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I n a clear indication that India was not going to buck- le under the threat of US sanc- tion over the S-400 missile deal with Russia, Army chief Gen Bipin Rawat on Sunday said the country has an indepen- dent foreign policy and it might go ahead with acquiring the Kamov helicopters and other weapon systems from Moscow. The Army chief’s state- ment is significant as New Delhi is confronted with the threat of US sanction under the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) after India on Friday signed a multi-billion- dollar deal to procure the S-400 Triumf air defence system from Russia. Gen Rawat, who returned Saturday night after a six-day visit to Russia, had held talks with military officials of that country to enhance bilateral cooperation. He said the Russians were very keen on associating with the Indian defence forces. “They (Russians) do understand that we are a strong Army, capable of standing up for what is right for us, based on our strategic thought process,” he said while deliver- ing the Gen KV Krishna Rao Memorial lecture here. On his Russian visit, Gen Rawat recalled a question posed to him by a Russian naval officer that India seemed to be looking westwards at America, which has put sanc- tions on Russia, and that Washington has also threat- ened to impose restrictions on New Delhi for dealing with Moscow. To this, Rawat responded saying, “Yes, we do appreciate that there could be sanctions on us, but we follow an independent policy”. Seeking to assuage Russian concerns over India’s growing ties with the US, Rawat said, “You (Russia) can be rest assured (that) while we may be associating with America in getting some technology, but we follow an independent pol- icy. I told them while we are talking sanctions and you are questioning on sanctions, President Vladimir Putin and Mr Narendra Modi, at this juncture, are signing the treaty on purchase of S-400 weapon system in spite of the fact that we may face challenges from America in the future.” Disclosing that India was looking forward to procuring Kamov helicopters and other weapon systems and technol- ogy from Russia, he said New Delhi was looking to get space- based systems and technologies from Moscow to enhance its space capabilities. “There is no end in sight to the manner in which we can cooperate with your country. I think the way forward is to see what is best for the nation, strategically important for us,” he had said. In a guarded reaction to the Indo-Russian deal, the US said on Friday that its intent to slap sanctions on Russia was not aimed at causing damage to the military capabilities of its “allies or partners.” “The (CAATSA presiden- tial) waiver is narrow, intend- ed to wean countries off Russian equipment and allow for things such as spare parts for previously-purchased equipment,” a White House National Security Council spokesperson told PTI hours after the conclusion of the S- 400 contract. But for the pres- idential waiver, CAATSA sanc- tions come into place in the event of a major purchase like S-400 missile defence system. Ahead of the deal, the US had urged India not to purchase Russian defence systems. “The Administration has indicated that a focus area for the imple- mentation of CAATSA Section 231 is new or qualitative upgrades in capability - includ- ing the S-400 air and missile defence system,” the White House NSC spokesperson said. Last month, the US had imposed sanctions on China for the purchase of S-400 from Russia. “Our recent action to sanction a Chinese Government entity for an S- 400 delivery underscores the seriousness of our resolve on this issue. The waiver author- ity is not country-specific. There are strict criteria for considering a waiver,” said the spokesperson. The State Department, which is tasked with reviewing the deal and initiating the process of sanctions or waiver under CAATSAA, and make recommendations to the President, did not respond to questions. However, an indus- try source said the law is ambiguous about “when a waiver is necessary so this can be avoided for years”. The National Defense Authorization ACT (NDDA) 2019 gives the president the power to waive of the CAAT- SA sanctions if it is a national security interest. It also mentions several other reasons for a presidential waiver, prominent among which is if the purchasing country is taking or will take steps to reduce its inventory of major defense equipment and advanced conventional weapons produced by the defence sector of the Russian Federation as a share of its total inventory of major defence equipment and advanced con- ventional weapons over a spec- ified period. In fact, over the last decade, India the top arms purchaser of the world, has gradually reduced its dependence on Russian weapons. It now stands at about 60 per cent, which is much lower than it was a decade ago. As part of its diver- sification plan, India has increased its purchase of arms from the US to the tune of $18 billion. A presidential waiver can also be given if a country is cooperating with the US Government on other securi- ty matters critical to US strate- gic interests. Experts believe that is exactly the case and one of the main reasons for the US designating India as a ‘Major Defence Partner.’ I n yet another incident gross negligence on part of the contractors, four labourers lost their lives while five sustained critical injuries, when tempo- rary iron fixtures around an under-construction multi- storey private building on the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway collapsed on Sunday. The incident occurred at private real estate firm BPTP’s 18-storey ‘Capital City’ in Sector 94 when the shuttering (temporary fixtures built of iron) came crashing down in the morning, police said. A police official tasked with the investigation said prima facie it appears that the shuttering was hit by a tractor- trolley carrying construction material, which led to the inci- dent but the cause is yet to be ascertained. “Nine people were injured when the shuttering of the building collapsed. Four of them have died, while five others have been hospitalised,” Senior Superintendent of Police, Gautam Buddh Nagar, Ajay Pal Sharma said. An FIR has been registered at the Sector 39 police station, under whose jurisdiction the building is located, police said. The deceased have been identified as tractor-troller dri- ver Naushad and workers Karan, Vijaypal and Ramvijay, they said. T he National Tiger Conservation Authority (NTCA) will soon commission a Wildlife Institute of India (WII) study to assess if the canine distemper virus (CDV)- — the deadly pathogen that recently killed over 5 lions in Gir forests — can affect the health of the tigers too. Sources said the decision to conduct the study was dis- cussed at a NTCA technical committee meeting last month. Incidentally, the WII proposal had been gathering dust for the last several years with the two departments of the Dehradun- based Government’s premier wildlife research body in tug- of-war to conduct the study. “However, now all the issues have been sorted out and the WII experts will soon start the study in a few tiger reserves which will soon be identified. CDV is a highly contagious dis- ease and we should not be seen caught unprepared in the mat- ter,” the sources quoting offi- cials said. He was referring to the death of 23 lions in Gujarat’s Gir sanctuary in less than a month, most of them due to CDV and protozoa infections. The lions, an endangered species, are now being vacci- nated with shots of the vaccine against the virus which have been imported from the US. CDV is considered a dan- gerous virus and had been blamed for wiping out 30 per cent population of African lions in East African forests. CDV is mainly found in wild dogs, jackals and wolves. It attacks the immune system and other vital organs in ani- mals. In most of the cases, the infection is fatal. Sources in the NTCA said the study is being conducted with an aim to assess and sug- gest preventive measures to tackle the virus if it is found to be lurking around. There are just over 2,500 tigers left in the wild, with majority of them in India. Threat from poaching and shrinking habitat has always been a major concern to survival of these highly endan- gered striped cats. Following report in Veterinary Science’ which cited how dead Asiatic lion from Gujarat was detected with lethal virus in its tissues after the ani- mal came in contact with other infected animals like cattle, buffaloes or dogs, the NTCA had issued an advisory to the tiger reserves to vaccinate stray cattle and dogs living around reserves on a regular basis. A bout 40 girls of a residential school in Supaul district in north Bihar were thrashed by young boys and their parents on Saturday evening for resisting sexual advances. The boys used to pass lewd remarks and write vulgar things on the walls of the girls’ school. And when some girls found one boy writing on wall they caught him and reprimanded him. In retaliation, the students of Middle School, Trivenigunj which is situated close to the girls’ school, their parents, and village youths armed with lathi and hockey sticks stormed the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya at Daparkha village and started beating the girl students mercilessly. Nobody was there to stop them, said eyewitnesses. At the time of the attack the minor girls, mostly belonging to SC, ST and EBCs, were playing in the school ground after classes. They were rushed to refer- ral hospital at Trivenigunj block. And two of them were referred to Sadar hospital in Supaul in critical condition. The warden of the Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya hostel Reema Raj said she alerted the school guard and informed police when she came to know about the incident. Police reached the spot after one hour when the attackers left the premises. Education Minister Krishna Nandan Prasad Verma said it is a serious matter and promised that strict action would be taken against the attackers. “We are plan- ning to put in security arrangements in girls’ residential schools to avoid such inci- dents. Female constables and security per- sonnel will be stationed at girls’ residen- tial schools,” he said. Supaul DM Baidyanath Yadav said a case has been registered against the attack- ers and the accused would be taken to task. The DM said both the girls and boys schools are located in same premises with common playground. “The girls have complained against boys for passing vul- gar remarks and writing objectionable things on the wall. They were resisting it and one day the girls also caught a few boys indulging in wall writing and beat them,” he said. Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made no reference of this horrible incident on Sunday when he was speaking at JD (U)’s Samaj Sudhar Vahini programme and spoke about women empowerment and girls’ education. He said the enrolment of girls has increased manifold after his Government’s schemes of providing school uniform and cycles. I n a horrific incident, the body of a seven-year-old girl, who went missing since Saturday afternoon after being allegedly abducted by a local councilor, was found covered in a gunny bag on the roof of a mosque located in Murad Nagar, on Sunday morn- ing. According to the police, the body was first seen by a man who went to the roof to get some fresh air while he went to the mosque for prayer. The man named Sulaiman first noticed the foot of the deceased which was visible from under the gunny bag and thereafter uncovered the body and subsequently informed police. Police said her father Zahid Beg complaint about his seven-year-old daughter gone missing suspecting her abduction. On basis of his complaint, police reg- istered case under IPC Section 363 against a local coun- cillor named Azaz and other persons. While police was investigating the case, they received a call that body of a girl was found over the mosque about 7 am who then reached the spot and recovered the body. U nion Textiles Minister Smriti Irani here on Sunday alleged that Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has not only failed in ensuring effective development of the State but has also failed in pro- viding security to women and empowering them. “The Odisha Government has conceded in the State Assembly that 60 per cent of women are suffering from anaemia in the State. From this, the development aspect of women can be known,” Irani said at a Press meet after attending a BJP State executive meeting. She added that Odisha stands number one in the stunting (low physical and mental development propor- tionate to age) index among the States in the country. Stating that people are dying without getting treat- ment in the State every day, she said it is disappointing that the Ayushman Bharat Yojana is not implemented in the State. “Naveenbabu didn’t implement this programme knowingly as he didn’t accept it as a welfare programme and rather took it as a scheme that would cause of loss of votes for his party,” she said. Regarding reopening of the Odisha Textile Mill (OTM) at Choudwar, Irani said, “The State Government doesn’t want to re-operate it. If the Government wants to reopen it, the Centre will cer- tainly provide required sup- port,” she said. She too slammed the State Government for not taking any step to reduce prices of petrol and diesel by Rs 2.50 while the BJP-ruled States have done so. Among others, BJP State general secretary Bhrugu Baxipatra and spokesperson Golak Mohapatra were present. A fter Union Textile Minister Smriti Irani lashed out at the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) Government here on Sunday, the BJD in its reaction said the Minister’s statements are half-baked without facts and show her ignorance. Reacting to Irani’s allegation of women not being safe in the reign of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik, the BJD said safety of women is the top priority of the BJD Government. In the BJP-ruled States like Uttar Pradesh and Haryana, every day gruesome cases of crimes against women are reported. On the allegations of the Minister that the Odisha Government is not reducing VAT on fuel to provide relief, the BJD said before pointing fingers at the State Government, the Centre should reduce the Excise Duty to the level of 2014 if it wants to provide some relief from the rising prices of petrol and diesel. “The Rs 1.5-Excise Duty cut is too little, too late.” On the allegation of Irani that the Odisha Government has failed to revive the OTM, BJD spokesperson Dr Sasmit Patra also said it is unfor- tunate that Irani has been waxing eloquent about developing the hand- loom sector in Odisha since the past couple of years but has not invested one rupee from her Ministry to develop this sector in the State. Dr Patra added Union Minister is simply shedding crocodile tears and her statements are only meant for the media and the cameras. F ollowing the violence during the Puri Bandh on October 3, police arrested 19 people on Sunday. While the Lions Gate (Singhadwar) police booked eight people, 11 were arrested by the Town police. With this, total 42 persons, including 20 by the Lions Gate police and 22 by the Town police have been arrested in con- nection with various crimes during the bandh. Puri SP Sarthak Sarangi said that a total of 15 cases have been registered against leaders and supporters of the bandh over damages of properties in the temple out- post, the Lions Gate police station, the Jagannath Temple administration office, the town police station, the Collector’s office and the SP’s residence. The police are in search of evidences against the leaders, said Sarangi. Sources informed that the police have lodged FIRs against many leaders of the bandh for inciting and financing to sup- porters for the crimes. As many as 400 peo- ple are in police net who would be nabbed in the coming days, said Singhadwar police station IIC Gokul Ranjan Das. Meanwhile, sources said the crackdown by the police have led many leaders, including those of the Jagannath Sena, which called the bandh, to flee Puri. Some of them are still hiding in the city. Some temple servitors, including Daitapatis, are under lens. The police are also scanning CCTV footages to track the people who were involved in the mob violence. Related report on P2

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In a clear indication thatIndia was not going to buck-

le under the threat of US sanc-tion over the S-400 missile dealwith Russia, Army chief GenBipin Rawat on Sunday saidthe country has an indepen-dent foreign policy and it mightgo ahead with acquiring theKamov helicopters and otherweapon systems from Moscow.

The Army chief ’s state-ment is significant as NewDelhi is confronted with thethreat of US sanction underthe Countering America’sAdversaries Through SanctionsAct (CAATSA) after India onFriday signed a multi-billion-dollar deal to procure the S-400Triumf air defence system fromRussia. Gen Rawat, whoreturned Saturday night after asix-day visit to Russia, hadheld talks with military officialsof that country to enhancebilateral cooperation. He saidthe Russians were very keen onassociating with the Indiandefence forces.

“They (Russians) dounderstand that we are a strongArmy, capable of standing upfor what is right for us, basedon our strategic thoughtprocess,” he said while deliver-ing the Gen KV Krishna RaoMemorial lecture here.

On his Russian visit, GenRawat recalled a questionposed to him by a Russiannaval officer that India seemedto be looking westwards atAmerica, which has put sanc-tions on Russia, and that

Washington has also threat-ened to impose restrictions onNew Delhi for dealing withMoscow. To this, Rawatresponded saying, “Yes, we doappreciate that there could besanctions on us, but we followan independent policy”.

Seeking to assuage Russianconcerns over India’s growingties with the US, Rawat said,“You (Russia) can be restassured (that) while we may beassociating with America ingetting some technology, butwe follow an independent pol-

icy. I told them while we aretalking sanctions and you arequestioning on sanctions,President Vladimir Putin andMr Narendra Modi, at thisjuncture, are signing the treatyon purchase of S-400 weaponsystem in spite of the fact thatwe may face challenges fromAmerica in the future.”

Disclosing that India waslooking forward to procuringKamov helicopters and otherweapon systems and technol-ogy from Russia, he said NewDelhi was looking to get space-

based systems and technologiesfrom Moscow to enhance itsspace capabilities.

“There is no end in sight tothe manner in which we cancooperate with your country. Ithink the way forward is to seewhat is best for the nation,strategically important for us,”he had said.

In a guarded reaction tothe Indo-Russian deal, the USsaid on Friday that its intent toslap sanctions on Russia wasnot aimed at causing damage tothe military capabilities of its

“allies or partners.” “The (CAATSA presiden-

tial) waiver is narrow, intend-ed to wean countries offRussian equipment and allowfor things such as spare partsfor previously-purchasedequipment,” a White HouseNational Security Councilspokesperson told PTI hoursafter the conclusion of the S-400 contract. But for the pres-idential waiver, CAATSA sanc-tions come into place in theevent of a major purchase likeS-400 missile defence system.Ahead of the deal, the US hadurged India not to purchaseRussian defence systems. “TheAdministration has indicatedthat a focus area for the imple-mentation of CAATSA Section231 is new or qualitativeupgrades in capability - includ-ing the S-400 air and missiledefence system,” the WhiteHouse NSC spokesperson said.

Last month, the US hadimposed sanctions on Chinafor the purchase of S-400 fromRussia. “Our recent action tosanction a ChineseGovernment entity for an S-400 delivery underscores theseriousness of our resolve onthis issue. The waiver author-ity is not country-specific.There are strict criteria forconsidering a waiver,” said thespokesperson.

The State Department,which is tasked with reviewingthe deal and initiating theprocess of sanctions or waiverunder CAATSAA, and makerecommendations to thePresident, did not respond to

questions. However, an indus-try source said the law isambiguous about “when awaiver is necessary so this canbe avoided for years”.

The National DefenseAuthorization ACT (NDDA)2019 gives the president thepower to waive of the CAAT-SA sanctions if it is a nationalsecurity interest.

It also mentions severalother reasons for a presidentialwaiver, prominent amongwhich is if the purchasingcountry is taking or will takesteps to reduce its inventory ofmajor defense equipment andadvanced conventionalweapons produced by thedefence sector of the RussianFederation as a share of its totalinventory of major defenceequipment and advanced con-ventional weapons over a spec-ified period.

In fact, over the last decade,India the top arms purchaser ofthe world, has graduallyreduced its dependence onRussian weapons. It now standsat about 60 per cent, which ismuch lower than it was adecade ago. As part of its diver-sification plan, India hasincreased its purchase of armsfrom the US to the tune of $18billion. A presidential waivercan also be given if a countryis cooperating with the USGovernment on other securi-ty matters critical to US strate-gic interests. Experts believethat is exactly the case and oneof the main reasons for the USdesignating India as a ‘MajorDefence Partner.’

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In yet another incident grossnegligence on part of the

contractors, four labourers losttheir lives while five sustainedcritical injuries, when tempo-rary iron fixtures around anunder-construction multi-storey private building on theNoida-Greater NoidaExpressway collapsed onSunday.

The incident occurred atprivate real estate firm BPTP’s18-storey ‘Capital City’ inSector 94 when the shuttering(temporary fixtures built ofiron) came crashing down inthe morning, police said.

A police official taskedwith the investigation saidprima facie it appears that theshuttering was hit by a tractor-trolley carrying constructionmaterial, which led to the inci-dent but the cause is yet to beascertained. “Nine people wereinjured when the shuttering ofthe building collapsed. Four ofthem have died, while fiveothers have been hospitalised,”Senior Superintendent ofPolice, Gautam Buddh Nagar,Ajay Pal Sharma said.

An FIR has been registeredat the Sector 39 police station,under whose jurisdiction thebuilding is located, police said.

The deceased have beenidentified as tractor-troller dri-ver Naushad and workersKaran, Vijaypal and Ramvijay,they said.

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The National TigerConservation Authority

(NTCA) will soon commissiona Wildlife Institute of India(WII) study to assess if thecanine distemper virus (CDV)-— the deadly pathogen thatrecently killed over 5 lions inGir forests — can affect thehealth of the tigers too.

Sources said the decision toconduct the study was dis-cussed at a NTCA technicalcommittee meeting last month.Incidentally, the WII proposalhad been gathering dust for thelast several years with the twodepartments of the Dehradun-based Government’s premier

wildlife research body in tug-of-war to conduct the study.

“However, now all theissues have been sorted out andthe WII experts will soon startthe study in a few tiger reserveswhich will soon be identified.CDV is a highly contagious dis-ease and we should not be seencaught unprepared in the mat-ter,” the sources quoting offi-cials said.

He was referring to thedeath of 23 lions in Gujarat’sGir sanctuary in less than amonth, most of them due toCDV and protozoa infections.

The lions, an endangeredspecies, are now being vacci-nated with shots of the vaccineagainst the virus which have

been imported from the US.CDV is considered a dan-

gerous virus and had beenblamed for wiping out 30 percent population of Africanlions in East African forests.CDV is mainly found in wilddogs, jackals and wolves. Itattacks the immune systemand other vital organs in ani-mals. In most of the cases, theinfection is fatal.

Sources in the NTCA saidthe study is being conductedwith an aim to assess and sug-gest preventive measures totackle the virus if it is found tobe lurking around. There arejust over 2,500 tigers left in thewild, with majority of them inIndia. Threat from poachingand shrinking habitat hasalways been a major concern tosurvival of these highly endan-gered striped cats.

Following report inVeterinary Science’ which citedhow dead Asiatic lion fromGujarat was detected with lethalvirus in its tissues after the ani-mal came in contact with otherinfected animals like cattle,buffaloes or dogs, the NTCAhad issued an advisory to thetiger reserves to vaccinate straycattle and dogs living aroundreserves on a regular basis.

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About 40 girls of a residential school inSupaul district in north Bihar were

thrashed by young boys and their parentson Saturday evening for resisting sexualadvances.

The boys used to pass lewd remarksand write vulgar things on the walls of thegirls’ school. And when some girls foundone boy writing on wall they caught himand reprimanded him. In retaliation, thestudents of Middle School, Trivenigunjwhich is situated close to the girls’ school,their parents, and village youths armedwith lathi and hockey sticks stormed theKasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya atDaparkha village and started beating thegirl students mercilessly. Nobody was thereto stop them, said eyewitnesses.

At the time of the attack the minorgirls, mostly belonging to SC, ST andEBCs, were playing in the school groundafter classes. They were rushed to refer-ral hospital at Trivenigunj block. And twoof them were referred to Sadar hospital inSupaul in critical condition.

The warden of the Kasturba GandhiBalika Vidyalaya hostel Reema Raj said shealerted the school guard and informedpolice when she came to know about theincident. Police reached the spot after onehour when the attackers left the premises.

Education Minister Krishna NandanPrasad Verma said it is a serious matterand promised that strict action would betaken against the attackers. “We are plan-ning to put in security arrangements ingirls’ residential schools to avoid such inci-

dents. Female constables and security per-sonnel will be stationed at girls’ residen-tial schools,” he said.

Supaul DM Baidyanath Yadav said acase has been registered against the attack-ers and the accused would be taken to task.The DM said both the girls and boysschools are located in same premises withcommon playground. “The girls havecomplained against boys for passing vul-gar remarks and writing objectionablethings on the wall.

They were resisting it and one day thegirls also caught a few boys indulging inwall writing and beat them,” he said.

Chief Minister Nitish Kumar made noreference of this horrible incident onSunday when he was speaking at JD (U)’sSamaj Sudhar Vahini programme andspoke about women empowerment andgirls’ education. He said the enrolment ofgirls has increased manifold after hisGovernment’s schemes of providing schooluniform and cycles.

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after being allegedly abducted by a local councilor,was found covered in a gunny bag on the roof of amosque located in Murad Nagar, on Sunday morn-ing. According to the police, the body was first seenby a man who went to the roof to get some fresh airwhile he went to the mosque for prayer. The mannamed Sulaiman first noticed the foot of the deceasedwhich was visible from under the gunny bag andthereafter uncovered the body and subsequentlyinformed police.

Police said her father Zahid Beg complaint abouthis seven-year-old daughter gone missing suspectingher abduction. On basis of his complaint, police reg-istered case under IPC Section 363 against a local coun-cillor named Azaz and other persons. While police wasinvestigating the case, they received a call that bodyof a girl was found over the mosque about 7 am whothen reached the spot and recovered the body.

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Union Textiles MinisterSmriti Irani here on

Sunday alleged that ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik hasnot only failed in ensuringeffective development of theState but has also failed in pro-viding security to women andempowering them.

“The Odisha Governmenthas conceded in the StateAssembly that 60 per cent ofwomen are suffering fromanaemia in the State. From this,the development aspect ofwomen can be known,” Iranisaid at a Press meet afterattending a BJP State executivemeeting.

She added that Odishastands number one in thestunting (low physical and

mental development propor-tionate to age) index among theStates in the country.

Stating that people aredying without getting treat-ment in the State every day, shesaid it is disappointing that theAyushman Bharat Yojana is notimplemented in the State.“Naveenbabu didn’t implementthis programme knowingly ashe didn’t accept it as a welfare

programme and rather took itas a scheme that would causeof loss of votes for his party,”she said.

Regarding reopening ofthe Odisha Textile Mill (OTM) at Choudwar, Iranisaid, “The State Governmentdoesn’t want to re-operate it. Ifthe Government wants toreopen it, the Centre will cer-tainly provide required sup-

port,” she said.She too slammed the State

Government for not takingany step to reduce prices ofpetrol and diesel by Rs 2.50while the BJP-ruled States havedone so.

Among others, BJP Stategeneral secretary Bhrugu Baxipatra andspokesperson GolakMohapatra were present.

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After Union Textile Minister SmritiIrani lashed out at the Biju Janata

Dal (BJD) Government here onSunday, the BJD in its reaction said theMinister’s statements are half-bakedwithout facts and show her ignorance.

Reacting to Irani’s allegation ofwomen not being safe in the reign ofChief Minister Naveen Patnaik, theBJD said safety of women is the toppriority of the BJD Government. Inthe BJP-ruled States like UttarPradesh and Haryana, every daygruesome cases of crimes againstwomen are reported.

On the allegations of theMinister that the OdishaGovernment is not reducing VAT onfuel to provide relief, the BJD said

before pointing fingers at the StateGovernment, the Centre shouldreduce the Excise Duty to the levelof 2014 if it wants to provide somerelief from the rising prices of petroland diesel. “The Rs 1.5-Excise Dutycut is too little, too late.”

On the allegation of Irani thatthe Odisha Government has failed torevive the OTM, BJD spokespersonDr Sasmit Patra also said it is unfor-tunate that Irani has been waxingeloquent about developing the hand-loom sector in Odisha since the pastcouple of years but has not investedone rupee from her Ministry todevelop this sector in the State.

Dr Patra added Union Ministeris simply shedding crocodile tearsand her statements are only meantfor the media and the cameras.

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Following the violence during the PuriBandh on October 3, police arrested 19

people on Sunday. While the Lions Gate(Singhadwar) police booked eight people,11 were arrested by the Town police.

With this, total 42 persons, including20 by the Lions Gate police and 22 by theTown police have been arrested in con-nection with various crimes during thebandh.

Puri SP Sarthak Sarangi said that a totalof 15 cases have been registered againstleaders and supporters of the bandh overdamages of properties in the temple out-post, the Lions Gate police station, theJagannath Temple administration office,the town police station, the Collector’soffice and the SP’s residence. The police arein search of evidences against the leaders,said Sarangi.

Sources informed that the police havelodged FIRs against many leaders of thebandh for inciting and financing to sup-porters for the crimes. As many as 400 peo-ple are in police net who would be nabbedin the coming days, said Singhadwarpolice station IIC Gokul Ranjan Das.

Meanwhile, sources said the crackdownby the police have led many leaders,including those of the Jagannath Sena,which called the bandh, to flee Puri. Someof them are still hiding in the city. Sometemple servitors, including Daitapatis, areunder lens. The police are also scanningCCTV footages to track the people whowere involved in the mob violence.

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Is Odisha going to face anoth-er cyclone on October 11-12

like the September ‘cycloneDaye’? The answer is ‘possiblyno’ if the current weather para-meters of the Bay of Bengal areof any indication to go by.

While the IMD has onlyindicated of formation of a LPAin central and south Bay ofBengal (BoB) by October 8,which is likely to become a well

marked area and move towardsOdisha in the subsequent 72hours, the model of IndianNational Centre for OceanInformation Services (INCOIS)clearly suggests it convertinginto a tropical depression byOctober 10-11.

The significant reminderhere is tropical depression inBoB in October could turn intoa cyclone when conditions ofBoB are favourable.

According to INCOIS, theLPA could turn into tropical

depression by October 10-11given the wind speed in BoBthen would be around 12-14m/s, which is highlyfavourable for formation of adepression.

The model further indi-cates the tropical depression toconvert into a cyclonic stormby October 12. But the respiteapparently discernible fromthe INCOIS model is the ‘pos-sible’ storm though wouldmove close to the Odisha coast,but it would drift along thecoast, get intensified and thenwould make landfall inBangladesh.

However, what looks cer-tain at least now is Odishawould witness heavy to veryheavy rainfall along the coastal areas on October 11-12.

The sea would also remainrough and wind speed couldroar from 60 to 80 km/hr dur-ing the dates.

The significant climaticchange, however, witnessednow in Odisha is post themonsoon withdrawal the Statehas been witnessing around 2-3 degree Celsius over andabove the normal maximumday temperature and around 1-2degree Celsius over and abovethe normal minimumtemperature since beginning ofOctober making the weatherhot and sultry.

The maximum day tem-peratures in coastal belt inOdisha have been hoveringaround 34-35degrees Celsiusand minimum temperatureshovered at around 26-

27degrees Celsius. The effect: Hot and humid

climate followed by heavy tovery heavy rainfall would affect the farming and farmersbadly.

Moreover, an analysis at theend of 2018 monsoon brings tofore some significant climaticchanges in Odisha.

Though the State on thewhole has received 12 per centexcess rainfall, month wiseanalysis shows Odisha receiving uneven rainfall thismonsoon. In June, except thefour districts of Kendrapada,Jagatsinghpur, Puri andCuttack, the State as a wholewitnessed deficient rainfall asthe rainfall anomaly was to theextent of a high of (-50) to (-75)mm.

And in July as many as fivedistricts of Ganjam, Gajapati,Rayagada, Koraput andMalkangiri have witnessed veryheavy rainfall as the rainfallanomaly was estimated at (+)100mm.

Significantly, in August thevery districts that witnessedexcess rainfall in June haverecorded a negative rainfallanomaly to the tune of (-100 to-50mm), only to witness apositive rainfall anomaly totune of 150mm in September.

Overall, this monsoon season (Jun – Sept) Odisha hasrecorded deficient rainfall inJune but good rainfall in July,August and September.

But the excess rainfall hasbeen received by around 10 to12 districts only.

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large crowd ofpeople, espe-cially one that

is disorderly and intent oncausing trouble or violence. Ariot is a violent disturbance ofpeace by a crowd. But a protestis an organised public demon-stration expressing strongobjection to an official policyor course of action. The recentPuri violence can be conclud-ed as an ‘act of mob'.

Interestingly, the JagannathSena, meaning a ‘brigade forprotection of Lord Jagannath'is only a self-styled outfit ofPuri. The 12th-century shrinehas a majestic structure and therituals are mind-blowing likethose of decent human familieswho love and promote ‘live andlet live' ways of life to make theentire world a beautiful place tolive in.

Monarchs of the Indiansubcontinent, with impressivetrack records of valour and vic-tory, have visited the gigantictemple with exquisitely carvedstone sculptures. The foundingmonarchs gone and politicalstructures and systems havingchanged to suit the times, thepresent circumstances too haveforced the temple manage-

ment reform age-old practicesonly for devotees’ comfort.Hence, the latest set of grandreforms in the way devotees getto see the deities and are mak-ing available facilities forabsolutely dignified and hassle-free temple visit.

Most unfortunately, theJagannath Temple, expectedto be the most devotee-friend-ly, had degenerated into a placeof exploitation in the last fewdecades. As is routinely doneeverywhere, some active mem-bers of the society petitionedthe Supreme Court to look intomatter.

The court felt stirred andinstantly gave relief. The origi-nal petitioner had asked for onlya little. But the court decided todo a solid lasting job. The PuriDistrict Judge became hero ashis recommendations, underthe direction of the apex court,turned out to be superbly logi-cal and perfect.

An Amicus Curiae toocame, saw and told all at thetemple, including the manage-ment body, to mend ways orface dire consequences. Of thetwelve fantastic points, twowere resisted faintly by greedyand cowardly servitors: aboli-tion of hereditary rights andmaterial offering to the deitiesby devotees through servitors.All stakeholders, apart fromdevotees, did chorus a big ‘yes'

to all simple reforms includingthe fast-moving ‘queue dar-shan'.

Everything was honkydory until one fine morningsome servitors, grossly ignorantof the Supreme Court rulings,raised voice against the queuedarshan and cooked up thenon-issue as a big problem cit-ing the fact that local devoteeswere in distress as they couldnot enter temple to witness themorning event called'Mangalalati'.

The decision makers satbrooding as if heavens fellover. What no one could figureout was the number of suchspecific devotees would notexceed one hundred, ninety percent of them very elderly wayabove the 60-year mark.Besides, the wee hours of theday would not have a crowdever under any circumstances.

The Jagannath Sena is head-ed by a simple, presumablyignorant lawyer, who, localssay, is a publicity-hungry guy.Since his political ambitionsare unlikely to be fulfilled, comewhatever may, he devotes pret-ty much time to being seen andheard anyway. No one knows ifthe Sena is formally recognisedor registered as a society or trust.

He made a call for a PuriBandh to protest against thequeue system, which waspassed as good and acceptable

by the temple managementcommittee headed by theGajapati King and led by aChief Administrator from thesenior IAS cadre.

The Sena boss is known tohave resorted to such gimmicksfor long with a view to grabbingan election ticket from a virtu-ally-wiped out party in Puri. So,when the Sena made a call,police knowing full well the tinystature of the leader, routinelypicked him from home beforedawn and installed him in jail.The idea was to let the agitatingfollowers go rudderless when

the leader was invisible. Little did anyone know

that a sinister design wascarved out by way of a deeperconspiracy by some vestedinterest individuals who hadimagined that blame for theirheinous or gory acts wouldcome on the heads of the littlebrigade without rudder orleader. The leader too hadnever dreamed of what wouldhappen in hours after he wasscooped from bed by thepolice. That of history is nowtoo well-known.

After the mob ransacked

the temple office and van-dalised more properties in thevicinity, all in a jiffy, did thepolice and magisterial author-ities realise the wickedness ofsome masked crooks nowbeing exposed.

The whirlwind riot, overonly in minutes, revealed agrave fact: the whole act waspart of a larger conspiracy. It issuspected that vested interestsincluding horrible politiciansand some rogue servitors founda golden opportunity to haveprivate revenge taken andreforms negated publicly as the

brigade was being hauled up asa gang of criminals. Police andjail officials say that even theSena boss was confused as towhat was happening.

He was gravely anxiousthat life would be difficulthereafter as the people wouldbrand him a Supreme Courtdefiant. Most fortunately, theDistrict Magistrate and thepolice administration demon-strated utmost restraint in han-dling the situation within onlyone hour; not once were theytempted to open fire or cause severe physical injury toany individual offender or agi-tator, no matter how violentthey turned.

They remained limited tosimple ways of crowd disper-sion and arrest of catchable cul-prits at the scene of riot action.As if Lord Jagannath sat in theirhearts and told them to remaincalm and composed so as neverto use weapons of annihilationor bloodshed, which they couldhave jolly well done! They hadto sacrifice some recoverableproperty that got ransacked,stolen or vandalised. Life wasleft safe and intact.

The people who matterlike the Gajapati King and theShankaracharya have beenquiet. They appear to haveremained irresponsible andself-centric.

The Shankaracharya keeps

parroting scriptural epicswhich has nothing to do withhistorical facts; he avoids crit-ical questions at all times.

Some people, not so awaresocially, or sensitive to dread-ful outcomes, keep saying thepolice have failed in their duty.Little do they realise that mob-sters are difficult to identifyuntil their action commences.One can gather secret infor-mation about Maoist move-ments, but it is just next toimpossible to sense or figureout how a mob would form andact, just the same way as themetereologist can forecastweather for a week but fails toknow when the whirlwindwould form and cause damagein extremely short duration.

Lastly, the most shockingnews is that the big local politi-cian is also defying the queue-based Darshan of the deities.He is also a sworn enemy of thelittle brigade, whose boss spentthe day in jail as his followersdispersed in utter fear.

The local politician's housetoo was scraped as if by priordesign.

A few flower vessels werecrushed to pieces. But the newswas big: politician’s houseattacked and ransacked too.

Police are doing their jobcoolly and methodically. It’sputting two and two together.The truth would emerge soon.

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With the countdown for the2018 Odisha Men’s

Hockey World Cup scheduledfrom November here, thepreparation is in full swing bythe State Government to pro-mote Odisha’s art and cultureduring the mega sport event.

The authorities have decid-ed to put unique paintings ondisplay for the audience todraw their attention towardsthe State’s richculture and itsgreat enthusi-asm for hockey.

The paint-ings, a genre offine art, onhockey createdby 25 artistsduring a six-day camp heldat thePanthanivashere fromOctober 1 to 6,will be dis-played duringHockey Men’sWorld Cup atthe KalingaStadium totake the sportslovers by sur-

prise.The painting camp was

organised by the Odisha LalitKala Akademi in associationwith the Odisha MiningCorporation (OMC).

Apart from putting thepaintings on display at theKalinga Stadium, a catalogue ofpaintings would also beunveiled, said Odisha LalitKala Akademi Chairman andeminent sand artist SudarsanPattnaik.

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The Shree Jagannath ShreeKedarnath Temple

Management Committee,Baruan, Dhenkanal has wel-comed the queue system fordevotees for darshan of Lordsin Shreemandir in Puri.

“The number of devoteesvisiting the Shree JagannathTemple is rising day by day.With queue system in barri-cades, devotees can havesmooth Darshan of Lords andthere would be least chance ofstampede,” pointed out com-mittee president BibhudhendraPratap Das in a statement.

He lamented saying that asmany as five persons have diedand 50 injured due to stam-pedes occurred at differenttimes in the Shreemandir sincethe year 2005.

The steps taken by theShree Jagannath TempleAdministration (SJTA) as per

the direction of the SupremeCourt in adopting queue sys-tem in four lines for smoothdarshan of Lords is com-mendable, Das said.

He said that some organi-sations at the behest of sevay-ats have opposed the system,which is not at all acceptable.

Stating that the Centralintelligence has been informingthe State Government

for many years that theShreemandir is in the target ofterrorists, Das suggested thatshould be Xerox scan for bagchecking system at theSinghadwar soon.

Recently, the Law Ministertold the State Assembly that thepolice higher authorities havebeen provided funds for installation of Xrox scanmachines at four gates of theShreemandir and suchmachines have been installed atthree of four gates

“It is learnt that the threemachines are not working asthey are of poor quality. Noscan machine has been installed at the LionsGate. The Government shouldinstal such machines on a priority basis,” demanded Das.

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The Nikhila Odisha Asha Karmi Sangha has strongly opposedthe State Government’s decision to abolish Asha Sathi posts

and demanded withdrawal of the decision at the earliest.In a statement, Sangha general secretary Namita Sahoo said

that the Government had in 2013 created the posts of Asha Sathisand selected Asha Sathis from among the best performing Ashaworkers to work as mentor or peer leader in the National HealthMission (NHM).

“Is the decision a Dusshera gift for the Asha Sathi,” she want-ed to know.

She threatened the Sangha would stage protest meetingsbefore the NHM offices across the State if the abolishment deci-sion is not withdrawn soon.

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Former Minister and senior Congress leader

Padmalochan Panda resignedfrom the primary member-ship of the party on Sunday alleging “suffocation inthe party”.

“I was suffocated in theparty. Although I won severalelections in the past andbecame a Minister, some partyleaders backstabbed me in thelast election and ensured mydefeat. Therefore, I resign fromthe primary membership of theparty,” said Panda at a Pressmeet here.

“The present PCC chief

Niranjan Patnaik is surround-ed by a coterie who are design-ing evil for the party’s loyalworkers. There is no future for

the party. Hence, I quit theparty along with my support-ers. My next course of actionwill be declared on Tuesdayafter I hold talk with my sup-porters,” Panda said, addingthat the Congress is facinglack of coordination and back-biting and leg-pulling.

Panda was elected as anMLA from the Simulia con-stituency in Baleswar districton Congress ticket three times.

Along with Panda, anoth-er leader, SubhankarMohapatra, and Panda’s sonNilamadhab Panda alsodeclared their resignation fromthe party along with their sup-porters.

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The Commissionerate policeon Sunday unearthed three

fake automobile lubricant man-ufacturing units at Bhairapurunder the Jagatpur IndustrialEstate of the city and detaineda person in this connection.

Acting on reliable infor-mation, the police conducted aseries of raids at the factoriesand seized logos, labels of sev-eral leading engine oil brands.Besides, over 20,000 litres ofspurious engine oil was alsoseized.

The duplicate motor lubri-cants were packaged in con-tainers with labels of variousengine oil brands. The unitsused a blend of perfumes andchemicals along with multi-purpose grease and somecolours for manufacturing thefake engine oil. Earlier onSeptember 27, theCommissionerate police hadbusted a fake cement factory inJagatpur Industrial Estate.

Another duplicate cementunit was unearthed in the sameindustrial area in May. Besides,a fake cement manufacturingunit operating at Peer Bazaararea in Cuttack was also bust-ed. Moreover, adulterated edi-ble oil and ghee manufacturingunits were also unearthed bythe police in the recent past inthe city.

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The BJP prepared ablueprint on its

much-hyped “OdishaMission 120+” (to winover 120 Assemblyseats in the 2019 elections) at its two-dayState executive meetingthat concluded here on Sunday.

A party release saidparty leaders andworkers took oaths todrive out the “ineffi-cient” and “corrupt”State Government incoming elections.

“The Naveen PatnaikGovernment has betrayed peo-ple by not implementing theAyushman Bharat Yojana andslashing prices on petrol anddiesel. The BJP will expedite itsagitation in coming days overthese two important issues,”said the party release.

The BJP would make chitfund, mines, sapling, dal, sand

mining, irrigation, AnganwardiChhatua, cooperation andseeds scams, irregularities inpaddy procurement and CCroad construction and PC tak-ing as main poll issues.

Union Minister SmritiIrani inaugurated the meetingpresided over by State presidentSmriti Irani. Union MinistersDharmendra Pradhan and Jual

Oram, BJP Odisha-in-chargeArun Singh, national secretarySuresh Pujari, KV Singh Deoand all senior leaders likeBishwabhushan Harichandanand Giridhar Gamang andMLAs were present.

A political resolutionbrought by State SecretaryBhrugu Baxipatra was passed atthe meeting.

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Even as 18 years have passedsince the Chief Minister laid

foundation stone in 2001, theLower Sukhtel project inBalangir district has not seenlight of the day yet; and, thus, has triggered a strongresentment among people ofthe district.

Intellectuals have nowurged the Government to startwork of the project in betterinterest of the people of the dis-trict. People of Balangir willprovide all support for theproject, said they.

“People have understood

the utility of the project. If theproject is undertaken fromzero point, then it would becompleted in three years,” said senior journalist SunilKumar Mishra.

Mishra said thousands ofacres of land in Balangir andSubarnapur districts would beirrigated by the project.

According to sources, theproject would provide water to51,000, hectares of land acrossthe two districts.

The State Government hasplanned to lay undergroundpipes water pipes, instead ofdigging canals, to irrigate cul-tivable lands on the both thesides of the project.

The proposal of layingpipelines will boost the con-struction of the project as therewill be no land acquisition, said

some locals.Besides, water can be dis-

tributed to fields till the tail-endand thus there would be nowater problem in the lower-most area. There will be nowater loss.

Because of pipe system, 85per cent irrigation intensity canbe achieved during Kharif sea-son and 42 per cent duringRabi season. During Kharif,paddy can be cultivated in22,950 acres of land, millet on4,080 acres, oilseeds on 5,100acres, vegetables on 6,120 acresand cereals can be cultivated on5,100 acres of land.

Similarly, during Rabi sea-son, paddy can be cultivated on5,100 acres of land, cereals on5,100 acres and vegetables canbe grown on 11,220 acres ofland each year.

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Governor Prof Ganeshi Lalwould lay foundation-

stone for a second-generationethanol bio-refinery of theBharat Petroleum CorporationLimited (BPCL) at Baulsinghavillage in Bargarh district onOctober 10 in presence ofUnion Petroleum and NaturalGas and Skill Development

and Entrepreneurship MinisterDharmendra Pradhan.

BPCL Biofuels CGMSanjeeb Paul informed at aPress meet held here onSunday.

He said the bio-refinery,which would cost around�1,000 crore, would have acapacity to produce three crorelitres of fuel grade ethanolannually using rice straw asfeedstock and the ethanol pro-duced from this plant would beblended with petrol.

The National Biofuel Policyof India 2018 targets 20 per

cent ethanol blending to petrolby year 2030, however due tonon-availability of ethanol, thecurrent ethanol blending inpetrol is only around 3 to 4 percent. Setting up of the 2G

ethanol plants would helpachieve the target of ethanolblending in petrol, he added.

The plant would utiliseabout two lakh tons of ricestraw annually as feedstock

which would be sourced fromnearby locations like Bhatli,Ambabhona, Attabira, Sohela,Burla, Lakhanpur and others.

In addition to cleaner envi-ronment, the project wouldhelp improve the socio-eco-nomic conditions of the farm-ers due to additional incomefrom supply of waste rice strawto the Bio-Refinery and wouldgenerate employment for about1,200 persons both directlyand indirectly.

Among others, State Head,Retail (Odisha and Jharkhand)Debashis Palit and Brand andPublic Relation DGM SSSundararajan were present.

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Adreaded criminal wasinjured in an encounter

with police at Deshapur underthe Derabish police limits inKendrapada district early onSunday morning.

Santosh Mallik (36) isaccused in as many as about 60cases, including those of mur-der and dacoity, sources said.

Police tried to apprehendMallik while he was planningto execute a dacoity in theDeshapur area. He opened fireat the cops in a bid to escape.

During retaliation by thepolice, he sustained bulletinjuries on his right leg.

Mallik was admitted to theKendrapada DistrictHeadquarters Hospital fortreatment.A motorcycle and apistol were seized from hispossession.

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BHADRAK: Dead bodies of aminor boy and a minor girlwere found under mysteriouscircumstances at Ambasiriunder the Tihidi police limitsin Bhadrak district on Sunday.

The deceased were identi-fied as Dinabandhu Jena (17)of Dihambai village andSitarani Pradhan (14), a studentof Class-IX hailing fromJitanaga village. Both hadreportedly gone missing sinceOctober 3 night.Circumstantialevidences indicated that theduo was murdered, sourcessaid.

On being informed, policereached the spot along with ascientific team and startedinvestigation.

The bodies were sent forpostmortem. PNS

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Police on Sunday arrested ayouth for allegedly attack-

ing a woman in Baleswar dis-trict after her daughter reject-ed his marriage proposal. Theaccused was identified as SaniaHui of Kendrapada.

According to reports, Saniaon Facebook befriended thegirl of Shyamanandipur villageunder Bhograi block in the dis-trict while he was working inDubai.

He started loving the girland proposed her to marryhim. However, his proposal wasturned down by the girl.

Being furious over this,Sania reached the girl’s villageto seek revenge. On knowing

about the girl’s absence at herhouse, he allegedly attacked hermother with a billhook.

The woman sustained crit-ical injuries and was admittedto a local hospital before beingshifted to the SCB MedicalCollege Hospital in Cuttack asher condition deteriorated.

Police seized Sania’s pass-port from his possession.Investigation into the incidentwas underway.

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Abus with around 60 pil-grims on board hit a truck

from rear on NH-16 nearCharampa in Bhadrak late onSaturday night killing at leasttwo persons and leaving 15others injured. According toreports, the ill-fated bus, whichwas carrying the pilgrims fromUttar Pradesh to Puri, rammedinto a stationary bamboo-ladentruck from backside at around

2.30 am.The driver of the bus and

a passenger died on the spotunder the impact of the colli-sion. The deceased were iden-tified as Ram Sagar Yadav, thedriver, and Shiv NarayanMishra, a passenger.

On being informed aboutthe mishap, police reached thespot, rescued the injured onesand admitted them to theBhadrak District HeadquartersHospital.

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Two minor boys of a familydrowned in a morrum

quarry at Chirma village underKashaguda block ofNabarangpur district onSunday. Another boy was res-cued and hospitalised.

The deceased wered iden-tified as Nitesh Bisoyi (6) andTushar Bisoyi (14). Eight-year-old Shiva Bosoyi was rescuedin a critical condition andadmitted to hospital. The vic-

tims are cousins.The tragedy took place

when the trio was bathing inthe water collected at the mur-ram quarry. The three slippedinto deep water and drowned.They were rescued by villagersand rushed to the DistrictHeadquarters Hospital, wheredoctors declared Nitesh andTushar brought dead.

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Ahead of the 2019 generalelections, the Ganjam

District Congress Committee(DCC) held a pre-poll meetinghere on Sunday and providedtraining to ZP zone presidentsand DCC office-bearers onvarious strategies to success-fully take on the BJD and theBJP in coming Assembly andLok Sabha polls.

AICC secretary AnilChaudhury and PCC workingpresident Pradeep Majhiattending the meeting askedthe workers to make all effortsso that the Congress wouldreturn to power at both theCentre and the State. They

advised the workers to makepeople know about variousirregularities and corrupt activ-ities committed by both theBJD Government in the Stateand the BJP-led NDAGovernment at the Centre.

They gave stress on for-mation of booth-level com-mittees and use of social mediafor maintaining relationshipwith people.

They advised the workersto keep in touch with the party

high command and top leadersthrough WhatsApp groups.Besides, they emphasised oncollection of membershipthrough mobile apps andstrengthening of organisation.

Among others, PCC gen-eral secretary SubhenduMohanty, district presidentTrinath Behera, district work-ing president Deepak Patnaik,Pitabas Panda, Sakka Sujit,Abhisek Mahananda, formerSanakhemundi MLA RameshChandra Jena, senior leaderChintamani Dyansamantara,Pramod Jena and NakulaNayak shared the dais.

Former MLA Ramesh Jenaquit the meeting halfway as apolice officer from theBrahmapur Town police cameand told him not to attend anymeeting as he is scheduled toappear in court. After this,Jena moved away from themeeting place silently.

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Police busted a Maoist camp during a search operation in theSunki forest under the Pottangi police station in the district

on Sunday.A gun battle is underway between the police and the Red

rebels till filing of the report.A combing operation was launched by the personnel of

Special Operations Group (SOG) and District Voluntary Forceafter receiving reliable inputs of the presence of as many as 15Maoists in the area, said sources.

Koraput district SP KB Singh though informed about theencounter with Red rebels in Sunki forest, he abstained from fur-ther disclosing the location of the encounter and other infor-mation due to security reasons.

As per available information, no loss of life or casualties fromeither side been reported so far. Earlier this week, the Kandhamalpolice had busted a Maoist camp in the district and recoveredmany explosives and daily use items from the camp. But the ultrashad managed to escape from the spot.

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Taking a cue from the Centrethat has been distributing

LED bulbs at subsidised ratesfor some years now, the StateGovernment is likely tointroduce a programme toprovide such bulbs to all house-holds free of cost.

The distribution of bulbsassumes significance as elec-tions are ahead.

The Odisha PowerTransmission CorporationLimited (OPTCL) has drafteda plan named, “Ama GhareLED Light’ and sent it to ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik forfinal approval.

According to the proposal,the OPTCL would purchase3.84 crore LED bulbs of nine watt at investment of�237 crore through a tenderprocess, if the plan is approvedby the CM.

The LED bulbs will be dis-tributed to around 96 lakhhouseholds through the PDScounters in coming six months’time, and each household willbe given four bulbs, accordingto sources.

With use of LED bulbs, thepower consumption will bereduced benefitting both theconsumers and theGovernment, said officials.

It may be noted that con-sumers get LED bulbs for �85each with three year replace-ment warranty under theUnion Government’s Ujalascheme. Around 1.40 crorebulbs have been sold under this programme at various distrib-ution company offices in theState as of now, according toreports.

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An Ama Gaon Ama Vikashprogramme was held at

Khariar of Nuapada district onFriday with Chief MinisterNaveen Patnaik interactingwith people of Khariar blockthrough videoconferencing toknow about their opinion ondevelopment activities.

The CM approved as manyas 218 projects for implemen-tation in 25 gram panchayats ofthe block and sanctioned �3.76crore for the purpose.

The projects had beensubmitted to the Governmentin advance by the panchayatsthrough the block office which range from construction ofcommunity centres, prayer

halls to bathing ghats androoms on the banks of villageponds.

The CM asked the peopleto maintain quality of theworks and complete the pro-jects at the earliest.

Dharamgarh MLAPuspendu Singh Deo, NuapadaCollector Dr Poma Tuda andDRDA PD Brushabh Naik,Khariar BDO Uttam Bag andall Government officials ofKhariar were present alongwith ZP President NamitaPradhan and Vice-PresidentBhanupratap Singh Majhi andKhariar Panchayat SamitiChairman Balkrishna Sabar.Over 3,000 people, mostlywomen, attended the programme.

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Police have arrested onSaturday night two youths

in Jajpur district for allegedabduction and gangrape of aminor schoolgirl onWednesday.

“The 17-year-old girl ofRoutara village under theBinjharapur police station waskidnapped by two personswhen she was returning to hervillage from the nearby marketat Binjharapur on Wednesdayevening. We launched an inves-tigation after the girl’smother filed an FIR and res-

cued the victim from the near-by village Raghunathpur onSaturday night and arrested

Santosh Jena (26) of Talasahiand Sk Adua ( 27) ofBinjharapur,” said Binjharapurpolice station IIC SuchitraBirya Das.

Police booked both theaccused under Sections 363,366, 376 (d) of IPC and Section6 of Protection of Childrenfrom Sexual Offence Act 2012.“We are investigating the case,”added the police officer.

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The DirectorGeneral Of Police

(DGP) office issued acircular toSuperintendent ofPolice (SP),Subarnapur totransfer controversialInspector-in-Charge ofSonepur police station SrikantaKumar Tripathy to PoliceTraining College (PTC), Angul.

As per Sources, RTI activistSrikumar Mahant had subse-quently lodged a complaintwith senior officials of Odishapolice alleging nexus of policeofficials of Subarnapur withdrugs peddlers and met HomeSecretary Asit KummmarTripathy over the matter. Bytaking seriously, HomeSecretary Tripathy assigned

the investigation toCID Crime Branch,Cuttack.

So a CrimeBranch inquiry wasc o n d u c t e d .Meanwhile, Crime

Branch SP, Radha BinodPanigrahi visited both Sonepurand Tarbha police stations toconduct a thorough investiga-tion into the matter and collectall the documents from activistMahanta. The nexus of accusedpolice officer Tripathy wasexposed after it came to light thatin 90 per cent cases, registeredunder Narcotic Drugs andPsychotropic Substances Act byTarabha police, one Ujir Khanwas made a regular witness.

An RTI query revealedthat 48 NDPS cases were reg-istered by Tarabha police from

2014 to 2017 during Tripathy’sterm as IIC of the Tarbhapolice station.

However, Khan and someof his associates were arrestedon the charges of ganja smug-gling by Chhattisgarh police inApril this year. “I had contact-ed Mahasamud SP and hadsent all evidence through email and also reported thematter to DIG.

As one of the police wit-nesses has been arrested inganja smuggling, it clearlyimplies that there is someinvolvement of the concernedpolice official,” said Mahanta.Though the Human RightsCommission had directed offi-cials to take necessary actionagainst those found guilty with-in eight weeks, the departmentis yet to act, informed sources.

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Sd/-Executive Engineer

Bhadrak (R&B) Division

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEERBHADRAK (R&B) DIVISION, BHADRAK.

INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB)Bid Identification No. E.E, BDK (R&B) 13 1 2018-19.E-procurement Notice No.3525/ dated 03.10.2018

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Value ofthe work.

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1. The Executive Engineer, Bhadrak (R&B) Division, Bhadrak, Odisha, on behalf of Governor of Odisha invites Percentage rate bids inP-1 agreement in Double cover system for the work as mentioned in the table below from the class of contractors as mentioned inColumn-7 against the work, registered with the State Government and contractors of equivalent grade / Class registered with CentralGovernment/ MES/ Railways for execution of Civil works. The proof of registration from the appropriate authorit shall be enclosedalong with the bid.

Name of the Work

Construction of SecondaryWorking StandardLaboratory & Off iceBuilding of AssistantControl ler, LegalMetrology at Bhadrak.

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2. Bid documents consisting of plans, specifications, the schedule of quantities and the set of terms and conditions of contract and othernecessary documents can be seen in the website: www.tenderssodisha.gov.in

3 The bidder shall transfer online the Eastern Money deposit / Bid security of the amount specified for the work in the table col.5 aboveas part of its bid through a process as mentioned under DTCN. Bidders desirous to hire machineries or equipments form outside theState of owned but deployed outside the state are required to transfer online 2% of the amount put to tender as Bid security.

4 The Bid documents will be available in the website: www.ternerssodisha.govt.in from 10.00 AM of 10.10.2018 to 5.00 PM of23.10.2018 for online bidding.

5 The bidder must possess compatible Digital Signature certificate (DSC) of Class-II or Class-Ill.6. Bids shall be received only on online on or before 5.00 PM of 23.10.20187. Bids received on line shall be opened at 11.30 hours on 25.10.2018 in the office of the Executive Engineer (R&B) Division, Bnadrak

in the presence of the bides who wish to attend. Bidders who participated in the bid can witness the opening of bids after loggingon the site through their DSC. If the office happens to be close on the last date of opening the bids as specified, the bids will be openedon the next working day at the same time and venue.

8. The bidder shall transfer online the cost of bid documents for Rs.10,000.00 towards cost of Bid through a process as mentioned under DTCN.9. Other details can be seen the bidding documents.10. The authority reserves the right to cancel any or all bids without assigning any reason.11. The Addendum / Corrigendum if any will be hosted in the website only.

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GOVERNMENT OF ODISHAOFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER,

PARALAKHEMUNDI(R&B) DIVISION, PARALAKHEMUNDITENDER CALL NOTICE

Bid Identification No. E.E., PKD. R&B DIVN. - 07 /2018-19

Sd/-Executive Engineer,

Paralakhemundi (R&B) Division

1. The Executive Engineer, Paralakhemundi (R&B) Division on behalf of Governor of Odisha InvitesPercentage rate bid in Double cover system to be received in on ONLINE MODE only for the workas detailed below :

2. Nature of the work : Road works3. No. of works : (1) One number only4. Tender Paper Cost (online) : 10,000/-5. Class of Contractor : “A” & “B”6. Availability of Bid documents in Website : From Dt:10.10.2018 (10.00 AM) to 29.10.2018 (05.00 PM)7. Date of Opening of Bid (Cover-1) : 31.10.2018 at 12.00 Noon8. The Bidders have to participate in ONLINE bidding only. Further details can be seen from the

website http://tendersorissa.gov.in

Tel.Ph.No: 6815-222542Fax: 06815-222542

E-mail I.D: [email protected]

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Police on Sunday arrested thedirector of a private para-

medical institute here on thecharge of sexually harassingstudents.

The arrestee was identifiedas Kodanda Dhara Sahu (35),director of the Indira Instituteof Medical Science andResearch (IIMSR) at GAColony in Bharatpur underthe Khandagiri police station.

Sources said that as manyas 16 students of the institutepursuing Diploma in MedicalLaboratory Technology(DMLT) had on Saturdaylodged a complaint with theKhandagiri police alleging thatthey were harassed, abusedand threatened by Sahu. Theirate students had also ran-sacked the institute.

The students also alleged ofnot being provided with prop-er food, accommodation and

other basic amenities in thehostel.

More than 20 students andlocals had earlier congregatednear the police station demand-ing immediate arrest andexemplary action against theaccused. Police said Sahu, whowas the founder and principalof the college, had allegedlyharassed some students. Whenthe torture became unbearable,the students sought policeintervention.

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The Institute of CostAccountants of India

(ICAI)-Bhubaneswar Chapterorganised a ‘CommerceConclave’ here on Sunday tomark its golden jubilee year(2018-19) in which more than150 Principals, HOD andLecturer in Commerce fromdifferent universities and col-leges participated.

Chief guest Eastern MediaLtd founder and Rajya Sabhamember Soumya RanjanPatnaik inaugurating the pro-gramme praised for such ini-tiative taken by the chapter forgrowth of Commerce profes-sion in the State.

Training and EducationFacilities Committee PastPresident and ChairmanManas Kumar Thakur andICAI Taxation and RegionalCouncils Council Member

Niranjan Mishra attended andhighlighted about the role ofcost and management accountants for development ofIndian economy and society ata large.

They also highlightedabout various initiatives takenby the institute and suggestionsgiven to the Union Ministry ofCorporate Affairs specificallyon implementation and sim-plification on GST.

Chapter ChairmanDamodar Mishra highlightedabout the facilities provided tothe students and various activ-ities undertaken for its mem-

bers and stakeholders. ChapterSecretary Tapas Ranjan Swainalso spoke on the occasion.

A technical session wasalso organised on theme “GSTOutlook- Academician-Vs-Professionals”. Among others,chapter Vice-ChairmanSaktidhar Singh, Chapter PDCommittee Chairman MukeshChaubey, treasurer HimojMishra, GRIDCO Ltd DGM(Finance) Bibhuti BhusanNayak, SAPSJ and Associatessenior partner Shiba PrasadPadhi, Ajay Kumar Samal andUttam Kumar Nayak were pre-sent.

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The District Legal ServiceAuthority (DLSA),

Rayagada under the chairmanship of District andSession Judge Biswajit Dasrecently conducted a work-shop on value of girl childagainst the backdrop of grow-ing crimes of acid attack andfemale foeticide.

Judge Das, who inaugurat-ed and presided over the work-shop, briefly highlighted on thecontribution of women to afamily, a society and how theycan have access to equal rights.

Secretary of DLSAHrushikesh Sahu elaboratedon the ill effects of femalefoeticide on society andstressed upon the rights of thegirl children.

Senior Dewani MagistrateRudra Prasad Mohapatra vivid-ly emphasized on the lawsrelated to prevention of acidattacks and rehabilitation of

acid attack victims.Gramya Nyayadhikari

Baishali Nayak andMagistrate(Class-II) HabibulRaheman elaborated the rea-sons, solutions and punish-ments for acid attacks.

Registrar Sunanda Padhisaid about the negative impact

created on the society by femalefoeticide considered as a socialevil.

“Though Pre-natalDiagnostic Techniques(Regulation and Prevention ofMisuse) Act, 1994, was enact-ed and brought into operationfrom January 1, 1996, in order

to check female foeticide and toprohibit determination anddisclosure of the sex of foetus,female foeticide still continuesin several forms,” tribal leaderBidulata Huika.

She further said the illicitnexus among the diagnosticcentres and the monitoring

authorities are well known.Pro-active step by the judicia-ry, which is increasinglybecoming pro-people, will cer-tainly change the mindset ofthe young people, she said,adding, in Rayagada, particu-larly in tribal villages, the sex-ratio is very high.

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The Lions Club ofBhubaneswar Lotus organ-

ised a Swachchh Bharat Abhiyanand awareness programme tosensitise people about plastic inBhimtangi and BrahmeswarPatna Hat here on Saturday.

Later, cotton bags weredistributed among the buyers.The members said that thepolythene is very dangerous forour life as well as for the soiland urged the public toboycott plastic to make the cityclean and green. Among oth-ers, local Corporator PuspaDas, Lions Club governor

Biswanath Das, Rebati Saha,chairman Kishore Mishra,president Minakshi Das, sec-retary Maya Sahu, SanjuktaPatra and Chandini Mohantywere present.

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The Xavier Institute ofM a n a g e m e n t ,

Bhubaneswar (XIMB) organ-ised a 10-km marathon, “X-Athon’18” here on Sunday withan aim to promote healthierlifestyles and at the same timespreading awareness and rais-ing funds for a social cause.

The X-athon on withtheme ‘Sweat out yourDepression’ was organised as aprelude to the XIMB’s annualcultural and Business festive,“Xpressions 2018” which is

scheduled to held fromNovember 16 to 18.

About 500 people includ-ing college students, corporateemployees, and people ofdiverse age groups participat-ed. In male category, AshokDandesena secured the firstposition completing the race in31 minutes and 51 seconds fol-lowed by Shubham Behera asthe runner-up. While in femalecategory, Pramita Topo securedthe first position.

Later, the XIMB’s SocialResponsibility Cell (SRC) inassociation with Xpressions

Steering Committee (X-STEC)organised X-Enable which aimsletting the specially-abled onestake flight in the arena ofsports.

As many as 80 childrenfrom four schools, namely,Swabhiman, Chetana, TheInstitute for helping Disabled,and Aaina participated. Theyalso actively participated invarious sports like 100m race,skipping, lemon spoon race, 3legged race, mini basketballand mini volleyball and laterwere given trophies and cer-tificates.

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CRPF Inspector GeneralBithul Kumar on Sunday

visited the Maoist-hit areas ofGudari and Muniguda in thedistrict and took stock of thesituation.

Later, Kumar took an aer-ial view of the difficult terrainon a helicopter.

The IG also visited theMaoist-infested area of Gudariand the CRPF camp set up inthe area and held discussionsabout the movement of therebels in the area. Later, hespoke to the Jawans and officersregarding the issues and chal-lenges faced in carrying outanti-Maoist operations.

Later, Singh left forMuniguda and reviewed thesituation there. During Singh’svisit, Rayagada CRPF DIG SDPandey and 4th BattalionCommander YK Rajput werepresent.

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To help ensure public trust ingems and jewellery, the

Gemological Institute ofAmerica (GIA) India organisededucation seminars on“Diamonds-Are TheyForever?” for members of thetrade in Bhadrak, Sambalpurand Jharsuguda recently.

GIA instructor DarshanSancheti shared insights ondiamonds and their properties,the GIA 4Cs of diamond qual-ity, i.e, colour, clarity, cut andcarat weight, and the care andcleaning of diamonds.

GIA India and Middle EastMD Nirupa Bhatt said, “As apublic-benefit institute, theGIA India organises these

knowledge seminars to educateand empower the trade. Thisknowledge would help buildconsumer confidence in gemsand jewellery”. More than 70members from the Bhadrak

Jewellers’ Association,Sambalpur Jewellers’Association and JharsugudaJewellers’ Association attendedthe meeting to gain importantinformation on diamonds.

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Foreign tour operators, whoparticipated in the Odisha

Travel Bazaar organised here,sought short-term visa.

Especially Malaysian touroperators demanded shortterm visa. They said it wouldbe helpful for India to increasenumber of foreign tourists.

State Tourism SecretaryVishal Dev assured them onvisa and told them that hewould request the Governmentof India to take a decision inthis regard as soon as possible.

Foreign tour operatorsraised concern about the strictrule of Environment and ForestDepartment and said that theselaws need to be liberals tobring more tourists to the

State.Tour operators pointed out

that the management at a fewmonumental sites is not inorder. Dev assured them to dothe needful.

Joint Director, FICCIOdisha Sanjeev Mohanty saidthis time parties from 23 coun-tries participated in the event.More than 2,000 B2B meetingswere held between buyers andsellers.

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Purna Chandra Mohapatrareceived the best Senior

Citizen Award by MinisterPrafulla Samal on the obser-vance of the International Dayfor Senior Citizen by the SocialSecurity and Empowermentof Persons with DisabilitiesDepartment.

Mohapatra was awarded Rs20,000 and a certificate. Asmany as nine senior citizens

from different across Stateincluding Mohapatra wereawarded for different achieve-ment in their life.

Mohapatra is a formerTeshildar of Paralakhemundi

and has been continuallyengaged in the social ser-vices. He has been activelyinvolved in establishingorphanages inParalakhemkundi town, re-establishing of ParsuramGurukul, involved in pro-

viding service during theMahendratanya Barani Snanawhere about four lakh peoplecome to take holy bath in thefestival held in Mahendratanyariver.

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The office of the JointController of Defence

Accounts (JCDA) (R and D),which comes under theDefence Accounts Department(DAD), Ministry of Defence,celebrated its Annual Day onOctober 1.

The DAD with theController General of DefenceAccounts (CGDA) as its headis one of the oldest departmentsunder the Government ofIndia, the origin of which canbe traced to the year 1747 whenArticles of War empoweredthe British Government toappoint Military Pay Master.

The department is man-dated broadly to undertakeaudit, accounting, paymentand financial advice functionspertaining to all the 'organisa-tions coming under theMinistry of Defence, includingArmy, Navy, Air Force, CoastGuard, Ordinance Factory andvarious inter-service organisa-tions.

The Office of JCDA (R&D)located at OT Road, StationSquare, Baleswar, functions

under the Principal Controllerof Defence Accounts (PCDA(R and D)], New Delhi andextends audit coverage toDRDO labs/establishments likePXE, ITR and EMU atChandipur, JCB-CAT and CCE(R and D), Kolkata and O andM Radars, Bhubaneswar.

All the DAD officers andstaff at the station attended thefunction organised at RangeOfficers' Mess (ROMI) withfamilies.

Speaking at the functions,Officer In Charge Dr PK Jena,congratulated all the staffersand officers and felicitatedDAD veterans and pensionerson the occasion.

Awards were distributed tothe winners of various art andpainting competitions. In acultural programme, membersof the staff and kids performedsongs and dance, enthrallingthe audience.

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The alliance talks between theCongress, Samajwadi Party

(SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party(BSP) fell apart as the grand oldparty was unwilling to cede totheir demands for more seats inthe crucial poll-bound Stateslike Madhya Pradesh,Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan.

The same attitude of theCongress made one of its majorUPA constituent, SharadPawar's NCP, announce its deci-sion to go solo in Rajasthan.Pawar has, however, clarifiedthat NCP will contest only onthe seats where the party hasstrong base and that it wouldnot damage the prospect ofCongress.

Congress decided to riskgoing alone as its internal assess-ment showed the party willwrest power in these Stateswithout even an ally. A seniorleader explained that had theCongress ceded to the BSP andSP demand for seats in thesethree States it would have beenforced to part with at least 20 percent seats.

"Both SP and BSP havelimited presence in these threeStates and could impact the out-come of only a handful of seats.They won't be able to win on theremaining seats they aredemanding. This will only helpthe BJP," he said.

Congress also realises thatboth SP and BSP have their owncompulsion to stitch together agrand alliance in Uttar Pradeshwhere Congress could be sig-nificant force if the year-endAssembly polls go in its favour."SP and BSP know that BJPmust be defeated at all cost toprevent their own extinction.The reality will dawn on every

body," he said. After BSP, SP too on

Saturday ruled out an alliancewith the Congress for theMadhya Pradesh andChhattisgarh Assembly elec-tions. The SP announced that itwill fight elections in MadhyaPradesh and Chhattisgarh inalliance wuh to GondwanaGantantra Party (GGP). SPchief Akhiesh Yadav also saidthat his party was ready to joinhands wuith the BSP in MadhyaPradesh polls, keeping alive theprospects of a grand alliance inUP.

"State units are better awareof the ground situation than the

central leadership. They took adecision and the central lead-ership accepted it. It should notbe confused with attempts toforge a 'mahagathbandhan' thatis meant for the Lok Sabhapolls," said Congress spokesmanPawan Khera when asked aboutthe alliance failure.

Polls in Chhattisgarh,Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram,Rajasthan and Telangana will beheld between November 12and December 7 in what may bea virtual semi-final to the 2019Lok Sabha elections. Countingof votes will be taken up togeth-er in all the five States onDecember 11.

The party however isexpected to face a tough chal-lenge in Mizoram from theMizo National Front in theupcoming Assembly polls.After being in power for twoconsecutive terms, internalsquabbles and anti-incumben-cy factor are making the situa-tion difficult for the Congress tohead on where BJP has alreadyput a strong foot hold in thenorth eastern States. Mizoramgoes to poll on November 28.

New Delhi/ Visakhapatnam: JIMEX-18, abilateral maritime exercise between Indiaand Japan, began in Visakhapatnam onSunday.

Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force(JMSDF) ships Kaga, an Izumo-class heli-copter destroyer, and Inazuma, a guidedmissile destroyer, arrived here to mark thecommencement of JIMEX.

The Japanese ships would be partici-pating in the third edition of JIMEX underthe command of Rear Admiral TatsuyaFukada, commander of Escort Flotilla-4(CCF-4). The Indian Navy would be rep-resented by three indigenously-designedwarships and a fleet tanker. The partici-pating ships are INS Satpura, a multi-pur-pose stealth frigate, INS Kadmatt, an anti-submarine warfare corvette, missile corvetteand INS Shakti, the fleet tanker.

In addition, one submarine, P8I longrange maritime patrol aircraft and a num-ber of integral helicopters would be par-ticipating in the exercise, the Navy said.

The nine-day event is aimed at enhanc-ing inter-operability, improving under-standing and imbibing the best practices ofeach other, a Navy release said.

The Indian ships would be command-

ed by Rear Admiral Dinesh K Tripathi, FlagOfficer Commanding, Eastern Fleet.

JIMEX-18 will comprise a harbourphase and a sea phase of four days each.

The harbour phase of the exercise,scheduled from October 7 to 10, wouldinclude professional and social interactionsbetween ships' crews, sports fixtures andoperational planning for the sea phase.

The sea phase would include anti-sub-marine warfare exercises, visit, board,search and seizure (VBSS) drills, gun fir-ings, cross deck helo operations and coor-dinated operations in anti-submarine and

anti-air threat scenarios.The last edition of JIMEX was held in

December 2013 off the Chennai coast.The conduct of JIMEX-18 after five

years is indicative of an upswing in the Indo-Japanese defence relations and the contin-ued efforts of both Governments to workclosely to enhance safety and security of theglobal commons in keeping with 'rule-basedorder,' the Navy said.

The ships of the two Navies have beenworking in close coordination in anti-pira-cy operations in the Gulf of Aden (GoA)for the past few years. PTI

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Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh,the Lok Sabha

Parliamentary constituencyrepresented by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will be a newbase for the anti-riot and crowdcontrol Rapid Action Force(RAF).

The RAF personnel donthe specialised blue dungareeand the total strength of theForce has been increased from10 battalions (10,000 person-nel) to 15 battalions. The fivenew battalions of the RAFwere sanctioned by the CentralGovernment in January thisyear and the new bases havenow been identified, officialssaid.

Apart from the templetown of Varanas, the four othernew battalions will be based inJaipur (Rajasthan), Mangalore(Karnataka), Hajipur (Bihar)and Nuh (Haryana). Varanasiwill be the fourth base of theRAF in Uttar Pradesh — thethree others being in Meerut,Allahabad and Aligarh.

The process for acquiringland for the five new bases isunderway and the five battal-ions, which are already opera-tional, will start functioningfrom their permanent locationsin sometime, the officials said.

Besides Vadodara, Modi

won the Lok Sabha con-stituency from Varanasi in the2014 general elections. Modiretained the Varanasi con-stituency and resigned fromVadodara constituency.

Amongst the new bases isHajipur which is theParliamentary constituency ofUnion Minister Ram VilasPaswan. A RAF battalion has astrength of about 1,000 per-sonnel and it is equipped withgadgets and non-lethalweapons like pump actionguns, tear smoke grenadelaunchers and others to enforcesecurity and law and order incase of protests or riot-like sit-uations.

The force is part of theCentral Reserve Police Force,the world's largest paramilitaryforce with over three lakh per-sonnel. It was raised and madefully operational in October1992 with 10 battalions.

The RAF battalions arebased in various parts of thecountry in order to cut downresponse time and rush theteams in the shortest possibletime to control violent orriotous incidents.

The 10 old RAF battalionsare based in Hyderabad,Ahmedabad, Allahabad,Mumbai, Delhi, Aligarh,Coimbatore, Jamshedpur,Bhopal and Meerut.

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Adirect terror funding link fromPakistan has emerged after the

probe into the activities of Falah-e-Insaniyat, an offshoot of thePakistan-based terror group Jamat-ud-Dawah, by the NationalInvestigation Agency (NIA). Theprobe has also revealed that the out-fit was aiming at recruiting peoplethrough a new modus operandi bywinning the hearts of the gullibleyouth of a particular community.

The Falah-e-Insaniyat is Jamat-ud-Dawah's charity wing head-quartered in Lahore but operationsin India were being managed fromDubai to evade from the radar ofthe security agencies here. ThePakistani outfit had spread its ten-tacles to Jammu & Kashmir,Gujarat, Mumbai (Maharashtra)and Rajasthan.

The new modus operandi of theFalah-e-Insaniyat entailed spon-sorship of marriages of girl childrenand building houses of poor peoplethrough the local agents with a hid-den agenda to develop a cadre ofmotivated youth who would even-tually be recruited for the insidiousagenda of the outfit.

Top NIA sources said there is adirect Pakistan link that hasemerged during the probe into thecase. The Falah-e-Insaniyat hasseveral centres in Pakistan butoperations for India were managedfrom Dubai. The outfit was oper-ating in a clandestine manner in

India to avoid the gaze of securityagencies.

"During the preliminary ques-tioning of the accused in the case,it has emerged that the money thatwas coming in as "zakat" was beingused to distribute it among the fam-ilies of terrorists, "a senior officialsaid adding the NIA is suspectingSrinagar hawala route was alsoactive for movement of cash by theoutfit in various States.

The flow of money startedfrom Pakistan and travelled toDubai through which it came toJammu & Kashmir, Rajasthan,Gujarat and Mumbai and the net-work could be present in otherStates.

The NIA cracked the case afterthe agency put surveillance on thesuspects following receipt of action-able inputs that money was cominginto India from Dubai for "charita-ble purposes".

The original input that NIAreceived was that a Pakistani nation-al based in Dubai was in touch witha person in India who turned outto be one of the accused in the case,Salman, based in Delhi who wasdirectly reviving funds from Dubai.

The Pakistani national in Dubaiwas in direct contact with thedeputy chief of JuD's charity wing.

"The Central Government hasreceived information that a Delhi-based individual Mohd Salman is inregular touch with one Dubai basedPakistani national Mohd Kamran,who in turn is connected with

Shahid Mehmood, Dy Chief ofFalah-I-Insaniat Foundation (FIF),Pakistan, a front end NGO of ter-ror group LeT and a proscribed ter-rorist organisation under the UA(P)Act. Md Salman has been receivingfunds from outside the country sentby FIF operative Mohd Kamran andhis associates through hawala oper-ators. Mohd Salman has connec-tions with persons in various coun-tries including Pakistan, UAE,Canada, Sweden, Croatia etc whichprima facie indicates that FIF is try-ing to attract group of sympathis-ers to its cause of creating unrest inIndia by collecting funds for ter-rorist activities in India," reads theFIR.

The FIR has named Lashkar-e-Tayyaba/JuD chief HafizMohammad Sayeed, ShahidMehmood, Deputy Chief of Falah-I-Insaniat Foundation (FIF)Pakistan, Mohammad Kamran,Dubai-based Pakistani nationalMohammad Salman, Indian nation-al

The NIA conducted searches atthe residence of Ajaz Ahmad Hakakin Srinagar's Nowhatta last week inconnection with the terror fundingcase.

Out of the three arrested per-son in Falah-e-insaniyat terrorfunding case, one J&k residentSajad Ahmed Wani has received �80lacs from Aizaz Ahmed Hakakthrough hawala channels. The NIAhas arrested three persons in con-nection with the case.

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Congress on Sunday dismissed the �2.5a litre cut in petrol and diesel prices

as "electoral lollipop" aimed at the fivepoll-bound States, and asked theNarendra Modi Government to bringpetroleum products under the GSTregime.

Congress spokesperson Pawan Kherasaid that oil prices have begun rising againsince the cut was effected on Thursday,adding that it showed the Government'sduplicity and hypocrisy. He questionedthe Government's claim of oil prices beingderegulated, saying they depend upon theelectoral calendar as they remainedunchanged for 17 days during theKarnataka Assembly polls, and a similarpattern was seen during the Gujarat polls.

"We reiterate our demand to bring inpetroleum products under the ambit ofGST so as to completely demolish thissheer hypocrisy of credit seeking justbefore the electoral season," he said. ThisGovernment believes in tokenism forshort term applause, he said.

After "ghar-ghar Modi" (Modi inevery home) time for "bye-bye Modi" hascome, and the Government can bring asmile on people's faces as it departs bybring petrol and diesel under the GST, hesaid.

Taking a dig at Finance MinisterArun Jaitley, whom he dubbed as full timeblogger and part time Minister, Kheraaccused him of "lying" in his claim thatthe increase in the Government's revenueis on the account of an increase in tax

base. Khera said oil companies have madeover �13 lakh crore, which is fuelling theGovernment's coffers.

The Government has used money inevent management and publicity, healleged, noting that it allocated merely�2,000 crore for the Ayushmaan Bharatscheme, a health insurance scheme for thepoor.

Since coming to power, the govern-ment has increase central excise duty onpetrol by 211 per cent and on Diesel by443 per cent, the Congress leader said.When the Congress demitted power theexcise duty on petrol was merely �9.23 alitre and has been raised by the ModiGovernment to �19.48 a litre. The exciseduty on diesel has been raised from �3.46a litre to �15.33 a litre, he said.

Even the Value Added Tax (VAT)levied by State Governments is among thehighest where the BJP is in power, he said.

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Meenu Mani (42) has cere-bral palsy (CP), a group

of disorders that affect musclemovement and coordination.So does her husband SamuelMani. But this has not deterredthe wheel-chair bound couplefrom extending helping handsto people with special needs sothat they know they are notalone.

"We are doing our bittowards creating self confi-dence among the persons withdisabilities including CP tocreate independent lives. Byraising awareness about CP, wecan help the wider communi-ty to see and understand thedifferent circumstances of oth-ers, to view this diversity as astrength and to work towardsinclusion," she said at an eventhere organised by her NGO,Yes, We Can Trust.

The occasion was theWorld Cerebral Palsy Day cel-

ebrated on October 6. The program, which was

attended by the children suf-fering with CP as well as otherdisabilities and their parentsshed light that with grit anddetermination one can excel inlife. Like Ira Singhal, India'sfirst differently abled womanUPSC topper has done.Suffering with CP herself, shefaced lots of challenges, but herdetermination kept her push-ing through.

"In our society there arelots of myths about this prob-lem, like these children can'thave good quality of life, theywill remain disable for wholelife and most of them are men-

tally retarded and can't domuch in their life and so on…But this is not entirely true," Iranoted.

Ira stressed on early inter-vention to help children lead aquality life as they grow. Morethan 70% children with mild tomoderate affection have near-ly normal IQ. They can beactive, productive members oftheir communities. They canhave jobs, live independently,marry and have children too.

The SDM Alipur said, thiscan happen only when everyparent and society identifytheir talent and give them achance to become a productivemember. Right usage of assis-

tive technologies can bring asea change in their lifestyle, saidIra.

Augusto Monteil,Ambassador of Venezuelatalked about how the rights ofthe people with special needsare enshrined in his country'sConstitution while HimadrishSuwan, chairman ofConfideration of YoungLeaders stressed on buildingaccessible society for all.

Mani (43) summed up say-ing that the community is notlooking for any help. "What we

want is support", he said,adding: "It is important toaccept as we are and steps aretaken to bring the persons withCP in mainstream and makethem independent. People yetnot have been able to under-stand the CP. Awareness andacceptance is required at everystage and level."

Nearly 15-20% of physi-cally disabled children areaffected by cerebral palsy,whereas in India, the estimat-ed incidence is around 3/1000live births.

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The Government has madeAadhaar number manda-

tory for the patients in casethey seek benefits second timeunder the recently-launchedAyushman Bharat — PradhanMantri Jan Arogya Yojana(AB-PMJAY).

In case the Aadhaar num-ber is not available, beneficia-ries have to at least providedocuments to prove that theyhave enrolled for the 12-digitunique identity number,according to a senior official inthe Union Health Ministry.

The move follows

Supreme Court order declar-ing the Aadhaar scheme asconstitutionally valid.

The officer said that as theSupreme Court order is stillbeing assessed, right now wehave decided that one shouldhave Aadhaar number or at

least documents to prove thatone has enrolled for the 12-digit unique identity numberto seek treatment under thescheme for the second time.

"To avail benefits for thefirst time, one can either showan Aadhaar or any other iden-tity document like electioncard etc," the official added.

The Ayushman Bharat-National Health ProtectionMission (AB-NHPM), whichwas renamed as AB-PMJAY,was launched pan-India by thePrime Minister fromJharkhand on September 23.

Under the scheme, theGovernment aims at providing

a coverage of �5 lakh perfamily annually, benefitingmore than 10.74 crore poorfamilies for secondary andtertiary care hospitalisationthrough a network ofEmpanelled Health CareProviders (EHCP).

The PMJAY will providecashless and paperless accessto services for the beneficiaryat the point of service.

Over 14,000 hospitals bothpublic and private, have beenempanelled for the scheme,and as many as 32 States andunion territories have signedMoUs with the Centre and willimplement the programme.

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The Centre has decided togive a special treatment

and high comfort level toPravasi Bharatiya who intendsto visit to the Kumbh Mela inAllahabad early next year. TheGovernment has instructedrailways to activate its vastresources and scale up deploy-ment of such trains to carry upto 5,000 delegates who will bein Prayagraj in Allahabad.

In this regard the IndianRailways has firmed up plansto run special 'Pravasi Bharti'trains between Allahabad andDelhi to ferry delegates of thePravasi Bharatiya Divas.

Railway officials said thenational transporter will con-vert all third AC coaches of thespecial trains to second ACcoaches for providing morecomfort to delegates. The 15th

Pravasi Bhartiya Divas will beheld in Prime MinisterNarendra Modi's constituencyVaranasi from January 21 to 23.

The Indian diasporaattending the event will get anopportunity to participate inthe 'Kumbh Snan', prepara-tions for which have beenmade at the sangam for the del-egates. Those interested in par-ticipating in the holy bath haveto register on the PravasiBhartiya Divas website tillNovember 15.

While the Kumbh will betaking place from January 14 toMarch 4, 2019, in Allahabad inwhich railways will be ferryinglakhs of devotees from acrossthe country for their holy dips,the date for the delegates to visitthe Kumbh will be January 24.

The Indian railways offi-cials are however apprehensiveabout the journey as heavy fog

during peak winters is likely todelay trains on the route. Theshortest distance between thetwo cities is approximately 630km and minimum time a traintakes to reach Allahabad fromNew Delhi is 6h 44m.

Keeping in view the largenumber of pilgrims who willtravel to Allahabad at thattime, railways will also increasethe frequency of trains betweenthe two cities. The delegateswill be accommodated atPrayagraj and railways' cateringarm, IRCTC will provide com-plementary dinner and break-fast to them.

A meeting for a review ofplans for the PravasiyaBharatiya Divas delegates hasbeen scheduled by the MEA onMonday, which will be attend-ed by representatives of allministries associated with theevent including the railways.

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In order to meet the require-ment of 100 per cent EVM-

VVPATs across approximately10.6 lakh polling stations forthe upcoming Lok SabhaElection in 2019, the ElectionCommission is making manda-tory first level checks and train-ing to district officers for theproper conduct of elections andto bring transparency.

Around 22.3 lakh BallotUnits, 16.3 lakh Control Unitsand nearly 17.3 lakh VVPATs

will be used for the forthcom-ing elections in 2019, which arebeing manufactured by thetwo PSUs — ElectronicsCorporation of India Limited(ECIL) and Bharat ElectronicsLimited (BEL).

The commission said thatEVM management Softwarewill be pilot tested in the forth-coming Assembly elections inselect Districts namely Ajmer,Indore, Durg, Aizawl andMehboobnagar.

According to EC, the EVMVVPAT inventory is securely

managed through a robusttracking system to track alloperations on machine move-ment, First Level Checks, ran-domisation, poll day defects.

Use of EVMs ended thedays of booth capturing and thedelays and errors in counting ofballot papers. Even during theuse of ballot paper, large num-ber of votes in each Assemblyconstituency ended up beinginvalid. The specially designedthermal paper to be used in theVVPAT is capable of retainingthe printout for more than

five years so that the printoutis available for manual verifi-cation by the Court,if requiredin need of a dispute for crosschecking the counting of votescast.

"This time, to bring moretransparency in elections, EChas decided to use VVPATswhich allows the voters to ver-ify that their votes are cast asintended, as the VVPAT slipswill be visible to the voter forseven seconds behind thetransparent screen of VVPAT,before falling into the sealed

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Even after the Governmentof India started deporting

Rohingyas, illegal immigrantsfrom Myanmar, to their nativecountry, a large number ofthem staying in Jammu con-tinue to live 'safely' all alongthe periphery of Sunjwanarmy station and other vitalsecurity installations in dif-ferent parts of Jammu.

According to the stateHome department recordsmade available in the stateassembly during the Budgetsession this year, "a totalnumber of 6,523 Rohingyaswere camping across 39 loca-tions in five districts of the State".

In contrast to this varioussocio-politico organsationsallege their actual numberscould be much more thanrecorded in the record booksof the State Home Department.

According to the officialsources in the State HomeDepartment, the State PoliceDepartment is yet to preparean upgraded list of Rohingyas.

Even repeated remindersby the Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh, directing the

State Government to collecttheir bio metrics, has failed toalert them.

According to officialsources, "the majority popu-lation of these Rohingyas iscircling around Sunjwan armycamp, attacked by Pakistanbased 'fidayeen' squad onFebruary 10, 2018".

Preliminary investigationsconducted in the case hadclearly suggested role of someover ground workers,possiblysupported by Rohingyas,behind sheltering heavilyarmed terrorists before the attack was launched fromthe rear side of the army camp.

Despite lot of hue and cryand fresh security assessmentthese illegal immigrants con-tinue to occupy prime landalong the boundary wall ofarmy camp posing a seriousthreat to the security of thevital army installation.

Till date no action hasbeen taken by any other StateGovernment agency to relo-cate them to any other loca-tion to ensure safety of strate-gically important defenceinstallation.

Ironically, when DefenceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanhad visited the encounter site

it was brought in to her noticethat rampant constructionactivity was going on in andaround Sunjwan military station.

She was also informedthat illegal immigrants, settledin the close vicinity, continueto pose a threat as they arevulnerable to black mail byover ground workers of terroroutfits establishing theirsleeper cel ls in and around Jammu.

In the last eight monthseven the senior army author-ities have failed to convincethe State Government to atleast relocate these illegalimmigrants from the closevicinity of strategically impor-tant defence installations.

The issue of resettlementof illegal immigrants hasalready become bone of con-tention between the differentpolitical parties of the State.

On one hand the main-stream political parties fromKashmir valley adopt softapproach towards their con-tinuation within the statewhile Jammu based politicalparties and their leaders havebeen spearheading a cam-paign to relocate them at theearliest outside the State border.

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The by-election in three LokSabha and two Assembly

constituencies in Karnataka isan acid test for the coalitionGovernment of the Congressand the JD(S) led by ChiefMinister HD Kumaraswamy.

The byelection announcedby the Election Commissionto be held on November 3 isseen as an indication of polit-ical wind ahead of the 2019general elections. So much sothe fragile coalition is testingthe waters.

Even though all the polit-ical parties are questioning thewisdom in declaring byelec-tions in three Lok Sabha con-stituencies just a few monthsahead of general elections in2019, it is obvious it is going tohave an impact on the politi-cal situation in the State.

Kumaraswamy (JD-S)who took the mantle with justover 30 seats with the help ofCongress with 77 seats defeat-ing the BJP with 104 seats inthe 2018 Assembly polls has toprove his political acumen tokeep his relationship with theCongress, a house terriblydivided over the decision ofthe high command to alignwith the JD(S).

Bypoll for Ramanagaraand Jamakhandi assemblyseats and three Lok Sabhaseats of Ballari, Mandya andShivamogga will be held onNovember 3. Shivamogga LokSabha seat had fallen vacantdue to the resignation of BJPleader, Yeddyurappa,Sriramulu(BJP) had resignedhis Ballari seat, while Mandyaseat had been vacated byJD(S) leader, CS Puttaraju,af ter gett ing elected to the assembly.

The bypoll to assemblyseats of Jamakhandi andRamanagara is necessitateddue to the death ofJamakhandi MLA, SidduNyam Gowda, and retention

of Channapatna seat by chiefminister, H D Kumaraswamy,who had registered victoriesfrom two seats.

Karnataka PradeshCongress Committee (KPCC)President, Dinesh Gundu Raofelt there was no need to holdby elections for vacant LokSabha seats. Speaking at a pressconference he said that electionfor Lok Sabha seats could havebeen held during the generalelection itself. However he saidthe issue of having pact withJD(S) for this election has notyet been discussed.

Senior BJP leader and for-mer Minister S Sureshkumar ina face book post questioned theneed for the by elections aheadof 2019 polls within three orfour months.

After the breakup of BSPfrom the Mahaghatbhandhansenior Congress leader andDalit leader from KarnatakaMallikharjuna Kharge calledfor "like-minded parties" tocome together to defeat the rul-ing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)Government in the impendingelections.

It was just three monthsback at the swearing in cere-mony of Kumaraswamy manynetas showed unity by holdinghands which include Mayawatiof BSP and others.

But it is politically intrigu-ing that whether Devegowdawill have a pre poll alliance withthe Congress or wil he goalone. However many Congressleaders within the party are nothappy to go with the JDs whichis always seen as anti-Congressparty.

Meanwhile SeniorCongress leader and LocalBodies Minister in theKarnataka Government,Ramesh Jarkiholi, who hasshown the red flag against theleadership has drawn flak forskipping five Cabinet meetingsin a row despite holding a keyportfolio.

The Minister has offered astartling reason for his absence:"I will not attend the meetingstill God answers my prayers."According to reports, Jarkiholi,along with his younger broth-er and MLA Satish Jarkiholi,are upset with the Congress'high command.

According to BJP insidersYeddyurappa is planning tofield his son BY Raghavendrafrom Shivamogga parliamen-tary seat.

Raghavendra had vacatedthe Shikaripura seat for hisfather in 2018 assembly polls.Congress is expected to filedformer minister KagoduThimmappa or KimmaneRathnakara.

In Mandya, JD(S) is con-sidering IRS officer LakshmiAshwin Gowda orKumaraswamy’s son NikhilGowda.

The by-elections havebecome family affair and it setthe direction and mood of thepeople for the 2019 generalpolls. The elected candidateswill have only three to fourmonths and parties are ques-tioning the need for the byelections.

According to ChiefElectoral Officer (CEO) SanjivKumar With the announce-ment of by-elections in threeparliamentary and twoAssembly constituencies, themodel code of conduct hascome into force with immedi-ate effect.

He said Measures are beingput in place to ensure it is notviolated by political parties,candidates, bureaucrats andthe media.

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Thiruvananthapuram: Therepresentatives of Sabarimalatemple's 'tantri' (chief priest) willnot attend a conciliation meet-ing called by Kerala ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan to dis-cuss the September 28 SupremeCourt verdict that threw openthe temple to women of allages,it was announced on Sunday.

"Let us hear the final deci-sion of the State Governmentwith regard to the filing of areview petition against theapex court's verdict. Once thatis known, then we will decideon what needs to be done. Todeploy female police personnelin the temple premises is a vio-lation of the temple practices,"Sabarimala priest KantararuMohanaru told the media.

The meeting is scheduledto be held on Monday.

Following the verdict,Vijayan had categorically saidthat no review petition wouldbe filed and the StateGovernment will do all thethings needed to implement it.

Things went out of controlafter the State Governmentand the Travancore DevasomBoard (TDB), who is the cus-todian of the temple, decidednot to file the petition leadingto hundreds of devotees takingto the streets in protest.

A. Padmakumar, a seniorCommunist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) leader andTDB President, said the Boardwas initially keen to file thereview petition, but after being

openly chided by Vijayan, theydecided not to.

Rahul Eashwar, anothermember of the tantri family,said that they have nothingagainst the VijayanGovernment but their prioritywas the emotional attachmentof the devotees. "The key stake-holders of the temple are theState Government and the TDBand if they do not file a reviewpetition, then there will be nolocus standi to other reviewpetitions. The need of the houris that these two parties shoulddo the needful," said Eashwar.

The decision to boycottMonday's meeting was takenafter detailed consultations withthe powerful Nair Service Societythe socio-cultural body of theHindu Nair community.

The Pathanamthitta district(where the temple is located), isobserving a shutdown on Sundayto protest the use of police forceagainst the youth wing of the BJPwhile they staged a demonstra-tion on Saturday.

On September 28, in a 4:1judgment, the apex court saidthe ban on women in themenstruating age group,whose presence in the LordAyyappa temple was consid-ered to be "impure", violatedtheir fundamental rights andconstitutional guarantee ofequality.

Until now, girls below 10years and women over 50years were allowed to visit thehilltop shrine. IANS

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here to retrieve and safeguardforest land from land grabbersin Jammu region, an officialspokesman said on Sunday.

Divisional Commissioner,Jammu, Sanjeev Vermadirected the constitution ofthe special cell.

Members of the cellinclude Jammu divisional for-est officer, assistantCommissioner (revenue), sub-divisional magistrate (south),joint director forest protectionforce, sub-divisional police offi-cer and Jammu DevelopmentAuthority (JDA) officials.

The decision to set up thecell was taken at a high-levelinter-departmental coordina-tion meeting of revenue, police,JDA and forest officials, chairedby Principal ChiefConservator Forests (PCCF)Suresh Chugh here onSaturday.

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The Mumbai Congress onSunday launched a 'hoard-

ing war' blaming the BharatiyaJanata Party Government forthe ongoing stock market crisesin the wake of the IL&FS devel-opments.

More than 250 hoardingscame up all over the country'sfinancial capital, highlightingthe bloodbath witnessed in thepast few days in the crashingstock markets with Sensex andNifty indices plunging, whichresulted in losses of lakhs ofcrores of rupees for investorsand traders.

"There's a complete chaosin the Indian stock markets...Within barely a fortnight, theSensex crashed by over 3,000points and Nifty by 1,600points. This has resulted in awipeout of �15 lakh crore ofinvestors' monies," said

Mumbai Congress PresidentSanjay Nirupam.

Added to this is the depre-ciation of the Rupee vis-A-visthe USD, now at over �74, thegalloping fuel prices, besidesother financial misgovernanceof Prime Minister NarendraModi's rule that has destroyedlakhs of small investors, he said.

"For this entire financialand economic crises whichhave resulted in the com-moners losing their savings,Modi must apologise to thenation. We have also demand-ed a White Paper on theIL&FS crises, but the govern-ment has not reacted,"Nirupam said.

The hoardings have comeup at prominent public places,railway stations, the twonational highways slicingthrough the city, major land-marks, railway stations andother important junctions.

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Atribal insurgent was shotdead by people suspected

to be of a rival group, policesources said on Sunday.

The victim was identifiedas S Paomei of Thangla village.He was accosted and gunneddown near the Keithelmanbipolice station.

He was a 'captain' of theoutlawed Zeliangrong UnitedFront.

Police sources said that anoutlawed tribal outfit, which isat loggerheads with the ZUF, issuspected to be behind thekilling.

No arrests have beenmade so far.

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Vadodara: Gujarat ChiefSecretary JN Singh and otherofficials on Sunday visited thesite of the Sardar Patel memo-rial in Narmada district, about90 kilometres from here, to takestock of the work.

The 182-metre tall Statueof Unity, located about 3.32kilometres from the SardarSarovar Dam at Kevadiya, isscheduled to be inaugurated onOctober 31 by Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

"We visited the site to takestock of the project and ensureits timely completion. It will beready for inauguration onOctober 31. It will emerge as aworld class tourist destina-tion," Singh said.

The memorial is beingbuilt at an estimated cost of�3,000 crore under the PublicPrivate Partnership model byconstruction firm Larsen andToubro and the state-runSardar Sarovar NarmadaNigam Ltd (SSNNL).

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The long-drawn Maoistinsurgency in the country

will be "completely erased" intwo to three years, UnionHome Minister Rajnath Singhdeclared here on Sunday.

Addressing the 26thanniversary of the RapidAction Force (RAF), a spe-cialised wing of the CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF),the Minister said the situationhad changed and the Maoistswere now confined to only 10or 12 districts.

"We will get news within 2-3 years that Maoism has beencompletely erased," said Singh,who represents Lucknow in theLok Sabha.

Praising the CRPF's role inMaoist affected areas, Singhsaid the 3.5 lakh-strong forcehad neutralized 131 Maoiststhis year between January andSeptember 20 and caughtanother 1,278.

"A total of 58 Maoists hadto surrender before the CRPF.The force also recovered ahuge cache of arms and ammu-nition this year besides �1.29crore in cash."

In the process, the killingof security personnel in Maoisthubs had drastically fallen.

A Maoist insurgency rag-ing in parts of India since1967 has claimed thousands oflives. Maoists are now knownto be most active inChhattisgarh, Madhya Pradeshand Jharkhand.

Jammu & Kashmir, heasserted, would always be withIndia.

"Kashmir is ours, it wasours and it will be ours. Nopower of the world can snatchit from us," he said.

Reminding that RAF dealswith riots, major law and orderissues as well as relief and res-cue operations, Singh said"rapid action" did not mean"reckless action".

"The force should under-stand how to behave, howmuch pressure it should createand when this should be cre-ated."

The Minister said the secu-rity forces were "civilized" andnot "brutal".

The RAF has been "usingminimum force and producingmaximum result".

Singh lauded the CRPF'sattempt in maintaining a bal-ance while dealing withKashmir. "If some Kashmiriyouths do things they shouldnot because they are instigatedby some people, you handlethem properly as you feel thatthey belong to our country.

"But if any person indulgesin terrorist activity, no power inthe world can stop you fromneutralizing that person."

The Minister said militantincidents had decreased inJammu and Kashmir and thatsecurity forces had been givinga befitting reply to the terrorists.

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Thiruvananthapuram: Heavyrain has been forecast in Kerala,under the influence of a depres-sion over Arabian sea which islikely to intensify into a deepdepression and further into acyclonic storm over the nexttwo days.

The depression over south-east and adjoining east-centralArabian Sea moved further west-north westward and lay centredSunday about 1,340 km east-southeast of Salalah (Oman),1,250 km east-south east ofSocotra Islands (Yemen) and 940km west-northwest of Minicoy(Lakshadweep Islands), a releasefrom IMD office here said.

It is very likely to intensi-fy further into a deep depres-sion during next 12 hours andinto a cyclonic storm duringsubsequent 24 hours, therelease said.

The system was expectedto move west-north westwards

towards South Oman andadjoining Yemen coast in nextfive days. Rainfall at mostplaces with heavy spells at iso-lated areas is very likely tooccur in Kerala during next 48hours, the release added.

Squally wind speed reach-ing 40-50 kmph gusting to 60kmph is very likely overLakshadweep and southeastArabian Sea during next 24hours and over eastcentralArabian Sea during next 48hours, the release added.

The Kerala governmenthas stepped up its vigil in viewof the possibility of heavy rains.

Kerala had been devastatedby floods in August this yearleaving a trail of unprecedenteddestruction and had forced peo-ple to take refuge in relief camps.The South-west monsoon hadclaimed 493 lives in the floods,the worst in the last 100 years.

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Around 35 exotic birds andanimals smuggled into India

from Bangkok via Myanmarwere seized by DRI personnel atthe city's international airportand two persons were arrested,an official said on Sunday.

The Directorate of RevenueIntelligence (DRI) officialsintercepted the consignmentvalued around �85.55 lakh onSaturday and handed over theseized animals and birds to theKolkata Zoo authorities forsafe custody.

"The cargo was booked inthe name of Domnic JacobSequeira of Pune, who alongwith an accomplice was foundwaiting to receive the con-signment. Both were arrestedwhen they were trying to loadthe five cages containing thebirds and animals in a vehicle,"a DRI official said.

The official said that DRI'sAizawl zonal unit had identi-fied one Lalfingkima Sailo forinvolvement in the smuggling

of the birds and animalsthrough the India-Myanmarborder at Zokhtawar inMizoram. A follow-up actionwas underway in Pune.

These are four whitecockatoos, one yellow-tailedblack cockatoo, five Eclectusparrots, 12 grey parrots, oneblue yellow macaw, one silvermacaw, one knobbed hornbill,two birds-of-paradise, fourcassowary chicks, two blackand white ruffed lemurs, onebaby marmoset and oneBengal cat.

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Amajority of BengalPradesh Congress leaders

are against party presidentRahul Gandhi and SoniaGandhi joining the unitedOpposition rally called byMamata Banerjee.

Though no PCC leaderwould go on record saying,“any decision would be takenby the high command” andthat “the State unit has alwaysfollowed the top leadership’sdecisions,” inside sources saidthat some senior State leadershave virtually extracted wordsfrom national leader RanjitSurjewala that Akbar Roadwill not circumvent the PCC intaking any decision regardingMamata Banerjee.

“We have not only been dec-imated by the TrinamoolCongress in Bengal — not bypolitical means but brute forceand money power — but also weare being subjected to humilia-tion every day. How can we takethis?” asked a senior PCC leaderand an office-bearer adding, “ifwe continue to capitulate beforeTMC like this then soon therewill be no Congress person leftin Bengal.”

Sources said though thehigh command does not wantto ignore Banerjee at a timewhen both Mayawati andAkhilesh Yadav have decidedto contest the coming

Assembly elections inRajasthan, MP andChhattisgarh without holdingthe ‘hand’ they are also notunaware of the fomentinganger among the grassrootsworkers in Bengal Congress.

“Workers of almost theentire Nadia district haveswitched sides to the BJP.Similar is the condition inBirbhum, East Midnaporeand other places. If we have tosave the Congress from fur-ther decay we will have to takeinto account the sentiments ofthe grassroots workers,” saida PCC leader and a former Minister.

The Bengal Chief Ministerhas called a rally of all the anti-BJP parties at Kolkata’s historicBrigade Parade Ground.Among the key political fig-ures invitees (including likelyinvitees) in the January 19 rallyare National Conference lead-ers Farooq Adullah, his sonOmar Abdullah, Gujarat lead-ers Jignesh Mewani andHardik Patel, Andhra PradeshChief Minister ChandrababuNaidu, his Delhi counterpartArvind Kejriwal andTelengana Chief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao.

The Trinamool Congresschief has also said that shewill invite her Kerala coun-terpart and CPI(M) leaderPinarai Vijayan and CPI’s DRaja. “We have invited all

non-BJP parties. We havealso managed to secure per-mission for the BrigadeParade grounds. Some of theleaders have confirmed theirparticipation too,” the ChiefMinister recently said.

At a time when theMayawati and Akhilesh Yadavare raising doubts over theCongress’ true intention toshare power and uphold a truenational alliance based on equi-ty and equality Banerjee’s biggestweapon could be a rally and aphoto op for the anti-BJP oppo-sition leaders that could in thefinal run catapult her to the cen-tre stage, experts feel.

According to sources theChief Minister is also planningto invite Mayawati andAkihilesh Yadav to her rally,insiders said.

On whether the Congresswants Banerjee to leave someseats (at least four seats) forthe party’s top leadership tojoin the January rally, a PCCleader who nourishes softerview on Banerjee said “we donot want to break a move tounite the opposition partiesbut that should not be done byhumiliating the others. TheChief Minister has alreadysaid that the TMC will contestall the seats in Bengal alone.If that be so then how can sheexpect the parties like theCongress and even the Left toattend her rally.”

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The Nana Patekar-TanushreeDutta spat reached a flash

point on Sunday with theactress formally lodging a com-plaint against the senior actorfor allegedly subjecting her tosexual harassment during afilm shoot eight years ago andPatekar indicating his plans toaddress a news conference onMonday to rebut the seriouscharges against him.

Hours after the Patekar’sreturn from Jaipur in Rajasthanwhere he was shooting for hisupcoming film 'Housefull 4',Tanushree took the battle to theenemy’s camp by lodging thecomplaint against the seniormale actor who she alleged“was grabbing me by the armsand pushing me...when he wastouching indecently...I felt veryuncomfortable because of hisbehaviour...I felt he has out-raged my modesty.”

Patekar found himself onthe defensive, when the mediapersons buttonholed for hiscomment on the raging con-troversy on his arrival in thecity from Jaipur on Saturday."Jo jhooth hai, woh jhooth hai(A lie is a lie)....Dus saal pehleiska jawaab de chuka hoon (Ihad said this 10 years ago),"Patekar said, as he boarded hiscar to head to his

Lokhandwada residence.Sources close to Patekar

said on Sunday that he plannedto address a news conference atCelebration Sports Club atLokhandwala Complex innorth Mumbai at 3 pm onMonday to rebut the chargesagainst him and clarify hisstand on the issues raised byTanushree.

Late on Saturday evening,Tanushree lodged a complaintwith the Oshiwara police sta-tion against Patekar under sec-tions 354 (Assault or criminalforce to women with intent tooutrage her modesty), 354-A(Assault or use of criminalforce with intent to disrobe her)and section 509 (word, gestureor act intended to insult themodesty o a woman) of IndianPenal Code.

In her complaint,Tanushreee also named chore-ographer Ganesh Acharya, pro-ducer Samee Siddiqui, directorRakesh Sarang and some MNSworkers who allegedly dam-aged her car and pulled her outof her car.

In her complaint,Tanushree alleged that the inci-dent took place on March 26,2008 during the shooting of asong in the film “Horn OkPleaseee” . The entire was to bepicturised on the actress, whilePatekar had only line in thesong. She said that before theshoot, she had made it clear tothe producer and director thatshe would not enact or perform

any lewd, vulgar or uncom-fortable steps in the particularsong.

“On the 4th day of theshoot, 26th March 2008, whileshooting was going on, NanaPatekar’s behaviour was inap-propriate towards me. He wason the set despite his work inthe song being over and he wasgrabbing me by the arms andpushing me around on thepretext of teaching me how todance. When he was teachingindecently and unnecessarily,then I felt very uncomfortablebecause of his behaviour and Ifelt he has outraged my mod-esty,” Tanushree alleged.

“He told the choreograph-er and other junior artists toback away so that he couldteach me the dance stepsthrough he was not a choreo-grapher and he was notrequired during the choreog-raphy as per my previousrehearsals,” the actress added.

“After the incident, I wasunder tremendous shock, Isuffered psychological trauma,was unable to take up work,suffered huge monetary lossesin crores and therefore I decid-ed to take action through filmindustry by lodging a writtencomplaint with the Cine andTV Artistes Association. TheAssociation decided the matterand passed the order withoutconsidering my complaint forap0logy,” Tanushree stated inher police complaint.

Actress Shilpa Shetty-

undra, who was among the firstof the Bollywood personalitiesto extend support to TanushreeDutta, once again threw herweight behind the latter foropenly sharing her storyagainst the senior actor.

The ‘Hear Me. Love Me.’host said: ” Women should notfeel weak or they shouldn’tblame themselves and rather bestrong today. ..We don’t knowthe nitty-gritties of the incidentbut it has kick-started a move-ment. People have suffered.It’s time women wake up andtake charge. It shouldn’t behashtag MeToo, it should be#YouToo, for the men. It’sshouldn’t be the women, cow-ing down and saying oh#MeToo”.

“In any milieu, actors,entrepreneurs, the workingenvironment should feel safe.That should be a prerequisite.This entire movement whichhas been initiated by TanushreeDutta, my heart goes out to her,as a woman and on a humanlevel because something likethis was brushed under the car-pet,” Shilpa told a news agency.

Earlier, a host of film per-sonalities including TwinkleKhanna, Farhan Akhtar,Priyanka Chopra, SwaraBhasker, Sonam Kapoor,Ayushmann Khurrana andFreida Pinto had openly sup-ported Tanushree in her fightagainst sexual harassment thatshe allegedly suffered at thehands of Patekar.

Meanwhile, beleagueredactor Nana Patekar has foundsupport from an unexpectedquarters. Hundreds of widowsof debt-ridden farmers, whocommitted suicide in recentyears, have rallied behind theactor in his hour of need.

Working under the bannerof the Vidarbha Farm WidowsAssociation, the farmers’ wid-ows staged a demonstration atPandharkavada village inYavatmal district on Saturdaydemanding an end to "the vic-timization of our brother NanaPatekar." The demonstratorsmade bonfire of an effigy andphotographs of Tanushree.

The demonstrators wereled by KBC-fame AparnaMalikar and other prominentactivists Bharati Pawar, AnjuBhusari, Geeta Rathore,Vandara Gavande, ArchanaRaut, Kavita Sidam, RanjanaKhadse, Kamal Surpam, UmaJiddewar, Sheela Mandavgade,Chandrakala Meshram,Poornima Pokulwar, BabitaAgarkar, Jyoti Jiddewar, RamaThamke, Vandana Shende,Ranjana Gurnule and others.

The demonstrators raisedslogans in favour of Patekar,who has been helping the farm-ers’ widows financially througha non-government organisa-tion. They said Dutta is "unnec-essarily defaming Patekar - afather-figure -- who has helpedthe cause of the crisis-hit wid-ows for several years" to helpthem secure justice.

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Ahead of the crucial firstphase of the Urban Local

Bodies (ULB) elections inJammu and Kashmir, theauthorities said elaborate secu-rity and logistic arrangementshave been put in place toensure smooth conduct of thepolls. The elections are beingheld in the backdrop of boycottcalls from separatists groups,militants’ threats and unprece-dented decision of two promi-nent mainstream political par-ties to stay away.

The security forces inten-sified vehicle checking, friskingof pedestrians and area domi-nation in the Srinagar city andother poll-bound urban pock-ets in Kashmir Valley to avertany untoward incident or pos-sible attacks by the militants.Several check points have beenset up to check private andpublic transport vehicles.Sniffer dogs were also seenassisting the checking proce-dures.

The first phase of the pollsis taking place on Monday. Theelections to 2 municipal cor-porations, 3 municipal councilsand 72 municipal committeesin the state shall be covered infour phases from 8 to 16October.

The polling will be held on08, 10, 13 and 16 Octoberrespectively, while as the dateof counting will be October 20.The polling hours will be from7 am to 4 pm and the processof election will complete on 27October.

In the first phase, the pollshave been scheduled to beheld in three wards of SrinagarMunicipal Corporation besides

covering MunicipalCommittees of Kupwara,Handwara, Bandipora andBaramulla in north Kashmir;Municipal Committees ofBudgam, Chadoora and KhanSahib in central Kashmir andKulgam, Devsar, Achabal,Kokernag and Qazigund insouth Kashmir. In addition, thepolls are scheduled forMunicipal Committees ofKargil and Leh in the firstphase.

The government has for-mulated unprecedented secu-rity plan for the smooth con-duct of upcoming Urban LocalBodies (ULB) and Panchayatelections in the state. The plancovers safety and security ofboth contestants and the votersin most sensitive areas inKashmir and elsewhere in theState.

Adequate arrangements forthe security of the candidates,their personal security as wellas the accommodation arrange-ments have been made. Areadomination, checking andoperations have been goingon to ensure general sense ofsecurity. Additional 400 com-panies of central security forceswould be deployed in the stateover and above the securityforces already stationed.

On Saturday, GovernorSatya Pal Malik reviewed thesecurity situation in the stateahead of the first phase of themunicipal elections. The meet-ing was attended by top offi-cials from Army, Police, CRPF,intelligence agencies and civiladministration.

In an unprecedented move,the government employeesdeployed on election dutywould be paid a month’s addi-

tional salary.There are no prominent

faces who are contesting in themunicipal elections thoughseveral women candidatesbelonging to Congress and BJPare in the fray. Most of the can-didates including women inKashmir region are contestingas independents.

The two main regionalpolitical parties NationalConference and PeoplesDemocratic Party have decid-ed to boycott the elections asthey have asked the CentralGovernment to clear its standon the issue of Article 35-A andtake steps for its protection.The Communist Party of India(CPI) also decided against par-ticipating in the polls keepingin view the prevailing situationin the valley.

The State Congress after

deferring the decision forsometime, of late announced itsparticipation in the upcomingPanchayat and Municipal elec-tions. The BJP and otherJammu based smaller partiesare also participating in theupcoming elections.

Pertinently, more than adozen Panchayat Ghars most-ly in south Kashmir regionbesides in central and northKashmir areas have comeunder attack following theannouncement of Panchayatelections. Unknown personshave set ablaze the PanchayatGhars and also attempted to seton fire some more PanchayatGhars in these areas.

On Friday, unidentifiedmilitants shot dead two work-ers of National Conferencewhile another activist was alsoinjured in the attack at their

residence in old Srinagar area.Petrol bomb attacks were alsocarried out by unknown per-sons at the residences of twoindependent candidates forULB elections in the two dif-ferent localities of old Srinagarcity last week.

Separatist grouping, JointResistance Leadership (JRL)comprising Syed Ali Geelani,Mirwaiz Umar Farooq andYasin Malik, has called forelection boycott and shutdownon the first polling day. Themilitant outfit HizbulMujahideen has also threat-ened action against the con-testants and the participants inthe ULB and Panchayat elec-tions. Yasin Malik was detainedand lodged in local jail sever-al days ago while Geelani andMirwaiz are held under house-arrest.

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Amassive cordon andsearch operation (CASO)

was launched by a joint teamof security forces in half adozen vil lages of southKashmir's Shopian districton Sunday. The operationconcluded without any occur-rence of clashes or untowardincident. Sources said thatSindho Shirmal, Balpora,Ganowpora, Barthipor,Wathoo and Chak villages ofthe area were cordoned off.

They said the operationwas launched on the basis ofpresence of armed militants

in the cluster of villages.The high speed mobile

internet services in southKashmir region continuedto remain snapped ahead ofthe upcoming civic polls inthe Valley.

The mobile internet ser-vices were suspended in fourdistr icts of Anantnag,Kulgam, Pulwama andShopian since Saturdayevening.

Only 2 G internet andbroadband services remainedoperational in the regionwith intermittent disruption.

Authorities said the highspeed internet services weresnapped as a precautionarysecurity measure.

The internet suspensioncomes four days after lowspeed internet services wererestored in Shopian andPulwama.

The districts stayed offline to curb circulation of res-ignations posted by SPOsand policemen through socialmedia networking sites fol-lowing the killing of threepolicemen by militants inShopian district last month.

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Around 190 polling stationshave been designated as

hypersensitive in embattledJammu and Kashmir wherepolling would be held in thefirst phase of municipal pollson Monday. Most of them arein Kashmir Valley.

Chief Electoral Officer(CEO) Shaleen Kabra said thatin the first phase of MunicipalPolls-2018 voting will takeplace at 820 polling stationsacross the State.

“In Kashmir Division 138polling stations have been cat-egorized as hypersensitivewhile in Jammu Division 52polling stations have been cat-egorised hypersensitive,” hesaid and added that for thePhase-I, 78 candidates havealready been elected unop-posed.

The CEO said 1204 can-didates are in the fray for 321Municipal Wards in Phase-I,including 83 in Kashmir divi-sion and 238 in Jammu divi-sion.

“The total electorate forPhase-I is 586064,”he saidand added that BasicMinimum Facilities (BMF)have been ensured in all thepolling stations across theState for voting.

He said Photo Voter Slipshave already been distributedamong the voters to informthem of their polling station.

Kabra said senior govern-ment officers have beenappointed as GeneralObservers to oversee thesmooth, fair and orderly con-duct of polls.

“Expenditure Observersare also keeping a watch on theexpenditure by the candi-dates,” he said and added thatfor the poll day MicroObservers have been deployedin polling stations, particular-ly those considered sensitive/hypersensitive.

“Besides, the Zonal andSector Magistrates have beendeployed to ensure smoothconduct of polls as well as mon-itoring the entire process,” CEOsaid and added that the DeputyCommissioners are undertak-ing Videography of all criticalevents related to the pollprocess.

Kabra said Control Roomshave been established in all theMunicipal Bodies across theState to respond promptly toany complaints of violation ofthe Model Code of Conduct(MCC) as also to disseminateinformation to the public.

He said adequate securityarrangements have been madefor smooth conduct of pollingacross the State.

He said the governmenthas also declared holiday onthe day of poll in the munic-ipal areas going to polls so asto enable the voters to casttheir vote.

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The game plan is yet to berevealed by either side but

the leading parties of the twoalliances in Bihar are likely toplay 20:20 in 2019 Lok Sabhaelections.

After the much-publicisedyet unconfirmed reports that inNDA the BJP would contest 20seats and give the remaining 20seats to its allies, reports comefrom maha gathbandhan orgrand alliance side, again uncon-firmed, that the RJD wouldkeep 20 seats and adjust itsalliances in the remaining 20seats.

The 20:20 formula has putthe allies of the two alliances inan uncomfortable position butthey are avoiding making anypublic reaction on the plea thatthey were still not informedabout such formula. “No for-mal talk has yet been held onthis matter,” said leader of anNDA ally who insisted thatwhatever be the seat sharingformula it should be discussedand finalised.

The RJD of Lalu Prasad,which claims to lead the maha

gathbandhan, has reportedlysounded that it would field itscandidates from 20 Lok Sabhaseats which meant that it wouldspare 20 seats to other ninepartners including Congressand possibly RLSP of UpendraKushwaha. If RLSP remainswith NDA, the seats would bedistributed among eight allies.

Apart from RJD, the alliesof maha gathbandhan includ-ed Congress, Lok TantrikJanata Dal of Sharad Yadav,Hindustani Awam Morcha(HAM) of Jitan Ram Manjhi,CPI, CPM, CPI(ML),Samajwadi Party and BSP.While one seat could be sparedfor Katihar MP Tariq Anwarwho recently resigned from theNCP, the RJD is waiting forRLSP. The Left parties, partic-ularly CPI(ML), and BSP areunlikely to accept this formu-la. Congress and HAM, whichare supposed to get eight andone seat respectively under theformula, would also not be sat-isfied as they expect more.

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad,currently in a hospital inRanchi in judicial custody, hasreportedly sent a message

through Tejahswi Prasad Yadav,who went to meet him lastweek, that the parties shouldnot insist on more seats with-out any logic and only thewinnable candidates be posi-tioned.

In 2014, the RJD won four,Congress two and NCP onewhile JD(U), which was not anally of any alliance, won twoseats. The BJP had won 22, LJPsix and RLSP three seats.

Earlier, filtered reportscoming from the NDA sidesuggested that the BJP hasalmost finalised the seat shar-ing but was restrained to makeit public in view of the resis-tance from the RLSP whichrejected offer to only two seatsto it. LJP of Ram Vilas Paswanwas also unhappy over pro-posed four seats. Bihar LJPchief and a Minister in Nitishcabinet Pashupati Kumar Parassaid in clear cut terms that hisparty would not accept lessthan six. “BJP being big broth-er should show big heart,” hesaid. As RJD is waiting forKushwaha with open arms,party has also sent out a signal,“Come early and get benefit.”

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Lucknow: Jammu & Kashmiris a part of India and it willremain so and "no power inthe world can snatch it fromus", Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh said onSunday.

"Kashmir is ours, it wasours and it will be ours. Nopower of the world can snatchit from us," the Minister saidon the occasion of 26thanniversary of the RapidAction Force (RAF), a spe-cialised wing of the CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF).

The RAF deals with riots,major law and order issues aswell as relief and rescue oper-ations. Singh also lauded the theCRPF's attempt in maintaininga balance while dealing withKashmiri people and terrorists.

"If some Kashmiri youths dothings they should not becausethey are instigated by some

people, you handle them prop-erly as you feel that they belongto our country. "But if any per-son indulges in any terroristactivity, no power in the worldcan stop you from neutralizingthat person," he added.

The Minister said militantincidents had decreased inJammu and Kashmir and thatsecurity forces had been givinga befitting reply to the terrorists.

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Srinagar: Ahead of the munic-ipal polls in the Kashmir Valley,authorities placed senior sepa-ratist leader Mirwaiz UmerFarooq under house arrest hereon Sunday.

Police said the decisionwas taken as a preventive mea-sure to maintain law and order.

Commenting on his arrestahead of the municipal pollsscheduled on Monday, MirwaizUmer said on his Twitter page:"Under House Arrest! Peculiardemocratic process... hugedeployment of forces, PSAs,incarceration, house arrests,raids, curbs, Internet bans gath-er momentum! Not to mentionthe unknown contestants andamused public! What mockeryof democracy at display!" Themunicipal elections will be heldin four phases in Jammu andKashmir. IANS

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dus

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e be

st o

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a-tio

ns. P

akist

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philo

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n th

e ver

yna

ture

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thin

gs M

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s m

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para

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atio

ns, t

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nevi

tabl

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ult

mus

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low

that

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n M

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e al

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ext r

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e A

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reaf

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tives

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follo

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m A

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cons

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pres

sed

for

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e ho

ly la

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cife

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ly a

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r of t

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amm

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ent l

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r, sin

gle-

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fted

the

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stan

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olut

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of M

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23,

1940

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1931

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he h

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t of t

heM

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gue,

and

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193

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194

1 he

sat

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e of

the

Fede

ral C

ourt

of I

ndia

(the

apex

cour

t in

New

Del

hi).

Sir

Zafa

rulla

h w

as a

ppoi

nted

the

Fore

ign

Min

ister

of P

akist

an. H

e al

so re

pre-

sent

ed th

e cou

ntry

at th

e Uni

ted

Nat

ions

. Thi

sge

ntle

man

is o

nly

one e

xam

ple b

ut an

y nu

m-

ber o

f his

sect

iden

tifie

d th

emse

lves

in th

e ser

-vi

ce o

f the

ir ne

w h

oly

land

. Yet

, in

1952

, vir-

ulen

t ri

ots

wer

e ig

nite

d ag

ains

t th

eA

hmad

iyya

s an

d Si

r Za

faru

llah’s

hou

se w

asse

t on

fire a

t Lah

ore.

He s

oon

trans

ferr

ed h

im-

self

out a

nd jo

ined

the I

nter

natio

nal C

ourt

of

Just

ice

at T

he H

ague

. In

the

wak

e of

ano

th-

er ag

itatio

n in

197

7 w

hen

Zulfi

kar A

li Bh

utto

was

the P

rime M

inist

er, t

he A

hmad

iyya

s wer

ede

clar

ed n

on-M

uslim

s. So

on af

ter,

Pres

iden

t

Zia-

ul-H

aq h

ad th

e Con

stitu

tion

amen

ded

tofo

rmal

ise th

e Bhu

tto d

ecla

ratio

n. T

his p

artic

-ul

ar a

men

dmen

t rea

d, n

on-M

uslim

mea

ns a

pers

on w

ho is

not

a M

uslim

and

incl

udes

ape

rson

bel

ongi

ng t

o th

e C

hrist

ian,

Hin

du,

Sikh

, Bud

dhist

or P

arsi

com

mun

ity, a

per

son

of th

e Qad

iani

gro

up o

r the

Lah

ori s

ect,

or a

Bahá

'í, a

nd a

per

son

belo

ngin

g to

any

of t

hesc

hedu

led ca

stes.

Afte

r the

Ahm

adis

were

offi

-ci

ally

dec

lare

d no

n-M

uslim

in 1

947,

a n

ewca

mpa

ign

bega

n to

subj

ect t

he S

hias

to si

m-

ilar p

resc

riptio

ns.

On

Augu

st 1

1, 1

947,

Qua

id-e

-Aza

m M

AJin

nah

gave

his

pres

iden

tial a

ddre

ss t

o th

eC

onst

ituen

t A

ssem

bly

of P

akis

tan.

He

obse

rved

: “Yo

u ar

e fre

e to

go to

your

tem

ples

,yo

u ar

e fr

ee to

go

to y

our m

osqu

es o

r to

any

othe

r pl

aces

of

wor

ship

. In

thi

s st

ate

ofPa

kist

an, y

ou m

ay b

elon

g to

any

relig

ion

orca

ste o

r cre

ed th

at h

as n

othi

ng to

do

with

the

busin

ess o

f the

stat

e. N

ow, I

thin

k w

e sho

uld

keep

that

in fr

ont o

f us a

s our

idea

l and

you

will

find

that

in co

urse

of t

ime,

Hin

dus w

ould

ceas

e to

be

Hin

dus

and

Mus

lims

wou

ldce

ase t

o be

Mus

lims,

not i

n th

e reli

giou

s sen

se,

beca

use t

hat i

s the

per

sona

l fai

th o

f eac

h in

di-

vidu

al, b

ut in

the p

oliti

cal s

ense

as ci

tizen

s of

the

stat

e.” T

he st

atem

ent w

as a

n af

firm

atio

nof

wha

t Jin

nah

had

told

a R

eute

rsco

rres

pon-

dent

in 1

946:

The

new

stat

e wou

ld b

e a m

od-

ern

dem

ocra

tic st

ate w

ith so

vere

ignt

y re

stin

gin

the

peop

le a

nd th

e m

embe

rs o

f the

new

natio

n ha

ving

equ

al r

ight

of

citiz

ensh

ipre

gard

less

of t

heir

relig

ion,

cas

te o

r cre

ed.

In t

his

cont

ext,

Fara

hnaz

Isp

ahan

iob

serv

es: “

This

visio

n ou

tline

d by

the f

ound

erre

mai

ns u

nful

fille

d. A

t the

tim

e of

Par

titio

nin

194

7, al

mos

t 23

per c

ent o

f Pak

istan

’s po

p-ul

atio

n, w

hich

the

n in

clud

ed B

angl

ades

h,co

mpr

ised

non-

Mus

lim ci

tizen

s. Th

e pro

por-

tion

of n

on-M

uslim

s ha

s sin

ce f

alle

n to

appr

oxim

atel

y th

ree

per c

ent i

n th

e w

este

rnw

ing.

Fur

ther

mor

e, th

e di

stin

ctio

ns a

mon

gM

uslim

den

omin

atio

ns h

ave

beco

me

far

mor

e acc

entu

ated

ove

r the

year

s. G

roup

s suc

has

the S

hias

, who

acco

unt f

or o

ver 2

0 pe

r cen

tof

the

popu

latio

n, a

re o

ften

targ

eted

by

vio-

lent

extr

emist

s. A

hmad

is, b

arel

y one

per

cent

of th

e po

pula

tion,

hav

e be

en d

ecla

red

non-

Mus

lims b

y a w

rit o

f the

stat

e. M

inor

ities

such

as C

hrist

ians

, Hin

dus a

nd Si

khs h

ave b

een

the

vict

ims o

f bom

b at

tack

s on

thei

r nei

ghbo

ur-

hood

s, so

me o

f the

m h

ave b

een

conv

erte

d to

Isla

m a

gain

st t

heir

will

. Hou

ses

of w

orsh

ipha

ve b

een

atta

cked

and

bom

bed

whi

le fi

lled

with

wor

ship

pers

. Pak

istan

has

des

cend

ed to

its c

urre

nt s

tate

of

relig

ious

int

oler

ance

thro

ugh

a se

ries

of p

oliti

cal

deci

sions

by

Jinna

h’s su

cces

sors

.” (P

uri

fyin

g th

e L

an

d o

f th

eP

ure

: P

ak

ista

n’s

R

elig

iou

s M

ino

riti

es

by

Fa

rah

na

z Is

pa

ha

ni,

publ

ishe

d by

Har

per

Col

lins,

Indi

a, 2

015.

)Th

e de

scen

t be

gan

in 1

949

with

the

Con

stitu

ent A

ssem

bly d

ecla

ring

the o

bjec

tive

of P

akist

an’s

Con

stitu

tion

to b

e th

e cr

eatio

nof

an Is

lam

ic st

ate.

It re

ache

d a n

adir

with

the

‘Isla

misa

tion’

driv

e und

er G

ener

al Z

ia d

urin

gth

e 19

80s.

At

the

time

of P

artit

ion,

Chr

istia

nsth

ough

t tha

t the

div

ision

of I

ndia

had

take

npl

ace o

n th

e bas

is th

at M

uslim

s cou

ld n

ot co

-ex

ist

with

Hin

dus.

Mor

eove

r, C

hris

tians

thou

ght t

hey

wer

ea

hle

kit

ab

(pe

ople

of t

hebo

ok),

and

ther

efor

e, w

ould

not

be

hara

ssed

in P

akist

an. U

nfor

tuna

tely,

with

the

dem

iseof

Jin

nah,

the

so-

calle

d to

lera

nce

for

even

Chr

istia

ns v

anish

ed. G

ener

al Z

ia in

trod

uced

Isla

mic

law

s w

hich

wer

e op

enly

aga

inst

the

min

oriti

es. T

he m

ilita

ry ru

lers o

f Pak

istan

did

noth

ing

to co

ntro

l the

vio

lenc

e of t

he fu

nda-

men

talis

t out

fits.

Sinc

e the

n, C

hrist

ians

hav

ebe

en p

rose

cute

d an

d ki

lled

mai

nly o

n gr

ound

sof

bla

sphe

my.

Salm

an T

asee

r, a M

inist

er in

the

Shar

if G

over

nmen

t in

Punj

ab w

as as

sass

inat

-ed

. His

crim

e, a

ccor

ding

to fu

ndam

enta

lists

,w

as th

at h

e ask

ed fo

r a fa

ir tr

ial o

f Chr

istia

nsch

arge

d w

ith b

lasp

hem

y.H

indu

s and

Sik

hs w

ere t

he fi

rst t

o be

dri-

ven

out o

f Pak

istan

dur

ing

1947

-48.

A v

ery

smal

l pro

porti

on o

f the

m st

ayed

beh

ind.

The

irpo

pula

tion,

acc

ordi

ng to

est

imat

es, i

s abo

ut14

lakh

. A m

ajor

ity o

f the

m ar

e bas

ed in

Sin

d.M

any a

mon

g th

em ar

e agr

icul

tura

l lab

oure

rs.

In th

e las

t 30

year

s, w

omen

from

the c

omm

u-ni

ty h

ave

ofte

n be

en k

idna

pped

, for

ced

toem

brac

e Is

lam

and

mar

ried

off t

o M

uslim

s.

Whe

n pa

rent

s of t

hese

girl

s hav

e tr

ied

to g

etth

e st

ate

thro

ugh

polic

e an

d la

w c

ourt

s to

retu

rn th

eir a

bduc

ted

child

ren,

the r

eply

they

have

got

is th

e w

omen

em

brac

ed Is

lam

vol

-un

tari

ly a

nd m

arrie

d M

uslim

s of

thei

r ow

nvo

litio

n. T

he su

fferin

g of t

he S

hias

shou

ld n

otbe

ove

rlook

ed. T

he n

umbe

r of t

imes

they

hav

ebe

en b

ombe

d w

hile

pra

ying

in th

eir m

osqu

esis

bec

omin

g di

ffic

ult

to k

eep

trac

k of

.Ex

trem

ists

like

the

Wah

abis

have

exp

ress

eda

desir

e to

exp

el th

e Sh

ias f

rom

Isla

m; w

hat

was

ear

lier

done

with

the

Ahm

adiy

yas.

Serio

us in

tra-

Isla

mic

‘cle

ansin

g’ ef

fort

s beg

anat

the t

ime o

f Zia

. The

obv

ious

targ

et o

f bru

-ta

lisat

ion

wer

e th

e Sh

ias.

Sunn

is w

ere

pro-

voke

d to

look

upo

n th

e Sh

ia c

omm

unity

as

‘a w

orm

in th

e Mus

lim ap

ple o

f Pak

istan

’. The

requ

ired

poi

son

was

man

ufac

ture

d in

mad

rasa

hs as

soci

ated

with

the D

eoba

ndi a

ndA

hle-

Had

ith tr

aditi

ons.

As w

ritte

n by

the d

is-tin

guish

ed S

hia s

chol

ar V

ali N

asr i

n hi

s boo

k,T

he

Sh

ia R

eviv

al:

How

Con

flic

ts w

ith

in I

sla

mW

ill

Sh

ap

e th

e F

utu

re: “

The

Paki

stan

ule

ma

bega

n to

sha

re S

audi

Ara

bia’s

per

cept

ion

ofth

e Ira

nian

and

Shia

thre

at.”

The e

xten

t of t

hees

tabl

ishm

ent h

atre

d is

such

as t

hat a

Sun

niM

uslim

terr

orist

gro

up ca

lled

Sipa

h-e-

Saha

baPa

kist

an t

arge

ts a

nd k

ills

only

Shi

as a

nd is

alle

ged

to e

njoy

the

cove

rt p

atro

nage

of t

hest

ate.

Whi

ther

min

oriti

es?

(Th

e w

rite

r is

a w

ell-

know

n c

olu

mn

ist

an

da

n a

uth

or)

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s ref

ers t

o th

e arti

cle, “

Liqu

idfu

nds:

Ladd

erin

g ca

n he

lp” (

Oct

ober

3) b

y H

ima

Bind

u K

ota.

The

Gov

ernm

ent’s

dec

ision

to

mov

e th

eN

atio

nal

Com

pany

Law

Tri

buna

l(N

CLT)

to r

emov

e ex

istin

g bo

ard

ofIn

fras

truc

ture

Lea

sing

& F

inan

cial

Serv

ices

(IL&

FS) a

nd n

omin

ate U

day

Kota

k-le

d bo

ard

to b

ail o

ut th

e de

bt-

ridde

n co

mpa

ny is

wel

com

e. Bu

t thi

s is

just

the

begi

nnin

g, a

sco

mpl

ete

revi

val

will

tak

e a

long

time.

Mai

n di

ffere

nce

betw

een

the

Saty

am a

nd IL

&FS

saga

is th

at w

hile

the

form

er w

as a

cle

ar c

ase

of fr

aud,

the l

atte

r has

mor

e to

do w

ith as

set l

ia-

bilit

y m

ismat

ch a

nd w

rong

gov

er-

nanc

e iss

ues.

Sinc

e IL&

FS h

as a

solid

asse

t bas

e, it

will

com

e han

dy in

gen

-er

atin

g ca

sh o

ut o

f it t

o ba

il ou

t the

com

pany

fro

m t

his

mes

s. Bu

t th

eG

over

nmen

t sho

uld

focu

s on

dev

el-

opin

g a

stro

ng b

ond

mar

ket t

o se

rve

the

need

s. Ba

l Gov

ind

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— T

he S

upre

me

Cou

rt h

as d

one

wel

l by

allo

win

g w

omen

of a

ll ag

es to

ente

r the

Saba

rimal

a tem

ple.

How

ever

,th

e ver

dict

has

eman

ated

hea

ted

argu

-m

ents

bot

h in

fav

our

as w

ell

asag

ains

t the

ver

dict

. Th

ough

the

ten

ets

of r

elig

ious

scri

ptur

es d

id n

ot s

tipul

ate

any

emba

rgo

on w

omen

of a

ny a

ge v

isit-

ing

the S

abar

imal

a te

mpl

e, th

e agi

ta-

tors

wan

ted

the t

empl

e aut

horit

ies t

oco

nfin

e to

the

age

-old

pra

ctic

e an

dde

ny p

erm

issio

n to

wom

en to

ent

erth

e te

mpl

e.

Oth

ers

dem

and

that

wom

ensh

ould

be

allo

wed

to p

ay th

eir o

bei-

sanc

e to

Lord

Ayy

appa

as p

er th

e ver

-di

ct o

f the

apex

cour

t. U

nder

such

cir-

cum

stan

ces,

it is

bette

r to

leav

e th

ede

cisio

n-m

akin

g on

tem

ple

visit

to

wom

en t

hem

selv

es. T

he D

evas

wom

Boar

d an

d th

e G

over

nmen

t sh

ould

mak

e th

e re

quire

d ar

rang

emen

ts t

ose

e tha

t wom

en w

ho d

ecid

e to

visit

the

tem

ple a

re g

iven

adeq

uate

pro

tect

ion

and

secu

rity.

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a W

alta

irC

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— T

his

refe

rs t

o th

e ed

itoria

l,“C

lean

Ind

ia” (

Oco

ber

4). W

hile

it

mus

t be

agr

eed

that

the

Mod

iG

over

nmen

t has

don

e a

stup

endo

us

job

in b

uild

ing

toile

ts, b

ut k

ey is

sues

,lik

e ina

dequ

ate s

uppl

y of

wat

er, m

ak-

ing

peop

le a

ccus

tom

ed to

usin

g to

i-let

s, du

e to

whi

ch th

ey co

ntin

ue to

use

open

spac

es, m

ust b

e ad

dres

sed.

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is al

so a

fact

that

man

ual s

cav-

engi

ng

is

stil

l ve

ry

ram

pant

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chno

logi

cal i

nter

vent

ions

, suc

h as

the u

se o

f rob

ots,

like t

he o

ne d

esig

ned

by a

Kera

la-b

ased

star

t-up

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s to

bere

plic

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. A

diti

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pan

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le i

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ay n

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omen

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r th

e In

dian

econ

omy b

ut th

e deb

t cris

is ha

s cer

-ta

inly

raise

d qu

estio

ns a

bout

how

our s

ocie

ty h

as b

een

mism

anag

ing

its f

inan

ces.

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proj

ecte

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the

med

ia, th

e Gov

ernm

ent h

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read

yac

cept

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omen

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scam

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t th

at p

eopl

e’sde

posit

s in

bank

s and

oth

er fi

nan-

cial i

nstit

utio

ns, li

ke L

ife In

sura

nce

Cor

pora

tion

(LIC

), ev

en in

mut

u-al

fun

ds, a

re a

t ris

k. I

t is

also

aw

onde

r tha

t for

31

year

s, no

body

notic

ed th

at lo

ans

bein

g gr

ante

dto

IL&

FS w

ere o

n a m

ere g

uara

n-te

e on

a pie

ce o

f pap

er w

ithou

t any

secu

rity.

Even

now

, but

for t

he su

dden

seve

re s

tock

mar

ket

cras

h an

dSm

all

Indu

stri

es D

evel

opm

ent

Bank

of I

ndia’

s (SI

DBI

) app

roac

h to

the i

nsol

venc

y cou

rt to

reco

ver d

ues

and

IL&

FS f

iling

of

a pe

titio

nbe

fore

the N

atio

nal C

ompa

ny L

awTr

ibun

al fo

r pro

tect

ion

from

cred

-ito

rs, t

he en

tire e

piso

de co

uld

have

rem

aine

d un

der g

arbs

.N

o w

onde

r, th

e co

mpa

ny w

asdo

wng

rade

d to

a r

atin

g of

D —

deep

in

‘junk

ter

ritor

y’ f

rom

its

defa

ult g

rade

of A

AA

that

indi

cat-

ed h

ighe

r le

vels

of c

redi

t wor

thi-

ness

. The

surp

rise

is: H

ow d

id th

efir

m m

anag

e to

hav

e su

per

AA

Ara

ting

for s

o lo

ng?

Are

the

mon

itorin

g sy

stem

s,in

cludi

ng th

at o

f the

Res

erve

Ban

kof

Indi

a, so

wea

k? O

r is t

here

a de

lib-

erat

e apa

thy a

nd th

e sys

tem

is b

eing

milc

hed

by u

nscr

upul

ous e

lemen

tswh

o are

awar

e of t

he lo

opho

les? T

his

mea

ns th

at o

ur e

xper

ts, li

ke th

eirW

este

rn co

unte

rpar

ts, w

ho al

lowe

dth

e wor

ld to

plun

ge in

to th

e Leh

man

crisi

s, ar

e eq

ually

naïv

e or

are

ver

yne

glige

nt. P

ossib

ly, it

also

mea

ns th

atm

ore d

ifficu

lt sit

uatio

ns m

ay kn

ock

the d

oors

as th

e Sta

te B

ank

of In

dia

(SBI

) and

LIC

are

bein

g to

ld to

fill

the h

ole.

The I

L&FS

is a

stran

ge cr

eatu

re.

It is

dubb

ed as

priv

ate e

ntity

, but

is

fully

dep

ende

nt o

n fin

ance

s fro

mpu

blic

bod

ies,

like

LIC,

Cen

tral

Bank

of I

ndia

and

mut

ual f

unds

,in

cludi

ng th

at o

f SBI

and

pen

sion

fund

s lik

e HD

FC, I

ndia

Disc

over

yFu

nd, J

apan

’s O

rix an

d Ab

u D

habi

Inve

stmen

t Aut

horit

y. To

day,

all o

fth

ese

entit

ies

are

in c

risis.

Thi

sm

eans

tha

t pe

ople’

s ha

rd e

arne

dm

oney

is

bein

g liq

uida

ted

byde

faul

ters

lik

e N

irav

Mod

i an

dVi

jay M

allya

and

the n

atio

n re

main

sa

mut

e spe

ctat

or.

Fund

flow

s fro

m v

ario

us fo

r-ei

gn c

ompa

nies

, too

, may

rem

ain

affe

cted

. Th

e co

untr

y’s f

inan

cem

anag

emen

t sin

ce th

e 19

91 g

lob-

alisa

tion

is in

a m

ess.

The s

ituat

ion

has

aggr

avat

ed a

ll th

e m

ore

than

bein

g res

olve

d. T

his c

alls f

or a

study

as to

why

dur

ing

1947

-199

1, p

ub-

lic fi

nanc

ial i

nstit

utio

ns o

r ba

nks

rare

ly h

ad s

uch

dark

mom

ents,

desp

ite

low

Gro

ss D

omes

tic

Prod

uct g

rowt

h. T

he si

lver

line

was

its h

igh

savi

ngs a

nd in

tern

atio

nal-

ly a

ccla

imed

secu

re sy

stem

.Le

t the

nat

ion

not f

orge

t tha

tth

e co

untr

y is

ind

eed

pass

ing

thro

ugh

a da

rk m

omen

t as a

noth

-er

priv

ate b

ank,

ICIC

I, m

anip

ulat

-ed

by

its C

hief

Exe

cutiv

e O

ffice

r,Ch

anda

Koc

har a

nd h

er fa

mily

, is

faci

ng p

robe

on

acco

unt o

f irr

egu-

larit

ies i

n gr

antin

g lo

ans.

Muc

h of

that

is a

lso n

ot p

ublic

kno

wle

dge.

Mor

e th

an a

Leh

man

, po

ssib

ly,IL

&FS

is a

Saty

am m

omen

t, w

here

acco

unts

wer

e co

vere

d up

, if

not

fudg

ed.

The s

um is

that

ban

ks ar

e hav

-in

g ov

er �

12 la

kh c

rore

non

-per

-fo

rmin

g as

sets

(NPA

s) a

nd a

hig

hpo

rtfo

lio o

f uns

ecur

ed lo

ans,

both

priv

ate a

nd G

over

nmen

t ent

ities

. In

fact

, nom

encla

ture

may

diff

er b

utal

l are

dea

ling

with

the p

oor m

an’s

mon

ey, e

uphe

mist

ical

ly c

alle

d th

em

iddl

e cla

ss —

a gr

oup

that

is ju

stat

the p

over

ty li

ne. A

mist

ake a

ny-

whe

re ca

n le

ad th

em to

an

abys

s.It

also

mea

ns t

hat

acro

ss t

hepo

litic

al s

pect

rum

eith

er n

obod

yun

ders

tand

s the

intr

icac

y of s

ecur

-in

g pub

lic d

epos

its or

they

are a

par

tof

the m

ess.

Else

, ho

w w

ould

a �

91,0

00cr

ore

debt

pile

up

with

IL&

FS in

2017

-18?

The

re is

anot

her f

ive b

il-lio

n do

llar o

f suc

h pi

le u

p w

ith it

s16

9 sub

sidia

ries.

It m

ay b

e the

case

that

thi

s is

not

a sc

am, b

ut h

owco

me t

he m

ost o

f it h

as b

een

lost

inro

ad co

nstru

ctio

n an

d no

t in

a yea

rbu

t alm

ost o

ver t

wo

deca

des?

Lend

ing t

o in

frastr

uctu

re co

m-

pani

es,

in s

hort

the

Nat

iona

lH

ighw

ay A

utho

rity

(NH

AI)

con

-

trac

tors

, w

ere

to b

e re

cove

red

thro

ugh

tolls

. Whe

re h

as t

he to

llco

llect

ion

at su

per h

igh

rate

s gon

e?Th

e N

HA

I in

var

ious

sta

tem

ents

has a

verr

ed th

at n

ot m

ore t

han

one-

third

of t

he co

llect

ions

wer

e bei

ngpa

id to

it. T

his r

aises

a se

rious

que

s-tio

n: W

ho g

obbl

ed u

p th

e to

llm

oney

whi

ch h

as c

ause

d an

all-

roun

d in

flatio

n?Q

uesti

ons a

lso a

rise

as to

why

at al

l peo

ple a

re b

eing f

leece

d at

toll

gate

s de

spite

hig

h pe

trol

cess

of

eigh

t rup

ee p

er li

tre th

at is

bei

ngpa

id b

y ev

en n

on-h

ighw

ay u

sers

?Th

e nat

ion

was g

iven

to u

nder

stand

that

ces

s w

ould

rep

lace

the

tol

ls.Th

is m

eans

mes

s is p

ossib

ly at

ever

yste

p —

from

cess

to to

ll co

llect

ion

to h

igh

cred

it be

ing g

iven

to in

fra-

struc

ture

com

pani

es to

thei

r non

-re

paym

ent.

Indi

a is

livin

g m

omen

ts o

fse

vere

ext

orti

ons

of p

eopl

e’sde

posit

s. Ea

rlier

, it w

as su

ppos

ed to

be r

estr

icte

d to

ban

ks. N

ow, i

t is

even

the

Non

-Ban

king

Fin

anci

alC

ompa

nies

(N

BFC)

, lik

e IL

&FS

,w

hich

hav

e ste

pped

in t

o fil

l the

bank

ing s

ecto

r voi

d. T

hey s

ucce

ed-

ed in

grow

ing f

ast a

nd gr

abbe

d a l

ot

of m

arke

t sha

re.

But n

ow, w

ith IL

&FS

def

ault-

ing,

inve

stors

will

be

relu

ctan

t to

lend

to N

BFCs

. Thi

s will

incr

ease

cost

of b

orro

win

g and

impa

ct th

eir

prof

itabi

lity.

Cor

pora

tes,

too,

will

find

it di

fficu

lt to

raise

mon

ey fr

omN

BFCs

.Th

at th

e ent

ire fi

nanc

ial s

yste

mis

in a

crisi

s is e

vide

nt fr

om th

e way

SBI a

nd o

ther

ban

ks h

alved

the l

ev-

els

of A

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ithdr

awal

s fr

om�4

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0 to �2

0,00

0, p

ost t

he IL

&FS

crisi

s. Th

e ba

nkin

g sy

stem

is h

av-

ing

a sev

ere c

ash

crun

ch. T

he o

nly

hope

is th

at th

ey d

o no

t go

“cas

h-le

ss”

as th

e W

est h

ad s

een

durin

gth

e Leh

man

mom

ent.

The

Gov

ernm

ent

itsel

f ha

shi

nted

at it

. It a

llege

d th

at th

e deb

t-la

den

IL&

FS su

ffere

d du

e to

“mis-

man

agem

ent a

nd m

isgov

erna

nce”.

Nei

ther

a c

hang

e of

gua

rd,

asef

fect

ed b

y th

e G

over

nmen

t, no

ran

y fin

ance

bod

y w

ill s

olve

the

prob

lem

. Re

peat

ed m

isman

age-

men

ts, if

not

sca

ndal

s, po

int t

o a

grim

situ

atio

n.Th

e co

untr

y ha

s no

t le

arnt

.Fo

rmer

US

Pres

iden

t Ba

rack

Oba

ma’s

chi

ef o

f st

aff

Rah

m

Eman

uel h

ad sa

id, “

Nev

er w

aste

acr

isis”.

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IL&

FS h

as e

xpos

edse

vera

l fa

ult

lines

. Th

e 20

08Le

hman

cris

is al

so s

tart

ed w

ithov

er-le

vera

ging

by

shad

ow b

anks

like

NBF

C. T

his e

xpos

es th

e fa

ult

lines

at t

he R

BI, w

here

the

IL&

FSis

regi

stere

d. T

he n

atio

n ha

s to

thin

k tw

ice n

ow b

efor

e tru

sting

the

regu

lato

r.Ra

ting a

genc

ies re

giste

red

with

the S

ecur

ities

and

Exch

ange

Boa

rdof

Ind

ia (

SEBI

) to

o ha

ve f

aile

d.Fe

es to

ratin

g ag

enci

es ar

e pai

d by

the r

ated

. Giv

ing a

gene

rous

ratin

gha

s inc

entiv

es fo

r the

ratin

g co

m-

pani

es.

The

real

ity i

s: Ra

ting

isad

vert

ising

and

peo

ple

need

to

treat

thes

e as s

crap

s. W

as SE

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f it?

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com

pany

audi

tors

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er w

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tent

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erat

ely.

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hey

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at su

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atm

ent,

whi

ch p

rimar

ily c

omes

from

the

ir ho

useh

old

inco

me

or s

avin

gs.

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rdin

g to

a r

epor

t by

the

Nat

iona

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ce (N

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er 8

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e not

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t of t

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he re

port

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six m

illio

n fa

mili

es w

ere

push

ed in

to p

over

ty d

ue to

hig

h ho

spita

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expe

nditu

re. T

he pr

opor

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of p

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n re

port

ing

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pend

iture

incr

ease

d to

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per c

ent i

n 20

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m 6

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r cen

t in

1993

-94.

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tuat

ion

like

thes

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ly a u

nive

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healt

h in

sura

nce p

rogr

amm

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not p

ushe

d in

topo

verty

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strop

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l exp

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s. H

owev

er, I

ndia’

s pub

lic h

ealth

care

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-ge

t rem

aine

d lo

w at

just

1.3

per c

ent o

f the

GD

P, w

hich

is fa

r les

s tha

n th

e glo

bal a

ver-

age o

f six

per

cent

. Also

, Gov

ernm

ent c

on-

tribu

tion

to h

ealth

insu

ranc

e sta

nds a

t abo

ut32

per

cen

t, co

mpa

red

to 8

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r ce

nt in

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velo

ped

natio

n, su

ch as

the U

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is co

ntex

t, th

e new

flag

ship

hea

lthin

itiat

ive,

‘Ayu

shm

an B

hara

t’, an

noun

ced

byth

e Gov

ernm

ent r

ecen

tly h

olds

lot o

f pro

mis-

es a

nd h

as t

wo m

ain

objec

tives

: Firs

t, to

stren

gthe

n pr

imar

y he

althc

are

whi

ch h

asbe

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ckin

g in

the c

ount

ry. S

econ

d, to

offe

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ancia

l pro

tectio

n fro

m ca

tastr

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c exp

en-

ditu

re, o

ften

enco

unter

ed on

ce a

family

mem

-be

r is s

ick an

d ne

eds l

ong-

term

hea

lthca

re.

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rogr

amm

e see

ks to

pro

vide

a co

v-er

age

of fi

ve la

kh ru

pees

per

fam

ily, a

nnu-

ally t

o 10

cror

e fam

ilies

chos

en th

roug

h th

eSo

cio E

cono

mic

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sus,

main

ly ru

ral

poor

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ide

ntifi

ed u

rban

wor

kers

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eex

pend

iture

incu

rred

in p

rem

ium

pay

men

tw

ill b

e sh

ared

by

the

Uni

on a

nd S

tate

Gov

ernm

ents

in th

e rat

io of

60:4

0. T

ill n

ow,

31 S

tate

s and

Uni

on te

rrito

ries (

UTs

) hav

esig

ned

Mem

oran

dum

of

unde

rsta

ndin

gs(M

oUs)

with

the C

entre

for t

he im

plem

en-

tatio

n of

the p

rogr

amm

e.

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ever

, the

mos

t crit

ical i

ssue

for t

hesu

cces

s of t

he pr

ogra

mm

e is i

ts lim

ited

scop

e,un

even

dist

ribut

ion

of m

anpo

wer a

nd la

ckof

infra

struc

ture

to c

ater

to th

e he

alth

ser-

vice

. Aro

und

40 p

er ce

nt o

f the

sanc

tione

dpo

sts a

re ly

ing

vaca

nt in

som

e Sta

tes.

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tof

the

prim

ary

healt

h ca

re c

entre

s and

dis-

trict

hos

pita

ls ar

e fac

ing s

horta

ge of

doc

tors

and

spec

ialis

ts. T

he c

ount

ry h

as s

ever

esh

orta

ge o

f reg

ister

ed m

edic

al p

ract

ition

ers

as p

er t

he W

orld

Hea

lth O

rgan

istai

on(W

HO

) no

rms,

parti

cular

ly i

n ru

ral

and

rem

ote a

reas

, whe

re th

ey re

fuse

to se

rve e

ven

afte

r sev

eral

effo

rts b

y th

e Gov

ernm

ent.

Acco

rdin

g to

a r

ecen

t nat

iona

l hea

lthpr

ofile

201

8, o

ne a

llopa

thic

doct

or i

n a

Gov

ernm

ent h

ospi

tal, o

n an

aver

age,

serv

esa

popu

latio

n of

11,

082,

whi

ch is

10

times

mor

e th

an th

e W

HO

nor

ms o

f one

doc

tor

per 1

,000

pop

ulat

ion.

The

situ

atio

n is

wors

tin

Bih

ar, w

here

one

doc

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Having secured �1.81 lakhcrore in its kitty from e-

auction of 50 mineral blocks,the Government is looking toput on block another 100 minesin the next six months, accord-ing to the Ministry of Mines.

The Government so farhas auctioned 50 mines, includ-ing 23 limestone, 17 iron ore,4 gold, 2 each of manganeseand graphite blocks and onebauxite and diamond blockeach.

There are 102 blocks inpipeline to be auctioned byMarch 2019 in AndhraPradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,Jharkhand, Karnataka, MadhyaPradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha,Rajasthan, Telangana andAssam, as per a report by theMinistry of Mines on progessof block auction.

These include 42 lime-stone, 19 bauxite, 11 man-ganese ore, 8 copper, 6 iron ore,6 graphite, 3 zinc, 2 emerald, 2gold, 1 iron ore & manganese,1 dolomite/limestone and 1copper ore.

As per the report,Jharkhand will auction thehighest 20 blocks followed by16 by Rajasthan and 13 each byMadhya Pradesh andMaharashtra.

Of these 102, theGovernment plans to auctiontwo limestone blocks in

October.Of the two blocks, one is in

Andhra Pradesh and the otheris in Gujarat.

The Chintalayapalle-Abdullapuram-Korumanipalli(CAK) limestone block inAndhra Pradesh with reservesof 104.68 million tonnes (MT)will be auctioned on October12.

The Bhatvadiya block inGujarat with reserves of 477.2MT will go under the hammeron October 17.

The Centre had earlier saidit was considering granting allapprovals, including environ-mental clearance, to mineralblocks before putting them upfor sale, a move that may givea push to the auctions.

The idea is to fast-trackauctioning and iron out issuesrelated to green clearances andland rights are addressedupfront.

It has given in-principleapproval to provide singleclearance for environment andforest to the new lease holdersof the 288 mining leases expir-ing in two years.

From the 50 mineral blocksauctioned so far since 2015, thegovernment will earn a revenueof �1.81 lakh crore over thelease period.

To ensure transparency inthe mineral sector, Mines andMinerals Development andRegulation) Amendment Bill,2015 was passed by Parliamentin 2015.

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Within a day of the one-offexcise duty cut and PSUs

subsidising fuel, petrol anddiesel prices are on the riseagain and have hit a threeweek high.

Petrol and diesel priceswere cut by a minimum �2.50on October 5 when the gov-ernment’s only second cut inexcise duty of �1.50 per litreand State-owned fuel retailersproviding a �1 per litre subsidycame into effect. In BJP-ruledstates, the reduction was high-er as they matched the cut witha similar reduction local salestax or VAT.

But the prices were on therise from the very next day.Petrol price was hiked by 18paise a litre on October 6 and14 paise on Sunday, accordingto daily price notificationissued by state-owned oil firms.

Petrol, which in Delhi wascut to �81.50 on October 5, onSunday costs �81.82.

Similarly, diesel rates arehiked by 29 paise a litre each onOctober 6 and Sunday. It costs�73.53 per litre in Delhi, upfrom �72.95 on October 5,according to the oil firms.

Delhi, which did not cutVAT on fuel, still has the cheap-est fuel in all metros and bulkof state capital as it levies lowertaxes. Mumbai despite reduc-ing VAT on petrol still has thehighest priced fuel.

Petrol in Mumbai sells for�87.29 a litre on Sunday anddiesel is priced at �77.06.

Petrol prices had hit an all-time high of �84 per litre inDelhi and �91.34 in Mumbaion October 4. Diesel rates toohad peaked to �75.45 a litre inDelhi and �80.10 in Mumbai.Following the twin decision,they fell to �81.50 per litre ofpetrol in Delhi and �86.97 inMumbai.

Diesel rates fell to �72.95 inDelhi and �77.45 in Mumbaion October 5. On Sunday, therates hit a three-week high.

Private retailers like NayaraEnergy, formerly known asEssar Oil, too are matchingPSU rates by subsidising fuel by�1 a litre.

After the Centre cut exciseduty by �1.50 per litre andasked PSU oil firms to subsidisefuel by �1, Maharashtra andGujarat Governments wereamong the first to announce amatching �2.50 cut.

They were later joined byChhattisgarh, Jharkhand,Tripura, Uttar Pradesh,Madhya Pradesh, HimachalPradesh, Haryana Assam,Uttarakhand, Goa andArunachal Pradesh with simi-lar moves. Jammu andKashmir, which is under gov-ernor’s rule, too reduced tax onthe two fuel.

Maharashtra, however,reduced VAT only on petroland not on diesel.

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Macroeconomic data,movement of the rupee

and trend in global crude oilprices would be crucial for thestock markets this week, sayexperts.

After back-to-back hikessince June, the Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI) kept interest ratesunchanged on Friday, surpris-ing markets that had expecteda rate hike to support the tum-bling rupee and combat infla-tionary pressures from high oilprices.

“The equity market out-look has taken a beating givendegradation in the quality ofdebt, redemption and height-ened risk averseness byinvestors.

“Trend is likely to be neg-ative at least in the near-termtill the financial market sta-bilises. Key data like bondyield, INR, oil prices, liquidityand equity valuation has tonormalise which may takesome more time,” said VinodNair, Head of Research, GeojitFinancial Services.

“The lingering concernsseems to be around crude oilprices, global interest rates andthe ongoing global develop-ments on the trade front. Giventhe status quo, we expect shortterm rates to ease while longterm yields may trade rangebound.

“The macro needs moni-

toring and INR and crude oilprices could be leading the wayfor markets going forward,”said Lakshmi Iyer, CIO (Debt)and Head of Products, KotakMahindra Asset ManagementCompany.

Stock markets took a beat-ing last week over rupee woesand crude oil prices. The BSESensex lost a whopping1,850.15 points over the weekto close at 34,376.99 on Friday.

“On economic data front,this week the InternationalMonetary Fund will present itslatest World EconomicOutlook as it opens its annualmeeting with the World Bankin Bali, Indonesia. USSeptember inflation data isdue on Thursday.

“In India, data like IIP forAugust and CPI for Septembermonth will be announced thisFriday,” said VK Sharma, HeadPCG and Capital MarketStrategy, HDFC Securities.

“Markets have witnessedselling across the board. Eventhe good quality stocks were

battered in line with generalmarkets.

“However, the current fallwas in isolation with globaldeveloped markets which givea ray of hope that soon abounce will emerge as valua-tions have corrected a lot acrossthe board. We think marketswill calm down once corporateresults start pouring in andgiven the oversold state ofmarket, sharp rallies can beexpected,” said Jimeet Modi,Founder and CEO, SAMCOSecurities and StockNote.

The Indian rupee crashedbelow the 74-level against theUS dollar for the first time everon Friday.

“Rupee was caught offguard and weakened beyond74, after RBI surprised marketsby keeping rates unchanged.Given the rising oil and tradetensions, traders will bet onexports going up, to curb fur-ther weakening in the curren-cy,” said Anand James, ChiefMarket Strategist, GeojitFinancial Services.

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Scheduled commuter carrierAir Odisha is all set to take

a Sharjah-based NRI investoron board as it seeks to tap freshcapital to fuel its expansionplans and the announcement tothis effect is likely to be madesoon, a source said.

The Bhubaneshwar-basedairline has also brought inindustry veteran Bhupesh Joshias its chief executive officerahead of bringing in the newSharjahbased partner, thesource said.

Air Odisha is currently 60per cent owned by twoAhmedabad-headquarteredfirms — GSEC Aviation-Monarch Networth Capital--and the rest 40 per cent stakeis with original promoterRadhakanta Pani family.

“However, GSEC Aviation-Monarch Networth have decid-ed to partially offload theirstake to the Sharjah-basedcrude oil firm Ghalia PetrolLLP. The two partners havealready signed the term-sheetand are expected to make an

announcement on the dealsoon,” the source told.

The decision was taken atAir Odisha Pvt Ltd’s boardmeeting held in Bhubaneswarlast month, the source added.

The GSEC Aviation-Monarch Networth Capital hadacquired 60 per cent stake inthe carrier from Pani family inNovember last year along withthe acquisition of G RGopinath-founded Air Deccan.

GSEC Aviation is owned byRakesh Ramanlal Shah, broth-er-in-law of Adani Groupchairman Gautam Adani.

Air Odisha managingdirector Shaishav Shah con-firmed that the airline wasgetting a new investor inaddition to the existing pro-moters to infuse fresh capital,adding that it had alreadysigned an agreement to clinchthe deal.

“I can just confirm that wehave signed the contract witha Sharjah-based companywhich is into crude oil trade.We will very soon be makinga joint statement on the pro-posed deal,” Shah said.

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The hike in minimum sup-port prices (MSP) for kharif

crop announced in July by theNarendra Modi Governmentwas “well below” the oneseffected under the previousUPA Governments in 2008-09and 2012-13, the Reserve Bankhas said.

The Government hadannounced the hike in MSPs inJuly for the summer or thekharif crop, following a budgetannouncement affirming a 50per cent mark up to farmersover the cost of produce. MSPon common variety of ricewas hiked by �200, along withother crops like cotton, andpulses like tur and urad.

It followed it up by declar-ing a hike for the winter crop aswell last week. This included anincrease of �105 per quintal forwheat, and masur by �225 perquintal, among others.

“In a historical perspective,the current increase in MSPs(announced in July) is signifi-cantly higher than the averageof the last five years but well

below the upward revisionseffected in 2008-09 and 2012-13,” the RBI said in theMonetary Policy Report pub-lished on Friday.

The MPR said the hike forthe 14 crops for the kharif2018-19 season implies a nom-inal MSP increase in the rangeof 3.7 per cent to 52.5 per centfor different crops as com-pared to their levels last year.

The MPR, however, didnot elaborate on the assertionbeyond a visual chart depictingthe MSP hikes for differentcommodities for multiple years.

It, however, said that the pre-sent MSP hike can lead to a 0.29-0.35 per cent hike in headlineinflation, the RBI’s core mandate.

“A first approximation ofthe inflationary impact of MSPincrease...Yields 29-35 bpsincrease in headline inflation,”the MPR said, adding that theestimate is based on multiplemethodologies.

It, however, added that theestimates are “highly tentative” inthe absence of “robust informa-tion on the actual size and scaleof procurement operations”.

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The promoter of GujaratNRE Coke Ltd is expecting

a positive outcome from theNational Company LawAppellate Tribunal (NCLAT).

“We are expecting a prop-er order from NCLAT to moveforward on Sec 230 of theCompanies Act in the nexthearing on October 8,” thecompany Promoter andChairman Arun Jagatramkasaid.

Jagatramka had submitteda proposal under Section 230of the Companies Act beforethe NCLT rpt NCLT Kolkatabench to revive the firm whichemploys 1,100 people.

The NCLAT had acceptedthe proposal of Jagatramka onMay 15 and had ordered toconvene a meeting of all thestakeholders on July 16.

The Jindal Steel & Power

Ltd, an unsecured creditorwith only 0.5 per cent of thetotal debts of Gujarat NRECoke, has obtained an ex-parteorder of NCLAT on July 12 tostay the meeting scheduled onJuly 16.

A stay order just a dayahead of the meet of the lendersand shareholders of GujaratNRE Coke Ltd cast a shadowon the future of the debt-ladenfirm which found no takersunder the IBC.

Earlier, Gujarat NRE Cokehad failed to get any suitor forresolution under the Insolvencyand Bankruptcy Code (IBC) asno plan was accepted by itssecured creditors.

“I am always optimistic,”Jagatramka had said earlier.

The beleaguered metal-lurgical coke producer owesabout �5,000 crore to securedand unsecured creditors whilethe liquidation value of the

company was put at �350crore. The company had vol-untarily moved the NCLATlast year.

According to a proposal ofthe promoter family ofJagatramka has promised torepay �3,501 crore of securedfinancial creditors through amix of long term debt and equi-ty reducing the company’sequity shares by 90 per cent andpaying part of FCCB holdersand unsecured creditors as set-tlement.

As per the proposal,�3,501 crore are to be con-verted into �500 crore of termloans to be repaid over 10years at 8.1 per cent interestrate and �40 crore worth ofshares of face value of Re oneand �2,961 crore ofCompulsory RedeemablePreference Shares of �10,000face value redeemable after 20year at one go.

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IT company Tech Mahindraexpects its cyber security

business to grow in the rangeof 30-40 per cent, at least for thenext three years, according toa senior company official.

“We are doing a very hum-ble start even if we grow 30-40per annum in our business ofsecurity. It is fair estimate ofwhat we can put on ground,”Rajiv Singh, Senior VP &Global Head of cyber securityunit of Tech Mahindra, said.

He was replying to queryon growth and business oppor-tunity that company sees incyber security business.

Singh said that the growth isexpected in cyber security divi-sion of Tech Mahindra everyyear over a period of next threeyears.

“You have to look at theCAGR , that can only go upwhen you have strong alliances.When I am talking aboutgrowth, I am talking aboutaccelerating in next 3 years. (In)next 3 years, (it) has to be accel-erated,” he added.

The company recentlysigned partnership pact withsecurity arm of Israel govern-ment-run Israel AerospaceIndustries (IAI) to provide anddevelop technical security solu-tion for utility firms and criti-cal infrastructure.

Under the partnership,Tech Mahindra plans to devel-op internal capability to handlecyber security solution andfurther train people to growbusiness. “We want to firstfocus on that there is right levelof capability to handle cybersecurity challenge.

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Aweak broader marketpulled down the combined

market valuation of the top 10most valued Indian companiesby a whopping �2,55,995 crorelast week, with RIL taking thesteepest hit.

The equity market wit-nessed severe drubbing lastweek, with the BSE benchmarkSensex falling sharply by1,850.15 points to end at34,376.99.

From the top 10 pack, RIL’smarket capitalisation (m-cap)plummeted �1,32,061.4 croreto �6,65,441.16 crore.

Tata Consultancy Services(TCS) took the second biggesthit, with its valuation plunging�31,164.6 crore to �8,05,187.65crore, while that of ITC tanked�23,932.94 crore to�3,39,284.67 crore.

K o t a kM a h i n d r aBank’s m-capn o s e d i v e d�17,091.72crore to�2,00,874.28crore andthat ofM a r u t iSuzuki Indias l u m p e d�13,821.67crore to�2,08,223.79crore.

HDFC Bank suffered anerosion of �11,629.51 crore to�5,33,340.93 crore and that ofHindustan Unilever Ltd (HUL)fell sharply by �10,433.61crore to �3,37,566.18 crore.

The valuation of HDFCdived �6,812.89 crore to�2,90,520.19 crore and that ofSBI went down by �6,425.7

crore to �2,30,075.87crore.Similarly, the m-cap ofInfosys fell by �2,621.03 croreto �3,15,331.73 crore.

In the ranking of top-10firms, TCS stood at numberone position, followed byReliance Industries Ltd (RIL),HDFC Bank, ITC, HUL,Infosys, HDFC, SBI, Marutiand Kotak Mahindra Bank.

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E-commerce major Flipkarton Sunday said it is foray-

ing into the insurance seg-ment after securing a corporateagent license.

To begin with, Flipkart haspartnered Bajaj Allianz GeneralInsurance to offer customisedinsurance solutions to power itsmobile phone protection pro-gramme for all leading mobilephone brands that are sold onits platform, Flipkart said in astatement.

It added that under theprogramme, it will offer bothcash payout option or free pickup, service and drop conve-nience to customers.

The insurance offering willbe available from October 10,the start of Flipkart's The BigBillion Days (TBBD).

“In line with our cus-tomer-first policy and as themarket leader in this segment,insurance felt like the logicalnext step in providing con-sumers with excellent after-sales care for their phones. The

plan, from purchase to claim,will be completely integratedinto our online platform...”Flipkart Senior Vice Presidentand head of Fintech RaviGarikipati said.

Tapan Singhel, MD andCEO of Bajaj Allianz GeneralInsurance Co, said the twocompanies are starting with thecomplete mobile protectionplan (CMP), adding value formillions of customers.

Estimates suggest about 36per cent of mobile phone usersin India own smartphones. Amajor worry for customers isdamaging their screens or hav-ing their phone stolen - chal-lenges that the offering aims toaddress.

The statement said theinsurance will be valid for ayear, covering accidental,screen, and liquid damagealong with theft of the pro-tected mobile phones.

Customers will be able topurchase the insurance-pow-ered CMP plan at the sametime as they buy the mobilephone for �99 onwards.

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Swedish furniture giant Ikeaon Sunday said it would not

raise the prices of low-end fur-niture and furnishing productsif the company costs increasedue to Centre's recent hike incustoms duty on some fur-nishing items to curb importsof non-essential goods.

“For now, we have not seenany repercussions, but if thereis continuation of costs due tohike in customs duties on fur-niture and furnishing items,then at some point of time wewould have to pass it (burden)on to customers, but we may doit on higher-end products, notlower-end, Deputy CountryManager Patrik Antoni said.

Patrik said Ikea is a globalcompany and it would appre-ciate global trade, but would notbe happy with trade barrierssuch as customs tariff or importduties.

He also said trade barrierswill only affect 'ease of doingbusiness,' which will in the

long run affect customers.The central Government

had on September 26 hikedcustoms duties on as many as19 items, including jet fuel, AirConditioners and refrigerators,with an aim to curb imports ofnon-essential goods.

Ikea imports most of theproducts it sells, and many arecovered by the latest customsduty hike which includes table-ware, kitchenware and house-hold items made of plastic andtravel bags, among others.

The total import bill onaccount of shipment of suchitems into the country last fis-cal was �86,000 crore.

Curbing non-essentialimports was part of the five-pronged steps announced bythe government to checkwidening current accountdeficit and capital outflows.

Ikea is planning to investnearly �3,000 crore in the nextthree years to open three ful-fillment centres (packing ware-houses) in Mumbai, Bengaluruand Delhi.

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Washington: NASA’s Voyager2 probe is approaching inter-stellar space and has detectedan increase in cosmic rays thatoriginate outside our solar sys-tem, the US space agency said.

Launched in 1977, Voyager2 is a little less than 17.7 billionkilometres from Earth, or morethan 118 times the distancefrom Earth to the Sun.

Since 2007 the probe hasbeen travelling through theoutermost layer of the helios-phere — the vast bubblearound the Sun and the plan-ets dominated by solar mater-ial and magnetic fields.

Voyager scientists havebeen watching for the space-craft to reach the outer bound-ary of the heliosphere, knownas the heliopause. Once Voyager2 exits the heliosphere, it willbecome the second human-made object, after Voyager 1, toenter interstellar space.

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Cosmic Ray Subsystem instru-ment on Voyager 2 has mea-sured about a five per centincrease in the rate of cosmicrays hitting the spacecraftcompared to early August.

The probe’s Low-EnergyCharged Particle instrumenthas detected a similar increasein higher-energy cosmic rays.Cosmic rays are fast-movingparticles that originate outsidethe solar system. Some of these

cosmic rays are blocked by theheliosphere, so mission plan-ners expect that Voyager 2 willmeasure an increase in therate of cosmic rays as itapproaches and crosses theboundary of the heliosphere.

In May 2012, Voyager 1experienced an increase in therate of cosmic rays similar towhat Voyager 2 is now detect-ing. That was about threemonths before Voyager 1crossed the heliopause andentered interstellar space.However, Voyager team mem-bers note that the increase incosmic rays is not a definitivesign that the probe is about tocross the heliopause. Voyager 2is in a different location in theheliosheath — the outer regionof the heliosphere — thanVoyager 1 had been, and pos-sible differences in these loca-tions means Voyager 2 mayexperience a different exit time-line than Voyager 1. PTI

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Brett Kavanaugh was swornin as the 114th justice of the

US Supreme Court, after awrenching debate over sexualmisconduct and judicial tem-perament that shattered theSenate, captivated the nationand ushered in an acrimo-nious new level of polarization— now encroaching on thecourt that the 53-year-old judgemay well swing rightward fordecades to come.

Even as Kavanaugh tookhis oath of office Saturdayevening in a quiet private cer-emony, not long after the nar-rowest Senate confirmation innearly a century and a half, pro-testers chanted outside thecourt building across the streetfrom the Capitol.

The climactic 50-48 rollcall capped a fight that seizedthe national conversation afterclaims emerged that he hadsexually assaulted women threedecades ago — allegations heemphatically denied. Thoseaccusations transformed theclash from a routine struggleover judicial ideology into anangry jumble of questionsabout victims’ rights, the pre-sumption of innocence andpersonal attacks on nominees.

His confirmation providesa defining accomplishment forPresident Donald Trump andthe Republican Party, which

found a unifying force in thecause of putting a new conser-vative majority on the court.Before the sexual accusationsgrabbed the Senate’s and thenation’s attention, Democratshad argued that Kavanaugh’srulings and writings as anappeals court judge raised serious concerns about hisviews on abortion rights and apresident’s right to bat awaylegal probes.

Trump, flying to Kansas fora political rally, flashed athumbs-up gesture when thetally was announced andpraised Kavanaugh for being“able to withstand this horrible,horrible attack by theDemocrats.” He later tele-phoned his congratulations tothe new justice, then at the rallyreturned to his own attack onthe Democrats as “an angryleft-wing mob.”

Like Trump, senators at theCapitol predicted voters wouldreact strongly by defeating theother party’s candidates in nextmonth’s congressional elections.

“It’s turned our base onfire,” declared SenateRepublican leader MitchMcConnell of Kentucky. ButDemocratic leader ChuckSchumer of New York forecastgains for his party instead:“Change must come fromwhere change in Americaalways begins: the ballot box.”

The justices themselvesmade a quiet show of solidar-ity. Kavanaugh was sworn in byChief Justice John Roberts andthe man he’s replacing, retiredJustice Anthony Kennedy, asfellow Justices Samuel Alito,Clarence Thomas, Ruth BaderGinsburg and Elena Kaganlooked on — two conservativesand two liberals.

Still, Kagan noted the nightbefore that Kennedy has been“a person who found the cen-ter” and “it’s not so clear we’llhave that” now.

Noisy to the end, theSenate battle featured a call ofthe roll that was interruptedseveral times by protestersshouting in the spectators’gallery before Capitol Policeremoved them. Vice PresidentMike Pence presided, hispotential tie-breaking voteunnecessary.

Trump has now put hisstamp on the court with hissecond justice in as many years.Yet Kavanaugh is joining undera cloud. Accusations from sev-eral women remain underscrutiny, and House Democratshave pledged further investi-gation if they win the majori-ty in November.

Seoul: US Secretary of StateMike Pompeo said he andNorth Korean leader Kim JongUn made unspecified progresson Sunday toward an agree-ment for the North to give upits nuclear weapons. But therewas no immediate indicationwhether Pompeo had man-aged to arrange much-antici-pated summit between Kimand President Donald Trump.

Arriving in Seoul on hisfourth visit to N Korea,Pompeo tweeted he had “goodtrip” and he and Kim “contin-ue to make progress on agree-ments made at Singapore sum-mit.” Trump and Kim heldhistoric summit there in Juneresulted in a vague agreementfor the North to denuclearise.

The top US diplomat

offered no details, and uponlanding in South Korea, hebriefed White House nationalsecurity adviser John Boltonand Trump chief of staff JohnKelly on his trip, officials said.

Pompeo then met SouthKorea’s President, Moon Jae-in.Moon, who has met twice withKim, asked Pompeo to makepublic as much information ashe could about the trip.

“I dearly hope that your lat-est visit, as well as the upcom-ing US-North Korea summit,which I hope will be happen-ing soon, will make an irre-versible, decisive progress,”Moon said. “Since we have themedia present here, I wouldlike to ask you to disclose any-thing that you can open to thepublic here.” AP

BUCHAREST: Romanianswere voting Sunday for a sec-ond day on a constitutionalamendment backed by theinfluential RomanianOrthodox Church that wouldmake it harder to legalise same-sex marriage.

The conservative Coalitionfor Family initiated the refer-endum and Orthodox priestsduring Sunday services encour-aged the faithful to vote.

The proposed amendmentwould change the definition offamily in Romania’sConstitution to make mar-riage a union between a manand a woman instead ofbetween “spouses.” Same-sexmarriage is already illegal inRomania.

The Central ElectoralBureau said 11.67 percent ofvoters had cast a ballot bylunchtime Sunday in the two-day referendum. AP

Lyon: The wife of the missingpresident of Interpol says herhusband sent her an image ofa knife before he disappearedduring a trip to their nativeChina. Making her first publiccomments on the mystery sur-rounding Meng Hongwei’swhereabouts, Grace Meng toldreporters in Lyon, France onSunday she thinks the knife washer husband’s way of trying totell her he was in danger.

She says she has had nofurther contact with him sincethe message that was sent onSept. 25. She says four minutesbefore Meng shared the image,he had sent a message saying,“Wait for my call.”

Meanwhile, the discipli-nary organ of China’s rulingCommunist Party says the headof Interpol, a senior Chineseofficial, is under investigationon suspicion of unspecifiedlegal violations. AP

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Scientists have developed anew test that can reveal the

amount of DNA people shed,a tool that could be used byforensic experts to nab crimi-nals using genetic clues left atcrime scenes.

A single tap of a finger onitems like door handles, glass oreven shaking hands can helpidentify and link potential sus-pects to a crime. Modern DNAforensic science is capable ofanalysing microscopic genetictraces inadvertently left atcrime scenes.

However, accurate identi-fication depends on the quali-ty of DNA sourced at thescene, according to researcherat the Flinders University inAustralia.

There is always a risk cru-cial evidence could be over-looked, smudged fingerprints

are the only evidence leftbehind, or even more worry-ingly, secondary transfer couldtake place, researchers said.

This could result in aninnocent person’s DNA beingtransferred by an object oreven a handshake to a placethey have never visited.Scientists have developed a testthat can reveal the amount ofDNA people shed. This willhelp determine whether theywere actually the last person tomake contact with an item,researchers said.

“We know that some peo-ple pass on more of their DNAbecause when they touchsomething more of their cellsare left behind,” said AdrianLinacre, Chair of ForensicDNA Technology at FlindersUniversity. “They are calledshedders but it’s very difficultat the moment to see who is ashedder,” he said.

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Pakistan is reviewing theprojects under the China-

Pakistan Economic Corridor(CPEC) to safeguard the inter-est of the people in Balochistanprovince, Prime MinisterImran Khan has said.

The $50 billion CPEC,launched in 2015, is a plannednetwork of roads, railways andenergy projects linking China’sresource-rich Xinjiang UyghurAutonomous Region withPakistan’s strategic GwadarPort on the Arabian Sea.

Khan’s remarks about theCPEC projects came as hechaired a Balochistan cabinetmeeting on Saturday in Quettaduring his first visit to theprovince as the Prime Minister.

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Christians dressed in theirtidiest clothes flocked to

Sunday sermons in the earth-quake and tsunami damagedIndonesian city of Palu, seek-ing answers as the death tollfrom the twin disastersbreached 1,700 and officialssaid they feared more than5,000 others could be missing.

Indonesia’s disaster agencysaid the number of dead hadclimbed to 1,763, mostly inPalu. Agency spokesmanSutopo Purwo Nugroho saidmany more people could beburied, especially in the Paluneighborhoods of Petobo andBalaroa, where more than 3,000homes were damaged orsucked into deep mud whenthe Sept. 28 quake caused loosesoil to liquefy.

“Based on reports fromvillage chiefs in Balaroa andPetobo, some 5,000 peoplehave not been found. Our

workers on the ground aretrying to confirm this,” he saidat a news briefing in Jakarta,Indonesia’s capital.

Nugroho said that effortsto retrieve decomposed bodiesin deep, soft mud were gettingtougher and that some peoplemay have fled or been rescuedand evacuated. More than8,000 either injured or vulner-able residents have been flownor shipped out of Palu, whileothers could have left by land,he said. Officially, Nugrohosaid only 265 people are con-firmed missing and 152 othersstill buried under mud andrubble, nine days after themagnitude 7.5 earthquake andpowerful tsunami hit Palu andsurrounding areas.

The government targets toend search operations byThursday, nearly two weeksafter the disaster, at whichtime those unaccounted for willbe declared missing and con-sidered dead, Nugroho said.

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China’s central bank onSunday said it was cutting

the reserve requirement ratios(RRRs) by one per cent fromOctober 15 which will inject anet $109.2 billion in cash intothe banking system, amid adeepening trade war with theUS that has increased pressureon growth in the world’s sec-ond-largest economy.

The reserve cut, the fourthby the People’s Bank of China(PBOC) this year, came afterBeijing pledged to speed upplans to invest billions of dol-lars in infrastructure projects asthe economy shows signs ofcooling further.

The PBOC said it will cutthe RRR for RMB deposits byone percentage point startingfrom October 15. The cut willenable banks in China torelease 1.2 trillion-yuan cashfor additional lending.

Some of the liquidityunleashed will be used to payback the 450 billion yuan ($65billion) of the medium-termlending facility that will matureon October 15, state-runXinhua news agency reported.

In addition, the liquidity ofanother 750 billion yuan ($110billion) will be injected into themarket for lending, accordingto the PBOC statement.

The announcement of therelaxing the RRR requirementfor the banks, which are alsosaddled with the huge localgovernment debt of $2.58 tril-lion comes amid deepeningtrade war with US and raisingof the interest rates by USFederal Reserve, intensifyingthe pressure on capital out-flows.

The huge cash outflowfrom the banks was expected to

help the private businesses toaccess more credit as theirproducts faced an uncertainprospect in the US, which isChina’s second largest marketafter the European Union.

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With tails wagging and rau-cous barking, hundreds

of dogs and their owners ralliedin London on Sunday to howlfor a new people’s vote onBrexit, in what organisersdubbed a “wooferendummarch”. The gathering drewEU-flag waving politicians,actors and activists — allaccompanied by their four-legged friends and united intheir opposition to Britain’sdeparture from the EU.

“In a campaign, use what-ever you can that helps,” AlastairCampbell, a former LabourGovernment spokesman, toldAFP alongside his five-month-old Cavalier King CharlesSpaniel, Skye.

“Today’s showing that thiscountry just isn’t unitingaround any vision for Brexitand it’s one way of fighting,” hesaid. The dog parade — which

attracted everything fromCorgies and beagles to huskiesand a giant Leonberger — tookplace two weeks before a larg-er pro-referendum rally, set tobe attended mostly by humans,planned for October 20.

British Prime MinisterTheresa May has ruled out anew Brexit referendum, sayingit would betray the result of the2016 vote and destroy trust in

politicians.But politicians from all

parties have joined a growingmovement for Britons to havethe chance to say whether theyhave changed their minds.

“It’s nice to highlight aserious point in such a fun way— everybody loves dogs,” saidGerman university lecturerFlora Renz, 30. She has lived inBritain for a decade and turned

out with Billy, a three-year-oldbeagle draped in an EU flag.

“I hope people are going tosee some sense. I don’t know ifa second referendum is thebest solution but anything’s bet-ter than what’s happening rightnow.” Human participants inthe march, many sportingfancy dress and painted dogfaces, assembled with theirfurry companions displayingpro-EU signs on their collarsand backs, near TrafalgarSquare.

The crowd pawed its waythrough the heart of the capi-tal’s Government district,before they were set to gatherfor speeches — and likely some

dog treats — in ParliamentSquare. Organisers plan tohand in a petition to May’sDowning Street office “signedby dogs and owners”.

After Brexit, Britain mayhave to leave the EU’s pet pass-port scheme, which allows reg-istered pets to travel to mem-ber states freely with theirowners. The change will meandog-owners are likely to faceincreased bureaucracy andneed more preparation time iftaking their canine companionsto the continent.

Some at the marchbemoaned that and otherimpacts of Brexit. “It’s just oneof the many aspects that peo-ple have taken for granted...And now won’t be there,” saidmarketing consultant AnthonyRobinson, 48, of London.

He attended with Fred, histwo-year-old Corgi — the dogbreed favoured by QueenElizabeth II.

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Afriend of a prominentSaudi journalist who went

missing in Istanbul on Sundaysaid officials told him to “makeyour funeral preparations” as the Washington Post con-tributor “was killed” at theSaudi Consulate.

A Turkish official separate-ly told The Associated Pressthat authorities believe JamalKhashoggi was killed at theSaudi Consulate, while another said it was a “high prob-ability.” Saudi officials havedenied allegations thatKhashoggi was killed at the con-sulate, calling them “baseless.”

Meanwhile, TurkishPresident Recep Tayyip Erdoganonly said “God willing, we willnot be faced with the situationwe do not desire” when asked byjournalists about Khashoggi.The growing dispute over hisfate threatens relations betweenSaudi Arabia and Turkey andraises new questions about thekingdom and the actions of itsassertive Crown PrinceMohammed bin Salman, whomKhashoggi wrote critically aboutin his columns.

Turan Kislakci, a friend ofKhashoggi and the head of theTurkish-Arab MediaAssociation, spoke to the AP onSunday outside the Saudi

Consulate in Istanbul. He saidhe believes Turkish officialssoon will announce the find-ings of their investigation.

“What was explained to usis this: He was killed, makeyour funeral preparations,”Kislakci said. “We called a fewother places, these are lowerofficials, but they said: ‘We haveevidence he was killed in a bar-baric way, we will announce ittomorrow or the day after.’”

Kislakci also alleged, basedon conversations with officialshe did not name, that Khashoggiwas made to “faint,” then wasdismembered. A Turkish officialsaid an “initial assessment” bypolice concluded Khashoggihad been killed at the con-sulate. On Sunday, another offi-cial assessed as “high probabil-ity” that Khashoggi was killed inthe consulate and his body wastaken away.

The Post reported on thepolice’s theory late Saturday, cit-ing two anonymous sources.

“If the reports of Jamal’smurder are true, it is a mon-strous and unfathomable act,”the Post’s editorial page editorFred Hiatt said in a statement.“Jamal was — or, as we hope,is — a committed, courageousjournalist. He writes out of asense of love for his countryand deep faith in human dig-nity and freedom.”

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Trump declared it an “his-toric night,” not long aftersigning the paperwork to makeKavanaugh’s status official.

“I stand before you todayon the heels of a tremendousvictory for our nation,” he saidto roars, thanking Republicansenators for refusing to backdown “in the face of theDemocrats’ shameless cam-paign of political and person-al destruction.” AP

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Beijing: China and the UnitedStates are set to hold high-leveltalks here on Monday to reducethe spiralling trade and militarytensions between the world’stwo largest economies.

US Secretary of State MikePompeo is scheduled to holdtalks with top Chinese leadersand officials in a bid to halt theongoing trade war in whichboth countries slapped addi-tional tariffs on billions of dol-lars of their exports.

Announcing Pompeo’svisit, Foreign Ministryspokesperson Hua Chunyinglast week said that China andthe US would exchange viewson bilateral ties and regionaland international issues ofcommon concern.

US Defence Secretary JimMattis too was due to visit butit was cancelled which Chinasaid was at the behest ofWashington. The news of can-cellation of his visit came afterUS allegations that Chinesenaval ship conducted unsafemanoeuvres near its destroyerDecatur when it passedthrough the islands off thedisputed South China Sea toassert freedom of navigation.China claims almost all of theSouth China Sea. PTI

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Acrash involving a limousineat a popular upstate New

York tourist spot killed 20 peo-ple, officials said Sunday.

Local officials told theTimes Union of Albany that alimo speeding down a hill hitbystanders Saturday afternoonat the Apple Barrel CountryStore in Schoharie, about 170miles (270 kilometers) north ofNew York City. State policeconfirmed Sunday that thedeath toll was 20 and said thecrash involved two vehicles.

The store is a popular stopfor tourists on fall foliage trips.

Authorities on Sunday did-n’t release names of victims orother specifics, but state police

set up a hotline for familymembers. The NationalTransportation Safety Board isinvestigating. An afternoonnews conference is planned.

In a Facebook post onSaturday, the Apple BarrelCountry Store thanked emer-gency responders for theiractions in the aftermath of the“horrific” accident. On Sunday,the store posted that it wasopen “and could use yourhugs.” Witnesses on Saturdaydescribed chaos, with a massiveturnout of ambulances andother responders.

“I heard some screaming. Itlooked serious because peoplewere running back and forth,”Bridey Finegan of Schoharietold WNYT NewsChannel 13 .

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To combat fake news, a teamof Massachusetts Institute of

Technology (MIT) researchershave developed a new MachineLearning (ML) system that helpsto determine whether a newssource is accurate or biased.

The researchers believe thatthe best approach is to focus noton the factuality of individualclaims but on the news sourcesthemselves.

“If a website has publishedfake news before, there’s a goodchance they’ll do it again. Byautomatically scraping dataabout these sites, the hope is thatour system can help figure outwhich ones are likely to do it inthe first place,” said lead authorRamy Baly from MIT’sComputer Science and ArtificialIntelligence Lab (CSAIL).

The system needs onlyabout 150 articles to reliablydetect if a news source can betrusted, suggests the study to bepresented at the 2018 EmpiricalMethods in Natural LanguageProcessing (EMNLP) confer-ence in Brussels.

For the study, theresearchers from MIT and theQatar Computing ResearchInstitute (QCRI), took datafrom Media Bias/Fact Check(MBFC) — a website withhuman fact-checkers whoanalyse the accuracy and bias-es of more than 2,000 news sites,from MSNBC and Fox News tolow-traffic content farms.

The team then fed that datato a ML algorithm called aSupport Vector Machine (SVM)classifier, and programmed it toclassify news sites the same wayas MBFC.

When given a new newsoutlet, the system was 65 percent accurate at detectingwhether it has a high, low ormedium level of “factuality,”and roughly 70 per cent accurate

in detecting if it is left-leaning,right-leaning or moderate.

The team determined thatthe most reliable ways to detectboth fake news and biasedreporting were to look at thecommon linguistic featuresacross the source’s stories,including sentiment, complex-ity and structure.

For example, fake news out-lets were found to be morelikely to use language that ishyperbolic, subjective and emo-tional.

In terms of bias, left-leaningoutlets were more likely to havelanguage that related to conceptsof harm/care and fairness/reci-procity, compared to other qual-ities such as loyalty, authorityand sanctity.

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In between day-long interviews, Tabumade time to speak to old friends likeR Balki, asking them to see her latest

film Andhadhun. Dressed in white andgrey dress with a high slit, the powerhouse,performer who was described by her co-star Ayushmann Khurrana as a malleableactor, had an aura of busy-ness thatseemed to envelop her being. A director’sactor, she has no qualms of playing char-acters that do not toe the established lineand slips into them with practised ease.While some of her characters have beengrey others have blown us over with theintensity with which they were portrayed.

�The characters you play are unique andeccentric.

Tabu: (Laughs) I think I am like that asa person now. Ye mereko abhi confirm horaha hai.

�Do you consciously choose such layeredcharacters to play?

I love to play them. I always wanted toplay these kind of people. Luckily, peoplehave come to me with these kind of scripts.I always wanted my journey in doingsomething different than standard char-acters that don’t engage you to that level.Even in a big mainstream film like GolmaalI had a quirky character. I attract those andgravitate towards them.

�In the 90s, when you shifted frommainstream characters to interestingones which film was your turning point?

It always came from within me. I knewthat my potential had to be explored andexploited to a larger extent than it wasbeing done. I was looking for platforms thatwould help me do that. When I got filmslike Macchis and Hu tu tu I really jumpedat them because that was my groove.

�Is thriller a comfortable genre for youto work in?

Sriram’s world is completely different.Nothing like Drishyam and Missing. I can’tfind words to explain how differentAndhadhun is. It’s a different explorationof yourself and your craft because it is adifferent format. The challenge is also tofit into that. Sriram creates a world andwhatever happens in it is true only to that.There are no reference points for the char-acters and stories. You start with a newapproach and break away from what youknow of playing characters. I decon-structed a lot within me for this film.

I can’t put a finger on what exactly Ihad to take apart within me because it’s

internal and part of the creative processbut if you see the film you’ll see that thisis not something I have ever attemptedto do before. What Sriram does withhis actors and characters may lookcasual but it’s something deep andfragmented which is coming out onscreen.

�Do you think that digital contentis pushing the boundaries of film?

The audience was ready anddemanding of different stuff, I don’tthink it is because of digital. Everygeneration, art form and pop cultureis going to be influenced by the soci-ety and what’s happening there. Idon’t think it’s a big topic of discus-

sion that things are changing.Human beings are changing sothis is expected.

�You have played two Shakespearianand a Victorian character. Do you likeclassics?

I have nothing to do with what isbeing offered to me. Whoever is offeringme those roles thinks that I’m right forthose roles. I am just lucky to play iconiccharacters like Lady Macbeth (Maqbool),Miss Havisham (Fitoor), Gertrude (Haider)and Kandukondain Kandukondain (Senseand Sensibility).

�Do you think this is a good timefor versatile actors?

I don’t know since I alwaysplayed different kind of charac-ters.

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Manoj Bajpayee’s next film,Bhonsle, which had its

world premiere at prestigious23rd Busan International FilmFestival 2018 received an out-standing reception from theaudience.

Bajpayee will be seen in thetitular role of a terminally illlone wolf Maharashtrian copBhonsle, retired against hiswill, in politically tumultuousMumbai, who finds himselfforging an unlikely companion-ship with a 23-year-old North-Indian girl and her little broth-er, while the raging conflictdestroying the world aroundthem reaches his doorstep,giving him one last battle worthfighting for, but it might just betoo late. The film also featuresa stellar cast like Marathi starSantosh Juvekar, theatre thes-pian Ipshita Chakraborty Singhand introducing the child artistVirat Vaibhav.

The acclaimed actor ofSatya and Aligarh, Bajpayeewho is excited about the worldpremiere says, “Great to hearsome exciting response comingin from Busan. This is my thirdfilm in a row to make it thereand I am quite happy aboutthe film and DevashishMakhija the directorand the entireteam who sacri-ficed a lot toreach here.”

T h ed i r e c t o r,DevashishMakhija,

producers PiiyushSingh (Indie Muviz)and Saurabh Guptawalked the red car-pet together. Thefilm is one of nineinternational pro-jects nominated forthe Kim JiseokAward in the AWindow on AsianCinema section.

The award willbe given out togeth-er with a cash prizeof $10,000 to thefinal two films,selected by the jurymembers at the clos-ing ceremony, whichwill be held onOctober 13.

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Makhija returned to BusanInternational Film Festival 2018after his internationallyacclaimed film, Ajji which pre-miered at the festival last yearin the New CurrentsCompetition. Delighted withthe response Makhija says, “Iwas expecting, the Korean audi-ence to treat my films as if oneof their own has made it! Theywere with the character ofBhonsle right through. Havingyour film screen at a festival likeBusan reinforces the belief thatcultural and political bound-aries are irrelevant when you’readdressing the human condi-tion like Bhonsle does.”

Bhonsle producerPiiyush Singh ofIndie Muviz says,“A world pre-miere, a packed

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and engagedinternationalaudience. It has

been the mostsatisfying experi-

ence to walk the redcarpet with my firstever feature film asa producer, Bhonslein the biggest filmfestival of SouthAsia, Busan.”

The film is produced by Manoj BajpayeeP r o d u c t i o n s ,Golden Ratio Films,P r o m o d o m eMotion Pictures and Indie Muvizand is slated torelease later thisyear.

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Chilling Adventures of Sabrina imaginesthe origin and adventures of Sabrina,

the Teenage Witch, as a dark coming-of-age story that traffics in horror, theoccult and, of course, witchcraft. Tonallyin the vein of Rosemary’s Baby and TheExorcist, this adaptation finds Sabrinawrestling to reconcile her dual nature —half-witch, half-mortal — while standingagainst the evil forces that threaten her,her family and the daylight worldhumans inhabit.Starring Kiernan Shipka, Miranda Otto,Lucy Davis, Ross Lynch, MichelleGomez, Chance Perdomo, Jaz Sinclair,Richard Coyle, Tati Gabrielle, GavinLeatherwood, among others.

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October 12. AaronEckhart, Amanda Peet andDiane Lane, among others,star as people who believethemselves to be descen-dants of the Russian royalfamily. Even though theeight episodes, set in dif-ferent locations are indeedfictional, the idea itself isnot. To this day, severalpeople around the worldclaim to be descendants ofthe House of Romanov, theRussian imperial family that was executed on July 17,1918.

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Unlike the first season of Little Things, which was alight-hearted take on the relationship between

Dhruv and Kavya, the second season will see themstep into a more mature relationship, seeking theirown individual identities while still dealing witheveryday problems. The show is directed by RuchirArun. Dhruv Sehgal is also the writer of the show.

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Daredevil, perhaps the mostpopular of all the Marvel TV

characters, returns for its third sea-son on Netflix. Set in a not-so-dis-tant future, the show follows theadventures of Matt Murdock(Charlie Cox), who practices lawby day and enforces it by night.The slick trailer has already gotfans pumped up for some bare-knuckle ass-kicking when theshow finally drops on October 19.

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Those who proudly flaunt India’svibrant democracy were ashamed

by the unruly scenes witnessed ontheir television screens during the lastfew days. The recent political dramathat unfolded made political punditslook at the future of politics with con-cern. The current scenario clearlyindicates signals of strong separatistforces at work in almost every polit-ical party. This dangerous trend of dis-integration has affected not only theparties but has also invaded familiesand the entire nation as well. However,one finds that adequate attentionhas not been paid to its origin and tothe enormity of harm that it causes tothe society at every level.

The tendency of separation is infact a combination of psychologicalsymptoms, behavioural trends andthinking patterns and is therefore, akind of a syndrome. Thus, before theactual split finally occurs, there is anupsurge in one’s conscious, subcon-scious or unconscious mind, of theforces of mutual dissatisfaction, dis-trust, disgust, hatred, intolerance andalienation. This starts when someambitious or self-centred people, inorder to fulfil their strong desire forpower, position, name and fame,money or material possessions and soon begin to find fault in others and thelatter act with the spirit of rejection,resentment, protests and abhorrenceor contempt. The two sides thus dis-turb and disown each other by begin-ning to assert their dissidence againsteach other with greater vigour. Thenthe blame game begins and each sidepaints its adversary black. Each crit-icises the other openly. As a result,they get estranged and become inim-ical to the interests of the other. Thus,utter selfishness, unrestrained ambi-tion, strong lust, stark greed, narrowinterests, social cut-off and individ-ualism, self-centredness, jealousy,rivalry and hatred that are born as aresult of these create disgruntlednessand create fissiparous tendencieswhich lead to a split in a party, anation or a family.

In such situations, one is caughtup in the whirl of levelling charges andcounter-charges against the otherand is unable to get out of it even ifhis/her well-wishers try to help. Oneis so much under the pressure of dis-turbed emotions that one refuses tolisten to the voice of reason which canlead to well-being. The person’s mindis so closed that s/he stops caringabout any attempts from the well-wishers to reconciliation and is not ina mood to settle the matter even byadopting the ‘give-and-take’ attitude.On the other hand, one’s standbecomes too stiff and inflexible. As aresult the emotional-mental distur-bance starts to increase and the forcesof negativity totally vitiate the atmos-phere. These could be catastrophic.Unitedly, humankind can face evennatural calamities and meet other dif-ficult and great challenges, but disuni-ty, disintegration, divisionism, sepa-ratism or ‘each-for-himself ’ attitudedoes not only leave gigantic problemsunsolved but also puts obstacles in the

way of finding solutions for evensmaller ones.

If we analyse this trend, we willfind that all this is due to the distur-bance in the human spirit. A restlessspirit is prone to give rise to forces ofde-stabilisation causing distress.Unless and until man learns to haveinner calm and peace and to solveproblems through spiritual knowledgeand meditation, the turmoil will con-tinue and will even escalate to thepoint of a serious human catastrophe.

According to the Bhagwad Gita,lust, anger and greed are the threegates of hell and hence it urges a beingto abandon them. One who is liber-ated from these three vices is on thepath to salvation. It is obvious fromthe above that true Ram Rajya canexist only when those living in thatRajya have divine qualities. So, howdoes one get liberated from these vicesand imbibe divine virtues? The onlyway souls can become pure in thispresent iron age is by linking up withthe source of all virtues, who isknown as “Supreme Soul.” Throughthis link they can draw power andvirtues that will enrich and strength-en them to take them beyond nega-tive influences. This simple process of

linking self with the Supreme iscalled “Rajyoga.” Practicing it regular-ly will bring the soul peace, love, puri-ty and bliss. Such qualities are reflect-ed in a person’s words and actions.And when a critical number of indi-viduals transform themselves in thisway, social transformation takes placemaking way for Ram Rajya.

When this happens, that day isnot far when we would see a world ofpurity of character and values, whereevery one would be divine and co-exist in harmony with nature. Therewill be no form of violence — phys-ical, mental or emotional. Pure loveand respect will form the basis of rela-tionships. They will be completely freefrom and ignorant of evil, vices andsuffering. Materially, they will be liv-ing in opulence and abundance.Science will be used appropriately tocreate technology and comforts whichare necessary, eco-friendly and safe.People will enjoy perfect health, nat-ural beauty, and a long life-span freefrom sickness and untimely death.There will be happiness and content-ment, lightness, innocence, purity andjoy in every action.

So when would this happen? It isactually ‘now’ that we get an oppor-tunity to create our best destiny.Once we conquer the vices such aslust, ego and attachment, we wouldregain our original divine naturetransforming the entire world into anew world. Don’t ever think that RamRajya is a myth. No! It’s indeed a real-ity that’s as close as tomorrow if westart practicing from today.

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Around 28 per cent of India’s popula-tion comprises of youngsters andadolescents between the age group of

10-24. Despite such a large section compris-ing of youngsters, there is a complete lackof focus on their sexual and reproductivehealth, especially education pertaining to thesubject.

Despite several well-planned policieslike the Adolescence Education Programme(AEP), The Reproductive, Maternal,Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health(RMNCH+A) program and the RashtriyaKishor Swasthya Karyakram (RKSK), thereare gaps in the on-ground implementation.The lack of effective financing for the pro-grammes that provide information andhealth services to young people, along withthe political landscape which stands againstcomprehensive sexuality education (CSE)often leads to this gap. A limited view of whoadolescents are and what their needs com-pise of, adds to it.

However, we do not have a policy thatmakes sex education compulsory in schoolsor outside it. The selective focus on issuesin CSE, shows that social conservatism andpatriarchal attitudes are prevalent. Forinstance, the curricula designed for adoles-cent health often operates from a heteronor-mative lens and only caters to the tradition-al gender binary.

There are certain questions on sexual-ity and human reproductive system thatremain unanswered for many adolescentsand even youngsters.

Examples abound on what the lack ofeducation and awareness about sexuality cando which has had drastic results. When a12-year-old girl in Sugamau, near Lucknow,who was a rape survivor, became pregnant,it was decided that once the culprit wasreleased from jail they would be married.The incident came to Yeh Ek Soch (YES)Foundation’s notice when a participant ofthe group of the youth leaders shared thenews during a session on ‘Access to SafeAbortion’ in the community. The need forurgent action to help the girl with medicalassistance was pressed upon, going againstthe girl’s family, as they wanted her to steerclear of the matter. However, the girl gavebirth to a baby boy later inDecember.

But not just cases of sex-ual harassment and intim-idation, even basic con-cerns about menstrualhealth and hygieneremain unaddressed.During a two-day work-shop on menstrual hygieneand sanitation in LittiparaHigh School in Pakur,Jharkhand. , which was attend-ed by more than 50 adoles-cents (15-17 years of age),few school dropout adoles-cent girls, the ASHA

workers, and government officials. The ses-sion focussed on young girls’ knowledge,awareness and practices around menstrualhealth. While programmes have been madeto promote sex education in schools, yetmenstruation is an overlooked chapter in thecurriculums. It is even more difficult toreach out to rural adolescents and women.

It was obvious that the girls got incom-plete information on menstruation with theminimum discussion in their home, schoolsand even in Anganwadis. “We have neverspoken about menstruation in school. Notwith teachers not even with our friends,”shared a school girl. The girls also sharedthat they knew that every friend of them hasstarted menstruating but no one talked

about it. For many, men-

struation is a taboo which is not to be spo-ken about. They said that this was the firsttime that they were discussing and talkingto their friends about it. They realised thatthey could discuss it openly without anyneed to hide. “We didn’t even know that wewere allowed to talk about it,” was a com-mon refrain.

There were hardly any discussionsabout the subject with the male teachers andironically they are the ones who teach sub-jects like biology and science and hesitateto discuss it.

The girls, in their feedback, expressedhow pleased they were to have a workshopthat discussed a taboo subject. There is aneed for more awareness-building sessionsamong not only the young women, but alsoamong those who engage with these issues,including administrative officers, education-al institutions, parents and frontline healthworkers, who must be sensitised on engag-ing with young people.

Another issue that was flagged was thatsince 2016, Jharkhand has funded �25 croreto promote menstrual hygiene amongschool girls, by distributing free sanitarynapkins. But till July 2018, the adolescentsfrom the Litipara school had received thesanitary pads only once. They even shared

that they didn’t like the quali-ty of the pads. Thus a need forchecking the quality of thepads and the mechanism toevaluate the process of their

distribution needs to be checked.On the other other, girls who didnot go to school shared that they

had no media to receive thepads. Apart from the lack of

sexual hygiene and men-struation awareness, thereis yet another stigmawhich has now beenworked on to a greatextent — transgender

people.

In a session at the capital, gender wasdiscussed which also emphasised that“trans women are real women.” Whileeveryone agreed that trans women experi-ence violence within and outside their fam-ilies, the main issue was whether they werewomen or not. One of the girls argued thattrans women are not real women becausethey do not have experiences similar to herswhile growing up where she faces discrim-ination. She said that it was only when atrans woman started feeling like and iden-tifying herself as a woman would they expe-rience womanhood. Debating against herwas another girl who argued that if one can-not see her struggling with her gender beforeshe begins to identify as a woman, does notmake her struggle less significant. Thenuanced discussion on understanding theinvisibility in the struggles of trans womenwas exceptional. Such nuanced argumentshaven’t been heard in a training before. Itcould be considered a success as there wasa space for the girls to think critically andarticulate their thoughts on gender and sex-uality. This is one of the examples of the CSEprogramme resulting in critical thinking foryoung people.With more such examples ofevolution as well as a lack of a proper sex-ual knowledge, the policymakers and gov-ernment officials need to be sensitised onissues of sexual reproductive health andrights in order to have a comprehensiveunderstanding of young people’s issuesand be equipped to address them.

This will lead them to be aware of whatyoung people want from them as they arealso equal stakeholders in policies that aredesigned for them. By working in an all-inclusive manner, we will be able to createsafe spaces for young people irrespective oftheir caste, class, religion, gender or sexu-al identity. By strengthening our approachtowards adolescent and youth health, we willbe able to cater to their needs. After all, everyyoung person has the right to be informedand have access to health services.

However, with NGOs taking up healthinitiatives and sexual and reproductiverights, there has been an increase in theawareness of CSE and its need to be inclu-sive of all gender identities. Limited genderdiversity leads to young people having inad-equate information and impacts their per-spective.

What caught the attention ofRidhima Modi was not the quali-fications of her to-be-husband orthat he had a patent in his name,but his innovative thought-process.Ridhima, a post graduate infinance from the Xavier Instituteof Social Service, Ranchi, got a pro-posal from Ankit Agrawal, whohad started a new venture and wasalso contributing towards themammoth task of cleaning thegigantic river Ganga.

To understand the impor-tance of what Agrawal was doing,a look at the most sacred river ofIndia which is also a lifeline of themillions living along its course, isessential. The 2,525 km long river,despite being holy has becomehighly polluted over the years. Onesuch factor adding to the mulchare the flowers offered on itsbanks at different places of worshipwhich get immersed in the water.The flowers come in contact withthe water, release toxic com-pounds, reduce the oxygen leveland eventually threaten humanand marine life.

Flowers are a symbol of devo-tion and reverence. When used forreligious purposes, they becomesacred and cannot be dumped inthe bin and are eventuallyimmersed in the Ganga. So aneed was felt to recycle theseflowers to solve the problem ofmonumental waste being generat-

ed. A mission began on the Gangaghats in Kanpur which gave birthto what is called HelpUsGreentoday. Started in May 2015 by twofriends, Ankit Agrawal (29) andKaran Rastogi (29), HelpUsGreenbased in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, isa mission to clean the Gangawhich employs the local womenparticularly from the marginalisedsection of the society and providesthem with livelihood. HelpUsGreenhas pioneered the technology ofrecycling these flowers.

However, it was not an easyroad that the duo traversed.Convincing the temple authoritiesto hand over their floral waste wasthe first hurdles that they faced.Recalling a visit to a temple, Karansaid, “People go to a temple forpeace of mind but seeing a heap ofsacred flowers collected as garbageon the temple premises is hardlyconducive to that. Since I was reg-ular at this temple, it was difficultbut not impossible to convincethem. Incidentally, that was thebiggest temple in Kanpur.”

Starting with one temple, theinitiative now collects flowersfrom 23 places of worship in thecity on a regular basis. The quan-tity of flowers has increased man-ifold from 1.5 to two tons toseven to eight tons of flowerseveryday. Once collected, theseflowers are sorted to removeunwanted products like plastic

and garland threads. The flowerheaps are then sprayed with a bio-logical culture which removesinsecticides and pesticides.Cleaned and washed, these flow-ers are then hand-crafted intocharcoal free incense sticks, cones,plant fertilizer and florafoam.Launched under the FMCG brand‘Phool’, these products areabsolutely organic and chemical-free. It has incense sticks, conesand vermicompost. Another prod-uct called ‘Florafoam’ is a 100 percent bio-degradable alternative tothermacol. Made from flowers, flo-rafoam is customisable to anyshape and size and is a muchcheaper alternative to thermacol.“To make the model really scalable,

we needed a business-to-businessproduct for mass volume. The rad-ical idea of making thermacol-packaging material gave us themass volume as we expandedpan-India,” said Ankit.

The duo is not just set out tobring about an environmentalchange but is also making a hugesocial impact by employing 79women, who earlier worked asmanual scavengers. They nowhave full-time employment and getfair wages, insurance, providentfund and a bus service to com-mute. Ranjana who has beenworking with them for a year nowsaid, “My life has changed a lot forthe better.”

Karan, who completed his

Bachelors from Delhi Universityand Masters from WarwickBusiness School, UK, comes froma joint family and said that his par-ents were not keen on him takingthis up as they felt that “this is nowork to do.”

His partner too faced opposi-tion. When Ankit, who has 17research papers and a patent in hisname, told his parents that hewanted to quit his job and startHelpUsGreen, his mother said,“Ab tum job chodke mandiron kakachra saaf karoge (now you willleave your job and clean thegarbage in temples).”

Three years down the line,their parents are very proud ofthem and also ask their friends andneighbourers to send the flowersto the organisation rather than todisposing them in the water.

HelpUsGreen recently wonthe United Nation young leader forSDG 2018, Bill and Melinda GatesGoalkeeper award and the UnitedNation Momentum of ChangeAward 2018. They were also list-ed in Forbes 30 under 30 class of2018. “We never thought we couldachieve this. In the coming years,I hope we will be able to impactmore cities and change the lives ofnot less than 500 women”, Rastogisaid. Ridhima who manages theirfinances said, “Five years from nowI want to see us listed on the NSEas a public company.”

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Arsenal swaggered to a ninth suc-cessive win as AlexandreLacazette's double and a goal of

the season contender from AaronRamsey inspired a 5-1 rout of Fulhamon Sunday.

Unai Emery's side turned on thestyle on the banks of the River Thames,recording their biggest win of the sea-son as the resurgent Gunners movedinto the Premier League's top four.

Lacazette was at the centre ofArsenal's powerful show at CravenCottage, with his superb second-halfstrike restoring their lead after AndreSchurrle had cancelled out his open-er.

Ramsey's audacious back-heeledgoal put Arsenal in complete controlto cap a stunning move that recalledthe club's finest days under Emery'spredecessor Arsene Wenger.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang net-ted twice in the closing stages asArsenal won six consecutive leaguematches within a single campaign forthe first time since 2016.

They have also recorded threeconsecutive away league victories forthe first time in two years.

Emery was expected to need along period to revive Arsenal after thedepressing final years of the Wengerera.

But the north Londoners arequickly rediscovering their verve andstruggling Fulham had no answer totheir enterprising display.

Emery freshened up his side withsix changes, although one was enforcedas Mesut Ozil was sidelined due to aback spasm, and there were no signsof fatigue as they took the lead in the29th minute.

Alex Iwobi was the catalyst witha clever pass to Nacho Monreal.

Monreal clipped his cross intoLacazette and the French striker leftTim Ream flat-footed with a nimbleturn and close-range strike for hisfourth goal of the season.

Fulham hit back against the runof play in the 44th minute.

Unhinged by Monreal's wastefulpass, Arsenal were out of position asLuciano Vietto slipped a pin-point passto Schurrle, who caught Rob Holdingball-watching as he sprinted throughto chip a fine finish over Bernd Lenofor his third goal this season.

Undeterred, Arsenal stepped onthe gas after the interval and Lacazette

restored their lead in the 49th minute.Aubameyang and Ramsey had

both been left on the bench, but Emeryintroduced them for the final half hourin a bid to kill offFulham.

It proved aninspired move asRamsey sealed thepoints with amajestic finish inthe 67th minute.

Aubameyangput the seal onArsenal's stroll inthe autumn sun-shine in the 79thminute, deftlyc o n v e r t i n gBellerin's cross.

The Gabonstriker wasn't finished yet and, in thelast minute, he smashed in Ramsey'spass for his sixth goal of the season.

��1����������������� ���� Belgium playmakerEden Hazard kept up his red-hot formwith one goal and an assist to inspireChelsea to a convincing 3-0 victoryagainst Southampton in the PremierLeague on Sunday.

Unbeaten Chelsea, playingin an unfamiliar pale blue kitwith orange socks, made abright start at St Mary's andwas unfortunate not to beawarded a penalty whenWesley Hoedt fouled Olivier

Giroud.Southampton could have taken

the lead against the run of play, butDanny Ings blazed the ball wildly overafter good work down the left by for-mer Chelsea defender Ryan Bertrand.

Chelsea went ahead on the half-hour when Ross Barkley, who wasrecalled to the England squad mid-week, did well to win possession inmidfield and set up the unmarked

Hazard to fire the ball past AlexMcCarthy for his seventh league goalof the season.

Barkley then added the secondgoal, his first for the club, from tap-inrange after Giroud produced an acro-batic cross-shot following a free kickby Willian.

Southampton tried to stage a laterally and visiting goalkeeper KepaArrizabalaga had to pull off two fin-ger-tip saves to deny Ings and NathanRedmond.

Chelsea had the final word,though, as the irrepressible Hazard sentAlvaro Morata clean through and thesubstitute chipped the ball overMcCarthy.

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Atletico Madrid shot to the topof La Liga after Angel

Correa's goal proved the winnerin an untidy 1-0 win over RealBetis on Sunday.

Atletico sat seven pointsbehind Real Madrid andBarcelona after winning onlyone of their opening four leaguegames but as their rivals havestumbled, Diego Simeone's sidehave sprung into form.

Even if Barca return to thesummit by beating Valencia lateron Sunday, this was Atleti's fifthwin in six in all competitions,with their only dropped pointscoming in a stalemate away toReal Madrid.

Simeone can take some ofthe credit too for this victory atthe Wanda Metropolitano, afterthrowing on both Correa andThomas Partey as substitutes inthe second half. Thomas pro-vided the assist.

The contest was billed as aclassic clash of styles, withAtletico's stubborn defence upagainst the free-flowing RealBetis, who lit up the league lastseason with their flurry of goals.

It is testament to the threatBetis pose that opponents havebecome more cautious this sea-son and Atletico weresuccessful here in theirstrategy of absorb andcounter-attack.

Betis, who couldalso have gone topwith a win, such is thescrunched nature ofthe top half, stay sev-enth.

Diego Costa was missingwith a thigh injury, allowingNikola Kalinic to make his firststart since joining from ACMilan in August.

��������������Julen Lopetegui insisted it is

too early to be questioning hisfuture despite Real Madrid suf-fering a shock defeat by Alaves to

make it four games without a vic-tory.

It is four games without agoal too for the European cham-pions, their longest scoringdrought since 1985, as ManuGarcia headed home in the 95thminute to send theMendizorrotza Stadium wild.

It is the first time they havebeaten Madrid at home in 87years.

Alaves fans ran onto thepitch to celebrate their stunning1-0 win and the chants continuedlong after the final whistle.

For Real, this was anotherbody blow and to make mattersworse, Gareth Bale and KarimBenzema, their chief attackingthreats, were both forced offinjured. Bale had missed theChampions League loss to CSKAMoscow on Tuesday with a groinstrain.

It means Barcelona can gothree points clear if they win theirgame in hand against Valenciawhile Alaves' excellent start to theseason continues.

Lopetegui had been asked onFriday if he felt under pressure atthe club he left Spain for on theeve of the World Cup and thequestion was put to him againafter the match here.

"It interests you but is not aquestion that concernsme," Lopetegui said.

"We know what thelife of a coach is, especial-ly at Real Madrid, but wealso know it is Octoberand you have to keep per-spective and stay calm."

Captain Sergio Ramoswas more emphatic.

"It's other people who makethose decisions but it's nevergood to have a change of coach,"he said.

"It would be crazy."Talk of change feels prema-

ture but it will increase if Madridfail to find fluency soon and, inparticular, if Barca pull away. TheClasico at the Camp Nou loomsat the end of the month.

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Juan Martin del Potro said thathe was battling illness after he

suffered a shock defeat in theChina Open final on Sunday, los-ing 6-4, 6-4 to unseeded NikolozBasilashvili of Georgia.

In the women's final, worldnumber two Caroline Wozniackidefeated Latvia's AnastasijaSevastova 6-3, 6-3 for her 30thWTA singles title.

Argentine top seed Del Potrowas far from his best and hasbeen fighting flu or a cold for sev-eral days in the Chinese capital.

The world number four saidthat he did his utmost in difficultcircumstances.

"I did everything that I canto be better for the final, it was-n't enough time to feel 100 per-cent," the 30-year-old said.

There was to be no surprisein the women's decider.

Denmark's Wozniacki wasimpressive all week, never drop-ping a set and rarely looking trou-bled, sealing her spot in the WTAFinals Singapore in the process.

The 28-year-old, who wonher first Grand Slam at theAustralian Open at the start ofthis year, was imperious againstthe unseeded Sevastova.

It is her second China Opencrown — she also won it in 2010— and 30th overall.

"I'm just happy to havereached 30 today, I'm going toenjoy that," said Wozniacki, a for-mer number one.

"As a little kid I had a dreamof becoming a professional ten-nis player, becoming number onein the world.

"Then after number one inthe world, I wanted to win aSlam, then I wanted to lift tro-phies.

"Having done everything,all of that, it's pretty amazing.

"I think I had a dream of that,but I don't know how realistic Ireally believed that was going tobe."

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Meghana Reddy and TasnimMir won the girls doubles

crown as Indian shuttlers baggedfive medals in the BadmintonAsia Junior U-17 and U-15 cham-pionships which concluded atMandalay, Myanmar on Sunday.

Meghana and Tasnim pairdefeated Korean duo of Yeo JinGong and Da Yeon Jeong 23-21,21-18 in the final to secure theUnder-15 girls doubles title.

Meiraba Luwang and AditiBhatt won a Bronze medal each inthe Under-17 boys singles and girlssingles respectively, while SShankar Muthuswamy claimed aBronze in under-15 boys singles.

The men doubles duo in U-15category, Pranv Rao Gandhamand P Sai Vishnu, added yet anoth-er Bronze medal to India's tally.

Sankar lost his semifinal to

Korean Byung Jae Kim 15-21, 19-21 in a tight match and it was fol-lowed by Aditi, who went down toIndonesian Aisyah Savita Ftetani12-21, 13-21.

Meiraba fought well but unfor-tunately went down 21-19, 16-21,

10-21 against Korean Yong Jin andthe pair of Pranav and Sai Vishucouldn't withstand the Indonesianduo of Muhammad RayhanNurand Mar wan Faza, whowrapped up the match 21-12, 21-19.

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Kei Nishikori's hopes of a third Japan Opencrown were dashed Sunday by Russian

qualifier Daniil Medvedev, who crushed thelocal hero 6-2, 6-4 to play party-pooper.

Medvedev punched well above his worldranking of 32 and overpowered third seedNishikori in a one-sided Tokyo final, taking just63 minutes to scoop his third career title.

Nishikori, who won the tournament in2012 and 2014, had not dropped a set beforerunning into the beefy Russian and came intothe match as the overwhelming favourite.

But Medvedev snaffled an early breakthanks to a wild backhand from Nishikori, whogift-wrapped the first set to his opponent witha tame double-fault.

A misfiring Nishikori, who won the last ofhis 11 career titles in Memphis two years ago,continued to struggle as his towering opponentgrew in confidence.

Chasing a first tournament victory after

recovering from a lengthy wrist injury, the worldnumber 12 never really threatened Medvedev'sserve and went out in a flurry of unforcederrors.

Medvedev completed the upset with adrilled forehand to join a eye-popping list ofJapan winners that includes Roger Federer, PeteSampras, John McEnroe and Ken Rosewall.

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India opened its Para AsianGames campaign in style by bag-

ging two Silver and three Bronzemedals on the opening day here onSunday.

The men's badminton teamopened the country's medalaccount after narrowly losing toMalaysia 1- 2 in the semifinals tosettle for a Bronze.

In the 49 kg men's powerlift-ing event, Farman Basha claimedthe Silver and Paramjeet Kumarwon the Bronze. The Gold went toPia Laophalkdee of Laos for hiseffort of 133 kg.

Farman lifted 128 kg whileParamjeet had 127 kg.

The medals continued to comeIndia's way as swimmers DevanshiSatijawon picked up a Silver inwomen's 100 metre butterfly in S-10 category and Suyash Jadhavclinched the Bronze in the men's200 metre individual medley inSM-7 category.

The Boccia team, which iscompeting for the first time at theAsian Para Games, also emergedvictorious as they got the better ofhosts Indonesia in their first groupmatch 5-3.

In chess, all the Indians wontheir ties with visually impairedPrachurya Kumar Pradhan sealinghis victory over Domingos SavioFernandes Gusmao from TimorLeste in less than 15 minutes.

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Prithvi Shaw lived up to expectationswith a classy Test century on his

India debut but the teenage sensationmust tighten up his technique fortougher challenges away from home,feel former players.

Shaw batted like a seasoned pro tohit a sublime hundred in the seriesopener against the West Indies, becom-ing the youngest Indian to reachthree-figure score on Test debut. Hedid not face the best of attacks but itwas still a special knock that promis-es a great career.

His punches off the back footreminded former West Indies all-rounder Carl Hooper of the good oldCaribbean flair but he feels Shaw'saggressive style with the existing tech-nique makes the 18-year-old vulner-able for sterner tests overseas, startingwith the tour of Australia next month.

"He seems to be a great talent buttends to play away from the body.Clearly, he likes to be on the back footand play square off the wicket. Itworked here (in Rajkot) but with somuch gap between the bat and body,he could face issues in England andAustralia," Hooper, a veteran of 102Tests said.

Former India opener AakashChopra, who successfully negotiatedthe new ball in Australia during the2003-2004 tour, has a different take onShaw's technique. He too feels thatShaw needs to tighten up his game but

said if an unconventional approachworked for Virender Sehwag, it couldalso work for the highly-rated teenag-er.

"What we have just seen is perhapsa trailer of the things to come. It looksvery promising. You cannot grudgeabout the opposition and pitch was flat.But he will be tested (overseas) and Iam sure he is aware of it. We will getto know whether he can weather thestorm and what all he needs to do," saidChopra, who played 10 Tests forIndia.

"Currently, there are couple ofthings, I am pretty sure he is workingon that. One was his trigger movementwhich is already looking different towe saw in the IPL. I am not too wor-ried. He has got a great start," Choprasaid.

"People will have faith and he willget a slightly extended run. God for-bid even if Australia does not end upbeing the best of tours for him, youhave to bear in mind that lot of play-ers went there the first time and didnot really set the world on fire."

He said Shaw might have to curbhis aggression a bit while facing thelikes of Mitchell Starc and JoshHazlewood. The ball will swing inAustralia but not as much as England.

"There will be some swing asKookaburra tends to move a lot earlyon. Hazlewood and Starc will beexploiting those conditions. See, youhave to back yourself. Whatever tookyou to this level should make you suc-

cessful at the highest level as well."You may want to tighten up a bit

but radical changes in your techniquesare not advisable. He has got to be alittle careful off the back foot. Thepunches that he likes to hit could beslightly risky if the ball is moving lat-erally. We will have to assume that hewill learn with time. What he has donein the past counts for nothing. He willbe eventually be judged by what hedoes at the highest level," addedChopra.

Someone who has tracked Shawclosely is Amol Muzumdar, a stalwartof Mumbai and owner of more than11,000 first-class runs. The 43-year-oldsaid one should not jump the gun butwait till Shaw actually gets an oppor-tunity overseas before making a com-ment on his technique.

"I think he does not need tochange too much. Every player has gothis own style of play. His style is aggres-sive, playing on the rise and he shouldcontinue doing that. We will have towait and see how does in England andAustralia then only we can talk aboutit," said Muzumdar.

"You cannot be technically correctall the time, too much reliance on tech-nique is also not good. There has to bea balance between technique andflamboyance. All he needs to do is tobe selective with his shot making. Onwhich ball to go for your strokes andon which ball to hold back. That is theonly thing he needs to watch out,"reckoned Muzumdar.

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Reeza Hendricks and Heinrich Klaasenadvanced their claims for long-term

places in the South African squad as theyhit half-centuries in a four-wicket win overZimbabwe in the third and final one-dayinternational at Boland Park on Saturday.

South Africa completed a 3-0 sweepin a series which was as much about giv-ing opportunities to fringe players as it wasabout beating their neighbours.

"Our main focus was to keep lookingat players and we tried to give everyonegood game time," said South African cap-tain Faf du Plessis.

"Australia is our next tour (at the endof October). It will probably be a bittougher than this and we will be closer toour best 15 or 16 players for that tour."

Hendricks made 66 and Klaasen 59 asSouth Africa chased down a Zimbabwetotal of 228 with 4.1 overs to spare.

Hendricks hit a century on debutagainst Sri Lanka in August but scored onlyeight runs in his next four innings.Opening the batting, he helped AidenMarkram put on 75 for the first wicket andbatted fluently in hitting five fours and asix off 82 balls.

Klaasen played his second usefulinnings of a series in which he also keptwicket capably in the absence of Quinton

de Kock, hitting six fours and a six in a 67-ball innings. Two catches and a lightningstumping helped win him the man-of-the-match award. Sean Williams hit 69 to leadan improved batting performance byZimbabwe but it was not enough to pro-vide a serious challenge on the only goodbatting pitch of the series.

South Africa went into the series with-out front-line players Hashim Amla, DeKock and David Miller, with coach OttisGibson stating that opportunities wouldbecome less frequent for players chal-lenging for places in South Africa's 2019World Cup squad.

Earlier, Williams helped the touristsregain some pride after being bowled outfor 117 and 78 in losing the first two match-es. Williams and Brendan Taylor (40) puton 73 for the fourth wicket.

South African fast bowler Dale Steyncontinued a successful return to one-dayinternational cricket, bowling with goodpace and control on an unresponsive pitchto take three for 29 in 9.3 overs. Fellow fastbowler Kagiso Rabada took three for 32.

Zimbabwe captain HamiltonMasakadza said his team's batting had beendisappointing. "We just weren't goodenough across all three games," he said.

The sides start a three-matchTwenty20 international series in EastLondon on Tuesday.

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Opener Mohammad Hafeez cel-ebrated his recall with an

impressive century as Pakistandominated the opening day of thefirst Test against Australia in Dubaion Sunday.

Pakistan were 255-3 at theclose of play, with Haris Sohailunbeaten on 15 and nightwatch-man Mohammad Abbas one notout as Australian bowlers toiledaway with little success on a flatDubai Stadium pitch.

Hafeez, a late inclusion in thesquad after a double hundred in adomestic match, led the run-feastwith a knock of 126 — his 10th Testhundred — during a 278-minutestay at the crease and put on 205runs for the opening stand withImam-ul-Haq, who made a careerbest 76.

Pakistan skipper SarfrazAhmed won the toss and decidedto bat, and Hafeez and Imamlaid the platform for a big firstinnings as Australia's pace-cum-spin attack was held wick-etless before tea.

Hafeez, whose last of 50Test appearances came inEngland two years ago, broughtup his hundred by pushingspinner Jon Holland for twoafter hitting a pair of boundariesoff Mitchell Starc the previousover.

He was given a life on 74 whenMitchell Marsh could not hold onto a tough chance on the bound-ary off the bowling of Holland hav-ing covered some 20 yards in theoutfield.

Hafeez, whose innings includ-ed 15 boundaries, was finallytrapped leg before wicket by PeterSiddle by a ball which beat him onthe front push.

It was only after tea thatAustralia were able to take wickets,with off-spinner Nathan Lyon get-ting Imam caught behind in the63rd over of the day.

Imam hit seven boundariesand two sixes — both off Holland— to improve on his previous bestscore of 74 not out made againstIreland at Malahide in May.

Azhar Ali scored 18 before giv-

ing away his wicket to Holland,caught at mid-off by Starc.

Australia captain TimPaine brought on Lyon in theninth over but Pakistan reachedlunch at 89-0 before adding afurther 110 runs in the secondsession.

Lyon, Holland and Siddlefinished a challenging openingday with a wicket apiece.

Australia handed Test capsto Aaron Finch, Travis Head andMarnus Labuschagne whilePakistan included off-spinner BilalAsif for his first Test at the age of33. The second Test starts in AbuDhabi on October 16.

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India's U-19 team on Sundayfollowed the footsteps of their

seniors to win the U-19 AsiaCup title with a crushing 144-run win against Sri Lanka in thefinal with Delhi boys AyushBadoni and Harsh Tyagi playingprominent roles.

Just a week back, the seniorteam beat Bangladesh in a close-ly fought final in Dubai toemerge as continental champi-ons.

Runaway favourites, Indiaoutplayed Sri Lanka in alldepartments by first scoring animposing 303 for six at the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium after skipperPrabh Simran Singh won thetoss and elected to bat.

All the Indian batsmen con-tributed with openers YashasviJaiswal (85 off 113 balls) andAnuj Rawat (57 off 79 balls) cre-ating solid foundation with121-run stand.

However the highlight ofthe Indian innings was Badoni'sblistering unbeaten knock of 52off 28 balls which included fivesixes and two fours. Along withskipper Prabh Simran (65 no off37 balls), Badoni added 110runs in 9.1 overs to literally batSri Lanka out of the match.

The island nation werenever in the chase as they wereall out for 160 in 38.4 overs los-ing wickets at regular intervalswith left-arm spinner HarshTyagi's registering brilliant fig-ures of 6 for 38 in 10 overs.

He flighted a few and fireda few down the channel inwhat was his best performanceat the U-19 level till date.

India did have one toughmatch against Bangladesh in thesemi-final which they won bytwo runs.

"I couldn't play today but Iam very happy that my teamwon," India's regular captainPavan Shah said in company ofhis deputy and stand-in skipperPrabh Simran.

Man of the match Tyagi,who bowled a disciplined linesaid: "The instruction was to

bowl at one spot after doing avideo analysis of the Sri Lankateam. The wicket also assistedthe spinners."

It was left-hander Jaiswal,who hit some flowing drivesincluding a pulled six over deepmid-wicket off left-arm spinnerDushith Wellalage.

For his consistency (318runs in the tournament), Jaiswalwas adjudged man-of-the-tour-nament.

The Lankans used fivespinners — three off-breaksand two left-arm spinners butall of them were slow throughthe air giving batsmen enoughtime to go on the back-foot.

Indian batting's most enter-taining part was the death overswhen Badoni and Prabh Simranbrutally assaulted the oppositionspinners.

In an over from left-armspinner Shashika Dulshan,Badoni hit four sixes with a cou-ple of them landing in stands.

A product of Delhi's famousSonnet Club, his techniqueagainst spinners was impressiveand like his 'senior' RishabhPant, he loves the slog hit overcow corner.

������'����India U-19 303/6 (YashasviJaiswal 85 off 113 balls, AnujRawat 57 off 79 balls, PrabhSimran 65 no off 37 balls,Ayush Badoni 52 no off 28balls)Sri Lanka U-19 160 in 38.4overs (Harsh Tyagi 6/38 in 10overs). India U-19 won by 144runs.

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Arampant Lewis Hamilton led aMercedes one-two at the Japanese

Grand Prix on Sunday to move to thebrink of a fifth Formula One world title.

The Briton dominated at Suzukaafter starting on pole, stretching his leadover Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel to 67 pointswith just four races left as the German'shopes were dashed by a collision withRed Bull's Max Verstappen.

Valtteri Bottas held off Verstappen totake second almost 13 seconds behindHamilton in a breathless 53-lap race atthe fast-flowing Japanese circuit.

"Woo-hoo! I love you guys!"Hamilton screamed over team radio afterhis sixth win in the last seven races.

"I hope you guys are not gettingbored of this — because I'm definitelynot."

Vettel realistically needed to win tokeep alive his fading title hopes but,despite making up four places in a fran-tic start after starting on the fourth row,spun off on lap eight in a shower of sparksafter a risky lunge on Verstappen.

The German, who began from eighthin qualifying, survived the scrape butfound himself back in 19th and couldonly finish sixth, dealing a hammer blowto his slim title hopes.

Hamilton will retain his world titleif he wins the next race at Austin andVettel fails to finish second.

"It's a great one-two for Mercedesand a true showing of the strength indepth we have," said the Briton after hisfifth Japan victory and ninth of the sea-son.

"I can't wait to unleash this beast inAustin," he added, pointing at his car.

"We've gone from strength tostrength this year as a team but I'm tak-

ing it one step at a time."Daniel Ricciardo finished fourth

for Red Bull after starting way back in15th with Kimi Raikkonen fifth afterFerrari opted not to switch his positionwith Vettel for the sake of two extrapoints.

Vettel was left wondering whatmight have been after a ruining an elec-tric start with an ill-advised attempt toduck inside Verstappen at turn 13.

"In that corner you can't overtake,"shrugged the Dutchman, who had ear-lier received a five-second penalty fornudging Raikkonen off the track.

"I even gave him space but he under-steered into my car."

Red Bull boss Christian Horner putit even more bluntly when asked to assessVettel's rush of blood.

"It was a bit late and obviouslyopportunistic," he said.

"You know with Max, he's nevergoing to give an inch and it's costSebastian dear today. That's probablythe end of his championship." Vettel sawit differently.

Further down the order, SergioPerez took seventh for Force Indiaahead of Romain Grosjean's Haas.

The second Force India of EstebanOcon came in ninth with Renault'sCarlos Sainz Jr 10th.

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The Indian junior men's hockey teamthrashed New Zealand 7-1 to register their

second consecutive win at the eighth Sultanof Johor Cup here on Sunday.

On the opening day of the tournament,the Indians had registered a hard fought 2-1win over hosts Malaysia.

Prabhjot Singh (6th minute), ShilanandLakra (15th, 43rd), Harmanjit Singh (21st),Mohd Faraz (23rd), Abhishek (50th) and skip-per Mandeep Mor (60th) were the goal scor-ers for India.

New Zealand's consolation goal camefrom the sticks of Sam Hiha in the 53rdminute.

Last year's Bronze medallist India got offto an attacking start as Prabhjot's fine goal inthe sixth minute put New Zealand on the backfoot.

Shilanand Lakra, who had made hissenior debut earlier this year at the SultanAzlan Shah Cup in Malaysia, was in good nickas he capitalised on a good assist to put theball past the New Zealand goalkeeper to dou-ble the scoreline.

The Indian forwards kept up the pressureas they scored back-to-back goals in the 21stand 23rd minute through Harmanjit's fieldstrike and Mohd Faraz's penalty corner con-version.

While the third quarter saw both teamsdrop the pace a bit, India extended their leadin the 43rd minute through Lakra.

It was Abhishek's 50th minute goal thatput India 6-0 ahead, even as New Zealand's

Sam Hiha scored a consolation goal threeminute later.

Skipper Mandeep also registered hisname in the score sheet as he converted asmart variation from a penalty corner to handIndia the massive win.

Earlier on Saturday, India beat hostMalaysia 2-1 to start its camappign on the win-ning note.

India will next take on Japan in their thirdmatch on October 9.

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