more trans-parency and accountability in itsadvertising since then.

The launch of the first warroom at its headquarters inMenlo Park, California, is part ofthe social network’s new initia-tives to fight election interferenceon its platform.

Although Facebook openedthe doors of the war room aheadof the general elections in Braziland mid-term elections in the US,it revealed the details only thisweek.

The goal behind setting upthe room was to get the right sub-ject-matter experts from acrossthe company in one place so theycan address potential problemsidentified by its technology in realtime and respond quickly.

“The room has over twodozen experts from across thecompany — including from ourthreat intelligence, data science,software engineering, research,community operations and legalteams,” said Samidh Chakrabarti,Facebook’s director of productmanagement, civic engagement.

“These employees representand are supported by more than20,000 people working on safetyand security across Facebook,”Chakrabarti added.

Facebook said its dashboardsoffer real-time monitoring on keyelections issues, such as efforts toprevent people from voting,increases in spam, potential for-

eign interference or reports ofcontent that violates our policies.

The War Room team alsomonitors news coverage andelection-related activity acrossother social networks and tradi-tional media in order to identifywhat type of content may go viral.

These preparations helped alot during the first round ofBrazil’s presidential elections,claimed Facebook.

The social networking giantsaid its technology detected a falsepost claiming that Brazil’sElection Day had been movedfrom October 7 to 8 due tonational protests.

While untrue, that messagebegan to go viral. But the teamquickly detected the problem,determined that the post violat-ed Facebook’s policies, andremoved it in under an hour.

“And within two hours, we’dremoved other versions of thesame fake news post,”Chakrabarti said.

The team in the War Room,Facebook said, also helped quick-ly remove hate speech posts thatwere designed to whip up vio-lence against people fromNortheast Brazil after the firstround of election results werecalled. “The work we are doing inthe room builds on almost twoyears of hard work and significantinvestments, in both people andtechnology, to improve securityon Facebook, including duringelections,” Chakrabarti said.

Facebook said that it wasplanning to set up a task forcecomprising “hundreds of people”ahead of the 2019 general elec-tions in India.

“With the 2019 electionscoming, we are pulling togethera group of specialists to worktogether with political parties,”said Richard Allan, Facebook’sVice President for Global PolicySolutions.

Facebook has also set a goalof bringing a transparency featurefor political ads — now availablein the US and Brazil — to Indiaby March next year, Allaninformed. With the new ad archi-tecture in place, people would beable to see who paid for a partic-ular political ad.

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Bigg Boss is a reality showwith intrigue, mystery and

real emotions, all rolled inone. To win one season, con-testants have to go through adramatic roller coaster witheach episode. Actor RohitSuchanti has received theopportunity of a lifetime toenter the house almost amonth after season 12 began.

Rohit says that he’s very

excited to see what’s going tocome his way. He sees this plat-form as a big opportunity andsays, “It’s very important as it’sa great chance for me to makea place for myself as an indi-vidual.” The wild card contes-tant says, “I am so thrilled thatI can’t wait to enter the house.I’ll completely be myself thereand will have fun.”

Rohit doesn’t seem to haveany expectations before enter-ing the house. He says, “As I seethem all playing, my expecta-tion level has come to zero. Idon’t really have anything toexpect from the contestantsalready present in the house.”

The TV actor adds, “I ampretty much prepared for allthe drama. It truly depends onthe way you play the game.Let’s see how it goes. I havebeen following the show sinceit started to prepare.”

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Today, every country is fac-ing the consequences of

pollution, contamination orabuse of air, water, food andeven space on a very largescale but they are not able tofind a foolproof solution tothis dangerous threat forhumanity. Since environmen-tal pollution has been thefocus of public attention thelast couple of years it is nowbeing increasingly realisedthat man has wantonly andcruelly been treating the plan-et and ravaging and ruiningthe atmosphere. The denuda-tion of forests, the poisoningof lakes and rivers with pes-ticides and industrial wastes,the pollution of atmospherewith smoke from automo-biles and factory chimneysand the overuse of chloro-flu-orocarbons, resulting in thedepletion of ozone, havebrought the world to thebrink of an environmentalruin. Environmental scien-tists now warn that the accu-mulation of Co2 in the atmos-phere would not only result inthe green-house effect butwould also result in increasein the planet’s average temper-ature from 3° F to 9° F andthis would cause the oceans torise by several feet, floodingcoastal areas and ruining hugeareas of farmlands and trig-gering other calamities. It is,therefore, being suggestednow that the industries mustre-examine their productionprocesses so that the industri-al wastes and the smoke fromtheir chimneys can bereduced and that waste prod-ucts must be recycled and thatmeans of mass transport beencouraged in place of auto-mobiles for individuals orfamilies.

If we look up for the dic-tionary meaning of word pol-lution, we may find some-thing like ‘to destroy purity of;to contaminate’. However, wehumans are only aware of thematerial pollution in thebranches of the polluted treeand we have totally disregard-ed the seed or root of thoughtpollution, which gave growthto that tree. So withoutdestroying the root basis ofpollution, the source cannever be purified. Infact itwon’t be an exaggeration tosay that the problem of envi-ronmental pollution is actual-ly due to pollution of man’smind which is full of selfish-ness, jealousy, greed, anger,etc. The problem of ecologi-cal imbalance is due to ourmental imbalance, and thedisequilibrium in nature isdue to disequilibrium in ourmind.

Secondly, we must under-stand that the problem ofpollution is linked with theproblem of populationincrease. To meet thedemands of the growing pop-ulation, more and more elec-tricity, fuel, energy, automo-biles, wood, water, paper andindustries are needed and allthese act badly on the envi-ronment. Also, man’s lifestyle

has become such that there isa great demand for energy andconsumer goods. So, moreand more trees are cut andforests and farmlands vanishto give place to expandingcities and there is more indus-trial waste and emission ofCo2, So2, etc. So withoutreducing population andchanging lifestyle and atti-tudes, the problem of environ-mental pollution cannot besolved and it is in this respectthat the help of spiritualists iscalled for. Because the ulti-mate solution to this problemlies in realising the self andalso our relationship withother human beings.Remember, great men arethose who see that the spiri-tual force is much strongerthan the material force.Hence, without a spiritualorientation of the relationship

between humans moral andspiritual values cannot bebrought into play or be sus-tained, and, in the absence ofthese core values, no problemcan really be solved for con-siderable length of time. It is,therefore essential, for all of usto understand our real andintrinsic nature behind themask or the garment of thebody to set the direction right.If this is not done, then pos-sibly science without spiritu-ality may dangerously leadmankind to a nuclear catastro-phe or population explosionor environmental upheaval.So, let us use the powerfulweapon of spiritual wisdom tocleanse our soul from thoughtpollution and live in harmo-ny with nature and its ele-ments without any kind of dis-turbance whatsoever.

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Sometimes it is important todream big to be successful inlife, it can be more exciting than

just possessing bookish knowledge.Often people remain confined to thefour walls of their house because theyfeel that they cannot do anything inlife and people will mock them. Thistendency is mostly seen in women,especially in rural areas. In fact, thismentality is due to the social envi-ronment where because of lack ofeducation women are only consid-ered to be objects of sexual pleasureand reproduction. This is a majorreason for women not even dream-ing of moving forward. Education isvery important for women and oursociety is unable to provide it.

In fact, education is an importantfactor for the advancement of anysociety. It explains the differencebetween right and wrong and arous-es curiosity in the mind. Annals ofhistory have tales of many educated

women playing important roles inpreparing social structures withenthusiasm. Despite their achieve-ments, the present stratum of soci-ety makes fun of them. But in oursociety, there are many women likeAsma Bibi who, despite being une-ducated, have been able to maketheir own distinct identity. She livesin a small village in Rohtas districtof Bihar, cannot read or write a sin-gle alphabet in any language butthrough her own initiative hasbecome an example of women’sempowerment.

Parents of 50-year-old AsmaBibi, living in Akbarpur village,located at Dehri in Rohtas district,were illiterate too and kept theirdaughter away from acquiring anyform of education. She was marriedoff at an early age and had six chil-dren one after another. Her husbandstarted spending all the householdearning on liquor and used to beat

her up when she would refused togive him any money. Her life contin-ued to go on despite the problemsuntil she got a shock one day whenher eldest son went missing. Her hus-band had by then moved away to acity in search of a job and neverreturned. But she did not give uphope. She kept trying to find her son.After losing both husband and son,she took up the responsibility ofimproving the condition of herhousehold and raising her remain-ing five children. She started doingsweeping and swabbing in housesand with that money she started buy-ing women’s makeup items andother accessories from the city to sellin the village. Even though shecould not read the name of the sta-tion, Asma Bibi used to go toFerozabad to buy items at cheaprates. At the same time she startedtraveling further and further in thehope of finding her son.

Asma was keen to learn to read,whether it was in Hindi, English orUrdu. She faced ridicule for saying thewords wrong but that did not discour-age her. She realised the need for edu-cation and was determined to educateher children. Along with managing theexpenses of the house, she started rais-ing money for her children’s education.She enrolled her three daughters inschool and sent her two sons to a largeMadrassa (Institute for Islamic Studies)in Aurangabad to receive religious edu-cation. She got the admission formsand new updates about schools andcolleges. She would even ensure shefound out about scholarship schemesand other government schemes to beable to provide her children with thebest education.

Asma Bibi, without any supportfrom anyone, has changed the livingconditions of not only her own lifebut also her children’s lives for thebetter because of her courage, hardwork and enthusiasm.

The circumstances in which theylive today have changed completelyfrom what it was earlier. She madesure that her daughters completedtheir graduation. She was able to gether daughters’ married into goodhomes because they were well edu-cated. Eight years later, her missingson returned home and to help himto earn a living Asma has taken aloan to send him to Saudi Arabia forwork. The younger son is a Hafeez(one who recites the Holy Quran byheart). Her desire to read is still verymuch alive even today and she islearning to read the Quran and hasalso learnt Urdu from her son.

In fact, Asma Bibi today hasbecome an example for those womenwho give up their dreams and loseheart by throwing away their desireof becoming someone great or ofachieving knowledge. When theythink of themselves as weak theyallow people to exploit them bothphysically as well as mentally. Theimportance of education and therights of women in society is notunderstood, which is why they con-sider it their fate to walk in the foot-steps of inhuman laws made by men.However, with changing times thismentality of society is graduallychanging. But a lot needs to be donein rural areas.

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Body shaming — these twowords say a lot about their

intent. In fact, it has become aserious issue in our societytoday. Technically, body sham-ing is defined as inappropriate,negative statements and atti-tudes toward another person’sweight or size but it is somuch more than that. It is oneof the mos0t serious form ofbullying, harassment andhumiliation and usually expe-rienced by women more thanmen.

In an age where main-stream media and social mediaare easily accessible, there is astrong emphasis on idealisedbeauty on platforms such asInstagram, magazines and tele-vision. When we look at celebri-ties and models who arebelieved to have ‘perfect bodies’,individuals start becoming crit-ical of their own bodies and suc-cumb to the pressure of livingup to unrealistic standards.Studies show that more than 90per cent women are not happywith the way they look. Wheredo you think this self-rejectioncomes from? Why do you thinkthese women and girls arebecoming more and more con-scious about how they look,what they wear and what skincolor they have.

With global celebritiescoming out and breaking theirsilence on their experiences ofbody shaming in the industry,

it has become one of the mosttalked about things recently.Despite their status, somecelebrities have had to deal withbody shaming, from commentsleft on their social media pages,to having Photoshop applied totheir pictures for magazinecovers. Mad Men actress

Christina Hendricks recentlyspoke out about being rejectedfor a role for being too curvy.Priyanka Chopra spoke aboutbeing rejected for her skincolor in a lot of Bollywood andHollywood films. This is apoint where we realise that nomatter who you are, body

shaming is something whichfollows you everywhere andengulfs everyone.

Statements like “You are sofat”, “You should probably tryto gain weight”, “Your parentsdon’t feed you?”, “Your top istoo short for your belly” whichcan come from complete

strangers or your family mem-ber can create a feeling ofhelplessness and humiliationfor the one at the receiving end.You, I and others, we all havegone through it. We all havehad people who told us howinappropriate we look in acertain dress because we havechubby thighs, belly fat, shortlegs or because we are simplystick thin. Eventually, we startfeeling that we aren’t enough.

Experts say “Psychologicalinvalidation is one of the mostlethal forms of emotional abuseand body shaming is the worsething you can do to a person.It kills creativity and confidenceof the individual.”

Body shaming is universal.When we say that, we meanthat shaming can come fromanywhere and from anyone. Itcould be out of concern or todemean the other person.Sometimes, it can be internaltoo. Studies show that a lot ofwomen have resigned to self-shaming. They keep shamingthemselves because they thinkthey aren’t like the girls in themagazines. Magazines con-

stantly offer tips about ‘how tolose weight in days’, ‘appearslimmer instantly’, and ‘hideour imperfections’…withoutactually knowing anythingabout us, much less our appear-ance. This is only one exampleof body shaming in media.There are sitcoms that fre-quently use overweight actors’bodies as the basis of jokes.

However, people today aremore outspoken about theirstruggles and stories and whenwe are made aware of them werealise how important it is toactually let it out instead of letit kill you from inside. Nobodywants to go to bed crying andwake up with a feeling of notbeing enough and it’s unimag-inable as to how many peopleexperience that each day.Important questions are whoare these people?, why do wecare about what they say? andwhy are we detesting ourselvesbecause someone else is notcomfortable? It has becomeessential to represent differentbodies, races and skin colours.

(The writer is a fashionactivist.)

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She returned empty-handed fromthe Asian Games but Manu

Bhaker on Sunday said she deliv-ered a career-best performance inPalembang with the record-shat-tering qualifying score of 593 in25m pistol event.

Considered the most promisingamong India's Gen-Next shooter,Bhaker won Gold and Silver in 10mair pistol individual and mixedevent at the Youth Olympic Gamesin Buenos Aires recently, over-coming the Asiad disappointment.

Asked how difficult it was toshrug off the Asiad show beforeYouth Olympics, Bhaker said: "Onthe contrary, I would say AsianGames served as a huge morale-booster. I shot 593 in 25m pistolevent (qualifying) which I believeis my best performance till date. Ascore like 593 doesn't happeneveryday.

"I don't think I ever shot bet-ter than that qualifying round.Yes, I missed out on a medal butthat 593 is like a benchmark for me.When I need inspiration, that per-formance serves as a morale-boost-er," 16-year-old said at the sidelinesof the IOA felicitation function for

the Youth Olympics medallists.Bhaker rates her Youth

Olympic medal as one of the majorhighs of her career considering thelevel of competition.

"It feels fantastic to win Goldfor India. To see the tri-colour fly-ing itself is a matter of pride. Eachand every competition has helpedme evolve as a shooter," said thereigning Commonwealth Gameschampion in 10m air pistol event.

"This is my debut year in inter-national events and I am only

gaining experience. But I still wantto remain a kid," said Bhaker.

The youngster said she sharesa great rapport with other youngshooters like Saurabh Chaudhary.

"I share a good rapport witheveryone. They are all co-operative,well behaved. There is never anypressure," she said.

Like a pro, she sidesteppedqueries on competition with seniorshooters like Heena Sidhu.

"Heena di is a great competitor.But I need to focus on my game."

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Living up to the expectations,star Indian wrestler Bajrang

Punia put himself in contentionfor a historic WorldChampionship Gold medal afterquelling a spirited challengefrom Alejandro Enrique ValdesTobier in a tense 65kg semifinalhere on Sunday.

The CommonwealthGames and Asian Games Goldmedallist ensured himself a sec-ond medal at the Worlds, hav-ing won a Bronze at the 2013edition. The in-form 24-year-oldhad come into the event as oneof the strong medal contendersand has continued with his red-hot form this season.

If Bajrang manages to winGold, it will be a rare achieve-ment to win titles at all majorchampionships in a single sea-son.

While he had dominatedthe competitions at CWG andJakarta Asian Games this year,Bajrang's road to the final inBudapest was not easy as he hadto use all his mental and physi-cal prowess to down his Cubanopponent (4-3) in the semifinalafter overcoming Mongolia'sTulga Tumur Ochir (5-3) win in

the quarter-finals.There were not many

attacking moves in the semifinalwith both Bajrang and Tobiermostly using the upper bodypower. Bajrang opened the scor-ing with a takedown but theCuban reduced the margin bypushing the Indian out.

Seconds before the firstbreak, Bajrang took a 4-1 leadwith a throw move.

The second period wasagain very intense and no grap-pler could score a point until theCuban found a two-point moveat the edge of the circle. Pressure

was mounting with Bajrang'scoach shouting 'attack' 'attack'from outside. Tobier tried every-thing but the Indian maintainedhis lead to emerge victorious.

Earlier, Bajrang defeatedRoman Asharin 9-4 in the firstround and beat Korean LeeSeungchul 4-0 but faced stiffcompetition from Tumur Ochir.

In other bouts of the day,Sandeep Tomar began in stu-pendous fashion but could notsustain the momentum. He out-classed Jose Mox Arias by tech-nical superiority but lost the sec-ond round to G Edisherashvili.

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Former India captain Sourav Ganguly onSunday backed struggling Mahendra

Singh Dhoni to do well in the World Cupand said the ongoing series against WestIndies would be crucial for the veteranstumper looking forward to next year'sshowpiece event.

A colossus in ODI cricket, of lateDhoni is struggling with his batting andhis scores have dwindled in the last fewyears.

Starting with the five-match ODIseries against West Indies here, India have18-odd matches left for the World Cup andthe think-tank has brought in dashingDelhi wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pantin the mix to spice up the scenario.

"I don't know what combination theyare thinking at. But I'm sure he (Dhoni)

will do well in the World Cup. It's (againstWest Indies) big series for him," Gangulysaid at the Barsapara Cricket Stadiumwhile watching the ODI.

In the Asia Cup, Dhoni batted fourtimes, scoring 77 runs with an average of19.25 and a strike rate of 62.09.

Overall in 2018, he has batted 10 timesin 15 matches, for an average of 28.12 anda strike rate of 67.36.

Dhoni has an unimpressive record inthe seaming conditions of England wherehe is yet to score a century from 20 ODIs,and averages 38.06, a sharp drop from hiscareer average of 50.61.

"His overall record is very good,"Ganguly pointed out.

"It all depends how the players per-form going ahead to the World Cup. It'sabout scoring runs. That's why Pant hasbeen given a chance," he added.

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Skipper Virat Kohli and his deputy RohitSharma conjured up breathtaking cen-turies as India's ruthless domination

over the West Indies continued with a facileeight-wicket win in the first One-dayInternational, here on Sunday. Makingmockery of what looked like a stiff 323-runtarget, the home team cantered to the winwith 7.5 overs to spare, taking a 1-0 lead inthe five-match series.

Kohli pounded the Caribbean bowlerswith 21 fours and two sixes to raise his 36thODI century and now needs just 81 runs tojoin the elite club of cricketers who haveamassed 10,000 runs in the One-day format.

After early departure of ShikharDhawan (4), Kohli raised a massive 246-runstand for the second wicket with Rohit, whoremained unbeaten on 152. It was Rohit's20th ODI hundred which came off 117 ballswith 15 fours and eight sixes.

While Kohli and Rohit plunderedboundaries to entertain the packed stadium,it painted a sorry picture of the West Indiesattack, which once was intimidating for anybatting line up in the world.

The only high point for the WestIndies while defending their total was 21-year-old newcomer Oshane Thomas' rawpace up front.

Playing his first ODI in more than threemonths, Kohli was unstoppable. It seemedanother routine affair for Kohli as he alsogot past the milestone of 2000 Internationalruns in the calendar year.

He emulated iconic Sachin Tendulkarin scoring 2000-plus runs in three succes-sive years. After Kohli was stumped off leg-spinner Devendra Bishoo, India's vice cap-tain took the side home in company ofAmbati Rayudu (22).

After their rout in the Test series, WestIndies did a good job by putting on boarda challenging 322 for eight, capitalising onthe absence of India's front line pacersBhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah.

The duo has been rested for the first two

ODIs and the 21-year-old Shimron Hetmyer(106) put to sword an under-strengthIndian attack to raise his third ODI hundred.

Hetmyer punished the Indian bowlerswith six fours and as many sixes in his enter-taining 78-ball knock.

However, any hopes of a close contestevaporated when Kohli and Rohit startedstriking the ball clean and hard.

The Indian bowling looked lacklustrewhile the fielding was shoddy as India, ona high after their Test series win, seemed tohave underestimated their opponents.

The Guyanese lad brought up his half-century in 41 balls and brought up two 50-run plus partnerships with Rovman Powell(22) and skipper Jason Holder (38).

Hetmyer notched up his century by loft-ing Mohammed Shami for a six over extracover. While he used brute force against thepace, Hetmyer also looked fluent against thespin duo of Yuzvendra Jadeja and RavindraJadeja before being dismissed by the latterafter immediately betting the milestone-mark.

Looking to redeem themselves after the2-0 Test series thumping under six days, thetouring side put up a strong challenge afterbeing put in by home captain Virat Kohli.

Visiting skipper Jason Holder on the eveof the match had said 300-plus is the bench-mark of ODI cricket and his young battersresponded well with Devendra Bishoo tak-ing the team past the milestone in the penul-

timate over.Opener Kieran Powell set up the foun-

dation with a 39-ball 51 (6x4, 2x6) in a 67-run stand for the second wicket with ShaiHope (32).

Powell and his debutant opening part-ner Chandrapaul Hemraj dealt in bound-aries against Shami and Yadav.

West Indies lost three wickets in quicksuccession but the Guyana youngster cameto take charge after Marlon Samuels depart-ed for a duck in his landmark 200th ODI.

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India captain Virat Kohlion Sunday hailed his

deputy Rohit Sharma forhis superlative batting dis-play, saying it is easy to chasedown any target when theMumbai batsman is at theother end.

Kohli (140) and Rohit(152 not out) shared a mas-sive 246-run partnership forthe second wicket as Indiamowed down a challenging323-run target with 7.5overs to spare.

"It feels pretty good. Itwas very convincing for us.West Indies put up a reallygood total. 320 targets arevery tricky, but we knew wecould do it with a big part-nership. It's never too diffi-cult when you have Rohit atthe other end," said Kohli.

"Among the top three, Imostly take the anchor rolebecause both Rohit andShikhar (Dhawan) are goodstroke-makers," he said.

Kohli was adjudgedman-of-the-match for his107-ball knock and the Indiaskipper said he enjoyed hisbatting on Sunday.

"It was one of those dayswhere I felt good and I toldRohit I will continue to batthis way positively andmaybe you can play the

anchor role," he said.Kohli said building

partnerships is the key tosuccess in One DayInternational cricket.

"When (Ambati)Rayudu came he took thatrole and Rohit took overfrom me. I think that's whatODI batting is all about. It'sabout communication andbatting in partnerships," hesaid.

"It's our 5th or 6th dou-ble-century partnership, it'sa pleasure to bat with him(Rohit). When we are bat-ting like that, it's good funout there and we know theteam will benefit from it aswell."

The India captainrefused to be too harsh onhis bowlers for leaking runsbut said they could havebowled much better at the

death."You got to be honest to

the sport and that is whenthe sport gives you back. It'sdifficult to contain when aside like West Indies batslike that. I don't want to betoo harsh on the bowlers,but yes, we could haveapplied a bit better andbowled better in the last fewovers. That is something tolearn for us," Kohli said.

West Indies captainJason Holder too felt thepair of Kohli and Rohit tookthe game away from thevisitors with their scintillat-ing batting display.

He also praised youngShimron Hetmyer, whoscored 106 off 78 balls topropel West Indies to thetotal.

It was Hetmyer thirdcentury in 13 innings ofInternational cricket.

"Pleased with the guysfor the batt ing ef fort.Hetmyer batted exception-ally well. We needed to be alot more decent with theball. Probably we got a parscore," he said.

"(But) credit to Kohliand Rohit for taking thegame away from us. Oshane(Thomas) is one of the excit-ing talents we have got.Hopefully we can play bet-ter in the second game."

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Debutant TsehayGemechu of Ethiopiaset the new course

record in the women's eventwhile countrymen AndamalakBelihu overcame neck to neckbattle in the men's elite field asthe Ethiopian duo raced to fin-ish best at the Airtel Delhi HalfMarathon here on Sunday.

It was maiden victory forboth the winners at the JawaharLal Nehru Stadium, which sawover 34,681 participants turnup for race events in six dif-ferent categories.

The 20-year-old Gemechu,running her maiden halfmarathon, clocked 1:06:50sec,four seconds better than theearlier women's course recordof 1:06:54sec, which was set byKenya's Mary Keitany in the2009 edition.

"I wasn't expecting to win.It was a trial for me as this isthe first time I ran a halfmarathon. I am delighted thatI won against such famous ath-lete," a delighted Gemechusaid after the race.

While the favourite andcurrent world record holder,Joyciline Jepkosgei, finishedwith a Silver medal after com-pleting the race at 1:06:56sec.

"I am happy for the secondspot as I was unsure if I wouldfinish on the podium at all. Ididn't prepare for this racewell," Joyciline said.

Zeineba Yimer of Ethiopiagrabbed the last spot on the

podium with atime of1:06:59sec.

B o t hGemechu andBelihu pocketedthe identicalwinners' chequeof $ 27,000. Gemechu willtake home an additional $10,000 for setting a new courserecord.

However there was a dis-appointment for TiruneshDibaba, the greatest ever dis-tance runner woman in theworld with three Olympic, fiveWorld Championship Goldmedals in 5000m and 10,000m,who finished sixth.

In the men's elite category,last year's runner up Belihu,improved on his personal best,clocking 59:18 seconds.However, he was unable tobreak the course record whichstill stands in the name ofEthiopia's Guye Adola, set in2014.

Walelegn clinched theSilver ending the race with atime of 59:22 seconds. While

Kenya's DanielK i p c h u m b agrabbed the thirdspot clocking59:48 seconds.

The trio ofBelihu, Walelegnand Kipchumba

led the pack from the start ofthe race with the Ethiopian duosoon racing ahead. It was aneck-to-neck battle betweenthe two with the 19-year-oldclaiming victory at the finishline.

"I tried to push for thecourse record but it was diffi-cult. I was second the lasttime so this time I preparedmore. I tried to push the pacesetter as well but it is difficultto run alone, away from every-one," Belihu said.

The Ethiopian ran awaywith four of the top positions,while Kenyans grabbed theremaining two positions.

Among the Indians,Abhishek Pal won the themen's race clocking 1:04:13seconds after a tough fight with22-year-old Maharashtra run-

ner Avinash Sable, who camesecond with the timing of1:04:14sec. While Asianmarathon champion GopiTHonakal sealed the third spoton the podium finishing at1:04:15sec.

Defending championNitendra Singh, who had cre-ated the course record in 2017,time finished 12th among theIndians at 1:06:37sec.

Sanjivani Jadhav was thebest Indian in the women's elitefield finishing with a time of1:13:58sec.

"I was second here twoyears ago, I am glad that I havebettered my performance andwon the Gold this time,"Sanjivani said.

Parul Chaudhary, who fin-ished third in the last editiondid one better, secured the sec-ond spot on the podium clock-ing 1:14:01sec.

"I am a bit disheartened asI didn't perform as well as mypreparation. I wanted to bettermy timing from last time butI wasn't able to do so," Parulsaid.

Monika Athare, who hadtaken the top honours in the2016 edition, was unable toreplicate the same performancethis year and had to settle withthe Bronze clocking 1:16:55sec.

The men's and women'swinners among the Indianspocketed an identical � fourlakh each while the second andthird place finishers were rich-er by � three lakh and � twolakh each.

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Saina Nehwal gave her all before los-ing steam as the ace Indian shuttler

yet again succumbed to nemesis andworld No 1 Tai Tzu Ying to settle for arunner-up finish at the Denmark Openhere on Sunday.

In an exciting but energy-sapping52-minute final, Saina lost 13-21, 21-13,6-21 to the superior Chinese Taipei rival.

Tzu Ying claimed the DenmarkOpen title after a gap of two years. Shehad last won the tournament in 2016.

The win also bettered Tzu Yinghead-to-head record against Saina to 13-5.

In fact, this was Saina's fifth straightdefeat against Tzu Ying this year.

The Indian had come out second

best three times earlier this year --Indonesia Masters, All EnglandChampionships and Badminton AsiaChampionships.

The top seed Taipei player meantbusiness from the start as she dictatedthe pace in the first game to race to a 6-1 lead.

Saina looked indecisive but debat-able poor line calls also cost her dearly.Tzu Ying on the other hand, was at herclinical best as she engaged Saina in longrallies to tire her out.

The Chinese Taipei shuttler never letthe Indian opponent take the lead evenonce in the opening game as she led 11-6 and continued to maintain the upperhand. She pocketed the first game inmere 15 minutes.

But the world No 10 Indian, who

was unseeded here, was in no mood togive up without a fight and came out allguns blazing in the second game. Saina'sploy to adopt an attacking approachworked wonders as she completelydominated the second game.

Inspiration and tips from her fiancéParupalli Kashyapat the end of thefirst game alsomotivated Sainawho was at herfiery best in thesecond game.

Riding on herbooming cross court smashes and someindecision from Tzu Ying, Saina led 11-5 at the break and then went on to winthe game 21-13 to draw parity.

But the Indian failed to continue

with the momentum in the decider asher legs gave up in the wake of an intensematch.

Tzu Ying curtailed her mistakes andonce again engaged Saina in long rallieswhich drained out the Indian.

Unforced errors returned to hauntSaina in the third game as she was guiltyof finding the net and hitting wide onnumerous occasions.

Once Tzu Ying took a seven pointlead at 9-2 it was always going to be dif-ficult for Saina to comeback.

In the men’s final. Japanese KMomota beats Chinese TC Chou inthree sets to win the men’s title.

World Championship Gold winnerMomota, who beat Srikanth in semifi-nal got better of his opponent by 22-20,16-21, 21-15.

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Karolina Pliskova and Elina Svitolina secured open-ing round-robin match wins at the WTA Finals

on Sunday.Pliskova, who now leads the tour with 48 wins

this season, defeated defending champion CarolineWozniacki of Denmark 6-2, 6-4 in the secondmatch.

Pliskova saved all 10 break points she faced in thematch, including two when serving for the match inthe final game. The Czech closed out the match ona third match point with an ace.

Earlier, Elina Svitolina of Ukraine ended aseven-match losing streak against Petra Kvitova of theCzech Republic for a 6-3, 6-3 win.

The seventh-ranked Svitolina, making her secondconsecutive appearance in Singapore, only earnedqualification to this year's tournament last week whenDutchwoman Kiki Bertens failed to reach the

M o s c o ws emif ina l s .Later, Bertensmade thefinal eightwhen No 1-r a n k e dS i m o n a

Halep withdrew with a herniated disk in her back."It's very nice to be back in Singapore and I'm very,

very happy with the match tonight, with the perfor-mance tonight," Svitolina told the crowd. "I had tostay focused and be strong mentally. I had to playquickly and keep moving my feet so I need a mas-sage now.

"You have to play your best level because every-body is very strong playing here."

Svitolina, who now holds a 1-0 record in theWhite Group, had only beaten Kvitova once beforein their first match at the 2014 Cincinnati tournament.Sunday's victory was Svitolina's first against a top-10opponent since May.

The fifth-ranked Kvitova, who won the year-endtitle in 2011, never looked settled and struggled withher serve throughout the 1 hour, 29 minutes match.

While, Kvitova came into Singapore with a tour-leading five titles this season.

Wozniacki came into the late match with a 6-3career record over Pliskova, including their last meet-ing in the round-robin portion of last year's WTAFinals.

Wozniacki's best effort in the match was savingtwo match points on her serve in the ninth game ofthe second set.

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Lionel Messi is expectedto be out for three weeks

with a fractured right armbut his last contributionwas to help send Barcelonaback to the top of La Liga onSaturday.

Messi scored and thenwent off injured as Barcabeat Sevilla 4-2 at CampNou, in a six-goal thrillerthat never looked like end-ing in anything other thana home win.

Any joy at jumpingabove in-form Sevilla, how-ever, was tarnished byMessi's injury, which willnow rule him out of nextweekend's Clasico againstReal Madrid.

A Barcelona club state-ment read: "Tests carried outon Leo Messi have con-firmed that he has a fractureof the radial bone in hisright arm. He will be out forapproximately three weeks."

It means Messi will alsomiss the Champions League

match at home toInter Milan onWednesday, andprobably thereturn trip to Italyon November 6, aswell as leaguegames against RealMadrid and Rayo Vallecanoin between.

"It is clear it is a blow,"Barca coach ErnestoValverde said. "We knowwhat he gives us and we

know what he doesto the opposition.

"We have toprepare ourselves,it is clear we aregoing to notice theloss of Messi but wehave players that

can cover."Messi fell to the ground

following a tussle withSevilla's Franco Vazquezand, as his right hand triedto cushion the landing, his

elbow appeared to buckle.Messi was helped off

the pitch by medical staffand, despite having his rightarm heavily strapped, hewas finally substituted inthe 26th minute.

"Emotionally, we knowwhen he is there, he gives usmore confidence becausehe is the best in the world,"Gerard Pique said.

"But it does not have toaffect us." PhilippeCoutinho had opened thescoring and Luis Suarez'spenalty, which he alsoearned, made sure of vic-tory before a three-goalflurry in the final 11 min-utes.

Pablo Sarabia and LuisMuriel twice reduced thedeficit to two for Sevilla,either side of a sweepingvolley from Ivan Rakitic.

Even without Messi,Barca might be confident ofseeing off Madrid, whoseslump had continued onSaturday with a 2-1 loss athome to Levante.

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India made a stupendous comebackafter being a goal down as they beat

Pakistan 3-1 in the fifth Asian ChampionsTrophy hockey tournament to stretch theirunbeaten streak against the arch-rivals to11 games.

Captain Manpreet Singh (24th), for-ward Mandeep Singh (31st)and Dilpreet Singh (42nd)scored for the winners withIndian captain's impressiveperformance earning him'Man of the Match' award onSaturday night.

Ranked fifth in theworld, India went into thematch with a 10-match unbeaten streakagainst Pakistan but it was the World No13 side, who started in good rhythm.

It was a quick start for the Pakistanisas they won a penalty corner in the firstminute and managed to score throughIrfan Jr.

India tried to look for the equaliser inthe second quarter but struggled inside thestriking circle.

But it was a moment of magic fromskipper Manpreet, which saw India final-ly get the equaliser as the midfielder show-cased individual brilliance to score in the

24th minute.In the third quarter, it was Mandeep's

turn to get his name on the score-sheetand give his team a 2-1 lead.

India had a good third quarter as theydenied their arch-rivals in making toomany circle entries and then extendedtheir lead to two-goals when Dilpreetscored his fourth of the tournament to put

India 3-1 ahead.India's chief coach

Harendra Singh was proud ofthe way the team staged acomeback against Pakistanbut he wants the strikers tosharpen up their finishinginside the opposition circle.

"I am proud of the man-ner in which the team staged a comeback.They deserve full credit, but I remain con-cerned with our finishing," said Harendra.

"We missed a few chances. We are tak-ing too much time to make decisions.That's where we need to sharpen up."

India captain Manpreet said the teamneeds to work upon its grey areas. "Despiteplaying a good match, there are manythings we need to do. We need to avoidgiving away easy chances," said Manpreet.

India will next play Japan on Sundaynight in the third game of AsianChampions Trophy.

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