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C ongress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded resignation of Finance Minister Arun Jaitley, accusing him of “colluding with the criminal” and allow- ing him to escape from the country. Rahul sought the FM’s res- ignation on the back of a claim made by his party MP PL Punia that he saw Jaitley and Mallya together in the Central Hall of Parliament on March 1, 2016, as the duo held an elab- orate 15-20 minute discussion. On Wednesday, Jaitley had rubbished Mallya’s claim that he met Jaitley in Parliament where he had offered to settle his bank dues. Jaitley said he never gave any appointment to Mallya, but the liquor baron accosted him on one occasion in Parliament and offered to make some settlement with the banks, which he (Jaitley) refused to entertain. The FM claimed there was no further talks between them. The Congress president also attacked the Modi Government on the way the CBI lookout circular (LOC) notice against Mallya was dilut- ed, allowing him to leave the country. “Who changed the lookout notice for Mr Vijay Mallya from ‘detain’ to just ‘inform’? It can only be someone who con- trols the CBI,” Rahul tweeted. After Jaitley’s prompt rebuttal of Mallya’s claim of the purported meeting, Punia spiced up the controversy by insisting he had seen Jaitley and Mallya talking animatedly in the Central Hall of Parliament, for first few minutes standing and then continuing their dis- cussion sitting face to face. “On March 3, we heard from the media that he (Mallya) fled the country on March 2. I have clearly stated about this in each of my inter- view with the media. There are CCTV cameras, we can all see that for proof. If I am wrong, I will resign from politics,” Punia claimed. Latching on to Punia’s claim, Rahul challenged Jaitley to get CCTV footage of March 1. “Mr Jaitley is lying, the Government is lying on Rafale and the Government is lying on Vijay Mallya. A meeting was held with Mr Arun Jaitley and Vijay Mallya. The logistics of Mr Mallya leaving the country were discussed in that meet- ing,” Rahul told reporters. “Mr Vijay Mallya was given free passage out of the country by the Finance Minister, who has clearly said the criminal told him that he is going to run away. Well, why did you let him run away? Why did you not stop him? Because you were colluding with him,” he added. Describing it as an “open and shut case of collusion”, he said there was some deal between Jaitley and Mallya and called for the Finance Minister’s resignation. Asked whether the Congress would move a privi- lege motion, he said the party would do what it could. However, Jaitley has to first explain why he did not act when told that Mallya was going to “run away to London”, Rahul said. He also sought to know what transpired at Jaitley’s “extended meeting” with the “gentleman in Parliament House”. The Congress has also gone on offensive against dilu- tion of the LOC. T he BJP on Thursday defended Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley against allegation of “colluding” with liquor baron Vijay Mallya and asked Congress president Rahul Gandhi to resign and disclose his family’s proximity with the absconding tycoon. Addressing a Press confer- ence, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said the fugitive busi- nessman is a criminal and his words could not be taken seri- ously. The BJP leader, however, did not answer whether the Government would give CCTV footage for forensic examina- tion to test the claim of the Congress that the said meeting between Jaitley and Mallya took place in the Central hall. Goyal asked Rahul to resign, claiming that due to his family’s “relations” with Mallya, banks were pressured by the previous United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Government to sanction loans to the fugitive businessman, violating all norms. “Rahul Gandhi should answer what were the relations between his family and Mallya,” Goyal said, adding that the now-defunct Kingfisher Airlines was given loans bypassing all norms, laws and regulations. He said Rahul is an offender and his resignation will be forced by the people of India. However, it was not clear from what office Goyal wanted Rahul to step down. Mallya, he asserted, has no credibility as he is under the “glare of law” and is a criminal. He could not be taken seriously, Goyal said. Goyal ran a small clip of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh stating pri- vate airlines need to be helped to come out of the financial mess. Goyal alleged that the RBI was pressurised to arrange for a company-specific loan. The Minister said the Modi Government is in the process of recovering the money from Mallya and the Congress “is creating defence by telling lies.” The BJP also pointed out that Manmohan Singh had told his officials and gave it in writing to help Mallya, for which the liquor baron had thanked him profusely. Through the day, one after another several BJP leaders appeared on TV channels to attack Rahul and defend Jaitely. Law Minister Ravishankar Prasad insinuated that Rahul may have played a role in influencing Mallya to implicate Jaitley in his escape from the country. Prasad said Mallya made this claim only after Rahul Gandhi visited London recent- ly. The BJP also alleged that both the Congress and the Gandhi family were close to the fugitive liquor baron. Party spokesperson Sambit Patra alleged that it appeared Rahul Gandhi owned the now defunct Kingfisher Airline by proxy and there are “18 pages worth of evidence” about their links. “Papers show that Kingfisher Airlines was not owned by Mallya but by the Gandhi parivar,” Patra said at a Press conference. Patra read out from the documents to point out that the loans to the now defunct airline were restructured twice — in 2008 and 2012. “That he and his mother Sonia Gandhi used to get free business upgrade (in Kingfisher flights) is something which is in the public domain,” Patra added. S ecurity forces gunned down eight terrorists on Thursday in three separate encounters - two in north Kashmir and one in Jammu region. Twelve secu- rity personnel, including five jawans of CRPF, four State policemen, and three army personnel, received injuries during the operation. Five terrorists, including three infiltrators, were killed in two separate encounters in north Kashmir’s Keran sector of Kupwara and Sopore in north Kashmir, official sources said. An over-ground worker of a pan-Islamic outfit was also held in Ganderbal district. Officials said three uniden- tified infiltrators were killed in a fierce gunfight after Army foiled a major infiltration bid along the Line of Control in Keran sector in Kupwara in north Kashmir on Thursday. In another incident, two Pakistan’s Jaish-e-Muhammad terrorists were killed in an operation at Checkipora, Sheikhpora village in Sopore area of north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. In Kakriyal area along the Jammu-Srinagar National Highway, a three member fidayeen squad, believed to be cadre of Pakistan based Jaish- e- Mohammad terrorist outfit, was eliminated by the joint team of security forces lead by para commandos of the Indian army, jawans of the special operations group of state police and CRPF on Thursday. The 33-hour operation ended in the killing of one of the three surviving terrorists who opened fire on security forces when he came face to face with them during the combing and search opera- tions in thickly vegetated fields of Kakriyal. Till the time of filing the report several teams of bomb disposal squad and others were deployed at the encounter site to completely sanitise the area and clear the same from ‘booby’ traps in the form of planted IED’s or land mines. The local residents, who remained closeted inside their homes since early morning also heaved a sigh of relief after the operation was called off. The security forces ensured no major collateral damage was done to the civilian hous- es and managed to contain these terrorists in isolated areas. The educational institutions remained closed in the area to prevent any untoward inci- dent. The traffic on the nation- al highway also remained sus- pended while operation was on in the area. General Officer Commanding Uniform Force Major General Arvind Bhatia while confirming the elimina- tion of all three terrorists in Kakriyal area told reporters, “these terrorists possibly infil- trated from the Samba sector and were heading towards Kashmir valley to carry out some major strike with the help of their handlers and vast net- work of over ground workers”. He said since it was diffi- cult for these terrorists to sus- tain them across Jammu region in the absence of overground workers network they were possibly heading towards Kashmir valley. D elhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday asserted that Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government will suc- ceed in cleaning Yamuna River though it will take time. Kejriwal, who is currently on a visit to South Korea, made the assertion in reply to a tweet that questioned the failures of urban rejuvenation projects in India and stalled plans for Yamuna River front development. Kejriwal accused previous Governments responsible for not cleaning the Yamuna River and their failure in imple- menting the river front devel- opment projects. “Becoz then, AAP govt wasn’t there. Now, it will hap- pen. As there have been con- crete improvements in other spheres during AAP govt, we will work hard on cleaning drains and Yamuna. It will take time. Koreans did it in 27 months. But I am confident that we will succeed,” he tweet- ed. During his trip to South Korean capital Seoul, Kejriwal visited Cheonggyecheon stream that was transformed from a polluted water body to a popular tourist spot. “The Cheonggyecheon Restoration Project in Seoul, which I myself saw on Wednesday at the downtown, was centred on revitalising the stream that had been covered for decades by a highway over- pass. The city of Seoul used its own resources to bring new life to the downtown by enhancing the urban environment. The restoration of the Cheonggyecheon Stream led to the revitalisation of central Seoul, unleashing the potential for green public space”, he said. Addressing the International Conference on Urban Regeneration at Seol, Kejriwal said, “Delhi is a vibrant city state and popular- ly known as mini-India, where people of different religions, regions and cultures live hap- pily and contribute to India’s economy in a major way. Capital cities, the world over, are administratively run dif- ferently and Delhi too has a unique and somewhat complex administrative structure, which however is a matter of a sepa- rate conversation at some other occasion.” Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to celebrate his 68th birthday in his parlia- mentary constituency of Varanasi, where he will spend the day with schoolchildren and watch a film based on his life, a district official said here on Thursday. Modi is likely to go for a two-day visit to Varanasi on September 17 and 18. He will also offer prayers at the famous Kashi Vishwanath temple dur- ing his visit and address a public gathering in Varanasi, the official said. On his 68th birthday, the PM will watch a 32-minute film called “Chalo Jeete Hain” with schoolchildren and is also like- ly to inaugurate several devel- opment projects worth crores of rupees. A special cleanliness drive will be launched and health camps will also be organised in the town, he said. “District officials are hold- ing meetings regarding the visit and all the security arrangements are being made for the various events in which he will take part, though the final itinerary of the PM’s visit is awaited,” the official said. UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath held meetings with the district officials here on Wednesday and reviewed the preparations for the PM’s two- day visit, sources said. A fter a detailed discussion with local agitators, the administration on Thursday agreed to shift tigress “Sundari” from the Satkosia reserve. A special team from Dehradun would reach Angul by September 15 for the pur- pose. Apart from providing employment to a relative of the woman killed by the tigress, Rs 4 lakhs would be provided to her family as compensation. After the scheduled visit of the Prime Minister to the State on September 22, the admin- istration would discuss details about the welfare of the forest people, for whose protection three platoons of police force would be provided, said sources. (See also P 3) B JD supremo and Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday said any future move, whether floating a new party or contesting election as an Independent candidate, by Damodar Rout after his expul- sion from the BJD would have “no impact” on the ruling party. Patnaik, who returned from New Delhi, told this in response to reporters’ queries about Rout’s claim that he would contest from his Paradip Assembly constituency basing on the “ideals of Biju Patnaik”. Naveen Patnaik termed Rout’s allegations of corruption in the Government and about the affairs in the BJD as “inconsequen- tial and ridiculous”. Rout as been disgraced from the party justifiably because of his per- sistent anti-party activities, Patnaik added. Interestingly, Rout, who had on Wednesday morning seemed to be begging mercy with Patnaik describing him as “a good person” to be spared expulsion from the party, has now turned totally against the Chief Minister stating that “the earlier Naveen Patnaik leaves Odisha the better for the State”. Rout began spitting venom against Patnaik soon after Baijayant Panda, another leader removed from the BJD for anti-party activities, met him at his residence to lend him his “moral support” and told the media that the BJD is no more a party of the leaders who were closely associated with Biju Patnaik. I n a major setback to the Commissionerate police, the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate (SDJM) court of Cuttack Sadar on Thursday allowed arrested Cuttack City Congress president Muhammad Moqim and 16 other party leaders, including three Corporators, to go on bail on personal recognizance (PR) bond. As per the PR bail con- ditions, they shall appear at all required court hearings. The leaders were arrested by the police in a late night swoop at different places on Wednesday for their alleged involvement in ransacking a city police station on Tuesday. Alleging vendetta politics, the Congress workers had stormed into the Purighat police station in protest against the arrest of a party worker, who had active- ly participated in Monday’s ‘Bharat Bandh’ called by the party. While producing the arrested leaders before the court on Thursday, the prose- cution, besides referring to the recent case registered against Moqim, had also referred to four other old cases pending against him since 2012. Judicial Magistrate Sitikantha Pradhan, however, did not hear the old cases and decided to adjudicate only the one relating to the Purighat PS case and allowed the bail appli- cations of all. Reacting after the court verdict, Moqim told reporters that the police had acted against him in a “vindic- tive” manner to satisfy their political bosses. “In order to divert the attention of the peo- ple from the tirade launched by expelled BJD leader Damodar Rout against the Government, police were trying to stage a drama,” Moqim said, adding that he had faith in the judiciary. Continued on page 4

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Page 1: 2018/09/14  · deployed at the encounter site to completely sanitise the area and clear the same from ‘booby’ traps in the form of planted IED’s or land mines. The local

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Congress president RahulGandhi on Thursday

demanded resignation ofFinance Minister Arun Jaitley,accusing him of “colludingwith the criminal” and allow-ing him to escape from thecountry.

Rahul sought the FM’s res-ignation on the back of a claimmade by his party MP PLPunia that he saw Jaitley andMallya together in the CentralHall of Parliament on March 1,2016, as the duo held an elab-orate 15-20 minute discussion.

On Wednesday, Jaitley hadrubbished Mallya’s claim thathe met Jaitley in Parliamentwhere he had offered to settlehis bank dues. Jaitley said henever gave any appointment toMallya, but the liquor baronaccosted him on one occasionin Parliament and offered tomake some settlement withthe banks, which he (Jaitley)refused to entertain. The FMclaimed there was no furthertalks between them.

The Congress presidentalso attacked the ModiGovernment on the way theCBI lookout circular (LOC)notice against Mallya was dilut-ed, allowing him to leave thecountry.

“Who changed the lookoutnotice for Mr Vijay Mallyafrom ‘detain’ to just ‘inform’? Itcan only be someone who con-trols the CBI,” Rahul tweeted.

After Jaitley’s prompt

rebuttal of Mallya’s claim of thepurported meeting, Puniaspiced up the controversy byinsisting he had seen Jaitley andMallya talking animatedly inthe Central Hall of Parliament,for first few minutes standingand then continuing their dis-cussion sitting face to face.

“On March 3, we heardfrom the media that he(Mallya) fled the country onMarch 2. I have clearly stated

about this in each of my inter-view with the media. There areCCTV cameras, we can all seethat for proof. If I am wrong, Iwill resign from politics,” Puniaclaimed.

Latching on to Punia’sclaim, Rahul challenged Jaitleyto get CCTV footage of March1. “Mr Jaitley is lying, theGovernment is lying on Rafaleand the Government is lying onVijay Mallya.

A meeting was held withMr Arun Jaitley and VijayMallya. The logistics of MrMallya leaving the countrywere discussed in that meet-ing,” Rahul told reporters.

“Mr Vijay Mallya was givenfree passage out of the countryby the Finance Minister, whohas clearly said the criminaltold him that he is going to runaway. Well, why did you let him

run away? Why did you notstop him? Because you werecolluding with him,” he added.

Describing it as an “openand shut case of collusion”, hesaid there was some dealbetween Jaitley and Mallyaand called for the FinanceMinister’s resignation.

Asked whether theCongress would move a privi-lege motion, he said the partywould do what it could.However, Jaitley has to firstexplain why he did not actwhen told that Mallya wasgoing to “run away to London”,Rahul said.

He also sought to knowwhat transpired at Jaitley’s“extended meeting” with the“gentleman in ParliamentHouse”. The Congress has alsogone on offensive against dilu-tion of the LOC.

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The BJP on Thursdaydefended Union Finance

Minister Arun Jaitley againstallegation of “colluding” withliquor baron Vijay Mallya andasked Congress presidentRahul Gandhi to resign anddisclose his family’s proximitywith the absconding tycoon.

Addressing a Press confer-ence, Union Minister PiyushGoyal said the fugitive busi-nessman is a criminal and hiswords could not be taken seri-ously.

The BJP leader, however,did not answer whether theGovernment would give CCTVfootage for forensic examina-tion to test the claim of theCongress that the said meetingbetween Jaitley and Mallyatook place in the Central hall.

Goyal asked Rahul toresign, claiming that due to hisfamily’s “relations” with Mallya,banks were pressured by theprevious United ProgressiveAlliance (UPA) Government tosanction loans to the fugitivebusinessman, violating allnorms.

“Rahul Gandhi shouldanswer what were the relationsbetween his family and Mallya,”

Goyal said, adding that thenow-defunct KingfisherAirlines was given loansbypassing all norms, laws andregulations. He said Rahul is anoffender and his resignationwill be forced by the people ofIndia. However, it was notclear from what office Goyalwanted Rahul to step down.

Mallya, he asserted, has nocredibility as he is under the“glare of law” and is a criminal.He could not be taken seriously,Goyal said.

Goyal ran a small clip offormer Prime MinisterManmohan Singh stating pri-vate airlines need to be helpedto come out of the financialmess. Goyal alleged that theRBI was pressurised to arrangefor a company-specific loan.The Minister said the ModiGovernment is in the processof recovering the money fromMallya and the Congress “iscreating defence by telling lies.”

The BJP also pointed outthat Manmohan Singh hadtold his officials and gave it inwriting to help Mallya, forwhich the liquor baron hadthanked him profusely.

Through the day, one afteranother several BJP leadersappeared on TV channels to

attack Rahul and defend Jaitely.Law Minister RavishankarPrasad insinuated that Rahulmay have played a role ininfluencing Mallya to implicateJaitley in his escape from thecountry.

Prasad said Mallya madethis claim only after RahulGandhi visited London recent-ly.

The BJP also alleged thatboth the Congress and theGandhi family were close to thefugitive liquor baron.

Party spokesperson SambitPatra alleged that it appearedRahul Gandhi owned the nowdefunct Kingfisher Airline by

proxy and there are “18 pagesworth of evidence” about theirlinks.

“Papers show thatKingfisher Airlines was notowned by Mallya but by theGandhi parivar,” Patra said at aPress conference.

Patra read out from thedocuments to point out that theloans to the now defunct airlinewere restructured twice — in2008 and 2012.

“That he and his motherSonia Gandhi used to get freebusiness upgrade (in Kingfisherflights) is something which isin the public domain,” Patraadded.

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Security forces gunned downeight terrorists on Thursday

in three separate encounters -two in north Kashmir and onein Jammu region. Twelve secu-rity personnel, including fivejawans of CRPF, four Statepolicemen, and three armypersonnel, received injuriesduring the operation.

Five terrorists, includingthree infiltrators, were killed intwo separate encounters innorth Kashmir’s Keran sectorof Kupwara and Sopore innorth Kashmir, official sourcessaid. An over-ground worker ofa pan-Islamic outfit was alsoheld in Ganderbal district.

Officials said three uniden-tified infiltrators were killed ina fierce gunfight after Armyfoiled a major infiltration bidalong the Line of Control inKeran sector in Kupwara innorth Kashmir on Thursday.

In another incident, twoPakistan’s Jaish-e-Muhammadterrorists were killed in anoperation at Checkipora,Sheikhpora village in Sopore

area of north Kashmir’sBaramulla district.

In Kakriyal area along theJammu-Srinagar NationalHighway, a three memberfidayeen squad, believed to becadre of Pakistan based Jaish-e- Mohammad terrorist outfit,was eliminated by the jointteam of security forces lead bypara commandos of the Indianarmy, jawans of the specialoperations group of state policeand CRPF on Thursday.

The 33-hour operationended in the killing of one ofthe three surviving terroristswho opened fire on securityforces when he came face toface with them during thecombing and search opera-tions in thickly vegetated fieldsof Kakriyal.

Till the time of filing thereport several teams of bombdisposal squad and others weredeployed at the encounter siteto completely sanitise the areaand clear the same from‘booby’ traps in the form ofplanted IED’s or land mines.The local residents, whoremained closeted inside theirhomes since early morning

also heaved a sigh of relief afterthe operation was called off.

The security forces ensuredno major collateral damagewas done to the civilian hous-es and managed to containthese terrorists in isolated areas.The educational institutionsremained closed in the area toprevent any untoward inci-dent. The traffic on the nation-al highway also remained sus-pended while operation was onin the area.

General OfficerCommanding Uniform ForceMajor General Arvind Bhatiawhile confirming the elimina-tion of all three terrorists inKakriyal area told reporters,“these terrorists possibly infil-trated from the Samba sectorand were heading towardsKashmir valley to carry outsome major strike with the helpof their handlers and vast net-work of over ground workers”.

He said since it was diffi-cult for these terrorists to sus-tain them across Jammu regionin the absence of overgroundworkers network they werepossibly heading towardsKashmir valley.

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Delhi Chief Minister ArvindKejriwal on Thursday

asserted that Aam Aadmi Party(AAP) Government will suc-ceed in cleaning Yamuna Riverthough it will take time.Kejriwal, who is currently on avisit to South Korea, made theassertion in reply to a tweet thatquestioned the failures of urbanrejuvenation projects in Indiaand stalled plans for YamunaRiver front development.

Kejriwal accused previousGovernments responsible fornot cleaning the Yamuna Riverand their failure in imple-menting the river front devel-opment projects.

“Becoz then, AAP govtwasn’t there. Now, it will hap-pen. As there have been con-crete improvements in otherspheres during AAP govt, wewill work hard on cleaningdrains and Yamuna. It willtake time. Koreans did it in 27

months. But I am confidentthat we will succeed,” he tweet-ed.

During his trip to SouthKorean capital Seoul, Kejriwalvisited Cheonggyecheonstream that was transformedfrom a polluted water body toa popular tourist spot.

“The CheonggyecheonRestoration Project in Seoul,which I myself saw onWednesday at the downtown,was centred on revitalising thestream that had been coveredfor decades by a highway over-pass.

The city of Seoul used itsown resources to bring new lifeto the downtown by enhancingthe urban environment. Therestoration of theCheonggyecheon Stream led tothe revitalisation of centralSeoul, unleashing the potentialfor green public space”, he said.

Addressing theInternational Conference onUrban Regeneration at Seol,

Kejriwal said, “Delhi is avibrant city state and popular-ly known as mini-India, wherepeople of different religions,regions and cultures live hap-

pily and contribute to India’seconomy in a major way.Capital cities, the world over,are administratively run dif-ferently and Delhi too has a

unique and somewhat complexadministrative structure, whichhowever is a matter of a sepa-rate conversation at some otheroccasion.”

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Prime Minister NarendraModi is likely to celebrate his68th birthday in his parlia-mentary constituency ofVaranasi, where he will spendthe day with schoolchildrenand watch a film based on hislife, a district official said hereon Thursday.

Modi is likely to go for atwo-day visit to Varanasi onSeptember 17 and 18. He willalso offer prayers at the famousKashi Vishwanath temple dur-ing his visit and address apublic gathering in Varanasi,the official said.

On his 68th birthday, thePM will watch a 32-minute filmcalled “Chalo Jeete Hain” withschoolchildren and is also like-ly to inaugurate several devel-opment projects worth croresof rupees.

A special cleanliness drivewill be launched and healthcamps will also be organised inthe town, he said.

“District officials are hold-ing meetings regarding thevisit and all the securityarrangements are being madefor the various events in whichhe will take part, though thefinal itinerary of the PM’s visitis awaited,” the official said.

UP Chief Minister YogiAdityanath held meetings withthe district officials here onWednesday and reviewed thepreparations for the PM’s two-day visit, sources said.

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After a detailed discussionwith local agitators, the

administration on Thursdayagreed to shift tigress “Sundari”from the Satkosia reserve.

A special team fromDehradun would reach Angulby September 15 for the pur-pose. Apart from providingemployment to a relative of thewoman killed by the tigress, Rs4 lakhs would be provided toher family as compensation.

After the scheduled visit ofthe Prime Minister to the Stateon September 22, the admin-istration would discuss detailsabout the welfare of the forestpeople, for whose protectionthree platoons of police forcewould be provided, saidsources.

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BJD supremo and ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik

on Thursday said any futuremove, whether floating a newparty or contesting election asan Independent candidate, byDamodar Rout after his expul-sion from the BJD would have“no impact” on the ruling party.

Patnaik, who returned fromNew Delhi, told this in responseto reporters’ queries aboutRout’s claim that he wouldcontest from his ParadipAssembly constituency basingon the “ideals of Biju Patnaik”.

N a v e e nPatnaik termedRout’s allegationsof corruption inthe Governmentand about theaffairs in the BJDas “inconsequen-tial and ridiculous”. Rout asbeen disgraced from the partyjustifiably because of his per-sistent anti-party activities,Patnaik added.

Interestingly, Rout, whohad on Wednesday morningseemed to be begging mercywith Patnaik describing him as“a good person” to be spared

expulsion from theparty, has now turnedtotally against theChief Minister statingthat “the earlierNaveen Patnaik leavesOdisha the better forthe State”. Rout began

spitting venom against Patnaiksoon after Baijayant Panda,another leader removed fromthe BJD for anti-party activities,met him at his residence to lendhim his “moral support” andtold the media that the BJD isno more a party of the leaderswho were closely associatedwith Biju Patnaik.

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In a major setback to theCommissionerate police, the

Sub-Divisional JudicialMagistrate (SDJM) court ofCuttack Sadar on Thursdayallowed arrested Cuttack CityCongress presidentMuhammad Moqim and 16other party leaders, includingthree Corporators, to go on bailon personal recognizance (PR)bond. As per the PR bail con-ditions, they shall appear at allrequired court hearings.

The leaders were arrestedby the police in a late nightswoop at different places on

Wednesday for their allegedinvolvement in ransacking acity police station on Tuesday.Alleging vendetta politics, theCongress workers had stormedinto the Purighat police stationin protest against the arrest ofa party worker, who had active-ly participated in Monday’s‘Bharat Bandh’ called by theparty. While producing thearrested leaders before thecourt on Thursday, the prose-cution, besides referring to therecent case registered againstMoqim, had also referred tofour other old cases pendingagainst him since 2012.

Judicial Magistrate

Sitikantha Pradhan, however,did not hear the old cases anddecided to adjudicate only theone relating to the Purighat PScase and allowed the bail appli-cations of all. Reacting after thecourt verdict, Moqim toldreporters that the police hadacted against him in a “vindic-tive” manner to satisfy theirpolitical bosses. “In order todivert the attention of the peo-ple from the tirade launched byexpelled BJD leader DamodarRout against the Government,police were trying to stage adrama,” Moqim said, adding thathe had faith in the judiciary.

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The State Government hasasked 31 mining lease-

holders to complete opera-tions by March 21, 2019 beforeone year of expiring of validi-ty on March 31, 2020.

One-year deadline hasbeen given to the mining lease-holders as associated requisiteslike preparation of geologicalreport, DGPS survey of leasearea and finalisation of landschedule need one year forcompletion.

The mines would be putinto auction before March 31,2020.

Official sources said thatthe Steel and Mines has listedup 31 mining leases which aredue to expire on March 31,2020.

While the status of explo-ration carried out by the min-ing lessees is being reviewed atregular intervals, it came tonotice that as of now, explo-ration has been completed upto G2/G1 level of exploration inthe case of eight leases.

So other mining lease-holders have been instructed tomake all-out efforts to completethe exploration by March 31,

2019.Completion of require-

ments will facilitate to putthese mineral blocks into auc-tion before date so that conti-nuity in mining operation canbe maintained, said a seniorofficial.

The non-availability ofclearance under ForestClearance Act, 1980 for thewhole of forest area in the leasehas been observed to be amajor hurdle by the lessees totake up exploration of the saidarea.

Accordingly, it has beendecided that the lessees wouldimmediately apply for clear-ances under the FC Act, 1980for the part of forest area inquestion, if not done earlier.

All leaseholders have torevisit their scheme ofprospecting and revise thesame within two weeks withthe stipulation for completionby March 31, 2019.

The revision of the miningscheme to this effect should bereported to the IBM for dueapproval, said an official.

The exploration of theentire mining leases is expect-ed to be completed by end of2018 so as to bring the statusof exploration to at least G2level of exploration as perUNFC guidelines.

After associated issues aresorted out, necessary stepswould be taken to put thesemines to auction on March 31,2020, said a senior official.

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Education for all and to uni-versalise it was our nation-

al goal after independence.

The architects of ourConstitution made educationfor all till elementary levelbetween the age group of 6 to14, a Directive Principle of StatePolicy enshrined in part-IV ofthe Constitution.

Thus it has become ourconstitutional obligation to putthe ideals into practice whichwas later on translated intoaction by the Constitution(Eighty Sixth Amendment)Act, 2002.

Under Article-21 (A) rightto education has now becomea part of fundamental rightswhich speaks in unequivocalterms that “the State shall pro-vide free and compulsory edu-cation to all children of the ageof 6-14 years in such manneras the State may by law deter-

mine”.In view of the constitu-

tional mandate Right ofChildren to Free andCompulsory Education Act –2009 was passed by theParliament which came intoforce on April 1, 2010. Now, itis the responsibility of the Stateto act in that direction to makefree and compulsory educationuniversal.

It is worthwhile to mentionthat it is only in the case of JPUnikrishnan verses State ofKerala, the Supreme Court forthe first time recognised thesanctity of such a non-justi-ciable right under Article-45 ofthe Constitution and theSupreme Court pronouncedthat the right to free educationup to the age of 14 years of

every child is implicit andflows from ‘right to life’ guar-anteed in Article-21.

The Supreme Court hasexpanded the meaning of theword “Life” which means andsignifies right to live with dig-nity and life is for a qualitativeexistence. Therefore, life with-out education to a certain levelor standard is not worth thename.

It is necessary to mentionthat “Education” as a subjectfinds place in the ConcurrentList of the Constitution andtherefore, both the UnionGovernment and States canlegislate in respect of education.It is gratifying to note that uni-versal elementary educationwas a part of national programme of education for all

which is in consonance withthe Universal Declaration ofHuman Rights Charter ofUnited Nations and covenanton Economic, Social andCultural Right of Citizens ofmember countries.

Therefore, in view of thelegislative mandate based oninternational human rightscovenant significantly SarbaShiska Abhijan (SSA) whichIndia started was a time boundprogramme but it could notachieve the desired success tothe extent possible.

It is unfortunate that due tolack of effective supervisionboth by the teaching staff andparents there were dropouts inlarge numbers from the schoolsin different parts of the coun-try but, however, the SSA is still

not a total failure. The questionis how best the right to educa-tion would be implementedand effective and all sections ofthe society and more particu-larly, the needy, downtroddenand marginalised section of thesociety as well as the rural pop-ulation can have access to theprivilege.

With a sense of optimism,it is heartening to note thatright to education will bemeaningful if it is available,accessible, acceptable andadoptable to everybody. It mustbe free and education must befully Government funded.There should be adequateinfrastructure. Trained teach-ers should be appointed by theState to support effectivelyeducation delivery system.

It must be non-discrimi-natory and accessible to all. Itmust include all segments ofsociety and particularly, themembers of Schedule Casteand Schedule Tribe and OtherBackward Classes.

That apart, the course con-tent of education must be rel-evant, non discriminatory andculturally appropriate and itmust be qualitative for the stu-dents. Besides this, the mostimportant aspect is that theschool and its environmentmust be safe and the teachersshould have professional excel-lence.

Education, its teachingmethods and curriculumshould be broad-based andevolve with the changing needsof the society. Education can

contribute meaningfully tochallenging inequalities such asgender discrimination and canbe adapted locally to suit spe-cific contents.

It is only then the right toeducation will be a meaningfulright for everybody and edu-cation for all will be dicta ofcivil society. To conclude, theEducation for All GlobalMonitoring CommitteeReport-2002 states where theright to education is guaran-teed, people’s access to andenjoyment of other rights isenhanced. It is not only a rightin itself but also indispensablefor the exercise of other humanrights.

(Prof Das lives at 205,Sahid Nagar, Bhubaneswar,Mob: 9437022723)

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The Bhubaneswar Chapter ofthe Institute of Company

Secretaries of India (ICSI) hasthree times bagged the NationalBest Chapter Award for theyears 2013, 2014 & 2016.

The chairman, vice-chair-man and secretary of the chap-ter addressed a meeting recent-ly held at its office at IRCVillage here to celebrate thechapter’s achievements.

A large number of mem-bers and students of the chap-ter attended the celebration.

The chapter, which wasestablished on September 12,

1981 with only a handful ofmembers, now has about 240members and 1,400 students inBhubaneswar and more than300 members and about 3,000students across Odisha. It hasthree examination centres inthe State, one at Bhubaneswar

and the others at Sambalpurand Rourkela. The chapter,which has one study centre atRourkela, has a plan to openadditional study centres in theState for the benefit of the stu-dents pursuing the CompanySecretary course.

Sir,I would like to express

that ‘family reservation’ canonly happen in countries likeIndia. Of course, we know thatmost of the autocratic countrieshave dynastic rulers. Even inthe USA, famous families likeKennedy, Bush, Clinton etc.,have followed family-basedpower politics. This is veryunfortunate.

This can also be called as‘Family Reservation’ for pow-erful families. The ElectionCommission of India makesreservation for different con-stituencies in order to providesocial justice and empower-ment of weaker sections. Butthe powerful political familiesmisuse the policy and field

their members to retain powerwithin themselves. This leads toneutralising the intentions ofthe Government and theElection Commission. The rootcause for this problem lieswith the political parties whichgive tickets to winnable candi-dates only. I wonder why ourpeople support such family-based candidates! The mainreasons could be caste, moneypower, etc. People like me canonly hope that our people andthe political parties changetheir attitude and stop sup-porting family-based politics inthe interest of justice and equi-ty.

K Ravi, E-237, GGPColony, Bhubaneswar-751025,Mob: 9437616497

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More than 11,000 posts indifferent categories from

Constable to DG level are nowlying vacant in the State police.

This was revealed fromthe information furnished inthe State Assembly by ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik inresponse to a question of BJPMLA Dillip Ray recently.

While four posts in theInspector General (IG) level arelying vacant, 11 in the DIG, 11in SP, 10 in Commandant and23 in Additional SP level arevacant. Similarly, 18 DeputyCommandant posts, 11 ASPposts and 164 DSP posts arevacant.

As many as 199 Inspectorposts, seven Subedar Majorposts and 112 Subedar posts arevacant.

Six Inspector level posts ofBrass Band, String Band, Fitterand Sipher, 33 Sergeant postsand 1330 Sub-Inspector portsare vacant.

Besides, 277 SI posts of dif-ferent categories, 222 DeputySubedar posts and 672 ASIposts are vacant.

There are 80 HabildarMajor posts , 620 Habildarposts, 381 Lance Naik postsand 1897 general Constableposts vacant.

This apart, 1635 Consbaleposts in different categories arevacant.

Similarly, 1262 Sepoy posts,897 Sepoy posts in SOG and477 Constable post sin theOAPF are vacant. Informationregarding vacant posts in FireService, Jail and Home Guarddepartment is being collected,said the Chief Minister.

In Rourkela police district,two Additional SP, twoInspector, 93 Sub-Inspector,27 ASI and 44 Constable postsare vacant. Similarly, 130 postsin various categories are lyingvacant.

MLA Ray has demandedthat the Government fill up allvacant posts soon.

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Officers of the AirIntelligence Unit of

Customs seized gold worth�21.89 lakh from a passenger,who arrived at the airport hereby an Air Asia flight fromKuala Lumpur on Wednesdaynight. Acting on a spot intelli-gence input, the officials inter-cepted the passenger of Indianorigin hailing from Chennai,who arrived by Air Asia FlightNo AK-31 from Kuala Lumpur.

Later, when they conduct-ed a search of his personal bag-gage, the officials found fourpieces of gold strips of foreignorigin delicately concealed inaluminium linings of the trol-ley bags.

Airport Assistant

Commissioner of Customs BBPattanaik informed, “Therecovered gold totally weighed690.550 grams with purity of

99.90 per cent and was valuedat �21.89 lakh (approximately).Further investigation into thecase is in progress.”

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The Air India is all set toresume international flights

to Bangkok from the BijuPatnaik International Airportin Bhubaneswar fromDecember 1.

The f light service toBengaluru from Bhubaneswarthat was suspended earlier byAir India would also restartfrom the same day.

Following a decision tothis effect by the Air Indiaauthorities, the ticket bookingon these two routes has alreadybegun.

Earlier, the Air India hadtemporarily suspended itsdirect flight service fromBhubaneswar to Bangkok fromJuly 16 till September 30 due to“operational reasons”.

Expressing serious con-cern over the suspension offlights from Bhubaneswar toBangkok and Bengaluru, ChiefMinister Naveen Patnaik hadurged the Civil AviationMinistry to restore the services by Air India on theseroutes.

India’s national carrier hadstarted its maidenBhubaneswar-Bangkok flighton December 10, 2017.

Chief Minister Patnaik hadflagged off the first flight oper-ation at the city airport.

The flight was operatingevery Thursday, Saturday andSunday in a week.

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After sitting in demonstra-tions in front of all the 26

block offices of Mayurbhanj onTuesday and Wednesday inprotest against what they call“the indifferent attitude” of theState Government, the BlockGrant teachers and lecturers arenow planning to intensify theiragitation in the district.

They are going to holddharna before all the panchay-at offices from Monday next,sources said.

Block Grant teachers inhundred of schools and lec-turers of all the 662 and 488-category colleges of the district,

under the banner of “AllOdisha School, CollegeTeachers/Lecturers/Employees’United Forum on Wednesday,after holding demonstrationsthroughout the day, submittedmemoranda to the BDOs.

They also held protestmeetings at all these places.

Now, after taking a shortGanesh Puja and Nuakhaibreak, the agitating teachers arepreparing to take their stir tograssroots level and make peo-ple aware of the Governmentinsensitivity to their justdemands.

These teachers are

demanding unconditional abo-lition of Block Grant systemand introduction of 100 percent GIA as well as implemen-tation of service conditionslike pension, gratuity etc.

The Government, on theother hand, has been so far inthe habit of buying time.

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Bringing attention to breastfeeding practices to

improve child under-nutrition,Unicef together with theGovernment of Odisha, organ-ised a media roundtable hereon Thursday.

Nutrition Specialist ofUnicef Saurav Bhattacharjeesaid, “Odisha has made sub-stantial progress in reduction ofstunting. To bring about fur-ther reduction in undernutri-tion and thereby under-fivemortality, sustained commu-nication efforts for improvingInfant and Young ChildFeeding (IYCF) practices at thefamily and community levelsare essential.”

Director, Department ofHealth and Family Welfare DrLingaraj Mishra said after sixmonths of age, a child needsmore nutrition to grow men-

tally and physically. If right complementary

food in right quantities andright frequency along withbreastfeeding is not given, thenthere are high chances of thechild slipping into undernutri-tion.

“Regular counselling ofparents and caregivers by com-munity influencers and front-line functionaries is essential,”he added.

Giving the global perspec-tive of IYCF and focusing onthe first 1,000 days in the life ofthe child, Project Director,Nutrition, Child In NeedInstitute, Kolkata SwapanBikash Saha said, “Exclusive

breastfeeding up to six monthsof age and continued breast-feeding up to 24 months withappropriate complementaryfeeding ranked number 1 outof top 15 child survival inter-ventions.

These two interventionsalone are estimated to preventalmost one-fifth of under-fivemortality in developing coun-tries, estimated to prevent 1.4million deaths every yearamong under five. (LancetNutrition Series [4], 2008)”

Focusing on importance ofbreastfeeding, AssistantProfessor, PG Department ofPediatrics, MKCG, BrahmapurDr TV Ram Kumar said,

“Exclusive breastfeeding up tosix months of birth and breast-feeding up to two years is nec-essary for a physically andpsychologically healthy child.”

Speaking on Importance ofcomplementary feeding in thelife of the child AssociateProfessor, Paediatrics, MKCGDr Sunil Kumar Agarwal said,“After the age of six monthsbreast milk alone is not suffi-cient to meet the nutritionalrequirements of infants.

From 6-12 months, breastmilk provides half of the child’snutritional needs and from 12months to 2 years of age, it con-tinues to provide one third ofa child’s needs.

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There are talks thatDebrigarh wildlife sanctu-

ary is going to be convertedinto a Tiger Reserve by theTiger Conservation Authorityof India as well as by the WildLife Authority of India. Evenbefore it was declared as awildlife sanctuary on February8, 1985, it was a tiger habitat.Its natural landscape is verymuch suitable for the growth

and propagation of variousflora and fauna.

The sanctuary is situatedwithin undivided district ofSamabalpur. The total area ofthe sanctuary is 346.90 sqkm.The Hirakud Dam is situated inthe close proximity of the sanc-tuary. It is a rich habitat of avi-fauna of residential and non-residential birds.

The migratory birds fromdifferent parts of the globecome to the artificial reservoirto pass the severity of winter. Itsclimate is very suitable for Sal,Baija, Asan, Anla, Dhaura,Bandhan and Gambhari withother associates species. Forpresence of such type of ever-green and semi-evergreenforests of tropical origin, theland has to be very suitable.Needless to say, the sanctuaryis an ideal home for all types of

flora and fauna. Both carnivo-rous and herbivorous animalsare seen. Its ground floras arealso very rich. Among the car-nivores, tigers, leopards, hye-nas, wolves etc are seen.Similarly, among the herbi-vores, Gour, Sambar, spotteddeer, Chowsingha, and bearsetc are seen. Different kinds ofreptiles such as monitor lizard,chameleon etc are noticed inthe biosphere. The pride of thesanctuary is the presence ofRoyal Bengal Tigers (RBT)and elephants.

There are four forest vil-lages as such Jhagadabehera,Lambipalli, Debigrah andMundakali inside the sanctu-ary. The core area of the sanc-tuary is 79.80 sqkm. TheHirakud Dam reservoir is 35km from Sambalpur head-quarters town and 50 km from

Burla town. The communica-tion facilities to the eco-tourism spot are now well -developed.

Now, the Government ofIndia wants to rope in the trib-al youngsters and their outfitsthroughout the country forpromoting the eco –tourism.As the forest blocks of Odishaare enriched with tribal popu-lations, who are admittedlyneglected by our society, theplan of the CentralGovernment will surely comeas a shot in their arm. So farminimum human rights arepermitted to them. Most of for-est villages in our country arenot declared as revenue villages.Although the tribals are pri-mary citizens of India, theyhave not received property

rights so far.The land, which they have

been cultivating for years, is nottheirs, at least legally. They areconsidered as illegal occupantsor encroachers and also theirvillages are not declared asrevenue villages.

Although the Forest RightsAct (FRA) and Rules havebeen proclaimed by theGovernment India long since,they are not worked out by theState Governments. Especially,Prime Minister Narendra Modiis very much interested to pro-moted eco-tourism by takinginto the fold the tribal youthsas they have adequate knowl-edge on nature and on thephysiognomy of the landscapes.

On September 27, theworld will observe the World

Tourism Day. Now, tourism hasreceived an industry status andfrom the sector, the States arereceiving huge revenues. Thedevelopment of tourism is tan-tamount to protecting the cul-ture and heritage of a country.Now, the airport of Jharsugudais going to be full-fledged andthis would boost the tourismsector of the region.

The potentiality of ecotourism of Odisha as well ofwestern Odisha can be wellexploited for the economicdevelopments of the local peo-ple and of the State as there isa wide scope. The westernOdisha has a big chunk of trib-al population, with uniqueendemic art and culture. Thetribal art and culture should beutilised for economic benefitsof the traditional races.

Recently as information

goes, the Tiger ConservationAuthorities of India and theState Forest Wild LifeConservation Department havedecided to introduce a fewoutside tigers in the Debrigarhsanctuary on line of theSatkosia Tiger ConservationProject. If it is a fact, it soundswell but in every case thepotentiality of the tiger habitatis to be considered.

In a tiger project, theremust be sufficient herbs for theherbivores and thereby, thereshould be sufficient herbivoresfor tigers. No habitat can besustainable, if there is shortageof herbs or herbivores in a tigerproject or even in an elephantproject. At present, there are afew tigers in Debrigarh.

The authorities shouldconsider the area and climatesuitability of a sanctuary before

starting a tiger project. At least,it should be examined howmany tigers can be entertainedin the sanctuary.

The man-animal conflict isa regular phenomenon in atiger project. Given this, theauthorities should ensure thatthe peripheral villagers aresafe.

The habitat management ofany eco-system is most impor-tant. The depletion of tiger orleopard or elephant populationis going on at a very fast ratedue to poaching. In respect ofthe Debrigah sanctuary, SmartCity Rourkela and Sambalpurtown are very close to it.

(The writer is a former for-est officer and environmentalist.He lives at Plot – 479, SailashreeVihar, Bhubaneswar. Mob:9937460649, Email:[email protected])

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The staff of the District andBlock Project Management

Units (DPMU and BPMU),which are functioning underthe aegis of the National HealthMission implemented by theState Government, have cometo the streets in Rayagada dis-trict due to injustice meted outto them as far as their serviceconditions are concerned.None of these employees of theHealth & Family WelfareDepartment are permanenteven if some of them are work-ing since the year 2004.

These employees areinvolved in smooth imple-mentation of various nationaland State health programmes

like routine immunisation, BijuSwasthya Kalyan Yojana, GaonKalyan Samiti, Rogi KalyanSamiti, Nidan, Niramaya, hos-pital cleanliness-related ser-vices and services related tovarious communicable andnon-communicable diseases,which are now hampered dueto the strike.

Under the banner of theOdisha State MissionParichalana KarmachariSangha (OSMPKS), thousandsof ad-hoc employees, who basi-cally look after the programmemanagement part of all thehealth interventions, havecalled for a Statewide indefinite

strike from September 10 andput forth six demands beforethe Government. As a result,the basic health services relat-ing maternal and child healthand the services related to gen-eral health system have beenaffected seriously.

The demands include for-mation of a separate cadre forthese professionals as per the

National Health Policy andregularisation of their jobs.Till regularisation of their jobs,salary payment as per the rec-ommendations of 7th PayCommission, rationalisationof the salaries of all employees,provisioning of EPF,group/individual health insur-ance, provision of house rent,elimination of performance-

based incentive and experienceallowances are the otherdemands of the union.

A high-level committeewas formed under the chair-personship of the Health &Family Welfare Secretary toconsider the demands. Thougha meeting was held on May 24,no concrete steps have beentaken so far to fulfil thedemands. The strike ofOSMPKS has been supportedby other employees’ unionslike the doctors’ union, AYUSHunion and ASHA Karmi union,whose members are also work-ing under the National HealthMission.

“Recently the BJPRayagada district unit submit-ted a memorandum regarding

the severe scarcity of humanresources like doctors, nurses,attendants, sweepers and othertechnicians in the district andsub-divisional headquartershospitals, CHCs and PHCs.Provisions for CT scan,endoscopy, ENT, centralpipeline for oxygen supply,proper functioning of dialysissystem, etc., were demanded.When this deficit has led toalmost a catastrophe in the dis-trict, absence of the ad-hocPMU staffs supporting in theMIS, monitoring and supple-menting the implementation ofvarious health programmes inthe district has put the systemin jeopardy,” said BJP nationaltribal wing vice-presidentKaliram Majhi.

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on theG a n e s hPuja day, as t u d e n twas killedand fiveothers were wounded afterhoneybees attacked them inRayagada district on Thursday.

The deceased identified asDeba Das Toika, son ofMangulu of Miribali village,was a Class-II student.

The injured students SrinuMandangi, Bikash Mandangi,Nathan Mandangi, Rohit Toikaand Asish Puala were rushed tothe District Headquarters

Hospital fortreatment.

The chil-dren are the students of teK a r u b a iA s h r a mS c h o o l .While Srinuand Bikashf r o m

Tikarpada village are studyingin Class-I, Nathan, Rohit andAsish are in Class-III, II and III, respectively.

According to reports, theincident took place when thestudents had gone to a nearbyforest to collect leaves forGanesh Puja at the schoolwitout being accompanied byany teacher.

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Violence erupted in andaround the Satkosia Tiger

Reserve for the second con-secutive day on Thursday overthe killing of a woman bytigress "Sundari" at Hatibari onTuesday. The administrationhas failed to negotiate with theagitating people.

The tigress killed KailasiSai when she was taking bathin a rivulet.

The aggrieved peopleblocked the road to the tigerreserve at Pampasar keepingthe dead body on the road. Thepeople burnt the local forestbeat house and set fire to thedepartment vehicles.

Reaching the spot, the

Angul SP and Sub-Collectortried to negotiate with the peo-ple, but in vain.

People demanded that theinter-State trans-located tigresswhich became violent due tohabitation problems must beimmediately returned back toMadhya Pradesh.

The 27-month-old tigress,since its relocation fromBandhavgarh in June, is notcomfortable in the Satkosiaforest and attacked a humanbeing. Most importantly, it hasnot created its own territoryyet.

While tiger conservation isa environmental priority sub-ject, forest officials includinghave trans-located the tigerswithout taking people into

confidence. They closed theireyes on the security of the for-est dwellers.

The tigress is living in theperipheral forests near Hatibariand frequenting populatedareas.

As a result, there is a senseof trepidation among locals.The Forest Department hasmisled about the presence ofnatural population inside theSatkosia Tiger Reserve.

"Now, the tiger-humanconflict and the subsequentmassive violence by locals cre-ated by "Team Routray" hasendangered both the vast nat-ural population and wild lifeincluding tigers in the Satkosiareserve," said Environmentalistand advocate CR Sahu.

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Odisha has emerged as a preferredinvestment destination for indus-

tries, from within India and across theglobe, said Chief Secretary Aditya PrasadPadhi while addressing an Investors’ Meetheld here.

Speaking about why Odisha hasbecome so significant for attracting invest-ments, Padhi said it has been ranked byASSOCHEM as number one State ininvestment implementation rate and hasbeen consistently ranked amongst the topthree States in terms of live manufactur-ing investments in India.

“Odisha experienced a 16.5 per centyear-on-year growth in live investments

during 2016-17, compared to just 4.6 percent growth in India during that period,”he said.

To ensure hassle-free business envi-ronment to investors, the State machineryhas taken significant steps in terms of policy and institutional reforms, he said.

“The common thread in these policiesis the intent of the State Government tobroad base the industrial growth andaccord focused attention to identifiedmanufacturing sectors, to realize the“Vision 2025” laid out in the OdishaIndustrial Development Plan,” he said,adding that the overall focus has been toincentivize value addition, encourageinnovation and ensure sustainable devel-opment through these policies.

Informing the captains of the indus-try attending the meet about institution-al mechanism the State has developed tofacilitate ease of doing business, Padhi saidthe State Level Single Window ClearanceAuthority and the State Level

Facilitation Cell have emerged as strongand effective setups to smooth the progressof enterprises.

The approval time for projects hasbeen reduced to less than 20 days due toinstitutional reforms and enhanced inter-departmental coordination, he said, addingthat timelines for delivering G2B serviceshave not only been radically reduced butalso included under the Odisha Right toPublic Services Act.

Speaking about technological reformswhich have helped in reducing the phys-ical B2G interface, Padhi told about intro-duction of a first of its kind and innova-tive ‘GO SWIFT’ - Government of OdishaSingle Window Investor Facilitation andTracking portal and several other tech-nological interventions.

Elaborating on the development ofhuman capital, he said the State haslaunched the “Skilled in Odisha” programme which is emerging as a glob-al brand.

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With modernisation worksof the Puri Railway

Station in offing, the ECoR hasplanned rescheduling and can-cellation of a few trains to andfrom Puri for a period of 14days from September 12 to 25.

Altogether, 12 pairs ofMail/Express trains and fourpairs of local passenger trainswill remain cancelled duringthe restructuring work.Similarly, seven pairs ofMail/Express trains will be cancelled partially, i.e.these trains will end its journeyand originate at Bhubaneswarand Khurda Road instead ofPuri.

The Puri-Howrah-PuriGarib Rath Express, Puri-Yesvantpur-Puri garib Rath

Express, Puri-Chennai-PuriExpress, Puri-Ahmedabad-Puri Express, Puri-Howrah-Puri Weekly Express,G a n d h i d h a m - P u r i -Gandhidham Express, Puri-LTT-Puri Express, Sealdah-Puri-Sealdah Express, Puri-Howrah-Puri Shatabdi Express,Bhanjapur-Puri-Bhanjapur(Baripada) Express, Rourkela-Puri-Rourkela Passenger, Puri-Khurda Road-Puri Passenger,Khurda Road-Nayagarh Town-

Khurda Road Passenger trainswill remain cancelled.

Similarly, the Howrah-Puri-Howrah Shatabdi Express,Howrah-Puri-Howrah DhauliExpress and Talcher-Puri-Talcher Passenger will remaincancelled betweenBhubaneswar and Puri fromboth the directions on days tobe notified earlier.

The Sambalpur-Puri-Sambalpur Inter City Expressand Howrah-Puri-Santragachhi Passenger fromSeptember 14 to 24, theTirupati-Puri-Tirupati Expresson nominated days will remaincancelled between KhurdaRoad and Puri from both thedirections.

Apart from this, theGunupur-Puri Passenger fromSeptember 19 to 24 and the

Puri-Gunupur Passenger fromSeptember 20 to 25 will remaincancelled for adjustment ofconnecting train services.

The ECoR has decided toprovide free bus servicesbetween Bhubaneswar - Puriand Khurda Road - Puri for thebonafide passengers of partialcancelled trains during theperiod.

The passengers who aresupposed to entrain or detrainat Puri will be provided withfree bus service to and fromPuri from Khurda Road andBhubaneswar Railway Stationsfor Puri-Howrah-Puri DhauliExpress, Puri-Sambalpur-PuriInter City, Puri-Howrah-PuriShatabdi Express and Puri-Tirupati-Puri Expressduring the period in both thedirections.

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Two minor boys were killedand five other persons were

injured in a head-on collisionbetween a bike and a truck atBhalumunda Chhack inKamakyanagar of the districton Thursday.

The deceased were identi-fied as Om Bardhan Jena andSomesh Muduli ofKamakhyanagar area.According to reports, the bikeon which two minor boys weretravelling collided head-onwith a truck that was carrying

articles belonging to an operatroupe near BhalumundaChhak in Kamakhyanagar.

The truck turned turtlefollowing head-on collision.While the boys died on thespot, five others in the truckwere injured in the incident.

Locals rescued the injuredand rushed them to theAnalabereni CHC inKamakhyanagar.

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Replying to ChiefMinister Naveen

Patnaik’s letter for perma-nent Benches of the OrissaHigh Court in western andsouthern Odisha, UnionLaw Minister Ravi ShankarPrasad has asked the StateGovernment to senddetailed proposals withselection of land and Benchmanagement expenses.

In his letter to the Centreon September 5, Chief MinisterPatnaik had only reiterated hisstand taken in his earlier letterin 2013. However, a decisioncan be taken by the Centre onlyafter receipt of full-fledgedproposals from the StateGovernment, said BJP nation-al secretary Suresh Pujari whilespeaking to mediapersons hereon Wednesday.

The State remained silentby not responding to theCentre with detailed proposalsas advised by the Union LawMinister in response to the let-ter of the Chief Minister in2013. Without such proposals,simple letters requesting forHigh Court Benches wouldnot serve any fruitful purpose.If the State Government isreally serious then the ChiefMinister should approach theCentre along with opposition

parties and agitatinglawyers’ associationsand taking opinion ofthe Chief Justice ofOrissa High Court,said Pujari.

Pujari said furtherthat he is astonishedabout the inability ofthe State Governmentin submitting anyopinion of the High

Court Chief Justice relying onthe Pal Commission report.

The State Government isintentionally delaying the mat-ter by not sending full-fledgedproposals to the Centre andonly blaming others on theissue.

Among others,Brajrajnagar MLA Radha RaniPanda and senior BJP leadersDinesh Jain, Simanchal Khataiand Mangal Sahoo were pre-sent at the Press conference.

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The State Social WelfareBoard organised a seminar

titled “Rescue and rehabilita-tion of victims affected underchild marriage and trafficking”here on Thursday.

Board Chairperson LatikaPradhan presided over theseminar where BeMC Mayor KMadhavi, CommissionerChakraborty Singh Rathore,BDA Chairman SubashMoharana, ASP Santanu Dash,District Social Welfare Boardofficer Manorama Reddy,Secretary SK Katubuddinattended as guests.

Block CDPOs, AnganwadiWorkers, ASHA workers,BeMC Corporators and NGOrepresentatives were present.They were made aware of var-

ious laws to check child traf-ficking and child marriage.

In her speech, Pradhanlamented that the anti-childmarriage act, though complet-ed 90 years of implementation,has not yielded desired result.She said efforts are being madeto convince people not tomarry off their daughters tillthey become major and attendmarriageable age. More suchefforts will be made in comingdays, she said.

ASP Dash said thoughmany awareness pro-grammes have beenundertaken to stop illegaltrafficking of girls, theyhave not yielded desiredresults.

District Board OfficerReddy said as many as 61child marriages have beenstopped during the lastthree years in Ganjam dis-trict. While 15 child mar-riages were stopped in

2015-16, 22 in 2016-17 and 24were stopped in 2017-18.

More numbers of childmarriages are reported inKhallikote, Dharakote, Askaand Bhanjanagar areas, he said.

In the second session, for-mer Board ChairpersonKasturi Mohapatra, KanhuRout and Disrict ChildProtection officer SubodhaSarangi attended and discussedvarious aspects relating to childmarriage and child trafficking.

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The 2nd annual generalmeeting to decide for

mines inspection, publicity,trade test etc and for overallpreparation of the 56th AnnualMines Safety Week for 2018was held at Joda onWednesday.

While Director MinesSafety, Chaibasa Region, SatishKumar presided over the meet-ing, Tata Steel, Joda chiefRajesh Kumar delivered thevote of thanks. Others presentwere Deputy Director MinesSafety, Chaibasa Region SaketBharati, Senior Manger OMCAC Sahu and joint secretary ofthe celebration committee PK

Sahu and agent cum regionalmanger OMC Sirish Sekhar.

Sources revealed that as perschedule of the programme,visit to individual mines andpublicity and propaganda ofsafety which will start fromNovember 26 will end onDecember 3 and the final pro-gramme will be held on

December 9. The event is being hosted

by OMC at Barbil.Representatives from total

80 working mines, includingTata Steel, SAIL, OMC, Rungta,Essel, MG Mohanty, KJSAhlluwalia, Sirajjudin, KMC,SN Mohanty, UCIL and KCPradhan were present.

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The Department ofEducation, Central

University of Orissa, Koraput,organised a seminar lecture on"Knowledge Framework andOther PedagogicalConnections of InternationalBaccalaureate ProgrammeAcross the Curriculum" at itsSunabeda campus onSeptember 12.

The programme was inau-gurated by Vice ChancellorProf Sachidananda Mohanty aschief guest. The seminar lecturewas delivered by Prof Surendra

Singh Chauhan, Professor ofEducation, Indore. DrRamendra Kumar Padhi, HoDI/C, Department of Education,delivered the welcome address.

Prof Mohanty in his inau-gural address congratulatedstudents and faculty ofEducation Department fororganising a successful seminarlecture. He highlighted the

upcoming challenges for stu-dents and how they can over-come them. Prof Chauhanexplained the merits anddemerits of international cur-riculum. He said, “Internationalcurriculum is very sound ped-agogically, intellectually chal-lenging and emotionallyenriching. It is a worldwide net-work of international schools.”Prof Chauhan interacted withthe students and faculty mem-bers of the university andanswered their queries. Padhiin his welcome address high-lighted various activity of theDepartment of Education.

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The Bhubaneswar MunicipalCorporation (BMC) is

going to collect holding tax atcommercial rates from thehouse owners who haveallowed advertisers to haverooftop hoardings illegally ontheir buildings.

Rooftop hoardings in thecity are now stated by the civicbody as illegal contributing tounsafe and cluttered city sky-line.

On the first day of remov-ing of the rooftop hoarding inthe city, the team under theleadership of Zonal DeputyCommissioner (North Zone)on Wednesday removed 13rooftop hoardings in theChandrasekharpur area.

Deputy Commissioner(Revenue) Srimanta Mishrasaid that as per the 2006Advertisement Regulations

notified by the StateGovernment, the MunicipalCommissioner is empoweredto remove any unauthorisedadvertisement from the citywithout prior notice.

As the rooftop hoardingsare unauthorised and illegalafter April 1, 2018, the rooftophoardings could be removed asper the order of the MunicipalCommissioner.

Apart from the clutteredand bad skyline the hoardings,at times, just equal to the size

of the rooftops they are on,making the structures vulnerable to the wind relateddamages as the wind loadremains high during occasionslike cyclones and other calami-ties.

There were several inci-dents in the past across the cityin which the hoardings hadfallen over vehicles or pedestrians and such incidentsat Kalpana and Palaspalli arestill fresh in the memories oflocal residents.

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Ahead of the ‘Make inOdisha’ Conclave 2018,

the State Government onWednesday held an invest-ment road show in New Delhito attract investors to the healthsector of the State.

The road show receivedgood response from drugfirms, healthcare operators anddiagnostics with firms likeFortis Hospital, NarayanHrudalaya, Medical SynergiesLtd, GE, Fillips, SRLDiagnostics and Dr LalPathlabs Limited joining it.

Health and Family WelfareMinister Pratap Jena said, “TheState Government under ChiefMinistership of Naveen Patnaikis committed to creating ainvestors’ friendly atmosphere,which would help public andprivate companies play a vitalrole in development of health

sector in the State. The Government is

providing land and viability gapfunds to attract investmentsinto the health sector.”

He said hospitals would beconstructed in remote areasunder the Biju Swasthya KalyanYojana to help poor people getdeveloped health services atdoor steps at cheaper rates.

On the occasion, investorswere informed about invest-ment possibiltities for man-agement of the proposed PPP-more Cancer Hospital atJharsuguda.

Among others, Planningand Convergence (PPP andPM) Principal SecretaryPradeep Jena, Health andFamily Welfare Secretary DrPramod Kumar Meherda andOdisha State MedicalCorporation ManagingDirector Dr Pramod KumarMeherda were present.

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Fervour and gaiety markedthe Ganesh Puja celebration

on Thursday across the pilgrimcity with Puja Committeesvying for grabbing eyeballs ondecorations of pandals.

Some oraganisers werefound giving a new look apply-ing a new concept unlike theprevious years.

Although flow of visitorswas almost thin on the day dueto peak sizzler, however itdidn’t make a difference toschool and college going stu-dents, who rallied on bike andcycles wearing colourful dress-es.

From early morning, theystarted making a beeline infront of Bata Ganesh temple inthe Shreemandira to offerprayers.

Not only students, thedevotees with flowers andBhogs were found standing onqueues before the Bata Ganeshand Sidha Ganesh in theJagannath Temple.

Since the day was verysunny, the post afternoon timestarted drawing crowds to theBadadanda (Grand Road) tovisit various podiums and havea glimpse of Lord Ganapati.

More than two dozens of pan-dals along the 2.5 km GrandRoad have been put up.Organisers this year gaveimportance on architecture oftheir pandals.

Closer to the Lions’Gatewas the Badabazar Ganeshpandal which is oldest organ-ised by the businessmen of thearea. Catchy was AshokaGanapatya pandal for its archi-tectural maneuver.

Organizers used terracotta

to make the pandal look boldand attractive.

Exceptional was pandal byDinabandhu Binayak Samitteenear Janta Cinema.

The Samittee tried best todisplay the pandal like SivaLinga sitting on a Sakti.

The pink colour given toSiva-Shakti attracted many vis-itors to take selfies.

Besides, more than hun-dreds of small to big pandalshave been put up across the

city. Since Ganapati is treatedas foremost deity among thegods and goddesses in Hinduculture, many residentsobserved the festival in ownhouses.

For this, the dress shopsand fruits stall witnessed aheavy jam till Thursday

morning. Similarly, Ganeshpandals are found dotting thebeach of Puri, which wereorganised by the hoteliers andbusinessmen.

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The demonstration beingstaged here by the Odisha

Basti Sangharsh Samiti to pressfor distribution of land patta toslum dwellers in all five munic-ipal corporations entered itssecond day on Thursday.

Many slum dwellers fromBrahmapur joined the demon-stration today.

They all observed theGanesha Puja and prayed thelord for ouster of NaveenPatnaik Government in 2019elections. Over a hundred ofslum dwellers of Bhubaneswarhanded over applications toManjula Mohapatra seeking

land patta at the earliest. Themeeting presided over bySamiti president PratapSahoowas attended by RTIactivist Sachhikant Pradhan.

Social activist SubashPanda, slum leader BijaylaxmiBehera, Promod Deb, RohiniNath, Sukant Mohanty, LituPanda too slammed the StateGovernment for not providingland patta to slum dwellers.

The Samiti decided tobegin a campaign led by socialactivist Pradeep Pradhan tomake people aware of the anti-slum attitude of theNaveen Patnaik Government infive municipal corporationssoon.

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As many as 15 degree col-leges of 10 districts were

issued show-cause notices overthe decline of students’ enrol-ment to less than 10 in the aca-demic session 2018-19.

The authorities asked thecolleges to show reasons fordeclining students to getenrolled into various streams inPlus Three colleges and whytheir recognition would not bewithdrawn under section 6-B(D) of Orissa Education Act,1969.

While 14 colleges wereasked to submit the reply with-in seven days, only ModelDegree College in Nayagarhwas exempted from the dead-line.

The colleges that wereserved the notice register lessthan 10 students in the acade-mic session 2018-19.

According to reports, thou-sands of seats are lying vacantin the Arts, Science andCommerce streams even afterfourth phase admission in thecurrent academic session. Thestudents’ enrolment is record-ed very poor especially incommerce being offered by

various degree colleges acrossthe State.

Here’s the list of collegesthat register less than 10 stu-dents in various streams in2018-19.

The NigamanandaWomen’s College in Nimapara(six students enrolled inCommerce), the Jupiter DegreeCollege, Bhubaneswar (four inCommerce), the GouravCollege of CommerceManagement and Science,(three), ASBM Institute ofProfessional Studies (eight inCommerce), Tulasi Women’sCollege in Kendrapara (six inCommerce), Kalinga College ofCommerce in Bhubaneswar(four in Arts and three inScience), Prachi (Degree)Mahavidyalaya for Disable inPipili (four in Arts and nil inScience), Regional DegreeCollege in Dhenkanal (five inCommerce), Reshma ScienceDegree College in Jagatpur(seven in Science), OdishaScience Academy inBhubaneswar (six in Science),Haladia College in Khordha(eight in Science),Dhabaleswar Degree College inCuttack (eight in Commerce),

Dhenkanal EveningCollege (three in Commerce),Mahima Mahavidyalaya inDhenkanal (six in Commerce)and Model Degree College inNayagarh (Nine inCommerce)

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The Kalinga Institute ofSocial Sciences (KISS) is

the flyover from India toBharat, said Governor ProfGaneshi Lal joining as chiefguest in the first FoundationDay celebration of the KISSUniversity here on Thursday.

Addressing KISS stu-dentsm Prof Lal said, “Just 2 to3 years back, 10,000 scientistsin a 27-km-long tunnel under300 feet of the earth spendingalmost Rs 50,000 crore weresearching for a God particle.

If they would have come tothe KISS, there was no need ofsearching a God particle.

I am so amazed to seeKISS; there is no word toexpress. I salute the team of(KISS) founder Dr AchyutaSamanta.”

He said all souls are poten-tially divine.

Love of souls for soulbecomes the logo of KISS. Ashis birthday on GaneshChaturthi, Prof Lal gave Rs 1lakh for distribution of sweetsamong the KISS students. DrSamanta gave the welcomeaddress. Among others, KIITand KISS president SaswatiBal, secretary RN Dash, VCProf Harekrushna Satapathy, registrar Julios Lakra werepresent.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi on Thursday exhort-

ed party workers to follow themantra of 'Mera Booth SabseMazboot' to ensure victory inthe next general elections.

Addressing party workersof five Lok Sabha constituenciesvia the NaMo app, Modi saidthe BJP's biggest strength is itsworkers. Their hard work hasensured the party's historicsuccess and progress in a shortspan of four years, he main-tained adding the party's suc-cess was due to its workers andtheir grip over their respectivepolling booths.

Modi also asserted thatthe wind is blowing in the BJP'sfavour and Opposition partiesare clutching at each to with-stand its force.

"Mera Booth SabseMazboot (my polling booth, thestrongest)...This is the onlymantra and this is our strength,"he said in the video interaction.

Replying to a question onOpposition parties stitchingan alliance for the 2019 polls,Modi assured the party work-ers that the BJP will win again."... The wind is blowing infavour of BJP, even strongerthan 2014. That's why

Opposition parties are clutch-ing each other's hands to savethemselves from being blownaway," he said.

The Prime Minister alsourged party workers to con-tinuously interact with voters oftheir respective constituenciesand ensure that at least 20 fam-ilies and youth are workingwith the party in every pollingbooth.

He was addressing workersfrom Jaipur (Rural), Nawada,Ghaziabad, Hazaribagh andArunachal West.

Modi, who was nominatedthe BJP's prime ministerialcandidate this day in 2013, saidonly in the BJP can an ordinary

party worker can become itsleader. He also asserted thatsomeone else can also take hisplace tomorrow.

Lashing out at theCongress, the Prime Ministersaid it is, unlike the BJP, a onefamily party. He said he felt pityfor dedicated workers of theOpposition party.

"Many capable and com-mitted workers of the Congresswere sacrificed for interests ofthe family," he said. TheOpposition is resorting to liesin its campaign but today peo-ple in the country are awakewhile opposition is not ready tocome out of its slumber, thePrime Minister said.

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Intensifying its attack on the ModiGovernment over the Rafale deal, the

Congress on Thursday accused DefenceMinister Nirmala Sitharaman of "lying" again"about the number of the France-built jets anddemanded her and Prime Minister NarendraModi to submit to a Joint ParliamentaryCommittee (JPC) probe.

"Defence Minister is caught lying again onthe number of fighter aircraft required byIndian Air Force (IAF)," Congress spokesper-son Randeep Singh Surjewala told the media."Her claim that IAF does not have the infra-structure like parking place, maintenancefacility to fly 126 fighter aircraft is preposter-ous and goes against the grain of national secu-rity requirements," he said.

He said Modi's decision to "arbitrarily"reduce requirement of 126 fighter aircraft to36 was "unexplainable".

His remarks were in reference toSitharaman's interview to a national dailywherein she has said that the "Governmentchose to procure only 36 Rafale fighter aircraftfrom France in 2015, instead of the 126 beingnegotiated by the previous Government, asinfrastructure and other technical require-ments of the IAF do not allow greater induc-tion".

Dismissing Sitharaman's argument as"obnoxious" the Congress leader asked: "Canthe government and IAF not create parkingspace/maintenance facility in 6-8 years peri-od during which the aircraft will be delivered?

"Can creation of parking space/mainte-nance facility be a ground for compromisingair superiority and national security?"

Surjewala also held Sitharaman "guilty" ofnot disclosing the fact that mandatory 'FastTrack Procedure' for affecting 'emergency pur-

chase' was never followed by Modi at the timeof announcement of purchase of 36 Rafale on10th April, 2015".

"She has also failed to point out that nosuch 'emergency purchase' was approvedeither by the then Defence Minister ManoharParrikar or Cabinet Committee on Security.How does she now explain the fact that despitethe 'emergency purchase' in April 2015, aircraftwill not be delivered up to the year 2022 andthat also without 'India specific enhance-ments'," said the Congress leader.

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The apex consumer com-mission has directed the

Indian postal service to pay�24.8 lakh to two brotherstowards the maturity value ofthe small-savings scheme cer-tificates bought for them bytheir late father but were lost.

In two separate but com-mon orders, the NationalConsumer Dispute RedressalCommission (NCDRC) saidthat since there were noclaimants for the amount, thepost office could not haveappropriated the entire amountforever due to non-submissionof the certificates.

NCDRC rejected theappeal of the post office againstthe decisions of the OdishaState Consumer DisputeRedressal Commission and adistrict forum which haddirected payment of theamounts to the two brothers —Jambu Kumar Jain andChhagan Lal Jain, sons of LateRama Chandra Jain.

The postal department wasnot paying the maturity valuewithout submission of the cer-tificates.According to the

brothers' plea in the State com-mission and the district forum,their father had purchased 692Indira Vikas Patras (IVP) in thename of his sons, daughtersand others from the Head PostOffice, Bolangir.

Out of the 692, 88 IVPswere in favour of Jambu Kumarwhereas 160 were in favour ofChhagan Lal, the plea had saidand added that all of the 692IVPs were lost and it wasreported to the local police sta-tion in June, 2001.

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The Supreme Court on Thursday dis-missed a petition seeking a direction to

the Centre not to proceed with the recom-mendation of the apex court Collegium onthe appointment of a lawyer as a judge ofthe Allahabad High Court.

A bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misraand Justice D Y Chandrachud said there was"no merit" in the plea which was also "notjusticiable".

"The Collegium has submitted its rec-ommendation. It is a constitutional process.In the midst of a constitutional process, thispetition is not maintainable," the bench toldadvocate Asok Pande, who has filed theplea.

When Pande claimed that there wereallegations against the lawyer whose namehas been recommended by the Collegiumand an FIR was also lodged against him andsome others, the bench said "you have saidin your petition that the FIR has beenquashed".

"There is no merit in the petition. It isnot justiciable," the bench said while dis-missing the plea.

The petitioner had sought a directionto the Union Ministry of Law not to pro-ceed to appoint the lawyer as a judge of theAllahabad High Court in compliance of theCollegium's recommendation last month.

He had also sought quashing of the rec-ommendation besides a probe by either theCBI or a special investigation team (SIT)

into the FIR lodged at Allahabad under var-ious sections of the Indian Penal Code,including cheating and forgery.

He alleged in the plea that between 2002to 2007, an agricultural institute had filed24 writ petitions before the Allahabad HighCourt and five pleas before the apex courtin the name of dead and non-existent per-sons.

The plea claimed that the high courthad ordered its registrar to lodge an FIR inthe case in which the lawyer, whose namehas been recommended by the Collegium,was also named. It alleged that before theFIR was lodged, the lawyer's name was rec-ommended for appointment as judge in thehigh court but it was not processed later.

The petition said that the lawyer hadfiled a plea in the high court seeking quash-ing of the FIR against him, which wasallowed by the court.

After quashing of the FIR against him,the apex court Collegium recommended hisname for appointment as a judge in the highcourt on the ground that the state of UttarPradesh has not challenged the orderquashing lodging of the case, the plea hasclaimed.

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The Centre on Thursday saidit did not deny permission

to West Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee to visitChicago on the 125th anniver-sary of Swami Vivekananda'shistoric speech.

"We did not receive anyrequest for clarification regard-ing the visit of MamataBanerjee to Chicago for anyevent. Reports about the denialof permission are, therefore, nottrue," External Affairs MinistrySpokesman Raveesh Kumarsaid in response to mediaqueries.

Banerjee had on Tuesdayalleged that "evil forces" threat-ened the Ramakrishna Mission,forcing it to cancel her trip toChicago.

"I think some evil forceshad hatched a conspiracy. Theydid not want RamakrishnaMission to organise the pro-gramme there. They also did-n't want us, people of Bengal, toattend it. It pained me and sad-dened me a lot," Banerjee saidwhile speaking at theRamakrishna Mission's global

headquarters Belur Math inHowrah district.

The Ramakrishna Missionhad invited Banerjee to be thechief guest at the event whichwas to be held on August 26 atthe Art Institute of Chicago.

Banerjee had to call off herscheduled trip after the organ-isers wrote to her that the eventhad been cancelled due to"unforeseen difficulties" and"demise of a monk".

Refuting the claim made byMEA, TMC spokespersonDerek O'Brien accused theBJP/RSS of pressurizing theRamakrishna Mission to call offthe programme.

"It is common knowledgethat the BJP-RSS wanted onlyone major programme to beheld in Chicago and that wouldbe under the banner of theGlobal Hindu Congress ( WorldHindu Foundation ) and thisprogramme would be attendedby Mohan Bhagwat. To ensurethis happened, intense pressurewas mounted on VivekanandaVedanta Mission in Chicago tocancel the programme forwhich Mamata Banerjee hadconfirmed," O'Brien ssaid.

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The negotiations for pro-curement of 126 Rafale jets

under the UPA Governmentfell through as State-run HALdid not have the required capa-bility to produce the jets inIndia in collaboration withFrench company DassaultAviation, Defence MinisterNirmala Sitharaman saidThursday.

Sitharaman also said thatan unprecedented interven-tion in 2013 by then DefenceMinister A K Antony when thecost negotiation committeewas giving final touches to thedeal put the final nail in the cof-fin.

After rounds of negotia-tions with HindustanAeronautics Ltd (HAL),Dassault Aviation felt that thecost of the Rafale jets willescalate significantly if theywere to be produced in India,she said during an interactionwith PTI editors and reportersat the agency's headquartershere.

"Dassault could notprogress in the negotiationswith HAL because if the aircraftwere to be produced in India,a guarantee for the product tobe produced was to be given. Itis a big ticket item and the IAFwould want the guarantee forthe jets. HAL was in no posi-tion to give the guarantee," shesaid.

Sitharaman said theweapon systems, avionics andother key add-ons to the Rafaleaircraft, expected to be deliv-ered beginning September2019, will be "much superior"than that negotiated by the

UPA, and her Government isgetting the planes for 9 per centcheaper than what was earlieragreed upon.

The previous UPAGovernment started negotiat-ing in 2012 with FrenchDassault Aviation to buy 126Medium Multi-Role CombatAircraft (MMRCA).

The plan was for DassaultAviation to supply 18 Rafale jetsin fly-away condition while108 aircraft were to be manu-factured in India by the com-pany along with HAL. Howeverthe deal could not be sealed.

The Congress has demand-ed answers from theGovernment on why HAL wasnot involved in the new deal.

Sitharaman said the UPAdeal collapsed as HAL did nothave the capability to produce108 aircraft in India.

"Even during negotiationwith HAL, Dassault felt that thecost with which the HAL willproduce will be far higher thanthe aircraft produced in France.That was the reality," she said.

The Defence Minister saidthe then Government couldhave come forward andpumped in resources into HAL,

but they did not.She said she has no inten-

tion of undermining HAL, but"why could not the thenDefence Minister say that wewill pump in all the requiredresources into the HAL. Hecould have done it. That wasnot done," Sitharaman said,adding that the currentGovernment was initiatingsteps to strengthen the State-run aerospace company.

In 2016, the ModiGovernment signed aGovernment-to-Governmentdeal with France for purchaseof 36 Rafale jets at a cost of�58,000 crore. The Congresshas been alleging irregularitiesin the deal.

Rebutting charges of cor-ruption in the deal, the DefenceMinister also asserted that peo-ple of the country have put aclosure on the issue as theyhave trust in Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

"There is a trust in thePrime Minister. He is not goingto be corrupt. So with all this,I think mentally, people ofIndia have reached a closure onit, saying there is no corruptionhere," she said.

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India is mulling a proposal forthe creation of an

International Convention forCyber Crimes Cooperationwhich can help in simplifyingprocedures for Letters Rogatory(judicial requests) and act as aninformal mechanism for shar-ing information relating topending investigation.

The proposal is being joint-ly considered by the UnionHome Ministry, NationalSecurity Council Secretariat(NSCS) and the IntelligenceBureau amid inordinate delaysin prosecution of cases, espe-cially related to cyber crimesand financial frauds, as theservers used for communica-tion and for commission ofcrimes are often located inforeign shores.

Letters Rogatory is a formalrequest sent by a court of lawto the counterpart of foreigncountry to seek details of anaccused entity or individual orevidence relating to an ongoingcase.

The Government is alsoplanning to improve multi-jurisdictional coordination byappointing nodal officers atvarious levels and online plat-forms for cooperation.

A collaboration mecha-nism with stakeholders forfacilitating exchange of infor-mation on threats, trends, shar-ing expertise and internation-

al cooperation is also beingworked out for real-time inputson the goings on inside thedark net.

The Centre is further plan-ning harmonisation of laws,procedures and data retentionperiods and address issuesrelating to admissibility of evi-dence collected under MLATthrough formulation of laws.To boost the cyber infrastruc-ture, development of physicalinfrastructure and specialisedcyber forensic laboratories anddedicated cyber research unitsare being planned by theCentre.

A cyber awareness cam-paign for improving digital lit-eracy of citizens is also beingconsidered by the Government.The Centre will consult variousstakeholders including lawenforcement agencies relatingto cyber crimes and the StateGovernments. The Centre willalso seek to create a NationalCyber Crime InvestigatingAgency for investigation of allimportant cyber crime caseshaving inter-State and inter-national ramifications. Inaddition to this, theGovernment is considering aproposal to create CyberFusion Centres, a collaborationcentre for various agencies,academia and private sectoragencies besides investigatingagencies at the national andState level for developingauthoritative intelligence.

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The Supreme Court onThursday directed all States

to frame rules to allow selling ofuninsured vehicles involved inaccidents to pay compensationto the victims.

The prevalent rules do notallow selling of the uninsuredvehicles making it difficult to paythe compensation for the vic-tims. The top court directed thatthe rules should be framedwithin 12 weeks by all the statesin accordance with those cur-rently in force in Delhi.

If the rules currently exist-ing in Delhi are enforced acrossthe country, then it would makedriving of uninsured vehicledifficult as owners would run therisk of seizure of vehicle in caseof accident and being sold to paythe compensation for the victim.

Seven States — Jammu &Kashmir, Chattisgarh, Bihar,Punjab, Jharkhand, Puducherryand Lakshdeep — told the apexcourt that they have initiated theprocess of incorporating suchrules. Haryana said it has a sim-ilar rule, while Madhya Pradeshhas raised certain objections tothe rules for compensation.Delhi informed that it alreadyhas such rules in place.

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Against the backdrop of the hor-rific sexual abuse cases at the

shelter homes in Bihar and UttarPradesh, the Union Social Justiceand Empowerment Ministry hascalled for setting up local projectcommittees comprising parentsof inmates among others in the dis-tricts where residential homes arebeing run under its aegis.

The move aims to ensure safe-ty of the inmates at the residentialhomes being run under schemesnamely Samarth and Gharaundaand Vikaas. These programmes areoperating under the National Trustfor the Welfare of Persons withAutism, Cerebral Palsy, MentalRetardation and MultipleDisabilties Act of 1999. TheNational Trust is an autonomousbody under the Social, Justice andEmpowerment Ministry.

An official in the Ministry saidthat the members will includeparents of five inmates, three localdoctors and lawyers and three col-lege or school teachers in theregion where centres are set up.They will hold monthly meetingand submit a report to theMinistry, said the sources. In manyinstances, children of poor fami-lies, who cannot afford to look afterthem, stay in the shelter homes.

They said that the move fol-

lows an audit report by the TataInstitute of Social Sciences' (TISS)which found that sexual abuse ofvarying forms and degree of inten-sity was prevalent in almost allshelter homes in Bihar.

"The panel will keep a tab onthe functioning of these Centresrun under the National Trust Act,"the official added.

However, shortage of fundsand poor response from the stake-holders has failed the beneficia-ries: both the schemes have poorcoverage when compared to alarge number of people from thepoor sector needing such benefits.For instance, under theGharaunda scheme, 50 projectshave been sanctioned in which atotal number of 993 inmates ben-efitted. Just 14 projects have beenapproved in 2017-18 and �4 crorereleased.

The Gharaunda scheme aimsto provide an assured home andminimum quality of care servicesthroughout the life of the personswith Autism, Cerebral Palsy, men-tal retardation and multiple dis-abilities as mandated in theNational Trust Act. Also, ade-quate and quality care servicewith acceptable living standardsincluding provision of basic med-ical care from professional doctorsbesides vocational activities areprovided. Each centre has intake

capacity for 20 PwDs.Similarly, Samarth is a respite

care residential scheme aims toprovide respite home for orphansor abandoned, families in crisis andalso PwDs under the NationalTrust Act. Under the scheme, 45projects have been sanctioned inwhich a total 1102 beneficiariesbenefitted. In 2017-18, just 11projects got approval. TheGovernment has provided �3.05crore for the year.

Vikaas is yet another pro-gramme providing day-care facil-ities for the PwDs above 10 yearsof age. It offers day-care facilitiesincluding vocational skills. Underthe scheme, 124 projects havebeen sanctioens in which 3157beneficiaries. In 2017-18, 17 pro-jects were sanctioned. The bene-ficiaries list is too dismal, if onegoes by the number of persons suf-fering with intellectual disabilitiesin the country. Most of them arefrom the marginalized section,needing the help from the State.

The 2011 Census data esti-mates that only 2.21 percent of theIndian population has a disability— including 1.5 million peoplewith intellectual disabilities and amere 722,826 people with psy-chosocial disabilities. However,the Health Ministry claims thatover 6-7 percent of the populationhas psychosocial disabilities alone.

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The Trinamool Congress willnot allow the BJP to stir up

a ‘National Register of Citizens’crisis in Bengal, a senior partyleader and a Minister said onThursday saying the saffronoutfit was planning to provokesentiments throughout the bor-der districts so as to polarisevote before the next year’s gen-eral elections.

“There are reports that theBJP is going to engage theirpracharaks (campaigners) inthe border districts to incite thepeople into demanding anNRC in Bengal. But we willthwart the dirty move at anycost,” the senior Minister fromKolkata said.

According to sources theBJP was planning to launch acampaign in all the borderingdistricts from September 15onwards. “We want to make thepeople aware about the effectsof infiltration in Bengal par-ticularly in the border dis-tricts,” a State BJP leader saidadding “the local Bengali pop-

ulation was being deprived ofhundreds of crores of rupees onaccount of feeding the illegalinfiltrators from Bangladesh.”

According to sources theBJP was targeting the non-Muslim refugees fromBangladesh to further theircampaign. About 20,000 partymen, mostly refugees with pre-2011 Left leaning would beemployed by the party to carryout the NRC campaign.

“Our leaders have repeat-edly made it clear that they willnot tolerate Bangladeshis inIndia,” a State BJP leader saidadding the party however wascompletely sympathetictowards those refugees (readthe Hindus) who had beenforced out of Bangladesh.

“The people who havebeen forced to flee that coun-try will be considered sympa-thetically. But those who haveinfiltrated India with eithercriminal motive or to claim ashare of our economy will bethrown out of this country. Forthis we will demand NRC inBengal,” the leader said adding

his party will “prepare the peo-ple’s minds for the purpose.”

When asked as to whetherthe party would consider filingany PIL to suit its end theleader would not comment.

On the other hand theTrinamool leadership attackedthe BJP for trying to polarizethe electorate before the elec-tions. “It is before the electionsthat the NRC issue has come totheir mind. Bengal is notAssam from where they are try-ing to expel the Bengali-speak-ing population. We will fightagainst the BJP both here andin Assam,” the TMC ministersaid adding Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee might go tothe north-eastern State to cam-paign during the polls.

“Our leader MamataBanerjee has already warned thecommunal parties against rak-ing up the NRC issue in Bengal.She has vowed to thwart anyattempt to communalise Bengalin the name of NRC. We will notallow any such mischievousactivities in our State,” the leaderquoting the Chief Minister said.

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Union Minister of State forHome Kiren Rijiju on

Thursday urged security forcesin the Northeastern States tohave a seamless coordinationand intelligence sharing to ensurebetter security of the region.

The Union Minister saidthis speaking at the 25thConference of DGPs, IGPs andHeads of the Central PoliceOrganisations (CPO) ofNortheastern region. The twoday conference started atItanagar today.

Rijiju complemented theforces for successfully han-dling the complex issues overthe years leading to improvedsecurity scenario in the regionand said that the issue of secu-

rity and policing in northeast-ern states are unique due toregion’s geographical proxim-ity with other foreign neigh-bours like China, Myanmar,Bangladesh and Bhutan.

“Due to its geographicalsituation and exposure to inter-national border, the region hasto deal with not only internalbut external problem,” Rijjusaid while lauding the roleplayed by state police of north-eastern states and the consistentsupport by Central PoliceForces for maintaining law andorder situation in the region.

“ C o o r d i n a t i o n ,Cooperation and flawlessIntelligence sharing are crucialaspects for security. The secu-rity situation in northeasternstates have improved signifi-cantly in last four and half

years,” he said adding that thelevel of violence and causalityfigures in the region have comedown by more than 50 percent.

Mentioning the impor-tance of coordination andcooperation among northeast-ern states, the Union Ministersaid that though there are 8political units in Northeast butthey can work as one unit as faras security is concerned.

The Minister alsoannounced that the AssamRifles Academy at Diphu(Karbi Anglong, Assam) hasbeen identified for specializedtraining of the northeast policein counter insurgency opera-tions and NIA has been con-ducting training modules fornorth east police for investiga-tions of terror related cases.

Speaking on the occasion,

Arunachal Pradesh ChiefMinister, Pema Khandu urgedthe police chiefs to take stepsto ensure regular informal talksamong senior police officers ofinter- state border districts todeal with the concerns of peo-ple of border areas.

The DG, Police ofArunachal Pradesh, S. B. KSingh and Additional Director,Intelligence Bureau, A K Mishraalso spoke on this occasion.

The two day conference ofpolice and intelligence officers is being attended by the DG, police and seniorpolice officers from North EastStates, senior officers fromCentral Police Organisationand Intelligence Bureau. TheWest Bengal police depart-ment is also taking part in theconference.

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The prospects of a BJP-AIADMK poll alliance took

yet another setback onThursday as Thampi Durai, theDeputy Speaker of the LokSabha who is also a seniorAIADMK leader lambasted theHindutva party for its efforts tosaffronise Tamil Nadu.

Speaking to reporters atKarur on Thursday , Duraicame down on the BJP usingthe harshest of words. “TamilNadu is the land of RamasamyNaicker, C N Annadurai, M GRamachandran andJayalalithaa. This is theDravidian Land where there isno place for caste, religion andcommunalism. The BJP is try-ing to disrupt the Dravidianheritage and culture. We willnever allow the BJP to set itsfoot in Tamil Nadu,” said Durai.

The AIADMK leader hadlambasted the BJP last Fridayfor its alleged connivance withthe DMK in ordering CBIraids on the residences of TamilNadu health minister VijayaBhaskar and the State PoliceChief T K Rajendran in con-

nection with the Gutkha scam.Durai had alleged that the Narendra ModiGovernment had ordered theCBI raids on September 5 tohelp the DMK because Alagiri,the estranged brother ofDEMK chief M K Stalin washolding a rally at Chennai onthe same day.

"The CBI raids were heldon that day itself only to divertthe attention of the generalpublic from the rally staged byAlagiri,” Durai had charged andasked the BJP to prove itsfidelity in its ties with theAIADMK.

Thursday’s outburst byDurai assumes significance asthe AIADMK launched itscampaign for theThirupparankundram by-poll

on the same day. Seven minis-ters in the EdappadiPalaniswamy overnmentundertook a bicycle rally in theconstituency with the declara-tion that no other parties wouldget back their security depositin the by-poll.

The election Commissionof India is yet to announce the poll schedule and the par-ties have not named the can-didates.

Durai’s tirades over thelast few months against the BJPhave put the party’s leaders ina dilemma. “We are underinstruction from not to react tothe statements made by theAIADMK and the DMK how-soever provocative they maybe,” said a senior BJP leader inTamil Nadu.

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The findings by TholTirumavalavan, president

of the Viduthalai ChiruthaikalKatchi (VCK), a Dalit fringeoutfit, that religious conversionto Islam offers the Dalits self-respect and economic inde-pendence has put the Hinduforces in the State on theirguards. Experts in PopulationStudies rejectedTirumavalavan’s argumentswhile Hindu activists term it asan effort to encourage moreDalits in the State to get con-verted to Islam or Christianity.

Arjun Sampath, leader ofHindu Makkal Katchi, whohad a providential escape fromthe knives of Islamic terroristsrecently, had submitted a mem-orandum to GovernorBanwarilal Purohit and ViceChancellor of ManonmaniamSundaranar University atTirunelveli stating that thePhD thesis submitted byTirumavalavan is a travesty oftruth and facts.

Tirumavalavan claims hehas brought to light the reasonsbehind the mass conversion ofDalits of Meenakshipuram in

Tirunelveli to Islam in 1981. Heargued during the viva voce ofhis Ph D thesis held recentlythat the Dalits were discrimi-nated against and oppressed allover the State. When a Dalityouth of Meenakshipuram fellin love with a girl belonging tothe upper caste, relations of thegirl stood up against theromance. The youth elopedwith the girl to neighbouringKerala and got married withher.

When the couple returnedto the village, the girl’s relationsthrashed the youth and hisfamily members. This forcedthe 180 Dalit families in the vil-lage embrace Islam to escapefrom the persecution“unleashed by caste Hindus”,says Thirumavalavan.

The VCK leader claimedthat the Dalits who got con-verted to Islam in 1981 pros-pered economically and social-ly. “The religious conversion of1981 has given the Dalits theeconomic independence andself-respect,” claimsTirumavalavan in the thesistitled “Mass ReligiousConversion atMeenakshipuram: a victimo-logical analysis.”

Leaders of Hindu outfitsare suspicious of the objectiveof Tirumavalavan’s studies.“This is an open invitation andencouragement to the Dalits toget convert to Islam,” saidSampath.

Dr Jatinder K Bajaj,demography scientist at theCentre for Policy Studies, is ofthe view that the findings andconclusion of Tirumavalavan’sfindings do not stand the testof scrutiny. “Individually one oftwo members of the commu-nity might have been benefit-ed because of conversion. Butmajority of them continue to bepoor and helpless. Why theleaders of Islam and Christiancommunities insist that theDalits among them need reser-vation?” asked Dr Bajaj.

Sampath who is a frequentvisitor to Meeakshipurampointed out that there are twokinds of Islam in the village.“The Dalits who were con-verted to Islam are known asNavi Muslims and are yet to getacceptance in the Islamic com-munity. Some of the familieshad to reconvert followingtheir failure to get suitablematches for their daughters,”said Sampath.

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Amid bickering in theCongress in Karnataka

casting a cloud on its coalitionGovernment with the JD(S),BJP chief Amit Shah has askedthe saffron party State unit “notto create any confusion” andinstead stick to playing the roleof the Opposition sincerely.

Rejecting charges byCongress leaders that the BJPwas trying to topple the coali-tion Government, the party'sKarnataka unit chief BSYeddyurappa said "there is noneed to doubt our motives."

BJP MLAs have beeninstructed not to give state-ments on the current politicaldevelopments pertaining toturmoil in the Congress, hesaid.

"BJP national presidentAmit Shah, with whom I spoketoday, has instructed us not tocreate any confusion.

We should not give anystatements about the politicaldevelopments taking place inthe State.

Instead, we should stick to

playing the role of oppositionsincerely," Yeddyurappa added.

Shah's advice to the partyunit comes amid allegationsthat BJP was trying to takeadvantage of the internal tus-sle in the Congress and poachon its MLAs to unseat theGovernment.

Some senior congress lead-ers have blamed the BJP for therecent discontent in their party.

The Jarkiholi brothers—municipal administration min-ister Ramesh and his MLAbrother Satish—are locked in aturf war with another ministerDK Shivakumar, casting ashadow over the coalitionGovernment.

The siblings are upset overShivakumar allegedly tryingto challenge their supremacy inBelagavi district through MLALaxmi Hebbalkar.

The tussle has spilled intothe open with the brothersassertion about the support ofeight MLAs and that they werein touch with the BJP fuellingspeculation about the stabilityof the H D KumaraswamyGovernment.

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MIM chief AsaduddinOwaisi on Thursday

claimed the RSS representsHindu nationalism and said hewould never accept any invi-tation from it to participate inany event held by it.

The Hyderabad Lok SabhaMP was reacting the invitationbeing extended by RSS to var-ious leaders for a three-day lec-ture series of RSS chief MohanBhagwat, scheduled to be heldin New Delhi next week.

The RSS has indicated thatit would invite Congress pres-ident Rahul Gandhi, CPI(M)general secretary SitaramYechury and the leaders of allthe political outfits of differentideologies besides religiousleaders, sportspersons, mediapersonalities and ambassadorsof more than 60 countries.

Owaisi said RSS stood forHindu nationalism. "It is anorganisation which believe inIndian nationalism. I willnever do this stupidity andmistake of what PranabMukherjee did...," he told

reporters here.He was referring to the par-

ticipation of the former presi-dent in an RSS event at Nagpurin June last, which had thentriggered a controversy withsenior Congress leaders oppos-ing it. "I cannot speak forCongress president and I canspeak only for myself.I wouldnever even in my thoughtprocess think for a secondabout such an invitation," hesaid when asked about his reac-tion to Gandhi being invited.

Owaisi attacked the Centreover rising fuel prices, sayingPrime Minister Narendra Modihas created enough darkness byensuring that the price price ofpetrol and diesel go beyondcommon mans means.

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The Uttar PradeshGovernment has decided

to release Bhim Army chiefChandrashekhar who isdetained under the NationalSecurity Act (NSA) in con-nection with the 2017Saharanpur violence.

Chandrashekhar alsoknown as Ravan, 30, wasarrested in June 2017 in con-nection with the May 5 clash-es in which one person waskilled and 16 others wereinjured at Shabbirpur village inSaharanpur.

On November 2, 2017, theAllahabad High Court hadgranted bail toChandrashekhar. However, aday before his release, he wasbooked under the NSA, thus

preventing his release.Under the NSA, he was to

be detained till November ."After going through the rep-resentation ofChandrashekhar's mother, ithas been decided to release himearly. He had to be in jail tillNovember 1," a spokespersonof the Home Department saidhere Thursday.

The NSA was invoked againstChandrashekhar and five oth-ers in the case. While threepeople were released earlier,Chandrashekhar, Sonu andShiv Kumar are still in jail.

Sonu and Shiv Kumar willalso be released early, thespokesman said, adding thatthe district magistrate ofSaharanpur has been directed"to release them".

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Signalling growing strainbetween The coalition part-

ners, Janajati Morcha, the rul-ing BJP's tribal wing in Tripura,on Thursday demandedimmediate severing of ties withthe Indigenous Peoples Front ofTripura (IPFT). BharatiyaJanata Party (BJP) state JanajatiMorcha president SanjoyDebbarma said IPFT was cre-ating "chaos" across the stateover different issues.

Development works of thestate government have been hitdue to their activities. We havedemanded Chief MinisterBiplab Kumar Deb to removethem from the ministry andsevere all ties with them,Debbarma told PTI.

He said the chief ministergave them a patient hearingand said the agreement withIPFT was finalised by BJP'scentral leadership and theywould be consulted regardingthe demand.

BJP and IPFT jointlysecured 44 seats in the 60-member state assembly in theFebruary 18 elections andformed government, ending25 years of CPI(M)-led LeftFront rule in the north easternstate. BJP secured 36 seats i.E.More than the majority mark.

IPFT, which emerged vic-torious in 8 seats, was laterallotted two berths in the statecabinet.

Differences between theBJP and its regional partnerIPFT surfaced in the run up to

panchayat by-polls, with aseries of clashes reportedbetween the workers of the rul-ing allies over submission ofnominations. The by-polls areslated for September 30.

When contacted, BJP statevice president and JanajatiMorcha leader RampadaJamatia accused IPFT sup-porters of attacking his houseat Killa in Gomati districtWednesday. He also allegedthat the house of MLA ofGolaghati constituency inSipahijala district, BirchandraDebbarma was also attacked byIPFT supporters.

Debbarma had filed a com-plaint and an FIR was lodged.IPFT supporters held attackson his family to force him towithdraw the FIR.

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The driver of a low-floor buswas dismissed from service

on Thursday after a video ofhim thrashing a minor girl, sus-pected to be a pickpocket, sur-faced on messaging mobileapplication WhatsApp, offi-cials said.

"The driver thrashed thegirl in the bus. After a videosurfaced, we identified himand the decision to terminatehim was taken. The termina-tion orders will be issuedtomorrow,” Suresh Kumar Ola,MD of Jaipur City TransportServices Ltd, which runs thelow-floor buses in the city,told PTI.

One of the passengers inthe bus shot a video of the inci-dent and circulated it onWhatsApp, prompting theauthorities to take actionagainst the accused driverHetram.

Kumar Ola said the buswas part of the 9A series,which operates on Tonk Road. The incident occurred nearNarain Singh Circle, and thebus conductor was not involvedin the thrashing, he said.

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The Lord Ayyappa shrine atSabarimala would open for

the five-day customary puja onSeptember 16 during theMalayalam month 'Kanni' andrestrictions imposed on devo-tees visiting it following the del-uge last month have been lift-ed, officials said Thursday.

However, private vehicles,including two-wheelers ofdevotees, would be allowedonly up to the Nilackal base sta-tion. A Kerala State RoadTransport Bus would transportthem to Pampa at the foothillsto enable their trekking to thehill shrine.

The floodwaters hadwashed away virtually all pil-grimfacilities on the banks ofthe Pampa river and theTravancore Devaswom Board(TDB) that manages the shrinehad imposed restrictions ondevotees visiting the temple forthe Onam festival season lastmonth.

The temple will remainopen till September 21.

After a high-level meetingto review the post-flood situa-tion at Pampa, TDB presidentM Padmakumar said the TataProjects Ltd has agreed to takeup the reconstruction work.

"Ayappa devotees can gothe shrine for worship duringthe Kanni month puja," hesaid.

The TDB and TataProjects would take all neces-sary steps to put in place nec-essary facilities for devoteesduring the three-month-longannual pilgrimage seasonbeginning on November 17, hesaid.

The TDB had recently con-structed a temporary footbridge'Ayyappa Sethu,' across thePampa by placing stones andsand bags. The 'Pampa-Trivenibridge-over-river', which gotsubmerged in the floods, wasalso restored to some extent.

During the rain mayhem,the Pampa overran its banks atseveral places, submergingmany shops, damaging build-ings, flooding pathways anduprooting electricity posts.

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BSP president Mayawati’sremarks holding the pre-

vious UPA Government andthe BJP equally responsiblefor the steep hike in fuelprices has ruffled many a feath-er in the Congress rank andfile whose leaders feel it willonce again raise a questionmark on attempts at strikingOpposition unity ahead of the2019 Lok Sabha polls.

The BSP chief ’s views onfuel price hike came a day afterher party stayed away from the“Bharat bandh” call given bythe Congress on the issue.

“These remarks, at a timewhen the need for unity amongOpposition parties is beingfelt clearly among all partners,could send a wrong signalboth to the public and the rul-ing party which is alreadydoubting our strength,” aCongress insider said Thursdayrequesting anonymity.

“Party workers are nothappy with the BSP president’sobservations and they are very

sceptical about her intentions,”he said, adding the Centralparty leadership surely needs totake note of it.

A senior Congress leadersaid her views on the topicneeds to be viewed as her bar-gaining tactics for more seats inthe Assembly polls inRajasthan, Madhya Pradeshand Chhattisgarh.

“By doing so, she is sort oftrying to gain upper hand innegotiations for the Assembly seats in theseStates...It is, however, for theCentral leadership to under-stand that we should weigh ouroptions and potential beforeentering into any alliance,” hestressed.

“Although the foundationof the intricacies of the alliance for the Lok Sabhapolls will be set much before inthe Assembly polls in theseStates, the party needs to beclear that its negotiations onseat sharing should not be atthe cost of the party and its

workers as Congress is thestronger party in these States,”he said.

Speaking on the fuel price hike, Mayawati has stated both the NDA and theUPA had disregarded the interest of the farmers and thepoor.

The previous UnitedProgressive Alliance (UPA)regime had brought fuel out ofgovernment control and theruling National DemocraticAlliance (NDA) continuedwith the policy, she had said, adding that after coming to power in 2014, theNDA had deregulated diesel,which had hurt the interest ofthe poor.

Mayawati’s statement islargely being viewed in thepolitical circles as a dent inOpposition unity against theBJP ahead of the 2019 LokSabha polls.

She had also criticised inci-dents of violence in some statesduring the protest, saying herparty had always desisted fromsuch acts.

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If Hyderabad has historic andmagnificent Mecca Masjid

can Andhra Pradesh capitalAmaravati afford not to haveone? AP Chief Minister NChandrababu Naidu thinks theunder-construction capitalshould also have one.

At a review meeting withthe officials of Capital RegionDevelopment Authority atUndavalli, the Chief Ministerannounced that a gloriousmosque of international stan-dards will be built in Amarvatiwhich will be a wonderfultourist attraction. “The mosquewill be built on an area of 10acres under the supervision ofthe State Waqf Board”, he said.“There should be a mosque in

the architectural style of MeccaMasjid (of Hyderabad) and itshould become a major touristattraction”, he said.

Naidu made the remarkswhile reviewing the progress ofvarious projects in the capitalregion.

Historical significanceThough Guntur, Nellore,

Vijaywada, Rajahmundry andVisakhapatanam have someancient mosques but none ofthem could match the grandeurand historic significance ofMecca Masjid and several othermosques in Hyderabad.

Mecca Masjid, whichdraws its name from Mecca,the holiest place in Islam, wasbuilt in Qutub Shahi era ofHyderabad. Its foundationstone was laid by Qutub Shahi

king Mohammed Quli around1616 AD century and wascompleted in 1687 whenMoghul emeror Aurangzeb hasoccupied the Golkonda king-dom by defeating the QutubShahis. Though not complete-ly built in accordance with theoriginal plans Mecca Masjidremains one of the biggestmosques in India.

Chandrababu Naidu’smeeting with the officials alsodecided to allocate 3.5 acres ofland to Murli Fortune group in

the capital region for building ahealth and recreating resortwith an investment of �40 crore.

The meeting also okayedthe proposal to create a mari-na along the banks of riverKrishna by the Coastal MarinaPrivate Ltd and allotted 8 acresof land. Apart from other facil-ities it will have a jetty where60 boats can be anchored. Theproject was expected to becompleted in six months at acost of Rs 15 crore. The gov-ernment has also decided toallot 5 acres for the construc-tion of a convention centerunder PPP model by VarunHospitality Ltd.

CRDA commissioner ChSridhar said that in the admin-istrative city the secretariatand the departmental head-quarter buildings will be readyby January 15, 2021. AS part ofthese there will be four groundplus storied towers estimated tocost �932.46 crore. The GADtower where the office of theChief Minister will be locatedwill have 49 stories. It will bebuilt at a cost of �554.06 crore.

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Aspate of cases against itsleaders have the

Opposition Congress leaderscry foul against the TelanganaRashtra Samiti Governmentin the State. Party leaders havealleged that the caretakerGovernment was resorting tothe vendetta politics by reviv-ing old cases or by framing itsleaders in false case.

It started with the arrest offormer MLA JayaprakashReddy alias Jagga Reddy. Thenpolice issued notice to anoth-er senior leader A RevanthReddy and now a case underSC/ST Prevention of AtrocitiesAct against another formerCongress leader SrisailamGoud.

While Jagga Reddy wasarrested in connection with aold human trafficking case,the police has issued a notice toA Revanth Reddy in connec-tion with the case of allegedirregularities in Jubilee HillsHousing Society. In the latestdevelopment Jagadgiri policestation has booked a caseagainst Srisailam Goud on thecomplaint of a tribal RameshNaik. Naik has alleged that theformer MLA had insulted himpublicly in the name of his casteidentity.

A case of cheating andthreatening a business partnerwas also booked against anoth-er former Congress legislatorGandra Venkatramanna Reddyby Warangal police.

Jagga Reddy, an influentialleader of Sangareddy districtwas arrested on Monday last byHyderabad police on charges ofPassport forgery and humantrafficking. Deputy commis-sioner of police, north zone BSumathi said that the JaggaReddy, a MLA of opposition

TRS at the time had securedpassport for himself, his wifeand two other members of hisfamily in 2004.

But affixing the photos ofthree other persons on thepassport of his family membershe secured US visas for them aswell as himself. ‘By claimingthat they were his family mem-bers he accompanied them tothe US and helped them intravelling abroad”, Sumathisaid. Jagga Reddy will be takeninto police custody on Fridayfor questioning.

Another case was likely tobe filed against him inSangareddy as some farmershave complained that JaggaReddy had grabbed their landsin Ameenpur and Nagulapallyvillages.

Even before the Congresscould recover from this shock,senior leader A Revanth Reddyreceived a notice from JubileeHills police station asking himto appear before the police forquestioning within 15 days inconnection with the allegedirregularities in a HousingSociety.

Police said it received acomplaint of forgery and cheat-ing against Revanth Reddyfrom a lawyer S Rama Rao. Thecase was ten years old.

Revanth Reddy who was asenior leader of TDP before

joining Congress is already anaccused in cash for vote scamin the State.

The arrest of Jagga Reddyand the notice to RevanthReddy has also evoked a sharpreaction from the Congressleaders.

State Congress president NUttam Kumar Reddy said thatall the cases were the results ofa conspiracy by the ruling TRSleaders to defame Congressleaders ahead of the comingassembly elections. “KCR inconnivance with some policeofficials was selectively target-ing the Congress leaders andworkers”, he said vowing to payback TRS by its own coin in thedays to come.

Uttam alleged that KCRand another Minister T HarishRao were the real culprits in thehuman trafficking case as theyhad given recommendationletters to those aspiring to go tothe US in the case.

Former union minister SJaipal Reddy said, “these are nothing but politicallymotivated cases. KCR is misusing official machinery”,he said.

In his reaction RevanthReddy said, “Chief Ministerwas trying to target the politi-cians of Reddy communityand project them in a negativelight”.

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Five terrorists, includingthree infiltrators, were killed

in two separate encounters inNorth Kashmir’s Keran sectorof Kupwara and Sopore innorth Kashmir, official sourcessaid. An over-ground worker ofa pan-Islamic outfit was alsoheld in Ganderbal district.

Officials said three uniden-tified infiltrators were killed ina fierce gunfight after the Armyfoiled a major Infiltration bidalong the Line of Control(LoC) in Keran sector of fron-tier district Kupwara in northKashmiron Thursday.

Army sources said that thebodies of armed ultras werelying close to the LoC and thecounter-infiltration operationwas going on in the sector.

In another incident, twoPakistani Jaish-e-Muhammadterrorists were killed in anoperation at Checkipora,Sheikhpora village in Soporearea of north Kashmir’sBaramulla district.

A police spokesman identi-fied the slain ultras as Ali aliasAthar and Zia-ur-Rehman. Hesaid Ali was one of the impor-tant commanders of JeM andmastermind behind the SoporeImprovised Explosive Device(IED) blast in which four police-men were killed. Security sourcessaid a brief gunfight broke outlate on Wednesday night follow-ing the launch of cordon andsearch operation in theArampora area. They said laterthere was a lull for several hoursas militants reportedly moved tosome nearby house.

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Athree-member fidayeensquad, believed to be cadre

of Pakistan-based Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM), was elimi-nated by the joint team ofsecurity forces led by paracommandos of the IndianArmy, jawans of the specialoperations group (SOG) ofState police and Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) in Kakriyalarea along the Jammu-SrinagarNational Highway on Thursday.

A total number of 12 secu-rity personnel including fivejawans of CRPF, four Statepolicemen and three Armypersonnel received injuriesduring the operation, policesaid. A sub-divisional policeofficer was among thoseinjured in the operation. Hiscondition was stated to be sta-ble. Two para commandos also

received gun shot injurieswhile neutralising the thirdterrorist in the last leg of thecounter.

Emerging out of his safehideout the lone terroristopened fire on these com-mandos when he came face toface with them during thecombing and search opera-tions in thickly vegetated fieldsof Kakriyal. In the fierce gunfight the commandos elimi-nated him successfully endingthe 33 hour long chase insearch of these terrorists.

Till the time of filing the

report several teams of bombdisposal squad and others weredeployed at the encounter siteto completely sanitise the areaand clear the same from‘booby’ traps in the form ofplanted IED’s or land mines.

The local residents, whoremained closeted inside theirhomes since early morningalso heaved a sigh of relief afterthe operation was called off.

The security forces ensuredno major collateral damagewas done to the civilian hous-es and managed to containthese terrorists in isolated areas.

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Discontent in rulingTelangana Rashtra Samiti

(TRS) over distribution of tick-ets for Assembly elections is ris-ing by the day and the tusslebetween rivals took an uglyturn in at least in one con-stituency and many otherswere threatening to upsetparty’s applecart in many otherconstituencies.

In Chennur AssemblyConstituency of Mancherialdistrict where sitting MLANallala Odellu was denied tick-et and a member of Lok SabhaBalka Sumar was nominated byTRS one infuriated party work-ers set himself on fire andinjured many others. The inci-dent occurred during the visitto Balka Suman to the con-stituency. Suman alleged thatthe person had tried to harmhim by throwing kerosene onhim before setting himselfablaze.

R Ghattaiah, reported to bea supporter of Odellu pouredkerosene and set himself ablaze.He recived 80 pc burns while16 others including policeinspector Bhukya Narayan anda photographer Anees werealso injured as kerosene thrownby him fell on them.

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Toll in Jagtial bus disaster hasmounted to 62 with one

more injured succumbing toinjuries in Karimnagar hospitalon Thursday, police said. This isthe biggest loss of life ever in aroad accident in the State.

Local Minister E Rajinderand MP Vinod Kumar visitedthe family of the person whodied on Thursday and announ-ced financial assistance. A bus ofTelangana State road transportcorporation overturned and fellinto a gorge on Ghat road on Tu-esday when it was coming fromKondagattu temple to Jagatiyaltown. The over crowded bus waspacked with the pilgrims.Meanwhile an eerie silencedescended on the villages fromwhere most of the victims hailedeven as the ten day long GaneshChaturthi festival was beingcelebrated with gaiety elsewhere.The residents of worst affectedShanivarpeta, who lost 15 oftheir near and dear ones, werein deep shock and mourning.There was no celebration in thevillage on Thursday.

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The past week has been momentous. TheSupreme Court examined the constitution-al validity of Section 377 of the Indian Penal

Code, an archaic law that continued for longer thanit should have, and held that actions between con-senting adults are outside the ambit of this penalprovision. By its decision, the Supreme Court gavea fresh lease of life to millions of Indians who hadto suffer due to the stigma, the fear and the abuseof being classified as criminals for nothing otherthan the right to love a fellow human being. Whilethis fortnight was one to celebrate in one respect,in other it was another week of comments fromthe Centre that can at best be called amusing andat worst be considered worrisome.

National Commission for Men: This pastweek, Harinarayan Rajbhar, the Bharatiya JanataParty MP from Uttar Pradesh said, “There is anational commission for women. But, there is nosuch commission for men. Men are committing

suicide on being harassed by women, and falsecases are being lodged against men.” This is notthe first time that Rajbhar has discussed his pas-sion for a ‘purush aayog’. In fact, he brought theissue up in the month of August as well in the LokSabha where it caused much amusement andlaughter. While the suggestion may seem laugh-able, the fact that the Member of Parliament fromBallia is absolutely unaware about the status ofwomen in India is far from laughable. The statis-tics on crimes against women is useful to exam-ine because it is a fair indicator of where womenstand compared to men in Indian society. Not toruin the surprise for Rajbhar but the statistics aredamning and do not aid his argument for aNational Commission for Men.

In this regard, the report published by theNational Crime Records Bureau in 2016 is illu-minating. As per this report, the rate of crimesagainst women, i.e. crimes per 1 lakh women wasup from 41.7 in 2012 to 55.2 in 2016. Furthermore,it is telling that a majority of the crimes againstwomen is usually by people who are known tothem because of which women are in any case hes-itant about filing criminal cases against theirabusers or are coaxed out of it by the family of thevictim. What may be of interest to Rajbhar, how-ever, is that despite incidence of crime againstwomen, the conviction rate for crimes againstwomen in 2016 at 18.9 per cent is at its lowest since2007. This is especially discouraging as even if awoman does have the courage to report a crime,

she, however, has to withdraw the complaint(which is common in cases of cruelty by husbandsor relatives, where the parties agree to a divorce,subject to the withdrawal of the complaint). Thereis often a stigma that is associated with the womanby society for no fault of her own.

In any event, if the argument is that somewomen are exploiting the legal process to punishmen, then as the conviction rates seem to show,the legal system does appear to take into accountsuch cases as well because the burden which isrequired to be discharged by the accuser is fairlyhigh. Furthermore, the argument against a‘purush aayog’ is not that there are no cases wherethere have been bogus cases filed against men forcrimes against women. In fact, the argument is asfollows: Firstly, in India today, due to a culture ofvictim blaming, the odds are stacked against awoman who decides to approach the legal systemfor a remedy from the start. Secondly, India likeany other country does not have an unlimited sup-ply of funds or resources. Therefore, as a respon-sible democracy, it must decide to allocate fundsand personnel towards its most urgent andimmediate causes. So, while it may be importantto be congnizant of such isolated instances of abuse,the current state of women is far worse than thatof men and, therefore, more focus, attention andresources are required to ensure that women aresubject to a just system.

Raghuram Rajan responsible for low growth: As you may have noticed, India has

not yet seen any ‘acche din’ and the state of the econ-omy proves as much. In this regard while talkingabout the low lending rates and hesitancy in theeconomy, Rajiv Kumar, vice chairman of NITIAayog, said, “The new mechanisms instituted[under the previous RBI Governor’s regime] toidentify stressed or non-performing assets andthese continuously continued to grow up whichis why the banking sector stopped giving creditto the industry.”

Such comments, unfortunately, follow thesame irresponsible policy of the Government toblame everyone other than itself for the ills of theeconomy, including the rising fuel prices, the spec-tacular fall of the rupee, the low employment rateand the low rate of growth. There are, however,two issues with this message. First that it lays theblame on the foot of a policy that places empha-sis on a clean-up of non-performing assets that hadaccumulated with banks and ignores that thisclean-up process is necessary for any economy togrow since it shows what the true state of bank-ing in the country is.

The Modi Government, however, obviouslyfavors obfuscation when reality does not suit theGovernment and grandiose overstatement whenthe data is mildly in favour of the Government.An instance of this was the change in the base yearto calculate GDP data which made the ModiGovernment look acceptable. However, what theBJP did not contemplate was that by using the samestandard, the performance of the UPA during its

tenure looks far better than any growth clockedby the Modi Government.

The second issue with this message is that itcontinues with the narrative that India’s low rateof growth has been caused due to external factorsrather than due to the incompetence of theGovernment. This can be seen when argumentsagainst high fuel prices are brought against theGovernment or the falling rupee. Astonishingly,as per this Government, demonetization, whichmust count as one of the biggest economic blun-ders in the world, played no role in the econom-ic slowdown of the country. It’s completelyignored by the Government that the move costIndia 1.5 per cent of GDP or that in the first fourmonths 1.5 million jobs were lost during just thefirst four months of 2017 and left the unorgan-ised sector, which primarily operates on cash, reel-ing from the move. As a reader, I would recom-mend you consider this to be your bimonthly recapof the strange time our country is going through,where any form of intellectualism is equated withanti-nationalism. While I hope this recap did pro-vide some entertainment, I think it is importantto recognise that some of the ludicrous commentsby BJP leaders that I mention from time to timeare only the ones that they say out loud after pre-sumably filtering them. One can, however, onlyimagine and truly fear what thoughts do not passthrough this very porous filter.

(The writer is Jharkhand PCC president, for-mer MP and IPS officer. Views are personal)

���������Sir — This refers to the editorial, “InDenial” (September 13). There can be nodoubt about Virat Kohli’s skills as a bats-man and his work ethics but the buckstops with him as the captain of theIndian cricket team. His claim that histeam is the best touring Indian team inlast 10-15 years, that too after 1-4 score-line in the five-Test series, defies logic.

To walk the talk, Kohli has tointrospect his leadership and decision-making skills — choosing to play aspinner over a seamer in cloudy con-ditions in London, and Ashwin play-

ing in fourth Test despite offie beingin clear discomfort physically and opt-ing Hanuma Vihari over triple centu-rion Karun Nair, are just few of theblunders committed by him.

Kohli and Ravi Shastri cannot bein denial, trying to paint a rosy pic-ture after a disastrous tour.

Bal GovindNoida

�� ���������Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Lifemeans Life” (September 12). Had itbeen the assassination of members of

any other political party in TamilNadu, would the Tamil NaduGovernment have sought prematurerelease of the convicts serving life sen-tence? While the gracefulness of theGandhi family in condoning theaction of the assassins should bewelcomed, from the point of view ofthe country, in general, and theCongress in particular, the assassina-tion of former Prime Minister RajivGandhi was an irreparable loss.

The fact the convicts have beenlanguishing in jail for long is no jus-tification to seek their early release, asthey have been commuted to suffer

life sentence. The convicts are now at the mercy

of the State Governor BanwarilalPurohit as he holds the key. One hopesthat the Governor Purohit weighs thepros and cons before he takes anydecision. In any event, the decisiontaken should not set as a precedent.

VS Jayaraman Chennai

��� ���Sir — This refers to the editorial, “Lifemeans life” (September 12). PrimeMinister Rajiv Gandhi’s assassinators

already received generous clemency.The Supreme Court had, in 2014,reduced their capital punishment tolifelong imprisonment. Any furtherremission must be out of question.

The killing of a Prime Ministerwas a rarest-of-rare case. There shouldabsolutely be no question of pardon-ing and release of the convicts. Anysuch request has only political rami-fications and would be utterly illegal.

ShubhamVia email

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Congress president RahulGandhi’s feeble attempt todraw equivalencebetween the MuslimBrotherhood and RSS

caused astonishment among thosefamiliar with the RSS and those whohave a national perspective.Alternatively, those professing a com-munist and/or Maoist ideology andpractitioners of opportunistic politicswere predictably elated. Neither ofthese responses was unanticipated.However, it must not be assumed thatGandhi lacks awareness about themayhem Islamists terrorists inflict onthe civilised world. Neither does thismean that he is unaware of the socialwork the RSS carries out through itsaffiliated organisations, not to men-tion the growing appeal and supportthe Sangh is receiving from societyat large. Why, then, would he makesuch a preposterous allegation?

Quite simply, his political advi-sors have succeeded in convincinghim that criticising the RSS will yieldpolitical dividends, that baseless andprovocative statements will com-pensate for the lack of ground workwhich is required to lift the grand oldparty from its political nadir. Hence,he has obviously been schooled torender these statements in a dramat-ic manner without bothering tocheck their veracity. When one suchstatement was legally challenged bya swayamsevak, the Congress presi-dent was seen avoiding his date incourt.

In reality, the Sangh is engagedin the work of connecting and bind-ing Bharatiya society with the ever-lasting thread of spirituality and anintegral and holistic view of life. Toequate this inclusive Bharatiya viewof life with the Muslim Brotherhoodis an affront to our great civilisation-al heritage and history. If one was toview Islamist ideology in practice, theword “brotherhood” itself is inappro-priate. In fact, the MuslimBrotherhood which he chose to citeas an example, views not only non-Muslims as beyond the pale but evenMuslims outside the Salafi/Sunni foldas outside their ideological communeand therefore not ‘true’ Muslims.

September 11 was the 125thanniversary of Swami Vivekanand’sChicago address to the Parliament ofWorld Religions. In that historicaddress, he presented to a world audi-ence the inclusive worldview ofHindu culture. This was not merelyan exercise in intellectualism, but onewhere the strings of the heart wereplaying a unique tune for an audienceunfamiliar with the Hindu view of lifebut responsive to the music in thosesincere words. Swami Vivekanandabegan his address with “MyAmerican Brothers and Sisters…”, anendearment which was received witha standing ovation that lasted a fewminutes.

He said: “I am proud to belongto a religion which has taught theworld both tolerance and universalacceptance. We believe not only inuniversal toleration but we accept allreligions as true. I am proud to belongto a nation which has sheltered thepersecuted and refugees of all reli-gions and all nations of the earth. Iam proud to tell you that we havegathered in our bosom the purestremnant of the Israelites, who cameto Southern India and took refugewith us in the very year in which theirholy temple was shattered to piecesby Roman tyranny. I am proud tobelong to the religion which has shel-tered and is still fostering the remnantof the grand Zoroastrian nation.Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horri-ble descendant, fanaticism, have longpossessed this beautiful earth. Theyhave filled the earth with violence,drenched it often and often withhuman blood, destroyed civilisationand sent whole nations to despair.Had it not been for these horribledemons, human society would be farmore advanced than it is now.”

Dr Bhim Rao Ambedkar has alsodrawn a distinction with the Islamicview of the world. In his book“Thoughts on Pakistan” he says:"Islam is a close corporation and thedistinction that it makes betweenMuslims and non-Muslims is a veryreal, very positive and (a) very alien-ating distinction. The brotherhood ofIslam is not the universal brother-hood of man. It is brotherhood ofMuslims for Muslims only. There isa fraternity but its benefit is confinedto those within that corporation. Forthose who are outside the corpora-tion, there is nothing but contemptand enmity.”

The Muslim Brotherhood wantsto impose Sharia Law everywhere; theRSS stands for a Hindu Rashtra thatis based on the ideal of spreading uni-

versal acceptance as propagated byVivekanand. So, how can the funda-mentalist Islamist ideology of theMuslim Brotherhood be equatedwith the Universal Brotherhood ofSwami Vivekananda. Further, whydoes Rahul Gandhi feel compelled tospeak ill of an organisation that fol-lows the precepts of universal broth-erhood and is focused on organisingsociety?

A senior commentator said tome a few years agothat the Congresshas been reduced to a party desper-ately trying to come to power by anymeans and is outsourcing its intellec-tual activity to the Communists. Eversince the Congress outsourced its ide-ological arguments to the comrades,it has allied itself with intolerance andhas opposed national views andactivities.

Before Independence, theCongress was an open platform;among its members were HinduMahasabha members, supporters ofrevolutionaries, those with a radicalapproach (Garam Dal) and alsothose favouring a moderate approach(Naram Dal). There was space foreveryone. When this platform fornational liberation started takingthe shape of a political party it wentfrom being a large tent of ideas to acorporation which practiced alienat-ing and excluding those with differ-ent views. It was, however, a gradualprogression. Even after 1947 therewas space for diverse viewpoints; ifPandit Jawaharlal Nehru was anardent critic of the RSS, Sardar Patelinvited swayamsevaks to join theCongress party. In 1962, during the

Indo-China war, even a stridentcritic of the Sangh such as Nehru wasso impressed by the selfless service ofthe RSS that he invited the organisa-tion to participate in the RepublicDay Parade; even at short notice,3,000 swayamsevaks participatedwith pride in the parade.

During the 1965 Pakistan inva-sion, Lal Bahadur Shastri called fora meeting with prominent nationalleaders, including the second RSSChief Guruji Golwalkar, going so faras to arrange his transport to Delhi.During this meeting, a communistleader repeatedly asked Shastri: Whatwas “your Army” doing when Indiawas invaded? Agitated by this stanceespecially at such a critical time,Golwalkar intervened and asked thegentleman why he couldn’t just say“our army”? Did he not belong to thesame country?

This tradition of dialogue (sam-vaad) continued till the 1970s.Subsequently, the influence of com-munist ideology started gaining trac-tion in the Congress (at a time thecommunists themselves had ‘purged’themselves of their nationalist ele-ments who had long since beendenounced as ‘rightists’) and theintolerance and “otherness” inspiredby Stalinist ideals began rearing itsugly head. Confrontational languageand an ‘us versus them’ discoursestarted dominating. Apart from theBJP, most political parties reflect com-munist influence in their intellectu-al cells in varying degrees. For short-sighted political gains there is a ten-dency to side with attempts (inspiredby leftist ideology) of breaking or

weakening the unity of the people ofthe country and at the same timeopposing national ideas and forces.This enervating influence over thepast few decades has left the Congressin a strange condition, almost as if itsbody is but a shell that is now occu-pied by a Maoist soul. This is notmerely an observation, it is borne outby the displays of support theCongress routinely expresses forMaoist protests. Is it not alarming thatCongress leaders stand in solidaritywith those who raised slogans of“Bharat tere tukde honge, Inshallah,Inshallah”, “Bharat ki barbadi tak jungrahegi” or “Afzal Guru hum sharmin-da hai, tere qatil zinda hai”? AfzalGuru was the mastermind behind theterrorist attack on the parliament andwas sentenced to death by theSupreme Court.

When the Congress supportsthose instigating caste violenceundermining and violating theConstitution, one is compelled to feelit is its Maoist soul which guides itsactions. The infiltration of disruptiveUrban Maoists into mainstream lifeand their influence has only recent-ly come to light and when a main-stream party like the Congress whichhas held power for so many yearssupports their destructive designs itis not an occasion to be surprised butsaddened.

Despite ideological differences, itis important to concede that theCongress of the past never spoke inthe terms used by their current lead-ers or aligned with disruptive forcesthat undermined the country andnational interest. It is deeply worry-ing to see the oldest political party inthe country, one that enjoys supportacross the country, stand with suchanti-national elements. As a result, theCongress is eroding its support base.About 125 years ago SwamiVivekananda crossed the oceans toplant the flag of Bharatiya civilisation-al and cultural values in a foreignland. Today, a politician from thesame country, travels abroad andequates Indian cultural ethos with theMuslim Brotherhood. This is aninsult to Bharatiya civilisational val-ues and culture.

In a democracy it is but expect-ed that there will be differences inopinion and ideologies but it isimperative to rise above these differ-ences for the good of the nation. It isonly when this unity supersedespoliticswill the country find solutionsto the problems that ail us.

(The writer is Sah Sarkaryavah,RSS)

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Should individuals between ages 15 to18 years be called children?Internationally, those between 10 to 19

years have been defined as adolescents byUNFPA and WHO; as youths if between 15to 24 (UN, ILO); and as young people ifbetween 10 to 24 (UNFPA). Further,UNICEF and UNCRC considers everyoneunder 18 years of age as children. In India,the definition of who constitutes a child iscrucial because it is used to include and/orexclude them from privileges, rights andentitlements mandated under present leg-islations governing child rights.

Under the country’s amended ChildLabour (Prohibiion and Regulations) Act,those below 14 years are defined as childrenand those above (15 to 19) as adolescents.Does this matter? Yes, most emphatically so.One of the biggest impact for those nowclassified as adolescents is the loss of theirright to education. The Right to Free andCompulsory Education Act (RTE) appliesonly to children in 6 to 14 year age group.

Since labour laws do not considerthose in 15 to 18 year age group as children,education is no longer compulsory for them.On the contrary, they are permitted to workin ‘non-hazardous’ activities, such as domes-tic work, working in dhabas, carpet weav-ing, agarbatti and zari making factories.Statistically, India currently has 100 millionchildren aged between 15 to 18 years. Overthe next 10 years, a staggering one billionwill pass though this age group. The impli-cation of them missing out on one of theirbasic rights is huge considering only one inevery two children in this age group is study-ing and only one in every three school-goingchildren finish Class XI. Around 4.1 mil-lion are working and studying. And, that 38million are working in hazardous occupa-tions, is enough reason to rethink policiesand laws that deprive these children of theirchildhood.

Although rates of child marriage forgirls under 15 are dropping, the rate of girlsmarrying between 15 and 18 has increased.A 2018 report by Child Rights and You(CRY) reveals that 9.2 million in this age

group are married. About 3.4 million girlsare mothers and over 400,000 of marriedgirls have three or more children, probablybecause only 15 per cent of them use con-traceptives. Their inability to negotiatefamily planning could be linked to the factthat one in every five girls reported violenceby their husbands.

How can this be changed? CRY says oneway is to untangle the multiple definitionsthat constrain them from asserting theirrights. Vulnerabilities of this age group areoften overlooked and consequently, many fallthrough the cracks. Another way to maketheir transition from childhood to adulthoodjoyful and aspirational is to see them aschildescents and pay attention to this agegroup. CRY’s report, ‘Childescents in India:We Are Children Too’, details comprehen-sively the discrimination and deprivationfaced by the 15 to 18 age group and stress-es they might have seen as children too.

It points out several important gaps inchild protection stemming from multiplelayers of functionaries, legal systems andinstitutional support mechanisms that nei-ther interact with each other nor considerthe “needs of the child as supreme”. Forexample, pregnant unmarried girls in this agegroup face social taboos as well as actionunder the Protection of Children againstSexual Offence (POCSO) Act. This isbecause under this Act, sexual activityunder the age of 18 is an offence and requiresmandatory legal reporting. It has also madeit difficult for them to access safe abortionservices since the Act also makes it manda-tory for medical facilities to report such casesas sexual abuse. Further, Government pro-grammes, like the Janani Suraksha Yojanaand Janani Shishu Suraksha Karyakram,which provide free institutional delivery antenatal and post natal care, are only for womenabove the age of 19. Considering 76 per centof girls aged 10-19 are married in India, asizeable proportion of them become moth-ers before they turn 18. Why should they bedenied these benefits?

While there is a lack of disaggregatedand detailed data on categories of childrenin need of care and protection, an impor-tant area that needs concerted and urgentattention is to children in areas of conflict.In Naxal-affected States, preventing childrenfrom being recruited to armed conflict byMaoists/other outfits and being initiatedthrough the bal sanghas, young cadres of theinsurgents need sensitivity and an under-

standing of the ground situation.A way to prevent them from falling in

this trap is to revive the Bal Bandhuscheme. Introduced in December 2010 bythe National Commission for Protection ofChildren (NCPCR), with support from thePrime Minister’s National Relief Fund in fiveStates of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar,Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, the BalBandhu programme aimed to protect chil-dren’s rights in areas of civil unrest with thehelp of bal bandhus or child defenders cho-sen from the community. The result of thisthree-year programme piloted in nine dis-tricts in five States impacted by internal con-flict was remarkable.

Bal Bandhus, who were aged between18-30, worked closely with the communityand were able to form groups of bal mitras(friends of the child) as well as mahila san-gathans (women’s groups) to help them reachout to the community to talk to parents aswell as panchayat leaders like the sarpanch,mukhia and ward members. It was this col-lective of people from the community whowere able to persuade parents to allow theirchildren to study and not be pushed intowork to add to the meagre income of fam-ilies that had four or five mouths to feed andjust one earning member. They were ableto talk and even pull up headmasters whenschools didn’t function properly or uniformmoney was not distributed to the students.

Bal bandhus were able cut through cor-ruption and red tape to get students intoschools without paying an admission fee orprocure transfer certificates without havingto bribe teachers. They got the communi-ty to write letters to the mukhia for allot-ment of land for building school. It was theywho watched over the mid-day meals so thatration stocks were not siphoned off.

Bal bandhus were able to stop child mar-riages and ensure caste and community bar-riers were overcome with community cele-bration of Women’s Day, International Dayagainst Child Labour and IndependenceDay. Massive rallies and marches were heldperiodically to create awareness about childrights and seek public support against childlabour. This determined band of BalBandhus were able to constructively engagechildren and stop their recruitment into balsanghas or child cadres of the Naxals andanti-national forces. In the present scenario,childescents need a true friend. It’s time tobring them back the bal bandhus.

(The writer is a senior journalist)

Children need bal bandhus

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Petrol price on Thursdaytouched the �81 per litre

mark in Delhi while dieselrates crossed �73 as the potentcombination of a depreciatingrupee and rising crude oil ratescontinued to push fuel priceshigher.

After a day’s lull, theupward march of fuel pricesresumed on Thursday withpetrol price being hiked by 13paise per litre and diesel by 11paise, according to a pricenotification of state-owned oilmarketing companies.

Petrol price in Delhiclimbed to �81 per litre whilediesel inched up to an all-timehigh of �73.08.

Delhi has the cheapest fuelrates among all metros andmost state capitals because of

lower taxes. Mumbai has thehighest sales tax or VAT.

In Mumbai, a litre of petrolnow costs �88.39 and diesel ispriced at �77.58 per litre.

Mumbai has the highestrate of VAT or sales tax in thecountry. According to oil com-panies, refinery gate price ofpetrol, without considering anycentral or state tax and dealer’scommission, is �40.49 per litre.The same for diesel is �44.32.

Retail rates are arrived atafter adding excise duty, whichis charged by the CentralGovernment, commission paid

to petrol pumps dealers andVAT, charged by the state gov-ernments.

Dealer’s commission onpetrol currently is �3.34 perlitre and that on diesel is �2.52.

While crude oil rates flirt-ed with the $80 per barrelmark, the rupee has plungedagainst the dollar. The combi-nation of the two makesimports costlier. Domesticretail prices are benchmarkedto international rates of the fuel.Since mid-August, petrol pricehas risen by �3.92 a litre anddiesel by �4.31.

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surged over�12 lakh croreso far during2018-19 fiscaldriven byrobust stockmarket senti-ment duringwhich the BSEbenchmark index soared morethan 14 per cent.

Since March 28 this year(stock markets were closed onMarch 29 and 30th for a localholiday), the 30-share Sensexhas gained 4,749.28 points, or14.40 per cent, to 37,717.96 ason September 12.

The key index touched itslifetime high of 38,989.65 onAugust 29, this year.

Led by rally in stocks, themarket capitalisation of BSE-listed companies jumped�12,01,444 crore to�1,54,26,441 crore as on

September 12.Stock exchanges are closed

on Thursday for “GaneshChaturthi”.

A number of initial publicoffers and subsequent listing ofstocks also helped the marketvaluation rise.

In April, the BSE Sensexgained 5.72 per cent, in May itrose by 0.41 per cent, in Junethe 30-share index went up by0.55 per cent, in July it surged6.64 per cent, in August itjumped 3 per cent, while inSeptember so far it has lost 1.55per cent.

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Walmart-backed Flipkartis expanding the furni-

ture category on its platformwith the introduction of newsub-brand ‘Pure Wood’ as itlooks to compete aggressivelyagainst not just its arch-rivalAmazon but also IKEA in theIndian market.

Flipkart has partnered withsolid wood furniture makers incities like Jaipur and Jodhpur inRajasthan for Pure Wood,which would be under its pri-vate label ‘Perfect Homes’. Thecollection named Amer,Mehrangarh, Nahargarh,Taragarh and Jaisalmer will bepriced between �5,000-70,000.

E-commerce companiesfocus on private labels becausethey offer higher margins andenable better control of inven-tory.

“If you see the furnituremarket in India, it is about $15billion in size. And yet, 90 percent of it is unorganised. Of the10 per cent that is organised,online players take up only 10-15 per cent, so there is a hugescope of growth,” FlipkartSenior Director (Private Labels)Shivani Suri said.

She added that estimates

(internal and industry) suggestthat online channels willaccount for 25-30 per cent ofthe organised furniture marketby 2020.

While she declined to com-ment on revenue targets, Surisaid Pure Wood and PerfectHomes would contribute sig-nificantly to the topline fromthe furniture category.

“Furniture is a difficultcategory. It’s not just aboutoffering the ‘touch and feel’experience, customers are look-ing for quality, durability andaffordability. Using consumerinsights from our platform,we are getting top designs inquality products at affordableprices for the customer,” shesaid.

Asked about competitionfrom Swedish giant IKEA,which recently launched itsstore in Hyderabad, Suri point-ed out that the opportunity inthe Indian market is huge.

“I don’t want to comment

on competition, I’m sure theyhave their own strategy inplace. We are focussed onbringing an expansive range tocustomers, quality productsthat are affordable, accessibleacross India with a great servicepromise,” she said.

IKEA set up its first storein India last month and hasplans to open 25 stores by 2025.It is also looking to enter the e-commerce segment by nextyear, besides exploring smallformat stores as part of itsexpansion plans in the country.

Within the online catego-ry, Flipkart competes with itsAmerican rival Amazon aswell as players like UrbanLadder and Pepperfry.

The launch of the newrange also comes ahead ofFlipkart’s Big Billion Days salethat is slated for next month.

Suri said furniture underPerfect Homes are availablewith FurniSure - a certificationto assure customers of thequality and durability of theproducts.

The certification, sheclaimed, is offered after a rig-orous test process conductedthrough NABL-accredited test-ing laboratories, includingIntratek, MTS, BV, and SGS.

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With an aim to deepen thecommodity derivatives

market, regulator Sebi’s boardis likely to approve a propos-al to allow trading in this seg-ment by foreign entities withexposure to the Indian physi-

cal commodity market.Such foreign entities may

be allowed to hedge their expo-sures with derivatives tradingin all commodities traded onIndian exchanges, barring thesensitive commodities.

The board of Securities andExchange Board of India (Sebi)may approve a proposal in thisregard in its meeting schedulednext week, officials said.

Under the proposal, foreignentities, having actual exposureto Indian physical commoditymarkets, may be termedEligible Foreign Entities (EFEs).

A detailed set of norms foreligibility criteria, disclosureand KYC requirements, code ofconduct and safeguards againstany unwanted price fluctuationshas also been proposed. Thedirect participation of foreignentities having actual expo-sure to commodities is expect-ed to make Indian commodityderivatives market more broad-based, vibrant, deep and effi-cient. Further, it will also add tothe depth and liquidity in thefar-month contracts.

The regulator, in May,came out out with consultationpaper for allowing trading inthe commodity derivativesmarket by EFEs and hadsought comments from all the

stakeholders in this regard. The proposal followed rec-

ommendation from the regu-lator’s Commodity DerivativesAdvisory Committee (CDAC)for allowing in this market thehedge funds (category III alter-native investment funds), port-folio management service(PMS) firms, mutual funds anddirect participation of foreignparticipants having exposure tocommodities in the first phase.

In the second phase,CDAC proposed to allowbanks, insurers, foreign port-folio investors and pensionfunds in the commodity deriv-atives market.

Last year, Sebi had issuedconsultation papers for allow-ing mutual funds, portfoliomanagers and hedge funds,among others.

According to the proposal,such EFE should not be anIndian resident but may be aNon-Resident Indian (NRI),provided that such NRI isengaged in physical commod-ity trading businesses withIndia. The minimum networthrequirement for such EFEshould be USD 500,000 andthis limit may be graduallyreviewed based on experienceof EFE participation in themarket.

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Voltas Limited - AC Brand andArçelik, a home appliances

maker (part of the Koç Group),entered into the Indian con-sumer durables market onThursday with the launch oftheir brand – Voltas Beko. Thenew company, Voltbek HomeAppliances Private Limited , anequal partnership joint venture,has introduced a wide range ofhome appliances which includeRefrigerators, Washing Machines,Microwaves, and Dishwashers.

Voltbek plans to launchover 100 SKUs over the next 3months including 44 SKUs ofRefrigerators, 40 SKUs ofWashing Machines, 12 SKUs ofMicrowaves/Ovens and 7 SKUsof Dishwashers. Voltas Bekohas positioned itself as ‘Partnersof Everyday Happiness’ withthe consumer benefit of‘Nutrition, Preservation forRefrigerators and CleaningEfficiency for WashingMachines’. The brand aims toprovide its consumers withstate of the art innovative prod-ucts leveraging Voltas’ brand &distribution strength coupledwith Arçelik’s global expertisein product development.

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The Government is deter-mined to keep fiscal deficit

within the budgeted level of 3.3per cent of GDP as the coun-try cannot afford to have a twindeficit problem, a top officialsaid.

The official said a depre-ciating rupee and high crudeimport bill would definitely putpressure on the country’s cur-rent account deficit (CAD),and a fiscal slippage at thisjuncture would lead to a twindeficit.

Ruling out any excise dutycut on petrol and diesel, theofficial said the dependence onoil as a source of tax revenuehas to be brought down andthis can only happen when theshare of non-oil tax to GDPgoes up.

“India will maintain thefiscal deficit target as we are aconsumption driven economyand tax revenues are alsoincreasing. We are determinedto do that. We will not cutexpenditure as it would have

adverse impact on growth,”the official said.

He said cutting expendi-ture is the easiest way to trimfiscal deficit. “If we cut �1 lakhcrore in expenditure, it wouldlower fiscal deficit to 2.9 percent. But then growth will beimpacted,” the official said.

The government has tar-geted 3.3 per cent fiscal deficitfor the current financial yearending March 2019.

The Government’s financeshave shown improvement inJuly with fiscal deficit at 86.5per cent of the Budget Estimate(BE), mainly on account ofhigher revenue collection, asper official data.

The deficit was at 92.4 percent of BE at July-end of the lastfinancial year.

“Income tax revenues aremoving in right direction, GSTmop up is also recovering andif we keep expenditure withincontrol,we are confident tomaintain the fiscal deficit sit-uation. We don’t want twindeficit problem,” the officialsaid.

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Home-grown mobile makerJivi Mobiles has forayed

into the smartphone space withinitial offerings in the pricerange of �5,000 and �7,000.

It plans to invest �100crore to build its manufactur-ing facility for smartphones.Until now, the company hasbeen making feature phonesonly.

Presently, Jivi assemblesfeature phones in Delhi. Thesmartphone manufacturingfacility is expected to becomeoperational in six months’ time.Banking on a 10-15% month-to-month growth, Jivi has tar-geted to double its turnover to�650-700 crore this fiscal, from�350 crore in 2017-18.

The company is focusingon tier 2 and 3 cities to achieveits sales growth target. It has astrong presence across northernand eastern parts of the coun-try and is now expanding tosouthern and western regions.

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Baba Ramdev’s PatanjaliAyurved on Thursday

announced its foray into thedairy segment by launchingmilk and milk-based products,including curd and cheese, tar-geting sales worth �1,000 crorefrom the segment.

Besides, Patanjali had alsoventured into frozen vegetablesegment and has introducedproducts such as sweet corn,pea and potato fingers.

“We are aiming to have abusiness of �1,000 crore nextfiscal. This fiscal, we wouldhave a business of �500 crore,”said Baba Ramdev whileaddressing a conference.

The Haridwar-based firmhas established a network ofaround 56,000 retailers.

We are targeting 10 lakhlitre of daily sales, Ramdevadded.

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Seoul: US Army soldiers sta-tioned at a garrison in SouthKorea undertook a 24-hourrucksack march that stretched9.11 miles in memory of thevictims of the September 11terror attacks in the US in 2001.

The Eighth Annual USArmy Garrison HumphreysMemorial Ruck March, whichbegan on Tuesday morning tocoincide with the anniversarydate, ended on Wednesdaymorning.

The march was led by304th Expeditionary SignalBattalion, 1st Signal Brigade.Each team stepped off at des-ignated times throughout theday to complete the 9.11-milejourney, which ended onSeptember 12, according tothe US Army GarrisonHumphreys.

The US Army Garrison-Humphreys (CampHumphreys), is an Americanarmy garrison located nearAnjeong-ri and Pyeongtaekmetropolitan areas in SouthKorea, about 70 kms fromSeoul. PTI

Washington: The United Stateswill not tolerate any form of for-eign interference in its elec-tions, President Donald Trumpsaid Wednesday after signing anexecutive order that initiatesactions, including sanctions,against foreign entities whomeddle or even attempt to inter-fere in American polls.

“Today, I took action toprotect the integrity of the UnitedStates electoral system by sign-ing an executive order to ensurethat we can swiftly identify andpunish any foreign interferencein our elections. As I have madeclear, the United States will nottolerate any form of foreignmeddling in our elections,”Trump said in a statement afterhe signed the executive order.

The executive order requiresthe intelligence community andother agencies to assess theextent of any foreign interferenceafter every United States election.If the US determines that any for-eign meddling has occurred,the executive order ensures aquick, forceful, and proportion-ate response, he said. PTI

Beirut: A UN Commission onWednesday called on rebelgroups in Syria’s Idlib provinceto leave urban areas to protectcivilians from any loomingregime assault.

The proposal comes afterthe United Nations’ peace envoyfor Syria, Staffan de Mistura, lastweek suggested a deadline be setfor fighters in Idlib to pull backfrom its cities.

UN agencies and relieforganisations have warnedrepeatedly that any major assaulton the province of Idlib, whichborders Turkey, could spark oneof the worst humanitarian dis-asters of Syria’s seven-year war.

On Wednesday, the UNCommission of Inquiry on Syriacalled for jihadists and opposi-tion fighters to leave the mostdensely populated areas in theregion where some three millionpeople live.

“Most of those terroristgroups and other armed groups,they are in the cities. Perhaps onewonderful scenario is: leave thecities,” commission chief PauloPinheiro said.

Hany Magally, a fellow panelmember, said: “Shouldn’t thearmed groups move out andspare the civilian population?”Idlib and adjacent areas arelargely controlled by HayatTahrir al-Sham, an alliance ledby Al-Qaeda’s former Syrianaffiliate, as well as rival rebels.HTS controls the provincialcapital Idlib city.

The northwestern regionhas seen its population almostdouble with the arrival of Syriansdisplaced from other parts of thecountry, many of whom alreadydepend on aid. AFP

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Hundreds of people attend-ed the funeral prayers of

Begum Kulsoom Nawaz - thewife of former Prime MinisterNawaz Sharif - at a Londonmosque Thursday, as legal for-malities were completed to takeher body to Pakistan for burial.

The funeral prayers atLondon’s Regent Park mosque,which is separate from anotherone to take place in LahoreFriday, were attended by hersons Hassan and Hussain, broth-er-in-law Shehbaz Sharif, formerministers Chaudhry Nisar andIshaq Dar among others.

Hundreds of local Pakistanisturned up at the mosque toattend the funeral. They chant-ed slogans of ‘we salute to themother of democracy’.

Kulsoom died Tuesday in aLondon hospital after a long bat-tle with cancer. She was 68. Shewould be buried on Friday in theJati Umra Lahore residence ofthe Sharif family. She will be laidto rest near the graves of herfather-in-law Mian Sharif andbrother-in-law Abbas Sharif.

Her body will be flownback to Pakistan Thursday nighton a Pakistan InternationalAirlines (PIA) flight scheduledto depart from HeathrowAirport for Lahore.

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South African workers sackedfor singing allegedly offensive

anti-apartheid struggle songsduring a strike should not havebeen dismissed, the country’stop court ruled on Thursday.

Duncanmec, which makesrefuse-handling equipment,fired nine workers whoembarked on an illegal strike in2013 and sang what the com-pany deemed a racist song.

The disputed song includ-ed the lyrics: “climb on top ofthe rooftop and shout that mymother is rejoicing when we hitthe boers (white Afrikaners)”.

The company went to theConstitutional Court seeking tohave its decision to sack theworkers upheld after a longlegal battle. It argued that polit-ical protest songs had no placein the modern workplace.

It said because the songwas sung in front of managersin a disrespectful and aggres-sive way and that it ought to beconsidered racist conduct orhate speech.

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Myanmar’s Aung San SuuKyi on Thursday robustly

defended the jailing of twoReuters journalists who werereporting on the Rohingya cri-sis, as she hit back at global crit-icism ofa trialw i d e l yseen asa nattemptto muz-zle thef r e epress.

Thecountry’s de facto leaderacknowledged that the brutalcrackdown on the Muslimminority -- which the UnitedNations has cast as “geno-cide” -- could have been “han-dled better”, but insisted thetwo reporters had been treat-ed fairly.

“They were not jailedbecause they were journalists”but because “the court has decid-ed that they had broken theOfficial Secrets Act”, she said.

Wa Lone, 32, and Kyaw SoeOo, 28, were each imprisonedfor seven years last week forbreaching the country’s hard-line Official Secrets Act whilereporting on atrocities com-mitted during the militarycrackdown in Rakhine state.

Suu Kyi, once garlanded asa global rights champion, hascome under intense pressure touse her moral authority insideMyanmar to defend the pair.

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The death toll has risen to 11with another 44 people

hospitalized after a manallegedly drove an SUV delib-erately into a crowd in centralChina before jumping out andattacking victims with a daggerand shovel, local authoritiessaid Thursday.

The Hengyang city gov-ernment said the suspect in thecase had previous convictionsfor crimes including drug traf-ficking, theft and assault and,acting alone, had sought to “getrevenge on society.”

That appeared to rule outterrorism, although vehicleshave previously been used inattacks blamed on militantMuslim separatists from theUighur ethnic minority group.

Police identified the sus-pect as 54-year-old YangZanyun from Hengyang’sHengdong county in the large-ly agricultural province ofHunan.

Tuesday night’s attack hap-pened in a public square whereChinese typically gather todance in groups or enjoy thecool evening breezes. The SUVapparently appeared withoutwarning, jumping the curbbefore plowing into the crowd.China has experienced violentattacks in public places inrecent years, including bomb-ings and arson of buses andbuildings.

Occasionally, the attacksare attributed to militant sep-aratists, though such incidents

have become less common inrecent years amid a stiflingsecurity crackdown.

In 2013, an SUV plowedthrough a crowd in front of

Beijing’s Forbidden City beforecrashing and catching fire,killing five, including the vehi-cle’s three occupants. Policeblamed the attack on Uighurextremists inspired by jihadiideology.

More commonly though,the motivation is identified asmental illness, alienation fromsociety or a desire to settlescores.

Chinese law restricts thesale and possession of firearms,and mass attacks are generallycarried out with knives orhomemade explosives. Many ofthose incidents have occurredat schools, including several in2010 in which nearly 20 chil-dren were killed, prompting aresponse from top governmentofficials and leading manyschools to beef up security.

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Asuper typhoon roaredtoward the Philippines on

Thursday, packing fierce windsand heavy rains that are expect-ed to strike the disaster-pronenation at the weekend beforemoving on to China.

Typhoon Mangkhut, whichhas already blasted through theNorthern Mariana Islands, isspeeding across the Pacific withwinds that can gust as high as 255kilometres (160 miles) per hour.

Authorities said some 10million people in the Philippinesare in the storm’s path, notincluding millions more in heav-ily-populated coastal China.

Thousands began evacuat-ing in seaside areas of thenorthern tip of the mainPhilippine island of Luzon,where the storm is expected tomake landfall early Saturday.

“The pre-emptive evacua-tion is going on in our coastalmunicipalities, the villages thatare prone to storm surge,” localgovernment spokesmanRogelio Sending told AFP. “Weare going to evacuate more.” Anaverage of 20 typhoons andstorms lash the Philippineseach year, killing hundreds ofpeople and leaving millions innear-perpetual poverty.

The country’s deadliest onrecord is Super TyphoonHaiyan, which left more than7,350 people dead or missingacross the central Philippines inNovember 2013.

The state weather service

said Mangkhut will be thestrongest typhoon so far thisyear, with sustained winds of205 kilometers per hour.

The typhoon is expected toboost the intensity of seasonalmonsoon rains that havealready caused widespreadflooding in central Luzon, amainly farming region north ofcapital Manila.

Hong Kong is also inMangkhut’s sights and prepara-tions there were already under-way, though the storm was notexpected to hit until Sunday.

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While most authors almost see it asa right to be on board while their

books are adapted for the silver screen,Kanika Dhillon is different. The screen-play writer and author prefers to keepboth separate. “When I have written abook, I’ve done my bit and told it the wayI want to. And I don’t want to do itsscript. I keep telling everyone to getsomeone else to write the screenplay ifyou want to make a film,” she says sit-ting at a five-star hotel in NCR. She is apart of the promotion team ofManmarziyan, the movie which will seeAbhishek Bachchan after a hiatus of twoyears alongside Vicky Kaushal andTaapsee Pannu exploring the layers ofmodern relationships.

There is a reason behind her quirk.“When adapting a book to a screenplay,you need to know what to cut and getrid of. When I am so involved in thestory I will always have my darlings asI will be attached to this or that and I willnever be able to be objective. I need a dif-ferent voice which is brutal and fresh.Maybe I can be a part of it but I can’t bethe only one doing both the things,” saysKanika who has authored books likeBombay Duck is a Fish (2011), a satireon the Indian film industry, the youngadult superhero novel Shiva and the Riseof the Shadows (2013), and the dramaThe Dance of Durga (2016).

She adds that brevity is the key whilewriting a screenplay. “It is more alive inthe sense that it can constantly evolve tillthe time that it is shot. My process as anauthor once I hand over the book to theeditor is over. But in a film I am on theset and can see the words come alive. Theimpact can change because someone elseis interpreting it. A line could soundgreat in my head but it might sound ter-rible when the actor is actually saying it,”says Kanika who started out as an assis-tant director on the sets of Ra.One.

She is very clear cut that though bothinvolve writing, books and films are verydifferent media in the way that the audi-ence consumes them and also the wayshe writes. “How I am going to approacha book and a film depends on the waythe audience or the reader approachesthe two. Writing a book or a novel is avery personal experience as there is nointerpretation from any director or theteam or costume designer. I get todesign every colour, stroke, paint and thefeel as well as the look of it and presentit to my audience and they can enhanceit further with their own imagination. Itis a very direct medium,” she says.

But the two do meet for Kanika inthe sense that both books and thescreenplays are a factor of the environ-ment that she is in. “These are peoplethat surround me. Perhaps we are thesecharacters that I write about,” she says.For Manmarziyan particularly she felt aneed to bring out a complexity ordichotomy that exists in the society. “Ourculture, stories and lores and our entiresystem of cultural experiences tell us thatlove is everlasting. India goes mad onmarriages. But when I actually experi-enced love, I realised its limits. They canactually disable you. We’ve always seenthat love is empowering, it isn’t. It candestroy you. It is not a divine emotion

nor set in stone as it comes and also goesaway. Then you find it again. But I amnot saying that I don’t believe in it. I doand so do the characters ofManmarziyan, but how do we negotiatelove in today’s day and time? That is whatthe film is about,” she explains.

She says that the film evolved out ofa need to express a love story which wasfree of any kind of judgement and gaveus the perspective about a woman’schoice to fall in love, fall out of it andfickle about it. “I wanted to be honest andhave the freedom to create those char-acters which went beyond the sanitisedones that we see on screen. Love is verymessy and we never get to see that side.It is messy, fickle, selfish and not pureor holier than thou.”

She goes on to add that the film isa contemporary take on today’s gener-ation. “Love has become a curse of thisgeneration because there is dichotomy.There is instant gratification as we haveTinder, multiple sexual partners but atthe same time there is this caveman needfor a life-changing relationship. Earlier,happily ever after was possible as we did-n’t have multiple choices.” So even whenthere is a movie about a girl meets a boyand falls in love, there is a way forwardand certainly a change in its treatmentand content. Kanika says, “Content ischanging as well as the audience. They

have access to such varied and strongcontent. One can’t take the audience forgranted which is good as we have towork harder to get retention and toentertain them. The audience wants tohear different kinds of stories because theexposure levels have changed.”

She believes that societal evolutionand internet accessibility have pushedthematic change in our storylines.“When we have a different kind of expo-sure to technology and your life inter-actions are changing, this will natural-ly impact the way you get entertainmentand the way you consume it. Both mir-ror each other. The influence of internetand technology is huge. And it is find-ing its way in new kinds of storytellingwhich are new and fresh,” she says.

This, she believes, is also reflected inthe kind of heroes that the films throwup. “We create the heroes according tothe needs of the time. The angry youngman of the 70s, who lasted through tothe 80s, was about challenging theestablishment after a nation wentthrough its honeymoon phase, and get-ting your worth and identity justly.Today, the common man is the hero whocan change his destiny on his terms. Sowe have stopped looking out for messi-ahs to save us. We don’t have to look atNRIs or global influences to find hero-ism because we are the country that isleading everywhere now. It has percolat-ed down to the stories that we are telling,”says the scriptwriter author dressed inripped jeans, which invites a lot of leg-pulling from Abhishek who is in thesame room as her.

Kanika’s flair will be seen next inMental Hai Kya starring Kangana Ranautand Rajkummar Rao as well asKedarnath which stars Sarah Ali Khan.She admits that she doesn’t have a dis-ciplined approach to writing. “Before Isit down to type, a lot of it has to be inmy mind. I need to get into the emotion-al zone of writing. There is a lot of prepa-ration involved. If I am writing a lovestory then perhaps I would like to listento a certain kind of music to get into theemotional state to write. People thinkthat it is procrastination, which it is not.I might be thinking about it whileshopping and getting to the point of writ-ing,” she says.

Usually she takes about a year to geta script and screenplay along with thedialogues in place. “I need to have myown independent voice. I can’t do dia-logues independently because I feelscreenplay and dialogues are inter-linked. There is no concept of separat-ing the two. In a year’s time, I can giveyou a wholesome story but then it couldbe faster like the way it happened forMental Hai Kya as I was going throughanxiety. I just wrote it,” she says.

What is also interesting aboutKanika is that she is not even remotelyconnected with the industry. “I alwayswanted to be a writer. My mother is aprofessor and teaches literature inAmritsar. So stories were a part of grow-ing up. And then in Amritsar ourbiggest outing was watching movies. Iloved to see those beautiful storiescome alive. No wonder I landed here,”she ends with a laugh.

Imagine worshipping the earthlyGanesha in the open, in a potted pit

with the heavens above as witness. Andthen when the prayers are done and rit-uals over, the clay form dissolves into theearth and the embedded seeds andgrains sprout as flowering plants. It isknown that divinity stays with you for-ever but when you align your earthly rit-uals with that thought, you get a consci-entious society.

Mukesh Goyal of Kriti Creations inKhan Market has been doing eco-friend-ly Ganeshas for the past three-four years.Their sizes vary from four inches to 30inches and they do not use any kind ofresin. The paints used are eco-friendlytoo.

The idol makers are based out ofCalcutta and Maharashtra and sincethese idols are not baked, they break eas-ily during transport. “About 50 per centof the idols break and this pushes up thecost drastically. However, if we have tosave the environment and secure waterfor the future generations, this is essen-tial.”

Kriti Creations also has pots with aseed inside that can be buried in thehouse or in the colony park. “When theplant grows big many years down theline, the children of the family will lookat it with pride,” adds Goyal.

Since last year, the sales of eco-friendly Ganesha have gone up by20 per cent at this shop. “But thegovernment needs to put a ban onplastic and cement ones for theseare harming the environment.”

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made out of Sikki craft fromDarbhanga, Muzaffarpur andMadhubani district can be picked upfrom Dastkar Haat as well as the CraftsMuseum. Standing at 1.5-2 feet, these arepriced between �2,000-3,000.

Artist Puneet Kaushik, who hasworked with the artisans, says, “This ismade of a grass called Sikki from whichthe craft derives its name. These are dyedin natural colours and with the help of aneedle like tool, it is woven to make thefigures of deities, baskets and more.” Onesuch Ganesha takes up a prominent placein his garden.

� ��.%/����+/ ������/�Lighting designers Prateek Jain and

Gautam Seth have unveiled a new rangeof collectibles for the festive season with

hand-blown glass. The Ganesha and hisaccessories, including coconut offerings,are for keeps and can be re-used.

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lowing an eco-friendly approach byoffering a choice of terracotta idols,

which are made entirely of clay andhave no paint-based embellish-ments. The idols dissolve in waterwithout leaving any harmfulresidue.

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Ganesh Chaturthi by venerating atree dressed as the Lord and not

casting him in any earthly mould.Many Indians have treated trees assacred. How powerful this is today, in theera of climate change.

The commonly-used idols are usual-ly made of Plaster of Paris (PoP) and aredecorated with paints having high leadand mercury content, which are harm-ful for the environment. PoP chokes waterbodies, while the toxic colors make thewater acidic, disturbing the plants andmarine life ecosystem. So stay awayfrom them even if it means scalingdown your celebrations.

Christie’s sale of South AsianModern and Contemporary Arttotaled $8,314,625 with 81per

cent sold by lot and 85 per cent soldby value. The top lot of the sale wasa masterpiece by Tyeb Mehta(1925-2009), Diagonal XV, whichsold for $1,392,500. Other notableresults included Akbar Padamsee’s(B. 1928), Rooftops, which went for$912,500.

Tyeb’s Diagonal belonged to thedistinguished author GurcharanDas. Today, Das has turned hisfocus to the future through philan-thropy. By offering one of the worksfrom his impressive private art col-lection at this auction, Das hopesto raise funds to realise someimportant projects in this direction.

�'%���� 5��� +�� /�-�Critic curator and poet Ranjit

Hoskote described Tyeb’s work as,“The diagonal, the fierce weaponby which space could be reorgan-ised and the self could stage its bat-tle with itself was born almost for-tuitously, out of painterly frustra-tion. Having come to an impassein his handling of the relationshipbetween figure, field and colour, in1969, Tyeb suddenly flung a blackslash across one of his paintings:beginning as an improvisatoryresolution to a periodicallyintractable problem, the diagonalbecame a device to activate thepainting, and eventually, a symbolof scission, of that simultaneousseparation and twinning by whichthe self recognises and comes tohealing terms with its own contra-dictions.”

The Christie’s catalogue alsohas Tyeb’s own words, “I was try-ing to work out a way to definespace…to activate a canvas. If Idivided it horizontally and vertical-ly, I merely created a preponder-ance of smaller squares or rectan-gles. But if I cut the canvas with adiagonal, I immediately created a

certain dislocation. I was able todistribute and divide a figure with-in the two created triangles andautomatically disjoint and fragmentit. Yet the diagonal maintained analmost centrifugal unity… in factbecame a pictorial element in

itself.”Having had the privilege of

seeing several works by Tyeb Mehtaover the last 15 years, I am stillamazed by the sophistication andpotency of Mehta’s quintessentialicons — the falling figure, the

trussed bull, the rickshaw puller —every time I encounter them. Theartist seems to freeze these com-pelling moments in his large paint-ings, inviting the viewer to becomepart of them. For me, his paintingsinvoke wonder and devastation inequal measure, as he reveals truthsthat continue to be as relevant anduniversal today as when he creat-ed his paintings,” says NishadAvari, director and head of sales,South Asian Modern andContemporary Art New York.

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went to the Sanskrit scholar andvoracious reader and thinker AkbarPadamsee, one of the foundingmembers of the Progressives. Amonumental landscape from 1959titled Rooftops, is the first ofPadamsee’s scroll-like paintings ofhis ‘gray period’, significant in itsclear illustration of the artist’s tran-sition to a new method of workingwith paint and a unique way ofvisualising colour, scale and com-

position. Speaking about this, henoted, “[...] in order to overcomethe practical problem of nearness,I discovered this adventurous, newway of composing a picture. It wasnot possible to see the entire paint-ing unless I moved far behind. Asthe angle of our vision is 28°, Iwould conceal the painting andopen it part by part as I went along.It was as if it were unrolling itselfin space. As I started composing inthis way, I found that I had discov-ered a very different kind of com-position.”

A panoramic compositionwith no linear narrative or any def-inite beginning and end, this denselandscape is almost entirely filledby block-like architectural forms,abutting each other on what lookslike a gentle hillside. The perspec-tive Padamsee employs seems toshift from frontal to aerial as thecomposition progresses up thehill, with edifices of various shapesand sizes jostling for space, includ-ing domed Mediterranean towers,red-roofed houses and a few point-ed turrets. As with all his works,

this landscape has no specific geo-graphic or chronological locationor any clear residents. Inspired bya fleeting glimpse of Mumbai’s sky-line from his friend Bal Chhabda’swindow, this carefully orchestrat-ed vista instead suggests the time-less and the infinite. Not only doesRooftops represent a momentouspoint of departure in Padamsee’soeuvre, but it is also a critical med-itation on color, form and move-ment — an examination of the veryact of painting and one that con-tinues to shape and inform theartist’s work even today.

“It was an absolute honour tobe able to handle the sale ofRooftops from 1959, the first ofAkbar Padamsee’s limited series ofmonumental ‘grey paintings’. Forme, this painting is a perfect exam-ple of the eclectic and non-linearapproach to modernism that isembodied in Padamsee’s creativeprocess, which continues to besimultaneously personal and ratio-nal, informed by an ever-growingamalgam of experiences, studiesand instinct,” adds Avari.

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The West has been an influence for theEast in food and beverage but the lat-ter is now gearing up to use local

ingredients for indigenous palates. JamesEstes, director of mixology, HuckleberryHospitality Group, had recently takenover Delhi’s Ek Bar for two nights and alongwith head bartender of Skullduggery AbelSukau, used ingredients like Himalayanpink salt, tropical pepper, chick pea to shakeup the cocktail scene here. The Malaysia-based duo brought their twist to Asian andWestern traditional alcohol like bourbon,sake and rice wine.

Estes said he wanted to showcasesome Southeast Asian flavours in themenu, especially the rice wine known inMalaysia as “Tuak.” It is generally home-brewed in remote towns and villages(much like mezcal). There are many vari-ants of Tuak but the one he liked wasInanRawai Tuak because it adds an imper-ceptible complexity to a cocktail.

Regarding the future of cocktails inSoutheast Asia and Asian palates, hefound it similar to the global market; peo-ple are opting for premium spirits, in somecases low abv cocktails, and most impor-tantly, natural ingredients. “Southeast Asiais definitely a place that is full of healthyand interesting ingredients that can beincorporated into cocktails,” he said. Apinch of salt added to a cocktail has a greatway of lifting the overall flavours of thedrink and the Himalayan pink salt is “espe-cially great” to achieve this effect. Otheringredients like tropical pepper, which isa mixture of peppercorns and spices thatis blended and used lightly (like the salt)to add a bit of a spice to the finish of thedrink, and chick pea brine, which has itsown saltiness to it, raise the flavours of thecocktail. They also emulsify like an eggwhite does. “This adds a nice foamy tex-ture and is a great substitute for our veganguests, or guests who may perhaps have

allergies,” Estes said. If he had to use Indianingredients, he would use tamarind. “AndI think it would be fun to make a chickentikka masala inspired cocktail. But really,I would love to spend some more time hereto explore and familiarise myself with allIndia has to offer,” he said.

Estes lists some of the most innovativedrinks being made in Asia which are giv-ing stiff competition to the West’scocktail scene. In KualaLumpur, FourSeason has a barc a l l e dT r i g o n a ,which uses akind of honeythat comesfrom a specific,stingless beeindigenous to theregion. Anothergreat bar inSingapore calledNative has a mas-terful menu full oflocally/regionallysourced ingredients,many of whichwould be extremelydifficult or impossi-ble to find in theWest. “And I can tellyou from experience,both bars executetheir cocktails withexpert precision,” hesaid.

The Asian bar cul-ture is already at parwith the West, with more ofthem appearing in the prestigious 50best bar awards. In Asia, Singapore is lead-ing the scene but he hopes that with timemore Asian countries will be added to thelist and keep the West on its toes.

The industryis also being bom-barded with“craft” gin andtequila though hepersonally believesin the Greek term“Meraki” whichmeans “to dosomething withlove.” Explained he,“There are a lot of

great small batchgins that have already

achieved globalrenown. But tequila is

one of the fastest growing cat-egories to date and bartenders around

the globe are finding that it mixes incred-ibly well in cocktails, though it is bestsavoured on its own, and without salt andlime,” he said.

Estes is also the brand ambassador ofhis family business, Ocho Tequila, which,he says, is the only tequila on the marketthat produces single estate vintages of tequi-la, meaning that every year the agaves (theraw material used to make tequila) aresourced from one field only. Every bottleis then labelled with the field (or ranch) andthe year of production, and every year theflavour and character of the finished prod-uct is different. Asked if flair bartending ispast its prime, he said, “probably yes buthaving a bit of working flair is always a greatway to entertain guests.”

The next big thing in bartending is sus-tainability coupled with zero waste cam-paigns. The “ban the straw” movement hashad a lot of traction globally but that is onlytip of the iceberg. Most bars are doing theirpart to come up with new and inventiveways to reduce waste and minimise theircarbon footprint.

Asmall, white room, paintedwith cherry blossoms flit-

ting around Japanese symbolsthat translate to “never endingfun”, and located inside the lux-urious Clarens Hotel in Sector-29is Gurugram’s first sushi restau-rant with a Kaiten-sushi convey-or belt. Sushi-Kyo promises tooffer its customers an evening tocherish a traditional Japanesemeal and experience the con-vergence of technology and tra-dition, sitting around the revolv-ing sushi bar. Having the sushimasterchef Nakajima on-board,Sushi-Kyo will only bring to youthe authentic variants.

Making its customers feelalmost exclusive, this sushirestaurant has no more than tworows of seating on either side ofthe Kaiten-sushi conveyor beltwith an open kitchen. We arewelcomed with smiles, a cold

towel to wipe ourfaces with and greentea in a beautifulporcelain cup, paintedwith cherry blossomtrees.

Sipping on thegreen tea, we areserved the Maki &Nigiri Set “Take”

which comprises four types ofUramaki, three types of SmallRolls and five Nigiri. First up arethe three Small Rolls with tuna,salmon roe and salmon makingfor a beautiful sea-green platter.The freshness of the fish wrappedaround with sushi rice andcrunchy seaweed sheets, dipped in

a bit of soy sauce and dabbed

with a little wasabi, make for theperfect umami flavours, soft, sub-tle and with great texture. Thefour types of Uramaki are quitesimilar to the rolls but have thesushi rice wrapped on the outside,tucking away the seaweed sheetand the filling.

The Tempura Shrimp,California Crabstick and theWhite Fish rolls leave a bit of asweet and sour coating on thepalate with a dominating umamiflavour which is cut through del-icately by flavours of the fish. Nomatter how many of these sushiswe have, our temptation toindulge in eating another onedoes not come to an end, there-fore.

Last but not the least, we areserved five types of Nigiri, fish sit-ting on top of a mound of sushirice. With Spicy Tuna, SpicySalmon, White Fish, Shrimp andSalmon variants, these are light,classic and give you the flavour ofthe fish as it is, mild and buttery,shaped by the chef ’s expert handto make for the right morsel thatwould expose you to the delica-cy of flavour than texture.

Sushi-Kyo is classy, elegantand simple where you can feastupon the delicacies prepared bya purist Japanese chef accompa-nied with a chilled glass of beeror Japanese liquor and relax.

Located opposite the beautiful ruins ofthe Qutub complex is Bo Tai, the high

point in superchef Zorawar Kalra’s bou-quet, a mix between a casual diningrestaurant and a pub from Soho whichunderstands the kind of pan-Asian foodDelhiites would appreciate and gulpdown with ease. That respect andacknowledgement is responsible for anarray of Southeast Asian innovation andfusion that doesn’t challenge your sen-sibilities too much.

Lounge in peace at the island bar orsit in one of the comfortable cane chairswith family and friends to wind downafter a work day here. The low lights andthe ambient music don’t encroach onyour conversations. The cuisine here isinfluenced from the food profiles of theentire Southeast Asia region. However,it doesn’t burn any bridges, in this case,the inside of our mouths. The tastes arebalanced for the cosmopolitan eater whoseeks more umami than extreme tastes.

The evening began with a long lineof appetisers and cocktails. The cocktailshad Thai derivatives and kept away frombeing too sweet. Both Cool Heart andFull Moon Festival have fruity, floral andspicy notes with edible petals strewn overand served in avant garde spheroids andpineapple-shaped gold goblets. The gin’sbitterness in the Cool Heart was com-pletely eclipsed with the essence of edi-ble flowers and the fruits. Be it the elder-flower with gin or the edible gold dustwith whisky, the incredible lightness offeel would make you wash down the bite-sized appetisers. Normally, you expect togush over seafood and fish delicacies butBo Tai surprised us with genuine vege-tarian innovations in starters and appe-tisers like the Stuffed Mushroom Corn,Cheese and Tempura cake, their tem-perate tastes balancing the spiciercoconut pulp canapes that came before.And considering that the Thai flavourprofile basically swings between sweet,sour, salty and spicy, we appreciated thestandout degree of the vegetarian dish-es like the Wrenched Jackfruit RedCurry Cream, served like an easy relishon a bed of leaves, and the Warm CornJuvinile Coconut in filo cups.

But then the usual was not withoutits own delicate presentation. Thetranslucent scallops, served as thindiskettes on a clear, thick plate filled withchilled water and topped with fishsauce, lime and coriander with anaccompanying dollop of rambutan sor-bet, was a mouthful of rounded flavoursand textures. Bo Tai calls this a Tiradito,which is actually a Peruvian style of serv-ing raw fish. Other unputdownablescame in the form of crispy prawncaramelised with raw mango and thebutterfly prawn broccoli. The prawncracked from the middle and toppedwith a creamy broccoli gravymelted in the mouth. Alittle tough to de-shellbut the taste tookcare of the effort ittook. The crabcakes came infriendly dollop-sized bites thatstopped you justshort of over-indulgence. Orheaviness.

While theappetisers were allabout experimenta-tion, for the main courseKalra has stuck to tradi-tional and familiar tastes. The Thaibasil rice, the Kanon jin wheat noodleand the Massaman curry lamb (minusthe overkill of palm sugar) were as weknow them but remarkably light andeasy. But, of course, the last

word had yet to come.So there was the

coconut cremebrulee at the end, anormal cremebrulee that was setover 48 hours in asmall driedcoconut bowl, justthe shell minus thecream, so that the

essence would getinfused into the

dessert without over-powering the senses with

a dominant coconut note. Asthe liquid nitrogen wafted around

the dish, crystallising its surface, likewaves of a stormy night, the real tech-nique lay in understanding the warmmemory of the Indian palate and how itliked to be tickled.

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India's depleted Davis Cup squad willbank on the consistency of PrajneshGunneswaran to pull the side through

when it takes on a shorn-of-star-powerSerbia in the World Group Play-off tie herefrom Friday.

Recently-crowned US Open cham-pion Novak Djokovic's decision to opt outof the play-offs along with world number33 Filip Krajinovic has raised hopes of anequal contest between the two teams.

Playing away is still an enormous taskfor the Indian team, which has landed herewithout its top singles player Yuki Bhambriand Asian Games men's doubles Goldmedallist Divij Sharan.

But the combined experience of theIndian players in Davis Cup is 43 ties ascompared to just 14 of the line-up in thehome side, something which the visitorswould look to exploit.

In the absence of an injured Yuki, alot would depend on how the left-hand-ed Prajnesh, who won a singles Bronzemedal at the Asian Games, performs.

The 28-year-old won the decidingfifth rubber against rising Chinese starYibing Wu to help India reach the WorldGroup Play-off stage for the fifth straightyear.

Prajnesh has shown the mentalstrength to soak in the pressure and he isconfident going into the tie which will beplayed indoors on clay courts.

"Novak is not playing, so everyone elseis beatable if we play well. It will be toughcertainly. But we have a chance. We needto take the opportunities we get," Prajneshsaid.

Ramkumar Ramanathan, ranked 135,has pulled off some big wins in the last 12months but consistency has always beenhis bane.

In Jakarta, he lost to a player who wasranked below 400.

For Serbia, Dusan Lajovic, whostunned US Open finalist and world No4 Juan Martin del Potro at the MadridMasters, will lead the challenge andRamkumar has beaten the world number56 in the past.

It was in the qualifying event of theCincinnati Masters last year. But Lajovicis on song right now and is enjoying thebest phase of his career.

Laslo Djere, ranked 86, is the secondsingles player for the hosts and he lacksexperience in Davis Cup, having appearedin just two ties before this.

The rest of the three players in theSerbian side — Pedja Krstin (1), NikolaMilojevic (1) and Danilo Petrovic (0) —have played two ties between them.

"Our chances remain the same. AfterNovak pulled out, we believe we have achance," said India's non-playing captainMahesh Bhupathi.

Rohan Bopanna will be the mostexperienced player on the courts with 29ties under his belt.

The 38-year-old will have to use hisexperience to ensure that India get thatdoubles point on Saturday. He and NSriram Balaji played well againstUzbekistan last year.

India have not beaten Serbia since1927 when the hosts were calledYugoslavia and there is a possibility thatthis statistic might change come Sunday.

If that happens, India will enter theWorld Group for the first time since 2011when it had lost to Serbia in the first roundof the elite 16-nation event.

In the last four years, India lost at thesame stage to Serbia (2014), Spain (2015),Czech Republic (2016) and Canada(2017).

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Ramanathan will open India's campaignagainst fifth seed Serbia with a matchagainst Laslo Djere even as coach ZeeshanAli downplayed Yuki Bhambri's absence

from the side in the World Group Play-off tie, starting Friday.

Djere is ranked higher thanRamkumar at number 86 but he is yet towin a match in Davis Cup. On the otherside, Ramkumar is placed 135 in the worldbut is far more experienced, havingplayed six ties with a 7-5 Win-Lossrecord.

Left-handed Prajnesh Gunneswaran,being the number two singles players fromIndia, will take on Serbia number oneDusan Lajovic, the highest ranked singlesplayer of the tie at number 56.

On Saturday, Rohan Bopanna and NSriram Balaji will take on the home pairof Nikola Milojevic and debutant DaniloPetrovic in the doubles rubber.

The reverse singles will be played onSunday with Ramkumar taking on Lajovicand Prajnesh, ranked 162, locking hornswith Djere.

Ramkumar has played against Lajovicin 2017 and had emerged victorious but

the Serbian is in form of his life as herecently beat US Open finalist JuanMartin Del Potro.

India are without top singles playerYuki, who is nursing an injured knee, butcoach Zeeshan Ali says it should not bean issue.

"Not having Yuki while playing onclay court is not a big setback for us.Looking at the last nine months, Yuki hasplayed one odd or two matches on clay.His ranking is higher than other two play-ers but his game is not suited for clay. Itwould have been great to have him on theteam but it still is not a great setback con-sidering the surface," Zeeshan said.

"The good things is, that people likeRamkumar, Prajnesh and Balaji, they havebeen training in Europe on clay for the lastfew years. It's not a new surface for theseplayers. They are used to playing on clay.Ten years back, we did not have players,who could play on clay but now it is dif-ferent," Zeeshan added.

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The seasoned duo of L Sarita Devi and M CMary Kom were among the six Indian box-

ers to enter the semifinals and be assured of amedal along with a youth pugilist in the 13thInternational Silesian Championship for womenin Gliwice, Poland.

Sarita, a former world champion and AsianGames Bronze-medallist, defeated CzechRepublic's Alena Czechy 5-0 Wednesday nightafter going past Kazakhstan's AizanKhojabekova in the opening round of the 60kgcategory the day before.

She will now square off against anotherKazakh in Karina Ibragimova in the semifinals.

Five-time world champion and OlympicBronze-medallist Mary Kom is yet to set footinside the ring but is through to the semis owingto the small size of the draw in the light fly-weight 48kgcategory.

India's firstand only AsianGames Goldmedal-winningwoman boxeris returning tothe ring aftermissing therecently-con-cluded editionin Jakarta dueto minor fit-ness issues.

A m o n gother Indiansin fray, RituGrewal wonher boutagainst Russia'sSvetlana Rosja4-1 to make the51kg categorysemifinals along with Lovlina Borgohain(69kg). Borgohain got the better of CzechRepublic's Martina Schmoranzova.

Joining them in the last-four stage wereformer Asian youth champion Manisha (54kg)and Pooja Rani (81kg).

Manisha out-punched former world cham-pion Dina Zholaman of Kazakhstan 5-0, whilePooja defeated Ukraine's AnastasiiaChernokolenko in her quarterfinals bout by asplit verdict.

In the youth competition, Jyoti Gulia(51kg) advanced to the medal round with a 5-0 win over Germany's Rafaela Arampatzi.

However, Seema Punia (+81kg), PwilaoBasumatary (64kg) and Shashi Chopra (57kg)lost their respective bouts to bow out of medalcontention.

Seema was beaten by Kazakh LazzatKungeibayeva 5-0, while Basumatary lost by asimilar margin to Poland's Natalia Barbusinska.

Shashi, on the other hand, lost to England'sAnglia Chapmen, also a unanimous verdict.

In the junior competition, Raj Sahiba(70kg) defeated Poland's Barbara Marcinkowska5-0.

In the 75kg category, Neha got the betterof Daria Parada by a similar margin, whileKomal (80kg) had to toil for a 3-2 win overMartyna Jancelewicz.

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Udhayveer Singh, all of 16,shone bright with an indi-

vidual Gold in the juniormen's 25m pistol event afterspearheading India to theteam Gold in the WorldShooting Championships hereon Thursday.

Singh shot a score of 587(291 in precision and 296 inrapid) in the individual com-petition to grab the Goldahead of American HenryLeverett (584) and KoreanLee Jaekyoon (582).

Compatriot VijayveerSidhu finished fourth with ascore of 581, while RajkanwarSingh Sandhu took the 20thspot with a score of 568.

The trio's combined scoreof 1736 fetched the team Goldfor India followed by China,which totalled 1730. TheBronze medal went to TeamKorea, which shot a score of1721.

In the senior competi-tion, Sheeraz Sheikh was thebest-placed Indian at eighthafter day one of themen's skeet qualifi-cation with a score of49.

Angad VirSingh was 69thafter shooting47, whileM a i r a jAhmed (41)was furtherdown at 79th.

T h eIndian team,comprising thetrio, was 16th inthe overall stand-ings with a score of

137.There were no medals for

India in the 25m centre firepistol event with GurpreetSingh managing the 10th spotwith a score of 581, followedby London Olympics Silver-medallist Vijay Kumar.

Kumar tallied 576 to enda disappointing 24th. A spotbehind him wasCommonwealth Games Gold-medallist Anish Bhanwala,who shot the same score buthad lesser inner-10s to hiscredit.

The team signed offfourth with a score of 1733.

India are placed fourth inthe medals tally with nineGold, eight Silver and sevenBronze medals for a total of24, making this their bestperformance in theInternational Shooting SportFederation's showpiece.

The country has managedto clinch two Olympic quota

places from thefirst qualifying

event forTokyo 2020Games.

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Japan's Naomi Osaka has refused to criticiseSerena Williams after her historic US Open vic-

tory was overshadowed by the American's furious rowwith the chair umpire.

The 20-year-old melted hearts when she brokedown sobbing after thrashing her idol 6-2, 6-4 tobecome Japan's first Grand Slam singles championin New York last weekend.

Japanese tennis legend Kimiko Date said it madeher "heart ache" to see Osaka reduced to tears andunable to savour her moment of glory.

But after returning to Japan on Thursday, Osakainsisted there were no hard feelingstowards Williams, who brandedumpire Carlos Ramos a "thief " in anastonishing tantrum triggered by a

code violation for coaching thatculminated in a docked game.

"For me I don't feel sadbecause I wouldn't evenknow what I'm expected tofeel," said Osaka, who hasclimbed from 19th to sev-enth in the new worldrankings.

"I don't think I eventhought about feeling sadbecause there's no experi-ence for me to draw on inany other Grand Slam final,"

she added."I just thought I shouldn't

have any regrets. Overall I feltreally happy and know I accom-plished a lot."

Osaka, who competes atnext week's Pan Pacific Open inTokyo, also revealed her plans tobreak into the top five this year— and win a shiny Gold medalat the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

"I think for this year myimmediate goal would be to get to

Singapore," said Osaka after putting herself firmly incontention to reach the season-ending WTA Finals.

"I want to do well at the Pan Pacific Open andmaybe year-end top five — but I'm not putting pres-sure on myself. For now I'm just sort of riding thewave."

"Of course I'm very excited the Olympics aregoing to be held in Tokyo," added Osaka, who is ofHaitian-Japanese descent and was raised in theUnited States.

"It's every athlete's dream to play in theOlympics, so of course it would be my goal to winGold."

Date, a former world number four, has tippedOsaka to become Japan's first tennis number one.

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Indian football team chief coachStephen Constantine Thursday

made it clear that the SAFF Cup isa platform for talented players toimpress and earn their places in thesquad for the Asian Cup.

The Asian Cup will be heldearly next year in the UAE.

"These boys have a carrot infront of them which is a berth in theAsian Cup squad. They are wellaware of the fact that they need toperform constantly to earn thesame," Constantine said.

With India having secured asummit clash with Maldives in thefinal of the SAFF Suzuki Cup,Constantine said the "final will bea tough one".

"Maldives have shown theirworth in the semi-final againstNepal. A 3-0 win against Nepal wasnot an easy task. Some of their play-ers didn't play against us and theydid some major damage workagainst Nepal," Constantine stated.

"We are expecting a tough gameagainst Maldives. But as I saidbefore, we have come with a strongintent to win the tournament."

Manvir Singh who scored abrace against Pakistan in the semi-final to win his successive MVPAward of the tournament said thefocus has "already shifted to thefinal".

"It was a group of tough guysand the job was never going to bean easy one. But we had the self-belief to churn out the positive resultand eventually, we did," he said.

"Now, we have another majortask in three days and we will needto focus on the final. We are work-ing as a unit and we just need tokeep our heads down and contin-ue the work," the 23-year-old strik-er who is leading the goal-scorers'chart with 3 goals, maintained.

The coach also lavished praise

on the All India Football Federationfor allowing him to work his ownway.

"I would like to thank All IndiaFootball Federation for giving methe freedom to work my own way.Regarding the team's requirement,I have hardly been denied whatev-er I asked for. The credit of rising to96 from 173 in the FIFA rankingsin less than four years caters toeveryone including the excellentbackroom staffs who I work with.

6�.!#�0������%��1�����/��5�Gurpreet Singh Sandhu,the first-choice goalkeeper of theIndian football team, says the cur-rent U-16 boys, preparing for theAFC Championship in Malaysia, arebetter than what the current seniorplayers were at their age.

The colts, being coached byBibiano Fernandes, have played 20international friendlies against var-

ious U-16 national teams sinceJanuary 2018 and are presentlygearing up for the AFCChampionship, which kicks off inKuala Lumpur from September 20.

"It's a very positive develop-ment. If we would have that muchexposure what they have beenreceiving at the moment, whoknows things would have beenmuch different. They are very luckyand need to make the most of it,"Gurpreet said.

"But overall, I'm very happy thatthey are getting such opportunitiesand that youth football is beingtaken so seriously. After all, they areour future."

The U-16 boys are playingVietnam, Iran and Indonesia at thegroup stage.

Asked what would be his mes-sage to the team, Gurpreet said, "Iwould like them to be humble andstay united as a team. When you go

in as a team, you can do thingswhich no one can ever imagine. Ihope they win these games andmake us proud. Good luck boys."

When asked to recall hisyounger days, Gurpreet said, "Everysingle day we would learn some-thing new about the game. Therewas hunger to grow and evolve asbetter players. That was the first timewe started to receive good coaching.

"Those were the days where Iwas still wondering I will ever be aprofessional. Those were the dayswhen I connected with the gameand learnt about Indian football atlarge."

Praising the U-16 team, hesaid, "I have watched some of thehighlights of their games. It is clearthat quality wise, these boys aremuch better than what we used tobe at that age. It makes me feel veryproud. Things are changing and Iam pretty positive."

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England manager GarethSouthgate believes Marcus

Rashford should be given time toflourish despite clamour for theManchester United forward to begiven more minutes at club level.

Rashford was one of fewbright sparks for Southgate in therecently concluded first leg ofUEFA Nations League, scoringboth England's goals in a 2-1defeat to Spain and 1-0 victoryover Switzerland in the pastweek.

However, he has struggled tohold down a regular first-team

place under Jose Mourinho atOld Trafford and will be sus-pended for Manchester United'snext three domestic games afterbeing sent off after engaging in aclash at Burnley before the inter-national break.

Southgate, though, used theexample of England captainHarry Kane and CristianoRonaldo to show that at just 20,Rashford has plenty of time onhis side.

"We have to remember thatHarry, at that age, had hardlyplayed anywhere near the samenumber of matches for Spurs,"said Southgate, who guided Three

Lions to recently concludedWorld Cup semis.

"Even with some of the step-overs and things Ronaldo wasdoing at that age he wasn't con-verting them into the number ofgoals.

"So we have to give himtime to develop. He has stillplayed a lot of football, althoughmaybe not continuous starts,and I'm really pleased for himthat he leaves us full of confi-dence."

Southgate has raised con-cerns over the lack of opportu-nities afforded to English playersin the Premier League, making

the pool he has to select fromever shallower.

Yet, he refused to criticise anyof the top six managers, all ofwhom are foreign, for puttingtheir own interests first.

"It's not my business to inter-fere with club managers. Theyhave a difficult job to do and theyhave big squads at the top six,with huge competition for places.

"Jose thinks the world ofMarcus. He's a huge admirer ofhim, but he has got his job to do.There is huge competition forplaces at his club so you canunderstand that."

Ruben Loftus-Cheek is

another of England's squad thatadvanced to the semi-finals of theWorld Cup struggling for min-utes at Chelsea.

The midfielder made hisfirst start of the season againstSwitzerland having previouslyjust come off the bench twice forMaurizio Sarri's men.

"Right now I am at Chelseaand my focus is at Chelsea andlearning at Chelsea," said Loftus-Cheek. "That is in the future andwe will deal with that when itcomes.

"I'm not sure when I amgoing to play. It is just down tome working hard in training."

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