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A s more than 50,000 migrant workers from north India fled Gujarat fol- lowing targeted attack on them after a native of Bihar raped a 14-month-old girl on September 28 in Sabarkantha, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath swung into action on Monday to preempt any political back- lash in their backyards. Both of them spoke to Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and expressed concern over the attacks on non- Gujaratis even though the Gujarat Police has arrested around 350 people for alleged involvement in these attacks. While the BJP blamed the Congress for orchestrating these attacks, senior Maharashtra Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam said, “North Indians are being targeted in Prime Minister’s Gujarat. But he must remember that one day he too will have to go to Banaras to seek votes.” After speaking with Rupani, Nitish said, “Whoever committed the crime first should be punished strictly. But for the crime of one person, others should not be targeted and there should not be any feeling of ill-will. We are in con- stant touch with the authorities and the Government of Gujarat is fully alert.” Bihar’s Deputy CM Sushil Modi, who too spoke to Rupani and Gujarat Home Minister Pradip Singh Jadeja, said situ- ation was normalising there fol- lowing arrest of 342 people involved in attacking the migrants and deployment of 17 companies of special police. He said Jadeja has promised safety and security of the migrants from Bihar and U P. Sushil accused the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi of causing more problems for the Bihari work- ers with their statements. He asked what action the Congress took against leader of Thakore Sena and party’s Bihar in- charge Shaktisinh Gohil. Yogi said Rupani assured him that his Government would ensure the safety to all. “The Gujarat CM told me over the phone there is no incident in the past three days and that he had appealed to people against paying heed to any rumour,” Yogi said in Lucknow. Union Minister Ram Vilas Paswan expressed concern over cases of violence against Hindi-speaking migrants in Gujarat, while also seeking stringent action against those accused of raping a girl child in the western State. The Lok Janshakti Party president said he spoke to Rupani, who, he added, told him that those involved in the incidents of vio- lence against north Indians will face tough action. Rupani told him that the State Government will try the accused in the case of rape in a fast track court. Condemning the attacks on north Indians, Nirupam said the members of the north Indian community were sup- plying milk, newspapers and vegetables to the people of the megapolis, besides providing autorickshaw and taxi services. “If the community decides to stop work for a day, life in Mumbai will come to a stand- still. None will get roti, vegeta- bles, milk and auto, taxi, truck and tempo (services),” he said. However, incidents of tar- geting Hindi speaking labour- ers began a week after the rape on September 28. Police have confirmed over 40 incidents of attacks on migrant workers in Mehsana, Sabarkantha, Aravalli and Gandhinagar districts in north Gujarat as well as Ahmedabad and adjoining Surendranagar districts. Congress MLA Alpesh Thakor, who heads Gujarat Thakor Sena, allegedly gave provocative speeches against the migrant workers. Interestingly, the Radhanpur MLA was recently named as All India Congress Committee (AICC) secretary for Bihar. “Neither me nor Thakor Sena advocated for violence. We only wanted justice for the victim’s family. We firmly believe that anyone working peacefully in Gujarat must stay safe,” stated Thakor after Sushil Modi’s allegation that a mob backed by the Congress was responsible for the attack on Bihari workers. Gujarat BJP vice-president IK Jadeja came down heavily on the Opposition Congress for trying to divide the work- force on the basis of regions keeping an eye on the Assembly polls of neighbour- ing Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. But, Gujarat Congress blamed the State Government for its failure in maintaining law and order. D efying poll boycott call by Kashmir-based main- stream political parties and separatists as well as terrorist outfits, more than 56 per cent electorate cast their votes under tight security arrangements in the first phase of municipal polls in Jammu & Kashmir on Monday. Barring a few inci- dents of violence, including a stone-pelting attack on a BJP worker in Bandipora, the polling passed off peacefully. J&K’s Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Shaleen Kabra said the overall polling per- centage across the State was recorded at 56.7 per cent. The election office did not give separate break-up of the poll percentage in Kashmir valley. Independent sources said that 8.3 turnout was recorded in Kashmir valley as 7,075 voters exercised their franchise out of 84,692 eligible voters. In Jammu division, Deputy Commissioner, Ramesh Kumar said, “64 per cent voters par- ticipated in the polls in Jammu”. For the first time EVMs were used in the municipal polls in the State. Jammu Deputy Commissioner said the experiment worked well as only five EVMs reported some minor technical snags and were immediately replaced to ensure smooth polling. While most parts of Srinagar observed complete shutdown during polling. Jammu wore a festive look in and around polling stations with healthy participation of voters from all walks of life. A large number of senior citizens stepped out of their homes and participated in the polls at the grass-roots level. First-time voters, especially young girls, waited patiently outside polling booths to cast their votes. The polling percentage touched 80 per cent in frontier Rajouri district, while over 75 per cent polling was reported in Poonch. Over 2.47 lakh vot- ers across 75 wards of Jammu Municipal Corporation took part in the polls. Thousands of voters across border areas of RS Pura, Bisnah, Arnia, Akhnoor, Jourian, Khour also came out in large numbers to elect their representatives in the munici- pal committees. The outcome of these polls in Jammu division is set to change the course of State pol- itics in the coming months. The State unit of the BJP is testing its waters after snapping ties with the Peoples Democratic party (PDP). In majority of 75 wards, the BJP faced tough competition from a large number of rebel BJP candidates. Due to absence of the National Conference and the PDP from the poll process, several independent candidates supported by heavy weight leaders of these parties are set to give a tough fight to the BJP candidates. Contrary to Jammu, the polling percentage was dismal in most part of the Kashmir valley. The Chief Electoral Officer informed that highest voter turnout was recorded at 32.2 per cent in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district. He said Budgam recorded 17 per cent turnout in a single ward followed by Kokernag in Anantnag recording 7.3 per cent voter turnout in four wards. Srinagar Municipal Corporation with three wards recorded 6.2 per cent voting. The Baramulla Municipal Council recorded 5.1 per cent voter turnout in its 15 wards. The lowest of 3.4 per cent voter turnout was recorded in 16 wards of Bandipora Municipal Committee. The voter turnout was impressive in cold desert region of Ladakh. The Kargil district recorded the highest of 78.2 per cent turnout in 13 wards while the neighbouring Leh district recorded 55.2 per cent voter turnout in 13 wards. Clashes broke out in Machwa and Bagh-e-Mehtab pockets in Srinagar’s uptown periphery when voting was going on in the area. Officials said that the situ- ation was brought under con- trol after minor clashes in the area. A woman was injured in violent protests in north Kashmir’s Lankareshpora and Plan pockets of Bandipora when clashes broke out between security forces and anti-poll protesters. Sources said the woman was injured with pellets. Former Minister and BJP ally Sajjad Gani Lone drove from Srinagar to cast his vote in Handwara. “Peoples Conference (Lone’s party) boycotted for 25 years and we experienced its final outcome and results,” Lone told reporters. “Let National Conference and PDP boycott for another 25 years the way we did it (earli- er),” he added. A system engineer working with the Nagpur-based missile research centre of BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited (BAPL) — a joint ven- ture between India’s Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) and the “Military Industrial Consortium” “NPO Mashinostroyenia” of Russia - — was arrested on Monday morning, in a joint operation by the Anti-Terrorism Squads of Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Military Intelligence on charges of spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. Following a tip-off, the Military Intelligence had placed engineer Nishant Agrawal — who was working with BAPL for the past four years —under the surveillance. Agrawal was allegedly passing on certain highly classified information to the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan. Agrawal, who was staying in a rented accom- modation on Wardha Road at Nagpur for the past one year, has been booked under the Official Secrets Act. The UP ATS will be taking Agrawal to Lucknow on Tuesday after obtaining his transit remand from a Nagpur court. The investigations have prima facie revealed that Agrawal, an apparent victim of honey-trap, used to chat with fake women IDs created on Facebook by the ISI. The investigators have recovered “very sensitive information” from Agrawal’s personal computers. They have also found evi- dence of him chatting on Facebook with Pakistan-based ISI operatives. “We have found him storing classified infor- mation on his personal lap. This is strictly in violation of the Official Secrets Act. This is one of the reasons for our arresting Agrawal,” the UP ATS said in a statement. A 26-year-old autorickshaw driver was allegedly stabbed to death by his pas- sengers at KG Marg in the national Capital over asking night charge, said police on Monday, adding that the four teen accused were apprehend- ed within hours after the Sunday incident. “During interrogation, the accused aged between 16-17 years revealed that they had hired the auto from Khanpur to Connaught Place. On the way, they got into a brawl as the, dri- ver Jahangir Alam, (26) demanded additional charges for night duty and even picked up an extra passenger,” said the Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi district, Madhur Verma, adding that this had allegedly infuriated the juveniles following which the driver was stabbed. “On Sunday at around 11:30 pm, when the motor cycle of BK Road police station victor 95 were on patrol, they saw an injured auto driver near a restaurant at KG Marg. Head Constable Pratap informed the police control room (PCR), subsequently Head Constable Rakesh took the injured driver to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, where he succumbed to injuries at midnight,” said the DCP. “Meanwhile, a PCR call was received at Tilak Nagar police station regarding one of the killers who was appre- hended by the public at Balwant Rai Mehta Lane. The juvenile had been beaten up by the public. Police have also recovered a knife with blood stains on it,” he said. “The weapon used in the offence has also been recov- ered. An FIR under sections 302 (dealing with murder), 34 (act committed by several per- sons with common intention) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and section 25 (possession of arms), section 27 (uses of arms and ammunition) have been registered at Parliament Street police station,” said the DCP. Subsequently, two more accused, both residents of Dakshin Puri, were also arrest- ed, the DCP said. Police are yet to ascertain the age of the accused and are verifying if they are juveniles. Further investigation is under- way. According to data from Delhi Police, 62 of the 337 killings (18.39 percent) report- ed in the national capital from January to September 15 this year were triggered by sudden provocation over trivial issues. T he Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear on October 10 a fresh PIL seeking a direction to the Centre to file in “sealed cover” the details of the agreement India has entered into with France for buying 36 Rafale Fighter Jets. A Bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, which has already listed for October 10 another PIL seeking a stay on the high-profile defence deal with the French Government, said that the instant plea would be taken up together the same day. The fresh plea filed before the Bench, which also com- prised Justices SK Kaul and KM Joseph, has referred to the recent “controversy” over the 58,000 crore deal for pur- chasing 36 combat jets and sought judicial intervention to put an end to the raging debate. “Issue an appropriate writ ...Or direction directing the respondents to file the details of the agreement entered into between the India and France with regard to the purchase of 36 Rafale Fighter Jets in a sealed envelope,” said the plea, filed by lawyer Vineet Dhanda. A new report released by a UN body on Monday has warned that if the world failed to contain global warming at 1.5 degree Celsius, the rising temperature will worsen the risks of drought, floods, extreme heat and poverty for hundreds of millions of people in the world, including India which is already reeling under climatic uncertainties. The report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) comes months after the World Bank study warned that changing monsoon patterns and rising temperatures driven by cli- mate change could cost India 2.8 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP). The report on ‘Global Warming of 1.5 degree Celsius’ by the IPCC does not list country wise impacts, but sev- eral scientific studies have con- cluded that India is one of the most vulnerable countries to climate change impacts. In the Indian subconti- nent, the IPCC report specif- ically mentions Kolkata and Karachi among cities that could face an increased threat of heat waves. “Karachi and Kolkata can expect annual conditions equivalent to their deadly 2015 heat waves. Climate change is significant- ly contributing to increased heat-related mortality,” it stat- ed. “It is now the scientific consensus that global warming affects human health, causing loss of millions of lives,” co- author of the report Arthur Wyns from Climate Tracker said. Another co-author, Joyashree Roy, professor of economics at Jadavpur University said, “We have found that the burden of glob- al warming will fall dispro- portionately on the poor who are not responsible for the problem if we don’t meet 1.5 degree Centigrade target. The most affected areas will be mega cities, coastal areas, high mountain, and small island regions. There will also be heat stress in cities and air quality will deteriorate due to high fossil fuel use like coal, diesel, woods and others. The report states that for global warming to be con- tained at 1.5 degree Celsius, the net human-caused CO2 emis- sions would need to fall by 45 per cent from 2010 levels by 2030, reaching net zero by around 2050. New Delhi: Probe into the mysterious disappearance of JNU student Najeeb Ahmed, who went missing nearly two years ago, came to an end on Monday as the Delhi High Court allowed CBI to file a clo- sure report in the matter. The HC did not agree with the allegation of Najeeb’s moth- er, Fatima Nafees, that CBI wanted to file the closure report due to “political compulsions”. The HC said, “In the pre- sent case, this court has in fact monitored the investigation thus far of the CBI and has not been persuaded to agree with the petitioner that the CBI has not acted fairly or that it has been under any influence or political compulsions in its decision to file a closure report.” Detailed report on P3

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Page 1: ˛ ˇ · engineer Nishant Agrawal — ... Agrawal, an apparent victim of honey-trap, used to chat with fake women IDs created on Facebook by the ISI. The investigators have recovered

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As more than 50,000migrant workers from

north India fled Gujarat fol-lowing targeted attack on themafter a native of Bihar raped a14-month-old girl onSeptember 28 in Sabarkantha,Bihar Chief Minister NitishKumar and Uttar PradeshChief Minister Yogi Adityanathswung into action on Mondayto preempt any political back-lash in their backyards.

Both of them spoke toGujarat Chief Minister VijayRupani and expressed concern

over the attacks on non-Gujaratis even though theGujarat Police has arrestedaround 350 people for allegedinvolvement in these attacks.

While the BJP blamed theCongress for orchestratingthese attacks, seniorMaharashtra Congress leaderSanjay Nirupam said, “NorthIndians are being targeted inPrime Minister’s Gujarat. Buthe must remember that one dayhe too will have to go toBanaras to seek votes.”

After speaking withRupani, Nitish said, “Whoevercommitted the crime firstshould be punished strictly. But

for the crime of one person,others should not be targetedand there should not be anyfeeling of ill-will. We are in con-stant touch with the authoritiesand the Government of Gujaratis fully alert.”

Bihar’s Deputy CM SushilModi, who too spoke to Rupaniand Gujarat Home MinisterPradip Singh Jadeja, said situ-ation was normalising there fol-lowing arrest of 342 peopleinvolved in attacking themigrants and deployment of 17companies of special police.

He said Jadeja haspromised safety and security ofthe migrants from Bihar and

UP. Sushil accused theCongress and its presidentRahul Gandhi of causing moreproblems for the Bihari work-ers with their statements. Heasked what action the Congresstook against leader of ThakoreSena and party’s Bihar in-charge Shaktisinh Gohil.

Yogi said Rupani assuredhim that his Governmentwould ensure the safety to all.“The Gujarat CM told me overthe phone there is no incidentin the past three days and thathe had appealed to peopleagainst paying heed to anyrumour,” Yogi said in Lucknow.

Union Minister Ram VilasPaswan expressed concernover cases of violence againstHindi-speaking migrants inGujarat, while also seekingstringent action against thoseaccused of raping a girl child inthe western State. The LokJanshakti Party president saidhe spoke to Rupani, who, headded, told him that thoseinvolved in the incidents of vio-lence against north Indianswill face tough action.

Rupani told him that theState Government will try theaccused in the case of rape ina fast track court.

Condemning the attackson north Indians, Nirupamsaid the members of the northIndian community were sup-plying milk, newspapers andvegetables to the people of themegapolis, besides providingautorickshaw and taxi services.

“If the community decidesto stop work for a day, life inMumbai will come to a stand-

still. None will get roti, vegeta-bles, milk and auto, taxi, truckand tempo (services),” he said.

However, incidents of tar-geting Hindi speaking labour-ers began a week after therape on September 28.

Police have confirmed over40 incidents of attacks onmigrant workers in Mehsana,Sabarkantha, Aravalli andGandhinagar districts in northGujarat as well as Ahmedabadand adjoining Surendranagardistricts.

Congress MLA AlpeshThakor, who heads GujaratThakor Sena, allegedly gaveprovocative speeches againstthe migrant workers.Interestingly, the RadhanpurMLA was recently named asAll India Congress Committee(AICC) secretary for Bihar.

“Neither me nor ThakorSena advocated for violence.We only wanted justice for thevictim’s family. We firmlybelieve that anyone workingpeacefully in Gujarat muststay safe,” stated Thakor afterSushil Modi’s allegation that amob backed by the Congresswas responsible for the attackon Bihari workers.

Gujarat BJP vice-presidentIK Jadeja came down heavilyon the Opposition Congressfor trying to divide the work-force on the basis of regionskeeping an eye on theAssembly polls of neighbour-ing Rajasthan and MadhyaPradesh. But, Gujarat Congressblamed the State Governmentfor its failure in maintaininglaw and order.

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Defying poll boycott call byKashmir-based main-

stream political parties andseparatists as well as terroristoutfits, more than 56 per centelectorate cast their votes undertight security arrangements inthe first phase of municipalpolls in Jammu & Kashmir onMonday. Barring a few inci-dents of violence, including astone-pelting attack on a BJPworker in Bandipora, thepolling passed off peacefully.

J&K’s Chief ElectoralOfficer (CEO) Shaleen Kabrasaid the overall polling per-centage across the State wasrecorded at 56.7 per cent. Theelection office did not giveseparate break-up of the pollpercentage in Kashmir valley.Independent sources said that8.3 turnout was recorded inKashmir valley as 7,075 votersexercised their franchise out of84,692 eligible voters.

In Jammu division, DeputyCommissioner, Ramesh Kumarsaid, “64 per cent voters par-ticipated in the polls in Jammu”.

For the first time EVMswere used in the municipalpolls in the State. JammuDeputy Commissioner said theexperiment worked well asonly five EVMs reported someminor technical snags and wereimmediately replaced to ensuresmooth polling.

While most parts ofSrinagar observed completeshutdown during polling.Jammu wore a festive look inand around polling stations

with healthy participation ofvoters from all walks of life.

A large number of seniorcitizens stepped out of theirhomes and participated in thepolls at the grass-roots level.First-time voters, especiallyyoung girls, waited patientlyoutside polling booths to casttheir votes.

The polling percentagetouched 80 per cent in frontierRajouri district, while over 75per cent polling was reportedin Poonch. Over 2.47 lakh vot-ers across 75 wards of JammuMunicipal Corporation tookpart in the polls.

Thousands of voters acrossborder areas of RS Pura,Bisnah, Arnia, Akhnoor,Jourian, Khour also came outin large numbers to elect theirrepresentatives in the munici-pal committees.

The outcome of these pollsin Jammu division is set tochange the course of State pol-itics in the coming months.

The State unit of the BJP istesting its waters after snappingties with the PeoplesDemocratic party (PDP). Inmajority of 75 wards, the BJPfaced tough competition froma large number of rebel BJPcandidates. Due to absence ofthe National Conference andthe PDP from the poll process,several independent candidatessupported by heavy weightleaders of these parties are setto give a tough fight to the BJPcandidates.

Contrary to Jammu, thepolling percentage was dismalin most part of the Kashmirvalley. The Chief ElectoralOfficer informed that highestvoter turnout was recorded at32.2 per cent in northKashmir’s Kupwara district.He said Budgam recorded 17

per cent turnout in a singleward followed by Kokernag inAnantnag recording 7.3 percent voter turnout in fourwards. Srinagar MunicipalCorporation with three wardsrecorded 6.2 per cent voting.The Baramulla MunicipalCouncil recorded 5.1 per centvoter turnout in its 15 wards.The lowest of 3.4 per centvoter turnout was recorded in16 wards of BandiporaMunicipal Committee.

The voter turnout wasimpressive in cold desert regionof Ladakh. The Kargil districtrecorded the highest of 78.2 percent turnout in 13 wards whilethe neighbouring Leh districtrecorded 55.2 per cent voterturnout in 13 wards.

Clashes broke out inMachwa and Bagh-e-Mehtabpockets in Srinagar’s uptownperiphery when voting wasgoing on in the area.

Officials said that the situ-ation was brought under con-trol after minor clashes in thearea. A woman was injured inviolent protests in northKashmir’s Lankareshpora andPlan pockets of Bandiporawhen clashes broke outbetween security forces andanti-poll protesters. Sourcessaid the woman was injuredwith pellets.

Former Minister and BJPally Sajjad Gani Lone drovefrom Srinagar to cast his votein Handwara.

“Peoples Conference(Lone’s party) boycotted for 25years and we experienced itsfinal outcome and results,”Lone told reporters.

“Let National Conferenceand PDP boycott for another 25years the way we did it (earli-er),” he added.

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Asystem engineer workingwith the Nagpur-based

missile research centre ofBrahMos Aerospace PrivateLimited (BAPL) — a joint ven-ture between India’s DefenceResearch and DevelopmentOrganisation (DRDO) and the“Military IndustrialConsortium” “NPOMashinostroyenia” of Russia -— was arrested on Mondaymorning, in a joint operationby the Anti-Terrorism Squadsof Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtraand Military Intelligence oncharges of spying for Pakistan’sintelligence agency ISI.

Following a tip-off, theMilitary Intelligence had placedengineer Nishant Agrawal —who was working with BAPLfor the past four years —underthe surveillance. Agrawal wasallegedly passing on certainhighly classified information tothe Inter-Services Intelligence(ISI) of Pakistan. Agrawal, whowas staying in a rented accom-modation on Wardha Road atNagpur for the past one year,

has been booked under theOfficial Secrets Act.

The UP ATS will be takingAgrawal to Lucknow onTuesday after obtaining histransit remand from a Nagpurcourt. The investigations haveprima facie revealed thatAgrawal, an apparent victim ofhoney-trap, used to chat withfake women IDs created onFacebook by the ISI.

The investigators haverecovered “very sensitiveinformation” from Agrawal’spersonal computers.

They have also found evi-dence of him chatting onFacebook with Pakistan-basedISI operatives. “We have foundhim storing classified infor-mation on his personal lap.This is strictly in violation ofthe Official Secrets Act. This isone of the reasons for ourarresting Agrawal,” the UPATS said in a statement.

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A26-year-old autorickshawdriver was allegedly

stabbed to death by his pas-sengers at KG Marg in thenational Capital over askingnight charge, said police onMonday, adding that the fourteen accused were apprehend-ed within hours after theSunday incident.

“During interrogation, theaccused aged between 16-17years revealed that they hadhired the auto from Khanpur toConnaught Place. On the way,they got into a brawl as the, dri-ver Jahangir Alam, (26)demanded additional chargesfor night duty and even pickedup an extra passenger,” said the

Deputy Commissioner ofPolice, New Delhi district,Madhur Verma, adding thatthis had allegedly infuriated thejuveniles following which thedriver was stabbed.

“On Sunday at around

11:30 pm, when the motorcycle of BK Road police stationvictor 95 were on patrol, theysaw an injured auto drivernear a restaurant at KG Marg.Head Constable Pratapinformed the police control

room (PCR), subsequentlyHead Constable Rakesh tookthe injured driver to RamManohar Lohia Hospital,where he succumbed to injuriesat midnight,” said the DCP.

“Meanwhile, a PCR callwas received at Tilak Nagarpolice station regarding one ofthe killers who was appre-hended by the public atBalwant Rai Mehta Lane. Thejuvenile had been beaten up bythe public. Police have alsorecovered a knife with bloodstains on it,” he said.

“The weapon used in theoffence has also been recov-ered. An FIR under sections302 (dealing with murder), 34(act committed by several per-sons with common intention)

of the Indian Penal Code (IPC)and section 25 (possession ofarms), section 27 (uses of armsand ammunition) have beenregistered at Parliament Streetpolice station,” said the DCP.

Subsequently, two moreaccused, both residents ofDakshin Puri, were also arrest-ed, the DCP said.

Police are yet to ascertainthe age of the accused and areverifying if they are juveniles.Further investigation is under-way.

According to data fromDelhi Police, 62 of the 337killings (18.39 percent) report-ed in the national capital fromJanuary to September 15 thisyear were triggered by suddenprovocation over trivial issues.

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The Supreme Court onMonday agreed to hear on

October 10 a fresh PIL seekinga direction to the Centre to filein “sealed cover” the details ofthe agreement India hasentered into with France forbuying 36 Rafale Fighter Jets.

A Bench headed by ChiefJustice Ranjan Gogoi, whichhas already listed for October10 another PIL seeking a stayon the high-profile defencedeal with the FrenchGovernment, said that theinstant plea would be taken uptogether the same day.

The fresh plea filed beforethe Bench, which also com-prised Justices SK Kaul and KMJoseph, has referred to therecent “controversy” over the�58,000 crore deal for pur-chasing 36 combat jets andsought judicial intervention toput an end to the raging debate.

“Issue an appropriate writ...Or direction directing therespondents to file the detailsof the agreement entered intobetween the India and Francewith regard to the purchase of36 Rafale Fighter Jets in asealed envelope,” said the plea,filed by lawyer Vineet Dhanda.

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Anew report released by aUN body on Monday has

warned that if the world failedto contain global warming at1.5 degree Celsius, the risingtemperature will worsen therisks of drought, f loods,extreme heat and poverty forhundreds of millions of peoplein the world, including Indiawhich is already reeling underclimatic uncertainties.

The report by theIntergovernmental Panel onClimate Change (IPCC) comesmonths after the World Bankstudy warned that changingmonsoon patterns and risingtemperatures driven by cli-mate change could cost India2.8 per cent of gross domesticproduct (GDP).

The report on ‘GlobalWarming of 1.5 degree Celsius’by the IPCC does not listcountry wise impacts, but sev-eral scientific studies have con-cluded that India is one of themost vulnerable countries toclimate change impacts.

In the Indian subconti-

nent, the IPCC report specif-ically mentions Kolkata andKarachi among cities thatcould face an increased threatof heat waves. “Karachi andKolkata can expect annualconditions equivalent to theirdeadly 2015 heat waves.Climate change is significant-ly contributing to increasedheat-related mortality,” it stat-ed.

“It is now the scientificconsensus that global warmingaffects human health, causingloss of millions of lives,” co-author of the report ArthurWyns from Climate Trackersaid. Another co-author,Joyashree Roy, professor ofeconomics at JadavpurUniversity said, “We have

found that the burden of glob-al warming will fall dispro-portionately on the poor whoare not responsible for theproblem if we don’t meet 1.5degree Centigrade target. Themost affected areas will bemega cities, coastal areas, highmountain, and small islandregions. There will also beheat stress in cities and airquality will deteriorate due tohigh fossil fuel use like coal,diesel, woods and others.

The report states that forglobal warming to be con-tained at 1.5 degree Celsius, thenet human-caused CO2 emis-sions would need to fall by 45per cent from 2010 levels by2030, reaching net zero byaround 2050.

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The HC did not agree withthe allegation of Najeeb’s moth-er, Fatima Nafees, that CBIwanted to file the closure report

due to “political compulsions”.The HC said, “In the pre-

sent case, this court has in factmonitored the investigationthus far of the CBI and has notbeen persuaded to agree withthe petitioner that the CBI hasnot acted fairly or that it hasbeen under any influence orpolitical compulsions in itsdecision to file a closure report.”

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Acting on the announce-ment made earlier, Swami

Gyan Swaroop Sanand wouldgive up water from Tuesdaynoon. Meanwhile, his fast untodeath demanding maintenanceof uninterrupted flow andcleanliness of Ganga and fram-ing a new law to save the holyriver, has entered its 109th dayon the day. The scientist-turned-saint had declared thathe would leave body to saveGanga by shunning water fromOctober 9 (Ashwin Amavasya)in case his demands are not metby then.

Speaking to The Pioneer onMonday, Swami Shivanand,founder of Matri Sadan, the sitewhere the crusader for Gangahas been on fast, said, “SwamiSanand would stop taking waterfrom 2 pm tomorrow. He is tak-ing lime water now and itwould also stop from tomor-row.” Slamming theGovernment for its indifference,he said that none of theGovernment officials has caredto come to end the fast. “We arenow convinced that the coun-try needs sacrifice. Earlier,Swami Nigamananda Saraswatisacrificed his life in his fightagainst illegal mining activity inGanga. More sacrifices are in theoffing to break the slumber ofthe nonchalant Government,”he said and added that he him-self would start fasting afterNavratri for the same cause.

Notably, Sanand had begun

his fasting by restricting himselfto drinking limewater on theoccasion of Ganga Dushehra onJune 22.

He had demanded theCentre to go for an immediatepassage of a special legislationmeant to save Ganga in the

Parliament. Besides, he haddemanded illegal mining berestrained on the holy river.

Another demand he hadraised when he embarked onthe fasting stir was scrapping ofthe hydro power projects andconstruction works alongAlaknanda, Mandakini, Pinder,Dhauliganga, Bhagirathi andsome other rivers.

Moreover, he had demand-ed induction of the personstruly committed to the cause ofGanga in the Ganga-relatedboard.

Mention worthy, the indef-inite fast launched by the formerIITian Sanand had resulted inthe suspension of the LohariNag Pala Hydropower Project in2009.

Around a month ago, theUnion Minister Uma Bhartihad assured Sanand that a billon Ganga was set to be tabledin the Parliament to ensure theholy river’s unimpeded flow. Shehad asked the ascetic to end hisfast. However, he had notagreed, citing absence of certainprovisions in the draft.

Reaffirming the Centre’scommitment to maintain thesanctity of the holy river, UmaBharti had said that the GangaAct would be brought in theParliament during the wintersession this year and asserted

that the Government had metthe saint’s demands. She hadeven offered to facilitate talksbetween Sanand and the UnionMinister for Ganga rejuvenationNitin Gadkari over telephone.However, the ice had notthawed even then.

It may be mentioned herethat Sanand had been forceful-ly lifted the fasting site in MatriSadan and admitted at AIIMSRishikesh by the district admin-istration in July. A few days later,he had returned to Matri Sadanand resumed his stir.

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Under Mission Gange, the40-member team led by the

noted mountaineer BachendriPal left for Bijnor on Mondayfrom Chandi Ghat on rafts. Therafting team was flagged off byHaridwar MP and former ChiefMinister Ramesh Pokhriyal‘Nishank’. Pal, the first Indianwoman to summit MountEverest, had arrived in Haridwaron Friday and had launched herSwachh Ganga and SwachhBharat campaign from Ganganear Har Ki Paudi.

The team members of‘Mission Gange’ comprisingmountaineers, environmental-ists, scientists, movie makersand IIT engineers interactedwith school students and vil-lagers for three days. They alsocleaned Ganga ghats. Covering1500 km in Ganga on raft, thedrive would end in Patna onOctober 30.

Flagging off the raftingteams, ‘Nishank’ said, "The drive

launched by the team led byBachendri Pal to make the peo-ple aware of keeping Gangaclean is worthy of appreciation.Ganga standing for faith of thenation must be kept clean. Allmembers of Sparsh Ganga have

also extended full cooperation toMission Gange."

During 'learning from lead-ers' series held at Dev SanskritiVishwavidyalaya, Pal said,"Sankalp (resolution) is a solutionto every problem.

This is why I still find myselfstanding before a MountEverest." She urged the studentsto get emotionally attached to theenvironment and work togeth-er to ensure that all live and pros-per on earth.

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Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh and

Uttarakhand Chief MinisterTrivendra Singh Rawat jointlyflagged off Dehradun toPithoragarh air service triallanding in Pithoragarh fromDehradun airport here onMonday. The air service isbeing started under the UdeDesh ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN)scheme of the Government ofIndia and will operate betweenDehradun airport andNainisaini airstrip inPithoragarh.

Speaking on the occasion,the Union Home Minister saidthat extension of air service inUttarakhand will benefit theState and nation consideringthe geographical features of thestate and connectivity to theborder regions. Such endeav-ours will make transport moreconvenient, he said.

Expressing his views, theChief Minister said that start ofthis air service will help inimproving the link between

Garhwal and Kumaon regionswhile also encouragingtourism. To make transportmore convenient in the State,other air services will also bestarted in the near future underthe UDAN scheme, said Rawat.He, further, said that during theinvestors summit in Dehradunon October 7-8, investors hadalso shown interest in operat-ing low cost air service in theState. Expansion of the air ser-vice network will soon be vis-

ible on the ground, he added.Union Minister of State

Ajay Tamta, Lok Sabha MPBhagat Singh Koshyari,Minister of State for highereducation Dhan Singh Rawatand MLA Pushkar SinghDhami were aboard the flightwhich took off from Dehradunairport to Pithoragarh.

Vidhan Sabha speakerPremchand Agrawal, financeminister Prakash Pant, tourismminister Satpal Maharaj, MP

Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’,Bharatiya Janata Party Statepresident Ajay Bhatt, MLAsHarbans Kapur, Munna SinghChauhan, Suresh Rathor, GopalSingh Rawat and chief secre-tary Utpal Kumar Singh amongothers were also present on theoccasion.

At Nainisaini inPithoragarh, the nine-seateraircraft of Heritage Aviationlanded successfully at 1:20 PM.Speaking on the occasion,

Tamta said that this was amomentous occasion for the

people in this border region.Start of regular air servicewould make travel more con-venient and also boost tourism.

Expressing his views,Koshyari thanked the Centraland State Governments credit-ing their efforts for air serviceto such remote regions. StateMinister Dhan Singh Rawatand BJP State president AjayBhatt also expressed their viewson the occasion.

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Taking a stern stance on theRampur Tiraha incident

in Muzaffarnagar during whichseven Statehood activists werekilled and more were injuredand abused on October 2 in1994, the High Court ofUttarakhand has directed theState Governments of UttarPradesh and Uttarakhand tofile replies in the court in aperiod of three weeks.

Further, the court made theUttar Pradesh principal secre-tary of home a party in the caseand asked what action hadbeen taken against the policeand administrative officialsresponsible for the incident.The court has also sought areport on the status of cases invarious courts pertaining to theRampur Tiraha incident.

It will be recalled that dur-ing the Statehood movement,a number of activists weretravelling to Delhi in support ofthe demand for a separateState. The Uttar Pradesh

Government had ordered thatthe activists be stopped fromgoing to Delhi.

Acting on these orders,the police had stopped theactivists at the Rampur Tirahaintersection in Muzaffarnagaron the night of October 1, 1994.When the Statehood activistsprotested at being stopped, thepolice opened fire on the pro-testers killing about half adozen of them and injuringmore. Some of the womenprotesters were also allegedlyraped. The victims of this inci-dent in Muzaffarnagar have notyet received justice. With noaction being taken yet againstthose accused in this case, thehigh court of Uttarakhand tookcognisance of the case andtook up the matter as a publicinterest litigation.

It is stated in the petitionthat the accused had not beenpenalised with most of thembeing acquired by court and insome cases even their filescould not be found.

The case was heard by thedivision bench of acting ChiefJustice Rajiv Sharma and justiceManoj Kumar Tiwari. The mat-ter is listed for hearing next onOctober 25.

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In the matter of encroach-ment on forest department

land by resorts in Corbettnational park, the High Courtof Uttarakhand has directed theforest department to removethe encroachments within onemonth. The direction wasissued by the division bench ofacting Chief Justice RajivSharma and justice ManojKumar Tiwari.

The division bench direct-ed the Almora DivisionalForest Officer to removeencroachment on 56 nali for-est department land byRamganga Resort in Jhamariavillage within one month. FIRshould also be lodged againstthose guilty of encroaching, thecourt further directed.

About nine nali land hasalso been encroached upon bySolluna Resort at Marchula.The division bench directedthat this encroachment tooshould be removed within onemonth.

The Ramnagar DivisionalForest Officer informed thecourt that notices had beenissued to 12 other persons forremoving their encroachmentsfrom Corbett land but theyhad filed an appeal in theoffice of the conservator offorests.

The division bench direct-ed the conservator of forests todispose of these appeals with-

in a period of four weeks. Thecourt also directed theRamnagar Sub-DivisionalMagistrate to ensure that the

encroachments marked by thecourt appointed commission-er are also cleared within onemonth.

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Following media reports onanomalies in an attempt

to rescue a leopard recentlyin Bageshwar, the High Courthas directed the forest depart-ment to ensure that suchwild animal rescues areundertaken strictly as per theguidelines of the NationalTiger ConservationAuthority (NTCA).

The forest secretaryshould issue directions to allthe divisional forest officersfor ensuring that the rescueof wild animals is conductedas per the regulations. It isimportant for an adminis-trative official to also be pre-sent during the time of theincident and if needed sec-tion 144 should also beimposed. The division benchof acting Chief Justice RajivSharma and justice ManojKumar Tiwari issued thesedirections.

The division bench hasalso directed the principalchief conservator of forests(PCCF) to initiate an inquiryon the conduct of the divi-sional forest officer who gavea clean chit to the villagers

who had beaten the leopardduring the rescue attempt.The court also directed theBageshwar DistrictMagistrate to inquire into theincident and submit its reportin a sealed envelope in thecourt by the next date ofhearing on October 24.

The court issued thesedirections after taking cog-nisance of media reports totake up the matter in theform of a public interest lit-igation.

It is pertinent to mentionhere that at least three per-sons have been killed byleopard in Bageshwar area.The local MLA ChandanRam Das, had raised theissue in the last session of theVidhan Sabha duringSeptember, also threateningto resign if no concrete actionwas taken.

Though he withdrew histhreat to resign after gettingassurance from theParliamentary AffairsMinister, observers point outthat the forest department isyet to effectively address theissue of human-leopard conflict in places likeBageshwar.

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Ateam of Anti-TerrorismSquad (ATS) questioned a

few students of IIT Roorkee on

Monday to collect more infor-mation about a former studentof the same institute who hadallegedly passed informationon to the Pakistan’s intelligenceagency ISI. SSP HaridwarKrishna Kumar VK said that theformer student had allegedlypassed information about India’smissiles to ISI. He further saidthat the former student wasarrested by Nagpur police.

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The State AgricultureMinister Subodh Uniyal

said that the entrepreneurshave shown keen interest in thehorticulture and agriculturesector in course of InvestorsSummit-2018 which wouldhelp the Government fulfil theobjective of doubling theincome of the farmers.

He said that memoran-dum of understanding (MoU)worth �22,000 crore has beeninked in the horticulture sec-tor while MoUs to the tune of�4834 crore has been signed inthe agriculture sector duringthe summit.

The Minister, further, saidwhile talking to the media per-sons on the sidelines of the sec-ond and the last day of theInvestors Summit on Mondaythat investors have committedto invest �1325 crore throughthe MoUs in setting up aromaindustry in the State.

He claimed thatUttarakhand is the first State inthe country to have an aromapolicy. The Minister informedthat Rasna Industries has signeda MoU worth �500 crore withthe State Government during

the summit.He said that the State

Government is committed toprovide infrastructural supportto the food processing industryand as part of this endeavour, 22cold chains have been set up inthe State over the past fouryears. He, further, claimed that15 cold chains have been set upin the last one and half yearsalone, something which hetermed as an achievement on thepart of the ministry under him.

Claiming that Udham SinghNagar is holding the number oneposition in country’s in food pro-cessing sector, he said that the

State Government has decided toset up the first food processingcluster in a mountainous part ofState. This cluster would be setup at Notha village near KemptyFall in Tehri district, he added.

Giving further details,Uniyal said that this new clusterwould consist of four units andthey would provide employ-ment to over 500 people.

Stressing on the impor-tance of organic agriculture,the Minister said that the StateGovernment has decided toraise the area under organicagriculture from the existing 1lakh hectares to 3 lakh

hectares in the next one yearand to further raise it to 5 lakhhectares in two years.

He said that the StateGovernment is promotingcluster-based farming so thatthe farmers can enjoy supportof new technology and market.Uniyal said that theGovernment is planning toencourage vegetable clusters inthe villages located in thevicinity of cities while thecultivation of flowers would beencouraged in the villageslocated near the CharDhams.

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Uttarakhand being a land ofspirituality endowed with

immense natural beauty, theindustrial development hereshould not be allowed at thecost of nature, said the UnionMinister of State for health andfamily welfare and AYUSH,Ashwini Kumar Chaubey whileaddressing a sectoral session onhealth and wellness on theconcluding day of DestinationUt t a r a k h a n d - I n v e s t o r sSummit- 2018 here on Monday.He said that the State shouldfocus more on pilgrimagerather than tourism.

The Union Minister nar-rated emotionally his person-al experience when he and hisfamily had remained stuck forfour days at Kedarnath whenthe deluge ravaged the areaaround the fabled shrine in2013. “I have seen death anddestruction the delugebrought about from closequarters. I am now unshak-able in my belief that thereshould be no compromise onnature and environment.

Uttarakhand being theDevbhoomi, the abode of thegods, it should be allowed toretain its deified stature andsanctity,’’ he said. Chaubeysuggested that the State shouldlink health and wellness with

the religious tourism which heopined would be very benefi-cial for the State.

The State forest andAYUSH Minister Harak SinghRawat said that Uttarakhandhas a forest cover of 71 percentand it accounts for 28 percentof bio-diversity of the country.“The rest of India should takeinto account the fact thatboth Ganga and Yamuna areclean ti l l they are inUttarakhand. Similarly, all theareas of the State, includingthe capital Dehradun, are rel-atively noise pollution free,something which makes theState ideally suited for settingup health and wellness indus-try,” Rawat said. He, further,

said that the StateGovernment having givenindustry status to tourism,the Government is giving tenpercent additional subsidy insetting up the industry in theState.

Acharya Balkrishna ofPatanjali Ayurved said thatUttarakhand has best envi-ronment for Ayush.

Besides, proximity toNational Capital Region(NCR) provides a ready mar-ket, he added.

He exhorted the entre-preneurs to have self-confi-dence and shun inhibitionsand move forward on theplans to set up health andwellness centres in the State.

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fare Ashwini Kumar Chaubeysaid that the UnionGovernment would convert1.5 lakh Government HealthCentres into wellness Centres.Addressing the media personsduring the Investors Summit,he said that the AyushmanBharat Yojana, the universalhealth insurance scheme,would provide free health facil-ity to 6 crore poor families inthe country.

He, further, said that 15000Arogya Mitras have beenrecruited by the Government tohelp patients covered under themega health policy. The UnionMinister added that the UnionGovernment would set up 350wellness centres inUttarakhand.

Speaking on the occasion,the State forest and AyushMinister Harak Singh Rawatsaid that 26 memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) worth �3000 crore has been signedduring the Investors Summitin the AYUSH sector alone. Hesaid that the State Governmenthas removed all land conver-sion-related hassles to facilitateestablishment of industry inUttarakhand and allowed pur-chase of agricultural land forsetting up industry. He

announced that to providetrained manpower to theAYUSH industry, new gradu-ate and post-graduate courses

would be started inUttarakhand AyurvedaUniversity. Rawat said that hehad had talks with the UnionMinister of State Chaubey forincluding Ayurveda, Yunani,Homeopathy and other Indiansystems of medicinal prac-tices in Ayushman BharatYojana.

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The State Forest and AyushMinister Harak Singh

Rawat has evoked laughterwhen he said that he would notuse the term ‘top-up’ for 10 per-cent additional benefitUttarakhand Government isproviding to set up AYUSH-based units in the State while

sarcastically referring to theformer Chief Minister HarishRawat using the same ‘top up’while purportedly offeringmoney to MLAs for support ascaught in a sting operation.Notably, Harak Singh Rawatwas one of the rebel CongressMLAs who switched to BJPafter raising the flag of revoltagainst then CM Harish Rawat.

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The climate in Uttarakhandis ideal for organic milk

production and the decision ofthe State Government to pro-mote organic farming is a wel-come step, said the foundingchairman and managing direc-tor (CMD) of Ananda dairyRadhey Shyam Dixit whileinteracting with The Pioneer onthe margins of the InvestorsSummit on Monday.

Notably, enthused by theUttarakhand Government’sinvestor friendly policies,Ananda dairy has decided toinvest �200 crore in the State.He said that Uttarakhand hasvast potential to develop intoa leading producer of milk. He

also offered expertise of hiscompany in providing supportin breed and feed development.

Dixit said that the StateGovernment has announced to

set up organicfarming clustersin the Statewhich wouldhelp the dairyindustry to mar-ket the milkproduced hereas truly ‘OrganicMilk’.

He said thatthe organic milkwould be ahigh- end prod-uct for nichesegment only.Ananda dairyhas 40 percentmarket share inUt t a r a k h a n dwith an annualsale of � 3500crore in the

State.Dixit said that with about

15 percent of the total milkconsumed being produced inUttarakhand, the State through

some measures can become amilk sufficient State. “Forachieving the goal of beingmilk sufficient State, theGovernment here should workin backward integration modeto develop the diary industry,’’he said.

Dixit added that his com-pany purchases milk from5000 villages of Uttar Pradeshon a unique self-help groupmodel. He, further, said thathis company has 33 chillingplants and is planning tosoon raise the number of itsoutlets to 500.

Lauding the UttarakhandGovernment for hosting thefirst Investors Summit, Dixitsaid that the event hasimmensely helped in buildingconfidence among the entre-preneurs for investing in theState. “This is indeed a bigachievement and it augurswell for the industrial futureof the State,” he added.

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Heads of top industrial andother enterprises once

again spoke highly of oppor-tunities for investment inUttarakhand while speakingat the conclusion of theInvestors Summit here onMonday. They also expressed

their interest in investing in thestate for various works.

Amity University chancel-lor Aseem Chauhan spoke ofthe extent of activities of theuniversity. He said that theAmity University would defi-nitely invest in establishinguniversities and schools in theState of Uttarakhand.

Rasna Private Limitedchairman and managing direc-tor Piruz Khambatta said thatearlier when the CM and oth-ers had visited Ahmedabad toinvite investors to the summit,the industrial fraternity hadsuggested that some policydecisions should be taken tomake the State more conducive

for investment. “The CM hadsaid that we will act on this andshortly afterwards, the Stateframed 10 policies-some ofwhich are not there even inStates like Gujarat andMaharashtra.

This State has considerablescope for investment anddevelopment especially in sec-

tors like food processing as itwill also help in not just dou-bling but tripling the incomeof farmers,” he said.

Dixon Technologies exec-utive chairman Sunil Vachanisaid that his enterprise hadstarted working in Uttarakhd

with two units in 2005.Considering the experiencingof working in Uttarakhand, thecompany now plans to double

its production of washingmachines apart from dou-bling its production of lights to200 million units which will beexported to about 20 coun-tries.

BHEL chairman and man-aging director Atul Sobti alsoexpressed his views on theoccasion.

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The Investors Summit con-cluded in Dehradun with

memoranda of understandingworth �1,20,150 crore beingsigned between various enter-prises and the State. Speakingon the occasion, the UnionHome Minister Rajnath Singhsaid that considering theresponse received to the firstinvestors summit held inUttarakhand one can say thatwell begun is half done.

Speaking at the valedic-tory session of the summit,the Union Minister said thatthe investors summit wouldprove to be a historical eventin Uttarakhand.

He said, “I was expectingthat in a State l ikeUttarakhand MoUs amount-ing to �50-60,000 crore wouldbe signed. But the worth ofthe MoUs signed in itself is amajor achievement of theState Government.Uttarakhand has no dearth ofnatural and human resourcebut what seemed to be lack-ing was a partnership betweenthese two resources.” He saidthat by holding this success-ful investors summit, the

Chief Minister TrivendraSingh Rawat has performedakin to a cricketer hitting acentur y. Referr ing toUttarakhand, he said thateven from the law and orderpoint of view, the State isideal. “I know that an investorwill not take a chance unlessguaranteed a proper law andorder situation.

This is another plus pointin Uttarakhand as there is nolaw and order headache here.I would like to elicit focusspecially on tourism, health

and wellness sectors inUttarakhand. The situationhere is ideal for investmentand developments especiallyin these sectors.

I got to know that aboutone crore tourists visitUttarakhand in a year. Whyshould one not strive toattract five crore tourists ayear to the State?”

He, further, opined thatconsidering the efforts beingundertaken by the StateGovernment, soon the trendof reverse migration would be

experienced in the State.Speaking on the occa-

sion, Chief MinisterTrivendra Singh Rawatthanked investors for theirresponse to the summit. Hesaid that 601 MoUs amount-ing to �1,20,150 crore hadbeen signed between variousenterprises and the StateGovernment.

More proposals areexpected from investors laterduring this month. He said,“The investors summit hasprepared a launching pad for

major developmental worksin the State.

This will help us achievethe desired level of develop-ment by 2025 when the statewill mark the silver jubilee ofits creation.This summit washeld under the guidance ofPrime Minister NarendraModi.

During the inaugural ses-sion he had spoken of spiri-tual eco zone being theunique strength ofUttarakhand. We will worktowards capitalising on this.”

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Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh said that

by 2030, India would beamong the top threeeconomies of the world.Speaking at the conclusion ofthe Investors Summit here onMonday, he said that alreadydue to stable Government atthe Centre and the variousdecisions taken by it, India isamong the fastest growingeconomies of the world.

Singh said that economyis the spinal column of anycountry and State.Investments are also impor-tant for the economy. Hesaid, “Presently, theGovernments at the Centreand State are both stable.After about six months, theLok Sabha elections are goingto be held. We all know whatwill happen in the elections soI will not elaborate on that.However, due to steps taken bythe Government, India is oneof the fastest growingeconomies in the world. Weare presently sixth in the worldand moving towards fifth posi-tion among the worldeconomies. By 2030, Indiawill be among the top threeeconomies of the world,” he

said.Recalling the time when

Atal Bihari Vajpayee was thePrime Minister of India, he saidthat Vajpayee was of the opin-ion that bifurcation of Stateslike Madhya Pradesh, UttarPradesh and Bihar was impor-tant also for boosting the econ-omy. “The three states createdt h e n - U t t a r a k h a n d ,Chhattisgarh and Jharkhandare today all doing very welleconomically,” he said.

Referring to the steps takenby the Home Ministry, he saidthe earlier it used to take up toa couple of years for industriesto get security clearance fromthe ministry. “However, now ifany industrialist doesn’t securethe clearance within 60 days,one can contact me. I wasreviewing the Ministry’s workand ascertained that in the cur-rent year we have providedsecurity clearance to industryin 53 days,” said Singh.

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Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal on Monday

announced that an anti terror-ist force namely ‘Kavach’ wouldbe constituted to furtherstrengthen the securityarrangements in the state.

“The Kavach would have150 police personnel whowould be provided 14 weekstraining by National SecurityGuard (NSG) located atManesar,” the Chief Ministersaid while interacting withmediapersons at Gurugram onthe occasion of release of ‘VikasGeet’ CD composed byInformation, Public Relationsand Languages Department.

The Chief Minister saidthat special recruitment wouldbe done of batch comprising 50physically fit candidates ofHaryana Police. The membersof Kavach could be transferredto Haryana Police, he said.

Manohar Lal further saidthat Kavach will be constitut-ed as a precautionary measureto deal with terrorists’ activities.The headquarters of Kavachwould be at Gurugram and itwould be headed by an officerof IG or ADGP rank, he added.

Replying to a question, hesaid that this new song wouldbe played during unveiling thestatue of Deenbandhu SirChhotu Ram by the PrimeMinister at Sampla in districtRohtak on October 9. As many

as 40 schemes have been cho-sen to compose this song, hesaid.

The Chief Minister saidthat Women Police Stationshave been opened at districtand sub division headquar-ters, and ‘Durga Vahini Force’has been constituted tostrengthen women safety in thestate. Apart from this, specialtask force has been constitutedto deal with people indulged incriminal activities, he said.

He also said that theKherki Daula toll plaza wouldbe shifted to Panchgaon byMarch 2019. Thereafter, thetraffic movement betweenGurugram and Manesar wouldbe smoother, he added.

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Giving a relief to the allot-tees of Haryana Shahari VikasPradhikaran (HSVP), HaryanaChief Minister Manohar Lalannounced that HSVP allotteeswould be given one moreopportunity to deposit theenhancement dues of theirplots by giving them rebate.

He said that the HSVPallottees himself had raisedthe enhancement issue andwanted to get it resolved.

A large number of allotteestook benefit of 40 per centrebate given to them recentlyfor settling their enhancementdues under which an amount

of Rs 850 crore were deposit-ed as against enhancement ofabout Rs 1400 crore, he said.

The Chief Minister saidthat he had invited various res-ident welfare associations ofsectors of HSVP and talkedabout the issue of enhance-ment.

Most of the demandswhich the allottees raised in themeeting have been accepted bythe State Government excepttwo demands for which a com-mittee comprising three retiredJudge has been constituted.These two demands would

also be considered after thecommittee submits it report, headded.

Manohar Lal further said arebate scheme would again beimplemented for those allotteesthat could not get the benefitunder the similar scheme ear-lier. But, this time, they wouldget rebate less than 40 per centso that the allottees of earlierscheme do not feel that theymight have done any mistakeby depositing amount ofenhancement two months ear-lier, he added.

While blaming the previ-

ous Congress Government inthe state for adopting delayingtactics in giving enhancement,he said that even the enhance-ment of 1994 was not intimat-ed to the allottees as the lead-ers of the then governmentthought that the allottees couldbe informed about theenhancement dues at the timeof making payment to farmersof their land.

This resulted in theincreasing litigation in theCourts as large number ofallottees has sold their plots fur-ther by that time, he said.

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With an eye on Lok SabhaPolls 2019 and assembly

polls due later next year inHaryana, Prime MinisterNarendra Modi will address amega rally on Tuesday in the Jatheartland of Rohtak.

On the same day, the PrimeMinister will be unveiling thestatue of venerated Jat farmerleader Deenbandhu Sir ChhotuRam in Sampla at Rohtak andalso lay the foundation stone ofRail Coach Factory to be builton 163 acres in Barahi atSonepat.

The Tuesday’s eventassumes significance with theBJP leaders hoping that “Modimagic” will boost theirprospects in the 2019 Lok Sabhapolls while the oppositionCongress and Indian NationalLok Dal will be keenly watch-ing every development relatedto the rally to be held in Rohtak,known to be a Congress bastionand is represented byDeepender Singh Hooda, son offormer Haryana Chief MinisterBhupinder Singh Hooda.

The ruling BJP is going to

sound the poll bugle in Haryanawith PM’s rally and unveiling of64-feet tall statue of Sir ChhotuRam at Sampla by him, is seenas party’s attempt to appease theJat and farming community inthe state.

The statue has been con-structed at Chhotu Ram’s nativevillage Garhi Sampla in Rohtakdistrict.

While the occasion ofunveiling the statue of ChottuRam, one of the tallest Jat lead-ers of pre-Partition era, is seenas a “positive step” by the BJPand appreciated by one and all,farmers and Jat outfits will bestaying away from this event.

The event aimed at settingthe tone for the party's cam-paign for the general elections,is scheduled to be attended byGovernors of Haryana,Himachal Pradesh, Jammu andKashmir, Chottu Ram’s grand-son Union Minister ChaudharyBirender Singh, Union Ministerof Railways and Coal, PiyushGoyal, Haryana CabinetMinisters and senior BJP lead-ers from the state.

Congress MP from Rohtak,Deepender Singh Hooda is alsoexpected to be present during

the unveiling ceremony.The Prime Minister would

also visit the museum built inmemory of Chhotu Ram wherescenes depicting his life anditems related to him have beencollected.

Tight security arrangementshave been put in place in Rohtakin view of the PM's visit. Laterat Rohtak’s ‘Deenbandhu Smritirally’, the Prime Minister islikely to present a report card ofhis government’s flagship ini-tiatives for farmers.

At present, the farmingcommunity is agitated overnon-fulfillment of theirdemands including uncondi-tional farm loan waiver.

Also, with resentmentbrewing among the influentialJat community over their unful-filled demands of reservationand others, the BJPGovernment with a non-Jatleader Manohar Lal as its head,is hoping to appease the uppercaste Jat voter in Haryana withTuesday’s event.

The Jats, which constitutenearly 29 percent of Haryana’spopulation, had provided theBJP the necessary traction toregister its maiden victory in

October 2014 assembly polls aswell winning 7 out of 10 LokSabha seats earlier that year.

Political observers feel thatthe public rally to be addressedby PM Modi is aimed at appeas-ing Jat and farmers’ communi-ty. Known for his oratory skills,PM Modi will attempt to woothe Jat and farming communi-ty by invoking Sir Chottu Ram,they say.

The upper caste resent-ment against the BJP has obvi-ously got the party and its lead-ership very worried and theparty is making efforts to paci-fy them ahead of 2019 polls, thepolitical observers say.

Ahead of Modi’s much-hyped Rohtak event, the oppo-sition parties have also steppedup its ante against the BJP ledCentral and HaryanaGovernments.

Haryana Congress chiefAshok Tanwar, while talking tothe mediapersons here onMonday said that the BJP hasfailed to do anything for farm-ers during its tenure. Be itCentral Government orHaryana Government, theyhave neglected the farmingcommunity, he added.

Tanwar also announced tolaunch a door to door ‘LokSampark Abhiyan’ in Haryanaon October 9 in view of the 2019Lok Sabha elections. This pro-gramme will continue tillNovember 19, birth anniversaryof former Prime Minister lateIndira Gandhi, he added.

Leader of opposition andINLD’s senior leader AbhayChautala had recently allegedthat the Prime Minister is com-ing to Haryana to stir up a con-troversy.

Attacking the BJP, NaveenJaihind, Aam Aadmi party’sstate chief said that farmers arecommitting suicides every day.Sir Chottu Ram was a messiahof farmers, while the BJP hasfailed to take any initiatives forfarmers, who are forced toprotest on streets nowadays, hesaid.

Notably, Haryana will bewitnessing a rectangular polit-ical battle with BJP, Congressand INLD already kicking offelection campaigns and theAam Aadmi Party (AAP) enter-ing the fray in Delhi ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal’shome state.

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All India Jat AarkashanSanghrash Samiti (AIJASS) pres-ident Yashpal Malik, who hasbeen invited for the event ofunveiling of statue of Jat-farmerleader, said that he will not beattending it.

As the event is related to SirChottu Ram, we have asked thepeople to attend it, if they want.But I will not be attending it, saidMalik while talking to ThePioneer.

He said, we have convened ameeting on October 15 in Rohtakto chalk out a strategy for hold-ing protest over our demands.

The Jat outfit has threatenedto campaign against the BJP instates of Rajasthan and MadhyaPradesh, which will go to assem-bly polls in next two months.

The AIJASS had earlier alsoannounced that Jats will holdprotest dharnas at the events ofChief Minister Manohar Lal andFinance Minister Capt.Abhimanyu. The protest dharnaswere being held in rural areas inRohtak, Jhajjar, Dadri, Bhiwani,Hisar, Kaithal, Jind, Panipat,Sonipat.

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Tapping the IT potential forbringing efficiency, trans-

parency and accountability inthe public works department,Punjab PWD Minister VijayInder Singla on Mondaylaunched the Punjab RoadsGIS Portal and Punjab SarakSewa (PSS) mobile app.

A mobile testing van,newly inducted into theDepartment’s quality controllaboratory, was also flagged off.

“The Department with thetechnical support of NationalInformatics Centre (NIC) hasprepared the GIS portal ofPunjab roads wherein thedetails of all roads as to whetherthey are state roads, nationalhighways, roads of MandiBoard, link roads, district roadsetc is available,” said Singla.

Besides, the other attribut-es of the roads like the length,width, crust thickness, year ofconstruction, cost incurredand last repair undertakenwould also be available, hesaid adding that this wouldhelp the Department to spruceup its work as availability ofdigital data will expedite plan-ning or implementation.

The Minister said that theidentification of roads to berepaired or areas lacking con-nectivity would be available inan instant to the Department.

“Punjab Mandi Board hasalready joined in the ventureand has added the informationpertaining to mandis in thisportal,” he said.

Similarly, we are expectingother departments to use thisportal to update their depart-ment specific attributes likeschools, hospitals etc so thatthis Punjab Roads GIS Portalturns out to be Punjab StateGIS Portal, he said.

Minister said that con-nected to this portal is thePunjab Sarak Sewa (PSS)Mobile App which us anandroid-based app availableon Playstore.

“It is a grievance redressalmechanism started by theDepartment. Anybody canlogin into the app and there-after click the photo of thestretch of road that requiresrepair and upload it. The exactlongitude-latitude supportedpicture will be received and for-warded to the officer con-cerned for necessary action,” heexplained.

Singla said that CaptAmarinder Singh led govern-ment believes in efficient andtransparent working and that isthe direction Public WorksDepartment is headingtowards.

Later, Singla flagged offthe mobile testing vanequipped with latest state-of-art

equipment to facilitate testingof building and constructionmaterial in the field, especial-ly in far flung areas.

The latest machineryequips the Department togauge the strength of the build-ings in an absolutely non-destructive manner, withoutcausing any harm to the struc-ture for culling out samples, hesaid.

Singla vociferously assert-ed that quality has to be thehallmark of all constructionwork. “There is no use initiat-ing a punitive or a remedialaction after the failure of a pro-ject, the focus has to be onquality control. So, theDepartment’s quality controllab has been upgraded and aug-mented with latest testingmachines and a mobile testingvan with a total outlay of Rs2.82 crore,” he added.

The laboratory is the onlyapproved material testing lab-oratory in the state of Punjab,said Singla adding that it car-ries out checking or testing ofvarious construction materialsand products, being used inconstructions undertaken byGovernment agencies such asDepartment of Water Resource,Punjab Urban DevelopmentAuthority, Panchayti Raj,Punjab Health SystemCorporation, PSIDC and LocalBodies Department.

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Haryana BJP leader Suraj PalAmmu, who had resigned

from the party post last year fol-lowing controversy over‘Padmaavat’ movie, will be soongiven a key party post.

BJP state unit chief SubhashBarala, while talking to themediapersons on Monday saidthat the resignation of Suraj PalAmmu has not been acceptedand he will soon be given a partypost. Rajput leader Suraj PalAmmu, who was Haryana BJPchief media coordinator hadresigned from his party post in

November last demanding aban on the movie ‘Padmaavat’.The BJP leader had shot tolimelight after his controversialremarks, offering Rs 10 crores forbeheading actor DeepikaPadukone and director SanjayLeela Bhansali.

Suraj Pal had also castigat-ed Haryana Chief MinisterManohar Lal, comparing him todemon king Ravana and sayingthat arrogant attitude is wrongand Ravana also had arrogance.However, no disciplinary actionwas taken against him by the BJPand he is now set to be given akey party post.

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Punjab Government onMonday made it clear that

it would not allow the com-mercialisation of historic mon-ument of Jallianwala Bagh atAmritsar.

“No private companywould be allowed to commer-cialise Jallianwala Bagh. But if,in case, an adoption is madeunder the Centre’s Adopt-a-Heritage scheme, it will beensured that no ticket ischarged from the visitors andno plaque shall be displayedthere by any corporate house,”declared the state Tourism andCultural Affairs MinisterNavjot Singh Sidhu.

Sidhu, maintaining thatJallianwala Bagh will not begiven on contract to any private

company for maintenance, saidthat the Central Governmenthas plans to hand over themonument like it had done incase of Red Fort at New Delhi.

Sidhu said that he hadrecently met the UnionMinister of State for TourismKJ Alphons, and even writtento him. “The CentralGovernment has asked Punjabto identify a list of monu-ments which could be offeredfor adoption under the scheme— Adopt a Heritage – ApniDharohar, Apni Pehchaan —after which a list of sevenmonuments was sent to him,”Sidhu said.

“On October 5, on myvisit to your office, this issuewas discussed in detail withyou and Secretary Tourism,Government of India. It was

requested that all necessaryprecautions should be takenbefore finalising for such adop-tion so that it may not attractany adverse public reaction asit happened in the case of redfort,” stated Sidhu’s letter.

He made it clear that theGovernment would “stronglyobject” if Jallianwala Bagh isgiven to any corporate house orprivate entity for adoption.“We cannot accept that tomor-row any private body will startcharging entry fees or put up itsown plaques at the site,” he said.

But at the same time, headded that in case any privatecompany or individual wouldlike to spend money for themonument’s upkeep, withoutexpecting anything in return,that will be acceptable.

“My point is that we want

to maintain solemness of thesite and not create any picnicspot there. We will not allowJallianwala Bagh to be given foradoption or oncontract...Jallianwala Bagh isnot for sale,” he declared.

Sidhu said that he had ear-lier written a letter to theCentre seeking special packageof Rs 100 crore for the historicJallianwalla Bagh nationalmonument.

“I had written letter wayback in January stating thatthere should be a cafeteria,modern amenities, landscap-ing, world class light and soundsystem at this place as in April2019, the country will beobserving 100 years of theJallianwala Bagh massacre,” hesaid.

Sidhu said that though a

“small amount” has beenreleased, the PunjabGovernment is awaiting per-mission from the Centre forinitiating renovation works atJallianwala Bagh.

“If Centre does not givepermission, I will take it to theCabinet. We already have Rseight crore (from the Centre),for which we are awaiting sanc-tion to spend. Punjab FinanceMinister has also announcedRs 10 crore. We have asked foradditional Rs 30 crore, but weneed Centre’s permission. TheJallianwala Bagh is run by theTrust, which is headed by thePrime Minister and is underthe Centre,” he said.

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Central Government has“rejected” Punjab’s request fora special Rs 2,145 crore finan-cial assistance to commemoratethe 550th birth anniversary ofSikhs’ first master, Guru NanakDev.

He pointed that Punjabhad placed the request to fundthe events connected with thebirth anniversary celebrations,which falls in November nextyear. “But, the Centre has citedthat it has a total budget of Rs100 crore for all commemora-tive functions to be organisedin various parts of the countrypertaining to the event,” hesaid.

“Centre said that out of Rs100 crore, nearly half the

amount has already beenspent,” said Sidhu.

Sidhu also released theminutes of a meeting of theNational ImplementationCommittee (NIC), headed by acentral minister, held on July 30this year, and claimed that theCentre has offered only Rs 35crore to Punjab for the event.

Notably, in June this year,Chief Minister Capt AmarinderSingh, in a letter to the PrimeMinister, had sought an assis-tance of Rs 2,145.31 crore fromthe Centre for commemorativeprojects and undertaking var-ious infrastructural projects intowns and cities associatedwith the first Sikh Guru.

He said that the Centre hasasked to club both the eventstogether.

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Sidhu, who is also theLocal Government Minister,announced that the policy forone-time settlement (OTS) forunauthorised buildings andcolonies in the state will bepassed in the next cabinetmeeting.

Sidhu, without divulgingany further details, said that thedate for the cabinet meeting isyet to be decided, but the pol-icy would be the part of theagenda for the same.

He made the announce-ment in the presence of fourMayors of MunicipalCorporations of Amritsar,Jalandhar, Ludhiana, andPatiala.

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Making the most out of theongoing protest by the

teachers at Patiala, the AamAadmi Party (AAP) leaders onMonday lend its support to theprotestors.

No less than 150 teachers,from joint teachers’ union ofRMSA and SSA, have startedprotest dharna nearDukhniwaran Gurudwara onSunday evening, while 11 are sit-ting on fast-unto-death againstthe Congress-led PunjabGovernment’s “offer” for regu-larising their job with a massivesalary cut.

AAP state president andSangrur MP Bhagwant Mann,Leader of Opposition in Vidhan

Sabha Harpal Singh Cheema,AAP MLA from Talwandi SaboProf Baljinder Kaur, among oth-ers met the protesting teacherson Monday and announced toextend their support to them.

AAP’s support came despitethe protesting teachers’ deci-sion of seeking any supportfrom any political party or leader.Much before the Cheema andMann planned their visit to thePatiala at the place of protest, thepeachers have conveyed to themthat they do not want or evenallow any political leader to jointhe protest.

When they visit the teachers,none of them was allowed toshare the stage. Sanjha AdhaypakMorcha’s state convenerDavinder Punia said that even

though AAP leader have sup-ported them, “we have notallowed them to join the protest”.

He maintained, “Until now,we are not allowing anyone withpolitical affiliations to join theprotest.”

The protesting teachers havebeen demanding from the gov-ernment to revoke its decision ofregularising the teachers with asalary cut.

Besides, the RMSA and SSAteachers have made it clear thatthey would not end their protesttill the State Government accepttheir demands of regularisation,equal-pay or equal work, amongothers.

Punjab Cabinet, onWednesday last, had given its go-ahead to regularize services of as

many 8,886 teachers recruitedunder the Sarv Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) and Rashtriya MadhyamikShiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), aswell Adarsh and Model Schools,but with a pay cut for first threeyears.

The government’s “offer” toregularise them but with about35 percent cut in their salarieshas failed to go down well withthe teaching fraternity, andretorted with series of protests,burning Chief Minister’s effigy,and finally starting a fast-unto-death in his home town Patialafrom Sunday.

The decision was taken onthe basis of Cabinet Sub-com-mittee’s recommendations, andas many 7356 teachers underSSA, 1194 under Rashtriya

Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan(RMSA), along with 220 forModel schools and 116 forAdarsh schools, will be regu-larised.

As per the cabinet decision,services of these teachers oremployees be regularized byabsorbing them by creating theseposts in School EducationDepartment subject to the con-dition that they would be paid Rs15,000 per month for threeyears. And on successful com-pletion of three years, their ser-vices would be regularized by theDepartment, strictly as per rules.

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Meanwhile, PunjabEducation Minister OP Soni

has given a word of caution to theleaders of Sanjha MorchaTeachers’ Union, sitting on dhar-na at Patiala, to join duty in theirrespective schools or be ready toface action.

“By doing so, they are spoil-ing the future of innocent stu-dents which is not tolerable,” saidSoni.

Soni revealed that the deci-sion of regularizing the servicesof these teachers, who were ear-lier under societies being runwith funds provided by theUnion Government and werealways under threat of losingtheir jobs, was taken after con-ducting three decisive meetingswith these union leaders who arenow misguiding other teachersdue to their individual interests.

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Winter slowly setting inUttarakhand, the meteo-

rological department has fore-cast light snowfall in the high-er reaches of the state onTuesday. As per the weatherdepartment forecast, it mightsnow or rain in the higherreaches of Uttarkashi, Chamoli,Rudraprayag and Pithoragarhdistricts on the day. Snowfall islikely to occur at places withheight 4000 m and above, theMet officers said and addedthat the climate in the rest ofthe state would remain dry onTuesday.

In Dehradun too, the cli-mate would remain dry thoughthe sky would remain partlycloudy on Tuesday. The maxi-mum and the minimum tem-peratures are likely to be in theneighbourhood of 31 degreeand 16 degree Celsius on theday in the city. On Monday, theminimum temperature of thecity settled at 15 degree Celsius-one notch below the normal-while the maximum was 31.7degree Celsius, two notchesabove the normal. While inMukteshwar, the minimumtemperature dipped to 9 degree

Celsius it was 11 degree Celsiusin New Tehri on Monday.

The weather officials saidthat the mercury would now

keep dipping slowly inDehradun though the real win-ter chill is still far-off.

Though it is a tad hot dur-ing the day time the climate isbecoming pleasant after theevening sets in, say the resi-dents. During the night hours,the climate is turning a littlecold, they add.

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New Delhi: Women and ChildDevelopment Minister ManekaGandhi on Monday said shehas asked the Law Ministry tonot keep any age limit toreport child sexual abuse,allowing people to complainabout what has happened tothem even “10-15 years later”.

Noting that anger atmolestation and sexual abusenever goes away, Gandhi alsosaid she is “very happy” thatthe #MeToo campaign hasstarted in India and encour-aged women to come forwardto complain against sexualharassment.

“One always remembersthe person who molested youand we have written to the LawMinistry that one should beallowed to complain withoutany time limit,” Gandhi toldreporters.

Under Section 468 of theCrPC, any offence, includingchild abuse, which can lead toa prison term of three years hasto be reported within threeyears of the incident.

According to Section 473of the CrPC, a court may takecognisance of an older case ifit is in the “interest of justice”or if the “delay has been prop-erly explained”. However, vic-tims of child sexual abuseoften face problems in regis-tering an FIR once they are 18or more.

Gandhi said she has pro-posed that people can com-plain even “10-15 years later”.“It doesn’t matter how muchlater. If you’re going to com-plain the avenue is open,” sheadded. Gandhi had earlierproposed that child sexualabuse victims be allowed toregister complaints until theyare 30. PTI

New Delhi: The Supreme CourtMonday reserved its verdict onpleas of Congress leaders KamalNath and Sachin Pilot allegingduplication of names in thevoters’ lists of Madhya Pradeshand Rajasthan and seeking ran-dom verification of VVPATmachines in the upcoming elec-tions in these States.

A bench comprising JusticesA K Sikri and Ashok Bhushanconcluded the hearing duringwhich senior lawyers Kapil Sibal,representing the Congress lead-ers and Vikas Singh, counsel forthe Election Commission ofIndia (ECI), traded charges.

Singh said attempts havebeen made to malign importantconstitutional institution ofElection Commission and getfavourable order by fabricatingdocuments by alleging discrep-ancies in voters’ lists.

“I stand by what I had saidearlier,” the senior lawyer said,adding that the poll panel hadtaken note of the allegations ofthe Congress party and under-taken corrective measures withregard to discrepancies in thevoters list which was evidentfrom EC’s communication ofJune 8 this year.

Despite this, the Congressparty alleged discrepancies intheir petition in September andthis was a clear attempt tomalign the institution, he said,adding that the leaders have“casually filed something” to“malign” and “denigrate” the pollpanel.

Sibal strongly rebutted thesubmissions of the poll paneland referred to alleged discrep-ancies and duplication in thevoters list and referred to theillustrations of four assemblyconstituencies of MadhyaPradesh. PTI

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The BJP on Monday askedOpposition-ruled States to

pass on the benefits of petroland diesel price reductionannounced by the Centre lastweek to public to providethem with a relief and desistfrom raising a propagandaagainst the Modi-Government.

Addressing a press con-ference here, BJP spokesmanMeenakshi Lekhi said a set ofreasons including the reduc-tion in oil production and fluc-tuation in the Rupee and dol-lar parity has led to rise in the

domestic prices of oil.The Centre and the BJP-

ruled States have broughtdown petrol and diesel pricesby �5, Opposition parties likethe Congress and the AamAadmi Party have not helpedthe masses by effecting a cut.

She said that States havebeen benefitting due to rise inoil prices as the taxes they earnare based on a fixed percent-age of the cost of petrol anddiesel per litre, while theCentre’s share of revenue isfixed for every litre.

Even out of the exciseduty of �19 the CentralGovernment earns on a litre of

petrol, 42 per cent goes to theStates which, she added, earnextra revenue based on thevalue added tax they levy. Itranges from 26 per cent to 30per cent for most States.

“Non-BJP States have notbeen to the mark. They shouldshow sensitivity and help peo-ple. They are only doing pro-paganda but not helping thepeople’s cause,” she said.

She also rejected theCongress’ criticism of theNarendra Modi Governmentover hiking the excise dutyover the years and helping oilcompanies “earn over �13 lakhcrore” under its tenure.

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In a move to check its misuse,the Ministry of Home

Affairs (MHA) has made itclear that those who carry theUnited Nations HighCommission for Refugees(UNHCR) cards are not enti-tled for Aadhaar cards inIndia. The Ministry has issuedinstructions that only suchpersons who are legally stay-ing in India are eligible forissuance of Aadhaar cards.

Sources said that the MHAmissive came after some StateGovernments raised queriesregarding issuance of Aadhaarcards to illegal immigrantsincluding those who carry theUNHCR cards.

At a high level video con-ference meeting chaired by BRSharma, Special Secretary(Border Management), it wascategorically stated that thosehaving UNHCR cards are alsonot entitled for Aadhaar card inIndia and instructions havebeen issued to the UIDAI fornot issuing the card to illegalimmigrants. The meeting wasattended by senior officials ofIntelligence Bureau, NationalInformatics Centre, Cabinet

Secretariat, Ministry ofExternal Affairs and HomeMinistry.

“India is not a signatory tothe 1951 UN Convention relat-ing to the State of Refugees andthe 1967 Protocol thereon. Assuch, the UNHCR cards haveno relevance to the issuance ofAadhaar cards. In fact,UNHCR may have issued cardsto illegal immigrants and there-fore issuing Aadhaar cards onthat basis will be highlyimproper and illegal, Thereshould not be any issue in can-celation of all identificationproof/documents obtainedfraudulently by illegal immi-grants including Rohingya ,”according to minutes of themeeting.

Insiders say Sri Lankan,Afghan and Tibetan refugeeshave been issued Aadhaar cardsbased on their Government-issued documentation. Thereare lots of instances whereinUNHCR card holders havebeen given the Aadhaar cardsin the country. Even Rohingyain several States have managedto get Aadhaar cards.

The World Refugee Surveyby US Committee for Refugeesand Immigrants estimate the

number of refugees in India at456,000. The number ofrefugees who have registeredwith UNHCR is, however,around 200,000.

The biggest groups ofrefugees registered withUNHCR in India are fromMyanmar, Afghanistan andSomalia. Then there are thereligious minorities fromneighbouring countries, SriLankan Tamils and Tibetans,who have been granted refugeby the Indian Government.Refugees registered with theUNHCR are given a card thatprotects them from forceddeportation or detention. Thecard also gives them access toeducation in Governmentschools and free medical careat Government hospitals.

The Ministry furthercleared that there should not beany issue in cancelling otherstate level identification docu-ments obtained fraudulently byillegal Rohingya immigrantssuch as voter card, drivinglicence and ration card.

Sources in the Ministryalso stated that it has issueddirections to keep an eye on themovement of Rohingya acrossthe country.

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As the race for appointmentof new chief of India’s exter-

nal Intelligence agency —Research and Analysis Wing —begins, 1982-batch Indian PoliceService officer of Jammu &Kashmir cadre K Ilango is pitch-ing in for the coveted job.Another officer Samant KumarGoel, a 1984-batch IPS officerof Punjab cadre, is also in therace even as the Governmenthas kept the option of grantingan extension to the currentchief Anil Kumar Dhasmanaopen, though he is yet to makea mark in his areas of expertiseon Gwadar port, Balochistan

and Maldives. Ilango, a former Station

Commander of India’s missionin Colombo, Sri Lanka hasearned the dubious distinctionof bringing disrepute to thegovernment when he had to berecalled at the behest of the SriLankan government for med-dling in the 2015 Presidentialpolls in the island nation.

Ilango was accused by theSri Lankan Government ofbacking joint candidate of theOpposition Sirisena to oust thethen incumbent MahindaRajapaksa. It was a move thatdid not go down well in thepolitical establishment of SriLanka.

India’s National SecurityAdvisor Ajit Doval had to go toSri Lanka to defuse the crisis andsubsequently, Ilango wasexpelled from Colombo. EvenPrime Minister Narendra Modihad to face embarrassment dueto Ilango’s habit of interferenceand meddling in the Sri Lankanelections, sources said.

Given Ilango’s Lankan trackrecord, sources said theGovernment could be wary ofappointing him as it could havean impact on India’s neigh-bourhood first policy.

The smaller countries in theregion could suspect routineactivities of the Indian missionin their respective countries as

meddling in their internal affairswhich in turn can adversely hitIndian interests and bringrepeated embarrassment to NewDelhi, the sources said.

For his part, Goel is con-sidered close to Punjab CMAmarinder Singh, who wantshim to appoint him as the DGPof the State. Goel is harping onhis role in countering theKhalistani propaganda inEurope against India to pitch infor the top slot. Recently, thePakistan-backed Khalistanigroups carried out theReferendum 2020 in the UKseeking a separate homelandfor the Sikhs despite protests byIndian Government.

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CISF Director General RajeshRanjan on Monday said

ideally the Central paramilitaryshould secure all the airports inthe country including the sen-sitive airports in Jammu andSrinagar even as the force hasidentified 3,000 personnel whocan be rationalised from the 60airports it is manning at present.

Ranjan said cost is aninhibiting factor and manysmaller airports do not take theservices of the CISF. “There isan agreement between the CISFand the Ministry of CivilAviation that Jammu andSrinagar airports should besecured by the CISF. However,a decision to the effect has notbeen taken by the expertMinistries,” he said.

According to a report ofBureau of Civil (BCAS), thesmaller airports in the countryare virtually sitting ducks andprone to terror attacks.

Highlighting the securityvulnerabilities of the smaller air-ports, the BCAS has warnedthat terrorists can exploit the

gaps to target aircraft taking offfrom them. The BCAS has alsounderscored that the operatorsof these airports were not will-ing to spend adequately onsecurity infrastructure. TheBCAS has suggested a regula-tory framework so that the air-port operators earmark suffi-cient funds for the purpose.

Amid evolving terrorthreats, the Bureau has pro-posed standardised securityprotocols at these airports,including controlled entry andexit with the help of accesscards, biometric credentials andPersonal Identification Number(PIN) for different securityareas of the airport complex.The protocol followed at allmajor airports includes metaldetector doorframes and frisk-ing and x-ray scanners to checkbaggage.

The CISF is organising two-day International AviationSecurity Seminar-2018 fromTuesday that will see participa-tion from 18 countries and del-egations from 14 airlines,Ranjan said while addressing aPress conference on Monday.

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The Congress on Mondayattacked the Centre saying

even the ‘Beti Bachao’ pro-gramme of the ModiGovernment is in tatters aswomen and girls are not safein this administration.

From women being strip-searched in BJP chief AmitShah’s rally to minors beingassaulted and women wid-owed by police in the BJP-ruled States l ike UttarPradesh, the ruling party hasexhibited all it prowess inbad terms in recent times, itsaid.

It also said that womenleaders of Opposition partiesare being hauled up publiclyand they even face socialmedia outrage from the saf-fron ideology-driven people.The party gave a campaigncall of ‘Save Our Daughtersfrom BJP’.

“May the country cele-

brate Mahalaya. On the eve ofNavratra’s when GoddessDurga is about to enter ourhomes, the unabated inci-dents of Violence AgainstWomen never end in the BJPruled States. As the country isslowly opening up to India’sMe Too Movement; gruesomeincidents that reveal themindset and the policy failureof the BJP gets starklyexposed,” said Congressspokesperson PriyankaChaturvedi.

“The BJP is suffering from

melanophobia — the fear ofcolour black, these days. Afterblack scarves, balloons andflags now even black under-garments are giving BJP theblues. In an outrageous inci-dent during a MahilaSammelan at Bhilai Charodain Chhattisgarh that was beingaddressed by BJP Presidentwomen were strip searched inthe name of security. Thisshocking incident has onceagain exposed the ‘MahilaVirodhi’ mindset of the BJP. Itis nothing but outraging themodesty of women folk whohad come to listen to AmitShah,” Chaturvedi said.

The party also talkedabout the horrifying incidentof eve teasing and assault in aSupaul school in Bihar whichtoo is a BJP ruled state. It alsorecalled the Unnao (UP) andKathua ( J&K) incidentsbesides the recent rape of a 14month girl in Sabarkanthadistrict of Gujarat.

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The northeast monsoon’sonset is likely from

Tuesday. The northeast mon-soon that spans from Octoberto December is a major rainfallperiod for Southern Peninsula,particularly eastern half of theregion. Tamil Nadu, Kerala,south interior Karnataka,Rayalaseema and coastalAndhra Pradesh are the mainbeneficiaries.

Officials said that northeastmonsoon season makes anappearance after southwestmonsoon bids adieu to thecountry and southwest mon-soon may retreat any time inthe country. Usually, NortheastMonsoon arrives during thethird week of October. “Retreatof Southwest Monsoon fromthe country is linked withchange in weather conditions

in most parts of the country.Central and western parts ofthe country go quite weather-wise and come under the ambitof the hot weather conditions,”officials added.

According to SkymetWeather, weather conditionsare getting favorable with eachpassing day. Thus, chances arebright that the three-month

long post-Monsoon seasonwould be making an onsetwell before its official timethis year. “While Kerala andSouth Interior Karnatakarecord around 20 percent of itsannual rainfall during the sea-son, rest of the sub-divisionswitness around 50 percent of itsannual rainfall, with parts ofcoastal Tamil Nadu even

recording 70 percent of rain-fall,” it said.

In the last few years, therehave been varied rain amountsin the northeast monsoon sea-son with 2017 witnessing 86percent of rains, 2016 seeingvery little rains at a mere 35percent, 2015 recorded a whop-ping 132 percent of rainfall,rains were at 88 percent in2014, 86 percent in 2013, 93percent in 2012, 96 percent in2011 and a massive 154 percentin 2010.

In contrast to theSouthwest Monsoon whichsees more rains in La Nina andlesser in El Nino, rainfall activ-ity during the northeast mon-soon season is higher duringthe El Nino and very less in LaNina.

According to IMD, thedeep depression over the East-Central and adjoining South-

East Arabian Sea has intensi-fied into cyclonic storm ‘Luban’located to 1,260 km West-North-West of Minicoy(Lakshadweep) and it is expect-ed to further intensify as asevere cyclonic storm.Meanwhile, the Bay of Bengalis also witnessed developmentof ‘well-marked’ low-pressurearea over South-East andadjoining East-Central basingetting into the act.

According to the IMD, thewell-marked ‘low’ may con-centrate into a depression dur-ing by this evening and startmoving in a north-west direc-tion towards Odisha coast. TheIMD has also forecast thatideal conditions developing inthe Bay would culminate in thesetting of the North-East mon-soon rain along the TamilNadu and Andhra Pradeshcoasts from today.

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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister KPalaniswami on Monday

said the AIADMK will take acall on an alliance with the BJPonly after the Lok Sabha electionschedules are announced.

Talking to media here aftermeeting Prime MinisterNarendra Modi, Palaniswami,however, avoided further elab-orations on the issue saying hecame to meet the PM to submita memorandum on state’sdemands and not due to polit-ical reasons.

Palaniswami listed variousdemands including the state’sopposition to Karnataka’s pro-

posal to construct a reservoiracross river Cauvery atMekedatu. The 20-point mem-orandum submitted by himalso called for bringing threeTamil Nadu towns--Hosur,Ramanathapuram and Neyveli-- under the regional air con-nectivity scheme UDAN.

On the Cauvery issue,Palaniswami referred toKarnataka sending a feasibilityreport to the Centre on the con-struction of a 67.16 TMC ft ‘bal-ancing reservoir’ at Mekedatu.The proposal amounts to ‘a clearviolation’ of the final order of theCauvery Tribunal and theSupreme Court judgement, hecontended.

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Yeddyurappa has spiked thereports in some sections of themedia that Prime MinisterNarendra Modi would be con-testing for 2019 Lok Sabhapolls from the State. He termedthe reports as far from thetruth.

He told reporters inBengaluru on Monday that"All this is far from the truth,unnecessarily such news isbeing spread. There is no sub-stance in it."

There were reports in cer-tain sections of the localmedia that with an aim toincrease BJP's influence inthe South, Modi was likely tocontest from one of the south-ern States, most probably fromKarnataka, along withVaranasi, the seat that he cur-rently represents.

For a question on selectingthe candidates for theNovember 3 bypolls to threeLok Sabha constituencies -

Mandya, Ballari andShivamogga - he said it will befinalised at the party's corecommittee meeting onWednesday.

"Day after tomorrow(Wednesday) evening, wehave called a core committeemeeting where we will finaliseour candidates for the threeLok Sabha constituencies andtwo Vidhan Sabha con-stituencies and send it to ournational president forapproval," he said.

The Election Commissionon Saturday had announcedthe bye-elections in three LokSabha constituencies(Shivamogga, Ballari andMandya) and two assemblyconstituencies (Ramanagaraand Jamkhandi). The elections will be held onNovember 3 and counting ofvotes will take place onNovember 6.

The by-elections had beennecessitated after BJPs BSYeddyurappa (Shivamogga)and B Sriramalu (Ballari), andCS Puttaraju of JD(S)(Mandya) resigned as MPs ontheir election to the assemblyin May last.

Since the Lok Sabha elec-tion is due early next year, thethree major parties - Congress,JDS and BJP - were not expect-ing the EC to declare bypolls tothese seatsBypolls to Jamkhandi assem-bly seat was necessitated fol-

lowing the death ofCongress MLA SidduNyamagouda, whileRamanagara fell vacant asChief Minister HDKumaraswamy gave up theseat and retainedChannapatna, the othersegment won by him in theassembly elections.

BJP as part of its strat-egy concentrating in fullthrottle to re-enter Southas Karnataka is seen the entry gate for the saf-fron party.

It is also learnt thatBJP president Amit Shah is

coming to state to work outstrategy to take on collation ofCongress and the JDs. BJP ispresently not in power in anyof the south Indian States.

Karnataka is the only statewhere the party has consid-erable presence and has hadits government in the past.

The JDS-Congress com-bine is more or less confidentof retaining two Assemblyseats. But the bypoll to LokSabha, which will have justfour months tenure, has led toboth confusion and disap-pointment.

Acording to BJP sourcesformer MP BY Raghavendra,son of Yeddyurappa, will con-test from Shimoga.

The party has asked BSriramulu to pick a candidateof his choice from Bellary.Even though it has no base inMandya, the BJP is going toput a candidate to give somefight to the JDs.

Mandya is the strongholdof JDs led by HD Devegowda.In Mandya leaders in theCongress are opposed to giveit to JDs but want RamyaDivyaspandana to contest.They feel if they go with JDsthe Congress will lose itshold in the constituency.

The Congress is still look-ing for candidates in Shimogaand Bellary LS seats. TheCongress and the JDs leadersare confident issues will beresolved soon.

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Governor BanwarilalPurohit has stirred a hor-

nets’ nest with his Saturdayspeech in Chennai when hedisclosed that crores of rupeeshad changed hands in the pastin the appointment of Vice-Chancellors in universities inTamil Nadu.

“I was shocked to hearfrom people that crores hadchanged hands in the appoint-ment of Vice-Chancellors. Icould not believe that and Idecided things have to bechanged,” said the Governor,who also recounted how heappointed nine prominent edu-cationists as Vice-Chancellorsto various universities in theState.

“Nobody could raise anyaccusatory finger at any ofthese appointments,” said theGovernor. His disclosures hadthe desired effect as most of thepolitical leaders who had ques-tioned the appointment ofVice-Chancellors were seenscurrying for cover. They hadcriticised the Governor forappointing a Karnataka-bornSurappa as the Vice-Chancellorof Anna University and a per-son who did not subscribe tothe Dravidian ideology as theVice-Chancellor of Tamil NaduAmbedkar Law University.

But what is interesting inthe disclosure by theGovernor is that these alle-gations were there in TamilNadu since 2006. Prof MAnanadakrishnan, formerVice-Chancellor of AnnaUniversity and chairman ofthe Board of Governors of Indian Inst itute ofTechnology, Kanpur, was thefirst academic to come out inthe open and lambast thepolitical parties for massivecorruption in the appoint-ment of Vice-Chancellors.

‘They are auctioning thepost of Vice-Chancellors. Onlypersons willing to pay �7.5crore or more are appointed asVice-Chancellors," he had saidwhile addressing a public

meeting in 2008. The thenDMK Government led by lateM Karunanidhi immediatelygot him removed from thepost of chairmanship of theexecutive committee of theelite Science City.

Both the DMK and theAIADMK have made theappointment of vice-chancel-lors and academic facultymembers an easy way to makemoney. The DMK which wasiun power during 2006 to2011 divided the AnnaUniversity into four so thatfour vice-chancellors couldbe appointed by chargingmoney from the aspirants.

The AIAADMKGovernment which came topower in 2011 cancelled theDMK decision and brought theAnna University back to itsoriginal form. But the goingrate for a vice-chancellor’s postshot past the roof when reportslast came. Sources in the high-er education department toldThe Pioneer that the vice-chan-cellors’post commanded a pre-mium of anything upto �20crore depending on the size of the university.

Early this year, theDirectorate of Vigilance and

Anti-Corruption (DVAC) hadregistered cases against MRajaram, who was the vice-chancellor of Anna Universityduring 2013 to 2016, for vio-lating all norms in theappointment of faculties tovarious departments in theUniversity during his tenure.The investigating officers foundthat Rajaram charged �25 lakhto �45 lakh for appointing fac-ulty members who were notqualified for the posts. Theteam seized documents whichprove that the six faculty mem-bers were appointed followingillegal gratification.

Tamil Nadu Police hadalso arrested A Ganapathy,vice-chancellor of BharatiyarUniversity, red-handed whileaccepting �29 lakh from one ofthe applicants for the post ofassistant professor in the uni-versity. Two former vice-chan-cellors of two universities havemanaged to get anticipatorybail from courts.

MK Stalin, president ofthe DMK, told reporters thatthe Governor, instead of mak-ing public speeches shouldhave taken action against theGovernment . “It is surprisingthat the Governor chose tospeak only about the corrup-tion in vice-chancellor appoint-ments,” Stalin told reporters.

A veteran police officersaid the DMK president hasbeen caught in a dilemma as hecould not speak more about theGovernor’s charge as all majorpolitical parties were benefi-ciaries of appointment in high-er education.

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The demand for introduc-tion of NRC in BJP-ruled

Tripura is gaining momen-tum, with a tribal partyapproaching the SupremeCourt seeking a direction tothe State in this regard, whileanother party on Monday saidit would intensify agitationfor bringing NRC in the bor-dering State.

According to an official ofthe Tripura Law Department,the Supreme Court on Mondaysought a response from theUnion and State Governmentson the petition seeking intro-duction of the NationalRegister of Citizens (NRC) inTripura to identify illegalimmigrants.

"The standing counsel inthe Supreme Court for Tripura,Gopal Singh, apprised the LawDepartment that the apexcourt issued notices to theCentral and StateGovernments, the RegistrarGeneral and the CensusCommissioner of India andsought their views on the issueimmediately," the official said.

He said the SupremeCourt issued the notices afterthe plea was filed by theTripura People's Front, a trib-al-based party.

On the other hand, the

State's oldest tribal-based party— Indigenous Nationalist Partyof Tripura (INPT), whose lead-ers met Union Home MinisterRajnath Singh in New Delhilast week over the NRCdemand, on Mondayannounced that they wouldintensify their agitation tohighlight the issue.

"Home Minister assuredus to look into the demand forimplementation of NRC inTripura after completion ofthe process in Assam," INPTpresident Bijoy KumarHrangkhawl told the media.

Tripura Chief MinisterBiplab Kumar Deb, who hadearlier said there is no issue ofNRC in the State, on Saturdaysaid in Kolkata that he will goin for NRC in the State if theexercise is successfully imple-mented in Assam.

The Supreme Court-mon-itored updation of the NRC isan exercise to identify genuineIndian nationals living in thestate of Assam. The NRC is partof the Assam Accord of 1985.

Millions of Bangladeshiimmigrants are suspected to beliving illegally in Assam andother northeastern States, andthe NRC is an exercise to iden-tify them as well. The final draftof the NRC released on July 30,created a furore, as it left outsome 40 lakh people.

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The ongoing dissent over therecently published National

Register of Citizens (NRC) insome pockets of Assam has evengripped the festivity of theforthcoming Durga Puja.

The Northeast Linguisticand Ethnic CoordinationCommittee (NELECC), a con-glomeration of the linguisticand ethnic minority organiza-tions in Assam staged a protestin Silchar in Assam’s BarakValley on Monday comparingState NRC coordinator, Pratik

Hajela, as demon Mahishasura.The NELECC has pub-

lished poster of motherGoddesses Durga altering theface of Demon Mahishasurawith that of Pratik Hajelatoday, which is Mahalaya, ansuspicious day that marks thebeginning of Navratri andDurga puja. It is believedthat Mother Goddess startsher journey to earth on theday of Mahalaya.

“The NRC is a conspira-cy to divide the people ofAssam. There are people inthe state who have been plot-

ting a conspiracy in the nameof NRC and break Assam intopieces,” said one of the mem-bers of the NELECC.

“Over 40 lakh peoples’names were kept out of thedraft NRC. They are not for-eigners but Indians. After thatnow the NRC coordinator hasconvinced the Supreme Court todrop five documents, whichcould have helped these peopleti enroll their names in theNRC. It’s a conspiracy,” he saidblaming Hajela.

The organisation alsoextended their support to the

Citizenship Amendment Act2016 and demanded that thepeople, who were kept indetention camps in the nameof Bangladeshi, should bereleased immediately.

It may be mentioned herethat a total of 40,07,707 peo-ple are kept out of the draftNRC due to some discrepan-cies in their documents.

Following the publicationof the draft NRC, theSupreme Court, who has beenmonitoring the process—hasalso dropped five documentsincluding refugee registra-tion certificate, copy of 1951NRC, ration card and othersfrom the list of 15 docu-ments pro prove one’s Indiancitizenship, triggering largescale dissent in different partsof the state particularlyamong the Bengali speakingMuslims and Hindu.

PATNA: The CPI is heavilybanking on the ‘charismatic’student leader KanhaiyaKumar for the revival of itselectoral prospects in Bihar.The party has roped in theformer JNU Students Unionl e a d e rto launch its fortnight longpolitical campaign fromOctober 9.

Kumar, who is scheduledto begin his campaign againstthe BJP from Motihari fromTuesday, will hold roadshowsand public meetings inKhagaria, Rohtas, Madhepuraand Begusarai, said CPI Biharsecretary Satya NarayanSingh. He said Gujarat MLAand social activist JigneshMevani would also join Kumar.

The CPI’s campaign willculminate in a “Defeat BJP, SaveNation” rally in Patna.

The party has decided toinvite leaders of other non-NDA parties including AICCpresident Rahul Gandhi, apartfrom leaders of other Left parties.

However, the CPI is stillnot sure about fielding Kumarto contest from Begusarai.Last month there had beenunconfirmed reports that thestudent leader would be party’scandidate but Singh said thedecision has to be taken by the

party’s national executive.Even though there was no

confirmation of Kumar fight-ing election, rebel BJP MPShatrughan Sinha announcedhe would be happy to cam-paign for him if invited byKumar or the CPI.

The CPI claimed thatShabana Azmi and JavedAkhtar have also volunteeredto campaign for Kumar if hejoins electoral battle.

There is also speculationthat all the Left parties wouldjoin ranks with the mahagathbandhan in Bihar andcontest polls in alliance withCongress, RJD and othersmaller parties. But the CPIleaders said the issue has not

been discussed by the nation-al executive.

Contrary to the specula-t ions of the unity, theCPI(ML) which held a rally inPatna on September 27 didnot invite leaders of Congress

and RJD. However, CPI sources

said the party would inviteleaders of other partiesincluding Sharad Yadav,Tejashwi Prasad Yadav andJitan Ram Manjhi at its rallyat Gandhi Maidan, whichthey claimed would attract acrowd of two lakh. PNS

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A38-year-old elephant,released into the forest near-

ly two years after being captured,died within hours of being hit bya private bus at Mattigod inKodagu district in the wee hoursof Monday. This incident againbrings the issue of night trafficban in the forest area.

The police said they hadseized the private businvolved in the accident thatoccurred near Madikeri area. According to Punati Sridhar,Karnataka Principal ChiefConservator of Forest "Theelephant, 'Rowdy' Ranga, metwith an accident in the morn-ing and passed away subse-quently and have asked thejurisdictional police to booka case against the driver."

Ironically Rowdy Ranga,caught in 2016 and shelteredat the Mattigod elephantcamp, was released into theforest only on Sunday andmet with the fatal accidentwithin hours.

The elephant had earnedthe nickname of "rowdy" as ithad trampled to death a fewpeople and was caught nearthe same forest area inDecember, 2016 by Karnatakaforest department.

The accident again broughtto the focus the demand bywildlife enthusiasts for a ban onvehicular traffic in forest areas at night. Principal ChiefConservator of Forest(Wildlife) C Jayaram said theaccident took place in spite ofthe presence of speed breakersin the area.

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Bengal Chief MinisterMamata Banerjee is likely

to renew her efforts to unite thenon-BJP parties under the afederal Front following thedecision of Bahujan SamajParty supremo Mayawati andSamajwadi Party chief AkhileshYadav to shun the Congress inthe November-DecemberAssembly elections inRajasthan, Madhya Pradeshand Chhattisgarh.

The Bengal Chief Ministerhas already invited a whole lotof non-BJP leaders to attend theTrinamool Congress-spon-sored rally at historic BrigadeParade Ground in Kolkata.The rally will be held onJanuary 19 ostensibly a fewdays after the BJP organises itsown rally to be attended,amongst others, by PrimeMinister Narendra Modi.

In fact, the Left Front ledby the CPI(M) is also planninga similar rally where it is like-ly to invite the “secular anddemocratic forces” at the samevenue “and with the samemenu (read leaders) on theplatter.”

Banerjee is likely to inviteboth Mayawati and Yadav tothe TMC rally from where shewill call upon the anti-BJPoutfits to drop their differencesincluding those on PrimeMinistership and concentrateon defeating the saffron outfit.

“Our leader is against let-

ting the opposition votes to getdivided. She supports the one-against-one policy to ensureBJP’s defeat,” said a TrinamoolCongress leader and a Ministerfrom South Kolkata.

“The same tactic she suc-cessfully applied against themighty Left Front Governmentand ensured its defeat in 2009and 2011,” he said quoting theChief Minister who wants “theparty which is strong in aregion should be allowed tolead the charge.”

Banerjee is likely to drive

home the same point to the UPleaders inher bid to convincethem for a united struggleagainst the BJP, sources saidadding the “the situation will beclear in two months’ time andhopefully Mamata Banerjeewill be in the centre stage of thenew evolving system.”

Meanwhile, in an unrelat-ed development, the CM onMonday called upon the peo-ple of Durga Puja-boundBengal to maintain peace andharmony. “Faith may be yours;Faith may be mine; but festi-val belongs to one and all,” theChief Minister said whileinaugurating the Durga Pujapandal of Bag BazaarSarbojonin Durga Puja com-mittee. She said “Durga Pujapreaches unity, love and peace.It is our heritage and weshould all work towards pre-serving that heritage by help-ing the police force to main-tain peace and order.”

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After cancelling his sched-uled press conference on

the ground that his lawyer hadadvised him against speakingto the media, senior Bollywoodactor Nana Patekar on Mondaytrashed the sexual harassmentclaims made by actressTanushree Dutta, by sayingthat, “Whatever was the truth(spoken by me 10 years ago)remains the same today andwill continue to be tomorrowas well”.

Patekar, who cancelled hispress conference scheduled atthe Celebrations Sports Club atLokhandwala Complex atAndheri at 3 pm, interactedbriefly with media persons infront of his nearby residence.“My lawyer has advised me notto speak to the media on thematter. That’s why I am silent.Otherwise, I would have hadno issues talking to the press,”Patekar said.

However, when the mediapersons persisted him withqueries, Patekar said:”Whatever I had to say, I hadsaid 10 years ago....kal jo sachhai, who aaj sach hai, aaj jo sachhai, who kal sach rahega (whatwas true yesterday is a truthtoday, and what is truth todaywould be truth tomorrow)".

Patekar’s reiteration of hisearlier stand that he had notsubjected Tanushree to anysexual harassment as claimed

by Tanushree comes two daysafter the actress lodging acomplaint with the Oshiwarapolice station against Patekarunder sections 354 (Assault orcriminal force to women withintent to outrage her modesty),354-A (Assault or use of crim-inal force with intent to disrobeher) and section 509 (word,gesture or act intended toinsult the modesty o a woman)of Indian Penal Code.

On his return to the cityfrom from Jaipur in Rajstthanwhere he was shooting for hisupcoming film 'Housefull 4',Patekar had said: "Jo jhoothhai, woh jhooth hai (A lie is alie)....Dus saal pehle iska jawaabde chuka hoon (I had said this10 years ago),"

In her complaint made tothe police, Tanushree allegedthat the incident took place onMarch 26, 2008 during theshooting of a song in the film“Horn Ok Pleaseee”. The entirewas to be picturised on theactress, while Patekar had onlyline in the song. She said thatbefore the shoot, she had madeit clear to the producer anddirector that she would notenact or perform any lewd, vul-gar or uncomfortable steps inthe particular song.

“On the 4th day of theshoot, 26th March 2008, whileshooting was going on, NanaPatekar’s behaviour was inap-propriate towards me. He wason the set despite his work in

the song being over and he wasgrabbing me by the arms andpushing me around on thepretext of teaching me how todance. When he was teachingindecently and unnecessarily,then I felt very uncomfortablebecause of his behaviour and Ifelt he has outraged my mod-esty,” Tanushree alleged.

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

“After the incident, I wasunder tremendous shock, Isuffered psychological trauma,was unable to take up work,suffered huge monetary lossesin crores and therefore Idecide*d to take action throughfilm industry by lodging awritten complaint with theCine and TV ArtistesAssociation. The Associationdecided the matter and passedthe order without consideringmy complaint for ap0logy,”Tanushree stated in her policecomplaint.

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

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Thiruvananthapuram: ChiefMinister Pinarayi Vijayan onMonday declared that the KeralaGovernment won't file reviewpetition against the SupremeCourt ruling that women in theage group of 10-50 can also enterthe famed Sabarimala temple.

"It is not possible to file areview petition by the Keralagovernment against the ver-dict as we had told the apexcourt in our affidavit that wewill abide by whatever thecourt rules ," he told the media.

"Hence it's not now possi-ble to file a review petition,"said Vijayan, amid widespreadprotests against the September28 verdict. Vijayan pointedout a few instances where

women in the banned agegroup had entered the templein the past and how some tra-ditions at the temple hadundergone changes.

"What everyone shouldunderstand is that this presentruling has come not because thestate government filed a peti-tion. This has been heard at theKerala High Court and thefinal ruling came from the apexcourt. Now that it has come, wewill adhere to it," he said.

In a majority 4:1 judg-ment, the Supreme Court saidthe ban on women in themenstruating age group,whose presence in the LordAyyappa temple was consid-ered to be "impure", violatedtheir fundamental rights andconstitutional guarantee of equality.Until now, girls below 10 yearsand women over 50 years wereallowed to visit the hilltopshrine, located in the WesternGhats and about 130 km fromThiruvananthapuram. The temple is hugely popular insouthern India. Meanwhile, Congress leaderRamesh Chennithala said thatboth the state and the Centrecan file review petitions. In arelated development, StateBJP President P.S. SreedharanPillai said they had decided tojoin the devotees protestingagainst the verdict.

The Nair Service Society,the social and cultural organi-sation of the Hindu Nair com-munity, on Monday filed areview petition against theapex court verdict. IANS

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Union Minister for Shippingand Road Transport Nitin

Gadkari will lay the foundationstone for the development ofGhagra river as NationalWaterway-40 ((NW-40) atBasti on Tuesday under theSagarmala programme.

The 354 km stretch of water-way from Manjhighat at Ganga-Ghaghra river confluence toFaizabad/Ayodhya alongGhaghra river was declared NW-40 in 2016 as part of govern-ment’s renewed push to developinland waterways in the country.

Together with NW-1 (onriver Ganga), NW-40 will proveto be a major transport modal

choice for cargo and passengermovement.

The Detailed ProjectReport for development ofNW-40 envisages terminals atAyodhya, Mahirpur(Tanda/Kalwari), Dohrighat,Turtipar and Manjhighat.

The Inland WaterwaysAuthority of India (IWAI) underthe Ministry of Shipping hasalready initiated work in Phase-I at a cost of Rs 11.6 crore andconstructed floating terminal atTanda/Kalwari to facilitate cargoand passenger movement onGhagra and Ganga rivers.

Under Phase-1, 2-metredraft having width of 45 metreswill be constructed in additionto floating terminals through

pontoon-gangway atTanda/Kalwari andManjhighat.

The DPR on NW-40 pro-jects envisages movement ofvarious categories of cargo,namely, agricultural products(rice, wheat, pulses, sugar, live-stock), industrials products,coal (for Tanda power plant),coarse sand, bricks, paper prod-ucts, leather and other generalgoods etc. through inland ves-sel of capacity up to 1,000 tonne.

The first phase work isscheduled to be completed by2019-20. This waterway isbeing classified as class-IIIwaterway envisaging move-ment of up to 1,000 ton capac-ity vessels.

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Contending that religiouspractices cannot be "tested

on the basis of rationality",multiple petitions were filed onMonday in the Supreme Courtto seek review of its September28 verdict to lift a ban on entryof women in the 10-50 agegroup into the Sabarimala tem-ple in Kerala.

By a 4:1 verdict, a five-Judge Constitution Bench head-ed by then Chief Justice of IndiaDipak Misra (since retired)said that the ban on women inmenstruating age group, whosepresence at the Lord Ayyappatemple was considered to be"impure", violated their funda-mental rights and constitu-tional guarantee of equality.

Until now, girls below theage of 10 and women over theage of 50 were allowed to visitthe hilltop shrine in theWestern Ghats that is about 130km from state capitalThiruvananthapuram.

The review petitions havebeen filed by Nair ServiceSociety (NSS), People forDharma, National AyyappaDevotees Association andChetana Conscience ofWomen, raising points of pro-cedural error in the judgment.

The petitioners contendthat the judgment "is an inter-ference with the faith and belief

of millions of devotees of LordAyyappa which the court is notempowered to do".

"Without holding that thequestions raised related to mat-ters of religion which are notwithin judicially manageablestandards, the majority decisionin substance effectively has theeffect of holding that the char-acter of the deity can be alteredbased on individual faith andbelief, in violation of the tenetsof a particular religion and orreligious sect," said the petitionfiled by the NSS.

The petitioners also arguedthat besides "patent legal errors"in the verdict, the assumptionthat the temple practice is basedon notions of menstrual impu-rity is "factually erroneous".

Pointing to massiveprotests against the verdict bywomen worshippers, the peti-tioners said: "The subsequentevents that transpired afterthe judgment clearly demon-strate that overwhelminglylarge section of women wor-shippers are supporting thecustom of prohibiting entry ofwomen in the menstruatingage group to the temple."

Besides triggering protestsby worshipers, the issue hasalso acquired political colourwith the Congress and BJPopposing the Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government's move toimplement the verdict.

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The recent judgement of the SupremeCourt regarding criminalisation ofpolitics has taken voters a few stepstowards making an informed choicewhile exercising their franchise, but

the hopes of debarring such elements from con-testing elections seems a bit too distant. Thisis because of the apex court’s considered viewthat while entry of criminals into legislativebodies is like a “termite” eroding the citadel ofdemocracy, it cannot make a law to keep themout. That, the court says, is the domain ofParliament, an institution that is yet to show afirmness of resolve to stem the rot.

Over the years, the apex court has spearhead-ed measures to ensure that the electors have ade-quate information about the antecedents of indi-viduals contesting elections. The court’s direc-tives have ensured that candidates have to fileaffidavits about their educational qualifica-

tions, assets and liabilities and criminal record.In the latest judgement, the court has gone fur-ther and said candidates must repeatedly informthe electors through local media about theircriminal record. Further, political parties, whichgives tickets to persons with criminalantecedents, must publicise the record of crim-inal cases of such candidates on its website. Afterfiling the nomination, the candidate and thepolitical party must issue a declaration in wide-ly circulated newspapers about the antecedentsof the candidate and must give “wide publicity”to this at least thrice on the local electronic mediaas well. All this is necessary to foster and nur-ture an informed citizenry, so that electors maymake an informed choice during elections.

The court expressed “immense anguish” atthe rising number of individuals with criminalrecord entering the legislative bodies in thecountry, but refrained from debarring suchindividuals from contesting elections. It said thetime had come for Parliament to make law toensure that persons facing serious criminal casesdo not enter into the political mainstream. Thecourt recalled the opinion of the LawCommission that persons against whom seri-ous criminal charges have been framed in acourt, be barred from contesting elections. Allthis “vividly exhibits” the society’s concern inregard to criminalisation of politics, but no lawhas been made by the competent legislature, the

court said.The court also wants Parliament to make

a strong law whereby it is mandatory for polit-ical parties to revoke membership of personsagainst whom charges are framed in heinousand grievous offences and not to give them tick-ets to contest elections. It feels this will go a longway in decriminalising politics.

This judgement reminds us of yet anotherjudgement of the Supreme Court in the infamousJMM Case. This case related to the bribing ofMPs to ensure the defeat of a no-confidencemotion brought against the PV Narasimha RaoGovernment in 1993. Rao ran a minorityGovernment and the numbers in the LokSabha were precariously stacked against him. Hewas accused of buying the support of 10 MPs tosurvive the vote in the Lok Sabha. Four of theseMPs belonged to the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha(JMM) and they were paid a total of �2.80 crorein lieu of their support. This cash for vote dealhelped Rao defeat the no-confidence motion onJuly 28, 1993, by 265 votes to 251.

What happened before and after the votein the House was nothing short of a scandal.A prominent party leader from Karnataka flewto New Delhi with the bribe money in a hugesuitcase. Unfortunately, the suit case burst openon the conveyer belt in the Delhi airport andfellow passengers were aghast to see bundles ofcurrency notes strewn all over the place. Even

more hilarious was what happened after thevote in the House. The JMM MPs took the bribemoney in gunny sacks to a branch of a nation-alised bank in New Delhi and asked the man-ager to deposit it in their accounts! But noneof these MPs was punished for accepting a bribeto vote in a certain way in the Lok Sabha andto openly remit the bribe money in a bank.

These corrupt MPs went scot-free becausethe Supreme Court held that Article 105 of theConstitution shielded them from prosecution.Article 105(1) says: MPs shall enjoy freedomof speech in Parliament. Article 105(2) says noMP “shall be liable to any proceedings in anycourt in respect of anything said or any votegiven by him in Parliament”. This provision ismeant to insulate MPs from litigation of anykind for what they say and do in Parliament,so that they can act in a free manner. In thiscase, the MPs who took bribes were prosecut-ed under the Prevention of Corruption Act. Butthe MPs argued that they were protected byArticle 105(2) and that they cannot be proceed-ed against for what they said or did inParliament. The court found merit in this argu-ment. The majority view of the five-judge Benchof the Supreme Court which heard this casedeclared that these 10 MPs, who were thealleged bribe takers, were “entitled to the immu-nity conferred by Article 105(2)”. In otherwords, even if they had taken bribes to vote,

they could not be proceeded against so long asthey voted in the House. However, the courtsaid the bribe-givers should be prosecuted, asalso the bribe-takers who did not vote inParliament. It said only those who voted wereprotected by Article 105(2).

While the Supreme Court’s Constitutionalcorrectness is understandable, the conse-quence of all this — especially the precipitousfall in the quality of men and women enteringour legislatures — is there for all to see. We neednot be surprised if many legislators see this asa licence for gross misconduct and assume thatthey are outside the moral and ethical frame-work within which the law and the courtsexpect other public servants to live.

While the apex court says it will not makelaw to debar persons with criminal record, itwould be futile to expect Parliament, which hasbeen a passive spectator to the phenomenon ofcriminalisation of politics, to now suddenly payheed to the apex court’s advice. Since the cri-teria for giving party tickets is “winnability” andsince the number of legislators with criminalrecords has been on the rise over the years, willParliament share the apex court’s concern andanxiety on this issue and bring in a law to keepcriminals out? India’s apex legislature mustprove the sceptics wrong!

(The writer is Chairman, Prasar Bharati.The views expressed here are personal)

������������� ����Sir — Tamil Nadu Governor andchancellor of universities BanwarilalPurohit’s statement on alleged corrup-tion in the appointment of vice-chancellors of universities is notshocking but what is disturbing is thatwhen he is so sure of the crime, whyhas he not initiated any action againstthose involved?

He would not have made such agrave allegation without having solidproof to substantiate his claim. Willhe also call for an inquiry against hispredecessors who were the final

authority in the selection of ice-chancellors?

Tharcius S Fernando Chennai

�������������Sir — India and Russia signed a multi-billion dollar deal to procure S-400Triumf air defence system which canattract sanctions from the UnitedStates under the Countering America’sAdversaries Through Sanctions Act(CAATSA).

However, India’s Army chief GenBipin Rawat has made it clear thatIndia is following an independent pol-

icy and it was India’s keen desire to getthe Kamov helicopters and otherweapon systems from Moscow.

India is one of the largest demo-cratic nations in the world and thecountry has always been on goodterms with America. But RussianKamov helicopters are ideal for Indiaand if it chooses to get it fromMoscow, its is purely an internalmatter of India.

Moreover, India is not averse toprocuring more such weaponry ortechnology from Washington. This iswhat must be understood while read-ing in between the lines of the state-

ment of Bipin Rawat. At the strategic level too, India

should not be too naive and thereshould be some concerted effort fromthe country to put the weight behindAmerica in keeping the interests pro-tected, especially when Iran andPakistan are going ahead with theirproduction of nuclear weapons.

TK Nandanan Kochi

�������������Sir — This refers to the editorial,“Pride before fall” (October 5). It isindeed a matter of pride that India, in

particular the State of Gujarat, is thelast remaining natural habitat for allthe Asiatic lions in the world. Thetranslocation of the big cat has beenmuch in the talks with Gujarat refus-ing to let them off to Madhya Pradesh.But their relocation is a very sensitiveissue and must involve matter relat-ed to their adaptability to the newenvironment. All options must beweighed before arriving at a solution.

ManishaVia email

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The Congress is trying to spread hatred, whetherit is the Bhima Koregaon violence or SC/ST Act

protest. The Congress chief must apologise. —BJP leader GIRIRAJ SINGH

North Indians are targeted in Prime Minister’sGujarat. He must remember that one day he too

will have to go to Benaras to seek votes. —Congress leader

SANJAY NIRUPAM

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October is a busy month fornature enthusiasts. Many ofthe national parks and

sanctuaries are reopened post-monsoon for tourists. The ‘wild’becomes accessible once again. Itis also the time when the worldrejoices in celebrating the environ-ment. The United Nations recent-ly announced the ‘Champions ofthe Earth Award’ jointly to FrenchPresident Emmanuel Macron andthe Prime Minister of IndiaNarendra Modi for their boldenvironmental leadership on theglobal stage. This included majorinitiatives towards building a glob-al solar alliance and the elimina-tion of single-use plastic by 2022.

India also prepares for cele-brating the 66th Wildlife Week,and the renewed political focus onnature by top political leadershipof the world, is a golden opportu-nity that must be seized. For adecade, that has been markedwith fast-track development, it willbe praise worthy to pause andreflect on the ways and meansused to ensure green growth.

India stands out from the restof the world as nature manifestsitself in the country’s culture. She,as compared to her tropicalcousins in South Asia, has donewell to protect its wild species. Wemay be the second most populat-ed, yet also have the world’s largestpopulation of mammals such asAsiatic lion, tigers, elephants, onehorned rhinoceros, gaur and waterbuffalo. A historical legacy of 200years of forestry has to someextent contributed to their upkeep,but most wildlifers would agreethat the primary reason for theirexistence has been India’s inher-ent religious and spiritual valuesand the culture of ahimsa — to liveand let live.

Historian Irfan Habib in hisbook, Man and Environment: TheEcological History of India, explainsthat ahimsa (abstaining from caus-ing injury to living things) isreferred to as a recommendedpractice for the pious in theChandogya Upanishad (III.17.4) of8th-6th Century BCE. Further, itwas in Jainism and Buddhism(which arose around 500 BC) thatit received the strongest emphasis.

Ramchandra Guha in his mostrecent book, Environmentalism: AGlobal History, remarks that in a“densely populated country likeIndia, environmental issues haveboth an ecological and human

dimension”. The ecological dimen-sion of protecting the environ-ment has been proven to a greatextent beyond scientific doubt andhas manifested itself in acceptedpolicy such as abandoning largedams, reducing greenhouse gasemissions and setting aside protect-ed areas.

The human dimension is man-ifested in good cultures, be it theBishnoi community of Rajasthanfor whom the principle of compas-sion for all living beings is part ofdaily life, to the Maldharis inGujarat who have shown toleranceto live amidst lions, and the tree-hugging Chamoli women ofGarhwal Himalayas, for whom thehealth of the forest is a matter oftheir own survival. Even with thewild animals, elephant is associat-ed with Lord Ganesha, or the vul-tures become sacred for excarnationamong Zoroastrians and Saruscranes become symbols of maritalfidelity, and hence, letting them sur-vive the rural agricultural land-scapes of the country.

But there are cultures that areantiquated, such as feeding and let-ting macaques and strays scavengein our urban dwellings, practicing

communal hunting (akhandshikar)in the name of subsistence tribalbeliefs, or using felonious methodssuch as, country guns, mosquitonets and pesticides to overshoot andoverkill for bushmeat, illegalwildlife trade and fishing respec-tively.

The western approach may seethis over-exploitation of naturalresources as a problem that can betackled through education, legisla-tion and science, yet at the sametime there is an opportunity toinclude the spiritual and religiousconstruct that underpin such abehaviour.

Harvard Indologist Diana L.Eck, in her seminal work, “India: Asacred Geography”, mentions that“Indian sacredness continues toanchor millions of people in theimagined landscape of their coun-try. Its unity as a nation has beenfirmly constituted by the sacredgeography it has held in commonand revered: its mountains, forests,rivers, hilltop shrines.” Regainingpeople’s confidence that culturallynature works best for them and thatit is in their benefit to get it right,is the way forward.

There are examples of local ini-

tiatives that need to be upscaled fora systematic IEC (information,education and communication)plan. For example, the church wasroped in to preach against themass hunting of Amur falcons inNagaland, and over a million ofthese magnificent trans-continen-tal raptors were saved.

In Gujarat, Morari Bapu,famous for his Ram Kathas, com-bined his preaching with the strictlaws for whale shark protection toconvince the fishermen against itshunting. Bonbibi Goddess is wor-shipped both by Hindus andMuslims in Sundarbans as she pro-tects all its denizens from calami-ties; the ancient Devrais (sacredgroves) of Maharashtra and otherparts of Western Ghats continue toserve its purpose for centuriesnow.

Sikkim once again leads thecountry on green development asit beautifully integrates culture andspirituality, formally into the affairsof the Government. All projectsincluding building of linear infra-structure must be precluded by reli-gious protocols and ritual traditions(intertwined with the preservationof nature) as performed by one of

its oldest and most respected eccle-siastical affairs department.

As we can see, it is the humandimension of environmental preser-vation which is likely to be morecomplex and politically moreappealing. Hence, it is an optionthat needs to be vastly explored. Forthis, one must harness this powerof nature in culture and convey thesame to fellow Indians.

Every faith have an uncannyability to reinvent or reinterpretthemselves, and hence, conveycomplex social ideas through sim-ple stories — stories that areremembered forever.

So when President of India,Ram Nath Kovind wrote that “Indiais nature’s favourite child and fra-ternity and compassion are writteninto nature’s DNA” or when PrimeMinister Narendra Modi in Mannki Baat remarks that “being sensi-tive towards nature, protectingnature, should come naturally to us;and that these virtues should beembedded in our sanskar (cul-ture)”, it is indeed a good beginningof a great October.

(The writer is Director, SwachhBharat Mission. The views expressedhere are personal)

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Society cannot exist without law andorder, and cannot advance exceptthrough the initiative of vigorous inno-

vators, said Bertrand Russell. On September27, five innovators, Justices Dipak Misra, RFNariman, AM Khanwilkar, DYChandrachud and Indu Malhotra, struckdown Section 497 of Indian Penal Code(IPC), 1860, calling it violative of Article 14,15 (1) and 21 of the Constitution. Section497 makes adultery a punishable offenceunder IPC and reads as: Whoever has sex-ual intercourse with a person who is andwhom he knows or has reason to believe tobe the wife of another man, without the con-sent or connivance of that man, such sex-ual intercourse not amounting to theoffence of rape, is guilty of the offence ofadultery, and shall be punished with impris-onment of either description for a termwhich may extend to five years, or with fine,or with both. In such case the wife shall notbe punishable as an abettor.

Not getting into the ratio and reason-ing of the judgement on things which havebeen written in reams, I would delve on themajor contention of the naysayers which haslead to the brouhaha. There is an outcry thatthe judgment has led to diminution of theinstitution of marriage and thereby the con-cept of family. I would confine myself tosilence the outcry on this. Former Justice ofthe Supreme Court Markandey Katju alsovehemently criticised the judgement sayingthat the essence of marriage is “exclusive sex-ual relationship” and decriminalising adul-tery strikes at this very essence of marriage.My vehement submission is Section 497nowhere reflects in itself the aspect of “exclu-sive sexual relationship” of marriage, andconsequently the objective of this sectionwas never to sanctify that notion.

If you read the section, it is self-explanatory. The section only criminalisessexual intercourse of wife with a man otherthan the husband “without the consent orconnivance of that man (husband)”, mean-ing it doesn’t criminalise sex with the ‘alien’if indulged with the “the consent or con-nivance of that man (husband)”. So, theobject of the section was not to keep sanc-tity of the exclusivity of sex between hus-band and wife. The object was somethingelse. When the section was infused into theIPC, polygamy was a norm in India and thehusbands were leaving one young wife foranother younger wife. The ignored and

deprived wives were looked upon as victimsand the men in their service as seducers.This threatened not only the exclusive sex-ual proprietorship of the husband over theignored wives, but also dented his notionof manliness if the exclusivity was trespassedon. That is the genesis and objective of thissection.

Second misconception to be warded offis this that the judgement only decriminalis-es adultery, but this doesn’t mean it gives asanction to extramarital sex. It simplymeans adultery is no more a crime but it isa misdemeanour against marriage, and likeall misdemeanours, the remedy is of civilnature and not punitive like the case earli-er. Section 13 of Hindu Marriage Act pro-vides adultery as a ground for divorce whichis available to both husband and wife.

I personally feel that this is an excellentjudgement. Marriage is a civil matter anda civil remedy has been provided. Ofcourse at the option of the grieved.Moreover, it would not be wrong to empir-ically say that this section was almost relicin law which has nearly nil functional valuefor the reasons: It’s very difficult to proveadultery because of its clandestine natureand the criminal jurisprudence of provingan offence beyond the reasonable doubtwhich is very difficult considering thenature of the act. And that’s why the griev-ed mostly resort to divorce in such casesrather than netting in IPC. That’s exactlywhat the Supreme Court has done —bringing it from the punitive pinions ofcrime to civil.

The Government’s discomfiture with

decriminalising adultery was that it devaluesmarriage and society has interest in marriage.This is the point of larger debate. And it’sexcellent that we are debating it. Institutionsare made on the premise of collective inter-est of society and since collective interestschange with the pace of life, institutions arereinvented or diminished in accordance withthe socio-cultural matrix of the relevanttimes. And that’s what is happening.

The major overhaul of the concept ofmarriage in India happened in 1955 with theinception of The Hindu Marriage Act.Marriage was considered a sacrament in theolden times, at least theoretically. But withthe imitation of the concept of divorce fromthe West, the sacrament notion of the mar-riage is bygone. As the society evolves, theindividual interest is to be balanced withsocietal interest. That’s the hallmark of anyadvance society. Going forward, the indi-vidual interest weighs over societal interest,particularly in civil matters.

Marriage primarily is a personal mat-ter, and the society must leave a breathingspace within so as to not make it so stiflingthat people start abhorring the concept itself.The apex court has done nothing revolu-tionary since its decriminalisation is notgoing to drill the institution of marriagemore than the existing holes. The judgementis more of academic value than functionalin the regard that it has broken no physi-cal structures of marriage. What it has bro-ken is the normative value of marriage inthe sense that husband has no sovereigntyover wife. Such normative things don’tdiminish institutions like marriage whichis contemporaneous with the advent of soci-ety itself. It only shakes the skeleton.

Even marital rape, if the concept isembraced, is not going to do much damageto the institutionality of marriage becauseit would be very tough to prove it. Such con-cepts are advented only to shake the skele-tons and not to break it. Marriage has a util-itarian value, so it’s not going to be irrele-vant in the foreseeable future. But that valueis to be evaluated by the individuals and notsociety — at least in civilised societies likeours. The values and fidelity of marriage areto come from within the individuals con-cerned, and not from the sanction of law.Let the sanction be garland of arms than thehalter of law.

(The writer is former journalist andpresently pursuing law)

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two State refiners have placedorders for importing crude oilfrom Iran in November, themonth when US sanctions onIranian oil purchases takeeffect.

“Two of our oil companieshave made nominations topurchase Iranian oil inNovember,” he said speaking atThe Energy Forum here. “Wedo not know if we will get waiv-er (from US sanctions) or not.”

This is the first timePradhan has spoken aboutIndia’s stand on buying Iranianoil once the US sanctions onIran come into force fromNovember 4. Later, talking toreporters, he said India has itsown energy requirementswhich it has to fulfill.

“We will be guided by ournational interest,” he said.

Indian Oil Corp (IOC)Chairman Sanjiv Singh said his

company is among the twowhich have placed order forNovember.

“We have ordered for ourusual quantity of oil,” he said.

IOC and MangaloreRefinery and PetrochemicalsLtd (MRPL) together haveplaced order for 1.25 milliontonne (MT) of crude oil fromIran.

Singh said options for pay-ing for Iranian oil are underdiscussions.

US sanctions against Iranwill kick in from November 4,which will block paymentroutes. Paying in rupee is anoption. Iran can use the rupeeto settle its imports of phar-maceuticals and other goodsfrom India.

“Even without sanctionsalso, Iran had been acceptingpayments in rupee. So let us seehow it evolves,” he said.

While India wants to con-tinue importing Iranian oil,albeit a reduced volume, USSecretary of State MikePompeo last month stated thatWashington would considerwaivers on the embargo butmade it clear that these wouldbe time-limited, if granted.

Singh said IOC is import-ing the “usual” monthly vol-umes of oil from Iran. It hadplanned to import 9 MT ofIranian oil in 2018-19 financialyear or 0.75 MT a month.

For rupee payments, oilcompanies could use UCOBank or IDBI Bank to route oilpayments to Iran, sources said.

India had planned toimport about 25 MT of crudeoil from Iran in 2018-19, upfrom 22.6 MT imported in2017-18. But the actual vol-umes imported may be far lessas companies like RelianceIndustries have totally stoppedbuying oil from Iran and oth-ers too are scaling it down inhope of winning a sanctionwaiver from the US.

Nayara Energy, formerlyEssar Oil, too is stoppingimport from the Persian Gulfnation.

US President DonaldTrump in May withdrew fromthe 2015 nuclear accord withIran, re-imposing economicsanctions against the PersianGulf nation. Some sanctionstook effect from August 6while those affecting the oil andbanking sectors will start fromNovember 4.

Sources said Iran is open toaccepting rupee payment for oiland may use the money to payfor equipment and food itemsit buys from India.

UCO Bank and IDBI Bankhave been identified to routethe payment as the two have noexposure to the US financialsystem.

UCO Bank had in the pre-vious round of sanctions han-dled rupee payments.

Currently, India pays itsthird largest oil supplier ineuros using European bankingchannels. These channelswould get blocked fromNovember.

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Oil Minister DharmendraPradhan on Monday said

there was no question of goingback on deregulation of fuelpricing despite theGovernment asking state-owned firms to subsidise petroland diesel by �1 per litre.

Speaking at The EnergyForum here, he said interna-tional oil prices touching afour-year high of $85 per bar-rel is a “challenge” that hasresulted in fuel prices contin-uing to rise despite a one-offexcise duty cut and public sec-tor units (PSUs) subsidisingfuel.

Pradhan said he had spo-ken to Saudi Oil MinisterKhalid A Al-Falih and“reminded him of the Junecommitment of Opec toincrease production by 1 mil-lion barrels per day” to helpcool prices.

“Maybe Opec is not fol-lowing the June decision,” hesaid. Pradhan said the decisionto cut excise duty on petrol anddiesel by �1.50 per litre eachand ask oil PSUs to absorbanother �1-a-litre was aimed at“giving relief to consumers”.

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The rupee slumped by 30paise to finish at a fresh

lifetime low of 74.06 againstthe US dollar on Mondayamid strengthening of thegreenback and steady capitaloutflows.

The rupee had openedlower by 14 paisa againstFriday’s close of 73.76 in earlytrade as the US dollar strengthagainst major global curren-cies weighed on the rupeesentiment.

During the day, thedomestic currency recoveredto a high of 73.76, but failed tosustain the momentum andplunged to 74.10. It finallyclosed at 74.06, down by 30paise, marking its fifth straightsession of decline. On Friday,the domestic unit plummetedby 18 paise to end at 73.76.

“Indian Rupee is expectedto trade with a negative biasamid strong Dollar and risingcrude oil prices. Demand fordollar is going up on solid eco-nomic data from the US and,as US Federal Reserve raisedinterest rates by 25 bps andsignalled further monetarytightening,” said SaifMukadam, Research Analyst,Sharekhan by BNP Paribas.

Mukadam further saidthat traders will remain cau-tious ahead of the macroeco-nomic data, US treasury cur-rency report and IMF meeting.

“Correction in Rupee maybe seen if RBI permits for spe-cial dollar swap window withsome state-run fuel retailers orcome up with other options tocheck Rupee fall,” Mukadamsaid, adding that the expectedtrading range in near term is�72.50 - 74.60.

The dollar demandstrengthened after China’s cen-tral bank eased its domesticpolicy to support the economy,amid a deepening trade warwith the US that has increasedpressure on growth in theworld’s second largest econo-my.

China’s central bank saidon Sunday said that it was cut-ting the reserve requirementrations (RRRs) by 1 per centfrom October 15, which willinject a net $109.2 billion incash into the banking system.

The domestic unit crashedbelow the 74-mark for the firsttime ever in intra-day tradeFriday after the RBI unex-pectedly kept the policy rateunchanged.

Markets were caught offguard as the Reserve Bankmaintained status quo on thebenchmark interest rate.However, the central bankwarned that rising oil pricesand tightening of global finan-cial conditions pose substantialrisks to growth and inflation.

Meanwhile, heavy capitaloutflows also added pressureto the rupee.

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Panic gripped in Air Indiafor a few hours after the Oil

Marketing Companies(OMCs) on Monday suspend-ed ATF supply for Air Indiadomestic flights for few hoursowing to payment default.Refueling of all domestic AirIndia flights from eight loca-tions was stopped. Thisincludes Mohali, Patna, Pune, Trivandrum, Lucknow,Vishakhapatnam, Coimbatore,Jaipur. However, it wasresumed later by OMCs afterAir India paid their dues par-tially. The oil marketing com-panies have earlier threatenedto stop ATF to Air India unlessit clears its fuel bill on a dailybasis even as the national car-rier’s dues to oil companieshave crossed �5,000 crore.

“We have been instructedby our Head Office that OilMarketing Companies havedecided to suspend supplies toall domestic flights of AirIndia group at eight locations.Mohali, Patna, Trivandrum,Jaipur, Lucknow,Visakhapatnam andCoimbatore from 4 pm on

October 8,” Bindu R, ChiefAirport Terminal Managersaid in a letter to station man-agers of Air India.

According to sources, itwas resumed later by OMCsafter Air India paid their duespartially. Air India so far hasbeen paying �20 crore daily buthas been defaulting on pay-ments lately. The Oil market-ing companies now want pastdues to be cleared first. Thismove comes at a time whenrupee is all time low and crudeprices are rising which is hurt-ing the financials of all airlinecompanies. The oil companieshave been discussing with AirIndia to clear dues worth�5000 crore that are pendingfor a while now.

The Government hasalready infused about �980crore into the airline as equi-ty and granted the airline sov-ereign guarantee to raise�2,000 crore from banks. Outof this, Air India has alreadyraised �1,500 crore and canraise �500 crore more. “Theairline can raise that �500crore and pay a part of it to theoil companies,” said an officialquoted earlier.

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The recent changes in motorinsurance policy for the

victims as well as the vehicleowner in case of a mishap is apositive but it has led to sig-nificant increase (10-19%) inthe cost of acquisition of two-wheelers. The policy changesare brought on by un-safe roadconditions in India over theyears, which culminated injudicial directions by theHon’ble SC and HC of Madrasrespectively to a) increase inthird party cover (TPC) fromone year to five years and; b)increase in personal accidentcover (PAC) from �1 lakh to�15 lakhs.

In the past OEMs used tooffer various promotionaloffers giving free insurance tobuyers on select models-selectregion basis, which were dis-continued from September2018. However, with selectOEMs introducing innovativeoffers recently – covering partof the insurance cost- otherOEMs may follow suit.

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The Tamil Nadu Governmenton Monday said it may

‘consider’ reducing taxes onpetrol and diesel, but pointedout its spending on variousinitiatives, including imple-mentation of the seventh PayCommission recommendations.

When asked if his statewould cut taxes on petrol anddiesel, Tamil Nadu ChiefMinister K Palanisami high-lighted the requirement of fundsfor various welfare measures.

He was speaking toreporters here after meetingPrime Minister Narendra Modito seek Central assistance forvarious initiatives in the state.

“In Tamil Nadu, as far asthe Amma (late Jayalalithaa)government is concerned,funds are required for variousdepartments,” he noted. Whilethe state had recently okayedthe implementation of 7th PayCommission recommendationfor its employees, arrears for

Transport department staff wasalso being disbursed, he said.

“Welfare initiatives are hap-pening in various departments.After creating the fund source,government will consider yourplea,” he told media whenasked if his government wouldaxe the tax on fuel.

The Centre had last weekannounced a �2.50 a litre cut inpetrol and diesel prices, factor-ing in excise duty reduction of�1.50 per litre and asking oilcompanies to absorb another �1.

Many BJP- ruled states hadtaken a cue from this andannounced tax cuts.

Earlier too, Palanisami hadsaid his Government wouldconsider reducing the state taxon petroleum products even ashe had put the onus of slashingtaxes on the Centre.

The firm’s copper smelterunit in Tuticorin in the state, hadearlier been ordered by the stategovernment to be permanentlyclosed following a public outcryover pollution concerns.

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Infosys Foundation onMonday announced �1.5

crore reward to push innova-tion in social work followingincrease in funds under theGovernment rules.

“Infosys Foundation havebeen working since last 22years. We had less money butthanks to 2 per cent now,which is more money. Initiallywhatever money was given wetook care of basic things. Wewanted to have innovationaward but you require a goodamount for that. This year wedecided to get in to this areaso that our innovators can getf inancial help,” InfosysFoundation ChairpersonSudha Murty said.

Under the Governmentrules, it is mandatory for cer-tain categories of company tospend, in every financial year,at least two per cent of theaverage net profits made dur-ing the three immediatelypreceding financial years, inpursuance of its corporate

social responsibility (CSR)policy.

“Last 3-4 years, we havebeen getting 2 per cent whichis �340 crore. We have beenable to handle 12 national dis-aster like floods in Kerala,drought in Karnataka, hurri-cane in Andhra Pradesh...,”Murty said.

Infosys Foundation,which is CSR arm of IT majorInfosys, will select three indi-viduals or non-governmentorganisation and give themreward of up to �50 lakh sothat they can scale-up theirwork.

“The Aarohan SocialInnovation Awards seek torecognise and reward indi-viduals, teams or NGOs thatare developing unique solu-tions for the social sector thathave the potential to positivelyimpact the underprivilegedin India, at scale. The vision ofthese awards is to accelerateinnovation in the social sector,and provide a platform tohelp these solutions scale,”Murty said.

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Markets regulator Sebi hasput in place revised

norms for recovering ofinvestors’ money, wherein aregistered insolvency profes-sional will be appointed asadministrator to undertake saleof assets.

The regulator has revisedthe procedures to be followedfor refunding the investors’money pursuant to failure ofcomplying with disgorgementor refund orders passed by it.

In case an entity is nottraceable or is not complyingwith Sebi directions, therecovery officer can appointan administrator for the pur-pose of selling the propertiesattached, the regulator said ina notification dated October3.

Only an entity registeredwith the IBBI as insolvencyresolution professional wouldbe considered eligible forappointment as administrator.

The Insolvency andBankruptcy Board of India

(IBBI) is implementing theInsolvency and BankruptcyCode.

Under the norms, no per-son will be appointed as anadministrator where such anappointment may be objectedto on the grounds that give riseto justifiable doubts as to theindependence or impartiality ofsuch a person.

Any question involvingissues of conflict of interest inthe appointment of an admin-istrator will be decided by therecovery officer.

“The administrator shallprovide an undertaking to theboard of absence of any conflictof interest with the defaulter, itsdirectors, promoters, key man-agerial personnel and its groupentities,” the regulator noted.

The expenses pertaining tothe administrator would beborne by the defaulter or comefrom the sale proceeds of theentity’s assets.

According to Sebi, theterms and conditions ofappointment including remu-neration will be specified on

case to case basis, after takinginto consideration the quantumof work, the number ofinvestors and the quantum ofmoney involved.

While discharging thefunctions, the administratorcan appoint an independentchartered accountant to verifythe details of money raised,including payment alreadymade to investors.

The norms would beapplicable in relation to recov-ery of disgorgement amountordered by the markets regu-lator.

In case the proceedsrealised by way of sale of prop-erties of the defaulter is inexcess of the money due, theexcess money will be paid tothe defaulter after completionof three years from the date ofcompletion of the refundprocess.

The new regulations Sebi(Appointment ofAdministrator and Procedurefor Refunding to the Investors)has come into effect fromOctober 3.

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Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Monday metRBI Deputy Governor BP Kanungo to discuss

RBI’s data localisation norm for global financialtechnology companies.

The Reserve Bank in April gave six monthstime to global payment companies to store trans-action data of Indian customers within India. TheRBI’s data localisation norms will come into effectfrom October 15.

The meeting was also attended by EconomicAffairs Secretary Subhash Chandra Garg,Financial Services Secretary Rajiv Kumar and ITSecretary Ajay Prakash Sawhney. Officials, how-ever, refused to comment on the deliberations inthe meeting.Global financial technology com-panies have reportedly sought an extension of theOctober 15 deadline. A final decision on thiswould be taken by the RBI.

The RBI in April said in order to ensure bet-ter monitoring of payment service operators it isimportant to have “unfettered supervisory accessto data stored with these system providers as alsowith their service providers/ intermediaries/thirdparty vendors and other entities in the paymentecosystem”.

“All system providers shall ensure that theentire data relating to payment systems operat-ed by them are stored in a system only in India,”it had said.

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The eye is the most important and complex organ of a humanbody. They speak before you speak about your health becausemany illnesses have a surprising effect on the eyes. Therefore,

we should all get our eyes checked regularly. Not to take them forgranted, every year on the second Thursday of October, the worldcelebrates — The World Sight Day. This year the aim to spread amessage of — Eye Care Everywhere.

COMMON PROBLEMSCataract: The most common cause of vision impairment con-

tributes to around 50% of the global burden. It is an age-relatedcondition in which the lens of the eye becomes clouded and leadsto blurring vision. Though the condition is treatable, but lack ofawareness and timely diagnosis remains one of the causes for thestats. Technical advancements in the process of cataract extractionhave now become non-invasive. Cataract surgeries are 100% safe.Laser surgeries are stitchless and are performed as a day care pro-cedure with better visual outcomes and quicker recovery.

Uncorrected refractive errors: Even though this condition maynot lead to blindness, but is the second leading cause of visual impair-ments in India. Refractive errors which include myopia (nearsight-edness), hyperopia (farsightedness) and cylindrical refractive errors(astigmatism) must be corrected with suitable glass prescriptionto prevent blurred vision and lazy eye among children. ReLExSMILE, the new generation laser vision correction offers clear, crispvision without glasses. Being a blade-free and flap-free procedure,it helps you live a hassle-free life and say goodbye to glasses.

Glaucoma: A condition thatdevelops when there is a rise inthe intraocular pressure. It is oneof the main reasons of blindnessand the symptoms being slow andgradual. It is also termed as silentthief of vision. The condition isirreversible but timely interven-tion can help avoid further com-plications. Early detection is thekey to preserving sight. Glaucomacan’t be cured but it can be con-trolled so that further damage tothe optic nerve can be slowed orhalted. This can only be donethrough disciplined and regularmedical or surgical treatment

from an experienced ophthalmologist.Diabetic retinopathy: People living with Diabetes succumb

to diabetic retinopathy that leads to progressive vision loss or evencomplete blindness. As only the advanced stages of the conditionare symptomatic, and hence it is advisable for all the diabetics tohave a regular retinal screening done. Depending on the stage ofthe disease, the specialist will suggest treatment options like laserphotocoaugulation, intravitreal injections and vitrectomy.

PREVENTIONPalming: Sit comfortably. Keep the eyes closed and cover them

lightly with your cupped palms. Don’t apply any pressure on ther eyeballs. Make sure that there are no gaps between fingers so nolight rays enter the eyes. Breathe slowly. Relax like that for 3-5 min-utes and then uncover the eyes. Repeat for 3 minutes or more.

�Convergence exercise: Hold a pencil at an arm’s length. Moveyour arm slowly to your nose, and follow the pencil with your eyesuntil you can't keep it in focus. Repeat 10 times.

�Change of focus: Focus on a distant object for few secondsand slowly refocus on a nearby object at an arm’s length. Do this5 times to reduces eyestrain.

�Consult your doctor: Always consult your eye doctor beforedoing any of these exercises. Don’t do the exercises with your con-tact lenses on. Do not apply pressure on your eyes.

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Arecent study hasfound that dur-ing the day the air

pollution inside homescan be worse than thatoutside. This is due to activi-ties such as vacuuming, cooking, dustingor running the clothes dryer. The resultscan cause health problems, especially forthe young and elderly with asthma.Researchers also learned that circum-stances that made the air pollution worsediffered in each home.

Most people spend 85% of their lifeindoors. With the increasing incidence ofrespiratory illnesses in the country, it isimperative to be aware of the health haz-ards of indoor air pollution. Some tipsfrom Heart Care Foundation of India:

�Control moisture at home or inoffices

�Use exhaust fans in bathrooms andkitchens

�Clean home appliances properly andcontrol dust

�Keep carpets clean and dry. Washpillows, blankets and bedding regularly at60-degree Celsius

�Prefer wood, tile or linoleum floor-ing rather than fitted textile carpeting

�Vacuum cleaning or wet moppingmust be preferred

�Open your windows open whencleaning, painting and installing new car-pet

�Never burn charcoal indoors. �Avoid dust-collecting textiles and

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While most people headto a salon to get theirhair straightened, the

damage chemicals cause to thehair is almost irreparable. Butthere are some easy to followtricks that one can do at home.

Coconut milk andlemon juice are greatfor straighteningthe tresses.Take one-fourthcup of coconutmilk and add ateaspoon oflemon juice.Mix well.Refrigerate itovernight. In themorning, apply the mix-ture to the hair, — roots to thetips. Leave it for 30 minutes.Wash with a mild shampoo. Dothis once a week.

Milk for straightening.Pour the milk into the spraybottle. Spray your hair until it

is saturated with milk. Leave itfor 30 minutes. Wash withcool water. Do this twice aweek. The protein in the milkcontrols the frizz.

Milk combined withhoney is a great way to straight-

en the hair. Take one-fourth cup milk, add

two tablespoons ofhoney. Mix well.Apply on the air.Leave it on fortwo hours. Washhair with a mildshampoo. Do this

once a week.Rice flour and

egg is another reme-dy. Take one egg, five

tablespoons of rice flour, a cupFuller’s Earth and one-fourthcup milk. Mix all together.Apply the mask on the hair.leave it for an hour. Wash witha mild shampoo. Do this oncea week.

Most women want straight hairso that they can style them in anywhich way. Here are a few simple

remedies to straighten them without causing permanent

damage, saysROSHANI DEVI

An average adult smiles about 20times per day, and babies flash afull-fledged, ear-to-ear smile up

to 400 times a day. Smiling benefits ourhealth and well-being, and positivelyimpact those around us. It canmake a huge difference to one’ssocial and personal life – notto mention also make a per-son more likable andapproachable. Above any-thing, it can relieve stressand anxiety too.

Nearly nine out of 10Indians suffer from stress. Somerecently release findings suggest thatstress levels in Indians are higher incomparison to people from other devel-oped and emerging countries, includingthe US, the UK, Germany, France,China, Brazil and Indonesia. Stress isknown to exacerbate, among other

things, the chances of succumbing tohealth conditions such as heart diseasesand high blood pressure.

Speaking about this, Dr KKAggarwal, former president, Indian

Medical Association, said, “Ourbody is the largest pharmaceuti-

cal group in the world and hasthe capacity to heal diseasesand relieve stress. Music anddance are ways to initiatepositive changes in the body

and mind. Singing or listeningto music and dancing can

reduce respiratory rate leading toa parasympathetic healing activity.

When a person is absorbed in music ordance, there is a change in the body’sbiochemistry. These are healing medi-ums and can alleviate a person to theTurya state — that where the performerand the audience become one.”

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Yoga is the best option for this kind of work-out as it incorporates all these essentials aswell as is a great mind energising workout

spreading positive vibes. Some of the exercises youcan do in the comfort of your home are listedbelow. However, it is recommended to have a pro-fessional to guide you.

FOR THE HANDS�Finger Lift: Start with your thumb, lift each

finger slowly off the table one at a time. Hold eachfinger for a second or two and then lower it. Dothe same exercise with every finger of the left hand.

�For Wrists: Hold your right arm out with thepalm facing down. With your left hand, gentlypress down on the right hand until you feel astretch in your wrist and arm. Hold the positionfor a few seconds.

FOR LEGS�Long Leg Raises: Lie flat on your back on

the floor or bed with your arms at your sides, toesup. Keep your leg straight while tightening yourleg muscles and slowly lift it several inches. Tightenyour stomach muscles to push your lower backdown. Hold and count to 5, then lower your legslowly. Repeat and switch to the other leg.

�Half Squats: Stand with your feet shoulder-distance apart and stretch your arms out in frontof you. Slowly bend your knees until you’re in ahalf-sitting position. Hold on to a chair for bal-ance, if necessary. Keep your back straight andchest lifted — don’t lean forward. With your feetflat on the floor, hold the position for 5 seconds,and then slowly stand back up.

�Sitting Leg Stretch: Sit on the floor with bothlegs out straight. Stabilize yourself with your handson either side of your hips, and keep your backstraight. Slowly bend one knee until it feelsstretched, but not until it becomes painful. Holdyour leg in that position for 5 seconds, then slow-ly straighten your leg out as far as you can, againholding for 5 seconds.

A few other stretches you can do:The Cat and Cow Pose: Start in tabletop posi-

tion on your fours, Wrists under your shoulders,knees under your hips. Knees, legs, feet are hip-width apart. Keep shoulders back and down,relaxed neck. Center your head in a neutral posi-tion, gaze softens downward. On an inhale youmove into cow pose. Begin to lift your sitting bonesand your chest towards the ceiling, while your bellysinks to the floor. Lift your chin, curving slight-ly your neck. Look towards the ceiling. Keep theshoulders away from the ears, and bring shoul-der blades together to open your chest. On anexhale reversely move into the cat. Pull your bellybutton to your spine, curving your back towardthe ceiling.

Supine Spine Twist: Lie down on your back.Bend your knees and put the soles of your feet onthe floor with your knees pointing up toward theceiling. Press into your feet to lift your hips slight-ly off the floor and shift them about an inch toyour right. Draw your right knee into your chestand extend your left leg flat on the floor. Keep yourleft foot actively flexed throughout the pose. Crossyour right knee over your mid-line to the floor onthe left side of your body. Your right hip is nowstacked on top of your left hip. You can hook yourright foot behind your left knee if you like.

Open your right arm to the right, keeping itin line with your shoulders. Rest your left handon your right knee or extend it to make a T shapewith the arms. Turn your palms toward the ceil-ing.

On your exhalations, release your left knee andyour right shoulder toward the floor. Hold the posefor five to 10 breaths before rolling onto your backand drawing your right knee into your chest.Release both legs to the floor to neutralize yourspine for several breaths before doing the otherside.

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ent diseases. It can be seen in people of allages even in children, though some typesof arthritis are common in elderly.

It is the wearing off of cartilage – theclick, cushioning surface between joints

which lubricate and make joint move-ment comfortable. Once the cartilagestarts wearing off, the bones rub againsteach other creating friction that causesinflammation and pain. Over time, thejoints lose its strength and start wearingoff causing severe pain, swelling, andstiffness.

Conventional treatments focus onpharmacological management

of pain and inflammation. But,this does not stop the progressionof the condition. A few treatmentsthat can help are:

Regenerative medicine andcell-based therapy: Regenerativemedicine and cell-based therapy aregaining momentum. Autologouscellular therapy with mesenchymalstem cells is one such therapeutic

modality in the treatment of sever-al conditions, including muscu-loskeletal and autoimmunedisorders. This therapyutilises the body’s poten-tial to repair the damage.These cells have multi-differential potential,immune-regulatory,anti-inflammatory andtissue repairing properties.Treatment is a minimally-invasive, safe, and promisingtreatment modality for patientswith any form of arthritis. The pres-

ence of co-morbid conditions does-n’t affect the outcome of cell-based

therapy. Multiple conditionscan be treated simultane-

ously. Shockwave thera-

py: Another approachis by the use of shock-wave therapy. Thisadjunctive modality

stimulates the healingresponse of the body, by

inducing microtrauma whereapplied, thereby relieving pain andinflammation.

Cryotherapy: It may also beused to relieve pain through lower-ing skin temperature, reducing theactivity of nerve fibers along withthe reduction of swelling. A combi-nation of cell-based therapy withphysiotherapy gives good results.The protocol is minimally invasive;hence good for patients.Regenerative medicine addresses thecore pathology of a condition. Theresults are long-lasting,

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bone which forms the ball and the socketbeing formed by a portion of the shoulderblade; the joint is lined by a smooth struc-ture called cartilage. Around theshoulder joint, there is a groupof muscles called the rotator cuffwhich allows for movement ofthe shoulder as well as stabilis-es the joint during the move-ment. The muscles slide underan extension of the shoulderblade called the acromion.

Shoulder arthritis is a process of wearand tear of the joint cartilage. There aremultiple scenarios in which the shouldercan develop arthritis. After the knee andthe hip, the shoulder is the third most com-mon joint in the body to be affected by

arthritis.TREATMENT: Unfortunately, there is

no medicine that can reverse arthritis bystimulating the cartilage cells to grow. Thetreatment options are restricted to pain

control with anti-inflammatorymedicines and physiotherapy butthe outcomes with the same aredecent only in early arthritis.

Take away points: Its preva-lence in the community is increas-ing; Shoulder arthritis is a treat-able condition and with the latesttechnology available here we are

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SYMPTOMS● Some of the key symp-toms of psoriatic arthritisinclude:

● Swelling in fingers, toes,knees and spine● Inflammation● Joint pain and stiffness● Pitted or discoloured fin-gernails● The pain could further getsevere if not diagnosed andtreated within adequate time.

There are more than 100 different types of arthritis.Most common of those are:

� Degenerative: It usually affects people above age of45 and more common in women and obese peo-ple. Also known as osteoarthritis, it is due to wearand tear of joint which causes damage by roughen-ing of cartilage. As repair process to make up for theloss our body forms — tiny bits of extra bones, andthickens the joint fluid and stretches the joint cap-sule which alters the shape of joint. Usually treatedby painkillers and keeping the joint active will alsoreduce pain, stiffness and swelling. If all the treat-ment options are tried and there is still pain in thejoint, surgery might be required.

� Infectious: It not very often known that arthritis iscaused Post-infection, commonly known as reac-tive arthritis. This type of arthritis usually followsa urinary tract infection or gastroenteritis or geni-tal tract infections and also may be due to viral feverslike dengue. The symptoms usually last few monthsand is often relieved by its own but a small percent-age of people may experience recurrence or long-term symptoms who usually require medication.

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Two Americans won the Nobel Prize in eco-nomics on Monday, one for studying the

economics of climate change and the other forshowing how to help foster the innovationneeded to solve such a problem.

William Nordhaus of Yale University andPaul Romer of New York University will sharethe 9 million-kronor ($1.01 million) award, theRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences said.

Nordhaus has called for the world to com-bat climate change by imposing a universal taxon carbon. Carbon dioxide, which is emittedwhen fossil fuels are burned, is a heat-trapping“greenhouse gas” blamed for global warming,and a tax would make polluters pay for the costsimposed on society.

By using a tax rather than governmentedicts to slash emissions, the policy encouragescompanies to find innovative ways to reducepollution. Romer has studied the way innova-tion drives prosperity and has looked at waysto encourage it. He told a news conferenceMonday that his research had given him hopethat people can solve even a problem as diffi-cult as a warming planet.

“Many people think that dealing with pro-tecting the environment will be so costly and sohard that they just want to ignore the problem.They want to deny it exists,” Romer said. “I hopethe prize today could help everyone see thathumans are capable of amazing accomplishmentswhen we set about trying to do something.”

Madrid: An elderly Spanish doctor escaped pun-ishment on Monday in the country’s first “stolenbabies” trial, despite a court finding him guiltyof taking a newborn baby from her mother forillegal adoption under the Franco dictatorship.

The Madrid court ruled that Eduardo Vela hadseized Ines Madrigal from her biological motherin 1969, but said he could not be legally convict-ed because she waited too long to file a complaintagainst him. Madrigal is one of thousands of babiesremoved from their mothers — who were told theirchildren had died — and adopted during and afterGeneral Francisco Franco’s 1939-1975 rule, in whatbecame a nationwide scandal.

Islamabad: Pakistan onMonday successfully test-firedGhauri ballistic missile whichis capable of carrying bothconventional and nuclear war-heads up to a distance of 1,300kilometers, bringing manyIndian cities under its range.

The launch was conductedby Army Strategic ForcesCommand and was aimed attesting the operational andtechnical readiness of ArmyStrategic Forces Command,said the Inter Services PublicRelations, the media wing ofthe army. PTI

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Preventing an extra singledegree of heat could make

a life-or-death difference in thenext few decades for multitudesof people and ecosystems onthis fast-warming planet, aninternational panel of scientistsreported Sunday. But they pro-vide little hope the world willrise to the challenge.

The Nobel Prize-winningIntergovernmental Panel onClimate Change issued itsgloomy report at a meeting inIncheon, South Korea.

In the 728-page document,the UN organization detailedhow Earth’s weather, healthand ecosystems would be inbetter shape if the world’s lead-ers could somehow limit futurehuman-caused warming to just0.9 degrees Fahrenheit (a halfdegree Celsius) from now,instead of the globally agreed-upon goal of 1.8 degrees F (1degree C). Among other things:�Half as many people wouldsuffer from lack of water�There would be fewer deathsand illnesses from heat, smogand infectious diseases� Seas would rise nearly 4inches (0.1 meters) less� Half as many animals withback bones and plants willlose majority of their habitats�There would be substantiallyfewer heat waves, downpoursand droughts�The West Antarctic ice sheetmight not kick into irreversiblemelting� And it just may be enoughto save most of the world’s coralreefs from dying

“For some people this is alife-or-death situation without

a doubt,” said CornellUniversity climate scientistNatalie Mahowald, a leadauthor on the report.

Limiting warming to 0.9degrees from now means theworld can keep “a semblance”of the ecosystems we have.Adding another 0.9 degrees ontop of that — the looser glob-al goal — essentially means adifferent and more challengingEarth for people and species,said another of the report’s leadauthors, Ove Hoegh-Guldberg,director of the Global ChangeInstitute at the University ofQueensland, Australia.

But meeting more ambi-tious goal of slightly less warm-ing would require immediate,draconian cuts in emissions ofheat-trapping gases and dra-matic changes in the energyfield. While the UN panel saidtechnically that’s possible, it sawlittle chance of needed adjust-

ments happening.In 2010, international nego-

tiators adopted a goal of limit-ing warming to 2 degrees C (3.6degrees F) since pre-industrialtimes. It’s called the 2-degreegoal. In 2015, when the nationsof the world agreed to the his-toric Paris climate agreement,they set dual goals: 2 degrees Cand a more demanding targetof 1.5 degrees C from pre-industrial times. The 1.5 was at

the urging of vulnerable coun-tries that called 2 degrees adeath sentence.

The world has alreadywarmed 1 degree C since pre-industrial times, so the talk isreally about the difference ofanother half-degree C or 0.9

degrees F from now.“There is no definitive way

to limit global temperaturerise to 1.5 above pre-industri-al levels,” the UN-requestedreport said. More than 90 sci-entists wrote the report, whichis based on more than 6,000peer reviews.

“Global warming is likelyto reach 1.5 degrees C between2030 and 2052 if it continues toincrease at the current rate,” thereport states.

Deep in the report, scien-tists say less than 2 percent of529 of their calculated possiblefuture scenarios kept warmingbelow the 1.5 goal without thetemperature going above thatand somehow coming backdown in the future.

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tions mess over the disappear-ance of the former Interpolpresident during his trip hometo China, saying Monday that hewas being lawfully investigatedfor bribery and other crimes.

But the Government’sannouncement did little to

address concerns raised aboutthe risks of appointing Chineseofficials to leadership posts ininternational organisations. OnMonday, the acting Interpolpresident told The AssociatedPress the agency had not beeninformed in advance of theChinese probe into MengHongwei, who is also China’svice minister of public security.

On Sunday, Meng’s wife

made a bold public appeal fromFrance to the international com-munity to help locate her hus-band. The appeal — especiallyunusual for senior Chinese offi-cials — cast an unwelcomelight on extralegal detentionsthat have increasingly ensnareddissidents and allegedly corruptor disloyal officials alike underPresident Xi Jinping’s authori-tarian administration.

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Talented, funny, witty and take-me-as-you-please, actor Kajol brokestereotypes of the ideal heroine and

at a time of the biggie male star, pushedher way in as the she-hero. She contin-ues to mould herself to the times and willbe seen as a breakneck, fun-loving super-mom in her latest film. Much seasonedand sorted, we begin with the hot topicon the agenda, the wave of #MeToo dis-closures in the industry.

�What about the #MeToo movementthat’s gathering pace in Bollywood?

People should stand up and talk aboutit, no two ways about it. However, sexu-al harassment is not restricted to our filmindustry. The entire world needs it andwomen from every field need it. Thewhole point of the movement is to takeaway the shame and embarrassment ofthis fact that has happened with you. Takeit away from the women and tell them it’snot their fault. It’s not something that youhave done that led this to happen withyou. The only way to prevent harassmentis by telling our younger people. I say peo-ple because I don’t want to be gender spe-cific, it happens to both. I’d say it’simportant for them to understand thatthey have to draw the line in the sand andsay so far and no further. You stand upfor yourself whether on a public platformor not but stand up for yourself.

�What attracts you to emotionallycharged scripts?

I don’t know if it’s emotionallycharged so much as it is a good script.Emotionally charged or not, or thriller orwhatever, I’m attracted to good scripts thatare tightly bound. I’m a reader, so a scriptfor me is like a really really good book thatyou can’t put down, literally. One that youcan read till 4 am. So, that’s my criteriafor doing a film or not doing a film.

�What is your favourite genre in books?I like reading all kinds of books but

I do not pore through pages with a pur-poseful aim to educate myself or any-thing. I read a lot of fiction, especially fan-tasy. I love Harry Potter and I though myfans may not expect me too, I also readMills and Boons.

Motherhood is a complicated sub-ject in our country because of the gen-der roles associated with it. DoesHelicopter Eela break the stereotype?

I don’t think it breaks the stereotypebut explains it better. We hope that theaudience will come out probably under-standing their parents better. And hope-fully parents will understand their chil-dren better, with more compassion andmay be like each other more. The wholepoint is that nobody is wrong in this entirediscussion. Everybody is right in theirplaces and they are doing what they thinkis right. It’s just that sometimes the otherperson doesn’t understand why you aredoing what you are doing. That’s reallywhat we are trying to explain.

�Do you think gender roles are beingredefined in mainstream Bollywoodnow?

They’re being given equal impor-tance, not being redefined. We are talk-ing about stories of women from theirpoint of view rather than only from themale point of view. That’s important forthe conversation we’re having across theworld. It’s important to understand thatwe are all okay the way we are as long aswe are all given the same importance.

�Do you think that the treatment of

women on the set today is different fromwhen you started out?

It’s easier to work now. Working con-ditions are better than they were earlier.It’s more comfortable. We have vanityvans, AC studios and bound scripts. Theway of working has become more organ-ised with a proper system.

�When a home production is beingmade, how invested are you in it?

I have to say that Ajay is a fabulousproducer, whether it was Raju Chacha orHelicopter Eela. He’s given us the leewayto do whatever we wanted creativelyspeaking, without any restrictions. He’sbeen fabulous with the publicity but yesI am working harder because it’s his film.

�Your children are under the scannerall the time, so what do you do to shieldthem?

I haven’t done all that much but Idon’t take them for every event. We dotry to keep security with us as much aspossible. The most important thing is thatthey have grown up now and can handlethe Press a little better. It was an issuewhen Nysa was younger. It was troublingher. She would get very conscious anddread what would happen. Both of themhave grown up and can handle it betternow.�Did you draw any inspiration from theoriginal script?

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As the Indian entertain-ment industry contin-

ues to grapple with the#MeToo storm, actor NanaPatekar on Monday main-tained that “truth willremain the truth”, TanmayBhat and GursimranKhamba of comedy collec-tive AIB “stepped away”from their positions, andHrithik Roshan — the starof Vikas Bahl’s Super 30 —said “all proven offendersmust be punished” —amidst a wave of sexualharassment allegations.

Nana had been avoid-ing the media since actressTanushree Dutta lastmonth renewed a 10-year-old allegation, claiming hesexually harassed her dur-ing the shoot of a 2008film. Last week, she alsofiled a complaint on thesame at the Oshiwarapolice station here. “I haveno problems (in talking tothe media), but when mylawyer has said so (not totalk to media), I will haveto follow that,” Nana said,without taking questionsfrom the press.

On being coaxed to saya bit more, Nana said:“What I said 10 years ago,I would say that only. Whatwas the truth yesterday isthe truth today, and it willremain the truth tomor-row.”

In an interview inSeptember, in the contextof her opinion on the#MeToo Movement andsexual harassment ofwomen in Bollywood,Tanushree spoke about herpersonal experience of fac-ing it at the hands of Nanaon the set of Horn ‘OK’Pleassss in 2008.

This gave a much-needed spark to India’svery own #MeToo move-ment, as part of whichactors Rajat Kapoor, ZulfiSyed, writer Chetan Bhagatand a string of editors havebeen named and shamed.

Trouble for All IndiaBakchod (AIB) arose whena volley of allegationsagainst Utsav Chakraborty— a YouTuber who wasonce associated with AIB— cropped up after awoman Twitter user wroteChakraborty had sentunsolicited pictures of pri-vate parts to women andharassed girls, includingminors, through socialmedia platforms. AIB co-founder and CEO TanmayBhat was called out for notacting against complaintsregarding Chakraborty.

On Monday, AIB in astatement said Tanmay andGursimran have “steppedaway” from the collective.“We cannot overlookTanmay’s role and in lightof this he will be steppingaway from his associationwith AIB until furthernotice,” read a statementfrom Vidhi Jotwani, AIB'sHead of Human Resources.Tanmay will not beinvolved with AIB's day-to-day functioning or in anyother matter.

Gursimran wasaccused of sexual miscon-duct, and has been sent “ona temporary leave until wehave more clarity on thematter”, AIB said. Awoman claimed that

Gursimran had “hookedup two-three times, con-sensually and continuedbeing friends”, but thingsescalated when on twoseparate occasions,Gursimran tried “repeated-ly to make out with mewhile we were hangingout”. He has denied it say-ing he was “not forceful”.

“I am sorry for mybad behaviour and all thehurt it caused her but I cat-egorically deny any viola-

tion of consent,” he said.The future of AIB seems tobe uncertain with the twokey persons being drivenout.

This comes after thedisbanding of PhantomFilms, which comprisedfilmmakers AnuragKashyap, VikramadityaMotwane, Madhu Mantenaand Vikas Bahl.

Bahl, director ofQueen, was last year namedfor allegedly sexuallyharassing a woman in2015. With the #MeToowave on high tide, he isnow once again in the cen-tre of controversy. Leadingcelebrities have spoken upagainst the harassment that

goes behind thegloss and glam-our, and how

the industry protects the“creeps” by letting com-plaints go unanswered orunaddressed.

Hrithik Roshan, whostars in Bahl’s upcomingSuper 30, on Mondayurged the movie's produc-ers to take a “hard stand”if need be.

“It is impossible forme to work with any per-son if he/she is guilty ofsuch grave misconduct... Ihave requested the produc-

ers of Super 30 to take stockof the apparent facts andtake a hard stand if needbe. All proven offendersmust be punished and allexploited people must beempowered and givenstrength to speak up,”Hrithik tweeted. His state-ment came a day afterfilmmaker Hansal Mehtatook an indirect dig atHrithik, questioning who isempowered — “the victimof the creep” — when a“major star” has acted inBahl's film.

S i n g e r - c o m p o s e rKailash Kher, who hasbeen accused by a femalejournalist of harassment,denied the allegation whichleft him “extremely disap-pointed.”

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Astar-studded line-up heldour attention at the 16th edi-

tion of Star Parivaar Awards inMumbai on Saturday. The IndianTV stars looked their best, thestage was set to welcome the win-ners and performers. It was anight to remember. The brightlights and loud music made it atpar with the some of the biggestaward shows. The pyrotechnicsat the end grabbed eyeballs andwere the perfect finish.

The glitzy award night washosted by many big names in theTV space, like Hina Khan,Divyanka Tripathi and KarishmaTanna. The award show recog-nises actors and their contribu-tion to the entertainment indus-try. While many shows havemade space in the viewers’ heartsover the course of last year, YehRishta Kya Kehlata Hai andIshqbaaaz were the top hits.

The award for favourite pairwas bagged by Kartik and Naira(Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai).Kartik joyously said, “Beforeanyone else I would like to thankgod, and then our casting direc-tor for being the light that weneeded in life, I really appreciateall the guidance I have got.”Shivaay and Anika (Ishqbaaaz)

received the Digital SadasyaJodi award.

Karishma Tanna, who iscurrently playing a characterGauri in Qayamat ki raat,said “The award ceremonyis a nice breather and breakfor all the actors. You getto perform with all theparivaar, you dance andenjoy. I think audiencegets excited to see all theactors performingtogether. It must be veryentertaining and fun for

the viewers.” The award show has scaled

up in the last few years. Whenit began it was all about EktaKapoor’s shows. “Now I’m soglad to see the strength of thisparivaar. I feel so blesses to bea member of Star Parivaar,”Mukti Mohan expressed.

It was a night to shine forthe fashionistas and they left

no stone unturned. HinaKhan dazzled in a goldencoloured gown. The actress

also performed on the remixedDilbar dilbar song whereas theIshqbaaz actress SurbhiChandna slayed the red carpetin a white attire. She also per-formed at the event.

Tanna rocked the event withher performance on Akh ladjave. Shivangi Joshi, who playsNaira, was stunning in a redgown and Mohsin Khan, whoplays Kartik, looked dapper in ablue suit.

The new jodi of StarParivaar, Parth Samthaan andErica Fernandes - Anurag andPrerna from Kasautii ZindagiKay looked as comfortable offscreen as they are on screen.The duo wore matching outfits

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Whenever possible, SebastianSalgado the colossus for travelphotography, lives for a while with

the people he photographs. “I tell a little bitof my life to them, and they tell a little oftheirs to me. The picture itself is just the tipof the iceberg,” says he. Here in India thereis one photographer who lives by that credo,and it is Shyamal Datta.

Once in a blue moon you espie an exhi-bition that stops you in your tracks andwakes you up. An exhibition that takes youaway from the maddening crowd andforces you to meditate on a lifestyle, a racethat calls out for scrutiny through imagesthat make you ask questions and draw morethan a thousand sighs and tug at your heart-strings.

Photographer Datta insists that he isnot a modernist, knows nothing about tech-nicalities in taking photographs, but hissojourn of the North East at the IndianInternational Centre in Delhi unconscious-ly synthesises complex visual and articu-late traditions in stupendous images thatopen the way to modernism.

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India’s most bountiful and beautiful scenicsettings — the mountains at Arunachal andSikkim are as engaging as the clouds thatgather on the horizon. Capturing the sur-real quality of the seraphic lacing of lightseems to come naturally to Shyamal.

“I get up early just before dawn to catchthe light,” says Shyamal who has traversedthese rugged mountains and brooks for 10years. “Yes, at that moment in time the lighthas a power that one cannot imagine.Sometimes it has a haunting quality, but theclarity of the conscious moment that isuntouched. It is a combination of what isreal ,what is strange, as well profoundbecause the camera acts as a signifier offreezing the frame on many instances of rareexistence, so we look at lifestyles of vanish-ing tribes and it becomes an avenue of doc-umentation.”

Full of Sienna tones in a blush orangeis the sunset with a Naga maiden standingon a ledge and looking at a valley beyond.“This image is a recreation of a popular folktale of Mizoram,” says Shyamal. It is the storyof Lianchhiari, a princess, andChawngfianga, a commoner, fromDungtlang village.The tale ends in a tragedy

in the very spot where the Mizo girl standsin the image. The image has been shot at theDungtlang village, Champhai district,Mizoram.

������������When you look at the interior images

of the houses and the rustic rhythms of thetribal folk you are drawn in their maw. Theimages are imbued with a profound senseof foreboding; timelessness and are grainywhich are sometimes inscrutable as they rep-resent the tangled and twisted histories ofhardship set against a monotone sky. Thisis the subject of tribes who are still primor-dial and primeval in the harder instincts oflivelihood. The Angami Naga elder fromKohima in Nagaland, in all his finery lookslike a weathered sage as he sits in his home.“He had a regal carriage about him and theway he sat and looked at me, I grabbed thatray of sunlight as it crept into his home. Heis one of the last remaining Angami Nagatribal elders and he proudly displays his dressand ornaments,” adds Shyamal.

The murmuring brooks and the vege-tation, bamboo and straw baskets stand likesentinels in the fading twilight, whether theyclean the rice or light the hearth, here areimages of old, with voices sad and prophet-

ic, content to live in their essence of simplic-ity and humility.

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fore when you look at the single portraitsof the tribes. Their solitary feeling reflectsboth their locations and their timewornessence beneath the glow of their own liveli-hoods. Women and men become iconic inportraits that emphasise the passage of timeand evoke the age of these elders.

When asked to describe his journeyfrom dawn to dusk walking in the pathwaysof these unique tribes and recording theirvanishing ways, Shyamal states, “When youphotograph races like these, you’re facedwith the power of humanity, you’re facedwith something very mysterious and verymystical, whether it’s looking at the dawnor watching a hearth being lit in a bambooand straw home, or sometimes watching asunset. There’s something very powerfulabout man and nature that’s endlessly mys-terious and a reminder of our mortality, of

more existential things.”

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contours of the here and now, his workremains refreshingly unconcerned withmaking claims for its own art historicalimportance. The artist’s attention to processand materials, along with his poetic com-mitment to the diminutive and the subtle,make questions of cultural positioning feelalmost beside the point. The passage of timeis tangible when you look at the egrets aswell as the mother and baby rhinos atKaziranga. Wildlife as a subject seems a nat-ural selection of sorts for Shyamal. The resul-tant works — small and subtle — feel almostincidental, byproducts of zoological inves-tigations in being and doing to capture mas-terpieces. The natural forests and habitatlend them a fragile beauty, similar to thebeauty of a sunflower seed head in themoment before a gust of wind or a child’sbreath disperses its seeds.

This sense of fragility achieves ravish-

ing articulation — the egrets with theirplumes are simply gorgeous to experience:mesmeric, meditative and enveloping. Itselongated feathers notes make apparent thattime’s passage is not just the subject matterof much of Shyamal’s visual work but alsoits material substance in naturality.

Ultimately these North Eastern pho-tographs are quiet portraits of venerablebeings. By seeking them out and preserv-ing them in photographs, they becomereminders of the vastly different chronolo-gies of life taking place all around us, andhow it's all part of the ecology/human habi-tation of our planet.

�� ��� ����� ���������Shyamal Datta has won awards and has

been featured often in the best magazinesin the world, the latest feature in the NewYork Times Literary Review is just one amongmany feathers.The money that he gets fromthe many magazines he gives back to thecommunities, its his act of karma.

He sums up his journey over a decade

in the documentation of the lives of the peo-ple in the North East, “Over the last 10 years,one of the most significant impact that mywork and the concomitant travels along withit, has been the realisation that the cameraand its paraphernalia can be as good as itcan be. But the entire gamut of creativityfrom a holistic perspective emerges out fromdarkness when the artist bonds with the sub-ject — soul to soul. From a stage of pho-tographing “pretty pictures” to portraits, Igradually began to understand the tribalcommunity of my region, their lifestyle, theirstories, history and traditions and so forth.I reached a phase when my camera beganto take backstage and my empathy withthese brave and beautiful people took cen-tre-stage. How little we understood them ormisunderstood them and how conde-scending we were to them. Their grace anddignity overwhelmed me. Their beauty mes-merised me and their kindness oftenbrought tears to me. It was then that digi-tal optics came back to centre-stage.”

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Visualise a landscape ofVaranasi, what do you see?

The colour orange; the goldenstairs near the Ganges ghats,boats in the eternal holy river,women sitting on their windingjharokas, men smoking pipes onthe street side, old mendicants(Sadhus) telling their beads sit-ting under the giant Banyan treeswith their long unkempt tresses,sacred fire flames and temples,idols of Gods and innumerousspiritual hymns and so on... Thelist might never fall short evenafter a thousand descriptions ofmystical city.

“I have such fond memoriesof the city that even if I shut myeyes right now, I can visualiseevery bit of it,” says Vibha AryaChaurasia who brings togetheran exhibition of her paintings onthe holy Varanasi city.

Eclecticism is the virtue ofartists who are not limited bystaunch ideological dogmas.They can choose to look beyondtheir imagination and cull thevisuals that they see around,above and below and infusethem into their creative works.Vibha likes realism in her paint-ings and is always on the look-out for something new in her art.She says, “An artist is alwayslooking for new and unseenideas to create his/her paintings.These ideas are not confined toone door, rather a number ofdoors.”

Maybe someone who hasn’tbeen around for long cannot bementioned alongside the biggerartists, but Vibha believes that herpassion of painting will ensurethat this will happen soon. Shesays, “It is a never-endingprocess. An artist is always evolv-ing. I am an amateur and cur-rently new in this profession butI do not paint for a living. I justfollow my passion. After paint-ing, I feel that I have done some-thing creative and constructive inmy life. There are certain thingsthat make you happy and con-tented in your life, for me it’s

painting. Hence, I do not restrictmyself but choose from the vastreportoire of images and visuals,landscapes and scenic beauty.They all inspire me.”

As her colourful canvassesleads the viewers to the realm ofthinking, her art oscillatesbetween the ideal and the appar-ent, imparting the glimpse ofboth, sending the viewer to therealm of aesthetic appreciation.

In some of her paintings,Vibha takes the position of adetached and objective observ-er and an impartial chronicler ofevents.

While painting the pic-turesque ghats, she uses sanguinecolours to explain the power andimmensity of the sunrise and

sunset without the use of anywords. She makes sure to give herportraits an ethereal look as shepaints the sadhus and their up-close frontal portrayal with theirlong ‘jataye’ or hair locks. Theworks admire an ideal humanbody positioned against thebackdrop of a hazy night,expressing her desire for the idealand her yearning to reach out tothe soul mate and at the sametime they typify the person ofartist’s own gender in variouslocales involved in the acts ofworship. However, women arenot displayed as simple worship-pers but pure subjects who are on

their way to their soul’s fulfill-ment.

While it wasn’t particularlythe artist’s fascination for the city,she says that she adores “the foodand the vibe” of the place.However, “a bit more focus needsto be given to the cleanliness ofits surroundings. It needs to bemore organised. As far as its cul-ture is concerned, it’s importantto preserve it. It would be goodfor the future generations if they

could also learn about the city’sspiritual beliefs and follow themas well. But to maintain that, theyneed to keep track of the clean-liness.” She adds, “People arealways tempted to go to big citiesto have a comfortable life. Theydo not want to go to smalltowns anymore. But such citiesalso need to be explored.”

Presented by Gallery SreeArts and curated by JitendraPadam Jain, the exhibition titled

‘Varanasi through my eyes,’ isartist Vibha’s depiction of the city.Whenever Vibha paints a scenein Banaras, she opts for a certaincolour to dominate the pictori-al format to let the mood ofintensity be conveyed and estab-lished without any doubt. Sheexplains that it wasn’t her fasci-nation with the city which madeher chose it to be her primarysubject, but, “It was just acciden-tal. My family’s roots lie in thecity. I had also gone to Varanasifor a wedding of my relative. Itwas just then when it came to methat a portrayal of this city couldalso be done. I hadn’t specifical-ly travelled to the place for mypaintings. I just found it reallybeautiful. Following that, Padamsir told me to form a series on itas well. I never chose it per se.”

In the paintings, a viewer canwitness the unending passion ofthe artist for Banaras which hasattracted pilgrims, and seekers ofsalvation but has been captivat-ing the imagination of creativepeople irrespective of their genreof discipline or creative pursuits.Vibha has looked at Banaras witha kind of certainty and resolu-tion. But she has not presentedBanaras the way a shopper/con-sumer would. The dweller in thepaintings in fact is an invisiblepair of eyes that always stand out-side the frame. She does not seethe city from human eyes but letsthem take the form of a godlyeye, of Kashi Viswanatha, themanifestation of Lord Shiva inBanaras and becomes a detachedwitness and also rejoices in thesights and sounds created inorder to worship the overlord ofthe city.

Call it Varanasi, Banares orKashi or by several other innu-merous names, the city’s mysticcharm and an enduring appealwould bring to you somethingwhat any other city in Indiawouldn’t.

(The show is on display tillOctober 10 at Galerie RomainRolland, Alliance Française.)

In Yassin Mohammed’s sketches and paintings,he and other Egyptian prisoners are crammed

into tiny cells, feet in each other’s faces and theirfew belongings hanging from the walls.

The cramped scenes, defined by bars andclosed cell doors, capture the claustrophobicreality of Egypt’s prisons, where tens of thou-sands have been locked away, often for monthsor years without charge, in the heaviest crack-down on dissent in the country’s modern his-tory. “One day, all this pain will go away,” onewatercolour proclaims.

Mohammed, who walked free last monthafter serving a two-year sentence for taking partin a protest, chronicled daily life in his cellblockoffering an intimate look inside Egypt’s prisonnetwork. He has been in and out of prison since2013, when the military overthrew a freely elect-ed but divisive Islamist president. Since then,thousands of Islamists have been jailed, as wellas a number of secular, pro-democracy activists.Under President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi, who asdefence minister led the 2013 military takeover,authorities view even mild dissent as a threat.

For the two years he was in prison,Mohammed shared a 6by15-meter (yard) cellwith nearly 30 inmates — Islamists, jihadis, lib-eral leftists and people who were simply at thewrong place at the wrong time. Mohammedsays he wasn’t physically abused, other thanoccasionally being pushed or slapped byguards. He says the real torment was the unend-ing boredom and lack of privacy. His onlyescape was through art. He managed to paintin a corner of his cell where the guards could-n’t see him. Fearing that the guards woulddestroy the art if they found it, he smuggled thepaintings out.

One piece that landed him in trouble wasan unflattering caricature of el-Sissi, whichguards seized in a surprise raid on his cell.Prison authorities chose not to press charges,instead sending him to solitary confinement.A self-portrait inspired by that experienceshows him sitting in the corner of a gray-blackcell, slumped in resignation as a solitary ray ofsunlight shines through the barred window.

In another painting, cardboard boxesturned into flower planters hang from the ironbars above a corridor. Mohammed says the pris-oners save the cardboard boxes that their fam-ilies use to deliver food and gather soil fromsacks of potatoes they get from the prison’skitchen. “Plants and flowers there are like lifein the midst of death,” said Mohammed.

Since his release on September 20, he hasbeen traveling across Cairo collecting the workshe smuggled out. He would like to put on anexhibition of some 50 pieces, but Egypt’s few

remaining art galleries are unlikely to displayhis work for fear of angering authorities.

Instead, he plans to display them in hisapartment in downtown Cairo.

“I don’t want to go back to prison. It doesnot take much these days to be sent to prison,”he said. “So, I will silently listen, watch andobserve, and when I feel like I want to expressa political opinion, I will talk to myself whilealone in the privacy of my room.”

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Delhi comfortably beatChhattisgarh by 44runs in their group B

league encounter to enter thequarter-finals of the VijayHazare Trophy here onMonday.

Delhi topped group B with26 points followed by Andhrawho had an inferior net run-rate despite finishing withsame number of points.

Delhi, Andhra andHyderabad (22 points) havequalified from group B.

It was debutant wicket-keeper Lakshay Thareja, whoscored 53 in the middle-orderto take Delhi to 245 for 9 in 50overs.

In reply, Chhattisgarh wasall out for 201 in 45.1 overswith left-arm seamer KulwantKhejorliya being the pick ofthe bowlers with 4 for 27.

Put into bat, Delhi werereduced to 77 for 4 with in-form batsmen GautamGambhir (10), Dhruv Shorey(8) and Nitish Rana (8) beingdismissed cheaply.

Unmukt Chand (32 off 70balls) couldn't get going andDelhi were in deep trouble at112 for 6 in the 32nd over. Itwas Thareja and Lalit Yadav(24), who added 34 runs forthe seventh wicket.

Thareja, who hit fourboundaries in 72 balls was outleaving Delhi tottering at 176

for 8 after 44.5 overs.However Pawan Negi (31

off 30 balls) and SimarjeetSingh (25 off 18 balls) added50 runs in 4.2 overs. Khejroliyahit three towering sixes totake Delhi to a fighting total.

While chasing,Chhattisgarh lost more than oftheir team for barely 100 runsas their chase was as good asover.

At 139 for 8, ShakeebAhmed (38) and ShivendraSingh (25) added 51 runs todelay the inevitable but italways was Delhi's game.

���7�������������������������� Powered by asplendid century by openerAnmolpreet Singh following afifer by Siddharth Kaul, Punjabtrounced Karnataka by sixwickets in Group A clash.

After bundling outKarnataka for a stiff 296, cour-tesy a five-wicket haul bypacer Siddharth Kaul, it wasAnmolpreet who stole theshow with a pulverising knockof 138 at the M ChinnaswamyStadium.

Kaul wreaked havoc toreturn with fine figures of 5-41 and his scalps includedKarun Nair, Kaunain Abbas,Shreyas Gopal, Aniruddhaand T Pradeep.

The speedster was com-plimented well by BarinderSingh Sran (3-48), while vet-eran Yuvraj Singh and young

leggie Mayank Markandepicked up a wicket each.

For Karnataka, wicket-keepe-batsman B R Sharathtop scored with 70, while skip-per Manish Pandey (67), RSamarth (54) and ShreyasGopal (37) also made note-worthy contributions.

But for Punjab, the chasewas a walk in the park, with20-year-old Anmolpreet scor-ing a blazing 138 off just 106balls.

He also put on a huge 198-run stand for the openingwicket with Shubman Gill(77).

At the other two EliteGroup A games in a low-scoring thriller Vidarbhadefeated Goa by 1 run, whileMaharashtra defeated Barodaby five wickets.

The quarter-finals for thetournament will start onOctober 14, with the semi-finals on October 17 and 18and the final on SaturdayOctober 20, all scheduled inBengaluru.

As per the standings,Mumbai with 28 points hastopped Elite A and B followedby Delhi (26 points),Maharashtra (26 points),Andhra (26 points) andHyderabad (22 points).

Thus these teams are set toadvance to the quarters buttheir opponents will be decid-ed only when league matchesof Group C end on October 11.

�������������L��%� � ���� Capping a suc-cessful return from an 18-yearexile, Bihar stormed into theVijay Hazare Trophy quarter-finals with a nine-wicketthrashing of Mizoram.

Bihar concluded theleague stage with an unas-sailable 30 points and grabbedthe solitary qualifying berthfrom the spot from the plategroup.

Bihar captain KeshavKumar (4/21) triggered thecollapse before left-arm spin-ner Ashutosh Aman stole thelimelight with scintillatingfigures of 4-2-2-3, as Mizoramfolded for 83 in 27.2 oversafter electing to bat at theMotibaug Stadium.

Bihar cruised home in15.4 overs with opener VikashRanjan remaining unbeatenon 59 on the way to register-ing their seventh win fromeight matches with one beinga washout.

Bihar who last playedRanji Trophy plate group inthe 2003-04 season returnedto the domestic fold after aSupreme Court order inJanuary this year.

At Nadiad, Uttarakhandregistered a commanding108-run win over ArunachalPradesh but it was insufficientas they finished two pointsbehind Bihar, having lost tothem in the group leaguestage.

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Maverick batsman Chris Gayle on Mondayopted out of the ODI and T20 series against

India citing personal reasons as the West IndiesCricket Board (WICB) named three fresh facesfor the assignment.

"We will be without our stalwart, Chris Gaylefor this Indian tour and the next tour againstBangladesh as he has declined selection at thistime, however, he has made himself available forthe selection for the visit of England to theCaribbean and the World Cup in 2019," WICBchairman of the selection panel CourtneyBrowne said in a statement.

The West Indies are currently engaged in atwo-Test series in India and are trailing aftergoing down in the opening Test inside three days.The West Indies will play five ODIs and three T20Internationals. The first ODI will be held inGuwahati on October 21.

With an eye on next year's 50-over WorldCup and 2020 World T20 in Australia, the WestIndies Cricket Board (WICB) has drafted in threeyoungsters -- opener Chrandrapaul Hemraj, all-rounder Fabian Allen and fast bowler OshaneThomas -- in the limited overs squads.

Big-hitting Kieran Pollard, middle-orderbatsman Darren Bravo and all-rounder AndreRussell have also made a comeback into the T20squad.

"As we continue our Cricket World Cuppreparations, the upcoming tour of India providesa great opportunity to expose some of our youngtalent," Browne said.

"Opener, Chandrapul Hemraj, all-rounderFabian Allen and fast bowler Oshane Thomas willget their opportunity to showcase their skills,along with Sunil Ambris, who is returning to thefold.

Russell, however, has been ruled out of all 50-over format due to injury and Alzarri Joseph willundergo a fitness test before leaving for India.

"With the 2020 ICC World T20 two yearsaway and the limited amount of T20Internationals within the next year, the panelbelieves at this juncture it is time to invest in theyoung players that have emerged over the last twoyears from Windies A and B teams, along with2018 CPL," Browne explained.

"The selection of a young group two yearsprior to the World T20 gives the coaching stafftime to help them with their skills and for theteam to develop into a cohesive and competitiveunit.

"The team will continue to retain some expe-rienced players who will work alongside theyounger group...Offer our congratulations to theplayers making their international debuts andwelcome back Darren Bravo and Kieran Pollardto international cricket," he said.

WICB Chief Executive Officer Johnny Gravejustified the reasons behind the early squadannouncements.

"The team will have a camp before the startof the ODI series in Guwahati, so we had to selectthe squad before the start of the Super50 Cup,in order to organise flights and visas. With theCPL finishing last month, there was no reasonto delay announcing the T20 squad," he said.

As expected Dwayne Bravo and spinner SunilNarine did not find a place in any of the squadsafter their names were left out of the 25-playerlist prepared to procure the Indian visa.

While Jason Holder will be the captain of theODI squad, the West Indies T20 team will be ledby Carlos Brathwaite.

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Australia's openers survived a tor-rid 13 over spell to finish on 30

without loss after Haris Sohail's maid-en century guided Pakistan to 482 onthe second day of the first Test in Dubaion Monday.

Usman Khawaja was unbeatenon 17 and debutant Aaron Finch was13 not out as Australia negotiated sometight spin bowling from Pakistan on apitch which has started to show signsof turn.

Pakistan unleashed four oversfrom leg-spinner Yasir Shah and acombined three from off-spinnersMohammad Hafeez and Bilal Asif, butboth Australian openers lookedassured.

Australia trail Pakistan by 452 runswith all ten wickets intact, but they facea big battle ahead of them with Yasirexpected to pose the main threat.

A sparkling hundred from left-hander Sohail and a polished 80 fromAsad Shafiq enabled Pakistan to buildon an overnight score of 255 for 3, withnightwatchman Mohammad Abbas(one) the only wicket to fall in themorning session.

Sohail's patient six-hour knock fea-tured eight fours and two sixes, as headded 150 for the fifth wicket withShafiq who was unlucky to miss out onhis 10th century.

The pair frustrated the Australianattack with some solid batting asPakistan reached 329-4 at lunch, withboth in sight of centuries.

But Shafiq fell to the leg-spin ofMarnus Labuschagne minutes beforetea as he edged a turning ball to wick-etkeeper Tim Paine for the debutant's

first wicket.Shafiq hit nine boundaries and a

six in his 278 minutes at the crease.Sohail did to get to three figures

though, hitting a six off spinner JonHolland before cutting him to thirdman for two to complete his century.

He was finally dismissed byNathan Lyon, caught behind as he triedto cut the off-spinner, having easily sur-passed his previous best of 76 madeagainst Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi lastyear.

Sohail was pleased to go on andpost a big score after regularly mak-ing several promising starts beforegetting out earlier in the year.

"I was getting out on 30-40 runson the tour of England (in May-Junethis year)," said Sohail. "So I wanted

to get out of that panic situation andI am happy that I have done thattoday.

"It's always a big pride to score aTest hundred for your country and Ihave worked really hard to reach thisfar," said Sohail, who was sidelined fora two-year period with a knee injuryin 2015.

Pakistan lost their last six wicketsfor 72 runs, including the run outs ofBabar Azam (four) and skipper SarfrazAhmed for 15.

Fast bowler Peter Siddle was thepick of the bowlers with 3-58 whileLyon finished with 2-114 from 52 overs.Holland, Labuschagne and MitchellStarc took a wicket each.

The second and final Test will beplayed in Abu Dhabi from October 16.

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Javelin thrower Sandeep Chaudhary pro-duced a stunning world record effort as India

bagged 11 medals, including three Gold, ona productive day at the Asian Para Games hereon Monday.

Chaudhary clinched India's first Gold ofthe Games in the men's F42-44/61-64 categoryin the morning session, before middle distancerunner Raju Rakshitha (women's T11 1500m)and swimmer Jadhav Suyash Narayan (men'sS7 50m butterfly) added the yellow metals lateron the second day of competitions.

Chaudhary claimed the top spot with abest throw of 60.01m, which he managed inhis third attempt. He, in the process, shatteredthe F44 world record, bettering the earlier markof 59.82, which Chinese Mingjie Gao made in1980.

Chaudhary's disability falls in the F42-44/61-64 category, which relates to limb defi-ciency, leg length difference, impaired musclepower or impaired range of movement. Theathletes in this category compete with or with-out prosthesis.

2016 Rio Paralympics Silver medallistDeepa Malik settled for a Bronze in women'sF 53/54 javelin throw with an effort of10.15m. In F 53/54 category, athletes have fullpower and movements in their arms, but nopower in their abdominal muscles and typi-cally no sitting balance. They compete in seat-ed positions.

Para-athletics gave two more Silver alsowith Ramya Shanmugam and RadhaVenkatesh finishing second in women's F46javelin throw and women's T12/13 1500m racerespectively.

Swimming also fetched four medals forIndia on Monday, with three Bronze adding

to the Gold from Narayan.India also won a Silver in para-powerlift-

ing, through 2014 Glasgow CommonwealthGames Bronze medallist Sakina Khatun inwomen's 50 kg category, while shooting parasport gave the country a Silver and a Bronze.

With Monday's 11 medals, India's medaltally stood at 3 Gold, 6 Silver and 8 Bronze tooccupy the eighth spot in the medal table.

In the women's T11 1500m race,Rakshitha clocked 5 minute 40.64 seconds toclinch the Gold. Her disability falls in T11 cat-egory which relates to very low visual acuityand/or no light perception.

Narayan clinched the Gold in men's S750m butterfly by clocking 32.72 secondswhile swimming at lane number 5.

Swimmers with S7 classification mainlyuse their arms and trunk. They have limitedleg function or are missing a leg or parts of bothlegs. This class includes a number of differentdisabilities including people with amputationsand cerebral palsy.

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Thangjam Tababi Devi becameIndia's first judo medallist at the

Olympic level, claiming a Silver atthe ongoing Youth Games after los-ing to Venezuela's Maria Giminez inthe finals of the women's 44kg cat-egory here.

Tababi Devi, an Asian cadetchampion hailing from Manipur,lost 0-11, also conceding a penaltypoint in the process, in the summitshowdown that lasted a little overtwo minutes on Sunday night.

India have never won anOlympic medal in judo either at thesenior or the youth level.

The 16-year-old defeated AnaViktorija Puljiz of Crotia 10-0 in thesemifinals. Prior to that, she defeat-ed Bhutan's Yangchen Wangmo 10-0 in the round of 16 before gettingthe better of Erza Muminoviq ofKosovo in the quarterfinals.

Also the highly-talented MehuliGhosh came within striking distanceof winning a historic Gold beforesettling for a Silver medal in thewomen's 10m air-rifle shootingevent.

A 9.1 in the 24th and final shot,after an excellent sequence of highand mid 10s, cost her the Goldmedal as she eventually settled forthe second position with a total of

248.0. India has never won a Goldin these Games.

This was India's second Silverfrom the shooting ranges in twodays with Shahu Mane coming sec-ond in the men's air rifle event onSunday.

Mehuli had topped the qualify-ing with a score of 628.8 earlier inthe morning and led the eight-woman finals field after 10 shotswith a score of 104.3, 1.1 ahead ofStephanie.

However, in swimming, nation-al champion Srihari Natraj could notqualify for the men's 100m back-stroke finals after finishing 9th in thesemis.

Nataraj clocked 56.48sec, whichwas better than his Heats timing of56.75sec.

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PV Sindhu, Saina Nehwal and worldchampion Carolina Marin were the

expected top buys at the PremierBadminton League season four auction,fetching the maximum price of �80 lakhhere on Monday.

The unexpected one was risingdoubles star Satwiksairaj Rankireddywho was the highest paid non-IconIndian player with � 52 lakh.

With all players returning to the auc-tion pool for the first time since 2015 andno Right to Match (RTM) card atteams' disposal, the exercise gainedmore significance with franchisees look-ing to get the combination right besidestheir ideal Icon player.

Indonesia's Tommy Sugiarto was thehighest paid non-Icon Player with DelhiDashers splurging � 70 lakh for his ser-vices. The Delhi outfit won a tense bat-tle with two other teams to acquire theWorld No 11, paying � 40 lakh abovehis base price.

Icon players Marin and Sindhuwere the obvious choice for most teams.At least four teams raised the prize purseto � 80 lakh, the maximum limit a teamcan bid for a player, before the playersgot assigned to the teams by a draw oflots.

The Spaniard, who played a majorrole in helping Hyderabad Hunters win

the title last year, would now shift baseto Pune. The new outfit were clearly gun-ning for the multiple time world cham-pion Marin and were understandablydelighted when the announcer pulledout a chit of their name in a draw of lot.

Among the non-Icon Indians,Rankireddy was the top draw asAhmedabad Smash Masters outbid theHyderabad Hunters to secure the young-ster for � 52 lakh, a massive jump fromhis base price of � 15 lakh.

The fourth season of the PBL willbegin in Mumbai on December 22 whilethe final will be held in Bengaluru onJanuary 13, 2019.

A ninth team, Pune7 Aces, has beenadded this year and is co-owned by actorTaapsee Pannu. Marin will be playing for

her team.Sindhu, who was playing for

Chennai Smashers for the last two sea-sons, will be playing for her home teamHyderabad while two times CWG Goldwinner Saina will be seen plying hertrade for the North-Eastern Warriors.

Among the other Icon Players, for-mer world champion Viktor Axelsen willrepresent Ahmedabad Smash Masters,Kidambi Srikanth would play forBengaluru Raptors, HS Prannoy willturn up for Delhi Dashers.

Chennai Smashers, who will haveKorean Sung ji Hyun as their Icon play-er, managed to retain the services ofEnglish mixed doubles combination ofChris and Gabby Adcock, paying them� 54 lakh and � 36 lakh respectively.

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Defending champions Indiawill battle it out with top

nations of the continent, includ-ing Asian Games Gold medal-lists Japan, Pakistan, Malaysiaand Korea in the Hero AsianChampions Trophy to be heldhere from October 18.

Placed fifth in the latestworld rankings, India is the topranked team among the com-peting nations, while Japan areranked No 16.

World No 12 Malaysia,World No 13 Pakistan, WorldNo 14 Korea and a highlyinspired Oman team round upan exciting mix of teams promis-ing a fiercely competitive tour-nament ahead.

The fifth edition of the 10-day biennial event will be one ofthe first big-ticket hockey eventto be played in the vibrant cap-ital city of Muscat.

Introduced in 2011, with thefirst edition played in Ordos,China, the Asian ChampionsTrophy is a marquee event in theAsian Hockey Federation's cal-endar.

The inaugural edition wasclinched by India while Pakistanwon the title twice in 2012 and2013 before India lifted the titleagain in 2016 held in Kuantan,Malaysia.

"I expect the competition tobe fierce and engaging for theglobal audience," AHF PresidentPrince Abdullah Ahmad Shahsaid.

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Kylian Mbappe tore Lyon toshreds on Sunday with fourgoals as a 5-0 thrashing at the

Parc des Princes saw Paris Saint-Germain set a new French top-flightrecord of nine straight wins to start aseason.

Thomas Tuchel's Ligue 1 leadersbroke the 82-year-old record of eightconsecutive wins set by OlympiqueLillois in 1936, having equalled themark with their 3-0 victory at Nice lastweekend.

A Neymar penalty gave PSG aninth-minute advantage, butPresnel Kimpembe was sentoff just after the half-hourmark to give Lyon hope.

Bruno Genesio's sidethrew away their man advan-tage, though, as Lucas Tousart was dis-missed, and after missing a string ofchances, the sensational Mbappecapped an virtuoso display by scoringfour times in 13 minutes to seal histo-ry for PSG.

The capital-city giants, bidding fora sixth title in seven seasons, arealready eight points clear of second-placed Lille at the top of the table, withLyon five points further back in sixth.

Lyon endured the worst possiblestart to the match, as star man NabilFekir was forced off injured in the sev-enth minute, and the hosts were award-ed a spot-kick just seconds later.

Mbappe raced to reach a loose ball,and visiting goalkeeper Anthony Lopesneedlessly charged off his line to bringdown the teenager.

Neymar stepped up and sent Lopesthe wrong way with a stuttering run-up to score his 11th goal of the season.

Lyon responded well, though, withveteran goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffonhaving to shovel a Memphis Depay

free-kick over the bar, before DiMaria was fortunate not to concedea penalty for handball.

The reigning championsthought they had got lucky againwhen Kimpembe was only showna yellow card for a nasty tackle onTanguy Ndombele, but with theyoung midfielder lying stricken onthe ground, a video review result-ed in the centre-back's punishmentbeing upgraded to red.

But Lyon shot themselves in thefoot on the stroke of half-time asTousart tripped Mbappe inside thePSG half and was given a secondyellow card.

OL should have equalised earlyin the second period, but MaxwelCornet contrived to miskick withthe goal at his mercy.

Cornet, who came on for Fekir,almost scored in bizarre circum-stances shortly after, as a Silvaclearance ricocheted off his backand bounced back off the base ofthe post.

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sight three times in the space of fiveminutes — powering clear afterCornet's unwitting effort anddrilling against the far post, seeingLopes dive at his feet as he ranthrough one-on-one, and shootingtoo close to the Lyon 'keeper.

But the World Cup-winner'spersistence finally paid off in the61st minute as he latched onto theball inside the area after Neymarhad burst forward, turned his manand smashed the ball in off bothposts.

Confidence was coursingthrough PSG, and the floodgatesopened as centre-back Marquinhosdrove into the box and squared forMbappe to stab in his eighth goalof the campaign.

Neymar soon sent the 19-year-old bearing down on goal yet again,and Mbappe lofted the ball into thenet to complete an incredible eight-minute hat-trick.

He was not done there, though,as he pounced to slam home hisfourth with 16 minutes left afterNeymar had seen a low shotblocked.

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Sevilla are the surprise leaders in La Ligaafter Lionel Messi could only rescue a

draw for Barcelona away to Valencia onSunday.

Barca started the day at the top ofthe pile and then Atletico Madridenjoyed a couple of hours at the sum-mit after edging past Real Betis at theWanda Metropolitano.

Sevilla, however, usurped them bothby beating 10-man Celta Vigo and Barcawere unable to reclaim the lead in the latekick-off, held by Valencia to a 1-1 draw atthe Mestalla.

It means Ernesto Valverde's side are apoint behind Sevilla and without a leaguevictory now in four matches, a dip thatcomes in stark contrast to their enthrallingtriumph over Tottenham in theChampions League on Wednesday.

Messi, mesmeric at Wembley, was ontarget again, his driven shot into the cor-ner cancelling out a bizarre opener forValencia, scored after just 78 seconds.

Ezequiel Garay claimed the finaltouch but Daniel Parejo's corner hadbeen flicked on by Geoffrey Kondogbia,missed by Thomas Vermaelen andskimmed through off Gerard Pique'sback.

Philippe Coutinho should have won itfor Barcelona in the second half but tooktoo long to pull the trigger and Jose Gayawas able to make the block.

"When we don't win we always thinkof it as two points lost," Valverde said.

"After Leo's goal, we tried everythingbut they defended well and we couldn't getthe goal we wanted."

For Valencia, now unbeaten in six,this was another step in the rightdirection, even if they are finding itdifficult to turn draws into wins.They move up to 14th.

"Leaving Barca for 90 minutespractically without a chance means that

we have worked very well," Valenciacoach Marcelino said.

Atletico and Sevilla's success alsopushed struggling Real down to fourth.

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Former England captainJohn Terry announced his

retirement from football onSunday with the 37-year-oldcentral defender now set topursue a career in manage-ment.

Terry, who spent the bulkof his career with Chelsea,captained second-tier AstonVilla last season.

Now the Birminghamclub reportedly want him tojoin their coaching staff aspart of a new-look set-up,with Thierry Henry in therunning to take over as man-ager at Villa Park after SteveBruce was sacked earlier thisweek.

"After 23 incredible years

as a footballer, I have decidednow is the right time to retirefrom playing," Terry said in amessage posted on hisInstagram account. Terry,capped 78 times by England,recently rejected a chance toplay for Spartak Moscow, say-ing a move to Russia was notright for his family.

His last game as a profes-sional was Vil la 's 1-0Championship play-off finaldefeat by Fulham in May — aloss that denied Villa a returnto the Premier League.

But his club career will bebest remembered for his timeat Chelsea where he won fivePremier League titles, five FACups, as well as theChampions League andEuropa League, although he

did not play in the twoEuropean finals.

"As a 14-year-old, I mademy best and biggest decision:

to sign for Chelsea FootballClub," added Terry, who alsothanked his family for theirsupport.

"Words will never beenough to show how mucheveryone at the club means tome, in particular the fans...Ihope I have done you allproud wearing the shirt andthe armband." He also refer-enced his time at Villa by say-ing: "It was a privilege to rep-resent such a renowned foot-ball club with great fans.

"I look forward to thenext chapter in my life and thechallenges ahead." Terry made717 appearances for Chelsea,scoring 67 goals, and waswidely regarded as one of thebest English centre-halves ofhis generation.

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Astrong 30-member team ledby Olympic medallist Sakshi

Malik and Asian Games Goldmedallist Bajrang Punia willrepresent India at the WorldWrestling Championships to beheld in Budapest, Hungary fromOctober 20 to 28.

The Wrestling Federation ofIndia (WFI) has selected 10members each in free-style,greco-roman and women'swrestling categories.

While Bajrang (65kg) isIndia's best bet in the freestylecategory, Sakshi (62kg) andCommonwealth Games Gold

Pooja Dhanda (57kg) medallistwill spearhead India's campaignin the women's wrestling.

Jagminder Singh will be thechief coach of the freestyle team,while Kuldeep Malik will be incharge of the women's squad.

Besides 30 wrestlers, theIndian contingent will also have17 officials including coaches,physio, masseur and referees.

The team will leave forBudapest on Tuesday morningwhere they will have pre-tour-nament conditioning campahead of the main event.

Interestingly, Ritu is theonly Phogat sister to feature inthe squad as Geeta and Babitadid not attend the trials whileAsiad Gold medallist Vinesh hasbeen ruled out with an elbow

injury.Women's team chief coach

Kuldeep Malik is confident of abetter show from his wards.

"We are fully prepared forthe tournament. The girls haveworked extensively on theirtechnic after the Asian Gamesand we hope to better ourmedals tally this time around,"Kuldeep said.

Men's freestyle coachJagminder Singh too lookedoptimistic. "We will definitelywin some medals but I can't tellyou the number. We are fullyprepared and the camp beforethe main event will be very ben-eficial for us," he said.

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World number one Rafael Nadalon Sunday said he has agreed

to play an exhibition match againstfellow Grand Slam title winnerNovak Djokovic in Saudi Arabia inDecember.

The match between the two starswill take place at Jeddah's KingAbdullah Sports City on December22.

"Thanks for the invitation andlooking forward to playing and vis-iting for the first time," Nadal said onTwitter.

Nadal, the reigning FrenchOpen champion, has 17 Grand Slamtitles to his name. Former worldnumber one Djokovic, now at three

in the rankings, won Wimbledonand the US Open this year to takehis majors collection to 14. Djokovicand Nadal have played 52 times intheir careers with the Serb leadingtheir head-to-head 27-25.

Saudi Arabia has hosted a seriesof international sports events inrecent months.

The first women's professionalsquash tournament took place inJanuary while last month sawBritain's Callum Smith knock outcompatriot George Groves in aWorld Boxing Association supermiddleweight boxing bout in Jeddah.

The moves are seen as part ofnew Prince’s drive to open up theconservative kingdom after beingnamed heir to the throne.

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against China and feels it is the perfect plat-form to bolster the team's preparation forthe forthcoming AFC Asian Cup.

"I think this game is going to be verytricky. In order to accelerate our prepara-tion for the Asian Cup, we need to playsuch game. However, we're going to learnquite a few things from this game and we'relooking forward to it," Lalpekhlua said onthe sidelines of the two-day preparatorycamp here before the team leaves for Chinaon October 10 to play their first-ever inter-national friendly fixture on Chinese soil.

China are currently ranked 76 in theFIFA rankings and the striker showed hisrespect for the Red Dragons as well.

"China are playing smart footballnow. The Chinese Super League has gonefrom strength to strength very much. Theyare more developed now and we have toplay as a team to garner some positiveresult."

Meanwhile, he also mentioned that thegame is more important for the team at thismoment than the result.

"The result is obviously important but

the most important aspect is how we playthe game", he added.

"The team-work is important. We haveto work together. If we are able to do thisaccording to our plan, we can get a posi-tive result."

He heaped praise for the AIFF YoungPlayer of the Year Anirudh Thapa too.

"He (Anirudh) is a good player witha good football brain. He's high on con-fidence and played really well of late. Ihope he's one to watch in future," saidJeje.

The former AIFF Player of the Yearfurther stated, "Playing away from yourhome is always difficult. But we will playthe Asian Cup in the UAE and it's goingto be a big test for us. So, we need to playmore away games now and the matchagainst China is the right test to face."

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US Open champion NaomiOsaka rose to fourth place in the

latest WTA rankings releasedMonday on the strength of her out-standing form in recent weeks.

Romania's Simona Halep topsthe table ahead of second-placedCaroline Wozniacki of Denmarkwith Germany's Angelique Kerberholding onto third place.

Osaka, aged 20, who reachedthe semi-finals of the China Openlast week, moves up from sixth tofourth place on 4,770 points and isclosing in on Kerber, who has 5,400points.

The rising Japanese star becomeonly the second Asian woman to wina Grand Slam singles title with lastmonth's stunning win over SerenaWilliams in the US Open final.

While, Rafael Nadal maintainedhis comfortable lead in the latestATP tennis rankings released onMonday ahead of second-placedRoger Federer and Novak Djokovicin third place.

Only one change affected the top10 with Kevin Anderson of SouthAfrica moving from ninth to eighthplace while the biggest winner of theweek was Georgia's giant-killerNikoloz Basilashvili.

The unseeded Georgian rose 11places to 23rd in the rankings afterbeating world number four JuanMartin Del Potro in a shock ChinaOpen win.

����������3����3��������� ������ US Open championNaomi Osaka Monday set her sightson Olympic glory in 2020 as shebecame only the second Japanesewoman to reach number four in theworld rankings.

The fast-rising tennis star, whoturns 21 on Sunday, has alreadybecome Japan's first Grand Slam sin-gles champion.

And after rising to a career-highranking of four to become the topranked Japanese woman sinceKimiko Date in 1995.

She is now targeting a strongperformance at the WTA FinalsSingapore later this month and shecould yet finish her standout seasonas the top placed Japanese woman ofall time.

Looking further ahead theOsaka-born dual US-Japanesenational, who represents the coun-try of her birth in tennis, has her eyeson the Tokyo Olympics.

"Everyone is really excited inJapan for the Olympics," she toldreporters.

"I know that everyone — all theJapanese players — wants to do welland of course I share that same feel-ing."

She added: "I really want toexperience the moment and at thesame time I know I want to win theGold medal — everyone who playsin the Olympics wants to win Gold— so that would be my aim, but(also) overall just to have fun."

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Bale, who scored two goals in Real'striumph in the final of the ChampionsLeague against Liverpool, joins his clubteammate Karim Benzema . De Bruynewas nominated for helping his club winthe Premier League and his country reachthe World Cup semi-finals.

Having lost out in the FIFA best play-er of the year award to Luka Modric,Cristiano Ronaldo takes his place amongthe 30 nominees for the Ballon d'Or thatwere being unveiled in stages throughoutMonday.

Antoine Griezmann, a World Cupwinner with France and Europa League

champion at Atletico Madrid, is nomi-nated alongside international teammateand Chelsea midfielder N'Golo Kante.

Eden Hazard gives Chelsea anotherplayer in the running after starringalongside De Bruyne at the World Cup,with England's Golden Boot winnerHarry Kane also included.

Manchester City forward SergioAguero is nominated as is another pro-lific South American striker, EdinsonCavani of Uruguay and Paris Saint-Germain.

Two goalkeepers are also among thefirst 15 — Thibaut Courtois of Belgiumand Real Madrid and Liverpool and Brazilstopper Alisson Becker.

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