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MAHA DRAMA

PNS n MUMBAI

Amid a power tussle with theBJP over government formationin Maharashtra, the Shiv Senatoday sharpened attack on itsally saying that the "President'srule threat" by BJP ministerSudhir Mungantiwar is an"insult" to the state and people'smandate as it warned that it willsoon drop its "wait and watchmode".

On Friday, Finance Ministerand BJP leader SudhirMungantiwar had said thatMaharashtra "may head forPresident's rule if the new gov-ernment in the state is not inplace by November 7". He saidthe main hurdle in governmentformation in the state was theSena's demand for ChiefMinister's post for 2.5 years.

Reacting to the comments,Sena leader Sanjay Raut todaywarned its ally that the partywill soon drop its "wait andwatch mode". "In India,President protects the consti-tution," he said. "Has thisthreat been given after theparty exhausted all its meansto claim power? Sena willsoon drop its wait and watchmode in Maharashtra," Mr

Raut told reporters.Upset with the BJP for not

accepting its demand for rota-tional chief ministership and a"50:50" deal for power sharing,the party also launched ascathing attack in an editorial inparty's mouthpiece "Saamana"."Mungantiwar's statements area proof of the toxicity brewingwith the party (BJP) and in hismind," the article titled "IsPresident In Your Pocket? InsultTo Maharashtra", which hasbeen published in the party'smouthpiece today, reads.

"Is the President under your(BJP's) control or President'sstamp is at BJP's office whichwill be used if party is not able

to form government in thestate and President's rule can beimposed in Maharashtra?" thearticle further reads

The BJP won 105 of thestate's 288 seats and the Senafinished with 56 in the stateelection last week. Together,they are comfortably past the145-majority mark. However,Shiv Sena chief UddhavThackeray brought up the"50:50 arrangement" last weekafter results were announced,which he said, was discussedbefore the national electionearlier this year. Sharad Pawar'sNCP placed third in theMaharashtra election with 54seats, just two behind the Shiv

Sena. The Congress won 44.The tenure of the existing

Legislative Assembly inMaharashtra ends onNovember 8. In his remarks onFriday, Mr Mungatiwar said: "Anew government will have to bein place within the stipulatedtime, or else the President willhave to intervene".

In its editorial, Sena said theBJP leader's comments are an"insult to the state". "The threatby Sudhir Mungantiwar isunconstitutional... It is an insultto Maharashtra and people'smandate," the party said in itseditorial. Taking a potshot at itsally, the party said that"Maharashtra politics hasbecome an interesting proces-sion" as it called Mr Mungatiwar"a firefly that doesn't light up".

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With feelers fromShiv Sena , Pawarto meet Sonia PNS n MUMBAI

NCP chief Sharad Pawar is tomeet Congress presidentSonia Gandhi in Delhi onMonday, as the stand-offbetween the BJP and theShiv Sena over governmentformation in Maharashtracontinues. Officially the twoleaders will talk about thecondition of the country'seconomy, but speculationsuggests they will discuss thepossibility of supporting theSena in an attempt to keepthe BJP from power.

Mr Pawar, 78, who willmeet his party MLAs inMumbai today before leavingfor Delhi on Sunday, hassought to play down theimportance of the meeting,saying that political partieswere allowed to speak toeach other without involvingeither the BJP or the Sena.

Sanjay Raut

Sanjay Raut warned itsally that the party willsoon drop its “waitand watch mode”. TheSena also launched ascathing attack on BJPin its party mouthpiece‘Saamana’

CS issues memo to PraveenPrakash, says he violated rules

Chief Secretary objects to Principal Secretary bypassing Chief MinisterPNS n VIJAYAWADA

In an unprecedented move,the chief secretary of AndhraPradesh, LV Subramanyam,has called for an explanationfrom CMO principal secretaryPraveen Prakash for 'violationof business and conduct rules".An official memo (No. GAD01-P E R S O I A S / 4 2 / 2 0 1 9 -SC.D/2019, dated 01.11.2019)signed by the chief secretary hasbeen dashed to PraveenPrakash.

In the memo the chief sec-retary observed that "it isnoticed that Sri PraveenPrakash, IAS PrincipalSecretary, Political, GeneralAdministration Department,has circulated the file relatingto YSR Lifetime AchievementAwards to Chief Secretary forplacing the proposal before theCouncil of Ministers. The ChiefSecretary returned the file withthe advice that the concurrenceof Finance Department beobtained first as per BusinessRules and then the file be re-cir-culated. According to Rule 7(2)of AP Business Rules, theSecretary concerned is in eachcase responsible for the carefulobservance of these rules. Inviolation of the Business Rulesand orders of Chief Secretary,

the MoS has placed the pro-posal without obtainingapproval from the ChiefSecretary and Chief Minister".

Citing another example, thememo also mentioned that "inanother case, the LawDepartment has obtained theorders in circulation upto ChiefMinister for placing the pro-posal of Gram Nyayalas beforethe Council of Ministers and

handed over the CabinetMemorandum to the GeneralAdministration (Cabinet)department. Meetings of theCouncil of Ministers were heldon 16.10.2019 and 30.10.2019.Sri Praveen Prakash, PrincipalSecretary, Political, GeneralAdministration Departmenthas failed to place the propos-al before Council of Ministersdespite a request made by

Secretary, Law, keeping in viewthe directions of the HighCourt in this matter. The MoS(member of service) is not thecompetent authority to keep

the proposal with him withoutplacing the proposal beforeCouncil of Ministers despiteapproval of Chief Minister.

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LV Subramanyam

The Chief Secretary observed in his memo thatthe MoS (member of service) has placed theproposal without obtaining approval from theChief Secy and Chief Minister, in violation ofthe Business Rules

PNS n NEW DELHI

Lawyers and police personnelclashed at Tis Hazari Courtcomplex here on Saturdayafternoon during which ninepolice vehicles were van-dalised, officials said.

Lawyers alleged that two oftheir colleagues were injured,including one in police firing,but the police denied that ithad opened fire.

There was an argumentbetween some lawyers andpolice personnel apparentlyover a parking issue whichturned ugly, eyewitnesses said.

A police vehicle was set onfire and eight others werevandalised during the fracas,the officials said, adding thatthe Fire Department dis-patched ten fire tenders to the

spot. A huge posse of policeand anti-riot vehicles weredeployed at the site after theviolence.

Meanwhile, lawyers sat on aprotest at the gate of the courtpremises, alleging that policepersonnel had opened fireduring the incident anddemanded action against thoseresponsible.

Clash between cops,lawyers at Delhi court,police vehicle torched

RCEP pact, a‘body blow' toeconomy: SoniaPNS n NEW DELHI

Congress president SoniaGandhi on Saturday launcheda blistering attack on the gov-ernment on the state of econ-omy, saying signing the RCEPagreement will result in"untold hardship" for farmers,shopkeepers and small enter-prises.

Addressing a meeting at theAICC headquarters here, shealleged that instead ofacknowledging the "severeslowdown" and looking for acomprehensive resolution,Prime Minister NarendraModi is too busy "managingheadlines and events".

"As a citizen and as a mem-ber of the responsible oppo-sition, it pains me to see theIndian economy under siege.What is even more worryingis that the government is incomplete denial," Gandhi said.

"As economic decisionshave not damaged the econ-omy enough, it is now readyto deal a body blow to it bysigning the RegionalComprehensive EconomicPartnership Agreement(RCEP) - the regional freetrade agreement of 16 Asiancountries," Gandhi said.

Delhi BJPwebsitedefaced byPak hackersPNS n NEW DELHI

The website of BJP's Delhiunit was on Saturday hackedby suspected Pakistani hack-ers, who defaced the page andposted abusive languageagainst Prime MinisterNarendra Modi.

A hacker group called_Muhammad Bilal TeAM[PCE] has claimed that it hashacked the website with amessage like "Ghar mainghuss kar marain gy (will beatafter entering the house) and"I can lie a lot, can I also geta 'Vir Chakra' likeAbhinandan" with an emailID - catch.if.you.can@hot-mail.com.

The hacker also posted avisibily-photoshopped pic-ture having WingCommander AbhinandanVarthaman and some policepersonnel, with a captionsaying that "27 Feb yad haina" (remember February27?).

The hacker posted anothermessage, which read: "filmainbanao larna tumhary bus kibat nahi #27Feb2019 (makefilms, you cannot fight)" PNS n VIJAYAWADA

In a minor reshuffle, the gov-ernment has posted seniorofficial Satish Chandra, whoworked as the Special ChiefSecretary of CMO during theTDP's regime, as the SpecialChief Secretary of HigherEducation and SkillDevelopment.

JS Venkateswara Prasad,who is presently working asthe Special Chief Secretary ofHigher Education, has beenasked to report to GAD fornew posting.

K Kanna Babu, the SpecialCommissioner of the AndhraPradesh State DisasterManagement Authority(APSDMA), has been ren-dered an additional responsi-bility by the government. Thenewly-formed wing ofVillage/Ward Secretariats,Village/Ward volunteers wereentrusted to him as per the lat-est order.

NV Surendra Babu wasposted as the DirectorGeneral, Special ProtectionForce. The government hasgiven him the key responsi-bility of enforcement against

illegal sand mining, enforce-ment issues related to theExcise Department.

TA Tripathi, who is present-ly DG, Special ProtectionForce, is directed to report tothe DGP. The GovernmentOrder regarding these postingswas released by PraveenPrakash, Principal Secretary toGovernment (Political), onSaturday.

PAWAN'S SAND STORM

PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM

The YSRCP government forthe first time after assumingpower is facing public outcrydue to sand scarcity and sui-cides of construction workers.

Jana Sena Party leaders andcadre are all set to take a longmarch led by their presidentPawan Kalyan in Vizag city onSunday.

Clearing the air over socialmedia rumours about denial ofpermission for long march,Jana Sena Political AffairsCommittee Chairman NManohar said the party hasavailed all the required per-missions for the march ofJana Sena president PawanKalyan.

To foil the success of thelong march planned by JanaSena, a mischief-mongeringgroup was spreading fakemessages against the partyon social media and otherplatforms with regard to per-

missions to the march, hesaid.

Addressing a conferencehere on Saturday, Manoharsaid the march aims at voicingconcern over injustice done toworkers in the construction

and other ancillary sectors. "We have extended our invi-

tation to all the political par-ties, including the TDP, BJP,Congress and Left parties.But the Left parties wrote aletter to party president stat-

ing that they are not going toparticipate in the march giventheir ideological differenceswith BJP," said Manohar.

Faulting the YSRCP'sunmindful sand policy, JanaSena Party general secretaryThota Chandrasekhar said:"New sand policy was intro-duced in June, scrapping theone drafted by the TDP gov-ernment. The governmentmay have earned Rs 10-15core through sand sales in thelast two months.

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PNS n VIJAYAWADA

The AP High Court has servednotices on the owners of thestructures at KrishnaKarakatta, Vundavalli onSaturday. Responding to thepetition of Mangalagiri MLAAlla Ramakrishna Reddy, thecourt has asked the owners,including LingamaneniRamesh, to file counter with-in six weeks.

It may be recalled that AllaRamakrishna Reddy had filedthe Public Interest Litigation in2017. Once, the High Courthas issued notices to all the 49counterparts, who are havingbuildings in the restrictedlocation. But, nobody wasresponded properly to thenotices.

On Friday, the High Courthas reviewed the status andissued fresh notices to its

counterparts. It has askedthem to furnish the counter-affidavits within six weeks.

Already, petitions filed byChandana Brothers andLingamaneni Ramesh againstthe CRDA are pending withthe court, while a few ownershave got stay-orders againstthe demolition notices of theCRDA.

Satish Chandra gets posting, finally

Satish Chandra

Blow to JanaSena asPaspuleti quitsPNS n VISAKHAPATNAM

In a major blow when theJana Sena was gearing up totake up a long march in thecity on Sunday, a seniorleader of the party hasresigned to join YSRCP andthe Left parties have with-drawn their support just aday before the rally.

The walk would begin at 3pm from the Telugu Talli stat-ue at Maddilapalem and con-clude at the Mahatma Gandhistatue located opposite theGVMC office.

Jana Sena leader fromPaderu Pasupuleti Balarajuresigned from the party. Hehas been inactive since he lostto YSRCP candidate in lastelections. He was very dis-pleased with Pawan Kalyanand was also absent at theparty meeting held to discussthe long march programme.

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PROTECT PEOPLE

‘Is Prez in your pocket?’ Shiv Sena hits out at BJP

The GovernmentOrder regarding thesepostings was releasedby Praveen Prakash,Principal Secretary toGovt (Political), on Saturday

Jana Sena PAC president Nadendla Manohar addressing the media in Visakhapatnam on Saturday

Already, petitions filedby Chandana Brothersand LingamaneniRamesh against theCRDA are pending withthe court, while a fewowners have got stay-orders againstthe demolition noticesof the CRDA

AP HC serves noticeson building owners

n Clearing the air over social media rumoursabout denial of permission for long march,Jana Sena Political Affairs CommitteeChairman N Manohar said the party hasavailed all the required permissions for themarch of Jana Sena president PawanKalyan

n Quoting Mahatma Gandhi,Jana Sena leader andformer CBI Joint DirectorVV Lakshminarayana saidany government policyshould help the poorest ofthe poor

Jana Sena all set for long march today

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CAPSULE

Subramanyahomam concludesVIJAYAWADA: The two-daySubramanya homamconcluded on Saturday atKapileswara Swamy templein Tirupati. Mahabhishekamwas performed to SriSubramanyam in the temple.Later in the evening, celestialwedding of Sri SubramanyaSwamy with Valli andDevasena was performed ona religious note. OnNovember 3, Navagrahahomam will be performed.

SrinivasaKalyanams in three StatesVIJAYAWADA: SrinivasaKalyanams will be performedat different places acrossAndhra Pradesh, Telanganaand Karnataka in Novemberunder the aegis of SrinivasaKalyanam Project of TirumalaTirupati Devasthanams(TTD). These celestialweddings are beingperformed at 14 places inthese States from November2 to 24.

PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM

The valedictory function of theVigilance Awareness Week-2019 was conducted jointly byVisakhapatnam Port Trust(VPT) and DredgingCorporation of India Limited(DCIL) at SambamurthyAuditorium here on Monday.

J Pradeep Kumar, ChiefVigilance Officer, VPT, in hiswelcome address, stated thatintegrity plays a vital role dur-ing decision making, whiledischarging discretionarypower in the organisation. Hefurther briefed about the out-reach activities conducted toinvolve public at large duringand prior to vigilance aware-ness week calling it as a partic-ipative vigilance.

Capt S Divakar, CHOD,DCIL in his address, empha-sised the role of integrity, whichwas imperative for a corruption-free society. He further statedthat these types of awarenessactivities should not be limited

for a short period rather itshould be a continuous process.He applauded the efforts put byboth organisations in taking themessage of CVC to grassrootslevel by conducting several out-reach activities.

PL Haranadh, IRTS, DeputyChairman, VPT, while deliver-ing his speech, appreciatedinitiatives taken by both DCIand VPT to take the message

of CVC to grassroots level byconducting activities. He fur-ther explained that while hon-esty was about telling the truthto others, integrity is telling thetruth to yourself. Attitudinalchanges, commitment andEase of Doing Business reducecorruption, he added.

Speaking on the occasion,chief guest DK Srinivas, IRS,Principal Commissioner of

Customs, while hailing theVigilance Awareness campaignconducted by both DCI andVPT, cited the quote of MKGandhi "Be the change youwant to see in the world". Hefurther stated unless integrityand probity is increased nationcan't grow. He appreciated thework done by government inthe form of RTI, WhistleBlower Act, and amendment inPrevention of Corruption Act,strict implementation of FR 56,which would in turn improvegovernance and would help inreducing corruption.

A short film titled 'Integrity-A way of life' was released onthe occasion by the chief guestand followed by a skit by theemployees of VisakhapatnamPort Trust. Prizes were distrib-uted by the chief guest to theemployees, who won prizes invarious competitions held inconnection with the VigilanceAwareness Week. HoDs, seniorofficers, staff and employees ofVPT and DCI participated.

(Left) PL Haranadh, IRTS, Deputy Chairman, VPT, speaking at the valedictory function of Vigilance Awareness Week in Visakhapatnam on Saturday (Right) The DeputyChairman, VPT, giving a memento to an official on the occasion

PNS/New DelhiWith a number of shows on

online streaming platformshaving violence, nudity andstrong language, about 57 percent of people in the countrynow think censorship isrequired for over-the-top(OTT) platforms such asNetflix, Amazon Prime,Hotstar and Voot, according toa new survey by YouGov.

While 27 per cent of thosesurveyed think censorship isnot required for these plat-forms, 16 per cent are unsureof it.

Most people in the countryfeel a lot of offensive contentunsuitable for public viewingis being created nowadays,hence, should be censored,the research showed. Theolder age cohorts are morelikely to affirm to content reg-ulation than the younger ones.

Among all the age groups,GenX are most likely to saycensorship is needed whileGenZ are least likely to say so.When asked about the likelyeffects of content regulation foronline streaming platforms,close to half (47 per cent) saidthey feel better quality contentwill be created as well aswatched by people due to thischange.

However, some people feelotherwise and hint at a gloomyoutcome. They think piracyand illegal downloading will

increase and about 30 per centthink the quality of content willsuffer due to this.

When it comes to the pos-sible impact on viewership,people in India are equallydivided. Nearly 30 per centthink censorship will lead to anincrease in viewership ononline streaming platforms,but almost as many think theopposite. The survey is basedon responses from over 1,000adults in India.

The Indian government isalready considering the regu-lation of OTT platforms. The

Supreme Court earlier thisyear directed the Centre to reg-ulate the content featured onOTT media platform.

The research by YouGovshowed that in general, anoverwhelming majority ofIndians support some form ofcontent censorship.

Nine in 10 said contenteither on TV, films or online,should be regulated by the gov-ernment, either always orsometime. Men are more like-ly than women to say theywant content to be regulatedalways, the findings showed.

Vice-Adm Bimal Vermaon farewell visit to ENCPNS n VISAKHAPATNAM

Vice-Admiral Bimal Verma,C o m m a n d e r - i n - C h i e fAndaman and NicobarCommand (CINCAN),arrived in Visakhapatnam ona three-day farewell visit to theEastern Naval Command(ENC).

The Admiral is accompa-nied by Seema Verma,President Defence WivesWelfare Association(DWWA). During the visit,Vice-Admiral Verma is sched-uled to visit various infrastruc-ture developments undertak-en at ENC. Seema Verma isscheduled to interact with thePresident and CommitteeMembers NWWA (ER) andvisit NWWA Welfare facilitiesin Visakhapatnam.

Admiral Bimal Vermaretires from the Navy onNovember 30 after fourdecades of distinguished ser-vice, which include tenures atsea, ashore at various head-quarters, operational andtraining establishments as well

as tri-services institutions.Vice-Admiral Verma is an

alumnus of the prestigiousRashtriya Indian MilitaryCollege (RIMC) and NationalDefence Academy where hewas adjudged as the Best NavalCadet. He was commissionedin the Indian Navy on January1, 1980 and specialised in'Communication andElectronic Warfare'.

His sea tenures includecommand of amphibiousplatforms such as IN ShipsShardul and Magar, missiledestroyer INS Ranjit andguided-missile destroyer INSMysore. Amongst his impor-tant ashore appointments,the Flag Officer has been thePrincipal Director NavalOperations at IntegratedHeadquarters, Ministry ofDefence (Navy), NavalAttache in Tehran, CaptainLocal Workup Team (LWT)in Visakhapatnam, IndianNaval Tactical EvaluationGroup and has also servedwith the Signal IntelligenceOrganisation.

Vigilance Awareness Weekconcludes at VPT, DCIL

57% Indians want censorshipfor Netflix, Hotstar: Survey

n J Pradeep Kumar, ChiefVigilance Officer, VPT, in hiswelcome address, stated thatintegrity plays a vital roleduring decision making, whiledischarging discretionarypower in the organisation. Hefurther briefed about theout-reach activitiesconducted to involve publicat large during and prior tovigilance awareness weekcalling it as a participativevigilance

n Chief guest DKSrinivas, IRS,PrincipalCommissioner ofCustoms, whilehailing the VigilanceAwarenesscampaignconducted by bothDCI and VPT, citedthe quote of MKGandhi "Be thechange you want tosee in the world".

n Most people in the countryfeel a lot of offensivecontent unsuitable for publicviewing is being creatednowadays, hence, should becensored, the researchshowed. The older agecohorts are more likely toaffirm to content regulationthan the younger ones

n The Indiangovernment is alreadyconsidering theregulation of OTTplatforms. TheSupreme Court earlierthis year directed theCentre to regulate thecontent featured onOTT media platform

Abducted at 16, man returns home after 28 yearsPNS n JAIPUR

A 16-year-old boy, abducted28 years ago, returned homethis Thursday giving his fam-ily real reasons to celebrateDiwali.

The boy, Prem Bhargav, aresident of Hamirpura vil-lage in Barmer, was workingon a truck when he was hit onhead by someone. Prem lostconciousness and woke up ina forest area, surrounded bytribals.

Prem worked as truckcleaner after losing father atthe age of 6 and mother whenhe was 14.

He didn't understand thelanguage spoken by tribals andthus couldn't make out wherehe was. "Another captive fromGujarat helped me understandthat I was kidnapped and wasin Assam," he said.

As captive, Prem, alongwith others, was tortured andforced to work in tea gardensas bonded labourers. The

abductors would maintaintight vigil and would blindfoldhim and other kidnap victimswhile shifting from one place

to other. There were noclothes to wear, he said andadded, many tried to escapethe predicament only to lose

their lives wandering in theforest.

A group of us escaped oneday when a fire broke out in the

forest. Three lost their livesafter being traced by abductors.After wandering in forest formonths, I reached a road.

A truck driver took pity onme and dropped me at Jhansi.I worked for a few monthsthere, earned some money andcame to Jodhpur. Then I board-ed a bus to my village. It waspretty difficult for me, but Imanaged to find my uncle'shouse.

When he narrated hisordeal, "tears came rollingdown my relatives' cheeks.They could hardly believetheir eyes that I was standingin front of them after 28years," said Prem.

Dungar Ram, Prem's uncle,said, "this is a real Diwali forus. While Lord Ram returnedafter 14 years, my nephew isback home after 28 hours," hesaid.

As captive, Prem,along with others,was tortured andforced to work intea gardens asbonded labourers.The abductorswould maintaintight vigil andwould blindfoldhim and otherkidnap victimswhile shifting fromone place to other

Vice-Admiral Bimal Verma, Commander-in-Chief Andaman and NicobarCommand (CINCAN), arrives in Visakhapatnam on a three-day farewell visit tothe Eastern Naval Command on Saturday

TTD Executive Officer Anil Kumar Singhal addressing a meeting inTirupati on Saturday

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To make Sapthagiri magazinemore interesting and attrac-tive, TTD Executive OfficerAnil Kumar Singhal directedthe concerned to introducemythological episodes in theform of children series.

During the senior officersreview meeting held at theadministrative building hereon Saturday, the ExecutiveOfficer instructed the officerconcerned to take up theherbal cleaning of Tirumalatemple and other templesimmediately.

The Executive Officerasked additional executiveofficer AV Dharma Reddyand CVSO Gopinath Jatti toreview on the installation of

CCTVs in the third phaseand also instructed to installCCTVs in all other templesalso. The Executive Officerinstructed the CERamachandra Reddy to con-struct more toilets in gal-leries. JEO P Basanth Kumar,FACAO Balaji and otherswere also present.

PNS n KAKINADA

With no proper municipalwaste dumping yard foralmost two decades, residentsof Kakinada are likely to getsome relief and solace fromthis problem very soon. Thedistrict headquarters with apopulation of 4.50 lakh pro-duce 170 metric tonnes ofmunicipal waste on an aver-age per day. With no facilityto cater to the needs of theentire waste, the municipalstaff said to be using variousvacant places as makeshiftdumping yards in and outsidethe city.

The ONGC Eastman offShore Asset at Kakinada hascome forward to bear the costof waste segregation plantworth Rs 18 lakh. At the behestof ONCG assurance, munici-pal authorities placed order for

the two metric tonnes segrega-tor with Trashcon Company ofBengaluru. This segregatingplant divides wet and drymunicipal waste

According to additionalmunicipal commissioner ChNaga Narasimha Rao, theTrashcon Company is likely todeliver the machine by the endof November.

At a single operation, theplant clears two metric tonnesof dry and wet waste. Whilethe wet waste will be traded as

manure in a separate activity,the dry waste will be made aspowder, which can be used fordifferent purposes, the AMCsaid. The plant on arrival willbe installed at MuraldiharNagar in Kakinada, which hasthe required facility.

On observing the function-ing of Trashcon, theCorporation will take mea-sures on the number of suchsegregators needed to cater tothe needs of smart city, theAMC clarified.

KMC places order for segregatorsn The district

headquarters with apopulation of 4.50 lakhproduce 170 metrictonnes of municipalwaste on an averageper day

n With no facility to caterto the needs of theentire waste, themunicipal staff said tobe using various vacantplaces as makeshiftdumping yards in andoutside the cityChildren series in

Sapthagiri magazineThe ExecutiveOfficer instructed theofficer concerned totake up the herbalcleaning of Tirumalatemple and othertemples immediately

The model of segregator, which segregates municipal waste into dry and wet

9-foot pythonvisits the Taj PNS n AGRA

A massive 9-foot-long IndianRock Python on Saturdayslithered into the westernparking lot of the Taj Mahal,causing panic.

The reptile was firstnoticed by constructionworkers, who narrowlymissed stepping on it. Policeon duty immediately contact-ed the Wildlife SOS, whichsent a team of its experts.

On arriving at the spot, theWildlife SOS rescue teamfound that there was a curi-ous crowd forming aroundthe snake, despite it being soearly in the morning. Afterensuring that the crowdmaintained a safe distance,the rescuers gently guided thesnake into a transport carri-er. The python was releasedinto a suitable habitat after athorough examination.

Ashok Kumar, Sub-Inspector, Agra, said, "Someof the workers had gonehome and when theyreturned, one of them almoststepped on the snake. Luckily,no mishaps occurred andwhen they contacted us, wewere able to get in touch withWildlife SOS who came andgot the whole rescue donevery quickly."

Kartick Satyanarayan, co-founder and CEO of WildlifeSOS, said, "Rescuing the hugesnake was not an easy job asit was surrounded by a largecrowd, who wanted to catcha glimpse of it. We are verythankful that the authoritiesreached out to us in timebefore any untoward incidentcould take place. The policeofficers helped in controllingthe excited crowd while ourteam focused on the rescueoperation."

Baiju Raj M.V, DirectorConservation Projects,Wildlife SOS, said, "Webelieve that the python hadwandered out of the TajNature Walk green belt,which is home to a variety ofwildlife species. Althoughnon-venomous, a python'sbite can be injurious, so onehas to be careful while carry-ing out such rescue opera-tions. We have professional-ly trained rescuers who areexperienced in handlingsnake rescues."

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G RAVI KIRANn VIJAYAWADA

The government is unable toprovide nine hours power tofarmers during the day timeacross the State as per thepromise. The EnergyDepartment has said that theycan give nine hours day timepower by 2020 March.

Shortage of coal and the fateof solar and wind power PPAsare being hanging in balance,the government is facing trou-ble. Somehow heavy rainshelped the energy sector as itis generating more hydelpower. In the ensuing rabiseason, distribution of suffi-cient power will be a tough taskfor the government.

After assuming power, ChiefMinister YS JaganmohanReddy recalled his promise ofproviding nine hours day timepower to farmers. To imple-ment that, feeders are required,he pointed out. He said"Discoms are deprived ofenough feeders to distributeuninterrupted power for ninehours during the day timeacross the State. Sixty per centfeeders would get supply nowand remaining by July 2020. Abudget of Rs 1,700 crore wasallocated for this purpose."

But, in practical, 60% of thefeeders are also not getting ninehours day time power supplyfully. On one hand, the govern-ment has stopped receivingpower from solar and windpower companies, stating thatthe tariff is very high. On the

other hand, due to rains andother reasons, coal stock is notavailable. Due to this, the govern-ment is not able to supply power.

The government is gearingup to combat the situation forthe ensuing rabi season.

The Energy Department hasestimated that the demand ofelectricity was expected totouch around 175 million unitsby the end of December andmore than 200 MU by thebeginning of next Marchagainst the present demand of150 MU.

Heavy rains helped the gov-ernment to reduce the problemof scarcity of power. They pro-duced more hydel power util-ising high water levels atSrisailam and Nagarjunasagar.

Explaining the records ofpower generation in Srisailam,APGENCO MD B Sreedharsaid the power house generat-ed 335.980 MU in Septemberagainst 106.540 MU for the

same period in 2018. Similarly,the generation was 230.672MU as on October 21 against45.807 MU in October 2018.

The right bank power housegenerated 207.700 MU in2015-16, 638.413 MU in 2016-17, 574.201 MU in 2017-18and 551.395 MU in 2018-19only. "Power generation at fullcapacity level has made possi-ble to minimise costly purchas-es of power and achievingsubstantial savings," the MD ofGENCO said.

The government has exud-ed its confidence in combatingthe power crisis with hydelpower. Minister for PowerBalineni Srinivasa Reddy said"Both the Srisailam andNagarjunasagar are repeated-ly filling up and the gates ofSagar dam were lifted eighttime this monsoon. The Stategovernment is workingtowards realising the aspira-tions of people. After a long

time, farmers in the State arejubilant with favourable weath-er conditions and governmentis aiming at providing ninehours free power during theday time."

‘Govt can supply 9 hourspower by March 2020' PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM

At a prime junction of the citynear Appu Ghar on the BeachRoad, city cops arrested sixpersons, including threewomen, hailing from Keralaand Odisha for smugglingganja. About 360 kg of thecontraband was recoveredfrom their possessions.

Acting on a tip-off,Muvvalavanipalem PoliceStation Inspector of Police ChSanmukha Rao, along with histeam, intercepted smugglers,while they were waiting for anauto-rickshaw with suitcase andbags. Doubting their move-ments, the inspector restrainedand interrogated them.

Two men and three womenwere there in the inter-stateganja smuggling racket. Amongthem, there are two juveniles.However, the kingpin wasabsconding.

Police seized 179 ganja pack-ets each weighing two kgs,totally 358 kg ganja in four suit-cases and four bags. Along withthese, they also seized cash Rs

8,250 and five cell phones fromthe accused. They were pro-duced before the Visakhaatnamurban tahsildar. All of themconfessed that a person name-ly Alex from Kerala was run-ning the illegal trade of ganjaand engaged them for the samepurpose. The inter-state gangtook a portion of house andsmall rooms for rent at AppuGhar area for storing ganjabesides residential purpose.

In the name of study, theytook a house for rent and

reportedly was involved in ganjatrade. They informed the houseowner and others that theywere doing bags business. Theyused to transport ganja fromVisakhapatnam to Vijayawadafor Rs 6,000 on each delivery.The entire illegal procurementof ganja had been organised bythe accused persons very secret-ly without giving a scope of sus-picion to the local people andthe house owner. MVP policeregistered a case under Section20 (b) (I) of the NDPS Act.

Ganja smugglers fromKerala, Odisha held

A cop checking ganja stuffed in a suitcase by smugglers in Visakhapatnam onSaturday

n The Energy Departmenthas estimated that thedemand of electricitywas expected to toucharound 175 million unitsby the end of Decemberand more than 200 MUby the beginning of nextMarch against thepresent demand of 150 MU

n Heavy rains helped thegovernment to reducethe problem of scarcityof power. More hydelpower was generated byutilising high water levelsat Srisailam andNagarjunasagar

n Explaining the records ofpower generation inSrisailam, APGENCO MDB Sreedhar said thepower house generated335.980 MU inSeptember against106.540 MU for thesame period in 2018.Similarly, the generationwas 230.672 MU as onOctober 21 against45.807 MU in October 2018

PNS n VIJAYAWADA

Criticism is pouring in againstthe YSRCP government astwo more construction work-ers committed suicides due tosand shortage.

Opposition leader NChandrababu Naidu and JanaSena president Pawan Kalyan,in their tweets, termed the sit-uation as atrocious as the gov-ernment remained insensitiveto a spate of 10 deaths takingplace in a span of 10 days.Instead of coming to the res-cue of the construction work-ers, who are thrown out ofgear, the State governmentmaking a mockery of the sit-uation. It reflects sheer irre-sponsibility on the part of thegovernment.

Naidu observed, "the looting

of sand by the YSRCP leaderclaimed life of yet anothermason Nagaraju at Vundavallicentre, Guntur. The toll crossed10 in a span of week. Howmany more should become thevictims to the irresponsibility ofthe YSRCP.

However, Pawan Kalyan, inhis twitter account, listed outthe names of five workers, whocommitted suicide in Gunturdistrict, during the past onemonth. They are identified asGurram Nagaraju in Undavalliof Tadepalli mandal of Gunturdistrict, Adapa Ravi, a con-struction worker at Ponnur,mason Naga Brahmaji inSangam Jagarlamudi of Tenalimandal, Polepalli Venkatesh,a plumber at Polepalli in ruralGuntur, Vejendla Nagur Valiin Chebrolu mandal.

Pawan, Naidu hold govtresponsible for constructionworkers' suicides

N Chandrababu Naidu Pawan Kalyan

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Minister for Water ResourcesAnil Kumar Yadav lashed outat former Chief MinisterChandrababu Naidu and JanaSena chief Pawan Kalyan alleg-ing that they are trying topoliticise the sand scarcity inthe State for their politicalbenefit.

Speaking to the media atTadepalli on Saturday, AnilKumar Yadav alleged thatChandrababu Naidu is thefounder of sand mafia in theState and Chief Minister YSJaganmohan Reddy is takingnecessary steps to eradicate thesand mafia in the State.Scarcity of sand caused bycontinuous rains, he added. Heassured that the sand scarcitywill be solved within a week or10 days.

He questioned PawanKalyan's silence over corrup-tion during the ChandrababuNaidu's tenure. He stated thatJana Sena chief is taking outthe march only to mislead thepublic. He alleged that as hisson is not capable,Chandrababu Naidu hasadopted Pawan Kalyan to runhis strategies.

Minister Kursala KannaBabu said that the long marchof Pawan Kalyan andChandrababu Naidu had start-ed way back in 2014 and thelatter has been funding theactor for his periodical appear-ances and performances.

He further stated thatinstead of long march, it would

be better if Pawan Kalyan hadtold us about any technologythat would draw sand evenfrom floodwaters.Chandrababu and PawanKalyan nexus have been therefor a long time and during the2019 elections, the fundingcame from the earnings out ofillegal sand mining.

‘Naidu politicising sandscarcity with Pawan's help’

Anil Kumar Yadav Kursala Kanna Babu

n Minister Kursala KannaBabu said that the longmarch of Pawan Kalyanand Chandrababu Naiduhad started way back in2014 and the latter hasbeen funding the actor forhis periodical appearancesand performances

n Anil Kumar Yadav allegedthat Chandrababu Naiduis the founder of sandmafia in the State andChief Minister YSJaganmohan Reddy istaking necessary steps toeradicate the sand mafiain the State

PNS n VISAKHAPATNAM

New Chairman ofVisakhapatnam Port Trust KRama Mohan Rao took chargehere on Saturday. Rao belongsto 1999 batch of Civil Serviceof Uttar Pradesh cadre.

Speaking to reporters soonafter taking charge, RamaMohan Rao said his aim is toimprove the cargo handlingfacility and increase from thepresent turnover from 63 mil-lion tonnes to 70 milliontonnes within next 12 to 15months.

"We want to increase thepresent draft of 14 metres to18 metres so that Capesize ves-sels can enter the inner har-bour. Entry of Capesize vesselswill bring in more cargo,'' thenew Chairman said.

More Efforts would alsoput in to bring down the pol-lution emanating from coaldust and iron ore. Tendershave been called to acquirelarge domes that would coverup the iron ore and coal heaps,he added.

The Chairman saidVisakhapatnam would hostthe Bay of Bengal Initiative forMulti-Sectoral Technical andEconomic Cooperation (BIM-STEC), the biggest conclave ofports, in the city on November

7 and November 8.Giving more details about

the conclave deputy chair-man of VPT, PL Harnath saidall public sector and privateports in the country andthose from Bangladesh,Bhutan, Nepal, Myanmar, SriLanka and Thailand would beparticipating. Each countrywould be represented by sevendelegates and the discussionwould veer around mutualcooperation in cargo han-dling, tourism, best practicesin ports and role of ports ineconomic development.

Visakhapatnam Port Trust,Chennai Port and KolkotaPort will sign separate MoUwith Renong Port of Thailand,he said.

Minister for Shipping andSurface Rransport MansukhMandaviya will attend theinaugural session as the chiefguest.

New VPT chairmanRao takes charge

New Chairman of Visakhapatnam Port Trust K Rama Mohan Rao addressing themedia after taking charge in Visakhapatnam on Saturday

n The Chairman saidVisakhapatnam will hostthe Bay of BengalInitiative for Multi-SectoralTechnical and EconomicCooperation (BIMSTEC),the biggest conclave ofports, in the city onNovember 7 and 8

PNS n CHENNAI

Hate speech detection on socialmedia, text-to-braille converter aresome of the projects that wereshowcased by the students of IndianInstitute of Technology Madras(IIT-M) at the Centre ForInnnovation (CFI) Open House onSaturday. In a statement issuedhere, IIT-M said the students fromCFI showcased some of their cut-ting-edge innovations and tech-nologies to the public.

IIT-M students showcase socialmedia hate speech detection project

Blow to JanaSena asPaspuleti quits

Continued from Page1He sent his resignation let-

ter to the party chief. Politicalparties, including the TDP,BJP, Congress and Left parties,gave their consent to participatein the long march. However,the Left parties wrote a letter toparty president Pawan Kalyanthat they are not going to par-ticipate in the march given theirideological differences withBJP. The active participation ofsome other political parties isalso uncertain.

2 more buildingworkers end lifePNS n VIJAYAWADA

Two more building workerscommitted suicides for thecrisis created due to the non-availability of sand. InVundavalli, Gurram Nagaraju(35), a mason, committedsuicide at his residence onSaturday. For the past threemonths, he had no work andhis wife Vani working aswatchwoman. In the morn-ing, Vani has suggested himto take up watchman jobinstead of waiting for thework. Nagaraju, who was notkeen on taking up the newjob, and had a heated argu-ment with his wife. Later,when she had gone for work,he committed suicide byhanging from the ceiling fan.

Vani, wife of Nagaraju,said "We are unable fendourselves. We have to pay thefee for our daughter. On thisissue, we had a discussion. Isuggested to him look foranother job, as there is noconstruction work. He wasreluctant to it and arguedwith me. Only to overcomefinancial trouble, I have sug-gested to him to do anotherjob, but I lost my familyhead now." In another tragicincident, Adapa Ravi, amason, committed suicideat his residence on Saturday.He had reportedly borrowedRs 3 lakh as he was jobless.He was upset as he wasunable to repay the loan andresorted to the extreme step,his wife Kalyani said.

‘Is Prez in your pocket?’ Shiv Sena hits out at BJPContinued from Page1

"The question is why is thegovernment not being formedin Maharashtra.... Who willgive the answer? Should peo-ple of Maharashtra be heldresponsible for the announce-ment of a BJP leader becom-ing chief minister again and noclaims to form government?The warning to impose

President's rule is like Mughalsthreatening... ," the Sena fur-ther added in its editorial.

Maharashtra does not careabout these threats, the partystressed in its mouthpiece,concluding the article saying:"The President is the supremeinstitution of theConstitution... not an indi-vidual but representative of theentire country. The country is

not in anyone's pocket". Responding to Sena's sharp

reactions, Mr Mungantiwartoday said his President's ruleremark was "not a threat". "Inthe last five years, we ran thegovernment without arestraint. But some peoplehave a habit of making a moleout of a mountain. My remarkyesterday was not a threat," hetold reporters this morning.

Jana Sena all set for longmarch todayContinued from Page1

If any oral instructions arereceived from the CMO, heshould have brought that tothe notice of the ChiefSecretary, who is Secretary toCouncil of Ministers. But itwas not done," the chief sec-retary wrote.

Making a case that theofficer has violated existingrules, the memo pointed outthat: "In accordance withRule 13 (4) of AP BusinessRules, all cases where a mat-ter is to be brought up at themeeting of the Council or a

decision is to be takenthrough circulation to allthe Ministers, the Secretaryof the Department con-cerned shal l prepare aMemorandum for theCouncil of Ministers andcirculate it to the Ministersconcerned for approvalthrough the Chief Secretary.But in gross violation ofthese rules, Praveen Prakashhas exhibited grave miscon-duct and misbehavior asindicated above."

The memo said that theaction of the officer amountsto insubordination. "It is clear-

ly established that the MoS hasfailed to observe the APBusiness Rules and also thereis willful insubordination ordisobedience of orders of thesuperior authority. It comesunder misconduct and actionin a manner unbecoming of asenior officer, thereby violat-ing AIS (Conduct) Rules 1968.Praveen Prakash is thereforedirected to submit his expla-nation for violation ofBusiness Rules and ConductRules as mentioned abovewithin one week from the dateof receipt of this memo," thenote read.

CS issues memo to Praveen Prakash

Continued from Page1

But, it had caused losses to thetune of thousands of crores tothe people of Andhra Pradesh inthe last five months. If Jana Senawere asked by the governmentto solve the sand crisis, we canaddress the issue just within fivedays. Nearly 30 lakh families inAndhra Pradesh were affectedby the sand scarcity and the con-sequent slump in the construc-tion sector," he said. QuotingMahatma Gandhi, Jana Sena

leader and former CBI JointDirector VV Lakshminarayanasaid any government policyshould help the poorest of thepoor. "But the new sand policyhas destroyed the livelihood oflakhs of families in AndhraPradesh. The State governmentshould declare a monthly hon-orarium of Rs 10,000 for theconstruction workers on thelines of compensation providedto the fishermen during the fish-ing holiday," saidLakshminarayana.

Visakha Exprolls with ACcoaches,leaves behindother bogiesPNS n VISAKHAPATNAM

A major train mishap wasaverted after a few bogies of theBhubaneswar-SecunderabadVisakha Express got detachedfrom its engine in Odisha onSaturday. The incidentoccurred minutes after thetrain left the Balugaon RailwayStation in Khurda district. Theengine rolled with the ACcoaches and left behind all theother bogies. Fortunately, nopassenger was injured in theincident. The train was on itsway from Bhubaneswar whenthe bogies decoupled from theengine. "The train decoupledbetween the AC 2-tier and theS-1 coach. It appears that therewas a defect in a particularlocking arrangement joiningthe two coaches. After recoup-ing, the train resumed serviceat around 11 am," the EastCoast Railway (ECoR) said ina statement.

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Rajya Sabha MP Santosh Kumar giving a bouquet to renowned Tollywood director K Vishawanath in Hyderabad on Saturday

TRS MMP CCALLS OON ‘‘KALA TTAPASWI’

MP to move privilegemotion against copsPNS n KARIMNAGAR

BJP MP Bandi Sanjay camedown heavily on the policeofficials for allegedly man-handling him during thefuneral procession of RTC dri-ver Nangunuri Babu inArepally village on Friday.The incident happened whenthe BJP leaders along with thestriking RTC employees triedto take the body of NangunuriBabu, who died of cardiacarrest on Wednesday, to theRTC depot. Using mild force,the police stopped the proces-sion from heading towardsthe depot.

Addressing the press con-ference here on Saturday, theBJP MP said that he wouldmove a privilege motion inParliament against the twopolice officers who allegedlymanhandled him. He said thatthe police officers "behaved likegoons and slaves of the Stategovernment, TRS leaders andChief Minister KChandrasekhar Rao with aneye on promotions and post-ings."

"Without giving any respectto my position as an MP, thetwo police officers attacked mein a preplanned strategy," hesaid and wondered why theHome Minister and the DGPhad not reacted when an MPwas attacked by the police intheir State. "Besides manhan-dling me, the police, hidingbehind masks, also attacked

ABVP activists," he said andadded that two studentactivists received severeinjuries when police in plain-clothes, who also wore masks,attacked them.

Without using lathis, thepolice hijacked the funeralprocession being taken out ina peaceful manner by RTCworkers, he said. Corporationworker Sandhya suffered aheart attack and collapsed dueto the ruckus created by thepolice, he alleged. Reacting to

police officials' comments thatthere were anti-social elementsin the procession, Sanjay askedwhether he and the RTC work-ers were anti-social elements."The State government usedpolice force against innocentcorporation workers, but thereis a BJP government at theCentre and it will take actionas per law," he said.

RTC driverattemptssuicidePNS n MAHBUBNAGAR

In yet another incident,Kalvakolu Srisailam, a dri-ver of TSRTC attached tothe Farooknagar depotattempted suicide by con-suming pesticide here onSaturday evening.

The driver hails fromChoudarpalli village of aVeldandi mandal inNagarkurnool district. Hewas allegedly upset over therecent developments inregard with the RTC strike.The 36-year-old driver wasinitially admitted inAmangal hospital and laterwas shifted to Hyderabad.

BJP sheddingcrocodile tears: CongPNS n HYDERABAD

TPCC official spokesper-son Satheesh Madiga hasalleged that the ChiefMinister K ChandrashekharRao is trying to privatise theRTC as per Section 67 fol-lowing the suggestion ofthe Centre. "Section 67 ishelping KCR to privatiseRTC. KCR is taking theadvantage from BJP-ledNDA government's amend-ment to the then Congressgovernment's 1950 MotorVehicle Act to privatiseRTC," he lamented.

Speaking to the media atGandhi Bahvan on

Saturday, Satheesh Madigaalleged that BJP was the rea-son for deaths of 20 RTCworkers and the troubles ofthe people. Opining that thelaws have to help the peoplebut not trouble the people,Satheesh alleged that BJP isshedding crocodile tears onRTC strike. He demandedthe state BJP to talk toPrime Minister NarendraModi on the RTC issue andsee that the RTC not to beprivatized.

Satheesh Madiga allegedthat Modi Governmentbrought Section 67 byamending Section 3 inMotor Vehicle Act-2019.

PNS n HYDERABAD

Telangana BJP president KLaxman made a sudden visitto New Delhi on Saturday,creating quite a buzz in theTelangana political circles.Reportedly Laxman was sum-moned by BJP national lead-ership, as BJP top bosses wereextremely miffed withTelangana government's han-dling of RTC strike and man-handling of Karimnagar MPBandi Sanjay by police duringthe last rites of TSRTC driverBabu.

Laxman met BJP nationalworking president JP Naddaand presented a report on theongoing TSRTC strike and

political situation in the state.Manhandling of firebrandMP Bandi Sanjay came up forthe discussion between as JPNadda inquired in detailabout the TSRTC strike. It issaid that BJP top bosses areserious about TelanganaKCR's handling of TSRTCstrike brazen bulldozing ofRTC employees by govern-ment and given certain direc-tions to Laxman to step upfight against TRS.

"During Telangana move-ment activists sacrificed lifefor achieving a separate state.But even now suicides arecontinuing and even basicrights are denied for the pub-lic. TRS government is

brazenly misusing police.Even deceased RTC employ-ees last rites are not beingallowed to be conduct freely.Police overaction hasincreased enormously inKCR's rule. The way BJP MPBandi Sanjay was manhan-dled during RTC driverBabu's last rites is highly con-demnable. Both BJP nation-al leadership and Centre areserious about KCR's arro-gant and insensitive standtowards RTC strike and willintervene at appropriatemoment if KCR does notmend his ways," said KLaxman speaking after meet-ing JP Nadda in nationalcapital Delhi.

Telananga BJP president K Laxman and Nizamabad MP D Aravind submitted a report on TSRTC strike to BJPNational President JP Nadda in New Delhi on Saturday

Laxman submits reporton RTC strike to Nadda

Kishan toattendconferencein AustraliaPNS n HYDERABAD

Union Minister G KishanReddy will be representingIndia in the forthcoming'No Money for terror' con-ference to be held inAustralia next week.Speaking to reporters hereon Saturday, Reddy said hewould be leading a groupof officials from NIA,Intelligence Bureau andExternal Affairs to the con-ference, which would delib-erate on how to counterterrorism, stop funding forterror activities and extrac-tion of criminal amongcountries.

"I will be leading a teamof senior officials fromNIA, IB and MEA to theconference. There will bediscussions on measuresto control terrorism. Theconference will be onNovember 6, 7 and 8. Thefocused issue is how to stopmoney flow to terror activ-ities and what kind of coor-dination is needed amongthe countries ," the UnionMinister of State for Homesaid. The Minister saidIndia would raise the issueof Pakistan-sponsoredcross-border terrorism inIndia.

PNS n HYDERABAD

Congress Legislature Party(CLP) leader Mallu BhattiVikramarka has alleged thatthe TRS government is takingthe valuable lands of poor, whohave no passbooks, particu-larly in Hyderabad andRangareddy districts. He saidthat the Chief Minister KChandrashekhar Rao is takingthe state again towards feudalsystem. He said that theCongress will wage fight inLegislative Assembly on theissue.

Participating in the all-partymeeting on Land RecordsPurification in Telangana andits Repercussions organised bythe Telangana Kisan Congresson Saturday at SomajigudaPress Club, Bhatti said that theproblems of Telangana arevery different. New problemsarose with the purification ofland records, he said.

"The then Congress gov-ernment brought land reformsin the state. The Congresssolved 93 issues related tolands after discussing withthe Naxals. The then Congressgovernment provided rights tothe people during the move-ments for land. However, thepresent TRS government'sgoals are different. The ChiefMinister is trying to bring newRevenue Act only to bury thepast Land Acts. The thenCongress government pro-

vided rights on lands where-as KCR is removing the rightsprovide to them. As part of it,KCR removed the column of'occupier' (Kabja). KCR is sup-pressing the voices of the peo-ple who questioned him, byusing police force. The newAct will lead to bloodshed invillages. Land survey didn'ttake place in any village in thestate. The people, who gotrights on Assigned Lands andInam Lands, would lose rightswith the purification of landrecords without conductingland survey", he said.

Kisan Congress nationalvice-president M KodandaReddy alleged that the stategovernment is troubling thepeople by not transferring thelands of heirs. The govern-ment has not yet given pass-books to about 9 lakh peopleas well as Rythu Bandhuamount.

State lapsingback into feudalsystem: Bhatti

PNS n HYDERABAD

Singareni Collieries CompanyLimited (SCCL) Chairman andMD N Sridhar has chaired ahigh-level meet here atHyderabad Singareni Bhavanwith all Directors and areaGeneral Managers on Saturdayin regard with the loss of pro-duction in October due toincessant rains. During themeeting, the SCCL has set itselfa target of achieving a coal pro-duction of two lakh tonnesduring Nov. The officials tooknote of the fact that the coalproduction in Open Cast mines

registered a dip due to heavyrains in October. Sridhar toldthe meeting that efforts will bemade with specific plans andstrategies to achieve two lakhtonnes of coal production. Atthe same time, proper care hasto be taken for safety. Heinstructed that coal productionhas to start as early as possiblein the new open cast mines.

He also reviewed the work inprogress at Naini block atOdisha which Singareni hadtaken up. He instructed thatalong with the Naini block,work relating to the newPatrapadha block has to be

completed in a planned andphased manner.

Director (E&M) S Shankar,Director (Operations & PA&W)S Chandrashekar, Director(P&P) B Bhaskar Rao, Director(Finance) N Balaram, ED (Coalmovement) J Allwyn, ED(Forestry) Surendra Pandey,GM (CDN) Anthony Raja, GM(Material Procurement) K VRamana Murthy, GM (CP&P)K Ravi Shankar, GM (OCMines) YGK Murthy, GM (MS)A Rushyendrudu, GM(Environment) JVL Ganapathiand GMs of all areas partici-pated in the meeting.

SCCL targets 2L tonnes ofcoal production in November

PNS n HYDERABAD

Minister for Animal HusbandryTalasani Srinivas Yadav onSaturday hinted at implement-ing a pilot project in SanantNagar to arrest wastage of water,conserve it and reduce the num-ber of unaccounted for tap con-nections. Reviewing thearrangements with officials toimplement the Pilot Project atthe HMWSSB office inKhairatabad with its MD DanaKishore, the minister said thatthe local colony residents' asso-ciation and people of the con-stituency would extend theirsupport to the project's success.

The pilot project would beextended to all over the city in

a year, he said. Ever since DanaKishore became the MD ofHMWSSB, the efficiency of theorganisation increased mani-fold, especially during the pastfive years, Talasani said.

Minister KT Rama Rao will

declare open the HMWSSBreservoir built at Allwyn Nagarin Sanath Nagar constituency onNovember 7. At the same venue,the objectives of the pilot pro-ject would be explained to peo-ple, Talasani told the gathering.

An awareness would be cre-ated among the people of theconstituency on water leaps atdomestic tap level by roping inservices of senior citizens. Herecalled how the HMWSSB wassuccessful in implementing sew-erage clearance works with thehelp of mini-jetting machineseven in narrow lanes.

He made a power-point pre-sentation on pilot project to beimplemented in the region.HMSSB executive directorSatyanarayana, DirectorAzmeera Krishna, Director ofthe Project-2 D Sridhar Babu,Chief General Manager, GeneralManager, officials of the waterboard and corporators tookpart in the meeting.

Pilot project mulled forwater conservation in cityl New HMWSSB reservoir at Allwyn Nagar to be opened by KTR on Nov 7' will serve as model to stop wastage, save water, reduce unaccounted tap connections

Pillionraider killed PNS n HYDERABAD

A woman pillion-riding ascooter was killed on the spotand the driver was hospi-talised with serious injurieswhen a private bus ran overthem as the scooter ejected theriders while negotiating a ditchin the middle of the roadunder Chaderghat police sta-tion limites here on Saturday.Relatives of the deceasedprotested in front of the policestation blaing the municipalauthorities for the accidentThe deceased was identified asKavya who is proceeding to anexamination center.

PNS n HYDERABAD

Hyderabad Metro and Ramoji Film City havepartnered for running feeder services to RamojiFilm City from Nagole and LB Nagar Metro sta-tions on Saturdays and Sundays. "This initiativewill help tourists visiting Hyderabad and alsonatives to Hyderabad to visit Ramoji Film Cityusing metro travel in the city" said NVS Reddy,MD, HMRL.

The services were flagged off by Anil KumarSaini COO, L&T Metro and Rajeev Jalnapurkar,CEO, Ramoji Film City on 2nd Nov 2019 atNagole Metro station. The services are free fora month and people can visit All Miles app andNagole/LBNagar station for more details.

The new feeder bus service being flagged off in the cityon Saturday

FEEDER SERVICES TORAMOJI FILM CITY

ARUN DANIEL YELLAMATY n HYDERABAD

Expats and locals staying atNovotel Hotel in HiTecCity are having atough time findingsleep due to theloud construc-tion workgoing on atthe hotelp r e m i s e s .Other resi-dents of HiTecCity area,Kondapur andGachibowli havebeen struggling tocope with the many con-struction works being doneduring night hours.

Sarah S, an expat staying atNovotel, said, "I couldn't sleepall night and have been havinga very tough day due to loud

noises coming intomy room. I

called ther e c e p t i o n

m a n ytimes forhelp mebut theycould notdo much.

I am herefor only a

few days butcan't hope to

enjoy my time atthe hotel."

However, the hotel authori-ties said there isn't any being

done in their premises andconstruction noise is from thesurrounding areas.

A local resident ofGachibowli said, "Many hugebuilding are coming up in thelast few months. All-night con-struction work and traffic noiseare making life tough. I hopethese issues sort out soon forpeople who need to head towork every morning."

United Forum of ResidentsAssociation secretary VBJChelikani Rao said, "Theseissues concern people a lot. Welodge complaint but no onemonitors construction fromnoise point of view. The pol-lution department and policeneed to work on this careful-ly."

Construction noise gives HiTec City sleepless nightsl Locals say many big sites under construction, but there is no check on noise pollution

IPE to holdfaculty devptmeet in OUPNS n HYDERABAD

The Institute of PublicEnterprise (IPE) , will organ-ise an AICTE sponsored six-day faculty development pro-gramme (FDP) at its premis-es in Osmania UniversityCampus in Hyderabad fromNovember 4 to 9.Understanding FinancialAccounting and FinancialStatements in the Light ofCompanies Amendment Act 2016' will be the topic ofthe FDP.

The programme is aimedat enhancing teaching skillsof the faculty in matters ofpreparation, analysis andinterpretation of financialstatements.

Youth complains to copsover harassment on TikTokPNS n HYDERABAD

A 26 year old who makes anduploads videos on TikTok hasapproached the Cyberabadpolice alleging harassmentvia derogatory com-ments.

According to thepolice, Rishi Dev,who runs a danceschool, regularlyposts videos onpopular mobileapp Tik Tok. He hasapproached theCyberabad Police com-plaining against online harass-ment by trollers on Saturday.

"The youth approachedCyberabad PoliceCommissioner VC Sajjanarand lodged a complaint saying

trolls were harassing him onsocial media. Whenever I postvideos, about 20 of them startabusing me. They leave deroga-tory comments and recently

began resorting to bodyshaming too," Rishi

Dev said in hiscomplaint, fur-ther alleging thatsome womenusers too werebeing harassed

by the same trollson the social

media platform. Thevictim alleged in the

complaint that the mischiefmongers had also created a sep-arate WhatsApp group andwere using it to share RishiDev's videos with abusive com-ments.

PNS n DANTEWADA

A 26-year-old Naxal, carryinga reward of Rs 3 lakh on hishead, surrendered before theDantewada police onSaturday, an official said.

Baman Mandavi turnedhimself in before the police inChhattisgarh's Dantewadatown, citing disappointmentwith the Maoist ideology andexploitation of lower-rankingcadres by senior Naxal lead-ers, Dantewada superinten-dent of police AbhishekPallava said.

Mandavi was a sectioncommander of "platoon num-ber 26" under KatekalyanArea Committee of Maoists,the official said. He hadjoined the outlawedCommunist Party of India(Maoist) in 2010 as a lower

rank member, and was instru-mental in carrying out sever-al attacks on security forces inDantewada and Sukma dis-tricts, he added.

Mandavi was involved inthe 2014 attack at Tahakwadavillage in Sukma district,where 16 CRPF personnelwere killed and at Mailwadain Dantewada in 2015, whereseven CRPF jawans died aftertheir vehicle was blasted withan IED, Pallava said.

Mandavi was given Rs10,000 as "encouragementmoney" and further assis-tance will be provided to himunder the state government'sSurrender and RehabilitationPolicy, he added. Last month,28 Naxals, four of them car-rying cash reward on theirheads, had surrendered inDantewada district.

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SHORT READS

Crack noticed in track, Metroservices affectedNEW DELHI: Services on theDelhi Metro's Blue Line wereaffected on Saturday after acrack was noticed in therailtrack at Indraprastha station."There is a welding defect in thetrack on one line runningbetween the Indraprastha andPragati Maidan stations of theBlue line connecting Vaishaliand Noida Electronic City toDwarka Sector 21, Delhi MetroRail Corporation (DMRC)spokesperson Anuj Dayal said.The defect was detected around8.30 am. "Trains are being runin the section at a cautionaryslower speed at present," Dayalsaid. Such defects occur due tochange of weather conditions,he claimed. "Operating trains atrestricted speed is a standardpractice adopted by the DMRCin such cases. Services arecompletely safe," the DMRCspokesperson added.

Woman gang-raped inUP; Cops take plaintafter video goes viral

Three arrested forkilling woman, stuffingbody in suitcaseNEW DELHI: Three men havebeen arrested for allegedlykilling a woman and dumpingher body after stuffing it in asuitcase in Outer North Delhi'sBawana area, police said onSaturday. The arrested havebeen identified as Noman (30),a resident of Noida, Arman(26), a resident of ShakurpurVillage and Samsad (30), aresident of New Usmanpur.According to the police, thebody of the woman was foundstuffed in an abandonedsuitcase in Bawana on themorning of October 18. Ananalysis of the CCTV footagerevealed that someonetravelling in an auto-rickshawhad dumped the body there. After investigation thedeceased was identified asNeha Patel, a resident ofShakurpur village, who wasmissing since October 18. Shewas in a live-in relationshipwith one Lukman from the pastone month, a senior policeofficer said.

BANDA: A woman in UttarPradesh's Chitrakoot districtwas allegedly gang-raped bysix men who filmed it andposted the clip online, with thesurvivor claiming that policeonly filed a case after the videowent viral. The incidenthappened in Mau police stationarea on Monday, while policesaid they filed a case on Fridayevening. The woman wasgoing to a relative's placealong with a family memberwhen she was stoppedmidway. The men then tied upthe family member to a treeand raped the woman, saidArun Pathak, station officer ofMau. The 14-second-long clipof the incident is of October28, he confirmed, adding that acase has been filed against sixmen and the woman has beensent for medical examination.The woman said that when shewent to the same police to filea complaint and narrated theincident to the officials present,she was scolded and asked toleave.

PNS n PUDUCHERRY

Continuing her diatribeagainst Puducherry ChiefMinister V Narayanasamy forcalling her a demon,Lieutenant Governor KiranBedi on Saturday said it maybe a case of mistaken identityand offered to help him iden-tify the 'real demons.'

In her WhatsApp message,she asked Narayanasamy toidentify many 'real demons'who were present in the formof land-grabbers and extor-tionists in the Union Territory.

The former IPS officer withwhom the Chief Minister had

been at loggerheads eversince she assumed office inMay 2016 asked him to iden-tify the 'real demons' whothreaten senior citizens andgrab their properties.

Such citizens were oftenarm-twisted and sometimescheated with fabricated docu-ments, she said.

These demons, also calledrowdies, were now comingunder police surveillance, shesaid while pointing out thatthe Puducherry DirectorGeneral of Police BalajiShrivastava had directed open-ing of history-sheets of all suchdemons and they would haveon record names of all theirassociates and beneficiariestoo. At the same time, Bedisaid she would help the ChiefMinister, if he wants to iden-tify the 'real demons.'

She further said she hasbeen hearing about these'demons' on a regular basisthrough the open grievances

redressal system at Raj Nivas,her official residence.

"Calling me a demon maybe a case of mistaken identi-ty," she said, adding: Demonsdo not make Puducherrywater-rich and plant trees, orbe vigilant on acts of corrup-tion and ask for a branch ofCBI in Puducherry.

Bedi has already dubbed asunparliamentary, uncouth andunacceptable the remark madeby the Chief Minister againsther at a Congress party func-tion on October 31 where hehad said the Centre had post-ed a demon as the Lieutenant

Governor, who has alleged-ly been hindering several wel-fare schemes.

MAHARASHTRA TUSSLE

Cong MP writes to Sonia,requests support for SenaPNS nMUMBAI

At a time when the BJP and theShiv Sena are unable to arrive ata consensus on sharing of powerin Maharashtra, a Congressleader on Saturday wrote toparty chief Sonia Gandhirequesting her the Sena be givensupport to form the next gov-ernment if it comes up with suchproposal. The Sena lost no timein welcoming the stand of theCongress leader Hussain Dalwai,a Rajya Sabha MP fromMaharashtra, who has writtenthe letter. Dalwai recalled theSena had supported Congressnominees Pratibha Patil andlater Pranab Mukherjee for thepost of President of India in thepast. "Shiv Sena and BJP are dif-ferent. The Sena had supportedPratibha Patil, PranabMukherjee for the President'spost. Shiv Sena politics hasbecome all-inclusive unlike thatof the BJP which is extreme. Wemust support the Sena to keepthe BJP out of power," Dalwaitold reporters while quoting hisletter. He said a cross-section ofthe Muslim community in thestate would prefer the Sena overthe BJP. The Congress seems tobe divided over supporting theSena which is one of the found-ing members of the BJP-ledNational Democratic Alliance(NDA). Leaders like AICC gen-eral secretary MallikarjunKharge, Sushilkumar Shinde,Sanjay Nirupam are againstextending support to the Sena.

When asked about Dalwai'sletter, senior Sena leader SanjayRaut has said, "Dalwai belongsto the socialist ideology. Hecomes from a family of pro-gressive Muslims. We welcomehis stand. But, Sena fought theelections in an alliance and wewill adhere to the coalitiondharma till the end."

The recent elections inMaharashtra denied the BJP

absolute majority desired bythe party. The BJP failed to per-form up to the mark though itemerged as the single largest

party by winning 105 seats, 17less than the 2014 tally, in the288-member House. The allySena won 56 seats, 7 less than its2014 performance. The halfway

mark is 145. The Sena and theBJP have since been locked in abattle of nerves over sharing ofpower. Both the parties, whowere partners in the outgoinggovernment, have not yet start-ed formal discussions eventhough the tenure of the currentLegislative Assembly ends onNovember 8. The bone of con-tention is the Sena's demand forthe CM's post for a equal peri-od of 2.5 years and 50:50 divi-sion of portfolios.

Both these demands havebeen rejected by the BJP whichhas insisted that Chief MinisterDevendra Fadnavis will contin-ue to be the CM for the next fiveyears.

Hussain Dalwai

Amid speculations regard-ing probable political per-

mutations and combinationsvis-a-vis formation of the nextgovernment in Maharashtra,the Shiv Sena on Saturday saidit would adhere to the "coali-tion dharma", a remark beingviewed as softening of itsstand towards the BJP. TheSena and the BJP are locked ina battle of nerves over sharingof power. Both the parties,who were partners in the out-going government, have noteven started formal discus-sions even though the tenureof the current LegislativeAssembly ends on November8. "The Sena contested theassembly elections in analliance and we would adhereto the coalition dharma till thelast moment," Sena leaderSanjay Raut told reporters. Healso welcomed Congressleader Hussain Dalwai's move

to write a letter to Congresspresident Sonia Gandhi rec-ommending support for theUddhav Thackeray-led partyin forming the new govern-ment. Interestingly, Raut saidon Friday the Sena can getdesired numbers to form a sta-ble government. "Consideringthe prevailing political situa-tion in the state, every one istalking to each other exceptthe Sena and the BJP. The Sena

did not stop talks of govern-ment formation.. the talksnever began," he said.

Raut also appeared to playdown his recent meeting withNCP president Sharad Pawaramid speculation that a newpolitical equation mightemerge in the state to keep BJPaway from power.

"There are several issuesconcerning Maharashtra onwhich leaders of differentpolitical parties talk to eachother," he said. "Were PDP andBJP in Kashmir and TDP andBJP in Andhra Pradesh ofsimilar ideology?" he ques-tionned. When asked about aspeculation that DevendraFadnavis will take oath asChief Minister for a secondterm early next week, Rautpointed out that the governorinvites the single largest partyto form the government as perconvention.

Shiv Sena and BJP aredifferent. The Sena hadsupported Pratibha Patil,

Pranab Mukherjee for thePresident's post. Sena politicshas become all-inclusive unlikethat of the BJP which is extreme.We must support the Sena tokeep the BJP out of power

— HUSSAIN DALWAICongress RRajya SSabha MMP

Sena never stopped talks, willadhere to coalition dharma: Raut

Calling me ‘demon’ is a case of mistakenidentity: Bedi to CM

Rajinikanththanks Centrefor IFFI'sjubilee honourPNS n CHENNAI

Superstar Rajinikanth onSaturday thanked the Centralgovernment for announcingthat he will be honoured withthe 50th International FilmFestival of India's special Iconof Golden Jubilee Award. "Ithank the government of Indiafor this prestigious honourbestowed upon me on thegolden jubilee of theInternational film festival ofIndia," the top star said in histwitter handle.

Information andBroadcasting Minister PrakashJavadekar announced earlier inthe day that IFFI would hon-our the top star with thejubilee award. The festivalwould be held in Goa fromNovember 20 to 28 with closeto 250 films from variouscountries to be screened at thepremier movie extravaganza.

The minister alsoannounced celebrated Frenchactor Isabelle Huppert as therecipient of the LifetimeAchievement Award.

In its golden jubilee year, thefestival would screen 50 filmsby 50 female filmmakers toacknowledge the contributionof women in cinema,Javadekar said.

Calling me a demonmay be a case ofmistaken identity,

Demons do not makePuducherry water-rich andplant trees, or be vigilant onacts of corruption and ask fora branch of CBI in Puducherry

— KIRAN BEDIPuducherry Lieutenant Governor

Hardcore Naxalsurrenders inChhattisgarh

Was told getting wet inrain augurs well in politicsPNS nMUMBAI

A sudden shower at an event inMumbai prompted Union min-ister Nitin Gadkari to take aveiled dig at political opponentsof the BJP against thebackdrop of the recentpoll outcome in hishome state ofMaharashtra.

The minister wasbeing interviewedon an open stage atan event in suburbanVile Parle on Fridayevening when it start-ed raining.

While two persons stoodholding umbrellas for Gadkariand the interviewer, the BJP MPquipped, "When you getdrenched in rain, you havegood future..journalists say so,"sending a ripple of laughter inaudience. The minister also

had a hearty laugh on his owncomment. Gadkari's commentwas an apparent reference toNCP chief Sharad Pawar's rain-soaked rally in Satara duringcampaigning for the party

nominee for the October21 Lok Sabha bypoll.

A video and pic-tures of 79-year-old Pawar gettingdrenched in rainhad gone viral,

which galvanisedworkers of his partywhich was hit by dis-sensions in the run-up to elections.

Political observers feel Pawarhad succedded in sending astrong political messagethrough his gesture whichworked in favour of the NCPnominee who defeated his BJPopponent Udayanraje Bhosaleby a comfortable margin.

PNS n IMPHAL

Amid growing concerns overthe outcome of Naga peacetalks, security has been height-ened in Manipur, which has asizeable Naga population, withadditional companies of para-military forces being deployedin the state to "meet any even-tuality".

Civil societies across Manipurhave been holding protests,seeking assurances from theCentre that the solution to thevexed political issue would notbe affecting Manipur's territo-rial integrity.

Normal life was paralysed inseveral parts of the state lastweek due to a "cease-work" stircalled in support of the demand.The Centre had on Thursdaysaid it was yet to conclude talkswith Naga insurgent groups

and would consult all stake-holders including the states ofAssam, Manipur and ArunachalPradesh before finalisation of

any settlement. All securityestablishments in the state havebeen put on high alert and alarge number of paramilitary

personnel deployed at impor-tant areas to check any "unwant-ed activities", a top govern-ment official said.

"Fifteen new companies ofparamilitary forces have beendeployed in the state to meeteventualities. Some that havereached are currently stationedat three colleges in Imphal.Over the past few days, Armytroops have also arrived here inAN-32 aircraft," he said.

Authorities claimed that the

security build-up would helpguard the highways of the land-locked state and deal with anyunwarranted blockades orbandh. A member of theCoordinating Committee onManipur Integrity (COCOMI),an apex body of seven organi-sations which has been spear-heading the protests in thestate, said despite the Centre'sassurance it was difficult to"calm down" as what brewed inthe negotiations was not clear.

"People have been kept in thedark about the points discussedduring negotiations. We haveasked the state and the Centreto disclose by November 4 thedetails of the framework agree-ment signed by the NSCN-IMand the government," COCO-MI Coordinator Sunil Karamsaid. The National SocialistCouncil of Nagaland-IsakMuivah (NSCN-IM), a majorinsurgent group in theNortheast, had been pushing forunification of Naga-inhabitedareas and a separate flag andconstitution, a demand thathas been rejected outright by theCentre.

"It is difficult to calm downat this juncture. The committeewill intensify its protests if rel-evant details of the agreementare not disclosed by November4," Karam added.

NAGA PEACE TALKS

Security upped in Manipur, protests continueThe Centre had on Thursday said itwas yet to conclude talks with Nagainsurgent groups and would consultall stakeholders including the statesof Assam, Manipur and Arunachalbefore finalisation of any settlement

PNS n BHUBANESWAR

Internationally acclaimed sandartist Sudarsan Pattnaik hasbeen selected for the prestigiousItalian Golden Sand Art Award2019. He will be honoured dur-ing the International ScorranaSand Nativity in Italy scheduledto be held from Nov 13 to 18.Pattnaik said he will also repre-sent India in International scor-rana sand Nativity. As many aseight sculptors will participate inthis festival.

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaikcongratulated the sand artist forhis achievement."Congratulations to eminentsand artist Padma Sri@sudarsansand on being select-ed for the prestigious ItalianGolden Sand Art Award 2019.His flair with sand continues to

make #Odisha proud across theworld and serve as a beautifultribute to the states rich artisticculture," the chief ministertweeted. Sudarsan Pattnaik saidhe has received a letter from thepresident of "Promuovi

Scorrona" Vito Maraschioinforming him about his selec-tion for the award. "I am veryglad to know that I am selectedfor this award. I feel very hon-oured to be part of this festival,"he said.

Sudarsan Pattnaik selected forItalian Golden sand art award

HoodaappointedHaryana CLP leaderPNS n NEW DELHI

Congress president SoniaGandhi on Saturday appoint-ed former Haryana chief min-ister Bhupinder Singh Hoodaleader of the CLP in the state.By virtue of being appointedthe CLP leader, Hooda will bethe Leader of Opposition inthe newly-constituted assem-bly, AICC Haryana in-chargeGhulam Nabi Azad said at apress conference here. A res-olution was passed by theMLAs unanimously autho-rising Gandhi to elect theCLP leader and after beingbriefed by observerMadhusudan Mistri about thewishes of the MLAs, she hasappointed Hooda as the CLPleader, he said.

PNS n BENGALURU

Senior Congress leader D KShivakumar, who recentlyreturned to the city from Delhiafter getting bail in a moneylaundering case, has been hos-pitalised after he complained of

back and chest pain, partysources said on Saturday.

"He had high blood pressureand low sugar. He had alsocomplained of back pain andchest pain following which hewas\ hospitalised on Fridayevening at Apollo Hospital at

Seshadripuram. He is under-going treatment," Shivakumar'spersonal assistant, Thyagarajsaid. On Friday, he had gone toattend a function organised bythe Karnataka RakshanaVedike, where he complained ofsome giddiness following which

he was admitted to the hospital.

The Congress leader hadtaken part in various events eversince his release from a Delhiprison in the money launderingcase, which had a negativeeffect on his health, he added.

Shivakumar hospitalised after complaint of chest pain

Merkel checksout Germansolar panel atDelhi MetroPNS n NEW DELHI

German Chancellor AnjelaMerkel visited on Saturdaythe Dwarka Sector 21 metrostation, which is fitted withsolar panels funded by theKfW, a state-owned develop-ment bank of her country.

Merkel visited the terraceof the metro station whereshe was briefed by officials ofthe Delhi Metro RailCorporation (DMRC) aboutthe solar project.

The Frankfurt-based bankhas also offered soft loans forother projects in India,including the Clean GangaMission. The visit to themetro station, the first-solarfitted one in the mammothDelhi Metro network, was thelast leg of Merkel's trip toIndia, who arrived here onThursday night. The chan-cellor spent nearly 30 minutesat the station and also inter-acted with an e-auto driver.

Rajkumar, the driver ofthe e-auto, said the Germanchancellor asked him aboutthe vehicle and his work dur-ing their three-minute con-versation.

Nitin Gadkari

CAPSULE

Escorts Q2 net profitflat at Rs 101.5 crNEW DELHI: Engineering andfarm equipment maker Escortson Saturday reported aconsolidated net profit of Rs101.5 crore for the secondquarter ended September2019. The company hadposted a net profit of Rs 101.2crore for the July-Septemberperiod of 2018-19. Totalincome, however, declined toRs 1,355.31 crore as comparedto Rs 1,438.48 crore in thesame period of the previousfiscal, Escorts Ltd said in aregulatory filing. "Ourcontinuous cost optimisationinitiatives will offer us additionalleverage for stronger revenue,profitability and increases shareof market," Escorts Chairmanand Managing Director NikhilNanda said. The company sold19,750 tractors during thesecond quarter, down 6.1 percent from the same period ofthe previous fiscal.

Unichem Labs Q2net loss narrows toRs 22.2 croreNEW DELHI: Drug firmUnichem Laboratories onSaturday reported a narrowingof its consolidated net loss toRs 22.20 crore for the quarterended September 30, 2019.The company had posted a netloss of Rs 41.03 crore for thecorresponding period of theprevious fiscal, UnichemLaboratories said in a filing tothe BSE. Its consolidatedrevenue from operations stoodat Rs 295.60 crore for thequarter under consideration. Itwas Rs 261.15 crore for thesame period a year ago, itadded.

US Treasury Secyholds talks with RBIGovernorNEW DELHI: US TreasurySecretary Steven Mnuchin metRBI Governor Shaktikanta Dasin the financial capital onSaturday. The two discussed"global and domestic macro-economic scenario in bothcountries and regulatorydevelopments", according toan official statement from thecentral bank. Mnuchin, who isreportedly on a tour to buildsupport against Iran over thecountry's nuclear programme,was accompanied by USAmbassador to India KennethJuster and Consul General inMumbai David J Ranz, it said.The visiting dignitaries metDas and other senior centralbank officials, the RBIstatement said. It can be notedthat India has had difficultiespaying Iran for oil importsduring previous rounds ofsanctions led by the US, andthe RBI had played animportant role for solutions inthe same.

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PNS n WASHINGTON

India continues to remain con-cerned over the use of internet,particularly social media andmessaging apps like WhatsApp,for the recruitment and radi-calisation of terrorist, accordingto a report by the US StateDepartment.

Days after WhatsApp snoop-ing case came to light, the StateDepartment said this in itsannual 'Country Reports onTerrorism' for the year 2018.Mandated by the US Congress,the report was released onFriday.

Facebook-owned WhatsAppon Thursday said Indian jour-nalists and human rightsactivists were among those glob-ally spied upon by unnamedentities using an Israeli spywarePeagasus.

"Indian government officialscontinue to be concerned overthe use of the internet – includ-ing social media and messagingapps like WhatsApp – for ter-rorist recruitment and radical-isation and the fomenting ofinter-religious tensions," thereport said in its India section.

India's Home Secretary andother senior government offi-cers met representatives fromglobal social media companiesto review steps to prevent onlineterrorist recruitment and radi-calisation, it said.

Nevertheless, cases of onlineterrorist radicalisation in south-ern India were reportedthroughout the year, includingreports of some recruits being

smuggled to ISIS pockets inAfghanistan, the report said.

The State Department in itsreport said that India continuedto experience attacks, includingby Pakistan-based terroristorganisations and tribal and

Maoist insurgents.Indian authorities blamed

Pakistan for cross-border attacksin the state of Jammu andKashmir. India continued toapply pressure to detect, disrupt,and degrade terrorist organisa-tions' operations within its bor-ders, including the disruption ofan ISIS-inspired terrorist cellreportedly planning terroristattacks in late 2018, it said.

During 2018, India sought todeepen counterterrorism coop-eration and information sharingwith the US, including throughthe bilateral CounterterrorismJoint Working Groupmeeting inMarch andt h e

first 2+2 (top US and Indiandiplomatic and military officials)Ministerial Dialogue inSeptember.

In June, the Indian govern-ment designated Islamic State ofIraq and the Sham-Khorasan(ISIS-K), an Afghanistan-basedaffiliate of ISIS and al-Qaeda inIndian Subcontinent (AQIS) asterrorist organisations underdomestic designation authori-ties, it said.

The parts of India most seri-ously impacted by terrorism in2018 included the state ofJammu and Kashmir, the north-east Indian states, and parts ofcentral India in which Maoistterrorists remain active. India

continued to apply sustainedpressure to detect, disrupt,

and degrade terroristorganisations' oper-

ations within itsborders, it

said.

INDIA CONCERNED OVER USEOF SOCIAL MEDIA, SAYS US

Home Secretaryand others metrepresentativesfrom globalsocial mediacompanies toreview steps toprevent onlineterroristrecruitment andradicalisation

Indiabulls Real Estate sells London property PNS n NEW DELHI

Indiabulls Real Estate onSaturday said it has sold itsproperty in London to a pro-moter group firm for 200 mil-lion pounds (about Rs 1,830crore) as part of its plan tofocus on the India business andcut debt.

At its annual general meet-ing (AGM) on September 28,the company's shareholdershad approved a proposal to sellits London property to pro-moters for 200 million pounds.

In a filing to BSE, IndiabullsReal Estate said the "company'swholly owned subsidiary hasdivested its entire stake inCentury Ltd, which indirectlyowns Hanover Square proper-ty, London to ClivedaleOverseas Ltd, an entity owned

by the promoters of the com-pany". With this, Century Ltdceases to be a subsidiary of thecompany.Earlier, the companyhad disclosed its plans to focuson its India business and paredebt. "In light of continuingBrexit related issues and uncer-tainty around it, the Londonproperty market remains slug-

gish. The Great Britain poundhas also had a sustained depre-ciation from around the timeof Brexit referendum result,"the company had said in thenotice for the AGM.

Indiabulls Real Estate hadsaid that a further loan ofabout 133 million pounds wasneeded to complete the ongo-

ing construction at 22, HanoverSquare property in London.However, it would not like toincur this additional debt on itsown balance sheet.

"To reduce debt and to focusmore on Mumbai and NCR(National Capital Region) mar-kets, the board, had on earlierdate authorised and approveddivestment of the company'sdirect or indirect stake inLondon property," it had said.

Promoters of the companycame forward to acquire theLondon property for an aggre-gate consideration of 200 mil-lion pounds against the cost ofits acquisition at 161.5 millionpounds, Indiabulls had said.

In June this year, IndiabullsReal Estate promoters had sold14 per cent stake in the com-pany through open markettransactions to Embassy Groupfor Rs 950 crore as part of itsstrategy to focus on financialservices and exit the realtybusiness.

It has sold itsproperty to apromoter groupfirm for 200million pounds(about Rs 1,830crore) as part ofits plan to focuson the Indiabusiness andcut debt

EPF in DHFL soup: UP tosafeguard employees' interestPNS n LUCKNOW

Hit by a contro-versy overP r o v i d e n tFund of UttarP r a d e s hpower corpo-ration employ-ees beinginvested in taint-ed DHFL compa-ny, the state govern-ment on Saturday promisedaction against the "guilty" andsaid it will ensure that noemployee's interest is hurt.

The government assurancecame hours after CongressGeneral Secretary PriyankaGandhi Vadra targeted theYogi Adityanath-led govern-ment, asking whose interestwas being served through themove.

In a questionable decision,the state-owned UP PowerCorporation Ltd (UPPCL) hasreportedly invested its employ-

ees' fund worth overRs 2,600 crore with

Mumbai-basedD e w a nH o u s i n gF i n a n c eCorporationL i m i t e d( D H F L ) ,

whose promot-ers were recent-

ly grilled by theED for their alleged

links with a front companyof late Iqbal Mirchi, a close aideof underworld don DawoodIbrahim Kaskar.

" I n v e s t i n gemployees provi-dent fundmoney inDHFL is mat-ter of seriousconcern. Sternaction will betaken againstthose involved init," UP PowerMinister Shrikant

Sharma tweeted."Employees of the UPPCCL

are like family members to meand the government willensure that the interest of any-one is not affected," he added.

Earlier, Priyanka Vadra, whois Congress in-charge of east-ern Uttar Pradesh, raised ques-tions over the development.

In a tweet, she said, "The BJPgovernment in Uttar Pradeshinvested the money from theprovident fund of the state'spower corporation personnelin a defaulting company like

DHFL. Whose interestwas to be served by

investing morethan Rs 2,000crore of thee m p l o y e e s 'hard earnedmoney insuch a compa-

ny? Is it justi-fied to play with

the future of theemployees?"

PNS n NEW DELHI

German Chancellor AngelaMerkel on Saturday pledged toinvest 1 billion euros over thenext five years on environ-mentally-friendly urbanmobility in India.

Merkel, whose visit to thecountry coincided with one ofthe worst spells of air pollutionin Delhi/NCR, also empha-sised on the need to replacediesel-run public transportwith electric vehicles.

"We have agreed to co-operate on climate protectionand green urban mobility andhave earmarked 1 billion eurostowards this," Merkel said at anevent here. Germany wouldalso put in 200 million eurosto reform the bus sector inTamil Nadu, she added.

Touching upon the subject ofair pollution in Delhi, Merkelsaid that looking at the sever-ity of the situation, it would bea good idea to replace dieselbuses with electric ones. Delhirecorded its worst air quality ofthe season on Friday as the pol-

lution level touched the 'severeplus' category, promptingauthorities to shut schools tillNovember 5, ban all construc-tion activities and declare a"public heath emergency".Merkel said that Germanywould also like to work withIndia on various segmentsincluding healthcare, agricul-ture and AI. On Friday, Indiaand Germany agreed to deep-en efforts to resume stallednegotiations for a free tradeagreement between India andthe European Union (EU).

Germany to invest 1 bn euros for Greenurban mobility in India

PNS n NEW DELHI

Manappuram Finance onSaturday said a committee ofits board of directors willmeet next week to considerraising Rs 200 crore via issueof securities.

The meeting of the finan-cial resources and manage-ment committee of the boardwill be held on November 7to "consider and approve theissuance of the PrivatePlacement of Rated, Secured,Redeemable Non-Convertible Debentures forthe amount of Rs 200 Crores,"the company said in a regu-latory filing.

Manappuram Finance is aleading gold loan NBFC.

ManappuramFin boardplans to raiseRs 200 crore

German Chancellor Angela Merkel

PNS n SEOUL

LG Uplus Corp., South Korea'sNo. 3 mobile carrier, has saidits net profit dropped 32.1 percent in the third quarter (Q3)from a year earlier due toincreased spending for 5Ginfrastructure buildup andmarketing.

Net profit stood at 104.5 bil-lion won or $89.5 million inthe July-September period,compared with 153.8 billionwon a year ago, LG Uplus saidin a regulatory filing, Yonhapnews agency reported onFriday.

Third-quarter sales rose 8.4per cent on-year to 3.2 trillionwon, and operating profitdecreased 31.7 per cent to155.9 billion won over thethree-month period, the firmsaid.

LG Uplus said it's profitsdecreased, despite solid sales,due to increased marketingcosts and continued invest-ment for 5G networks thatrolled out in early April.

The company's marketingspending soared 17.5 percent

on-year to 586.1 billion won inthe third quarter, as it carriedout aggressive campaigns for5G service. Its capital spendingskyrocketed 169.4 per cent to784.4 billion won over theperiod in line with the con-struction of 5G base stations.

LG Uplus said revenue fromits mainstay mobile businessgained 3.5 per cent to 1.4 tril-lion won in the third quarter,

thanks to an increased numberof 5G subscribers. The com-pany said it had about 875,0005G users as of September,which accounted for 5.9 percent of its total mobile sub-scribers. Sales from its smarthome division surged 3.2 percent to 995 billion won, led byrobust IPTV and high-speedinternet business.

The number of its IPTV

subscribers jumped 11.5 percent on-year to 4.4 million inthe third quarter, and that ofhigh-speed internet users grew5.4 per cent to 4.2 million, itnoted. LG Uplus said it willspeed up building 5G base sta-tions across the nation toimprove the quality of the net-work and boost premium ser-vice users, and that it will cre-ate new revenue streams withvarious services for enterpriseusers, including connected carsand smart factories.

The company said it expectsto have about 1.5 million 5Gusers by year-end, about 10percent of the total mobile sub-scribers. "If Apple launches5G smartphones and the net-work quality improves nextyear, the number of 5G userscould rise to 30 percent of thetotal by the end of 2020," LeeHyuk-joo, the firm's chieffinancial officer, said during aconference call. The companysaid the capital expenditure for2020 will be similar to this yearas it plans to expand 5G cov-erage beyond the Seoul met-ropolitan area.

LG Uplus Q3 net falls 32% on 5G investment

Do Indian travellers fakewheelchair need, asks MahindraPNS n NEW DELHI

Mahindra Group ChairmanAnand Mahindra in a tweet onSaturday wondered if manyIndian travellers fake theneed of wheelchairsat airports, spark-ing a heateddebate amonghis followers.

"Only flightsto and fromIndia at mostairports have somany wheelchairspre-ordered. Tryingto figure out why.

"1) Do elderly Indians trav-el more than others? 2) Do wehave more infirm/unfit people?3) Are we just jugaadus whoorder wheelchairs to get fasteraccess through queues!?"

Mahindra tweeted.In response, some users

termed the use by wheelchairsby many Indians a "scam", oth-ers pointed out that the wheel-

chair assistance is a boonto the parents of chil-

dren who are set-tled outside thecountry.

"Most of theseare parents offolks settled inthe west and

many times arenot well versed with

navigating airports,their children hence ask for

wheelchair assistance so thatthey don't miss connectingflights. It's opportunity for air-lines to make money fromwhat is complementary," saidone user.

Suggestions on how the mis-use of wheelchair assistancecan be cut were the point offocus for some tweets.

"Most of the wheel chairs arejust scam. They don't reallyneed it but take it as it is free.US airports charge even for atrolley may be charging wheelchairs in India will bring theirusage down," said one user.

"International terminals arenotorious for their long walkto the gates. 15-20 minutessometimes or more and diffi-cult for elderly to walk thatlong. Yes, they are not com-pletely disabled and they canwalk on their own to buy atduty free shops," said another.

But not everyone appearedhappy with the suggestion thatmany people fake the need ofwheelchairs.

Facebook was also interestedin acquiring Fitbit: ReportPNS n SAN FRANCISCO

The US-based search enginegiant Google acquired theleading wearable brand Fitbit,but reportedly, Facebook wasalso interested in buying it.

The deal price announced onFriday by Google was $2.1 bil-lion, but the social networkingcompany was interested ataround $1 billion, or roughlyhalf, The Information reported.

Over the years, Google hasmade progress with partners inwearables space with Wear OSand Google Fit.

Fitbit has been a true pioneerin the industry and has creat-ed engaging products, experi-ences and a vibrant communi-

ty of users.Google aspires to create tools

that help people enhance theirknowledge, success, health andhappiness.

Facebook has also beenexpanding its hardware port-folio with Oculus virtual head-

sets, Portal smart speakersand planned AR glasses.

The social media giant alsoacquired a fitness app calledMoves back to 2014. So it maynot be surprising thatFacebook was interested inbuying the smartwatch maker.

Fitbit has been atrue pioneer in theindustry and hascreated engagingproducts and avibrant communityof users

LG Uplus said it's profits decreased,despite solid sales, due to increasedmarketing costs and continuedinvestment for 5G networks thatrolled out in early April

LVB’s AnuradhaPradeep resignsPNS n MUMBAI

Lakshmi Vilas Bank's (LVB)non-executive and non-inde-pendent director AnuradhaPradeep, has resigned fromher position, after indepen-dent director Supriya PrakashSen quit the board citingpersonal reasons.

The Reserve Bank of Indiahad last month declined toapprove the cash-strappedLVB's merger with India BullsHousing Finance.

TVS Motor sales down byover 18% in OctoberPNS n CHENNAI

Two and three wheeler makerTVS Motor Company Ltd onFriday said it sold 3,23,368units last month (October), adecline of over 18 per cent asagainst sales in the month ofOctober, 2018.

In a statement issued here,the company said it registereda total sales of 3,23,368 units(two wheelers 308,161 units,three wheelers 15,207 units) inOctober 2019 as against salesof 3,98,427 units (two wheel-ers 384,307 units, three wheel-ers 14,120 units) in the monthof October 2018, a decline of75,059 units yoy basis.

The company has seen anuptrend in October sales andhas significantly rationalisedBS IV stocks for the transitionto BS VI.

In the domestic market,the company had logged two-wheeler sales of 2,52,684 unitsin October 2019 as againstsales of 3,38,988 units in themonth of October 2018.

The total motorcycle regis-tered sales of 1,25,660 units inOctober 2019 as against salesof 1,50,429 units in October2018.

The total scooter sales of theCompany registered 1,21,437units in October 2019 asagainst sales of 151,040 unitsin October 2018.

The company's total exportsgrew by 20 per cent increas-ing from 57,926 units inOctober 2018 to 69,339 unitsin October 2019.

Two-wheeler exports grewby 22 per cent increasingfrom 45,319 units in October2018 to 55,477 units inOctober 2019.

‘RECRUITMENT, RADICALISATION OF TERRORIST’

Getting higher education wasnot easy…

oming from a rural backgroundin Rayalaseema, which had veryfew literates, pursuing highereducation was a task. I studiedin St. Joseph’s school in Kurnool,which was the first school

to follow CBSE syllabus inRayalaseema. As my fami-ly was one of the headsin the village, theyenjoyed immenserespect and digni-ty. My father wasnot very keen onme pursuinghigher educa-tion as that wasnot the norm inour family then.It was my moth-er’s persuasionthat made mestudy hard andbecome successful.‘Getting educated isequivalent to being sociallyforward. Money can only makeyou famous, but education makes youpopular and gain respect,’ said my mother.

Though I was always among the top five stu-dents of my class, I never came first. My friendSowmya, whose family was filled with educat-ed people and American citizens used to standfirst. It was at her place where I was exposedto books for the first time. Seeing such a con-trasting lifestyle of my friend and the upbring-ing made me study hard and make it big in life.I remember blaming my parents for not study-ing so that they could also teach me at home.I learnt that if I study well, I can make my chil-dren study better. Fortunately, my parentsextended their fullest support for my education.

Grandmom's words inspiredme to become IPS…

There were several incidents and instancesthat took place in my village that made metake up this job. While I was growing up,we saw how the villagers used to approachcops to help them. Noticing the power offi-

cials had in helping people shifted myfocus to IPS even more. When

I was in Class V, our placewas famous for black

cotton soil and theblack cotton seed

was very soughtafter. People fromacross the worldused to visit theplace. It wasthen that Inoticed an NRIwoman whocame for

research and shehad a convoy

accompanying her.She spoke fluent

English and used to eat atour place as we were the

elder-most family there. Mygrandmother noticed my amusement andtold me that I too can become like her if Istudy hard. She told me ‘job is important inlife and good position equals good respect’.She also taught me at a young age that ‘peo-ple at the top level or those who protect thelaw are the only ones who can only protectpeople’. Elders should strike a chord withchildren like that at a young age. She taughtme how I can help a majority of people bybeing in a higher position. I finished myintermediate from AP Residential JuniorCollege in 1992 and cleared my graduationin 1997 from Agricultural University inTirupati. I then cleared the Group-I exam

in 2000.

An all-rounderin school…

I used to participatein numerous extra-cur-ricular activities like

extempore and jams in school by readingand learning about it. Teachers used to loveme for the initiatives I took up. In school, Iwas taught never to lose basic values of life.I was inspired by my social studies teacher,Krishnaveni ma’am. She came from aTelugu medium background and was notfluent with English. She used to come halfan hour early and used to read an Englisheditorial aloud and mark mistakes if any. Shebecame fluent in English in a year andbecame a living example to us by showinghow much one can learn with will power.

Choosing Civils overmedicine…

During my intermediate at APRJC(Andhra Pradesh Residential JuniorCollege), everyone used to pack their bagsto go back to the village during holidays, butI used to stay at mother’s friend’s house. Itwas not common for a girl to stay out likethat back then. I was a BiPC student and thecollege had toppers from different back-grounds. Many were from cities likeHyderabad and Warangal. I started doubt-ing myself if I’ll be able to succeed. My class-mates’ approach towards life, their social sta-tus and appearance was very different frommine and I was an introvert. I felt depressedand thought I should go back to my village.That was probably one of the reasons I didnot pursue medicine. Everyone was so con-fident in me that they even wrote ‘DrSumathi’ in autographs at the end. I thenjoined SV Agricultural college and decid-ed to appear for Civils. After spending mostof my time in the library, I skipped my PGentrance exam, which was a big deal andtook up Civils. Many classmates followed myfootsteps and attempted Civils. My husband,Srinath, who was my classmate, was one ofthe toppers and his father was against this.

Attempted groups withouttelling anyone…

I attempted groups without consultinganyone. I remember during my interview,I was asked why I am tying a thread in mywrist and was also questioned about livingin a patriarchal society, I retorted back that

I do not believe in such things and want-ed to change such outlook. I didn't even askmy husband about selecting police and onlytold everyone post my interview

1st woman DySP in the state…My first coaching was at Telangana State

Police Academy for DySP. It was a great feel-ing that I was the first woman official of thatcadre, that too a Telugu speaking one. Rightafter my probation, the Cyberabad commis-sionerate was formed and a lot of dacoitiesused to take place. I closely witnessed sev-eral cases and the experience was fantastic.

Wgl people held dharnas as Iwas transferred…

Soon after our marriage, I was posted inWarangal, which was a blessing. For awoman who comes from a strong conven-tional background, people used to look atme like I selected something bold and Icould feel that strength. The day I joined inWarangal, I went to a local police station atnight and was ambling around. A guard whowas stationed outside called me and asked

what happened. I told him that I ran awayas my father did not approve of my love. Hesaid that the area is unsafe and asked me tosit inside. He offered me milk and water andtried to counsel me. I was testing the copsto see how they react to such a situation andI was confident I chose the right stream. Thenext day when I took charge and told thecops there about my position, they weretaken aback. I remember all the papers car-rying about this incident. The place lovedme so much that many dharnas were heldwhile I was transferred from there after atwo-and-a-half year stint.

Got into hanging railcompartment to save lives…

During my posting in Warangal, there wasa train accident wherein the bogies gotderailed. I was the town DySP and my teamand I reached the place in five minutes. Allof us were young and full of zeal and nobodythought before acting. I remember gettinginto a hanging compartment and it was alljust for the call of duty and not to get appre-ciated. We saved 21 lives that day.

Supportive family…I have four sisters

and one brotherwho are all work-ing in differentfields. I havetwo daughters,Prakriti andSamskr ut i ,who arestudying inClass 9 and 3respectively.Prakriti lovesD e e Jay i ngand music hasa certificate inCarnatic music.She also writesvery well. My fam-ily has travelled withme and has always beenvery supportive. I neverhad to depend on anybodyfor anything.

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CHOSE LAWOVER MEDICINE TOPROTECT PEOPLE

When we speakabout female IPS

officials, B Sumathistands tall for

braving variousadversities and

difficulties on herpath to become the

first female DySPand later an IPSofficial from the

Telugu states. Theofficer is better

known for battlingall odds andhandling the

toughest of cases inHyderabad.

Sumathi shares herjourney of

becoming an IPSofficer and

becoming a well-known name in

the police force,marriage to her

long-timeboyfriend,

amongothers, ina casualconver-

sation with NaveenKumar

Marriageto high-school

boyfriend...I got married right after my training in 2002 to

Srinath. He got into IIM Ahmedabad when I crackedGroup exams. But, he settled in Hyderabad for meand got a job. We have seen each other for nine

years. He is an introvert, a voracious reader and abig time nature lover. He loves gardening so

much that we have about 102 varieties ofplants and flowers at our house. I love

to see him admire plants andflowers so much.

RAPI

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ONS Hobbies: Handlooms! Buying, storing and

preserving them. I am a voracious reader andalso write a lot of poetry for myself about nature,observations in life and human psychology.Google rated me a number one poet back then. Favourite author: Rabindranath TagoreFavourite weapon of choice: Anything that is handyFavourite time of the year: Summer, especiallyevenings.

Place you want to travel and explore: EuropeMost proud of: Being a woman and having twogirls. I feel blessed.Describing self: I am what I am Genres of movies: Watch a lot of horror movieswith my kids. We are currently watching a serieson Amazon Prime. If I miss an episode, mydaughters fills me up with what I missed.Addiction: Coffee and a stickler for perfection.

Arranging and rearranging stuff helps me de-stress and unwind.Favourite dishes: Pachi-pulusu,Mysore pak from Pulla Reddy andnon-veg dishes.Adore: Swami Vivekananda Scared of: Lies and deceitsStrengths: Ability to workhard, being determined

With husband Srinath, daughters Prakriti and Samskruti

With siblings

Apple TV+ launched in India,priced at Rs 99 per month

pple Inc has joinedthe OTT videostreaming businessby launching ts own- Apple TV+. Thenew facility has

been made available fromSaturday in 100 countries andcan be viewed on any ofApple's devices - iPhones,iPads, iPod Touch and Mac,etc. Those on non-Appledevices can go to the websitetv.apple.com and view theprogrammes.

The Apple TV+ app isavailable in India too. Thereis a one-week trial, and is

priced at Rs 99 per month.The content may be very lessfor now, especially contentthat is India-centric. The com-pany may keep adding.

The shows/films now avail-able for viewing on Apple

TV+ are See, The MorningShow, Dickinson, For AllMankind, Helpsters, Snoopy inSpace, Ghostwriter, and OprahWinfrey's Book Club. There isalso a documentary, TheElephant Queen.

The programmes will havesubtitles in multiple languages.There are reportedly subtitlesin 40 languages..

A new customer has to sign inthrough the Apple TV+ app. The

full list of devices on which theApple TV+ can be watched areiPhone, iPad, Apple TV 4K, AppleTV HD, the third-generationApple TV device, iPod touch andMac computers. As mentioned,Apple is not restricting this facil-ity to only those owning Appledevices. The Roku device,

Amazon's Fire TV Stick andsome smart TVs from Samsungtoo will carry the Apple TV+ app.Samsung, LG and VIZIO smartTVs can play Apple TV+through the AirPlay 2, the Wi-Fitechnology from Apple.

Lastly, you can just go totv.apple.com on you PC or

laptop and watch the shows.The list of devices is likely toexpand further.

For a limited time, those whopurchase a new iPhone, iPad,Apple TV, Mac or iPod touchstarting September 10 canenjoy one year of Apple TV+for free.

Pawan Kalyan tostar in Teluguremake of ‘Pink'

uperstar Pawan Kalyan isset to play the lead in theTelugu remake ofcritically-acclaimed Hindi

film "Pink". Producer BoneyKapoor, who forayed into Tamilindustry with the remake of"Pink", "Nerkonda Paarvaai" withsuperstar Ajith, is alsoproducing the Telugu versionwith Kalyan reprising megastarAmitabh Bachchan's role in theoriginal. The film will be jointlyproduced by Dil Raju andKapoor. According to a pressrelease issued by the makers,Sriram Venu will be directingthe movie and dialogues willbe written by TrivikramSrinivas. The film, which istentatively titled as "PSPK20", is expected to go onfloors by the end of thisyear.

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09The conspiracy of silence

Whenever I get stuck onsomething, I’m like, ‘What would

I do if I wasn’t afraid? Whatwould I write if I wasn’t afraid?

What would I say in thissituation if I wasn’t afraid?’— Phoebe Waller-Bridge

Choose the right karmaF R O M T H E I N S I D E

The heart is a powerful metaphor, evok-ing emotional and psychological well-being, showing caring and compassion.Repeated instances of altruistic behav-iour, of continuing charity, are evidence

that people still feel their heart as a representationof their self, of the emotional self, which cannotbe reduced to materialistic, biological terms.According to Hinduism, the heart is the connect-ing link between the heaven and the earth. It wasthe place of Brahman, the supreme cosmic spirit.While details of the brain were unknown in theearly Vedic period, thoughts and emotions, andconsciousness itself, came from the mind. Theultimate desire was to become one with Brahmanand that could come about through connectingyour heart to the heart of Brahman through duty,service, sacrifice, devotion, and charity.

Charity, generosity and specifically the givingof alms are regarded as virtuous in most Indianphilosophies and religions. Daana, a Sanskrit/Paliword denoting charity and giving, came from theheart. Daana traces its roots to Vedic traditionsand can take the form of helping individuals inneed, or in the wider form of helping manythrough public works and philanthropy.Traditionally, Daana implied the relinquishmentor giving up of something that was one’s own tohelp someone without expecting anything inreturn. Related but not as powerful were the con-cepts of Paropkara (benevolent deeds), Dakshina(gift or fee to Guru or someone else), and Bhiksha(alms). Daana was usually given to a person or asmall group, but the concept also encompassedwider charitable projects with public benefits.Popular projects included sarais (rest houses),schools and care home, provision of drinkingwater, and the planting of trees.

The Upanishads (500 BCE) contained someof the earliest discussions of Daana. In theBrihadaranyaka Upanishad, the three characteris-tics of a good, developed person are defined asself-restraint, compassion or love for all sentientlife, and charity (Daana). Centuries later, theBhagavad Gita gave a more practical definition ofDaana, charity, in action. There were right andwrong forms of Daana. The good, enlightenedcharity was given without expectation of return.But it was also to be given at the proper time andplace, and to a worthy person. Ego-centric charitywas one given with the expectation of somereturn or given grudgingly. The worst form ofcharity was that which was given to an unworthyperson or at a wrong place and time.

The Mahabharata finds repeated mention ofthe ‘worthy person factor’ in determining thevalue of charity. Vidur, a great scholar and thehalf-brother of the King Dhitarashtra, had lengthyconversations with the King about policies andgovernance. The Vidur Niti, the oral recordpassed through generations of the conversations,specifically mentions misused charity and poorutilisation of wealth. Money was misused if chari-ty were given to the unworthy or if it were deniedto the worthy. A stone tied to the neck and beingthrown in water was the reward offered for mis-used charity. Worth of the recipient and timing ofthe charity were as important as the mere giving.

In a more cynical and brutal world, newspa-per headlines no longer stun us. Our apathy is sostrong that stories of rape, murder or cheating nolonger move us. Ponzi schemes bankrupt families,farmers commit suicide. Millionaires are made,and some led to prison. ‘Karma,’ we mutter ‘catch-ing up’. Ingenuous ways to multiply and quadru-ple wealth and dodge tax are revealed daily. Allthe while, the same people are seen supportingthe latest causes, visiting houses of prayer, andwashing their sins through giving. Is this trulycharity? Is it altruism or merely selfish behaviour?

Compassion and emotion are passé. We livein the digital age surrounded by millennials whouse Emojis and Instagram to express themselves,and with them most of us are forgetting life as weonce knew it. We believe that Facebook andWhatsApp are free. What we are just beginning torealise is that in using them, we have begun togive up our freedom. In wanting to be connectedall the time, our loneliness gets amplified.

However, money does not seem to be the gluethat binds people together. In a series on the livesof the super-rich on the History Channel, it was

observed that they had the same insecurities asthose with very little. Beyond a point, the wealthwhich is meant to give happiness morphs intosomething else instead of protecting the individ-ual from the hardships of life, it often is the rea-son that the person needs protection. What doesremain, however, is the echo of our actions. Dogood without the sword of karma hanging overyou but because you have a heart that beats withcompassion. But not everyone believes that shar-ing what one has is good. The ability to give doesnot mean the same thing as the propensity togive; this is a basic human characteristic.

India is a poor country where the disparitybetween the rich and the poor is stark. We are adeveloping nation with third world problems, butgreed and apathy drive the so-called developednations as much as anywhere else. Researchershave found the dominant belief in India to bethat social development in society is either forlocal communities and families to handle, or elsea task for government to do. Altruistic giving forthe love of humanity is said to be one ofmankind’s noblest instincts. This instinct is notintrinsic to our molecular biology and is a social-ly acquired trait, which has resulted in humansbeing cognitive vastly different to other animalson the planet.

There is a difference, important for India,between charity, philanthropy and social invest-ment. Charity is the voluntary giving of money tothose in need, where the motive is compassionand the desire is to as immediately as possible,relieve distress. Philanthropy is for the transfor-mation of society, where there is long-term plan-ning by the altruist to identify, tackle and cure theills of society. Philanthropy has a wider societalpurpose than charity, which is more immediatelyameliorative. Indian philanthropy and charity,while lower than the proportionate GDP share ascompared with Western countries, is better thanmany of our neighbours. The mix of giving, how-ever, and the causes for which it is given do differ,as we also see in the vast differences between giv-ing in the United States and Britain.

Whatever be the means of giving and the typeof altruism a person might want, it seems impor-tant to be ‘intentional’ in one’s giving. Knowingwho would like to give to is important; otherwisewe run around doing good, but not doing right.Just because something sounds like it is a goodidea, does not make it so. Each person who wantsto help needs to identify the different spheres ofrelationships (and specific people who are inthose spheres) whom they wish to help.

Giving is made easier if you have information

about what and how the money will be used bythe organisation you give to. The importance ofinformed giving cannot be over-stressed. Thereare two reasons why a donor might give to a char-ity. Firstly, the charity might be fulfilling thedonor’s own desires and wishes. Secondly, thecharities themselves might have causes that theysupport and they active fundraise from donors forthese causes. In general, it is seen that donors whogive regularly are highly influenced by priorknowledge of or affiliation with a charity and areunlikely to respond to random advocacy or solici-tation. Prior knowledge and good communicationof its works and impact are highly desirable for acharitable organisation.

And finally, the most important question toanswer for altruists is what it means to have“impact” and why it matters. This is a difficultquestion to answer for different people will havedifferent definitions of impact. How to make adifference is a matter of your personal philosophy.

For some people, this may mean the number ofpeople whose lives you improve, and how muchyou improve them by. “Improving lives” could bethought of in terms of “increasing well-being”,treating everyone as equally valuable. Other altru-ists might want specific defined outcomes, andmeasures to ensure that those outcomes havebeen achieved.

Motivations, however, will differ. As we havelearned, altruistic behaviour is not inherently inour genes. It has to be learned. Fortunately, ourphysical frailties and the powers we gainedthrough language and the Cognitive Revolutionhave made us capable of societal structures and ofworking together. Altruism may not be in ourgenes, but it is very much part of what makes ushuman beings.

The writer is the co-author of the book, Why People Give: Interpreting Altruism,

along with her daughter Suhasini Vira

An account by a Kashmiri muslim,Bashir Assad's book provides an

insider and subaltern view of Kashmir

WhyWhypeoplepeoplegivegive

To give withoutexpecting anythingin return brings usthe biggestsatisfaction andinstills a sense ofinvolvement insociety, writesRATNA VIRA, as sheshares how deeplyaltruism isembedded in India

WHATEVER BE THEMEANS OF GIVINGAND THE TYPE OF

ALTRUISM A PERSONMIGHT WANT, IT

SEEMS IMPORTANTTO BE ‘INTENTIONAL’

IN ONE’S GIVING.KNOWING WHO

WOULD LIKE TO GIVETO IS IMPORTANT

You must think deeply aboutwhy you want to become aphilanthropist and what you

hope to achieve by giving. Doyou wish to volunteer your timeand expertise, do you want todonate money, or perhaps givegoods in kind? It is important torealise that every philanthropicjourney is different. Every motiva-tion, every mechanism, and everyinterest is unique. But there areperhaps learning from otherswho are experienced donors orhave explored philanthropy andthese learning can guide you inyour first steps in giving. And doremember that every contributionmatters. You matter.

When you first consider giv-ing, there are a large number ofcharitable causes that you maybe attracted to. The causes thatyou care about may be local, orthey may be part of a bigger, per-haps even global, issue. Somealtruists initially give to a numberof causes to see what makes adifference, while others want to

be more focussed and strategicin their philanthropy. Therefore,the first thing you need to do isdetermine your strategy and setyour guidelines. How muchmoney do you wish to give, doyou want to volunteer your time,is this a one-time activity or doyou wish to give repeatedly?These are some of the questionsthat you need to answer beforeyou begin your journey. You maywish to begin by looking at caus-es and issues that you are mostpassionate about. Also determinewhat you would not like to givefor, which is equally important.

Next, do your research.There are three possible startingplaces. The first could be to picka local charity, where you canpersonally visit and meet the peo-ple involved, remain associatedwith, and build a connect overtime. Reach out, as most NGOswill welcome your support.

A second approach is to lookwithin your immediate set of con-nections and spread the word

that you are looking for a reliableorganisation working within thecause or field that you have cho-sen. The word-of-mouth refer-ences you receive may broadenthe possible impact you mayhave. Thirdly, you may wish togive to reputed organisations thataggregate the donations andthereby create greater possibleimpact. Organisations such asGiveIndia, the Charities AidFoundation and Dasra (amongothers) are platforms that aggre-gate donations, provide ways foryou to give in a convenient way,conduct due diligence on thegrants they make to non-profitorganisations, and give feedbackthrough impact assessment stud-ies. These are reliable and easyways to contribute in a mannerthat will increase your chance ofmaking an impact.

Finally, remember that youshould not expect a return. Butstaying involved with your givingcan give you lasting satisfactionand enjoyment.

Getting started as a philanthropist

Remember to carry on the journey oflife dutifully as the Sun, engaged inneed based rightful karma

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books 09TRUMAN CAPOTE, AUTHOR OF IN COLDBLOOD, ONLY WROTE WHILE RECLININGON A SOFA. HE WROTE IN PENCIL WITH

ONE HAND AND USED HIS HAND TOSMOKE A CIGARETTE OR POUR A SHERRY Vijayawada, November 3, 2019

It is AD 3000. Hiding from theworld in a cave in MountKailash, Dawn encounters two strange beingson her sixteenth birthday. They urge the long-lost princess of Kashmir to fulfill the prophecyof fighting the Troika... As the only female leftin the world, Dawn will decide the fate of theUniverse. But can she unleash her body, mindand spirit and ignite the fiery cosmic power ofall the women who have ever lived? A sci-fi saga that reveals eternal truths as ittraverses the terrains of the Kashmir Valley-the birthplace of the greatest stories ever.

DAWN: THE WARRIORPRINCESS OF

KASHMIRRakesh K. KaulPenguin, `299

The Lacquered Curtain ofBurma is an account of theshaping of the historical,

social, cultural, religious, and political canvasof Burma (now Myanmar) by two powerfulevents: the British colonial conquest and theJapanese occupation of the country duringWorld War II. The book tries to show howthese influenced the dynamics of theBurmese and the ethnic communities—primarily the Karens.

THE LACQUEREDCURTAIN OF BURMAEugene LawrenceNiyogi Books, `495

A Gift of Grace simplifies GuruNanak’s core spiritual messagefor the modern reader. Part I ofthe book enunciates the spiritual foundationof the guru’s worldview and his cardinalreligious beliefs about the nature of God.Topics include bridging different stages ofthe spiritual journey, leading a virtuous life,living in harmony with the natural world, anddeveloping compassion and helpingothers.Japji Sahib is included in its entiretyin Part II of the book. All meditations arepresented in transliterated text, Englishtranslation, along with a brief commentary.

A GIFT OF GRACEDaler Aashna DeolNiyogi Books, `595

Bashir Assad’s book comes at anappropriate time, as it providesan insider and subaltern viewof Kashmir. He has first handexperience of the developments

in Kashmir for the past 30 years. In hisown words, he has lived the ideology ofMaududi Islam for three years, after hepassed class X. He has been associatedwith PDP founder Mufti MohammadSyed. And he has been following theevents in Kashmir, as a journalist, colum-nist and social activist. He has addressedthe issue of rising extremism in Kashmirand the role of mullahs, Jamat-e-Islami,local bureaucracy and politicians in rid-ing the frenzy, for retaining their socialand political relevance and for reapingeconomic benefits. The ‘conflict entrepre-neurs’ in the media, political elite, selfstyled authors, specialists and commenta-tors seek fame by writing whatever suitsthem,without having any understandingof the local language, culture, social psy-chology, historical-cultural characteristicsof Kashmiris.

Bashir provides a local and eye-wit-ness account of the phenomenon of reli-gious extremism in Kashmir. He has aptlysub-titled the book “The Conspiracy ofSilence”. He prefaces his book saying that“strategy, fear or conviction has bound allthe stake holders — mainstream politi-cians, separatists, media, civilians, VIPs orcommoner” in Kashmir not to speak thetruth. The fact is that the discourse onKashmir has been manipulated throughthe past 30 years by NGOs-foreign andforeign funded Indian ones, many acade-micians and media persons with a crazefor foreign jaunts and easy money. Suchfalsehood, fake news, propaganda andmedia lust for TRPs and scoops has onlyadded fuel to the fire. There has beeninsensitivity to the intricacies of the com-plex issue. That explains whyDoordarshan continued to telecast theprotest movements in the former SovietRepublics in late 1989 and early 1990, at atime when Kashmir was simmering.

Bashir is right in describing the cur-rent phase of Kashmir conflict as beingabout three Ms — Mosque, Mullah andMilitant. The uneducated clerics havesucceeded in injecting jihadism and hateIndia/hate Hindu ideology in the mindsof the youth. What is worse is that themoderate, educated Kashmiris are thesilent spectators to such a steep drift inKashmiri society. The author is right insaying that the Mullahs are mainlyBukharis, Andrabis, Muftis, Geelanis,Naqshbandis, Hamdanis etc., who consti-

tute just 3% of the Valley Muslim popula-tion, but occupy 35% of the governmentand private sector jobs. Here I would liketo point out that these 3% are not indige-nous Kashmiris, but are the descendantsof the Central Asian Syeds who migratedto Kashmir in medieval times. They haveall through history been more ambitiousand power seekers using religion as apedestal for their rise. They have alwayspropagated political Islam. Anotheraspect of the situation is that manyKashmiri Muslim Imams (of Ahl-e-Itiqadbeliefs) have since been replaced by fire-brand Imams from Deoband, UP, Biharand other places in India.

Bashir explains how the Islamists havecompletely transformed Kashmir. Thateven the parents of dead militants showno sign of grief and instead celebrate theirdeath as martyrdom, is indeed alarmingsituation. At some places, they have evenput henna plate on the coffin, in the beliefthat the dead militant would apply hennain heaven while meeting the hurs. Bashiris right in saying that the current militantviolence is not about independence or lib-eration, but is about jihad propagated byWahabis, Jamat-e-Islami, Ahl-e-Hadis etc.The fence sitting Kashmiris provide ideo-logical, theoretical and intellectual support

to the jihadi violence, coupled with thesupport base among a section of Indianmedia, academia and politicians, is evenmore dangerous.

Traditional Sufi Islam and Sufishrines have been described as un-Islamic. Arabisation of personal names,institutions, local language and culturehas been going on for over four decadesnow. Wahabis, Tablighees and Jamaatisare competing in establishing mosquesand madrassas. Kashmiri customs andrituals have been replaced by Arabic cul-ture and mannerisms. Distortion ofKashmir history, culture and Islamisationof ancient place names has been done amassive scale. The concept of IslamicCaliphate and Nizam-e-Mustafa has takendeep roots. As Bashir has put it,“Radicalism in Kashmir has produced amindset that can best be described asfinding life in death”. After killing fewhundred and hounding out the entireKashmiri Pandit minority community ofover 4,00,000 people, thousands of politi-cal workers, panchayat members etc.belonging to National Conference,Congress and other parties have beenkilled. Thousands of activists have beenforced to give up their political activities.

It is ironical that the mullahs who

take the lead in ideological war and hatecampaign, do not send their children tojoin militancy. Bashir quotes from thefindings of a survey conducted acrossKashmir, that “not a single mullah or hischildren participated in protests, demon-stration or stone-pelting”. They use themedia to shout against the alleged Indianatrocities in Kashmir. Revenue, education,police and other departments of the Statehave been heavily penetrated by theJamat-e-Islami activists. That the teachersof the Jamat-e-Islami organisation Falah-e-Am Trust were absorbed in the Stateeducation department, only explains theconnivance and mindset of the localauthorities. Retired bureaucrats,whothrived on corruption while in service,seek social legitimacy by taking refuge inthe mosque and by spearheading the nar-rative of religious frenzy.

Bashir Assad has written about therole of Mufti Syed, with whom he wasassociated for some time. When MuftiSyed was PCC President, Jamat-e-Islamiwas given five seats in the March 1972elections. Mufti nurtured Jamat and itsMaududi Islam, as he wanted to erode thepopularity of Sheikh Abdullah’s NationalConference. Bashir has rightly stated thatwith Mufti’s tacit approval, some temples

and Pandit properties were set ablaze in1986 in Bijbehara, Anantnag, Shopianand Sopore. That Pran Nath, Advocate,also of Anantnag slapped Mufti on thisissue, is news to me. Bashir is right in say-ing that “Mufti is the only common linkbetween 1986 vandalisation and 1990exodus of Kashmiri Pandits”. However,this critical juncture of Kashmir history,has been left by Bashir as a matter of fur-ther investigation. He has stated thatJagmohan assumed office of Governor on19 January 1990 at Jammu. But then howcome, all mosques across the Valleyshouted slogans demanding Nizam-e-Mustafa and ouster of Kashmiri Panditssans their women folk on the night of 19January 1990. Again, who organised thehouse searches in Kashmir around thesame time. The blame for KPs exodus hasbeen often laid on Jagmohan, who isalleged to have provided amenities for theflight. But my personal experience andalso of my kith and kin, who are now liv-ing in Jammu, is that we tried to stay put.My family left our village at Galwanporaon 14 May 1990, after our neighboursadvised us to leave in the dead of night.Same is true of others,who could not eveninform their brothers, sisters and neigh-bours about their flight. They used earli-

est opportunity to flee as soon as theyfound some transport. All the fleeingKashmiri Pandits believed that theywould return to their homes, soon afternormalcy is restored. But it is now 30years, that Kashmiri Pandits are still liv-ing in exile. One older generation haspassed away in their endless and agonis-ing wait for return to their homes.Meanwhile their houses, landed proper-ties, business and educational institutionshave been burnt, looted, occupied andusurped through distress sale and fraudu-lent mutations, notwithstanding the exis-tence of the State law prohibiting the saleof migrant properties. Only time will tell,if and when this gruesome tragedy of thishapless minority will be redressed. Toconclude, the book by Bashir Assad is arefreshing and local Kashmiri Muslimaccount based on his personal experi-ences. It is a welcome departure from theusual rhetoric parroted to legitimise andbolster the separatists and extremists. Allthose interested in Kashmir affairs will dowell to read this book.

The reviewer is a Senior Fellow, NehruMemorial Museum and Library, New

Delhi and editor, Himalayan and CentralAsian Studies

An account by a local Kashmiri Muslim based on his experiences, Bashir Assad’s book is a departurefrom the usual rhetoric parroted to legitimise and bolster the separatists, writes PROF K WARIKOO

K FILE:THE CONSPIRACYOF SILENCE

Bashir Assad, Vitasta, `495

An insight into the Kashmir rhetoric

The first time menstrua-tion became a subject ofdiscussion was whenthe issue of women

worshipping at Sabarimalacropped up as part of the litiga-tion in the Supreme Court.Women of child bearing agewere not allowed to enter theholy shrine of Sabarimala, thepilgrimage centre situated in theforests of Western Ghats inKerala. The presiding deity isLord Ayyappa who has manymanifestations. There are otherAyyappa Temples in Keralawhere women could enter andworship. Since the temple inSabarimala has the presidingdeity in the form of aBrahmachari, it has been a for-bidden place of worship forwomen in the age group of 10 to60. It was the rationalists andatheists in the state of Keralawho came out challenging thislaw and approached the courtfor permission to visit the holyshrine. It is also interesting tonote that there were no believersamong the plaintiffs who hadthe tacit support of a majorpolitical party in the state.

Well, this much as a preludeto the book “The SabarimalaConfusion — MenstruationAcross Cultures: A HistoricalPerspective” authored by NithinSridhar, who has written on top-ics like spirituality, religion, cul-ture, politics, ecology and socialissues. This is the first attemptof its kind to explain the socialand cultural nuances associatedwith women cycle. Going backto my childhood, I remembermy mother temporarily shiftingher place of residence from ourancestral home to her sister’shouse for four days during theSabarimala season when mygrand father observes the 41-day customary rituals as a pre-lude to his trip to the holyshrine. There was an unwrittenrule that the Ayyappa devoteeshould not come face to facewith women while the latterwould be menstruating. I hadnever heard any rumblings orgrouse that women were dis-criminated against because of

menstruation. It was a practicewhich has been followed forcenturies.

Sridhar has brought outissues and concerns related tomenstruation from India’s cul-tural and historical perspectives.He has quoted from the Vedasand elaborated the menstrua-tion notions in Abrahamic reli-gions and ancient Western civil-isations. While quoting fromIndia’s rich cultural past, theauthor reiterates the stance thatthere would be prosperity andhappiness only in places wherewomen are accorded respect.

A girl child graduates intothe big league of womanhoodonce she starts getting her men-strual periods. The Brahminsare known by another name,

Dwijan which literally meansthat a he is a person who hasgot a second birth after comingout of mother’s womb. All areborn as mere human beings inthis world, but it is the karma(deeds) and dharma whichmakes a person a true Brahmin.Wearing the sacred thread alonedoes not entitle him to be aBrahmin. Same is the case witha teenaged girl who gets herperiods with which she becomesa woman. The rituals associatedwith the girl reaching puberty isthe Indian way of celebratingwomanhood. In South India,especially in Tamil Nadu andKerala, the event is celebratedwith gaiety. The seclusion or theso-called separation from otherfamily members during the four

days is an act of respectbestowed on the girl, says theVedic scriptures.

It is these references whichhave been distorted by the radi-cals, liberals and leftists whoorganised MenstruationFestivals all over Kerala in theaftermath of Sabarimala contro-versy. One of the topics whichwas discussed in the 2019Literary Festival at Kozhikodewas “Some thoughts onMenstruation Days”!

Sridhar has also referred toexplanations given in Ayurvedaabout the dos and don’ts duringmenstruation. The four days of“forced cooling off ” period andthe next five to seven days are amust for all menstruatingwomen to ensure their health

and well being.While Judaism has lot of

similarities with the Indian out-look on this topic, it cannot besaid that other Abrahamic reli-gions have the same perspective.The Jews observe the restric-tions during menstruation tomake sure that the women’shealth remains perfect so thatthey give birth to healthy andintelligent children.

An important observationmade by KanthapuramAbubacker Musliyaar, the GrandMufti of India, justifyingMuslim men’s rights to havefour wives at a time is worthrecalling. “It is to make sure thathe does not go to other womenduring the menstrual period ofhis wife that a Muslim is

allowed to have four wives at atime,” the Musliyaar said in atelevision interview. But he didnot have any answer to a ques-tion posed by B M Suhara, aMuslim writer, that what wouldhappen if all the four wives havetheir menstruation during thesame periods. The Sabarimalaissue even gave rise to a series ofMenstruation Festivals acrossKerala!

Though the topic of men-struation is something personalto the individuals, Sridhar hasdone a wonderful job by por-traying it with all its serious-ness. A good effort by him at atime when new wave movies arealso being made on menstrua-tion and its implications in thesociety!

Menstruation and cultureThrough his book, Nithin Sridhar has brought out issues and concerns related tomenstruation from India's cultural and historical perspectives, says KUMAR CHELLAPPAN

THE SABARIMALACONFUSION: MENSTRUATION

ACROSS CULTURESNithin Sridhar, Vitasta, `895

NEWARRIVALS

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tech 10Vijayawada, November 3, 2019

AN INVESTIGATION BY VICE REVEALED A ‘NATIONWIDESCAM' ON AIRBNB — A PLATFORM THAT RELIES HUGELY ON

TRUST — CONSISTING OF A NETWORK OF FAKE HOSTS IN THE USWHO USED PHONY LISTINGS TO COLLECT THOUSANDS OF

DOLLARS FROM PEOPLE WHO CAME TO STAY AT THE PLACE

RUMOURS OF SAMSUNGGALAXY S10 LITE UNIT GROW STRONG

There have been strong rumoursthat Samsung has beenworking on a Samsung Galaxy

S10 Lite in the past. Thissmartphone was rumoured to be aslightly toned-down version of theGalaxy S10 but we didn't have a lotof information about it. A Samsungphone was recently spotted onGeekbench's database that bears anSM-G770F model number and isthought to be the upcoming S10Lite, as reported on gadgets.ndtv.

Mi NOTE 10 LIKELY TO BE LAUNCHED ON NOVEMBER 14

Mi Note 10 may be making itsofficial debut on November14, a teaser posted by

Xiaomi Poland on its officialFacebook page has hinted, asreported on gadgets.ndtv.Additionally, the company hasshared a teaser on its Weibo pagethat has revealed the presence of5,260mAh battery in Mi CC9 Pro, ofwhich the Mi Note 10 is believed tobe the global version. Mi CC9 Pro isset to be unveiled on November 5,however Xiaomi is yet to announcethe Mi Note 10 launch date.

MOTO 360 COMES BACK AS OS SMARTWATCH WITH FULLY CIRCULAR DISPLAY

The original Moto 360 which made waves when itwas introduced in 2014 is being resurrected andthis time it will be made by a company named

eBuyNow, gadgets.ndtv has reported. A significantdifference is that the new one is that it features afully circular display, without the flat tire look designchoice the original Moto 360 adopted. The Moto 360was one of the most attractive looking smartwatchesavailable in the market back then when it waslaunched way back in 2014. It was the first AndroidWear watch with a round case. The new Moto 360will go up for pre-orders next month viaMoto360.com, and will be put on sale in December.

FUJIFILM INSTAX MINI LIPLAYHYBRID INSTANT CAMERALAUNCHED IN THREE COLOURS

Fujifilm has launched its hybrid instant camera inIndia called the Instax Mini LiPlay. It combinesthe features of a digital point-and-shoot camera

and an instant printer, in a single device, as reportedon gadgets.ndtv. It features an LCD display, aSoundRecord feature, and a remote shootingfunction with the help of the smartphone app. Thecamera is now available in India at a retail price ofRs. 13,799 and comes in three colours, withdifferent finishes — Blush Gold, Elegant Black, andStone White. The Fujifilm Instax Mini LiPlay featuresa 1/5-inch CMOS sensor with a 5-megapixelresolution and a f/2 aperture.

XIAOMI WATCH DESIGN REVEALED,TO FEATURE CELLULAR, GPS, ANDNFC CONNECTIVITY

Just a day after revealing that it is working on asmartwatch, Xiaomi has offered the first glimpseof the device to the world, as reported on

gadgets.ndtv. Sporting a design that seems inspiredby Apple Watch, the Xiaomi Watch, or whatever thefinal branding of the smartwatch is, will be offered inBlack and Silver colour options. Mijia, which is a partof Xiaomi ecosystem and seems to be themanufacturer of Xiaomi Watch, has also sharedsome details about the smartwatch. A Weibo post byXiaomi CEO Lei Jun showcases the upcomingXiaomi Watch. Jun has also noted that XiaomiWatch will be offered in Black and Silver colours.

oogle recentlylaunched thePixel 4 series,and with it

came new softwareand hardware fea-

tures. The mostexciting of

these are themotion

sensingfea-

tures, which largely make use ofthe Soli radar chip on the newdevices. One of these features is‘screen attention’, which keepsthe screen on when the devicedetects that a user is looking atit, overriding the timer thatwould have put the phone onstandby after a pre-determinedperiod of time, gadgets.ndtv hasreported. This feature won’t becoming to older Google Pixelsmartphones, according to anew report.

Screen attention isn’t a newfeature in the larger scheme ofthings, with various smart-

phone makers includingSamsung implementing

similar features onphones for some years

now. According to areport by Android

Police, the fea-ture doesn’t

even seemto use the

Soliradar

chip on the Pixel 4 series,instead relying on the

front camera to detectif a user is looking

at the screen. Ifthis is the case,

it’s simply amatter of a

softwareupdate

to

bring the feature to olderGoogle Pixel devices.

Android Police reached out toGoogle to find out if this couldhappen, and Google confirmedthat it doesn’t have any plans tobring the feature to older Pixelphones ‘for now’. This comesacross as a bit strange, since it’ssomething that could easily beimplemented on older devices.

Google’s Pixel 4 series smart-phones have been faced withcriticism in India, where thedevices have not been launched

due to spectrum licensingissues for the Soli radar

chip. The series has seenlimited success due to

the pricing and thewide availability of

more affordabledevices that are

perceived tobe better

value.

AirPods Pro ‘impractical'and ‘uneconomical’ torepair, claims iFixit

irPods Pro debuted ear-lier this week as theupgrade to the existingAirPods with active

noise cancellation. While thereare significant design changes inthe new AirPods model overwhat we saw earlier, they are asbad as their predecessors whenit comes to repairability, asreported on gadgets.ndtv. A tear-down conducted by iFixit high-lights that the AirPods Proheadphones come with a “glued-together design” that makesthem “impractical” and “uneco-nomical” to repair. This soundssimilar not just to the first-gen-eration AirPods but also sec-ond-generation, AirPods 2 thatwere unveiled back in March.

The teardown by iFixit showsthat there are several designchanges in the AirPods Pro over

the earlier AirPods versions.The battery on the new model isglued just under the earpiece.Instead of a long battery pack,the AirPods Pro include a but-ton cell, similar to what’s avail-able on the Samsung GalaxyBuds. The earbuds also includea mysterious black rectanglechip that could be the force sen-sor. Under its case, the AirPodsPro have a battery withincreased capacity from1.52Whr to 1.98Whr featuredon the earlier model.

However, Apple doesn’tunderline any changes in termsof battery life. The new model istouted to deliver the same fivehours of listening time or 4.5hours with active noise cancella-tion. The case of the AirPodsPro is also found to be an as“tough nut to crack”.

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WhatsApp getsfingerprint lockfeature onandroid, monthsafter iPhone

hatsApp announcedthe launch ofFingerprint Lock forAndroid. With the

move, the Facebook-ownedcompany is finally bringingbiometric authentication tothe Android app, with iPhoneusers enjoying both Touch ID(fingerprint recognition) andFace ID (facial recognition)since February this year. With the feature now,Android users can now havethe application lock automati-cally, and unlock only withtheir fingerprint, as reportedon gadgets.ndtv.

This new move comes at atime WhatsApp is makingheadlines in the media thanksto a recent hack, and its fall-out including a lawsuitagainst spyware-maker NSO

Group alleged to have madethe hack possible.

Just like the Touch ID fea-ture enabled for iPhone users,WhatsApp for Android userscan now choose to lock theapp – with their fingerprintsas authentication to unlock itthereafter.

Users can also choose howmuch time the app will auto-matically lock in, from imme-diately after closing, to after 1minute, and after 30 minutes.

Users will also be able tochoose whether the content oftheir messages will be visiblein notifications, including thesender of the message.

To turn WhatsAppFingerprint Lock for Androidon, users will have to visitSettings > Account > Privacy> Fingerprint lock.

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Also, loginfrom multipledevices at thesame time

hatsApp features arepossibly one of themost awaited com-pared to other popular

apps. The company is nowworking on a feature throughwhich users will be able to usethe same WhatsApp accounton more than one device.

At present, WhatsAppaccounts can be used only onedevice at a time. WhileWhatsApp offers seamlesstransition of accounts andphone numbers, it restrictsusage to only one device.

This means that users willbe able to use WhatsApp onan iPhone and an iPad at thesame time. The only multi-platform usability availablenow is with WhatsApp Weband your smartphone. Thisstill has restrictions asWhatsApp requires yourphone to have a stable internetconnection and it should alsobe nearby the desktop.

As with every WhatsAppfeature, there is no word onwhen it will be rolled out or ifit will even release at all.

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Google Pixel 4's screen attention feature not coming to older pixel devices

1/2 hrof Netflixleads toemissions of1.6 kg of CO2equivalent

ovie nights once requireddriving to the local videostore to rent, rewind andreturn the latest blockbuster.

Now on-demand video contentproviders offer countless binge-wor-thy options at the touch of a finger.

But experts say the ease ofstreaming services comes with ahefty environmental price tag.

Watching a half-hour show wouldlead to emissions of 1.6 kilogramsof carbon dioxide equivalent, saidMaxime Efoui-Hess of French thinktank the Shift Project.

That’s equivalent to driving 3.9miles (6.28 kilometres), as reportedin the Livemint.

Last year, online video streamingproduced emissions equivalent toSpain and that amount may doublein the next six years, according tothe Shift Project.

While most of the online traffic(34 percent) is related to streamingvideos, on Netflix, Amazon Prime,and Hulu, for example, the nextbiggest sector is online porn.

“Digital videos come in very largefile sizes and (are) getting biggerwith each new generation of higherdefinition video,” said Gary Cook ofGreenpeace, which monitors the ITsector's energy footprint.

“More data equals more energyneeded to maintain a system that isready to stream this video to yourdevice at a moment’s notice,” Cooktold AFP.

Much of the energy needed forstreaming services is consumed bythe data centre, which delivers datato your computer or device,explained Cook.

The centres contribute about 0.3percent of all carbon emissions,

according to anarticle by Nature.

“For energy con-sumption to stay flatfor the next five to 10years, significant improve-ment in IT equipment anddata centre energy performancemust be made or our appetite forcomputations must diminish,” saidDale Sartor of the Center ofExpertise for Data Centers, linkedto the US Department of Energy.

Anders Andrae of HuaweiTechnologies told AFP he estimatedthey would consume as much as 4.1percent of global electricity by 2030.

Web-based video traffic is expect-ed to increase four times from 2017to 2022 and account for 80 percent

ofallinter-net trafficby 2022,according tothe CISCONetwork.

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Inferiority and self-doubt may be preventing you fromleading a healthy life. Re-evaluate your feelings andlook for ways to improve your health conditions. Taketime off and work towards an improved lifestyle,nutrition and work-life balance. On the career front,travel, transfer/job change is indicated. Some of youmay be planning to change your job or start a newventure. Even though things have been lousy in yourjob for the past some time, there is every reason forhope and positive anticipation. On the personal front,warmth, care and concern for each other at home andin loving relationship is indicated. Those looking for aromantic partner will meet someone of their choice attheir workplace.

Lucky number 2Lucky colour GreenLucky day Tuesday

ARIES March 21-April 19

This week you will be full of life and over worked, at thesame time. Your strategy to show others that you aredifferent from them may give stress. Weigh your mentaland emotional situations as well. As always, you hold thekey to your health and vitality. You will also enjoy abalance in body, mind and soul. Professionally, you willtry to please others and keep on rocking the boat. Anyinitiative or action you feel inclined to take may lead to apositive outcome for you. Make strategies to get moreoutputs and productive results. Those seeking jobs, findyour interest and potentials for a right career. On thepersonal front, it is a favourable time for developing yourrelationship with parents and other relatives. Take sometime out to spend quality time with family members.

Lucky number 14Lucky colour PinkLucky day Thursday

TAURUS April 20-May 20

You need to be practical when it comes to health.Emotions run high. Listen to the voice of the body andnot the heart. Restrict your craving for sweet. Thepositive energy within you will help you make the rightchoices. You will find time to rejuvenate self.Professionally, you may be moving to a new position ortake on a new set of responsibilities. Promotion, hike insalary or business profit is on the cards. Those inbusiness will find money coming in. You would be in aposition to pay off your debts and even share yourwealth with those less fortunate than you. This weekexpect to harmonise your relationship with someonewho had offended you in the past. Happiness,contentment in all relations is on the cards.

Lucky number 8Lucky colour RedLucky day Monday

GEMINI May 21-June 20

Make health your first priority. At the moment, yourhealth is not as good as you would like it to be. At thesame time, you are not doing bad either. Be gratefulfor what you have. Slow down and take it easy.Pushing yourself when you are too tired can causeillness or injury. On the career front, you are ready totake on any challenge. You are creative andenterprising. Those who have applied for a job, mayget an interview call this week. An overseas projectthat you have been aspiring for, may come your way.Or you may be sent to foreign land as a representativeby your company. In the matters of heart, a betterunderstanding needs to be developed. Let go of thepast and clear your doubts through healthy discussion.

Lucky number 22Lucky colour CoralLucky day Sunday

CANCER June 21-July 22

Break the monotony. Have some time of your own.Health-wise, this is the right time to take on Yoga,Pranayam and meditation.Once you do, you will findnegativity in you turn into positivity and make you amuch better person. On the career-front, a good news ison the cards. Someone’s advice will come in handy intackling a complicated issue. Those in export-importbusiness will bag a big deal. You will make contacts withthe people abroad, travelling, new association andassignment done in this period will prove fruitful to you.On the emotional front, something undesirable is likely tohappen. You may lose your cool of mind in the nitty-gritty of situations and strenuous relationships. Keepyour calm.

Lucky number 23Lucky colour Pastel colorsLucky day Wednesday

VIRGO Aug 23-Sep 22

You will feel hale and hearty and filled with an abundantenergy and vitality this week. Your body, mind and soul arein perfect harmony. You are focused, concentrated andknow what you want from life. In order to be free fromstress, you need to balance professional and personalcommitments. On the career front, you are leaving nopending work. To those of you who have started a newbusiness or job recently, there may be a cause of worry.You are on a lookout for some strategies, gimmicks tomake your venture a super success. Ask questions andpractice active listening to make sure that you and yourco-workers understand each other perfectly. Patience iscalled for. On the personal front, try to deal with your lovedones with patience and care.

Lucky number 13Lucky colour WhiteLucky day Saturday

LIBRA Sep 23-Oct 22

Neglecting your health at this point is not advisable. Youshould be attentive physically and mentally. Nurture yourbody, care for it and feed it with natural food. Junk, non-vegetarian diet should be avoided. Rescheduling yourwork agenda and taking time out for yourself is on thecards. On the career front, an increase in salary andpromotion for those who are already in a job andfinancial gains in business is indicated. Those who are inmedia, finance, and artwork will do well this week. Useyour inner power, communication skills and wisdom. Inyour personal life, you will witness some ups and downsthis week. Serious differences with spouse might takeplace. In this period, you need to infuse more creativityand imagination in your life and important relationship.

Lucky number 30Lucky colour Pastel GreenLucky day Monday

SCORPIO Oct 23-Nov 21

Build your sense of security and confidence to dissolveall doubts and fears. Balance in every aspect of life isrequired. Take care of your diet, exercise, andrelaxation. This is a good week to create room forsomething better in your professional life. Dedication towork and commitment will pay you rich dividends.Promotion/recognition/desired posting/transfer forsome is indicated. Travel will be rewarding. On therelationship front, be careful about escalating anunimportant issue with your partner withoutunderstanding the full scope of the matter. Things maycome to head because of a misunderstanding. Stopbeing too formal on the romantic front, it may keep youfrom expressing your true feelings.

Lucky number 15Lucky colour GoldenLucky day Friday

AQUARIUS Jan 20-Feb 18

Negativity within may make you pessimistic. Mentalhealth needs attention. This is a great time for reading,healing, or seeking inputs from spiritual types. You aremore psychically open than usual; pay attention to yourthoughts and feelings, and flashes of information thatcome seemingly out of nowhere. At work, there might bea fortunate end to a valuable project or venture. Yourefforts and those of your partners will bring positiveresults. Be careful on the financial front. Postpone theinvestment; curtail your expenditure as this will help youto maintain balance. In terms of your personal life, payadequate attention to domestic issues. Strike the rightbalance. A fresh start is indicated. This is a positive periodfor your love life.

Lucky number 17Lucky colour CopperLucky day Tuesday

PISCES Feb 19-March 20

Gearing up for something big is very likely this week.You feel enthusiastic and adventurous to take lifechallenges with full spirit. Your concern for health ispaying you rich dividends now. Your positive mindsetand cheerfulness will add charm to your personality. Onthe professional front, you have to use your ownjudgment, instead of blindly following orders to remainon the right track. Something planned meticulously islikely to take off smoothly if you go with the flow anddon’t target anyone with your goals. Better if you face thechallenges with a cool mind. Those appearing for jobinterview are likely to get success. On the personal level,someone’s quiet and subtle ways are likely to bowl youover in a romantic way.

Lucky number 24Lucky colour GreenLucky day Saturday

CAPRICORN Dec 22-Jan 19

Be strict and draw a line in certain health-related matters.No compromise should be made on the health front.Spiritual influence directly or indirectly is needed to bringbalance in life. Your casual attitude may result in seasonalailments. Be cautious of cold, cough, constipation, bowelsyndrome and weight issues. At work, you must notimpose restrictions on yourself. Be careful in yourcommunication with your colleagues. Those appearing foran interview or competitive exam will taste success.Relationship wise, this week is not good for those whoare single. Make peace with someone, who seems to beagainst you. You need to re-introduce trust and find a wayof freeing yourself from suspicion and mistrust, lest, youmight create tension in a loving relationship.

Lucky number 10Lucky colour TurquoiseLucky day Friday

LEO July 23-Aug 22

Health is good this week. Those who are awaiting testresults, it’s time to celebrate. A small course ofmedication will help cure a health concern. Increase yourintake of liquids, juices and fibrous food in diet. Yourspouse or well-wishers will be very supportive. You mayjoin a health club, or yoga and meditation centre withthem. Career-wise, the week is good. New opportunitiesare on the horizon, making you hopeful about the future.You may find yourself financially secure through somegood investment decisions. A prestigious assignment isyours if you play your cards right. Those who are singlemay expect a romantic and influential partner enter yourlife. Existing relations will radiate with warmth andaffection.

Lucky number 19Lucky colour MagentaLucky day Thursday

SAGITTARIUS Nov 22-Dec 21

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AHEADMADHU KOTIYA

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tarot 11THE KEY TO THE WORLD ISTHE KEY TO YOUR SELF AND

THE KEY TO YOURSELF IS THEKEY TO THE WORLD

— IVA KENAZ Vijayawada, November 3, 2019

Festive season is yet not over. It endsup today with the conclusion ofChhath festival, observed in Bihar

and the adjoining areas of Eastern UttarPradesh, which the migrating peoplehave carried along almost all across.This festival is dedicated to the Sun, theprime illuminator and life giver.Subjecting themselves to austere mea-sures, the devout make offerings in rev-erence, first to the setting Sun and thento the rising Sun.

Unlike other festivities that are cele-brated in deference to some mythologi-cal story, the devout try to directly har-ness nature’s Shaktis (creative energies)that hold the key to our dynamic exis-tence. It is interesting to note thatfemales of the household sing in praiseof what they term as Chhathi maiyaduring this festivity. Remember, inIndian mythological tradition, all formsof Shakti are symbolised by motherlyforms. For, mother with all resources inhand bears and nourishes a child self-lessly.

The occasion reminds us about thecontinuum existent in the life cycle. Asyou know, the Sun never sets, it justmoves towards the other part of the

globe, and so it goes out of sight. It con-tinues its patronage even during nightthrough its light reflected by Moon.Bear in mind; life doesn’t meet its finalend with death. It is just the gross bodythat disintegrates. The jeevatma (theessence of life) stays put, though inac-cessible for want of a gross body. After alapse of time, the jeevatma reincarnateswith a fresh form in all strength. It car-ries along all the Karmic imprints fromthe past, which sets the trends of theemerging life.

The setting Sun is worshiped,because it has selflessly provided uswith the energies necessary to dischargeour activities. Even Sun’s absence atnight is purposeful, as it makes youretire for the day, relax, get rejuvenated,and wake up in all strength with thedawn of the Sun. Remember, the seedsplanted in the dark realms of the earthmass gets nurtured there for a specifiedperiod before it could emerge as a fruitbearing tree. So, in Indian perception,darkness is not taken negatively, ratherit is accepted as a necessary phase ofcreativity.

Bear in mind; nature with its firepower, which is identified with the Sun,

makes provisions for food in all formsthat sustains life. The food is offered tothe fire within, which keeps its flamealive, in turn, providing us with vitalsnecessary for our existence. All fooditems are perishable but recyclable. Ifout of greed you hoard them for long,they will perish and become useless. So,with a sense of detachment, the devoutsymbolically offer food items first to thesetting Sun, and then to the rising Sun,carrying the hope that it will help pro-duce the food items again out of itsseed. After the puja concludes, fooditems are shared with those around asprasada. This makes me recall MahatmaGandhi’s words: Nature provides us withenough to sustains ourselves but can’tsatisfy even an individual’s greed.

The emerging message is to carryon the journey of life dutifully as theSun, engaged in need-based rightfulkarma. You may then be rememberedeven post death with a sense of rever-ence, as is Mahatma Gandhi. And inindividualised sense, you reap the bene-fits of carrying on seeds of good karmaduring the next life. Second, your greed-based actions may derail you as the foodstored for long perishes. And goodkarma provides you with enough toenjoy a fulfilling with ease.

Karma finds reflection in the ongo-ing life as well, as it recently happenedto a greed driven young man, who gottrapped in in his illusory dream percep-tions, as would the Moon placedadverse to mischievous Neptune mean.He wished to become quick rich by tak-ing recourse to off the track means, as isindicated by the Sun ill-disposed off toUranus.

Added to that was his swaggeringego, coming as it may with the Sunplaced adverse to Jupiter, which did notallow him to look beyond for a realitycheck. Pursuing his desire to amasshuge wealth applying short cut method,he fell into a debt trap. Finance indicat-ing Venus placed adverse to debilitatedMars, which, being tenanted in the 8thhouse identified with difficulties, madehim vulnerable to become a victim ofhis own making. Consequently, he gotimprisoned recently as would Rahu’sassociation to the 12th, 8th, and 3rdhouses imply. And the result is there tosee.

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Rafael Nadal pulled out of theParis Masters with an abdom-

inal injury just minutes before thescheduled start of his semi-finalagainst Denis Shapovalov onSaturday, and admitted his partic-ipation at the ATP Tour Finals isin doubt. Canadian youngsterShapovalov will face NovakDjokovic in today’s final in theFrench capital.Second seed Nadalcould have secured the year-endworld number one ranking aheadof Djokovic by winning the Bercytitle this week.

“It’s a super sad moment forme,” he said. “I have been enjoy-ing a lot during the whole tour-nament, having fun on court...

“(I was) in a round that putme in a position that I was fight-ing for big things here.”

Djokovic had beaten GrigorDimitrov 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 in the firstsemi-final, but with an expectantcrowd waiting in their seats for thesecond last-four match, it wasannounced that Nadal was out ofthe tournament. The 19-timeGrand Slam champion will takeover from Djokovic at the top ofthe world rankings next week,despite missing out on the chanceto win a maiden title at Bercy.

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HARSHIT BISHT n NEW DELHI

Already a proven successfulleader in Indian PremierLeague with Mumbai

Indians winning four titles underhis leadership, Indian limited-overs vice-captain Rohit Sharma isall set to captain young Men in Blueside which will be without regularskipper Virat Kohli (rested), in thefirst game of the three-matchTwenty 20 International seriesagainst Bangladesh here at ArunJaitley stadium (formerly FerozShah Kotla ground) today.

Already under much spotlightdue to poor weather conditions inthe National Capital Region, thematch will bring a fresh set of chal-lenge for both the sides, as the vis-itors will miss the services of worldnumber two all-rounder (No 1 inODIs) Shakib Al Hasan, who wasbanned by the ICC for two years(one year suspended) for notreporting corrupt approaches froman alleged Indian bookie during theIndian Premier League (IPL) justa day before the team was about toleave for the tour.

For India, it’s a chance to workout a strategy to do well when itbats first. The team managementhas identified this as an issue sinceif the top order fails, the middleorder does not inspire much con-fidence, and team’s batting coachVikram Rathour mentioned thisduring press meet after team’s firstpractice session on Friday.

“In the last series, we deliber-ately batted first in one gamewhich we lost. That’s one area weneed to work on. We need to batbetter when we bat first. We chasepretty well,” explained Rathour.

And this is something Rohitand his young lads would like thechange in the upcoming threegames against the Tigers, who arestill in search of a first win againstIndia in the shortest format of thegame.

The series is going to be thefirst time when these two Asiansides will face each other in thebilateral series, previously playingeight games (three each in T20World Cup and Nidahas trophy2018, while two games were playedin Dhaka during 2016 Asia Cup).

And to maintain the unbeatenstreak of eight games even after thisseries, the onus will be on the skip-per Rohit Sharma, who would liketo continue his ace form aftermaking memorable debut as Testopener against South Africa (529runs in four innings) in the recent-ly concluded three-match series.While his limited-overs openingpartner and local boy ShikharDhawan will also look to find his

form back after a below-par perfor-mance against South Africa and inVijay Hazare tournament.

In the absence of Virat Kohli,the middle order looks a bit inex-perienced but in form of ShreyasIyer, Manish Pandey, Sanju Samson,KL Rahul and local lad RishabhPant there is still a lot of firepow-ers present in the line-up.

Also, the inclusion of hard-hit-ting all-rounders like KrunalPandya, Washington Sundar androokie Shivam Dube adds varietyand strength to the long line up.

Even though the pace bowlingdepartment looks a bit thin withKhaleel Ahmed, Shardul Thakurand Deepak Chahar being thethree frontline seamers, who com-bined have the experience of just 22international T20 games altogeth-er. The series will give them achance to put their case forward fora place in T20 World Cup squadwhich is scheduled to take place ayear from now in Australia.

There are still around 20matches India will play beforenext year’s tourney but the team

management has said that it wouldprefer to identify the core of theteam without much tinkering.

Considering the same, it is timefor these youngsters, includingspin all-rounder WashingtonSundar, to make a case for them-selves.

The series will also provide anopportunity for leg-spinnerYuzvendra Chahal to earn back hisplace in the Indian side.

Getting limited opportunitiesthis year has put brakes on his career

which at one time soared in thecompany of Kuldeep Yadav.

With Chahal likely to be pre-ferred for usually low-slow Kotlasurface, an off-spinner inWashington Sundar will be a moreuseful option than fielding leg spin-ner Rahul Chahar.

The team may not field twowrist spinners and Sundar’s superi-or batting ability gives him an edge.

As for the visitors, they will bedesperate to find maiden win againstthe continental neighbours which

looks a bit tricky in the absence ofShakib and Tamim Iqbal but thepresence of seasoned campaignerslike Liton Das, Soumya Sarkar,Mushfiqur Rahim and newlyappointed T20 skipperMahmudullah Riyad in the battingline up and Mustafizur Rahman inthe bowling unit give them an out-side hope of producing a big setback.

SPRINGBOKS WWIN TTHIRD WWORLD CCUPYokohama: South Africa stunned pre-matchfavourites England 32-12 with a brutally effectiveforward display to win their third World Cup onSaturday. The Springboks' victory was built on acolossal performance by their powerhouse packthat allowed fly-half Handre Pollard to kick sixpenalties before Makazole Mapimpi's 66th-minutetry — the first the Springboks had scored in aWorld Cup final. Fit-again fellow flyer Cheslin Kolbethen crossed from the other wing to put the resultbeyond doubt and set off celebrations for the SouthAfrican public. Victory ensured the Springboksmade it three wins from three World Cup final.

MEIRABA CCLINCHES KKOREA JJR TTITLENew Delhi: Maisnam Meiraba Luwang lived up tohis top billing as he clinched the boys' singles U-19title at the Woncheon Yonex Korea Junior OpenInternational Challenge 2019 in Miryang, Korea onSaturday. The top seed from Manipur needed just36 minutes to brush aside the challenge of 15thseed Lee Hak Joo of Korea in a 21-10, 21-13 win.Also claiming the Bronze in the same category atthis Junior International Challenge tournament waseighth seed Sathish Kumar Karunakaran, who hadbowed out to Luwang 16-21, 22-24 in a gritty semi-final contest on Friday.

PCB IINVITES CCSA FFOR TT20 SSERIES IIN PPAKKarachi: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) hasinvited Cricket South Africa (CSA) to send itsnational team for a T20 series in Pakistan nextMarch, according to chief executive officer WasimKhan. Speaking to the media in Lahore, Khan saidthat they had also got positive signs from the SriLankan board that it would send a full strength sideto play two Tests in Rawalpindi and Karachi inDecember. “The gates to international cricketreturning properly to Pakistan are open and there isno doubt that the recent tour by the Sri Lankanteam to play the T20 and ODI series has helped usa lot,” he said. He said the Sri Lankan board wouldconfirm the tour in a week's time. The PCB officialsaid that talks were going on with Cricket SouthAfrica to send their team for a T20 series. “We arehopeful they will come in late March as the serieswill also help both teams prepare for the World T20Championship in October,” he said.

PSG SSTUNNED BBY RROCK-BBOTTOM DDIJONParis: Paris Saint-Germain suffered a shock 2-1defeat at the hands of rock-bottom Dijon on Fridaywith coach Thomas Tuchel accusing hisexpensively-assembled team of “being too passiveand not playing together”. It was the third loss ofthe Ligue 1 season for the French champions whocould also see their lead at the top trimmed to justfive points by the end of the weekend. Dijon, whostarted the day at the foot of the table with just ninepoints, fell behind to Kylian Mbappe's fifth goal inseven games. However, Mounir Chouiar levelled inthe sixth minute of stoppage time in the first halfbefore Venezuelan international Jhonder Cadiz hitthe winner in the 47th minute.

KING’S SSTRIKE PPUNISH MMANCHESTER UUNITEDLondon: Manchester United's mini-revival cameto a crashing halt as Josh King's strike on thestroke of half-time earned Bournemouth a 1-0 winin treacherous weather conditions on England'ssouth coast. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's men had notwon away from home since March until 10 daysago, but three consecutive wins on the road atPartizan Belgrade, Norwich and Chelsea to book aplace in the League Cup quarter-finals in midweekhinted at a turning point for the Norwegian. Instead,the failings that have characterised their seasonwere back in evidence as a lack of goal threat andone moment of slack defending inflicted a fourthPremier League defeat in 11 games. This was justtheir third victory for Cherries over United in theirhistory and move into sixth in the table. AGENCIES

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PTI n NORTH SOUND

Opener Priya Punia’s well-compiled fifty went in

vain as the Indian women’steam suffered a narrow one-run defeat against the WestIndies in the f irst ICCWomen’s Championship ODIhere.

Chasing 226 to win, Puniasmashed six boundaries in her107-ball innings, whileJemimah Rodrigues (41)scored a 67-ball 41 at the topbut they didn’t get enough sup-port from lower-order to bedismissed for 224 in 50 oversby the hosts.

Earlier, Stefanie Tayloropted to bat first and produceda captain’s knock, scoring a 91-ball 94 studded with eight

boundaries and two sixes.Opener Natasha McLean

also put up a good show,smashing a 82-ball 51 as WestIndies posted a competitive225 for 7 at the Sir VivianRichards Stadium on Friday.

Defending the total, off-spinner Anisa Mohammedcame up with a superb bowl-ing performance, claiming fivewickets for 46 runs. She wasably supported by Taylor(2/30) and Shabika Gajnabi(2/25), who snapped two wick-ets each.

India coudn’t score therequired eight runs in the lastover with Mohammed remov-ing Ekta Bisht (0) and PoonamYadav (0) in the first and finaldeliveries respectively to handWest Indies a thrilling win.

PTO n KOLKATA

“Just three seconds” is allwhat it took Sourav

Ganguly to convince India cap-tain Viral Kohli into playing aDay/Night Test match againstBangladesh, the BCCI presidentrevealed on Saturday.

Less than a week after hetook reins of BCCI, Ganguly,who had introduced pink ball atdomestic level as the technicalcommittee chairman three yearsago, was successful in changingthe Indian Cricket Board’sstance. India thus will finallyplay their first ever day/nightTest versus Bangladesh at EdenGardens here from November22-26, about four years afterAustralia and New Zealand setit going in Adelaide.

“Honestly I don’t know why

and what was the reason theydid not want to play and acceptthe D/N Test (in Adelaide). I methim for an hour and the firstquestion was we need to haveday/night Tests and the answerin three seconds was let’s goahead and do that,” Ganguly saidabout meeting Kohli ahead ofthe selection committee meetingin Mumbai on October 24.

The Indian team had previ-ously put down Australia’srequest for a pink-ball Test at theAdelaide Oval last year, whilesuggestion to host West Indiesin day/night Tests too had gotshelved. “I really don’t knowwhat happened in the past andwhat was the reason but I foundhim absolutely acceptable toplay D/N Tests. He realises andthinks that empty stands inTests is not the right way for-

ward.” Ganguly firmly believedthat this concept will help Testcricket regain its popularity inthe sub-continent at a timewhen lukewarm response dur-ing India’s 3-0 whitewash ofSouth Africa became a cause forconcern.

“I know T20 every stand isfull in every game. But propermanagement of Test cricket willbring back crowd. It’s a start forIndia. I think with this conceptTest cricket will be back on itsfeet.”

Urging the need for bettermarketing, he said: “It’s whenyou’re forced to come out ofyour comfort zone, you actual-ly find out it’s better than whatyou think. I think pink ball willbring back crowd and the Testcricket needs to be marketed alot more.”

PTI n RANCHI

All-rounder Axar Patelsmashed a 61-ball 98

before leg-spinner MayankMarkande claimed four wick-ets as India C trounced India Bby 136 runs in the third andfinal one-dayer of the DeodharTrophy here on Saturday.

Batting first, India Cposted a challenging 280 for5, riding on Axar’s brillianceand and Virat Singh’s 96-ball76.

They then returned todismiss India B for 144 in43.4 overs to complete thedrubbing.

For India B, BabaAparajith emerged as thetop-scorer with a 90-ball 53but he didn’t get any supportfrom the other hand.

India B and India C havealready qualified for the finalsafter India A lost both their tiesand the two teams will face offin the summit clash heretomorrow.

Earlier, Virat Singh (76 notout) and Axar Patel (98 not

out) joined hands after IndiaC lost five wickets, sharingan unbeaten 154 run standoff 112 balls.

The spin bowling all-rounder Axar was thedominant of the two ashe dealt in boundaries,smashing 13 foursand three sixes in his61-ball innings.

Singh played thesecond fiddle, scoring

three boundaries andas many sixes during his 96-ball knock.

PTI n BHUBANESWAR

Skipper Rani Rampal’s 48thminute strike sealed Tokyo

Olympics berth for the Indianwomen’s hockey team as theypipped USA 6-5 on aggregatedespite losing 1-4 in the secondleg of the FIH Qualifier here onSaturday.

After thrashing USA 5-1 onFriday, it was expected to be aformality for the Indian womenbut they were given a real scareby the USA women, who racedto a 4-0 lead at the halfway mark.

However the partisan fanswent into raptures when Ranipulled one back to maintain theslender lead till final hooter.

Indian women have nowqualified for back-to-backOlympics having sealed it in Riode Janeiro after a gap of 36 years.The women’s team first partici-pated in the Quadrennial extava-ganza in 1980 where the men’s

AFP n SHENZHEN

Top-ranked Ashleigh Bartyadvanced on Saturday to

the final of the WTA Finalswhere she faces defendingchampion Elina Svitolina, aplayer she has never beaten infive previous attempts.

Barty, like Svitolina,dropped the opening set of hersemifinal before beating sec-ond-ranked Karolina Pliskovaof Czech Republic 4-6, 6-2, 6-3. "I felt like the whole matchwas an incredibly high level,"Barty said. "I'm just pleased toget another chance to play outhere.

"It's a match I can come outand try to enjoy. I have noth-ing to lose. It's an opportunity

against a really tough player."Belinda Bencic retired in

the third set as Svitolina outlast-ed the injured Swiss to win 5-7, 6-3, 4-1 and reach her sec-ond straight final at the WTAFinals.

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Tigers seek breathing space in DelhiShakib & Tamim-less B’desh search first T20 win against Hitman’s young side

Indian players Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan and Rahul Chahar during a practice session at Arun Jaitley Stadium in New Delhi PTI

Type (rankings) P W L T N/R Success%India (5) 120 74 42 1 3 63.33Bangladesh (9) 89 29 58 — 2 33.70India v B’desh 8 8 — — — 100.00

HIGHEST TTOTALSIndia: 180-5 in 20 overs at Nottingham 06-06-2009Bangladesh: 166-8 in 20 overs at Colombo 18-03-2018

HIGHEST IINDIVIDUAL SSCORESIndia: 89 Rohit Sharma at Dhaka 24-02-2016Bangladesh: 77 Sabbir Rahman at Colombo 18 -03-2018

BEST BBOWLING IIN AAN IINNINGSIndia: 4-21 Pragyan Ojha at Nottingham 06-06-2009Bangladesh: 3-37 Al-Amin Hossain at Dhaka 24-02-2016

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PERFORMANCE IIN TTWENTY-220I

SQUADSIndia: Rohit Sharma (c),Khaleel Ahmed, YuzvendraChahal, Deepak Chahar,Rahul Chahar, ShikharDhawan, Shivam Dube,Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey,Krunal Pandya, Rishabh Pant,K L Rahul, Sanju Samson,Washington Sundar andShardul Thakur.

Bangladesh: MahmudullahRiyad (c), Taijul Islam,Mohammad Mithun, LitonKumer Das, Soumya Sarker,Naim Sheikh, MushfiqurRahhim, Afif Hossain,Mosaddek Hossain Saikat,Aminul Islam Biplob, ArafatSunny, Abu Hider, Al-AminHossain, Mustafizur Rahmanand Shafiul Islam.

Rohit hintsDube’s debutHARSHIT BISHT n NEW DELHI

Rookie left-hand Mumbaiall-rounder Shivam Dube

could make his internationaldebut today in the first T20game of the three match series.

During his pre-match pressconference on Saturday, stand-in skipper Rohit Sharma indi-cated that one of the twobetween Dube and Kerala wick-et-keeper batsman SanjuSamson might feature in theseries opener.

The skipper was impressedwith the performance of boththe youngsters in domestic cir-cuit and said that depending onthe match day conditions one ofthe two will get the chance toplay.

“We will assess now (theconditions) and probably a bitbefore the game as well. Butboth (Sanju and Dube) are def-initely in the fray. One of themmight definitely play. You mightsee in playing XI. All doors areopen for everyone. Anyonemight come into the playing XIany moment,” Rohit toldreporters.

He also backed India’s firstchoice wicket keeper RishabhPant, which gives a fair indica-tion that Samson may not fig-ure in the XI.

“We have to back him(Rishabh). He has only played15-20 T20s. It’s too soon tojudge him. There’s still lot oftime left before passing a judge-ment on Rishabh,” he said.

The captain made it clearthat the team combination willdepend on the match day con-ditions.

“A lot has got to do withhow the pitch is going to play.If the pitch is slow, slow bowlerscome into the play a lot. If itmeans we have to play threespinners then we will play threespinners. And if there is grassand we feel there will be somebounce, then we might playwith three seamers as well. Soeverything depends on the con-ditions,” he said.

Axar set up India C’s win

Viral took 3 sec to givenod for D/N Tests: Ganguly

WI claim 1-runwin over India

Rani's late goal seals Tokyo ticketteam last won their Gold medal.

On Saturday, Indian womenlooked a pale shadow of them-selves as USA took full advan-tage of their complacency dur-ing the first two quarters.

Amanda Magadan (5th,28th minutes), skipper KathleenSharkey (14th) and AlyssaParker (20th) scored for the vis-iting side.

After the change of ends,India showed signs of comingback into game, but USAdefended in numbers and tokeep the hosts at bay as the thirdquarter and locked at 5-5 onaggregate scoreline, it took aninspirational strike from Rani inthe 48th minute from a loose ballto reduce the margin and handIndia the vital lead.

The Americans were award-ed a penalty corner four minutesfrom full time but the decisionwas overturned after India wentfor the referral. Rani Rampal celebrates after scoring

Svitolina up againstBarty at WTA Final

Nadal out of Paris MastersBopanna-Shapovalovmake exitPTI n PARIS

India’s top doubles player RohanBopanna, along with his part-ner Denis Shapovalov ofCanada, suffered a narrowdefeat against Russian duo ofKaren Khachanov and AndreyRublov in the quarter-finals tocrash out of the Paris Masters.The Indo-Canadian duo foughthard for over 80 minutes beforelosing 5-7, 7-6, 8-10 against theRussian pair to bow out of theATP Masters 1000 tournament.

Novak Djokovic celebrates after win AP