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Aday after the ModiGovernment confirmed
External Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj’s talks with herPakistani counterpart ShahMehmood Qureshi on the side-lines of the upcoming UnitedNations General Assembly(UNGA) in New York nextweek, India on Friday called offthe meeting citing Pakistan’scomplicity in the “brutal”killing of three policemen inJammu & Kashmir as well asthe release of postal stamps glo-rifying Kashmiri terroristBurhan Wani.
Accusing Pakistan andPrime Minister Imran Khan of“evil designs” after three police-men were kidnapped and killedby terrorists in Shopian inJ&K, India said talks withPakistan in such an environ-ment would be “meaningless”.
“The true face of thePakistan Prime Minister hasbeen exposed in his first fewmonths in office,” said Ministryfor External Affairs (MEA)spokesperson Raveesh Kumarhere on Friday.
“The latest brutal killings ofour security personnel byPakistan-based entities and therecent release of a series of 20postage stamps by Pakistanglorifying a terrorist and ter-rorism confirm that Pakistanwill not mend its ways,” theMEA Spokesperson said.
He noted that “two deeplydisturbing developments havetaken place” since Thursday’sannouncement of a meetingbetween the Foreign Ministersof India and Pakistan in NewYork later this month. “In viewof the changed situation, therewill be no meeting between theForeign Ministers of India andPakistan in New York,” he said.
Eyebrows were raised onThursday as India confirmedthe meeting even though inci-dents of cross-border killings ofIndian security personnel didnot stop and Islamabad wasseen to be setting the agendafor the meeting rather than the
New Delhi. India on Thursdaygave green signal to the meet-ing following Pakistan PrimeMinister’s September 15 letterto Prime Minister NarendraModi seeking the resumptionof dialogue between the twocountries.
On Friday, the MEA said,“After Imran Khan’s letter, wethought Pakistan is movingtowards positive changes, anew beginning. But now itseems behind their proposalwere evil intentions.”
India is also furious overthe release of 20 special stampsby Islamabad glorifying BurhanWani — the HizbulMujahideen terrorist killed bysecurity forces in 2016 — in theguise of solidarity withKashmiris.
While agreeing to themeeting after Imran Khan’srequest, New Delhi had soughtto clarify on Thursday that itwould be “just a meeting” and“not resumption of dialogue”.“Let’s distinguish betweenmeeting and dialogue.
This doesn’t change ourstand on terrorism,” MEAspokesman a had said daybefore. He said theGovernment has agreed to themeeting but no agenda hasbeen set so far.
This would have been thefirst high-level talks betweenthe two sides since thePathankot terror strikes fromPakistan in 2016. ThePathankot attack on January 2,2016, by a heavily armedPakistani group in thePathankot Air Force Stationhad then led to a similar break-down of the dialogue resump-tion process between the twoneighbours.
On Friday morning, threepolicemen were dragged out oftheir homes in Kashmir’sShopian by terrorists and killed.On Tuesday, a BSF jawan’sbody was found mutilated withhis throat slit after he wentmissing when the PakistanRangers fired at a patrol teamclearing elephant grass alongthe international border.
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In a significant development,a French media report quot-
ed former French PresidentFrancois Hollande as purport-edly saying that the IndianGovernment proposedReliance Defence as the part-ner for Dassault Aviation in the�58,000 crore Rafale jet fight-er deal and France did not havea choice.
Reacting to Hollande’sremark that is at variance withthe stand taken by the IndianGovernment, the DefenceMinistry spokesman said onFriday, “The report referring toformer French PresidentHollande’s statement thatGovernment of India insistedupon a particular firm as off-set partner for the DassaultAviation in Rafale is beingverified.”
The spokesperson said, “Itis reiterated that neither the
Government nor the FrenchGovernment had any say in thecommercial decision.”
Dassault Aviation, themakers of Rafale, had chosenReliance Defence as its partnerto fulfill offset obligations of thedeal. The Government hasbeen maintaining it did nothave any role in selection of theoffset partner.
Hollande’s remark hasescalated the political slugfestover the multi-billion dollardeal. The French media reportquoted Hollande as saying,“We did not have a say inthis...The Indian Governmentproposed this service groupand Dassault negotiated with(Anil) Ambani group. We didnot have a choice, we took the
partner who was given to us.”The Congress and other
Opposition parties latched onto the report and stepped uptheir attack on the ModiGovernment over the deal.The Congress alleged that theGovernment’s “complicity, col-lusion and conspiracy” to ben-efit Prime Minister NarendraModi’s “crony friend” has beenexposed following Hollande’sreported comments.
“Cat’s out of the Bag!!!Complicity, Collusion &Conspiracy of Modi Govt indenying the PSU, HAL a�30,000 crore ‘offset contract’to benefit PM’s crony friendexposed!” Congress’ chiefspokesperson RandeepSurjewala tweeted.
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Benchmark indices finishedwith losses on Friday after
investors were jolted by a sud-den mid-session plunge amida massive sell-off in NBFCstocks.
The BSE Sensex, whichopened on a strong footing,suddenly tanked 1,127.58points, or 3.03 per cent, to hita low of 35,993.64 in afternoontrade, before staging an equal-ly sharp recovery within min-utes. It finally closed at
36,841.60, down 279.62 points.The broader NSE Nifty shed91.25 points to finish at11,143.10.
The indices closed in thered for the fourth day in a row,during which investors lost amassive �5.6 lakh crore.
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Aday after ThePioneer reported
how wedding lawnsare flouting MCD andgreen laws with impuni-ty, the Supreme Courtappointed MonitoringCommittee has crackeddown on such marriage venues andmotels located in south and north Delhi.
The committee conducted aninspection of the farm houses and motels falling underthe jurisdiction of South and NorthDelhi Municipal Corporations andnoticed violations like unauthoriesdconstruction, misuse of properties, airconditions pandals, shamiyanas, shedson their premises and holding socialfunctions.
It was found that permission fromthe respective municipal corporations
was nevertaken.
The MonitoringCommittee has
written to both the corporations, direct-ing them to seal them 48 hour afterserving notices.
Confirming the development,senior officials of south and north cor-porations said they have received theofficial communiqué and will startsending notices soon.
“Basements for these motels werefound being used for commercial pur-pose in violation of permitted use as persanctioned plan, which was permittedfor parking and services only,” the let-ter stated.
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Ban on human activities andfocused conservation
undertaken since 1983 inUttarakhand's Nanda DeviNational Park has furtherenriched the wilderness andforest composition of the parksituated in high altitude ofWestern Himalayas, accord-ing to a research.
Researchers from GB PantNational Institute of HimalayanEnvironment and SustainableDevelopment had carried outa month-long study to assessfloristic diversity, communitycomposition and regenerationstatus of different forests in thepark post-prohibition ofhuman activities in almost lastfour decades in the National
Park. They noted that the pro-hibition of anthropogenicactivities, which was imposedto save the peak of NandaDevi (7816 m) housed in theNational Park. helped bringpositive changes in the region
too in the form of growth ofhigh value plants, diversity,forest composition andimproved ecological condi-tions of the region spread over624 kilometer square.
Giving details of the high
rich plant varieties they foundduring the expedition, theauthors said, “A total of 409taxa belonging to 203 generaand 71 families (377Angiosperms, 7 Gymnospermsand 25 Pteridophytes) weredocumented from the NationalPark.
Two types of forest com-munities, ie Betula utilis alongtimberline, and mixed forest ofAbies spectabilis with B. utilisform the dominant forestsinside the National Park.Earlier they were scarce innumbers.”
“Maximum species rich-ness was observed inDibrugheta (128) followed byDharansi (43) and Sarsopatal(34) among the studied alpinemeadows of this National
Park,” said researchers VikramS Negi, Lalit Giri and KChandra Sekar in their studypublished in the latest issue ofCurrent Science journal.
“Tagged as World HeritageSite by UNESCO in 1988, thepark is situated around thepeak of Nanda Devi (7816 m)in the hill State of NorthernIndia. Till 1983, tourism wasallowed in the BiosphereReserve which has two coreareas — Valley of Flowers andNanda Devi National Parkwhich is home to Nanda DeviPeak also. However, the gov-ernment banned tourists' entryin the region to save the peakof Nanda Devi from environ-mental degradation,” DrVikram S Negi told ThePioneer.
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Terrorists shot dead threepolicemen shortly after
abducting them from their res-idences in two villages of southKashmir’s Shopian district onFriday for refusing to obey theirdiktat to resign from theirposts. The killings triggered aspree of resignations of theSpecial Police Officers (SPOs)even as the officials main-tained that no formal resigna-tions have been received.
Sources said four persons,including three policemen,were abducted from Kapranand Batagund villages ofShopian district in the weehours of Friday.
Hours later, bullet-riddledbodies of the three SPOs wererecovered from LumniWangam village in Shopian.
The fourth abductee FayazAhmad Bhat, who was broth-er of an SPO, was set free andreturned home.
Police in a statement said
preliminary investigationrevealed the role of “terror out-fits Hizbul Mujahideen (HM)and Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT) inthis barbaric act of terror.
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A21-year-old woman executive engi-neer working with an MNC foiled
a rape bid by seven of her rowdy neigh-bours at her high-rise residential com-plext in an upscale society at Sector-86in Gurugram on Thursday around9.45 pm.
Acting on her complaint, policehave arrested five accused out of sevenon the charge of rape bid while two, whoare brothers, are absconding, police said.
“When I reached the society Ithought of taking the stairs. When Ireached the first floor, I noticed a per-son there. He made some queer noise;when I moved forward he grabbed myhand. I got scared and threw his handand managed to run away. I noticed thatsome others were following me,” the vic-tim said in her complaint.
“They attempted to rape me andthreatened me and my parents with direconsequences if we report the matter topolice,” she claimed in her complaint.
The girl somehow managed toreach her flat unharmed and narratedher ordeal to her family members.
“Meanwhile, the arrested accusedhave been identified as Abhishek,Sawan, Ankit, alias Kali, Mukesh, akaMonty, and Sachin, while Hemant andKamal, alias Nandi, are still at large,police said.
Brothers Ankit and Sawan are res-idents of Jind in Haryana and have com-pleted BTech and were residing in arented flat in the society.
Their friend Nandi was allegedlyattacked by a Delhi-based gangsterand had received six gunshots a fewmonths ago. He also got police protec-tion. The accused had come toGurugram to attend a marriage.
They were celebrating a party whenthe incident took place in the complex,police said. “Police teams are conduct-ing raids to nab the abscondingaccused,” said Shamsher Singh,Assistant Commissioner of Police(ACP) Crime.
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Aam Aadmi Party’s rebelMLA Sukhpal Singh
Khaira-convened ‘all-party-meeting’ to discuss the burningissue of sacrilege, though wit-nessed negligible participationfrom Punjab’s major politicalparties, on Friday furtherpressed for action against those“guilty and involved” in theincidents of desecration of holyGuru Granth Sahib, and relat-ed firing incidents.
The meeting, attended byAAP’s eight rebel MLAs, AAP’s‘under suspension’ MP fromPatiala Dr Dharamvira Gandhi,former Deputy Speaker ofPunjab Vidhan Sabha BirDevinder Singh, head andMLAs of Lok Insaaf Party(LIP) — Simarjeet Singh Bainsand Balwinder Singh Bains,besides some Sikh leaders,among others, demandedinclusion of the names of for-mer Chief Minister ParkashSingh Badal, former DeputyChief Minister Sukhbir Badal,and former Director General ofPolice (DGP) in the FIR forKotkapura firing incident, andthe trio be brought underprobe.
In all, seven resolutionswere passed in the meeting,which saw no participation bythe ruling Congress, ShiromaniAkali Dal, the Bharatiya JantaParty, and even the members ofAAP, other than the rebels, alsostayed away.
The meeting, convened todiscuss the recommendationsof Justice Ranjit SinghCommission report into sacri-lege and related firing inci-dents, decided to take out aprotest march on October 7from Kotkapura Chowk —where the firing took place, andpass through Sarawan village,and join the Insaaf Morcha at
Bargari village.“It was decided that the
people would participate inthe protest march wearingblack turbans and black dupat-tas to mount pressure on thegovernment to act against theguilty,” said Khaira.
During the meeting, theleaders discussed and pressedfor action against the accusedof Behbal Kalan and Kotkapurafiring incidents and the sacri-lege cases. The meeting alsodecided to set up 11-memberAction Committee to decideupon future course of action.
Khaira stressed on freeingthe Sikh institutions from thecontrol of the Badals, addingthat along with this, the polit-ical interference in the religionshould also be brought to anend.
“We have decided tomount pressure on the CaptAmarinder Singh Governmentto take action against the cul-prits of sacrilege cases at theearliest,” said Khaira demand-ing that the cases of firing inci-dent and sacrilege be resolvedpromptly.
He accused the CaptAmarinder Government ofsuppressing the people’s feel-ings over the issue.
Khaira went on to accusethe Chief Minister of giving
extension to the current statepolice chief Suresh Arora “tosave the culprits of sacrilegecases”.
AAP MLA from KhararKanwar Sandhu said that thenames of former DGP SumedhSingh Saini, along with thenames of Badal father-son duo,should also be included in theFIR and they should be arrest-ed immediately in the case atKotkapura and Behbal Kalanfiring, adding that the meetinghas passed a resolutiondemanding the same.
It was also decided that themeeting demanded that aprompt action be taken againstall those who have been namedin the Justice (retired) RanjitSingh Commission’s report.
The meeting also decidedto urge the PunjabGovernment to effectively con-test the ongoing cases, relatedto the sacrilege and JusticeRanjit Singh Commissionreport, in the Punjab andHaryana High Court.
Without naming anyone,the Lok Insaaf Party MLASimarjit Singh Bains con-demned all those who havebeen dubbing the Sikh leadersprotesting at Bargari demand-ing justice for the victims andpunishment for culprits of sac-rilege, as “ISI agents”.
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Chandigarh: SAD on Friday maintained that the all-party-meeting, convened by the breakaway Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)of Sukhpal Khaira to garner support in favour of the reportsubmitted by his brother-in-law Justice (retired) RanjitSingh, turned out to be a mere fiasco.
“It was neither well attended, nor all party,” said SAD’ssenior vice-president and spokesman Daljit Cheema, whodubbed it “half-party-meeting” because even all the legisla-tors and leading lights of AAP preferred to abstain.
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The states of HimachalPradesh and Haryana are
likely to get heavy rains over thenext three days, the Met officesaid on Friday.
"Certain areas in Himachalare likely to experience heavyspells of rain till Monday," saidan official of MeteorologicalDepartment.
He said there are chances ofheavy to very heavy rains at someplaces in mid and low hills onSeptember 23 and 24.
The Met Department's fore-cast said the western distur-bances - storm systems origi-nating from the MediterraneanSea and moving across theAfghanistan-Pakistan region -would remain active in theregion till September 25.
Meanwhile, Keylong inLahaul and Spiti district was thecoldest town in the state with alow of 7.3 degrees Celsius. Theminimum temperatures inShimla and Manali were 14degrees and 10.2 degrees respec-tively. Kalpa, some 250 km fromShimla, saw the night tempera-ture at 8.6 degrees Celsius.
On the other hand, PunjabGovernment has issued a heavy
rainfall alert. A government’sspokesperson said that as perinformation received from theMinistry of Earth Sciences, theState is likely to experience wide-spread rainfall during lateSeptember 22 to 24.
Many districts in Doaba,Majha and Malwa are very like-ly to get heavy (more than sevento 12 cm) to very heavy rainfall(more than 12 cm) during these
days.“There is very high proba-
bility of extremely heavy rainfallin North Eastern and SouthEastern parts of Punjab duringSeptember 22 to 24. As there isvery high probability of heavy tovery heavy rainfall in adjoiningareas of Himachal also, henceabove spell may cause inunda-tions of low lying area and waterlogging in some area,” said the
spokesperson.The areas likely to get very
heavy to extremely heavy rainsare Gurdaspur, Jalandhar,Amritsar, Kapurthala, Ludhiana,Fatehgarh Sahib, Nawashahr,Roopnagar, Patiala, Mohali andadjoining area.
The district authorities havebeen advised to suitably take ade-quate measures, informed thespokesperson.
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Asatellite centre will be setup by the Canadian
University at the upcomingGuru Gobind Singh SkillUniversity at Sri ChamkaurSahib, with an aim to developskill and provide job opportu-nities to Punjab’s youth.
The decision was takenduring the meeting between
the Canadian delegation ofAlberta State and the stateTechnical Education andIndustrial Training andEmployment GenerationMinister Charanjit SinghChanni on Friday.
Alberta Government’ssenior director Sheba Sharmaand Commercial OfficerSudhirranjan Banerjee heldpreliminary talks regarding
developing skill, starting dualskill development programmesand providing job opportuni-ties in Canada to Punjab’syouth.
“In principle, both thesides agreed to setup a SatelliteCentre by the CanadianUniversity at upcoming GuruGobind Singh Skill University,Sri Chamkaur Sahib. The rulesand regulation draft would beprepared to send state’s youthto study abroad throughPunjab Government’s web por-tal ‘Ghar Ghar Rozgar’,” saidChanni.
He said that the draftregarding the same would beplaced for discussion andapproval in the next meetingwith the Canadian delegation.
“Alberta State of Canada isinterested in starting dual skilldevelopment programmes
with the Punjab Government’sTechnical EducationalInstitutes, IKGPTU andMRSPTU,” said Channi.
He said that during hisvisit to Alberta, Canada, hemet Minister for HigherEducation and SkillDevelopment AlbertaGovernment and both agreedto work together in the field ofSkill Development.
“Now, they have sent theirdelegation for preliminary talkswith the Punjab Government.The programmes would befinalized with the officials ofAlberta State, Canada, in thecoming days. He said that a del-egation from Alberta StateCanada would be visiting Indiain February 2019, and theagreement would be signedwith them during their visit,” hesaid.
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Haryana Governor SatyadeoNarain Arya on Friday
said that besides educationalinstitutions imparting educa-tion in the field of agriculture,Agricultural Science Centres ofuniversity, AgricultureDepartment and other institu-tions in the state, should ensuretheir technical support in cropresidue management.
The Governor stated thiswhile interacting with the Vice-Chancellor, Chaudhary CharanSingh Haryana AgriculturalUniversity (CCSHAU), Hisar,KP Singh here. Singh apprisedthe Governor about the activ-ities and events of theUniversity.
Arya said that for cropresidue management, all theinstitutions should work inaccording to rules of the StateGovernment. The crop residuemanagement drive being runby the State Government wouldbecome more effective fromOctober 5. The Centre andState Government has alsomade a provision of specialbudget for crop residue man-agement, this time, he added.
The Governor also urgedthe farmers to not to burn cropresidue in their farms but makeuse of agriculture equipmentbeing provided on subsidy forcrop residue management. Thiswould not only check envi-ronment pollution but wouldalso provide the farmers finan-cial benefits, he said.
The Vice-Chancellor ofuniversity, Singh said that uni-versity is doing the technical aswell as the work of generatingawareness under a team con-stituted for crop residue man-agement.
He said that along withCCSHAU, Hisar, Krishi VigyanKenders and Krishi GyanKenders have adopted villages,where a team of officers informthe farmers about manage-ment of crops residue.
The CCSHAU is amongthe top 100 universities of thecountry, and the campus place-ment of the university is 100per cent. Over 4,000 studentsare studying in various facultiesin the university, includingstudents of 21 countries. Theuniversity is leading seed pro-duction and research, in thecountry, he added.
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International Folk Festival, acultural exchange pro-
gramme will be organised inHaryana’s Panchkula onSeptember 27.
The festival will witness participation of around 400artists from various countriesof Asia and Europe who willperform folk dances of theirrespective countries, besidesDhamaal and folk songs byartists of Haryana. The festivalwill be organized atIndradhanush Auditorium inPanchkula, said a spokesman ofArts and Cultural AffairsDepartment.
He said that this pro-gramme would start at 5 pmand conclude at 8 pm. Thisprogram is being organized bythe State Government in co-ordination with theDepartment of Arts andCultural Affairs, ChandigarhUniversity and Rhythm Group,he said.
The spokesman also saidthat the participants of theprogramme included artists,folk dancers from many coun-tries including Germany,China, Brazil, Russia, Italy,South Korea, South Africa,Ukraine, Thailand, Turkey,Colombia, Singapore, andCzech Republic. During thisprogramme, national awardwinning folk dance of Haryana,Dhamaal would also be per-formed, he added.
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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal has
approved notification of 535different colonies under theHaryana Management ofCivic Amenit ies andInfrastructure MunicipalAreas (Special Provisions)Act, 2016 paving the way for
provisioning of major essen-tial services in these colonies.
Out of these 535 colonies,254 fall in the MunicipalCorporations, 100 coloniesin Municipal Councils and181 in MunicipalCommittees, said an officialspokesman.
He said that as if this itselfwas not enough of a relief tothe residents of these coloniesmaking a departure from theprevious practice of arbitraryfixation of the so called devel-opment charges, the statuto-ry fee that would have to bepaid has been fixed at only 5per cent of the collector’srate.
Notably, 32 colonies inGurugram, nine in Faridabad,23 in Karnal and 29 in Panipat(total 93) have already beendeclared as Civic Amenitiesand Infrastructure DeficientMunicipal Areas.
Over 200 more coloniesare still under examinationand are soon likely to bedeclared as Civic Amenitiesand Infrastructure DeficientArea in the near future, thespokesman added.
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Punjab’s cooperative sugarmills would soon pay Rs 56
crore out of the balance amountto the sugarcane farmers verysoon.
The announcement wasmade by the state CooperationMinister Sukhjinder SinghRandhawa on Friday duringthe meeting of senior officersof the CooperationDepartment and GeneralManagers of all the cooperativesugar mills conducted to takestock of the preparations withregard to the onset of thecrushing season 2018-19.
Randhawa said that out ofthe total Rs 56 crore, Rs 21crore would be paid by thecooperative sugar mills with theassistance of the Punjab StateCooperative Bank, while thesanction for the rest Rs 35 crorehas been given by the stateFinance Department.
During the course of themeeting, the Minister empha-sized strenuous efforts on thepart of the General Managersof the Cooperative sugar millsduring the crushing season2018-19 to ensure goodresults by the cooperativesugar mills.
He also instructed that therecovery rate of sugar in eachof the cooperative sugar millmust be over 10 percent andeach mill should lay stress onbettering the performance infinancial and technical spheres,while also making it clear thatno laxity in this regard would
be tolerated.On the occasion, it was
decided that the cooperativesugar mills would begin crush-ing season from Novembersecond week in accordancewith the availability of sugar-cane. The Minister directed theGeneral Managers to informthe sugarcane farmers inadvance regarding the com-mencement of crushing seasonso as to enable them to makearrangements of labour in thenick of time for harvesting pur-pose.
Randhawa also elaboratedthat an online mechanismwould be developed before thestarting of crushing season toprovide information regard-ing bonding, supply, weighingand payment of the sugarcaneas per which the informationwith regard to bonding, receipt,weighing and due paymentwould be provided to the farm-ers on their two registeredmobile numbers.
The Minister also gaveinstructions to prepare a com-puterized calendar system insuch a manner that the sugar-cane farmers don't have towait for more than six hours insupplying sugarcane to themills.
Randhawa said that a let-ter has been written to theUnion Agriculture and FarmersWelfare Minister to increase theMSP of sugar to Rs 3,500 fromthe present Rs 2,900 in order tomake the balance payments intime to the sugarcane farmersof the country.
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Dismissing as ridiculousthe SAD’s charges against
Sri Muktsar Sahib SSP, PunjabChief Minister CaptAmarinder Singh on Fridaylambasted the Akali leadershipfor its desperate attempts todivert attention from itsimpending defeat in ZilaParishad and Panchayat Samitielections.
“The Akalis are clearly frus-
trated by its series of electoraldefeats, which the latest pollsare all set to cap, and is tryingto build a case for itself in theface of its imminent trouncingin the same,” he said.
The SSP had been doinghis job, ensuring that the elec-tions went off peacefully, saidthe Chief Minister, lashingout at the Akali Dal leader-ship’s shameless behaviour intargeting the officer.
“The SAD leadership,
which had always sought toundermine the authority of thepolice and administrative offi-cers in the state, has once againshown that it has no respectfor such officials,” he saidadding that the police forcehad finally been freed of theshackles under which it waskept by the erstwhile Akaligovernment.
Expressing shock at thecharges against the SSP, CaptAmarinder said that it was
obvious that the SAD leader-ship, which had never pro-moted or encouraged hon-esty among the officers,believed every official to be ascorrupt as they themselveswere. “It is difficult for themto accept the fact that officials,under the Congress govern-ment, are working honestlyand fearlessly to uphold thestate’s law and order,” headded.
The Chief Minister reject-
ed outright the SAD demandfor the transfer of the SSP overits baseless allegations.
He also came down heav-ily on the SAD leadership fortrying to unleash an atmos-phere of terror in order tointimidate the people and gov-ernment officials in the state.
Citing videos of SAD pres-ident Sukhbir Badal orderinghis supporters to attack andintimidate voters, which hadgone widely viral on the social
media, Capt Amarinder saidthat the real face of the partyand its leadership had beentotally exposed.
“Having clearly learnt nolessons from its series of polldefeats, beginning with lastyear’s Assembly election, theAkalis still seemed to be hold-ing to the false belief that itcould force its way to victorythrough hooliganism and row-dyism,” said the ChiefMinister.
“My government wouldnot allow the Akalis to terror-ize the police force or theadministration, whose officersand men are working hard toshed their negative image thathad been built by the SAD-BJPregime during the 10 years ofits misrule,” he said.
Capt Amarinder stronglycondemned Sukhbir for tryingto take the law in his handsthrough such abominable acts,saying that such acts were
unbecoming of the presidentof a major political party likethe SAD.
The Chief Minister laud-ed the civil and police admin-istration for the smooth con-duct of Zila Parishad andPanchayat Samiti polls in afree, fair and transparent man-ner. He also expressed confi-dence that the people ofPunjab would give an over-whelming mandate againstthe goonda culture of SAD.
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Delhi Chief MinisterAr vind Kejr iwal on
Friday said that �1 crorewould be given to the familyof a BSF trooper who waskilled by Pakistani forces onthe International Border nearJammu.
Kejr iwal made theannouncement after visitingNarendra Singh's family inHaryana's Sonipat along withAam Aadmi Party (AAP)'sstate unit chief NaveenJaihind.
"For the martyred soldierof Haryana, the Delhi gov-ernment will bring the caseunder a special provision inits cabinet meeting and pro-vide the family with a finan-cial aid of Rs 1 crore," a Delhigovernment official said.
After meeting the family,Kejr iwal s lammed theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP)government and Modi fortheir failure in acting againstthe unlawful activities ofPakistan.
While talking to themediapersons, Kejriwal said,"Before becoming the PrimeMinister, Modi ji used to talkabout giving a befitting replyto such attacks instead ofwriting 'love letters'. Give areply now... It is not the timeto stay mum.”
"You go to Pakistan to cuta cake (meeting with formerPakistan Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif in 2015). Butcake cutting is not going tostop the attacks on our sol-diers. You had said that youwill take strict action againstPakistan, so do it now," headded.
Asked if India shouldcontinue playing cricket withPakistan, Kejriwal replied:"Not playing cricket withPakistan is not going to stopthe murders, it is the PrimeMinister's action that couldhelp."
On the reports of SurgicalStrike Day being celebratedon September 29, Kejriwal, onhis Twitter account said thatthe "best way to celebratesurgical strike day would befor the PM to visit the fami-ly of Narendra Singh, whowas tortured and slain byPak this week.
The mutilated body ofSingh, the Border SecurityForce's (BSF) Head constable,was found on Tuesday hoursafter Pakistani forces hadresorted to unprovoked firing in Ramgarh sector ofJammu.
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A'mahapanchayat' of 51 vil-lages was held in Haryana’s
Rewari district on Friday wherethe demand was raised forimmediate arrest of the remain-ing two key accused in the gangrape of a 19-year-old woman.
The 'mahapanchayat', acongregation of several pan-chayats held in Rewari, alsoresolved to appeal to the par-ents asking them to prevailupon their children to stayaway from drugs and crime.
It also hit out at theHaryana Government andpolice for failing to nab two ofthe three key accused in thecase, who have been on the runfor over a week now.
Held under chairmanshipof sarpanch of the Garhi Balavillage, Hansraj, a ‘JanSangharsh committee' wasformed at the 'mahapanchayat'to ensure justice for the victim.
Hansraj said discussionwas held on how such incidentscould be prevented in thefuture.
Chief of Swaraj India, asocio-political organisation,Yogendra Yadav, also attended
the 'mahapanchayat' andbacked the demand for arrestof the accused.
Yadav said that a fast trackcourt should try the case.
The victim, who was felic-itated by the State Government,was abducted by three menfrom a bus stop in Kanina townof neighbouringMahendragarh district onSeptember 12 while she was onher way to a coaching class.
The accused, who arrivedin a car, allegedly drugged herand raped her at a room hous-ing a tubewell for irrigation.
Two accused identified asPankaj, an Army man andManish are still absconding.
Police had arrested one ofthe three main accused, Nishuon September 16, along withtwo others -- Sanjeev, the doc-tor who first attended to thewoman following the crime,and Deendayal, on whoseproperty she was allegedlyraped.
Meanwhile, a court inMahendragarh district onFriday extended Nishu'sremand by four days whileSanjeev and Deendayal weresent to judicial custody.
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Former Haryana Chief Minister BhupinderSingh Hooda on Friday demanded reduction
in taxes by the State Government to providerelief to the common from high fuel prices.
Hooda also demanded that petrol and dieselprices be brought under the GST ambit.
“Diesel and petrol prices are at all-time high.The State Government should reduce its taxesto provide some relief to the public,” Hooda saidwhile talking to the mediapersons here.
Haryana has the highest sale of petrol anddiesel in northern region, he said.
Earlier, the former two-time Chief MinisterHooda led a delegation of the Congress MLAswhich met Haryana Governor SatyadevNarayan Arya and sought his intervention inthe suspension of Congress MLA Karan Dalalfrom the Haryana Assembly for one year. Thedelegation also submitted a memorandum to theGovernor.
The delegation apprised the Governor thatthe Palwal MLA was recently suspended andbarred from attending the sittings of theAssembly for one year after he was alleged to
have used a derogatory word and unparlia-mentary language.
The Congress MLAs also told the Governorthat the ruling BJP had "violated" rules and reg-ulations to have Dalal suspended from theAssembly.
They also demanded effective steps to con-trol "rising crime, especially against women instate", and redressal of the grievances of the StateGovernment employees.
“The recent crime incidents in Rewari,Faridabad and other places are really very trag-ic. Prompt, strict and effective action is requiredto be taken in such matters, which is not beingtaken by the State Government. The protectionof the life and liberty of the people is the pri-mary responsibility of the state in which the pre-sent government has failed miserably,” thememorandum submitted to the Governor stat-ed.
It further stated, “This government is inoffice and not in authority and it is the crimi-nals whose writ runs large in the state. Even thelegislators are being threatened publicly and thegovernment is not taking any action against theculprits.”
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Re-polling to 53 booths ineight districts of Punjab
went off peacefully on Friday,contrary to the polling day —September 19 — which wit-nessed sporadic incidents ofviolence leaving severalinjured.
The counting of voteswould be held on Saturday,beginning 8 am.
On the other hand, SADhas urged the State ElectionCommission (SEC) to orderre-poll in the remaining 110polling booths and defer thecounting of votes in the respec-tive constituencies to ensure
full justice to the voters as wellas to the contesting candi-dates. SAD had alleged that asmany 164 booths were cap-tured.
Demanding videographyof all the counting centres,SAD has directed its allobservers to be present therefrom beginning till end ofcounting.
Apprehending rigging andhijacking of the counting,Cheema pointed that the offi-cials had got candidates’ sig-nature on unfilled proformasas specimen signatures whichmay be misused while declar-ing results.
Therefore, he urged to
change the proforma to ensurethat the profroma is signedonly after the declaration ofresults.
In a letter to the poll panel,party spokesman and seniorleader Daljit Singh Cheemathanked it for having orderedre-poll at 54 polling stations ineight districts but expressingshock that 110 booths thatwere rigged were left out.
Cheema also sent a list of164 booths which he claimedwere captured by the Congressworkers led by party leaders.He said that the Commissionshould also identify the erringofficials and take strict actionagainst them. Cheema asked
the SEC to immediately holdinquiry and order re-poll torestore peoples’ faith in democ-
racy and simultaneously sal-vage its own substantially erod-ed credibility.
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Ahelicopter carr yingLeader of opposition and
Indian National Lok Dal’ssenior leader Abhay SinghChautala on Friday made anemergency landing inGurugram.
No onewas hurt inthe incident,a close asso-ciate of theleader said.
Chautalahad taken thechopper of a
private aviation companyfrom Gurugram for Jind.
The INLD leader was toaddress some meetings inJind. As soon as the chopperhad taken off from Gurugram,the pilot reported some tech-nical issue after which hedecided to return toGurugram where the choppermade the emergency landing,said an aide of Chautala.
He said Chautala hasdeferred his Jind programmeand later proceeded toGohana by road for someother function.
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Punjab Government hasapproved the setting up of
4000 megawatt Super CriticalThermal Plant at Ropar withfive units of 800 MW genera-tion capacity each, along withthe 60 MW Biomass Plant anda 100 MW Solar Plant.
“This would ally the fear ofPunjab State PowerCorporation Limited (PSPCL)employees regarding domi-nance of private players in thepower sector due to closure of880 MW thermal units inBathinda and Ropar,” said thestate Power Minister GurpreetSingh Kangar on Friday.
“The closure of existing
units, by no means, amount todominance of private sector...It is just a switchover from theexisting technology to thecheaper, greener, state-of -arttechnology,” the Minister said.
Giving a patient hearing tothe delegations of JointEmployees Forum and BiljiMulazam Ekta Manch, Kangarassured that a joint committeeof representatives of PSPCL,PSTCL and EmployeesAssociations would be formedto re-examine the existingPower Purchase Agreements(PPA).
He also promisedfavourable solution to the 23-year promotional scale andthe pay band issues and advised
the PSPCL chairman-cum-managing director BaldevSingh Sran to look into theissue in the forthcoming meet-ing of the Board of Directors(BoD).
He informed that over 600employees of various cadreshave been promoted and about400 others will be promotedsoon.
Terming the death of shortterm contractual employeesworking on live wires as unfor-tunate, Power Minister direct-ed the CMD to review thecompensation criterion forsuch cases and workout a rea-sonable reimbursement or joboption for the dependants ofsuch employees.
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Punjab Government onFriday released Rs 670.29
crore towards pending powersubsidy, value added tax (VAT)or Good and Services tax(GST) refund, along with var-ious development and welfareprojects.
“The Government hasreleased Rs 150 crore onaccount of power subsidy, Rs 93crore for Punjab InfrastructureDevelopment Board (PIDB)and Rs 88 crore for PunjabUrban Development Authority(PUDA),” said a spokespersonof the Chief Minister’s Office.
A sum of Rs 65.31 crorehas been released forEnvironment, Forestry andWildlife under the NationalRiver Conservation Plan, whileRs 20.62 crore would be spenton Externally Aided Projects(EAP) and Rs 29.85 crore onthe schemes funded byNABARD.
Another Rs 24 crore hasbeen released for PunjabEducation Development Board(PEDB) and Rs 23.48 crore forAMRUT scheme, said thespokesperson adding that Rs37.49 crore has been releasedon account of VAT and Rs 6.46crore of GST refunds.
Another Rs 17.88 crorehas been released againstPradhan Mantri Gram SadakYojana (PMGSY), Rs 15.97crore for Integrated ChildDevelopment Services (ICDS),Rs 7.12 crore for Soil andWater Conservation and Rs6.07 crore for water supply andsanitation.
The Chief Minister hasdirected various governmentdepartments and agencies toensure effective implementationof the schemes aimed at pro-moting welfare of the people.
He has also expressed theconfidence that the govern-ment’s efforts towards financialdiscipline and fiscal manage-ment would enable the state’seconomy, which had beendestroyed by the previousSAD-BJP regime, to come backon track.
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Setting November 15 as adeadline, Punjab Chief
Minister Capt AmarinderSingh on Friday ordered therelease of pending tubewellconnections to the farmerswho had already made pay-ments
The directive came duringa meeting with representativesof the Kisan MazdoorSangharash Committee.
The Chief Minister hasalso directed the Punjab StatePower Corporation Limited(PSPCL) chairman-cum-man-aging director Baldev SinghSran to ensure adherence toNovember 15 deadline andissue necessary directions tothe field staff across the state forstrict compliance.
Sran assured the ChiefMinister that nearly 7,000pending tubewell connectionswould be released within thestipulated time-frame.
Responding to anotherdemand of the committee, theChief Minister asked theAdditional Chief Secretary(Agriculture) Viswajit Khannato ensure that the farmers getsubsidized agri-implements orequipment before October 15for in-situ management ofpaddy stubble in order to avoidburning.
Khanna informed theChief Minister that of the total24,000 agri-implements orequipment, nearly 8000 hadbeen distributed amongst thefarmers, cooperative societiesand custom hiring centres so
far in the state.He said that the
Agriculture Department wasfully geared up to complete thetask of distribution of theseimplements.
At the same time, the ChiefMinister appealed to the farm-ers to make use of subsidizedagri-machinery effectively toavoid stubble burning, therebyensuring health and hygiene ofthe people besides preservingthe environment of the state.
The meeting was informedthat the Punjab Settlement ofAgricultural Indebtedness
(Amendment) Bill, 2018, waspassed in the recently con-cluded Punjab Vidhan Sabhasession, according to which theGovernment would notifymaximum amount of debt thatcan be advanced by creditors tothe debtors on per acre basis.
The Government hasalready notified five DivisionalDebt Settlement Forums head-ed by the DivisionalCommissioner as per the pro-visions of the Act.
Directions were also issuedto the Financial Commissioner(Revenue) MP Singh to ensure
regular meetings of DeputyCommissioner, SeniorSuperintendent of Police (SSP)and Chief Agriculture Officer(CAO) at the district level toreview farm suicide cases onthe 15th of every month, asalready mandated by theRevenue Department.
The reports, thus, receivedfrom the DeputyCommissioners of respectivedistricts would be consideredfor timely release of compen-sation by the state committeecomprising FCR, ACS agricul-ture and Principal Secretary
Finance.Acceding to another
demand, Capt Amarinderasked the Principal Secretary(Power) A Venu Prasad toexamine the feasibility of send-ing power bills to consumerson a monthly basis instead ofthe existing time-frame of twomonths, especially in the ruralareas.
On the issue of new agri-culture policy, the ChiefMinister said that the StateGovernment was all set tounveil its pro-farmer agricul-ture policy.
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against him and his supporters during Zila Parishad andPanchayat Samiti poll held on Wednesday saying that hewould act against them once his party comes to powerin the state.
Sukhbir’s warning came while he was addressing thegathering at fourth death anniversary of former SADpresident Jagdev Singh Talwandi at Raikot.
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The 18th All India Police Water Sports Championship 2018will be inaugurated by RK Mishra, IPS, Additional Director
General of Indi Tibetan Border Police on September 22 at SukhnaLake.
A total of 22 teams from various Central Armed Police Forces(CAPFs) and states police throughout the country will partici-pate in the championship, said an official spokesman.
Indo Tibetan Border Police has been entrusted to conductthe championship by all India Police Sports Control Board andthe same has further been assigned to Arvind Kumar, InspectorGeneral, N.W. Ftr, HQ, Indo Tibetan Border Police, he said.
He also said various event of Rowing, Kayaking andCanoeing will be conducted from September 23 onwards dur-ing the championship.
The closing ceremony will be held on September 26 andHaryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal will be chief quest on theoccasion, he added.
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Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa onFriday exhorted the companiesassociated with the housingand real estate sector to investin Punjab saying that the Statehas emerged as the best one todo business after the CongressGovernment took over.
Bajwa, addressing theindustrialists during the courseof an invest meet organized bythe Confederation of the RealEstate Developers of India(CREDAI) said that anInvestment Promotion Bureauhas been established to provideinformation with regard to
policies, laws and rules of theState to the companies intend-ing to do business here.
Besides, all departmentshave been connected with theBureau so as to enable each
businessman to derive all infofrom a single source under oneroof. “The Bureau is responsi-ble for according all requisiteclearances to the industrialistswithin a fixed time frame. Not
only this, the Government isalso contemplating a singlewindow system for the indus-trialists so as to save them therigours of moving from oneplace to another in order to gettheir works done,” he said.
The Minister said that thePunjab Government is fullycommitted to the planned aswell as sustained developmentof the state, while exhorting thecompanies to pay attention tosmall cities as well along withthe bigger ones so as to ensurethat the people don’t resort tounrecognized colonies.
“The unrecognized andthe haphazard colonies wouldbe regularized once and wouldbe stopped from haphazard
and unauthorized construc-tions thereon. Soon a policywould have to be framed withregard to construction of hous-es in the lands owned by thepeople because the houses soconstructed assume the shapeof unrecognized colonies verysoon,” he said.
Bajwa added that it wouldbe ensured that the industrial-ists encounter no difficulty ingetting their works done in theHousing and UrbanDevelopment and the Townand Country PlanningDepartments.
It is being ensured thateach work is completed inthese departments as per thefixed timeline.
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From Page 1Khaira failed to attract even his former comrades from AAP
though he was keen to ensure presence of all political parties andfarmers’ outfits too. “But except Bains brothers, none showed facewhich suggests that Khaira has completely lost credibility in peo-ple and parties,” he said.
Presence of AAP MP Dharmvir Gandhi, Mohakam Singhof United Akali Dal or Bains brothers only showed that the meet-ing was “a conglomeration of rejected, dejected, frustrated andoutdated rootless leaders,” he added.
New Delhi: Two men wereshot and wounded by theiremployer's relative, a friend ofthe vict ims said on Friday. However, police saidthat they were wounded in ashootout.
The two worked at a scrap warehouse in southDelhi's Sarai Kale Khan area.
Deputy Commissioner ofPolice Chinmoy Biswal said"the two opened fire at eachother during a scuffle over amoney-related issue" postmidnight on Thursday.
Hail ing from UttarPradesh, the two —Rameshwar, 19, and Sunil, 21 — were admitted tothe All India Institute ofMedical Sciences.
"Rameshwar has beenshifted to ICU (intensive careunit). Doctors said his con-dition is serious and hischances of survival are bleak,"their friend Raju Chaudharytold IANS.
Chaudhary complainedthat the police were not lodg-ing a First Information Report(FIR) even after recording
Sunil's statement. "We have been at the
police station since morningbut they haven't lodged anFirst Information Report(FIR)."
He said a relative of theowner of the warehouseopened fire at the two whenthey were asleep.
"First, he shot Rameshwarin the head and later target-ed Sunil," Chaudhary said."There wasn't any troublebetween the employer and thevictims."
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New Delhi: The CBI on Fridaydescribed the complaint by itsSpecial Director Rakesh Asthanato the CVC against its chief AlokVerma as "malicious" and "friv-olous" and said that the com-plaint is aimed to malign hisimage and intimidate the offi-cials.
"It is unfortunate that base-less and frivolous allegations arebeing made publicly withoutproper verification of facts tomalign the image of the DirectorCBI and intimidate the officialsof the organization," the CentralBureau of Investigation said ina statement.
It is stated that the CVC hassought for certain case filesfrom the CBI on the basis of acomplaint filed by its SpecialDirector.
"In its response to the CVCletter, the Chief Vigilance Officer(CVO) of CBI has pointed outthat the complaint is an attemptby the complainant (Asthana) tointimidate the officers of CBIwho are investigating his role inat least half a dozen cases," itsaid.
The CBI remarks came aftermedia reports claimed thatAsthana had filed a complaint
before the Central VigilanceCommission (CVC) alleginginterference in the probes under-taken by the SpecialInvestigation Team under him.
The agency said that the"CVC should opine on themaintainability of the complaintand consider it malicious andfrivolous in order to protect theintegrity of the organisation".
The agency also said that theCBI has pointed out in its letterto CVC that the issue relating tothe IRCTC (Indian RailwayCatering and Tourism Corp)case was raked up earlier alsoand brought before the SupremeCourt on two occasions. IANS
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Apolitical row broke out onFriday over the University
Grants Commission (UGC)communication to universitiesto observe September 29 as"Surgical strike day" with theOpposition calling it a foulpolitics while Centre insistingthat the moves certainly reflect-ed patriotism and not politics.While Trinamool Congress saidthey would not follow the HRDMinistry's diktat, former HRDMinister and senior Congressleader Kapil Sibal took a jibe byasking whether the UGC wouldcelebrate November 8 thedemonetisation day.
HRD Minister PrakashJavadekar said the UGC direc-tives was not compulsory butan advisory. UGC has asked theuniversities and the highereducational institutions to cel-ebrate the second anniversaryof the surgical strikes on terrorcamps in Pakistan-occupiedKashmir(PoK).
West Bengal EducationMinister Partha Chatterjeecriticised the BJP-led Central
Government for trying to"malign and politicise" theArmy and said educationalinstitutes will not abide byUGC's directive. Counteringhim, BJP State president DilipGhosh said the TMCGovernment has made it apractice to oppose each andevery decision of the Centre.
Javadekar said the UGCcommunication reflected "patri-otism not politics", and it is notcompulsory for the academicinstitutions to organise any suchevent. He rejected the criticismby opposition parties as"absolutely ridiculous and false".
Talk sessions by ex-ser-vicemen about sacrifices by thearmed forces, special parades
by the National CadetCorps(NCC) and visit to exhi-bitions are among the pre-scribed events by the UniversityGrants Commission(UGC) forthe celebration. Colleges havebeen asked to organise paradesby the National Cadet Corps(NCC) and lectures by ex-army officers.
On September 29 in 2016,the Indian Army carried out"surgical strikes" on seven ter-rorist launch pads across theLine of Control(LoC) as aresponse to an attack on itsbase in Uri earlier that month.The Army had said its specialforces inflicted "significantcasualties" on terrorists waiting
there to cross onto the Indianterritory.
"This is an agenda of theBJP and it is trying to pushthis agenda by using the UGCahead of elections. It is amatter of shame that they areusing the UGC to achievetheir polit ical agenda. We won't abide by the direc-tions of UGC," Chatterjeesaid at Kolkata.
"We would have under-stood it had they asked us toobserve the day in the name ofsacrifices made by our soldiers.We have full respect for our sol-diers and their sacrifices." "TheIndian Army has always beenkept above politics and contro-versies. But now we are seeingthat the BJP is trying to malignand politicise the Indian Army.This is not right and we won'tsupport it," Chatterjee said.
Sibal sarcastically askedwhether the UGC would "dare"to celebrate November 8, theday when demonetisation wasannounced in 2016, as 'surgi-cal strike day'. "UGC directsVC's of all universities to cele-brate 29th September as
Surgical Strike Day. Is thismeant to educate or to serveBJP's political ends?" Sibaltweeted.
"Will UGC dare celebrate8th November as SurgicalStrike Day depriving the poorof their livelihoods? Thisanother jumla!" the formerUnion HRD Minister said.
Javadekar told reporters inDelhi the ruling BJP differedwith the Congress as it onlygave advise to institutes to fol-low a programme while theopposition party made its deci-sions compulsory when it wasin power. "Where is politics?This is not politics but patrio-tism," Javadekar said, addingthat students needed to beinformed about the surgicalstrikes, and military and civilworks soldiers do.
He claimed that studentsand institutes had made sug-gestions that the secondanniversary of surgical strikesshould be observed. Askedwhy it was not commemorat-ed last year, he said a good suggestion can be exe-cuted anytime.
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The Union Home Ministryon Friday said no Special
Police Officer has resigned inJammu & Kashmir followingthe killing of three police per-sonnel by banned terror groupHizbul Mujahideen andtermed such reports as "falsepropaganda" by "mischievous"elements.
The Ministry also said thatthe terror groups are rattled bythe action taken by the securi-ty forces against the terroristgroups and as many as 28 ter-rorists have been neutralized inShopian alone this year.
28 terrorists have beenneutralised this year in Shopianalone where the three police-men were killed on Friday."Due to pro-active actions ofJammu & Kashmir police, ter-rorists have been pushed to thecorner and are being driven todesperation," the Home
Ministry said. "Reports have appeared in a
section of media that someSPOs in Jammu & Kashmirhave resigned. The J&K policehas confirmed that these reportsare untrue and motivated. Thesereports are based on false pro-paganda by mischievous ele-ments," the Union HomeMinistry said in a statement.
"Jammu & Kashmir has aprofessional and committedpolice force which is fullygeared up to meet the securitychallenges, including thoserelated to Panchayat and Urbanbody elections," the statementfurther read.
There are over 30,000 SPOsand their services are reviewedfrom time to time. Some mis-chievous elements are trying toproject that those SPOs whoseservices are not renewed due toadministrative reasons, haveresigned. Terrorists are onbackfoot in Jammu & Kashmir,the Home Ministry said.
The three policemen wereabducted from their homes insouth Kashmir's Shopian dis-trict and shot dead in cold
blood by the HizbulMujahideen, the Jammu &Kashmir police said.
Earlier, reports in theKashmiri media suggested thatthe killings had triggered panicin the lower ranks of the policedepartment with at least sixpolicemen resigning from ser-vice. Two of them issued videomessages dissociating them-selves from the police ranks.
"My name is Irshad AhmadBaba and I was working as aconstable in the police. I haverendered my resignation...,"said one of the SPOs in avideo message being widely cir-culated on social media inSrinagar.
Tajalla Hussain Lone,another SPO, said he hadresigned from the policedepartment on September 17and was issuing the video toput to rest any doubts, andthat Hizbul Mujahideen com-mander Riyaz Naikoo hasseveral times warned localpolicemen, especially SPOs, toresign from the force, sayingthat the Government is using them.
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Amid a row between CBIDirector Alok Verma and
the agency's second-in-com-mand Rakesh Asthana, thepublic relations wing of the CBIswung into action to defend thechief and malign his deputy.The CBI spokesperson issued astatement terming CBI SpecialDirector Rakesh Asthana'scomplaint to the CVC againstthe agency chief of his inter-ference in certain cases as"malicious" and "frivolous". Therow between the two officershas raised several eyebrows onthe selection of officers, includ-ing Verma, as the agency chiefand their integrity.
In an unusual move, theCBI issued a statement afterreports about Asthana filing acomplaint before the CentralVigilance Commission alleginginterference in the probesundertaken by the specialinvestigation team under him.The statement comes amidreports that Verma interferedin the investigation of IRCTCtender scam.
This is for the first timethat dirty linen is being washedin the open and two top offi-cials are embroiled in allega-tions of corruption.
"It is unfortunate that base-less and frivolous allegationsare being made publicly with-out proper verification of factsto malign the image of theDirector CBI and intimidatethe officials of the organisa-tion," reads the CBI statement.
The CVC has sought forcertain case files from the CBIon the basis of a complaint filedby the Special Director, CBI,the statement said.
"In its response to the CVCletter, the Chief VigilanceOfficer (CVO) of CBI haspointed out that the complaintis an attempt by the com-plainant to intimidate the offi-cers of CBI who are investi-gating his role in at least half adozen cases. The CBI said thatthe CVC should opine on themaintainability of the com-plaint and consider it maliciousand frivolous in order to pro-tect the integrity of the organ-isation," the CBI said.
Irrespective of the main-tainability of the complaint,CBI has provided most of thefiles as requested by the CVCand the remaining will be sub-mitted soon.
The CBI also claimed thatthere is no substance in themedia reports that CBI is notcooperating in the enquiry.
The allegation of preventingraids against the accused in theIRCTC case is absolutely false.The investigation of the case hasresulted in filing a chargesheetbefore the designated court.This could not have been pos-sible without the explicitapproval of the Director CBI,the agency further claimed.
CBI has pointed out in itsletter to CVC that the issuerelating to the IRCTC casewas raked up earlier also andbrought before the SupremeCourt on two occasions. Thematter was dismissed by theSupreme Court. The peti-tioners were also in posses-sion of information fromhighly confidential internaldocuments, which is a seriousoffence, it added.
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The much-awaited, GlobalFest ival of Spir itual
Sciences (GFFS) 2018 is beingheld in one of Asia's largestmeditat ion pyramids,Pyramid International Valley,at the outskirts of Bangalorefrom September 29 toOctober 4 where you canhave a holistic experience ofwellness and spirituality toenliven your soul.
What's even more advan-tageous is that your queries willbe answered by some of themost admired and influentialmasters and healers in theworld in the ambience of thenature, making the entire event—11th edition of GFSS 2018—even more spiritual.
This spiritual festival fea-tures gurus like Susan Hough,Jasmuheen, Prof Kaya, DrLakshmi Newton andChristiane Muller and manyothers will be speaking on
topics ranging from the'Physics of Consciousness' to'Dream Interpretation &Symbology', from 'IndigenousWisdom of the NativeMedicine Wheel ' to'Connecting Ancient Wisdomwith Quantum Physics' to setyour soul alight.
The festival will also haveactivities like Tai Chi, yogaand meditation sessions
besides dance performancesby Zia Nath, a danseuse andwhirling expert and a soundImmersion session by Aurelio,a sound therapist and livemusic performance by Adam Apollo.
To keep children engaged,the GFSS -2018 will haveinteresting line up of mindfuland fun activities such asKid's yoga, storytelling, organ-
ic gardening, pottery andmuch more.
"It is a celebration of lettingout your negativity and impurethoughts. This year with line-up of global speakers, musi-cians, and yogis one can learnthe power of creating one'sown unique vibe," said PinkyDaga, CEO, Thriive Art &Soul, a state-of-the-art holisticwellness portal and organiserof the event.
This festival is open to allindividuals coming from dif-ferent walks of life like stu-dents, working people andhomemakers.
For those who are new tospirituality, the celebratoryaspect makes it less intimi-dating, explains Pinky Daga."Masters break down esotericsubjects into their basics. So,even those who've never evenheard of spirituality are ableto experience it and thisbegins an inner transforma-tion within them," she added.
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Hitting out at the Centreover the security situa-
tion in Jammu & Kashmir, theCongress on Friday allegedthat the NDA Governmentwas playing with the "crown ofIndia" and treating the peopleof the State like "guinea pigs".
Congress spokesmanAbhishek Singhvi alleged thatthere had been a marked quan-titative increase in ceasefireviolations, deaths of securitypersonnel, civilian killings,and terror incidents in Jammu& Kashmir since the BJP cameto power at the Centre and inthe State.
He blamed theGovernment for the deterio-rating security situation inJammu & Kashmir and citedthe abduction and killing ofthree policemen and thereported resignations by policepersonnel in the State.
The Home Ministry, how-ever, said on Friday that nopoliceman has resigned in thestate following the killing of thethree police personnel by ter-ror group Hizbul Mujahideenand described such reports as"false propaganda" by "mis-
chievous" elements."There is a quantitative
and qualitative change. Thequantitative change is reflect-ed in any of the four parame-ters — ceasefire violations,death of security personnel,civilian deaths, terror inci-dents," Singhvi said.
It is "shocking" that 414jawans have died since the BJPcame to power at the Centreand in the State, he said.Singhvi said, "256 civilianshave died. As I have said on allparametres there is 100, 200,300 per cent increase. In thecase of ceasefire violations,
there is a 500 per cent increase."He said the UPA had
brought the State and its peo-ple in the mainstream, but theNDA Government convertedthat mainstream into "mid-stream". Singhvi also accusedthe Government of treatingJammu & Kashmir like a "lab-oratory experiment" and itspeople like "guinea pigs".
"The Government hasbetrayed each and every part ofJammu & Kashmir andLadakh," the Congress leadersaid. He alleged that to all theincidents of violence and dete-riorating security situation,
there was silence on the part ofthe Government.
Singhvi alleged that muti-lations have been on the risesince 2016 and also cited therecent killing of a BSF jawanwho was found with histhroat slit.
He also slammed theGovernment's decision to agreeto the meeting betweenExternal Affairs MinisterSushma Swaraj and herPakistani counterpart ShahMahmood Qureshi on the side-lines of the UN GeneralAssembly in New York.
However, later in theevening, India called off themeeting citing the "brutal"killing of the three policemenin Jammu & Kashmir as well asthe release of postal stamps glo-rifying Kashmiri militantBurhan Wani. Singhvi slammedthe Government's Pakistan pol-icy as a 'No Pak policy'.
"It is knee-jerk, it isepisodic, it is momentary, it istransient, it depends on themood of the moment. ThisGovernment has no moralright to continue. TheGovernment is playing withcrown, with the pride ofIndia," he said.
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The EnforcementDirectorate (ED) attached
immovable properties andbank balances worth �42.88crore derived by accused AmitBhardwaj and his accomplicesin Bitcoin Trading Ponzischeme under the banner ofVariabletech Pvt Ltd Singapore.
These attached propertiesinclude six offices of Bhardwajlocated at Dubai (UAE) and theflats and bank balances of histwo marketing agents HemantBhope and Pankaj Adlakha.
The ED probe has revealedthat Amit Bhardwaj had start-ed a company at Singaporeunder the banner ofVariabletech Pvt Ltd in 2015and through its web-sitewww.gainbitcoin.com, helaunched a ponzi scheme ofBitcoin trading.
Bitcoin is a virtual crypto-currency which is popularamongst a section of theinvestors. Under the saidscheme, Bhardwaj, through histeam of marketing agents, usedto lure the gullible people byasking them to buy Bitcoins outof their investments and theninvest these Bitcoins in hisgainbitcoin scheme by promis-ing high returns.
Through this scheme,Bhardwaj and his marketingagents were able to collectinvestments worth about80,000 Bitcoins. However,instead of paying back thepromised returns to theinvestors in Bitcoins, Bhardwajoffered them returns in his ownnewly launched crypto-cur-rency token MCAP which hadnearly no value on crypto-currency exchanges.
A large numbers ofinvestors in Bhardwaj's firmwere cheated in this way, theED said.
The ED initiated investiga-tion under the provisions of thePrevention of MoneyLaundering Act, 2002 resultingin the provisional attachments ofimmovable properties and bankbalances worth �42.88 crore.
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In a move to make upcomingAssembly and Lok Sabha
polls accessible for all, theElection Commission (EC)has decided to train all theelectoral officers and staff toget adequately trained in signlanguage and finger spellingalphabet. During the trainingsession, the election officialswill be given training in elec-tion related sign languagessymbols such as 'election','voter identity card', 'address','polling booth', polling station,political parties, voter slipswith photo, voter guides andother things.
Sources in the EC saidthat the Commission hasdirected all the electoral officersand staff to get adequately
trained in sign language andfinger spelling alphabet. Theelection watchdog has writtento all concerned to hire pro-fessionals to receive the train-ing and also provided hugeposters of sign language andfinger spelling alphabet for thedifferentially abled to be dis-played on all election relatedpremises.
According to EC officials,during the training programmesession, the election officialswill be provided basic knowl-edge as well as election relatedsign languages or fingerspelling symbols such as 'elec-tion', 'voter identity card','address', 'polling booth', polit-ical parties, electronic votingmachines, voter slips withphoto, electronic votingmachines. Finger-spelling (or
dactylology) is the representa-tion of the letters of a writingsystem and sometimes numer-al systems, using only thehands. These manual alphabets(also known as finger alphabetsor hand alphabets), have oftenbeen used in hearing impairededucation, and have subse-quently been adopted as a dis-
tinct part of anumber of signlanguages.
In a commu-niqués' to ChiefElectoral Officersof States andUnion Territories,the EC said, " Itmay be seen thatSeptember 23, hasbeen declared asInternational Dayof Sign Languages
by United Nations. Accordingly,the sign language training ses-sions may be conducted on anyworking day in the week whichis also the "International Weekof Deaf ".
The EC also made it clearthat the training should be con-ducted by sign language expertwith a suitable experience in the
subject. "The idea of this exerciseis to acquaint the officials withthe issues that concern and thequestions that are frequently bysuch voters," said officials of EC.
"During the session, theelection staff will be sensitisedon the needs of the personswith hearing impairment.Under the programme, apolling scenario will be recre-ated to enable the officials andstaff better understand what isrequired of them while dealingwith voters with hearing dis-abilities," said EC officials.
Earlier, the EC has provid-ed training to chief electoralofficials and deputy electoralofficials of states and union ter-ritories wherein the officerswere acquainted with basic aswell as election related sign lan-guages symbols on last week.
Besides, information relatedto basic etiquette while con-versing with persons with dis-abilities was also shared withthe Officials of theCommission and they weresensitised regarding the needsof hearing impaired persons.The training was conductedwith the help of the Indian SignLanguage Research andTraining Centre (ISLRTC) toprepare election officials tocommunicate with voters withhearing disabilities.
For the hearing impaired,the EC had stated that sign lan-guage windows will be provid-ed in all audio-visual trainingand awareness content of thecommission. For the visually-challenged electors, the EC hadstated that it would be issuingbraille voter identity cards.
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New Delhi: The Congress onFriday demanded a probe intothe Narendra Modi-ledGovernment's much vaunted"Skill India", claiming that thescheme was a massive scambenefiting people within the"BJP eco-system". Citing mediareports and RTI replies, Congressspokesperson Abhishek ManuSinghvi alleged that the schemelaunched in 2015 to "train 40crore people" was actually a"shortcut to profitable businessfor the unscrupulous".
"Skill India Mission hasturned out to be a massive scamwith people within the BJP eco-system, its cronies, middlemen,touts and mafia pocketing themoney for the same and listingghost beneficiaries. "The missionof skilling has evolved into amechanism of fast billing forBJP's friends. In the name ofmaking youth employable, ModiGovernment's Skill DevelopmentMinistry seems to have createda shortcut to profitable businessfor the unscrupulous," saidSinghvi.
The Congress also targetedTextile Minister Smriti Iraniover the alleged scam. "Irani,who leaves no opportunity toexert her larynx on variety ofinane issues, is absolutely mumon the rampant corruptionunder her watch, why?" askedSinghvi. He also cited theGovernment-appointed ShardaPrasad Committee that had"criticised the ModiGovernment for setting anunachievable target of skilling40 crore youth". "The commit-tee had further found that theModi Government had beenmissing its targets over the pre-vious two years as far as skillingthe workforce was concerned,"said Singhvi, demanding aprobe into the scam and recov-ery of "crores of people's moneylost due to these irregularities".
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Three more terrorists ofbanned Lashkar-e-Tayyeba
(LeT) outfit were killed in aprolonged gun-battle in Sumlarforests of north Kashmir’sBandipora district on Fridaytaking the toll of terrorists tofive. Two terrorists were killedin the initial phase of theencounter on Thursday.
A defence spokesman saidthat weapons and war-likestores were recovered from theencounter site. The encounterwas in progress when lastreports came in from the area.
The encounter began onThursday when a joint team ofArmy, CRPF and SpecialOperations Group (SOG) ofJ&K Police launched a massiveoperation in the Shokhbaba,Sumlar area of Bandipora.Security sources said that theoperation was temporarily sus-pended through the night inview of darkness after killing of
two terrorists in the initialphase.
However, the multi lay-ered cordon remained intactand the search operation wasresumed on Friday. They saidthat during the intense searchoperation the contact with thehiding terrorists was re-estab-lished triggering fresh gun-fight. During the ensuingencounter, three more terror-ists were killed.
Security sources said thatthe slain are suspected to be
LeT cadre.Meanwhile, normal life
was affected in Capital Srinagaras the authorities disallowedAshura processions in the maincity. The authorities imposedrestrictions in the jurisdictionof five police stations in oldSrinagar. The Friday congre-gational prayers were notallowed in Grand Mosque ofSrinagar even as the authoritieskept senior separatist leaderMirwaiz Umar Farooq underdetention at his residence.
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In a disclosure which couldhave repercussions across
the political spectrum in thecountry, senior BJP leader andRajya Sabha memberSubramanian Swamy statedon Friday that Sonia Gandhi,the then Congress president, PChidambaram, the then UnionHome Minister and VelupillaiPrabhakaran, the chief of thedreaded Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam (LTTE) werehand in glove with each other.
In a message posted on hismicro-blogging platform,Swamy said Chidambaramhad sent a message toPrabhakaran during the 2009battle (which saw the annihi-lation of the LTTE) to awaitIndian Navy to come to rescuehim. “Navy did come but itwas Sri Lankan Navy.Prabhakaran walked out of thejungle into the beach thinkingit was the Indian Navy andhence was killed,” said Swamyin his posting.
He also said that PC(Chidambaram) had sent the
message to Prabhakaran atthe behest of TDK (the abbre-viation usually used by Swamyto describe Sonia Gandhi)during the final days of theMay 2009 war.
He said the Indian Navyship which was expected toreach the theatre of war didnot leave Indian shoresbecause of stiff Oppositionfrom highest authorities.“Prabhakaran could not beinformed by the Congressleadership about the change ofplan,” said Swamy.
Swamy’s disclosure comesimmediately after the visit ofMahinda Rajapaksa, formerpresident of Sri Lanka to NewDelhi at the invitation ofSwamy. Rajapaksa, who wasthe President of Sri Lankaduring the civil war of May2009, had told PrashantTiwari of The Pioneer in anexclusive interview that theGovernments of India andSri Lanka had worked in tan-dem in the 2009 civil war inthe island nation which result-ed in the annihilation of thedreaded Liberation Tigers ofTamil Eelam, a terrorist
organisation.“We had a mechanism
during the war (against theLTTE in 2009) called theTroika, where three officialsfrom both sides (India and SriLanka ) were able to discussany issue, even in the middleof the night,” said Rajapaksa.Experts are of the view that theTroika had played a major rolein scuttling the move to savePrabhakaran.
According to Rajapaksa,three high officials from SriLanka and India were deput-ed for regular exchange ofinformation to facilitate prop-er coordination during theoperation against the LTTEterrorists during the month ofMay 2009. “This was known asTroika System and these offi-cials met even in the middle ofthe night. What we need is asystem like this in our eco-nomic cooperation also,”Rajapaksa had said.
This is in stark contrast tothe claims by the DMK, thenan important ally of the UPAGovernnment led byManmohan Singh.Karunanidhi, the then ChiefMinister of Tamil Nadu hadsaid that the Centre had toldhim that the operation by theSri Lankan Government wasonly to nab LTTE chiefPrabhakaran and India had norole in the military operations.
The AIADMK on Fridaydeclared that it would launcha massive agitation all overTamil Nadu on September 25to highlight how the DMK hadbetrayed Tamils all over the
world because of its “complic-ity” in the civil war.
Karunanidhi in the com-pany of his two wives hadstaged a “two-hour long fast”at Marina Beach questioningthe then Union Government’scomplicity in the civil war inSri Lanka and had called it offfollowing assurances from theCentre that it had no role inthe military operations. TheLTTE had used innocentTamils as human shields tosave the LTTE chiefPrabhakaran and his hench-men from the Sri Lankanarmy.
K P Munusamy , theAIADMK strongman toldreporters at Chennai on Fridaythat the disclosure byRajapaksa proved that theDMK too was engaged in thekilling of Tamils in northernSri Lanka during May 2009.“The Indian Government wasoffering military assistance tothe Sri Lankan Government inthe attack against the LTTE.The DMK is responsible forthousands of Tamils who gotkilled in the war,” saidMunusamy.
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The Bombay High Court on Fridayallowed a 33-year-old woman, who
is in her 30th week of pregnancy, toundergo an abortion as a medical testhad revealed that the foetus has a devel-opmental birth defect.
A division bench of justices A S Okaand A S Gadkari also granted thewoman's request to undergo the abor-tion at a private clinic in Nashik.
On the High Court's direction,doctors at the Government-run J JHospital here had examined her andapproved the abortion at such a latestage, considering the condition of thefoetus.
However, the Government hadopposed her request to undergo abor-tion at the Nashik clinic.
She should be directed to undergoabortion at a Government hospital asthe Medical Termination of Pregnancy(MTP) Act mandates that the proceduremust be performed only at Governmenthospitals or private hospitals recognisedfor this purpose by the Government, itsaid.
In Maharashtra, private clinics andhospitals which perform MTP arerequired to be certified by civic bodies.
The clinic in Nashik is duly certi-fied to perform legally approved med-ical termination of pregnancy.
However, the State Government isyet to complete the process of register-ing and approving private clinics for car-rying out abortions in cases where thepregnancy has exceeded 20 weeks, theGovernment lawyer said.
Advocate Kuldeep Nikam, thewoman's lawyer, said she should beallowed to undergo the procedure at theNashik clinic as the doctors there knewher case history well.
The High Court acceded to therequest, saying that she should not bepenalised because the State had failedto complete registration of clinics.
The petition said that the womanalready has a five-year-old son diag-
nosed with Down's Syndrome.She and her husband approached
the high court last week seeking per-mission for abortion, saying that theywere already caring for a specially-abledchild, and forcing them to continue withthe present pregnancy would causethem much physical and emotionaltrauma.
Giving birth to another child withspecial needs would impose a financialburden on them as the woman is ahousewife and the husband runs a smallbusiness, the petition said.
On September 11, the woman's doc-tor suggested that considering her firstchild's condition, she should undergoa scan to check if the present foetus hadabnormalities.
The scan revealed that the foetushas “Schizencephaly”, a rare develop-mental birth defect characterised byabnormal slits or clefts in the brain.
The condition causes developmen-tal delays. It can also cause seizures andproblems with brain-spinal cord com-munication, the petition said.
The Medical Termination ofPregnancy Act permits abortions after20 weeks only if continuation of thepregnancy poses a threat to the child'sor the mother's life.
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The Opposition Congress in Goa on Friday gavea notice for removal of Assembly Speaker
Pramod Sawant.The party, which has 16 members in the 40-
member Assembly, also gave a 14-day notice for con-vening of a session of the House for undertaking theprocess of removing Sawant from the post.
The move came days after the party staked claimto form an alternate Government, contending thatthe BJP-led ruling alliance had lost majority in theAssembly.
The Government is headed by Chief MinisterManohar Parrikar who is hospitalised in Delhi fora pancreatic ailment.
The notice for removal of Sawant was given under“Rule 243 of Rules and Procedure and Conduct ofBusiness of the Legislative Assembly of Goa, read withArticle 179C of the Constitution of India,” Leader ofOpposition Chandrakant Kavlekar said.
Rule 243 States provision for moving a resolu-tion to ask for permission of the House to discussabout impeachment of the Speaker.
Kavlekar, however, refused to specify on whatgrounds it wants Sawant to be removed as theSpeaker, saying the reasons will be spelt out on thefloor of the House.
The legislators said they propose to move themotion to remove Sawant from the office ofSpeaker of Legislative Assembly at the end of 14 days'notice period.
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The Congress on Friday demanded aprobe into renewal of iron ore min-
ing leases during the previous tenure ofGoa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
All India Congress Committee(AICC) secretary A Chellakumar saidformer BJP Chief Minister LaxmikantParsekar had revealed that renewal ofmining leases, termed illegal by theSupreme Court, was done during thetenure of his predecessor Parrikar.
Parrikar had earlier held the chiefminister's post from 2012 to 2014 and hewas succeeded by Parsekar. Parrikar, cur-rently admitted in New Delhi's AIIMS fora pancreatic ailment, became Goa's chiefminister again in March 2017.
A complaint was filed before theLokayukta alleging the involvement ofParsekar, the then mines secretaryPawan Kumar Sain and current minesand geology department directorPrasanna Acharya in the illegal renew-al of 88 mining leases, which werequashed by the apex court on February7, 2018.
“Today, the truth has come out veryclearly. It is not the Congress, it isnobody but their own party's ex-chiefminister Laxmikant Parsekar (who) hadtold (the Lokayukta) very clearly that itis not him but Parrikar who is the causeof looting of �1,44,000 crore,”Chellakumar claimed.
He sought to know why the StateGovernment was silent over the matterand why no charge sheet had been filed.
The Congress leader said a com-mittee should be formed to investigateParsekar's allegations.
The former Chief Minister, in a writ-ten reply to the Lokayukta last month,had said the policy to renew mining leas-es was framed by his predecessor(Parrikar) on the instructions of the Goabench of the Bombay High Court.
“Parrikar had begun renewing theleases and during his tenure, eight ornine of them were already renewed,”Parsekar had told the anti-corruptionwatchdog. “When I took over, I followedParrikar's track,” Parsekar, who was thechief minister of Goa from November2014 till March last year, had said.
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Six persons, including minor chil-dren, were electrocuted to death
at a village under Rupohi police sta-tion in Assam’s Nagaon district onFriday even as Assam ChiefMinister Sarbananda Sonowalordered an inquiry into the tragicincident.
The incident took place at UttarKhatowal village in Nagaon districtwhen six persons, including chil-dren, got down to a fishery to fishand got electrocuted. “A faulty elec-tric high voltage wire got snappedand reportedly electrocuted the vil-lages fishery. The locals intimatedthis to the local line man of the elec-tricity board. The electricity was cutoff initially and the six people gotdown to the fishery. However, aftersometime, all the six persons died
due to electrocution,” said the police.Assam Chief Minister
Sarbananda Sonowal ordered aninquiry into the electrocution inci-dent which reportedly killed sixpeople at Rupohihat LegislativeAssembly Constituency at UttarKhatowal village in Nagaon district.
The Chief Minister have askedAdditional Chief Secretary andChairman APDCL Jishnu Barua toenquire into the incident. “Theinquiry will primarily be encom-passing within its ambit the cir-cumstances leading to the electro-cution and submit the report to thegovernment immediately,” a state-ment issued by the Chief Minister’soffice said.
Meanwhile, the irate mobattacked and vandalized the houseof local line man holding himresponsible for the incident.
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The Begusarai police is all set to arrestformer Social Welfare Minister
Manju Verma’s husbandChandrashekhar Verma in connectionwith a case filed against him with CheriaBariarpur police station last month forpossessing illegal arms and ammuni-tions. An order to arrest him wasissued by Begusarai PoliceSuperintendent on Friday.
The SP moved following a directiveby the Supreme Court which found thecase against Verma serious and a divi-sion Bench directed the police to inter-rogate him.
The arms and ammunitions hadbeen recovered during a search in theresidential premises of the couplewhose name figured in the infamousMuzaffarpur shelter home rape case.The Minister had to resign when the
name of her husband cropped up andthe CDR of his phone revealed that hewas in constant touch with rape casemain accused Brajesh Thakur whowas running the shelter home. It wasalso alleged that Verma had been vis-iting the shelter home and spendingtime there.
Manju Verma had stoutly deniedthe allegations and claimed that her hus-band visited the shelter home only oncethat too along with her when she wentthere in her capacity as social welfareminister.
The sensational case is being inves-tigated by the CBI and now the apexcourt has decided to monitor it. TheSupreme Court also took notice of thefiring in remand home at Purnea inwhich two people died. The bench ofJustice Madan B Lokur and JusticeDeepak Gupta expressed surprise as tohow weapon reached the remand home.
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As the political uncertaintyadded to infighting and has
hit the fragile coalition inKarnataka, political punditsfeel the President’s Rule loomslarge over the State. The war ofwords between Chief MinisterHD Kumaraswamy, who isstruggling to keep the coalitionintact, and BJP chief BSYeddyurappa for the last fewdays has reached a peak lead-ing to fluid political situation.
In a fit of angerKumaraswamy had asked thepeople to revolt (dange) againstthe BJP for trying to topple hisGovernment but later he saidhis statement was misquoted.Yeddyurappa too charged JD(S)and Kumaraswamy as com-mission agents.
The BJP termed the use ofthe word ‘revolt’ as “seditious”
and appealed to GovernorVajubhai Vala to initiate actionagainst the CM. Soon after theCM’s statement, there was asnap protest by a few Congressworkers at the residence of BJPstate president BS Yeddyurappa.The saffron party has alsothreatened to take legal actionagainst Kumaraswamy.
In a major development onFriday the JDs has called a leg-islature party meeting atHassan on Saturday indicatesthe political fluidity in the state.Chief Minister who looks has-sled went to former chief min-ister Siddaramaiah to discussthe political situation. The cus-tomary cabinet meeting onThursday according to sourcestoo discussed political situationarising out of operation Lotusthreat by the BJP which plansto poach JDs and CongressMLAs. According to sources in
the BJP is planning to take someMLAs to resort in Pune orMumbai. The BJP in the statehas also authorisedYeddyurappa to take suitableaction if need be to form thegovernment.
The BJP accused chief min-ister of sedition and soughtaction over his remark askingpeople to rise in revolt againstBJP for its alleged attempt todestabilise the collation gov-ernment. The party has alsoofficially lodged a complaintwith DGP and said the chiefminister has violated section124(A) and other sections ofIPC. Party workers Holdingplacards and raising slogansagainst JDs supremoDevegowda and his sons,including Kumaraswamy,protested in Bengaluru.
BJP leader ShobhaKarndlaje said the person who
was supposed to protect theConstitution and citizens of thecountry was “provoking” peo-ple. Another BJP MP PrahladJoshi termed the statement asthe “most irresponsible andunpardonable offence” and saidthe chief minister's choice ofwords displayed his state ofmind.
Upset over the alleged top-pling game of the BJP, an angryKumaraswamy had onThursday warned BJP to berestrained in its speech aboutGowda and his family, saying hecan even ask people to rise inrevolt against it if it continuedto disturb Congress-Janata Dal-Secular coalition governmentheaded by him.
Launching a no-holds-barred attack on state BJP chiefB S Yeddyurappa,Kumaraswamy had said: “Ifyou dig too much (into our
affairs), then we too have manythings at our disposal.”“Government is in our hand.Don't I have the authority to dowhatever I can? I caution himto be careful,” he added.
Chief Minister HDKumaraswamy on Thursdayreminded Yeddyurappa on thedenotification case. “Do notinstigate me to lose mypatience. I have my governmentand can take extreme decision,”he said, warning the BJP topleader to stay away from mak-ing wild allegations againstmembers of his family andstop attempting to topple thecoalition government.
In another developmentthe JDs legislatures have com-plained to the speaker aboutBJP’s operation lotus and askedthe speaker to protect theMLAs from horse trading andpoaching.
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In a setback to TelanganaRashtra Samiti, a senior party
leader and former MP RameshRathod has quit the party andjoined the main OppositionCongress party.
Rathod was angry on notgetting the Assembly electionticket from his home con-stituency Khanapur in Nirmaldistrict.
Ramesh along with hiswife Suman joined theCongress party in Hyderabadin presence of AICC secretaryRC Kuntia.
Speculations were rife forquite some time that Rathodewas on his way out from TRSafter his supporters had orga-
nized a big protest demonstra-tion in Khanapur and Rathodissued warning to the TRSleader. A tribal leader Rathodand his family was quite influ-ential in the area.
With this he has complet-ed the round of joining all thethree major parties in the state.He started his career with theTelugu Desam party wherestarting from the grass root he
worked his up to becomeparty’s politburo and was elect-ed to Lok Sabha from Adilabad.
But after his defeat in thelast elections he joined theruling TRS along with anoth-er senior TDP leader TummalaNageshwara Rao and wasworking hard to cultivate theconstituency. However in thelist of TRS candidatesannounced by the ChiefMinister K ChandrashekharRao he failed to find a placeand the ticket was given toRekha Naik.
Rathod was confident thaton Congress ticket will emergevictorious from his con-stituency and the party willcome to power in the next elec-tions.
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Amid lots of hue and cryover the deaths of 11 lions
in the Gir Forest — the lastabode of Asiatic Lions situatedin western Gujarat, the Stateforest department claimed thatthe deaths of big cats were nat-ural and not a single deathoccurred due to viral infectionor other disease.
Many eye-brows have beenraised following deaths of lionsin Dalkhania and Jashadharranges situated in eastern partof Gir Forest. During 12th to19th September as many as 11lions died due to infighting andterritorial war, confirms GKSinha, Principal ChiefConservator of Forest (PCCF)and Head of Forest Force inGujarat.
Reasons including aging,disease, injury, weakness andinfighting for capturing terri-tory are considered as naturalin the case of lion’s death.Hence the State forest depart-ment is considering thesedeaths of Asiatic Lions as nat-ural. Despite the fact, 11 deathswithin a span of eight dayswould be alarming for thestate forest department con-sidering that InternationalUnion for Conservation ofNature (IUCN) listed theAsiatic Lions (Panthera leo
persica) as endangered due toits small numbers and area ofoccupancy.
“Basically lion is a territo-rial animal and stay within itspride. As a result of it wheneverthe leader of a pride becomesweak, mostly due to aging,strong lions from neighbouringprides try to take his place andattack on the weak lion and hisprogenies. In such attacks,stronger lion not only kills theweaker one but his cubs also,”said the PCCF.
Of the 11 lions died due to
territorial war, there were sixcubs, two lionesses and threematured lions. As on Fridayautopsy reports of eight lionshave come and prima facie theexperts are of the opinion thatall eight big cats died of infight-ing. Post Mortem reports ofremaining three Asiatic Lionsare awaited, but mostly thecause of the death likely to bethe same.
With a view to curb moredeaths of lions due to infight-ing, the State forest departmenthas shifted five mature lionsfrom Dalkhania and Jashadharranges to other places in Girforest. According to Sinha,deaths of lions due to territor-ial war were considered as nat-ural phenomena and such inci-dences are occurring time totime. However, such high deathtoll within a short span due toinfighting was alarming, headds.
Generally, in one lion’s ter-ritory up to three lionessesreside and after mating seasoneach lioness would give birth
up to four cubs. Gestationperiod of lioness is around110 days and in normal cir-cumstances lioness becomepregnant after an interval of 20to 24 months. Of the totalnewly born lion cubs, only 25to 30 per cent reach to matu-rity, while 70 to 75 per cent diedue to some or other naturaland unnatural reasons.
As per the last census ofAsiatic Lions in the eight dis-tricts of Saurashtra region, 523big cats were reported thatincluding 109 mature male,201 female, 73 sub-adults and14o cubs (below one year). Onand average every year 210 lioncubs born in Gujarat and ofthese nearly 140 die by the timethey reach up to the age of threeyears. Hardly 70 of them aresurviving and reach to matu-rity. During the year 2017-18 asmany as 69 lions died inGujarat. Of these 51 died dueto natural reasons and 18 dueto unnatural reasons includingaccidents, electrocution andother causes.
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Opposition parties, includ-ing the Left and the BJP,
staged road blockades in vari-ous parts of North Bengal aftertwo students at Islampur inNorth Dinajpur district died ofbullet injuries following clash-es with the police.
The students of DaribhitHigh School in Islampur bor-dering Bihar were allegedlyprotesting against the appoint-ment of Urdu and Sanskritteachers keeping Bengali,History and other departmentsvacant.
Following clashes onThursday a number of peopleincluding students and somepolicemen sustained bullet andother injuries, police said. Outof them one student died onThursday and the other died atSiliguri on Friday leading to
massive protest by the localswho said the police had fired atthe protesting students.
However district SP PunitKumar said the police had notfired at the crowd. “There wasa skirmish and the police hadto use force to control thecrowd but there was no firingas per reports coming now.” Hehowever said the autopsyreports would give a clear pic-ture as to what led to thedeaths.
The SP said some peopleincluding “some BJP support-ers have been arrested for incit-ing the crowd.”
Meanwhile at least 10 otherpeople were admitted to vari-ous hospitals and were under-going treatment.
While the BJP immediate-ly demanded a CBI investigationinto the case and the Left askedfor a judicial inquiry fromKolkata Education MinisterPartho Chatterjee blamed theright wing parties for creatingtrouble in the region.
“We know who are creatingtrouble there. There are reportsthat the BJP is involved. But wecan assure you that no one willbe spared and strict action willbe taken against those who areresponsible,” he said addingthe district inspector of schoolshave been suspended for failingto handle the situation.
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In a move loaded with positive vibes forMamata Banerjee, the Congress on Friday
made some sudden and crucial changes in thePradesh Congress brass by removing Stateparty president Adhir Chowdhury — a pro-claimed anti-Mamata face — and bringing inhis place a more accommodative Somen Mitraa septuagenarian leader.
Chowdhury has been made the chairmanof the election (campaign) committee whileother three senior leaders: AH KhanChowdhury, a South Malda MP, ShankarMalakar and Deepa Dasmunshi have beenmade the acting vice presidents of the Stateunit, sources said.
There was no word from Chowdhury whohas been in favour of a Left-Congress, ratherthan Congress-TMC alliance in the 2019 gen-eral elections as — “Mamata Banerjee hasruined our party organisation after we alliedwith her by engineering defections with bla-tant use of money and muscle power.”
Mitra was the PCC president in 1998.Following serious differences with him
Banerjee the then Youth Congress split theparty to form her own Trinamool Congress.Since then much water had flowed down theHooghly with Mitra himself joining theTMC in 2009, winning from the DiamondHarbour MP constituency before quitting thatparty to rejoin the Congress again.
Chowdhury has earlier went on recordsaying that there would be no alliance withthe Trinamool Congress till he was at thehelm.
When asked to comment on whether hetoo would pursue the same anti-Trinamoolpolicy in respect of electoral alliances, Mitrasaid he was “none to take a decision on theissue. It is for the high command to take adecision on alliances. When they will ask myopinion about the issue I will give it.”
On what his opinion was regarding thelongevity of a Congress-TMC alliance if it real-ly became a reality, he said “as of now if weally with the TMC then definitely we will getsome seats from Bengal. But in the long runwe will lose organizationally as has been seenthrough the past experiences when TMC hasengineered defections in the Congress.”
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Ajudge who had acquitted allthe accused belonging to
Hindu extremist groups inMecca Masjid bomb blast caseearlier this year has decided tojoin the BJP.
In a development, whichhas created a stir in politicaland legal circles in Hyderabadformer IVth AdditionalMetropolitan Sessions JudgeK Ravinder Reddy visited theBJP state office and met thesenior party leader and formerUnion Minister BandaruDattatreya.
Party sources said that hehad come to the office with theplans of formally joining theparty but was asked by theparty leaders to wait for some-time.
In his judgment of April 19he had acquitted all the fiveaccused belonging to Hindugroups including SwamiAseemanand alias NabhaKumar Sircar, a RSS memberciting lack of sufficient proof
and submitted his resignationsoon after pronouncing theverdict.
Nine people were killedwhen a bomb exploded in thecourt yard of Mecca Masjidsoon after Friday congregation.Later the CBI and the NationalInvestigation Agency hadarrested members of variousHindu groups including RSS,Lokesh Sharma and DevenderGupta.
Ravinder Reddy told themedia that he had come to theBJP office to join the party onthe invitation of the BJP lead-ers. “I had come after meetingthe BJP President Amit Shah inHyderabad last week and wasalso in touch with BandaruDattatreya. I had come ontheir invitation to join theparty”, he said.
Sources in the state BJPoffice said that no date wasfixed for his formal joining andDattatreya asked him to waittill a formal communicationfrom the central leadership.Sources said that there was aneed for some more discus-sions with in the party and allthe state leaders including statepresident K Lakshman need tobe taken into confidence.
Defending his decision tojoin the BJP, Ravinder Reddysaid, “BJP is a patriotic partyfree of any dynastic culture. Theparty is committed to check antinational elements and to workfor the national integration”, hesaid. Ravinder Reddy said thathe wants to contest the comingAssembly elections preferablyfrom his home districtKarimnagar or Medak.
When asked whether hismove will not caste aspersionsand raise doubts about hisjudgment acquitting theaccused in the Mecca Masjidblast case, he said, “This hasnothing to do with the judg-ment. I discharged my duties asa judge with integrity and hon-esty and delivered the judg-ment. I am now retired fromservice to serve the country andthe people”.
Though Ravinder Reddysought to rule out the linkbetween the Mecca Masjidblast case judgment and hisdecision to join BJP, there wasa criticism from different quar-ters.
M a j l i s - e - I t t e h a d u lMuslimeen president and MPAsaduddin Owaisi said, “Weknew where he was going.
Now he will be rewarded by theBJP leadership”.
Referring to the retiredjudge’s decision to contest thecoming assembly elections, hesaid, “I am sure Aseemanandand his friends will campaignfor him and I hope the retiredjudge will lose his deposit”.
Civil Liberties Monitoringcommittee (CLMC) hasdemanded the Supreme Courtand the High Court to takenotice of the strange case ofjudge Ravinder Reddy andorder a fresh hearing of theMecca Masjid blast case.
Committee general secre-tary Lateef Mohammed Khan
said that during the hearing ofthe case itself suspicions wereexpressed that the judge wasnot of clear mind. “Now thishas been vindicated by hisdecision to join BJP”. He allegedthat there was a total collusionbetween the public prosecutorwho was a BJP leader andinvestigators and under pres-sure from Hindutva organisa-tions the accused were saved ina pre planned Mannar. “Thisraises a serious question ofinfluence of Hindutva organi-sations on the lower courts andthe Higher courts should takenote of it and take actionagainst such judges”.
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Mohammed Ali Shabbir,leader of Opposition Congressin Telangana LegislativeCouncil said that the judgejoining the BJP exposes thedeep conspiracy behind theacquittal of the accused ofMecca Masjid case. “Therewas a deep nexus behind it.NIA was influenced by theBJP. The prosecutor belongedto the BJP and now the judgeafter his retirement is joiningBJP. This clearly shows that
how even the courts are beingcontrolled and influenced.The doors of justice were alsobeing closed for the people”.He questioned how theaccused could be acquittedeven after giving confession toa judge. “I hold the TRS gov-ernment in the state alsoresponsible. They are inpower. Why they did notchallenge the lower courtjudgment in the High Court”,he asked.
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Acourt in Maharashtra hasrejected a petition to recall a
non bailable warrant issuedagainst the Andhra Pradesh ChiefMinister N Chandrababu Naiduand asked him to appear in thecourt on October 16.
Dharmabad court in Nandedhad issued the warrant againstNaidu and 16 other leaders ofTelugu Desam party in connec-tion with a 2010 case of protestagainst Maharashtra’s irrigationproject Babili. They were asked toappear before the court today butonly three of them including a for-mer MLA Gangula Kamlakartoday appeared. The court grant-ed them bail.
Naidu’s counsel G Subba Raomoved a petition to recall the war-rant but the judge rejected it andissued a fresh warrant ordering all
the accused to appear before himon October 16. On the plea of thecounsel that Naidu was not in aposition to come judge remarked,“nobody is above law. Be it a ChiefMinister or anybody else every-body has to abide by he courtorder. It is not possible to give spe-cial treatment to anybody”.
Later the counsel sought somemore time. Chandrababu Naiduafter consulting the advocate gen-eral D Srinivas and other officialshad decided not to appear inMaharashtra court and sent alawyer from Hyderabad to repre-sent him.
Chandrababu Naidu and sev-eral leaders of his party werearrested by Maharashtra police onborder when they tried to enterthe state to protest against Babiliproject. Naidu was then the leaseof Opposition in United APAssembly.
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Bishop Franco Mulakkal, a senior memberof the Roman Catholic clergy in India, was
arrested on Friday night amid mounting pub-lic outrage over allegations of repeatedly rap-ing and sexually assaulting a nun, police said.
The 54-year old Mulakkal was arrested byKerala police after intense interrogation hereover the last three days.
The development came a day after theVatican relieved him “temporarily” of all pas-toral responsibilities as the bishop of theJalandhar diocese of the Missionaries of Jesuscongregation to which the alleged victim alsobelongs.
Bishop Mulakkal had been arrested at 8 pand taken for medical examination, Kottayamdistrict police chief Hari Sankar told reporters.
He would be produced in a magistratecourt in Pala in Kottayam district tomorrow,Inspector General of Police (Kochi Range)Vijay Sakhare told PTI.
The nun had accused the clergyman ofrepeatedly raping and having unnatural sexwith her between 2014 and 2016, a chargedenied by him.
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Prime Minister NarendraModi will inaugurate the
Pakyong Airport in Sikkim onSeptember 24, officials said onFriday.
The greenfield airport,located 30 km from here, willput Sikkim on the aviationmap of the country.
The Prime Minister willaddress a public meeting at StXavier’s School ground inPakyong after inaugurating thestate’s first airport, the officialssaid. The Prime Minister isscheduled to arrive at theBagdogra airport at 4.10 pm onSeptember 23 after which hewill board an helicopter fromthere to fly to Gangtok, the offi-cials said.
The Prime Minister will bereceived by the Governor ofSikkim Ganga Prasad and stateChief Minister Pawan KumarChamling after his arrival inthe state, the officials said.
He will stay at Raj Bhawanon September 23 and will inau-gurate the Pakyong airport thenext day.
The PM’s programme atthe airport will begin at around10 am on September 24, a StateGovernment official saidFriday, adding, that the PM willthen address the people at10.30 am at the St Xavier’sSchool ground.
From there he will returnto the Pakyong airport, boarda chopper and fly to Bagdogra.
The Pakyong airport wasapproved by the Centre in
2008 and was constructed at anestimated cost of �350 crore.
The project is being billed asan engineering marvel — it hasbeen built at an height of 4,500feet in an inhospitable terrain.
Once commissioned, it willbe the 100th functional airportin the country.
As on date, Sikkim is theonly state in the country with-out a functional airport.
Low-cost airline SpiceJethas been granted permission tofly to Pakyong from Kolkataunder the Civil AviationMinistry’s regional connectiv-ity scheme.
SpiceJet has already con-ducted a dry run at the airportwith one its Bombardier Dash8-Q400 aircraft successfullylanding there on March 5.
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Fugitive jeweller MehulChoksi, a co-accused in the
Punjab National Bank fraudcase, on Friday moved the spe-cial CBI court here for cancel-lation of a non-bailable warrantagainst him claiming he hasreasons to believe that hisreturn to India might endangerhis life.
On May 22 this year, aftertaking cognisance of the secondcharge sheet filed in the�12,636-crore PNB fraud caseby the CBI, the special courthad issued the NBW againstChoksi.
Choksi, in an applicationfiled Friday through his lawyerSanjay Abbott, said his appre-hensions over his safety arebased upon what transpiredduring a recent television
debate on the fraud.He told the court that he
was “shocked” to watch adebate on a national televisionnews channel where two callersphoned in to share their opin-ion on the fraud.
The callers, Choksi claimedin the plea, “suggested that aspecial team be formed totrack Mehul Choksi down andshoot him to death once he wasbrought back to India”.
Choksi claimed that thecallers said that such treatmentwould send out a strong mes-sage to society and prevent fur-ther cases of frauds and fiscalscams.
The fugitive jeweller alsoclaimed that the news anchorconcerned and the panelists didnot object to the commentsmade by the caller. Instead, theanchor even laughed at thecomments and the same makesit apparent that the anchor andthe panelists too “tacitly”agreed with what the callerssuggested, Choksi said in theplea.
“From the above two callsmade by the callers and thetacit approval given to thesame by the news anchor andthe panelists, it is clear that theaverments made by the appli-cant (Choksi) in the applicationfiled before this court regard-ing a threat to his life and thefear of mob lynching is vindi-cated,” the application read.
Choksi also sent someaudio and video CDs claimingthat they contained the citedfootage from the news channel
debate.He has urged the court to
make his submission a part ofthe court records and, in lightof the same, to cancel theNBW issued against him.
The special court has nowdirected the Central Bureau ofInvestigation to file its reply tothe application by October 3this year, which is the next dateof hearing in the case.
This is the second suchapplication filed by Choksibefore the special court, claim-ing a threat to his life and seek-ing that the NBW be can-celled.
In June this year, he hadfiled a plea claiming that he hadbeen advised bed rest onaccount of his ill health fol-lowing a “heart operation,”and he feared that once inIndia, the probe agencies wouldnot help him secure the kind ofmedical treatment and super-
vision he required.At that time, he had also
said that there existed a “trendof mob lynching” in the coun-try presently, and he feared thatif he returned to India, hemight become a victim of suchlynching.
The CBI charge sheetnamed Choksi, the managingdirector of Gitanjali group, for-mer PNB MD and CEO UshaAnanthasubramanian, thenPNB executive directorsBrahmaji Rao and Sanjiv Sharan,and PNB deputy managerGokulnath Shetty, among othersas key accused in the case.
While urging the court toissue the NBW, the CBI hadargued that its issuance wouldallow the probe agency toapproach the Interpol for issu-ing a Red Corner Noticeagainst Choksi, Nirav Modiand some other personsaccused in the case.
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Friday urgedMalayalees in the U.S.A to contribute liberally to
rebuild the flood-hit state and said he hoped Rs 150 crorewould be raised from them.
Vijayan made the appeal at his first public functionin New York early Friday after completion of his medicaltreatment.
The Chief Minister, who had left for the U.S for med-ical treatment at Mayo Clinic on September 2, is expect-ed to be back in Kerala on September 24.
Addressing the gathering of Keralites, Vijayan saideveryone should cooperate for revamping the state,which had last month witnessed the worst deluge of thecentury.
He said Keralites willing to contribute should becomemembers of the global salary challenge, which envisageseach participant contributing a month’s salary for the state.
State finance minister Thomas Isaac will visit the U.Snext month to collect the financial assistance, he said.
“Only through your cooperation can a new Kerala bebuilt”, he said, adding his government was expecting a con-tribution of Es 150 crore from the malayalees in US.
At least 493 people had died in the rains and floodsduring the South West Monsoon.
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nd
son
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erel
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llo
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g th
e tr
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n s
et b
y h
er. S
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ly, o
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sm i
s n
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no
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fo
rd
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oti
sm t
ho
ugh
fas
cist
s ca
n b
e d
esp
oti
c an
dd
esp
ots
fas
cist
s. T
he
firs
t is
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arti
cula
r id
e-o
log
y w
hil
e th
e la
tter
is
a b
ruta
l au
tocr
acy
wh
ich
w
as
equ
ally
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feat
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o
f St
alin
ism
exte
rmin
atin
g th
e b
ou
rgeo
is a
nd
th
e k
ula
ks;
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ism
m
ass
mu
rder
ing
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ws
and
w
hit
e
Am
eric
an s
ettl
ers'
bru
tal
trea
tmen
t o
f N
ativ
eIn
dia
ns.
Fas
cism
is
clas
s co
llab
ora
tio
n a
s co
mm
u-
nis
m is
cla
ss c
on
flic
t an
d c
apit
alis
m is
(ac
cuse
do
f) c
lass
ex
plo
itat
ion
. W
este
rn E
uro
pe
was
dee
ply
co
nce
rned
by
the
Ru
ssia
n r
evo
luti
on
of
19
17
led
by
Vla
dim
ir I
lych
Len
in a
nd
fel
tth
reat
ened
. On
e o
f th
e re
acti
on
s w
as t
he
inn
o-
vati
on
of
a n
ew c
on
trar
ian
id
eolo
gy,
nam
ely,
of
clas
s co
llab
ora
tio
n,
in o
rder
to
kee
p c
lass
con
flic
t fr
om
tak
ing
ove
r so
ciet
y.S
om
e ye
ars
ago
in t
he
US
, th
ere
was
a c
el-
eb
rati
on
to
c
om
me
mo
rate
S
wa
mi
Viv
ekan
and
a’s
bir
th a
nn
iver
sary
. Th
at w
as a
no
ccas
ion
wh
en t
he
secu
lar
fun
dam
enta
list
sw
ere
p
rov
ok
ed
to
c
all
th
e
Ra
shtr
iya
Sway
amse
vak
San
gh
(R
SS
) an
d V
ish
va H
ind
uP
aris
had
, fas
cist
s. A
mee
tin
g p
resi
ded
ove
r b
yw
ell-
kn
ow
n j
ou
rnal
ist
late
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ldip
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ar w
ash
eld
to
d
issu
ade
the
dis
tin
gu
ish
ed
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nal
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sin
gh
fro
m g
oin
g to
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hin
gto
n t
o g
ive
a d
ance
per
form
ance
in
co
nn
ecti
on
wit
h t
he
cele
bra
tio
n. B
ecau
se, i
n t
he
view
of
tho
se a
t th
em
eeti
ng,
th
e o
rgan
iser
s o
f th
e co
mm
emo
rati
on
wer
e fa
scis
t. W
hat
th
ey d
id n
ot
real
ise
was
th
atth
e w
ord
was
no
t th
e p
oli
tica
l ab
use
th
at t
hey
tho
ug
ht
it w
as. B
enit
o M
uss
oli
ni
init
iate
d t
he
fasc
ist
mo
vem
ent
in M
arch
19
19
at
Mil
an a
nd
fou
nd
ed
the
par
ty
call
ed
Par
tito
N
azio
nal
Fas
cist
a in
No
vem
ber
19
21
. It
ru
led
Ita
ly f
or
two
dec
ades
. To
rec
apit
ula
te w
hat
fas
cism
was
,
the
wo
rd “
fasc
io”
mea
ns
a b
un
dle
or
a b
un
chim
ply
ing
un
ity.
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be
effe
ctiv
e, t
he
answ
er h
adto
be
som
eth
ing
that
wo
uld
pro
ve a
ttra
ctiv
e to
the
pea
san
ts,
the
wo
rker
s as
wel
l as
to
th
eir
un
ion
s. T
his
was
dis
cove
red
in
“cl
ass
coll
ab-
ora
tio
n” a
s re
pre
sen
ted
by
fasc
ism
. P
rof
Alf
red
o R
occ
o, M
inis
ter
of
Just
ice
inth
e M
uss
oli
ni C
abin
et, s
et f
ort
h t
he
gist
of
this
new
id
eolo
gy
in t
he
cou
rse
of
a sp
eech
at
Per
ugi
a in
192
5. A
cco
rdin
g to
him
, so
ciet
y d
oes
no
t ex
ist
for
the
ind
ivid
ual
bu
t th
e in
div
idu
alfo
r th
e so
ciet
y. E
con
om
ic p
rogr
ess
is a
so
cial
inte
rest
an
d a
ll c
lass
es o
f p
eop
le s
ho
uld
co
m-
bin
e o
r co
llab
ora
te t
o m
axim
ise
pro
du
ctio
n.
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e in
tere
sts
of
the
emp
loy
ers
and
th
eem
plo
yed
are
id
enti
cal.
To
en
sure
th
at t
his
is
pra
ctic
ed, t
her
e m
ust
be
a sy
stem
of
stat
e d
is-
cip
lin
e o
ver
clas
s co
nfl
icts
. St
rik
es a
nd
lo
ck-
ou
ts a
lik
e w
ere
hel
d t
o b
e il
lega
l an
d p
un
ish
-ab
le b
y h
eavy
fin
es, a
nd
in c
erta
in c
ases
, im
pri
s-o
nm
ent.
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erev
er p
oss
ible
, th
e em
plo
yers
an
dw
ork
ers
in e
ach
in
du
stry
, tra
de
or
pro
fess
ion
,w
ere
org
anis
ed t
oge
ther
in
a s
ynd
icat
ed a
sso
-ci
atio
n. W
her
e it
was
no
t p
oss
ible
to
fo
rm s
uch
syn
dic
ates
, th
e u
nio
ns
and
th
e em
plo
yers
’ ass
o-
ciat
ion
s re
mai
ned
sep
arat
e b
ut
com
bin
ed t
ofo
rm g
uil
ds
to c
oo
rdin
ate
and
en
sure
co
rdia
l-it
y. I
f co
llec
tive
bar
gain
ing
cou
ld n
ot
end
sat
-is
fact
ori
ly, d
isp
ute
s w
ere
refe
rred
to
law
co
urt
sas
sist
ed b
y ex
per
ts. T
his
is
ho
w c
lass
co
llab
o-
rati
on
was
co
nce
ptu
alis
ed b
y th
e F
asci
st P
arty
in I
taly
.In
pra
ctic
e, t
he
eco
no
my
was
to
ned
up
by
rear
mam
ent
and
pu
bli
c w
ork
s. S
old
iers
wer
ere
cru
ited
in la
rge
nu
mb
ers
and
so
wer
e w
ork
-er
s in
fac
tori
es t
o p
rod
uce
arm
s. T
his
wo
uld
bri
ng
pro
fits
to
th
e b
ou
rgeo
isie
wh
o c
ou
ld t
hen
pay
th
e p
role
tari
at
wel
l.
Urb
an
pro
sper
ity
wo
uld
in
crea
se d
eman
d f
or
agri
cult
ura
l p
ro-
du
ce.
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at w
as l
eft
of
the
un
der
-em
plo
yed
you
th w
as a
bso
rbed
by
the
arm
ed f
orc
es. T
he
pro
mis
e to
th
e w
ho
le n
atio
n w
as f
ore
ign
co
n-
qu
ests
wh
ich
wo
uld
bri
ng
eco
no
mic
su
rplu
s-es
. T
he
Alb
ania
n a
dve
ntu
re a
nd
th
e in
vasi
on
of
Ab
yssi
nia
wer
e tw
o e
ffo
rts
to f
ulf
il t
his
pro
mis
e u
nti
l, o
f co
urs
e, W
orl
d W
ar I
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rok
eo
ut.
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oth
er e
xam
ple
of
the
pra
ctic
e o
f fa
scis
mo
r cl
ass
coll
abo
rati
on
, alb
eit
on
a m
uch
mo
reli
mit
ed s
cale
, was
in S
pai
n u
nd
er G
en F
ran
cisc
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ran
co.
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ther
th
e It
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n n
or
the
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ish
exp
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nce
is
wid
ely
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ow
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at t
he
mem
ber
s o
f th
e In
dia
n i
nte
l-li
gen
tsia
are
fam
ilia
r w
ith
, h
ow
ever
, ar
e th
ed
oin
gs o
f A
do
lf H
itle
r an
d h
is N
azi P
arty
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fou
nd
ed b
y H
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r an
d h
is s
ix c
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he
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dep
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tio
n in
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man
y w
as m
uch
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th
an w
itn
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cou
ntr
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ant
pri
ce f
or
its
def
eat
in W
orl
d W
ar I
. R
un
away
in
flat
ion
as w
ell
as t
he
wo
rld
dep
ress
ion
ig
nit
ed b
y a
cras
h in
sh
are
pri
ces
on
Wal
l Str
eet
in N
ew Y
ork
in 1
929
mad
e m
atte
rs u
nb
eara
ble
for
Ger
man
y.
It w
as w
idel
y b
elie
ved
th
at t
he
init
ial
attr
ac-
tio
n o
f th
e G
erm
an p
eop
le t
ow
ard
s H
itle
r an
dh
is p
rogr
amm
e o
f cl
ass
coll
abo
rati
on
was
mo
reo
r le
ss w
ere
on
th
e li
nes
of
Mu
sso
lin
i’s I
taly
alth
ou
gh
on
a f
ar g
ran
der
sca
le t
o s
ave
the
eco
no
my
and
bri
ng
pro
sper
ity
wh
ich
Ger
man
yex
per
ien
ced
in
so
me
mea
sure
in
th
e 1
93
0s
bef
ore
th
e N
azi
raci
st,
auth
ori
tari
an i
deo
log
yto
ok
ove
r.Ja
pan
is
an
oth
er
exam
ple
o
f a
fasc
ist
exp
erim
ent.
Wit
h t
he
rest
ora
tio
n o
f th
e M
eiji
regi
me
in 1
85
0 a
nd
th
e re
form
s in
itia
ted
in
18
68
, wer
e so
wn
th
e se
eds
of
ferm
ent
and
eco
-n
om
ic p
rogr
ess.
Th
e ga
tes
of
Jap
an o
pen
ed a
nd
fore
ign
co
nta
cts
beg
an w
ith
in
du
stri
al d
evel
-o
pm
ent
gro
win
g, a
nd
th
e n
um
ber
of
urb
anw
ork
ers
incr
ease
d.
By
19
22
, a
Co
mm
un
ist
Par
ty w
as fo
un
ded
. In
th
e ru
ral a
reas
, sil
k f
arm
ssp
run
g u
p a
nd
th
ere
was
a f
ragm
enta
tio
n o
ffa
rms.
Als
o,
dis
con
ten
t g
rew
am
on
g th
e te
n-
ants
wh
o w
ork
ed t
her
e. T
her
eaft
er c
ame
the
shar
e m
ark
et c
rash
wh
ich
tri
gge
red
th
e G
reat
Dep
ress
ion
in
19
29
.Th
e Ja
pan
ese
eco
no
my
rece
ived
its
shar
e o
f t
rem
ors
. On
e o
f th
e re
me-
die
s to
rel
ieve
th
e p
ain
s o
f th
e ec
on
om
ic c
ri-
sis
was
ex
pan
sio
n t
hro
ug
h m
ilit
ary
con
qu
est.
Th
e fa
ct t
hat
th
e Ja
pan
ese
po
pu
lati
on
had
mo
reth
an
do
ub
led
si
nce
th
e M
eiji
re
sto
rati
on
mea
nt
that
mo
re a
nd
mo
re j
ob
s w
ere
nec
es-
sary
. T
he
gh
ost
of
Kar
l M
arx
an
d t
he
scen
eso
f th
e R
uss
ian
Rev
olu
tio
n w
ere
no
t in
visi
ble
to t
he
Jap
anes
e m
ind
. W
ar a
pp
eare
d t
o b
e a
po
ssib
le p
anac
ea w
hic
h e
ven
tual
ly l
ed t
o t
he
19
41
n
aval
at
tack
o
n
Pea
rl
Har
bo
r,
the
Am
eric
an b
ase
of
war
ship
s o
n it
s P
acif
ic c
oas
t.T
his
was
fo
llo
wed
by
the
lan
d i
nva
sio
n o
fB
riti
sh a
nd
Fre
nch
co
lon
ies
in S
ou
th-e
ast
Asi
a.Ju
st b
efo
re t
he
Pea
rl H
arb
or
atta
ck,
Def
ence
Min
iste
r G
en
To
jo
Hid
eki
was
m
ade
the
Pre
mie
r. T
he
war
mo
uld
ed a
ll c
lass
es o
f th
eJa
pan
ese
peo
ple
in
to o
ne.
Th
is w
as a
n e
xp
er-
imen
t o
f fa
scis
m i
n A
sia.
So
mu
ch f
or
fasc
ism
an
d it
s sm
alle
r as
wel
las
gra
nd
er v
aria
tio
ns.
Bu
t w
hat
is it
s u
gly
co
n-
nec
tio
n w
ith
po
liti
cs i
n I
nd
ia?
Ind
ia i
s n
ot
Eu
rop
e. 2
018
is n
ot
1920
. Co
mm
un
ism
is d
ead
.T
her
e is
po
vert
y h
ere
bu
t n
o G
reat
Dep
ress
ion
spar
ked
by
a fi
nan
cial
co
llap
se o
f th
e W
all S
tree
tk
ind
on
th
e h
ori
zon
. Th
e In
dia
n e
tho
s h
as n
ore
cord
o
f im
per
iali
sm
and
, th
eref
ore
, n
op
rom
ise
of
fore
ign
co
nq
ues
ts w
ou
ld b
e cr
ed-
ible
. If
an
att
emp
t is
bei
ng
mad
e to
co
mp
are
min
ori
ties
in
fas
cist
sta
tes
and
Mu
slim
s o
fIn
dia
, it
is r
idic
ulo
us
and
per
vers
e. N
o o
ne
inth
eir
rig
ht
min
d
has
ac
cuse
d
Mu
slim
s o
fb
etra
yin
g In
dia
, no
t ev
en t
he
BJP
, wh
ose
on
lyco
nte
nti
on
h
as
bee
n
that
th
ere
has
b
een
app
ease
men
t o
f th
e M
usl
im
com
mu
nit
y’s
cler
gy
and
its
wh
ims.
All
in
all
, to
cal
l an
yon
ea
fasc
ist
in I
nd
ia i
s to
tal
k n
on
sen
se.
(The
wri
ter
is a
wel
l-kn
own
col
um
nist
an
dan
au
thor
)
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Sir
—
T
his
re
fers
to
th
e ed
ito
rial
,“R
igh
t n
ote
” (S
epte
mb
er2
1).
It
augu
rsw
ell
that
R
ash
triy
a S
way
amse
vak
San
gh
(R
SS
) ch
ief
Mo
han
Bh
agw
ath
as,
amo
ng
o
ther
b
urn
ing
is
sues
,in
clu
din
g c
ow
vig
ilan
tism
, cl
arif
ied
the
San
gh’
s st
and
on
In
dia
n M
usl
ims’
stat
us
wit
h t
he
hea
rten
ing
mes
sage
“if
Mu
slim
s ar
e u
nw
ante
d,
ther
e is
no
Hin
du
tva”
. T
his
wil
l all
ay f
ear
of
sort
s li
nge
r-in
g o
n t
he
com
mu
nit
y’s
min
d e
ven
as
his
in
voca
tio
n
of
Sir
Sy
ed
Ah
mad
Kh
an
’s
wo
rds
un
de
rsc
ore
s th
e
mo
no
thei
stic
vie
w a
s th
ey s
ay “
sab
kam
aali
k ek
hai
”.
Bu
t ab
ove
all
, w
hat
mat
ters
mo
stis
th
e em
ph
atic
tr
ansl
atio
n
of
the
wo
rds
into
act
ion
, fa
ilin
g w
hic
h h
issa
ge a
dv
ice
wil
l fa
ll o
n s
ton
y g
rou
nd
.A
zhar
A K
han
Ram
pu
r
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��
Sir
—
T
his
re
fers
to
th
e ed
ito
rial
,“R
igh
t n
ote
” (S
epte
mb
er2
1).
It
is
har
d f
or
the
Ras
htr
iya
Sway
amse
vak
San
gh
(R
SS
) to
rec
on
cile
its
goal
s an
dco
mp
uls
ion
s. I
ts a
ttem
pts
at
op
enn
ess
and
res
tru
ctu
rin
g ar
e fu
tile
. RS
S c
hie
fM
oh
an
Bh
agw
at’s
cl
aim
th
at
the
org
anis
atio
n k
eep
s aw
ay f
rom
po
liti
csis
bel
ied
by
the
dikt
ats
giv
en t
o i
tsp
oli
tica
l ar
m,
the
Bh
arat
iya
Jan
ata
Par
ty (
BJP
).
His
cl
aim
th
at
Hin
du
tva
do
esn
ot
excl
ud
e M
usl
ims
is f
alsi
fied
by
the
abse
nce
o
f M
usl
ims
in
lead
ersh
ipp
osi
tio
ns
in b
oth
th
e R
SS
an
d t
he
BJP
. It
is
in
trig
uin
g
that
B
hag
wat
spea
ks
of
a H
ind
u R
asht
raan
d t
he
Co
nst
itu
tio
n i
n t
he
sam
e b
reat
h a
nd
fin
ds
no
in
con
sist
ency
. If
th
e R
SS
is
real
ly a
gai
nst
cas
te d
iscr
imin
atio
n, a
sst
ated
, it
sho
uld
rep
ud
iate
th
e re
ligi
ou
s
tex
ts
that
sa
nct
ify
ca
ste.
It
is
n
ose
cret
th
at t
he
RS
S d
raw
s it
s le
ader
-sh
ip f
rom
th
e u
pp
er c
aste
s.G
Dav
id M
ilton
M
aru
than
cod
e
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��
���
S
ir —
Th
is r
efer
s to
th
e ar
ticl
e, “
An
op
po
rtu
nit
y In
dia
m
ust
n
ot
mis
s”(S
epte
mb
er
21
) b
y S
anji
b
Po
hit
&
Pra
dip
B
isw
as.
U
nio
n
Tra
nsp
ort
Min
iste
r N
itin
G
ad
ka
ri
rece
ntl
yan
no
un
ced
th
at
the
Go
ver
nm
ent
pla
ns
to
exem
pt
elec
tric
al
veh
icle
s(E
Vs)
an
d o
ther
alt
ern
ativ
e fu
el c
ars
fro
m r
equ
irin
g p
erm
its.
Th
is a
rgu
rsw
ell
for
min
imis
ing
op
erat
ing
co
sts.
As
a re
sult
, th
e ve
hic
le m
ark
et w
ill
be
enco
ura
ged
to
wo
rk i
n t
his
fie
ldan
d n
ew e
ntr
epre
neu
rs w
ill c
om
e in
top
lay.
As
the
fou
rth
-lar
gest
co
nsu
mer
of
nat
ura
l o
ils,
In
dia
is
no
w r
eali
sin
gth
at B
iod
iese
l veh
icle
s an
d E
Vs
are
the
on
ly o
xyg
en f
or
kee
pin
g t
ran
spo
rta-
tio
n a
live
to
war
ds
a h
ealt
hy
futu
re. W
em
ust
tap
on
th
is. Sh
ivam
Sri
vast
ava
Ujj
ain
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Peop
le ar
e now
hear
d say
ing th
at the
coun
try’s
chow
kidar
is a t
hief.
This
is wh
atthe
peop
le in
Rajas
than a
nd el
sewh
ere f
eel.
—Co
ngre
ss pr
eside
ntRA
HUL G
ANDH
I
I thin
k tha
t the
desp
erati
on of
the c
lown p
rince
is to
attra
ct att
entio
n to h
imse
lf at
the co
st of
the P
rime M
iniste
r’s na
me.
—Un
ion M
iniste
rSM
RITI I
RANI
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Th
e W
orl
d
Ban
k
Gro
up
has
pu
t fo
rwar
d a
n a
mb
i-ti
ou
s gl
ob
al g
oal
to
rea
chU
niv
ersa
l Fin
anci
al A
cces
s(U
FA)
by
2020
, as
fin
an-
cial
lit
erac
y an
d f
inan
cial
in
clu
sio
nh
as n
ow
bec
om
e th
e to
pm
ost
pri
or-
ity
for
po
licy
mak
ers,
reg
ula
tors
an
dd
evel
op
men
t age
nci
es, g
lob
ally
. Th
eU
FA g
oal
is th
at b
y 20
20, a
du
lts
wh
ocu
rren
tly
aren
’t a
par
t o
f th
e fo
rmal
fin
anci
al s
yste
m, m
ust
hav
e ac
cess
toa
ban
k a
cco
un
t to
tra
nsa
ct m
on
ey,
wh
ich
bec
om
es t
he
bas
ic b
uil
din
gb
lock
to m
anag
e th
eir
fin
anci
al li
ves.
T
he
Pri
me
Min
iste
r’s D
han
Jan
Yoj
ana
ach
ieve
d a
rem
arka
ble
feat
by
bri
ngi
ng
80 p
er c
ent
of
the
po
pu
la-
tio
n i
nto
mai
nst
ream
ban
kin
g. B
ut
sub
seq
uen
tly,
mo
st a
cco
un
ts h
ave
rem
ain
ed p
assi
ve, w
ith
an
ave
rage
of
thre
e tr
ansa
ctio
ns
a ye
ar.
Th
isb
ecau
se a
rou
nd
76
per
cen
t of I
nd
ia’s
adu
lt p
op
ula
tio
n d
oes
no
t u
nd
er-
stan
d e
ven
bas
ic f
inan
cial
co
nce
pts
.F
or
incr
ease
d e
con
om
ic p
arti
c-ip
atio
n, t
he
spre
ad o
f fin
anci
al li
ter-
acy
is t
he
pri
mar
y en
able
r o
f fi
nan
-ci
al i
ncl
usi
on
— b
oth
are
tw
in p
il-
lars
in m
itig
atio
n o
f pov
erty
. On
ly b
yw
ork
ing
join
tly
on
bo
th a
spec
ts c
anw
e h
eral
d th
e n
ext r
evol
uti
on o
f pro
s-p
erit
y an
d g
row
th f
or
Ind
ia i
n t
he
21st
cen
tury
by
enh
anci
ng
sco
pe
for
ban
kin
g,
insu
ran
ce,
mu
tual
fu
nd
ind
ust
ry a
nd
hou
sin
g fo
r al
l. A
ll fo
ur
serv
ices
are
in
terl
inke
d t
o f
inan
cial
incl
usi
on
, as
als
o a
re g
row
th p
ro-
pel
lers
of
the
eco
no
my,
wh
ich
hav
eth
eir
own
mu
ltip
lier
eff
ect i
n a
dd
ing
clo
se t
o a
per
cen
tage
po
int
to t
he
gro
ss d
om
esti
c p
rod
uct
(G
DP
). T
his
can
hap
pen
on
ly w
hen
peo
ple
are
fin
anci
ally
li
tera
te
and
b
egin
to
mak
e in
form
ed in
vest
men
t ch
oic
es.
Ho
wev
er,
fin
anci
al l
iter
acy,
th
efi
rst
pre
req
uis
ite
for
fin
anci
al in
clu
-si
on
, is
wh
ere
Ind
ia l
ags
beh
ind
as
mo
st w
omen
rem
ain
fin
anci
ally
illit
-er
ate.
A
s In
tern
atio
nal
M
on
etar
yF
un
d (
IMF
) ch
ief C
hri
stin
e L
agar
de
said
: “I
t’s n
ow
a p
rove
n f
act,
wh
enw
omen
do
bet
ter,
eco
nom
ies
do
bet
-te
r.”
Th
ere
exis
ts
an
oce
an
of
un
tap
ped
op
po
rtu
nit
ies
in I
nd
ia t
oex
pan
d t
he
sco
pe
of f
inan
cial
incl
u-
sion
an
d fi
nan
cial
lite
racy
for
wom
enac
ross
all
dem
ogr
aph
ic s
trat
a, a
lbei
t,
the
spre
ad o
f lit
erar
y ca
nn
ot b
e co
n-
fin
ed t
o b
ein
g ge
nd
er-s
pec
ific
. M
y p
assi
on
to
war
ds
this
tra
ns-
form
atio
n s
tem
s fr
om
dee
p-r
oo
ted
con
vict
ion
s b
ased
on
my
wo
rkin
gli
fe’s
exp
erie
nce
sin
ce I
beg
an m
yca
reer
in th
e la
te 7
0’s.
I w
as th
e gu
inea
pig
of
my
exp
erim
ents
wit
h m
on
ey,
and
th
rou
gh s
hee
r tr
ial a
nd
err
or
atan
ear
ly a
ge,
I su
ccee
ded
in
tra
ns-
form
ing
sim
ple
wag
es to
sav
ings
, an
dsa
vin
gs to
ass
ets.
Aga
in, t
her
e w
as n
oge
niu
s to
th
e id
ea b
ut j
ust
th
e m
agic
of
dis
cip
lin
ed s
avin
gs a
nd
th
e co
m-
po
un
din
g p
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skill
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pou
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lear
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at m
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fest
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pli
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and
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sks
of
livi
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life
bey
on
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com
e. T
he
mid
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aged
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sec
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ly m
arri
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re e
du
cate
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wid
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pri
sin
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per
cen
t of t
he
pop
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itia
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rem
emb
er t
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th
e u
ltim
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goal
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ever
y o
ne
of
us
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o o
wn
a s
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n th
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ared
pro
sper
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cati
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men
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edth
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le p
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ds
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to t
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vin
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pli
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ease
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rmat
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r it
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nk
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th
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man
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ent
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rid
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ern
men
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cces
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l in
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fact
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hey
won
’t h
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an in
cen
tive
to
cu
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fici
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hey
are
eve
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emp
ted
to
cla
im
hig
her
co
st o
r ev
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ake
fict
itio
us
clai
ms.
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nd
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he
Nat
ion
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oo
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ecu
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Act
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SA),
wh
eat i
s gi
ven
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enef
icia
ries
at
two
ru
pee
per
kilo
gram
as
agai
nst
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uch
hig
her
co
st o
f su
pp
lyin
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at �2
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er k
g. T
he
latt
er in
clu
des
MSP
of �
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er k
ilo
gram
pai
dto
the
farm
er a
nd
eig
ht r
up
ee p
er k
ilogr
am a
sh
and
lin
g an
d
dis
trib
uti
on
ch
arge
s,
reim
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rsed
to
th
e h
and
ling
agen
cies
, su
ch a
s th
eF
oo
d C
orp
orat
ion
of I
nd
ia (
FC
I). T
he
char
ges
are
give
n o
n ‘a
ctu
al’ b
asis
. T
hes
e su
bsu
me
inef
fici
ency
an
d i
rreg
u-
lari
ties
com
mit
ted
by
agen
cies
— t
his
was
poi
nte
d o
ut
by t
he
Com
ptr
olle
r an
d A
ud
itor
Gen
eral
(CA
G).
Th
e ‘lo
ader
s’ ge
ttin
g aw
ay w
ithm
onth
ly s
alar
y in
lak
hs
cou
ld e
asily
pas
sm
ust
er u
nd
er a
co
st-b
ased
mec
han
ism
. In
2016
, th
ere
wer
e re
por
ts o
f d
isap
pea
ran
ce o
ffo
od
sto
cks
in P
un
jab
cau
sin
g a
loss
of
over
�20,
000
cror
e to
th
e ex
cheq
uer
. In
th
e 20
00s,
in
fe
rtil
iser
s,
the
UPA
Gov
ern
men
t co
ntr
acte
d f
or im
por
t of
gas
—fu
el u
sed
in m
anu
fact
ure
of u
rea
— a
t an
‘in
flat-
ed’ p
rice
kn
owin
g th
at th
e re
sulta
nt h
igh
er c
ost
of m
akin
g fe
rtili
zers
wou
ld b
e fu
lly r
eim
burs
edu
nd
er n
ew p
rici
ng
sch
eme
(NP
S). I
t had
als
oim
por
ted
ure
a at
hig
h p
rice
wh
ich
wen
t up
toan
exo
rbit
ant �5
0,00
0 p
er t
onn
e (2
008-
09)
agai
nst
th
en M
RP
of
only
�4,
830
per
ton
ne.
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yea
r in
th
e ea
rly
90s,
pay
men
t w
as m
ade
but
no
t ev
en a
gra
in o
f u
rea
cam
e.
Th
ere
wer
e ir
regu
lari
ties
in
pay
men
t to
man
ufa
ctu
rers
too.
Un
der
the
rete
nti
on p
rice
sch
eme
(RP
S) —
ear
lier
inca
rnat
ion
of
NP
S—
som
e u
nit
s w
ere
allo
wed
infl
ated
ret
enti
onp
rice
. Th
ere
wer
e ev
en a
llega
tion
s of
gol
d p
lat-
ing
— a
eu
ph
emis
m f
or s
how
ing
cap
acit
ylo
wer
th
an a
ctu
al t
o g
et h
igh
er R
P. S
ince
, th
esa
me
syst
em c
onti
nu
es e
ven
tod
ay, i
t is
not
eas
yto
pre
ven
t in
flat
ed p
aym
ents
. T
her
e is
no
rat
ion
al b
asis
to
kee
p u
rea
MR
P a
t an
exc
epti
onal
ly lo
w le
vel —
a m
ere
1/4t
h to
½ o
f th
e p
rod
uct
ion
co
st. Y
et, t
his
was
a go
lden
go
ose
ava
ilab
le to
du
biou
s tr
ader
s to
min
t m
oney
by
selli
ng
to c
hem
ical
fac
tori
esat
hig
h p
rice
. Tru
e, P
rim
e M
inis
ter
Nar
end
raM
od
i h
as b
rou
ght
in m
and
ator
y n
eem
co
at-
ing
of u
rea
and
cla
imed
th
at t
his
has
sto
pp
edd
iver
sion
. How
ever
, con
sid
erin
g th
at th
ere
are
600
mill
ion
bag
s to
be
po
liced
, th
is s
eem
s to
be
too
go
od
to
bel
ieve
.In
pet
rol a
nd
die
sel,
lack
of
com
pet
itio
nal
low
s oi
l P
SUs
viz
Ind
ian
Oil
Cor
por
atio
n,
Bh
arat
P
etro
leu
m
Co
rpo
rati
on
L
td
and
Hin
du
stan
Pet
role
um
Cor
por
atio
n L
td, t
o g
etaw
ay w
ith
a h
igh
pri
ce b
ased
on
imp
ort
par
-it
y p
rin
cip
le p
lus
fort
uit
ou
s b
enef
it o
f im
por
td
uty
. For
LP
G a
nd
ker
ose
ne,
they
en
joy
com
-p
lete
mon
op
oly
as
pri
vate
en
titi
es a
re b
arre
dfr
om s
ellin
g su
bsi
dis
ed s
tuff
.
In p
ower
sec
tor,
infl
ated
tari
ff c
har
ged
by
ind
epen
den
t p
ower
pro
du
cers
(IP
Ps)
eas
ilyp
ass
mu
ster
in th
e n
ame
of s
ubs
idis
ed s
up
plie
sm
ade
to t
he
farm
ers
and
po
or h
ou
seh
old
s.T
her
e ar
e in
stan
ces
of in
flat
ed f
uel
pri
ce (
via
‘ove
r-in
voic
ing’
o
f co
al
imp
ort
s)
gett
ing
acco
mm
od
ated
in
th
e ta
riff
, ev
entu
ally
pai
dby
th
e ex
cheq
uer
. A
s in
fer
tiliz
ers,
her
e al
soin
stan
ces
of g
old
pla
tin
g h
ave
com
e to
ligh
t.
T
his
loo
t o
f n
atio
nal
res
ou
rces
nee
ds
tob
e st
op
ped
. B
ut
this
can
’t b
e d
on
e m
erel
yth
rou
gh
ad
min
istr
ativ
e cl
ean
ing
up
. To
do
this
, th
e G
ove
rnm
ent
sho
uld
go
fo
r p
oli
cyre
form
s w
ith
focu
s o
n r
emov
ing
pri
cin
g an
dd
istr
ibu
tio
n c
on
tro
ls. T
he
con
tro
l on
MR
Pm
ust
go
an
d s
ub
sid
y to
th
e p
oo
r sh
ou
ld b
egi
ven
dir
ectl
y. W
ith
th
is,
the
very
bas
is f
oren
titi
es c
laim
ing
infl
ated
co
st w
ill d
isap
pea
r.In
stea
d,
they
wil
l b
e fo
rced
to
cu
t co
st a
nd
incr
ease
eff
icie
ncy
to
sta
y af
loat
. Wh
ile
ben
-ef
itin
g al
l con
sum
ers,
this
will
red
uce
su
bsi
dy
outg
o an
d h
elp
fisc
al c
onso
lidat
ion
. Wh
en w
illM
od
i cra
ck t
he
wh
ip?
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wri
ter
is a
free
lanc
e jo
urna
list)
Subs
idy
sops
mus
t st
op
Barrie
rs to
univ
ersa
l fina
ncial
acc
ess
As w
e ne
ar th
e go
al o
f uni
vers
al fi
nanc
ial a
cces
s, th
ere
is a
nee
d to
bri
dge
the
ineq
ualit
y ga
p. E
nsur
ing
finan
cial
lite
racy
and
subs
eque
nt in
clus
ion
can
unle
ash
the
unta
pped
pot
entia
l at t
he b
otto
m o
f the
pyr
amid
, lea
ding
to a
less
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h ec
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As the equity marketplunged for the fourth day
in a row, where the BSE bench-mark index plummeted over1,100 points in afternoon tradeFriday, investor wealth wit-nessed an erosion of a whop-ping �5.6 lakh crore in fourdays.
The 30-share indexcracked 1,127.58 points, or 3per cent, to hit an intra-day lowof 35,993.64 on Friday. It, how-ever recovered most of thelosses within minutes of the fall.
There were wild swings inthe market, with the BSESensex finally settling at36,841.60, down 279.62 pointsor 0.75 per cent.
“Nifty and Sensex were
down due to widespread sell-ing that was seen in the finan-cial services sector as credit riskemerged post-ILFS firesale andconcern over its interest repay-ment. Yes Bank added fuel asRBI trimmed the CEO’s term,”said Mustafa Nadeem, CEO,Epic Research.
In four days, the index haslost 1,249.04 points.
Following the weak senti-ment, the market capitalisationof BSE-listed companiesslumped �5,66,187.15 crore to�1,50,70,832 crore on Friday.
From the 30-share pack, 17stocks ended with losses led byYES Bank, which crashed 28.71
per cent, dragging the bench-mark index.
Shares of housing financefirms fell sharply Friday, withDewan Housing Finance tum-bling 42.43 per cent.
“Housing finance compa-nies nosedived on the basis ofrumours of liquidity crunchwhich caused the stocks to fallup to 50 per cent. However, thestocks are fundamentallysound, but herd mentality hadcaused the sudden panic inthese stocks, however, theyhave recovered from their day’slow,” said Jimeet Modi, Founder& CEO of Samco Securities &StockNote .
On BSE, 2,106 stocksdeclined and 586 advanced,while 148 remainedunchanged.
More than 450 stocks hittheir 52-week low levels Friday.
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The BSE Sensex tumbledabout 280 points to close
below the 37,000-mark onFriday after investors were jolt-ed by an over 1,000-pointplunge in afternoon trade.
The 30-share benchmark,which opened on a strongfooting, suddenly tanked1,127.58 points, or 3.03 percent, to hit a low of 35,993.64at 1309 hours, before staging anequally sharp recovery.
The fall came on the backof a massive selloff in NBFCs,led by DHFL which skiddedover 50 per cent on fears of aliquidity crisis.
The Sensex finally endedlower by 279.62 points, or 0.75per cent, at 36,841.60. This isits lowest closing since July 25,when it had finished at36,858.23.
Yes Bank was the worst
performer on the index, losinga whopping 28.71 per cent. TheReserve Bank on Wednesdaycurtailed the term of its found-ing CEO Rana Kapoor andasked the private sector lenderto look for his replacement byJanuary 2019.
The broader Nifty too suf-fered a mid-session plungeand ended at 11,143.10, down91.25 points.
The indices closed withlosses for the third straightweek. The Sensex lost a hefty1,249.04 points, or 3.28 percent, while the NSE Nifty fell372.10 points, or 3.23 per cent,during the week.
Foreign portfolio investors(FPIs) remained net sellersand offloaded equities worth�2,184.55 crore while domes-tic institutional investors (DIIs)made purchases worth a net�1,201.30 crore on Wednesday,provisional data showed.
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Fitch Ratings Friday uppedIndia’s growth forecast for
the current fiscal to 7.8 percent, from 7.4 per cent pro-jected earlier.
In its Global EconomicOutlook, Fitch, however,flagged tightening of financialconditions, rising oil bill andweak bank balance sheets asheadwinds to growth.
“We have revised up ourforecast for FY2018-2019growth to 7.8 per cent from 7.4per cent on the back of the bet-ter-than-expected 2Q18 out-turn. India’s growth likelypeaked in 2Q18 (April-June)though,” Fitch said.
The Indian rupee (INR)has been the worst-performingmajor Asian currency so farthis year.
“And despite the centralbank’s greater tolerance forcurrency depreciation, interestrates have been raised by morethan anticipated,” the globalrating agency said in the report.
Fitch also forecast inflationpicking up to the upper part ofthe central bank’s target band (4per cent, plus-minus 2 per cent)within the forecast horizon onrelatively high demand-pullpressures and INR depreciation.
The upward revision ingrowth forecast comes in thebackdrop of GDP expanding8.2 per cent in April-June quar-ter, higher than Fitch’s expec-tation of 7.7 per cent.
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Finance Minister Arun Jaitleyhas proposed additional
cess on select commoditiesunder GST to raise funds tohelp Kerala tide over the dam-ages caused due to floods, astate minister said on Friday.
The proposal of levy of cessis expected to come up for dis-cussion at the GST Councilmeeting on September 28.
“Kerala welcomes the sug-gestion of hon’ble FM for a
national level cess on selectedcommodities for a specifiedperiod to help such states. GSTCouncil to discuss,” KeralaFinance Minister Thomas Isaacsaid in a tweet.
Isaac was of the view thatGST should be made flexible totake care of “unforeseen urgentdemand for resources as in thecase natural calamities”.
The issue regarding addi-tional cess for funding rehabili-tation activities in flood-hitKerala was discussed onThursday during a meeting ofIsaac with Jaitley.
Isaac has also pressed foradditional funds from the Centreto rebuild the state, which is esti-mated to have suffered a loss of�20,000 crore (as per a prelimi-nary estimate) due to the floods.
The Government may haveto amend the GST law to per-mit imposition of a new cess inthe new indirect tax regime.
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Sebi on Friday slapped a fineof �35 lakh on Falcon Tyres
for not providing the informa-tion sought by the regulator ina matter related to preferentialallotment of shares of the firm.
In April 2012, theSecurities and Exchange Boardof India (Sebi) issued varioussummons to Falcon.
One of the summonssought the balance sheet ofFalcon for the financial years2009-10, 2010-11 and 2011-12.Another summon directed thecompany to confirm whether itsigned any deed of assignmentwith three other entities —Suncap, Regus and Salputri —for assigning a loan of �144.04crore to itself.
In an order, Sebi saidFalcon was informed to furnishrequired documents, but ithad sought extension of time.
According to the order,despite multiple time exten-
sions being granted to the firm,it failed to file its reply whichdepicts an approach to notcooperate with the investigation.
“Thus, for not complyingwith the summons for supply-ing information/ documentssought by the IA (investigatingauthority) during the investi-gations, it is held that Falconhas violated... Sebi Act,” the reg-ulator said.
Noting that Falcon is“liable for monetary penalty”,Sebi slapped a fine of �35 lakhon the firm.
In a separate order, the reg-ulator imposed a penalty of �4lakh on Excel Castronics’ nonexecutive director PayalJayeshbhai Madiyar for disclo-sure lapses.
In August 2014, the hold-ings of Payal in ExcelCastronics increased from3,91,532 shares to 4,20,762shares, which is 5.167 per centof the share capital of the com-pany.
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As Indiancompanies
take giganticstrides in pene-trating globalmarkets with thecountry havingone of the highestgrowth rates inmajor economies,India must createglobally recognis-able superbrands.
“It is a greatchallenge toIndia with ourtremendous potential, to cre-ate awareness and acceptanceof Indian brands globally.While India has had success increating global awareness forYoga, Bollywood and Cricket,which are great examples ofglobal brand building, weneed many more efforts topopularise Indian brands tobecome global consumerbrands. I think perfection,passion, resources and excel-lence are a must to createbrands at the global level,”Amitabh Kant, chief executiveofficer (CEO) of NITI Aayogsaid. He was speaking atSuperbrands Awards Event inNew Delhi.
Superbrands India paystribute to exceptional brandsacross sectors includingFMCG, Auto, Healthcare,Logistics, Cement and Retailamong. This year 56 brandreceived Superbrands awards.
“Indian branding is con-
tinuously innovating anddigital branding has becomeas important if not morethan conventional branding.Branding in India across sec-tors has been continuouslyevolving and is creating theright noise to reach theirTG. Superbrands India willcontinue to mine out thetop brands in India doingexceptional branding andhonor them withSuperbrands seal,” GeetanjaliAnand,CMD SuperbrandsIndia said.
Superbrands India is al icensee of SuperbrandsWorldwide, that operates in86 countries. It was launchedin India in 2002 by AnmolDar, and has stood its groundas the most respected arbiterof branding through the years.
Superbrands status is givento a brand through a rigorousresearch and selection processwith an impeccable reputation
of fairplay. Entry to theSuperbrands programme isstrictly by invitation.
The brands selected areawarded the SuperbrandsAwards Seal, which can beused to symbolize their super-brand status. Research byNielson has found that con-sumers are 74% more likely topurchase products or servicesdisplaying the SuperbrandsAwards Seal.
The Superbrands CoffeeTable book, is brought outonce in every 18 months and isthe only platform designed totell the compelling stories andrender case histories of theseoutstanding brands that havebeen selected for superbrandstatus. The organisationbelieves that people gain agreater appreciation of the dis-cipline of branding and agreater admiration of thebrands themselves through thecoffee table book.
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Component PvtLtd Group(REC) onFriday launchedVTS (VehicleT r a c k i n gSystem), underUTRAQ brand, which is one ofkind Module that will run onIndian Satellite. UTRAQ is anendeavor to replace the cur-rently in use GPS applicationthat is working on US Satellites.UTRAQ is owned byRamakrishna ElectroComponent & manufacturedby Shanghai Mobiletek.
The launch event wasattended by Antrix (a com-mercial arm of ISRO)Executive Director (operations)Suma DR, Shanghai MobiletekManaging Director Ms SherryXu, along with RamakrishnaGroup Chairman Satish Luthra.
This module is IRNSScompliant for VTS applica-tion. IRNSS is Govt of Indiainitiative under ISRO. IRNSSUser Receiver module is inte-grated with front-end chipsetand embedded high perfor-mance ARM9processor fromleading chipset manufacturer.It has internal S RAM, UART,USB, CAN and 10 Bit ADCs.
U-TRAQ launched twomodels L100 & L110. These areGPS receivers Modules basedon IRNSS supported by
GAGAN/NaviC signals,designed using L5 and S bands.But in our U-TRAQ GPSreceiver Modules are designedfor two RF bands:L5 frequen-cy and L1 frequency, L5 fre-quency which is NaviCFrequency and L1 frequencywhich is GPS/GLONAS fre-quency. Where L100 has dualband patch antennas connect-ed to two RF inputs of theboard which receives the sig-nals from the satellite. AndL110 designed for use withexternal Antenna.
Commenting on thelaunch of UTRAQ, ManagingDirector, Rama Krishna ElectroPvt. Ltd. (REC), Shivang Luthrapointed out that it will bechanging the way of conven-tional tracking that is done inthe past. We are providingcustomers with various featuresof working with L5(IRNSS)band and L1 (GPS and GNSS)band. Major change we areanticipating is that the VTSindustry will be changing theirdesigns as in the coming yearit will be mandatory from GOIto use IRNSS device.
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The Reserve Bank onFriday announced
guidelines for co-origi-nation of priority sectorloans by banks andNBFCs with a view toenhancing flow of fundsto the sector at competi-tive rates.
As per the normsissued by the RBI for allscheduled commercialbanks (excludingRegional Rural Banks andSmall Finance Banks) andNon-Banking FinancialCompanies - Non-Deposit taking-Systemically Important(NBFC-ND-SIs), the sharing ofrisks and rewards betweenthese entities should be in amanner that enables appropri-ate alignment of respectivebusiness objectives, as per theirmutual agreement.
The co-originationarrangement should entail jointcontribution of credit by bothlenders at the facility level.
“Based on the respectiveinterest rates and proportion ofrisk sharing, a single blendedinterest rate should be offeredto the ultimate borrower in caseof fixed rate loans. In the sce-nario of floating interest rates,a weighted average of thebenchmark interest rates inproportion to the respectiveloan contribution, should beoffered,” it said.
It is envisaged that the
benefit of low-cost funds frombanks and lower cost of oper-ations of NBFC would bepassed on to the ultimate ben-eficiary through the blendedrate/weighted average rate, itsaid.
“In this regard,banks/NBFCs shall provide allthe information like loandetails including interest rateand other charges, details ofrisk sharing arrangement, etc.,as and when called for by theReserve Bank of India,” it said.
As per the co-originationmodel whereby bank is notfinancing MFIs (micro financeinstitutions) and NBFCs foron-lending to ultimate bor-rower rather both of them joinat each under-writing and loanlevel thereby sharing the loanamount in agreed percentage.
“The bank can claim pri-
ority sector status in respect ofits share of credit while engag-ing in the co-originationarrangement. However, thepriority sector assets on thebank's books should at alltimes be without recourse tothe NBFC. Further, the loansextended by foreign banksunder the co-originationframework shall be restrictedonly to loans qualifying as pri-ority sector assets,” it said.
With regard to grievanceredressal, it said, any com-plaint registered by a borrow-er with the NBFC/bank shallalso be shared with them; incase the complaint is notresolved within 30 days, theborrower would have theoption to escalate the same withthe concerned BankingOmbudsman/Ombudsman forNBFCs.
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The rupee continued its bull-ish trend for the second
day, rising 17 paise to end at72.20 against the US dollar onsustained selling of theAmerican currency even aslocal equities witnessed a highvolatility.
The domestic currency hitan intra-day high of 71.70before giving back early stronggains swayed by domestic stockvolatility.
The Indian unit brieflytouched a low of 72.48.
Although, forex marketreacted muted to the 'escala-tion' in the US-China tradeconflict with no meaningfulsafe haven bid for the dollar asinvestors adopted a “wait andsee” approach ahead of China'spossible retaliation to the lat-est round of US tariffs.
The dollar's weaknessagainst some currencies over-seas on easing trade war con-cerns also supported the recov-ery momentum.
The home currency hasrecovered a healthy 78 paise inthe last two sessions after plung-ing to life lows early this week.
The Indian currency haswitnessed a massive plunge inthe recent past due to rising
trade and current accountdeficits in the wake of risingcrude oil prices.
The benchmark 10-yearsovereign yield, however,inched up to 8.08 per cent.
Meanwhile, it was anexceptionally volatile day forIndian bourses which wit-nessed their biggest intra-daycrash in the recent past beforewiping out some of the lossesafter a huge fall in mortgagelender DHFL stock triggered aknee-jerk sell-offs in non-bank-ing financial companies andjolted investor sentiment.
The flagship Sensex ended279 points lower at 36,841.60,while broader Nifty shed 91points to 11,143.10.
On the energy front, crudeprices were mixed after fallingin the previous session as USPresident Donald Trump urged
OPEC to lower crude pricesahead of its meeting in Algeriathis weekend.
Benchmark brent crudefutures were at USD 79.53 abarrel in early Asian trading.
Extending its recoverymomentum, the rupee openedwith solid 53 paise gains at71.84 against Tuesday's close of72.37 at the inter-bank foreignexchange (forex) market onsustained dollar unwinding byexporters and banks.
It strengthened to hit anintra-day high of 71.70 beforegiving away its strong gainslargely reacting to stock mar-ket volatility.
After drifting to a sessionlow of 72.48, the local unit final-ly managed to pull back towardsthe tail-end trade and settled theday at 72.20, showing a gain of17 paise, or 0.23 per cent.
The Financial BenchmarksIndia private limited (FBIL),meanwhile, fixed the referencerate for the dollar at 71.8489and for the euro at 84.6830.
In the cross-currency trade,the rupee also gained furtherground against the Japaneseyen to close at 64.06 per 100yens from 64.42 earlier.
The home unit, however,fell back against the BritishPound to finish at 95.28 perpound from 95.07 and alsodropped against the euro to endat 84.96 as compared to 84.50.
On the global front, thedollar was trading slightly high-er against other currencieswhile the Japanese yen waslower as investors eyed tradewar tensions.
The pound slumped amidBrexit uncertainty after theeurozone manufacturing PMIcame in lower than expected.
Against a basket of other cur-rencies, the dollar index is up at93.69.In forward market, premi-um for dollar declined due to sus-tained receiving from exporters.
The benchmark six-monthforward premium payable inJanuary 2019 moved down to113-115 paise from 115-117paise and the far-forward Julycontract also eased to 271.50-273.50 paise from 273-275 paise.
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Th eGovernment
has again decid-ed to increaseduty benefits forexports of milkand certain milkproducts underMEIS scheme toboost their overseas shipments,an official said.
Earlier in July, theGovernment enhanced theduty benefits to 10 per centunder the Merchandise Exportfrom India Scheme (MEIS)for certain agriculture anddairy sector items.
“Now, it has been decidedto increase export incentives onmilk and certain milk productsfrom 10 per cent to 20 per centfor about four months up toJanuary 12 next year underMEIS,” the government officialsaid.
The 28 items coveredunder the enhanced incentivesinclude cheese, whole milk,skimmed milk, milk and milkfood for babies, condensedmilk, yoghurt, butter milk andwhey.
The Department ofRevenue has made additionalfinancial allocation of �21.40
crore to meet the expenditureto be incurred on these incen-tives.
“Notification in this regardwill be released soon by theDirectorate General of ForeignTrade (DGFT),” the officialadded.
The move assumes signif-icance on account of milk cri-sis in Maharasthra. Milk grow-ers had strongly protested insome parts of Maharasthradue to fall in milk prices amidhuge supply.
Commerce and IndustryMinister Suresh Prabhu hadearlier taken up the matter withhis finance counterpart andhad written for increase inexport incentives from 10 percent to 20 per cent.
Although the commerceministry had sought �57.04crore for whole of the year butthe Department of Revenueallocated only �21.40 crore.
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Markets regulator SebiFriday issued revised
KYC norms for foreign port-folio investors, wherein residentas well as non-resident Indianshave been permitted to holdnon-controlling stake in suchentities.
Two circulars pertaining toKYC (Know Your Client)requirements and eligibilityconditions for FPIs have beenissued.
These norms have been putin place weeks after a panelsuggested various changes tothe guidelines proposed earli-er, amid concerns in certainquarters that overseas fundsmight face difficulties in ensur-ing compliance.
NRIs, OCIs (OverseasCitizens of India) and RIs(Resident Indians) have beenpermitted to hold non-con-trolling stake in FPIs. Therewould also be no restrictionon them to manage non-investing FPIs Sebi-regis-tered offshore funds as well
as registered investmentmanagers, according to theregulator.
These entities would beallowed to be constituents ofFPIs subject to certain condi-tions. If single and aggregateNRI/OCI/RI holding is below25 per cent and 50 per cent,respectively, of the assets undermanagement in the FPI, thensuch entities would be permit-ted to be constituents of theFPI.
According to Sebi, FPIscan be controlled byInvestment Managers (IMs)which are controlled and/ orowned by NRI, OCI, or RI. Inthis regard, the conditionsinclude that the investmentmanager is appropriately regu-lated in its home jurisdictionand registers itself with Sebi asnon-investing FPI.
Among others, a non-investing FPI can be directly orindirectly owned or controlledby a NRI, OCI or RI.
“The restriction that NRI/OCI/ RI should not be in con-trol of FPI shall also not apply
to FPIs which are 'offshorefunds' for which no-objectioncertificate has been providedby the board in terms of mutu-al fund regulations,” Sebinoted.
Existing FPIs and newapplicants would be given twoyears from the date of the newnorms coming into force ordate of registration, whicheveris later. In case of temporarybreach, a time period of 90 dayswould be given to ensure com-pliance.
The watchdog said thatFPIs under category II and IIIhave to maintain a list of ben-eficial owners and the same hasto be provided to it.
Further, additional KYCdocumentation requirementsfor beneficial owners have beendone away with for govern-ment-related entities that comeunder Category I FPIs.
Beneficial owners are thenatural persons who ultimate-ly own or control an FPI. TheFPIs have been categorisedinto three classes based ontheir risk profile.
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Crisis-hit Jet Airways onFriday said income tax
officials are conducting a sur-vey of its premises sinceSeptember 19 and the sharesplunged six per cent on thebourses.
The airline, battling withfinancial woes, is already underthe lens of Sebi and the corpo-rate affairs ministry for variousviolations, including allegedcorporate governance lapses.
On Wednesday, sourcessaid the I-T Department isinspecting the books to ascer-tain whether there have beenfalsification of accounts, sus-picious dealings and other pos-sible violations.
In a regulatory filingFriday, the carrier said I-Tofficials are conducting a sur-vey of the premises of thecompany since September 19.
“The company is fullycooperating with the authori-ties and responding to thequeries by the income tax
authorities,” it said.As part of the survey oper-
ation, tax sleuths only visit thebusiness premises of a firm andcheck their books of accounts.
The scrip tumbled 5.96per cent to close at �229.70 onthe BSE.
On Wednesday, sourcessaid the I-T Department isinspecting the books to ascer-tain whether there have beenfalsification of accounts, sus-picious dealings and other pos-sible violations.
In Mumbai, Minister of Statefor Corporate Affairs P PChaudhary said the governmentwould do “whatever is required”after completing inspection ofbooks of Jet Airways.
Last month, the corporateaffairs ministry ordered aninspection of “books andpapers” of Jet Airways.
“The inquiry is not yetconcluded. The inspection (ofbooks) has not been complet-ed... Once it is completed thegovernment will do whatever isrequired,” he told reporters on
the sidelines of an event inMumbai.
He also noted that inspec-tion of books and papers is anormal routine work.
To a query on whether theministry was looking to expandthe scope of inquiry as IncomeTax Department is also carry-ing out a survey at the premis-es of Jet Airways, the ministersaid once the investigation iscomplete, the necessary find-ings would be recorded byofficials concerned.
On the alleged moneysiphoning over �5,000 crore bythe airline's promoter NareshGoyal, he said that would be“subject matter of Sebi” but didnot elaborate on the issues.
Earlier this year, Sebisought information from JetAirways following a complaintof alleged fraudulent practices.
In May, the airlineinformed stock exchanges thatin April the regulator soughtviews of the statutory auditorsand the audit committee oncertain allegations.
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Insurance regulator Irdai hasraised the minimum insur-
ance cover for owner-driver to�15 lakh for a premium of �750per annum, a move to providesome succour to road accidentvictims.
Currently, the capital suminsured (CSI) under this sec-tion for motorised two-wheel-ers and private cars/commer-cial vehicles is �1 lakh and �2lakh, respectively.
However, a few generalinsurers have been offeringadd-on covers under packagepolicies with higher CSI overand above the stipulated onpayment of additional premi-um.
The regulator directed allgeneral insurers to provide aminimum CSl of �15 lakhunder Compulsory PersonalAccident (CPA) cover forowner-driver under LiabilityOnly to all classes of vehicles atthe premium rate of �750 perannum for annual policy.
This rate will be valid untilfurther notice, InsuranceRegulatory and DevelopmentAuthority of India (Irdai) saidin a circular.
“A higher CSI may be pro-
vided over and above�15,00,000 through OptionalCovers under Liability Onlyand under Section lll ofPackage Policies/ BundledCovers on payment of addi-tional premium at the option ofthe insured,” it said.
This move by the regulatorof enhancing the capital suminsured ofc CompulsoryPersonal Accident Cover forowner – driver to �15 lakh is astep in the right direction,Bajaj Allianz General InsuranceMD and CEO Tapan Singhelsaid.
“I believe it's important tohave an appropriate personalaccident cover, for an effectivefinancial support to the poli-cyholders and their familymembers if she/he is disabledor succumbs to injury due to anaccident. This will address theissue of underinsurance tosome extent. We as a companysupport and welcome thismove,” he added.
Insurers may start issuingsuch covers effective from thedate of receipt of this circulareven while ensuring that the fil-ing for these is done under Fileand Use Guidelines on orbefore October 25, 2018, thecircular added.
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Japanese imaging productsmajor Canon is expecting a
robust growth in India, one ofits top five markets for DSLRcameras, on account of itsentry into newer segments andintroduction of advanced tech-nologies, a top company offi-cial has said.
The company is exploringnew opportunities in businesssegments like security camerasthrough its group firm AxisCommunications and in healthsector with its range of diag-nostic medical imaging solu-tions.
“Canon Inc, Tokyo isexpecting very rapid growth ofthe Indian market in terms ofphotography backed by popu-lation growth and economicgrowth and future developmentof the photo industry. Ourexpectation to Indian market isquite significant,” YoshiyukiMizoguchi, Group Executive -
ICB Products Group, CanonInc, told.
Presently, India is amongtop five markets for Canonalong with the US, China,Japan and Germany.
Canon India, which is eye-ing a turnover of ��3,500crore in annual sales by FY2020, is expecting a sustainedgrowth in both B2B and B2Csegments.
According to CanonIndia President and CEOKazutada Kobayashi, thegroup is already present inthe rapidly growing securitycamera market throughgroup f irm AxisCommunications, which isgradually expanding its port-folio here.
“We are covering morehigh end products... Qualitywise, we are a leading player inthe world,” Kobayashi said.
Canon is also exploringopportunities in semiconduc-tor business in India.
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The United States hit aChinese military organisa-
tion with punishing financialsanctions for buying Russianfighter jets and missiles as itstepped up pressure onMoscow over its “malign activ-ities”. It was the first time theTrump administration target-ed a third country with itsCAATSA sanctions, designedto punish Russia for its seizureof Crimea and other activities.
The State Department saidit was applying the 2017 legis-lation against the EquipmentDevelopment Department ofthe Chinese Ministry of Defencefor its purchase of RussianSukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and S-400 surface-to-air missiles.
At the same time, the StateDepartment also announced itwas placing 33 Russian intelli-gence and military-linkedactors on its sanctions blacklistunder the CAATSA rules.
“The ultimate target ofthese sanctions is Russia,” asenior administration official
told journalists, insisting onanonymity. “CAATSA sanc-tions in this context are notintended to undermine thedefense capabilities of any par-ticular country. They are aimedat imposing costs on Russia inresponse to its malign activities.”
CAATSA, or theCountering America’sAdversaries Through SanctionsAct, was passed in 2017 as atool that gives the Trumpadministration more ways totarget Russia, Iran and NorthKorea with economic and polit-ical sanctions.
With regard to Russia,CAATSA arises from the coun-try’s “aggression in Ukraine,annexation of Crimea, cyberintrusions and attacks, inter-ference in the 2016 elections,and other malign activities,” theState Department said.
“We will continue to vigor-ously implement CAATSA andurge all countries to curtail rela-tionships with Russia’s defenseand intelligence sectors, both ofwhich are linked to malign activ-ities worldwide,” it said. The
senior official said EDD and itsdirector, Li Shangfu, were hitwith sanctions because of thepurchases made fromRosoboronexport, Russia’s mainarms export entity already on theCAATSA blacklist for its supportof the Assad regime in Syria.
The sanctions freeze any ofEDD’s and Li’s assets in USjurisdictions. They restrictEDD’s access to global financialmarkets by blocking foreignexchange transactions underUS jurisdiction or any transac-tions in the US financial system.
The Russians named forCAATSA blacklisting have allbeen named previously underother US sanctions regimes.They include private paramil-itary contractor PMC Wagner,and Russian Defense Ministryprocurement group Oboron-logistika, and KNAAP, Russia’slargest aircraft manufacturer.
They also include 25Russians and three Russiancompanies who were indictedover the past year by Russia col-lusion investigator RobertMueller for their involvement
in political meddling and hack-ing during the 2016 election.
In addition, the chief of theRussian military intelligence
body GRU, Igor Korobov, anddeputy chief Sergey Gizunov,
were also hit with the CAAT-SA sanctions.
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Abandoning his previousrestraint, President Donald
Trump challenged by namethe woman accusing hisSupreme Court nominee ofsexual assault on Friday, declar-ing that if the alleged attack wasso terrible she would havereported it to law enforcement.
Trump’s change in tone —and apparent shift in tactics —came as Christine Blasey Ford’slawyers negotiate with theSenate Judiciary Committeeon the terms for her possibletestimony next week in a dra-matic showdown over her accu-sation that threatens Judge BrettKavanaugh’s confirmation.
Trump tweeted, “I haveno doubt that, if the attack onDr. Ford was as bad as she says,charges would have beenimmediately filed with localLaw Enforcement Authoritiesby either her or her loving par-ents. I ask that she bring thosefilings forward so that we canlearn date, time, and place!”
The President previouslyhad avoided naming Ford orplainly casting doubt on heraccount. Ford allegesKavanaugh sexually assaultedher more than 30 years agowhen they were teenagers.Kavanaugh has denied the allegation.
The accusation has jarredthe 53-year-old conservativejurist’s prospects for winningconfirmation, which untilFord’s emergence last week
had seemed all but certain. Ithas also bloomed into a broad-er clash over whether womenalleging abuse are taken seri-ously by men and how bothpolitical parties address suchclaims with the advent of the#MeToo movement — a themethat could echo in thisNovember’s elections for con-trol of Congress.
In another tweet, Trump,who was in Las Vegas for var-ious events, wrote: “Judge BrettKavanaugh is a fine man, withan impeccable reputation, whois under assault by radical leftwing politicians who don’twant to know the answers,they just want to destroy anddelay. Facts don’t matter. I gothrough this with them everysingle day in D.C.”
Ford is willing to tell herstory — but only if agreementcan be reached on “terms thatare fair and which ensure hersafety,” her lawyer saidThursday. She said Ford needstime to make sure her family issecure, prepare her testimonyand travel to Washington.
Nairobi: The death toll in a ferrycapsize in Lake Victoria climbedto 126 on Friday, as Tanzanianrescue workers pressed on withthe search to find scores morepeople feared drowned.
The MV Nyerere may havebeen carrying as many as 200passengers — double the ferry’scapacity — when it capsizedclose to the pier on UkaraIsland on Thursday, accordingto reports on state media.
Witnesses reached by AFPsaid the ferry sank when pas-sengers rushed to one side todisembark as it approached
the dock. The death toll rose to126 by mid-afternoon Friday,according to Tanzania’s trans-port Minister.
“We are sad to report thereare 126 dead,” Isack Kamweletold state television, addingthat a further update would beprovided at 6pm local time.
Mwanza governor JohnMongella had earlier said thenumber of survivors was 40, butit was unclear whether any newsurvivors had been found sincerescue operations resumed withpolice and army divers onFriday morning. AFP
New York: In a first, US sci-entists have used stem cells togrow human oesophagus —known as the food pipe — inthe laboratory, an advance thatwill enable personalised disease diagnosis, regenerativetherapies.
A team from the CincinnatiChildren’s Hospital in Ohiosuccessfully generated fullyformed human oesophagealorganoids — tiny version of anorgan produced in vitro inthree dimensions — usingpluripotent stem cells (PSCs).
PSCs are master cells thatcan potentially produce any cellor tissue the body needs torepair itself. The oesophagealorganoids grew to a length ofabout 300-800 micrometres in
about two months. “Disorders of the oesoph-
agus and trachea are prevalentenough in people that organoidmodels of human oesophaguscould be greatly beneficial,”said lead investigator Jim Wells,from the hospital.
“In addition to being anew model to study birthdefects like oesophageal atresia,
the organoids can be used tostudy diseases likeoeosinophilic oesophagitis andBarrett’s metaplasia, or to bio-engineer genetically matchedoesophageal tissue for individ-ual patients,” he added.
In the study, published injournal Cell Stem Cell, teamfocused on the gene Sox2 andits associated protein — knownto trigger oesophageal condi-tions when their function isdisrupted.
The scientists used mice,frogs and human tissue culturesto identify other genes andmolecular pathways regulatedby Sox2 during oesophagusformation. During critical stagesof embryonic development, theSox2 gene blocks the program-
ming and action of geneticpathways that direct cells tobecome respiratory instead ofoesophageal. The Sox2 proteininhibits the signalling of a mol-ecule called Wnt and promotesthe formation and survival ofoesophageal tissues.
Conversely, absence of Sox2during development process inmice can result in oesophagealagenesis — a condition in whichoesophagus terminates in apouch and does not connect tostomach. Those tests showedbioengineered and biopsies tis-sues were strikingly similar incomposition, team said. Cinci-nnati Children’s scientists havepreviously used PSCs to bio-engineer human intestine, stom-ach, colon and liver. IANS
London: British PrimeMinister Theresa May onFriday issued the EuropeanUnion (EU) with an ultimatumto come up with an alternativeplan for Brexit and treat the UKwith respect in the negotiations.
Her televised statementfrom Downing Street cameafter a day of upheavals inSalzburg at Austria, duringwhich European Council HeadDonald Tusk announced thatthe UK’s Brexit plans wereunworkable.
May hit back at the EUleaders for rejecting her planwith no alternative at this “latestage of negotiations”, saying itwas “not acceptable”. “I will notoverturn the result of the ref-erendum nor will I break upmy country,” a defiant BritishPM said.
“Yesterday Donald Tusk
said our proposals wouldundermine the single mar-ket. He didn’t explain howin any detail or makeany counter-propos-al. So we are at animpasse,” she said.
Her statementfurther noted:“Throughout thisprocess I havetreated the EUwith nothing butrespect. The UKexpects thesame, a goodrelationship atthe end of thisprocess dependson it.
“At this late stagein the negotiations, itis not acceptable tosimply reject the otherside’s proposals without
a detailed explanationand counter proposals.
So we now need to hearfrom the EU whatthe real issues areand what theiralternative is sowe can discussthem. Until wedo, we cannotmake progress.”
She said thetwo sides werestill “a long wayapart” on twobig issues: thep o s t - B r e x i teconomic rela-t i o n s h i p
between the UKand EU, and the
“backstop” for theIrish border, if there isa delay in implement-
ing that relationship.
The two options beingoffered by the EU for the long-term relationship — for the UKto stay in the EuropeanEconomic Area and customsunion or a basic free tradeagreement — were not accept-able, she said. May said the firstoption would “make a mockeryof the referendum”, while thesecond would mean NorthernIreland would be “permanent-ly separated economically fromthe rest of the UK by a borderdown the Irish Sea.”
Reiterating her Brexit standof “no deal is better than a baddeal”, May said the best out-come would be to leave with adeal and the UK had put for-ward a third way — herChequers plan, which Tuskrejected on Thursday on theground that it would under-mine the single market. PTI
United Nations: PresidentDonald Trump will talk aboutprotecting US sovereignty,expanding relations with coun-tries that share similar valuesand call for a halt to the spreadof weapons of mass destructionduring next week’s gathering ofworld leaders at the UNGeneral Assembly, his topdiplomat to the UN has said.
Trump will participate in anumber of UN GeneralAssembly (UNGA) events andbilateral meetings fromSeptember 24-27. Trump willalso hold bilateral meetingswith Secretary General AntonioGuterres, President of GeneralAssembly María FernandaEspinosa Garces, leaders of
South Korea, Egypt, France,Israel, Japan and the UK.
Trump is “looking forwardto talking about the foreign pol-icy successes the US has had overthe last year and where we aregoing to go from here. He wantsto talk about protecting US sov-ereignty,” and expanding rela-tions with countries that sharesimilar values, US Ambassadorto the UN Nikki Haley said.
Haley cited the example ofUS decisions to exit UN’s GlobalMigration Compact and ParisClimate Change Accord, saying“all of these things that we felt likewere mandating things on theUS, those aren’t things we wantto be involved in. We really valuesovereignty of the country.”
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New York: While we havealways heard that sharing iscaring, a new study has shownthat an individual’s tendency tobe generous depends on howmuch people around him orher are sharing.
The findings showed it isnot that people, who like toshare, choose to live with thosehaving same habits. Rather, theyadapt their own sharing ten-dencies so as to match that of thegroup they currently live in.
In other words, sharing,being contagious, is driven bylocal group norms and behaviour and not individualgenerosity.
“We were surprised to find
that people do not have a sta-ble tendency to cooperate andare instead influenced by thosearound them,” said CorenApicella from the University ofPennsylvania.
“If you find yourself sur-rounded by selfish people, youdon’t necessarily have to find anew crowd, but by being gen-erous yourself, you can getothers to be generous as well,”added Kristopher Smith, from
the University of Pennsylvania.The study, published in
Current Biology, is based onHadza hunter-gatherer people inTanzania — also one of the lastpopulations left on the planet.
During the study, the teamvisited 56 camps in Tanzaniaover six years. They asked near-ly 400 Hadza adults to play pub-lic goods game where, insteadof money, they were asked toconsider sharing straws ofhoney, their favourite food.
Each person started withfour straws, which they couldput toward the whole group ornot. The honey straws con-tributed to the group gottripled. IANS
New York: Police say three infants and two adults werestabbed at an overnight day care centre in New YorkCity. All are in critical but stable condition. Authoritiessay the stabbings happened just before 4 am Friday ata home in Queens. They said a three-day-old girl anda one-month-old girl were stabbed in the abdomen,and a 20-day-old girl suffered cuts to her ear, chin andlip. Police said the father of a child at the centre and awoman who worked there were also stabbed.
A 52-year-old woman was found in the base-ment of the home in the Flushing neighbourhood.Police say she had slashed her own wrist and is incustody at a hospital. Police say a butcher knife andmeat cleaver were found at the scene. A motive has-n’t been determined. It isn’t clear whether the daycare center was licensed. AP
Jakarta: Dozens of Indonesianswho served jail time for cor-ruption are set to run for pub-lic office, the country’s electoralagency said Friday, as theworld’s largest Muslim-major-ity nation kicks off campaign-ing at the weekend.
The ex-convicts are amongmore than 8,000 people vyingfor seats in parliament andregional councils with 186 mil-lion registered voters eligible tocast a ballot in national polls onApril 17.
Election campaigningstarts from Sunday. Indonesiais riddled with corruption at alllevels of society and its House
of Representatives is widelyviewed as one of its most graft-riddled institutions.
However, the SupremeCourt ruled last week that 38people previously convicted ofgraft could run for office,despite their criminal records.The decision came afterIndonesia’s electoral agencytried to block their eligibility.
“We were actually againstthis, but since the SupremeCourt gave them the green lightto run, there’s nothing we cando,” General ElectionsCommission head AriefBudiman told AFP on Friday.
AFP
Canberra: Australian scien-tists said on Friday they havedeveloped a nano-filter that canclean contaminated water 100times faster than the currenttechnology, pointing to betteraccess to the crucial resourceworldwide.
The filter removes oils andheavy metals including leadfrom water via an alloy thatcombines gallium-based liquidmetals with aluminium, help-ing to absorb the contami-nants with aluminium oxidecompounds, RMIT Universitysaid in a statement about theinnovation that also involved
researchers from the Universityof New South Wales, reportsXinhua news agency.
Water contaminationremains a significant challengeglobally, with one in nine peo-ple without access to cleanwater close to home, and heavymetal contamination “causesserious healthproblems and chil-dren are particu-larly vulnerable”,RMIT researcherAli Zavabeti said.
“Our newnano-filter is sus-tainable, environ-
mentally-friendly, scalable andlow cost,” said Zavabeti, whoseteam’s findings were publishedin the Advanced FunctionalMaterials scientific journal.
“Previous research hasalready shown the materials weused are effective in absorbingcontaminants like mercury,
sulphates and phos-phates.
“With further devel-opment and commercialsupport, this new nano-filter could be a cheapand ultra-fast solutionto the problem of dirtywater.” IANS
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Moscow: The US’ latest batchof sanctions targeting Russianbusinesses and China under-mine global stability and areakin to playing with fire, offi-cials here said on Friday.
Deputy Foreign MinisterSergei Ryabkov’s commentscame after Washington onThursday imposed a new batchof sanctions, hitting 33 ofRussia’s most high-profile cit-izens with ties to the Kremlin.
Ryabkov said the sanc-tions were aimed at Russiandefence organisations, politi-cians and businessmen.
“It would be good forthem to recall the notion ofglobal stability, which theyrecklessly upset by whippingup tensions in Russian-US
relations,” Ryabkov said in astatement cited by TASS newsagency. “It’s foolish to playwith fire, because things couldget dangerous.”
“We’ve been keeping aclose eye on how the USapplies it sanctions against ourcountry. This seems to haveturned into some sort ofnational sport, with yester-day’s anti-Russian measuresbecoming the 60th since 2011.
“Every new round ofsanctions shows that ourenemy’s previous attempts topressure Russia have failed toyield any result. Numerous USblacklists duplicate each othermore and more. That’s funny,but this is true,” the ministersaid. IANS
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Beijing: An “outraged” Chinaon Friday lodged a diplomat-ic protest with the US forimposing punitive sanctionson its military unit for buyingRussian weapons, warning of“consequences” if the sanc-tions are not revoked.
The US State Departmentsaid on Thursday that the pur-chases of Russian Sukhoi Su-35 fighter jets and S-400 sur-face-to-air missiles by China’sEquipment DevelopmentDepartment (EDD) of China’sMinistry of Defence violatedUS sanctions on Russia.
Both the EDD and itsdirector, Li Shangfu, havebeen named in Thursday’ssanctions. It is the first timethe Trump administration
targeted a third country withits Countering America’sAdversaries ThroughSanctions Act of 2017 (CAAT-SA), designed to punishRussia for its seizure ofCrimea and other activities.
Reacting to the US move,Chinese Foreign Ministryspokesman Geng Shuang said,“China is strongly outraged bythis unreasonable action of theUS and lodged stern repre-sentations”.
“What the US has donegravely violated the basisnorms governing the inter-national relations and harmedthe state-to-state and military-to-military relations betweenthe two sides,” he said.
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She’s sitting pretty on the success of Streeand is looking forward to Batti Gul
Meter Chalu. She hardly cares for the lowsin between and is still gushy about savour-ing a gulaab jamun. And disregarding thegrammar of public appearances, she choos-es to have one then and there. But thenShraddha Kapoor sparkles only because sheis easy-going and enjoys her work in themoment. “I’ve never focussed on results. Hitsand misses are not in your hands. When amovie succeeds, it feels great. At the sametime, I can’t be complacent about it. I thinkit was really difficult when my first two filmsdidn’t do well. Even after that it was nevera cake walk and that’s when I understood thatone should not be dependent on how amovie turns out. One should only focus onhow hard you work and how best you canbe at what you’re doing. Take every chanceyou get in life. I find it shocking yet amaz-ing that Stree has become a blockbuster,” theactor told us.Playing the happy-go-lucky Nauti in BattiGul Meter Chalu, the 31-year-old actor saidshe is glad it comes after Stree. “There wassome kind of mystery which was created formy character. For Nauti, there is no such typeof mystery. She is very vocal and a fun per-son to be with. I think it’s so fascinating thatwith each film, you get to play a differentcharacter and I had a great time playingNauti,” the actress said. Shraddha, who is upfor experimenting with all genres and roles,said, “As an actor, I want to try all kinds ofroles. I do not want to be boxed in even ifit means taking risks. My whole idea is toactually to get out of my comfort zone andmake a determined effort. I want to be a part
of really memorable films.”Each film has its own difficulties,
challenges, preparations, anddemands. The actor said that shewouldn’t classify things like, “thatfilm would be easier or this filmwould be more difficult.” Shewants to keep improving herselfand wants to do better than shewas doing yesterday. She wantsto put her best foot forward.
Shraddha, daughter ofShakti Kapoor, who is betterknown for his villainous andcomic roles in Bollywood, saidthat family references didn’twork for her at all. “I had toaudition everytime and havealso faced so much rejection. Ihave not actually had a quintes-sential star kid debut. I had toearn my part,” added she.
And for somebody who hasgotten linked to co-stars andindustrywallahs consistently,she feels each is to his own. “Ifeel that our society is evolving.Nowadays so many people aregetting married in their lateryears. Living in is legal even inIndia. One must do whatevermakes one happy and notsubscribe to anybody’s expec-tations.”
As for her co-actor ShahidKapoor with whom she hasdone her second film, shesays, “It’s really nice to beback again. When youknow someone, there’s acomfort zone that comesin, and he’s a fantasticactor, sincere and giveshis everything to what-ever he does. It wasreally nice workingwith him again,”Shraddha shared.
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Anushka Sharma and Varun Dhawan’scamaraderie is there for everyone to
see. The champion actors have also becomefriends while working on the much await-ed Sui Dhaaga - Made in India. Anushkaand Varun travelled to Kolkata for the pro-motions and Anushka surprised Varun bygifting him sweets from her favourite sweetshop in the city. Naturally Varun wasthrilled.
“Anushka loves Bengali sweets and shealways orders from a particular shop spe-cialising in traditional and gourmet Bengaliconfectionaries. She bought rabdi, bakedrasgulla and other traditional sweets forVarun and personally gifted him. Anushkahas been fond of Varun for the profession-al actor and co-star that he is and wantedto give this as a sweet gesture to him. Varunwas thrilled with Anushka’s gift and feast-ed on them. He thanked Anushka for thesweets and the amazing co-star and friendthat she has become,” says a source fromthe event team in Kolkata.
Sui Dhaaga - Made in India is set torelease on September 28.
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Grammy and Oscar winningcomposer A.R. Rahman,
along with celebrated lyricist-poet Gulzar, has created theofficial song for Odisha HockeyMen's World CupBhubaneswar 2018.
The Odisha governmentroped in Rahman for compos-ing the song titled "Jai hindhind, jai India", which ispenned by Gulzar.
"Nothing says India morethan our beloved sport hock-ey. And nothing is more excit-ing than the world's biggesthockey tournament happeningright here, on our turf,"Rahman said in a statement.
"It's heart-warming to seethe entire nation pledge theirheartbeats for hockey. As anextension of pledging ourheartbeats, Gulzar sahab and Ihave created the World Cupsong. A song that will exciteand inspire, as also get you onyour feet,” added the musicmaestro.
Odisha Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik said: “We aredelighted to have Rahmancompose the song for theOdisha Hockey World Cup. Itwill be an honour to have himperform live in Bhubaneswar.He is the voice of India andnow with this song, the voice
of India is the voice of theworld cup.
“We are also fortunate tohave Gulzar sahab add his
poetic magic to the composi-tion. Coming together of thesetwo legends will not onlyinspire the players but willalso get the entire nationtogether to support this won-derful game unfolding inOdisha at the world cup.”
The fourteenth edition ofthe prestigious hockey compe-tition is scheduled to takeplace from November 28 toDecember 16.
Rahman is also directingthe song's video, which will beshot across the hockey heart-lands of India. The song is setto release at the KalingaStadium inauguration sched-uled for early October. Rahmanwill also perform it live at theopening ceremony onNovember 27.
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Gone are the bright orange, skin-tighttrousers, multi-coloured shirts andblazers that were inspired by the
hues of the sun. Dressed in a formal blackthree-piece, the only hint of the flashyGovinda of yore are the shiny, black, point-ed shoes that have a self pattern consist-ing of squares. And there is a markedchange in the man. One can see the exas-peration in his face when he realises thathaving spoken non-stop for three hours,he would need to continue the exercise forat least another half-an-hour. However,the irritation does not filter down to hisattitude – a far cry from the tales oftantrums and unprofessional behaviourthat was whispered about earlier.
The actor is straightforward, greets youwarmly with a something special for eachindividual and is philosophical about histake on life in the industry and outside.“You are a very good soul,” he announcesjust as I begin to settle down. The pro-nouncement, he says, was prompted by thefact that he had eyed me patiently waitingmy turn on the side.
The Virar ka Chokra, as he was pop-ularly referred to at one time, has travelleda long distance from his humble originsand tough times while reinventing himselfoften – from an action hero to a roman-tic to one with impeccable comic timing– the last being where he found his mojo.And he credits it all to his mother. “She toldme that you can’t fashion idols from dryearth and that thought worked. The wetearth is connected to nature. If you con-nect your art to nature, you can find a lotof new characters. You can see heroesaround you and you feel that it would beamazing to see them on the silver screen.If you close your fist or your mind, youcan’t express yourself. If you close your ear,then you can’t say the truth. To begin withwe need to open our minds, hearts,thoughts and keep the doors open,” saysthe actor philosophically, looking out inthe direction as if trying to recall a longforgotten story.
The actor, who with his string of come-dies – Raja Babu, Coolie No 1, Hero no 1,Partner, Saajan Chale Sasuraal and more— was at one time practically considereda stress-buster by corporate India. “If I amthe source of entertaining people and tak-ing away their stress, I don’t mind. But asfar as a tag is concerned, it can change ifsomeone does a strong film that compelspeople to accept them in a role. AkshayKumar was a fighting hero, then he start-ed doing comedies and now he hasrebranded himself as someone who doesnationalistic films,” he explains.
An actor, who had a phenomenal 14releases in 1989, 11 in 1988, nine in 1990and 1994, seven in 1997, six each in 1992,1995, 1998, 2000, most of which wereblockbusters or close to it, Govinda has notbeen seen very often. His last outing anaction film, Aa Gaya Hero, in 2017 failedto create much of an impact on the box
office. So it is with two comedies, RangeelRaja and Fry Day, a genre that he is bestknown for, that Govinda returns to the bigscreen. “These are family entertainers butat the same time they are tied to love andhave an element of comedy. They will con-vey many messages in a funny manner.They will definitely have an indirectly seri-ous side to it. Unlike the comedy in con-temporary films, which is very direct, thisis more subtle. Mujhe shobha nahin detawoh,” says the 53-year-old who likesRanvir Singh among the newer lot for hiscomic timing and acting.
Besides comedy, it was his flair fordancing with gay abandon that setGovinda apart from the other heroes.Recalling the video of a university profes-sor who was imitating his steps at a mar-riage, he chuckles. “He was dancing withhis family during a marriage without a cluethat it would become viral. Of the peoplewho imitate me including actors, hecomes the closest. Pahunche huen baaphain woh,” he says with a laugh which isreminiscent of the many films that he hasacted in.
That’s the effect he has had on peoplewith his laugh-out-do-it-loud demeanour.A warmth which translated into a genialworkspace where he worked with severalhit jodis whether it was his pairing withShakti Kapoor in 42 films “which madepeople roll with laughter”, Kader Khan (41films) or his heroines like Neelam and
Karishma Kapoor (10 each). But did anyof his friendships extend beyond themovies? Whatever was written aboutthen, Govinda has now detached himselffrom all the speculation over his equationswith people, men or women. “I couldn’tunderstand the system of friendship —
vidhi, taur tariqe nahin samajh me nahinaate (I do not understand the rulebook ofsocial grace and manners). I just keptworking. I couldn’t afford time for culti-vating relationships. Everyone in my fam-ily was struggling at that time. How we
could move ahead in life was the strugglethat I was faced with. We were trying toextricate ourselves from the tough times.So I had no time. My mother had mademe promise at a very young age when I was13 that I could not get tired or use badwords for anyone. That’s all I did and do,”he says, dispelling doubts that he hadregrets in an industry considered punish-ing if you fell from its grace.
Another place where he briefly dab-bled and then made a quiet exit was pol-itics. He contested elections against RamNaik who was considered invincible andwon the Lok Sabha seat in 2004. “The waypolitics works, you should continue in itonly if you understand it well. There isalways action and reaction there. Oneshould stay away if one does not have thecourage to tolerate things. At that time,mummy had passed away and I was thefather figure of a family where everyonewas very young. I did not want to imposemy burden on the others. If I had contin-ued to do that, it would have been very self-ish for they were suffering because of meand the environment,” says the actor.
His closeness to his family, especiallyto his mother, who he invokes several timesduring the course of the conversation, isapparent. “She is divine. She kept the fam-ily together she sacrificed her entire life forthe family.” And he does not forget hisjourney, which was tougher as comparedto youngsters today. “Now they can show-case their talent even through mobiles.There are more options available. There isno need for films or even Doordarshan toshow that they can act like that or I looklike this. Earlier we used to spend hoursoutside a producer’s office and then youhad to dance in their office. Then theylooked you up and down and told us tolose weight. Now the world’s best faciltiesare available on the phone. You have thetheatre in your palm and can watch themovie as many times as you want. WhenI was young, just to watch a movie, dandekhaane padte the. Ram Ram,” he guffaws.
But there are other places too that havewitnessed a change, content for instance.“It is very nice. With the web, a new medi-um has been found where you can followyour heart. The content is extremelymodern and westernised. It will cut downthe political part of the art,” he says as hesigns off.
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The Partition of 1947 wasn’t just a passing eventin the history of India and Pakistan. It is a mem-ory that is still fresh in the conscience of those
who had witnessed it. And for those who haven’t, therehave been a number of stories and documentaries thattell the tales of that brutal period.
Writer Saadat Hasan Manto’s stories are amongthose that remind the people of the two nations aboutthe struggles of those times.
It took Nandita six years to complete Manto, andfinally get it on the screens. But what is it that took solong? “Now when I watch it again I feel even more thanthis could have also been done,” she says. “When youhave to dig deep like this, you need time to bring allthe fine details to the fore. I wanted to be true andauthentic to today’s period. I wrote many drafts andtook help from many people,” she says.
She created a Lahore in India and searching forlocales that fit the bill was a difficult process. “It hasall been very challenging but also enriching. I believethat Manto is not just a film but an ideology. We cansee whatever is happening around the world and thatwe are being divided on the basis of caste, religion, gen-der and nationality. And Manto through his stories hadalready depicted such discrimination and issues whichwe have been increasingly forgetting today. This wasmy reason for making the film,” says the filmmaker.
Addressing the issues of today through the film, thesubject of which is as relevant in the contemporaryworld as it was in post 1947 India, was the “right thingto do instead of being didactic and polarising about it.”
There were nervousness and second thoughtsabout making a film on such a controversial characteras Manto but Nandita believes, “Controversy is just aterm. He wasn’t a ‘controversial’ character, he was justahead of his time. Today there are journalists and artistslike us, who also feel a bit scared about hurting senti-ments while expressing themselves. We make sure thatwe don’t step on someone’s shoes or offend somebody.Various kinds of censorships have emerged todayincluding self-censorship. People have stopped speak-ing what they feel. But in an era like the 1940s, Mantowas a person unafraid and ‘bebaak’ who didn’t thinktwice to fight for the truth and he wasn’t even a jour-nalist or activist. He was a writer and for him, therewas no difference between passion, work and life. Whatyou believe in is what you do.”
Nandita feels that celebrating such people is veryimportant as is bringing them back into people’s mindsto make people realise that such an inspirational char-acter existed and that ‘itna darr darr ke jeene ka koi mat-lab nahi hai’ (no point of living with fear).”
As inspiring as the subject of the film is, it wasimportant to be made by someone who didn’t put himon a pedestal and instead treated him like a humanbeing with flaws and insecurities. A realist himself, hewouldn’t have wanted to be shown in a glorified light,the director believes.
Talking about religion and caste, how do such filmsbring about a change in people’s mindsets?
“Films don’t create any revolution. We are influ-enced by all the things we are surrounded by, books weread, films we watch, people we meet, and experiencesthat we have witnessed. All such things slowly getabsorbed in us and then we are able to understand theworld around us. Hence, my core values must be thesame since the last 30 years but I am not the same per-son as I was 30 years ago. Why am I changing after all?Because of all these experiences that I’m gaining. I havebeen impacted by quite a number of films. But this does-n’t mean that it will make the whole world changeovernight,” says she.
It was back in 2012 that she felt that a film on Mantohas to be made. She says, “I started reading about it in
2012 — Manto’s stories and works. I felt that ‘Wow...what a person he was.’ He hails from such an old era,but through his words it feels like he’s talking abouttoday. His approach was so modern. When I startedresearching I felt ki iss insaan par toh ek film zaroor bann
ni chahiye, (a film should definitely be created on sucha person). Co-incidently, I received an invite for someevent in 2013 from Lahore and I felt this could be greatchance to meet the family of Manto in Pakistan.”
His family has been supporting her since 2013 tomake the film. She met them and discovered that hisdaughters, who were very young then didn’t remem-ber much. It was Razia, Manto’s sister-in-law, who toldher a number of things which she felt she “couldn’t havehad found in any other book or story even though Iread a number of them written by him. I wanted toknow more about their relationship and Safia, Manto’swife’s, as well.”
Despite the support from his family, the directorwas nervous when screening the film for them. “Whenthis film was shown here for the first time, I really want-ed to invite the family and show them what their par-ents were. I was really nervous because it’s a very per-sonal thing for them as also the movie shows Mantoin a very grey character. As a child, it is difficult tounderstand your parents and their relationship. I hadsent them the script because I didn’t want any false fac-tual elements. Also there is a huge problem betweenboth the countries in terms of getting a visa but to mysurprise, the authorities have also been very helpful,”she says.
Two of Manto’s daughters, the husband of theyoungest daughter, and another person called SaeedAhmed, who had helped her through the years viaemails and calls had come for the screening. When allthe four of them came out of the theatre, Nandita was“relieved to see their expressions.” The middle daugh-ter had almost broke down. It was a “moving experi-ence” for her.
In this age of biopics, sports films or even filmsbased on historical events, Bollywood is increasinglyshifting towards realism. “Suddenly biographies havebecome the flavour of the season,” she says. “When in2012 I started working on the film, it wasn’t the same.Honestly, I wasn’t even thinking of it as a biopic. Mymind just had Manto, the idea not the person. We wantto spread the Manto revolution through this film. It isnot really a biopic. He was a well-known writer and per-sonality. People waited for his columns and essays. Itis a journey of a writer through those times and howthe world viewed such people. Even today there aremany Mantos alive, they just don’t get enough recog-nition. Some of them might be killed, or in jail or musthave been silenced and we don’t even know. This is toremind that there have been people who spoke theirminds — fearlessly, unstoppably. For us they have keptthat freedom and democracy alive,” she says.
Recreating someone’s story and bringing them aliveagain involves the efforts of a number of people. Didshe also encounter in her journey some people whowere not related to Manto in any way but had knownhim? The answer is yes, she did. She shares, “I metIntezaar Husain, who was a writer at that time. I methim in Lahore. He passed away recently. He told mesome fun anecdotes about Manto, which his family had-n’t known about. Meeting people is just a part of gain-ing knowledge but at the end of the day it is all inter-nalised and it is my subjective interpretation of the wayI have imagined his world.”
Indeed, since Manto has penned a number of bio-graphical sketches, poems, more than 300 short stories,and radio commentaries, going through that materialand combining it in a 120-minute film was definitelyan arduous process.
Celebrities including Rekha, Imtiaz Ali, DeeptiNaval, Shabana Azmi and others attended a specialscreening of the film starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui asthe Indo-Pakistani, Urdu author Saadat Hasan Manto.
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Actor Abhishek Bachchan hasdefended the decision of the
makers to delete three scenes fromhis latest Manmarziyaan and said thesequences did not impact the storyanyway.
The scenes in question featuringAbhishek and Taapsee Pannu smok-ing had upset a certain section of theSikh community, following whichthey were omitted from the film.
When asked about the issue,Abhishek said, “Each individual isallowed to react the way they have,and they want to. It’s their person-al opinion. For me, it’s not a bigdeal. My film isn’t about anyonesmoking, I have no problem cut-ting that out if someone has takenobjection to it.”
The actor stressed that theintention of the makers wasnot to hurt anyone.
“The intention of the mak-ers is not to upset any commu-nity or ruffle any feathers. Wejust wanted to make a nice love
story and that’s what the film isabout. If by cutting out one or twoshots if it’s going to placate someoneand make them feel better, I’ve noproblem doing that.”
Abhishek was in conversationwith journalist Mayank Shekhar atthe Jagran Cinema Summit here.
When asked if the move sets abad precedent, the actor said one hasto look at the issue in totality.
“You have to look at why andwho is objecting, what’s the purposebehind the objection. If that’s gen-uine, look into it genuinely andaddress it... You need to ask who’sthe loser here? In the situation likewe are in right now, it’s theexhibitors.”
The actor said so many peopledown the cinema chain wouldstand to lose money if one sat ontheir “ego” over certain scenes.
“If there is an objection or aprotest, a cinema hall might getvandalised, shows of the exhibitorsmight get cancelled and that personis going to lose money. If you say it’sa bad precedent, please underwrite allthe loses that people down the chainare going to face. I’ll stand by you.
“That’s my industry as well andI’ve got to think about that. Thoseone or two shots aren’t going tochange the story, so take it out. If it’schanging the narrative or the reasonwhy I’m making the film, then no.Like in ‘Udta Punjab’... But here, I’mnot going to sit on my ego for threebasic shots, which might affect theexhibitors.”
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While we have always heard that sharing is car-ing, a new study has shown that an individual’s
tendency to be generous depends on how much peo-ple around him or her are sharing. The findingsshowed it is not that people, who like to share, chooseto live with those having same habits. Rather, theyadapt their own sharing tendencies so as to match thatof the group they currently live in. In other words,sharing, being contagious, is driven by local groupnorms and behaviour and not individual generosity.
“We were surprised to find that people do nothave a stable tendency to cooperate and are insteadinfluenced by those around them,” said CorenApicella, University of Pennsylvania.
“If you find yourself surrounded by selfish peo-ple, you don’t necessarily have to find a new crowd,but by being generous yourself, you can get others tobe generous as well,” added Kristopher Smith, fromthe University of Pennsylvania. The study, publishedin Current Biology, is based on Hadza hunter-gath-erer people in Tanzania — also one of the last pop-ulations left on the planet. During the study, the teamvisited 56 camps in Tanzania over six years. Theyasked nearly 400 Hadza adults to play public goodsgame where, instead of money, they were asked to con-sider sharing straws of honey, their favourite food.
Each person started with four straws, which theycould put toward the whole group or not. The honeystraws contributed to the group got tripled.
The results revealed that Hadza individuals liv-ing in certain camps were consistently more gener-ous than others were. Moreover, individuals behaveddifferently over time, modifying their behaviour tomatch the norms of the camp they were currently liv-ing in.
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Whisky has this incorrect, outdat-ed and old fashioned image of
being consumed by lanky old men andpurists in cigar rooms. Instead thedrink is being consumed by well-trav-elled millennials of all genders.Exposure to different cultures andinformation is the key reason for theway the younger generation is drink-ing this alcohol, assumed to go bestwith ice and water, in cocktails too. Inthe US, women now make up to 37 percent of consumers and almost a thirdof whisky drinkers in the UK. Even inIndia, women have shown a rise in theconsumption of the alcohol, be it in theform of a cocktail or on its own.
You don’t really have to be well-travelled as access to global cultures,eating habits and drinking trends arenow so easily available on the internetfor us to play around with. The priv-ilege of having information hasexposed millennials to trends fromaround the globe and it would be cor-rect to say that we are now more exper-imental with our choice of what goesinto our bellies. We in India are nowopening up to drinking whisky incocktails, mixers like apple juice andginger ale which was not the case justa decade ago. This is definitely encour-aging.
While hosting a tasting event at agolf club in India, I introduced theGrant’s & Ginger Ale cocktail to vet-eran whisky drinkers only to find thempleasantly surprised. None of them hadtried it before as most of them enjoyedtheir whisky with water and ice. NowI’m not saying that is not the correctway of drinking whisky but theirreaction and surprise on how wellwhisky goes with ginger ale was just asrefreshing as the drink itself.
A crucial reason why the alcoholis being experimented with is alsobecause the consumers are more dis-cerning and open to experimentationwith their food and drink choices.Access to different cultures has openedup people to variety, be it in theirchoice of fashion, living standard ordrinks and food.
You go to any bar in India and youwill see an equal number of whiskycocktails being served along with
vodka and gin.It is a base spirit with a wide range
of flavours that makes it possible topair it before, with and after dinner aswell. Depending on where the whiskycomes from, it can have a flavour pro-file, ranging from sweet to spicy toearthy smoky notes.
It goes well with seafood, cheese,
chocolates, sushi and a varied range ofIndian delicacies. For instance, whiskywith just a few drops of water, goesvery well with a lot of tandoori foodas it balances the smokiness and acid-ity extremely well.
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Scotland but most of the brands thatwe see at bars come from four majorwhisky-producing regions - TheHighlands, Speyside, Islay and TheLowlands. Each region produces a dif-ferent style and character of whisky.
Speyside, which is the undisputedcentre for Scottish whisky, has fruityand sweet characteristics. Think of
icons like Glenfiddich which isrenowned all over the world for itspear, apple and toffee notes.
Highland whiskies are more full-bodied, nutty and spicy in character.This is a big whisky-producing region,so there is a range of varietals. Thinkof notes of honey, spice and heather.If you go to northern Highlands you’revery likely to find whiskies whichwould give you lovely top notes of peatbut an underlying oakiness and fruiti-ness to your whisky.
Lowlands are not one of the biggestwhisky producing regions in Scotlandbut produce a unique type. Most arevery easy on the palate.
Think of the elegant floral noteswith a balance of citrus, honey andcereal topped up with a very smoothand mellow finish.
Islay: Often the victim of incorrectpronunciation, it is actually pro-nounced as ‘eye-lah.’ Peat is the char-acteristic of this beautiful part on thewest of Scotland. Islay malts are morepungent, heavily peated compared toyour speyside or highland whiskieswith notes of smoke, brine, and hintof seal salt that intrigues your palate.
There is no set way of drinkingwhisky and I encourage people toenjoy it the way they like, especially ina cocktail or a mixer like Ginger Aleand Apple. For me, it is the most ver-satile hard drink out there that offersa wide range of flavours. Balancing theflavours with the right mixture in acocktail can make the varied notesstand out.
My cocktail choice depends uponthe time of the day, the occasion andthe place I am at. If I’m home just ona day-off relaxing with my friends, wemake sure we buy some ginger alefrom the local shop and it’s time forG&Gs (Grant’s & Ginger ale) oversome ice.
It really is a great afternoon-evening drink to beat the hot andhumid conditions and best enjoyedwith friends because it is so simple tomake and yet so delicious. If at a barpost 11 pm (which does happen fre-quently with my kind of job), I love myGrant’s old fashioned or a Grant’sBlood and Sand.
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Chelsea maintained its perfect start to theseason when Brazil forward Willianscored in a 1-0 Europa League victory at
PAOK Thessaloniki on Thursday.Two goals from Ever Banega and Wissam
Ben Yedder led Sevilla, the most successful teamin Europa League history, to a 5-1 thrashing ofStandard Liege while Eintracht Frankfurt openedits campaign by upsetting Marseille 2-1.
Arsenal, with former Sevilla coach UnaiEmery now in charge, defeated Ukraine's Vorskla4-2 thanks to a double from Pierre-Emerick
Aubameyang and AC Milan edged pastDudelange of Luxembourg 1-0.
Sitting atop the PremierLeague with five wins from five
games, Chelsea rested EdenHazard after the Belgiumplaymaker registered a hattrick in a 4-1 win againstCardiff on Saturday.
Chelsea managerMaurizio Sarri made fivechanges to his startingline-up against PAOK andhis dominant teamshould have scored ahatful of goals.
The out-of-formAlvaro Morata wastedseveral chances aftercaptain Willian hadfinished off a speedycounter-attack inthe seventh minutefollowing goodwork from RossBarkley.
"We playedvery well, were incontrol of thematch, and itwould have beendifficult for any-body to playagainst us this
evening," Sarrisaid.
Also in GroupL, BATE Borisov of
Belarus won 2-0 atHungary's Vidi.
�������������Sevilla shook off two recent defeats to
rout Standard Liege 5-1 in its opening
group-stage match of the EuropaLeague football championship.
Back in action in a tournamentthey have won five times, theAndalusians on Thursday seized con-trol from the outset at Ramon SanchezPizjuan Stadium and opened the scor-ing in the eighth minute on a curvingfree kick by Ever Banega into the top-right corner of the goal.
But Sevilla's intensity droppedafter French midfielder IbrahimAmadou left the game with an injuryin the 15th minute, ceding territoryand giving up the equalizer in the 39thminute on a goal by Malian midfielderMoussa Djenepo.
The home side, however,responded with two scores on eitherside of halftime.
Franco Vazquez fired a left-foot-ed blast off the upright and into thegoal in the 41st minute before WissamBen Yedder, who tallied 10 goals forSevilla in last-season's ChampionsLeague, scored on a cross fromBrazilian defender Guilherme Aranain the 49th minute.
Ben Yedder then made the score4-1 in the 70th minute when he scoredafter Banega had gained possession of
the ball deep in Standard Liege's ter-ritory.
Banega then became the secondSevilla player to score a brace in the74th minute when he converted apenalty that had been awarded for afoul by Zinho Vanheusden onVazquez.
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the scoring for Arsenalagainst Vorskla in the 32ndminute when he convertedan Alex Iwobi cross.
Danny Welbeck head-ed in a center fromHenrikh Mkhitar yanbefore Aubameyang madeit 3-0 with a precise shotfrom outside the area.
Substitute Mesut Ozil added thefourth goal from close range butVorskla reduced the arrears thanks tocaptain Volodymyr Chesnakov andVyacheslav Sharpar.
For Emery, the Europa League isfamiliar territory, after he guidedSevilla to its three straight titles ear-lier this decade.
Also in Group E, Sporting Lisbon
scored twice in the second half to sinkQarabag 2-0.
�������������It was a case of David vs Goliath
when seven-time European champi-on Milan took on Dudelange, the firstteam from Luxembourg to reach theEuropa League group stage.
Dudelange did well to keep outMilan until Gonzalo Higuain struckthe only goal of the game in the 59thminute.
Also in Group F, Olympiakosand Betis drew 0-0.
�������������������Substitute Luka Jovic struck one
minute from time as German Cupwinner Eintracht Frankfurt cameback from a goal down to defeat lastyear's Europa League runner-upMarseille 2-1 in a game played behindclosed doors in France.
Marseille went ahead in the thirdminute at the Stade Velodrome asFlorian Thauvin crossed from theright for Lucas Ocampos to score.
Frankfurt equalized in the secondhalf through Lucas Torro beforeJovic's late winner.
In the other Group H match,Lazio defeated Apollon 2-1.
������,��Rangers, managed by for-
mer England midfielderSteven Gerrard, recoveredfrom conceding a first-minute goal to draw 2-2 atVil larreal, while RapidVienna beat Spartak Moscow2-0 in the other Group Ggame.
In Group I, Genk defeat-ed Malmo 2-0 and Besiktaseased past newcomer
Sarpsborg 3-1.In Group A, Bayer Leverkusen
rallied from two goals down to win 3-2 at Ludogorets Razgrad in Bulgaria.
In a matchup between the cham-pions of Scotland and Norway, Celticbeat Rosenborg 1-0. Also in Group B,Fredrik Gulbrandsen scored a minutebefore the end to give last year's semi-finalist Salzburg a 3-2 victory atLeipzig.
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Top shuttlers P V Sindhu andKidambi Srikanth lost their quar-
terfinal matches on Friday, drawingthe curtains on India's campaign atthe one million dollar China OpenBWF World Tour Super 1000 tour-nament here.
After Srikanth was ousted 9-21,11-21 by reigning world championKento Momota of Japan, third seedSindhu went down fighting 11-21,21-11, 15-21 to World No 6 ChenYufei of China in a hard-fought con-test, which lasted 52 minutes.
Sindhu had beaten the 20-year-old Chen four times in their last sixmeetings but on Friday she couldn'tcurb her errors or find a way to breakher opponent's superior game plan.
In the opening game, Chenopened up a 6-3 lead. The Chineseproduced some stunning strokes tograb a 11-5 lead with a powerfulreturn which the Indian had noanswers.
After the break, Sindhu took twopoints but there was a weak returnat the net and another stroke wentout. Sindhu's errors, coupled withChen's superb placements, saw theChinese move to 15-7.
Chen dictated the pace andpunished any error from the Indian,who went out a few times. Eventuallythe Chinese sealed the game with asharp smash.
After the change of ends, Sindhutried to engage her opponent in ral-lies by varying the pace and itworked, as she led 6-1.
However, mental fatigue seemedto affect her judgements as Chenshowed good reflexes and unleashedquick and precise strokes to narrowthe lead to 5-6.
Chen shot a few shots wide,allowing Sindhu to make it 10-6. Butshe twice hit the net before a thun-derous smash earned her a 11-8
advantage at the break.The Indian extended the lead to
15-10. She tried to boost herself bycelebrating each point and eventu-ally roared back to contest when herrival hit long again.
In the decider, Chen stepped upthe pace after an initial burst ofpoints from Sindhu to lead 7-4. Chenmaintained the three-point advan-tage at the breather.
Chen returned with a barrage ofstrokes on Sindhu's backhand and,aided by the Indian's errors, movedto a 14-8 lead.
Sindhu showed signs of recovery,pocketing four straight points, whichincluded a crucial video referral, butshe hit wide again as the score read16-12 in Chen's favour.
In the end, Sindhu hit a long shotfollowed by a return at the net, giv-ing Chen five match points and shesealed it with another powerfulsmash.
Earlier, Srikanth, who had a 3-7 head-to-head record againstMomota, couldn't find a chink inMomota's armour and went downwithout a fight against the world No2 in a lop-sided contest.
Srikanth had lost to Momota atthe Malaysia Open and IndonesiaOpen in June and July respectively.
The Indian was no match forMomota, who has been in sensa-tional form since making a come-back after serving a one-year ban forvisiting an illegal casino.
Srikanth lagged 1-5 initially.He recovered to 4-5 with threestraight points, but couldn't put upa fight as Momota surged to a huge19-6 lead before pocketing the firstgame.
The second game was no dif-ferent as Momota moved from 4-3to 13-3 with nine straight points. Hecontinued to dominate the pro-ceedings to seal the contest withoutmuch effort.
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Naomi Osaka raised her gamewhen she needed to, and it land-
ed her a spot in the semifinals of thePan Pacific Open.
The US Open champion, whoupset Serena Williams in the final inNew York at the beginning of themonth, won her ninth straightmatch Friday, beating BarboraStrycova 6-3, 6-4.
"This was my third time playingher, and each time it was very close,so I knew she was very good," saidthe third-seeded Osaka, the firstJapanese player to win a Grand Slamsingles title.
Osaka will next face CamilaGiorgi, who advanced after VictoriaAzarenka retired from their match
in the first set. Giorgi was leading 5-3 when the match ended.
The 20-year-old Osaka con-verted all three of her break pointsand won 80 percent of points on herfirst serve.
She broke the eighth-seededStrycova to take a 3-1 lead in the firstset but was soon broken back.Leading 4-3, that's when Osakatook control. She immediatelyearned two break points, andStrycova double-faulted on the firstone to put Osaka ahead 5-3.
In the second set, double-faultsagain cost Strycova, who was brokenagain at 2-2.
Also, fourth-seeded KarolinaPliskova defeated Alison Riske 6-1,6-7 (5), 7-6 (4). She will next playDonna Vekic, who beat second-
seeded Caroline Garcia 6-3, 6-4.
���C���������������� ��������� Top-seededDominic Thiem reached the quar-terfinals of the St Petersburg Openwith a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Jan-Lennard Struff on Thursday.
The Austrian player's nextopponent will be eighth-seededDaniil Medvedev of Russia, who pre-vailed against Mikhail Kukushkin 6-3, 6-4.
Russian veteran MikhailYouzhny retired from tennis afterlosing 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 to fifth-seed-ed Roberto Bautista Agut of Spain.
The 36-year-old Youzhny won10 tour titles and reached a career-high ranking of eighth in 2008.
Defending champion Damir
Dzumhur of Bosnia progressed bybeating Guido Pella 6-4, 6-4.
Dzumhur landed 70 percent ofhis first serves as he set up a meet-ing with Stan Wawrinka.
Nineteen-year-old CanadianDenis Shapovalov defeated MatteoBerrettini of Italy 7-6 (6), 4-6, 6-0.He next plays Martin Klizan.
���� ���������������Ekaterina Alexandrova broketop-seeded Jelena Ostapenko's servefive times on Friday to beat thedefending champion 6-3, 6-2 in arain-delayed match at the KoreaOpen.
In other quarterfinals, KikiBertens beat Evgeniya Rodina 3-6,6-3, 6-0 and AjlaTomljanovic defeat-ed Mandy Minella 6-2, 4-6, 7-5.
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The World Women's Boxing Championships, to be host-ed by India after more than a decade, will be held from
November 15 in the national capital, a top official of theinternational body said on Friday.
"The AIBA Women's World Boxing Championshipswill be held in New Delhi in November 13-25," an offi-cial of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) said.
The marquee tournament was last held in India in 2006and remains the best for the country in terms of perfor-mance. India had topped the medal tally with four Gold,three Silver and one Bronze medal.
The celebrated M C Mary Kom, who has been nick-named 'Magnificent Mary' by the AIBA, will be gunningfor a sixth world title at the event which would concludewith the finals on November 24.
She won successive Gold medals in 2002, 2005, 2006,2008 and 2010 editions.
"The deadline for registration in the AIBA Databaseto the AIBA Women's World Boxing Championships isOctober 5," the official said.
In the last edition of the event, which started in 2001,India won just a Silver, through Sonia Lather in the feath-erweight (57kg) category. The first edition of the women'sworld championship was held in the Unites States inScranton in 2001. All participating countries would berequired to land in New Delhi before November 13.
LONDON: Manchester City'srecord goalscorer SergioAguero extended his stay withthe Premier League championson Friday, signing a one-yearcontract extension.
The 30-year-old Argentinainternational — who brokethe record last season andwhose tally stands at 204 — putpen to paper on a deal that willsee him through to the end ofthe 2021 season.
"I am happy for this addi-tional year," said Aguero in aclub statement.
"My idea was being herefor 10 years. I've been here forseven years, it's going to be 10when the contract expires.
"This was the main reasonI signed. I'm very happybecause they have treated mevery well since the first day I gothere." Txiki Begiristain,Manchester City's director of
football, said Aguero – who hasbeen left out at times by man-ager Pep Guardiola in the lasttwo years for Brazilian GabrielJesus — retained his status asone of the club's most pivotalplayers.
"We are delighted thatSergio is extending his stay. Weare fortunate to have had oneof the best strikers in the worldat our club for so manyyears,"he said.
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Indian Super League (ISL) franchiseChennaiyin FC star striker Jeje
Lalpekhlua believes India's rise in statureand international rankings is no coinci-dence.
India has always been crazy aboutfootball but since the ISL kicked off in2014, the game has seen a new dimen-sion.
Since 2014, Indian football's graphhas also been on the rise and Jeje creditsISL for giving Indian football a new iden-tity.
"The foundation of the game and thequality has improved now. There is a lotof difference between the first season andlast season of the ISL (in terms of quali-ty of football)," Jeje was said.
Jeje has been an undoubted star in theISL and a regular with the national teamunder different coaches.
"People have realized that football isgoing to be the future of sports in India.Indian football is on a high level and Iwould like to see more of it in the future,"he added..
The Mizoram-born forward also felt
that younger players were flourishing,given the number of opportunities theywere being offered in the ISL. Moreover,the spotlight they enjoy in the ISLmeans that impressive performancescould bring them under the nationalteam's radar.
He also hoped that such an incentivewill bring out good performances fromthem during the season which will ben-efit the Chennayin FC to defend their title.
"We have a lot of good Indian play-
ers in our squad. Last year AnirudhThapa, Jerry Lalrinzuala andGermanpreet Singh did quite well in ISLand got a national call. This year we haveIssac Vanmalsawma," Jeje said.
"There is good mix of seniors andjuniors in our squad. They will becomean important part in the course of theleague and will help us retain the title,"he added.
���&�����������)������������Battling extremely coldweather, the Indian team Friday wentdown fighting 1-2 to hosts Mongolia inthe AFC U-16 Women's ChampionshipQualifiers here.
Following the result, India relin-quished pole position in group B to Laos,who are three points ahead, havingplayed the same number of matches.
Laos have garnered nine points fromthree matches, while India are three pointsbehind. They are slated to face off in thefinal group fixture on Sunday.
Meanwhile, a win against Laos willbe enough for India to advance to the sec-ond round of qualification, owing to bet-ter head-to-head record.
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Left-handed batsman Nitish Ranasmashed an unbeaten 91 off 87
balls as Delhi notched up their secondsuccessive win in the Vijay HazareTrophy, beating Hyderabad by sixwickets here Friday.
Hyderabad were dismissed for205 in 47.4 overs with left-arm spin-ner Manan Sharma taking four for 42.
Due to a brief spell of showers,Delhi had a revised target of 176 in 39overs but they surpassed it in only 30.4overs.
Rana, who was unwell during theSaurashtra game, came back with abang, hitting 12 boundaries and twohuge sixes in the group B match.
Skipper Gautam Gambhir wasonce again solid at the top of the order,scoring 41 off 47 balls with six bound-aries.
However, it was Rana, who stolethe show with his shots square of thewicket. A pulled six off Chama Milindbehind square was a treat to watch.
He was equally dominant againstthe spinners, cutting anything widewith ferocity.
Mohammed Siraj's pace was alsoused to guide it behind the square.
The match ended when HimmatSingh hit spinner Mehidy Hasan for astraight six.
From Delhi's point of view, the
only disappointment was UnmuktChand (0), who looked completely outof sorts as he was bowled off the sec-ond delivery by Ravi Kiran.
Earlier, when Hyderabad batted, itwas the burly Manan, who choked therun flow in the middle overs by bowl-ing flat and on the stumps, to returnwith four wickets.
Opening bowlers Navdeep Saini(2/45 in 10 overs) and SimarjeetSingh (1/21 in 7 overs) also bowledtight lines during the first spell asHyderabad could never force thepace.
It was Siraj's cameo (36 off 24balls), with two sixes, that helped themcross 200.
In the day's other group B match-es, Chhattisgarh beat Uttar Pradesh byfour wickets, while Kerala defeatedOdisha by six wickets.
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Skipper Ajinkya Rahane andShreyas Iyer struck tons as
Mumbai routed Karnataka by 88runs in their Elite Group A VijayHazare match here on Friday.
Asked to bat first, Mumbai post-ed a mammoth 362/5 in their 50overs before bundling out Karnatakafor 274.
Rahane, dropped from theIndian squad in white ball cricket, ledfrom the front with his blistering148-run knock at the MChinnaswamy Stadium.
Rahane continued from wherehe had left in the last game.
The India Test vice-captain, whostruggled for runs in England recent-ly, hammered a listless Karnatakaattack in his 150-ball innings con-taining 13 fours and three sixes.
He, along with young openerPrithvi Shaw (60), stitched a 106-runstand for the first wicket to lay thefoundation of a big total.
Rahane then found an able part-ner in Iyer (110) as the two frustratedthe opposition bowlers in their big216-run second-wicket stand.
Iyer was more attacking as hestruck five fours and had eight
other hits over the fence.Then Mumbai's slow left-arm
orthodox bowler Shams Mulani gotinto the act as he returned with finefigures of 4-71.
His scalps were MayankAgarwal (66), C M Gautam (12),Stuart Binny (1) and R Vinay Kumar(36).
Mumbai bowlers struck at reg-ular intervals as it was an uphill taskfor Karnataka and they eventuallyfolded up well adrift of the target.
In the other two Elite Group Agames played at nearby Alur, Punjabticked all boxes to thrash Vidarbhaby a massive 141 runs, while Goadefeated Railways by 42 runs.
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Rahul Dravid, the last captain tolead India to a series win in
England, says the current side facedunusually tough conditions in therecently concluded five-match rub-ber and the batsmen must preparebetter before embarking on the nextEnglish tour.
"Lets just be honest first. Theconditions in England were not easyfor batting. I think batsmen of bothteams struggled. If you take outVirat Kohli from the equation, itwas not an easy series for the bats-men. I have played in England quitea bit, the conditions can be toughbut it is rare to find five Testmatches which had conditions astough as the one they found,"Dravid said.
"As I said, we need to lookahead. The next time we go there,we have to be better prepared forthese kind of conditions and try andreplicate conditions as best as wepossibly we can. It was tough outthere. Lets face it," said the Indianbatting great.
The 1-4 series loss in Englandwas India's third in a row with bats-men letting the team down innings
after innings.The performance left the Indian
fans seething, and coach RaviShastri added fuel to the fire by call-ing the current team the best trav-elling side of the last 15-20 years,even though the results painted adifferent picture. India's lack ofpreparation ahead of the serieswas also heavily criticised.
He said India losing 1-4 was a
case of missed opportunity."India surely had their
moments. They played some verygood cricket in what I thought werepretty difficult conditions, especiallyfor the batsmen. They were com-petitive for most part of the seriesbut I am sure the team looks at itas an opportunity missed. Theywould feel, having played so well incertain parts of Test matches, theywere not able to finish off games.
"Still there are some positives totake from the series. Our bowlingand fielding, especially catching,went on very good but like I said theteam would feel it had its chancesand unfortunately it did not workout."
Talking about the ongoing AsiaCup in UAE, Dravid said India needto focus on all teams and not justPakistan.
"Afghanistan is doing well, Idon't know why we are only focus-ing on Pakistan. Bangladesh too aredoing well. Afghanistan also are aforce to reckon with. If I was in theteam I would not just be focusingon Pakistan. We are playing verygood white ball cricket but we haveto be careful of other teams too,"Dravid concluded.
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It was spinners' day out as veter-an Amit Mishra (Haryana), C V
Varun (Tamil Nadu) and HarmeetSingh (Tripura) came up withimpressive performances to helptheir teams post victories hereFriday in the Vijay Hazare TrophyElite Group 'C' matches.
Thirty-five-year old leg-spin-ner Mishra, who has been in andout of the national squad and isaiming for a comeback, bowledbeautifully to bamboozle theAssam batting line-up.
He bowled unchanged in a 10-over spell to help Haryana bundleout Assam for 81 in 30.2 overs.
From 39 for no loss in theninth over, Mishra engineered acollapse to leave the rivals in a spinas only three batsmen managed toreach double figures.
Sixteen-year-old Riyan Paragwas the top-scorer with 24.
Chasing 82 for victory, theHaryana openers went about thetask in an aggressive manner withHarshal Patel (37) hammeringfour sixers in his 21-ball knock tomake the job easy.
In the Tamil Nadu-Servicesmatch, N Jagadeesan, pushed up
to open the batting, blasted asuperb century to power the for-mer to 315 for 4 in 50 overs.
Left-handed opener AbhinavMukund (69) and B Indrajith(76) lent solidity to the host team'seffort.
In response, the Services'openers began in right earnestwith Nakul H Verma being par-ticularly impressive.
He smashed 60 off 55 balls,inclusive of nine fours and a six,and put on 85 runs for the firstwicket with A R Pachara (15).
Mystery spinner Varun pro-vided the opening Tamil Nadu waslooking for as he had Vermacaught and bowled.
Pachara fell one run later andServices kept losing wickets at reg-ular intervals to slip behind in therun-rate.
Only captain Rajat Paliwaloffered resistance among the otherbatsmen as Varun finished withmemorable figures of 5 for 38 injust his second List A match.
Earlier, openers Jagadeesanand Mukund added 173 runs in186 balls to set the platform forTamil Nadu.
In the third match of the day,a reduced game (35 overs), left-arm spinner Harmeet took 5 for10 as Jammu & Kashmir crahed to79 all out.
Tripura huffed and puffed itsway to a win, in the 31st over withNirupam Sen Choudhary making24.
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The BPXI squad includes thelikes of Test probables in youngPrithvi Shaw, Shreyas Iyer, MayankAgarwal and wicketkeeper-batsmanIshan Kishan, among others.
All-rounder Hanuma Vihari, whomade his Test debut in the final Testagainst England was also named in thesquad with Kerala's Jalaj Saxenapicked as the other all-rounder.
The pace bowling department willhave the likes of Basil Thampi, AveshKhan and Ishan Porel in action whileSaxena and Saurabh Kumar will han-dle the spinning responsibilities. PNS
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Uncapped Surrey batsmanRory Burns is set to
replace Alastair Cook at thetop of England's order afterbeing named in a 16-mansquad on Friday for theupcoming three-Test tour ofSri Lanka.
Left-handed opener Cook,England's all-time leading run-scorer, retired from interna-tional duty after bringingdown the curtain on his illus-trious 12-year Test career witha farewell century against Indiaat the Oval earlier this month.
That left England with anopening batsman vacancy.
They have now turned toBurns, who captained Surreyto the County Championshiptitle this season.
Burns has been the lead-ing run-scorer in the Englishtop flight this season, scoring1,319 Championship runs atan average of over 69.
Burns was one of threeuncapped players in the squad,along with Kent batsman JoeDenly and Warwickshire pace-man Olly Stone.
England have two warm-up games in October andNovember before facing SriLanka in the first of three Testsin Galle starting on November6.
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Ali, James Anderson, JonnyBairstow ( wkt), Stuart Broad,Rory Burns, Jos Buttler, SamCurran, Joe Denly, KeatonJennings, Jack Leach, OlliePope, Adil Rashid, Ben Stokes,Olly Stone, Chris Woakes.
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Ravindra Jadeja made a roaringreturn to limited overs cricketwith a four-wicket haul, helping
India dismiss Bangladesh for 173 ina Super Four match of the Asia Cuphere on Friday.
The all-rounder, playing his firstODI since July 2017, broke the back-bone of Bangladesh batting with hisaccurate left-arm spin and endedwith impressive figures of four for 29in 10 overs.
Bangladesh batsmen falteredagain, having come a cropper in therun chase against Afghanistan onThursday night. The seasoned paceduo of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/32)and Jasprit Bumrah (3/37) too madelife tough for the opposition. The sav-ing grace for Bangladesh was the 66-run stand for the eighth wicketbetween Mehidy Hasan Miraz (42 off50) and captain Mashrafe Mortaza (26off 32) before the team was all out in49.1 overs.
Bangladesh,who lost toAfghanistan lessthan 24 hoursago and had totake the 90-minute journeyfrom Abu Dhabi to Dubai, paid theprice for reckless batting.
They lost their openers LitonDas (7) and Nazmul Hossain Shanto(7) by the sixth over.
From 15 for two, the experi-enced pairing of Shakib Al Hasan (21)and Mushfuqir Rahim had a task ofrebuilding the innings but the formerfell to a loose shot off Jadeja. The starBangladesh all-rounder, having hitJadeja for two boundaries in the 10thover, went for another one but hissweep went straight into the hands ofShikhar Dhawan at square leg.
Jadeja, who was playing VijayHazare Trophy in Delhi but got a last-minute call-up to join the nationalteam here in the wake of injuries toHardik Pandya, Axar Patel and
Shardul Thakur, grabbed the oppor-tunity with both hands.
He removed Mohammad Mithunin typical fashion for his secondwicket, darting the ball into the mid-dle stump to trap him in front of thestumps, reducing Bangladesh to 60 for
four in the 16th over. In his next over,the wily spinner sent back Rahim,leaving Bangladesh in deep trouble.
Mahmudullah (25) and MossadekHossain (12) batted sensibly, sharinga 36-run stand for the sixth wicket.They could have added a lot more if
Mahmudullah had not got a rough callfrom the umpire in the 33rd over. Hewas adjudged leg before wicket offBhuvneshwar but replays showed hegot bat on ball before it hit his pads.Bangladesh could not review thequestionable call as they had alreadyused up their review.
Much to their relief, Mortaza
and Miraz stitched a much neededpartnership to give their bowlerssomething to bowl at.
Mortaza, who is well past hisprime, and Miraz entertained thecrowd with some clean hitting. Theskipper smashed two straight sixes offBhuvneshwar in the 47th over beforegetting caught at short fine leg.
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Hashmatullah Shahidi (97)missed out on his maiden
ODI hundred by just three runsafter skipper Asghar Afghan hita combative 67 off 56 balls asAfghanistan scored a fighting257 for six against Pakistan ina Super Four match of the AsiaCup, here on Friday.
Shahidi needed a boundaryoff the last ball to complete hiscentury but Hasan Ali deniedhim the milestone with aincoming yorker which theleft-hander could not put away.
With his skipper Asghar,Shahidi shared a match-chang-ing 94-run stand for the fourthwicket.
Shahidi shifted gears withease after largely remainingpatient in his unbeaten andcareer-best knock which cameoff 118 balls. He was bowled offa no ball when he was on 76 inthe penultimate over.
Five of his seven bound-aries came during the last 14balls of the Afghan innings.
Asghar had joined left-handed Shahidi at the creaseafter left-arm spinnerMohammad Nawaz (3/57)removed the top three Afghanbatsmen — MohammadShahzad (20), Ihsanullah (10)
and Rahmat Shah (36).In his 67-run knock,
Asghar showed both aggressionand patience and Shahidi wasdetermined, holding one endtight.
Asghar chose right deliv-eries to go for big shots, hittingfive sixes and two fours.
Shahidi and Asghar weretested by the Pakistan pace duoof Hasan Ali and Usman Khanbut they refused to be intimi-dated by the raw pace.
They were sensible indefending and leaving the ballswhich moved after pitchingoutside off stump. They keptthe scoreboard ticking withpushing and nudging the ballaround.
Breakthrough not coming,Pakistan captain Sarfraz hand-ed the ball back to Nawaz butAsghar creamed off 11 runsfrom his over, hitting a four andsix, to end the long boundarydrought.
Both the batsmen com-pleted their half-centuries inthe 40th over, bowled by youngleft-arm pacer Shaheen Afridi.
With few overs left, Asgharstarted hitting each everythingthrown at him and was bowledby Afridi after being droppedby Haris Sohail in the 42ndover.
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The second T20 International betweenIndia women and Sri Lanka women was
washed out Friday due to heavy showers.Electing to bowl here after the start of the
match was delayed by half an hour due to rain,India made vital blows before the heavensopened up again, forcing the teams off the fieldand eventually leading to the wash out.
India reduced Sri Lanka to 49 for three inthe 7.5 overs of play that was possible.
For Sri Lanka, skipper ChamariAthapaththu smashed 21 of 16 balls before get-ting bowled by Deepti Sharma, while her open-ing partner Yasoda Mendis made just onebefore getting caught out in the second overby Arundhati Reddy.
The third wicket was of Kavisha Dilhari,who compiled just six runs before gifting herwicket to Poonam Yadav.
India had won the first T20 by 13 runs onWednesday. The third T20 of the five-matchseries will be played here Saturday.
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