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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 must staysafe,” stated Thakor after SushilModi’s allegation that a mobbacked by the Congress wasresponsible for the attack onBihari workers.
Gujarat BJP vice-presidentIK Jadeja came down heavilyon the Opposition Congress fortrying to divide the workforceon the basis of regions keepingan eye on the Assembly polls ofneighbouring Rajasthan andMadhya Pradesh. But, GujaratCongress blamed the StateGovernment for its failure inmaintaining law and order.
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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,f i led by lawyer VineetDhanda.
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��������������� ������������������������������������New Delhi: Probe into themysterious disappearance ofJNU student Najeeb Ahmed,who went missing nearly twoyears ago, came to an end onMonday as the Delhi HighCourt allowed CBI to file a clo-sure report in the matter.
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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Chief Minister RaghubarDas suggested farmers to
switch to organic farminginstead of regular cultivationpractices, which can fetch themmore prices for their produces.The CM also assured that theGovernment would providedesired the mechanism for thesame.
Addressing farmers andwomen self-help group mem-bers while launching drip irri-gation system at the cost �282crore with the help of JapanInternational CooperationAgency (JICA) on Monday,the CM also expressed disap-pointment over plight of thefarmers so far.
“We have seen farmers’condition in past 70 years afterindependence, which ispitiable. It is due to presence ofmiddlemen. What I suggestyou to produce more organicproduces which are in greatdemand all over the world. TheGovernment is ready to pro-vide mechanism without anymiddlemen. Good price is aguarantee which would gener-ate more income to you,” saidthe CM. He also distributedappointment letters to com-munity coordinators whowould help the farmers inemploying newer techniques.
Das also underlined poorreturn against farm produces asthe reason behind massivemigration the rural areas ofJharkhand has been witnessing
over the years. “Jharkhand isalso a rain fed State and newertechniques coming in the formof drip irrigation can be aboon for the farmers. Villageshave to be developed throughmodern agricultural tech-niques,” said Raghubar Daswhere Rural DevelopmentSecretary Avinash Kumar andJICA country head TakayoshiTange were also present.
The CM on the occasionalso stressed on skill develop-
ment, especially of women andcounted on several measurestaken for training. “TheGovernment is going in a bigway in the field of piped watersupply, electrification etc inrural areas where skilled work-force would be required ingood number. We have toensure that women are skilledunder skill development mis-sion running in State and getjobs and generate goodincome,” CM said .
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In view of Dussehra, Chief Secretary Sudhir Tripathi hasinstructed Deputy Commissioners and SPs of all the dis-
tricts of the State to ensure that the administration is fullyprepared.
He also stressed over the need for maximum numberof administrative officials-workers to be present among thepeople, which would make people feel safer while anti-socialand criminal elements can be curbed. The CS also empha-sised on pollution control during the festive season andinstructed to make people aware.
The CS also stressed over special vigilance in the sen-sitive places and told DCs and SPs to inspect such sites.Principal Secretary, Home Department SKG Rahate instruct-ed on continuous patrolling in sensitive areas. ADG Law andOrder RK Mallik stressed on stopping objectionable songsbeing played during Dussehra.
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Traders may get a sigh ofrelief as the highest rate
under the GST regime, whichis 28 per cent, would soonbecome a thing of the past.Bihar Deputy Chief Ministerand GST Network panel headSushil Kumar Modi assuredthis saying that it is doable inthe near future.
Modi also informed thatlooking at pace of revenue col-lection coming under theregime within two-three yearsno State would come to theCenter seeking compensationdue to revenue shortfall addingthat the shortfall of Jharkhandhas been clocked to 17 per cent,which was 26 per cent during2017-18.
Addressing traders andbusinessmen of Jharkhandunder the banner of theFederation of JharkhandChamber of Commerce andIndustries (FJCCI) on Monday,Modi said that in future onlythree rates would remain inpractice.
“Rate of tax was almostsimilar during the pre-GSTera but it was hidden sinceexcise tax was not evident.Still the GST council is of theopinion that only three tax slabshould be there. The 28 percent slab is a matter of just fewmonths or a year,” said he.
The panel chairman onthe occasion also outlined someof future steps going to beimplemented in the taxationsystem. He said that the busi-nessmen would be required tofile their returns one in threemonths against monthly sys-tem at present. “The tradersdoing business up to �5 crorewould have to file quarterlyreturn which covers 92 per centof the trade taking place at pre-sent in the country. ‘Sahaj’ and‘Sugam’ are on the way to easeyour concerns. Zero tax payersneed to just send an SMS.These are some of the reformswe are working on,” said Modi.
Traders on the occasionalso expressed their concernsbefore Modi to which he saidthat the new system is fully
online which may be unfriend-ly for some. “Now the techsavvy people would find iteasy. Also against exception of�1.5 crore now the limit is Rs20 lakh. Exempted list is alsonot uniform across all theStates,” said he.
Modi also cautioned thecommunity against generat-ing fake invoices and claimreturn which is coming intolight form different parts of thecountry. He said that infusionof IT has been done so strong-ly that no evasion is possible tohide for longer period of time.“Another change is coming inthe form of RFID tag whichwould be put on all the carri-ers. This would catch all thetrucks passing any toll with
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Jharkhand would become part-ner State for the International
Film Festival taking place at Goabetween November 20 and 28.The consent from theGovernment came after themeeting of Chief SecretarySudhir Tripathi and Secretarywith Ministry of Informationand Broadcasting at the CenterAmit Khare on Monday.
Khare said that the Statehas immense possibility in filmmaking and beautiful loca-tions along with progressivepolicy. “One day during the fes-tival would be observed as
Jharkhand day where filmsrelated to Jharkhand will beshown,” said Khare.
The CS on the occasionreiterated policy ofGovernment to provide allassistance to the film makers ofthe State under its film policy.The officials also agreed to holda regional film festival in anytown of the State along withstarting community radio at allthe aspirational districts.Principal Secretary to the CMSunil Kumar Barnwal, TourismSecretary Rahul Sharma, IPRDDirector Ramlakhan PrasadGupta and others were presentin the meeting.
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State BJP has asked Congressin Jharkhand to make its
stand clear on grand alliance.Ina press release issued
today, BJP spokesperson PratulShahdeo said that Congress inJharkhand has reached such alow where even the regionalparties have their own strongreservations about this party.
Shahdeo further said thatthere can be nothing moreshameful to Congress leader-ship here that a leader of aregional party is dictating theparty.
Shahdeo alluded to a state-ment of JMM top bossHemant Soren who hasrefused to accept the candi-dature of Rahul Gandhi (RaGa) as the prime minister-ial candidate in the ensuingLok Sabha election due in2019.
Hemant Soren has in factexposed the chinks in thearmour of the so called GrandAlliance whose forging is sotalked about reiterated the
BJP leader.Shahdeo quipped most
sarcastically “ It was first BSPand National Conference thathad refused to accept RahulGandhi as PM candidate andnow JMM too has joined thisbandwagon of discontent,which hardly leaves any pollspace for the Congress here inJharkhand.”
The BJP leader said it isbeyond all intelligence as to
how the state Congress presi-dent Dr Ajay Kumar goesaround the state projectingHemant Soren as the chiefminister candidate ofJharkhand when the manHemant Soren has so cut hisnational president RahulGandhi to size politically.
Soren shows thumbsdown to RaGa while AjayKumar makes breathlessefforts in presenting Soren asCM of Jharkhand. Shahdeosaid it is a sad contrast of pol-itics here and the Congress inJharkhand is so gripped withit. The Congress in Jharkhandis under burden of its ownpolitical miscalculation.
Shahdeo further saidRaGa is getting more andmore non acceptable in otherparts of the country.
People are to choosebetween a government ofstrong leadership and a gov-ernment of lost faces said BJPspokesperson whose scathingcriticism of Congress here isset to evoke reactions from theparty, the release said.
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Three country made pistolsincluding two single shots
and one 9 mm along withsome cartridges were recoveredfrom the backside of a housekept under a heap of sand inthe middle of the town city ofHazaribagh. On information,police reached the spot andseized the weapons.
Officer-in-charge ofLohsigna police station, AshokKumar said they were probinginto the matter.
Sources said the weaponswere recovered from the houseof Manoj Kumar, a municipalcorporation employee..
They said maid servant ofthe house, Kamla found theweapons while cleaning the back-yard of the house. The weaponswere kept in a cement bag.
The Police told ThePioneer that the pistols werekept recently as they found oil
all over the weapons. The offi-cer in charge said they wereinvestigating if the pistols arein proper condition or not. Hesaid owner of the house ManojKumar has a clean image and
his brother-in-law is a policeofficer posted in Ranchi. “Weare verifying all facts besideprobing as to who kept the pis-tols there and what was themotive,” he added.
SDO action: New SadarSDO Megha Bhardawaj caught74-overloaded coaltrucks nearPhatha chowk on Hazaribag-Barkagaon road. Bhardawajled the team which reached theplace at 10PM on Sunday andremained there till 6 this morn-ing.
Documents of the truckswere checked and process wasstarted to slap fines on each ofthe defaulters. Bhardwaj saidthey will leave the trucks aftercollecting the fines.
Today Bhardwaj also con-ducted a raid at Jai PrakashNarayan Central Jail but noth-ing objectionable was recov-ered. She said the raid was con-ducted on instruction of high-er officials.
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More than 100 shops weregutted in a fire that broke
out in Musaboni VegetableMarket under Musaboni policestation area of Ghatshila sub-division. Police said propertiesworth 50 lakhs of rupees werelost in the devastating fire at theheart of this town.
As the news spread, thelocals rushed to the spot andworked hard along with thetroops of UCIL, HCIL and 193Battalion to overcome theflames. The water tankers wereused to extinguish the fire.
People while going tomorning walk suddenly noticedthe fire flames in the market. Bythe time people arrived, theflames had engulfed the market.
"The site was horrifying asthe flames flashed across thesky. Though as the news spreadpeople swung into action andstarted dousing the fire bypouring water in the shops. But
the intensity of the fire was sohigh that before they couldunderstand anything, the firecontinued to engulf the entiremarket," said, an eye witness.
A police official said thatpanic prevailed across the areatill the police arrived. It tookabout three hours for the fire-brigades to douse the flamescompletely. No causality wasreported.
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Athree day Induction coursefor Vigilance Officers start-
ed-off at Indian Institute ofCoal Management (IICM),Ranchi in presence of CVO,Coal India Limited (CIL) TVenkata Subramaniam, CVO,Central Coalfields Limited(CCL) A K Shrivastava, CVO,CMPDI, Sandeep Raj,Executive Director, IICM S NSingh and other vigilance offi-cers from CIL and its sub-sidiaries. Chairman cumManaging Director (CMD),CMPDI Shekhar Saran wasthe Guest of Honor of theinauguration function.
The three day course hasbeen designed impart techni-cal know-how and behavioral
competency to newly induct-ed/posted officers in vigilancedepartment in CIL and its sub-sidiaries and its allied organi-zations like CMPFO. Alltogether 30 officers are attend-ing the 3 day program, a pressrelease issued by the CCL PROsaid.
Addressing the participantsof the induction course andother dignitaries through videoconferencing Chairman, CoalIndia A K Jha congratulated thevigilance department and IICMmanagement for organizingthis course, as this is the firsttime that this kind of pro-gramme is being organized inthe CIL. Terming the vigilanceofficers as the ethical champi-ons of the company he said thatthe onus of ensuring transpar-
ent, accountable and ethicalcorporate governance in a hugeorganization like CIL lies onyour shoulders. Encouragingthe young officers, Jha askedthe participants to come up asa role model since companycannot compromise on valuesand ethics.
Jha advised the partici-pants and CVOs to practicepreventive vigilance and notpunitive vigilance, as most ofthe mistakes done by employ-ees are because of ignoranceand only a small number ofemployees have malafide inten-tions, which at the same timeshould be dealt sternly. He
also asked the officers to actwith more maturity and carebecause as a judge their respon-sibility grows manifold. Anideal vigilance officer should beseen as trustworthy anddependable colleague by all asat the end everyone is workingfor the larger good of the orga-nization, Jha added.
Earlier in his address,Guest of Honor, CMD,CMPDIL Shekhar Saran con-gratulated the management fororganizing the program andwished that the participantsreap maximum benefits fromthis course. He asked the par-ticipants to be more open,
approachable and friendly as avigilance officer. Shekhar askedthe participants to be informedand updated with the latestdevelopments and technologyboth, as this is the need of thehour, the release said.
Chief Vigilance Officer,CIL, T Venkata Subramaniamwhile addressing the partici-pants said that unlike otherdepartment, officers ofVigilance Department have tohandle matter related to everydomain hence they have moreresponsibility and they need toknow and understand thenuances of the industry, asthere is no room for error. Heasked the participants to bethorough as well as meticulouswhile dealing with the assignedcases and this induction coursewill definitely enhance knowl-edge and leverage your experi-ence as well as skills. Hereminded the participants thatno injustice should be deliveredand therefore we need toexpand our vision, to under-stand the motive behind anyact, the release said.
Introducing the Inductioncourse, to the participantsCVO, CCL A K Shrivastavainformed the gathering that theprime motive of the course isnot only to transfer technicaldetails but also help the par-ticipants to develop behavioraland attitudinal competenciesrequired for their role asresponsible vigilance officer. Inaddition to the above, the par-ticipants will be guided onprocedural aspect that needs tobe adhered while their tenurein vigilance department,Shrivastava added further.
Executive Director, IICM SN Singh delivered the wel-come address while CVO,CMPDI, Sandeep Raj gave thevote of thanks. CVO, MCL,CVO, SECL and CVO, ECLwere present to take the tech-nical sessions on various vigi-lance issues. Nilay Prakash,IICM is the CourseCoordinator. S K Singh,Swayam Prakash and DheerajChaudhary, Venugopal Trivedi,Nilanjan Chaterjee and otherswere present to grace the occa-sion, the release said.
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The congress workers tookout a procession from theiroffice to the Elbert the EkkaChow shouting slogans againstthe state government.Addressing the party workerssate president of the womenwing Gunjan Singh said thatmany lives have been lost instate due to spurious liquor butthe state government is igno-rant of the problem.
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Even after witnessing con-tinuous stumbling blocks
in operation of the city buses,the concerned department isyet to streamline the serviceof one of the vital modes oftransportation here. Notably,regardless of taking the chargeof city buses operation andmaintenance from RanchiMunicipal Corporat ion(RMC) and handling overthe charge to the Departmentof Urban Development,Housing and Planning, theauthorities are yet to draft aproper plan for city busesoperations.
Since long, the operationof city buses meant to boostthe inept urban transporta-tion system is hanging in bal-ance. According to sources,the Department of UrbanDevelopment, Housing andPlanning had recent lyapproached Jharkhand UrbanTransport Corporat ionLimited (JUTCOL) for tech-nical assistance.
“The responsibility of
managing the city buses ser-vice will be handled by JUT-COL. The Corporation willsoon start the operation ofcity buses after studying andanalyzing different models.Mainly, the Corporation willfocus on the frequency of citybuses at the defined routes.Some more routes are alsolikely to be added in theexisting route chart to curtailthe dominance of other urbantransportation modes likeauto-rickshaws. Focus will be
on operation of new citybuses,” said an official ofInstitute for Transportationand Development Policy(ITDP) on conditions ofanonymity.
Notably, even after easingthe clauses and continuous re-tendering, no agency havingexperience in handling citybuses operation ever showedinterest in MunicipalCorporation’s proposal as aresult the operation of citybuses service came to a stand-
still. After terminating the citybus operators for violating theclauses, the RMC was man-aging the operation of citybuses through engaging dri-vers and conductors on adaily basis. However, eventhis temporary arrangementcould not improve the statusof city bus operation.
The MunicipalCorporation had floated thetender for as many as eighttimes for roping in competentoperators. Currently, city
buses ply on four routes --ITIbus stand and Dhurwa andbetween Kanke and Tupudanacovering Harmu road. TheMunicipal Corporation inDecember 2016 had pur-chased 26 more new citybuses from TATA Motors toadd on to the existing fleet ofold buses (Swaraj Mazda). Atpresent, around 91 city busesare there for plying dailycommuters. Ironically, mere-ly 20 buses ferry passengerson different routes.
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Getting bigger and better withevery passing year, one of the
prime attractions of Durga Puja- Satya Amar Lok puja pandal isagain ready to enchant the devo-tees with its exceptional presen-tation. Known for its unique con-cept and elegant decoration, pan-dal hoppers, this season will getto witness the essence of Buddhistarchitecture. Being primed at awhopping cost of Rs 15 lakh,nearly 70 artists of West Bengalare busy giving shape to thisprime pandal, located in theheart of the Capital City.
Over 500 boards of plywoodare being used in designing thereplica of the Buddhist Temple--- inspired from the rich cultureof Bhutan and Tibet.Interestingly, the puja pandalcarved out aesthetically everyyear has a unique element of sur-prise with the blend of custom-ary touch to fascinate the devo-tees. In a unique attempt, as
many as 500 Ganglion tribepaintings will be adorned insidethe puja pandal, being preparedby the local artists.
Standing tall, a replica of abig dragon (15 feet) will greet thedevotees at the puja pandal. Thelarge figurine of Gautam Buddha
(12 feet) which will be decked upnear the main gate has beencrafted out well with exemplaryuse of colour combinations thatreflects elegancy and gives a radi-ant look to the entire concept cre-ating a similar ambiance as thatof a monastery.
According to the membersof Satya Amar Lok Puja Samitinot just the exterior decorationbut keeping in mind the ancientfeatures of Buddhist art andarchitecture that gives a pic-turesque of a monastery, the arti-sans have been advised to dec-
orate the interior as per themonastery design.
An artist, Nirmal Bose, whowas busy giving shape to the pujapandal said, “Special focus is ondesigning Pagodas – a prime fea-ture of a Buddhist Monastery.Taking clue from the exteriordesign, the artists are designingthe interior portion of pandalwith small statuettes to givevibrant look to this entire con-cept. In addition, decoration
part will be enhanced morethrough the use of miniatureilluminations.” Meanwhile, theSpokesperson of Satya AmarLok Puja Samiti SubhashAgarwal stated that the ideabehind selecting Buddhist arttheme is to make the peoplefamiliar about the culture andcustoms of other religious con-viction while presenting some-thing exclusive which has bothartistic and spiritual value.
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Considering the upcoming festival, the Ranchi MunicipalCorporation (RMC) has decided to clean garbage three
times in a day for maintaining cleanliness in all the 53 wards.Besides, deputation of extra human resource is also on thecard. “Officials of RMC including the solid waste manage-ment company – RMSW have been instructed to manage thecleaning work at least thrice a day. Also, the puja samiti mem-bers have been ordered to adopt all feasible steps like puttingdustbins and deputating dedicated team to keep the pujapremises clean. Roster for night cleaning will be releasedsoon,” said Municipal Commissioner, Manoj Kumar.
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Two unidentified criminalssnatched jewellery worth
several lakh rupees from ashop owner at the Sharmamarket under the Dhurwapolice station area of Ranchi onMonday morning.
The victim Raj KumarBurman was opening his shopat around 9:30 am when themiscreants, who were keepinga watch on him, snatched hisbag containing the valuablesand fled away. The trader triedto catch the fleeing criminalsbut fell and sustained minorinjuries. Surprisingly Sharmadid not raise an alarm thatwould have led other peoplepresent in the market to stopthe criminals.
Police said that the crimi-nals had put something insidethe key of the locks of the trad-er's shop so that he faced prob-lems in opening it. They werealso trailing the trader in order
to get an opportunity to takeaway the valuables.
Even though the traderhas not given in writing on theamount of the snatched jew-ellery till evenning, he has saidthat it was worth over Rs 20lakh.
The Hatia DSP BinodRavani and the officers incharge of Dhurwa and othernearby police station rushed tothe spot and started the inves-tigations . The DSP said thatthe traders in the market hadnot installed CCTV camerasthat would have helped in trac-ing the criminals. He added
that efforts were on to identi-fy them by scanning theCCTVs put up by the govern-ment in the locality.
It may be stated here thatthis is the third major crime inRanchi city in the past threedays. Criminals had murdereda rice trader Narendra SinghHora and looted his money onthe main road on Saturday. OnSunday cash amounting toaround three lakh was lootedfrom a gas agency unit in theArgora police station area.Ranchi.
Ranchi police claimed thatit has taken several measures tocurb crime in the state capital.Police said a new patrolling sys-tem has become operational inwhich five pairs of bike bornepolicemen would patrol eachzone of the city during the peakhours. The city has been divid-ed into 20 zones in this regard.This is in addition to the secu-rity measures already imple-mented in the city.
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Chief Minister RaghubarDas said that the develop-
ment of eastern India is essen-tial for overall development ofthe country. Keeping this inview, Prime Minister NarendraModi has emphasized on thedevelopment and regular mon-itoring of Eastern India. Workis also being done in a plannedmanner in Jharkhand. TheChief Minister said this in‘Purvodaya’ programme orga-nized by a media institution atHotel BNR Chanakya inRanchi today.
According to a govern-ment press release, the ChiefMinister said that there is pos-sibility for the development ofcultural tourism in eastern andnortheastern states of India.There is also a possibility ofdevelopment Ayurveda.Without the development ofthis region, India's develop-ment is incomplete. With theconstruction of the Four-lane
Ganga Bridge in Sahibganj,Jharkhand will be connected toNortheastern states connectingMyanmar and a new era ofdevelopment of eastern Indiawill start.
The Chief Minister saidthat after 14 years of politicalinstability, we made a corrup-tion free, transparent and sta-ble government with majorityin Jharkhand. Jharkhand'sgrowth rate is second in thecountry. Jharkhand is beingawarded for developmentalworks, the release said.
The Chief Minister saidthat soon Jharkhand will bemade free from naxal. We areworking in this direction. So farthree districts of the state havebecome free from naxalthrough public support andpolice administration. Fivemore districts will soon join thelist. Development work is beingcarried out in Naxal affectedareas.
The Chief Minister saidthat despite having huge
reserves of coal, there was aproblem of electricity inJharkhand. The reason for thisis lack of infrastructure. Wehave 38 grids, compared to 118grids.
The present governmenthas started the work on mak-ing 80 grid substations. Allgrids will be ready in the nextone year. With the strengthen-ing of infrastructure, peoplewill get 24 hours uninterrupt-ed power.
The Chief Minister saidthat contaminated drinkingwater in Jharkhand miningareas has been a big problem.Prime Minister Narendra Modihas given the opportunity tospend 30 per cent of the royal-ties received under the Districtmining fund on that area. Ourgovernment is spending 100%of the money for providingpure drinking water throughthe pipeline in those areas.
The Chief Minister saidthat after the formation of a sta-ble government in the state,
there has been rapid pace ofdevelopmental work. Newdimensions of developmentcan be seen on all the sectors.For women empowerment1lakh 51 thousand Womenself help group have been asso-ciated and 17 lakh womenhave been given employment.SHG can get loans upto 4lakhs from bank. Women arebeing trained with skill devel-opment for different types ofemployment. The state gov-ernment is also providingsmart phones to the membersof SHG. The state governmentis doing the registry of prop-erties up to Rs 50 lakh in Rs 1for women. In the last 1 year,more than one lakh womenhave registered their namesand have become the owner ofthe property. Tejaswini schemehas also been started toempower girls in the state.Girls are also being given skilldevelopment training.
The Chief Minister saidthat the Swachh Bharat Mission
is a success. The state hasbecome 99% ODF. ByDecember 2018, Jharkhandwill be 100 percent ODF. Hesaid that several public welfareschemes including PradhanMantri Awas Yojana, PrimeMinister Ujjwala Yojna,Ayushman Bharat Yojana, havebeen launched in the statewith commitment.
The Chief Minister saidthat employment in the stateunder the MomentumJharkhand has been created.After formation of the govern-ment, local policy has beenimplemented in the state, theyouth of Jharkhand got 100%place in government job. 95%of the local youth in Jharkhandhave been given employment inabout one lakh governmentJobs. On the occasion of SwamiVivekanand Jayanti, more than27000 youths have been givenemployment. Generatingemployment in every sector isthe priority of the govern-ment, the release said.
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District administrationsacross the State conducted
raids of jails in order to preventuse of illegal substances by theinmates. According to theprison department nothingserious was found from any-where in the state.
The Ranchi district admin-istration team led by sub-divi-sional officer Garima Singh andthe city SP Aman Kumar start-ed the raids in the Birsa Mundacentral jail at around 4 am inthe morning. The districtadministration however didnot find any objectionablematerial expect tobacco.
The raids were carried outin all barring two districts inthe state, informed officials.
“It is due to the efforts ofthe jail administration that useof illegal substances hasstopped on the jail premises,”said the additional inspectorgeneral of prison DeepakVidyarthi.
He added that in the recent
years the jail administration hasbeen conducting inspectionregularly-almost daily- to stopentry of illegal substances. Headded that frisking of peopleand installation of CCTV cam-eras have also prohibited entryof prohibited substances insidethe campuses.
Our Jamshedpur corre-spondent said the city police onFriday conducted a massiveraid at Ghaghidih Central Jailon the outskirts of the city. Thepolice though didn’t recoveranything objectionable by con-ducting the surprise raid. Theraid was led by City SP PrabhatKumar.
Today new HazaribaghSadar SDO Megha Bhardwajalso conducted a raid at
Jai Prakash NarayanCentral Jail but nothing objec-tionable was recovered.
She said the raid was con-ducted on instruction of high-er officials.
Meanwhile, mobilephones, knives, playing cardsand other prohibited meterialswere found in Giridih jail dur-ing raids. A sudden sweep ofGiridih prisons led the author-ities to make a huge haul ofmobile phones, narcotics,liquor, cigarette packs, lighters,playing cards (8 ) and knivesfrom prisoners at Giridih cen-tral Jail.
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IPS Officers Wives Association (IPSOWA) in collaboration withNGO Shakti Vahini will organise a special programme
‘Chetna’ to create awareness about various social evils like sex-ual abuse, online safety while surfing internet, drug abuse etc.The programme will be organised on October 9 at RIMSAuditorium Hall from 10 AM onwards, according to a pressrelease issued by IPSOWA
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Elimination from Jharkhand(TEJ) – organised a symbolicmarch for TB in seven districts- Giridih, Gumla, Garhwa,Saraikela, Pakur, Ranchi andHazaribag – of Jharkhand onMonday. TB Champions led themarch to raise awareness on TB,including the availability of freediagnosis and treatment throughthe Revised NationalTuberculosis Control Program(RNTCP) and the stigma asso-ciated with TB. Representativesof Panchayati Raj Institutions,Health Workers and schoolsstudents joined the TB survivorsand Champions and took outprocessions with slogans on TB.
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The 6-km stretch fromTenughat Dam, covering
Peterwar, Ramgrah, Ranchiand Gomia under Bermo Sub-Division has suffered extensivedamage due to the apatheticattitude of the irrigationdepartment.
The 38-year-old Tenughatdam-cum road is one of thelongest river dams inJharkhand .The Joseph Co ltd,a Kolkata-based company hadbuilt this stretch in 1981. Thecondition of this road hasbecome deteriorated in pastfew years. The road is litteredwith potholes and monsoonsaggravating the situation fur-ther.
It may be noted that this
road-cum-dam is the maintransit route for residents ofGomia, Bokaro ThermalKathara ,Phusro, NawadihChanderpura and it also con-
nects the Sub-Divisional head-quarter of Tenughat blocks likeGomia Peterwar and Jaridih .
According to residents ofGomia,Saram the road had
developed cracks at severalpoints. Over 5,000 dumpers,trucks, trekkers and other twowheelers laden with coal andother goods ply on this road
everyday. All these have causedsevere damage to the road.
Repair works have beenconfined to the papers. Tiredwith the pathetic condition ofthe dam, residents have threat-ened to launch an agitation ifthe Irrigation Departmentfailed to take up immediateremedial measures.
Confirming the latestdevelopment , Bermo CivilSDO Prem Ranjan along withASP Subash Chandra jat , vis-ited the site and said the bridgeroad is completely damaged butthe situation is not alarming.However we have already beenstopped the movement ofheavy vehicles on the bridge asa precautionary measure.
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Burha Pahar region, theMaoists citadel, which falls
in south division of PalamuTiger Reserve in Jharkhand asthis Burha Pahar goes up toChhatisgarh, saw a male ele-phant calf lying dead nearJeriya water stream in theBareysarn range of forests onSunday October 7.
The elephant male calfneither went under post-mortem nor buried at the siteJeria water stream, a commonpractice that all dead wildlifewill get their postmortem andburied at the same place wherefound dead.
But in this case the corpseof this elephant calf was takendown near the sambhar softrelease centre from the Jeriyawater stream and the deadcalf was carried on shoulders offorest guards and tiger trackerswho traversed 8 kms of roughterrain for shifting of the body.The PTR personnel wadedthrough the waters of theBurha river with this deadbody of the calf which weighedmore than 60 Kgs.
Confirming this born deadmale calf of elephant M KMahaling deputy director ofsouth division of PTR said “The calf was a still birth. Stillbirth is death in womb. It wascarried down 8 Kms for asafer place near sambhar softrelease centre where two vetofficials Dr P K Pandey and DrH Lal autopsied this calf.”
On being asked as to whythis corpse was so carriedaway on shoulders and not postmortemed and buried at thesite of death on the groundMahaling said “ Just look
around the region of BurhaPahar and you will under-stand why our people took somuch of pains and brought thisbody to a safer place afterwalking down 8 Kms with thiscorpse and even negotiating ariver of the same name as thatof pahar the Burha Nadee.”Autopsy and burial of it weredone near sambhar soft releasecentre.
Police too admit region ofBurha Pahar is littered withnumber of IEDs.
Vet officer P K Pandey saidthe stomach of the calf waswithout milk. It had died in thewomb itself. He further saidthere was no blood in its hearttoo.
He reiterated the elephantcalf was dead in womb as it nei-ther sucked mother for milknor was any blood flow in itsheart.
Pandey further said therewas no repulsive odour com-ing from the body whichmeant the born dead incidentoccurred on Sunday itselfwhich the PTR personnelnoticed fast. About 7 to 8 yearsback a similar still birth casewas reported in the Northdivision of PTR in Betla. Theplacental membrane of thiscalf was intact Pandey said.
Mother elephant did all tomake its child calf get up butwhen she lost all hope of its get-ting up she left it in despair bydefacing its face said Pandeyterming this as a very sadreaction from a mother for herdead infant.
Elephant’s pregnancy dura-tion is from 615 days to 650days and still birth does occurduring this stretch of preg-nancy said Pandey.
On what could be thecause of this still birth of thismale elephant calf Pandey said‘ This is difficult to say. Theremay be biological reasons ormaterial reasons but no guess-ing is preferable.”
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Ahead of Durga Puja, a peaceCommittee meeting was
held under the chairmanship ofpresident Nagar Panchayat,Manjhiaon Sumitra Devi andSDPO Om Prakash Tiwari, atManjhiaon police station per-miseso on Sunday .
In the meeting the SDPOsaid the police administration iskeeping an eye on the posts on
the social media as well. The postswhich distort social and com-munal harmony will be taken totask. Durga Puja is to be cele-brated in a peaceful manner . Itis the responsibility of the localPuja Committee to keep com-plete disciplin. In case of anyunpleasant incident, the PujaCommittees should immediate-ly inform the police, the SDPOsaid.
The SDPO appealed to the
people to celebrate Durga Pujafestival with peace and harmony.
Officer in charge VinoyKumar told the members ofthe Puja committees to applyfor license from their respectivepolice stations. If any memberof any puja pandal is seenblocking vehicles running onthe road or seeking a donationforcibly, legal action will betaken against them, the officersaid.
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Hundreds of people formeda 2-kilometers long
human chain to protest againsterratic power supply in Bokarofrom Subash Chowak toMahabir Chowk at Chas inBokaro district.
Under the banner of RVSamiti, Helping Hands, BokaroChamber of Commerce andIndustries, Telidih business-men, Gujarati Samaj, ShyamSewa Sansthan, SlumDevelopment Sanstha,Navyuak Dal, Lakhi Wahaini,Chas Rotary Club, BokaroBlood Donation Association,over hundreds of peopleincluding students and womenhit the city streets to a stage aprotest.
Speaking on the occasionR Singh the president of RVSamiti said, our city is gradu-ally plunging into darkness.Chas witnesses over 12 hoursof load shedding every day, it’svery difficult to study for thechildren. “They have to studyusing candles and lanterns,” sheadded. Prolong intermittentpower cut cripple lives here,hits commercial trading andindustrial productions too, shesaid.
Continued power outages
since past 120 days across thedistrict are adversely affectingthe domestic industrial pro-duction. The erratic powersupply has severely hit pro-duction activities, affected theindustrial belts located in theoutskirts the towns.
Most of the small andmedium industrial units couldnot start production due to fre-quent tripping during the past15 days, said Sanjay Baid con-venor of Chamber ofCommerce.
Beside others, Prof. RDUpadhyay, Jayshree Singh, NPatwari, M Rai, S Pramanik,Vishm Singh, Samar Mahato,Rakesh Mahatha, H Ali, VHAldhar, Deepak Akela, NSingh, S Aas, Ashok Mishraincluding others have also par-ticipated in the protest.
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with the invoices. I appeal youall to abide by the system anddo away the earlier practice forbetterment of your business,”said Modi in the presence ofRajya Sabha MP MaheshPoddar and Chamber presidentDeepak Maru.
Modi while terming the taxreform largest of the worldlauded Prime MinisterNarendra Modi and UnionFinance Minister Arun Jaitelyfor implementing the systemdespite having so many oddsand challenges and consideringpolitical difference.
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dent Amit Chavda claimedthat the violence was provokedby the BJP keeping in mind theforthcoming elections in fiveStates.
According to Gujarat DGPShivanand Jha, 17 companies ofSRP have been deployed in sixaffected districts of North andCentral Gujarat to normalisethe situation.
Jha, however, said as festi-val times began many migrantshave started going to theirrespective States and it should-n’t be seen as exodus as theywould be back to their workafter the festivals
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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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Karnataka BJP chief andLingayat strongman BS
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 re
cent
judg
emen
t of t
he Su
prem
eC
ourt
reg
ardi
ng c
rimin
alisa
tion
ofpo
litic
s has
take
n vo
ters
a fe
w st
eps
tow
ards
mak
ing a
n in
form
ed ch
oice
whi
le ex
erci
sing
thei
r fra
nchi
se, b
utth
e hop
es of
deb
arrin
g suc
h ele
men
ts fro
m co
n-te
sting
ele
ctio
ns se
ems a
bit
too
dist
ant.
This
is be
caus
e of t
he ap
ex co
urt’s
cons
ider
ed v
iew
that
whi
le e
ntry
of c
rimin
als
into
legi
slativ
ebo
dies
is li
ke a
“term
ite” e
rodi
ng th
e cita
del o
fde
moc
racy
, it c
anno
t mak
e a la
w to
kee
p th
emou
t. Th
at, t
he c
ourt
say
s, is
the
dom
ain
ofPa
rliam
ent,
an in
stitu
tion
that
is ye
t to
show
afir
mne
ss o
f res
olve
to st
em th
e rot
.O
ver t
he ye
ars,
the a
pex c
ourt
has s
pear
head
-ed
mea
sure
s to e
nsur
e tha
t the
elec
tors
hav
e ade
-qu
ate in
form
atio
n ab
out t
he an
tece
dent
s of i
ndi-
vidu
als c
onte
sting
elec
tions
. The
cou
rt’s d
irec-
tives
hav
e en
sure
d th
at c
andi
date
s hav
e to
file
affid
avits
abo
ut t
heir
educ
atio
nal
qual
ifica
-
tions
, ass
ets a
nd li
abili
ties a
nd cr
imin
al re
cord
.In
the l
ates
t jud
gem
ent,
the c
ourt
has g
one f
ur-
ther
and
said
cand
idat
es m
ust r
epea
tedl
y inf
orm
the
elect
ors
thro
ugh
loca
l med
ia a
bout
the
ircr
imin
al re
cord
. Fur
ther
, pol
itica
l par
ties,
which
give
s ti
cket
s to
per
sons
with
cri
min
alan
tece
dent
s, m
ust p
ublic
ise th
e rec
ord
of cr
im-
inal
case
s of s
uch
cand
idate
s on
its w
ebsit
e. Af
ter
filin
g th
e no
min
atio
n, t
he c
andi
date
and
the
polit
ical p
arty
mus
t iss
ue a
decla
ratio
n in
wid
e-ly
circ
ulat
ed n
ewsp
aper
s abo
ut th
e ant
eced
ents
of th
e can
dida
te an
d m
ust g
ive “
wid
e pub
licity
”to
this
at lea
st th
rice o
n th
e loc
al ele
ctro
nic m
edia
as w
ell. A
ll th
is is
nece
ssar
y to
foste
r and
nur
-tu
re an
info
rmed
citiz
enry
, so
that
elec
tors
may
mak
e an
info
rmed
choi
ce d
urin
g ele
ctio
ns.
The c
ourt
expr
esse
d “im
men
se an
guish
” at
the r
ising
num
ber o
f ind
ivid
uals
with
crim
inal
reco
rd e
nter
ing
the
legi
slativ
e bo
dies
in t
heco
untr
y, bu
t re
frai
ned
from
deb
arrin
g su
chin
divi
duals
from
cont
estin
g elec
tions
. It s
aid th
etim
e ha
d co
me
for P
arlia
men
t to
mak
e law
toen
sure
that
per
sons
facin
g ser
ious
crim
inal
case
sdo
not
ente
r int
o th
e pol
itica
l mai
nstre
am. T
heco
urt
reca
lled
the
opin
ion
of t
he L
awC
omm
issio
n th
at p
erso
ns a
gain
st w
hom
seri-
ous
crim
inal
cha
rges
hav
e be
en fr
amed
in a
cour
t, be
bar
red
from
cont
estin
g ele
ctio
ns. A
llth
is “v
ivid
ly e
xhib
its” t
he so
ciet
y’s c
once
rn in
rega
rd to
crim
inal
isatio
n of
pol
itics
, but
no
lawha
s bee
n m
ade b
y the
com
pete
nt le
gisla
ture
, the
cour
t sai
d.Th
e co
urt a
lso w
ants
Parli
amen
t to
mak
ea s
trong
law
whe
reby
it is
man
dato
ry fo
r pol
it-ic
al p
artie
s to
revo
ke m
embe
rshi
p of
per
sons
agai
nst w
hom
cha
rges
are
fram
ed in
hei
nous
and
griev
ous o
ffenc
es an
d no
t to
give
them
tick
-et
s to
cont
est e
lectio
ns. I
t fee
ls th
is wi
ll go
a lon
gw
ay in
dec
rimin
alisi
ng p
oliti
cs.
This
judg
emen
t rem
inds
us o
f yet
ano
ther
judg
emen
t of t
he Su
prem
e Cou
rt in
the i
nfam
ous
JMM
Cas
e. Th
is ca
se re
lated
to th
e br
ibin
g of
MPs
to e
nsur
e th
e de
feat
of a
no-
conf
iden
cem
otio
n br
ough
t aga
inst
the P
V N
aras
imha
Rao
Gov
ernm
ent
in 1
993.
Rao
ran
a m
inor
ityG
over
nmen
t an
d th
e nu
mbe
rs i
n th
e Lo
kSa
bha w
ere p
reca
rious
ly sta
cked
again
st hi
m. H
ewa
s acc
used
of bu
ying
the s
uppo
rt of
10 M
Ps to
surv
ive t
he vo
te in
the L
ok Sa
bha.
Four
of t
hese
MPs
belo
nged
to th
e Jha
rkha
nd M
ukti
Mor
cha
(JMM
) and
they
wer
e pai
d a t
otal
of �2
.80 c
rore
in li
eu o
f the
ir su
ppor
t. Th
is ca
sh fo
r vot
e dea
lhe
lped
Rao
def
eat t
he n
o-co
nfid
ence
mot
ion
onJu
ly 2
8, 1
993,
by
265
vote
s to
251.
Wha
t hap
pene
d be
fore
and
afte
r the
vot
ein
the
Hou
se w
as n
othi
ng sh
ort o
f a sc
anda
l.A
pro
min
ent p
arty
lead
er fr
om K
arna
taka
flew
to N
ew D
elhi w
ith th
e brib
e mon
ey in
a h
uge
suitc
ase.
Unf
ortu
nate
ly, th
e sui
t cas
e bur
st op
enon
the
conv
eyer
belt
in th
e D
elhi a
irpor
t and
fello
w p
asse
nger
s wer
e agh
ast t
o se
e bun
dles
of
curr
ency
not
es st
rew
n al
l ove
r the
pla
ce. E
ven
mor
e hi
lario
us w
as w
hat h
appe
ned
afte
r th
evo
te in
the H
ouse
. The
JMM
MPs
took
the b
ribe
mon
ey in
gunn
y sac
ks to
a br
anch
of a
nat
ion-
alise
d ba
nk in
New
Del
hi an
d as
ked
the m
an-
ager
to d
epos
it it
in th
eir a
ccou
nts!
But n
one
of th
ese M
Ps w
as p
unish
ed fo
r acc
eptin
g a br
ibe
to v
ote
in a
cer
tain
way
in th
e Lo
k Sa
bha
and
to o
penl
y re
mit
the b
ribe m
oney
in a
ban
k.Th
ese c
orru
pt M
Ps w
ent s
cot-f
ree b
ecau
seth
e Sup
rem
e Cou
rt h
eld th
at A
rtic
le 10
5 of t
heC
onsti
tutio
n sh
ield
ed th
em fr
om p
rose
cutio
n.A
rtic
le 1
05(1
) say
s: M
Ps sh
all e
njoy
free
dom
of sp
eech
in P
arlia
men
t. A
rtic
le 10
5(2)
says
no
MP
“sha
ll be
liab
le to
any
pro
ceed
ings
in a
nyco
urt i
n re
spec
t of a
nyth
ing
said
or
any
vote
give
n by
him
in P
arlia
men
t”. T
his p
rovi
sion
ism
eant
to in
sulat
e M
Ps fr
om li
tigat
ion
of a
nyki
nd fo
r wha
t the
y sa
y an
d do
in P
arlia
men
t,so
that
they
can
act
in a
free
man
ner.
In th
isca
se, t
he M
Ps w
ho to
ok b
ribes
wer
e pro
secu
t-ed
und
er th
e Pre
vent
ion
of C
orru
ptio
n Ac
t. Bu
tth
e M
Ps a
rgue
d th
at th
ey w
ere
prot
ecte
d by
Arti
cle 10
5(2)
and
that
they
cann
ot b
e pro
ceed
-ed
aga
inst
for
wha
t th
ey s
aid
or d
id i
nPa
rliam
ent.
The c
ourt
foun
d m
erit
in th
is ar
gu-
men
t. Th
e majo
rity v
iew of
the f
ive-ju
dge B
ench
of th
e Su
prem
e C
ourt
whi
ch h
eard
this
case
decla
red
that
the
se 1
0 M
Ps,
who
wer
e th
eall
eged
brib
e tak
ers,
were
“ent
itled
to th
e im
mu-
nity
con
ferr
ed b
y A
rtic
le 1
05(2
)”. I
n ot
her
wor
ds, e
ven
if th
ey h
ad ta
ken
brib
es to
vot
e,
they
coul
d no
t be p
roce
eded
agai
nst s
o lo
ng as
they
vot
ed in
the
Hou
se. H
owev
er, t
he c
ourt
said
the b
ribe-
give
rs sh
ould
be p
rose
cute
d, a
sal
so t
he b
ribe-
take
rs w
ho d
id n
ot v
ote
inPa
rliam
ent.
It sa
id o
nly
thos
e who
vot
ed w
ere
prot
ecte
d by
Art
icle
105
(2).
W
hile
the S
upre
me C
ourt’
s Con
stitu
tiona
lco
rrec
tnes
s is
unde
rsta
ndab
le,
the
cons
e-qu
ence
of a
ll th
is —
espe
cial
ly th
e pre
cipi
tous
fall
in th
e qua
lity o
f men
and
wom
en en
terin
gou
r leg
islat
ures
— is
ther
e for
all t
o se
e. W
e nee
dno
t be s
urpr
ised
if m
any
legi
slato
rs se
e thi
s as
a lice
nce f
or gr
oss m
iscon
duct
and
assu
me t
hat
they
are
out
side
the
mor
al a
nd e
thic
al fr
ame-
wor
k w
ithin
whi
ch t
he l
aw a
nd t
he c
ourt
sex
pect
oth
er p
ublic
serv
ants
to li
ve.
W
hile
the a
pex
cour
t say
s it w
ill n
ot m
ake
law
to d
ebar
per
sons
with
crim
inal
reco
rd, i
two
uld
be fu
tile t
o ex
pect
Par
liam
ent,
whi
ch h
asbe
en a
pass
ive s
pect
ator
to th
e phe
nom
enon
of
crim
inali
satio
n of
pol
itics
, to
now
sudd
enly
pay
heed
to th
e ap
ex c
ourt’
s adv
ice.
Sinc
e th
e cr
i-te
ria fo
r giv
ing p
arty
tick
ets i
s “wi
nnab
ility
” and
since
the
num
ber o
f leg
islat
ors w
ith c
rimin
alre
cord
s has
bee
n on
the r
ise o
ver t
he ye
ars,
will
Parli
amen
t sha
re th
e ape
x co
urt’s
conc
ern
and
anxi
ety o
n th
is iss
ue an
d br
ing i
n a l
aw to
kee
pcr
imin
als
out?
Ind
ia’s
apex
leg
islat
ure
mus
tpr
ove
the
scep
tics w
rong
!(T
he w
riter
is C
hairm
an, P
rasa
r Bh
arat
i.Th
e view
s exp
resse
d he
re a
re p
erso
nal)
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r —
Tam
il N
adu
Gov
erno
r an
dch
ance
llor o
f uni
vers
ities
Ban
war
ilal
Puro
hit’s
stat
emen
t on
alleg
ed co
rrup
-tio
n in
the
app
oint
men
t of
vic
e-ch
ance
llors
of
univ
ersi
ties
is n
otsh
ocki
ng b
ut w
hat i
s dist
urbi
ng is
that
whe
n he
is so
sure
of t
he c
rime,
why
has h
e not
initi
ated
any a
ctio
n ag
ains
tth
ose
invo
lved
? H
e w
ould
not
hav
e m
ade
such
agr
ave a
llega
tion
with
out h
avin
g so
lidpr
oof t
o su
bsta
ntia
te h
is cl
aim
. Will
he a
lso ca
ll fo
r an
inqu
iry
agai
nst h
ispr
edec
esso
rs w
ho w
ere
the
final
auth
ority
in
the
sele
ctio
n of
ice
-ch
ance
llors
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arci
us S
Fer
nand
o C
henn
ai�
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Sir —
Indi
a and
Rus
sia si
gned
a m
ulti-
billi
on d
olla
r de
al t
o pr
ocur
e S-
400
Triu
mf a
ir de
fenc
e sys
tem
whi
ch ca
nat
trac
t sa
nctio
ns f
rom
the
Uni
ted
Stat
es u
nder
the C
ount
erin
g Am
eric
a’sA
dver
sarie
s Th
roug
h Sa
nctio
ns A
ct(C
AAT
SA).
How
ever
, Ind
ia’s A
rmy
chie
f Gen
Bipi
n Ra
wat
has
mad
e it
clea
r th
atIn
dia i
s fol
low
ing a
n in
depe
nden
t pol
-
icy a
nd it
was
Indi
a’s k
een
desir
e to
get
the
Kam
ov h
elic
opte
rs a
nd o
ther
wea
pon
syst
ems f
rom
Mos
cow.
In
dia
is on
e of
the
larg
est d
emo-
crat
ic n
atio
ns in
the
wor
ld a
nd t
heco
untr
y ha
s al
way
s be
en o
n go
odte
rms
with
Am
eric
a. B
ut R
ussia
nKa
mov
hel
icop
ters
are i
deal
for I
ndia
and
if it
choo
ses
to g
et i
t fr
omM
osco
w, i
ts i
s pu
rely
an
inte
rnal
mat
ter o
f Ind
ia.
Mor
eove
r, In
dia
is no
t ave
rse
topr
ocur
ing
mor
e su
ch w
eapo
nry
orte
chno
logy
from
Was
hing
ton.
Thi
s is
wha
t mus
t be u
nder
stoo
d w
hile
read
-in
g in
bet
wee
n th
e lin
es o
f the
stat
e-
men
t of B
ipin
Raw
at.
At t
he s
trat
egic
lev
el t
oo, I
ndia
shou
ld n
ot b
e to
o na
ive
and
ther
esh
ould
be s
ome c
once
rted
effo
rt fr
omth
e cou
ntry
to p
ut th
e wei
ght b
ehin
dA
mer
ica i
n ke
epin
g th
e int
eres
ts p
ro-
tect
ed,
espe
cial
ly w
hen
Iran
and
Paki
stan
are
goi
ng a
head
with
thei
rpr
oduc
tion
of n
ucle
ar w
eapo
ns.
TK N
anda
nan
Koch
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r —
Thi
s re
fers
to
the
edito
rial,
“Prid
e be
fore
fall”
(O
ctob
er 5
). It
isin
deed
a m
atte
r of p
ride t
hat I
ndia
, in
part
icul
ar th
e St
ate
of G
ujar
at, i
s the
last
rem
aini
ng n
atur
al h
abita
t for
all
the
Asia
tic l
ions
in
the
wor
ld. T
hetr
anslo
catio
n of
the
big
cat h
as b
een
muc
h in
the t
alks
with
Guj
arat
refu
s-in
g to
let th
em o
ff to
Mad
hya P
rade
sh.
But t
heir
relo
catio
n is
a ver
y sen
sitiv
eiss
ue a
nd m
ust i
nvol
ve m
atte
r re
lat-
ed t
o th
eir
adap
tabi
lity
to t
he n
ewen
viro
nmen
t. A
ll op
tions
mus
t be
wei
ghed
bef
ore a
rriv
ing
at a
solu
tion.
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isha
Via
emai
l
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r SC/S
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prote
st. Th
e Con
gress
chief
mus
t apo
logise
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eade
r GIR
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INGH
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India
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geted
in Pr
ime M
iniste
r’sGu
jarat.
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ust r
emem
ber t
hat o
ne da
y he t
oowi
ll hav
e to g
o to B
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as to
seek
votes
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ress
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er
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Oct
ober
is a
bus
y m
onth
for
natu
re en
thus
iasts
. Man
y of
the
natio
nal
park
s an
dsa
nctu
arie
s ar
e re
open
ed p
ost-
mon
soon
for
tour
ists.
The
‘wild
’be
com
es a
cces
sible
onc
e ag
ain.
Itis
also
the
tim
e w
hen
the
wor
ldre
joic
es in
celeb
ratin
g the
envi
ron-
men
t. Th
e Uni
ted
Nat
ions
rece
nt-
ly a
nnou
nced
the
‘Cha
mpi
ons
ofth
e Ear
th A
war
d’ jo
intly
to F
renc
hPr
esid
ent E
mm
anue
l Mac
ron
and
the
Prim
e M
inis
ter
of I
ndia
Nar
endr
a M
odi
for
thei
r bo
lden
viro
nmen
tal l
eade
rshi
p on
the
glob
al st
age.
Thi
s inc
lude
d m
ajor
initi
ativ
es to
war
ds b
uild
ing a
glo
b-al
sola
r alli
ance
and
the
elim
ina-
tion
of si
ngle
-use
pla
stic
by
2022
. In
dia
also
pre
pare
s fo
r ce
le-
brat
ing
the
66th
Wild
life
Wee
k,an
d th
e ren
ewed
pol
itica
l foc
us o
nna
ture
by
top
polit
ical
lead
ersh
ipof
the w
orld
, is a
gol
den
oppo
rtu-
nity
tha
t m
ust
be s
eize
d. F
or a
deca
de,
that
has
bee
n m
arke
dw
ith fa
st-tra
ck d
evelo
pmen
t, it
will
be p
raise
wor
thy
to p
ause
and
refle
ct o
n th
e w
ays
and
mea
nsus
ed to
ens
ure
gree
n gr
owth
. In
dia s
tand
s out
from
the r
est
of th
e w
orld
as
natu
re m
anife
sts
itsel
f in
the c
ount
ry’s
cultu
re. S
he,
as c
ompa
red
to h
er t
ropi
cal
cous
ins
in S
outh
Asia
, has
don
ew
ell t
o pr
otec
t its
wild
spec
ies.
We
may
be t
he se
cond
mos
t pop
ulat
-ed
, yet
also
hav
e the
wor
ld’s
larg
est
popu
latio
n of
mam
mal
s su
ch a
sA
siatic
lion
, tig
ers,
elep
hant
s, on
eho
rned
rhin
ocer
os, g
aur a
nd w
ater
buffa
lo. A
hist
oric
al le
gacy
of 2
00ye
ars
of f
ores
try
has
to s
ome
exte
nt co
ntrib
uted
to th
eir u
pkee
p,bu
t m
ost
wild
lifer
s w
ould
agr
eeth
at th
e pr
imar
y re
ason
for t
heir
exist
ence
has
bee
n In
dia’s
inhe
r-en
t rel
igio
us a
nd s
pirit
ual v
alue
san
d th
e cul
ture
of a
him
sa —
to li
vean
d le
t liv
e.
Hist
oria
n Ir
fan
Hab
ib i
n hi
sbo
ok, M
an a
nd E
nviro
nmen
t: Th
eEc
olog
ical H
istor
y of I
ndia
, exp
lains
that
ahim
sa(a
bsta
inin
g fro
m ca
us-
ing
inju
ry t
o liv
ing
thin
gs)
isre
ferr
ed t
o as
a r
ecom
men
ded
prac
tice
for
the
piou
s in
the
Chan
dogy
a Upa
nish
ad (I
II.17
.4) o
f8t
h-6t
h C
entu
ry B
CE. F
urth
er, i
tw
as i
n Ja
inism
and
Bud
dhism
(whi
ch ar
ose a
roun
d 50
0 BC
) tha
tit
rece
ived
the s
trong
est e
mph
asis.
Ra
mch
andr
a Guh
a in
his m
ost
rece
nt b
ook,
Env
ironm
enta
lism
: AGl
obal
Hist
ory,
rem
arks
that
in a
“den
sely
pop
ulat
ed c
ount
ry l
ike
Indi
a, en
viro
nmen
tal i
ssue
s ha
vebo
th a
n ec
olog
ical
and
hum
an
dim
ensio
n”. T
he ec
olog
ical
dim
en-
sion
of p
rote
ctin
g th
e en
viro
n-m
ent
has
been
pro
ven
to a
gre
atex
tent
bey
ond
scie
ntifi
c dou
bt an
dha
s m
anife
sted
itself
in
acce
pted
polic
y su
ch a
s ab
ando
ning
lar
geda
ms,
redu
cing
gre
enho
use
gas
emiss
ions
and
setti
ng as
ide p
rote
ct-
ed a
reas
. Th
e hum
an d
imen
sion
is m
an-
ifeste
d in
goo
d cu
lture
s, be
it th
eBi
shno
i com
mun
ity o
f Ra
jast
han
for w
hom
the p
rincip
le of
com
pas-
sion
for a
ll liv
ing
bein
gs is
par
t of
daily
life
, to
the
Mal
dhar
is in
Guj
arat
who
hav
e sho
wn
toler
ance
to li
ve a
mid
st lio
ns, a
nd th
e tre
e-hu
ggin
g C
ham
oli
wom
en o
fG
arhw
al H
imal
ayas
, for
who
m th
ehe
alth
of t
he fo
rest
is a
mat
ter
ofth
eir o
wn
surv
ival
. Eve
n w
ith th
ew
ild a
nim
als,
elep
hant
is a
ssoc
iat-
ed w
ith L
ord
Gan
esha
, or t
he v
ul-
ture
s bec
ome s
acre
d fo
r exc
arna
tion
amon
g Zo
roas
tria
ns a
nd S
arus
cran
es b
ecom
e sym
bols
of m
arita
lfid
elity,
and
henc
e, let
ting t
hem
sur-
vive
the
rur
al a
gric
ultu
ral
land
-sc
apes
of t
he co
untr
y.Bu
t the
re a
re c
ultu
res t
hat a
rean
tiqua
ted,
such
as fe
edin
g and
let-
ting m
acaq
ues a
nd st
rays
scav
enge
in o
ur u
rban
dw
ellin
gs, p
ract
icin
g
com
mun
al h
untin
g (ak
hand
shik
ar)
in t
he n
ame
of s
ubsis
tenc
e tr
ibal
belie
fs, o
r usin
g felo
niou
s met
hods
such
as,
coun
try
guns
, mos
quito
nets
and
pesti
cides
to ov
ersh
oot a
ndov
erki
ll fo
r bu
shm
eat,
illeg
alw
ildlif
e tr
ade
and
fishi
ng r
espe
c-tiv
ely. Th
e wes
tern
appr
oach
may
see
this
over
-exp
loita
tion
of n
atur
alre
sour
ces a
s a p
robl
em th
at ca
n be
tack
led th
roug
h ed
ucat
ion,
legi
sla-
tion
and
scie
nce,
yet a
t the
sam
etim
e th
ere
is an
opp
ortu
nity
to
inclu
de th
e sp
iritu
al a
nd re
ligio
usco
nstr
uct
that
und
erpi
n su
ch a
beha
viou
r. H
arva
rd I
ndol
ogist
Dia
na L
.Ec
k, in
her
sem
inal
wor
k, “I
ndia
: Asa
cred
Geo
grap
hy”,
men
tions
that
“Ind
ian
sacr
edne
ss c
ontin
ues
toan
chor
mill
ions
of
peop
le in
the
imag
ined
land
scap
e of t
heir
coun
-tr
y. Its
uni
ty a
s a n
atio
n ha
s bee
nfir
mly
con
stitu
ted
by t
he s
acre
dge
ogra
phy
it ha
s hel
d in
com
mon
and
reve
red:
its m
ount
ains
, for
ests,
river
s, hi
lltop
shr
ines
.” Re
gain
ing
peop
le’s c
onfid
ence
that
cul
tura
llyna
ture
wor
ks b
est f
or th
em an
d th
atit
is in
thei
r ben
efit
to g
et it
righ
t,is
the w
ay fo
rwar
d.
Ther
e are
exam
ples
of l
ocal
ini-
tiativ
es th
at n
eed
to b
e ups
caled
for
a sy
stem
atic
IEC
(in
form
atio
n,ed
ucat
ion
and
com
mun
icat
ion)
plan
. For
exam
ple,
the c
hurc
h w
asro
ped
in t
o pr
each
aga
inst
the
mas
s hu
ntin
g of
Am
ur fa
lcons
inN
agal
and,
and
ove
r a
mill
ion
ofth
ese m
agni
ficen
t tra
ns-c
ontin
en-
tal r
apto
rs w
ere s
aved
. In
Guj
arat
, M
orar
i Ba
pu,
fam
ous f
or h
is Ra
m K
atha
s, co
m-
bine
d hi
s pre
achi
ng w
ith th
e str
ict
law
s for
wha
le sh
ark
prot
ectio
n to
conv
ince
the f
isher
men
aga
inst
itshu
ntin
g. B
onbi
bi G
odde
ss is
wor
-sh
ippe
d bo
th b
y H
indu
s an
dM
uslim
s in
Sund
arba
ns as
she p
ro-
tect
s all
its d
eniz
ens f
rom
cal
ami-
ties;
the
anci
ent
Dev
rais
(sac
red
grov
es) o
f Mah
aras
htra
and
oth
erpa
rts o
f Wes
tern
Gha
ts co
ntin
ue to
serv
e its
pur
pose
for
cen
turie
sno
w. Sikk
im o
nce
agai
n le
ads
the
coun
try
on g
reen
dev
elopm
ent a
sit
beau
tiful
ly in
tegr
ates
cultu
re an
dsp
iritu
ality,
form
ally i
nto
the a
ffairs
of t
he G
over
nmen
t. A
ll pr
ojec
tsin
cludi
ng b
uild
ing
of li
near
infr
a-str
uctu
re m
ust b
e pre
clude
d by
reli-
giou
s pro
toco
ls an
d rit
ual t
radi
tions
(inte
rtw
ined
with
the p
rese
rvat
ion
of n
atur
e) a
s per
form
ed b
y on
e of
its o
ldes
t and
mos
t res
pect
ed ec
cle-
siasti
cal a
ffairs
dep
artm
ent.
As w
e can
see,
it is
the h
uman
dim
ensio
n of
envi
ronm
enta
l pre
ser-
vatio
n w
hich
is li
kely
to b
e m
ore
com
plex
and
pol
itica
lly m
ore
appe
alin
g. H
ence
, it
is an
opt
ion
that
nee
ds to
be v
astly
expl
ored
. For
this,
one
mus
t har
ness
this
pow
erof
nat
ure i
n cu
lture
and
conv
ey th
esa
me t
o fe
llow
Indi
ans.
Ever
y fa
ith h
ave
an u
ncan
nyab
ility
to
rein
vent
or
rein
terp
ret
them
selv
es,
and
henc
e, c
onve
yco
mpl
ex so
cial
idea
s thr
ough
sim
-pl
e st
orie
s —
sto
ries
tha
t ar
ere
mem
bere
d fo
reve
r. So
whe
n Pr
esid
ent
of I
ndia
,Ra
m N
ath
Kovi
nd w
rote
that
“Ind
iais
natu
re’s
favo
urite
chi
ld a
nd fr
a-te
rnity
and
com
pass
ion
are w
ritte
nin
to n
atur
e’s D
NA”
or w
hen
Prim
eM
inist
er N
aren
dra
Mod
i in
Man
nki
Baa
trem
arks
that
“bei
ng se
nsi-
tive
tow
ards
nat
ure,
pro
tect
ing
natu
re, s
houl
d co
me n
atur
ally t
o us
;an
d th
at t
hese
virt
ues
shou
ld b
eem
bedd
ed i
n ou
r sa
nska
r (c
ul-
ture
)”, it
is in
deed
a go
od b
egin
ning
of a
gre
at O
ctob
er.
(The
writ
er is
Dire
ctor,
Swac
hhBh
arat
Miss
ion.
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view
s exp
resse
dhe
re a
re p
erso
nal)
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ty c
anno
t ex
ist w
ithou
t law
and
orde
r, an
d ca
nnot
adv
ance
exc
ept
thro
ugh
the i
nitia
tive o
f vig
orou
s inn
o-va
tors
, said
Ber
trand
Rus
sell.
On
Sept
embe
r27
, fiv
e inn
ovat
ors,
Justi
ces D
ipak
Misr
a, RF
Nar
iman
, A
M
Kha
nwilk
ar,
DY
Chan
drac
hud
and
Indu
Mal
hotr
a, str
uck
dow
n Se
ctio
n 49
7 of
Ind
ian
Pena
l Cod
e(IP
C), 1
860,
calli
ng it
viol
ativ
e of A
rticle
14,
15 (1
) and
21
of th
e C
onsti
tutio
n. S
ectio
n49
7 m
akes
adu
ltery
a p
unish
able
offe
nce
unde
r IPC
and
read
s as:
Who
ever
has
sex-
ual i
nter
cour
se w
ith a
per
son
who
is a
ndw
hom
he k
now
s or h
as re
ason
to b
eliev
e to
be th
e wife
of an
othe
r man
, with
out t
he co
n-se
nt o
r con
niva
nce
of th
at m
an, s
uch
sex-
ual
inte
rcou
rse
not
amou
ntin
g to
the
offe
nce
of r
ape,
is gu
ilty
of th
e of
fenc
e of
adul
tery
, and
shall
be p
unish
ed w
ith im
pris-
onm
ent
of e
ither
des
crip
tion
for
a te
rmw
hich
may
exte
nd to
five
year
s, or
with
fine
,or
with
bot
h. In
such
case
the w
ife sh
all n
otbe
pun
ishab
le as
an
abet
tor.
Not
get
ting
into
the
ratio
and
reas
on-
ing o
f the
judg
emen
t on
thin
gs w
hich
hav
ebe
en w
ritte
n in
ream
s, I w
ould
delv
e on
the
majo
r con
tent
ion
of th
e nay
saye
rs w
hich
has
lead
to th
e bro
uhah
a. Th
ere i
s an
outc
ry th
atth
e jud
gmen
t has
led
to d
imin
utio
n of
the
insti
tutio
n of
mar
riage
and
ther
eby t
he co
n-ce
pt o
f fam
ily. I
wou
ld c
onfin
e m
yself
tosil
ence
the o
utcr
y on
this.
For
mer
Justi
ce o
fth
e Su
prem
e C
ourt
Mar
kand
ey K
atju
also
vehe
men
tly cr
iticis
ed th
e jud
gem
ent s
ayin
gth
at th
e ess
ence
of m
arria
ge is
“exc
lusiv
e sex
-ua
l rela
tions
hip”
and
decr
imin
alisi
ng ad
ul-
tery
strik
es at
this
very
esse
nce o
f mar
riage
.M
y ve
hem
ent
subm
issio
n is
Sect
ion
497
nowh
ere r
eflec
ts in
itse
lf th
e asp
ect o
f “ex
clu-
sive
sexu
al r
elat
ions
hip”
of m
arria
ge, a
ndco
nseq
uent
ly th
e ob
ject
ive
of th
is se
ctio
nw
as n
ever
to sa
nctif
y th
at n
otio
n.
If yo
u re
ad t
he s
ectio
n, i
t is
self-
expl
anat
ory.
The s
ectio
n on
ly cr
imin
alise
sse
xual
inte
rcou
rse o
f wife
with
a m
an o
ther
than
the
husb
and
“with
out t
he c
onse
nt o
rco
nniv
ance
of t
hat m
an (h
usba
nd)”,
mea
n-in
g it d
oesn
’t cr
imin
alise
sex w
ith th
e ‘al
ien’
if in
dulg
ed w
ith th
e “th
e co
nsen
t or
con-
niva
nce
of t
hat
man
(hu
sban
d)”.
So, t
heob
ject
of t
he se
ctio
n w
as n
ot to
kee
p sa
nc-
tity
of th
e ex
clusiv
ity o
f sex
bet
wee
n hu
s-ba
nd a
nd w
ife. T
he o
bjec
t was
som
ethi
ngels
e. W
hen
the s
ectio
n w
as in
fuse
d in
to th
eIP
C, p
olyg
amy w
as a
norm
in In
dia a
nd th
ehu
sban
ds w
ere
leav
ing
one
youn
g w
ife fo
ran
othe
r yo
unge
r w
ife.
The
igno
red
and
depr
ived
wiv
es w
ere l
ooke
d up
on as
vict
ims
and
the
men
in th
eir
serv
ice
as s
educ
ers.
This
thre
aten
ed n
ot o
nly t
he ex
clusiv
e sex
-ua
l pro
prie
tors
hip
of th
e hus
band
ove
r the
igno
red
wiv
es, b
ut a
lso d
ente
d hi
s not
ion
of m
anlin
ess i
f the
exclu
sivity
was
tres
pass
edon
. Tha
t is t
he ge
nesis
and
obje
ctiv
e of t
his
sect
ion.
Se
cond
misc
once
ptio
n to
be w
arde
d of
fis
this
that
the j
udge
men
t onl
y dec
rimin
alis-
es ad
ulte
ry, b
ut th
is do
esn’t
mea
n it
give
s asa
nctio
n to
ext
ram
arita
l se
x. I
t sim
ply
mea
ns ad
ulte
ry is
no
mor
e a cr
ime b
ut it
isa m
isdem
eano
ur ag
ains
t mar
riage
, and
like
all m
isdem
eano
urs,
the
rem
edy
is of
civ
ilna
ture
and
not p
uniti
ve li
ke th
e cas
e ear
li-er
. Sec
tion
13 o
f Hin
du M
arria
ge A
ct p
ro-
vide
s adu
ltery
as a
grou
nd fo
r div
orce
whi
chis
avai
labl
e to
both
hus
band
and
wife
.I p
erso
nally
feel
that
this
is an
exce
llent
judg
emen
t. M
arria
ge is
a c
ivil
mat
ter a
nda
civi
l re
med
y ha
s be
en p
rovi
ded.
Of
cour
se a
t th
e op
tion
of t
he g
riev
ed.
Mor
eove
r, it
wou
ld n
ot b
e wro
ng to
empi
r-ic
ally
say
that
this
sect
ion
was
alm
ost r
elic
in la
w w
hich
has
nea
rly n
il fu
nctio
nal v
alue
for t
he re
ason
s: It’
s ver
y di
fficu
lt to
pro
vead
ulte
ry b
ecau
se o
f its
cland
estin
e na
ture
and
the c
rimin
al ju
rispr
uden
ce o
f pro
ving
an o
ffenc
e be
yond
the
rea
sona
ble
doub
tw
hich
is
very
diff
icul
t co
nsid
erin
g th
ena
ture
of t
he ac
t. A
nd th
at’s
why
the g
riev-
ed m
ostly
res
ort t
o di
vorc
e in
suc
h ca
ses
rath
er th
an n
ettin
g in
IPC.
Tha
t’s e
xact
lyw
hat
the
Supr
eme
Cou
rt h
as d
one
—br
ingi
ng it
fro
m t
he p
uniti
ve p
inio
ns o
fcr
ime
to ci
vil.
The
Gov
ernm
ent’s
disc
omfit
ure
with
decr
imin
alisin
g adu
ltery
was
that
it d
evalu
esm
arria
ge an
d so
ciety
has
inter
est i
n m
arria
ge.
This
is th
e po
int o
f lar
ger
deba
te. A
nd it
’sex
celle
nt th
at w
e are
deb
atin
g it.
Insti
tutio
nsar
e mad
e on
the p
rem
ise o
f col
lectiv
e int
er-
est o
f soc
iety
and
since
col
lectiv
e in
tere
stsch
ange
with
the p
ace o
f life
, ins
titut
ions
are
rein
vent
ed or
dim
inish
ed in
acco
rdan
ce w
ithth
e so
cio-c
ultu
ral
mat
rix o
f th
e re
levan
ttim
es. A
nd th
at’s
wha
t is h
appe
ning
. Th
e m
ajor
ove
rhau
l of t
he c
once
pt o
fm
arria
ge in
Indi
a hap
pene
d in
1955
with
the
ince
ptio
n of
The
Hin
du M
arria
ge A
ct.
Mar
riage
was
cons
ider
ed a
sacr
amen
t in
the
olde
n tim
es, a
t lea
st th
eore
tical
ly. B
ut w
ithth
e im
itatio
n of
the c
once
pt o
f div
orce
from
the W
est,
the s
acra
men
t not
ion
of th
e mar
-ria
ge is
byg
one.
As t
he so
ciet
y ev
olve
s, th
ein
divi
dual
inte
rest
is to
be
bala
nced
with
soci
etal
inte
rest.
Tha
t’s th
e hal
lmar
k of
any
adva
nce
soci
ety.
Goi
ng fo
rwar
d, th
e in
di-
vidu
al in
tere
st we
ighs
ove
r soc
ieta
l int
eres
t,pa
rtic
ular
ly in
civi
l mat
ters
. M
arria
ge p
rimar
ily is
a p
erso
nal m
at-
ter,
and
the
soci
ety
mus
t lea
ve a
bre
athi
ngsp
ace w
ithin
so as
to n
ot m
ake i
t so
stifli
ngth
at p
eopl
e sta
rt ab
horr
ing t
he co
ncep
t itse
lf.Th
e ap
ex c
ourt
has
don
e no
thin
g re
volu
-tio
nary
sin
ce it
s de
crim
inal
isatio
n is
not
goin
g to
dril
l the
insti
tutio
n of
mar
riage
mor
e tha
n th
e exi
sting
hol
es. T
he ju
dgem
ent
is m
ore o
f aca
dem
ic v
alue
than
func
tiona
lin
the
rega
rd th
at it
has
bro
ken
no p
hysi-
cal s
truc
ture
s of m
arria
ge. W
hat i
t has
bro
-ke
n is
the
norm
ativ
e va
lue
of m
arria
ge in
the s
ense
that
hus
band
has
no
sove
reig
nty
over
wife
. Su
ch n
orm
ativ
e th
ings
don
’tdi
min
ish in
stitu
tions
like
mar
riage
whi
chis
cont
empo
rane
ous w
ith th
e adv
ent o
f soc
i-et
y its
elf. I
t onl
y sh
akes
the s
kele
ton.
Ev
en m
arita
l ra
pe,
if th
e co
ncep
t is
embr
aced
, is n
ot go
ing t
o do
muc
h da
mag
eto
the
insti
tutio
nalit
y of
mar
riage
bec
ause
it wo
uld
be ve
ry to
ugh
to p
rove
it. S
uch
con-
cept
s are
adve
nted
onl
y to
shak
e the
skel
e-to
ns an
d no
t to
brea
k it.
Mar
riage
has
a ut
il-ita
rian
valu
e, so
it’s
not g
oing
to b
e irr
ele-
vant
in th
e for
esee
able
futu
re. B
ut th
at va
lue
is to
be e
valu
ated
by th
e ind
ivid
uals
and
not
soci
ety
— at
leas
t in
civi
lised
soci
etie
s lik
eou
rs. T
he va
lues
and
fideli
ty o
f mar
riage
are
to c
ome
from
with
in th
e in
divi
dual
s con
-ce
rned
, and
not
from
the
sanc
tion
of la
w.Le
t the
sanc
tion
be ga
rland
of a
rms t
han
the
halte
r of l
aw.
(The
writ
er i
s fo
rmer
jou
rnal
ist a
ndpr
esen
tly p
ursu
ing l
aw)
Garla
nd o
f arm
s, n
ot h
alte
r of
law
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Oil Minister DharmendraPradhan on Monday said
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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Arthritis is a commonly misunder-stood disease. It is not a single con-dition but is associated with differ-
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.
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Research indicates that one-fourth of psoriasis patientsare likely to suffer from pso-riatic arthritis.
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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Chinese authorities scram-bled to contain a public rela-
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.
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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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PRASAR BHARATIINDIA’S PUBLIC SERVICE BROADCASTER
CIVIL CONSTRUCTION WING : ALL INDIA RADIO
NOTICE INVITING e-TENDER
The Executive Engineer (Civil), Civil Construction Wing, All India Radio, PB (BCI),MHP Division, 11th floor, Soochna Bhawan, CGO Complex, New Delhi-03, invites onbehalf of President of India online item rate e-tenders from approved and eligiblecontractors of CPWD and those of appropriate listed of BSNL, MES, Railways,Department of Post and PWD (B&R) of NCT Delhi, upto 15.00 hrs on 15.10.2018 for thefollowing works:
NIT No:- 27/EE(C)/MHPD/2018-19, Name of work:- Renovation of 03 Nos. workshoprooms at CE (NZ) office at Jam Nagar House New Delhi. Estimated cost:- Rs. 7,96,967/-,Earnest Money: Rs. 15,939/-, Period of completion: 02 (Two) Months.
NIT No:- 28/EE(C)/MHPD/2018-19, Name of work:- Provision of temporary shed forstoring dismantled set materials of scenic section of Doordarshan Bhawan, Tower-B,Mandi House, New Delhi. Estimated cost:- Rs. 10,08,050/-, Earnest Money: Rs. 20,161/-,Period of completion: 02 (Two) Months.
i. Last date and time for uploading of documents and on-line submission of tender:up to 15.00 hrs. 15.10.2018.
ii. Date and time for opening of online tender: 15.10.2018 at 15:30 hrs.
The tender forms and other details can be downloaded from website,www.tenderwizard.com/AIR. This press tender notice can also be seen on the websitewww.allindiaradio.gov.in.
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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.
���>������������������������ 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.
���������������KL�1� � ��� 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.
�������������0����0���������� ������ 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.
Real Madrid midfielder Isco,Liverpool's Brazilian Roberto Firmino andUruguay's rugged defender Diego Godinof Atletico Madrid also got the nod. AFP
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